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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 8 1.1 CONTENTS ...................................................................................................... 8 2 FRONT PANEL ............................................................................... 9 3 BACK PANEL ................................................................................ 10 4 INSTALLING AND CONNECTING THE PVR ............................... 11 4.1 4.
9 VOLUME AND MUTE.................................................................... 19 9.1 9.2 10 SUBTITLES AND CLOSED CAPTIONS ....................................... 19 10.1 10.2 11 8 DAYS OF INFORMATION ................................................................................ 20 DATA LOADING .............................................................................................. 21 MOVING AROUND THE EPG ............................................................................
13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 14 CONFLICTS .................................................................................. 37 14.1 15 PLAYBACK .................................................................................................... 40 DELETE EVENT ............................................................................................. 41 SORTING ...................................................................................................... 41 GROUPING ...................................
22 TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................. 45 22.1 HARD DRIVE IS FULL...................................................................................... 45 22.2 TIMEBASED RECORDING WON’T SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF INVALID VALUES .......................................................................................................... 45 22.3 MY CHAIN RECORDING DOESN’T RECORD....................................................... 45 23 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ....
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1 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the VAST PVR4639. 1.1 CONTENTS 1.1.1 An Altech UEC remote control. 1.1.2 2 x AA batteries. 1.1.3 12 v Power supply adapter with fig 8 power lead. 1.1.4 AV cable 1.1.5 Component video (YPbPr) cable 1.1.6 F-F loop through cable. 1.1.
2 FRONT PANEL 1 2 1 2 3 3 STANDBY Button Smartcard Slot LEDs 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Switches the decoder between ON and STANDBY modes. Behind the Front Panel Cover. Indicates response to remote control commands and/or error mode Bi-colour RED/GREEN RED = Decoder in standby mode or an error condition has occurred. GREEN = Normal operations. AMBER GREEN Flashes = when there are incoming messages Flashes = when RCU command received.
3 BACK PANEL 1 2 3 9 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Power Input connector Connect to your home AC mains outlet 2 LNB IN Connect to the LNB on dish 3 LNB Out Connect to second LNB IN 4 R J45 Connects to Ethernet (currently disabled in this version) 5 S/PDIF (Coaxial connector) Connects to the Digital Audio coaxial input on TV or AV Home Theater System 6 Connects to the Digital Audio optical input on TV or AV Home Theater System 7 TOSLINK (Optical connector) USB 8 HDMI Connects to the high
4 INSTALLING AND CONNECTING THE PVR 4.1 QUICK START INSTALLATIONS GUIDE FOR EXISTING AURORA 4.1.1 Remove decoder from packaging. 4.1.2 Insert supplied batteries into the remote control. 4.1.3 Connect to existing TV and satellite dish to the back of the PVR. 4.1.4 Power up the PVR and wait while the PVR starts up. 4.1.5 If the PVR does not scan first time, Press help & follow installation prompts to change LNB settings. 4.1.6 PVR should lock to service and present video. 4.2 4.2.
4.3 OPTION A: AV CONNECTORS (STANDARD DEFINITION TV) 4.3.1 Connect the satellite feed to the LNB IN input (#2) on the decoder 4.3.2 Connect the Loop through F-F connector on LNB1 out to LNB 2 in 4.3.3 Connect the Audio / Video cables to the audio (#9) and video (#11) outputs on the decoder and then to the audio and video inputs on the TV or home theatre system. 4.4 OPTION B: HDMI CONNECTOR (HIGH DEFINITION TV) 4.4.1 Connect the satellite feed to the LNB input (#2) on the decoder 4.4.
5 SMART CARD The smart card is paired to this PVR which means that this smart card cannot be used in any other PVR. The smart card is owned & controlled by the network operator. Activation of a smart card is at the network operator is discression. 6 RESTORING TO FACTORY DEFAULTS Resetting to factory defaults can be useful if you have changed some settings and lost some functions. Resetting will restore the decoder back to its original configuration and all personalised settings will be reversed.
7 REMOTE CONTROL Standby Playlist hot key Media hot key Scheduled list hot key Timeshift list hot key TV/Radio Closed captions/ Subtitles PVR menu Play Stop Record Pause Rewind Fast forward Jump back Jump forward 14 | P a g e © Copyright 2012 Altech UEC (Pty) Ltd
7.1 PVR REMOTE CONTROL BUTTON FUNCTIONS NOTE: WHEN KEYS ARE PRESSED IT IS ASSUMED THEY WILL BE PRESSED ON THE REMOTE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. BUTTON PVR RECORD FAST FORWARD REWIND JUMP BACKWARDS JUMP FORWARD STOP PLAY PAUSE CLOSED CAPTIONS TV/RADIO FUNCTION Launches the PVR Menu. From here you can access the Playlist, Scheduled List and Timeshift list. Pressing the record button when watching live TV will record the current program. The recording will automatically stop when the program finishes.
