TV Star C101 User manual

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DIGITAL CABLE TV RECEIVER
TV STAR C101
USER MANUAL

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Table of contents
Safety Instructions ............................................................................... 3
General Introduction ............................................................................ 4
Front Panel/ Rear Panel ....................................................................... 5
Remote Control Unit............................................................................ 6
S.T.B Connection ................................................................................. 8
Digital TV .......................................................................................... 10
USB.................................................................................................... 15
PVR Instruction ................................................................................. 17
Timeshift ............................................................................................ 19
Troubleshooting ................................................................................. 20
Glossary ............................................................................................. 21
Specification ...................................................................................... 23

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Safety Instructions
This STB has been manufactured to satisfy the international safety
standards.
Please read the following safety precautions carefully.
MAIN SUPPLY: AC 220/240V, 50/60Hz, 20W.
OVERLOADING: Do not overload a wall outlet, extension cord or
adapter as this may result in fire or electric shock.
Ensure that the power source (socket) is easily accessible.
LIQUIDS: This STB shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and
that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the
STB.
CLEANING: Disconnect the STB from the main supply before
cleaning. Do not use any kind of solvents to clean the STB, only use a
soft-dry cloth.
VENTILATION: The slots on top of the STB must be left uncovered
to allow proper airflow to the unit.
Ensure a minimum distance of 5cm around the apparatus for
sufficient ventilation.
Ensure that the ventilation is not impeded by covering the
ventilation openings with items such as newspapers, table-cloths,
curtains, etc.
Do not stand the STB on soft furnishings or carpets.
Do not expose the STB to direct sunlight or do not place it near a
heater.
Do not stack electronic equipments on top of the STB.
Do not place naked flame sources, such as lighted candles on the
apparatus.
ATTACHMENTS: Do not use any unrecommended attachments as
these may cause hazard or damage to the STB.
CONNECTION TO THE SATELLITE DISH LNB: Disconnect the
STB from the main supply before connecting or disconnecting the
cable from the satellite dish.
FAILURE TO DO SO CAN DAMAGE THE LNB.
CONNECTION TO THE TV: Disconnect the STB from the main
supply before connecting or disconnecting the cable from TV.
FAILURE TO DO SO CAN DAMAGE THE TV.
EARTHING: The LNB cable MUST BE EARTHED to the system
earth for the satellite dish.
LOCATION: Place the STB indoor in order not to expose to
lightening , rain or Sunlight.
Use the apparatus only in moderate climates (not in tropical
climates).

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Battery handling: Batteries may contain toxic agents that are
hazardous to the environment. Therefore, dispose of the batteries
immediately according to the prevailing statutory regulations. Never
throw the batteries in normal household waste.
General Introduction
INTRODUCTION
This manual will help you learn basic functions such as installation,
selecting channels and many other functions of the STB. All functions
can be operated by the remote control. You can easily install it by
selecting ”Installation” function and upgrade its software through
communication cable.
The remote control is designed for easy access to all the functions at
once and for comfortable grab for your hand. It is programmed to
control all functions and to easily watch TV and Radio programs via
the STB.
WARNING
Any problems can be caused by the use of unofficial software. The use
of software versions other than dealers or distributors official software
will void the manufacturer’s warranty. It is advised that only the
formal software released from dealers or distributors should be used.
UNPACKING
Unpack the unit and check to make sure that all of the following items
are included in the packaging.
1 x Remote Control Unit (RCU)
1 x User Manual
2 x AAA batteries
1 x Digital Cable TV Receiver
1 x A/V Cable

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We hope you enjoy using your digital satellite receiver!
Front Panel/ Rear Panel
Front Panel
: Press to switch between Operation and Standby modes.
CH: Change channels or items from top to bottom on the menus.
VOL: Increase or Decrease the volume of sound.
OK: Press to proceed of confirmation.
Dimension: 250x 175x 38 (W x D x H )
Rear Panel
No. Symbol Function
1 RF IN Use to connect an antenna.
2 LOOP
OUTPUT
Use it when connecting to another STB.
3 TV SCART For the video/audio input of the TV.

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4 S/PDIF Digital audio output.
5 A/V RCA To connect the Audio/Video RCA output to TV.
6 POWER Power ON/OFF switch.
Remote Control Unit
1 Switches between Operation and Standby modes.
2 0–9 Changes channels or selects the menu options.
3 SUBTL Subtitle functions
4 FAV
Selects favorite channel list or current channel list in the
view mode. In Edit Channel mode’s“Add favorite”
menu it
changes the right window’s channel list.
5 CH (▲/▼)
Changes channels or items from top to bottom on the menu.

