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Owner’s Manual
MEDIAMASTER
9600 C
GB 1
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Important Information Wiring the plug (UK and Eire only) The mains lead on this product is already fitted with a non-rewireable (moulded) plug incorporating a fuse, the value of which is indicated on the pin face of the plug. Should the fuse need to be replaced, an ASTA or BSI approved BS 1362 fuse must be used of the same rating, marked thus: If the fuse cover is detachable always refit the cover after replacing the fuse. NEVER use the plug with the fuse cover omitted. If the fitted plug is no
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The sky is the limit with your Mediamaster. It‘s easy to use, always at your command and adaptable for future advances. To begin with, you will find it necessary to read these instructions but you will soon find yourself com- petent without them. Contents For your safety For your safety 3 • Keep a clear space around Rear panel/Front panel 4 the Mediamaster to allow Installation 5 for sufficient ventilation. Connecting the Mediamaster to the TV set 5 • Do not cover the Media- Preparing the remote
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Rear panel Mains lead TV / VCR 0/12 VOLT TV AUX 230 V AC for an RF-cable Not used SCART Connec- Input SCART connection +/- 15%, to the aerial tion to the TV set for e. g. an analogue 50 Hz input of the TV satellite receiver or a set or a Video second Video recorder Recorder (playback only) ANTENNA Connection to AUDIO L R VCR RS232 SCSI the cable Stereo outputs for the ordinary for a printer, For a CD-ROM network socket for connection Video recorder PC or a high player or other to a HiFi system
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Installation The box for your Mediamaster should contain the following items: • the Mediamaster 2 3 1 4 5 6 8 9 TV 7 0 GUIDE • a remote control handset with batteries. MENU EXIT OK • a fully featured SCART cable for connection to the TV set. TEXT • Owner’s Manual. SCART cable About the SCART sockets • On the back side the Mediamaster is equipped with 3 SCART sockets (see figure). When you connect external sets to any of theese sockets, always use fully featured SCART cables. There are “slimmed”
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Connecting to a TV and a video recorder Refer to your video recorder manual for full instructions. • Connect one SCART cable between the TV and the TV SCART socket on the Mediamaster. • Connect another SCART cable between the video recorder and the VCR SCART socket on the Mediamaster. • A RF cable has to be connected between the TV/VCR output on the Mediamaster and its corresponding input on the Video recorder. • Finally, connect another RF cable from the RF output on the video recorder to the T
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Connecting to a Hi Fi system • Connect an RCA/Cinch stereo cable from the AUDIO L R sock- ets on the Mediamaster to the LINE, AUX, SPARE or EXTRA input sockets on your Hi Fi system. Preparing the remote control • Remove the cover on the battery compartment at the bottom of the remote control handset. • Insert the 2 x AAA (1,5 V) batteries, as shown in the diagram, taking care to observe the + and - markings indicated inside. • Replace the cover. Switching on for the first time You can now plug
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Remote control This section describes how to operate the Mediamaster using the buttons on the remote control. To turn the Mediamaster on/off (standby). Press once to switch to audio language/audio track (if available). Press twice to switch to Radio mode. TV To leave a menu and go back to watch a TV pro- gramme. To switch from Radio Mode to TV Mode. To toggle between terrestrial TV, VCR, analogue and the digital satellite signal. 0 - 9 To select channel number and other numerical commands. GUIDE
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About the Smart Card and CA Module To be able to receive pay-TV channels you will need a CA Mod- ule and a Smart Card from the Service Provider of your choice. The Service Provider is the distributor of the programmes. If you are subscribing to services from more than one Service Provider, you might have to change between different CA Mod- ules and Smart Cards. Please note, that a smart card is connected to a single Service Provider and due to this, a specific range of channels. Only "free" chan
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Basic Settings The Welcome Menu To install the Mediamaster properly you have to adjust a few set- tings. You will always be guided by the information at the bottom of the menus. When you have finished the final part of the setup procedure you can start watching TV channels and listen to Radio channels. By now you should have the “Welcome Menu” on the TV screen. Press the OK button to proceed. Language selection Select the desired language. This will define the language shown in the menus. It wil
