Metronic ACCESSBOX user Manual

User guide

DIGITAL SATELLITE

RECEIVER

4000 channels / Parental Control

2 Scarts / DiSEqC 1.2

CAUTION

Your AccessBox has ventilation slots. These slots must not be obstructed, even partially, in order to

ensure proper ventilation. The lifetime and normal functioning of your device depends on these factors. The

device may not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no object filled with liquid, such as vases, must
be put on the device. Installation in premises which are confined or subject to temperature or dampness

changes (sheds, attics, cellars, tiny rooms, dry risers etc.) may cause an overheating of the device or a pre­mature ageing resulting in failures that are not covered by the guarantee.

Never open the Access box receiver even when it is not connected, because it contains electrical com­ponents, which can be dangerous for you. In general, electrical appliances are not earthed, so you can get
electrical discharges (which are not risky), while implementing the connections. Our advice is to connect
the equipment after all the sockets connections have been made.

To clean the receiver or his remote control, do not use any solvent or detergent. Use only a dry cloth
for dust or slightly dampened with water for the front panel. Always carry out this operation after having dis­connected the receiver from the mains.

For your own safety:

Never open the device. It contains no item that can be serviced by the user. If you open it, make some
changes on circuits or connections of non-compliant equipment it will cancel the guarantee. If necessary,
please return the receiver, for service, only to the point of sale.

In order to reduce the risks of fire, electrocution or damage caused to another equipment or someo­ne, do not expose the device to dampness, bad weather, dust, sand, sun, cold or high temperature. You must
use the device between 0°C to 40°C; 32°F to 104°F. Place your AccessBOX in a dry place, safe from dust.
It is not designed for outdoor use.

The remote control needs two AA 1.5V batteries. Check the polarity before fitting them into the remo­te control. Do not throw your used battery in the bin, take them to your local store where special boxes are
provided to recycle them.

The installation and the use of the receiver are based on pre-programmed channels. In the event of
problem on a channel, get a specialised magazine to find out if this channel is still broadcasting in Free To
Air. For information, the operators frequently change the channel’s characteristics without notice.

Your receiver is compatible with DiSEqC 1.2, it could be used then with a DiSEqC 1.2 motor (or rota­tor). In case of a DiSEqC 1.2 motorised installation, our advice is to install the motor in an easily accessible
location (avoid chimneys, for example). Motors may have to be screwed up or lubricated. An installation in
a not very accessible place would be difficult for the maintenance. For your information, the DiSEqC stan­dard is a trademark by Eutelsat.

If you only have one digital tuner, you will not be able to record a different satellite channel from the
one you are watching.

Altering the settings of the receiver requires to go through the menus. For an easy reading of this User
Guide we have shortened the operations as: MENU / menu / sub-menu. For example, when you read:

The first time you switch your AccessBOX on, your are prompted to enter the desired language for
On Screen Dislplay. Since English is the default value, just press OK. This language selection window is also
shown after resetting the unit (factory settings)

• Go in MAIN MENU / INSTALLATION / LNB & SWITCHES SETUP,

You will have to:

- Press on MAIN MENU to go to the main menu.

- Press on  key to highlight the INSTALLATION menu.

- Press on OK to select this menu.

- Press on  key to highlight the sub-menu / LNB & SWITCHES SETUP.

- Press on OK to select.

You will notice that the words in bold letters in this user manual are those which
appear on the screen of your television.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

1 General installation advice page 03
2 Installation of a fixed dish on a satellite page 05
3 Installation of a dual-head satellite dish Astra 19,2° + Hot Bird page 06
4 Connection with a fixed satellite dish already aligned on a satellite page 07
5 Connection on a dual-head system Astra 19,2° + Hot Bird already aligned page 07
6

Connection on a motorised DiSEqC 1.2 unit already aligned page 08

7 Remote control description page 09
8 Receiver description page 10

9 Day to day operation page 10
10 Access to a channel page 10
11 Adding channels page 11
12 Modifying / Organizing channels page 12
13 System setup page 13
14 Resetting the receiver page 14
15 Radios page 14
16 Use with a VCR page 14
17 Troubleshooting page 15

Quality form page 16
Assistance and advice page 18
Channel guide page 19

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INSTALLATION SHORTCUT

PURCHASE OF THE RECEIVER ALONE

PURCHASE OF THE RECEIVER ALONE

Your satellite dish is already aligned

PURCHASE OF THE RECEIVER + SA

PURCHASE OF THE RECEIVER + SA

Installation advice

page 3

TELLITE DISH

TELLITE DISH

page 07

Satellite dish 1

head

Page 5

Satellite dish 2

head

Page 6

2

Motorised satellite

dish

Page 8

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GENERAL INSTALLATION ADVICE

A

Choice of the location and satellite dish assembling

Whatever your choice of installation, your fixing nust be stable and vertical.

