Metronic ReplayBox 441550 User Manual

Digital satellite receiver 5000 channels / parental control 2 scarts / diseqc 1.2 / digital pvr

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D i g i t a l s a t e l l i t e r e c e i v e r
Reference: 441550
5000 Channels / Parental Control
2 Scarts / DiSEqC 1.2 /
Digital PVR
MET519

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  • Page 1 U s e r m a n u a l D i g i t a l s a t e l l i t e r e c e i v e r Reference: 441550 5000 Channels / Parental Control 2 Scarts / DiSEqC 1.2 / Digital PVR MET519...
  • Page 3 CAUTION The interior of your receiver (Re)playBox contains some components that are under high tension, never open the appliance, even after unplugging the power supply. In general, electrical appliances are not connected to earth, you can then get some electrical discharges (which are not risky) when you touch 2 appliances at the same time (or an appliance and an aerial cable).
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Sommaire 1 - General installation advice..............page 3 2 - Installation of a fixed dish on a satellite..........page 6 3 - Installation of a dual-headsatellite dish Astra 19,2° + Hotbird....page 7 4 - Installation of a motorised installation.............page 9 5 - Connection with a fixed dish already aligned on a satellite......page 19 6 - Connection on a motorised DiSEqC 1.2 unit already aligned....
  • Page 5: General Installation Advice

    General installation advice Choice of the location and satellite dish assembling Whatever your choice of installation, your fixing must be stable and vertical. • In the event of an obstacle, respect the rule of distances explained below. For example, a building with a height of 10m will not interfere with the reception as soon as it is situated at more than 15m from the satellite dish.
  • Page 6 Necessary parts and tools: 1 - Satellite dish 2 - Screws and fixing 3 - Offset arm 1,5V 4 - Universal LNB 5 - Pole or wall mounting with a minimum diameter of 40mm 6 - Digital satellite receiver with remote control 7 - TV 8 - Scart Lead...
  • Page 7 LNBs assembly Your satellite kit can contain various type of LNB • LNB in metal grey (schema D1): make sure to position the triangular mark (5) upwards. It is normal that the body of the head is tilted on 45°, the cable leaves tilted at 45°. •...
  • Page 8: Installation Of A Fixed Dish On A Satellite

    Installation of a fixed dish on a satellite Read the installation advice, and particulary the paragraph E (page 5). Connections The receiver must be disconnected from the power supply, connect directly the LNB to the receiver LNB input. Connect the television to the receiver scart socket output. Switch on the television and connect the receiver to the power supply.
  • Page 9: Installation Of A Dual-Headsatellite Dish Astra 19,2° + Hotbird

    Adjustment of counter polarization Spin the LNB clockwise in its support for a few degrees to further increase the level of signal. If the signal decreases, spin it in the other way. Once you obtain the best signal, tighten definitively the screws from the LNB. You can now watch all the satellite channels from the satellite you just aligned your satellite dish Installation of a bi-head satellite dish Astra 19,2 + Hotbird The easiest way of receiving Astra and Hotbird satellite is to install a LNB called...
  • Page 10 Installation / Alignment • Install the Monobloc like you see on the schema underneath. • Do the alignment on Hotbird like indicated in the preceding paragraph (fixed dish on a satellite) • When you receive Hotbird, you should automatically receive the Astra channels. Some- times, it is necessary to adjust the alignment to optimise the reception of the 2 satellites.
  • Page 11: Installation Of A Motorised Installation

    • Go down on the row and tape OK. The motor is going to its reference reference position position (mechanical stop East on the Metronic motor, ref: 450908). 4 - Continuing rotation In the menu motor adjustment, go onto the row .
  • Page 12 Necessary elements 1 - Satellite dish 2 - Screws and fixing 3 - Offset arms 4 - Universal LNB 5 - Mast or stand off arm 1,5V Recommended Ø minimum 40mm (1,6 ʼʼ ) 6 - (Re)playBOX 7 - TV Pal for digital reception and Pal / Secam for analogue (to be able to watch it in colour) 8 - Scart Lead male/male 21 pin...
  • Page 13 Assembing the motor (See schema 2) • Make sure the fixing (tube or stand off arm) is stabilised and strictly vertical. A gap of more than 1 degree (2cm, 0,78” per meter) from the vertical will prevent the motor to work correctly. In case, add some block between the wall and the fixing. Check the verticality with a spirit level or a plumb line.
  • Page 14 Connection For the installation you will need 2 pie- ces of cable. The first one, roughly 1,5m (4,92ft) to go from the LNB to the motor, the second one as long as it takes to go from the motor to the receiver. ����...
  • Page 15 Prepare the motor You will now memorised the Hot Bird position then take back the motor precisely at 0° to assemble the satellite dish. 1) Put the receiver on the Hotbird reference channel , while typing 0072 on the remote control.
  • Page 16 Assemble the different elements from the satellite dish in checking the user manual inclu- des with it. • For the METRONIC satellite dish in metal 77-80cm (Four holes), the satellite dish back support should be adjusted at 54° (check the picture above).
  • Page 17 Assembling the satellite dish on the motor • Assemble the satellite dish and fix it on the motor’s mast. The satellite dish U-Bolt must be the highest as possible on the angled arm to avoid the bottom of the dish to touch the motor.
  • Page 18 Checking Before going to the final stage (the alignment) check that your installation looks like the picture below. Aligment / Satellite dish orientation • At the end of the step K, you will receive the reference channel ZDF on the television screen.
  • Page 19 Orientation adjustment • Put the receiver on the Atlantic Bird 3 reference channel. • Check in diagram the Atlantic Bird 3 angular reading of your geographical area. • Give a satellite number to Atlantic Bird 3 (put 01 in case you hesitate). ���...
  • Page 20 Hotbird like shown on the Diagram 17 underneath. Do the same operations for the other satellites. For your information, the diagram 17, gives you the satellites relative position for which some channels are pre-programmed in the metronic receivers. When you receive all the satellites, screw definitively all the nuts. Your installation is finished.
  • Page 21: Connection With A Fixed Dish Already Aligned On A Satellite

