IPTV User Guide THE FUTURE NOW SHOWING
Welcome NEW WAY to WATCH the Digital TV is TV different than anything you have seen before. It isn’t cable…it’s better. Digital TV offers great channels, many features and many choices. Watch what you want – sports, movies, news, cartoons, drama, comedies – anything you can imagine is there. Watch when you want – with features like auto tune and digital video recording. Watch how you want – DVD quality video and sound. So sit back, relax and enjoy the future.
Table of Contents Remote Control Layout Entone 06-04 Remote Control Eclypse URC 2025G Remote Control 1 1 2 1 Remote Control Basics Turn Your Set Top Box or TV On or Off Change Channels Bringing up the Infobar Adjust Volume System Buttons 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 How To Use This Book Layout Color-codes and Icons Theme 5 5 5 6 Infobar Layout 8 3 The Infobar Introducing The Infobar Go To The Infobar Using The Infobar Exit The Infobar 9 9 9 10 11 4 The Menubar Introducing The Menubar Go To The Menubar Understand
Table of Contents VUDU Dotdaily Channel 1 Widgets 24 25 25 7 DVR Introducing DVR Quick Recording General Guidelines About Recordings Pause Live TV (PLT) Controlling Recorded or Live TV DVR Playback Controller The DVR Menu Go To DVR The DVR Menu Quick Reference Go To Recordings Whole-Home Icon Sort Recordings Watch A Recorded Program Lock or Unlock A Recording Deleting A Recording Stop a Program Currently Recording Review Programs To Record Go To- To Record Cancel A Future Scheduled Recording Schedule Prio
Table of Contents Go To Messages Read A Message Introducing Caller ID Go To Caller ID Delete A Caller ID Entry 37 37 37 38 38 9 Controls Introducing Controls Go To Controls Enable/Disable Controls Disable Controls Enable Controls 39 39 39 39 40 40 10 Settings Introducing Settings Go To Settings Working With Preferences Working With Settings/Users Go To Parental Controls Parental Controls Add A User Account Sign Out / Sign In Log In Go To Sign Out / Sign In Edit A User Account 41 41 41 41 43 44 44 45 48
Table of Contents Set Top Box Entone Kamai 500 Entone Amulet 300 Series 56 56 57 Movie Ratings MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) Ratings System 58 58 TV Ratings TV Parental Guidelines Ratings System Program Ratings Content Ratings 59 59 59 59 Notes 60
Remote Control Layout Entone 06-04 Remote Control Device Selection Press to control your TV, STB, or Auxiliary Device *Playback Controls Control playback of DVD or DVR (see below) DVR & LIVE TV Press to use DVR functions.
Remote Control Layout Eclypse URC 2025G Remote Control WATCH TV Turns ON/OFF equipment used for watching TV FUNCTION KEYS Yellow - Search Blue - Caller ID Red - DVR menu Green - Live TV MENU ON DEMAND feature not used at this time GUIDE Display program GUIDE PROGRAM INFO Display INFO for currently selected program VOLUME Control & MUTE TV volume DVR Display a list of recorded programs CALLER ID Display a LIST of recent calls 2 VIDEO INPUT Use to cycle through video inputs on TV or Audio Receiver SETUP Us
1 Remote Control Basics Setting Up Your Remote Control Your technician will generally program your remote control to power both your set top box and your television on and off, by simply pressing the POWER button. Your remote control can also be programmed to use the device selection buttons to tell your remote whether you want to control your set top box, your television or another devise.
1 Remote Control Basics Bring up the Infobar Using the Arrow Keys will allow you to view a single channel guide look at programs, as well as other information such as date the film was made, which isn’t found anywhere else. Adjust Volume The VOL+/- button will adjust the volume gradually. The MUTE button will toggle the sound on and off. System Buttons There are a number of buttons on your remote that display different features of your service.
