Optibox ALLIGATOR User Manual

Mpeg4(h.264) hdtv digital satellite and terrestrial receiver

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MPEG4(H.264) HDTV Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Receiver
User's Manual
Optibox ALLIGATOR
Please read the entire manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference.

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  • Page 1 MPEG4(H.264) HDTV Digital Satellite and Terrestrial Receiver User’s Manual Optibox ALLIGATOR Please read the entire manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference.
  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Important safety instructions Safety Warnings This symbol indicates that dangerous voltage CAUTION consisting a risk of electric shock is present within RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK this unit. DO NOT OPEN CAUTION : To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not remove This symbol indicates that there are important the cover.
  • Page 3 Warning If the product is mishandled, the user might receive a serious or minor injury. Damage or loss to the user’s property might also result.  The product must not be exposed to water or liquid. If the apparatus is exposed to drips or splashes, it might cause a problem that cannot be repaired.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Getting Start 1.1 Package Contents ..................................5 1.2 Front Panel ....................................5 1.3 Rear Panel ..................................... 6 1.4 Remote Control Unit ..................................7 1.5 Connecting Your Equipment................................. 10 2. Installation 2.1 Antenna Setup ..................................... 11 2.2 Motor Setup ....................................11 2.3 Auto Search ....................................
  • Page 5: Getting Start

    1. Getting Start 1.1 Package Contents Make sure that the following accessories are supplied with your receiver. Remote Control Unit AAA Batteries (2 EA) User’s manual 1.2 Front Panel       Normal Mode Change to the next channel. Menu Mode Move to the upper item.
  • Page 6: Rear Panel

    1.3 Rear Panel LNB IN Connect satellite antenna. Connect to the other satellite receivers. LNB OUT Connect TV antenna or CATV cable. ANT IN LOOP OUT Connect TV. VCR SCART Connect VCR. TV SCART Connect TV. A/V(OUT) Connect TV (Left/Right) Connect TV through Y/Pb/Pr.
  • Page 7: Remote Control Unit

    1.4 Remote Control Unit Power Power On/Off. Switch TV or SAT mode. TV/SAT Select STB. TV/RADIO Switch TV/Radio mode. Digital Audio, Teletext, Subtitle menu. Select TV. Sleep timer. Save current volume & channel. SAVE Show additional function menu. OPT+ SCREEN Set screen format.
  • Page 8 1.4 Remote Control Unit Normal mode Adjust the volume. VOL  Change the left/right Menu mode item Normal mode Change channel. CH   Menu mode Move menu item. Normal mode Show the channel list. Menu mode Execute the select item. Additional Menu Red - Fine tune menu.
  • Page 9 1.4 Remote Control Unit PLAY  Change to normal speed in trick mode.  Show play navigation bar in normal speed. STOP  Stop file playback and watch live channel in time-shift or playback.  Stop recording. PAUSE  Pause or resume play. SFWD(Slow forward play) ...
  • Page 10: Connecting Your Equipment

    1.5 Connecting Your Equipment Connect related equipments to STB as below. Note When you connect STB to TV by using SCART, please fit the CLAMP FILTER near SCART jack. 1.5.1 Connect TV with RCA cable Satellite Dish Terrestrial Antenna 1.5.2 Connect TV/VCR with SCART / HDMI cable Satellite Dish Terrestrial Antenna 1.5.3 Connect TV/VCR with YUV/Terrestrial cable install...
  • Page 11: Installation

    2. Installation 2.1 Antenna Setup  Satellite : Select any satellite by pressing  keys. (Press blue key to edit the name of the satellite)  Transponder : Select a transponder.  LNB Type : Dual / Universal, Single, OCS, Wideband, Digiturk MDU1, Digiturk MDU2.
  • Page 12: Auto Search

    2.2 Motor Setup 2.2.2 Setting up USALS Select the USALS in the Motor Setup menu, and press OK key to display following menu.  Satellite : Select a satellite by pressing  keys.  Transponder : Displaying current TP value.  Satellite Position : You can edit the position of satellite.
  • Page 13: Advanced Search

    2.4 Advanced Search When a new satellite is launched or you want to search channels from a satellite which is not programmed, you can edit all of the transponders of the satellite by this function and then channels can be searched by “Advance Search”.  Edit TP : When you press GREEN key, EDIT TP menu It will be displayed, The settings of “Frequency”,...
  • Page 14: Terrestrial

