Important Safety Instructions • To avoid electric shock, do not open the unit. • There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Servicing can only be performed by qualified service personnel. • Connection can only be to a 240V AC mains supply. •...
Overview Thank you for purchasing this Strong Digital Terrestrial Television Receiver. This product has been manufactured in accordance with strict quality control procedures and is fully compliant with Australian specifications. Your new receiver will enable you to experience superior picture and sound quality, widescreen images, extra channels and many new features.
Contents Important Safety Instructions ......................2 Overview ............................3 Main Features..........................3 Checklist of Accessories ....................... 6 Controls and Indicators........................7 Front panel ..............................7 Rear panel..............................8 Remote Control ..........................9 Installing the batteries in the remote control ..................10 Quick Start.............................
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Using the timer ............................39 Setting or cancelling a timer from the EPG .................... 39 Setting or cancelling a timer from the Configuration menu..............40 Setting or cancelling a timer from the remote control ................41 Movies, Music & Photos....................... 42 Playing movies ............................
Checklist of Accessories The following accessories have been supplied with your . If any were not supplied, contact the retailer from whom you purchased the unit. User’s manual : 1 Remote control : 1 Batteries (AAA type) : 2 CVBS Composite Video and Audio Cable (yellow, white, red) : 1 Y / Pb / Pr Component Cable...
Controls and Indicators Front panel USB port, for connecting a USB memory stick To switch the receiver between stand-by mode and power-on mode. To select the next channel, or next option in a menu. To select the previous channel, or previous option in a menu.
Rear panel Name Connector Function TV ANT IN IEC 169-24 female Input from terrestrial antenna LOOP OUT IEC 169-24 female Loop-through output to VCR, etc. RS-232C DB-9 Serial port S-VIDEO MINI-DIN S-VHS video output S/PDIF RCA cinch (black) Digital audio output (S/PDIF format) Y / Pb / Pr RCA A/V RCA cinch (green / Component connection (Y / Pb / Pr) blue / red)
Remote Control 1. Stand-by: To switch between power-on and 7. OK: To show the channel list in viewing mode, stand-by modes and to select an item (or confirm a choice) in a menu 2. Numeric Keys (0–9): To choose a channel directly, or to enter numeric information in a 8.
To go to the start of a movie or music 23. PAGE ( / ): To move to the next page or track, or show the previous photo previous page ( if there is more than one page), or to zoom in or out To go to the end of a movie or music track, or show the next photo 24.
TV.) S ee “Step 2: Choose an installation method” on page 12. Turn on the and the TV. The Strong Technologies banner appears on your TV screen, followed by Init Install window. Choose your preferred on-screen display language. S ee “Minimum Set-up” on page 14.
How to Connect Refer to the diagram on page 8 for the location of the sockets identified by numbers in the procedures in this section. Step 1: Connect to the antenna Connect the antenna lead coming from your antenna wall plate to the TV ANT IN socket on the (socket 1).
C: CVBS (Composite) using the supplied RCA red–white–yellow lead Using the appropriate colour-coding on socket 7 and socket group 9 you can connect to your TV with the supplied RCA cable. This gives you CVBS (Composite Video) and MPEG-2 stereo audio. For video, connect the yellow RCA lead between the yellow video socket (socket 7) on the and the corresponding socket on your TV.
TV/AV or VIDEO button on your TV remote control. (Refer to your TV user’s manual for instructions.) The Strong Technologies banner page briefly appears, followed by the Init Install screen (see below). On this screen you choose the language for the OSD (on-screen display) and your country. The OSD language defaults to English and the country defaults to Australia.
When the scanning is finished, the channel with the lowest number is displayed. NOTE: If you get a black screen when scanning is finished, the is attempting to show a high-definition TV channel. The cannot display high-definition broadcasts. In this case, press CH▼ or CH▲ until a standard-definition channel appears. Although you can start watching digital TV channels, and listen to digital radio stations, straight away, there are a number of other set-up tasks you should do now.
Setting the properties of the on-screen display (OSD) 1. Press MENU on the remote control. The Digital TV menu appears. 2. Press OK. The first item in the sub-menu—Channel Manager—is highlighted. 3. Press CH▼ until Configuration is highlighted, and press OK. The Configuration menu appears. 4.
