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Important Safety Instructions 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water. 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
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This symbol indicates that dangerous voltages constituting a risk of electric shock are present within this unit. This symbol indicates that there are important operating and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying this unit. This symbol indicates that this product incorporates double insulation between hazardous mains voltage and user accessible parts.
Table of Contents Front and Rear Panel ................1 Remote Control..................2 Connecting to a Television.................4 First Time Installation................5 Troubleshooting..................17...
Front and Rear Panel 1. Front panel REMOTE CONTROL SENSOR: POWER 3. USB 2. Rear panel 1. RF IN: This socket connects to your external Aerial. 2. HDMI: High definition audio and video output used to connect to a HDMI device 3.
Remote Control 1. MUTE: To navigate inside the menus. /SWAP /M/P...
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Installing the Batteries Remove the battery cover from the rear of the Remote Control and place 2xAAA size batteries inside the compartment. Please make sure the battery polarities match the polarity markings inside the compartment. 1.Open the cover 2.Install batteries 3.Close the cover Using the Remote Control To use the Remote Control, point it towards the front of the Digital Set Top Box.
Connecting to a Television For a basic connection from your Set Top Box to the television, use the Composite connection outlined below. For a higher quality connection, use the Component Video connection outlined below combined with the Composite Audio Connection. For the highest quality connection use a direct HDMI connection, see below.
First Time Installation After all connections have been made properly, switch on TV and make sure the unitis connected to the Main Power. Press Power button to switch the unit on. If you are using the unit for the first time or have restored the unit to factory default, the installation guide menu will appear on your TV screen.
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First Time Installation Set Favourite Channels You can create a short list of favourite programs that you can easily access. Set Favourite TV or Radio program: 1. Select your desired channel then press the FAVOURITE button. Aheart-shaped symbol will appear and the channel is marked as a favourite. 2.
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First Time Installation Lock a TV or Radio channel : 1.Select the preferred channel then press the YELLOW button. A lock-shaped symbol is displayed. The channel is now marked as locked. 2. Repeat the previous step to select more channels. 3.
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First Time Installation [By Service ID] - Sort the channels according to the station. [By ONID] - Sort the channels according to ONID. (d) LCN (Logical channel number) Set LCN on or off. (2). Picture Setting To access the Menu, press MENU then select [Picture] using the RIGHT/LEFT key. The Menu provides options to adjust the video settings.
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First Time Installation [Side by Side]Set 3D Output format SBS [Auto] Set 3D Output Auto [Top/Bottom]Set 3D Output format T/B (e) OSD Transparency Change OSD Transparency. [0%], [20%], [40%], [60%], [80%]. (3). Channel Search To access the menu, press MENU and select [Search Channel] using the RIGHT/LEFT keys. This menu provides options to adjust the search channel settings.
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First Time Installation 2. Press the RIGHT/LEFT key to select the channel frequency. 3. Press OK to start searching channels. If a channel is found, it is saved and added to the channels list. If channels can not be found during searching, the unit will exit automatically.
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First Time Installation (d) Sleep Set auto stanby timer. [Off], [1 Hour], [2 Hour], [3 Hour], [4 Hour], [5 Hour], [6 Hour], [7 Hour], [8 Hour], [9 Hour], [10 Hour], [11 Hour], [12 Hour] (e) Power On/Off Enable Power On or Off. (f) ADV Timer Schedule a Recording.
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First Time Installation (a) Set Password Set or change the password for locked programs. Enter your old password or the default password '0000'. You will then be asked to enter your new password. Press OK button to confirm your new password. Once it is confirmed, press EXIT to exit the Menu.
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First Time Installation (b) Photo configure: -Slide Time: adjust slide show interval to 1~8 seconds. -Slide Mode: adjust slide show effect as mode 0~59 or random. -Aspect Ratio: [Keep]: Play picture in its original aspect. [Discard]: Play picture in full screen mode. (c) Movie Configure: - Aspect Ratio: [Keep]: Play movie in its original aspect.
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First Time Installation - Subtitle Font Color: [Red]: Displays Subtitle in red font. [Blue]: Displays Subtitle in blue font. [Green]: Displays Subtitle in green font. d) USB RECORDING. This function is available only when a USB storage device is connected to the receiver. Instant recording: If you want to start recording a live show, which is currently being broadcast, go to the desired channel and press the REC button.
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First Time Installation When recording to usb stick or external hard disc on this model, you have to wait a few seconds before pushing rec. after inserting the media. Otherwise the unit can freeze in the signal.If that happens, then please take off power and connect again to fix this. Note: Scheduled recording only works when the unit power is on,it can not work when the unit is standby.
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First Time Installation You can press [fast forward]/[fast back] to move the slide to left or right of the current recording. Note: Time Shifting will only be available when USB HDD is connected to the system and read/ write speed is high enough to do that. Press [Stop] button to end the timeshift, and it will back to the normal playing of the program.
Troubleshooting Problem Potential Reasons What to do Connect the power Power isn't connected No picture The power switch is not on Switch on the power DVB-T or DVB-T2 cable Plug in the DVB-T or Screen shows not connected DVB-T2 cable No Signal Check aerial cable and Aerial cable is faulty...
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Technical Specifications Sub Item Item Parameter 110~230MHz Tuner Input Frequency 470~860MHz RF Input level 2 dBm IF Bandwidth 6MHz/7MHz/8MHz Modulation QPSK,16QAM,64QAM,256QAM. Video MPEG4 AVC/H.264 HP@L4 Decoder Format MPEG2 MP@ML.HL 576P , 720P, 1080i, 1080P, Output Format 4:3 and 16:9 Output Port HDMI(V1.3), SCART Decoder Format Audio...
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