• In the event of an obstacle, respect the rule of distances explained below.

H

UT

SO

• For the satellite dish assembly, look at the assembly sheet provided with the satellite.

B

CAUTION: Please handle the satellite dish with caution because its fringes may be
sharp.

Necessary parts and tools:

1 Satellite dish
2 Scews and fixing
3Offset arm
4 Universal LNB
5 Pole or wall mounting brackets of Ø

minimum recommended : 40 mm

6 Digital satellite receiver with remote

control
7TV
8 Scart lead
9 «F» plug
10 Special satellite cable,

the standard TV cable is not appro-

priate.

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10

13

12

1

4

3

9

10

2

5

7

8

9

6

3

C

D

Assembly and insulation of the «F» plug

• The plug must be screwed on the strip iron aluminium. Take care that there is not a strand

of the braid in contact with the central heart of the coaxial cable

• When your installation is finished, do not forget to protect the LNB with appropriate water-

proof material. (see picture below).

LNB's badly insulated or not insulated at all are not covered by
the guarantee.

8 mm

5 mm

LNB’s assembly

Your kit can contain various types of LNB

• LNB in metal grey (D1 schema): make sure

to position the triangular mark () properly
upwards. It is normal that the body of the
head is tilted on 45°, the cable leaves tilted
to 45°.

• Other LNB’s (graduations): must be positio-

ned vertically. See D2 schema (the cable
leaves vertically).
In both cases, never remove the protection
cap of the horn.

D1

( )

D2

E

Pre-programmed channels and satellites

Your receiver is delivered pre-programmed on the main satellites available in Europe. Some
satellites require a one-meter satellite dish, you will not be able to receive them with a lower
size satellite dish, even if this satellite appears in your pre-programmed channels list. You will
use these channels to point your satellite dish towards the satellite you want. The Table 1 gives
you the satellite dish necessary size, in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, for
each satellite, as well as references channel that will be useful for you to align with a satellite.

Table 1: references’ Channel

(*) The channel numbers apply to the TV list at output of the factory. If you modify the organisation of the channels, these
numbers are not valid any more.

Important notes:

• Table 1 does not mention the satellites which do not broadcast (or with a very low signal)

on Digital Free to Air. The reference channels were validated at the time of the drafting
of this user manual, we cannot guaranty they will still be there. In the event of problem
at the time of searching for a satellite, get specialised magazine (like What satellite and
Digital TV) to check that the reference channel is still a Free to Air channel.
For the alignment, you must imperatively know which satellite you wish to receive. If you
have any doubt, check the pre-programmed channels at the end of this user manual.

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INSTALLATION OF A FIXED DISH ON A SATELLITE

Read the installations advices, and particulary the paragraph E (page 5).

A

B

Connections

The receiver must be disconnected
input of the receiver. Connect the television to the receiver scart socket output. Switch on
the television and connect the receiver to the mains. The green LED light is on, then the
flickers with the red LED, then only the red LED remains on. Press the button. If the
television does not display a black screen with a message "BAD OR NO SIGNAL", check
the scart leads connections and/or force the A/V or EXT mode of your television (see your
TV user manual).

Alignment / satellite dish orientation

Find in Table 1 (page 5) channel number of the reference channel of the satellite that you
wish to receive (example: 001 = BBC ONE for Astra 28°). Type on the remote control the
channel number.

Press on the remote control INFO key to show the reception level at the bottom of the
screen. This indicator shows normally 0%; the alignment will consist in directing the satel­lite dish toward the satellite, leading to a maximum level.

Put the satellite dish in a vertical position (the graduations on the back indicate 20-25°)
and roughly direct it towards the south. Make a slow sweeping (about 20 seconds) of a
quarter of a spin on the left then a quarter of a spin on the right while checking on the tele­vision. The indicator should not show anything at this stage.

from the mains, connect directly the LNB to the LNB

C

Beware, it may be useful to search for the south with a compass. However, never use
a compass to find the supposed location of a satellite. For instance, you may guess
that Astra 28° is located 28° left from south. It's false! Just sweep the dish as explai­ned, this method works better.

Incline the satellite dish of 2 degrees (a little less than 1 inch at the top of the dish) towards
the top and then start again the sweeping.

