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Homecast HT5000 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 Notice Read this manual carefully and make sure you understand the provided instructions. For your safety, check what the result each action will be. Warnings, Cautions and Notes Throughout the whole manual, pay special attention to the following marks that indicate hazardous situations.

  • Page 2: Safety Information

    Safety Information This Digital Receiver has been manufactured to comply with international safety standards. Please read the following safety precautions carefully. Safety Instructions and Precautions - Avoid placing heavy things and blocking ventilation passage. (Passage blocking can cause fire) - Avoid scrubbing the surface with Benzene or Volatile gasoline. Color can be damaged.
  • Page 3 Safety Information Safety Information Safety Information Safety Information Safety Information Safety Information - Do not expose the STB to rain or moisture. - Do not expose the STB to rain or moisture. - Do not expose the STB to rain or moisture. - Do not expose the STB to rain or moisture.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Before You Begin 1.1 Features 1.2 Accessories 2. Controls and Functions 2.1 Front Panel 2.2 Rear Panel 2.3 Remote Control Unit 3. Connections 3.1 Connecting to TV Connecting to digital TV which can support HD resolution (1080i,720p,576p) using YPbPr port Connecting to PC monitor or digital TV which has RGB input port Connecting to PC monitor or digital TV which has DVI input port Connecting to analog or SDTV using CVBS/S-video ports...
  • Page 5 Contents 6. Viewing General Information 6.1 Banner Information 6.2 TV & Radio changing 6.3 TV or Radio Channel lists 6.3.1 Watching Mode 6.3.2 Delete Mode 6.3.3 Move Mode 6.3.4 Rename Mode 6.3.5 Lock Mode 6.3.6 Group Mode 6.4 Option 6.4.1 Audio Language 6.4.2 Teletext Language 6.4.3 Subtitle Language 6.5 A/V+...

  • Page 6: Before You Begin

    Before You Begin 1.1 Features - Brilliant On Screen Graphic - MPEG-2 & Fully DVB Compliant - MPEG-2 Video (MP@ML, MP@HL), MPEG-1 Layer ¦, AC-3(Dolbyr Digital) - Digital Tuner with Loop-through - DVI, Component, RGB/HV, S-Video, Composite Video, Audio L/R - Supports User friendly OSD Menu with Full Function - Installation by Easy Setup Guide - 256 Color Graphic User Interface...

  • Page 7: Accessories

    Before You Begin 1.2 Accessories - Component video cable - Stereo audio cable - Operating instruction (this Manual) - Remote Control - AAA dry cell batteries x 2...

  • Page 8: Controls And Functions

    Controls and Functions 2.1 Front Panel 2.MENU/OK Button 6.Display 1. Power Button 4.CH Up/Down Buttons 3.EXIT 7.Status LED Button 5.Volume Up/Down Buttons 1.Power Button Turns the receiver On/Off. 2.Menu/OK Button Shows the Main menu in viewing mode. Activates the highlighted menu item in menu mode. 3.EXIT Button Exit from the current menu or cancels the current progressing operation if applicable.

  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    Controls and Functions 2.2 Rear Panel 1. Antenna Input Connect the Digital Signal Cable. 2. Loop Through Loop Out is an out port of the Signal IN signal. 3. Digital audio out (coxial) Using a coaxial digital audio cable, this jack allows you to connect COXIAL to an A/V receiver that accepts coaxial Dolby Digital decoder for AC3 audio input.
  • Page 10 Controls and Functions 8. RGB/HV out (1080i,721p,576p) Using an RGB monitor cable, this jack connects RGB/HV to a TV that accepts HD RGB video input. 9. Upgrade port This is used to connect your receiver to a serial port of PC for reading and loading data information.

  • Page 11: Remote Control Unit

    Controls and Functions 2.3 Remote Control Unit. All Features of the receiver can be controlled with the remote control unit. 1. Power Turn the receiver on or off. 2. TV/Rad TV/Rad Switches between TV and Radio. 3. V.Format V.Form Select Video Output and Picture Resolution. 4.
  • Page 12 Controls and Functions 10. INFO INFO Shows the information of the Banner and EPG. Moves up/down in menu mode. Moves left/right or change settings in menu mode. 13. OK Confirms the choices and/or selections the highlighted menu item. While watching TV or listening to Radio, press the button and the channel list will appear.

