PART 1 English Content Introduction Safety Instructions Features & Accessories Safety Precautions Storage Equipment Set-up Your Receiver Front Panel Remote Control Unit Rear Panel Connections Connecting to TV & VCR Connecting to Digital Audio Amplifier Connecting to Satellite Dish Connecting to serial cable for downloading software Starting up Main Menu Channel Organiser...
PART 1 English 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Safety Instructions DO NOT INSTALL YOUR RECEIVER: In a closed or poorly ventilated cabinet; Directly on top of or under any another equipment; On a surface which might obstruct the ventilation slots. DO NOT EXPOSE THE RECEIVER OR ITS ACCESSORIES: To direct sunlight or near any other equipment that generates heat;...
PART 1 English 1.2 Features & Accessories For all digital Free-To-Air TV and Radio programmes via satellite Display showing channel number or time Digital sound through coaxial output (S/PDIF) Separate power switch Set-up supports for first time installation 3200 channel memory capacity for 64 satellites 4 Favourite lists for TV-and Radio programme Quick and easy installation &...
PART 1 English Note: The batteries should not be recharged, disassembled, electrically short-circuited or be mixed or used with other types of batteries. 1.3 Safety Precautions To maintain your receiver's optimum performance, you are advised to apply the following safety precautions: Read this manual carefully and make sure you fully understand the instructions given.
PART 1 English 1.5 Equipment Set-up We recommend you consult a professional installer to set up your equipment. Otherwise, please follow the instructions below: Refer to the user manual of your TV and your antenna. Make sure that the SCART cable is in a good condition. Make sure that the SCART cable connections are well shielded Make sure that the outdoor components of the antenna are in good condition.
PART 1 English 2.2 Remote Control Unit All features of the set-top box can be controlled with the remote control unit. Turns the receiver On/Off. Mutes audio output of the receiver. C. AV Toggle between TV and AV mode. D. 0~9 Changes channel and controls numeric functions.
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PART 1 English O. P+ / P- Page up and down in menu list. P. MOSAIC Show pictures of 9 channels on the screen simultaneously Q. PAUSE Freeze/Resume picture. R. AUDIO Shows the list of available audio languages for the channel you are watching. In addition it sets the current channel audio to stereo (( )), left-mono (( or right-mono )).
PART 1 English 2.3 Rear Panel FIGURE 3. Rear Panel 1. SAT IN Connect the digital signal from your LNB on the satellite dish to this connector. 2. SAT OUT Gives you the possibility to connect an extra receiver (analogue or digital). 3.
PART 1 English 3.0 Connections 3.1 Connecting to TV & VCR < Basic connection with a Scart cable > 1. Connect the satellite signal from the LNB to the LNB IN connector. 2. Connect the TV scart connector at the back of the receiver to the scart - in connector on your TV set. FIGURE 4.
PART 1 English 3.2 Connecting to Digital Audio Amplifier The Digital Audio Amplifier is connected with the receiver from the S/PDIF connector. (FIGURE 6) FIGURE 6 3.3 Connecting to Satellite Dish <Connecting a fixed satellite dish to your receiver> First choose which satellite you want to receive your signals from, and have your dealer aim your dish at the requested satellite.
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PART 1 English FIGURE 8. Connecting multiple fixed dishes to your receiver using a DiSEqC 1.0 switch <Connecting a dish on a motorized positioner to your receiver> Another possibility for watching programs from multiple satellites is by mounting a dish to a motorized DiSEqC 1.2 positioner. Have your dealer mount the dish to the positioner, set the correct angle of the elevation and let him set the center point for your positioner.
PART 1 English 3.4 Connecting to serial cable for downloading software 1. Connect the RS 232 connector on the back of your receiver to the Serial port of your computer using a serial cable. 2. Instructions how to download software can be found on our website www.strongsat.com (support >...
Ensure that your satellite receiver is correctly connected to your television and dish, and that your satel- lite signal is of good quality. (If you are not sure about this then ask your local strong dealer to check your installation or satellite signal.) Confirm that the power plug on the receiver is plugged into the wall outlet.
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PART 1 English Future installation steps are depend from satellite where your dish is aimed. 1. Your dish is aimed to Astra 1C, 1E, 1F or Hotbird satellite. Press UP/DOWN to select the ASTRA or Hotbird satellite and press OK button on your remote control. Below screen will appear.
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PART 1 English SCREEN 4 If you select a satellite in the satellite list, the configure antenna menu will appear, please set the LNB Type, LNB Low Freq, LNB High Freq, Band control, Polarisation control, DiSEqC Switch and Antenna mode. SCREEN 5 2a.
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PART 1 English SCREEN 6 When you have completed the adjustment, choose NEXT and press the OK button. The channel Setup menu will appear as shown on screen 8. 2b. If you have a DiSEqC Dish, you can set “Antenna mode” to DiSEqC 1.2, choose NEXT and press the OK button.
