Optima DTRA10SD00 User manual

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TableofContents
I.GeneralInformation ................................................................ 3
1.Preface..................................................................................... 3
2.MainFeatures........................................................................... 3
3.ForYourSafety......................................................................... 4
4.GeneralOperation ofthe Receiver............................................ 4
5.FrontPanel............................................................................... 5
6.RearPanel................................................................................ 6
7.RemoteControlUnit.................................................................. 7
8.InstallationoftheReceiver......................................................... 9
II.Software..................................................................................... 11
1.Installation ............................................................................... 12
1.1AutoSearch...............................................................................12
1.2ManualSearch...........................................................................13
1.3Reset.........................................................................................14
2.ProgramManage.................................................................... 14
3.SystemSetup ......................................................................... 16
3.1OSDSetup ................................................................................16
3.2TVSetting ..................................................................................17
3.3Access.......................................................................................18
3.4TimeAdjust ................................................................................18
3.5SystemInformation....................................................................19
4.Game..................................................................................... 20
5.ShortcutKeyFunction ............................................................. 20
5.1ProgramGuide ..........................................................................20
5.2ProgramList ..............................................................................20
5.3FavouriteList .............................................................................21

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5.4AudioSelect ...............................................................................21
5.5Volume.......................................................................................21
5.6Information.................................................................................22
5.7Subtitle.......................................................................................22
5.8Pause........................................................................................22
5.9Text............................................................................................22
III.TechnicalSpecification............................................................... 23
IV.TroubleShooting ....................................................................... 25

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I.GeneralInformation
1.Preface
Thisreceiverhaspowerfulsinglechipprocessor:STi5518.It isfullycompliantwith
MPEG-2and DVB-Tstandards.It can receiveterrestrialdigitalTVsignalstransmitted
atthe rateof3.7~23.8Mb/Son the specificfrequencieswithinthe VHForUHFband.
The availabletransmission channelbandwidthsare:7MHzand 8MHz.(bitratepay-
load transmitted inthe 8MHzchannelfrom4.98 to31.67 Mbit/S).It can memorize
programparameterswhen power-off. The featuresofElectronicProgramGuide dis-
playand autosearchmakeitconvenienttoreceiveterrestrialdigitalTVsignal.It
providesthe enhanced OSDMulti-language menus.Equipped withthe latesttechnol-
ogyand design,the receiverisensured toofferhigh reliabilityand stability.
2.MainFeatures
vFullyDVB-T&MPEG-2compliant
vDigitalReception coversVHF&UHFband
vWidescreen 16:9and normal4:3AspectRatio
vBandwidthof7MHZ&8MHZSupported
vTeletext/BitMap subtitle,compliantwithETSI/EN300 472
vClosed Caption HotKey
v2000EditableChannels
v8GroupsofFavoriteChannels
vAutomatic,ManualorEasy installation
vParentalLock Control
vElectronicProgramGuide and Information Plate
vRFmodulatorforTVstandard(PALB/G,NTSC)
vDigitalAudioOutputS/PDIF
vSignallevel&qualityindicator
vCompositevideo output
vSoftwareupgradeviaRS-232serialport
vForciblePAL/NTSCconversion
vStandbywithlowconsumption
vTimeadjustment

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3.ForYourSafety
vAllowclearspacearound the receiverforsufficientventilation
vDonotcoverthe receiverorplaceiton aunitthatemitsheat
vUseasoft clothand amildsolution ofwashing liquidtoclean the casing
vDonotconnectormodifycableswhen the receiverisplugged in
vDonotremovethecover
vDonotallowthe unittobe exposed toextremeheat, coldorhumidconditions
vNeverallowliquids,sprayorothermaterialstocomeintocontactwiththe
inside ofthe model.
4.GeneralOperation oftheReceiver
Throughoutthismanualyou will find thatthe everydayoperation ofyourreceiveris
based on aseriesofuserfriendlyon screen displayand menus.Thesemenuswill
helpyou getthe mostfromyourSTB,guiding you frominstallation,channelmanager,
viewing tomanyotherfunctions.
All functionscan be carried outusing the buttonson the RCU,and someofthe
functionscan alsobe carried outusing the buttonson the frontpanel.
Pleasebe awarethatnewsoftwaremaychange the functionalityofthe receiver.
Shouldyou experienceanydifficultieswiththe operation ofyourunit, pleaseconsult
the relevantsection ofthismanual,including the ProblemShooting,oralternatively
call yourdealeroracustomerserviceadviser.

