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- Page 1 Quick start manual TechniStar S2 International Edition Digital HD Receiver with CONAX card reader, an interface for recording from CI/CI+ modules plus DVR recording function via the USB interface. DiSEqC...
- Page 2 1 Illustrations LED Display On/Standby TV/Radio CI module up/down arrow keys socket Card reader: > Insert the CONAX smartcard into the card reader (gold chip facing down and at the front as you insert) and push it in as far as it will go. Inserting the CI / CI+ module: >...
- Page 3 Remote control option: by switching on the remote control option, two receivers and one TechniSat TV with the same coding can be operated using this remote control. > To switch over the remote control option, press the button you want (SAT1, SAT2 or TV) and OK at the same time.
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Page 4: Please Read This First
2 Please read this first Before connecting and using the device, first check that everything has been supplied and familiarise yourself with the safety instructions. You should have received: 1 Digital receiver, 1 Power supply, 1 Remote control, 1 Quick start manual, 2 Batteries (1.5V micro-cell), 1 HDMI cable. -
Page 5: Periods Of Non-Use
In the following circumstances you should disconnect the device from the mains power and consult an expert: > the power cable or mains plug is damaged > the device has been exposed to moisture or liquid has got into it >... - Page 6 At the end of its product life cycle, this receiver may not be disposed of with your regular household waste. It must be taken to a recycling collection point for electrical and electronic equipment. This is indicated by the symbol on the product, the operating manual or the packaging. The materials used can be re-used in accordance with their labelling.
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Page 7: Changing The Battery
Before handing your receiver over to your supplier for maintenance purposes, we recommend that you remove all storage media or data carriers. Restoring data is not part of maintenance or repair work. TechniSat accepts no responsibility for the loss of, or damage to, data during repair work. -
Page 8: Connecting The Dvb Receiver
4 Connecting the DVB receiver Mains connection Connecting the LNB to the LNB input on the DVB receiver. HDMI connection from the DVB receiver to the TV. Scart connection between the DVB receiver and the TV. Connecting the audio outputs to a hi-fi system. -
Page 9: Mains Power Connection
The following references (a b c etc.) relate to the illustration on the previous page. 4.1 Mains power connection The digital receiver should only be connected to the power supply once you have finished making all the connections to the various other components. This will prevent damage to the digital receiver or other components. -
Page 10: Network Port (Rj45)
MPEG, MP3 or JPG playback functions to access MPEG, MP3 or JPG files on the USB storage device. You can also insert a WLAN dongle, e.g. the TechniSat USB WLAN Adapter (part no. 0000/3633) into the USB port to connect the receiver to your WLAN network. - Page 11 Menu language > When the installation wizard starts, you will first see a window for selecting the menu language. > Use the arrow keys to highlight the menu language you want. The preferred audio language will be set automatically according to this selection. >...
- Page 12 Screen format > Use the right/left arrow keys to set the screen format for the connected TV. The screen format on the TV will be automatically adjusted according to your selection. > Press the green function key Accept to confirm the selection and move on to the next installation step.
- Page 13 > Press the OK button to close the window again. > To accept the settings, use the arrow keys to highlight the Accept field. > Confirming with the OK button takes you to the next step of the installation. Antenna configuration In this step of the installation you can adapt your digital receiver setup to the configuration of your antenna.
- Page 14 > By pressing green function key Start, an automatic channel scan is run. In doing so, all selected satellites in the antenna configuration are automatically scanned for channels. This procedure may take several minutes. Please note all messages displayed on screen. If the channel search has been skipped, the default channel list is loaded.
- Page 15 The message "Updating software. Please wait.” is displayed on the screen along with a progress bar showing the progress of the download. Two additional progress bars then appear showing the progress of the individual updating steps on your device. AutoInstall will then resume. Loading EPG data Your digital receiver has an EPG (Electronic Program Guide).
