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HD DIGITAL TV RECORDER
DTR94 HD Freesat
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SER MANUAL
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  • Page 1 FREESAT+ HD DIGITAL TV RECORDER DTR94 HD Freesat SER MANUAL ENGLISH...
  • Page 2 The CE marking also certifies that the product complies with the following harmonised standards: EN60065, EN55013, EN55020, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3. The CE declaration of conformity can be viewed in the support section of the Sagem Communications site www.sagem-communications.com, or it can be obtained from the following address:...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW......................1 1-1. FRONT PANEL OF THE RECORDER ..................1 1-2. REAR PANEL OF THE RECORDER ..................2 1-3. REMOTE CONTROL ........................3 2. SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS ..................4 2-1. WHERE TO PUT YOUR RECORDER? ..................4 2-2. WARNINGS AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................4 2-3.
  • Page 4 7-2. RECORDER INFORMATION ....................23 7-3. HARD DISK INFORMATION ....................23 8. EVERYDAY USE.........................24 8-1. SELECTING A CHANNEL ......................24 8-2. ADJUSTING THE AUDIO VOLUME ..................25 8-3. CHANGING THE FAVOURITES LIST ..................25 8-4. TEMPORARILY SELECTING AUDIO LANGUAGES AND SUBTITLES ........26 8-5.

  • Page 5: Product Overview

    1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW Your Recorder is a digital recorder that lets you watch and record freesat HD and SD channels. YOUR NEW EQUIPMENT INCLUDES: 1 remote control with 2 batteries (AAA) 1 power supply unit (power adapter and power cord) 1 HDMI lead for connection to the HD TV set 1 installation guide 1 freesat presentation leaflet...

  • Page 6: Rear Panel Of The Recorder

    1-2 REAR PANEL OF THE RECORDER 6. Satellite dish input 2 11. Analog component video (Y Pb Pr) 7. Satellite dish input 1 12. Digital audio connector (S/PDIF) 8. Ethernet port (for future use) 13. Scart connector (to VCR or DVD recorder) 9.

  • Page 7: Remote Control

    1-3 REMOTE CONTROL Functions Put the recorder in standby mode/Wake up the recorder from standby mode. Access channels and various on-screen options Display programme information and options Turn the volume up or down Turn the sound off or on Move in a page, a menu… Go back to the previous screen or mode Launch immediate recording, Schedule a recording from the electronic programme guide (EPG)

  • Page 8: Safety Recommendations

    2. SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS Use of the recorder is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment. 2-1 WHERE TO PUT YOUR RECORDER? In order to guarantee the correct operation of your recorder, you must: • place it indoors to protect it from lightning, rain, and sun rays, •...

  • Page 9: Batteries

    • The recorder must be disconnected from mains supply (from the power outlet or rear panel) before any modification of connection between TV, VCR or dish. • In the event of a storm, it is advisable to unplug the dish. Even if the recorder and the television set are disconnected from the power supply, lightning can still damage them.

  • Page 10: Environment

    3. ENVIRONMENT Preservation of the environment is an essential concern of the manufacturer. The desire of the manufacturer is to operate systems observing the environment and consequently it has decided to integrate environmental performances in the life cycle of its products, from manufacturing to commissioning, use and elimination.

  • Page 11: European Directive On Waste Electrical And Electronic

    3-3 EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE ON WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) In the context of sustainable development, the reduction of wastes to be eliminated by reusing, recycling, composting and energy recovery is strongly advised. In order to comply with this directive which is applicable to EEEs sold after 13/08/2005, your recorder will be taken back free of charge and recycled by the distributor of the EEE within the limits of the quantity and types of equipment bought from them.

  • Page 12: Connections

    4. CONNECTIONS Before installing your recorder, please check that the delivery is complete (see “Product Overview”, page 1). Please ensure that the appliances to be connected together (recorder, TV, VCR…) are unplugged before making any connections. 4-1 CONNECTION TO THE SATELLITE DISH To get all the freesat HD and SD channels, make sure that your satellite dish is oriented towards ASTRA 2, facing 28.2°...

  • Page 13: Connection To The Tv Set

    4-2 CONNECTION TO THE TV SET 4-2-1 Connection to a High-Definition television using a HDMI lead 1. To take advantage of HD high-quality definition, you must connect the HDMI connector of your digital recorder to the HDMI connector on your television set. 2.
  • Page 14 4-2-2 Connection to a High-Definition television using the component video link (Y Pb Pr) 1. Connect the YPbPr connectors (red, blue and green) of your recorder to the YPbPr connectors on your television set, respecting the connectors colour (cable not supplied). 2.

  • Page 15: Connection To The Vcr/Dvd Recorder

    4-2-3 Connection to a Standard-Definition television 1. You must connect the television set to your recorder using a Scart connector (not supplied). For optimal quality, preferably connect the Scart lead to the TV Scart socket with 3 dots (RGB). 2. To connect other devices to the recorder (VCR, home cinema...), refer to the following sections. 3.

