NXT Digital DTC-4030 User manual

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USER MANUAL
for
Model DTC-4030
DIGITAL CABLE RECEIVER

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Dear Subscriber,
Congratulations for choosing the NXT Digital. Now you can take total control of your entertainment and
avail the best digital Television and Radio services.
In our continuing commitment to you, as our valuable subscriber, we present the Digital Receiver
(Set Top Box) to experience a whole new world of high quality pictures and sounds on your television.
Your Digital Receiver also comes with an in-built electronic program guide and an all-new remote control
to make for the best possible viewing experience.
The NXT Digital service brings to you everything from program schedules /synopsis to 24/7 customer
support at your fingertips.
The package consists of
Digital Receiver unit with external power unit.
HDMI cable to connect your Digital Receiver with your TV.
Remote Control unit with 2 x 'AAA' type batteries.
User Manual in English.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Memory of 8 MB Flash and 128 MB DDRAM.
Embedded Conditional Access System.
Software Update over the DVB Network.
Radio Frequency Range 47 to 862 MHz for both VHF and UHF reception.
QAM 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 demodulation support (EN 300429).
Symbol Rate of 1.7 to 7 MSymbols/sec.
Input and Output termination resistance 75 Ohms each.
Supports both PAY and Digital Free-To-Air channels.
Advanced Electronic Program Guide, Parental lock & finger printing support.
Automatic silent Channel List Update while using the device.
Prepared for PVR functionality via USB (Functionality to be activated by your network operator)
Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Cable Standard ETS 300429 compliant Digital Receiver
based on NOVABASE DIGITAL TV TECHNOLOGIES technology (Germany –France –Portugal)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Your Remote Control ............................................................................ 4
Control your box via the Front Panel Keys .................................................. 5
Connecting your Digital Receiver ............................................................. 5
Operation & Receiver functions ................................................................
First Steps ............................................................................... 6
Initial Installation ..................................................................... 6
Channel Installation by User......................................................... 7
Information available while watching TV or listen to Radio .................. 7
Creating and Editing Favourite Lists ............................................... 8
Parental Control ....................................................................... 8
Fast Access to Temporary Settings ................................................. 8
PVR Functionality ...................................................................... 9
Troubleshooting .................................................................................10
Warranty Card ...................................................................................11
Help & Support ..................................................................................11
Do’s & Don’ts ...................................................................................12
Care & Maintenance ............................................................................12

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Your REMOTE CONTROL
On/Off
Go into Standby/Wake
up from
Standby
Number keys
Enter channel directly
TV/Radio
Toggle
between TV and Radio
services
Menu
Open Main Menu
EPG
Open Electronic
Program
Guide
Volume select
Green Button
Select picture and audio
format and sleep timer
Red Button
Open Info banner
Yellow Button
Temporary settings for Audio and
Subtitling
Blue Button
Open Media File Browser
Video Recorder
Functions
Service Support Button
Audio
Select audio language
Channel select
List
Open service list
Exit
Exit Menu
Back
Toggle to previous channel or
menu screen
Favourites
Open favourite list
Mute
Mute audio
Cursor keys
Select channel with up/down
Select volume with left/right
OK
Open channel list
Select setting
Learning Function Manual
1. Press and hold the (SET) Key for 2 seconds, enter the learning mode when the LED turns ON.
2. Press the learning button, you will be in the learning mode when the LED light is Blinking.
3. Put two transmitting tube focus at each other with same level in 10 mm distance, press the button of the learnt
one for another 1 second, then release it.
4. After learning successful, LED light will keep staying ON after flashed 3 times rapidly. You can choose another
button to change the mode.
5. If you want learn other function, repeat step from 2 to 4.
6. Press (SET) button to save and exit learning mode after completion, LED light will turn OFF.