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Page 16: Basic Operation
6 Basic operation Dear Customer The following section starts by covering basic operation as well as recurring operating steps for the TV. This should make it easier to read the instruction manual, since it avoids repeated description of identical steps at each individual stage. If a function or setting for the device has to be different from the basic operation, the difference in operation is described in detail at the relevant point in the instruction manual. - Page 17 > Select the Settings menu item by moving the highlight over this item using the arrow keys. > Press the OK button to open the Settings menu. > Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the Picture settings item. > The Picture settings menu is opened by subsequently pressing the OK button.
- Page 18 You can also highlight the individual menu items in the same way as you highlight an item on a submenu to open it and alter the respective settings. The menu items in some menus have to be highlighted by moving sideways. This is done by pressing the right/left arrow keys.
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Page 19: Changing A Setting
Alternatively: > Press the Menu button to leave the menu directly. The settings that need to be saved manually will be reset in this case. If the green function key with Accept is not displayed in the bottom line of the screen, the changes are saved automatically on exiting the menu. - Page 20 > Confirm by pressing the OK button. The selection list is closed again and the selected setting is shown in the menu. 6.4.3 Entering numbers > Enter the new setting you want using the numeric keypad key if a question mark or a number value is shown inside the highlight.
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Page 21: Operating The Unit
7 Operating the unit 7.1 Switching on > Switch the digital receiver on by pressing the On/Stand-by button either on the receiver panel or on the remote control. If the user-dependent parental control (TechniFamily) is activated, the user selection now appears. 7.2 Selecting the user If the user-dependent parental control (children's viewing time account) is activated, the user profile selection screen appears after switching on. - Page 22 7.4.2 Using the numeric pad keys > Use the numeric keypad keys to enter the number of the channel you want. For example: for channel 1 1, then 4 for channel 14 2, then 3, then 4 for channel 234 1, then 5, then 6 then 7...
- Page 23 The active channel list type is highlighted. TV lists > Use the up/down arrow buttons to select e.g. the TV List 2 channel list type. > Confirm with OK. The channels stored in TV List 2 are now displayed. Full list >...
- Page 24 > Confirm with OK. Another window appears for selecting the provider you want. Genre lists Using the genre lists you can view channels that have been allocated to a specific genre (channel type). > Use the up/down arrow buttons to select Genre lists in the channel list types. >...
- Page 25 > Confirm by pressing OK. 7.4.4 Calling up blocked channels If a programme is selected that is blocked by the parental control function, the message Device PIN will be displayed on the screen. > Use the numeric keys to enter your PIN code. The channel you want will be displayed.
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Page 26: Volume Control
7.5 Receiving encrypted channels Your receiver is equipped with an integrated CONAX encryption system (smartcard reader) and a Common Interface for accepting a CI / CI+ module. This enables you to receive and view encrypted channels. To do this, you must first either insert a CONAX Smartcard into the integrated card reader, or insert a CI / CI+ module with a valid Smartcard into the slots provided. -
Page 27: Transponder Information
> Use the up/down arrow buttons to highlight the language you want and confirm with OK. You can now hear the programme in the selected language. It is also possible to receive mono broadcasts with your digital receiver. > Using the right/left arrow keys you can choose between mono channel 1 ( mono channel 2 ( ) and stereo ( ) when the sound selection has been called up... - Page 28 Teletext group Teletext block > Use the numeric keys to enter the teletext page you want. Your entry will appear in the upper left corner of the screen. After you have entered the teletext page you want, your device will search for it. As it is not possible to transfer every teletext page at the same time, it may be a few seconds before your receiver finds the page and displays it on the screen.
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Page 29: Picture Zooming
7.10.2.4 Exiting teletext > Press the Back key to return to normal operating mode. 7.11 Subtitles Where subtitles are broadcast, this will be indicated by the icon. If you have switched on the subtitles function, these will be displayed automatically, provided that they are being broadcast in the language selected. - Page 30 7.13.2 EPG overview Display time > gives the time of the programme to be displayed (Now, Next, More). Display day > graphic representation of the weekday on the display. Channel name with the corresponding channel within the active favourites list. Progress bars or the start/stop time of the programme being shown.