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6 VOL(◄/►)
Turns up/down volume.
7 MENU Moves to main menu during TV viewing.
8 INFO Displays the program in formation box on the screen.
9 TXT Displays TXT information broadcasting from satellite.
10 AUDIO Changes audio mode to left right and stereo.
11 EPG Electronic Program Guide button
displays the TV/Radio
program guide broadcasting by Satellite TV provider.
12 SAT To display SAT list.
13 ZOOM Press to Zoom-in and Zoom-out picture.
14 BACKWAR
D
Press to make playing file backward as speed of x2, x4, x8,
and x20 of normal.
15 FORWARD
Press to speed playing to be x2, x4, x8, and x20 of normal.
16 FORMER Press to select previous ”media” archive.
17 NEXT Press to skip the playing file to play the next file
18 MUTE Turns sound on or off.
19 TV/SAT Switch between TV and SAT mode.
( This function only valid to Terrestrial TV program that is
connected
and deliver by Modulator of this STB )
20 RCL Press to jump to previous channel watched.
21 OK Displays the channel list and selects the item on the menu.
22 EXIT Press to exit the current menu.
23 PAGE UP Press to jump one page up or change EPG program list up.
24 PAGE
DOWN
Press to jump one page down or change EPG program list down.
25 MULTI
PICTURES
MULTI –PICTURE
26 TV/RADIO Switches between TV and Radio modes.
27 PAUSE Pauses to freeze the screen

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28 STOP Press to stop file playing.
29 PLAY/REC
Press to play the media files from USB disk, or to start recording
TV program.
30 PAUSE Pauses to freeze the screen.
31 SLOW Slow down playing speed to be 1/2, 1/4 of normal.
S.T.B Connection
Various equipment and TV/VCR can be connected to STB.
This manual will explain common ways to connect to the equipment.
If you experience any problem, please contact your sales agency.
1. How to connect the STB to a TV set
(1) Connect one end of the SCART cable to the TV SCART socket on
the back of the STB and the other end to the SCART input socket on
your TV.
(2) Connect A/V RCA cable to A/V output on the STB, and the other
end to A/V input socket on your TV.
(3) Connect the antenna cable to the ANT IN input connector of STB.
2. How to connect to Terrestrial Antenna
①Connect the ANT IN socket on STB to a Terrestrial Antenna, for the

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local television broadcasting signal.
①Connect the TO TV socket to input socket on TV using the coaxial
cable.
①Adjust the Tuning setting of TV to get the Satellite TV program.
3. How to connect the Audio system
①Connect the AUDIO R, L socket of the STB to the Audio System
like HI-FI, Amplifier, etc..
①Audio System must capable of stereo audio ability.
①If Digital Audio or S/PDIF Optical output are available on STB,
you can get better stereo experience.

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Digital TV
Plug in the STB. Then press the “power”
button on the remote control or the
“Standby” button on the STB Front
Panel. The Main Menu screen, the
beginning of the OSD screen, will appear
as shown in the following picture. The
Main Menu displays various functions of
the STB or you can select with “CH”
buttons and the numeric buttons on the
remote control. To proceed to the next
stage, press the “OK” button on the remote control.
1. Installation
Plug in the STB, and power on, there are foreign languages for your
choice, choose the one you prefer. Then, pls press “Menu” on the
remote control to get started.
To get start the STB, please go to installation menu by pressing
“Menu” button on the remote control (default lock code: 0000). The
installation menu allows you to set the Antenna and various functions,
and customize service. Use the ”CH” buttons on the remote control
to select an option and press the ”OK”
button to proceed to enter. To move
backwards to the previous stage, press
the ”Exit” or ”Menu” button.
1.1Manual Search
Your STB can be easily installed by using
“Installation” Menu.
Selecting your installed Satellite on the
right side, and press “Vol+” button to
enter into left side, then set all the other
figures such as LNB type; Frequency;

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22KHz; DiSEqC control; LNB Power and so on, using the ”Vol”
buttons on the remote control then Save the settings.
ALL + NIT: To Search out all the Free Channels + Scrambled
Channels available in particular Satellite or Transponders including the
new transponders that are not preprogrammed in your STB but
broadcasting by Satellite Provider.
Then press ”OK” button to start searching, while the related menu
shows a details info of the scanning status.
1.2 Auto Search
Press “OK” button to select the Satellite
that you want to scan and your STB can
be installed by up to 4 Satellites through a
separated DiSEqC Switch component.
Setting each satellite port to be in accord
to each DiSEqC port. Then press SCAN
to start searching by numberic order.
2. Channel Manager
You can easily access to any TV and
Radio programs by the variable functions
available from this STB, and enjoy your
digital entertainment TV fun.
2.1. Channel Organizer
You can organizer the channel list as you
want,such as Fav,Mov,Lock,Del
functions to operate your TV programs.
Lock: Press OK button to select the channel you wish to Lock, then
press blue button, you can lock the selected channel from authorized
watching.
Return: Press red button, you can return
to previous menu.
Move:Press OK button to select the
channel you wish to move, then press
Green button to pop-up Move-To menu