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5.FrontPanel
POWER:Press toswitchbetween operation and standbymodes
MENU:Press todisplaythe MainMenu orexitfromthe displayed window
VOL:Press toadjustthe volumewhen watching aprogram,ormovethe
cursorleft orrightinthe menu
CH:Press toswitchbetween programswhen watching TV,ormovethe
cursorup ordowninthe menu
OK:Press toexecutethe selected itemorconfirmyourmenu input

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6.RearPanel
LOOPOUT:TransmitaRFsignaltothe LOOPINporton the receiver
S/PDIF:ConnecttoaHi-Fisystem
RS232:ConnecttoaPC
D-AUDIO:ConnecttoaHi-Fisystem
L-AUDIO/R-AUDIO:ConnecttoTVoraudiotunerusing RCAjack
S-VIDEO:Connecttothe S-VIDEOjack ofthe TVorVCR
ANTIN:Connecttoaterrestrialantenna
VIDEO:Connecttothe TVusing RCAjack
100-240V~:Powersupply
ON/OFF:Mainpowerswitch

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7.RemoteControlUnit

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Keys specification
:Switchbetween TVand Radiomodes
:Pause/PlayA/V
0~9:Enternumberinthe boxmode orselectachannelnumbertowatch
Recall:Switchback topreviouschannelorrenamethe programinProgram
Managermenu
AUDIO:DisplayAudioSelectmenu
SUB.T:Subtitlehotkeywill selectDVB bitmap type titles.Notethatsubtitlesmay
notalways workasthe broadcastermaynotprovide thisservice
MENU:Displaythe mainmenu on the screen orreturntothe previousmenu.
:Movecursorleft/right/up/down
P-/P+:Press topage up ordown
:Press tomute
:Press toswitchbetween operation and standbymodes
TV/AV:Reserved
FAV:Displaythe favouritelist
PAL/NTSC:Press toswitchbetween PALand NTSC
INFO:Showinformation ofthe currentchannel
Renamethe favourlistnameinProgramManagermenu
GUIDE:Pop up the ProgramGuide windowon the non-menu mode
Aspect: Usethishotkeytoselectyourtelevison screen format. Continuously
press thisbutton totogglethrough the differentmodes
TEXT:Viewthe textinformation ifthe transmitting streamincludestextdata
EXIT:Returntothe previousmenu on the menu screen orescape fromthe item
OK:Executethe selected iteminthe menu
Pop up the ProgramListwindowon the non-menu mode

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8.Installation oftheReceiver
Thissection explainsthe installation ofthe receiver.Refertothe manualssupplied
withthe equipmentforthe installation ofoutdoorequipmentsuchasthe antenna.
When addingnewequipment, be suretorefertothe relatedpartsofthemanualforthe
installation.
Connecting toTVusing RCA Support
Connecting toTVusing S-VIDEOSupport

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Connecting toanotherSVR

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II.Software
Installation
AutoSearch
ManualSearch
Reset
TVSetting
SystemInformation
TimeAdjust
ProgramManage
SystemSetup
Game
NOTE:When using the receiverforthe firsttime,turnthe receivertofactorystatus
beforeoperation .Thiscan be done asfollows:Press menu keyon the RCU torun
the MainMenu menu whereyou can selectInstallation itembyusing keyand
press OKkeytoenterintoInstalaltion menu.InInstallation Menu,selectResetitem
and press OKkey.Then amessage boxwill be displayed on the screen.Press OK
keytoresumethe default.
OSDSetup
Access
FiveStone
Tetris

