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SFT-202
Digital Satellite Receiver
Instruction manual
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Table of Contents 1. Safety and precautions 2 2. Accessories 3 3. System Connection 4 4. Front Panel 5 5. Rear Panel 6 6. Remote Control Unit 7 7. Quick Start 8 8. Downloading Channels 9 9. Viewing your channels 10 10. Multi-satellite 10 11. Favourite Channels 11 12. Electronic Programme Guide(EPG) 11 13. Selecting different audio channels 12 14. Additional Information 13 15. Parental Control 14 16. Parental Lock ` 14 17. Advanced users guide 16 18. Tu
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Safety and Precautions: Thank you for purchasing the new SAMSUNG digital satellite receiver. For your safety and proper operation of your receiver, please take time reading this manual fully before installing and operating the receiver. Safety notice: DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK! Lethal voltages are present inside the unit. Always unplug the receiver completely from mains outlet before connecting or disconnecting anything. No user-serviceable parts inside. Please refer all ser
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I Accessories: User Manual: 1 Batteries: 2 UHF TV cable: 1 Remote Control Unit: 1 RADIO TV SAT LANG TV INFO MUTE C H VOL VOL OK C H MENU ESC 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 7 0 SIGNAL HELP F1 F2 3
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System Connection: Please unplug all unites from mains outlet before installation. Once all connections are made please check again before connecting the equipment to the mains outlet. The following shows a typical installation of a satellite receiver. If you require further assistance for the installation of your satellite receiver, please contact your local distributor. 4
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Front Panel: A B C D A F E A. Standby: To switch the receiver on / off. B. Menu: To enter the main menu. C. Volume +/-: To increase or decrease volume level. D. Exit: To back step or exit from menu. E. Display: Displays channel mode and channel number (see below*). F. Channel +/-: To change channels or move cursor in menu. * Display modes: The current viewing mode is displayed by your receiver: Mode: Menu info bar: Front panel LED display: TV TV icon + Channel. No. Channel
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Rear Panel: Please refer to the diagram above for all the connection possibilities of your receiver. Do not connect the unit to the mains socket until all other connections have been made and checked. IF Input: Connect the cable from your dish to this connector. Loop Out: If you have a second satellite receiver, connect the second satellite receiver’s LNB input to this connector. TV: Connect your TV UHF input to this connector. ANT: Connect your TV antenna to this connector-only in
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I Remote Control Unit: To switch to the second Soundtrack/ language By-Pass SCART priority VCR loop through Display radio channel list To display channel status or current or next channel information in EPG mode RADIO TV SAT LANG TV INFO Display TV channel list MUTE To mute the sound CH To switch your receiver on from VOL VOL OK stand by or off to stand by CH MENU ESC To change channels in view To change volume, or to move mode, or to move cursor up or 2 3 1 cursor left, right in menu down in m
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Quick Start: After initialisation, the Language selection screen will be displayed. By using the LEFT/RIGHT keys, you may select the different menu languages available. Once you have English Select Menu Language selected the desired menu language, press OK to continue with set-up. After selecting the menu language, the receiver will display the Channel Tuning Menu: (Menu, Channel Setup, OK) LNB A1 Preset Setup Satellite Satellite Preset Entry: Hotbird – 13.0E Frequency 11720 Sym. Rate Move the c
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Downloading Channels: With a “Signal Found” message displayed the signal meters in the Channel Tuning Menu,and depending on whether you have selected a Satellite or Bouquet search. Press the OK key to begin auto search (Satellite, Network or Bouquet). A uto C hannel Search Astra 19.2E 89 17 TV channels Radio channels Sky 1 BBC1 CNN Virgin Radio NBC ITN Movies 1 Sky news Searching 11.381 GHz … The AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH screen will now be displayed: Please wait for the receiver to
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Viewing your channels: There are several ways to access the stored channels: Using the UP/DOWN keys on the remote handset to access the channels sequentially. Using the numeric keys (0-9) by typing the channel number to access the channels directly. Using the TV key on your handset to display the TV channel list. Use the UP/DOWN keys to move the cursor to highlight the desired channel, then press OK to view that channel. You may also use the LEFT/RIGHT keys to skip to the next or previous pag
