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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Contents What's in the box?..............3   What the on-screen symbols mean........17   How to turn the receiver on for the first time....20   How to turn the receiver off ..........25  ...

  • Page 3: What's In The Box

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box What's in the box? Receiver Two batteries RF cable Remote Quick-start guide control SCART cable User guide Guide to remote- control TV codes guide...
  • Page 4 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Receiver Front panel 1. Volume buttons 2. Channel buttons (these buttons go up and down the list and go through the on-screen menus) 3. Menu button 4. Standby and on and off light (switches the...
  • Page 5 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Back panel 1. Mains cable 2. Socket for factory use only 3. SCART out socket (to your VCR) 4. SCART out socket (to your TV) 5.
  • Page 6 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Remote control buttons...
  • Page 7 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Number Button name What the button does diagram <home> Goes to the first channel in your list (usually BBC 1) Switches your TV on or off (if you have...
  • Page 8 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Number Button name What the button does diagram Selects options on the on-screen menu (This button also shows the channel list if you press it while watching TV.) Enters and exits the TV electronic...
  • Page 9 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Number Button name What the button does diagram Chooses channel numbers and numbers on menus that go to different options Switches the audio description on and...
  • Page 10 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Putting batteries in the remote control Remove the battery cover from the remote control. Look at the polarity diagram (the ‘+’ and ‘-’ symbols) printed on inside of the battery case. (This diagram tells you which way round to put the batteries in the remote control.)

  • Page 11: Using The Remote Control

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Using the remote control The remote control ‘talks’ to the receiver using an infrared link between the sensor on the remote control and the sensor on the front of the receiver.

  • Page 12: How To Use The Remote Control

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver How to use the remote control Point the sensor end of the remote control towards the sensor in the centre of the receiver’s front panel. Press the button you want to use, for example the standby button, or the guide button.
  • Page 13 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box How to connect the receiver to your TV Put your receiver on a firm, level surface with at least a 10-centimetre gap around all the sides. Make sure it is close to the TV you are going to connect it to.
  • Page 14 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Connection 1 (If your TV has a SCART socket) Plug the SCART cable (which came with the receiver) into the SCART ‘out’ socket (you will find the socket on the back panel of the receiver labelled ‘TV’).
  • Page 15 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Connection 2 (If your TV does not have a SCART socket) Disconnect your TV from its power supply. Take the aerial lead out of the TV and connect it to the ‘RF IN’...

  • Page 16: How To Connect Headphones To The Receiver

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver How to connect headphones to the receiver Connect a 3.5 millimetre plug (this is usually the same width as a normal headphones plug) from your headphones to the headphone socket on the front panel of the receiver.

  • Page 17: What The On-Screen Symbols Mean

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box What the on-screen symbols mean You may see these symbols on your screen. These symbols usually show which remote control buttons can be used on, or apply to, that screen.
  • Page 18 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Audio This symbol is shown when Audio description description (AD) is available on the TV available channel you have selected. Audio description is a voice-over service which describes what is happening on a programme.
  • Page 19 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Signal strength This symbol shows the signal strength. A transmitter sends out a signal to your receiver. Depending on which area you are in, you may have a strong or weak signal.

  • Page 20: How To Turn The Receiver On For The First Time

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver How to turn the receiver on for the first time When you have connected your receiver to the TV, it is then ready to use. Switch on the TV. Set the TV to the input channel you have connected the receiver to (AV1, for example).
  • Page 21 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box After a few seconds, the screen will change to the TV format screen. Make sure that you have connected your TV aerial to your TV.
  • Page 22 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver 10 The aspect ratio options are ‘letterbox’, ‘compromise’ and ‘cut out’. Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to choose the one that best matches your TV. 11 When you have made your selection, press ‘OK’ on your remote control.
  • Page 23 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box 13 When all the available TV and radio channels have been tuned in, an ‘installation completed’ message will appear on the screen. 14 You will now be able to watch TV.
  • Page 24 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Regional preferences In some areas of the UK, you may be able to get channels from other TV regions. When you install your digital TV receiver it will let you choose which TV region you want to watch.