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Menu Information
Underthe non-menu mode,pressing MENU keywill dis-
playthe MainMenu.
Thismenuconsistsoffourmenuoptionsasshownbelow.
vInstallation
vProgramManage
vSystemSetup
vGame
Usethe keys tomoveup ordownfromone itemto
another.The corresponding sub menu will be displayed
on the screen aslong asOKkeyispressed on the se-
lected item.
Toescape the menu systematanytime,press EXITor
MENU keyon the RCU.
1.Installation
usekeys tohighlightInstallationiteminthe Main
Menu and press OKkey.Then Installation menu will be
displayed on the screen.
1.1AutoSearch
Theprogramsearchcanbeperformedintwodifferentways:
AutoSearchand ManualSearch.Forbeginners,Auto
Searchisthe bestchoice.Firstusekeys toselect
AutoSearchiteminthe Installation menu.OnceOK
keyispressed atthisitem,systemwill enterintoSearch-
ing windowand startsearching automatically.
Inthismode,all RFchannelsprepared inthe systemwill
be searched one byone.Newlysearched programsare
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Radio.Afterone and ahalfminutes,autosearchiscom-
pleteand all searched programareloaded intothe STB’s
memory.During the searching,press EXITorMENU key
toexitfromthe Searching window.
1.2ManualSearch
Youcan setparametersinManualSearchifyouarefamil-
iarwithrelevantparameters.Inthismode,onlyone RF
Channel,whosenecessaryparametersaresetinManual
Searchmenu byhand,can be searched.
MUX:Press keytopopupadrop-downlistboxwhere
you can selectyourdesired option byusing keys.
Selectthe option ofyourchoiceand press OKkey,the
boxdisappearsand the value inFreq(kHz)variesyour
selection.Infact, Freq(KHz)hasthe samefunction as
MUX,soyou can setone between themrandomly.
Freq(KHz):TheoperationsarethesameasthoseinMUX
above.
Mode:Bypressing keys,setthisitemtobe 2K,8K
orAuto.
Guard:Availableoptionsare:1/4,1/8,1/16,1/32andAuto.
Press keys toselectone ofthe availablealternatives.
BandWidth:Youhaveachoiceof6M,7M,8MandDefault.
Press keys toselectappropriatebandwidth.
FTT:Press keystoselectamongthepreprogrammed
options,including FTT,CAS and All.
Search:OnceOKkeyispressed,Searching window
willbedisplayed on thescreen.Duringthisprocess,newly
searched programswill be listed intwocolumnslabeled
withTVorRadio.Twodynamicbarsreflecting the signal
qualityand the siganlstrengthwill alsobe displayed.Af-
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If thereareitemsthatyou arenotinterested in,pleaseset
themtodefaultorauto,ManualSearchcan alsobe per-
formed successfully.
During the searching,EXITorMENU keyisused toexit
fromSearchingwindow.
1.3Reset
SelectResetiteminthe Installation menu and press
OKkey.Then amessage boxwill be displayed on the
screen.Press OKkeytoresumethe default.
Note:Afterrestoring default,all programsyou have
searchedwill beerasedand all parameterswill re-
turntothefactorydefault.So,thisoperation isap-
pliedonlyforspecialnecessarysituation.
2.ProgramManage
Thisfeatureallowsyou tomanage all the programslisted
inthe ProgramEditwindow.
Onthe left side ofthe ProgramEditwindow,you can see
the programlist. Onthe rightside,you can see relevant
parametersofcurrentprogramsuchasFrequency,mode,
guardand soon.Movecursortothe desired programby
using keyand press OKkey,contentsofselected
programwill be displayed on the back screen.
Twocolorkeys on the RCU hastheircorreponding func-
tion whicharedescribed asfollows:
Fav (Greencolourkey)Delete(Yellowcolourkey)
vFav
Popularprogramscan bemovedintooneofeightdifferent
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Howtomake afavouritegroup