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Favourite Channels: Before you can use the “Favourite Channels List”, you must first add your favourite channels into the favourites list. Please refer to the instructions below: 1 Discovery 1. In view mode press the TV button to display the TV channel list. 2. You will now see the TV listing with your current channel highlighted. 3. Press the FAVOURITES key (heart shape) to add a favourite icon next to the channel name. This channel will be added to the “Favourites List”. To add more chann
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Selecting different audio channels: In digital satellite broadcasts, multiple audio languages can be simultaneously transmitted by the programme provider. Default audio setting: The user can first select a default audio language via the “Preferences” menu for the receiver. Once the default audio language has been stored, all newly found TV/Radio channels will then be stored with the selected default audio language. Multi-Channel Audio: The broadcasters may transmit more than one language for any
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Additional Information: When viewing a programme, pressing the info key will display the information banner. SAMSUNG Note: If the receiver was previously working on a channel and the “No Signal” icon appears, you may have one of the following problems: Signal Signal degraded heavily by poor weather Channel no longer broadcasting and no carrier Data was detected. Dish not aligned to the correct satellite Use INFO key for diagnostic info. LNB power switched off in the menu Faulty cable or LNB. The
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Parental Control: To restrict unauthorised access to your receiver, two types of parental lock are provided: Channel Lock: This provides channel “lock out” facility to restrict the access of adult programme material. Menu Lock: This will lock out the access of both the Channel Tuning and Installation menus from unauthorised users. This will reinforce the Channel Lock as it also prevents other users from re-tuning channels that are known to contain adult material. P. Lock To access the Parental C
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Changing the PIN: The factory default PIN is set to: 0000. At any time the user may change this PIN code by accessing the “Change PIN” menu: OFF Channel Lock Menu Lock OFF Enter new PIN: Confirm: Lock/Unlock Channels Change PIN Note: Channel Lock is only effective if Installation/Channel Setup menus are also locked with Menu Lock To change the PIN code, enter in the new PIN into the New PIN box and re-enter the same PIN again in the
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Advanced users guide: Tuning to different channel frequencies: If the satellite you desire is not in the Preset listing, or you want to tune the receiver to a different set of channels, please follow the instructions below: A1 To access the tuning menu, press the Menu key: LNB Setup Satellite Preset Satellite Astra-19.2E Move the cursor to Channel Setup and press OK. 11720 Press OK on Tuning to access the Tuning Menu Frequence 27500 Sym. Rate Press F1 to enter the Manual Tuning Menu. Hor 18v P
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Tuning Modes: Auto Tuning From the select frequencies, the receiver will automatically search for all other frequencies within the tuning range and downloads them automatically into the receiver. Once the channels have been downloaded, all the TV and Radio channels will be displayed separately allowing the user to inspect them and decide whether they are to be stored or aborted. This option is not available in Manual tuning mode (F1). Network and Bouquet Tuning Within a digital broadcast transmi
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Setup Satellite: If your desired satellite position is not on the Preset List, you can manually edit an existing satellite or add a new satellite name to the preset list. To add a new satellite to your list, you must first enter the channel tuning mode: Press Menu, Channel Setup, OK: A1 LNB Preset Setup Satellite From the Channel tuning menu press F1 Satellite Astra – 19.2E to enter manual tuner mode. Frequence 11720 Sym. Rate 27500 You will now see a Setup Satellite button on Polarity Hor 1
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Editing channels: Should you wish to modify or view details of a particular channel, you may do so by using the Edit Channel Details menu. Please note that apart from editing the channel name, editing any of the channel parameters will cause the channel to either be lost or changed (different audio/video). This menu is best used for checking channel parameters downloaded from the broadcaster. Name To access the Edit Channel Details menu: LNB A1 PIDs in Hex Press the MENU key, select Channel
