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Neostar Electronics SCA1 User Manual

Digital terrestrial receiver and recorder

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USER MANUAL
SCA1
Digital Terrestrial Receiver
and Recorder
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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL SCA1 Digital Terrestrial Receiver and Recorder - 1 -...
  • Page 2 1. Connections After connecting the SCART to your TV please be sure to select from your TV remote control the key that allows you to select SCART source (could be "AV" or "source" or "INPUT" or "SCART") - 2 -...
  • Page 3: Remote Control

    Remote Control Function Function POWER TV ON/OFF MUTE Audio Mute TV/RADIO Enter channel number or TV Switch between TV and Radio setting into menu Electronic program guide AUDIO Select audio mode PAL/NTSC Switch to previous program Switch between TV standard ←PR INFO Info about current program...
  • Page 4: Main Menu

    MAIN MENU 1. TV : View television and create a channel viewing list 2. RADIO : Listen to radio and create a listening list 3. MULTIMEDIA : Listen and watch video/audio/photos from your external HD or USB memory using SD card slot or mini USB port, or record to external memory devices (SD card, memory stick or hard drive) 4.
  • Page 5: Full Installation

    4.2. Full Installation ****** SEE PAGE 2 FOR HOW TO INSERT MEMORY CARD/USB STICK, ANTENNA AND REMOTE CONTROL SENSOR ****** 4.21.Setting Language Users can select a preferred language among various languages in the Installation page. (1) Press <menu> button to enter Main Menu. (2) Press <VOL-/VOL+>...
  • Page 6 Figure 2. Installation Page 4.22. How to receive TV programs? Scan the broadcast frequencies and bandwidth to receive all programs. (1) Press <menu> button to enter Main Menu. (2) Press <VOL-/VOL+> button to select SETUP option. (3) Press <CH+/CH-> button to select Installation option. (4) Press <OK>...
  • Page 7 (1) Press <RED> button to confirm to clear the database. (2) Press <OK> button to confirm the database will be cleared and start Auto Scan. It takes some time to do Auto Scan, user can press <exit> to exit at anytime. See below. Figure 3.
  • Page 8 4.24. Manual Scan Manual Scan adds the new scanning results into the existing channel list - it doesn’t erase the channel list. However, the user must know the Frequency and Bandwidth for scanning. If the user scans the same Frequency and Bandwidth more than once, the programs will be duplicated.
  • Page 9 Figure 6. Manual Scan Result 4. MULTIMEDIA The Multimedia setting requires an SD card or USB port memory device (see page 2). Enter ‘My Album’ and ‘My Music’, the screen will display “Initializing” when you insert a memory device or “Device is not ready!” if the memory device is not yet inserted/attached.
  • Page 10 Figure 7. Multimedia Figure 8. Device is not ready – replace external media device - 10 -...
  • Page 11: Recording Function

    From main menu please choose“Multimedia”where you will be able to manage: 1. My Album: Supports JPEG files. 2. My Music: Supports MP3 files. 3. My Movie: Supports DIVX and MPEG files. 4. My Recorder: Supports MPEG2 Recorded TV. Use the colour keys to make your selection: 5.
  • Page 12 Figure 3-2 Video recording While you are recording video, if you want to set the video recording time, press “ ”button to enter settings page and press “VOL-” and “VOL+” button to set time. When the recording device is not available, the system will indicate a failure message, as Figure 3-3 indicates below.
  • Page 13 Figure 3-3 Failure of video recording Figure 3-4 Conflict in video recording - 13 -...
  • Page 14 When a requested recording time conflicts with a preset reserve recording, the system will set the recording time automatically and indicates the relevant message, as Figure 3-5 indicates. When recording ends, the system will quit recording automatically and revert back to “Normal Play” condition - if you want to stop recording video midway, just press “...
  • Page 15 5.1 Preset video recording The user can set the date, time and frequency to make a preset video recording. When the preset time arrives it will automatically start video recording. See section 6.21 for instructions: 6.21 Advance timer reserve video recording To use the “Advance timer”...
  • Page 16 Figure 4-2 Setting Advance Timer Press “CH+” and “CH-” to change the setting item, press “VOL-” and “VOL+” button to change the item description. Note: Once you’ve set the planned Advance Recordings, the following page of planned recordings will appear (Figure 4-3), the red dot in front of the “EVENT” is the indication of a preset advance video recording.
  • Page 17 6.3 Pause Live TV & Playback* ” Whilst recording as per section 6, you can pause and rewind live TV by pressing“ You can rewind at x2, x4, x8, x16 and x32 speeds. As Figure 3-7 indicates when you rewind to the beginning of the video recording position it will automatically return to normal ”button to fast forward at x2, x4, x8, x16 and x32 speeds.
  • Page 18 Figure 3-8 Fast forward Figure 3-9 Pause - 18 -...
  • Page 19 The timer at the lower left of the screen is the difference between live TV (current time) and the recorded TV you are watching. The lower right time indicates the recorded time. ”button in “Pause”, “Fast Forward” and “Fast Rewind” to return to normal Press“...
  • Page 20 Q: If a passcode is requested what is the default passcode? A: The default passcode is 0000. Q: How do I turn the subtitles off? A: Press the green button when watching TV. Q: The remote control does not seem to work. A: Check battery plus also that the infra red sensor is plugged in.