Digital Devices DuoFlex C/T User manual

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Installation Instructions
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Contents:
Page
1.
Safety Considerations
3
2.
Operating Safety
3
3.
Installation
-
Precautions
3
4.
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC/EMI)
3
5.
Cleaning
4
6.
Data Backup
4
7.
Installation of a DuoFlex C/T DVB Card
4
8.
Installation of a Common Interface
(CI)
7
9.
Driver Installation
8
10.
Channel List Creation
9
11.
DVB Cine Config Tool
10
12.
Hard are Setup in Windo s
®
Media Center (MCE)
1
5
13.
DVB
-
C channel/transponder search in Windo s® Media
Center
22
14.
Troubleshooting
2
5
15.
Electromagnetic Measurement
and Declaration of Conformity
2
6
16.
Expa
nsion Options ith Examples
2
7
17.
Technical Dra ings
2
8

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1. Safety Considerations
•Please read the follo ing safety instructions carefully to ensure reliable operation and
long life of your TV card.
•Protect your TV card and the PC from moisture, dust, heat and direct sunlight at all
times to avoid the risk of damage and malfunction.
•Keep this manual ithin reach of your PC for easy access at all times.
•Resellers - please pass these instructions on to your end-customer.
2. Operating Safety
•Follo this advice and the instructions carefully.
•The TV card should be installed by a properly qualified technician or a person ith
relevant kno ledge and expertise.
•Before installing the TV card, disconnect the PC from the mains po er supply. Failure to
do so could lead to serious injury and/or damage.
•This TV card is intended only for use in a PC and to be po ered via PCI Express bus.
•Do not try to ork through slots or other openings in your PC ith tools. Doing so could
cause an electrical short circuit and/or fire.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage the internal components of a PC. Any changes to
the system, including enhancements and upgrades, should be carried out at an ESD-
protected orkplace.
If such a orkplace is not available, use an anti-static rist strap or maintain constant
physical contact ith a highly conductive metal body.
No liability ill be accepted for damage caused by ESD as a result of improper handling.
Please contact your supplier if you have any of the follo ing technical problems ith your
TV card:-
•Your TV card has come into contact ith liquid.
•The TV card is not orking properly.
Never let children play unsupervised near electrical equipment.
They are too young to recognize the hazards.
. Installation - Precautions
•Follo ing receipt of your TV card, allo it to arm to room temperature before starting
the installation procedure to avoid the risk of an electrical short circuit. High
temperatures and/or variations in humidity can cause condensation, hich can lead to
an electrical short.
•Site your PC on a flat, stable, vibration-free surface to avoid the risk of accident and
injury.
•Damage from electrical shock can be avoided only if ALL cables to external devices,
telephone net orks and mains po er are disconnected.
Most damage is caused by lightning strikes to telephone net orks and spikes in mains
voltage.
4. Electromagnetic Compatibility
•The guidelines for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) must be observed at all times
hen connecting the TV card.
•A minimum distance of 40 inches should be maintained from TVs, mobile phones,
speaker cabinets, etc. to avoid high frequency and magnetic interference.

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5. Cleaning
•The TV card does not require cleaning under normal operation.
•In the unlikely event that cleaning is required ensure all po er connectors and mains
cables are properly disconnected.
•The TV card has no serviceable parts. Protect it from contamination (see Safety
Considerations above) and do not use solvent, caustic or gaseous cleaning agents.
•If necessary, the external connectors of the TV card can be cleaned ith a soft, dry anti-
static cloth.
6. Data Backup
•Always make a backup copy of your data on a suitable external storage medium (CD,
floppy, Zip etc.) before and after updating.
•Claims for damages in respect of lost data and consequential losses arising from lost
data will not be accepted.
7. Installation of DuoFlex C/T DVB Card
(Please refer to the illustrations on the follo ing pages)
•Read the safety instructions for your PC and those on previous pages.
•Turn off the PC and all peripheral devices.
•Unplug the po er cable and remove all other external cables.
•Unscre and carefully remove the PC cover to gain access to the inside.
•Unscre the blank slot bracket from a free PCIe slot and remove it.
•2 slot brackets (full height & lo profile) are enclosed in the package.
•Carefully scre the appropriate slot bracket for your PC to the TV card.
•Holding the TV card by its edges, position it vertically over a free PCIe slot and insert it
into the slot.
•Scre the slot bracket of the TV card to the PC chassis.
•Plug the 20 pin flat ribbon cable to the connectors of the DuoFlex C/T and a bridge or
Cine TV card. (see illustrations on next page)
•Connect a standard 4 pin floppy po er connector to the connector at the rear of the TV
card
•Replace the PC cover and reconnect all cables.
•Connect the coaxial antenna cable(s) to the corresponding antenna connector(s) of the
TV card.
•The installation of your ne TV card ith its connections is no complete.
•Finally, connect the po er cable to the PC and s itch on the PC.
•Do not try to start the PC unless the PC cover is tightly refitted and secure
Illustration – DuoFlex C/T ith connectors
20
pin extension connectors
to Bridge or Cine DVB cards
IEC
antenna connectors
Full hei
ght bracket
Hole
for mounting the bracket,
lo profile / full height bracket
4 pin floppy
po er connector