2 How To Use This Book Layout Instructions are paired with screen shots to illustrate the process and provide confirmation of what you should see on your TV. On-screen text, such as screen titles, messages and options are shown in Deep Blue Bold Type. Buttons on the remote control are represented by a graphic of that button, or Red Bold Type when a graphic cannot be shown. Color-codes and Icons Program listings may display icons based on settings for a particular program.
2 How To Use This Book Theme Theme allows you to change the color and style of menu, guide and system screens using pre-set styles. These different pre-set styles are called skins. The Theme option can be found in chapter 10 Settings in this book. To get to Theme, highlight and select the Settings icon on the main menu bar, then navigate over to Theme. There are four choices in the drop down menu for Theme. A sample of the Guide and Menu screens is listed below. NuBlu4.
2 How To Use This Book Swirl4.1 Guide Menu Default4.1 Guide Menu If you change the theme, your screens will not match those shown in this guide. Also, if you change, there is a delay and the system will reboot.
Infobar Layout 1 2 4 5 8 1 8 2 4 5 3 6 7 3 6 7 9 1 Channel Name and Number The name and number of the channel currently listed in the Infobar. 2 3 Current Time Program Type Indicates whether you are watching Live TV or a recorded program. This may also indicate if the program is Blocked because of parental controls or that the Emergency Alert System is active.
3 The Infobar Introducing The Infobar The Infobar is a quick way of finding information about the show you are watching, as well as what comes on later and what is on other channels. Go To The Infobar There are three ways to make the basic Infobar appear. Press INFO on your remote control. Press the Up or Down Arrow Keys on your remote control. The basic Infobar will also appear any time you change channels. Once the Infobar is active, press INFO again to display the detailed Infobar.
3 The Infobar Using The Infobar Step 1: Go To The Infobar Press INFO, the Up or Down Arrow Keys, or change channels. Step 2a: See What’s On Other Channels Press the Up or Down Arrow Keys to scroll the Infobar through what is showing on other channels without actually changing channels. If you find something you would rather watch on another channel, press OK to tune to that channel.
3 The Infobar You can combine steps 2a and 2b to see what comes on later on another channel if you like. However, if you plan to do a lot of browsing for programs on other channels or that are coming on later, it is easier to use Guide. For more information on Guide, see section 5 Guide. Press OK to display options to set a reminder, auto tune or recording (if your set top box supports DVR).
4 The Menubar Note: Parental Controls must first be set up in Settings before the Parental Controls on/off button will appear on the Menubar. Introducing The Menubar The Menubar is a quick and easy way to access any feature of your service. Go To The Menubar To display the Menubar, press MENU on your remote control. Understand The Menubar Guide will bring up the program guide. For information on Guide, please see section 5 Guide.
4 The Menubar Note: Parental Controls will not appear until you have created parental control settings. Settings offers access to creating parental controls and setting blocked channels, determining how things appear on screen, and creating, editing and deleting user accounts. For information on Settings, see section 10 Settings. Favorites allows you to choose, edit, create or delete a favorite channel list. For information on Favorites, see section 11 Favorites.
Guide Layout Favorite List Indicates the favorite list currently in use. Info Area Provides information about the currently highlighted program. Picture-in-Picture Allows you to watch TV while you are in Guide. Highlight Indicates what program listing is currently in focus. Program Listings Shows channel number and abbreviation and program listings for each channel. Program listings may include icons to indicate a setting or feature for a particular program.
5 Guide Introducing Guide Guide is the place to quickly find out what’s on now and what’s playing later. You can set reminders or recordings for upcoming programs in Guide. Go To Guide There are two ways to go to Guide. Press GUIDE or Press MENU, highlight Guide, and press OK. Parts of Guide A diagram of the Guide screen is shown on Guide Layout. Getting Around Guide To navigate Guide… Press the Arrow Keys to move the highlight. Jump to a channel by entering the channel with the Number Pad (0-9).
