Homecast HT3000 User manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Notice 3
Safety Information 4
1.Before You Begin 6
1.1 Features 6
1.2 A ccessories 7
2.Controls and Functions 8
2.1 Front Panel 8
2.2 Rear Panel 9
2.3 Remote Control Unit 10
3.Connections 12
3.1 Connecting to the Antenna 12
3.2 Connecti ng to TV 13
4. Menu Overv ie w 16
4.1 Menu Instructi on 16
4.2 Menu Help 16
4.3 Menu Str ucture 17
5. Menu Operation 18
5.1 First Installation 18
5.2 Installation 18
5.3 Option 20
5.6 Reset 25
5.7 Status 25
6 . V iew ing G enera l I nfo rm at io n 26
6.1 Banner Infor mation 26
6.2 TV & Radio changing 27
6.3 TV or Radio Channel Lists 27

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6.4 A UD Button 31
6.5 MODE Button 32
6.6 TTX Button 33
6.7 SUB Button 33
6.8 MHEG-5 EPG (Freeview Guide) 34
A dditional Informat ion 36
A .1 T rouble s ho oti ng 36
A.2 Technical Specifications 38
A .3 Glossar y of T erms 40

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Notice
Read thi s manu al carefully and mak e su re y ou under st and th e provided in struction s. For y our
safety, check what th e r esult each action w ill be.
Warning s, Caut io ns an d No te s
Throughout he whole manual, pay special attention to the following mark s that indicat e hazardous
si tu at i on s.
Caution
Indicates a situation which, if not avoided, could damage the
equipment or apparatus.
Warnings
Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in
s erious i njury.
Note
Indicates addi ti onal information to the user to make the us er aware of
possible problems and information of any importance to help the user
to understand, to use and to maintain the installation.

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Safety Information
This digital terrestrial receiver has been manufactured to comply with international safety standards.
Please r ead the following saf ety prec aution s carefully.
Safety Instructions and Precautions
A v o i d p la ci ng h e av y t h ings a nd bl o ck i n g v e nt i l a t io n pa s sa g e.
(Passage bl ocking can ca use f ire)
Av oid scrubbing t he surface with Benzene or V olat ile gasoline. C olor
can be d a m a ge d .
Leav e the power and the antenna off for the ling absence or during
thunder storm .
Av oid dropping and dam aging Remote C ontrol U nit.
If there is smoke or burning smell, turn off & un-plug the set
immedi at ely. C ontact y our local repair center for adv ice.
Av oid placing t he set on sl ippery and slant surface.

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K eep aw ay f rom t he w at er.
C l ear off the dust. Dust or M etallic particles inside the set can cause
fire and electric shock.
Av oid dissembling and assembling. Do not open the set.
Do not snatch the cable to plug out .
Do not mov e t he set w hile pow er cord i s pl ugged in.
K eep the dist ance f rom M agnet ic it em s and A udi o S pea ker.
Place the set with the good ventilation and away from the direct
sunli ght a n d h um i di ty .
Av oid the tem perature of ov er 30C and below 5C.

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1. Before You Begin
1.1 Features
MPEG-2 Video(MP @ML), MPEG-1 Audio Lay er1, Lay er 2, H.264/AVC, HE-AAC, AC3(Dolby
Digital)
High Definition Digital Tuner with Loop-through
W ide Symbol Rat e 8Mbps & Fr equency Input 474~858MHz
S/P DIF AC 3 audio
Vector Font and 256 color GUI (G raphi c User Interface)
Multi-language menu
Variabl e aspect ratio with full screen, Centre Cut, Lett er Box
Teletext and Subtitle support ed(VBI & OSD)
In st all at io n b y E a sy S et u p G u id e
Favorite Channel and Parental Lock Function
USB2.0 port or RS232C port for upgrading system software
O TA supported
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) supported
MHEG-5 (V1.06 NZ profil e): Access to a fr ee 8-d ay Freevi ew EPG and ability to acc ess
interactive TV content

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1.2 Accessories
HDMI cable
Component Cable (Red, Green, Blu e RCA connector s)
Composit e Cable( Yellow- Vid eo, W hite/Red –L/ R audio )
Operating instruction (this Manual)
Re mo t e C o n tr ol
AAA dry cell batteries x 2

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2. Controls and Functions
2.1 Front Panel
① ② ③ ④
Item Description
1.Power Button Turns t he receiv er O n/Off.
2.CH Up/Down Buttons
(▲/▼)
C hanges channel s in operation mode
3. Display Show s channel number and indicate operating status. In STAND BY
mode, the displ ay show s local tim e.
4. USB port U SB H ost port f or t he fi rmw are upgr ade i s be hind p anel

