Goldtop SX User manual

[Edited 23/08/2002]
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User’s manual
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Information
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Information
Before installing your digital receiver, please read carefullythe following
instructions!
Otherwise:
• You riskof damaging the receiverand the devicesthat are
connected to it becauseof wrong connections.
• You could hazard your safetyand your life.
• You could invalidate the product warranty.
• The supplieris not responsible for the damages you could
cause.
Warning!
For your own safety
• Do not open the receiver! Inside the receiver thereare no
partsthat can berepaired bythe user. Besides,thereexists a
riskof fatal electric shockdue to exposed live circuits.
• Always disconnect the power cord from the wall socket
before cleaning the device or attempting to remove orreplace
any connectors.Simplyswitching off your deviceisnot
enough for your safety,as some components maystill carry
mains voltage.
• In case of an approachingthunderstorm always disconnect
not onlythe power cord plug, but also the satelllite signal cable.
Thispreventsthe devicefrom being damaged bylightning
striking in the surrounding area.
• Should athunderstorm be near you, do not touch your
receiver! If lightning strikes there would be danger to life.
• Do notcover up the ventilation slots (for example with your
TVguide), alsowhen the deviceis switched to stand-bymode.
Otherwisethe receivermayoverheat and there would be afire
hazard!
Please note:
This digital receiver
is suitable for use in living
areas, trade areas and business
areas.
This digital receiver
is not suitable for use in
industrial areas and alsonot
suitable for the installation on a
public telecommunication
network.
Foreword:
In orderto receive digital
channels fromsatellite you need
a satellite antenna (dish)
installed by asatellite
technician,and perfectly
aligned.
The chaptersconcerning the
Installation” and the
“Assembly”, as well as the
“Systemsetting”require
knowledge of the connections
among electronic devices and
of the technical terminology
of the satellite digital
reception.
If you do not own such a
knowledge itis recommended
that you leave the setting up of
the systemto an expert.
The chapter “Using your
receiver”doesnot require
specificknowledge on satellite
digital reception. You can use
your equipment as a normal
satellite receiver.

Connections
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II. Connections
SCART
Connect the scart TV plug of thereceiver toascartsocket of your tv set
supporting RGBinput. Inthis way,bysetting RGB in the configuration
menu, you will be able to benefit from a better image quality.
TheVCR plug of the receiver can be connectedto aVCR oraDVD
player. In case you own both aVCR and a DVD player, you can connect
the latter to the secondaryplug of the VCR. Inbothcases the RGB
signal from the DVD playerwill not be used.
Antenna
Connectyoursatellitedish cable to the input IN. The OUT plug isa
bypass ofthe satellite dishsignal and can be used to connecta
secondary(e.g.Analogue)receiver.
RS232
TheRS232 serial port of the receiver can be used for receiver'ssoftware
update.It also providesatwowayslinkbetween the receiver and a
Personal Computer for future applications.
Audio
The receiverprovidesadigital audio output for PCM and AC-3 outputs. It
can be connected to a digital AC-3 audio amplifier.
Theanalogue audio outputscan be connected to an analogue audio
amplifier.

Remote control
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III.Remote control
O
TV/VCR
TextX.
Audiob
TV….
RED GREEN
YELLOWBLUE
OK
Exit
tu
pq
0 … 9
Recall
Navigator
+ CH – Changes channel, scrolls pages
in «At a glance» mode
+ < – Changes volume
Mute Mutes/ resumes l’audio
EPGShows the on-air program guide (iftransmitted)
ü Activates2X Zoommode
i Shows information
___ Activatessubtitles (if transmitted)
Setup Entersthe system configuration mode
SoundChanges the audio language (if available)
I. Keys
Switcheson / putsthe receiver
in Stand-By
Switchesreception fromsatellite
or from VCR
Not used yet
Switchesto radio channels
Switchesto tv channels
Coloured keys, theyhave a
different function depending on
the context.
Selectsthe highlighted menu
item, startsactions, confirms
input, displays the banner,
switches to the selected
channel
Exits frommenu, closes
dialogue boxes
Switch lists, change values
Scroll lists
Numerickeys
Goes backto the last channel
selected
Enters«At a glance» mode
II.Inserting batteries
Howto insert the batteries

