Zinwell Freeview ZMX-7500 Quick start guide

Zinwell ZMX-7500/DSE7500 Tuning Guides
For adding Bravo+1, Prime, Duke+1 and Prime+1
These instructions may take up to 30 minutes to complete.
Step 1
Check First
Please confirm that the green signal bar that appears for a short time at the bottom of the screen when you change channels
is 100% on both TV1 and TV3.
If this green bar is less than 95% on TV1, These instructions may fail. Click here to some tips which might solve the problem.
If you have a healthy green signal bar then go to next step
Step 2
On your remote press Menu
Then go down to System Configuration using the down arrow key.

Using the right arrow key on your remote, toggle to the right and then using the down arrow key, toggle down to Factory Default.
Press OK and enter in "0000" as the password.
The default password is "0000" unless you have changed it, If 0000 doesn't work, use "1269" instead. The password will revert to
"0000" after a Restore to Defaults".
Select Yes and then when requested pull the small black power plug, out of the right hand corner of your Zinwell Freeview
Receiver.
You should now have a blank screen, wait 10 seconds and then reconnect the power plug
Step 3.
Once rebooted, you will see a screen that will have Satellite, Country Name and City Name,
Please select your nearest city using the remotes arrow keys, then press OK and proceed. (It will now scan for Freeview
Channels, this may take 90 seconds)
Step 4
You will now be at TV One, with your remote press Menu
Then select System Installation
Then use the right arrow key to toggle to the right and then select Add Satellite (See photo above)
Enter in the same password “0000”

Step 5
You will now see a menu like this:
With your remote, go down to LNB 1 and check if the Signal Box (Located on the bottom right is showing a Yellow bar (100%
or equivalent).
If not? then toggle right and wait a few seconds and see if the signal box shows any signal. This is normally either LNB 1 or LNB
2
Once you have found which LNB has the signal at 100% then proceed to the next step.
Step 6
Go up to OPTUS D1 and toggle the right arrow key, toggle the down arrow key to select USER SATELLITE, and press OK
(You will notice the signal indicator is at 0%, this is normal)
On your remote, Press OK and OK again to save.
Scroll down to LNB No. and select the LNB number you found in the previous step (That did contain a signal). There will be no
signal indication at this stage.
Press OK to exit.
Then press EXIT to return to the main menu.
Step 7

Use the remote to go down to Auto Tune
Enter in the password
Step 8
1. On the remote toggle Right (You will see the drop down as seen above)
2. Use the arrow keys to select the "User Satellite”. (Do not select Optus D1 or you may lose existing channels and you will need
to go back to Step 2 )
If you don't see another Satellite other than Optus D1, please go back to Step 4
3. Press OK on the remote.

4. Use the remote arrow key to go down 1 to Start Freq MHz
5. Enter 12480 (Don't Push the OK button yet)
6. Then, use the remote arrow key to go down 1 to END Freq MHz
7. Enter 12486 (Don't Push the OK button yet)
8. Arrow key down to Polarisation and toggle right to set HORI
9. Now Press OK on your remote.
10. A message Tuning Complete will appear on screen for about two seconds only, press OK and save.
(If you see a message Tuning Failed instead, check that you have followed steps 4, 5 & 6 exactly).
Step 9

The receiver will start scanning and after about 30 seconds the TVNZ channels (including Maori Television) will be
duplicated. Press Ok and confirm save. Exit.
Step 10
When you have returned to normal TV, Press MENU
Then go down to System Installation, using your remote's arrow keys, toggle right and then toggle down to EDIT TP. Press OK.
Enter password.
Step 11

NOTE: If you see an existing entry with a Freq of 12519 you will need to delete that first using the Delete TP option in the
previous menu or you will get a “TP Exists” error when you try to change 12483 to 12519 as instructed below.
You will now see a screen similar to the one above.
You will now need to select the bottom row which says Freeview and showing User Satellite at the bottom left (It may already
be selected).
Press the OK button
You will then see a screen similar to the one below, with *12483 highlighted (may vary from 12480 to 12486).

Change the new Transponder Frequency (TP) from *12483 to 12519 as shown above
Confirm the Symbol Rate (SR) is 22500, Polarisation is Hori (Horizontal), press OK and save. (Note: you will see the yellow
signal bar as soon as you enter 12519.)
Step 12
It will now scan. Once completed it returns to normal TV. (Do not interrupt the scan or you will need to go back to Step 2)
If it says Service not collected, please continue - this is normal.
Step 13
Go to MENU > Channel Manager and then Channel Organiser
Step 14

Locate Maori Television on channel 9 and press 5
Rename to BravoPlus1.(Need Rename Help - see the end of these instructions)
Press OK and remain in Channel Manager
Locate *TVNZ 1 on channel 10 and press 5
Rename to Prime
Press OK and remain in Channel Manager
Locate *TVNZ 2 on channel 12 and press 5
Rename to DukePlus1
Press OK and remain in the Channel Manager
Locate *TVNZ 1+1 on 16, press 5 and rename to PrimePlus1
Press OK and remain in the Channel Manager
Press OK
*Note: Original Channel name displayed may be different in some areas
Step 15

Then.. Toggle to 17: Press 4 (Delete –a red cross will appear at the end of the line as shown),
Then cursor down to 18: Press 4
Then cursor down to 20: Press 4 and finally OK and confirm
Step 16
Press Menu
Toggle right and then toggle down to EDIT CHANNEL
PRESS OK
Step 17