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TechniSat DigiPal 2 Operating Manual

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  • Page 1 DigiPal 2 for reception of DVB-T programmes Operating Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1 Contents Contents ..... . .2 Illustrations ....5 Important notes on operation .
  • Page 3 7.4.1 Dolby Digital (AC3 mode) ....21 TV/Radio switching ....22 Return to last programme selected .
  • Page 4 For daily use ....54 Your unit carries the CE logo, and complies with all relevant EU standards. Not responsible for printing errors, subject to change without notice. Correct as TechniSat and DigiPal 2 are registered trade-marks of TechniSat Digital GmbH P.O. Box 560 D- 54541 Daun Germany www.technisat.de...

  • Page 5: Illustrations

    2 Illustrations Sound on/off-mute Numeric keys Sleep-Timer Arrow key up Programme + Arrow key left Volume - Arrow key down Programme - SFI/EPG Help Video text Option Remote Control On/Stand-by Language select Multi-function keys Programme list on/off Arrow key right Volume + Back Info...
  • Page 6 LED display On/Standby Programme selection up/down Input terrestrial antenna (antenna feed +5V/30mA/ SCART socket SCART socket switchable via OSD) Antenna Mains power output socket Audio output digital (electric) Audio outputs RS 232 analogue interface...
  • Page 7 Dear customer, congratulations on your decision to buy the DigiPal 2 digital receiver. This operating manual is designed to assist you in using the comprehensive functions of your new digital receiver to the optimum. We have tried to keep the instructions as brief as possible, while making them as comprehensive, and comprehensible, as necessary.

  • Page 8: Important Notes On Operation

    3 Please read this first > Before you set up your unit for operation, please first check that the package contains all the components that should be there. The following are supplied as standard: 1 digital receiver, 1 mains power cable, 1 remote con- trol unit, 1 operating manual, 1 guarantee card, 2 bat- teries (1,5V AAA size).

  • Page 9: Note On Disposal

    Help function: Where available in the menu, pressing the blue function key will cause a help text to be displayed, pressing again will return to normal operation. Note on disposal The packaging of your unit consists entirely of recyclable material. Please sort the components apprpriately, and dispo- se of them via the “Dual System”, or your equivalent recy- cling system.
  • Page 10 Connecting the DVB-T receiver a. Connect the antenna with the terrestrial antenna input of the DVB-T receiver. b. Scart connection between the DVB receiver and the televi- sion set. c. Connection between the antenna output of the DVB-T receiver and the antenna input of the television set. d.

  • Page 11: Connections

    4 Connections The references below to items a b c etc. refer to the illustra- tion on page 10. 4.1 Antenna The cable coming from the terrestrial antenna (roof- mounted or room antenna) should be connected with the terrestrial antenna input of the receiver. Wherever possible please use a roof-mounted anten- na.

  • Page 12: Hi-Fi Amplifier

    (Fig. 5-1) 4.4 Hi-fi amplifier 4.4.1 Analogue To enjoy the best possible sound quality, you can connect the digital receiver to a hi-fi amplifier. Use a suitable cable to connect the cinch sockets Audio R and Audio L of the digital receiver to an input of the hi-fi amplifier (e.g.
  • Page 13 Pressing the green function key takes you back to the pre- vious step of the installation procedure. This allows you to correct any entries made in error. If the initial installation is not carried out at all, or is interrup- ted, your unit will start operation with its standard pre-pro- grammed settings.
  • Page 14 (Fig. 5-6) (Fig. 5-7) (Fig. 5-8) > Press the OK key now to confirm, and an automatic programme scan will be carried out. The entire recep- tion range of the receiver will be scanned for digital programmes This procedure may take several minu- tes.

  • Page 15: Settings

    6 Settings Now that you have completed connecting your new digital receiver, and have commenced operation, you can, if you wish, further optimize the settings of the digital receiver for your personal preferences. 6.1 Menu language Under this menu item you have the option of setting the menu language according to your personal preference.

  • Page 16: Country

    6.2.2 Country This function provides for automatic adjustment for summer and winter time. Using the arrow keys right/left, enter your home country in the line Country. > Press the Back key to return to the menu Settings, or press the Menu key to return to normal operation. The settings are automatically stored in memory.

  • Page 17: Audio/Video Settings

    6.3 Audio/Video settings In order to optimize the performance of your digital receiver in conjunction with your television set, you may wish to make further settings in the menu Audio /Video Settings. > Press the Menu key to call up the Main Menu. >...

  • Page 18: Dolby Digital (Ac3)

    (Fig. 6-6) (Fig. 6-7) 6.3.6 Dolby Digital (AC3) A number of movies are transmitted in the Dolby Digital for- mat. This is indicated after a programme has been selected by the Dolby logo in the information window. If you have connected a Dolby Digital 5.1 channel amplifier to the system, you can enjoy movies in 5.1 channel Dolby Digital sound where available.