1.When you enterProgramManage window,defaultfa-
vouritelistwillbe shownonthescreen asFAV1.Bypress-
ing FAVkeyon the RCU,you can access the nextfavour-
itelist.
2.Selectyourfavouriteprogrambypressing keys
and press greencolourkeyon the RCU.Then will be
marked nexttothe selectedprogramname.If youwantto
cancelthisoperation,press greencolourkeyonceagain,
then the markwill disappear.
Howtoeditthenameofthefavouritegroup
Selectthe favouritelistwhichneedstobe renamed and
press INFOkeyon the RCU todisplayacommand box.
Selectyourrequired characterbyusing direction keyon
the RCU and press OKkey.Then the selected character
will be showninthe titlebaratthe top ofthe command
box.
Toswitchbetween capitaland lowercase,pleaseselect
CapsOncommand and press OKkeyon theRCU.Back
command enablesyou toerasethe unwanted character
inthe titlebar.The command boxwill disappearand the
newnamewill be showninthe ProgramManagewin-
dowinstead ofthe oldone afterpressing OKkeyon the
highlighted OKitem.
Howtoedittheprogramname
Selectthe programnameyou wanttooperateand press
RECALL key.Then the command boxwill be displayed
on the screen.Forfurtheroperation refertothe above
specification.
vDelete
Thisdeleting command allowsyou todeleteone ormore
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3.SystemSetup
SelectSystemSetup iteminthe MainMenu and press
OKkeytopop up SystemSetup menu.If you wantto
furtheroperatesomeitemincluded inthismenu,use
keys toselectitand press OKkeytoenterthe corre-
sponding sub menu.
3.1OSDSetup
InOSDSetup menu,itincludestransparency and lan-
guage twoitems.
3.1.1Transparency Setup
Bypressing OKkeyatTransparency item,Transpar-
ency Setup windowwill be displayed on the screen.
Colour:Press keys toselect1,2or3.
Transparency:The value rangesfrom10%to70%by
step 10%.The transparency ofthe menu thatyou have
seen varieswithyourselection.
Aftersetting well,press EXITorMENU keytoexitfrom
thiswindow.
3.1.2LanguageSetup
Fromhereyou can selectthe appropriatelanguage for
menu,audioand subtitle.
Firsthighlightthe itemyou wanttooperatebyusing
keys and then press keys toselectyourrequired
whichyou wanttodelete,and press yellowcolourkey.
Then willbemarkednexttotheselectedprogramname.
If you wanttocancelthe deletion,press yellowcolourkey
again,then the marked namewill be back.
Note:Thedeletedprogramcannotberecoveredun-
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language.Foraudiolanguage,you maygiveone ofthe
preprogrammed languagesthe highestprioritybychoos-
ing itasthe firstlanguage.The restmaybe deduced by
analogy.
Press OKkeytosaveyoursettings.EXITand MENU
keys areused toexitfromthe LanguageSetup window
withoutsaving.
3.2TVSetting
Thisitemgivesyou the access toTVSetting window.
Thismenu consistsofthe following items:
ScreenType:Press keys toselectthe aspectratio
ofthe outputvideo formatamong Auto,16:9,4:3Letter
and 4:3Full.
BannerTime:Wheneveranewchannelisselected,an
Infobar,whichappearsmomentarilyatthe bottomedge
ofthe screen,tellsyou the information ofcurrentchannel
suchasname,number,attributeand soon.Therefore
thissetting istosetthe displaying timeofthe Infobar.
RFOutput: ThereceiverequippedwithaRFmodulatoris
abletomodulateaprogramtoagiven UHFchannel.The
setting range isfrom21 to69.Press keys toselect
the channelnumberyou want.
RFStandard:Press keys toselectRFstandard
among NTSC_M,PAL_B,PAL_Iand PAL_DK.
TVType:Selectamong PAL,NTSCand SECAMaccord-
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3.3Access
SelectAccess itemintheSystemSetup menuandpress