5 Guide Set A Reminder, Auto Tune or Recording Step 1: Pick A Program Find the program you want. Highlight its listing and press OK. Note: If you are setting a recording, highlight the listing and press RECORD instead of OK, then skip steps 2 and 3. Step 2: Set The Reminder, Auto Tune or Record Highlight or or and press OK. You will then be returned to Guide. Step 3: Return to Guide The program listing now shows an icon next to the program’s name.
5 Guide Step 4a: Your Reminder A few minutes before your program comes on, a box will appear on your screen telling you that you have a reminder. Press INFO to display the reminder. Highlight the button showing the program name and press OK to watch the program, or highlight Cancel and press OK to ignore the reminder. Step 4b: Your Auto Tune Just before the program begins, a message will display, giving you the option to tune in or cancel.
5 Guide Step 1: Pick A Program Find any episode of the series you want to record. Highlight the program listing and press OK. Step 2: Set The Recording Highlight Record Series and press OK. Step 3: Return To Guide Once you have set the series recording you will be returned to Guide. The program listing now shows an icon next to the program’s name. Series Recording set Every upcoming episode of the series will be recorded.
5 Guide Step 1: Pick An Upcoming Recording Locate the program to be recorded. Highlight its listing and press OK. Step 2: Edit Recording From the options shown for this program, highlight Edit Recording and press OK. Step 3: Pad Start and End Times Use the Up and Down Arrow Keys to choose Start or End and press OK. Once you see arrowheads above and below the Start or End box, use the Up and Down Arrow Keys to adjust the Start time or End time.
5 Guide Edit A Series Recording Note: Recording is not available if your set top box doesn’t support it. Once you have created a series recording, you can adjust which episodes of the series are recorded and which are skipped. Step 1: Pick A Series Recording Locate any program in the series to be recorded. Highlight its listing and press OK. Step 2: Edit Series Recording From the options shown for this program, highlight Edit Series Recording and press OK.
5 Guide Preference determines whether to record the program when shown in standard definition or only when shown in high definition. Episodes determines whether to record re-runs and new episodes of the series or only new episodes. Start and End determines how much time to add at the start and end time of the recording so that none of the program is missed. Limit To determines how many episodes of the series are saved.
5 Guide Step 1: Pick The Program Highlight the program with the event you want to cancel and press OK. Step 2: Cancel the Event Depending on the type of event you are cancelling, your option will be or Highlight the option you want and press OK. Step 3: Return to Guide After you press OK, you will return to the Guide. The program listing will no longer display the event icon. For more information on cancelling scheduled events, see section 8 My Library.
5 Guide Guide and Favorite Lists While in Guide, you can cycle through your Favorites lists by pressing GUIDE repeatedly. Each press will activate the next Favorites list. The name of the active Favorites list is shown on the tab in the picture-in-picture area. This causes Guide to only display the channels included on that Favorites list. Pressing GUIDE once you have cycled through all Favorites lists will exit Guide.
5 Guide VUDU VUDU offers a vast array of new services, including: • Massive VOD library from VUDU Movies • Internet radio from Pandora • Web photo sharing services from Flickr and Picasa • Internet video from Dailymotion and Discovery • Social media via Facebook and Twitter VUDU will be accessed through Channel 997 of your regular channel lineup. After you register online at www.vudu.com, you can access everything right on that channel.
5 Guide Dotdaily Channel 1 Dot Daily features include: • National, International, Business, Politics & Entertainment News • Pro & NCAA Sports Coverage • Local /National Weather • Local Cinema & Events Guides • Horoscopes • Community Calendars/events • Obituaries Introducing Widgets Widgets provides access to up-to-date news headlines, entertainment news, weather, finance, sports scores and other information. Press MENU on your remote control and highlight Widgets using the Arrow Keys then press OK.
7 DVR Introducing DVR DVR allows you to record programs digitally without the need for tapes or discs, as well as pause live TV. Note: If your set top box does not support Recording, please contact customer service for an upgrade. Quick Recording The fastest and easiest way to begin recording is to use the RECORD button on your remote control. Step 1: Start Recording While watching a program, press RECORD immediately. . Recording will begin You can also start a quick record in Guide.