8 DSD4121 DECODER FEATURES AND MENU 8.1 I-PLATE The information plate (I-Plate) displays information about the current and next event at the bottom of the screen. The i-Plate can be launched by pressing the ”i” button on the remote. 8.2 CHANGING CHANNELS 8.2.1 To change to a different channel either: 8.2.2 Press the “CH+” or “CH-” buttons on the remote to change the channel to the next/previous channel respectively, or 8.2.
8.3 I-PLATE EXTENDED MODE The extended i-Plate displays a short description about the currently selected i-Plate programme, see screen below 8.4 REMINDER POPUPS There are two types of reminders, a banner reminder and an Autotune reminder. Reminders are used to notify you when a program is about to start. 8.5 HOW TO SET A REMINDER 8.5.1 To set a reminder, highlight the program you want to be reminded about using either the iplate or the TV Guide. Press the “OK” button. 8.5.
8.6 8.6.1 8.7 HOW TO DELETE A REMINDER Pressing the “OK’ a third time on the program will remove the “A” next to the program name. The reminder has been deleted. EXAMPLE OF A BANNER REMINDER 8.7.1 A banner reminder will display a pop-up 30 seconds before the start of the programme for which the reminder is set. 8.7.2 Pressing OK when this message is on the screen will change the channel to the reminder program. Pressing EXIT will remove the message 8.8 EXAMPLE OF AN AUTOTUNE REMINDER 8.8.
9 VOLUME AND MUTE 9.1 9.1.1 9.2 9.2.1 VOLUME UP AND DOWN Volume can be controlled by the VOL+ and VOL- buttons on the remote or on the front of the PVR unit. VOLUME MUTE Press the mute button to mute the sound and press it again to un-mute. 10 SUBTITLES AND CLOSED CAPTIONS 10.1 10.1.1 TURNING ON SUBTITLES/CLOSED CAPTIONS There is a menu option to enable subtitles.
menu. 10.1.2 10.2 Also it can be enabled using the remote by pressing the “CC” (Closed captions) button on the remote TURNING OFF SUBTITLES OR CLOSED CAPTIONS 10.2.1 Or change the setting in the menu 10.2.2 Press the “CC” button again to turn off subtitles 11 TV GUIDE 11.1 8 DAYS OF INFORMATION 11.1.1 The TV Guide offers program information for up to 8 days (if it is available) 11.1.2 To access the TV Guide, press the “TV Guide” button on the remote control. 11.1.
11.2 11.2.1 11.3 DATA LOADING While the TV Guide is loading data, the box can feel slow to respond. There is a loading data text that appears near the date and time. When this stops flashing, all data has been retrieved and the TV Guide data can be browsed. MOVING AROUND THE EPG 11.3.1 Use the up/down/left/right buttons to scroll though the event grid. 11.3.2 Use the CH+ and CH- buttons to move the grid by 24 hours.
11.3.3 Press the green button to provide more information on the different icons that can be found in the TV Guide. 11.3.4 Press the “i” button to show more information about the highlighted program. 12 MENU The menu is used to set up the decoder depending on the environment and preference. 12.1 12.1.1 12.2 LAUNCHING THE MENU To display, press the MENU button while watching TV or listening to the radio. The screen contains main menu (i.e. on the left hand side) and sub menu (i.e.
12.4 DISH INSTALLATION MENU This is where the set top box is configured according to your satellite options. In most cases, no changes are required to this menu. However, if an old LNB is used then most likely the LNB frequency value should be set to 11300. (11300 is the most common alternate frequency, but this frequency value is dependent on the LNB used) 12.5 TO CONFIGURE THE LNB 12.5.1 Launch the menu 12.5.2 Press the right button to move to the sub menu 12.5.
12.6 12.6.1 12.7 TO RESCAN When the “Dish Installation” menu is on screen, you can press the green button as a hot key to rescan the set top box. TV INSTALLATION This is where the set top box is configured to work with your television or home theater system. 12.7.1 The aspect Ratio settings may also be changed by pressing the 16:9/4:3 button while watching TV. Changing the aspect ratio using the remote key will not change the setting in the menu, and will not remain if the decoder requires a reboot.
12.8 USER SETTINGS The User settings menu contains customizable settings to configure the set top box. 12.9 TIME ZONE 12.9.1 Move the highlight onto the Time Zone setting by pressing right 12.9.2 Press OK to edit the Time Zone 12.9.3 Use the left and right arrow keys to select the correct time zone 12.9.4 Press OK when the correct one has been selected 12.9.5 Press EXIT or right arrow to return to the main menu section.
