DigiPal 2 DigitMod T1 for the reception of DVB-T TV and radio channels Operating Manual Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
1 Contents 1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2 3 Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Important notes on operation . . Note on disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When not in use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4.1 4.2 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.3 4.4 4.4.1 4.4.2 4.5 4.6 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Connection to a television set . . . .
7.4.1 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.12.1 7.12.2 7.13 7.14 7.14.1 7.14.2 7.14.3 7.14.4 7.14.5 7.14.6 7.14.7 7.14.7.1 7.14.7.2 7.14.7.3 7.14.7.4 7.14.7.5 7.14.8 7.15 Dolby Digital (AC3 mode)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 TV/Radio switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Return to last programme selected . . . . . . . .22 Display time and programme information . . .22 Additional Programme information . . . . . . . .22 Channel information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Freeze frame .
8.4.4 8.5 8.5.1 8.5.2 8.5.3 8.5.4 8.6 After the scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Service settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activating default (factory) setting Delete all programmes . . . . . . . . Updating Software . . . . . . . . . . . Copying settings . . . . . . . . . . . . System configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 .44 .44 .44 .45 .45 .46 9 Technical terms . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Illustrations Remote Control On/Stand-by Sound on/off-mute Numeric keys Language select Sleep-Timer Multi-function keys Arrow key up OK Programme + Programme list on/off Arrow key left Arrow key right Volume - Volume + Arrow key down Back Programme - Info SFI/EPG TV/Radio mode Menu on/off Help EXTERNAL Video text Stop Option 3 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
DigiPal 2 On/Standby LED display Programme selection up/down Input terrestrial antenna (antenna feed +5V/30mA/ switchable via OSD) Mains power socket SCART socket TV SCART socket VCR Audio output digital (electric) Antenna output Audio outputs analogue Input terrestrial antenna (antenna feed +5V/30mA/ switchable via OSD) DigitMod T1 Antenna output LED display 4 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
Dear customer, congratulations on your decision to buy this digital receiver. This operating manual is designed to assist you in using the comprehensive functions of your new digital receiver to the optimum. We have tried to keep the instructions as brief as possible, while making them as comprehensive, and comprehensible, as necessary. The range of features of your unit is constantly being expanded in the form of software updates.
3 Please read this first > > > > > > > > > Before you set up your unit for operation, please first check that the package contains all the components that should be there. The following are supplied as standard: 1 digital receiver, 1 mains power cable, 1 remote control unit, 1 operating manual, 1 guarantee card, 2 batteries (1,5V AAA size). Insert the batteries provided in the battery compartment of the remote control unit. Note the correct polarity when inserting the batteries.
Help function: Where available in the menu, pressing the blue function key will cause a help text to be displayed, pressing again will return to normal operation. Note on disposal The packaging of your unit consists entirely of recyclable material. Please sort the components apprpriately, and dispose of them via the “Dual System”, or your equivalent recycling system.
Connecting the DVB-T receiver a. Connect the antenna with the terrestrial antenna input of the DVB-T receiver. b. Scart connection between the DVB receiver and the television set. c. Connection between the antenna output of the DVB-T receiver and the antenna input of the television set. d. Scart connection of a video recorder with the VCR Scart socket of the DVB receiver. e. Connection between the audio outputs and a Hi-Fi installation. f.
4 Connections The references below to items a b c etc. refer to the illustration on page 10. 4.1 Antenna a The cable coming from the terrestrial antenna (roofmounted or room antenna) should be connected with the terrestrial antenna input of the receiver. Wherever possible please use a roof-mounted antenna. An internal room antenna may be sufficient under very favourable reception conditions. If an active antenna is being used, ensure that the antenna feed is switched on (Point 6.2.4). 4.
4.4 Hi-fi amplifier* 4.4.1 Analogue* e To enjoy the best possible sound quality, you can connect the digital receiver to a hi-fi amplifier. Use a suitable cable to connect the cinch sockets Audio R and Audio L of the digital receiver to an input of the hi-fi amplifier (e.g. CD or AUX; please note that the Phono input is not suitable!). 4.4.
Pressing the green function key takes you back to the previous step of the installation procedure. This allows you to correct any entries made in error. If the initial installation is not carried out at all, or is interrupted, your unit will start operation with its standard pre-programmed settings. The initial installation procedure described her serves only as an example. The exact initial installation procedure will depend on the settings you wish to make.
Press the OK key now to confirm, and an automatic programme scan will be carried out. The entire reception range of the receiver will be scanned for digital programmes This procedure may take several minutes. Please note any messages displayed on the screen (Fig. 5-6). Updating the software When the programme scan has been completed, the digital receiver will check whether a new version of the software is available for your unit. If a new version is available, you can perform an automatic software update.