• the OSD transparency (that is, how much of the picture behind an information panel will be visible through the information panel) • the OSD language • the first and second preferred audio languages (for channels that broadcast programs in more than one language.
6. With the option you want to change highlighted, press VOL or VOL to step through the allowable values (shown in the panel at the right of the screen). Stop when the value you want is displayed. 7. If there is another TV option you want to change, repeat this procedure from step 5. 8.
Setting the time and date 1. Press MENU on the remote control. The Digital TV menu appears. 2. Press OK. The first item in the sub-menu—Channel Manager—is highlighted. 3. Press CH▼ until Configuration is highlighted, and then press OK. The Configuration menu appears.
9. If the current time has been adjusted for daylight saving, press CH▼ to highlight Summer Time and then press VOL or VOL to select ON. 10. Press OK. The Configuration menu re-appears. You can continue with other set-up tasks (see below), or press EXIT to return to TV viewing.
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5. Press CH▼ or CH▲ to choose a type of security you want to set or cancel—Channel or Menu— and then press OK. 6. Press VOL or VOL to change the setting from OFF to ON (or vice versa). Repeat from step 5 if you want to set or cancel the other type of security.
Operation Basic operations Selecting a channel There are a number of ways to select a channel (or digital radio station): • Using the number keys on the remote control: If you know the channel number, enter the number using the number keys on the remote control and then press OK on the remote control. (If you don’t press OK, the channel selected appears after 2 seconds.) NOTE: The uses the Logical Channel Numbering system (LCN) by default.
Adjusting the volume While you are watching a program, press VOL or VOL on the remote control to decrease or increase the volume respectively. Turning off the sound (muting) To turn off the sound altogether, press the MUTE button ( ) on the remote control.
4. If a channel is being broadcast in Dolby Digital, the code AC-3 appears beside the entry (as in the second entry in the example above). If you are set up to receive digital audio, choose this option for better quality audio. 5.
Teletext Teletext is a text-based data service. It is available only when the broadcasting signal carries such data. 1. Select a channel that is broadcasting teletext. 2. Press TXT on the remote control. 3. Select a teletext page by pressing the corresponding number or colour button on the remote control.
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Auto search An auto search repeats the scan the did when you first turned it on. It searches for all channels and radio stations that can be detected in your area, and adds them to your channel list. 1. Press MENU on the remote control. The Digital TV menu appears. 2.
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5. Press VOL or VOL until the number of the channel you want to add to your channel list is shown in the Channel Name field. If the can detect the channel you selected, the intensity and quality of the signal are indicated by the dotted bars at the bottom of the window.
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6. To specify the area or country from which the channel is being broadcast, press VOL or VOL , select a country by pressing CH▼ or CH▲ until it is highlighted, and then press OK. 7. Press CH ▼ to select the Carrier option. 8.
4. Press CH▼ or CH▲ until Advanced Search is highlighted and then press OK. The Advanced Search screen appears. 5. In the Freq (KHz) field, enter the frequency of the channel you want. Press the number keys on the remote control to enter digits, pressing VOL or VOL to move from digit to digit.
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3. Press OK. The Channel Manager menu appears. 4. With Channel Organizer highlighted, press OK. The Channel Organizer window appears. 5. Press CH▼ or CH▲ until the channel or station you want to add to (or remove from) your favourites list is highlighted. A channel or station that is already on your favourites list has an icon of a heart beside its name.
9. Press OK. 10. Press EXIT to return to TV viewing. TIP: Another way of organising channels is by grouping like channels together: all news channels, all sports channels, etc. This is explained in “Grouping channels” on page 35. Moving channels You can change the order in which channels appear in the channels list.
Follow this procedure to lock an unlocked channel or station, or to unlock a locked channel or station. 1. Press MENU on the remote control. The Digital TV menu appears. 2. Press OK. The first item in the sub-menu—Channel Manager—is highlighted. 3.
6. Press CH▼ or CH▲ until the channel or station you want to delete is highlighted. 7. Press the ZOOM button (the green button) on the remote control to mark the highlighted channel or station for deletion. An icon appears beside the channel or station name to indicate that it is marked for deletion.
