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STC 160 Head-End Station
Notes on the Assembly Instructions.
As well as this supplementary Assembly
Instructions, the Assembly Instructions for the
STC 160 apply.
GSS
Grundig SAT Systems GmbH
Beuthener Strasse 43
D-90471 Nuremberg
Grundig SAT Syst ms
COFDM AV module
HDCT 460 AV
Phone:
+49 (0) 911 / 703 8877
Fax:
+49 (0) 911 / 703 9210
Email:
info@gss.tv
Internet:
www.gss.tv

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  • Page 1 Grundig SAT Syst ms STC 160 Head-End Station COFDM AV module HDCT 460 AV Notes on the Assembly Instructions. As well as this supplementary Assembly Instructions, the Assembly Instructions for the STC 160 apply. Phone: +49 (0) 911 / 703 8877...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Safety regulations ......................3 2 General information ....................3 2.1 Scope of delivery ..................3 2.2 Technical data .....................4 2.3 Description ....................5 3 Installation .........................6 3.1 Installing the digital module ................6 3.2 Connecting the digital module ...............8 4 The control panel at a glance ..................9 4.1 Menu items ....................9 4.2 Functions of the control panel buttons .............9 5 Programming ......................10...
  • Page 3: Safety Regulations

    Safety regulations Please read the safety regulations listed in the assembly instructions for the STC 160 head-end station which pertain to this module. Take precautions to prevent electrostatic discharge when working on the device! General information 2.1 Scope of delivery...
  • Page 4: Technical Data

    2.2 Technical data The requirements of the following are met: 73/23/EEC, 89/336/EEC The product fulfils the guidelines and standards for CE labelling. HF input: Frequency range: 177.5 … 858 MHz Level: 45 dBµV … 90 dBµV 75 Ω Input impedance: Return loss: typ.
  • Page 5: Description

    SUB-D socket on the control unit of the head-end station using a PC or notebook and the Software “BE-Flash”. You can find the current operating software on the website “www.gss.tv”. This digital module is designed exclusively for use in the STC 160 head-end station. - 5 -...
  • Page 6: Installation

    Take precautions to prevent electrostatic discharge when working on the device! • Open the housing of the head-end station according to the instructions in the STC 160 assembly instructions. 3.1 Installing the digital module Caution – Always position modules which belong together next to each other. The digital module must be installed to the left of the modulator module.
  • Page 7 Note: Slots 1 (digital module) and 2 (modulator module) are shown in the illustra- tion. The open slots in between (without a contact strip on the board at the rear wall of the housing) are intended for add-on modules. • Insert the digital module in grooves of an open slot (with contact strip on the board at the rear wall of the housing) next to the associated modulator module.
  • Page 8: Connecting The Digital Module

    3.2 Connecting the digital module HF input ”A“ HF input ”A“ HF input ”D“ HF input ”D“ • Using the AV cable , connect the digital module to the modulator module. • Connect the HF inputs “A” and “D” on the digital module with the corre- sponding cable inlets using cables made on-site.
  • Page 9: The Control Panel At A Glance

    The control panel at a glance 4.1 Menu items Program the digital module using the buttons on the head-end station control unit. The menus appear on the two-line display of the control unit. The parameters and functions to be set are underlined. You can use the M button to select the following menu items: –...
  • Page 10: Programming

    Programming 5.1 Preparation • Connect the digital module to a programmed modulator module. • Connect the test receiver to the HF output on the modulator module. • Adjust the test receiver to the output channel of the channel strip to be set: Digital module –...
  • Page 11: The Menus At A Glance

    5.2 The menus at a glance 5.2.1 The menus for channel strips “A” and “D” Ein/On SETUP BE160 Bx 1A TWIN-SAT Böx 4 TWIN-SAT Bx 1A QUAD Bx 1B QUAD C5-12,S3-24 C5-12,S3-24 arte Das Erste Bx 1A INPUT C06 (184.5) Bx 1A INPUT Priority:...
  • Page 12 Bx 1A VIDEO WSS off TXT on Bx 1A SUBTITLE Bx 1A SUBTITLE west Bx 1A SUBTITLE – – Bx 1A MEMORY S => STORE CANCEL - 12 - - 12 -...
  • Page 13: The Menus For Channel Strip "B

    5.2.2 The menus for channel strip “B” Bx 1A TWIN-SAT Böx 4 TWIN-SAT Bx 1B QUAD Bx 1C QUAD C5-12,S3-24 C5-12,S3-24 Das Erste Bx 1B 02/04+ TV Das Erste Anzeige des Menüs nur bei Auswahlmöglichkeit Bx 1B AUDIO mehrerer Untertöne. 01 / 02 “deu”...
  • Page 14: The Menus For Channel Strip "C

