Generating the NIT via the control unit ...........15 Programming procedure ...............16 Programming the cassette ............18 Selecting the cassette ..............19 Output settings ................19 Modulator on/off, Level............20 Channel / Frequency ..............20 Output symbol rate, QAM modulation ........22 - 2 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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Deleting a PID ................34 Renaming a PID ..............35 Output data rate ................35 Network Information Table (NIT) ............36 Factory reset ................37 Saving settings ................38 6 Final procedures ..................38 7 Channel and frequency tables ..............39 - 3 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
CA-Modul SAT IN "A" CA module Modulator Tuner "A" "A" SAT IN "B" Tuner "B" Modulator "B" Combiner RF OUT CA-Modul CA module Modulator Tuner "C" "C" Tuner "D" Modulator "D" ASI IN - 6 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
"V 44" or higher. You can find the current op- erating software for the control unit and the cassette, the software "BE-Flash" and the current assembly instructions on the website "www.gss.de/en". The cassette is (with exception of STC 332) intended for use in the STANDARD LINE head-end stations.
The TPS module can adjust the "Network Information Table" (NIT) to accommodate the new station data. The "NIT" contains data which is required by the set-top boxes connected to the cable network for the automatic search feature. - 8 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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Some cable operators specify a fixed symbol rate (e.g. 6,900 kSymb/s). - 9 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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• Insert the cassette in this slot and push it into the housing. • Align the cassette and apply slight pressure to connect it to the connections of the board and the RF bus bar. • Fasten the cassette with the screws - 10 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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19" cabinet. Tighten the nuts on the cable terminals until the teeth on the lock washer have penetrated the exterior coating and a good connection is made between the hous- ing and cable terminals. - 11 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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—> Avoid wide differences in level at the inputs! • If required connect the ASI input to the ASI output of a corresponding signal source. • Connect the head-end station to the mains power supply. - 12 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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—> If the QAM module is inserted in the head-end station, the left com- mon interface is assigned to tuner A, the right one to tuner C. - 13 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
The key pad on the head-end station is used to scroll through the menus step- by-step: scrolls forward through the menus select parameters/submenus set values, initiate actions selects presets scrolls backward through the menus saves all entries - 14 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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Pa r at i o n • Test the software versions of the head-end station and the cassette and up- date them if necessary. The current software versions can be found on the website "www.gss.de". 5.2 n ot es...
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▶ Bx 4A TV + 01/06 Das Erste - 16 - HDTA 614 C ASI ◀ ▶ alle + / alle – nur bei Auswahl Tuner A oder C only if tuner A or C is selected all + / all –...
Bx 4A => Make ▶ on / off Make Page 16 auf Werkseinstellung Bx 4 FACTORY Bx 4 FACTORY zurücksetzen und speichern ▶ reset to factory defaults Defaults => STORE => M and store - 17 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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—> The processor reads the cassettes‘ data (approximately 10 sec- onds). BE–Remote V 44 Ein / On please wait … t > 10 s • Press the button. —> The "Selecting the cassette" – "Box x …" menu is activated. - 18 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
—> It is possible to rotate through the submenus of all modulators using the buttons (ascending) and (descending). • Using buttons select the desired modulator. • Press the button. —> The "Modulator on/off, Level" – "LEVEL" submenu is activated. - 19 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
306 MHz going back in steps of 8 MHz (see frequency table on page 39). Please note thereby that many receivers cannot receive the channel ranges S21 … S41 (306 … 466 MHz). - 20 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
• Use buttons to adjust the desired frequency. • Press the button. —> The "Output symbol rate, QAM modulation" – "QAM-MODE" sub- menu is activated. - 21 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
• Use the buttons to place the cursor under "QAM…". Bx 4A QAM–MODE 6900 QAM 256 • Use to set the QAM modulation ("4" … "256"). - 22 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
• Press the button. —> Returning to "Output settings" main menu (page 19). —> If necessary set further modulators. • Press the button. —> The "ASI input" – "ASI" main menu is activated. - 23 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
Bx 4 INPUT Bx 4 INPUT Tuner A OK => ASI B OK => —> In order to skip the "Input settings", press button —> "OK" indicates a present input signal. - 24 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
"In A" resp. "In B". • Press buttons to select the respective SAT input ("A" or "B"). • Press the button. —> The "Input symbol rate, DVB mode" – "SYMBOL" submenu is activated. - 25 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
If a question mark "?" appears in the second line of the display, there is no input signal present. In this case check the configuration of the antenna system and head-end station as well as the preceding settings of the cassette. - 26 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
Signal quality is good Orange Signal quality is poor No signal Red<–>Green Data rate overflow (output) Channel strip (modulator) off • Press the button. —> The "Station filter" – e.g. "01/06" submenu is activated. - 27 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
" * " The star means that the TV or radio station selected is encoded. To enable the stations, the CA module and the appropriate smart card of the station provider are required. - 28 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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Input signal source ASI: —> Returning to "Input settings" - "INPUT" main menu (page 24). If neces- sary set further channel strips. Input signal source Tuner: —> The "PID monitoring" – "CA" submenu is activated. - 29 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
The menu varies according to which CA module you are using. For this rea- son, please refer to the operating manual of your particular CA module. The relevant information is shown in the display of the head-end station. This may - 30 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
—> This menu is only displayed if "Tuner" is selected as input signal source (page 24). In this menu up to 9 not needed PIDs (e.g. audio PIDs of foreign language versions) can be excluded from the descrambling in order to economize de- scrambling capacity. - 31 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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In this menu you select the channel strip for which you would like to do the option settings in the related submenus. Bx 4 OPTIONS => —> In order to skip the "Option settings", press button • Using the buttons select the desired channel strip ("A"…"D"). - 32 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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Information in the data stream about the affiliation of station packets to a specific bouquet. —> SDT-OTHER = Service Description Table – OTHER data streams: Information in the data stream about service parameter of other data streams. - 33 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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• Use the button to set the cursor under "off" and delete the PID using the buttons ("on"). • Press the button. —> The "Renaming a PID" – "REMAP" submenu is activated (page 35). - 34 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
If the station filter is set correctly, current data rate is lower than the maximum data rate. The value fluctuates, since the data rates of individual stations are dynamically modified by the broadcasters. - 35 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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The other "NIT cassettes" also add this new NIT. The status of all "NIT cassettes" in the NIT menu changes to "on". The display shows: "read … / copy …". • To switch off the new NIT ("off") press the button. - 36 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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—> Back to "Selecting the cassette" (page 19). —> By pressing the button, you will be returned to the menu item "Output settings" without saving the factory defaults (page 19). —> If necessary set another channel strip. - 37 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
Please regard the assembly instructions of the respective head-end station. • Mount the front cover (see assembly instructions of the head-end station). - 38 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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C 58 770.00 C 68 850.00 C 29 538.00 C 39 618.00 C 49 698.00 C 59 778.00 C 69 858.00 C 30 546.00 C 40 626.00 C 50 706.00 C 60 786.00 - 39 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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Declaration of CE conformity - 40 - HDTA 614 C ASI...
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