    Connection with a fixed satellite dish already aligned on a satellite Notes: if your satellite dish is currently pointed towards Atlantic Bird 3 (ex Telecom 2C = national analogue channel in Free To Air), you will not have access to any digi- tal channels.
  • Page 22: Remote Ontrol Description

    Remote control description Digital keys. In normal use, it allows to type the channel number desired. In the programming mode, it allows you to enter the digital values. Touch ON / OFF. Allows switching on or switching off and Mute putting the terminal in standby.
  • Page 23: (Re)Playbox Receiver Description

    Description of the receiver (Re)playBOX 30 29 30 S/N 3mm441550nnnnnn LNB input to connect the satellite cable. VCR scart input. When you read a cassette, the VCR will automatically take over the receiver. You can use this scart input to connect an analogue receiver. TV scart output.
  • Page 24: Add Channels

    Add channels You can add a particular channel, from which you know the technical characteristics, or add some new unknown channel (update). Add a particular channel A channel is emitted by what is called a transponder. It is a relay satellite from which you should known the 4 following parameters: •...
  • Page 25 Satellite update • Go into Menu / Search channels / automatic search • With the arrows 56 , select the satellite you want to update. • Press on OK, a selection sign appears near the name. • Press on the red key (audio) to launch the automatic update. At this stage, if the quality is under 30, that means the parameters are false.
  • Page 26: Personalize Channel List

    Personalize the channel list You have 2 possibilities to personalize the channel list. The first one is to create some favourite channels. The second one is to erase, move or rename the existing channels. Favorites channels Select channels - Go into Menu / channel list - On the row edit the favourite list, select a list with the arrow 34 and validate by OK.
  • Page 27 Modify the channel list Erase some channels • Go into Menu / channel list / erase channel • Press OK on each channel to erase, a box ticked appears on the side of the name. • Press on 4 to move your selection in the list to erase •...
  • Page 28: Advanced Options

    Advanced options Parental control Your (Re)playBOX receiver is delivered with a secret code (PIN), which is 0000. This secret PIN allows you to block restraint the channel access or protect your receiver confi- guration. We advise you to change it. Modify the password •...
  • Page 29 Reset the receiver The resetting of the receiver to the manufacturing specification could be useful if you modify the programming of your receiver at that some of the functions are not working anymore. When you reset your receiver, the configuration will be like when the product is new.
  • Page 30: Radios

    Radios The satellites emits not only TV channel, but radios as well in digital quality. You then advise you to connect the receiver to your Hi-Fi system with 2 RCA / 2 RCA flylead. This remarks is for the TV channels as well! When you push on the key Ø, you enter the radio mode.
  • Page 31 Do not unscrew Fragile wires: correctly maintains the electri- cal bloc to avoid pul- ling out the wires. ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE (West the East) West: from the 0° position, make the motor spin toward the west until the satellite dish being near the obstacle. Without unscrewing the big Phillips screw, pull towards you the white cylinder (the top and the bottom) and then make it spin to make the bottom stops faces the sensor.
  • Page 32: Use With A Vcr

    Thank you for understanding that Metronic will not be able to help you on the codes from a universal remote control which is not from the Metronic brand. It is recommended to...
  • Page 33: Digital Pvr

    Digital PVR General points Your (Re)playBOX contain a hard drive (HD). The hard drive capacity of 40 GigaOctets allow you to record about 25 hours. The duration is roughly because it depends on the rate of the emission you are recorded. In general, you need to count 1.5 Go per recording hour, but some emissions or channels might need 2Go/h or more.
  • Page 34 Recording To record an emission you are watching, press simply on the key REC and wait a few seconds. During the recording, the front face display rEC and a red point appear at the top right of the screen. On the remote control, only the volume, STOP and ON / OFF key are active.
  • Page 35: Time Shift

    With the arrows select the first empty row and press OK to display the recording adjust- ment window. • On the row satellite, select with the arrow 34 the satellite which emits the channel to record. • On the row starting date, enter the emission date •...
  • Page 36: Digital Services