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Control your box via the Front Panel Keys
Your Digital Receiver has 6 keys on the front side to allow controlling your Digital Receiver without remote
control on the basic functions:
Standby key:
oStandby/wakeup the digital receiver
oExit Main Menu and sub menus
OK key
oCalling the main menu and entering sub menus
oConfirm made selections
oPress Up key first for channel change and then the OK key opens the Channel List
Up / Down key
oChannel change
oChange selection in Main Menu or in Channel list
Left / Right key
oAudio Volume change
oChange value of a selection in the Main Menu
Connecting your Digital Receiver

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OPERATION & RECEIVER FUNCTIONS
a. First Steps
Use the Quick Start Guide on previous page to connect your Digital Receiver to your TV. Follow the steps
below when using your box for the first time.
Connect your Digital Receiver with your TV.
Connect your RF wall socket with a RF cable with the RF Input of your box.
Switch on your TV.
Change the Input in the TV options on your TV to HDMI input (e.g. HDMI 1).
Insert the Power Unit 12V power cord into the power socket of your Digital Receiver.
Insert the Power Supply Unit into your room’s power wall socket.
Switch on the plug of your power wall socket.
After about 10 seconds your box will start with the initial screen.
Note: You may need to have a physical smartcard by your cable operator to access the services.
If so please insert the smartcard at the beginning. Your Operator will inform you if needed.
Note: Your receiver may download at the beginning the latest Software via the network. Please do not
interrupt power until you reach below first installation start screen.
b. Initial Installation
When you switch your Digital Receiver on, it will
start the initial installation with an automatic
channel search. Simply select OK and press OK on
your remote control.
After pressing OK the Digital Receiver will request
you to select to TV type. Please confirm with OK.
Please confirm any further question screen the
default set values with the OK button at the lower
end of the screen or change values at your wishes.
Once first settings are done the Digital Receiver
will automatically start to install channels. Do not
press any button during the channel installation.
When the installation is finished you will see a
message on the screen telling you the installation
is complete.
If your Digital Receiver fails to find channels,
please check again the cable connection.

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c. Channel Installation by User
Your Digital Receiver is updating your channel list
automatically while you are enjoying your digital
programme.
Whenever you want to reinstall or add channels you can
choose additional from main menu between
Automatic Search or Manual Search
After the initial installation you may want to
search for channels again or to add specific
channels that are additionally broadcasted.
Automatic search is usually the best option and
will find all of the channels available
automatically.
Manual search enables the specific search for an
individual channel. This is only suitable if you
want to include just one channel in your channel
list and you know the channel and frequency.
d. Information available while watching TV or listen to Radio
While watching your TV programs you get more information about the TV channel.
Press the INFO (red) key to open the programme information banner. Press again to see detailed
description about the event. Next press will show the next event description. Pressed again you
leave the description and info banner as well if you use the Exit key at any time.
The information banner gives you information like current time, even name of currently running
and following event, current event progress and as well their start times.
Press the TV/RAD key to toggle between TV and Radio mode.
Press the EPG key to enter the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). At first press you will enter the
Grid EPG and at second press you enter the 8 day schedule EPG. To leave the EPG press the EPG
key a third time.
Press the FAV key to open your favourite list and press again to toggle to your other favourite
lists. How to create favourite lists please refer to next chapter.
Press the LIST key to open the list containing all
channels maybe sorted in Genre grouping if available
by the broadcasting.
You can as well press the OK key to open current
active channel list.
To switch to another channel use the arrow keys
/ //and press the OK key.

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e. Creating and Editing Favourite Lists
You may wish to simplify access to your preferred
channels by creating your own favourite lists. You
can do this by going to the main menu and
selecting ‘Favourites’, where you can edit and
create your own favourites list as follows:
Press the MENU key.
Select the menu item ‘Favourites’.
Select the favourite list you like to create
or to edit and enter with the OK key the
edit menu.
Select in the main channel list the channel
and press the OK key to add this channel
to your favourites list.
The left window contains the main channels list.
The right window contains your favourites.
After you have edited your channels, press the EXIT
key in order to close the window.
f. Parental Control
Your box has various child protection options. Select the
‘Parental Control’option from main menu and enter your
PIN. (The default PIN is set to “0000” for all new boxes)
Activate ‘Receiver Lock’ to protect your box from
unauthorised access every time the box is switched
on.
Activate ‘Menu Lock’ to protect access to the main
menu with a PIN request.
Activate ‘Channel Lock’ to protect individual channels
from unauthorised access.
When this option is activated, you can select the
channels you want to protect in your ‘Favourites’
menu.
Locked channels require a PIN entry before Audio and Video is decoded.
Use the option ‘Change Pin’ to specify an individual PIN.
Note: If you have forgotten or lost your individual PIN use the Master PIN “8421” to access the Parental
Control Menu. Keep your PIN and the Master PIN secret to prevent unauthorised access.
g. Fast Access to Temporary Settings
Press the INFO (red) key while you watching a
channel. You can see available options indicated by
remote control icons on the right side of the
information banner.
Press the SELECT (green) key to access and set
quickly Sleep Timer, Video Format and Audio Format.