6 Settings Now that you have completed connecting your new digital receiver, and have commenced operation, you can, if you wish, further optimize the settings of the digital receiver for your personal preferences. 6.1 Menu language Under this menu item you have the option of setting the menu language according to your personal preference. To alter the OSD language proceed as follows: > Press the Menu key to call up the Main Menu. (Fig.
6.2.2 Country This function provides for automatic adjustment for summer and winter time. Using the arrow keys right/left, enter your home country in the line Country. > Press the Back key to return to the menu Settings, or press the Menu key to return to normal operation. The settings are automatically stored in memory. 6.2.
6.3 Audio/Video settings In order to optimize the performance of your digital receiver in conjunction with your television set, you may wish to make further settings in the menu Audio /Video Settings. > Press the Menu key to call up the Main Menu. > Use the arrow keys up/down to select the line Settings. > Confirm by pressing OK. The sub-menu Settings will be displayed. (Fig. 6-4) > Now use the arrow keys up/down to select the line Audio/Video Settings. > Confirm by pressing OK.
6.3.6 Dolby Digital (AC3)* A number of movies are transmitted in the Dolby Digital format. This is indicated after a programme has been selected by the Dolby logo in the information window. If you have connected a Dolby Digital 5.1 channel amplifier to the system, you can enjoy movies in 5.1 channel Dolby Digital sound where available. To enjoy this feature, you must simply connect the Audio Out Digital output (see Point 4.5.2) of your DVB receivers with the digital input of your Dolby Digital 5.
> > Press the same key again, either on the receiver front panel or on the remote control, to switch the receiver off again. The receiver is now in standby mode,and the display on the receiver will show the time. If the current time is not shown, this must still be downloaded to the unit. To do this, switch the receiver on, and set it to a major channel that broadcasts a time signal, for about 30 seconds to download the time automatically. 7.2 Programme selection 7.2.
7.2.3.1 Selecting a list (Fig. 7-2) (Fig. 7-3) To facilitate finding programmes your receiver is equipped with several programme lists. You may select your Favourites list (see Point 8.1), or display the alphabetically sorted Total list or sort the list by Providers. > Press OK to display the active programme list. > Now use the red function key to open a window showing the types of programme list available (Favourites List, Providers and Total list). The active programme list type will be highlighted.
7.3 Volume control You have the facility to adjust the volume of your digital receiver. This makes operating the receiver even more convenient, since you can access all important functions from a single remote control, and will rarely have to use the remote control of your television set. When the digital receiver is switched on it will reproduce sound at the volume level last set. > Adjust the volume of your digital receiver using the Volume + key to increase volume, and the Volume - key to make it softer.
You can now enjoy the programme in full 5.1 channel Dolby Digital sound. If you would like your receiver to recognise and reproduce Dolby Digital broadcasts automatically, you should set your receiver to automatic AC3 reproduction as described in Point 6.3.6. 7.5 TV/Radio switching The pre-programming setup contains not only television programmes, but radio programmes as well. > Press the TV/Radio key to switch the digital receiver to radio mode.
> Press the Info key once more to exit the information window. 7.9 Channel information > > > > > Press the OK key Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the programme you wish to view informations. Press Option key to display the data of the channel currently selected. (Fig. 7-10) You may use the other coloured function keys to display Audio/Video information, Programme information and, where available, information on the Encryption system (CA) used. Press Menu to return to normal operating mode. 7.
> > (Fig. 7-11) VT Group VT Block > > > Press the Video text key to switch on the video text (Fig. 7-11). Use the numeric keys to enter the video text page you wish to view. Your entry will be displayerd in the upper left corner of the screen. When you have entered the desired video text page, your receiver will search for this page. Since not all video text pages can be transmitted simultaneously, it may take a few seconds for your unit to find the page and display it on your television screen.
Please note that these functions are only available when sub-titles are actually being broadcast, and the settings are not stored in memory if you switch to another channel. 7.14 Electronic Programme Guide SFI Your digital receiver provides an electronic programme guide. This allows you to view the programme information relating to one or more programmes on your screen.
7.14.3 Viewing the Electronic Programme Guide > > (Fig. 7-12) Switch on both the digital receiver and your television set. Press the SFI key on the remote control of your digital receiver. The electronic programme guide will now be displayed on screen (Fig. 7-12). The programmes you have selected, or which were listed as part of the default setting, are shown here with their current programmes being broadcast.You can now use the SFI function to obtain information on the contents of various programmes.
