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 plus a variety of 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 How to Connect................................
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Using the timer ............................. 32 Setting or deleting a timer ........................33 Rescanning for channels and stations ......................34 User Settings ................................... 37 Choosing languages ............................ 37 Setting display options ..........................38 Setting the time ............................38 Setting security options ..........................39 To cancel a lock ............................
Checklist of Accessories The following accessories should 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 CVBS Composite Video and Batteries (AAA type) : 2 Audio Cable (yellow, white, red) : 1 Y / Pb / Pr Component Cable...
Controls and Indicators Front panel STANDBY Switches the receiver between stand-by mode and power-on mode MENU Displays the main menu, or closes the main menu if the menu is already open SELECT Selects the option or value shown on the menu EXIT Returns to the previous menu Selects the next channel, or next option in a menu...
Rear panel Name Connector Function TV ANT IN IEC 169-24 female Input from terrestrial antenna RF OUT IEC 169-24 female Loop-through output to TV, VCR, etc. Video RCA RCA cinch (yellow) Composite video connection Y/Pb/Pr RCA A/V RCA cinch Component video connection (Y/Pb/Pr) (green/blue/red) Audio (Left) RCA cinch (white)
Remote Control 1. MUTE: To turn the sound on or off 7. OK: To show the channel list or to select an item (or confirm a choice) in a menu 2. Numeric Buttons (0–9): To choose a channel directly, or to enter numeric information in a 8.
13. [Green button] Performs different functions To choose the previous channel, or in different menus change an option or setting in a menu 14. TXT: To show or hide Teletext 24. P+: To choose the next channel, or change an option or setting in a menu 15 STB/TV: To switch audio–visual input between the TV and the 25.
How to Connect Refer to the diagram on page 8 for the location of the sockets identified by numbers in the following procedures. Step 1: Connect to the antenna Connect the antenna lead coming from your antenna wall plate to the ANT IN socket on the (socket 1).
C: CVBS (Composite) using the supplied RCA red–white–yellow lead Using the appropriate socket colour-coding on sockets 3, 5 and 6, 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 3) 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 installation wizard (explained in the next section). Installation wizard...
• If there are a number of settings on a window, you press to move from one to another. NOTE: The settings you choose using the installation wizard can be changed later from the menus. Window 1: Thank You The first window on the installation wizard is the welcome window (shown above). When you are ready to begin configuring your , press the blue button on the remote control.
Window 4: Connection Guide The Connection Guide window shows you what cables go into what sockets for various types of connection. 1. Press to display information about each type of connection. If necessary, modify the connections you have already made to match the description shown in the screen. (The connection types are also described in “How to Connect”...
Window 6: Language Settings On the Language Settings window, you can select your preferred audio and subtitle languages (first and second preference) for multi-lingual broadcasts. 1. If you want to change the default language for your first preference audio language, press until the language you want is shown.
2. Press the blue button on the remote control to proceed to the Channel Searching window. Window 8: Channel Searching 1. With the Channel Searching window displayed, press the blue button on the remote control to begin scanning for digital TV channels and digital radio stations in your area. As channels and stations are found, they are displayed on the Channel Searching window.
Operation Basic operations Selecting a channel There are a number of ways to select a channel: • Number pad 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. (If you don’t press OK, the channel selected appears after 2 seconds.) NOTE: The uses the Logical Channel Numbering system (LCN) by default.
• Favourites lists: Press FAV on the remote control to see a list of favourites lists (that is, groups into which you have added one or more favourite channels or stations). Press on the remote control to select a favourites list and then press OK. The first channel or station in that list begins to play.
Closed captions Closed captions are the spoken words written on the screen. This option is particularly useful for the hard-of-hearing. To turn on closed captions (or turn them off): 1. Press the SUBT button on the remote control. 2. With the OPTIONS window displayed, press until the language you want is highlighted (or until Off is highlighted, if you want to turn closed captions off).
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 TEXT on the remote control. 3. Select a teletext page by pressing the corresponding number or colour button on the remote control.
3. If Edit Channel is not highlighted in the sub-menu at the right of the screen, press until it is and then press OK. The Edit Channel window appears. 4. If you want to lock (or unlock) radio stations rather than TV channels, press TV/RADIO on the remote control.
4. If you want to delete radio stations rather than TV channels, press TV/RADIO on the remote control. A list of radio stations appears. Pressing TV/RADIO again redisplays the TV channels. 5. Press until the channel or station you want to delete is highlighted. 6.
7. Press until the first character of the new name is highlighted, and then press OK. The highlighted character replaces the previous name near the top of the screen. Continue to move to and select characters until you have finished spelling the new name of the channel or station.
The sort order options available are: • ABC/ZYX = alphabetical order (by name of channel or station) • Date = by new or old channels or stations (where the date is determined by when you added them to your channel list (or found them through scanning) •...