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Please note the correct connection of PIN 1 (red data cable) of
the flat ribbon cable.
Connection to Cine C/T
Add:
1 Cine C/T = 4 DVB-C/T Tuners
Connection to Octopus LE Bridge
PIN 1 (red data cable) PIN 1 (red data cable)
Note:
The illustrated ‘K bracket’ for mounting the DuoFlex C/T ith a Cine C/T on a single slot bracket
is not included. This must be ordered separately.
Connector
:
TAB 1
Tuner 1+2
Connector
:
TAB 2
Tuner 3+4
Connector
:
TAB 3
Tuner 5+6
Connector:
TAB 3
Tuner 5+6
(details on next page)

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Connection to
Octopus PCIe Bridge
Connection to
Octopus LE PCIe Bridge
PIN 1 (red data cable) PIN 1 (red data cable)
Connection to
Octopus mini PCIe Bridge
Connection to
Mini PCIe Bridge
PIN 1 (red data cable) PIN 1 (red data cable)
Connector
:
TAB 1
Tuner 1+2
Connector
:
TAB 2
Tuner
3
+
4
Connector
:
TAB 3
Tuner 5+6
Connector
:
TAB 4
Tuner
7
+
8
Connector
:
TAB 1
Tuner 1+2
Connector
:
TAB 2
Tuner
3
+
4
Connector:
TAB 2
Tuner 3+4 or CI
TAB 1
Tuner 1+2
(no CI
connectable)
Connector:
TAB 1 Tuner 1+2
TAB 2 Tuner 3+4
TAB 3 Tuner 5+6
TAB 4 Tuner 7+8

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8. Installation of a Common Interface (CI)
Tested CAMs:
- Mascom Alphacrypt Light ith Sky S02 (Firm are 1.16/3.16) and SRG
- Mascom Easy TV ith Sky S02 and ORF
- SMIT Irdeto/Crypto orks ith ORF (2 tuners)
- SMIT Viaccess ith SRG (2 tuners)
- Technicrypt CW ith ORF (2 tuners)
- SCM Crypto orks (1 tuner)
For Mascom CAMs, the ‘protection of minors’ feature should be s itched off for use hen
vie ing Sky.
•2 slot brackets are enclosed ith the package (full height and lo profile).
•Carefully scre the appropriate bracket for your PC to the CI card.
•Holding the CI card carefully by its edges position it vertically over a free PCI/PCIe
slot and locate the slot bracket in the PC chassis.
Be careful not to damage any internal components.
•Scre the slot bracket to the PC chassis.
•Connect a standard 4 pin floppy po er connector to the connector at the rear of the
CI card.
•Connect the supplied 20 pin ribbon cable to the corresponding connectors of your
Cine DVB card (red ire on left) and the CI card (red ire to bottom)
Illustration:
-
CI module ith flat ribbon cable and
lo profile and full height bracket
4 pin floppy po er connector
Note the correct connection of the
flat ribbon cable.
PIN 1 (red data cable)
Illustration:-
CI module ith Octopus
mini PCIe Bridge

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9. Driver Installation
•The TV card has no been installed in your PC in accordance ith the previous sections
and you have restarted the computer.
•Drivers are available for the follo ing operating systems:-
-Windo s® XP (32/64 bit)
-Windo s® Vista (32/64 bit)
-Windo s® 7 (32/64 bit)
and the BDA driver for Mediaportal DVB Vie er.
•In Windo s® XP, you must log on ith an administrator’s account.
•Open your eb bro ser and go to .digital-devices.de.
•On the home page click on ‘Do nloads’ and hen the page has opened do nload the
appropriate drivers and save to a convenient location.
(executable file: ‘DigitalDevices DVB Dri er X.msi’)
•Run the setup program by double clicking the file you just do nloaded –‘DigitalDevices
DVB Dri er X.msi‘.
•Follo the on-screen instructions.
•When the installation is complete, restart the computer.
•The Unicable® feature is integrated in the driver, and can be configured via the
‘DVBCineConfig’ tool.
If your operating system is configured by default to accept only Microsoft appro ed (signed)
programs and dri ers, a warning message may appear:-
“Windows cannot erify the publisher of this dri er software ...". This is not an indication of
a fault with the dri er, but to the absence of Microsoft WHQL certification and can therefore
be ignored by clicking the ‘Next’ button or the option to, “Install this dri er software
anyway…”
When new dri ers or programs are installed, existing data is o erwritten or changed. You should
accordingly create a backup copy before installation on your hard dri e. Claims for damages in respect
of lost data and consequential losses arising from lost data will not be accepted.
Please ensure you follow the safety precautions for your PC
(consult the PC manual).
After a successful driver installation, four ne devices ill be identified by the operating
system.
Example of an installation under Windows® 7 with a Common Interface (CI)
connected:-

