AL Tech VAST DSR4639 User manual

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VAST DSR4639
USER MANUAL

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© Copyright 2012 Altech UEC (Pty) Ltd
Warranty Details:
Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the
Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund
for a major failure and for compensation for any other reasonably
foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods
repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the
failure does not amount to a major failure.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1INTRODUCTION.............................................................................8
1.1 CONTENTS......................................................................................................8
2FRONT PANEL ...............................................................................9
3BACK PANEL................................................................................10
4INSTALLING AND CONNECTING THE PVR...............................11
4.1 QUICK START GUIDE FOR EXISTING AURORA INSTALLATIONS.............................11
4.2 LOOP THROUGH CONNECTION.........................................................................11
4.3 OPTION A: AV CONNECTOR (STANDARD DEFINITION TV).................................12
4.4 OPTION C: HDMI CONNECTOR (HIGH DEFINITION TV).....................................12
5SMART CARD...............................................................................13
6RESTORING TO FACTORY DEFAULTS.....................................13
6.1 PIN NUMBER........................................................................................................13
7REMOTE CONTROL.....................................................................14
7.1 PVR REMOTE CONTROL BUTTON FUNCTIONS...................................................15
NOTE: WHEN KEYS ARE PRESSED IT IS ASSUMED THEY WILL BE PRESSED
ON THE REMOTE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED................................................................15
8DSD4121 DECODER FEATURES AND MENU............................16
8.1 I-PLATE ........................................................................................................16
8.2 CHANGING CHANNELS ...................................................................................16
8.3 I-PLATE EXTENDED MODE .............................................................................17
8.4 REMINDER POPUPS .......................................................................................17
8.5 HOW TO SET A REMINDER...............................................................................17
8.6 HOW TO DELETE A REMINDER.........................................................................18
8.7 EXAMPLE OF A BANNER REMINDER.................................................................18
8.8 EXAMPLE OF AN AUTOTUNE REMINDER...........................................................18

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9VOLUME AND MUTE....................................................................19
9.1 VOLUME UP AND DOWN..................................................................................19
9.2 VOLUME MUTE..............................................................................................19
10 SUBTITLES AND CLOSED CAPTIONS.......................................19
10.1 TURNING ON SUBTITLES/CLOSED CAPTIONS....................................................19
10.2 TURNING OFF SUBTITLES OR CLOSED CAPTIONS..............................................20
11 TV GUIDE......................................................................................20
11.1 8DAYS OF INFORMATION................................................................................20
11.2 DATA LOADING..............................................................................................21
11.3 MOVING AROUND THE EPG............................................................................21
12 MENU............................................................................................22
12.1 LAUNCHING THE MENU ..................................................................................22
12.2 MOVING AROUND THE MENU..........................................................................22
12.3 CHANGE MENU SETTINGS..............................................................................22
12.4 DISH INSTALLATION MENU .............................................................................23
12.5 TO CONFIGURE THE LNB ...............................................................................23
12.6 TO RESCAN ..................................................................................................24
12.7 TV INSTALLATION..........................................................................................24
12.8 USER SETTINGS............................................................................................25
12.9 TIME ZONE....................................................................................................25
12.10 RESET TO FACTORY DEFAULTS.......................................................................26
12.11 USB UPGRADE .............................................................................................26
12.12 INFORMATION................................................................................................27
12.13 PARENTAL CONTROL.....................................................................................28
12.14 CHANGE PARENTAL PIN.................................................................................29
12.15 PVR SETTINGS.............................................................................................30
12.16 TIMESHIFT OPTION........................................................................................30
12.17 RECORDING OFFSETS ...................................................................................30
12.18 JUMP SETTINGS ............................................................................................31
12.19 FORMAT HARD DRIVE....................................................................................31
12.20 HARD DRIVE INFORMATION ............................................................................32
13 RECORDING.................................................................................33
13.1 INSTANT RECORD ..........................................................................................33

