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Promax EN-206 User Manual

Promax EN-206 User Manual

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EN-206
HIGH DEFINITION MULTI-STANDARD
MODULATOR
DVB-T
DVB-C - J83.B - J83.C
ATSC-T
ISDB-T*
- 0 MI2148 -

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  • Page 1 EN-206 HIGH DEFINITION MULTI-STANDARD MODULATOR DVB-T DVB-C - J83.B - J83.C ATSC-T ISDB-T* - 0 MI2148 -...
  • Page 3 SAFETY NOTES Read the user’s manual before using the equipment, mainly "SAFETY RULES" paragraph. The symbol on the equipment means "SEE USER’S MANUAL". In this manual December also appear as a Caution or Warning symbol. WARNING AND CAUTION statements December appear in this manual to avoid injury hazard or damage to this product or other property.
  • Page 5 SAFETY RULES The safety could not be assured if the instructions for use are not closely followed. When using some of the following accessories use only the specified ones to ensure safety.: External DC charger Power cord No use the external DC power cord this is damaged. Do not connect the external DC power until all cables are connected properly.
  • Page 6 * Symbols related to safety: Descriptive Examples of Over-Voltage Categories Cat I Low voltage installations isolated from the mains. Cat II Portable domestic installations. Cat III Fixed domestic installations. Cat IV Industrial installations. November 2017...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S 1 INTRODUCTION ..................1 1.1 Description ..................1 1.2 Equipment Details................. 2 1.3 Installation ..................3 1.4 Cascade Installation ................5 2 OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT ..............
  • Page 8 November 2017...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    EN-206 1 INTRODUCTION Description The EN-206 which allow audio/video signal input in TV distributions with applications in home entertainment, surveillance control, hotel Digital Signage, shops etc. It is an all-in-one device integrating MPEG4 AVC/H.264 encoding and modulating to convert input signals to RF out.

  • Page 10: Equipment Details

    Equipment Details Front View Figure 2. Up View Figure 3. Grounding: To connect the earth cable. ► DC 12V: Power Input. ► HDMI: HDMI stream input supporting HD signals. ► YPbPr / S-Video / AV: YPbPr / S-Video / AV signal input through a VGA ►...

  • Page 11: Installation

    RF Output: RF output to distribute modulated signal. ► USB Port: For video record, playback and system upgrade. ► Ethernet Port: For web-server management. ► Installation Mount and tighten the screws and plugs to secure the unit to the wall. Left 10 cm of free space around from each unit.
  • Page 12 Figure 5. November 2017...

  • Page 13: Cascade Installation

    Cascade Installation EN-206 unit has 1 TV signal to RF output encoded as Digital TV signal. Several EN-206 units can be cascaded in order to increase the capacity. The maximum capacity of a series of N units is 1xN incorporated TV signals. To cascade 2 or more units, connect the RF output of the preceding unit to the TV input (loop-through) of the next unit (see right illustration).

  • Page 14: Operations And Management

    2 OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT EN-206 is controlled and managed through the key board and LCD display. Figure 7. LCD Display: ► It presents the selected menu and the parameter settings. The backlight in the display is on when the power is applied.
  • Page 15 Enter ► Use this button to enter a submenu or save a new setting after adjustment; press it to start adjusting the value of certain items when the corresponding underline flash with Up and Down buttons. Figure 8. Press it to activate the hidden selections and change the setting with Up and Down (or Left and Right) buttons.

  • Page 16: Menu Tree

    3 MENU TREE When the power is connected, the LCD will start to initialize the program. After the initialization of the device, press LOCK to unlock the keyboard. Then you will be able to browse in the menu tree. The LCD menu goes as below chart. Numbers on the menu refers to the numbers on the menu tree.

  • Page 17: Dvb-T

    DVB-T November 2017...
  • Page 18 Figure 10. DVB-T menu tree. November 2017...

  • Page 19: Dvb-C

    DVB-C November 2017...
  • Page 20 Figure 11. DVB-C menu tree. November 2017...

  • Page 21: Atsc-T

    ATSC-T November 2017...
  • Page 22 Figura 12. ATSC-T menu tree. November 2017...

  • Page 23: Isdb-T

    ISDB-T* *Special version November 2017...
  • Page 24 Figure 13. ISDB-T* menu tree. *Special version November 2017...