Settings
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IV. System settings (Setup)
This section describeshowto change the receiver’s settings.
1. Enter system configuration mode
For all the functions in thissection you need to enter the system
configuration mode, main menu. In this way…
• pressthe Setup key.
• the main menu appearsin a fewseconds.
a) Navigate the menu.
• With the pqkeys you can movethe cursorup or down.
• With the tukeysyou can move among the boxesof a screen.
b)Selectthe options.
• With the OK keyyoucanselectthe menu item highlighted and
choose among the relative options.
c) Save the changes / exit.
• You can save all the changesbypressing the GREEN key.
• You can exit the systemconfiguration mode bypressing the Exit
keyor the RED key.
• If you have madechanges, and youdidn’t save them with the
GREEN key,awindowwillappear asking confirmation of the
changes. With the tukeysselectYes toconfirm, No to cancel
the changesand press the OK key.
d)System Information.
• From the main menu, bypressing the BLUE keyabox will
appear with all technical informations.To close it press OK.
e) Help windows.
• In everymenu screen it ispossible to open anhelp screen with
the contextual description bypressing the ikey.

Settings
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2. Channelsearch
To performachannelsearch, select the firstentryfromthe main menu,
«Channel search», and press OK.
2.1 Manual search
Fromthe «Channel search» menu selectthe first entry«Manual search»
and press OK.Youwillneed to know someparameters on the channels
that you want to search for,that is…
a)Parameters setting
…The «Manual search» section requires the input of 9parameters:
1. Satellite: isthe satellite transmitting the channel. If you havea
multifeed system you can select the satellite bypressing the t
u keys.
2. Frequency:here you need to input the frequencyof the satellite
transponder the channel undersearchbelongsto. You can use
the numeric keysto insert the frequencyand the tkeyfor
corrections.
3. Polarisation: bypressing the tukeysyou can choosebetween
(linear) Horizontal and (linear) Vertical.
4. Symbol rate: you caninsertthe value bymeans of the numeric
keysor, alternatively,with the keys tuamongthe predefined
values.
5. FEC (Forward Error Correction): to select among the settings
“1/2”, “3/4”, “5/6”and “7/8” use the tukeys.
6. FTA(Free-To-air) only:select“yes”or “no”with the tukeys,
whether ornotyou wantthe restrictthe search to the non-pay
channels.
7. Keep existing: select“yes”or “no”withthe tukeys, whether
you want to append the newchannels to the current list, or you
want to have onlythe new channels found.
8. Networksearch: select“yes”or “no”with the tukeys,to
choosewhether or not toperform the searchon the additional
transponders “linked” to the one under search.
9. Channel Type:with the pqkeysyoucansearch for TV
channelsonly, Radio channels only, Interactive channels only,
ora combination of these three kind ofchannels.
b) Startthe channel search
Once the parametersare set, pressthe GREEN keyto startthe search.
A windowwill appear with the statusof the search.

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c) Abort the channel search
At anytime, to abortthe channel search, pressthe RED key.The
channelsthat have been found will be lost.
d)Savethe channels
At the end of the searchthe system will go backto the «Channel
search»menu. To go backto the main menu, press Exit.
• To savethe search results, press the GREEN key.
2.2 Automaticsearch
Theautomaticsearchfindsthe channelsof all the transponders of the
selected satellite.
• From the«Channel search» menu selectthesecond entry,
«Automaticsearch», and press OK.
You need to input four parameters.
a) Parameters setting
1. Satellite:isthe satellite transmitting the channel. If you have
a multifeed systemyou can select the satellite bypressing
the tu keys.
2. FTA(Free-To-air) only:select“yes” or “no” with the tu
keys, whether or not you want the restrict the search tothe
non-paychannels.
3. Keepexisting: select“yes” or “no” with the tukeys,
whether you want to append the new channels to the current
list, or you want to have onlythe new channels found.
4. Channel Type: with the pqkeysyou can searchfor TV
channelsonly, Radio channelsonly, Interactive channels,
onlyor a combination of these three kind of channels.
b)Start the channel search
Oncethe parametersare set, press the Green keyto startthe search. A
windowwillappear with the statusofthe search. At the end of the search
the system will go backto the «Channel search» menu.
c) Abort the channel search
At anytime, to abortthe channel search, pressthe RED key.The
channelsthat have been found will be lost.
d)Savethe channels
At the end of the searchthe system will go backto the «Channel
search»menu. To go backto the main menu, press Exit.
• To savethe search results, press the GREEN key.
If you don’t want to doa channelsearch,press Exit to go backto the
main menu.

