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Entone Amulet User Manual

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Amulet
High Definition Television Receiver
User's Guide
P/N: 98-80xxxx-03

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  • Page 1 Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide P/N: 98-80xxxx-03...
  • Page 2 THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. TRADEMARKS Entone and the tagline “Connecting the Home” are trademarks of Entone, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective owners. CHANGES The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    FRONT PANEL AND REAR PANEL ........................8 REMOTE CONTROL ..............................9 Amulet Introduction ............................... 10 ABOUT THE AMULET HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION RECEIVER ............... 10 Connecting the TV ..............................11 CONNECTING THE TV USING COAXIAL CABLE ..................... 12 SETTING UP TV TO USE CATV ........................... 12 CONNECTING THE TV USING RCA COMPOSITE....................

  • Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity

    Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. • Connect the equipment to a different circuit from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Copyright © 2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 5 • Low voltage Directive 73/23/EEC Entone products are designed and tested to meet IEC00065, the standard for the Safety of Information Technology Equipment. This is the international standard for these types of products to reduce the risk of product damage and of personal injury.
  • Page 6 Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide Canada Certification Notice The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets certain telecommunications network protective operations and safety requirements as prescribed in the appropriate Terminal Equipment Technical Requirements document(s).

  • Page 7: Preface

    WARNING: A caution or a warning describes conditions that can result in an error. IMPORTANT: An important note. OVERVIEW OF THIS USER’S GUIDE This User’s Guide provides generic information about connecting Amulet to your audio and video equipments. Some of the topics covered in this guide are: Safety and regulatory information...

  • Page 8: Safety Precautions

    Chapter 1.1 Safety Precautions Before installing Amulet, be sure to unplug Amulet, your TV and any other audio-video equipment you are using. This precaution will help to prevent danger of electrical shock and damage to Amulet and your equipment. Be careful when moving your television to avoid accidental tipping or movements that might cause injury to you or those around you.

  • Page 9: Index To Parts And Controls

    3 Color RCA A/V Cable (6 feet) 3 Color Component Cable (6 feet) Power Supply with 6 feet power cord (100-240V, output 12V/2.5A) URC PLUS Remote Control (Universal Remote Control) Battery (AA-size) Copyright © 2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 10: Front Panel And Rear Panel

    Figure 2-1 Amulet Front Panel Part Name Description 1. Standby Switch Power up or put Amulet in standby mode 2. LINK Indicator Green when Ethernet connection is active 3. HD Indicator Blue when the output resolution is HD (720p or higher) 4.

  • Page 11: Remote Control

    Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide REMOTE CONTROL Part Name Description SETUP Special Key reserved for remote programming functions. INPUT Changes the current A/V input of the selected device. INPUT + MENU triggers STB User Menu. POWER Switches the power on/off for the currently selected device.

  • Page 12: Amulet Introduction

    With Amulet, subscribers can blend and connect a variety of traditional DSL broadband services (FTTP) with rich media services, and extend the capabilities of their existing IP home networks. Amulet supports a broad range of established home networking technologies such as HomePlug, HomePNA 3.0 and 802.11n to distribute video content throughout the home, including isolated locations.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Tv

    Amulet offers several options for connecting audio and video to popular TV and audio equipment. You can connect Amulet to the TV using composite, component, HDMI connection. You may also connect the Amulet to the TV using coaxial cable connection.

  • Page 14: Connecting The Tv Using Coaxial Cable

    Figure 4-1 Connecting TV using Coaxial Cable SETTING UP TV TO USE CATV In order for the Amulet to feed video signal to TV using RF TV, your TV must be configured to receive signal from CATV rather than from the antenna.

  • Page 15: Connecting The Tv Using Rca Composite

    4. Plug in your TV and turn on the power using your TV remote control. Use your TV remote control to select the respective video input that has connected to the Amulet. Consult your TV owner’s manual for instructions as required.

  • Page 16: Connecting The Tv Using Hdmi Or Component

    Amulet. Before purchasing the cable, consult your TV owner’s manual to confirm that your TV supports the video signal output that you plan to use. 2. Connect the video and audio cables to the Amulet. (HDMI does not require separate audio cable connection.) 3.
  • Page 17 Analog DVI is not supported. If your TV supports digital DVI but not HDMI, you can use an HDMI to DVI convector cable or adaptor to connect the Amulet HDMI to the TV DVI. In this case, you need to connect the audio cable separately.

  • Page 18: Setting Hdmi And Component Output Resolution

    Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide SETTING HDMI AND COMPONENT OUTPUT RESOLUTION You can select 1080i, 720p, 480p or 480i on the HDMI and Component output. When you set the output, both HDMI and Component outputs are set to the selected resolution, the “HD” indicator in front panel will glow in blue if the resolution is set to720p or higher.

  • Page 19: Connecting Audio System

    AC-3 signal. Please refer to your service provider for availability of AC-3 5.1 programs. You can enjoy multi-channel surround-sound such as 5.1 channel by connecting the Amulet to an amplifier compatible with Dolby Digital. You can connect to your amplifier using the digital optical audio output.
  • Page 20 Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide Table 5-1 Audio Format Audio HDMI Optical Audio RCA Audio RF TV Track Output Output AC-3 With AC- AC-3 track AC-3 track AC-3 track AC-3 track Enable 3 Track selected and selected and...