    2.7 Terrestrial You can edit all of the Frequency of the Terrestrial by this function. And then channels can be searched by Terrestrial. 3. Channel / Event 3.1 Channel Control Channel Control consists of TV channel control and Radio channel control. All kinds of channel editing functions can be performed in this menu like Channel view, Edit Name, Set/Clear favorite, Lock/Unlock, Edit PID, Move and Delete.
  • Page 15: Edit Name

    3.1 Channel Control 3.1.3 Edit Name Edit the name of the selected Channel. Select one channel and press OK key and then you can edit name. 3.1.4 Favorite Channels Select Set/Clear FAV in the channel control popup menu, then another popup menu will appear on the right side of the screen (e.g.
  • Page 16: Event Timer

    3.1 Channel Control 3.1.7 Edit PID Edit Video PID, Audio PID, PCR PID with Hex or decimal code. If you want to change PID number, press RED key to Enter value by yourself. 3.1.8 Move Change the position of the selected channel in the channel list. Select MOVE in the edit channel popup menu, Press OK on the channel that you want to move, use press UP/DOWN key to locate channel position and RED (move channel) key and then Press EXIT key to save.
  • Page 17: Menu Guide

    4. Menu Guide 4.1 Channel List Press OK key while watching video, then Channel List menu will be shown depends on channel mode (Sort mode). If the channel mode (Sort mode) is favorite mode, then Favorite channel list will be displayed. You can search the channel by sort function.
  • Page 18: Channel Guide

    4.2 Channel Guide 4.2.1 Channel Guide Press EPG key while watching channel, then TV GUIDE menu will be shown. The EPG menu consists of Channel number, Event name and the flag of extended event description. Brief TV guide information of current channel will be displayed on the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 19: Audio Control

    4.3 Normal Mode Press AV+ key in the normal mode. Choosing a Teletext service, then it will display to Teletext from current channel < Teletext Mode > < Subtitle > 4.3.1 Audio Control Press AV+ key, then you can see Audio pop-up window and you can select audio language and audio mode (Left, Right, Stereo).
  • Page 20: System Setup

    4.4 System Setup 4.4.1 OSD Setup In Normal Mode, Press MENU key, then select System Setup Menu and select OSD menu. 4.4.1.1 Language You can set language which will be used for displaying menu. You can select English, French, Russian, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Italian, and German. 4.4.1.2 Audio Language You can set the default audio language.
  • Page 21: Display Format

    4.4 System Setup 4.4.2.3 Display Format You can select Display Format according to your TV type. “PAL”, “NTSC”, “SECAM”, and “PAL & NTSC” modes are supported. 4.4.2.4 Display Size 1080i, 720p, 576p, 480p. 4.4.2.5 Deinterlacer You can turn on/off the Deinterlacer. If you set the deinterlacer value to ON, HDMI/YUV picture quality of SD channels will be improve.
  • Page 22: Volume Control

    4.4 System Setup 4.4.3.5 Volume Control You can set the Volume Control by pressing OK key, then press   key on the RCU. Supported mode : All Channel - the volume value of all channel same value channel - every channel can have different volume value.
  • Page 23: Additional Function

    4.4 System Setup 4.4.6 Parental Control You can prevent children from watching channels, which are unsuitable for them. Only the person who knows the password can watch the prohibited channels. In the parental control menu, you can select four password options. 4.4.6.1 Lock Grade Change the password options by , None, Menu, channel, Menu &...
  • Page 24: Module

    4.6 Module 4.6.1 CI Slots The CI (Common Interface) is an interface for a standard PCMCIA module in receiver. If you want to watch a scrambled channel, you need CAM (Conditional Access Module) and Smart Card to the channel. CI menu is provided by CAM and its Smart Card. This menu will be activated if you insert the CAM In the slot CI menu varies according to the kind of CAM and its Smart Card.
  • Page 25: Stb Status

    4.7 STB Status 4.7.1 Factory Value This function will reset all the parameters as factory default value. When this menu is selected, the message will be displayed on the screen. You can change each field into default data in Factory Value. 4.7.2 STB Information STB Information shows STB software version, data, etc for your reference.
  • Page 26: Esata Pvr Guide