7 DVR have been watching and will replace it with the new channel you are now watching. The PLT bar appears whenever you pause, rewind or fast forward live TV. The center area indicates the amount of TV saved. The “I-bar” shows where you are within that range. The far left box indicates the current playback function. The far right box indicates the current time.
7 DVR DVR Playback Controller Any time you press one of the Playback Control buttons while watching a previously recorded program, the DVR playback controller is displayed. The box to the left indicates the playback function in use. The bar in the middle gives a visual representation of where you are in the recording. The lighter section indicates how much of the recording has been played.
7 DVR Go To Recordings Highlight Recorded Programs and press OK. A list of your recorded programs appears to the right. Recordings you have not yet watched are listed with white text; those you have are listed with grey text. If a program is still being recorded a red dot icon will appear to the left of the program’s name. In the lower right of the info area a percentage full item is shown. This indicates the percentage of total recording space used.
7 DVR sorted by the date recorded with oldest at the top and newest at the bottom. You can reverse the sort order for any category by pressing OK again on that category. Using the above example, pressing OK again on Date would put your newest recordings at the top and oldest at the bottom. Watch A Recorded Program Step 1: Pick A Recording Highlight the recording you want to watch and press OK. Step 2: Play The Recording Highlight OK.
7 DVR Once a program is locked, a appears on the recording’s listing. Step 2b: Unlock The Recording If you select a locked program in Step 1, the Lock option will instead be Unlock. Highlight Unlock and press OK. When the program is unlocked, the padlock icon is removed. Deleting A Recording Step 1: Pick A Recording Highlight the recording you want to delete and press OK. Step 2: Delete The Recording Highlight and press OK.
7 DVR For more information on sorting items in this list, see Sort Recordings earlier in this section. Cancel A Future Scheduled Recording Step 1: Pick A Future Scheduled Recording Highlight the recording event you want to cancel and press OK. Step 2: Cancel The Recording Event Highlight Cancel Recording and press OK. Step 3: Recording Canceled Once you have canceled the recording event, the entry for that recording event is removed from the list.
7 DVR You will be presented with the option to Move Up or Move Down the program in priority. Highlight the option you want and press OK. If necessary, repeat this procedure until each series is in the order of priority you want. Schedule An Event You can schedule a recording, reminder or auto tune event in exactly the same way as you would when choosing Schedule Event from Guide. Go To Schedule Event Highlight Schedule Event and press OK.
7 DVR Review Record History Press the Up and Down Arrow Keys on the remote to scroll through your record history.
8 My Library Introducing My Library My Library stores all purchased programming, a list of your scheduled reminder and auto tune events, messages about your service, and a log of your Caller ID. The My Library Menu Reminders lists all reminder and auto tune events you have created. From here, you can cancel a reminder or auto tune. Messages allows you to view any messages about your service. Messages may inform you of promotional offers, service upgrades, or billing alerts.
8 My Library Cancel A Reminder or Auto Tune Step 1: Pick The Program Highlight the reminder or auto tune you want to cancel and press OK. Step 2: Cancel the Auto Tune or Reminder Highlight Cancel Auto Tune or Cancel Reminder depending on the type of event you are cancelling and press OK. Introducing Messages Messages allows you to view any messages about your service. Messages may inform you of promotional offers, service upgrades, or billing alerts.
8 My Library Whenever you receive a new message an alert will appear on your screen. Press INFO on your remote to display the message, or press EXIT to ignore the alert and view the message later. Go To Messages Highlight Messages and press OK. A list of all available messages appears to the right. Read A Message Highlight the message listing you want to read. The full message will be displayed in the Info Area in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.
8 My Library Whenever you receive a call, an alert will appear in the upper corner of your screen. This alert will be removed after a few seconds. Go To Caller ID Highlight Caller ID and press OK. A list of received calls appears to the right. Highlighting a Caller ID log entry will display the name and number of the caller, and the date and time of the call. Delete A Caller ID Entry Step 1: Pick The Entry Highlight the Caller ID listing you want to delete and press OK.
