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Welcome to Freesat. I N C L U D E D W I T H Y O U R S M A RT T V R E C O R D E R Quality state of the art satellite TV receiver Over 200 of your favourite channels Picture perfect High Definition on selected channels BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, BBC News and BBC Sport app...
Contents Basics Safety precautions Setting up your Freesat box Your remote control On screen icons Home screen The TV Guide Your main controls See what’s Seeing what’s on – Now & Next on TV Watching something on earlier Planning what to watch later Browsing whilst watching TV Find out more about a programme Find programmes by channel category...
Safety precautions Thank you for choosing this product. This manual The device should be placed on a solid and safe will guide you for the proper operation of your set base. Do not place the apparatus on a soft surface top box.
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Batteries CAUTION: Batteries should not be exposed to Class II Equipment: This appliance is designed excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like. in such a way that it does not require a safety connection to electrical earth. WARNING: Incorrect installation of batteries may cause battery leakage and corrosion, resulting in damage to the remote control.
Setting up your Freesat box How to set up your box Connect to your broadband 1. With the power on your box turned off, Connect your box to your home broadband screw in the cables from your satellite to access great On Demand players and dish into the port(s) on the back of the extra features like Showcase and the box.
On-screen set up Just follow the on-screen instructions to get set up. Here are a couple of tips. Software updates When the box is turned on for the first time it will search for software updates. If an update is available you can choose to install it immediately, but if you don’t want to the box will automatically run the update later.
Your remote control TV Standby – puts your Standby – puts the TV in/out of standby box into standby and switches it on again Recordings – goes to AV – changes the input your recordings source on your TV TV Guide – opens and On Demand –...
On screen icons ON SCREEN ICONS RECORDING ICONS may contain material with to be deleted soon adult themes subtitles available kept (won’t be deleted) audio description available unwatched shown with sign language part watched surround sound available series recording set High Definition recording set an HD version also available...
Home On Demand The Home screen will take you anywhere you want to go. Press TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST The best Catch up TV and On Demand Home takes you to: services full of TV favourites ready to watch when you are. Your Freesat box will TV Guide BACK EXIT...
The TV Guide See what’s on the minute you sit down with our at a glance ‘Now & Next’ view. Press TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST to explore: TV GUIDE TV GUIDE HOME HOME RECORDINGS RECORDINGS LIST LIST TV GUIDE TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS...
Your main controls These buttons can get you everywhere. Press on a programme in the TV Guide TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST and all the available options for that specific programme will be listed. BACK EXIT INFO SETTINGS TEXT So if a programme is on live TV now, highlight it in the TV Guide, press TV GUIDE HOME...
Seeing what’s on – Now & Next The TV Guide shows what’s on now and next in an ‘at a glance’ view. TV GUIDE TV GUIDE HOME HOME RECORDINGS RECORDINGS LIST LIST Press TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST To move through the channels, TV GUIDE HOME TV GUIDE...
Watching something on earlier You can catch up on the last 7 days of TV with our Roll Back TV Guide. This is available on selected channels with On Demand services on Freesat. Look out for earlier highlighted in the TV Guide where this is available.
Planning what to watch later To plan your viewing a bit further ahead, the full TV Guide has listings for the next 7 days. to browse programmes that are on TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST ‘later’ (Screen 1). TV GUIDE HOME TV GUIDE RECORDINGS...
Browsing whilst watching TV You don’t have to stop watching TV to see what else is on. For a quick snapshot of what’s on now and next, press any of the buttons. TV GUIDE TV GUIDE TV GUIDE HOME HOME TV GUIDE RECORDINGS RECORDINGS...
Find out more about a programme Programmes come with extra info to help you decide whether to watch them. TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST To see the programme info, highlight BACK EXIT INFO SETTINGS TEXT the programme in the TV Guide. A short description will then show in the info area SEARCH next to the mini TV (Screen 1).
Find programmes by channel category In the mood for a movie, or need your next news fix? Jump straight to that group of channels in the TV Guide by pressing on your remote control HOME RECORDINGS LIST (Screen 1). to choose the type of TV GUIDE HOME TV GUIDE...
Finding and listening to radio channels Find the radio channels in the TV Guide T O P T I P quickly by pressing , then use TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST Radio channels start at Channel 700 and select Radio.
Setting a reminder Worried you’ll miss a programme? Well worry no more. You can set a reminder from the TV Guide or while watching live TV. From the TV Guide (Screen 1). Highlight the programme, you want to set a reminder for, press and select TV GUIDE HOME...