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13.2 TV GUIDE (EPG) RECORD .............................................................................34
13.3 CHAIN RECORD.............................................................................................34
13.4 TIMEBASED RECORD......................................................................................35
13.5 TO SCHEDULE A TIMEBASED RECORDING: .......................................................36
14 CONFLICTS ..................................................................................37
14.1 2RECORDINGS AT A TIME MAXIMUM...............................................................37
15 TIMESHIFTING.............................................................................37
15.1 ON PAUSE....................................................................................................38
15.2 ALWAYS ON..................................................................................................38
15.3 VIEWING PAUSE BUFFER AND RECORDING......................................................39
16 PLAYLIST......................................................................................40
16.1 PLAYBACK ....................................................................................................40
16.2 DELETE EVENT .............................................................................................41
16.3 SORTING ......................................................................................................41
16.4 GROUPING....................................................................................................41
17 SCHEDULED LIST........................................................................42
17.1 VIEWING.......................................................................................................42
17.2 DELETE EVENT .............................................................................................42
17.3 SORTING ......................................................................................................42
17.4 GROUPING....................................................................................................43
17.5 TIMEBASED RECORDING ................................................................................43
18 TIMESHIFT LIST...........................................................................43
18.1 VIEWING.......................................................................................................43
18.2 SAVING TIMESHIFT PROGRAMS ......................................................................43
18.3 DELETE EVENT .............................................................................................43
18.4 SORTING ......................................................................................................43
18.5 GROUPING....................................................................................................44
19 MEDIA PLAYER............................................................................44
20 ETHERNET ...................................................................................44
21 MHEG............................................................................................44

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22 TROUBLESHOOTING ..................................................................45
22.1 HARD DRIVE IS FULL......................................................................................45
22.2 TIMEBASED RECORDING WON’T SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF
INVALID VALUES ..........................................................................................................45
22.3 MY CHAIN RECORDING DOESN’T RECORD.......................................................45
23 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS...........................................46
23.1 HOW MANY HOURS CAN IRECORD?...............................................................46
23.2 HOW DO IERASE ALL THE PROGRAMS IN THE PLAYLIST?................................46
23.3 CAN IVIEW SUBTITLES ON APLAYBACK?.......................................................46

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1 INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the VAST PVR4639.
1.1 CONTENTS
1.1.1 An Altech UEC remote control.
1.1.2 2 x AA batteries.
1.1.3 12 v Power supply adapter with fig 8 power lead.
1.1.4 AV cable
1.1.5 Component video (YPbPr) cable
1.1.6 F-F loop through cable.
1.1.7 User manual

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2 FRONT PANEL
1
STANDBY Button
Switches the decoder between ON and STANDBY modes.
2
Smartcard Slot
Behind the Front Panel Cover.
3
LEDs
Bi-colour
RED/GREEN
AMBER GREEN
Indicates response to remote control commands and/or error mode
RED = Decoder in standby mode or an error condition has occurred.
GREEN = Normal operations.
Flashes = when there are incoming messages
Flashes = when RCU command received.
4
Front Panel Release
Opens the front panel when pulled.
5
Front Panel
LED Display
Displays the time (Standby Mode) or displays the selected
TV channel. Front panel with display “REC” if there is a recording
in progress
6
6
VOL<
Decreases the volume level.
7
VOL˃
Increases the volume level.
8
8
CH˃
Changes to the next available channel.
9
CH˃
Changes to the previous available channel.
10
OK
Accepts the selection.
11
RESET
Reboots the decoder, i.e. if decoder freezes etc.
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3 BACK PANEL
1
Power Input connector
Connect to your home AC mains outlet
2
LNB IN
Connect to the LNB on dish
3
LNB Out
Connect to second LNB IN
4
R J45
Connects to Ethernet (currently disabled in this version)
5
S/PDIF (Coaxial
connector)
Connects to the Digital Audio coaxial input on TV or AV Home Theater System
6
TOSLINK (Optical
connector)
Connects to the Digital Audio optical input on TV or AV Home Theater System
7
USB
Connects to USB device (for software upgrade)
8
HDMI
Connects to the high definition (HDMI) input on TV or AV home theatre
system
9
Audio = Left & Right
Connects to the analog audio inputs on TV
10
Video =YPbPr
Connects to the YPbPr inputs on TV
11
Composite Video
Connects to the video inputs on TV
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