9 Controls Introducing Controls Note: Controls must first be set up in Settings before the Parental Controls on/off button will appear on the Menubar. Controls let you turn on and off all parental controls for your service. With Parental Controls on, the kids can watch TV without you constantly worrying they may see something inappropriate. With Controls off, adults can watch their programs without repeatedly entering a password.
9 Controls Disable Controls Highlight the Controls icon and Press OK to bring up the password screen. Use the Number Pad to enter your parental controls password. Then highlight OK and press OK. When you disable controls, they will remain that way until you turn them back on, or the Parental Controls Time Out is reached. The time out is the maximum period of time for which Parental Controls will be disabled.
10 Settings Introducing Settings Settings gives you control over your video service. You can choose to share purchased programs, change how alerts appear on your screen, create parental controls and block channels. You can also create accounts for members of your family. Go To Settings Press MENU and highlight Settings. Then enter your password, highlight OK and press OK. There are two main sections of Settings: Preferences and Users. Preferences - settings that affect your overall service.
10 Settings To turn Channel Blocking on or off, highlight the check box and press OK. To edit the list of channels that are blocked, highlight the Edit button and press OK. Note: For details on editing channels to be blocked, see “Channel Blocking Edit” later in this section. Parental Control Parental Control turns all parental control settings on or off for all users. To turn Parental Control on or off, highlight the check box and press OK.
10 Settings Channel Blocking Channel Blocking Edit displays a list of all channels available. You can then block or unblock any channel. Blocked channels WILL NOT APPEAR in channel lineup. To block channels, highlight the Channel Blocking Edit button and press OK. If no changes have been made on the Preferences screen, you will go directly to the list of all available channels. If any changes have been made to the main Preferences screen and you have not already updated them, a Save Changes box will appear.
10 Settings Note: The master account is the first account listed and is shown in yellow rather than white. You cannot delete the master account and cannot change the login name for the master account. Go To Parental Controls To change the parental controls for an account, highlight that account and press OK. Then highlight Parental Controls and press OK. Parental Controls Parental Controls allows you to set ratings restrictions for each user.
10 Settings Unlock Timeout (Only Available on Master Account) Unlock Timeout determines how long parental controls will remain disabled when turned off from the Main Menu. To set Unlock Timeout, highlight the option box next to Unlock Timeout and press OK. Use the Arrow Keys to display from 30 min to 270 min in 30 minute increments, then press OK. Block Unrated (Only Available on Master Account) Block Unrated allows or blocks any program that does not have a rating.
10 Settings Highlight New Login to enter the name for the new account and press OK. An onscreen keyboard appears. Use the Arrow Keys to highlight a letter or number and press OK to add it to the login name. Once you have entered the desired name, highlight Done and press OK to return to the Create New User screen. Highlight New Password to enter the password for the new account. Use the number pad on your remote to enter the password.
10 Settings Highlight Confirm Password to re-enter the password for the new account. Use the number pad on your remote to re-enter the password exactly. For service provider only. Highlight Allowance $ to enter a limit to the amount of programs that can be purchased per month for the new account. Use the number pad on your remote to enter a whole dollar amount (e.g. 200 to limit the account to $200.00).
10 Settings Sign Out / Sign In This function is typically only used if there are more than one user accounts, usually when a parent adds a child as a new user. The parent’s account (master account) controls the child’s account (sub account). Log In First, you check the Require Log In box on the master account Settings/ Preferences screen. This ensures that the additional users or sub accounts must log in to watch programs.
10 Settings Using the number pad enter the current password for this account. Now highlight New Password to change the password. Use the number pad on your remote to enter a numeric password. Highlight Confirm Password to re-enter the password. Use the number pad on your remote to exactly re-enter the password. Highlight PIN and enter the account’s existing PIN. Highlight New PIN and enter a new PIN for this account. Highlight Confirm PIN to re-enter the new PIN.