  • Page 13: Connections

    Connections 3.1 Connecting to TV <Connecting to digital TV which can support HD resolution (1080i,720p,576p) using YPbPr port> 1. Connect STB's YPbPr out and audio L/R out to YPbPr in and audio L/R in of TV. 2. Set STB's video output mode to C108(1080i) or C720(720p) or C576(576p) using 'V.Form' key of remote controller.
  • Page 14 Connections <Connecting to PC monitor or digital TV which has RGB input port> 1. Connect STB's RGB/HV out and audio L/R out to RGB in and audio L/R in of monitor or TV. 2. Set STB's video output mode to P108(1080i) or P720(720p) or P576(576p) using 'V.Form' key of remote controller.
  • Page 15 Connections <Connecting to PC monitor or digital TV which has DVI input port> 1. Connect STB's DVI out and audio L/R out to DVI in and audio L/R in of monitor or TV. 2. Set STB's video output mode to D108(1080i) or D720(720p) or D576(576p) using 'V.Form' key of remote controller.

  • Page 16: Connecting To Analog Or Sdtv Using Cvbs/S-Video Ports

    Connections <Connecting to analog or SDTV using CVBS/S-video ports> 1. Connect STB's CVBS or S-video out and audio L/R out to relative input port of TV. 2. Set STB's video output mode to PAL(576i) using 'V.Form' key of remote controller. Æ...

  • Page 17: Connecting To A/V Receiver (Dolby Digital Amplifier)

    Connections <Connecting to A/V receiver (Dolby digital amplifier)> 1. Connect STB's optical or coxial digital audio out to A/V receiver. 2. Set STB's audio out mode to 'AC3'...

  • Page 18: Menu Overview

    Menu Overview 4.1 Menu Instruction Main menu. Sub menu. Press the Menu button to display the menu. You can select the sub menu using / / / button. The selected sub menu becomes highlighted. When you have selected the sub menu you want, press the button.

  • Page 19: Menu Structure

    Menu Overview 4.3 Menu Structure Installation - Antenna : Select the Antenna power setting. - Auto Scan : Search the whole channel automatically without inputting the special parameters. - Manual Scan : Search the channel manually with user's inputting parameters. Option - TV Output : Select the video or audio output.
  • Page 20 Menu Overview 5.1 First Installation You can install the receiver using First Installation for your convenience. 'First Installation' allow you to set your receiver using simple procedure. a) Select the desired language using the button. b) Press the button to confirm and go to the next step. a) Select the desired antenna power using the button.

  • Page 21: Menu Operation

    Menu Operation 5.2 Installation a) Press the Menu button to display the main menu. b) Press the button on the sub menu. Some sub menus such as Auto Scan, Manual Scan on the Installation are locked by password, and the password pop-up window appears. The default password is "0000"...

  • Page 22: Manual Scan

    Menu Operation a) If you press the button when scanning for channels, pop-up window appears. b) When you complete scanning for channels, a similar pop-up menu appears. c) If you want to save the updated channels, select 'Yes'. 5.2.3 Manual Scan a) Change to the specific values you want to scan.

  • Page 23: Tv Output Setup

    Menu Operation 5.3 Option 5.3.1 TV Output Setup a) Select the TV output options using the / / / button. b) If you press the button, the changed state will be saved and exit. - TV Screen : Select the screen format of your TV.(4:3, 4:3 Letter Box, 16:9) - Audio Output Format : Select the type of digital output for S/PDIF port.

  • Page 24: Time Setting

    Menu Operation 5.3.3 Time Setting a) Setting current time using the / / / button. b) If you press the button, current changing state will be saved and exit. - Time Mode (TDT, USER) TDT : Receive the time from broadcaster. USER : Set the time directly by user.

  • Page 25: Osd Display

    Menu Operation a) Select your desired rating level using the button. b) Press the button to save and exit. Rating mode allows you to block channel according to the age level you have set. - View All : All channels can be watched - 7 : Channels are blocked under the age of 7.

  • Page 26: Channel

    Menu Operation 5.4 Channel 5.4.1 Reservation You can reserve a Channel at your desired time. In this mode, you can reserve channels up to 8. a) Press the Opt button to edit the reserved channel. And then use the / / / button to the detail setting for your reservation.
  • Page 27 Menu Operation : Just one time action (After action was done, event will be deleted on the list.) : Action execution in weekday : Action execution in weekend : Action execution weekly : Action execution in every day : TV channel : Radio channel 5.4.2 Delete You can delete channels.

  • Page 28: Advanced

    Menu Operation 5.5 Advanced 5.5.1 Reset Factory Default a) If you want to change the set into the default values, press the button. The following confirmation window will appear. b) If you select 'Yes', the system will be reset to the primitive state like new receiver.

  • Page 29: Viewing General Information

    Viewing General Information 6.1 Banner Information Lock Audio Scramble Dolby Parental Language Teletext Subtitle Control Detail Event Information Channel Number and Name Current Event Name Current Time Event Progress Bar TV Type Signal Strength Bar (TV or Radio) Signal Quality Bar Group Name a) Whenever you press the INFO button, the banner information window appears for a few seconds.

