Triax TR 212 Operating Manual

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TR 212
Terrestrial HD TV Receiver
Part no. 305271
Operating Manual
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  • Page 1 TR 212 Terrestrial HD TV Receiver Part no. 305271 Operating Manual...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    The examples used throughout this manual are based on the TR212 Terrestrial HD TV Receiver model. Dear Triax customer Thank you for purchasing the TRIAX TR212 Terrestrial HD TV Receiver. To ensure safety and many years of trouble-free operation, please read the Important Safety Precautions carefully before using this product.
  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction Important Safety Precautions • Cleaning - Unplug the AC power adapter from the AC outlet before cleaning the product. Use a damp cloth to clean the product. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. • Use a soft damp cloth to gently wipe the product when it is dirty. To protect the product, do not use a chemical cloth to clean it.
  • Page 4: Remote Control Unit

    Introduction Remote Control Unit STANDBY Switches the receiver into and out of Standby. NUMERICAL KEYS Allows the user to enter numerical values such as a channel number. INFO Press to view channel information. MEDIA Enter Media Menu Enter USB Menu RECORD Record a programme PLAYBACK CONTROLS...
  • Page 5: Receiver (Front View)

    Introduction Receiver (Front View) STANDBY BUTTON CHANNEL DOWN CHANNEL UP Receiver (Rear View) RF In RF Out HDMI Output TV (SCART) RJ45 Coaxial Output...
  • Page 6: Supplied Accessories

    Introduction Supplied Accessories Remote Control Unit (x1) HDMI Cable (x1) TR212 Operating Manual AAA Batteries (x2)
  • Page 7: Preparation

    Preparation Inserting the batteries Before using the Receiver for the first time, insert the two supplied “AAA” size zinc-carbon batteries. When the batteries become depleted and the remote control unit fails to operate, replace the batteries with new “AAA” size batteries. Open the battery cover. Insert the two supplied “AAA” size zinc-carbon batteries. • Place batteries with their terminals corresponding to the (+) and (-) indications in the battery compartment.
  • Page 8: Quick Guide

    Quick Guide Initial installation overview Follow the steps below one by one when using the Receiver for the first time Run the Preparation Watch TV Initial Settings Connect the antenna Turn on the standy button Congratulations! cable to the RF IN on the Receiver You can now watch TV terminal...
  • Page 9: Before Turning On The Power

    Quick Guide Before turning on the power Connect the antenna (IEC 169-2) coaxial plug to RF IN. Use CAI Benchmarked 75 ohm coaxial cable such as Triax TX100 Connect the HDMI™ cable Plug in the receiver and switch socket on Initial auto installation When the Receiver is powered on for the first time, the First Time Installation screen appears.
  • Page 10: Watching Tv

    Watching TV The user can select the OSD Language, Country, Getting Started Time Zone, Active Antenna and LCN from this menu. Press “Start Search” to search channels as Connect the Aerial to RF In and connect the shown below: Power Supply to the socket. Connect the HDMI or SCART output to the TV.
  • Page 11: Basic Functions

    Basic Functions Quick Channel Audio Language Key and L/R Channel Key Press “OK” to display the Quick Channel Press the “AUDIO” key to switch the audio Programme List. Press “LEFT/RIGHT” to select language of the current programme and switch the channel categories. Press “UP/DOWN” to between select the desired programme. stereo  left channel  right channel  Press “OK” to select channel. If there are favourite channels set up, press ‘OK’ then the Press LEFT/RIGHT to switch between ‘Left/Right’...
  • Page 12: Electronic Programme Guide (Epg)

    Electronic Programme Guide Entering the EPG You can press the “EPG” key on the remote control to Enter into the EPG page. As shown below: Press the “YELLOW” & “BLUE” key to switch between days in Tab 3 Press “UP/DOWN” key to move upward and downwards to switch between the different programmes in Tab 5 Enter the EPG menu, “Weekly” mode, (7 Day Press “LEFT/RIGHT” key to view the programme EPG), is the default setting, this menu has 7 information in different time ranges in Tab 6.
  • Page 13: Digital Text