  • Page 21: Powering-Up Amulet

    6.1 Powering-Up Amulet Follow these steps to power up the Amulet: 1. Follow your TV/Network service provider’s instruction to connect the Amulet to your network modem or network access unit using the Ethernet cable comes packaged with the Amulet. Figure 6-1 Connecting Amulet 2.
  • Page 22 ATTENTION: If your Amulet is equipped with a hard drive, disk formatting may be required when the Amulet boots up for the first time. Message will be showing in the splash screen when the disk is being formatted. Do not power off the box during the disk formatting.

  • Page 23: Remote Controls

    3. Put the new batteries in. Make sure you match the plus ( “+” ) ends with the plus markings on the battery case. 4. Slide the cover back into place. Figure 7-1 Loading Batteries to Remote Control Copyright © 2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 24: Controlling The Amulet

    ATTENTION: Amulet must use new URC PLUS remote controls. Old remote controls without the “URC PLUS” logo do not work with Amulet. If the URC PLUS remote control shipped with Amulet has a silver back; it is an iURC remote (IR URC) which sends IR signals by default, and you can skip the following steps to register the remote in IR mode.
  • Page 25 Now the URC PLUS is in registration mode. Figure 7-3 URC PLUS in Remote Registration Mode – Step 1 (for Amulet using IR mode) 2. On the URC PLUS, press “STB” once again. Both the “STB” and “AUX” button backlight will illuminate.

  • Page 26: Controlling Your Television And Other A/V Devices

    CONTROLLING YOUR TELEVISION AND OTHER A/V DEVICES The Amulet remote controls can also be used to control TVs and other A/V devices such as DVD players and recorders. The remote controls use infrared (IR) light signals to control other devices that the remote is programmed to control.

  • Page 27: Closed Captioning

    TV service provider. Closed captioning can be controlled by the Amulet. To turn on or off closed captioning, press the “LANG” button on the remote control. The “LANG” button will toggle captioning on and off alternatively. If the captioning is disabled in the Amulet, you can still enable the captioning through the television, please refer to your TV’s owner manual for instructions on enabling the closed-captioning.

  • Page 28: Aspect Ratio

    Chapter 9.1 Aspect Ratio Amulet supports display of both standard definition content which is traditionally filmed in 4:3 aspect ratio and high definition content filmed in 16:9 aspect ratio to both 4:3 or 16:9 TV. Setting of aspect ratio is provided by middleware. Please refer to your service provider for options available and detailed operation.

  • Page 29: User Menu

    Chapter 10.1 User Menu The Amulet User Menu is an on-screen setup menu to set up your Amulet features. You need to connect the TV properly before using the User Menu. Table 10-1 User Menu Features Available Options TV 1 Channel ID...

  • Page 30: Using User Menu

    Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide USING USER MENU To start the User Menu: 1. Press “INPUT” and then “MENU” in sequence within 1 second. Figure 10-1 Triggering the User Menu Figure 10-2 Amulet User Menu To set up a feature: 1.
  • Page 31 Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide Figure 10-3 User Menu - Feature in Focus Figure 10-4 User Menu - Feature selected for choice selection 3. Use remote control “UP” and “DOWN” arrow to loop through available choices. 4. Press “OK’ again when your choice is selected.
  • Page 32 Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide To save your setup or exit: 1. If you have made any setup and want to save the settings, select “SUBMIT” in the User Menu. You will be notified the saving of your settings.
  • Page 33 Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide 2. Select “EXIT” to quit the User Menu. Figure 10-7 User Menu – Exit User Menu ATTENTION: If you exit the User Menu without doing the “SUBMIT”, your changes will be lost and will not take effect.

  • Page 34: Setting Hdmi And Component Output Resolution

    Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide SETTING HDMI AND COMPONENT OUTPUT RESOLUTION You can use User Menu to set the HDMI and Component output resolution. To use User Menu to set the output resolution, follow procedures in section Using User Menu, to make the changes.

  • Page 35: Setting Hpna

    SETTING TIVO IR KEYCODE Amulet is equipped with an IR receiver at the front panel. If you have TiVo or Sling box, you can use the IR blaster provided by TiVo or Sling to control Amulet for actions such as channel switching for recording or remote network viewing.

  • Page 36: Specifications

    Network interfaces Ethernet Ethernet (10/100Base-T auto-sensing) Home networking Optional HPNA 3.0 (Telephone wire / Coaxial Cable) Optional 802.11n wireless Physical and mechanical Dimensions 280 x 50 x 270mm (WxHxD) Weight 1.3 kg Copyright © 2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 37 Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide Operating voltage 100-240VAC RMS Operating current 1.35A RMS, max. Operating frequency Range ~47-63Hz Output voltage 12V/2.5A Operating temperature 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F) Relative Humidity non-condensing Regulatory compliance UL, CE, IEC65, FCC part 15 (pending)

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting The Amulet

    Chapter 12.1 Troubleshooting the Amulet This section describes some of the most common problems that might be encountered when installing Amulet, and the solutions to those problems. Symptom Remedy Reference • Check batteries are correctly loaded. Remote controls Section 7 – Remote •...
  • Page 39 Amulet High Definition Television Receiver User’s Guide • Restart the Amulet by switching off and on the power supply. Press and hold the Down arrow key on the front panel for until the diagnostic screen is shown and beep sound is heard.

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