  • Page 30: Tv & Radio Changing

    Viewing General Information 6.2 TV & Radio changing While watching TV or listening to Radio, you can select TV or Radio using the TV/Rad button. 6.3 TV or Radio Channel Lists TV Type or TV Type Group Name (TV or Radio) Group Status Channel Parameter Provider name...

  • Page 31: Watching Mode

    Viewing General Information 6.3.1 Watching Mode While watching TV or listening to Radio, you can watch the channel list. Press the button to display the channel list. You can watch several icons at the bottom of the channel list. Each icon has a special and convenient function for user.

  • Page 32: Delete Mode

    Viewing General Information a) If you know the correct channel-number to watch, press the number using the numeric button. a) If you want to go Alphabetic move, you must change the channel list to the sorted status. To become the sorted status, press the A-Z button on the channel list or on the Live screen.

  • Page 33: Move Mode

    Viewing General Information 6.3.3 Move Mode a) Select the Move Icon using the Opt button. b) Select the channel which will be located in other position. c) Press the button, and then a sign which indicates "move" will be marked on the right side of the channel name. d) Set the new position using the button.

  • Page 34: Lock Mode

    Viewing General Information - Space ( ) : Write between two characters. - Back ( ) : Delete characters. - Caps ( ) : Change between caps and lower case letter. - Done ( ) : To save the change. - Cancel ( ) : Exit rename mode.

  • Page 35: Audio Language

    Viewing General Information 6.4 Option While watching TV or listening to Radio, press the Opt button. You can small pop-up window. You can select a option.(Audio Language, Teletext Language, Subtitle Language) If you want to change the option mode, press the button.

  • Page 36: A/V

    Viewing General Information 6.5 A/V+ While watching TV or listening to Radio, press the A/V+ button. You can watch small pop-up window. You can select a option.(Audio Mode, Video Mode) If you want to change the option mode, press the button.

  • Page 37: Fav

    Viewing General Information 6.6 Fav While watching TV or listening to Radio, press the Fav button. You can watch small pop-up window. You can select a favorite group. a) Press the button to select a group. b) Press the button, then you can watch the channel list of selected group.

  • Page 38: Additional Information

    Additional Information 7.1 Trouble Shooting There may be various reasons for the abnormal operation of the receiver. Check the receiver according to the procedures shown below. If you can't solve the problem even after referring this trouble shooting, please contact the dealer. Don't open the receiver cover.

  • Page 39: Technical Specifications

    Additional Information 7.2 Technical Specifications A. Tuner & Demodulator Input Connector 1 X IEC169-2, female Loop through Connector 1 X IEC169-2, male Input Signal Frequency 51~862 Mhz Input Signal Level -90 ~ -20dBm Input impedance 75 Ohms nominal IF Center Frequency 36.167 Mhz IF Bandwidth 6.66 Mhz, 7.61MHz...
  • Page 40 Additional Information C. Digital audio Algorithm MPEG-1/2 Layers ¦ and AC-3 (Dolby Digital) Mode Mono, Dual, Joint Stereo Stereo for digital Frequency response 20~20kHz, <+/-3dB 60Hz~18kHz, <+/-0.5dB for digital Sampling frequency 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz D. A/V output Output type RCA(Stereo, CVBS), RGB/HV, S-Video, DVI, Component S/PDIF (AC-3 , Digital Audio)
  • Page 41 Additional Information H. Capacity Main Chip ATI XILLEON X226 Flash memory 16Mbytes 64 Mbytes I. Power Power 90V ~ 240V AC J. Dimension Power consumption Max 30W Operating frequency nominally 50 Hz +/-5% Protection Separate internal fuse Lighting protection K. Environmental Operating temperature 0 ~ 45 C L.
  • Page 42 Additional Information M. Serial (RS-232C) Connector PIN NO Signal Name RXD (Receiver Data) TXD (Transmit Data) Ground...

  • Page 43: Glossary Of Terms

    Additional Information 7.3 Glossary of Terms Electronic Program Guide. A software that enables viewers to navigate easily among the large number of channels provided by digital technology, in order to select the service they desire. Forward Error Correction. Correction of faulty bits in the received signal. Parental control Restrict viewing of certain programs, channels, programs with a specified rating and programs during certain time periods.

  • Page 44: Menu Structure

    Additional Information 7.4 Menu Structure Antenna Installation 1. Antenna Installation Auto Scan 2. Auto Scan 3. Manual Scan Manual Scan Option TV Output Option Main Menu Language 1. TV Output Installation 2. Language Time Setting Option 3. Time Setting Channel 4.

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