    Recording management By pressing on the List key (or PLAY), you make the recording list to appear. The window indicates the number, the name of the recording, which by default the name of the chan- nel, the duration, and the type of recording (TV or Radio). You can change the name by selecting the recording with the arrows 56, then by pres- sing on 4.
  • Page 37: Common Interface (Ci)

    EPG (electronic program guide) The EPG key allows you to access the Electronic Program Guide. Most of the channels emit only some information concerning the emission in progress and the following one. By pressing on OK on the emission in progress, or the following, you access more detailed information on the emission.
  • Page 38: Questions And Answers

    Questions / Answers •Why does the screen stay black ? The channel that you want to watch may be encrypted (pay per view). For your informa- tion, a broadcaster could emit an encrypted channel with information, which makes the receiver to believe that the channel is Free To Air. The opposite is possible. •My motor is jammed, what do I have to do? Reset the motor •Why the motor is not rotating on its entire course?
  • Page 39: Certificate Of Guarantee

    Receiver model : (Re)playBOX Satellites received :......- Custumers service SAV Métronic, BP56, La Tombe, Metronic help line 37320 Esvres sur Indre, FRANCE hotline@metronic.com Tél.: 0033(0) 892 350 315 Monday to friday, from 9:00 to 12:00 am and from 2:00 to 7:00 pm (french hour).
  • Page 40 NOTES...
  • Page 41: Questionnaire

    In store I have already a METRONIC receiver • Do you already have an installation, if yes, which brand? ..............................• Did you already use the METRONIC help line ? If yes, what do you think about it ? ..........................................................
  • Page 42 • Did you isolate the LNBs (heads) ? METRONIC isolated paste Other products METRONIC Silicone Adhesive tape Other ....• Do you think the user manual is user friendly when you have to install, without an instal- ler, a satellite kit? Which modifications would you wish to see? ..............................
  • Page 43: Channel Guide

    TV c han n el gu ide N° Name Freq Pol SR Rate symbol Channel Channel Emession (debit) number name frequency Polarity in MHz N° Name Freq. Pol SR N° Name Freq. Pol SR ASTRA28---------------------------------------- 36 S4C~ Digidol 12129 V 27500 1 BBC 1 London 10773 H 22000...
  • Page 44 T V c h a n ne l g uid e N° Name Freq. Pol SR N° Name Freq. Pol SR HOTBIRD (suite)-------------------------------- 115 Retequattro 11919 V 27500 69 RTL2 AUSTRIA 11054 H 27500 116 ORT-I 11938 H 27500 70 CNN 11054 H 27500 117 IQRAA 12015 H 27500...
  • Page 45 TV c han n el gu ide N° Name Freq. Pol SR N° Name Freq. Pol SR HOTBIRD (suite)-------------------------------- 208 DAN - Cinema 11137 H 27500 162 Asianet 12437 H 27500 209 TV 5 - FBS 11137 H 27500 163 AsianetUK.co 12437 H 27500 210 TV 5 Europe 11137 H 27500...
  • Page 46 T V c h a n ne l g uid e N° Name Freq. Pol SR N° Name Freq. Pol SR HOTBIRD (suite)-------------------------------- 300 ESC 1 11567 V 22000 255 Arirang TV 11179 H 27500 301 TV5 France/S 11567 V 22000 256 OLISAT Latin 11179 H 27500...
  • Page 47 TV c han n el gu ide N° Name Freq. Pol SR N° Name Freq. Pol SR ASTRA 19 (suite)------------------------------- 393 QVC Germany 12551 V 22000 347 NDR Fernsehe 12109 H 27500 394 Viva Plus 12551 V 22000 348 NDR Hamburg 12109 H 27500 395 BVN TV 12574 H 22000...
  • Page 48 T V c h a n ne l g uid e N° Name Freq. Pol SR N° Name Freq. Pol SR ARABSAT (suite)------------------------------ 482 Canal 47 11615 V 27500 438 MBC 2 11843 H 27500 483 Canal 35 11615 V 27500 439 Al-Arabiyah 11843 H 27500...
  • Page 49 TV c han n el gu ide N° Name Freq. Pol SR N° Name Freq. Pol SR ASTRA Canal Sat (suite)---------------------- 573 13EME RUE 12402 V 27500 527 EQUIDIA 11856 V 27500 574 FOX KIDS 12402 V 27500 528 PMU sur Cana 11856 V 27500 575 L’EQUIPE TV...
  • Page 50 T V c h a n ne l g uid e N° Name Freq. Pol SR HOTBIRD TPS (suite)------------------------- 619 Equidia Alph 10873 V 27500 620 M6 10911 V 27500 621 HISTOIRE 10911 V 27500 622 TF1 10911 V 27500 623 TFOU 10911 V 27500...
  • Page 52 Node Park Touraine BP 1 TAUXIGNY 37310 REIGNAC SUR INDRE CEDEX FRANCE www.metronic.com Product made in Asia...

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