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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF SOFTWARE (“TERMS”) ... 23 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES ..................25 The model and serial number of your Pace TDC575D set-top are on a label on its base. Copyright © 2006 Pace Micro Technology plc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover of your set-top. There are no user-serviceable parts inside it. Service address: Pace Micro Technology (Support Services) Ltd. Do not perform any servicing unless you are qualified to do so. 3701 FAU Boulevard, Suite 200, Boca Raton Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

  • Page 5: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Before you install or use the apparatus, you must read 10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched and understand these Important Safety Instructions. particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point At all times when using the apparatus you must follow where they exit from the apparatus.
  • Page 6 SAFETY INFORMATION (cont.) In addition to the Important Safety Instructions, please read the Ventilation Safety Information below. Slots and openings in the casing of your set-top are provided for ventilation, to ensure reliable operation of your set-top and to Power sources protect it from overheating: You must operate your set-top only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label.
  • Page 7 SAFETY INFORMATION (cont.) Risk of fire or scorching Transporting Never place naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, on your Move the combination of set-top and cart with care. Quick stops, set-top. excessive force and uneven surfaces may cause the combination of set-top and cart to overturn.
  • Page 8 SAFETY INFORMATION (cont.) Safety aspects of connections Full details of the rear panel are on page 8. Connecting The POWER OUTLET plug is designed only for connection to the AC power cord for a TV. The maximum power it can supply is 500 Watts. Do not connect your set-top (or any other equipment such as a TV or VCR) to the power supply until you have properly connected all Do not connect any equipment that uses more than 500 Watts, or...
  • Page 9 SAFETY INFORMATION (cont.) Epilepsy and on-screen images Regulatory information CAUTION: Do not attempt to modify your set-top without Certain people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or losing consciousness when faced with certain types of flashing lights in written authorization from the manufacturer. Unauthorized our daily environment.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    REAR PANEL IR RECEIVE SATA DIGITAL AUDIO OUT CABLE IN Infra-red input from For connection Electrical S/PDIF audio output From cable a remote “eye” to an external service-provider hard disk POWER OUTLET ETHERNET VIDEO OUT TO TV (500 W max.) For future use Video baseband RF output to the...
  • Page 11 REAR PANEL (cont.) CABLE IN IR TRANSMIT Connect the cable service here. Connect to an optional VCR controller (for future use). TO TV Connect to the RF/antenna input on your TV or VCR. IR RECEIVE Connect to an optional remote “eye”. COMPONENT POWER OUTLET If your TV has component video inputs, you can...

  • Page 12: Connecting The Equipment

    CONNECTING THE EQUIPMENT Your equipment should have been connected up by your installer. However, if you WARNINGS need to disconnect and re-connect your equipment, please read the information on Do not connect your set-top (or any other pages 10 to 13. equipment such as a TV or VCR) to the AC power On page 12 there is a typical connection set-up for a TV, VCR, DVD player and home supply until you have properly connected all the...
  • Page 13 CONNECTING THE EQUIPMENT (cont.) Set-up - home theater system with component video / YPbPr connection The set-up shown on page 12 uses a component video connection to connect to the TV. This displays a much higher-quality picture on the TV than can be obtained using baseband video. Variation S-video also provides a better TV picture than baseband video, therefore, if the TV and VCR have S-video connectors, replace the baseband video connection with an S-video connection to the VCR,...
  • Page 14 CONNECTING THE EQUIPMENT (cont.) LEFT LEFT TV / RF AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT RIGHT RIGHT POWER AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT ANTENNA/ RF IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO IN Y IN VIDEO IN DIGITAL AUDIO OUT S-VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO ANTENNA/ POWER POWER...
  • Page 15 CONNECTING THE EQUIPMENT (cont.) WARNINGS Do not connect your set-top (or any other equipment such as a TV or VCR) to the AC power supply until you have properly connected all the other cables. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plugs on power cords. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other.

  • Page 16: Operating Your Set-Top

    OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP Using your remote control It is your cable TV service provider that determines the digital channels, services and screen information that you see on your TV when you use your set-top and its remote control. Consult the information supplied by your cable operator for details on how to make the most of the digital cable services.

  • Page 17: Your Set-Top's Front Panel

    OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP (cont.) Your set-top’s front panel POWER Lights blue when your set-top is Lights when on; red when your set-top is off; playing back a not lighted when your set-top is smart-card slot recording disconnected from the power supply For future use REC1 &...