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and input channel numbers you wish to move, and press OK button
again to insert.
Delete:Press OK button to select the channel you wish to delete, then
press blue button to delete the selected
channel from STB.
2.2 Channel Grouping
In this menu,you can group your TV
programes to news, scien, sport, movie,
kids, music ,fashi and etc.
2.3 Delete all channels
Here you can delete all channel settings
before, but you have to input your
password in order to protect the channels
data.
3.Configuration
With system menu, you can set whatever
you want the features and specifications
of your STB to be most suitable for your
watching programs.
It is very friendly setting for your
OSD,TV, System setup, TIME, Wakeup
timer and ParentalLcok, all this setting
can be set up easier in this men.
Time:To set the local time and date to
your STB, then save it.
Time Mode
Choose the time mode of you like to.
Local Date
Set the Local Date.
Local Time
Set the Local Time.

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Summer Time
If you set summer time to “ON”, then your local time should add one
hour more.
GMT offsett
Choose the format to display the Date.
Wakeup Timer:In this function, you can
setting your Wakeup timer. Such as
timer No., timer mode, wakeup mode,
wakeup channels, wakeup date and so on.
Parental Control: To prevent the
unauthorized Accessing of your STB, you
can set the Parental control password to
you receiver. (Default password: 0000)
Channel Edit Lock: To lock the Channel
Edit menu to prevent unauthorized
adjusting of Channel.
Installation Lock: To lock the installation
menu to prevent unauthorized adjusting
of Installation.
System Setting Lock: To lock the System Setting menu to prevent
unauthorized adjusting of System Setting.
Utility Lock: To lock the Utility menu to prevent unauthorized
adjusting of Utility.
Channel Lock: To lock the channels to
prevent the channels that are not suitable
for Children.
Receiver Lock: To lock the receiver to
prevent from unauthorized watching.
Factory Default Lock: To lock the
Factory Default menu to prevent
unauthorized operation.

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You can also change the password by input numeric key for NEW
Password, and then repeat again to VERIFY Password.
4. Factory Default
To default the factory settings, by
choosing ALL or CHANNELS, and
press ”OK” button to proceed.
All
To default software settings and channels
to be factory settings.
Channel
To default only channel to be factory settings.
5 Version
In this menu, you can check your STB
information, like HW/SW information.
6. CONAX CAS7.0
You can easily watching Conax CAS7.0
programs by you digital cable receiver.
First, pls insert your Conax CAS to CA
slot on front panel, you can saw Conax
cas7.0 in your Digital TV menu. And then
you can check or delete all your CAS
information here.
USB
To play multimedia files, games, record
program, update software through USB
port.
7.1 Movie
Go to USB movie menu, choose path to
video files, select one and press “USB
Play” or “OK” button to start full screen
play. Press “Exit” or “USB Stop” to stop
and back to movie menu.

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Format supported
AVI, VOB, MPG, DAT
Backward and forward
Press “Previous”/“Forward” to play backward/forward at max x20
speed.
7.2 Music
Go to USB music menu, choose path to
music files, select one and press “USB
Play” or “OK” button to start play. Press
“Exit” or “USB Stop” to stop and back to
music menu.
Format supported
MP3
Backward and forward
Press “Previous”/“Forward” to play backward/forward at max x20
speed.
Skip
Press “Previous” or “Next” button, when playing, to skip to play
previous or next music file.
Pause
Press “USB Pause” to freeze music playing, and “USB Play” to
resume.
7.3 Photo
Go to USB photo menu, choose path to photo files, for the picture
selected, there is preview in right side, and use “OK” button to full
screen display. Press “Exit” or “USB Stop” to stop and back to picture
menu.
Format supported
JPG
Skip
When display the picture in full screen, use “previous” /“next” buttons
to skip to display previous/next picture.

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Slide play
When in full screen display, use “USB play” to start slide play. Use
“USB pause” to stop, “USB stop” or “Exit” to quit full screen and back
to picture menu.
Skip
Press “Previous”/“Next” button, when playing, to skip to play
previous/next video file.
Pause
Press “USB Pause” to freeze playing, and “USB Play” to resume.
7.4 USB Game
Go to USB game menu, choose path to
Native32 game files, select one and press
“ “OK” to play. Press “Exit” or “USB
Stop” to stop and back to USB Game
menu.
Format supported
Native32 games (SMF)
You can go to www.native32.com to
download more free USB game.
USB Game become Black and White ?
Solution: Make sure the STB TV type set
to the same system ( PAL; NTSC; AUTO,
etc.. ) of TV Color system.
8.0 PVR
Record favorite TV program to USB
device, and review it at anytime in future.
Partition Select
Before to record TV program, connect hard disk to receiver, and go to
PVR
partition select menu, choose disk partition, where the recorded file is
supposed be saved. Only root directory is available, can’t set path to
folders.
Start and stop
Press “USB Play” to start recording, “USB STOP” to finish.