7.14.6 More > > > > > or > While the SFI table “Next” is displayed, press the yellow function key to display the SFI table “More”. (Fig. 7-14) An additional time window will be displayed in the title line of this table. This window will show the time of the SFI table displaed. Press the yellow function key to page onward by the time indicated in the yellow bar. Keep the yellow function key depressed to continue paging on. A clock will be shown to give you a better overview.
7.14.7.3 SFI Timer programming Use the electronic programme guide SFI to simplify the programming of timer events. Marking a programme > Use the arrow keys or function keys to mark the appropriate programme > Press OK to automatically mark the programme, the receiver will switch to this channel when the programme begins. or Recording a programme (timer operation) > Use the arrow keys to mark the desired programme.
> > > > > Press the blue function key SFI Menu to open a selection window. Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the line Programmes. Confirm by pressing OK. The overview for today of the programme selected will be displayed. (Fig. 7-15) Use the arrow keys to move the marker to the appropriate programme or starting time. The individual days of the week are displayed along the lower border of your screen. If information is available for the following days, the appropriate fields will be highlighted.
> The individual days of the week are shown along the lower border of the screen. If information is available for any of the following days, the corresponding fields will be highlighted. To display the programme contents of a specific day, press the appropriate numeric key corresponding to the day of the week. 7.14.8 Exiting SFI > Press the Menu or TV/Radio key to return to normal operation. 7.15 Timer recording Your receiver is equipped with both a video recorder timer and a programme switching timer.
Press OK to go to the entry window used to programme a new timer event. (Fig. 7-20) To programme a timer event, proceed as follows: > Source > Use the arrow keys to mark the column Source. > Press OK to enter the desired source (TV or Radio). > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the desired source (TV or Radio). > Press OK. > Use the arrow keys to mark the column Channel. > Press OK. Depending on the previous setting, either the TV or the radio programme list will now be displayed.
Transferring data into memory > When you have completed the programming, press the yellow function key Accept to transfer the data into memory. If under Programme you have selected a programme that is blocked as per Point 8.3, you must first enter the PIN code before the data will be accepted into memory. > Press the TV/Radio key to return to normal operation. Timer overview The timer overview function will display a list of all timer events already programmed.
> > > > > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the additional field Type. Confirm by pressing OK. A window will be displayed, showing the various available types of timer. Use the arrow keys up/down to select the desired timer type. To accept the timer type, confirm by pressing OK. When you have completed the programming, press the yellow function key Accept to transfer the data into the timer memory. Note!!! Please check that the unit has acquired the clock time. If activated as described in Point 6.2.
Confirm by pressing OK. The appropriate Navigator will be displayed, allowing you to work on the Favourites list (TV or radio list). (Fig. 8-2) The Favourites list will be displayed on the right half of the screen. This is currently active, as the programme currently selected is highlighted in blue. The alphabetically sorted Total list will be displayed on the left half of the screen. This Total list includes all available programmes. > Press the red function key to move the marker to the Total list.
> > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark a programme that you wish to include in the list. Press the yellow function key Add to add the marked programme to the Favourites list. Marking blocks of programmes To mark several programmes simultaneously proceed as follows: > Press O K to access the Selection mode. The marked programme will be indicated by a cross at the left side of the entry. > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the following and/or previous programmes as well.
8.1.3.2 Deleting from the Total list To remove programmes from the Total list, proceed as described in Point 8.1.3.1. However, after calling up the Navigator, press the red function key Programmes, and move to the Total list first before selecting the function Delete. 8.1.4 Sorting programmes (Fig. 8-6) Call up the Navigator as described in Point 8.1.1 to sort the programme order of the Favourites list according to your personal preference. The Favourites list will be active.
Please note: The more programmes are added to the electronic programme guide, the longer it will take to update the SFI data! Also, the more programmes are added, the less likely it is that the full preview period of seven days for the electronic programme guide can be accommodated in the limited memory space available. > Press the Menu key to display the Main Menu. > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the line Settings. > Confirm by pressing OK. The sub-menu Settings will be displayed.
You can now initiate the updating procedure manually: > Use the On/Standby key to switch off the receiver (Standby). > Now, while the display shows “oooo”, press the key SFI. The receiver will now perform an update. This will be indicated by the message SFld appearing briefly in the display, followed by a progressive indication of the percentage of SFI data already downloaded. > The updating procedure may be interrupted by switching on the digital receiver (Key On/ Standby). 8.2.
Your receiver will now check whether SFI data is being received on the channel selected. This infromation will be displayed along the bottom of the window. Update time > In the line Update time use the numeric keys to set the time at which you wish the automatic download of SFI data to be performed. Updating > To download the data of the data channel, mark the line SFI Updating. > Switch the function on by pressing OK .