  • Page 16: Connection To A Home Cinema Amplifier

    4-4 CONNECTION TO A HOME CINEMA AMPLIFIER Some digital channels are shown in DTS or DOLBY DIGITAL quality sound. To fully enjoy this sound quality, it is best to connect your recorder to a home cinema with a coaxial input. Use a coaxial cable (not supplied) to connect the DIGITAL audio output on the recorder to the input of your home cinema amplifier.

  • Page 17: First Installation

    5. FIRST INSTALLATION Once the recorder is physically connected, you need to go through the setup procedure to get your freesat HD and SD channels. 1. Switch on your TV. 2. Press the Standby button on your remote control to wake the recorder up from standby mode. 3.
  • Page 18 You recorder is now set. You can start watching and enjoying all your freesat HD and SD channels. Should any problem that prevents you from completing the installation arise, please contact your retailer or the Sagem Communications SAS Hotline. UK Hotline: 08450 900 316* * 3.95 pence per minute from all fixed lines, tariff cost effective from 01/09/2009...

  • Page 19: Installation Menus

    6. INSTALLATION MENUS To move around the screens and change various settings, just use the keys to highlight your selections, press to confirm, and to leave a screen. 6-1 ICONS Library Guide User settings Recorder settings Information Channels Timer 6-2 USER SETTINGS To access the user settings screen, press Once you are in the main menu, select USER SETTINGS.
  • Page 20 6-2-2 Hiding Adult channels In USER SETTINGS, select ADULT GENRE. This feature lets you hide adult genre channels. If you activate this function, all adult genre channels will be hidden : you will not be able to switch to an adult genre channel, or browse this category in the electronic programme guide.

  • Page 21: Managing Channels And Favourite Lists

    6-2-5 Recording preferences In USER SETTINGS, select RECORDINGS. This menu lets you set general recording preferences. Timers margin for EPG: You can programme recording margins which will be automatically added to the recordings carried out via the electronic programme guide. You can thus set the recorder so that it starts to record a programme before its announced start time, and stops after its announced end time.

  • Page 22: Recorder Settings

    6-3-2 Creating Favourite lists In CHANNELS, select FAVOURITE LISTS. To create a favourite list, press the yellow key to select an empty list (list A to D). Highlight a channel in the Main channels list and press the green key to add it into your favourite list. To remove a channel from the favourite list, use the red key.
  • Page 23 Once the search is complete, press to save the channel list. The Channel search function installs all available freesat HD and SD channels. If you want to install non freesat channels, please refer to “Adding Non freesat channels”, page 22. 6-4-2 Picture settings In RECORDER SETTINGS, select PICTURE.
  • Page 24 6-4-4 Audio and Video Output settings In RECORDER SETTINGS, select A/V OUTPUT. Check the manuals of your video equipment to know what settings you need. HDMI RESOLUTION: select the output resolution for your HD TV set (1080i, 720p or 576p). If you have a standard TV, leave the setting at 576p.
  • Page 25 A warning message appears. To cancel the operation, press To confirm the formatting, press 6-4-7 Resetting the recorder If you reset the default settings, you lose the channels and settings you made. This operation does not erase the recordings saved in the library. In RECORDER SETTINGS, select FACTORY RESET.
  • Page 26 6-4-8 Adding Non freesat channels You can manually add non freesat channels by entering the transponder parameters (frequency, symbol rate, etc.). In RECORDER SETTINGS, select ADD NON FREESAT CHANNEL. Enter the required transponder parameters, then press the red key to launch the scanning. To save the scanning results, press Non freesat channels that are manually added will start with channel number 3000, and will not be available in the EPG.

  • Page 27: Information Menu

    7. INFORMATION MENU The information contained in this menu may be requested if you contact your supplier or another technical service. You will find here important information about the recorder, the hard disk and the embedded software. To access the recorder technical information, press In the main menu, select INFORMATION 7-1 SIGNAL INFORMATION In INFORMATION, select SIGNAL.

  • Page 28: Everyday Use

    8. EVERYDAY USE 8-1 SELECTING A CHANNEL The operations described in this section apply to television channels and radio stations. 8-1-1 Using the keys , or keys 0-9 Press on your remote control to change channel or enter its number on the numeric keypad to switch to the channel you want.

  • Page 29: Adjusting The Audio Volume

    8-1-4 Detailed programme information If you want more information on the current and following programme, press twice while watching a programme to display the extended information banner. Press to view information on the next/ current programme. to see information on the current/next programme on other channels.

  • Page 30: Temporarily Selecting Audio Languages And Subtitles

    8-4 TEMPORARILY SELECTING AUDIO LANGUAGES AND SUBTITLES All modifications take place immediately. However, temporary adjustments are not retained when you change channel. Press to display the audio tracks, subtitles or audio description selection screen. to select your settings then press to confirm.
  • Page 31 Select the channel genre you are interested in with the navigation keys and press You can PIN-lock access to adult genre using the parental control feature (see “Hiding Adult channels”, page 16). The electronic guide shows programme information for the selected genre on all available channels. To help you navigate in the electronic programme guide, a vertical line shows the current time.

