IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Be sure to read this user manual Install unit horizontally. before starting your operation. Unbalanced installation cause damaged to unit. 2. Never open the cover. It is very 7. When the unit is suddenly moved to a dangerous to touch the inside of the unit hot area from a cold area, it may cause due to possible electric shock.
Instruction Markings: This symbol indicates there is a dangerous voltage within the PVR, which may have sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock if not handled correctly. To avoid the risk of electric shock, do not open the housing at any time. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage”...
Table of Contents IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS..............1 Instruction Markings: ..................... 2 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................5 1. Preface......................5 2. Main Features ....................5 3. Accessories ....................... 7 4. General Operation of STB................. 7 OVERVIEW ......................8 1. Front Panel......................8 2.
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6. System Setting ....................27 6.1 Common Set....................27 6.2 Video Set ....................28 6.3 Audio Set ....................28 6.4 Time Zone Adjust..................28 6.5 System Information..................28 7. Shortcut Key Explanations ................29 7.1 Audio ......................29 7.2 MUTE ......................29 7.3 TeleText.....................
GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Preface Thank you for your purchasing our products. This HDPVR is equipped with the latest technology and design; it can decode high and standard definition digital TV programs, and can also record and playback terrestrial digital broadcasts. You can view a variety of programs provided through terrestrial.
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Signal level & quality indicator Composite video output Auto PAL/ NTSC conversion Standby with low power consumption Clock adjustment Excellent Performance Fast Channel Change Conversion between SD programs and HD programs YPbPr Output: supporting 1080i HDMI output: supporting 1080i Digital Reception covers through VHF & UHF band Wide screen 16:9 and normal 4:3 Aspect Ratio Bandwidth of 6MHz &...
3. Accessories Please check the following accessories are enclosed 1 x User Manual 1 x Remote Control Unit 2 x AAA Batteries 1x AV Cable Note: If any of the accessories listed above are missing, please contact the dealer where this product was initially purchased. 4.
OVERVIEW 1. Front Panel NAME FUNCTION MENU Press to display the Main Menu on the screen Connect to terrestrial antenna When watching, change to the previous or next channel, or move to the next higher or lower item in the menu.
2. Rear Panel NAME FUNCTION 2 LOOP OUT IF Loop through output to 2nd receiver 1 LOOP OUT IF Loop through output to 2nd receiver 2 ANT IN Connect to terrestrial antenna 1 ANT IN Connect to terrestrial antenna R-AUDIO Right audio output L-AUDIO Left audio output...
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STB POWER: Press to switch between Operation and Standby modes Press to temporarily cut off the sound MUTE: Switch the audio channel among the Left, Right and Stereo modes AUDIO: Enter required numbers in the input box or select a channel to watch 0-9 : Press to scroll page down or up P+/-:...
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The Learning Key Your PVR remote has four learning keys plus a self-coding function. The keys can be used for the STB remote to function as any of the four keys on your TV remote. The recommended keys to use are “TV POWER”, the two grey keys below ”TV/AV”, and “SET”.
4. Connection Diagram There are various ways to connect your PVR to your TV. Important: To make use of the twin tuner functionality built-in to your PVR, you must ensure that you connect the supplied RF crossover lead from LOOP OUT 1 To ANT IN 2.
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B). Connect YPbPr port 1). Connect the antenna to ANT IN of the STB. 2). Connect to TV as following figure..
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C). Using RCA cable 1). Connect the antenna to ANT IN of the STB. 2). Connect to TV by using the supplied AV lead as shown:...
OPERATION In normal view mode, pressing the MENU key will display the main menu. And keep pressing the Exit key will exit each sub-menu until going back to the normal view. This menu consists of five menu items as shown below. ...
1.1 Auto Search For beginners, the Auto Search feature is the best choice. First use ▲▼ Keys to select Auto Search from the Installation menu. Then press OK to enter into Auto Search sub-menu. The system will automatically search programs under Channel Edit.
1.3 Channel Edit Select Channel Edit item in the Installation menu and press OK key. Then Channel Edit window will be displayed on the screen. From here, new channel can be added and the existing ones can be edited or deleted. You can use the color keys on the REMOTE to execute the corresponding command shown at the bottom of this window.
Note: After you choose to delete the channel (press the green key), the system won’t ask you to confirm your deletion. So please make sure before you delete the channel. M odify Select the channel you want to edit first and then press yellow key to display Modify Channel window.
Press FAV key to change the group. Press Green color key to enter into the program schedule window. Press EXIT key to return to main menu. 3. Program Manage 3.1 Program Edit Through this window, you can edit programs according to your requirements. The three color keys on the REMOTE have their corresponding functions.
R ename Use ▲▼ key to select the program you want to rename, press blue key on the REMOTE, and will pop up a keypad window where you can rename the program name. In this keypad window, select your required character by using direction keys on the REMOTE and press OK key.