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2.2 Rear Panel
① ④ ⑧ ⑪ ⑫
② ③ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑨ ⑩
Item Description
1.A NT IN C onnect A ntenna In cable.
2 . LOOP O UT Loop O ut is pass-through connector for A ntenna IN
3.HDMI OUT Connect to an HDMI input of TV or PC monitor.
1080i, 720 p, 576p, 576i resolution supported.
4.VCR SCART Connect to a SCART to VCR
5.TV SCART Connect to a SCART to TV
6. S/PDIF DigitalAudio output for connection to an amplifier.
7. RS-232C C onnects to another HT3000 or a PC serial port.
8.CVBSOUT U se t hi s t o conne c t a co m p o si t e v id e o ca b l e ( C V BS -Y e ll ow ). S t and ar d
Definition only (576i resolution).
9.A udioOUT Connect L/R (White, Red) analog audio cables to your TV or amplifier.
10.YPbPr OUT Use these j acks to connect Y/Pb/Pr (Green, Blue, Red) component cables
to a compone nt v ideo input on your TV. (576p and 576i resolution only
supported due to copy protection specification).
11.Power Lead 90~24 0V AC (A uto-selectable), 50~60Hz.
12.Power Swi tch Turn pow er to the unit on/off.

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2.3 Remote Control Unit
All receiver features can be controlled with the remot e controller.
Button Description
1.POWER Turns the receiv er O n/Off.
2.MUTE Tu r n s t he s o un d o n / o f f.
3.TV/VCR Sw i tches bet w een TV and VC R mode
when connecting TV and VCR by Scart
4. NUMERIC Buttons
( ~)
Selects channels or use as an alphabetic
se ar ch ke y i n t he s or t e d cha n n el l i st s.
5. Sho w s the cha nn el l i st
6. Tu rn s o n R a di o m o de
6.MENU Display s /Exits the main menu and Exits
to main menu from the sub-menu
7.EPG Show s MHEG Electronic Program Guide
(EPG) - The Freeview Guide.
8.i Shows the Channel information bar and
exte nde d program inform at ion
9.EXIT Goes back on Menu level, Cancel an
O perat ion, or Exit from menu
10 . O K C onfirms the choices and/ or selects the
hi ghli ghted m enu item. While w at ching
TV or l ist e ni ng t o R a di o, p re s s t he
button to display the channel li st.
11 . ◀/▶( /) Mov es left/right or change settings in
menu & EPG
12 . ▲/▼( /) M ov e s up / do w n i n m e nu & E P G
13 . V OL +/- Changes the volume level inviewing
mode.
14 . CH L +/- C hanges channel s in v iewing mode.

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15 . C o l or b utt o n
()
Mov es in MHEG EPG Menu
16 . FA V Selects from the group of f av orite channels.
17 . RC L Rev ertst o the previous channel
18 . T EXT O perates MHEG functions when Service is av ailable
19 . Puts STB in Standby mode. Press repeatedly to adj ust in 30 minutes increments.
20 . A UD Selects A udi o, Teletext , S ubti tl e Lang ua ge
21 . MO DE Select A udio, V ideo Mode and V ideo F ormat (1080i 720p, 576p, 576i)
22. TTX Show s Tel et ext
23 . SUB Shows DVB Subtitle

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3. Connections
3.1 Connecting to the Antenna
<Ma king A ntenna connections>
1. Connect the ant enna cable (75 oh m co-axi al) to the SIGNAL IN connector.
2. For passing the antenna signal through to another device (such as a VCR and your TV),
connect an appropriate 75 ohm co-axi al cable from the Loop Out connector of HT3000
(The Loop Out connection will pass the ant enna signal through to your device-even when
HT3000 i s in Standby mode (or Turn off at the switch)

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3.2 Connecting to TV
<Connecting to PC monitor or digital TV that has an HDMI input port>
1. Connect HT3000’s HDMI jack to an HDMI jack on your monitor or TV.
2.
Set the video output mode to 1080i or 720p or 576p by using ‘Resolution’ in Mode on
RCU
For the best access to HD programming at the highest available resolution, use this
connection method.

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<Connecting to digital TV that supports HD resolution (1080i,720p576p)
using YPbPr port>
1. Connect the HT3000 YPbPr out jacks to a set of matching YPbPr in jack s on your TV.
The Audio L/R out jack s can al so be connect ed to matching jack s on your TV or you can use
The digital audio Out (See Connecting to A/V receiver (Dolby Digital Amplif ier) section, page??.
out and audio L/R out to YPbPr in and audio L /R in of TV.
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Set the video output mode to 576p or 576i by using ‘Resolution’ in Mode on RCU
For contents copy protection, YPbPr can support 576p and 576i video output only.