  • Page 18: Your Set-Top's Dvr Functions

    OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP (cont.) Your set-top’s DVR functions NOTE Your set-top has an internal hard disk that is used to record and play back television programs, giving The exact functionality of the you much more control of your viewing experience. For example, you can pause live television and DVR (digital video recorder) resume viewing from the point at which you left off.

  • Page 19: Using Rf Bypass

    OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP (cont.) Using RF bypass NOTES You use RF Bypass to watch the regular (analog) channels that are included in the cable service. RF If you are not sure whether your Bypass makes these channels “bypass” your set-top and pass directly to the TV and/or VCR. set-top has been set up to allow RF Bypass, check your installation.

  • Page 20: Lightning Storms

    OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP (cont.) Lightning storms Occasionally, a lightning storm may affect your set-top. It may appear that it has stopped working, but you can easily restore its operation as follows. Unplug your set-top’s power cord at the wall AC outlet. Then plug this power cord in again at the wall AC outlet (and, if there is a switch by this outlet, switch it to its ON position).

  • Page 21: Using The Setup Menus

    USING THE SETUP MENUS The Setup menus allow you to make settings to control how your set-top works. These are available from your TV Guide and should be fully described in the information provided by your service provider. There may also be on-screen information to explain these menus. However, please note there are certain items and settings that may affect how your set-top and TV work.

  • Page 22: Solving Problems

    SOLVING PROBLEMS If the installed system does not seem to be working properly, first make sure that all the cables are securely connected, then carry out the following checks, in the order shown: Check Suggested solution Further checks, if there is still a problem Is anything lighted on Power may not be reaching your set-top.
  • Page 23 SOLVING PROBLEMS (cont.) Check Suggested solution Further checks, if there is still a problem Can you see a picture on Your TV and other equipment may not be Make sure the bypass feature is turned OFF (the your TV screen? turned on.
  • Page 24 SOLVING PROBLEMS (cont.) Check Suggested solution Further checks, if there is still a problem Is there any sound? Check that the audio cables are securely and Check that you have not muted the sound on your set- correctly connected. top and/or TV. Adjust the volume control on your set-top and/or TV.

  • Page 25: Terms And Conditions For Use Of Software ("Terms")

    Software TECHNOLOGY PLC (“PACE”) OR ITS THIRD PARTY LICENSORS (THE are owned exclusively by Pace or its licensors and you agree to execute any “SOFTWARE”). BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT PLEASE READ THESE document reasonably requested by Pace to evidence such ownership rights.
  • Page 26 New York courts and Pace shall be entitled to bring a section entitled Open Source Licenses. claim in the courts of any jurisdiction. Any failure by Pace to enforce any of its D. Termination rights hereunder or applicable law shall not constitute a waiver of such rights. Pace’s licensors and suppliers shall be third party beneficiaries of this License Agreement, These Terms are effective until terminated.

  • Page 27: Open Source Licenses

    OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (i) GPL Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid GNU General Public License the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, Version 2, June 1991 in effect making the program proprietary.
  • Page 28 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that modifications to it.
  • Page 29 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) NO WARRANTY For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE distribution of the Program.
  • Page 30 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for all its If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this when it starts in an users.
  • Page 31 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Most GNU software, including some libraries, is covered by the ordinary GNU General TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND Public License. This license, the GNU Lesser General Public License, applies to certain MODIFICATION designated libraries, and is quite different from the ordinary General Public License.
  • Page 32 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or any portion of it, thus forming a GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if work based on the Library, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the you wish.) Do not make any other change in these notices.
  • Page 33 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) Otherwise, if the work is a derivative of the Library, you may distribute the object code For an executable, the required form of the “work that uses the Library” must include for the work under the terms of Section 6. Any executables containing that work also fall any data and utility programs needed for reproducing the executable from it.
  • Page 34 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) 10. Each time you redistribute the Library (or any work based on the Library), the Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Library specifies a version recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute, link number of this License which applies to it and “any later version”, you have the option of with or modify the Library subject to these terms and conditions.
  • Page 35 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries conditions and the following disclaimer. If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of public, we recommend making it free software that everyone can redistribute and change.
  • Page 36 OPEN SOURCE LICENSES (cont.) 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of The following conditions apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA, conditions and the following disclaimer. lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code. The SSL documentation included with this 2.
  • Page 37 License version 1.0. The source code is available via an accepted Electronic Distribution written permission. Mechanism as defined in that license, to anyone to whom Pace made an executable THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTOR(S) ``AS IS’’...
  • Page 40 Pace and are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Pace Micro Technology plc. 502-3405000...

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