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Information
Press “Info” button to check details
information when recording, such as
recorded time, available free memory
size etc.
Format of recorded file
Recorded file will be saved in format of
MPG.
PVR preview
In PVR preview menu, select recorded
file, and press “OK” to preview. Press
Yellow button turn to full screen.
In preview menu, the operations of skip,
pause, forward, backward, previous, next
etc, are not available.
PVR Instruction
Supported Device:
1) Most of popular USB2.0 Hard Drive Disk can be supported by our
STB, however due to there are too many types of HDD available in
the market, if you find one particular HDD can not work with our
STB, please kindly provide it to us, and we will be happy to solve
it for you in shortest time.
2) System required: FAT32
3) Speed required: 5400rpm
Instructions to TV program
1) Any SD TV program (Standard Definition) with a bit rate lower
then 6Mbps can be recorded by this STB.
2) During recording, EPG; TXT; Multi AUDIO functions can not be
operated.
3) Recorded TV program will not support EPG: TXT: Multi AUDIO.
Recording Capacity

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1) Our STB can support up to 4 partition of one HDD, and
theoretically each partition can allow up to 2TByte (2,000Gb),
however, we suggest to use one HDD with each partition not
bigger than 120Gb
2) Each recorded video file will not bigger than 3.8Gb (Approx 4
hours), the STB will automatically create new video file to
continue recording your TV program if the recorded video file is
bigger than 3.8Gb.
How to choose and set different partition from my HDD ?
Usually there are several partition available in HDD, and our
STB can allow you to choose different partition for recording
purpose, choose from PVR partition menu, menu of Device List
will pop-up, it lists all partitions your HDD has, choose the one
you want, and press OK button to save. Then the recorded video
file will be stored into this partition.
WARNING
USB1.1 or USB2.0 Key or Stick (Including MP3 player)
1) We strongly suggest not to record any TV program by USB Key or
Stick, because a huge of different USB Key or Stick are indeed
available in the market with different quality level, we do not
guarantee any damage of your USB Key or Stick from the
attempting recording.
2) Do not remove your USB device from STB while it is in use of any
USB multimedia function.
Timeshift
Timeshift
9.0 TimeShift

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TIMESHIFT MODE:
Make sure you have USB device plugged into the STB, and there are
free storage.
Press TIMESHIFT to pause, the video screen will freeze, and
recording will begin.
Press TIMESHIFT again, to continue watching TV show from the
point at which it was paused.
Press EXIT to stop TIMESHIFT mode, and return to live program.
TIMESHIFT FUNCTION
During TIMESHIFT mode, you can pause; backward; forward; slow
the TV content.
The bigger USB device free storage, the more TV content it can
record.
USB Device Speed Checking
Press PAGEDOWN to pop up the Device List, where you can find the
speed of your USB Device, RED means it can read, YELLOW means
it can RECORD, GREEN means it can TIMESHIFT, it is suggest to
use the match speed USB Device to operate each function, otherwise,
the function may not performed normally.
Troubleshooting
When you found some problems about this STB, please check the
table as below. Because these may not be any serious problems:

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Tips: If you refer to this troubleshooting, but no resolve that problem
you encountered. Please contact the local dealer or technical support
instantly, do not open the machine, because that is very dangerous to
you or to the machine in that cases.
Glossary
(1) 22KHz switch
A tone that can be sent via the LNB coax, this tone can control the
LNB or switches on the coax cable. Do not interfere with the DC or
Fault
Phenomenon
probably reasons Resolve
Power on, but no
display on
screen
Please carefully check the
power plug, to see it is in
socket of wall or not? Is power
interrupted?
Put firmly the power plug to the
socket on
the wall.
Is the aerial install correct? Reinstall the aerial and calibrate
it
LNB input is not connect Connect the LNB
The transmit station turns off Attempt until the signal coming
again
The sky wave disturbs the
device
Attempt again later
Power on this
STB, then that
screen displays
”No signal”
The program setups are
incorrect
Set the proper
parameters of received program
in the system
settings menu
STB plays a
strange sound
Due to the channel contain
more audio tracks or audio
languages
User can use the “Audio”
button on the RCU to select the
correct audio track or audio
languages
USB Game
Become Black
and White
The TV color sysem setting is
not same as STB TV type
Make sure the STB TV system
set to the same system ( PAL;
NTSC; AUTO ) of TV system.