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Press the LANG (yellow) key to access and set quickly Audio
Language and Subtitling Language. Pressing again returns to
watch your channel. Please note the availability of these
options is indicated in the info banner (open with the INFO
key) by a yellow icon on the right side.
Press the PORTAL (blue) key to access an additional service
portal which might be provided by the operator. Please
note this function is only available if the operator is
providing it.
h. PVR Functionality
Your Digital Receiver might be prepared for PVR functionality (Personal Video Recording) which allows you
to record and playback of events via your mobile hard disk drive connected to the USB interface.
Please contact your Operator to get informed about if the PVR functionality is available on your device
and how to activate it!
Once your Digital Receiver has PVR functionality activated you can use following functionality:
Press the PORTAL (blue) key to access the file browser of recorded or available multimedia files
on your connected hard disk drive.
Press the PLAY ( ) key to play a selected file from the file browser.
Press the PLAY ( ) key while watching a programme to start Timeshift and to continue watching
later by pressing the key again.
Press the REC ( ) key to start an instant recording while watching a programme.
Press the FWD ( ) key to move faster forward while playing a programme or multimedia file.
Press the REW ( ) key to move fast back while playing a recorded programme.
Press the STOP ( ) key to stop a playback or a recording.
Note: The Digital Receiver uses FAT32 file format. In case your mass storage device or disk is differently
formatted the receiver is asking you to format the mass storage device.
Please make sure you have backup your private data before using it with the digital receiver for PVR
functionality. Your cable operator is not reliable for any loss of data if backup has not been
performed before using the storage device with your digital receiver.
Stop video
Start video / Pause
Video in watching
mode
Start Recording
Go to next
chapter / Next
tag
Fast Forward
Rewind

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TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Possible cause
Remedy
No picture and no sound
Input cable connectors not fully
plugged in
Check Input cable connectors on
the Digital Receiver and TV
No channel list or wrong channel list
Complete an automatic channel
search
Defective or missing cable
connection
Check all cables
Loose connectors or cable too long
Check connectors and use shorter
cable
TV not set to the correct input
Consult your TV manual
Sound but no picture
Input cable connectors not fully
plugged in
Check Input Cable connectors on
Digital Receiver and TV
Channel is being broadcast with
altered Parameters
Do an automatic channel search
Poor image quality or no
colours
Defective cable
Please exchange video cable
Inappropriate video type selected
Set video output in the main menu
at box settings at your Digital
Receiver to a different format until
the quality is as expected.
Video cable connectors not fully
plugged in
Check video cable connectors on
Digital Receiver and TV
Cannot receive station that
you could receive before
Channel is no longer broadcast
None
Channel is being broadcast with
altered parameters
Do an automatic channel search
You have not or not correctly
inserted your smartcard (if any)
Insert your smartcard with the
electronic chip face down
Audio and Video are not
descrambled
Subscription may have expired.
Check the subscription status in the
‘PayTV Details’ menu.
Contact your cable operator about
your subscription
Transport stream defect
Unplug power of the receiver and
then plug in again
Remote control is not working
Flat batteries
Replace batteries
Obstacle in between
Remove obstacle
Certain stations cannot be
received from time to time
Some services are not transmitted 24 hours a day and will be unavailable
when the channel is off air. This is not a fault.
You have forgotten or lost
your PIN code
Reset from the ‘Parental Control
Menu’. To access this menu use the
following 4-digit code: 8421.
Keep this code secret to prevent
others and children from using it.
Your receiver automatically
switches off after a certain
time
Automatic standby is activated
To save energy the automatic
standby is recommended by default
to 3 hours after you have used last
time your remote control. Change
the default time in ‘Box
Settings/Power Settings’.
If none of the above suggestions work, try unplugging your Digital Receiver and plug it in again. If this does
not work, contact your Operator or a qualified technician. Never attempt to repair your box yourself.