8. Press EXIT to return to TV viewing. NOTE: You can also delete all channels and stations by choosing Factory Default on the Digital TV menu. Renaming channels and stations 1. Press MENU on the remote control. The Digital TV menu appears. 2.
You have three levels of sorting: • First by area (that is, by the country from where the channel is broadcast) • Second by type of channel: free-to-air (FTA), scrambled or all channels. • Third by name or LCN (logical channel number) number, and in either ascending or descending order 5.
5. Press CH▼ or CH▲ until a channel you want to add to a group is highlighted. 6. Press the number key on the remote control that corresponds to the appropriate group shown at the right side of the window: 2 for News, 3 for Science, 4 for Sport and so on. The corresponding icon appears beside the channel in the Group column to indicate that the channel has been grouped.
5. Press CH▼ or CH▲ until the channel you want to edit is highlighted. 6. Press the yellow button on the remote control. The Edit Channels window now shows the details of the selected channel. 7. Select the option that needs to be changed and make the change. Repeat for each option that needs to be changed.
All available channels are listed at the left of the screen. The current program of the currently selected channel is listed at the top of the right panel, with the programs to follow listed below it. Two modes are available: daily and weekly. Extended information is available about some of the programs.
• To scroll through the channels, press CH▼ or CH▲. • To scroll through the programs for a particular channel, select that channel and the press or VOL . (If you scroll past midnight, the programs for the next day are displayed.) You can also display extended information about a program in Weekly mode.
4. If you want to change the timer number (or select a timer to cancel), move to the Timer NO field, press VOL or VOL to move to the timer number list, press CH▼ or CH▲ to choose the appropriate timer (1 through to 8) and then press OK. 5.
4. Press CH▼ or CH▲ until Wakeup Timer is highlighted and then press OK. The Wakeup Timer screen appears. If you have already set a timer, the next available timer is shown. 5. Follow steps 4 to 18 in the previous procedure (“Setting or cancelling a timer from the EPG”). 6.
Movies, Music & Photos You can use the to play movies and music, and show photos, from files stored on a USB memory stick. The allowable formats are MPG, DAT, VOB and AVI (for movies), MP3 and WAV (for music) and JPEG (for photos or other graphics saved in JPEG format). Before you begin, transfer the files you want to play or show to a USB memory stick.
6. Press OK or to start the movie. While the movie is playing: • Press VOL or VOL to decrease or increase the volume. • Press ZOOM to activate the zoom function, where you can zoom in by pressing PAGE zoom out by pressing PAGE .
5. To preview the movie or program, press the red button on the remote control and then press OK. (The Disk Manager window remains open, and a thumbnail of the movie or program begins playing in the panel at the right of the window.) 6.
Playing music 1. Insert the USB memory stick containing the music files into the USB port on the front of the 2. Press MENU on the remote control. The Digital TV menu appears. 3. Press CH▼ twice to highlight the music icon and then press OK. The Music window appears, showing a representation of your memory stick.
Showing photos 1. Insert the USB memory stick containing the photos into the USB port on the front of the 2. Press MENU on the remote control. The Digital TV menu appears. 3. Press CH▼ or CH▲ until the photo icon is highlighted and then press OK. The Photo window appears, showing a representation of your memory stick.
Games comes with three popular games that you can play on your TV screen: • Box Man • Tetris • Hit Rat You can also play other games, games that you have copied onto a USB memory stick. To select a game to play: 1.
6. If necessary, press CH▼ or CH▲ to select the game you want to play and then press OK. Box Man The goal of Box Man is to push each red box onto a square that has a yellow cross. 1.
3. To cancel a game, press OK, select Main Manu and then select Exit Game. Hit Rat The goal of Hit Rat is to score points by pressing a remote control key when the rat is over one of the yellow dots.
PC and then transfer it to your via a USB memory stick. Watch the Strong Technologies website for announcements of software upgrades and instructions on how to obtain an upgrade.
TIP: You can also upgrade using the RS-232C port on the back of the . The Strong Technologies website will have instructions on how to do this. Clearing and resetting data WARNING: This procedure returns the to its default factory settings.
Please email us at techau@strong-technologies.com Product Return Tracking: If you need to send your receiver to Strong Technologies for repair or evaluation, please keep a record of the unit’s serial number. This will ensure ease of tracking and identification on your behalf.