Recordings TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST Ways to record Multi tasking 1) one touch record from live TV Your Freesat box can record one channel while you watch another. Or you can BACK EXIT INFO SETTINGS TEXT To record the programme you’re watching TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS...
Handy auto prompts Recording a series If the programme is part of a series, you’ll be asked whether to set the whole series to record (Screen 1). HD alternative If the programme is also on in HD, you’ll be asked whether to record the High Definition version.
See what you’ve set to record Press on your remote control TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST R E C O R D I N G I C O N S and navigate to the ‘planned’ section. to be deleted soon All the programmes you’ve set to record INFO SETTINGS...
Find and watch a recording Press (Screen 1). TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST All the programmes you’ve recorded are stored here. You can choose how SETTINGS TEXT they’re listed, such as by date Most recent alphabetically or not watched yet SEARCH Still to watch Highlight the programme you want to...
Recording playback controls TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS PL AY PAUSE BACK EXIT INFO SETTINGS To start watching a recording, highlight Press to freeze the screen while the recording, press and select you’re playing, fast forwarding or TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST rewinding a programme.
Pick up a recording from where you left off If you want to go back to a recording you stopped halfway through, highlight the recording and press TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST You’ll have the option to: . Resume will Watch from start Resume BACK...
Managing your recording space You can see how much space there is left for new recordings using the bar at the top of the Recordings screen. It’s worth remembering that high definition (HD) programmes use more recording space than standard definition (SD) programmes.
Pause and rewind live TV Pause the action and pick up where you left off, and rewind the best bits again and again. TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS Pause live TV Rewind live TV BACK EXIT INFO SETTINGS TEXT...
Connect to the internet FREESAT BOX BROADBAND ROUTER ETHERNET CABLE Connect to the Internet and open The best way to connect is with an Ethernet cable. Slot one end into the up a whole new part of the TV Ethernet port on the back of the box, Guide.
On Demand Find hundreds of hours of N E E D T O K N O W programmes ready to watch Your Freesat box needs to be whenever you want. connected to the Internet. Press on your remote control. TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST...
Showcase The Freesat team’s picks of what T O P T I P to watch this week and what’s Showcase is divided in to two available On Demand. sections. On the left are programme picks you To visit Showcase, press on your TV GUIDE HOME...
Search With so much great TV to choose T O P T I P from, we’ve made it easy to find You can leave out common words what you’re looking for. from the search, like ‘the’, ‘a’, ‘an, ‘with’ ‘of’. There’s no need to include hyphens Press , and then select...
Controlling your children’s viewing Some programmes after the T O P T I P 9pm watershed may not be Once you’ve set your PIN, you can suitable for children. By setting also block adult channels from a four digit PIN you can lock appearing in the TV Guide.
Hiding Adult channels You can hide all channels classified as ‘Adult’ from the TV Guide. Press TV GUIDE HOME RECORDINGS LIST and then select and then Settings Parental controls BACK EXIT INFO SETTINGS TEXT Here you have the option to hide all Adult channels from the TV Guide.
Accessibility Signed programmes These services make programmes available to visually impaired and Some broadcasters provide a signed hard of hearing customers. version of popular programmes for hard of hearing viewers. Look out for Digital subtitles, audio description the TV Guide which indicates it is a signed and signed programmes are programme.
Specifications General Aspect Ratio: 4:3, 16:9 with pan • Horizontal : 18/19 Volt vector • Max. Output Current : 300mA Power supply for set-top box: 12V (Short-circuit pro tected) Profiles DC 4Amp • 22 kHz Tone: Frequency 22KHz ± 2 KHz: Amplitu de 0.6 Vpp ± Preferred DC Adapter 220 - 240 V •...
HDD please be aware beforehand that public service resulting in malfunction. We Bush will bear no responsibility to France: In-door use only for 2454- recommend keeping variation in compensate for the content which 2483.5 MHz room temperature within 10˚C...
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Guarantee For any help concerning the set up and use of your box, please call the Customer Helpline 0345 604 0105...
Plan on the go so you never miss your favourite shows again. Find out more at www.freesat.co.uk/app If you have any questions about set up, For any technical queries the Bush team are here to help 0345 604 0105 installation or Freesat the team are here to help l l l l l l l l l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0345 313 0051 customerteam@freesat.co.uk...
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