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<Co nnect in g t o A/ V receiver (Dolby d igital amp li fier)>
1.
Connect HT3000 Optical Digital Audio Out to an Optical Digital Audio Input on A/V
rec ei v er.
2.
Set HT3000 Audio out mode to ‘Dolby Digital’. (See page 20)

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4. Menu Overview
4.1 Menu Instruction
Press the MENU button to display the menu. You can select the sub menu using ▲/▼/◀/▶button.
The selected sub menu becomes highlight ed.
When you have selected the sub menu you want, press button.
When you want to return to the previous menu, press button.
When y ou want to return to the liv e scr een, press th e M enu button.
4.2 Menu Help
In the m enu, short information is di splayed at th e bottom of the scr een.
:Using ▲/▼button.
:Using ◀/▶button.
:Using button.
: Moves in MHEG EPG Menu
:Using button.
:Numericalbutton

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4.3 Menu Structure
In the m enu, short information is di splayed at th e bottom of the scr een.
Installatio n
Antenna : S elect th e A ntenn a power setting s.
Auto Scan : Search the all ch annel s auto maticall y without sp ecify ing par am et ers.
Manual Scan : Search the channels manually by specifying parameters.
Region Scan: Search the channels by specifying the transmitter to which the end user’s
antenna is pointed to.
Op tion
TV Output : Select the video or audio output.
Language : Sel ect the display language, audio language, and subtitl e l anguage.
Parent al C o nt rol : C hange t h e password and sel ect th e cen so r shi p cla ssi f i cati on
OSD Display : Setting OSD display time and transpar ency.
Channel
Reservation : Reserving channels you want to turn on STB at your desired time.
Delete : Delete the channels such as Favorite, TV/Radio CAS, etc.
Advan ced
OTA : Upgrade the rec eiver into th e lat est softwar e version.
S/W Upload : Tran sfer the softwar e from r eceiver to receiver or PC.
U S B Tran sf er : Tr an sfer th e sy st em so ft w ar e b etw een rec ei v er an d U S B d r iv e.
Reset
Reset Factory Def ault : Restore the receiver to the default values.
Status
Inform ation : Check the version of STB.

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5. Menu Operation
5.1 First Installation
You can in st all th e receiver u sing First In stall ation for your convenience.
‘F i rst In st all ation' allow you to set your rec eiv e r u si ng si mple procedure.
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Select the desired languageusing the ▲/▼
button.
2. Press the button to conf irm and begin
scanning.
5.2 Installation
1. Press the Menu button to display the main menu.
5.2.1 Antenna
1. Select Antenna Power type using the ◀/▶but ton.
You can sel ect Antenna Power value as O ff normally or
if the antenna needs power suppli ed from r eceiver, you
can select Antenna Power valu e as O n.
Off is the def ault value in thi s option. If you a mast er dhead amplifier or distribution
ampli f i er, y ou sho uld not enablethisoption.

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5.2.2 Region Scan
1. Seelect th e region wher e u ser’s are now liviing
by using ◀/▶▲/▼buttons.
2. Press the button to start the region scan.
5.2.3 Auto Scan
1. The left window shows TV channels and the right
window shows Radio channels during the scanning
process. White chann el n am es are n ew chann el s
downloaded to your rec eiver. Gray chann el n am es ar e
alr eady existing ch ann els.
1. Choose Auto Scan menu and press button to
begin scanning
2. You can press Exit at any time to stop scanning. A
pop-up menu appears.
3. If y ou allow the complete sc an, the sam e pop-up
menu appears.
4. To save the updated channels, select 'Yes'.
5.2.4 Manual Scan
1. Set the d esir ed valu es ( see th e below) to sc an.
Use the numeric keys (0-9) and ◀/▶▲/▼
buttons.
2. Press the button to start the m anual sc an.
Channel :Thetargetchannelnumberforthemanualscan.
F req u en c y : T h e tr an smi tt er f r eq u en cy of t h e c han n el

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Transmitt er frequencies and other channel det ails for your area can be found on-line,
or phoning your TV station.
5.3 Option
5.3.1 TV Output Setup
1. Select the desired TV output options with the ▲/▼
/◀/▶button.
2. Press the button to save your chosen setting s
and exit the di al ogu e.
SCART : SelectyourTVtype.(RGB,S-VIDEO,CVBS).
If you select RGB, the component out will be disabl ed.
TV Screen : Select the screen format of your TV. (Full screen, LetterBox, Centre Cut)
Dolby Digital(DD) : If en abled ( and th e ch annel h as DD audio), it will automatic ally be
selected as the def ault soundtrack.
Digital audio : If enabled- and you are using the optical S/PDIF connector- you can li sten
to 5.1 ch ann el Dolby audio (if broad cast ) through an AC-3 decoder (y our home th eatre
amplif i er). S electing PCM will limit this to 2. 1 ch ann el audio.
5.3.2 Language
1. Select the language optionsusing the ▲/▼/◀/▶
button.
2. Press the button to save your chosen langu ag e.
Display : C hange th e langu ag e u sed for th e OSD and Menu s.
Audio 1-2 : Choose the preferred audio language for bro adcast.
Subtitle 1-2 : Choose the preferred subtitle language.