PART 1 English SCREEN 8 Choose NEXT and press the OK button to start the scan. When the scan is completed, the receiver will save the services information automatically and exit to the normal play state. 5.0 Main Menu All the important settings and features of your receiver can be operated in Main Menu. The Main Menu consists of five sub-menus which are "Channel Organizer", "Installation", “System setting”...
PART 1 English 5.1 Channel Organiser In the MAIN MENU screen, press UP/DOWN to move the cursor to Channel Organiser, and then press OK to enter the Channel Organiser menu. SCREEN 10 The Channel Organiser menu consists of two sub-menus; “Channel Manager” and “Favorites Manager”. 5.1.1 Channel Manager In this menu, you can change the order of the channels, move, delete and edit channels.
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PART 1 English Sort (GREEN buton) You can sort the channel order in the channel list by “name a~z”, “name z~a”, “Free-CA”, “Fav - NO Fav” or Default type. SCREEN 12 Edit (YELLOW button) Select the channel that you wish to edit, press the YELLOW (Edit) button to move into the modify pro- gram menu.
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PART 1 English If you want to rename the channel, use the UP/DOWN keys to select “Program Name” and press OK, the program name dialog will shown as below. SCREEN 14 Use the LEFT/RIGHT button to move the cursor to the character you wish to edit. Use the UP/DOWN button to change character (scroll alphabet).
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PART 1 English Move channel SCREEN 15 Press the UP/DOWN keys to point the focus of the menu to the channel of your selection. Press the LEFT/RIGHT keys to point the focus of the menu to the column “Move”. When the focus is on column “Move”, press the OK button to confirm selection of the channel, using the UP/DOWN buttons move the channel to its new location and press the OK button to confirm the new location.
PART 1 English 5.1.2 Favorites Manager Press the UP/DOWN keys to select the channel. Press the LEFT/RIGHT keys to point the focus to the favorite group. Press the OK button to add the selected channel to the Favorite group. To remove the channel from the favorite group, repeat same operation.
PART 1 English 5.2.1 Antenna Installation You can add a satellite, edit a satellite and delete a satellite in this menu. SCREEN 19 Add satellite If you want add a new satellite, press the RED key in this menu, a satellite list will appear on the screen. Press RIGHT/LEFT to select the satellite.
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PART 1 English Edit satellite If the parameters of the satellite were changed or the satellite is a new satellite, you must set the parameters of the satellite, such as LNB type, LNB low Freq, LNB High Freq, Transponder, LNB Power, 22 k Tone, DiSEqC and Motor Position.
PART 1 English 5.2.2 Auto Scan SCREEN 23 Press the GREEN key to set the scan mode to Free or Free+CA. Press the YELLOW Key to set the Blind Scan to ON or OFF. Press the BLUE Key to set the scan type to NIT OFF or NIT ON. When the set-up is completed, press the RED key to start the scan, shown as below.
PART 1 English 5.2.3 Manual Scan In this menu, you can add a new transponder, edit the transponder or delete the transponder. And you can scan transponder. User can switch satellites with the RED button. SCREEN 25 Add Transponder: In this menu, you can add a new transponder to the system. Press the GREEN button, the Add Transponder sub-menu will appear on screen.
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PART 1 English Edit Transponder: In this menu, you can edit a transponder in the system. Press the YELLOW button, the Edit Transponder sub-menu will appear on screen. SCREEN 27 Delete Transponder Press the BLUE button to delete a transponder. The warning massage will be shown as below. SCREEN 28 Press LEFT/RIGHT to select OK, press the OK button to confirm.
PART 1 English 5.3 System setting In this menu, you can configure the systems such as language Setting, OSD style, Parental Control, TV Settings and Time Setting. SCREEN 29 5.3.1 Preference SCREEN 30...
PART 1 English 5.3.1.1 Language Setting You can change the language of the OSD and Audio. Press UP/DOWN to select the OSD language or Audio language. Press OK/RIGHT to enter the language list and Press UP/DOWN to select the language. Press OK to confirm. SCREEN 31 5.3.1.2 TV settings You can set the TV mode, Screen mode and Video output .
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PART 1 English TV mode The TV mode Screen will appear as follows: SCREEN 33 Press OK/RIGHT to select PAL or NTSC, press OK to confirm. If you don't know which standard your TV has, please select AUTO. Screen mode The TV format Screen will appear as follows: SCREEN 34 Press OK/RIGHT to select 4:3 or 16:9, press OK to confirm...
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PART 1 English Video output The Video output Screen will appear as follows: SCREEN 35 Press OK/RIGHT to select CVBS or RGB, press OK to confirm.
PART 1 English 5.3.1.3 Time Settings If a broadcaster provides GMT, you can set the time using GMT, or set your own time by yourself. If the GMT usage is ON then the Current time is set automatically or you can set the time zone. If your broadcaster provides the correct time offset then your receiver will change from summertime to winter- time automatically.