OKkeytodisplayAccess window.Beforeyou enterinto
thismenu,afourdigitalpincode isneeded.The default
pincode is0000.
Parentallock:You can preventchildren orunauthorized
peoplefromwatching programshere.Usekeytopop
up adrop-downparentalrating value list.
ParentalRating Value
NoBlock:NotClassified
Block R:Restricted 18+
Block AV:Adult, Strong Violence(15+)
Block MA:MatureAudience(15+)
Block M:MatureAudience(15+)
Block PG:ParentalGuidance
Block G:General
Block All:Lock all channels
Usekeys toselectyourdesired option and press OK
key.Oncethe Parentalislocked,wheneveryou watch
the locked channel,you shouldenterthe PINcode.
Receive lock:Press keys toselectYES orNO.If
YES isselected,when thereceiverispowered on,asmall
boxforenteringapasswordwillbedisplayedonthescreen
afterthe startup OSD.
ChangePin:Pressing keywill displayChangePin
command box.Oncethe oldPinyou entered isright, this
command boxallowsyou toenteranewPintobe used in
futureasaparentallock.The defaultPinis0000.
3.4TimeAdjust
MovecursortoTimeAdjustiteminSystemSetup menu
and press OKkey,and then TimeAdjustwindowwill be
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LocalTime:The value inthisitemvarieswithwhatyou
haveselected inTimeZoneitem.
Daylightsaving time:The availableoptionsareAuto,
YesorNO.The defaultvalue isAuto.
TimeZone:Inordertodisplaythe localtimecorrectly,it
maybe necessarytosetatimeoffsetindicating the differ-
encebetween localtimeand GMT.Herethereareseven
availableoptionssuchasSA,WA,TAS,NT,NSW/ACT,
VICand QLD.Pleaseusekeys toselectone among
them.
TimerManager:Press keys toselectYES orNO.If
YES isselected,the timerwill work.
StartTime:Usenumerickeys toenterthe starttime
when the receiveristurned on automatically.
Turnoff Time:Usenumerickeys toenterthe turnoff
timewhen the receiveristurned off automatically.
ChangeCH Time:Usethe numerickeys on the RCU to
enterthe desired timewhen the receiverswitchesfrom
the channelbeing viewed tothe channelspecified bythe
channelnumbershowninthe ChangeCH Noitem.
ChangeCH No:Yourrequired channelnumbercan be
entered manuallywiththe numerickeys on the RCU.
Aftersetting well,press EXITorMENU keytoexitfrom
the TimeAdjustwindow.
3.5SystemInformation
Fromhere,information aboutthisreceiversuchas
Manufacture,Model,H/wVersion and soon will be dis-
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4.Game
InMainMenu menu,movecursortoGameitemand
press OKkey,and then Gamemenu will be displayed.
Thereceiverhasprovidedtwogamesforenjoymentssuch
asFiveSteon and Tetris.Usekeys toselectdesired
gameand press OKkeytoplay.You can fullyenjoythe
gamesbyreferring tothe prompton the screen.
5.ShortcutKey Function
The basicfunctionsofyourreceiverforwatching TVpro-
gramorlistening tothe radioaredescribed asthe
following.
5.1ProgramGuide
Bypressing Guidekeyon the RCU,the EPGwindowwill
be displayed on the screen.Sincethiswindowcan take
the placeofaTVguide managzine,you can knowmore
informationaboutthecurrentprogramoranupcomingpro-
gram(up toseven days).
You can see achannelliston the left side,press
keys toselectaprogram.The video fromthe selected
channelwill always blend intothe menu asan insert. The
programguide alsoworks inradiomode.Togetdetailed
information aboutthe selected channel,press yellow
colourkeyon the RCU torun ProgramDetail window.In
thiswindow,abriefoverviewon variousprogramsispro-
vided along withthe titleoftheseprograms.Bluecolour
keyisused todisplayWeeklyEPGwindow.
5.2ProgramList
Toselectthe desired channelinthe programlist, you
shouldfirstlydisplaythe Programlistbydirectlypress-