  • Page 19: Programme Selection

    > Press the same key again, either on the receiver front panel or on the remote control, to switch the receiver off again. > The receiver is now in standby mode,and the display on the receiver will show the time. If the current time is not shown, this must still be downloaded to the unit.

  • Page 20: Selecting A List

    (Fig. 7-2) (Fig. 7-3) (Fig. 7-4) (Fig. 7-5) 7.2.3.1 Selecting a list To facilitate finding programmes your receiver is equipped with several programme lists. You may select your Favourites list (see Point 8.1), or display the alphabetically sorted Total list or sort the list by Providers. >...

  • Page 21: Volume Control

    7.3 Volume control You have the facility to adjust the volume of your digital recei- ver. This makes operating the receiver even more conve- nient, since you can access all important functions from a single remote control, and will rarely have to use the remote control of your television set.

  • Page 22: Tv/Radio Switching

    (Fig. 7-8) (Fig. 7-9) You can now enjoy the programme in full 5.1 channel Dolby Digital sound. If you would like your receiver to recognise and reproduce Dolby Digital broadcasts automatically, you should set your receiver to automatic AC3 reproduction as described in Point 6.3.6.

  • Page 23: Channel Information

    > Press the Info key once more to exit the information window. 7.9 Channel information > Press the OK key > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the pro- gramme you wish to view informations. > Press Option key to display the data of the channel currently selected.

  • Page 24: Sub-Titles

    (Fig. 7-11) VT Group VT Block > Press the Video text key to switch on the video text (Fig. 7-11). > Use the numeric keys to enter the video text page you wish to view. Your entry will be displayerd in the upper left corner of the screen.

  • Page 25: Electronic Programme Guide Sfi

    Please note that these functions are only available when sub-titles are actually being broadcast, and the settings are not stored in memory if you switch to another channel. 7.14 Electronic Programme Guide SFI Your digital receiver provides an electronic programme guide. This allows you to view the programme information relating to one or more programmes on your screen.

  • Page 26: Viewing The Electronic Programme Guide

    (Fig. 7-12) (Fig. 7-13) 7.14.3 Viewing the Electronic Programme Guide > Switch on both the digital receiver and your television set. > Press the SFI key on the remote control of your digital receiver. The electronic programme guide will now be displayed on screen (Fig.

  • Page 27: More

    7.14.6 More > While the SFI table “Next” is displayed, press the yellow function key to display the SFI table “More”. (Fig. 7-14) An additional time window will be displayed in the title line of this table. This window will show the time of the SFI table displaed.

  • Page 28: Sfi Timer Programming

    7.14.7.3 SFI Timer programming Use the electronic programme guide SFI to simplify the pro- gramming of timer events. Marking a programme > Use the arrow keys or function keys to mark the appropriate programme > Press OK to automatically mark the programme, the receiver will switch to this channel when the program- me begins.

  • Page 29: Sfi Overview By Programme Type (Category)

    > Press the blue function key SFI Menu to open a selection window. > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the line Programmes. > Confirm by pressing OK. The overview for today of the programme selected will be displayed. (Fig. 7-15) >...

  • Page 30: Exiting Sfi

    (Fig. 7-19) The individual days of the week are shown along the lower border of the screen. If information is available for any of the following days, the corresponding fields will be highlighted. > To display the programme contents of a specific day, press the appropriate numeric key corresponding to the day of the week.
  • Page 31 > Press OK to go to the entry window used to program- me a new timer event. (Fig. 7-20) To programme a timer event, proceed as follows: Source > Use the arrow keys to mark the column Source. > Press OK to enter the desired source (TV or Radio). >...
  • Page 32 Transferring data into memory > When you have completed the programming, press the yellow function key Accept to transfer the data into memory. If under Programme you have selected a program- me that is blocked as per Point 8.3, you must first enter the PIN code before the data will be accepted into memory.

  • Page 33: Changing The Basic Programming

    > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the additio- nal field Type. > Confirm by pressing OK. A window will be displayed, showing the various available types of timer. > Use the arrow keys up/down to select the desired timer type.

  • Page 34: Adding Programmes To The Favourites List

    (Fig. 8-2) (Fig. 8-3) (Fig. 8-4) > Confirm by pressing OK. The appropriate Navigator will be displayed, allowing you to work on the Favourites list (TV or radio list). (Fig. 8-2) The Favourites list will be displayed on the right half of the screen.

  • Page 35: Deleting Programmes

    > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark a program- me that you wish to include in the list. > Press the yellow function key Add to add the mar- ked programme to the Favourites list. Marking blocks of programmes To mark several programmes simultaneously proceed as follows: >...