  • Page 25: How To Turn The Receiver Off

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box How to turn the receiver off If you usually watch television every day, you should leave the receiver on standby when you’re not watching it. You should only switch it off at the mains if you are away or you do not want to use the receiver for a long time (a month, for example).

  • Page 26: Important Information About Over-Air Downloads

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Do not unplug the receiver from the mains until the standby light (also the ‘on’ and ‘off’ light) stops flashing. Please see ‘Important information’ below. Important information about over-air downloads Whenever you put the receiver on standby (this means you switch the receiver off with the remote), the receiver will search for any available over-air downloads (OADs).

  • Page 27: How To Turn The Receiver Back On From Standby

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box How to turn the receiver back on from standby Switch on your TV. Press the receiver remote control button labelled ‘stb’. The receiver standby light will turn green and the TV picture will come on.

  • Page 28: Channels

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Important information about searching for new channels The receiver gives you two ways to search for new TV and radio channels. Automatic channel search when the receiver is on standby • As new channels and features become available, your receiver will automatically search for them.
  • Page 29 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The channel select display The banner in the lower part of the screen shows: the channel number; the channel name; the current time; and...
  • Page 30 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver The programme information tells you: • the programme name. • the time the programme begins and ends; and • if audio description or subtitles is available for that programme. For more information on the symbols, see page 17.
  • Page 31 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The way you can choose channels depends on other settings, such as if you have set your favourite channels or locked certain channels (see page 49 for more information).
  • Page 32 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver What do you want to do? You need to press this button Display the previous six channels in Press while on the channel list the list Display the next six channels in the...
  • Page 33 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box How to swap between channels There is a button on the remote control that lets you swap between the TV channel that you are watching and the TV channel that you were previously watching.
  • Page 34 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver The on-screen help pages The help pages give advice on and help with many of the features of the receiver. Press the ‘help’ button to read more information about audio description (AD), how to swap channels and TV input (TV input is how you can programme your remote control to use your TV).

  • Page 35: The Information Screen

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The information screen The information screen gives a summary of the programme you’re currently watching and future programmes. The information screen For a list of on-screen symbols, see page 17.
  • Page 36 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Subtitles Subtitles give you an on-screen text version of the conversation or narrative on the TV channel you’re watching. When you choose subtitles, your TV will show the subtitles for the channel you are watching at the bottom of the screen over the picture.
  • Page 37 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box How to use audio description Audio description is a spoken narration that describes all important information on a programme, such as body language, facial expressions, scenery, action, costumes or anything that helps to express the plot of the story, event or image.
  • Page 38 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver What do you want to do? Press this button Switch on audio description (AD) Press ‘AD’. (You will hear a high-pitched beep if AD is available for your current programme and a medium-pitched beep if it is not.)
  • Page 39 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box How to use teletext Many digital TV channels provide teletext. Teletext is pages of Information about programmes and other topics like the weather, news, holidays and shopping.
  • Page 40 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver How to use the TV programme guide The TV guide shows programme information for the next eight days. The TV guide (programme schedule)
  • Page 41 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The TV guide (individual programme information) The TV guide gives the following information. • The panel at the top of the screen shows the current channel number and name.
  • Page 42 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver What do you want to do? Press this button Go to the TV guide Press ‘guide’ Change the channel Press ‘P+’ or ‘P-’ Move up or down the programme Press schedule (Your TV will show the programme schedule, with a description of the programme you’ve chosen.)

