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  • Page 1 MANUAL HD 8000S...

  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

    afety Instruction afety Instructions This product has been manufactured to satisfy the international safety standards. Please read all of safety and operating instructions before operating the product and keep this manual for future reference. MAINS SUPPLY AC 90-250V~, 50/60Hz Operate your product only from the type of power supply indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supplied to your home, consult your local power company.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ontents ontents Safety instructions ........ 2 Zoom Function ........18 Channel List ........... 18 To view channel list in specific order (Alphabet/Satellite/Provider/HD) ..... 19 Chapter 1 Electronic Program Guide (EPG) ... 19 Before You Begin ........4 General Features......... 4 Chapter 5 Accessories ..........

  • Page 4: Before You Begin

    • Ethernet Port(Just HD7100 Series) • USB Port • 2 Common Interface and 2 Smart card Reader • SW Blind scanning function Accessories • User’s Manual, Micro fiber towel, Vantage CD-Rom • Remote Control Unit • Batteries • HDMI Cable English...

  • Page 5: Controls And Functions

    hapter 2>> Controls and Functions ontrols and Functions Front Panel Power ( ) button MENU button Turns your receiver On/Off. Displays the menu Exits from the current menu or goes to the Arrow (◄/►) buttons previous menu Adjusts the volume and moves the cursor left/right on the menu OK button Confirms selection...

  • Page 6: Remote Control Unit

    hapter 2>> Controls and Functions Remote Control Unit Power Button for TV and STB Switch TV or STB On or OFF. Menu Button Nummeric (0~9) Buttons Opens main menu . To access channels directely via channel Move back to the latest menu level or close number.
  • Page 7 hapter 2>> Controls and Functions Remote Control Unit FWD>> Button fast foward up to 16 x speed in playback. PiP Button ( Picture in Picture ) Starts PiP Feature. Timer Button Opens Reservation Menu. Timeshift Button Starts Timeshift Function. Mode ( ) Button Switch between TV and Radio mode.
  • Page 8 hapter 2>> Controls and Functions English...
  • Page 9 hapter 2>> Controls and Functions Remote Control Unit Additional function 1. Learning Method • If there is no further action within 30 seconds in LEARN MODE, the remote control turns to normal operation mode switching LED off. • TV Power key doesn’t have Default key data. The Learning Method •...

  • Page 10: Chapter 3 Connections

    hapter 3 >> Connections onnections Location of your receiver • Install your receiver in horizontal position • Do not put any heavy stuff such as a TV on your receiver • Do not install your receiver in the places as follows: Vibrating place, direct sunrays, Humid place, too high or low temperature, and no ventilated place.

  • Page 11: Connecting Your Analog Receiver

    hapter 3 >> Connections Connections Connecting your analog receiver To facilitate the user using analog receiver to view analog channels, this product has been provided with a loop through terminal marked as “Loop”. Connect the coaxial cable from this terminal to the IF input terminal of your analog receiver. Now by keeping your receiver in standby, you will be able to tune and view analog channels from your analog receiver.

  • Page 12: Initial Settings And Operations

    hapter 4 >> Initial Settings and Operations nitial Settings and Operations Menu Information A menu is a field of text shown on the TV screen. Selectable lines are generally activated (highlighted). No-activated lines cannot be selected. Most of menus show short information at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 13: Setting The Clock

    hapter 4 >> Initial Settings and Operations Getting Started Setting the Clock 1 Select the desired time zone using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons 2 Select if you want to use daylight saving time using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons. Select between On and Off 3 Press the blue button to continue.

  • Page 14: Installation Options

    hapter 4 >> Initial Settings and Operations Getting Started Antenna Setting Tuner 2 1 Select Antenna Setting for tuner 2 using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons and press the OK button. 2 Select one of the following options: Same Signal: Same configuration as tuner 1 Loop Through - Cable from tuner 1 loop through tuner 2 Separated: Tuner 2 has a different connection.

  • Page 15: Auto Scanning

    hapter 4 >> Initial Settings and Operations Getting Started Auto Scanning 1 Select Auto Scanning using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons and press the OK button. The preprogrammed satellite lists will appear. 2 Select an appropriate satellite using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons and set the channel options using the Arrow (◄/►) buttons.

