0. INTRODUCTION Welcome to the world of new High Definition Digital Receiver that will make your life richer and closer to your dream. Before using your new receiver, we recommend you to read this manual carefully for your own safety and correct operational manual. This product is fully compliant with the DVB standards and transmits digital broadcasting service directly to your TV The STB is easy to use and adaptable for future upgrade. The software is to be upgraded continuously to improve the function.
Factory default password is '0000'. 2.1 How to move the cursor Use the Navigation Buttons UP and Down Direction button: Navigate the cursor Upwards and Downwards. Left and Right Direction button: Navigate the cursor Left and Right 2.2 How to select an option OSD(On Screen Display)- menus support to navigate the functions or options with these buttons. Use these buttons to reach the targeting option or function. To select the desired option or function, press OK button. 2.
3. BEFORE YOU BEGIN 3.1 Advanced Features DVB compliant DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-T, DVB-C supported Smart tuner supported(Plug & Play) MPEG-2 MP@HL Video Decoder MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 HP@L4 Video Decoder DIVX supported MP3 decoder Dolby AC3 DownMix decoder HDMI v.1.2A with HDCP supported Multi-format Audio Decoder High Definition and Standard Definition DVB Common Interface (2 slots) supported Format resolution: 1080i, 720p, 576p USB 2.0(Host) supported USB 1.
. REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (UNIVERSAL TYPE) Audio mute Switch On / RCU respond to TV RCU respond to STB Sub picture position in PIP mode Swap Picture Sub channel list in PIP PIP on/off Recall Volume +,Page up/down Program up/down or Info banner Electronic Program Favorite Recorded Book or check mark To exit from the OSD menu Main Menu or previous menu Navigation buttons or Vol+,- Ch+,- Photo Album Music Fast forward or random play Record Pause Repeat Playback or return to live Multifeed Alte
5.1. Programming the remote control for your TV set. This Universal type remote control works for both TV and PVR. There are two ways to program the remote control; Automatic Code Search and Direct Entry. 5.1.1 Using automatic code search 1. Turn on the component (TV) you want to control. 2. Press and hold the TV button until the LED (TV button) turns on red, then release the key. 3.
6. FRONT PANEL CONTROL Two slots for the smart cards Two slots for CAM MVFD (Matrix Vacuum Fluorescent Display) – displays channel name, error messages, current time and status and remote control commands Power button On/Off Menu Button EPG Button FILE Button OK button Right direction button (Vol +) Left direction button (Vol -) Up direction button (CH +) Down direction button (CH -) Note: Cold off (Shutdown): Press and hold power button on front panel or RCU over 2 seconds.
Stand by mode TV channel Radio channel Actual channel is satellite Actual channel is terrestrial * If none of these symbols is highlighted then actual program is cable (DVB-C) A file record from HDD is being playied Recording Normal watching, timeshift or file playback Timeshif activated on live program Scheduled Timer event in Standby mode.
ANTENNA IN for Cable or Terrestrial antenna Telephone MODEM CVBS and Audio L, R TV and SCART Tuner 2 S-vid HDD VCR Component Video YPbPr Serial port RS AC USB 1.1 client HDMI AC Ethern USB Host 2.
8. INSTALLATION Most effective and common setting methods are suggested below. Please follow the instructions carefully. 8.
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Connection of HD (High Definition) signal: If you dispose of TV or other type of displey that supports High Definition resolution (marked as “HD ready” or “Full HD”) connect your STB with this display via HDMI connector. Using such a connection the video and audio signal is transferred digitally in best. You can also use Component analog YPbPr output for transfering video signal. Audio must be connected separatelly via CINCH L/R connectors (analog – just stereo) or via optical digital S/PDIF output.
8.3. Tuner module and HDD bracket connection into the main board The receiver supports 3,5” S-ATA HDD with no size limitation. The receiver supports any combination of two Plug and Play tuners: DVB S, DVB S2, DVB T, DVB C. Warning: Always reconnect power cord before unmounting the cover. 2. Put first tuner connector and locate the tuner module on the socket through slide of guide wing 1. open the top cover 4. Put second tuner as first tuner 3. Remove empty tuner cover. 5.
7. Connect HDD power cable of SMPS 9. Bend SATA cable as picuture 8. Connect SATA cable 10. Bend SATA cable as picture 11.
9. BEFORE SETTING 9.1 Menu Information Selectable lines are generally activated (highlighted). No-activated lines are not selectable. Most of OSD- menu show short information at the bottom of the screen. 9.2 Basic Key Control With the UP/DOWN direction button you can move the cursor upwards and downwards in the OSD (On Screen Display) menu. When you have reached the desired option or function, press the OK button to confirm your choice.