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3. If Edit Favourites List is not highlighted in the sub-menu at the right of the screen, press until it is and then press OK. The Edit Favourites List window appears. 4. If you want to add a radio station to a favourites list (or remove it), press TV/RADIO on the remote control.
A channel or station that is already in a favourites list has an icon beside its name. 8. To remove a channel or station from the selected favourites lists, press to move to the list at the right of the screen, press until that channel or station is highlighted and then press OK.
Renaming a favourites list By default, the favourites lists are named Fav1, Fav2, Fav3 and Fav4; but you can rename them. 1. Press MENU on the remote control. 2. If Channel Manager is not highlighted in the main menu at the left of the screen, press until it is and then press OK.
7. Press the yellow button on the remote control. The on-screen keyboard appears. 8. Press until the first character of the new name is highlighted, and then press OK. The highlighted character replaces the previous name near the top of the screen. Continue to move to and select characters until you have finished spelling the new name of the list.
7. Press until the channel or station whose position in the list you want to change is highlighted. 8. Press the green button on the remote control and then press . Note that with each press, the highlighted channel or station moves down or up in the list. 9.
NOTE: If a favourites list is currently selected, only the channels in that list will appear in the EPG. To see all channels in the EPG, select TV from the channel list before opening the EPG. Selecting a channel To see the day’s programs of another channel, either: •...
3. If there is more than one page of information about the program, press a PAGE button on the remote control to display the next page. 4. Press INFO to close the information window. Automatically setting a timer A timer enables you to specify a time at which a particular event occurs: turning, turning it off or changing the channels.
Setting or deleting a timer 1. Press MENU on the remote control. 2. If User Settings is not highlighted in the main menu at the left of the screen, press until it is and then press OK. The User Settings sub-menu appears. 3.
10. Press to move to the Time field. 11. Set the date and time that you want the event to occur by pressing until the cursor is beneath a digit of the date or time you want to change. Then press the correct number button on the remote control.
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4. By default, the will search for all channels: free-to-air and those you must pay to watch. If you only want to search for free-to-air channels, press to change the Search Mode field to FTA Only. 5. Press the smaller red button on the remote control. The begins scanning for channels and stations.
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4. In the Channel List field, press until the appropriate channel number or frequency appears. 5. Press to move to the Search Mode field and then press to select the appropriate search mode: All or FTA Only (that is, search for all channels from the specified broadcaster or just those that are free-to-air).
User Settings Choosing languages 1. Press MENU on the remote control. 2. If User Settings is not highlighted in the main menu at the left of the screen, press until it is and then press OK. The User Settings sub-menu appears. 3.
Setting display options You can set how long information panels stay on the screen before they fade-out and how transparent menus and information panels are to be. You can also restore the default settings after you have made changes. 1. Press MENU on the remote control. 2.
3. If Time is not highlighted in the sub-menu, press until it is and then press OK. The Time sub-menu appears. 4. With Time Zone highlighted, press OK. The Time Mode menu appears. 5. Press until your state or territory is highlighted. (If no state or territory is appropriate, highlight Not Used.) 6.
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To set security settings, or to change the password: 1. Press MENU on the remote control. 2. If User Settings is not highlighted in the main menu at the left of the screen, press until it is and then press OK. The User Settings sub-menu appears.
To cancel a lock Follow the procedure in the previous section, changing the value of the Age Lock, Menu Lock or both to No as required. Audio–Video settings You can set the screen mode to 4:3 or 16:9, the aspect ratio to letterbox, pan–scan or combined, and the audio mode to stereo or multichannel.
OK. The System Info. window appears. Make a note of the information on this window if you are intending to contact Strong Technologies for technical support. 4. Press EXIT to return to the Tools sub-menu or MENU to return to normal viewing.
. You will need a USB memory stick (not supplied with the ). Watch the Strong Technologies website for announcements of software upgrades. 1. Once you have obtained an upgrade file, transfer it to a USB memory stick and insert the stick in the USB port on the rear of the (socket 9 in the diagram on page 8) and your PC.
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4. Select the type of reset: • To return the to its factory settings (thus erasing all channel and station information and settings you have added), highlight Factory Reset and press OK. • To clear all the channels and stations, but keep your user settings, highlight Channel List Reset and press OK.
Please email us at techau@strong-technologies.com Product Return Tracking: If you need to send your receiver to Strong Technologies for repair, please keep a record of the unit’s serial number (shown on the rear panel). This will ensure ease of tracking and identification while the...
Specifications Input Connector Antenna IEC 169-2 Female Output Connector – RF Loop Out IEC 162-2 Male Frequency range 174MHz–862MHz Input impedance 75Ω Signal level –77.5 to –20 dBm Tuner Centre IF Frequency 4.571 Mhz & Channel Decoder IF bandwidth 7 and 8 MHz (switchable) Waveform OFDM Carrier Mode...