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In Windo s 7 Device Manager, under Sound, video and game controllers, you ill find 4
entries for Digital Devices ( ithout a CI there ill only be 3 entries).
10. Channel List Creation
You have the ability to create pre-defined channel lists. Examples of pre-defined channel
lists can be found in your Programs folder under “Digital Devices \ DVB-Utils“.
These files are:
・ PresetDE.csv → includes the standard channels in the region: Germany.
・ PresetAT.csv → includes the standard channels in the region: Germany
Austria.
・ PresetCH.csv → includes the standard channels in the region:
S itzerland.
・ PresetNL.csv → includes the standard channels in the region:
Netherland.
・ PresetFR.csv → includes the standard channels in the region: France.
・ PresetRadio.csv → includes the standard radio channels.
・ PresetSkyGermany.csv → includes the standard channels for SKY TV (Germany).
These lists can be edited using a spreadsheet such as Excel, or in a text editor.
To change the channel order, change its number value.
Ensure here possible that no channel is entered more than once, as this could lead to
problems later in Windo s Media Center. After editing the file, it must be saved in UTF8
format.
As an alternative to editing manually in Excel or in a text editor, please refer to the Digital
Devices Kno ledge Base online and search for a tool called "DD channel sorter", hich
provides a simpler means of sorting / rebuilding the channel lists.
The remaining files in the directory, for example, "Astra192.csv" are not channel lists. These
files contain frequency information and should not normally be changed. When the
frequency of a channel is changed the channel data can be edited in these files.

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11. DVB Cine Config Tool
After the restart you can configure the TV card in Windo s® Media Center or an alternative
soft are TV program.
You ill no find a folder called “Digital Devices” in the Windo s® Start Menu (Desktop ->
Start -> All programs). You ill find “DVBCineConfig” in the sub-folder “DVB Devices”:-
This program allo s you to configure the follo ing:-
•Unicable®
•Common Interface
•Transponder List for Windo s® Media Center
•Configuration of the C/T Tuner
DVB
Cine
Config Main menu
Single cable reception
(Unicable Configuration)
Common Interface Module (page 10)
Transponder List Media Center (page 12)
Configuration of C/T tuner (page 9)
Configuration of C/T Tuner
To the left, under ‘Tuner’, you ill see the avail-
able tuners and to the right, above the check-
boxes, the signal type. The Cine C/T card is lim-
ited to tuning either DVB-T or DVB-C signals; it
cannot tune both types of signal simultaneously.
If you are using the Cine C/T ith a DuoFlex C/T
expansion card, both types of signal can be
tuned simultaneously by assigning one type of
signal to each card. (With a correct combination
of Cine or Octopus ith DuoFlex cards, tuning
DVB-T, DVB-S and DVB-C simultaneously is pos-
sible - see our ebsite for full details). Tick the
checkboxes for the tuners and signal type(s) you
ant to use.
NB
Windo s® Media Center is not compatible ith European cable signals, bu
t e have a sol
u-
tion to this issue. The checkbox labeled 'DVB-C WMC' is provided for this. When this box is ticked
the driver ill convert DVB-C (digital cable) signals to DVB-S (digital satellite) signals to achieve
compatibility. Windo s® Media Center is compatible ith DVB-T (digital terrestrial) signals, ho -
ever, and DVB-T tuner configuration is straightfor ard.
DVB-T: (For use with Windows® Media Center or a different TV application)
Tick the relevant checkbox for the tuner(s) you ant to assign, either for use ith Windo s®
Media Center or ith a different TV application (for example DVBVie er® or Media Portal).
DVB-C: (For use only with a TV application other than Windows® Media Center)
If you ill be using a TV application other than Windo s® Media Center for DVB-C, eg, DVBVie -
er® or Media Portal, tick this checkbox for the tuner(s) you ant to use. Do not select this option
for use with Windows® Media Center.
DVB-C WMC: (For use with Windows® Media Center)
If you ill be using Windo s® Media Center you must select this option for DVB-C. Conversion of
DVB-C to DVB-S causes no limitation to time-shifting or other functions and is of advantage in
enabling the use of our pre-defined channel lists (see belo - Loading the transponder list).