Press EXIT to enter antenna configuration menu. Select your configuration and start scanning or press EXIT to enter Main menu. 10.3. Menu tree. Service Searching **Satellite Configuration **DiSEqC 1.
10.4. DVB-S/S2 Satellite Configuration The Satellite Configuration menu will appear automatically right after adjusting the Local Time. Press OK button. Empty list of satellites appears. Press Yellow function button (Add satellite) to enter Satellite Configuration menu. 10.4.
10.4.3. Manual Scanning the satellite Select Manual field to scan channels on specific TP. Set Tuner ID, Satellite Name, Frequency, Modulation, Symbol Rate, Polarity values and Network searching. You can press OK to check the values on Frequency and Symbol Rate menu or press NUMERIC buttons to input values directly. Press OK on Search to start scanning. You can also start searching by pressing Blue function button.
10.5. DVB-C Scanning the Cable 10.5.1.
K67 K68 842±4 MHz 850±4 MHz K69 858±4 MHz Western European Standard for QAM Boxes: QAM Linear Channel Scan: Start Frequency: 306 MHz (center freq. channel S21) Stop Frequency: 858 MHz (center freq. channel K69) Symbol Rate: 6900, 6875, 6111 kS/s (Auto/Manual, Default=Auto) Modulation Scheme: 64/128/256 QAM (Auto/Manual, Default=Auto) Outer FEC scheme: RS(204/188), None Inner FEC scheme: None Channel Bandwidth: 8MHz or 7MHz Spectrum shape: Inverse, Normal 10.5.2.
10.5.3. Manual Scanning the Cable This is to scan channels on specific channel. Set Tuner ID, Region, Modulation, Frequency and Symbol Rate. You can press OK to check the values on Frequency and Symbol Rate on menu or press NUMERIC buttons to input values directly. Press OK on Manual Search to start scanning. If you input new channel data in this menu, the new data will be saved in the data base automatically. After channel searching, channels are listed automatically.
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10.6.2. Automatic Scanning the Terrestrial This is to scan all the channels of the terrestrial. Select Tuner ID, Area, Network Search option and Search Method option by pressing LEFT/RIGHT button and press OK on SEARCH to start scanning. If you use active antenna (with built-in amplifier) set Active Antenna parameter (On). 10.6.3. Manual Scanning the Terrestrial This is to scan channels on specific channel. Set Tuner ID, Channel Number, Frequency and Bandwidth.
11. HOT BUTTONS This section explains various hot button’s function while watching TV or listening to Radio. These buttons enable to reach the desired function or menu directly by pressing them. 11.1 TV or Radio Channel List While watching TV or listening to Radio, you can get the ‘TV or Radio a Channel List by pressing OK button on the remote controller. Use the navigation-buttons to move the highlights up/down and left /right. When you reach a channel that you want to check, press OK button for a view.
11.1.3. Jump Move The cursor moves by a sorting condition like numerically or alphabetically. 11.2. Edit in the Channel List Press button on the RCU in channel list menu (OK button for channel list) for Channel Edit mode. It supports Delete, Hide, Lock, Rename, Volume level, Move channel or channels 11.3. Favorite Channel List Favorite Channel list is available anytime by pressing the FAV button on RCU. The default groups are Sports, Drama, News, Movie and Music. 11.3.1.
button to bring virtual key board and create new favorite group with the virtual keyboard. To save the new group, Press ENTER on the virtual keyboard. 11.3.2. Delete To remove the marked ( “Delete” and press ) channel in the favorite group, move the cursor to right, choose OK button. 11.3.3.
11.4. Electronic Program Guide Press the EPG button on the remote control, and TV electronic program guide (EPG) appears. Use the navigation-buttons up/down and left/right to move the highlights. If you press once, List type of EPG appears. If you press once more, Grid type of EPG appears. Use Blue function button to move to the next day schedule and Red function button to move to the previous day schedule.
11.4.3. Search To search channel’s EPG under specific category/genre that you like, press button EPG data show dependent on EPG availability of broadcasting media providers. Category: Select genre of programs. (Movie/News/ Sports etc) Sub Category: Select sub-category of programs (Adult movie / Romance / Comedy etc) Program name: Put a specific program name in it by using virtual key board. Classification: Set an age restriction limit. 11.4.4.
11.5. Channel Information Info banner appears by pressing button. If you press twice, channel details are also available. The info bar shows all necessary information about the selected channel. Any highlighted icon in yellow on the info banner indicates the availability of the services.