    Subtitle Default subtitle setting is off. To switch on subtitles, press the “SUBTITLE” key on the remote control to Enter the subtitle menu of the current programme, as shown in the picture below: Press “EXIT” to leave the EPG Digital Text Some channels are broadcast with digital Press the “UP/DOWN” key to choose the text which contains pages of information and required language. Press ‘OK’ to leave the menu. entertainment.
  • Page 14 When a recording has been initialised, the LED on the front panel display shows ‘REC’ showing the current programme is being recorded. Pressing “info” displays the information on the current recording. Recording for EPG Press the ‘EPG’ key. Navigate the EPG screen using the ‘LEFT’, ‘RIGHT’, ‘UP’, ‘DOWN’ keys to select the programme you want to record.
  • Page 15: Installation

    Time Shift Mode Installation Time Shift Mode is only available when an There are two kinds of Installation modes: external memory device is connected to the receiver. (1) Auto Search (1) In time shift mode, you can pause a live (2) Manual Search programme.
  • Page 16: Manual Search

    After selecting the “Auto Search” page, the To carry out a manual search, you need to receiver will scan all frequencies one by one for configure the relevant parameters including: the selected country. (1) Enter the channel number, or frequency (kHz): During scanning, you can press the “EXIT” key to The default frequency depends on the selected stop the scanning process and exit. country, you can input relevant information to modify it.
  • Page 17: Channel Management

    Channel Management The channel organiser menu includes: Delete Channel, Skip Channel, Lock Channel and Channel Rename. Channel management features include channel deleting, marking, moving, locking, renaming and Press the “UP/DOWN” key to choose the grouping. channel, then press the 4-colour keys on the remote control. Press the RED key to Set and The channel management screen is illustrated Cancel Channel Lock.
  • Page 18: Favourites List

    When the Favourite Lists have been set up, they To Set or Cancel Lock Program, the system are accessed by pressing the ‘OK’ key on the will prompt you to input your password (default Remote Control. Use the LEFT / RIGHT keys on “0000”).
  • Page 19: Preference Settings

    Preference Settings The receiver can be configured according to the (3) Press the OK key to confirm the selected user preferences, by pressing MAIN MENU > language, the setting is then activated and the PREFERENCE. OSD language changes to the chosen language. This is shown below: OSD Timeout This sets the time that the on-screen display information is shown. 1. Select ‘OSD Timeout. 2.
  • Page 20: Hard Hearing

    Hard Hearing PVR Config You can Enter the PVR Configuration page Enables/Disables the “Hearing Impaired (as shown in the picture below) via “Menu > Feature”. Preference > PVR Config”, this menu contains six options as follows: Preferred Audio • PVR File Format • File Size (1) Sets the preferred audio including “English, • Timeshift French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, • Time Shift Length Danish, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Greek, • Timeshift to Record Russian, Welsh, or Gaelic”. (2) 1st preferred audio option: Press the RIGHT key to enter the currently supported audio language list.
  • Page 21 (3) Timeshift: Any of options, AUTO/OFF/ PAUSE, can be selected to set the status of the current timeshift. If AUTO is selected, the timeshift operation will perform automatically in the background, the user can change channel but this discards the previous timeshift buffer and restarts a new one. If OFF is selected, the timeshift operation will stop.
  • Page 22: System Settings Menu

    System Settings Menu Press ‘OK’ to enter the ‘Timer Edit’ menu. System Settings Menu In the Timer Edit menu, the system can support up to 10 events. Date:Specifies the timer date The following options can be accessed in the “System Settings Menu”. To Enter this menu Programme Name: press Main Menu > Settings, then press ‘OK’ see Specifies the channel for which the timer is set below: Start Time: Specifies the start time of the timer End Time: Specifies the end time of the timer...
  • Page 23: Child Lock