  • Page 36: Deleting From The Total List

    (Fig. 8-6) 8.1.3.2 Deleting from the Total list To remove programmes from the Total list, proceed as descri- bed in Point 8.1.3.1. However, after calling up the Navigator, press the red function key Programmes, and move to the Total list first before selecting the function Delete. 8.1.4 Sorting programmes Call up the Navigator as described in Point 8.1.1 to sort the programme order of the Favourites list according to your per-...

  • Page 37: Selecting A Channel

    Please note: The more programmes are added to the electronic program- me guide, the longer it will take to update the SFI data! Also, the more programmes are added, the less likely it is that the full preview period of seven days for the electronic programme guide can be accommodated in the limited memory space available.

  • Page 38: Start Category

    ARTE (Fig. 8-9) You can now initiate the updating procedure manually: > Use the On/Standby key to switch off the receiver (Standby). > Now, while the display shows “oooo”, press the key SFI. The receiver will now perform an update. This will be indicated by the message SFld appearing briefly in the display, followed by a progressive indication of the percentage of SFI data already downloaded.

  • Page 39: Parental Control(Blocking Programmes)

    Your receiver will now check whether SFI data is being received on the channel selected. This infroma- tion will be displayed along the bottom of the window. Update time > In the line Update time use the numeric keys to set the time at which you wish the automatic downlo- ad of SFI data to be performed.

  • Page 40: Mode

    (Fig. 8-11) (Fig. 8-12) > Use the Menu key to call up the Main Menu. > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the line Settings. > Confirm by pressing OK. The sub-menu Settings will be displayed. > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the line Change Receiver PIN.

  • Page 41: Programme Search (Scan)

    > When you have completed configuring the programme list according to your preference, press Menu to return to normal operation. > To lift the blocking of individual programmes, proceed as described above. Mark the specific programme, and press the yellow function key to remove the Parental Control symbol.

  • Page 42: Expanded Scan

    (Fig. 8-15) 8.4.2 Expanded Scan When using the expanded scan function (Fig. 8-15) you have two options for performing a programme scan. 1. Frequency scan When using the frequency scan mode, a specific frequency range selected by the user will be scanned for programmes. 2.

  • Page 43: Manual Scan

    8.4.3 Manual Scan Should a programme not be found by either the automatic scan or the expanded scan, you can scan a specific channel for available programmes, or you may use PID data to search for a specific programme.These numbers may have to be found in the Internet, or obtained from the relevant pro- gramme provider.

  • Page 44: Service Settings

    (Fig. 8-18) (Fig. 8-19) (Fig. 8-20) > Confirm by pressing OK. Please note any other messages displayed on screen. > Press the Menu key to return to normal operation. > Independently of whether you have added the found programmes automatically to the Favourites list, you can still add these to the Favourites manually at any time, as described in Point 8.1.

  • Page 45: Updating Software

    > Use the arrow keys left/right to select Yes or Abort. > Confirm your selection by pressing OK. 8.5.3 Updating Software You also have the facility of updating the operating software of your digital receiver. > Press OK to display the sub-menu Software upda- te (Fig.

  • Page 46: System Configuration

    > To copy the settings, press one of the keys on the panel of the source receiver. The settings of this source receiver will now be trans- ferred to the other, receiving, receiver. Please note any messages displayed on screen. 8.6 System configuration Use this menu item to view the specific data relating to your receiver.

  • Page 47: Technical Data

    DVB-T receiver: The signals received by the antenna cannot be processed by the television set. The DVB-T receiver processes them in such a way that audio and video signals (AV) are available at its outputs, which can then be passed on to the television set.
  • Page 48 Demultiplexing: in accordance with ISO 13818-1 Video decoding: Video compression MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 compatible Up to MP@ML (main profile @ main level) Video standard PAL / 25 Hz Active screen area 720 pixels x 576 lines Picture format 4 : 3 / 16 : 9 Picture material 16:9 Automatic adaptation for 16:9 TV sets (via SCART)
  • Page 49 Audio output analogue: Audio channel left/right cinch sockets (white, red) Video text: Teletext filtering in accordance with ETS 300 472 Standard Scanning teletext data (FBAS) corresponding to ITU-R BT.653-2 lines: 6-22 and 320-335 Soft video text 800 pages memory Display: LED display 4-digit (7 segment) Serial interface RS 232:...

  • Page 50: Trouble-Shooting Guide

    Problem Various programmes not shown in the programme list Sound OK, no TV picture Clock time not shown in stand-by mode Unit cannot be operated Remote control not working Picture temporarily shows blocks. Unit switches temporarily to freez frame, no sound. Screen temporarily black with message “No signal”.

  • Page 51: Notes

    Notes...
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  • Page 53: Index

    Index .......18, 21 Antenna adjustment ......18 Antenna feed .

  • Page 54: For Daily Use

    For daily use Switching on and off > Switch on the digital receiver bypressing the On/Standby key, either on the receiver or on the remote control. > Press this key again to switch the receiver off. > The receiver is now in standby mode, the display on the receiver shows the time.

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