11.6 RCL To move back to the previous channel, press button. 11.7 Subtitle If a channel is available for the subtitle service, press the subtitle icon button . If it services more than two languages, it is selectable in the language settings menu. 11.8 Alternate audio Press on the remote controller to select an audio language and sound mode: (Mix / Mono Left / Mono Right), Audio languages are selectable by pressing Left/Right direction button. Press 30 or EXIT key to exit.
11.9 Multifeed function for Premiere channel When you move to ‘main feed’ and press button of remote controller then Multifeed List (sub-channels) will appear. Use Up/Down buttons to select desired sub-channel and press OK. 11.10. OSD teletext. OSD teletext is available if served. If the teletext icon on Info Banner is appeared the icon, press this button to see the teletext information.
11.11. PIP(Picture in Picture) and PAP(Picture and Picture). Subchannel list or Subscreen PAP Close : you can see two channels on the screen, one main channel, the other sub-channel (it can be two channels from different satellites or TP if you use two tuners). If press this button once more, PAP on the screen : you can change the location of the sub-channel. : you can swap sub-channel and main channel, and vice versa : you can see sub-channel list, and change the sub-channels.
11.12. Music list. Audio files like MP3 can be downloaded and played at this place of the HDD. 11.13. Photo list Pictures can be downloaded at this place of the HDD and enjoy the photo album, and you can change the picture names. 11.14. File list. All the recorded files (by Scheduled Record such as EPG record or Timer Event Record, instant record) are recorded at this file. Press button to open the recorded files, in which you can play and edit the recorded files.
12. Select your TV system (1080i, 720p, PAL) Caution: When the TV SYSTEM (your TV type) does not match to the STB setting, TV screen and/or audio may not show properly. In that case, you need to switch off the STB, and press Power button -> then press and hold Menu button -> use Up/Down direction button to select your TV system -> press OK on the front panel. If you can open and see the Main menu, you can adjust on the AV Settings menu. 13. IP setup 13.1.
Example for direct connection: Receiver (1) : IP Adress Subnet Mask Gateway 192.168.1.20 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.135 Receiver (2) or PC : IP Adress 192.168.1.21 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.1.135 13.2. AUTO (DHCP) For the VDSL or ICS client users. It detects values automatically. No need to enter any values here. After selecting Auto(DHCP), press submit button to have all settings show up automatically. If LAN cable is not properly connected, all settings might appear as “0.0.0.0.
14. Restore Factory Setting It requires PIN code to access the Factory reset (Default PIN code: 0000). It removes Channel List, FAV List and it restores original factory settings. To restore factory settings, press ok. All settings will be deleted. 15. Mount Manager You can use Mount manager to share directory (e.g. MP3 music files) on your PC via LAN.
16. PVR OPERATION Receiver enables simultaneous recording of two channels and 1 recorded file playback. If the STB is equipped just with one tuner then both recorded programs must be from one TP, If the STB is equipped with two tuners the recorded programs can be from different TP or satellites. Simultaneously it is possible to watch live program (must be from the same satellite as one of two recorded programs) or playback an record from HDD. 16.1.
Condition 2 Time Shift – ON & Include Time Shift On Record – NO in HDD Setting menu With the above setting, when you press record button, it records from the current live point and timeshift buffer disappears automatically. Condition 3 Time Shift – OFF in HDD setting menu When you press record button, it records from the current live point 16.2. Scheduled Record by EPG or timer event To show currently recording files and reserved recording list on the Menu.
If the STB is in standby mode, the scheduled records automatically begin 10 minutes prior to the scheduled time. If you press the power button on RCU while recording, a message box appears for your confirmation if you want to stop recording. Press OK button to save the recorded file on HDD. Reservation recording on the EPG menu: Select desired program on EPG content and press program is reserved for recording. Press program is reserved for zapping. Press .
16.3. Timeshifting on live channels. Timeshifting on a live channel is available when set Time Shift – ON in HDD setting menu . When a channel is zapped to others, the recorded file will disappear automatically, then it starts to record the current live channel. On live channel, all kinds of the PVR functions are available such as Pause, Jump back, Jump forward, Rewind, Fast forward, Slow motion, Frame by frame play. 16.4 Book mark Press the button, to make a bookmark on the time bar where you want.
16.5. Play Press the button under the book mark ( ) on the display time bar to jump to the next book mark, and it starts playback from the marked point. 16.6. Repeat Press the button to repeat the portion of the recorded file between any two neighboring bookmarks. Press the button and hold over 2 seconds to repeat the whole file. If there is no bookmark , you have to repeat the whole file. To exit from the repeat function, press button once more. 16.7.