    Pressing the ‘OK’ key will return the system to the previous menu. As shown overleaf in the picture. Press ‘EXIT’ to resume normal viewing. Child Lock The Child Lock Menu allows selected channels to be locked, as shown below: (1) Press the 0 - 9 numerical keys on the remote control to input the Old Password, the system default password is “0 0 0 0”.
  • Page 24: Factory Reset

    If the Time Mode is set to Auto then, Time Zone Version shall be active for editing. If the Mode is Manual these options shall be disabled. Displays the Receiver Information. If the Time Mode is set to Manual then, Date This is shown below.
  • Page 25: Av Settings

    AV Settings To Enter this menu, press ‘MAIN MENU > AV’, Brightness, Saturation & Hue then press ‘OK’. The AV setup menu is shown in the picture below To adjust the Brightness, Saturation and Hue settings, follow the same process as for the Contrast setting above. SPDIF This setting is used to select AVC Mode - Mute, PCM and Bitstream.
  • Page 26: Video Output

    Video Output HDMI Colour Space HDMI Colour Space changes the HDMI Output This allows the user to change the video output Mode. You can adjust the settings to suit the mode. You can adjust the settings to suit the receiving equipment. receiving equipment.
  • Page 27: Multimedia

    Multi Media The Triax TR 212 has a USB Interface. This can Multimedia - Filter Selection Mode Icons be used to connect external equipment such as Memory Devices, Media Players and can also be Filter selection mode is “Movie” used for system software upgrades. This product supports MP3, JPEG and MPEG.
  • Page 28: Movie Playback

    Key Stroke Action Movie Playback Highlights the previous Item in file list. If it passes the first KEY_UP item, the last item will be highlighted. Highlights the next Item in the file list. If it passes the last KEY_DOWN item, the first item will be highlighted. If the current file has a parent folder, pressing this key will KEY_LEFT return from the current list to the parent folder.
  • Page 29 Key Stroke Action KEY_RECALL The same as KEY_STOP KEY_MUTE Activates the MUTE function - Audio goes off. KEY_VOLUME Adjusts the volume Displays information on the KEY_INFO current movie. When the video is playing, the following information is displayed on the OSD: File name. (b) Total time and the current time for the file.
  • Page 30: Music

    Key Stroke Action Music Highlights the previous Item in the file list. If it passes the first item, it KEY_UP highlights the last item in the file list. This menu allows the user to select and play a track from a list of music stored in the storage Highlights the next Item in the file device. list. If it passes the last item, it KEY_DOWN highlights the first item in the file list.
  • Page 31: Photo File Browser

    Key Stroke Action Fast reverses the music. The FR icon is shown and the KEY_FR speed, (1x 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x) shall be displayed. File browser menu disappears and shows the main menu or KEY_MENU main menu disappears and shows the file browser again.
  • Page 32: Photo Playback

    When an image is displayed in full screen then Photo Playback the following keys are active: Key Stroke Action The Photo Playback Menu shown below shows the menu available while photographs are being Rotates the image 0 degrees. KEY_UP shown. The images below show the playback menu for displaying a single photograph and Rotates the image 180 setting up a slide show.
  • Page 33: Recorder Manager

    Key Stroke Action Recorder Manager Highlights the previous item in KEY_UP the file list. If the first item is reached, it highlights the last The picture below shows the Record Manager item in the file list. Menu. From this menu the connected USB Hard Highlights the next item in Disk Drive can be formatted to either NTFS or the file list. If the last item is KEY_DOWN reached, it highlights the first...
  • Page 34: Rename

    Rename The picture below shows the Rename Menu. In this menu the user can change the program’s name to their own preference. Key Stroke Action Highlights the previous item in the same column. If the first KEY_UP item is reached, it highlights the last item in the same column.
  • Page 35: Disk Manager

