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SFT-503
SCI-503
Digital Satellite Receiver (FTA, CI)
Owner’s
Instructions
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 2 General Information Safety Precautions This STB has been manufactured to meet international safety standards. Please read the following safety precautions carefully before you handle the STB. MAIN SUPPLY Use only 90-250V AC 50/60Hz. CABLE Use standard certified cables to prevent any malfunction of the STB. LOCATION Locate the STB indoor. Locate STB away from potential hazards such as houseplants, lightning, raining and direct sunlight. CLEANING 1. Always disconn
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 3 General Information LIGHTNING 1. The STB must remain connected at all times to the main power supply and satellite dish. 2. However, Manufacture's instructions for safeguarding other equipment connected to the STB, TV set, etc., must be followed during lightning storms. 3. Ensure lightning protection devices for the terrestrial antenna, mains, and LNB are installed. SERVICING 1. Do not attempt to service this product yourself. 2. Refer all servicing to qualified
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 4 Contents Understanding the Remote Control Unit 1 ~ 2 Connecting Your Equipment 3 Front Panel 3 Rear Panel 4 Connection 5 ~ 6 Reference 7 ~ 8 Setting Up Your System 9 Menu Tree 9 Automatic Channel Search for a Satellite 10 Manual Channel Search for Transponder 10 NIT channel search 11 Basic Function 11 ~ 12 Menu Operation 13 Main Menu 13 Channel List 14 Program Guide 15 Channel Control 16 Edit Channel List 16 Edit Favorite TV/Radio Channels 17 Edit Lock Channel 1
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 5 Contents Installation 19 DiSEqC Mode 20 Channel Search 21 Rename Satellite 21 Automatic Channel Search 22 Manual Channel Search 23 NIT Channel Search 24 Parental Lock 25 Receiver Lock 25 Change PIN Code 26 Factory Reset 26 Delete Whole Channel 26 System Setting 27 Utillity 28 ~ 29 Common Interface 30 Troubleshooting 31 Technical specifications 32 ~ 33
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 6 Understanding the Remote Control Unit Remote Control Unit (RCU) 14 NUMERIC STANDBY 13 7 EPG SOUND 1 4 TV/RADIO TIME 3 5 INFORMATION SUBTITLE(option) 2 6 BACK MENU 8 11 CHANNEL LEFT/RIGHT 19 UP/DOWN PAGE UP/DOWN OK 9 10 VOLUME UP/DOWN EXIT 12 FAVORITE 15 (F1,F2,F3,F4) TV/SAT 16 18 MUTE 17 PAUSE SLEEP(option) TEXT (option) 1
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 7 Understanding the Remote Control Unit 1 SOUND 12 EXIT Selects the sound track list for the current Returns to the viewing mode from a menu. service. 13 STANDBY 2 SUBTITLE (RED) Switches between Operation and Standby Used to change satellite at channel mode. control menu. 14 NUMERIC 3 TIME (GREEN) Used to select the service and enter the channel Displays the current time on the right side information and PIN Code. of the screen . 15 FAVORITE (F1,F2,F3,F4) 4 TV/R
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 8 Connecting Your Equipment Front Panel 12 3 45 6 7 1 STANDBY Switches between Operation and Standby mode. 2 MENU Displays the Main Menu on the screen or returns to the previous memu. 3 CLEAR Returns to the viewing mode from a menu (in menu mode). 4 CH UP/DOWN Use to tune to the next or previous channel. Use to move up or down highlight marked Cursor. 5 VOL UP/DOWN Use to increase or decrease the volume. Use to move left or right highlight marked Cursor . 6 OK Use
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 9 Connecting Your Equipment Rear Panel 12 3 4 5 6 8 7 9 10 11 1 ANT IN Connect to TV ANT input 2 TV OUT Connect to TV or VCR via a coaxial cable. 3 RS232 Connect to a PC for S/W upgrade. 4 VCR SCART Connect this socket to that of VCR via scart cable. (SFT-503E only) 5 TV SCART Connect this socket to that of TV via scart cable. (SFT-503E only) 6 0V / 12V Connect 12V to an external 0V/12V switch. 7 VIDEO Connect video to TV using RCA jack. 8 AUDIO Connect audio R/L to
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 10 Connecting Your Equipment Connection There are several ways of connecting the STB to your existing Audio/TV system. We recommend using one of the following connection cases for best results: 1. TV only 1. Connect one end of RCA/Cinch cable to the RCA/Cinch jack on the back of the STB and the other end to a RCA/Cinch jack on your TV. If your TV doesn’t have a RCA/Cinch jack, connect one end of RF cable to the TV OUT on the back of the STB and the other end to a
