TV Star C101 User manual

DIGITAL CABLE TV RECEIVER
Set Top Box (STB)
TV STAR C101
USER MANUAL
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Table of contents
Safety………………………………………………………………………….……4
Ge eral I troductio …………………………………………………………..…6
Fro t Pa el / Rear Pa el…………………………………………………………....8
Remote Co trol U it………………………………………………………….……. 10
S.T.B Co ectio ……………………………………………………………….......13
Digital TV…………………………………………………………………………...16
1. I stallatio ………………………………………………………………………...16
1.1 Ma ual Search………………………………………………………………….…...16
1.2 Auto Search……………………………………………………………. …..17
2. Cha el Ma ager…………………………………………………………………….18
2.1 Cha el Origa izer…. ……………………………………………………….………19
2.2 Cha el Groupi g………. ………………………………………………….………...19
2.3 Delete all cha els………………………………………………………….……..….19
3. Co figuratio …….…………………………………………………………….………..19
4. Factory Default…………………………………………………………………………..22
5. Versio ………..…….……………………………………………………………....22
6.Co ax CAS7………………..………………………………………………………….…22
7. USB……….……………………………………………………………………...23
7.1 Movie…………….………………………………………………………………....24
7.2 Music……………..…………………………………………………………………..24
7.3 Photo…….……………………………………………………………………………24
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Table of contents
8.0 PVR……….……………………………………………………………………25
8.1 PVR I structio ………………………………………………………………26
9.0 TIMESHIFT…………………………………………….……………………………27
Trouble Shooti g………………………………………………………………….…28
Glossary……………………………………………………………….……………...29
Specificatio ………………………………………………………………………….31
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Safety Instructions
This STB has bee ma ufactured to satisfy the i ter atio al safety sta dards.
Please read the followi g safety precautio s carefully.
MAIN SUPPLY
:AC 220/240V, 50/60Hz, max 20W.
OVERLOADING
:Do ot overload a wall outlet, exte sio cord or adapter as this may result i fire
or electric shock.
E sure that the power source (socket) is easily accessible.
LI UIDS
:This STB shall ot be exposed to drippi g or splashi g a d that o objects filled
with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed o the STB.
CLEANING
:Disco ect the STB from the mai supply before clea i g. Do ot use a y ki d
of solve ts to clea the STB, o ly use a soft-dry cloth.
VENTILATION
:The slots o top of the STB must be left u covered to allow proper airflow to the
u it.
E sure a mi imum dista ce of 5cm arou d the apparatus for sufficie t
ve tilatio .
E sure that the ve tilatio is ot impeded by coveri g the ve tilatio ope i gs
with items such as ewspapers, table-cloths, curtai s, etc.
Do ot sta d the STB o soft fur ishi gs or carpets.
Do ot expose the STB to direct su light or do ot place it ear a heater.
Do ot stack electro ic equipme ts o top of the STB.
Do ot place aked flame sources, such as lighted ca dles o the apparatus.
ATTACHMENTS
:Do ot use a y u recomme ded attachme ts as these may cause hazard or
damage to the STB.
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Safety Instructions
CONNECTION TO Cable TV Network
:Disco ect the STB from the mai supply before co ecti g or disco ecti g
the cable from the CATV Network
CONNECTION TO THE TV
:Disco ect the STB from the mai supply before co ecti g or disco ecti g
the cable from TV.
FAILURE TO DO SO CAN DAMAGE THE TV.
EARTHING
:The STB cable MUST BE EARTHED to the CATV system earth,
Please follow the i structio s from your CATV Operator.
LOCATION
:Place the STB i door i order ot to expose to lighte i g , rai or Su light.
Use the apparatus o ly i moderate climates ( ot i tropical climates).
Battery handling
:Batteries may co tai toxic age ts that are hazardous to the e viro me t.
Therefore, dispose of the batteries immediately accordi g to the prevaili g
statutory regulatio s. Never throw the batteries i ormal household waste.
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General Introduction
INTRODUCTION
This ma ual will help you lear basic fu ctio s such as i stallatio , selecti g
cha els a d ma y other fu ctio s of the STB. All fu ctio s ca be operated by the
remote co trol. You ca easily i stall it by selecti g ”Installation” fu ctio a d
upgrade its software through commu icatio cable.