    Disk Manager Key Stroke Action Disk Manager Browser Highlights the previous item in the file list. If the first item is KEY_UP The Disk Manager Menu is like the file browser reached, it highlights the last item in file list. menu, the keys work as in the same way but the function of the four colour keys are different. The Highlights the next item in following table shows the functions of the four the file list. If the last item KEY_DOWN is reached, it highlights the...
  • Page 36: E-Book Browser

    Key Stroke Action E-Book Browser Move to previous page, if it is KEY_UP already the first page, it will The e-book menu is like the file browser menu, not move. the keys work as in the file browser menu. The Move to next page, if it is four coloured keys have no function. Other keys already the last page, it will KEY_DOWN not move.
  • Page 37: Software Upgrade

    Software Upgrade The receiver software can be upgraded. The software upgrade menu can be accessed through Menu > Settings > Upgrade. This is shown below: Select the upgrade file and press the “OK” key to start the upgrade. Enter the upgrade page to show information and prompt the user on the upgrade process: USB Upgrade • The whole USB upgrade process will take a couple of minutes.
  • Page 38: Triax Tr112 Specification

    Triax TR 212 Specification General Model Name TR212 Transponder DVB-T Power Voltage AC 100V-240V50/60Hz Power Consumption <7W Standby Power Consumption <1W System Main Processor SPHE1502A DDR III 1 Gbit Flash Memory 32M bit Decode Video Decoder MPEG-2 MP@HL and MP@M, MPEG4, H.264 MP/HP@L4.1 Audio Decoder...
  • Page 39 Front Panel Display Type LED Display Array Infra-red Receiver Front Panel Keyboard Power Indicator (LED) Accessories Remote Control with Batteries Yes HDMI Cable AV Cable Optional SCART Cable Optional IB and Warranty Card Dimensions Body Size (mm) 235 (W) x 127 (D) x 36 (H) Packing Size 268 (W) x 174 (D) x 69 (H) Triax reserves the right to change the specifications without prior notification.
  • Page 40: Pin Code Reminder

    PIN CODE Reminder NOTE You need to insert the PIN code here and refer it to the pages in the manual where this is covered. IMPORTANT Removal of a lost PIN code could be subject to a service charge.
  • Page 41: Appendix

    Software composition The software included in this product is comprised of various software components whose individual copyrights are held by TRIAX UK Ltd or by third parties. Software developed by TRIAX and open source software The copyrights for the software components and various relevant documents included with this product that were developed or written by TRIAX are owned by TRIAX UK LTD and are protected by the Copyright Act, international treaties, and other relevant laws.
  • Page 42: Troubleshooting

    Helpline on 00 44 1443 778910 to obtain service or advice (Normal operator charges apply). Alternatively you can email us at: stbsupport@triax.co.uk. In the unlikely event of this equipment requiring repair during the guarantee period, you will need to provide proof of purchase to your point of sale.
  • Page 43: End Of Life Disposal

    Appendix End of life disposal A. Information on Disposal for Users (private households) In the European Union Attention: If you want to dispose of this equipment, please recycle. Used electrical and electronic equipment must be treated separately and in accordance with legislation that requires proper treatment, recovery and Attention: recycling of used electrical and electronic equipment.
  • Page 44: Terms Of Guarantee

    The product must be correctly installed and operated in accordance with the instructions contained in this operating manual. Triax UK Ltd disclaims any liability for incidental or consequential damages. This guarantee is in addition to, and does not diminish your statutory or legal rights.
  • Page 45: Declaration Of Conformity

    Company Address: Treorchy, Rhondda-Cynon-Taff CF42 6DL, UK Object of the Declaration: Triax TR 212, Part Number 305271. The object of the declaration described above is in conformity with the requirements of the following documents: Low voltage directive 2006/95/EC EMC Directive 2004/108/EC...
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