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PART 1 English SCREEN 37 Select OK and press the OK key, the receiver will return to its factory default state, and all user data will be deleted. Note: Your PIN code will change back to the factory setting “0000”. 5.3.2 OSD Style In this menu, you can set the Menu Colour, Transparency Level, Border Pattern and Cover Style.
PART 1 English 5.3.3 Parental Control In this menu, you can set channel lock status (ON or OFF), the menu lock status, parental setting and change the PIN code (shown as SCREEN 39). The default PIN code is 0000. SCREEN 39 Channel Lock Set the system channel lock to ON or OFF.
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PART 1 English Parental Setting Set some channels to lock status. If a channel is locked, the user has to enter the parental PIN code correctly before watching the locked channel. SCREEN 41 Use the UP/DOWN keys to select the channel you want to lock. Press the OK button to lock the channel.
PART 1 English 5.3.4 System info The system information displays information about your receiver such as software and UI version. SCREEN 43 5.3.5 System Update In this menu, you can select between “STB to STB” and “OAD” STB to STB software transfer. a) First power off both STBs, connect them with cross RS 232.
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PART 1 English Over Air Download (OAD) Select this option in order to update your receiver with the latest software version. The receiver will check availability of the software update on air and load the latest software, if avail- able. You will be asked to confirm update. Do not switch power off and do not disconnect the receiver from the aerial during update process.
PART 1 English 5.4 Timer You can set the timer to make the receiver perform designated actions including timer based wake up or sleep instructions to the set-top-box. SCREEN 45 Use the UP/DOWN buttons to select timer. Press the LEFT/RIGHT key to activate/inactivate current timer.
PART 1 English 5.5 Game The receiver has game Tetris and a calendar. In this menu user can select the game item and press OK to play the game. Or you can press the GAME key in normal play state into the game menu directly. SCREEN 46 5.5.1 Tetris SCREEN 47...
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PART 1 English 5.5.2 Calendar UP/DOWN: +/- months. LEFT/RIGHT: +/- years (range from 1900 to 2100). SCREEN 48...
PART 1 English 6.0 Other operation functions 6.1 System Information In normal operation status (no menu operation), press the INFO button twice, the Program Information menu will appear on screen as show on <Screen53>. In this menu, the user can view the current program information such as the satellite name, program name, program number, local fre- quency, polarity, 22K tone, DiSEqC, down frequency, symbol rate, video PID and audio PID.
PART 1 English 6.3 EPG (Electronic Program Guide) The EPG shows the event information on the current TP channel by time zone. With MENU off, press the EPG button. The EPG Menu will appear: SCREEN 51 Press UP/DOWN to choose the channel. Press RIGHT into EPG for schedules of the current channel.
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PART 1 English SCREEN 53 In EPG schedule details: Press P+ / P- into next/ previous page. Press LEFT/EXIT to return to the EPG schedule Menu. You can set up the event timer by pressing OK in the EPG schedule screen. To set up an timer event: 1.Press UP/DOWN to move the cursor to the event for which you want to add a timer.
PART 1 English 6.4 Selection Audio Language Press the AUDIO button on the remote control to select the audio language as show in <Screen 58>. Select the LEFT,RIGHT,MIX or STEREO. press OK to make one selection. SCREEN 55 6.5 Teletext function With menu off, press TEXT.
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PART 1 English If current the program has no Teletext, the screen below will appear: SCREEN 57...
PART 1 English A.1 Trouble Shooting There may be various reasons for the abnormal operation of the receiver. Check the receiver according to the procedures shown below. If the receiver does not work properly after checking it, please contact the dealer. Don't open the receiver cover .
PART 1 English A.2 Specifications 1. Tuner and demodulator Input frequency 950 ~ 2150 MHz 75 Ohm Input impedance Input level -65 dBm ~ -25 dBm LNB power supply 13/18 V ± 0.5 V, Max 500 mA, Waveform QPSK Symbol rate 2 - 45 MS/s Viterbi rate K = 7,R = 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, auto...
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PART 1 English 5. Power Supply Input Voltage 90 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz +/- 5 % Power Consumption Max. 25 W Stand-by Power <= 8 W 6. Physical Specification Size (W x H x D) 260 x 40 x 140 mm Weight 1.2 kg 7.
PART 1 English A.3 Glossary of Terms C band 3.7 ~ 4.2 GHz Frequency. DiSEqC Digital Satellite Equipment Control. Electronic program guides that are transmitted by a broadcaster from a particular satellite to display information guide about a program content. Fixed Dish A dish antenna that is aimed at one particular satellite.
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PART 1 English PIN Code Personal Identification NumberA four-digit code that is used for locking/unlocking, e.g. with the parental control feature. Polarization Allows several programmes to be fitted into the same frequency band. The signals from a satellite are transmitter either with linear (vertical or horizontal) polarization or circular (right or left) polarization.
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