The remote co trol is desig ed for easy access to all the fu ctio s at o ce a d for
comfortable grab for your ha d. It is programmed to co trol all fu ctio s a d to easily
watch TV a d Radio programs via the STB.
WARNING
A y problems ca be caused by the use of u official software. The use of software
versio s other tha dealers or distributors official software will void the
ma ufacturer’s warra ty. It is advised that o ly the formal software released from
dealers or distributors should be used.
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General Introduction
UNPACKING
U pack the u it a d check to make sure that all of the followi g items are i cluded i
the packagi g.
1 x Remote Co trol U it (RCU)
1 x User Ma ual
2 x AAA batteries
1 x Digital Cable TV Receiver
1 x A/V Cable
We hope you e joy usi g your digital receiver!
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Front Panel/ Rear Panel
Front Panel
:
Press to switch betwee Operatio a d Sta dby modes.
CH: Cha ge cha els or items from top to bottom o the me us.
VOL: I crease or Decrease the volume of sou d.
OK: Press to proceed of co firmatio .
Dime sio : 250x 175x 38 (W x D x H )
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Front Panel/ Rear Panel
Rear Panel
No. Symbol Function
1RF IN Use to connect an antenna.
2LOOP OUTPUT Use it when connecting to another STB.
3TV SCART For the video/a dio inp t of the TV.
4S/PDIF Digital a dio o tp t.
5A/V RCA To connect the A dio/Video RCA o tp t to TV.
6POWER Power ON/OFF switch.
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Remote Control Unit
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Remote Control Unit
1Switches betwee Operatio a d Sta dby modes.
20–9 Cha ges cha els or selects the me u optio s.
3SUBTL Subtitle fu ctio s
4FAV Selects favorite cha el list or curre t cha el list i the
view mode. I Edit Cha el mode’s“Add favorite”me u it
cha ges the right wi dow’s cha el list.
5CH (▲/▼) Cha ges cha els or items from top to bottom o the
me u.
6VOL(◄/
►)
Tur s up/dow volume.
7MENU Moves to mai me u duri g TV viewi g.
8INFO Displays the program i formatio box o the scree .
9TXT Displays TXT i formatio broadcasti g from satellite.
10 AUDIO Cha ges audio mode to left right a d stereo.
11 EPG Electro ic Program Guide butto displays the TV/Radio
program guide broadcasti g by Satellite TV provider.
12 Disk
Man
To display Disk Ma ager Me u
13 ZOOM Press to Zoom-i a d Zoom-out picture.
14 BACKW
ARD
Press to make playi g file backward as speed of x2, x4,
x8, a d x20 of ormal.
15 FORWA
RD
Press to speed playi g to be x2, x4, x8, a d x20 of
ormal.
16 FORME
R
Presio a para seleccio ar archivo”media” a terior.
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Remote Control Unit
17 NEXT Press to skip the playi g file to play the ext file
18 MUTE Tur s sou d o or off.
19 Timer
List
Press to display Timer Me u
20 RCL Press to jump to previous cha el watched.
21 OK Displays the cha el list a d selects the item o the
me u.
22 EXIT Press to exit the curre t me u.
23 PAGE
UP
Press to jump o e page up or cha ge EPG program list
up.
24 PAGE
DOWN
Press to jump o e page dow or cha ge EPG program
list dow .
25 MULTI
PICTUR
ES
MULTI –PICTURE
26 TV/RAD
IO
Switches betwee TV a d Radio modes.
27 PAUSE Pauses to freeze the scree
28 STOP Press to stop file playi g.
29 PLAY/R
EC
Press to play the media files from USB disk, or to start
recordi g TV program.
30 PAUSE Pauses to freeze the scree .
31 SLOW Slow dow playi g speed to be 1/2, 1/4 of ormal.
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S.T.B Connection
Various equipme t a d TV/VCR ca be co ected to STB.
This ma ual will explai commo ways to co ect to the equipme t.
If you experie ce a y problem, please co tact your sales age cy.
1. How to connect the STB to a TV set
(1) Co ect o e e d of the SCART cable to the TV SCART socket o the back of the
STB a d the other e d to the SCART i put socket o your TV.
(2) Co ect A/V RCA cable to A/V output o the STB, a d the other e d to A/V i put
socket o your TV.
(3) Co ect the a te a cable to the ANT IN i put co ector of STB.