  • Page 43: The Menu Screens

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The menu screens The menus let you select and change many of your receiver’s features. The main menu This is the menu that appears when you select the ‘menu’ button on the remote control or the receiver.
  • Page 44 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver What do you want to do? Press this button Go to one of the menu Arrow (or you can press the options (for example the channel number button if it applies) configuration menu) Go to the main menu Press ‘menu’...
  • Page 45 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The favourite lists menu This menu lets you create, change and delete your own favourite channel lists. Favourite lists screen...
  • Page 46 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver How to create a favourite list This menu lets you create your own (favourite) channel list. Select the ‘Create a favourite list’ option from the favourite list menu (see page 45) by pressing the ‘OK’ button.
  • Page 47 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Create a favourite list’ screen (2) The tick symbol on the left-hand side of the channel description means that the channel is selected to be in your favourite channels list.
  • Page 48 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Create a favourite list’ screen (3) What do you want to do? Press this button Delete a channel from your favourite Press the green button while channels list selecting the channel you don’t want.
  • Page 49 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box What do you want to do? Press this button Lock a channel Press the red button while selecting the channel you want to lock...
  • Page 50 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver You can remove all channels from the screen (2) list by pressing the blue button, and then add the channels you want by pressing the green button. This method is best when you only want a few channels on your favourite list.
  • Page 51 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box What do you want to do? Press this button Add a channel Press the green button while selecting the channel you want Save the favourite list and return to Press the ‘back’...
  • Page 52 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver How to change your favourite channels Changing a favourite channel list screen (1) This menu lets you change the favourite channel lists that you have created. For the FAV1 and FAV2 channel lists, you can choose channels to add or delete from your lists, or change their parental status (this means whether a channel is locked or unlocked).
  • Page 53 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Choose the list you want to change, using the ,then press ‘OK’. If you select the FAV1 or FAV2 channel list, you will see screen 2 below.
  • Page 54 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver You will now see screen (3) below. Changing a favourite channel list screen (3) 10 To add all available channels to the list, press the green button. 11 To delete all available channels from the list, press the red...
  • Page 55 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box 12 If you select the TV and radio channel list from the ‘Modify a favourite menu’, you will now see screen (4) below. Changing the TV/radio screen (4) 13 To lock or unlock a channel, select the channel and press the red button.
  • Page 56 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver How to delete a favourite list This menu lets you delete the favourite channel lists that you have created. Delete a favourite list screen Select the ‘Delete a favourite list’ option from the favourite lists menu (see page 45) by pressing the ‘OK’...
  • Page 57 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box How to select a favourite list This menu lets you choose the favourite list you want to use. Select a favourite list screen Select the ‘Select a favourite list’ option from the favourite lists menu (see page 45) by pressing the ‘OK’...

  • Page 58: The Configuration Menu

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver The configuration menu This menu lets you select and change many of your receiver’s features and settings (see page 43 to select the configuration menu). The main configuration screen...
  • Page 59 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The channel installation menu This menu has the following features. • Automatic channel installation – this automatically scans and installs all available digital TV and radio channels.
  • Page 60 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver The auto channel-installation menu This menu lets you: • search automatically for all channels when no channels have been set up; • search for all new channels which may become available; and •...
  • Page 61 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The auto channel-installation screen (2) Select the ‘channel auto-installation’ option from the channel installation menu (see page 59) and press the ‘OK’ button. You will now see screen (1) (see page 60).
  • Page 62 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver To add a single channel, from screen (3) select ‘Manual’ on the installation mode option by pressing the arrow buttons and press the ‘OK’ button. You will now see screen (4) (see next page).
  • Page 63 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The manual channel-installation screen (4) 10 When the channel installation is complete, your TV will go to the first available channel in the list.

  • Page 64: Signal Information

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Signal information The signal information screen gives information about the channel you’re watching, including signal frequency, signal quality and signal level. This could affect your picture quality. The signal information screen...
  • Page 65 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The TV configuration menu This menu lets you change selected TV configuration (setting) for your receiver. The TV configuration screen What do you want to do? Press this button.
  • Page 66 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver What do you want to do? Press this button. Change the TV output signal Select the format you want by pressing the buttons (This means you can choose between RGB and CVBS signals (see below)).
  • Page 67 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box TV output signal This option enables you to set the TV output signed format. The choices are: • CVBS – Composite Video Blanking and Syncs. This is a signal that contains the picture information (luminance and chrominance) plus all the synchronisation signals.
  • Page 68 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver The languages menu This menu lets you change the language for your TV, the information display, the audio description and the subtitles screen. The languages menu screen To change the language on your TV, follow these instructions.
  • Page 69 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The system parameters menu This menu gives you the receiver system parameters (settings) and lets you change some of the system settings (see page 58 to select the system parameters screen).

