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5.4.2
RAPS Start
Your receiver is equipped with RAPS. RAPS means Receiver Automatic Programming System. RAPS
can automatically update the channel lists of your receiver.
What is RAPS?
Currently, the satellites Astra 19.2° and 23.5°, Eutelsat Hot Bird 13° East, Eurobird 9° and Turksat 42°
offer a four-digit number of digital TV and radio channels.
At delivery, state-of-the-art satellite receivers have all important channels already stored. But what
happens after that? New and interesting channels are added almost weekly, and there are channel
changes time and again.
Updating the channel list with a present receiver is not quite easy for most users. When performing a
channel search, invalid data are not deleted, and usually the new channels are just added at the end
of the list; this requires time-consuming reprogramming of the channel list.
The RAPS system of your receiver automatically performs such programming work.
The window RAPS Automatic Installation is the second window of the installation process.
Every time you switch off your receiver, RAPS checks whether there are any changes with the chan-
nel lists (RAPS scan). This only takes a few seconds.
In case of changes, the new data are automatically included into the new channel list (RAPS down-
load) and displayed in a table. If a channel changes the receive parameters, then this is automatically
updated by RAPS. In case of new channels, such channels are added. If channels are permanently
discontinued, then the corresponding channel number is deleted.
However, new channels are not only added, but allocated to logic blocks, correspondingly enabling
easier finding. That is why certain areas may remain free. Example: For Germany, there is the basic
list as well as the areas Third Channels, Info+Sports, Special Interest, Local TV, as well as News
starting at channel number 100 and many Music Channels starting at channel number 123.
You can cancel RAPS installation by pressing the key EXIT whilst the countdown of RAPS installation
is running (and also at a later point in time during installation).
The then displayed channel list is a preprogrammed factory list. However, such list is not updated via
satellite due to cancelled RAPS installation!
The respective up-to-date RAPS lists are available via the satellite Astra 19.2°. Correspondingly,
RAPS can only be used within the footprint of the satellite Astra 19.2°; furthermore, your system
should be suitable for digital Astra receiving.
5.4.3
Automatic Programming
During installation, the third installation window Automatic Programming displays various parame-
ters:
•
Date of the RAPS file stored in the receiver
•
Date of the RAPS file currently available on the satellite
Number of available RAPS lists
•
The submenu Language can be accessed anytime via the menu Language.
Basic Operation
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