  • Page 16: Auto Scanning (Terrestrial)

    hapter 4 >> Initial Settings and Operations Terrestrial (optional) Auto Scanning 1 Press OK Key to start Auto Scanning. 2 Press the OK button to save the changes. 3 Press Back Key button to exit from the menu and press the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons to select the desired channel.

  • Page 17: Info Bar

    hapter 4 >> Initial Settings and Operations Basic Operation Info Bar Channel information always appears for a specific period of time whenever you switch channels. General Information Press the INFO button; you can see general information of the current channel. Channel number and name Current time Signal Level...

  • Page 18: Sleep Timer Function

    hapter 4 >> Initial Settings and Operations Basic Operation Sleep Timer Function Press the GREEN (Sleep) button, you will see the time set for the sleep timer if already set from the Time Setting menu. Zoom Function You can make the picture appear larger on the screen pressing the Zoom ( ) button. 1 Press the Zoom ( ) button.

  • Page 19: To View Channel List In Specific Order (Alphabet/Satellite/Provider/Hd)

    hapter 4 >> Initial Settings and Operations Basic Operation To view channel list in specific order (Alphabet/Satellite/Provider/HD) 1 Press the Colored (Red/ Green/Yellow/Blue) button. Channel list is highlighted. 2 Select Alphabet, Satellite, Provider, or HD using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons. The channel list is sorted automatically by your selection.

  • Page 20: Menu Map

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu English...

  • Page 21: Main Menu

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu ain Menu The menu has been carefully designed from user-friendly point of view to assure easy operation to your receiver. The main menu is classified into 7 sub menus that will carry out the various operations individually.
  • Page 22 hapter 5 >> Main Menu Installation Note • What is Low Noise Block (LNB)? The LNB is located at the satellite dish antenna. It amplifies the very weak received satellite signal then converts the received microwave satellite signal so that the signal may not decrease the gain between the dish and your receiver.

  • Page 23: Motor Setting

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Installation Installation >> Tuner (1 or 2) >> Motor Settings Motor Settings  DiSEqC 1.2 If Motor is set to DiSEqC 1.2 in the Antenna Setting men. 1 Select Motor Setting using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons and press the OK button. 2 Select a satellite using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons and press the OK button.
  • Page 24 hapter 5 >> Main Menu Installation 9 Confirm the Enable Limits/Disable Limits function pressing the OK button. You will be prompted to decide whether to use the West/East setting Limits setting value. 10 The method to position motor is selected in the Continuous/Step (Impulses)/Time (Seconds) menu.
  • Page 25 hapter 5 >> Main Menu Installation  Positioner 1 This function is used when receiving DiSEqC 1.2 Command with the adaptor that controls positioner antenna. Select a satellite using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons and press the OK button. Satellite list appears. On the satellite list, you can select satellites pressing the OK button.

  • Page 26: Auto Scanning

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Installation Installation >> Tuner (1 or 2) >> Auto Scanning Auto Scanning If you select the satellite to scan channel according to the antenna setting, your receiver can automatically scan the satellite without entering any other information. 1 Select Auto Scanning using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons on the Installation menu and press the OK button.
  • Page 27 hapter 5 >> Main Menu Installation If you cannot find your desired transponder, select New to change transponder information as follows: • Frequency Display the selected TP Frequency. • Symbol Rate Display the selected TP Symbol Rates. • FEC (Forward Error Correction) Select a FEC option Auto, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, and 7/8 using the Arrow buttons.

  • Page 28: Blindscan

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Installation 4 Press the RED (MoSAiC) button on the Manual Scan menu • Satellite: Select the satellite by using Arrow (▲/▼ ◄/►) buttons or Page (+/-) buttons • Transponder: Change the TP with the Arrow (◄/►) buttons • Frequency: Displays the current Frequency •...

  • Page 29: Defaults Setting

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Installation Installation >> Defaults Setting Defaults Setting You can restore the default setting in case you have encountered some problems after saving changes to channel data and others that may be in error. 1 Select Defaults Setting using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons on the Installation menu and press the OK button.

