AL Tech VAST DSR4639 User manual

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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 LOOP THROUGH CONNECTION:(IMPORTANT )..............................................11
WITHOUT THIS LOOPED CONNECTION THE PVR WILL NOT FUNCTION................................11
NOW CONNECT TO TV SET VIA THE FOLLOWING CONNECTION OPTIONS............................12
4.2 OPTION A: AV CONNECTORS (STANDARD DEFINITION TV)...............................12
4.3 OPTION B: HDMI CONNECTOR (HIGH DEFINITION TV) .....................................12
4.4 OPTION C: HDMI CONNECTOR (AV HOME THEATRE SYSTEM AND
A HIGH DEFINITION TV)................................................................................................12
4.5 QUICK START GUIDE FOR EXISTING AURORA/DSD4121 OR
OTHER VASTINSTALLATION.........................................................................................13
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
8DSR4639 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 POPUP .........................................................................................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 AUTO-TUNE 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.......................................20
10.1 TURNING ON SUBTITLES/CLOSED CAPTIONS....................................................20
10.2 TURNING OFF SUBTITLES OR CLOSED CAPTIONS..............................................20
11 TV GUIDE......................................................................................21
11.1 8DAYS OF INFORMATION................................................................................21
11.2 DATA LOADING..............................................................................................22
11.3 MOVING AROUND THE EPG............................................................................22
12 MENU............................................................................................22
12.1 LAUNCHING THE MENU ..................................................................................22
12.2 MOVING AROUND THE MENU..........................................................................22
12.3 CHANGE MENU SETTINGS..............................................................................23
12.4 DISH INSTALLATION MENU .............................................................................23
12.5 TO CONFIGURE THE LNB ...............................................................................24
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 TIME-SHIFT OPTION.......................................................................................30
12.17 RECORDING OFFSETS ...................................................................................30
12.18 JUMP SETTINGS ............................................................................................31
12.19 FORMAT HARD DRIVE....................................................................................31
12.20 HARD DRIVE INFORMATION ............................................................................32

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13 RECORDING MODES ..................................................................33
13.1 INSTANT RECORD ..........................................................................................33
13.2 TV GUIDE (EPG) RECORD .............................................................................34
13.3 CHAIN RECORD (EPISODE CHAIN RECORDING )...............................................34
13.4 TIMEBASED RECORD......................................................................................35
13.5 TO SCHEDULE A TIME BASED RECORDING:.......................................................36
14 CONFLICTS ..................................................................................37
14.1 2RECORDINGS AT A TIME MAXIMUM...............................................................37
15 TIME SHIFTING............................................................................38
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 TIME-SHIFT LIST..........................................................................43
18.1 VIEWING.......................................................................................................43
18.2 SAVING TIME-SHIFT PROGRAMS .....................................................................43
18.3 DELETE EVENT .............................................................................................43
18.4 SORTING ......................................................................................................43
18.5 GROUPING....................................................................................................44
19 ETHERNET ...................................................................................44

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20 MHEG-5.........................................................................................44
20.1 NOTE:APOTENTIAL APPLICATION THAT MAYBE AVAILABLE ON
THE PLATFORM............................................................................................................44
21 TROUBLESHOOTING ..................................................................44
21.1 HARD DRIVE IS FULL......................................................................................44
21.2 TIME BASED RECORDING WON’T SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF
INVALID VALUES ..........................................................................................................45
21.3 MY CHAIN RECORDING DOESN’T RECORD.......................................................45
22 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS...........................................45
22.1 HOW MANY HOURS CAN IRECORD?...............................................................45
22.2 HOW DO IERASE ALL THE PROGRAMS IN THE PLAYLIST?................................45
22.3 CAN IVIEW SUBTITLES ON APLAYBACK?.......................................................46