    5.2.3 The menus for channel strip “C” Bx 1A TWIN-SAT Böx 4 TWIN-SAT Bx 1C QUAD Bx 1D QUAD C5-12,S3-24 C5-12,S3-24 Kabel eins Bx 1C INPUT TUNER Line D Bx 1C 01/04 + TV Anzeige des Menüs nur bei Auswahlmöglichkeit Bx 1B AUDIO mehrerer Untertöne.
  • Page 15: Programming A Module

    —> The display shows “SETUP BE160” and the software version of the head-end station (e.g. V 2). —> The output level of the output collector can be ad- justed in the “SETUP” menu (see STC 160 assembly instructions). Ein/On Ein/On SETUP...
  • Page 16: Programming Channel Strips "A" And "D

    5.3.1 Programming channel strips “A” and “D” • Press the button: —> The “Setting the input channel” – “INPUT” menu is activated. Setting the input channel Note: – If “– –” appears in the second line of the display, there is no input signal present.
  • Page 17 Status LED ”Tuner A“ Status LED ”Tuner A“ Status LED ”Tuner D“ Status LED ”Tuner D“ • Press the button. —> The “Setting the hierarchical modulation” – “Priority” menu is activated. - 17 - - 17 -...
  • Page 18: Setting The Hierarchical Modulation

    Setting the hierarchical modulation In order to attain with less field strength a greater range for broadcasters, with DVB-T so-called “hierarchical modula- tion” is used. In this process, several data streams are modu- lated onto a DVB-T data stream using “Quadrature Amplitude Modulation”...
  • Page 19: Automatic Channel Search / Station Filter

    Automatic channel search / station filter In this menu, select the channel from the data stream that is to be made available through this channel strip. If the error message “no transponder” appears, no input signal is present. In this case, you should check the previ- ous settings as well as the configuration of the receiving system.
  • Page 20: Selecting The Audio Stream For A Tv Channel

    Notes: —> For radio stations, the background of the screen of the connected TV or test receiver is darkened. —> If a service number (e.g. “SERVICE 131”) appears instead of “TV” or “RA”, this indicates that an un- named station or an undefined data stream is being received.
  • Page 21: Setting The Volume Level

    Setting the volume level In this menu, you can balance unequal volume levels of TV and radio stations in the various channel strips. Bx 1A Bx 1A AUDIO AUDIO -26 … 6 dB -26 … 6 dB Level Level 0 dB 0 dB •...
  • Page 22: Adjusting The Picture Format, Teletext Mode

    Adjusting the picture format, teletext mode You can activate the change picture format mode and switch teletext on or off in this menu. Bx 1A Bx 1A VIDEO VIDEO WSS off WSS off TXT on TXT on • To activate/deactivate WSS, use the buttons to select “on”...
  • Page 23 If you do not want to change the setting, press the button. —> The “Storing data” – “MEMORY” menu is activated (page 24). When teletext subtitling is switched on • Using the buttons, position the cursor under the digit of the page number to be set. Then use to set each of the three digits.
  • Page 24: Storing Data

    Storing data Bx 1A Bx 1A MEMORY MEMORY S => STORE S => STORE CANCEL CANCEL • All programmed data is saved by pressing the S button. Then you will be returned to the menu item “Selecting the module / channel strip” via (page 15).
  • Page 25: Programming Channel Strip "B

    5.3.2 Programming channel strip “B” In channel strip “B”, only channels from the demodulated data stream of channel strip “A” will be processed. • Select channel strip “B” by pressing the button. Bx 1A Bx 1A TWIN-SAT TWIN-SAT Böx 4 Böx 4 TWIN-SAT TWIN-SAT...
  • Page 26: Programming Channel Strip "C

    5.3.3 Programming channel strip “C” Note: If you would like to use a channel from the demodulated data stream of tuner “D”, program channel strip “D” before channel strip “C”. Programming is carried out analogue to channel strip “A”. • Press to select channel strip “C”.
  • Page 27: Automatic Channel Search / Station Filter

    Automatic channel search / station filter In this menu, select the channel from the data stream that is to be made available through channel strip “C” (also see page 19). Bx 1C Bx 1C 01/04 + TV 01/04 + TV •...
  • Page 28 Service: Phone: +49 (0) 911 / 703 2221 Fax: +49 (0) 911 / 703 2326 Email: service@gss.tv Alterations reserved. Technical data E. & O.E. © by GSS GmbH 22082006...

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