  • Page 30: Osd Setting

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu System Setup System Setup >> OSD Setting OSD Setting You can adjust OSD Transparency, Window Trans OSD Banner Time, and Screen Saver Time. 1 Select OSD Setting using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons on the System Setup menu and press the OK button.

  • Page 31: Audio Setting

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu System Setup Audio Settings In this menu you can select different audio settings match your audio hardware: 1 With the Arrow Keys (◄/►) select option Audio Setting and press OK Key. 2 Use the Arrow Keys (▲/▼) to select audio setting. Use Arrow Keys (◄/►) to change setting: •...

  • Page 32: Reservation Setting

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu System Setup System Setup >> Reservation Setting Reservation Setting You can set timer of reservation for TV program such as switch on, off and TV program. Select the Event NO. for the reservation. • ON time: Input the Switch-ON time with numeric keys.

  • Page 33: Channel Setup

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Channel Setup You can edit TV and Radio channels and the favorite channel group in this menu. Press the Menu button. Select Channel Setup using the Arrow (◄/►) buttons on the main menu. Channel Setup >> Delete Channels Delete Channels You can delete TV and Radio channels you want.

  • Page 34: Delete All Channels

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Channel Setup Channel Setup >> Delete All Channels Delete All Channels You can delete all channels. 1 Select Delete All Channels using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons on the Channel Setup menu and press the OK button. System message dialog box appears asking you to confirm it.

  • Page 35: Edit Channels

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Channel Setup Channel Setup >>Edit Channels Edit Channels You can rename the channel list. Select Edit Channels using the Arrow (▲/▼) buttons on the Channel Setup menu and press the OK button. • FAV button: Shows Favorite channel lists •...

  • Page 36: Software Manager

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Channel Setup Channel Setup >> Software Manager Software Manager You can download the software of your receiver through satellite when the new software is available for your system. During download, don’t turn off your receiver. In case of the power is turned off, turned on your receiver again to complete the download.

  • Page 37: Lock Controll

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Jugendschutz Parental Lock >> Lock Control Lock Control Whenever you want to use the locked system you will be prompted to enter the PIN Code in the request dialog box. Using Arrow (▲/▼) buttons and press OK button to select a lock status. •...

  • Page 38: Multimedia

    Multimedia >>PVR Setting You can find detailed infiormations about PVR Settings in Chapter PVR Function from site Multimedia >>Player Setting Vantage Player Time: Set the timeout for the Vantage Player function menu. Auto Resuming: Enable to resume playback from last position.

  • Page 39: Internal Harddisk

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Multimedia Multimedia >> Internal Hard Drive Connect the external HDD through SATA connector in the rear panel. HDD must be compatible with FAT 32 file system. If HDD is not compatible with FAT 32 File system, you need to change the file system. By using personal computer with the format function.
  • Page 40 hapter 5 >> Main Menu Multimedia Multimedia>> Network (optional) • Before starting setup, please check if the Ethernet cable is connected to your receiver well. 1) TCP IP set up Input the right information for the settings to the followings. TCPIP Type/ IP Address/ Net mask / Gateway/ DNS Type/ DNS Server Note: The suggested setting is DHCP(Dynamic...

  • Page 41: Conditional Access

    hapter 5 >> Main Menu Conditional Access Condtional Access CI A Common Interface Slot 1 CI B Common Interface Slot 2 CA A Card reader 1 CA B Card reader 2 Your receiver is equipped with 2 Common Interface Slots. In this Slots you can use every standard Common interface module : Irdeto, Viaccess, Cryptoworks, Conax und Mediaguard.

  • Page 42: Pvr Functions

    hapter 2 >> PVR Functions PVR Functions In this Chapter we will explain setup and functions of your PVR( Personal Video Recoder) . Multimedia >>PVR Settingt Recording Limit Time: You can setup the max.recording time for instant re- cording. Timeshift Limit Time: ere you can setup the max.
  • Page 43 hapter 2 >> PVR Functions PVR Functions Recordmodes Timeshift: There are two timeshift modes availa- ble: 1. In Menu: you can set Multimedia >>PVR Setting Timeshift to autoTimeshift auf Auto, Timeshift will re- cord a cetreihn amount of time automatically. 2.