  • Page 25: Parameters Definition

    Parameters definition Start Screen: DVB-T/ DVB-C / ATSC / ISDB-T*: Modulating standard. XX.XXX MHz: The current output frequency. 576i: Video resolution of signal source. X.XX Mbps: The current encoding bit rate. Status: Alarm: It displays alarm messages. For example, if the CVBS cable disconnected, it will display Video 1 Not Lock under this menu.
  • Page 26 Program Info: User can enable or disable the program output under menu Program Output. User can also enter the other items to edit the Service Name, Program Name, Program Number, and PIDs of PMT, PCR, Video and Audio, and edit LCN (Logical channel number). The option to edit VCN (virtual channel number) is also available for DVB-C and ATSC modulation.
  • Page 27 Modulator: Bandwidth (only for DVB-T) Choose between 6M, 7M and 8M. Constellation (only for DVB-C, DVB-T and ISDB-T*): DVB-T modulator contains these constellation modes: 64 QAM, QPSK and 16 QAM. DVB-C modulator contains these constellation modes: 16 QAM, 32 QAM, 64 QAM, 128 QAM and 256 QAM.
  • Page 28 Bitrate: User can read the current modulating bit rate and the maximum bit rate. Change modulator: User can select the modulation standard at this menu in accordance with the TV standard used to receive the output RF. After selecting the Modulation standard, user needs to restart the device.
  • Page 29 Reset all sets?: Yes/No-choose/not choose the factory’s default configuration. LCD Time-out: A time limit that LCD will light off. Choose among 5s, 10s, 45s, 60s, 90s and 120s (seconds). Set password: User can set a 6 digital password used to unlock the keyboard. Lock keyboard: Choose Yes to set a password and lock the keyboard, then the keyboard will be locked and cannot be applicable.

  • Page 30: Usb Port

    Description TS Recorder: ► EN-206 can encode the source video to *.ts files and save them through the USB flash drive. Connect the signal source to EN-206 and start encoding process. Start the record process and save the TS generated to the USB flash drive.

  • Page 31: Operation

    USB Flash Drive Specifications Required: * Standard: High speed 2.0 * File system: FAT 32 Figure 13. 4.1.2 Operation Figure 14. November 2017...
  • Page 32 Users can enter this menu to edit name for the *.ts files to be recorded. For example, if users name it “Record-“, it will give name to the saved *.ts files "Record-001.ts", "Record-002.ts"... "Record- 00N.ts" Automatic Record: ► Users can cose whether to set EN-206 record the TS automatically or manually. November 2017...

  • Page 33: Ts Playback

    “Enter” button to start play. Play mode: User can select a play mode for the saved *.ts files as hended before playing the *.ts file. When the *.ts is being playing, EN-206 LCD will present a playing interface as shown below. Figure 16.

  • Page 34: Usb Upgrade

    At this time, the key board also plays a different rule: Figura 17. Select file. Rewind. Forward. Play/Pause. Stop Playing. Step back to main menu. Automatic play: When the auto mode is enabled, the device will automatically play after USB connected. Otherwise user needs to click “Start play”...

  • Page 35: Remove Device

    Remove Device Figure 20. Choose "Yes" to safely remove the USB disk. EN-206 will then automatically resume encoding and playing the program input from the encoder module. November 2017...

  • Page 36: Ts Creator Software

    5 TS CREATOR SOFTWARE EN-206 encoder modulator has a function to create TS videos with the software associated with the product, which is available on the PROMAX download page. Users can create *.ts files containing images, videos and audios in a simple and intuitive way, and play them on a television through EN-206 usb port.

  • Page 37: Operations Of "Ts Creator

    Operations of "TS Creator" Double-click the "Creator" shortcut icon, it will trigger an operation interface like below: Figure 21. Click to add images and videos. Click to adjust the order of Images/Videos. Click to delete the Images/Videos. Click to add audios. Click to set a save path for the TS video to be created.

  • Page 38: File Management

    Users can select a encode format here according to standard of receiving terminal. Users can filter the null packet to boost the video’s effect bit rate. A single video can be maximum 2.0 GB in size. (EN-206 cannot play a video bigger than 2 GB). After setting all the parameters, click to start the transformation.
  • Page 39 All the file names are automatically generated. Rename the files before creating a new video to avoid covering the previous files. rename "FinalOutput-204-0.ts" "FinalOutput-204-0.tsinfo", always sep the names the same (Extensión excluded) and then EN-206 can read them and play the video. November 2017...