12.10 RESET TO FACTORY DEFAULTS 12.10.1 Selecting Reset to factory defaults will erase all the changes made to the menu. 12.10.2 Enter the pin (1234) by pressing the number keys on the remote. 12.10.3 The set top box will reboot after a factory reset. 12.11 USB UPGRADE 12.11.1 Copy the upgrade image to a USB stick which is available from www.uec.com.au/downloads. The upgrade will be called “upgrade.uec”. 12.11.2 Insert the USB stick into the USB port at the back of the set top box 12.11.
12.12 INFORMATION The information section contains the information for the set top box and smart card.
12.13 PARENTAL CONTROL The parental control menu is used to block certain age programs from being viewed without first entering a pin. 12.13.1 To make changes to this menu, press right to navigate to the Parental Level option. 12.13.2 The set top box will request the parental pin. The default parental pin is 1234.
12.14 CHANGE PARENTAL PIN 12.14.1 The default parental pin can be changed to another pin value. 12.14.2 The pin will be reset back to the default if a “reset to factory defaults” is performed.
12.15 PVR SETTINGS There are a number of configurable options on the PVR. 12.16 12.16.1 12.17 TIMESHIFT OPTION These options are discussed more in the Timeshift section, but allows for constant on on demand time shifting RECORDING OFFSETS 12.17.1 Programs tend to run past the times listed in the TV Guide due to inaccuracies in the broadcast information, this is controlled by the broadcaster. 12.17.2 The Record Start Offset adds extra time to the start of a recording. (e.g.
will stop at 11:10am 12.17.4 12.18 Note that these offsets will be automatically adjusted if two recordings are scheduled to record one after the other. JUMP SETTINGS 12.18.1 Pressing Jump Back button by the period of time set in the “Jump backward” setting. 12.18.2 Pressing jump forward button will jump forward by the period of time set in the “Jump Forward” setting. 12.19 FORMAT HARD DRIVE 12.19.1 Format hard drive will erase all recorded programs stored on the hard drive. 12.19.
12.20 HARD DRIVE INFORMATION 12.20.1 Hard drive information provides statistics on the hard drive recordings and amount of space available. 12.20.2 Press YELLOW button or OK when Hard Drive Information is highlighted to display hard drive information. A similar screen will be displayed.
13 RECORDING There are a number of ways to schedule a recording: 13.1 INSTANT RECORD 13.1.1 If you want to record the program you are currently watching, press the record button on the remote control. 13.1.2 A record start icon will appear, a red dot will appear in the iplate and a small recording information popup is displayed above the iplate on the right hand side of the screen indicating the details of the event that is recording. 13.1.
13.2 TV GUIDE (EPG) RECORD 13.2.1 Scroll in the TV Guide to highlight the program you would like to record, then press the record button. 13.2.2 A red dot will appear in front of the highlighted program and in the event information screen indicating that recording is scheduled. 13.2.3 A maximum of two events may be recorded at any time. In the event a third concurrent recording is attempted a recording conflict screen is displayed. 13.3 CHAIN RECORD 13.3.
13.3.4 13.4 NOTE : Chain recordings are not checked for conflicts. The program will be recorded if there is a tuner free. If you want to make sure that a recording happens, schedule a normal single recording by pressing the record button. TIMEBASED RECORD 13.4.1 A Timebased recording can be scheduled, where you manually set the recording name, channel, start date, start time, duration, recording days and parental guidance setting. 13.4.
13.5 TO SCHEDULE A TIME BASED RECORDING: 13.5.1 Press the PVR button while watching TV or listening to the radio. 13.5.2 Scroll to the Scheduled List icon and press OK to launch the Scheduled List screen. 13.5.3 Press the “R” (Record) button on the remote control to add a Time based recording (timed event) 13.5.
13.5.5 Press OK on a field to edit it. 13.5.6 When editing Recording Name, use left arrow and right arrow to move the highlight to letter in name that you want to change. Use up arrow and down arrow to change the highlighted character. Characters available are “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789”. (For example, when “T” is highlighted and up arrow is pressed then “S” is displayed. When “T” is highlighted and down arrow is pressed then “U” is displayed.) 13.5.
15 TIME SHIFTING The timeshift options can be configured in the menu. 15.1 ON PAUSE 15.1.1 If you press pause while watching live TV, the program will pause until a later time when you can resume viewing. 15.1.2 To resume viewing, press the play/pause button again. 15.1.3 As soon as the set top box is paused, programs are added to the timeshift list. 15.1.4 The pause buffer will be reset after 24 hours 15.2 ALWAYS ON 15.2.