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1 INTRODUCTION
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. ( see 4 )
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 operation.
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
Press to Reboot 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 via the supplied power pack
2
LNB IN
Connect to the satellite signal from the dish via the F-connector
3
LNB Out
Loop out for connecting to LNB IN ( 2 )
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
(Red/Green/Blue)
Connects to the YPbPr inputs on TV ( Component Video )
11
Composite Video ( yellow )
Connects to the video inputs on TV
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4 INSTALLING AND CONNECTING THE PVR
4.1 LOOP THROUGH CONNECTION:(IMPORTANT )
4.1.1 Connect the Loop through F-F connector on LNB1 out to LNB 2
in –see the below picture
WITHOUT THIS LOOPED CONNECTION THE PVR WILL
NOT FUNCTION.
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NOW CONNECT TO TV SET VIA THE FOLLOWING
CONNECTION OPTIONS
4.2 OPTION A: AV CONNECTORS (STANDARD DEFINITION
TV)
4.2.1 Connect the satellite signal to the LNB IN input (#2) on the decoder
4.2.2 Connect the Audio / Video cables to the audio (#9) and video (#11) outputs on
the decoder and then to the audio and video inputs on the TV or home theatre
system.
4.3 OPTION B: HDMI CONNECTOR (HIGH DEFINITION TV)
4.3.1 Connect the satellite feed to the LNB input (#2) on the decoder
4.3.2 Connect a High Definition cable to the HDMI connector (#8), and then connect
the other end of the cable to the HDMI connector on the TV.
4.4 OPTION C: HDMI CONNECTOR (AV HOME THEATRE
SYSTEM AND A HIGH DEFINITION TV)
4.4.1 Connect the satellite feed to the LNB IN input (#2) on the decoder
4.4.2 Connect a High Definition cable to the HDMI connector (#8), and then connect
the other end of the cable to the HDMI input connector of the AV home theatre
system.
4.4.3 Then connect the output HDMI of the AV home theatre system to the TV.
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4.5 QUICK START GUIDE FOR EXISTING AURORA/DSD4121 OR
OTHER VAST INSTALLATION
4.5.1 Remove decoder from packaging.
4.5.2 Insert supplied batteries into the remote control.
4.5.3 Ensure you have connected the loop cable as per 4.1.1
4.5.4 Connect to existing TV and satellite dish to the back of the PVR.
4.5.5 Power up the PVR and wait while the PVR starts up.
4.5.5 If the PVR does not scan first time, Press help & follow installation prompts to
change LNB settings.
4.5.6 PVR should lock to service and display video.
5 SMART CARD
The smart card is paired to this PVR which means that this smart card cannot be used in any
other PVR. The smart card is owned & controlled by the network operator. Activation of a
smart card is subject to conditions set out by the operator.
6 RESTORING TO FACTORY DEFAULTS
Resetting to factory defaults can be useful if you have changed some settings and lost some
functions. Resetting will restore the decoder back to its original configuration and all
personalised settings will be reversed. The only setting that is not reset is the LNB setting.
Please manually edit this setting to the desired value. Refer to Page 25
6.1 PIN NUMBER
6.1.1 The default pin number is 1234.