    5. eSATA PVR Guide 5.1 PVR Setup You can change the PVR configuration in PVR Setup menu. To enter this menu, press MENU key in normal mode, and go to Channel / PVR menu, then select PVR Setup. - Time Shift : Configuration for recording the current channel automatically If you set Time Shift to Enable(1 or 2 Hour), you can use time shift without recording a channel explicitly.
  • Page 27: File Browser

    5.3 File Browser You can see the files that you recorded and other media files(ex JPEG) in File Browser. To enter this menu, press BROWSER( ) key in normal mode. You can see the file information (size, date, duration etc) here. You can play a media file by pressing OK key on a file that you want to play.
  • Page 28: Instant Recording

    5.4 Instant Recording You can start recording a channel that you are watching by pressing RECORD( ) key. You can record 3 channels in same transponder The default duration is set in PVR Setup Menu and file name is derived from channel information.
  • Page 29: Trick Play

    5.5 Time Shift You can also shift a time with trick play key in normal mode and seek key in the Play Navigation. Please refer to Trick Play and Play Navigation. 5.6 Trick Play You can change the playback speed while you are in time shift mode or watching a file playback. You can use trick function in normal mode or progress bar.
  • Page 30: Getting Ready

    5.8 Getting Ready Please follow below steps to get ready for recording function. Preparation This function works with external HDD with Serial ATA interface (eSATA HDD). Connecting eSATA HDD to the Set Top Box 1) Ensure the power of both devices are turned off. 2) Connect STB and eSATA HDD with eSATA Cable.
  • Page 31: Recording

    5.9 Recording 1) Press REC button on RCU. 2) Recording will be started with tiny message box on upper right side displaying recording time & channel name. 3) To stop recording, press STOP button on RCU. 4) BACKGROUND RECORDING : You can switch to other channel to watch it while recording (recording channel and watching channel should belong to same TP) 5) As you try to move channel in different TP, recording could be stopped with confirmation message box.
  • Page 32 5.10 Play Back 3) For full screen playback, press OK button on RCU 4) For playback information, press button on RCU full screen playback playback information Pause by II button 2X speed playback by  button 5) PLAYBACK while RECORDING : You can playback recorded file while recording live channel. Start recording and then follow No.3 PLAYBACK procedure.
  • Page 33: Appendix

    6. Appendix. 6.1 Troubleshooting Solution Problem No display LED on the front panel.  Power cord plug in correctly. No power supply.  Ensure that the receiver is switched on. No picture.  Check connection and correct.  Check channel and video output and correct. ...
  • Page 34: Remote Control Tv Setting

    6.2 Remote Control TV Setting 6.2.1 Programing the Remote Control There are two ways to program the remote control ; Automatic Code Search or Direct Entry. 6.2.2 Using Automatic Code Search 1. Turn on the component(TV) you want to control. 2.
  • Page 35 6.2 Remote Control TV Setting Brand List for TV...
  • Page 36 6.2 Remote Control TV Setting Brand List for TV...
  • Page 37 6.2 Remote Control TV Setting Brand List for TV...
  • Page 38: Specification

    6.3 Specification DVB-S/S2 Tuner And Channel RF Input Range 950MHz ~ 2150MHz Input Connector F-Type Female (With Loop-Through Output) Input Impedance 75[Ohm] Input Dynamic Range -65dBm ~ -25dBm Multi Demodulation Standard DVB-S, DVB-S2 : QPSK, 8PSK Symbol Rate DVB-S : QPSK Maximum 45Msps @ 2~45Msps DVB-S2 : 8PSK/QPSK Maximum 30Msps @ 10~30Msps Multi Decoding Method Standard LDPC/BCH DVB-S2(1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 3/5, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10)
  • Page 39 6.3 Specification DVB-T MPEG TS A/V Decoding Transport Stream Format MPEG-4 Part10 AVC/H.264 HD HP@L4.1 1920x1080@50/60Hz(MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818 Transport Stream Specification) Profile Level MPEG-2 MP@HL, MPEG-4 Part10 AVC/H.264 HD HP@L4.1 Input Rate Maximum 31.668450Mb/s, 27.709893Mb/s Video Aspect Ratio 4:3, Letter Box, 16:9, Pan & Scan Video Display Resolution 1920x1080i, 1280x720p, 720x576i/p, 720x480i/p @ 50/60Hz Audio Decoding Format...

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