  • Page 40: Web-Server Operation

    6 WEB-SERVER OPERATION In addition to using front buttons to control the encoder modulator and USB device, users can also perform the same operation in an easier way with the web Brower in the PC (Personal Computer). Login The default IP address of this device is 192.168.0.136. (We can modify the IP through the front panel.) Connect the PC and the encoder modulator with a net cable, and use ping command to confirm they are on the same network segment.

  • Page 41: Operation

    Operation When we confirm the login, it displays the WELCOME interface as figure below where users can have an overview of the device’s system information and working status. Figure 25. November 2017...
  • Page 42 Parameters – Input From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “Input”, it displays the interface where users can configure the encoding parameters for the input video/audio (see figure). NOTE: Items in this interface varies when different modulation mode is chosen as the current mode.
  • Page 43 Parameters – TS Config From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “TS Config”, it displays the interface where users can configure the parameters for the transport stream as prompt (see figure). Figure 27. November 2017...
  • Page 44 Parameters – Modulator From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “Modulator”, it displays the interface where users can configure the modulating parameters for the RF output (see figure). User can select a different modulation standard at “System → Device” interface. Figure 28.
  • Page 45 Parameters – USB Media From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “USB Media”, it displays the interface where users can operate USB device (see figure). NOTE: It is necessary to connect USB device and signal source and activate encoding to operate TS recording.
  • Page 46 File name: Users can enter this menu to edit name for the *.ts files to be recorded. For example, if users name it “Record-”, it will give name to the saved *.ts files “Record-001.ts”, “Record-002.ts”… “Record-00N.ts”. File size: users can set the file size for the *.ts to be recorded. A single file can be maximum 2047M in size.
  • Page 47 System – Network From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “Network”, it displays the interface where users network configuration device (see figure). Figure 30. Parameters – LCD/Keyboard From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “LCD/Keyboard”, it displays the interface where users can set the time out for the LCD (see figure).
  • Page 48 System – Password From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “Password”, it will display the screen as Figure-9 where to set the login account and password for the web NMS (see figure). Figure 32. System – Save/Restore From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “Save/Restore”, it will display the screen...
  • Page 49 System – Backup/Load From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “Backup/Load”, it will display the screen as figure below where to backup or load your configurations. Figure 34. System – Firmware: Click “Firmware” from the menu it will display the screen as the figure. Here user can update the device by using the update file.
  • Page 50 System – Device From the menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “Device”, it will display the screen as the figure. The encoder modulator supports Modulation dynamic switching, which means several modulation standard can be in one device, but no more than three modulation standards is suggested.

  • Page 51: Specifications

    7 SPECIFICATIONS HDMI VIDEO Encoding MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 H.264 Profile High profile, main profile H.264 Level Level 3.0/3.1/ 3.2/ 4.0/4.1/4.2 Interface HDMI Resolution 1920 x 1080_60 p, 1920 x 1080_50 p; 1920 x 1080_60 i, 1920 x 1080_50 i; 1280 x 720_60 p,1280 x 720_50 p Bit rate 1000 ~ 19,500 Mbps AUDIO...
  • Page 52 DVB-T Modulation Standard DVB-T COFDM Bandwidth 6 MHz, 7 MHz, 8 MHz Constellation QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM Code rate 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 Guard Interval 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 Transmisión Mode 2 K, 8 K RF frequency 30~1000 MHz, 1 kHz step RF output level -16 ~ -36 dBm (71~91 dbµV), 0.1 dB step DVB-C Modulation...
  • Page 53 ISDB-T* Modulation Standard ARID STD-B31 Bandwidth 6 MHz Constellation DQPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM Guard Interval 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 Transmission Mode 2 K, 4 K, 8 K ≥42 dB RF frequency 30~1000 MHz, 1 kHz step RF output level -16 ~ -36 dBm (71~91 dBµV), 0.1dB step System Management Local control...

  • Page 54: Maintenance

    8 MAINTENANCE Cleaning Recommendations CAUTION To clean the cover, make sure the instrument is disconnected. CAUTION Do not use scented hydrocarbons or chlorized solvents. Such products December damage the plastics used in the construction of the cover. The cover should be cleaned by means of a light solution of detergent and water applied with a soft cloth.

  • Page 55: Appendix

    9 APPENDIX 6MHz Bandwidth 7MHz Bandwidth 8MHz Bandwidth Modulation Guard Interval Guard Interval Guard Interval Constellation 1/16 1/32 1/16 1/32 1/16 1/32 weak ability of error-correcting and anti-interference in this area 6.03 6.03 5.80 6.45 6.83 7.03 6.64 7.37 7.81 8.04 QPSK 6.22...

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