  • Page 32: Live Mode/Deferred Mode

    8-7 LIVE MODE/DEFERRED MODE The recorder automatically saves the previous minutes of the channel that is watched (last 60 to 120 minutes depending on the signal characteristics). This sliding recording mode makes it possible to stop live mode, rewind and review the programme that was recorded moments before.

  • Page 33: Video Recordings

    9. VIDEO RECORDINGS The recording capacity of your recorder depends on the capacity of the hard disk and the selected programme. On average, one hour of recording requires from 1 GB (SD programme) to 2.5 GB (HD programme) of hard disk space. If the recorder is fed with two satellite signal inputs (as reccommended in “Connection to the satellite dish”, page 8), you can simultaneously: •...

  • Page 34: Recording Programmes From The Menu

    9-2 RECORDING PROGRAMMES FROM THE MENU Press the key to access the main menu. Once you are in the main menu, select TIMER The event timer screen shows the list of your scheduled recordings. There are two types of recordings: •...

  • Page 35: Recording Programmes From The Electronic Programme Guide

    9-3 RECORDING PROGRAMMES FROM THE ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE The advantage of recording from the electronic programme guide is that you can record specific programmes instead of choosing channel time slots. You can only do this if the programme information is provided by the channel broadcaster.

  • Page 36: Recording Library

    9-4 RECORDING LIBRARY Press the key to access the recording library. You can also access it by pressing and selecting LIBRARY. You will be able to create folders to organise your recordings, and control the disk space available. The left panel displays the existing folders, and the programmes you recorded.

  • Page 37: Managing The Recording List

    9-5 MANAGING THE RECORDING LIST The coloured keys let you manage the recording list and offer you the following actions: • red: select an operation • green: select the highlighted recording • blue: sort the recordings by date or name 9-5-1 Selecting recorded programmes You can work with several recordings at the same time.

  • Page 38: Renaming Recordings

    Press to confirm the creation. 9-5-4 Erasing recordings Select the recording(s) or folder(s) you want to erase with the green key. Press the red key. Select the action "Delete" and press A warning message appears for each item to erase. Press to confirm.

  • Page 39: Software Update

    • If you refuse the download (by pressing ), the recorder will ask you again regularly. Please check www.sagem-communications.com for new versions of this manual after the software is updated. - 35 -...

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting

    11. TROUBLESHOOTING Point the remote control at the recorder. ☞ The remote control is not working. Check the battery life and check the batteries are inserted ☞ properly. The recorder display shows no information Switch the recorder on by pressing the On/Off button. ☞...
  • Page 41 A black screen (no video) appears at the end of a Some channels stop their broadcast with a fixed image or no ☞ recording. video. When a recording ends on such programmes, the video recording stops but the time counter continues until the end of the scheduled recording time.

  • Page 42: Specifications

    12. SPECIFICATIONS TRANSMISSION STANDARDS 3,5’’ HARD DISK DRIVE OUTPUT RESOLUTION FORMAT DVB-S/DVB-S2, MPEG-2/MPEG-4 EMBEDDED For HD broadcast Capacity: 250 or 500 Gbytes 1280x720 @ 50 Hz (progressive) SATELLITE FRONT END depending on the model 1920x1080 @ 25 Hz (interlaced) Satellite RF input Scrambled TS recording: AES Unscaled (original format) or scaled Input frequency range: 950 to...
  • Page 43 DATA PORT ACCESSORIES 1 x External AC/DC adapter (1.2 m) Ethernet 10/100BT 1 x Power cord Fully integrated IEEE 802.3/802.3u 1 x Remote control (range: 7 m) 10/100 base T-Physical layer 2 x Saline 1.5 V batteries (AAA type) Auto-negotiation 10/100, Full/Half 1 x HDMI cord (1.5 m) Duplex 1 x Installation guide...

  • Page 44: Customer Support

    13. CUSTOMER SUPPORT At Sagem Communications we believe that a high quality product should come with the highest quality customer service. In the design of this product we have taken great care to ensure the maximum quality possible and are sure that you will be delighted with your purchase.

  • Page 45: Guarantee Terms

    Sagem Communications SAS After Sales Department, the phone number of which can be found on the delivery slip. Unless the customer has concluded with Sagem Communications SAS a maintenance contract for the equipment which specifically provides for repairs to be carried out at the customer's residence, the repairs will not be carried out on the equipment at the customer's residence.
  • Page 46 • damage due to insufficient or bad packaging of equipment when returned to Sagem Communi- cations SAS, • supply of new versions of software, •work on any equipment or software modified or added without the prior written consent of Sagem Communications SAS, •malfunctions not resulting from the Equipment or from software installed in user workstations for...
  • Page 48 Sagem Communications SAS Digital STB & TV Business Unit 250, route de l'Empereur 92500 Rueil-Malmaison - FRANCE www.sagem-communications.com...

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