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ABC GE-8 STARGUIDE III SATELLITE RECEIVER
PLEASE REVIEW THIS QUICK START GUIDE IN ITS ENTIRETY
BEFORE INSTALLING YOUR RECEIVER.
• It is critical to make all satellite RF and audio connections prior
to applying AC power to the Starguide receiver.
• The Starguide III receiver must be powered down before you
install or remove any option cards located in the expansion
ports. None of the cards in the receiver are "hot-swappable".
• ABC strongly recommends the use of a Phase Lock Loop (PLL)
LNB for your new Starguide receiver. The Local Oscillator (LO)
stability of your LNB should not exceed 100kHz.
• If this receiver is designated to supply DC power to the LNB at
your dish, be sure to turn on the LNB VOLTAGE switch on the
back of the receiver.
• ABC urges stations to use an Uninterruptible Power Supply
(UPS) for the Starguide receiver for equipment protection from
power spikes or brownouts. Also consider lightning protection
if you are located in an area susceptible to frequent lightning
storms. A surge suppressor is not sufficient.
• The ABC Radio Networks New York Technical Services office is
staffed Monday-Friday from 9:00am until 5:00pm ET for
receiver authorization and technical assistance.
sg3_QS_GE8 03/22/01

QUICK START

(212) 456-5000 – option #4
(212) 456-5708 – fax
E-MAIL: techservices@abc.com
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  • Page 1: Quick Start

    None of the cards in the receiver are “hot-swappable”. • ABC strongly recommends the use of a Phase Lock Loop (PLL) LNB for your new Starguide receiver. The Local Oscillator (LO) stability of your LNB should not exceed 100kHz.
  • Page 2: Audio Outputs

    RELAY CLOSURES: Several of the ABC Satellite Services clients use the four (4) relay closures that are built in to the audio decoder card. Pinout instructions for these closures can be found on the BACKPLANE DIAGRAM. Contact your program syndicator for relay assignments.
  • Page 3: Receiver Tuning

    If the receiver does not acquire our carrier, the red LED will illuminate steadily and the LCD screen will display: STARGUIDE III ACQUIRING In the event the Starguide receiver needs to be tuned to ABC’s Starguide carrier on Satcom C-5 (GE-8): Press <Enter> on the Starguide keypad: Press until you get to CARRIER MENU, press <Enter>...
  • Page 4 SERVICE, press <Enter> Press until your ABC News service or ESPN is displayed, press <Enter> To receive ABC Talk, ABC Commercial Bulk Feeds, Dick Bartley, WOR, or other syndicated programming distributed by ABC Satellite Services: Press <Enter> on the Starguide keypad: Press until you get to PORT MENU, press <Enter>...
  • Page 5: Installation Guide

    The NCC contains 16 Form “A” relays to present dry contact closures to the user It also contains a serial output of ABC DATA. Follow the tables below to wire the NetCue contact closures and ABC DATA serial output properly:...
  • Page 6 A Data Cable Configuration For Starguide Netcue card NCC (RJ-45) DCE to Printer (DB-25) DTE <----------> <----------> <----------> <----------> <----------> NCC (RJ-45) DCE to Computer (DB-9) DCE <----------> <----------> <----------> <----------> 1* (*or use no flow control and do not connect) NCC (RJ-45) DCE to Computer (DB-25) DCE <----------->...
  • Page 7 Scientific Atlanta 4595 or 3610 EPROMS. You can also change, modify or correct any of the information on your current Netcue Menu, please fill them out on this form and fax (or mail) it back to ABC Affiliate Services. LIST PROGRAM NAME/SELECTION(S):...
  • Page 8 SAT SRVS 03 L/R T23 SEDAT 23 / TBA ABC NEWS (2) NEWS NET1E/SATQ T23 SEDAT 01 / Voice Cue 19-00 ABC NY (1) SAT SRVS 04 L/R ABC NEWS (2) NEWS NET1C/SATQ T23 SEDAT 02 / Voice Cue 19-00 ABC NY (1)
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