Operation Manual
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Solving problems
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You can see on-
screen interference
Your TV or VCR is not 
correctly tuned.
Check that your TV and video recorder are 
correctly tuned to your set-top box.
For further information, refer to your TV and VCR 
instruction books.
In some cases your set-top box may need RF 
tuning. See page 36 or call customer support for 
further advice.
Your remote control 
isn’t working.
Something is between 
the remote control 
and your set-top box.
Make sure you point your remote control directly at 
your set-top box and that nothing is between it and 
your set-top box. The ir receive light on your set-
top box’s front panel should flash each time you 
press a remote control button.
The batteries are flat 
or inserted the wrong 
way round.
Check the batteries and replace them if necessary.
You’ve forgotten 
your PIN.
Call customer support for advice.
The menus and 
banners are in a 
language you don’t 
understand.
The menu language 
has been changed to a 
language you don’t 
understand,
You can change the menu language as follows:
1. From a digital satellite channel, press menu.
2. Press D twice, to highlight the last item on the 
menu, then press OK.
3. Press U 5 times, then press OK.
The User Settings menu displays. The first, 
highlighted item is the menu language item.
4. Press R until your preferred language displays.
5. Press OK. The menus should now be in your 
preferred language.
6. Press exit to redisplay digital satellite TV.
You have received a 
new smart card but 
you don’t know how 
to activate it.
Make sure your set-top box is tuned to a 
subscription channel. (You will not yet see the 
picture.) Follow the instructions on ‘Inserting your 
smart card’ on page 14. The Subscription Activation 
screen should appear - see the instructions on 
page 22.
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