18. Information 18.1. System Information It displays information about software and hardware configuration of the receiver: Version/model of receiver Micom Version Boot Version Image (firmware) Version DB Version (database) PCB Version (motherboard) Product ID First time activation date 18.2.Network Information. It displays network info such as IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway etc. 18.3. HDD information It displays product name of HDD, HDD capacity, Free space 18.4.
(This is to make Cold Off mode) 3. Connect between your PC and STB with USB Cable 4. AC Power On. 5. Press and keep holding the Power button and press + right direction button on the front panel, and you see “USB UPGRADE” in the front panel. 6. PC detects new hardware device (important) to INSTALL the USB driver 7. Driver Installation Wizard Appears 8. Select ‘install from a list or specific location (advanced)’ and click ‘Next’. 9. Select ‘Include this location in the search’ and click ‘Browse’ 10.
complete Latest firmware (images) and welcome pictures can be updated via Ethernet port using network update system.
A new functions for your receiver are available if you have installed uboot version 1.3.1 (190508 ) or newer one: 1. Software upgrade from USB memory stick (host): - backup important data from memory stick before try to update. Remove all data from it. - copy usb update image to memory stick and rename it: usb_update.img - run "remove h/w(memory stick)" function on PC. You can see icon on right bottom (left of clock) screen. - turn off the stb( + ) and insert the memory stick.
Universal Remote Controller for operation with other AB IPBox models It is possible to adjust AB IPBox AB IPBox 9000HD remote controller for operation with other AB IPBox models. Press and hold OK button together with corresponding number button (see lower list) for approximately 10 seconds – after finishing “STB” button will blink. Release the buttons.
Installation of addons (AB image) If you use AB image you can install several types of addons (additional modules). Webinterface of your receiver is designated to install addons. Find out IP address of your receiver in menu before starting an installation of addons. Use a ftp software to connect to your receiver. Use name: root password: ipbox Copy installation file of addon (file with .ipk extension) into /tmp directory of your receiver.
Select „addons“ flag and confirm installation by pressing „INSTALL“ button. Addon will be installed automatically and receiver will restart.
20. GLOSSARY OF TERMS CA Conditional Access. A system to control subscriber access to services/ programs. RF Radio frequency (known as HF in some countries). Polarization Enables simultaneous transmission of several channels on the same frequency. SCART A 21-pin connector used for connection of the STB, VCR and TV. Also known as Euro connector DVB The Digital Video Broadcast group was created to establish a technical framework for the introduction of digital video broadcasting systems.
21. TROUBLE SHOOTING Problem No display appeared on front Possible Causes Power cord is not plugged in. What To Do Check that power cord No Sound/ Picture Wrong Audio/ Video output connection between the Receiver and TV set. Mute Audio Check Audio/ Video output connection between the Receiver and TV set. Press Mute button to recover. TV Power off Turn TV on No Signal Check the cable connections and other equipment connected between the cable line and the receiver.
Err 79 Mismatched DB version Download proper db.img or all-noboot.
22. PRODUCT SPECIFITION Part Type Specifications Type CPU Data/Instruction Cache Input Connector Input Signal Level Frequency Range LNB Control Satellite QPSK Tuner(DVB-S) Waveform 22KHz Tone Symbol Rate DiSEqC Control Input Connector Input Signal Level Frequency Range LNB Control Satellite 8PSK Tuner(DVB-S2) IEC 169-24 Female(F-type) -65 to -25dBm 950MHz to 2150MHz Vertical 13V(400mA Max) Horizontal 18V(400mA Max) QPSK(C/KU band compatible) Frequency 22±4KHz Amplitude 0.6±0.
QAM mode 16, 32, 64,128,256QAM Symbol rate 0.87Mbaud~7Mbaud Max. ISO/IEC 13818-2 Specification and VC1 Microsoft video format main/advanced profiles@HL(WMV-9)-optional, H.264 Input Stream profiles@ Profile & Level Input TS Data Rate MPEG Transport Stream & A/V Decoding Aspect Ratio Video Resolution Audio Decoding Audio Mode Sample Rate Flash Memory Memory DDR SDRAM HDD Digital interface for HDTV SCART I/F Storage & Rear connector CVBS & Audio R/L Out MPEG-2 MP@ML, MP@HL, MPEG4 AP@HL/H.264 level 4.
NOTICE Contents of this manual and features/ Specifications of the STB are subjected to change without notice. TM HDMI , the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC. HDCP : licensed with HDCP Dolby DigitalTM : Dolby is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories, Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 : licensed with MPEG LA MP3 Audio : MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.
23. TV BRAND CODE LIST.
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