Summary of Contents for Digital Devices DuoFlex C/T
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Installation Instructions Visit our website at www.digital-devices.de for up to date information about the latest develop- ments, and to download current drivers. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 1/30...
Safety Considerations Operating Safety Installation - Precautions Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC/EMI) Cleaning Data Backup Installation of a DuoFlex C/T DVB Card Installation of a Common Interface (CI) Driver Installation Channel List Creation DVB Cine Config Tool Hardware Setup in Windows Media Center (MCE) ®...
The guidelines for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) must be observed at all times when connecting the TV card. • A minimum distance of 40 inches should be maintained from TVs, mobile phones, speaker cabinets, etc. to avoid high frequency and magnetic interference. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 3/30...
Screw the slot bracket of the TV card to the PC chassis. • Plug the 20 pin flat ribbon cable to the connectors of the DuoFlex C/T and a bridge or Cine TV card. (see illustrations on next page) •...
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Tuner 3+4 (details on next page) Note: The illustrated ‘K bracket’ for mounting the DuoFlex C/T with a Cine C/T on a single slot bracket is not included. This must be ordered separately. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ®...
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Connector: TAB 1 Tuner 1+2 TAB 2 Tuner 3+4 or CI TAB 2 Tuner 3+4 TAB 1 TAB 3 Tuner 5+6 Tuner 1+2 (no CI TAB 4 Tuner 7+8 connectable) Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 6/30...
4 pin floppy power connector Note the correct connection of the flat ribbon cable. PIN 1 (red data cable) Illustration:- CI module with Octopus mini PCIe Bridge Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 7/30...
(consult the PC manual). After a successful driver installation, four new devices will be identified by the operating system. Example of an installation under Windows® 7 with a Common Interface (CI) connected:- Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 8/30...
In Windows 7 Device Manager, under Sound, video and game controllers, you will find 4 entries for Digital Devices (without a CI there will only be 3 entries). Channel List Creation You have the ability to create pre-defined channel lists. Examples of pre-defined channel lists can be found in your Programs folder under “Digital Devices \ DVB-Utils“.
After the restart you can configure the TV card in Windows® Media Center or an alternative software TV program. You will now find a folder called “Digital Devices” in the Windows® Start Menu (Desktop -> Start -> All programs). You will find “DVBCineConfig” in the sub-folder “DVB Devices”:- This program allows you to configure the following:- •...
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CAM installed and menu details may differ slightly from the examples shown here) Common Interface Module (CI) → CAM Main menu The sub-menus provide information regarding your Smart Card and its configuration. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 11/30...
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Parental lock PIN. Select ‘Youth Protection’ in Media Center, if required. Common Interface Module (CI) CAM Main menu → Module Options → Language Select the desired operating language. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 12/30...
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Windows® Media Center. Transponder List Main Menu → Transponder list conversion An existing transponder list, which you may have created using, for example, TransEdit (DVB Viewer ®), can be converted here. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 13/30...
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Load the transponder list into Media Center By clicking on the “Load” button, the transponder list will be copied into Windows® Media Center. The installation in Media Center is described in the following chapter. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 14/30...
The option for automatic download of media information for DVDs, movies and internet re- lated services under “Settings > General Options” must be disabled. Please follow these steps:- Go to the “Functions / Settings” menu Click “General“ Click “Automatic Download Options“ Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 15/30...
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TV card is being set up) Go back into the main “Settings“ menu Now the TV card can be installed. Click “TV“ in the menu Click on “TV Signal“ Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 16/30...
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“Yes, use this region to configure TV services“ or, select a different region Input your Post Code Read the “Terms of use“ and confirm with “I agree“ or, “I do not agree” cancels setup Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 17/30...
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Alternatively, re-execute signal detection, Or, configure the signal manually Note: Media Center handles the DVB-C tuner as a DVB-S tuner. The display: “DVB-S” tuner is correct. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 18/30...
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The DVB-C tuners will be correctly displayed. If the channel list has been successfully loaded, you will see, for example, Satellite: AA Kabel Deutschland (by Digital Devices). Confirm the result with, “Yes“ Click, “Next” Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 19/30...
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Setup is now complete. Confirm with, “Finish“ The Pay TV channels must now be activated in “Settings” In the Settings menu select “Guide” Select “Edit Channels” Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 20/30...
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Now start Live TV or the EPG. Once you have selected a Sky channel on a transponder, you can see the EPG data for the transponder and the Program Guide for the optional channels. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 21/30...
"no TV signal"), the channel frequency will probably have changed. To locate missing channels, perform a DVB-C search/tune, as follows:- Go to the “Functions / Settings” menu Click “TV“ Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 22/30...
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The function “Full satellite scan” will scan the full frequency band and add all newly found channels to the list. This approach is necessary if you take no predefined transponder list but, for example, "CableAll6900". Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 23/30...
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The channel scan will start and the ser- vices found will be displayed with the channel numbers. By clicking on “Finish”, the results will be recorded in the program list. Clicking on "Cancel" discards the resuts. Installation instructions 08/2011 Copyright Digital Devices GmbH ® page 24/30...
• Try using a different PCI Express slot • Some motherboards do not recognise Digital Devices’ DVB cards in the PCI Express x16 slot. In such cases try using either a PCIe x1 or x4 slot. • In the BIOS setup for your motherboard, disable ‘C1E Support’.
16. Expansion options DuoFlex C/T (examples) From just 1 DuoFlex C/T card, the system can be expanded in a variety of ways to suit your require- ments while still using only 1 PCIe slot. 1 Cine C/T + 1 Cine C/T +...
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