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REMOTE and press OK key. Then the selected character will be shown in the title bar at the top of this keypad window. To switch between capitalization and lowcase, please select Caps On command and press OK key on the REMOTE. Back command allows you to erase the unwanted character in the title bar.
If you want to deselect one program in Sport favorite group, move cursor to program that you want to delete from selected column and press OK key, and then this designated program will disappear in selected column. 4. Program Select In the Main Menu, use ▲▼...
5. PVR 5.1 Record File Edit You can edit recorded channels in the menu. Delete: Select a recorded file you want to delete, and press Red key. Rename: Press Yellow key to display the keypad dialog. Using the arrow keys on the REMOTE, you can edit the file name.
5.2 Schedule To add a new Scheduled task, press the Green key on your remote. To delete existing scheduled tasks: press the Red key to delete an individual task, or press the Blue key to delete all the existing tasks. You will have to confirm your decision once you press OK.
5.3 PVR Setting Schedule start time offset: Schedule record or play to start earlier or later. Schedule stop time offset: Schedule record or play to stop earlier or later. Remind before schedule start: Remind you before schedule is going to start Divide Record By EPG Event: Select on or off.
5.5 HDD Format Please be extra careful when using this feature as it will completely erase your hard drive and your will lose any previously recorded content. For security purposes you will be asked to enter the password to confirm your decision.(Default password is :0000).
6.2 Video Set Screen Type: 4:3 or 16:9 Aspect Ratio: Full Screen / Letterbox / Pan_Scan Resolve: AUTO / 1080I / 576P / 720P 6.3 Audio Set Audio Channel Mode: Stereo / left / right Decoder: MPEG or AC3 6.4 Time Zone Adjust In this menu, user can change time zones for different countries.
7. Shortcut Key Explanations You can realize some functions in an easy and fast way by pressing some special keys on the REMOTE. These keys will be explained as follows: 7.1 Audio Press Audio key to display the Audio Selection window.
7.4 Information When watching a channel, press INFO key, a simple EPG banner that includes current and next program information will appear. Duration of banner’s display can be modified referring to Common Setup Banner Time. Further more, SD or HD mark will display at top-right corner of this banner according to current TV Program transmitted header.
7.7 (HDD) File List You can see the record file list as shown in the screen by pressing the HDD key. You can see the used percent of hard disk on the left-down corner. Pressing key to change view between the group and file lists.
7.9.2 Change time shift speed After pressing the REW, FF, Slow or Pause keys to change time shift speed, a speed icon will be displayed on upper left of the screen. 7.9.3 Change time shift playing position Press the Red or Blue keys to display time shift process bar. You can change the time shift playing position.
7.10.4 Recording file information If current recording service has EPG information, recorded file is partitioned automatically according EPG items. Recorded file name is program name, file duration is program duration and file description is program description. If current recording service has no EPG information, recorded file name is channel name and it will not be partitioned.
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7.11.5 Cut out and Save Selected Region 1. Start playback a recorded service. 2. Press Play, Red or Blue button to display Playback progress bar, Press OK key twice then there will be a notice named “Please add a start or an end mark position, then confirm to cut!”.
7.12 Bookmark You can jump to a position directly by bookmark function in file playback. To search positions very quickly and easily, use bookmarks. 7.12.1 Add a bookmark To add a bookmark, press the GREEN key at the position you want to add it into playback process bar.
SPECIFICATIONS Tuner Input Frequency 474~858MHz Loop Out Frequency 474~858 MHz Input Level -90 ~ -20 dBm Bandwidth 6M, 7M, 8M Input Impedance 75 Ohms Channel Decoding Standard DVB-T EN300 744 FEC Code Rate 1/2,2/3,3/4,5/6,7/8 Demodulation (QPSK,16 and 64 QAM) Video decoding Standard MPEG2/4 H.264 MP@HL,MP@ML Aspect Ratio...
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Front Panel IR Receiver: 38KHz 7 Keys Standby, Menu, Select, Channel , VOL Rear Panel Connector ANT IN, LOOP OUT HDMI YPbPr /CVBS, Audio L/R Video S/P DIF RS232 Remote Control Type Infra-red (Carrier Freq: 38 KHZ) Battery 2×1.5V AAA Type Power/Ambient Input Voltage AC 100~240V, 50/60Hz...
TROUBLE SHOOTING The table below covers some of the more common reasons for abnormal PVR function. Problem Likely Causes Remedy Front LED’s do Connect power cord properly to AC power cord disconnected not light the power socket Check your choice of AV or RF Connection of Video or Audio is right.
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Distorted Menu Brightness or Contrast level of Adjust Brightness and Contrast Screen TV set too high to lower levels Remove the power cord or Not working Processor stopped switch AC OFF and ON...