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Page 1 CINEMAN.DVB-T CINEMAN.DVB-T Users Manual...
Page 2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Like any digital terminal with an LCD screen, your CINEMAN.DVB-T is extremely fragile. Utmost care should be taken of your device since you are not covered, under warranty, for mechanical damage due to shock or dropping the device. In general, technical devices are not grounded, so you may experience minor electric shocks (not dangerous) by touching two devices simultaneously (or one device and the antenna cable).
Page 3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 7. When the unit can not work and still can not resume working normally after taking measures according to the “troubleshooting” in the instruction manual, please unplug it from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel. 8.
Page 4 OPERATION MENU The CINEMAN.DVB-T is operated via a menu. To make these instructions easier to read, we write the access to a given menu in the following simplified form: MENU / Scan / Manual Search The following individual steps are necessary for this setting: •...
Page 5: Table Of Contents
INDEX Initial steps Description of the remote control Description of CINEMAN.DVB-T TV programmes Parental block Reinitialising CINEMAN.DVB-T Various settings Radio reception Channel search TV guide (EPG) Troubleshooting Glossary Support information...
Page 6: Initial Steps
1 INITIAL STEPS a Usage of the CINEMAN.DVB-T The CINEMAN.DVB-T you have purchased is an ultra-modern, portable television that has been developed to receive digital, DVB-T standard (digital video broadcasting terrestrial) TV and radio programmes. The DASC antenna supplied as standard serves as the reception antenna. Any house or room antenna can also be used to receive digital programmes as they are broadcast in the same frequency range as the analogue programmes available hitherto.
Page 7 1 INITIAL STEPS 3. CINEMAN.DVB-T as a portable DVB-T television receiver Thanks to its battery compartment (standard or rechargeable), and the DASC antenna provided, you can use your CINEMAN.DVB-T as a television in the garden, at the bus stop, on a restaurant terrace or wherever you want without a power supply or an anten- na cable.
Page 8 1 INITIAL STEPS b Prior to initial operation · Switching on the device. Simultaneously press the two keys VOL+ / OK/POWER to initiate device operation. · Language selection: Choose the language required via the appropriate key on the remote control and confirm by OK. MENU / Preferences / Language / Menu Language ·...
Page 9 1 INITIAL STEPS c Calibration/ Orientation of house antenna If no channel has been found on your normal house antenna, it is likely that it is pointing towards a transmit- ter which transmits only in analogue. If your zone is covered by digital transmission (DVB-T zone), it is because the transmissions come from an- other transmitter, and you will need to modify the orientation of your antenna.
Page 10 1 INITIAL STEPS Case No. 2 You receive national channels in analogue and you have no idea of what you can receive in digital. If you are certain that you can receive other channels, but you do not know which channel is used for these channels, we suggest the following method: Obtain a UHF directional antenna having significant gain (at least 15 dB) and connect it to the ANT input (IN) of the device.
Page 11: Description Of The Remote Control
2 DESCRIPTION OF REMOTE CONTROL 1. Digital keys. Under normal usage, these are for typing in the number of the desi- red channel. In programme mode, they are for entering digital values. 2. Stand-by key: For placing the device on permanent stand-by. 3.
Page 12: Description Of Cineman.dvb-T
3 DESCRIPTION OF CINEMAN.DVB-T B C D A An Infrared receiver (detects the infrared remote control signal). B Status indicator Light shines green – CINEMAN.DVB-T is switched on. Light shines red –device is in stand-by mode. Light does not shine – device is switched off. C MENU / SELECT key (identical to that of the remote control).
Page 13: Tv Programmes
4 TV PROGRAMMES You have two possibilities for personalising the list of channels. The first is to create favourite channels. The second involves deleting, shifting or renaming the existing channels. a Favourite channels • Selecting channels • Go to MENU / Edit / Add Favourites •...
Page 14 4 TV PROGRAMMES b Modifying the list of channels Clearing channels • Go to MENU / Edit / Channel Manager • Using the arrow keys select a channel to delete. • Click on OK, and a cross appears. • Select other channels to delete in the same way. •...
Page 15: Parental Block
5 PARENTAL BLOCK Your CINEMAN.DVB-T television receiver is delivered with a secret code (PIN) which is 0000. The secret code lets you block those channels to which you want to restrict access or protect the configuration of the terminal. We advise you to change this code. Modifying password •...
Page 16: Reinitialising Cineman.dvb-T
6 REINITIALISING THE CINEMAN.DVB-T This operation is only to be carried out if you have modified settings by accident or incorrectly, thus making the terminal inoperable. Reinitialise the terminal also if it shows inexplicable malfunctioning. Reinitialisation deletes all personal settings (favourites, for example). •...
Page 17: Various Settings
7 VARIOUS SETTINGS a TV tuning • MENU / Config / TV Setting is for configuring the image on the LCD screen or on an external tele- vision receiver. You have the choice between 4:3 or 16:9 screen formats. • Select MENU / Config / TV Setting / TV Aspect Ratio 4:3. You have various image display options on a screen which does not correspond to it (example, conversion of a 16:9 image to letterbox format for displaying on a 4:3 screen).
Page 18: Radio Reception
8 RADIO RECEPTION Apart from TV channels, CINEMAN.DVB-T can also receive radio broadcasts. As soon as you click on the TV/RAD key, you enter radio mode. From then on, the CH+ and CH- keys can be used to select the radio stations. To return to TV mode, click on the TV/RAD key again. 9 CHANNEL SEARCH This operation should be carried out as soon as you lose a channel or when new channels are broadcast by the operators.
Page 19: Troubleshooting
11 TROUBLESHOOTING In the following section you will find assistance in remedying and correcting problems. If you are unable to find a solution however, contact your local customer service. Important – in the event of a DVB-T reception problem, it is necessary to define as precisely as possible the exact symptom in your particular case.
Page 20 11 TROUBLESHOOTING Symptom Possible Cause Solution(s) to try You receive certain multiplexes (certain Your antenna cuts out the upper level of Obtain a better antenna which performs channels) but the channels above 60 are the UHF band. over the entire UHF band. disrupted or not received at all.
Page 21: Glossary
12 GLOSSARY DVB-T Abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial = terrestrial digital television. TV reception is only possible in DVB-T transmission zones. UHF-Channel Number given to a frequency band. In UHF, the channels are numbered from 21 to 69. Transmitter Pylon crammed with antennas which retransmits channels (digital or analogue) and to which the directional antenna should be directed.
Page 22: Support Information
13 SUPPORT INFORMATION All information on further products can be found under: www.plawa.com Support Centre: plawa-feinwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Bleichereistr. 18 73066 Uhingen Germany Hotline: (0049) 7161 - 9387 220 E-Mail: support@plawa.com...