Proceed by 2 degrees step until the indicator goes up and that the channel appears.
Tighten all the screws definitively, except those which fixing the LNB in its holder. If the
indicator increases, but no images appear on the screen, it means you are on another
satellite, it is necessary to continue sweeping.

Adjustment of the polarisation

Rotate the LNB clockwise in its holder for a few degrees to further increase the level of
signal. If the signal decreases, rotate it in the opposite way.

Once you obtain the best signal, tighten definitively all the screws. Your installation is fini­shed. Press on EXIT to hide the information banner. You can now watch all the satellite
channels from the satellite you just aligned your satellite dish on.

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3

INSTALLATION OF A DUAL-HEAD SATELLITE DISH ASTRA 19.2 + HOT
BIRD

Install the dual-head support in such a way that, when you look at the satellite dish, the
shifted head is on the left.

Initially, proceed in the same way as for a mono-head satellite dish (see preceding page),
by directly connecting the receiver to the central LNB with only one cable and by aligning
your satellite dish on Hot Bird.

A

B

Installation with a Tone Burst or DiSEqC 1.0 switch

When you receive all the Hot Bird channels correctly (satellite n°4) with the central head,
disconnect the cable of this head and connect it on the I/O port of the DiSEqC Tone Burst
switch.
Prepare two cables of approximately 1,5 m and screw an “F” plug at each end.
Connect the main head to the switch LNB A input and the head shifted with the input LNB
B You will now register the switch in the receiver menus:

• Go in MAIN MENU / INSTALLATION / LNB & SWITCHES SETUP

• Go on Satellite name and press OK to show the satellites list. Select Hot Bird and vali-

date by OK.

• Go on DiSEqC 1.0,1.1 and press on  until A is displayed.

• Press OK to memorise, SUCCESSFULLY UPDATED appears.

• Go on Satellite name and press OK to display the satellites list. Select Astra1, 19.2° and

validate by OK

• Go on DiSEqC 1.0,1.1 and press  until B is displayed press OK to memorise, SUC-

CESSFULLY UPDATED appears.

• Press EXIT to leave all the menus.

You can now watch all the pre-programmed Astra 19.2 and Hot Bird channels (see "daily
use”).

Installation with a DiSEqC 1.0 monobloc

• Go in MENU / INSTALLATION / LNB & SWITCHES

SETUP

• Go Satellite then press OK to display the channels list.

Select HOT BIRD then validate by OK.

• Go on DiSEqC 1.0,1.1 and press  until A is displayed.

• Press OK to memorise, SUCCESSFULY UPDATE

appears.

• Go on satellite then press OK to display the satellites list.

Select Astra1,19.2° and validate by OK.

• Go on DiSEqC 1.0,1.1 and press  until B is displayed.

• Press OK to memorise, SUCCESSFULY UPDATE appears.

• Press EXIT to leave all the menus.

• Do the alignment on HotBird as explained the preceding paragraph (fixed satellite dish

on a satellite).

• Once you have received HotBird, you should automatically receive the Astra channels.

Sometimes, it is necessary to adjust the alignment to optimise the reception of the two
satellites.

You can now watch the pre-programmed Astra 19.2 and Hot Bird channels.

Caution: Some monoblocs have a reverse command. It can be then necessary to
swap A and B in the DiSEqC line.

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4

CONNECTION WITH A FIXED SATELLITE DISH ALREADY ALIGNED ON A
SATELLITE

The receiver being disconnected from the mains, connect directly the LNB to the LNB recei­ver input. Connect a scart lead from the television to the receiver TV output scart socket.
Switch on the television, connect the receiver on the power supply, the green LED switches
on, then flickers with the red LED, then only the red LED remains lit. Press the Standby but­ton. Check in the list of the pre programmed channels at the end of the user manual. You
can select and watch the channel of this satellite.

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CONNECTION ON A DUAL-HEAD SYSTEM ASTRA 19,2° + HOT BIRD ALREADY
ALIGNED

Connect the cables and the leads as indicated on the figure below (figure n°4). It is useful to
know on which inputs of the switch the heads Astra and Hotbird are connected. If you do not
know it and the installation is difficult to reach, test the 2 possible combinations:

Astra on A and HotBird on B or Astra on B and HotBird on A.

To program your receiver, go to page 7, installation of a Bi-head satellite dish Astra 19,2° +
Hot Bird.

Caution: you should not alter the satellite dish adjustments or the switch, it is only
necessary to program your digital receiver.

figure 4

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