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 11 Connecting Your Equipment Connection 3. TV with Terrestrial antenna 1. Connect one end of RCA/Cinch cable to the RCA/Cinch jack on the back of the STB and the other end to a RCA/Cinch jack on your TV. If your TV doesn’t have a RCA/Cinch jack, connect one end of RF cable to the TV (To RCA/Cinch on your TV) OUT on the back of the STB (If your TV doesn’t RCA / Cinch Jack) and the other end to a RF input jack on your TV. 2. Connect one end of RF cable to
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 12 Connecting Your Equipment Reference DiSEqC 1.0 Connection All our receivers are designed to be DiSEqC 1.0 and DiSEqC 1.2 compatible. This allows multiple antennas to be connected to the STB at the same time. If you have two or more fixed antennas or LNBs then we recommend you use a DiSEqC 1.0 switch. Connect the coaxial cable from the first LNB to the LNB 1 or LNB A input connector of the DiSEqC switch. Do the same for any other LNBs that you have. Connect one
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 13 Connecting Your Equipment 7. Then, upgrading starts, the PC will shows the progress in window, and the and appears on the front LED of the STB. 8. When the upgrading is completed, appears. 9. Then, you have to power off and on for running new software. 10. You can check correct upgrading by comparing software version in system information of system setting menu (page27). Front Panel Display Message KEY & DISPLAY The message of the 7-segment LED
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 14 Setting Up Your System Menu Tree 9
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 15 Setting Up Your System Automatic Channel Search for a Satellite You can automatically detect and save all TV, Radio channels of a Satellite as follows: • Connect STB to all peripheral devices. System Connection Power On • Turn on the power of STB and other devices. • Enter your PIN Code. (Initial PIN Code is “0000”) Main Menu/Installation • Select Automatic Search in Search Mode. • Select the satellite which you want to search by pressing the Red button.
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 16 Setting Up Your System NIT Channel Search You can automatically detect and save all TV, Radio channels of a satellite as follows: • Enter your PIN code. Main Menu/Installation • Select NIT Search in Search Mode. • Select the NIT of satellite which you want to search. • Press , and STB will automatically search all Channel Search / NIT TV/Radio channels using NIT and save them into channel List. N No ot te e : If NIT information is not properly broadcaste
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 17 Setting Up Your System Volume Control / Mute Use the VOL button to control the volume. When the volume is adjusted under the MUTE button holding pressed, the Mute feature cannot be cancelled. Press the MUTE button once again to cancel. Sound Track The Audio control menu appears when the Sound button on the remote control is pressed on the channel having different types of sounds. Use the buttons on the remote control to select the sound you want. Use the
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 18 Menu Operation Main Menu 1. Turn on TV and your STB, after you have connected all peripheral devices to it. 2. Press the Menu button of the RCU. You will see the "Main Menu" on the TV screen as follow: 3. You can move into the desired submenu using buttons. 4. Press to confirm your selection. 5. Press the button to return to previous menu. Or press the button to quit the Menu System completely. Main menu shows the following infor
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 19 Menu Operation Channel List TV and Radio Channel List This menu helps you to easily select the channel that you want to watch. The channel list can be constructed independently for each Satellite, Channel Control, TV or Radio. 1. Select "Channel List" in"Main Menu". Then you will get a "Channel List" as follows. You can get the information of channel number, channel name, and the program is scrambled(S). 2. To watch a specific channel, first select
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user's 4/9/01 3:24 PM Page 20 Menu Operation Program Guide Your STB has an Electronic Program Guide(EPG) to help you navigate programs through all the possible viewing options. The TV Guide supplies information such as program listings and starting and ending times for all available programs. == Select Program Guide in Main Menu or press the EPG button of RCU and the Program Guide screen will be displayed. 1. Now / Next EPG == Shows the titles of the Now and Next Program on different ch
