PART 1 • English Table of Contents Usage Safety Instructions Features & Accessories Safety Precautions Storage Equipment Set-up Your DVB-T Receiver Front Panel Rear Panel Connections Connecting to your TV & VCR 3.1.1 Basic connection with a Scart cable 3.1.2 Connection with Audio Cable RCA Connectors 3.1.3 Connection to a digital audio amplifier using the S/PDIF output...
PART 1 • English Thank you for choosing this Strong terrestrial receiver. This receiver is of our latest development and it is designed to be capable of upgrading its software through the PC. It is highly recommended that you read this manual carefully to safely install your receiver and to achieve its optimum performance.
PART 1 • English 1.2 Features & Accessories SRT 5125 Digital Terrestrial Receiver: Easy to use Graphic MENU Interface Multi-lingual support on screen Menu: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Hungurian, Czech. RS 232 port for updating control software and additional services...
PART 1 • English Do not open the receiver cover this will void your warranty. Do not place any objects on top of the receiver because this might prevent proper cooling of the components inside. Make sure no foreign objects fall through the ventilation slots because this could cause fire or an electric shock.
PART 1 • English 2.0 Your DVB-T Receiver 2.1 Front Panel (Please see inside cover Figure 1) 1. Power Button Turns the receiver ON/OFF. 2. Stand-BY/ ON/ SIGNAL (3 LEDs) The red LED is the “stand-by” indicator. The green LED is the “Power On”...
PART 1 • English 3.0 Connections 3.1 Connecting to your TV & VCR Note: The SRT 5125 does not have a UHF-modulator, so you only can connect it to TV over scart or RCA connector. 3.1.1 Basic connection with a Scart cable (Please see inside cover Figure 4) Connect the antenna cable to the ANT IN connector.
Ensure that your terrestrial receiver is correctly connected to your television and DVB-T antenna, and that your terrestrial signal is of good quality. (If you are not sure about this then ask your local Strong dealer to check your installation or terrestrial signal).
PART 1 • English 5.1.1 Service Organizer Menu The “Service Organizer” menu enables you to sort channels, make your own Favourite channels list, edit channel names and delete channels from the list. Sorting Channels from the channels list: To sort your channels, please apply the following steps: 1.
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PART 1 • English Editing Channels from the channel list: You can change the channel name, lock a channel and change the skipping functions. Change name of channel: To change the name of the channel, please apply the following steps: 1.
PART 1 • English 5.1.2 Favourite Organizer Menu This menu enables you to organize your Favourite channels list. All the channels that you have marked as your Favourite in the “Service organizer” menu can be sorted by applying the following steps: 1.
PART 1 • English 4. Press the Green button to save and exit the timer menu. 5. Press the Yellow button to exit the timer menu WITHOUT saving the settings. Tip: You have to select the channel, starting time, and ending time settings if the Timer mode is “Time interval”.
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PART 1 • English VCR Scart: Press OK or the Right button and set the scart output to “Auto” or “STB” (Set Top Box). If set to “STB”, the VCR scart signal is not auto- matically looped through. Antenna power (ON/ OFF). Antenna Power is preset in OFF Mode. Only when using an active antenna this function must be switched "ON".
PART 1 • English Power on Channel: This function allows you to set the channel you want when the receiver turns on. To set the power on channel, apply the following steps <Please see inside cover Screen 16>: 1. Select Power on Channel and press OK or the Right button. Last Viewed: The receiver will start-up with the channel that you viewed before turning the receiver off.
PART 1 • English 4. Using UP/DOWN keys, select "Auto Scan" and press OK. 5. The screen "Auto Detection" appears first. Thereafter the screen "Auto Scan" follows. Wait until the automatic scan has finished. Manual Scan search: (Please see inside cover Screen 23) 1.
PART 1 • English 5.1.5 Games If you want to play a game, apply the following steps: 1. Press the Menu button on your remote. 2. Using UP/DOWN keys on your remote, select "Games" and press OK. 3. Using UP/DOWN keys on your remote, select the game you want to play and press OK. 6.0 Basic functions of Remote Control (Please see inside cover Figure 3) All features of the set-top box can be controlled with the remote control.
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PART 1 • English 15. EPG Display the EPG (Electronic Program Guide). EPG shows the event informa- tion on the current channel by time zone. EPG is divided into Weekly mode, Daily mode and Extend mode. It provides timer based recording and automatic power ON/Off.
Firmly press the scart connectors on the backside of connections between the TV and receiver. Replace the scart cable receiver and TV No picture Antenna not Strong Check the signal strength with a spectrum analyzer enough and adjust your antenna correctly The receiver displays the This is normal, the bad Once the weather is better the picture will appear.
PART 1 • English A.2 Glossary of terms DVB-T Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial - Digital TV via antenna (same as DTT- Digital Terrestrial Television). Electronic program guides that are transmitted by some broadcaster to display information guide about a program content. MPEG The Moving Picture Experts Group is founded by the ISO.
• Technical Specification Technical Specifications Demodulator Demodulation: COFDM/ 16QAM/ 64QAM OFDM Spectrum: 2K - 8K Video Decoder Profile level: MPEG-2 Main Profile @ Main Level Input Rate: MPEG2 Video decoding (ISO/EC-13818-2) up to 15 Mbits/s Video Resolution: 720 x 576 pixels for PAL Aspect Ratio: 4:3, 16:9, Pan&...