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Viewing TV Important general information The following will describe the basic functions of your Media- master during the watching of TV or listening to Radio channels from the Mediamaster. Sometimes the information may not be displayed as illustrated. Many of the functions described here are dependent on the Service Provider and/or can only be used if they are included in the transmitted programme information. Please note, that during the Channel Search procedure, the Mediamaster has downloaded
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Programme Information. The “i“ Button Every time you change channel you will receive information for 4-5 seconds about the current programme. This information in- cludes: Channel number, name, title and time. Press “i” while watching a channel. If your Service Provider trans- mits programme information you will see: Correct time; A small amount of information for the current and next pro- gramme. (Alternate between “Now” and “Next” with the left/ right buttons); Name and number of the channel; F
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The Radio button Pressing the button once gives you a menu where you can change the spoken language in the present TV programme. (Only if more than one language is transmitted). Pressing the button twice will lead to the specific Audio Chan- nel mode. The display on your Mediamaster and on the TV screen will show the name of the audio channel you are listen- ing to. While in audio mode, you can press the “i” button to get ex- tended information (if transmitted) about the audio programme. Retu
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List of TV channels and Radio channels During viewing TV or listening to Radio channels, you get a pro- gramme list onto the screen by pressing the OK button. If you have made yourself a favourite list of frequently visited channels you can alter between “All channels” and “Favourites” with the Left/Right buttons. (How to make a Favourite list will be described further on in this Manual). You can change to another channel by stepping with the UP/ DOWN buttons and then press the OK button. To mov
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Analogue Receiver If you have an Analogue Receiver connected and turn it ON, the programmes from that receiver will be shown. With the TV but- ton on the Mediamaster’s remote control you can toggle between channels from the analogue receiver and terrestrial TV channels. The display on the Mediamaster indicates TV during the watch- ing of terrestrial channels, and SAT during watching of channels from the analogue receiver. When the analogue receiver is turned OFF, you can toggle be- tween channel
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Settings from the Main Menu How to show the Main Menu Press the MENU button and you will get the Main Menu on the TV screen. Press the TV button to leave the menu. Submenus from the Main Menu If you select one of the highlighted titles and press the OK but- ton, a submenu will be shown on the TV screen. From a submenu you can adjust settings to your own require- ments. The TV Guide and Radio Guide These guides will give you an overview of programme informa- tion from the TV/Radio channels. Step
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CD From the CD menu you can control an external CD player con- nected to the SCSI socket. To use present and future CD-ROM applications, the player must have the following features: a) SCSI-2 connection b) support one of the following standards: CD-XA / CD-ROM / Video-CD / Photo CD Parental Control By pressing OK on the line “Parental Control” you will be re- quested to enter your PIN code. (Personal Identification Code). This code is set to 1234 by the factory. You will now get the menu from wh
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Installation Submenus Installation Select this Menu from the line “Installation” in the Main Menu. The submenu will give you the opportunity to change the prefer- ences performed during first time installation. You can also add features that were not included from the first time installation. Please note that helpful information for every line is given at the end of the menu. Cable Network settings From here you can add more channels (if available) from the Ca- ble Net by entering the necessary
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Create a Favourite List When you enter the line “Edit favourite list” in the Edit Channels menu you will get a submenu from where you can create a “fa- vourite list” containing e. g. the channels you most frequently watch. With the OK button, X-mark the channels you want to be included in the list. It is possible to make one list for TV channels and another one for Radio channels. Select list with the Left/Right buttons. (If you press the OK button during viewing TV or listening to ra- dio chann
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Receiver upgrade If your Service Provider has a new software version available for the Mediamaster, you can enter this menu and obtain informa- tion. If no software is available, you will get the message “No new software available”. During downloading periods you are prevented from changing any settings. The display will show “UPGRADE” during a download procedure. IMPORTANT! The update procedure may take up to one hour! DO NOT turn off the Mediamaster or disconnect the cable to the antenna input