- Page 31 7.13.3.3 Timer menu > Press the red function key (Timer) to open a selection window. > Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the Timer type option. > Confirm with OK. For control purposes a mask appears for editing timers containing data for the selected programme.
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Page 32: Timer Recordings
New search Existing search term > Now press the green function key (Accept) to search for programmes with exactly this title (the EPG data is searched for programmes with this title and these are displayed where available). 7.14 Timer recordings You can use the DVR timer to record programmes to an attached recording medium while you are out. -
Page 33: Selecting A Function
However, it is often the case that the selected programme starts either earlier or later than stated. If so, either the beginning or the end of the programme being recorded is missing. To avoid this problem, you can enter a timer pre-roll time/post-roll in one minute increments. The timer will now start earlier and finish later than in the EPG data by the pre-roll time/post-roll times entered. -
Page 34: Operating The Dvr
8.1 Organising recording media To be able to make recordings on one of the media mentioned above, this must be formatted for either FAT32 or the TechniSat file system. > First press the Menu button to access the Main menu. -
Page 35: Dvr Recording
Defining the recording medium In the Recording Media Organiser menu you can define which medium that has been formatted in the DVR file system format should be used as the recording medium. In doing so you have a choice between selecting the medium manually or automatically. By selecting Automatic, the medium that was the first to be inserted is used as the recording medium. - Page 36 The following request appears. > Use the up/down arrow keys to select Store (to save the recording to the storage medium) or Discard (to not save the recording) and confirm with OK. 8.2.4 Ending recording automatically Option 1 > Press the On/Standby button. A request is now displayed asking what should happen to the recording in progress.
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Page 37: Dvr Playback
> Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the line with the action you want (e.g. +1 hour) and confirm with OK. The receiver will now record the programme(s) on the channel you have selected for the set period of time and then stop recording automatically. 8.3 Timer recordings You can use the DVR timer to record programmes to an attached recording medium while you are out. - Page 38 > In the function selection select the Films / DVR item. > Now call up the My Recordings folder on your attached recording medium. 8.4.2 Pause / Freeze frame > To pause playback of a recording (freeze frame), press the Pause / Play button during playback.
- Page 39 During playback you have the option of navigating directly to locations in the recording where you have set bookmarks. > Press the Option button to open a window displaying the available bookmarks. The Current bookmark is also displayed. This indicates the current playback position in the recording.
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Page 40: Troubleshooting Guide
9 Troubleshooting guide Fault Possible cause Solution Remote control does not Wrong remote control code Apply correct remote work. used. control code. Batteries are spent. Replace batteries. Various channels not Wrong channel list Select another channel list. shown in channel list. selected. - Page 41 Fault Possible cause Solution Cannot receive channels Antenna defective or not Check antenna. that were previously being correctly adjusted. received. Channel transferred to a Perform a search/scan. different transponder. Channel no longer being None. broadcast. Intermittent appearance Heavy rain or snow. Remove snow from dish of square blocks in the antenna.
- Page 42 Error Possible cause Solution Receiver cannot be Defective data stream --> Hold down the On/Stand-by operated, switched on or receiver blocked. button on the receiver or switched off. on the remote control for approx. 5 seconds. Disconnect mains plug for approx.
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- Page 44 However, from the seventh month after the date of purchase, under legal provision, the obligation is on you to prove that the problem with the equipment already existed at the time of purchase. But TechniSat is offering you another solution. By submitting a fully completed and signed TechniSat registration card, your two-year legal warranty claim is converted into a three-year warranty.
- Page 45 How to register your product 1) Registration by post: TechniSat Teledigital GmbH cut out the completed TechniSat registration - TechniSat Warranty - card along the dotted line, place in an Nordstrasse 4a...
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- Page 48 Your TV bears the CE symbol and complies with all requisite EU standards. Subject to change for amendments and printing errors Version 06/12 Duplication and reproduction only with the publisher's approval TechniSat and TechniStar S2 are registered trademarks of TechniSat Digital GmbH Postfach 560 D-54541 Daun Germany www.technisat.com...