  • Page 44: Comfort Functions

    hapter 2 >> PVR Functions PVR Functions Timer records: A Timer let your box start , switch to the chosen channel and start recording automatically. After end- ing this task the Receiver will fall back in his original mode ( Standby ). You can open the Timer menu by pressing the Timer button or choose Timer menu out of the System menu.
  • Page 45 Pause key: You can pause playback by pressing the pause button. Pressing it again returns to playback. Info key: Pressing it once show you the controls of the vantage player. Pressing it twice it will show you information about the current file.
  • Page 46 PVR Functions Vantage Player Functions The Cut function The Vantage player allow you to cut your re- corded files. Using this function allow to cut out commercial breaks for instance. Start Cutting by pressing the Zoom ( ) Button in Playback mode.

  • Page 47: Comfort Functions

    hapter 2 >> Comfort Functions Comfort features In this chapter we introduce you to some comfort function of your STB. PiP: Picture in Picture You can start PiP by pressing the PiP Key . In this mode your program will move to a small picture in the upper right quadrant of your screen.

  • Page 48: Troubleshooting

    roubleshooting roubleshooting Problem Solution No display LED on the front panel. Plug the power cord correctly. No power supply No picture. Ensure that the STB is switched on. Check the connection status. Check channels and Video output status. Poor picture quality. Check the signal level If this is too low, try adjusting the alignment of your dish.

  • Page 49: Specifications

    pecifications pecifications TUNER & CHANNE Input Frequency 950-2150MHz Input connector F-type, IEC 169-24, Female DVB-S2:10-30Ms/s(QPSK),10-31Ms/s(8PSK) Symbol Rate 2-45Ms/s Demodulation QPSK, 8PSK DVB-S2: Auto1/2,2/3,3/4,3/5,4/5,5/6,8/9,9/10(8PSK ) Convolution code rate Auto 2/3,3/4,3/5,5/6,8/9,9/10(8PSK ) Satellite(DVB-S2) DVB-S: Auto1/2,2/3,3/4,5/6,7/8 2 Tuners Vertical: DC13.5V LNB Power & Horizontal: DC18V Polarization Current: MAX.
  • Page 50 pecifications pecifications System Resources Main Processor ST40 CPU core: 266MHz(STi7101) Flash Memory 8 Mbyte (Optional Expand) Video DDR SDRAM 64 Mbyte (Optional Expand) System DDR SDRAM 64 Mbyte (Optional Expand) EEPROM 8Kbyte A/V & Interfaces HDMI(TMDS main video output) Digital output(HD) YPbPr Video : CVBS / RGB output TV-Scart &...
  • Page 51 pecifications orrect Disposal of This Product (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life.

  • Page 52: Glossary

    lossary Glossary DiSEqC: is a special communication protocol for use between a satellite receiver and a device such as a multi-dish switch or a small dish antenna rotor. DiSEqC was developed by European satellite provider Eutelsat, which now acts as the standards agency for the protocol. DiSEqC is available in serveral versions: DiSEqC 1.0, which allows switching between up to 4 satellite sources DiSEqC 1.1, which allows switching between up to 16 sources...
  • Page 53 lossary Common Interface Module: CI Modules (Common Interface) are interfaces between STB and smartcard. There are many different types of CI Modules available. The decision wich one have to be used depends on the cryptsystem your TV provider is actually using. CI Modules are physical PCMCIA cards.
  • Page 54 lossary RGB: The RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green, and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three additive primary colors, red, green, and blue. YUV: older but common name for Component Video or YPbPr.

  • Page 55: Hdd Installation Guide

    ard disk installation Guide Mounting a internal harddisk: Note: For security reasons only expeirenced users should open a Receiver. Please discon- nect your box from Power befor open it. 1. Please open the housing of your receiver by untighten the screws. 2.
  • Page 56 ard disk installation Guide pecifications 4. Set the harddisk tray into your box end mount it with the set of screws. English...
  • Page 57 ard disk installation Guide 5. Connect power and Sata ( red cable) to your hard disk. 6. Please make sure youve connected your hard disk properly.(lease see the connectors on the figure below) move on with step 7. Connectors at your HDD Connectors at your Mainboard 7.

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