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S.T.B Connection
2. How to connect to CATV Network
Co ect the RF IN socket o STB to a Cable TV etwork, for the local①
televisio broadcasti g sig al.
Co ect the TO TV socket to i put socket o TV usi g the coaxial cable.②
Adjust the Tu i g setti g of TV to get the Satellite TV program.③
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S.T.B Connection
3. How to connect the Audio system
Co ect the AUDIO R, L socket of the STB to the Audio System like HI-FI,①
Amplifier, etc..
Audio System must capable of stereo audio ability.②
If Digital Audio or S/PDIF Optical output are available o STB, you ca get better③
stereo experie ce.
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Digital TV
Plug i the STB. The press the “power” butto
o the remote co trol or the “Standby” butto
o the STB Fro t Pa el. The Mai Me u scree ,
the begi i g of the OSD scree , will appear as
show i the followi g picture. The Mai Me u
displays various fu ctio s of the STB or you ca
select with “CH” butto s a d the umeric
butto s o the remote co trol. To proceed to the
ext stage, press the “OK” butto o the remote
co trol.
1. Installation
Plug i the STB, a d power o , there are foreig la guages for your choice, choose
the o e you prefer. The , pls press “Menu” o the remote co trol to get started.
To get start the STB, please go to i stallatio me u by pressi g “Menu” butto o
the remote co trol (default lock code: 0000). The i stallatio me u allows you to set
the Digital TV a d various fu ctio s, a d customize service. Use the ”CH” butto s
o the remote co trol to select a optio a d press the ”OK” butto to proceed to
e ter. To move backwards to the previous stage, press the ”Exit” or ”Menu” butto .
1.1 Manual Search
Your STB ca be easily i stalled by usi g
“I stallatio ” Me u.
Select I stallatio Me u a d press OK,
E ter the LOCK password a d choose
Ma ual Search.
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Digital TV
ALL + NIT: To Search out all the Free
Cha els + Scrambled Cha els
available i CATV Network broadcasted by
the Cable TV Service Provider.
Please e ter the search freque cy
recomme ded by the Cable TV Operator.
The press ”OK” butto to start
searchi g, while the related me u shows a
details i fo of the sca i g status.
1.2 Auto Search
Press “OK” butto to select the Automatic
Search .
The STB will perform the search o all
available freque cies a d list the
programs fou d.
The search may take several mi utes.
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Digital TV
2. Channel Manager
You ca easily access to a y TV a d
Radio programs by the variable fu ctio s
available from this STB, a d e joy your
digital e tertai me t TV fu .
2.1. Channel Organizer
You ca orga izer the cha el list as you
wa t, usi g color coded fu ctio keys o the remote co trol to operate your TV
programs.
Lock: Press OK butto to select the cha el you wish to Lock, the press blue
butto , you ca lock the selected cha el from authorized watchi g.
FAV: Press red butto a d the cha el
gets to favorite list
Move:Press OK butto to select the
cha el you wish to move, the press
Yellow butto to pop-up Move-To me u
a d i put cha el umbers you wish to
move, a d press OK butto agai to i sert.
Delete:Press OK butto to select the cha el you wish to delete, the press gree
butto to delete the selected cha el from STB.
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Digital TV
2.2 Channel Grouping
I this me u,you ca group your TV
programes to ews, scie , sport, movie,
kids, music ,fashi a d etc.
2.3 Delete all channels
Here you ca delete all cha el setti gs
before, but you have to i put your
password i order to protect the cha els
data.
3.Configuration
With system me u, you ca set whatever
you wa t the features a d specificatio s of
your STB to be most suitable for your
watchi g programs.
It is very frie dly setti g for your OSD,TV,
System setup, TIME, Wakeup timer a d Pare talLcok, all this setti g ca be set up
easier i this me .
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Digital TV
Time:To set the local time a d date to
your STB, the save it.
Time Mode
Choose the time mode of you like to.
Local Date
Set the Local Date.
Local Time
Set the Local Time.
Summer Time
If you set summer time to “ON”, the your local time should add o e hour more.
GMT offsett
Choose the format to display the Date.
Wakeup Timer:I this fu ctio , you ca
setti g your Wakeup timer. Such as
timer No., timer mode, wakeup mode,
wakeup cha els, wakeup date a d so
o .
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