15.3 15.3.1 VIEWING PAUSE BUFFER AND RECORDING If you are watching behind live press the record button, a popup will appear informing that you are behind live and all of the event that is in the timeshift list will be moved to the playlist.
16 PLAYLIST 16.1 PLAYBACK 16.1.1 The playlist contains a list of recorded programs 16.1.2 The maximum of 1000 recorded programs are allowed in the playlist. 16.1.3 To display the playlist press PVR while watching TV or listening to the radio. 16.1.4 Select Playlist and press OK. 16.1.5 Use the up and down arrow keys to move through the recorded programs. 16.1.6 Press OK on a program to start it playing back.
16.2 16.2.1 16.3 DELETE EVENT Programs can be deleted from the playlist by pressing the red button on the selected program. SORTING 16.3.1 The playlist is sorted with the newest recorded programs at the beginning of the list. 16.3.2 To sort the list in alphabetical order, press the yellow button. 16.3.3 To sort the list according to start time, press the yellow button again. 16.4 GROUPING 16.4.1 The playlist can be grouped according to name or per month. 16.4.
17 SCHEDULED LIST 17.1 VIEWING 17.1.1 The scheduled list contains a list of programs that will be recorded in the future. 17.1.2 A maximum of 200 programs can be scheduled for recording at one time. 17.1.3 To display the playlist press PVR while watching TV or listening to the radio. 17.1.4 Select Scheduled and press OK. 17.1.5 Use the up and down arrow keys to move through the list. 17.2 17.2.1 17.3 DELETE EVENT Programs can be deleted by pressing the red button on the selected program.
17.4 GROUPING 17.4.1 The scheduled list can be grouped according to name or per month. 17.4.2 Press the blue button to group the items and another time to ungroup them. 17.4.3 When the scheduled list is in the grouped mode, it can still be sorted by name or date by pressing the yellow button. 17.5 17.5.1 TIMEBASED RECORDING Timebased recordings can be set up from this screen. Please see the “Timebased record” section of this manual for more info. 18 TIMESHIFT LIST 18.1 VIEWING 18.1.
18.5 GROUPING 18.5.1 The timeshift list can be grouped according to name or per month. 18.5.2 Press the blue button to group the items and another time to ungroup them. 18.5.3 When the timeshift list is in the grouped mode, it can still be sorted by name or date by pressing the yellow button. 19 MEDIA PLAYER A media player is planned for future support.
22 TROUBLESHOOTING Note: A comprehensive troubleshooting help screen can be viewed at any time by pressing the “HELP” button on the remote control. 22.1 HARD DRIVE IS FULL 22.1.1 There is no more space on the hard drive for new recordings; you will need to delete some recordings. 22.1.2 To delete recorded programs: Press the PVR button 22.1.3 Press OK on the Playlist icon to launch the playlist. 22.1.4 Scroll to a program you wish to delete. 22.1.
23 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 23.1 HOW M ANY HOURS CAN I RECORD? 23.1.1 The PVR Info screen shows the approximate number of hours of recording space remaining on the connected hard drive. 23.1.2 These estimates are not exact. The actual recording time will depend on the broadcast quality of the programs being recorded. 23.2 HOW DO I ERASE ALL THE PROGRAMS IN THE PLAYLIST? 23.2.1 It is possible to erase all programs by formatting the hard drive. 23.2.
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LEGAL MATTERS Important NOTICE to all purchasers of a DSR4639 Decoder. INTRODUCTION The DSR4639 decoder is designed, manufactured and sold to receive selected network services only. It will therefore not be fully functional unless it is used with the network operator's enabled Smartcard supplied with the DSR4639 decoder, deployed within the Australian broadcast footprint, and installed so as to receive the network specific signal.
INSTALLATION INDEMNITY Installation procedures for satellite dishes are outside the scope of this manual. Please refer to the manuals provided with your satellite dish and associated equipment if you decide to do the installation yourself. For the DSD 4639 Decoder to operate, it is required to correctly install and align a satellite dish and a Low Noise Block (LNB) converter. Each and every installer acts as an independent contractor and is not an employee, subcontractor or agent of the Manufacturer..
OBSOLESCENCE DISCLAIMER Digital Satellite Technology is rapidly evolving. As a result of this, it is not possible to predict what the requirements will be in a few years' time. The manufacturer cannot guarantee that this DSR4639 Decoder will be able to run all available services in future. DISCLAIMER Altech UEC makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, and including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchant ability and fitness of the DSR4639 Decoder for a particular purpose.
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