  • Page 70: System Information

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver System information The system information screen shows information about the receiver. The system information screen...
  • Page 71 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Auto-standby settings The auto-standby settings menu lets you turn the auto-standby feature on and off. If you turn the auto-standby feature on and do not change the channel, change the volume or use the menus for three hours, the receiver will automatically go on to standby.

  • Page 72: Factory Settings

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Factory settings The factory settings menu lets you change the receiver’s settings back to the original factory settings (see page 69 to select the factory setting screen). Using the buttons, selecting ‘Factory settings’.
  • Page 73 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The retune messages menu This menu lets you turn retune messages on or off. Before the Digital switchover, you will get retune messages on your screen...
  • Page 74 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver The audio description menu This menu lets you change the volume level of the audio description service compared to the TV volume (see page 58 to select the audio description screen). You can choose from 25% lower than the TV volume to 25% higher than the TV volume.
  • Page 75 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The RF modulator configuration menu This menu lets you choose the RF frequency and channel number for connection option 2 (see page 15). The RF modulator configuration display...
  • Page 76 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver The parental control menu This menu gives you control of the following features, so you can control when and if certain channels are watched. • Receiver lock – this lets you set a pin code which you or anybody using the receiver must enter correctly before they can use the receiver.
  • Page 77 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box The parental control screen (1) The parental control display (2)
  • Page 78 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver The factory setting for the parental control PIN (personal identification number) is 0000. You should change this PIN. When you do, remember the code or keep it written down somewhere safe. How to reset the parental control PIN To reset the parental control PIN, press the blue, green, red and yellow buttons twice, quickly, one after the other.
  • Page 79 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box What do you want to do? Press this button • Select ‘PIN code’ and use Insert a new pin code buttons 0 to 9 to enter the most recent code •...

  • Page 80: Safety Information

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Safety information • Place cables where you won’t walk on them. Do not put anything on or against them. • Do not use the receiver in damp or very warm and wet conditions.
  • Page 81 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box Servicing • There are no parts in the receiver which you can repair yourself. • If your receiver doesn’t work or you think it is broken, take it to a local electrical shop.
  • Page 82 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Electrical safety Read the electrical-safety pages in this guide carefully before you connect the receiver to the mains supply Make sure your electricity supply is the same voltage as the voltage printed on the label on the bottom of the main unit of your receiver.
  • Page 83 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box • You should not connect anything to the earth terminal of the plug marked with the letter ‘E’ or coloured green. You must always use the same fuse value as your receiver’s power-lead plug if you replace it.

  • Page 84: Help And Advice

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Help and advice What might be causing the problem The problem you’re having The standby light is The power lead is either unplugged or the not on. fuse in the power-lead plug has blown.
  • Page 85 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box What might be causing the problem The problem you’re having The picture is made • You may have the wrong type of aerial. up of square blocks Your aerial may be damaged or pointing •...

  • Page 86: Product Specification

    ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Product specification Plain English Campaign’s Crystal Mark does not apply to this page. Product specification General Unit size: 230 x 115 x 37 millimetres (width x depth x height) Box size: 257 x 213 x 80 millimetres (W x D x H) Unit weight: 0.95 kilograms...
  • Page 87 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver ADR10 Set Top Box ADR10 Set Top Box System features 2 SCART output sockets Works with DVB-T with MHeg 5 1 tuner Frequency band 470 to 862 MHeg) (UHF: only for UK)
  • Page 88 ADR10 Digital TV Receiver GDR11 Digital TV receiver Full audio description complying to the RED Book (EC standard specification for audio description). DTG compliant MHeg 5 V1.06 Reminder functionality on EPG Has the digital tick dcs/1/25.11.10...

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