Settings
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3. Channellists management.
You can edit the listsof the stored Radio and TV channels, change the
channelsposition or removethem definitively.Also, you can create up to
8lists of favourite TVchannelsand 8lists of favourite Radio channels.
Default settingscome with four thematiclists. Eachfavourite listcanbe
edited and renamed.
To do this, select «Edit lists» from main menu and press OK.
Nextmenu presentsfour entries:
1. «Edit TV channels», to enter the complete list of TV channels.
2. «Edit radio channels», toenter the complete list of radio
channels.
3. «Edit TV favourites», to enter the favourite TV channelslists.
4. «Edit radio favourites», toenter the favouriteradio channels
lists.
Select one entryand press OK.
Managing functions are the same for TV and radio channels.
a)Editthe complete channels lists
Bychoosing the firstentry- or the second - you can editthe complete list
of TV -orradio -channels stored in memory.Changesto this list will be
reflectedto memory,if, when exiting the main menu, you’ll choose to
savesettings.In particular,channels removed from listwill be deleted
from memory,and,in orderto get them again,you’ll haveto do anew
channel search.
Fromhere, you can rename the channels.
a.1) List scrolling
Often, alist contains more channelsthan itcan show at the same time in
itswindow. There are two wayfor scrolling a list:
• With the pqkeysyou move through the channels shown into
the window. Once you reach an extremity, a furtherkey pressure
will show the next page into the window.
• With the tukeys you can directlygo to the nextor the
previouspage.
a.2) Change position ofone or more channels
• With the pqkeys, selectthe channel youwant to moveand
press OK.The channel name color becomes yellow and the low
side of the screen shows«Selected channels:1». To move more
than onechannel at once, select the firstchannel, then select
the lastchannel youwant to move, and keep pressed OK fortwo
seconds.
• With the pqkeys,go to the channel, abovewhich you want to
paste the selected channel(s).
• Pressthe GREEN key.

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a.3) Delete one or more channels from memory
• With the pqkeys,go to the channel you want to delete and
press OK.The channel name color becomes yellow and the low
side of the screen shows «Selected channels:1».
Todelete more than one channel at once,select the first
channel, then selectthe last channel you want todelete, and
keep pressed OK for two seconds.
• Press the RED key.
a.4) Restore list
You can cancel the list changes. To do this…
• Press the YELLOW key.
a.5) Rename channels
• With the pqkeys, go to the channel youwanttorename and
pressthe BLUE key.Thechannel nameappearsnear the list,
on the right side.
• The tkeydeletes characters,from right to left, starting from the
end of the name.
• The ukeyadds an “a” character to the right-side of the name.
• The pqkeyschange the character,byscrolling the alphabet
according to the ordershown on thelowside of the screen.
• Another wayof inserting characters is bypressing the numeric
keyson remote control, according tothe diagram shownon the
low-left side of the screen, just likeyou do with a mobile phone.
• With the RED keyyou accent a vowel.
• With the GREEN keyyou insert special characters.
• The YELLOW keycommutesbetween upper and lower case.
• OK keyconfirms changes.
• Exit keycancelschanges.
a.6) Helpwindow
Bypressing the ikey,awindowsappearswith the instructionson how to
edit lists.Press OK to close thiswindow.