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7 REMOTE CONTROL
Standby
Playlist hot key
Scheduled list hot key
Time-shift list hot key
Media hot key
Closed captions/
Subtitles
PVR menu
Play
Stop
Record
Pause
Rewind
Fast forward
Jump back
Jump forward
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7.1 PVR REMOTE CONTROL BUTTON FUNCTIONS
NOTE: WHEN KEYS ARE PRESSED IT IS ASSUMED THEY WILL BE PRESSED ON
THE REMOTE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
BUTTON
FUNCTION
PVR
Launches the PVR Menu. From here you can access the
Playlist, Scheduled List and Time-shift list.
RECORD
Pressing the record button when watching live TV will record
the current program. The recording will automatically stop
when the program finishes.
FAST FORWARD
Use this button to fast forward a recorded program or when
viewing behind live.
Pressing the button repeatedly will increase the speed to a
maximum of 30x speed.
REWIND
Use this button to rewind a recorded program or when
viewing behind live.
Pressing the button repeatedly will increase the speed to a
maximum of 30x speed.
JUMP BACKWARDS
Use this button to jump backwards when watching a
recorded program or viewing behind live.
The jump settings are configurable in the PVR Setup menu.
JUMP FORWARD
Use this button to jump forward when watching a recorded
program or viewing behind live.
The jump settings are configurable in the PVR Setup menu.
STOP
STOP will end the viewing of a recorded program and return
you to the playlist.
STOP can also be used to jump back to live if you are
viewing behind live.
PLAY
Press the button to resume playing back behind live.
PAUSE
Pressing this button will pause live TV. This button is also
used to pause while watching a recorded program.
CLOSED CAPTIONS
This button turns on subtitles. Subtitles will be displayed on
programs that contain subtitle information.
TV/RADIO
Press this button once to switch between TV and radio
services. Hold the button down to launch the bouquet popup
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8 DSR4639 DECODER FEATURES AND MENU
8.1 I-PLATE
The information plate (I-Plate) displays information about the current and next event at the
bottom of the screen.
TheI-Plate can be launched by pressing the ”I” button on the remote.
8.2 CHANGING CHANNELS
8.2.1 To change to a different channel either:
8.2.2 Press the “CH+”or “CH-”buttons on the remote to change the channel to the
next/previous channel respectively, or
8.2.3 When the I-Plate is open, press the “LEFT/RIGHT” arrow buttons on the remote.
This allows you to browse the program information of the other channels without
changing the channel you are presently viewing. Press OK to switch to that
channel
NOTE: The I-Plate will only timeout when changing channels from the “CH+”or “CH-”button. If
you have manually opened the I-Plate, the “EXIT” button must be pressed to remove it.

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8.3 I-PLATE EXTENDED MODE
The extended I-Plate displays a short description about the currently selected I-Plate
programme, see screen below
8.4 REMINDER POPUP
There are two types of reminders, a banner reminder and an Auto-tune reminder. Reminders
are used to notify you when a program is about to start.
8.5 HOW TO SET A REMINDER
8.5.1 To set a reminder, highlight the program you want to be reminded about using
either the I-plate or the TV Guide. Press the “OK” button.
8.5.2 “B” will appear next to the program name. This indicates a banner reminder has
been set.
8.5.3 Pressing the “OK’ button again will change the “B” to an “A” next to the program
name. This indicates an Auto tune reminder has been set.
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8.6 HOW TO DELETE A REMINDER
8.6.1 Pressing the “OK’ a third time on the program will remove the “A” next to the
program name. The reminder has been deleted.
8.7 EXAMPLE OF A BANNER REMINDER
8.7.1 A banner reminder will display a pop-up 30 seconds before the start of the
programme for which the reminder is set.
8.7.2 Pressing OK when this message is on the screen will change the channel to the
reminder program.
Pressing EXIT will remove the message
8.8 EXAMPLE OF AN AUTO-TUNE REMINDER
8.8.1 An Auto-tune reminder tunes the decoder to the reminder channel when the
programme starts.
8.8.2 There is a 5 second alert before changing channel so that you can cancel the
reminder if you are watching something else.
8.8.3 Cancel the reminder by pressing the “EXIT” button.
8.8.4 Tune immediately to the selected programme by pressing the “OK” button, if you
do nothing, the decoder will automatically tune to the reminder channel.

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9 VOLUME AND MUTE
9.1 VOLUME UP AND DOWN
9.1.1 Volume can be controlled by the VOL+ and VOL- buttons on the remote or on
the front of the PVR unit.
9.2 VOLUME MUTE
9.2.1 Press the mute button to mute the sound and press it again to un-mute.
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10 SUBTITLES AND CLOSED CAPTIONS
10.1 TURNING ON SUBTITLES/CLOSED CAPTIONS
10.1.1 There is a menu option to enable subtitles. This can be found in the settings
menu.
10.1.2 Also it can be enabled using the remote by pressing the “CC” (Closed captions)
button on the remote
10.2 TURNING OFF SUBTITLES OR CLOSED CAPTIONS
10.2.1 Press the “CC” button again to turn off subtitles
10.2.2 Or change the setting in the menu