11 Favorites Introducing Favorites Favorites allows you to create, edit, choose or delete a list of your favorite channels. You can even have multiple favorites lists. Go To Favorites Press MENU and highlight Favorites, then press OK. You will be presented with a screen with options to choose, edit, create or delete a favorites list, or cancel.
11 Favorites Step 3: Choose Your Favorite Channels Highlight a channel to add to or remove from your favorites list and press OK. A channel included in the favorites list shows a heart icon to the right of the channel info. To go to the next screen of channels, press the Down Arrow Key. To save your favorites list, highlight Update at the bottom right of your screen and press OK. To cancel your favorite list without saving it, highlight the Cancel button at the bottom right of your screen and press OK.
12 Search Introducing Search Search allows you to enter the name or partial name of a program or video you are looking for and have your service find any program matching the text you enter. Go To Search Press MENU and highlight Search, then press OK. Search For A Program Step 1: Enter The Program Title The highlight will be on the Search text box when the Search screen appears. Press OK and a keyboard will appear to the right of the screen.
12 Search Note: It is best to enter as little as possible when searching. Usually the first 3 or 4 letters in the name will be enough to find what you want. Step 2: Search Highlight Search Guide and press OK, then select either Extended or Quick to have the system start searching for all programs that match your search criteria. Extended will search through 14 days, and Quick will search through 5 days.
Set Top Box - DVR Entone Janus 1 2 6 3 7 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1. POWER Solid blue indcates the unit is on. Solid Red indicates the unit is in standby mode. Flashing Blue indicates the unit is starting up. Press button once to put unit in standby mode, press again to resume. To restart the device, press and hold for at least 5 seconds or longer. 2. LINK Green light indicates that Ethernet connection is active. 3.
Set Top Box - DVR Entone Amulet 400 Series 1 7 8 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 6 12 13 14 15 16 17 1. POWER Solid Blue indicates the unit is on. Solid Red indicates the unit is in standby mode. Flashing blue indicates the unit is starting up. Press button once to put unit in standby mode, press again to resume. To restart the device, press and hold button for at least 5 seconds or longer. 2. CLOCK Displays current time set by your service provider. 3.
Set Top Box Entone Kamai 500 Front & Rear Panels 1 2 3 4 5 Side Panels 7 8 6 9 1. OWER INDICATOR Solid blue indicates the unit is on. Flashing blue indicates the unit P is starting up. 2. DIGITAL AUDIO S/PDIF digital optical audio TOSLINK output. 3. SD VIDEO 9-Pin DIN connector for connecting to video output using DIN-to-RCA cable. 4. HDMI Digital video and audio port for connecting to a high-definition TV (HDTV). 5.
Set Top Box Entone Amulet 300 Series 1 2 8 3 9 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 14 15 16 17 18 19 1. POWER Solid Blue indicates the unit is on. Solid Red indicates the unit is in standby mode. Flashing blue indicates the unit is starting up. Press button once to put unit in standby mode, press again to resume. To restart the device, press and hold button for at least 5 seconds or longer. 2. USB connector. 3. LINK Indicator is green when Ethernet connection is active. 4.
Movie Ratings MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) Ratings System G – General Audience This is a film which contains nothing which would, in the view of the MPAA Rating Board, be offensive to parents whose younger children view the film. PG – Parental Guidance Suggested The theme of a PG-rated film may itself call for parental guidance. There may be some profanity in these films. There may be some violence or brief nudity.
TV Ratings TV Parental Guidelines Ratings System The TV Parental Guidelines ratings provides program ratings, and content ratings to provide a clearer idea of the reason for a program’s rating. Program Ratings TV-Y – All Children This program is designed to be appropriate for all children. TV-Y7 – Directed to Older Children This program is designed for children age 7 and above. It may include mild fantasy violence or comedic violence.
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