> > > > > > (Fig. 8-11) > > > Use the Menu key to call up the Main Menu. Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the line Settings. Confirm by pressing OK. The sub-menu Settings will be displayed. Use the arrow keys up/down to mark the line Change Receiver PIN. Confirm by pressing OK. Now use the numeric keys to enter the current receiver PIN code (Default setting 0000). (Fig. 8-11) Use the numeric keys to enter the desired new receiver PIN code. Repeat the entry of the code.
> > When you have completed configuring the programme list according to your preference, press Menu to return to normal operation. To lift the blocking of individual programmes, proceed as described above. Mark the specific programme, and press the yellow function key to remove the Parental Control symbol. 8.4 Programme search (scan) To receive new programmes, several options exist to carry out a programme search. 1.
8.4.2 Expanded Scan When using the expanded scan function (Fig. 8-15) you have two options for performing a programme scan. 1. Frequency scan When using the frequency scan mode, a specific frequency range selected by the user will be scanned for programmes. (Fig. 8-15) 2. Channel scan When using the channel scan mode, a specific range of channels selected by the user will be scanned for programmes. The channel scan mode is faster than the frequency scan mode.
8.4.3 Manual Scan Should a programme not be found by either the automatic scan or the expanded scan, you can scan a specific channel for available programmes, or you may use PID data to search for a specific programme.These numbers may have to be found in the Internet, or obtained from the relevant programme provider. > To scan a particular channel (Fig. 8-16), use the arrow keys left/right to enter the desired channel. > Press the red function key Start Scan to initiate the scan.
> > > Confirm by pressing OK. Please note any other messages displayed on screen. Press the Menu key to return to normal operation. Independently of whether you have added the found programmes automatically to the Favourites list, you can still add these to the Favourites manually at any time, as described in Point 8.1. 8.5 Service settings (Fig. 8-18) (Fig. 8-19) You can revert to the factory-installed default settings at any time.
> > Use the arrow keys left/right to select Yes or Abort. Confirm your selection by pressing OK. 8.5.3 Updating Software You also have the facility of updating the operating software of your digital receiver. > Press OK to display the sub-menu Software update (Fig. 8-21). To perform a software update, mark the line Software update. > Set the software update function to on by pressing OK. > In the line Update time, use the numeric keys to set the time when the software update is to be carried out.
> To copy the settings, press one of the keys on the panel of the source receiver. The settings of this source receiver will now be transferred to the other, receiving, receiver. Please note any messages displayed on screen. 8.6 System configuration Use this menu item to view the specific data relating to your receiver. > Use the arrow keys up/down to mark this line in the sub-menu Settings. > Confirm by pressing OK. > Press the Menu key to return to normal operation.
DVB-T receiver: The signals received by the antenna cannot be processed by the television set. The DVB-T receiver processes them in such a way that audio and video signals (AV) are available at its outputs, which can then be passed on to the television set. OSD: On Screen Display - data shown on screen PID: Packet Identifier, Packet-ID Receiver: The signals received from the antenna cannot be processed by the television set.
Demultiplexing: Video decoding: Video compression main level) Video standard Active screen area Picture format Picture material 16:9 Audio decoding: Audio compression Audio Mode Sampling frequencies Audio parameters: Output analogue: Output level L/R Output impedance THD S/N Cross-talk Input analogue: Input level l/r Input impedance Volume at switch-on Video parameters: Output: Output level FBAS Output level RED Output level GREEN Output level BLUE S/N rated Connections: TV SCART: Output: VCR SCART: Output:
Soft video text Display: LED display 800 pages memory (DigiPal 2) 1000 pages memory (DigitMod T1) 4-digit (7 segment) (DigiPal 2) LED green and red (DigitMod T1) Serial interface RS 232: Type RS 232, bidirectional Bit rate 115,2 kBit/s max.
11 Trouble-shooting guide Problem Possible cause Solution Various programmes not shown in the programme list Wrong programme list selected Select another programme list (see Point 7.2.3.1) Sound OK, no TV picture Radio mode selected Switch to TV mode Clock time not shown in stand-by mode* Clock time not downloaded Go to a major channel for 30 secs. Switch on stand-by clock (Point 6.2.
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Index AC3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 21 Antenna adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Antenna feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Automatic search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Channel information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For daily use Switching on and off > > > Switch on the digital receiver bypressing the On/Standby key, either on the receiver or on the remote control. Press this key again to switch the receiver off. The receiver is now in standby mode, the display on the receiver shows the time. Programme selection Using the programme up/down keys > Use the programme keys up/down either on the remote control or on the receiver to move up or down one programme slot at a time.
