Teac HD-B500 Owner's Manual

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Table of contents

1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................4

2 MAIN FEATURES............................................................................................................................4

3 THE REMOTE CONTROL...............................................................................................................5

4 FRONT AND REAR PANEL.............................................................................................................7

4.1 FRONT PANEL .......................................................................................................................... 7

5 FIRST INSTALL...............................................................................................................................8

6 BASIC USE....................................................................................................................................10

6.1 TV CHANNEL AND PROGRAMME INFORMATION...............................................................10

6.2 DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT PROGRAMME....................................10

6.3 TV CHANNEL AND PROGRAMME LIST................................................................................ 12

6.4 TV CHANNEL LIST..................................................................................................................12

6.5 ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE (EPG).......................................................................... 13

7 MENU INFORMATION..................................................................................................................14

7.1 MENU....................................................................................................................................... 14

7.2 FAVOURITES........................................................................................................................... 16

7.3 HDTV SETTING....................................................................................................................... 17

7.3.1 RESOLUTION................................................................................................................... 18

7.3.2 TV SCREEN FORMAT ..................................................................................................... 18

7.3.3 DISPLAY FORMAT...........................................................................................................19

7.4 PARENTAL CONTROL............................................................................................................19

8 INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................22

8.1 INSTALLATION OF THE DIGITAL TV ANTENNA................................................................... 22

8.2 BASIC INSTALLATION............................................................................................................ 22

8.3 MANUAL SEARCH .................................................................................................................. 23

8.4 AUTO SEARCH ....................................................................................................................... 23

8.5 ANTENNA POSITION.............................................................................................................. 24

8.6 CHANNELS SETTINGS........................................................................................................... 24

9 SYSTEM SETTINGS.....................................................................................................................26

9.1 LANGUAGE..............................................................................................................................26

9.2 TIMER ...................................................................................................................................... 29

9.3 BANNER...................................................................................................................................31

9.4 TV SETTING ............................................................................................................................ 32

9.5 PRODUCT INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 34

9.6 FACTORY RESET ................................................................................................................... 34

10 SOFTWARE/FIRMWARE UPGRADE...........................................................................................35

10.1 USB INTERFACE SOFTWARE UPGRADE..........................................................................35

10.2 OVER THE AIR SOFTWARE UPGRADE.............................................................................. 36

11 SPECIFICATION ...........................................................................................................................37

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1 INTRODUCTION

This owner’s manual is intended to describe the procedures for operating the TEAC DMB-T HD
DIGITAL Terrestrial Receiver. This product is a high performance Digital TV Terrestrial Receiver. It
offers users with all free-to-air DMB-T Digital TV programmes being broadcasted in Hong Kong.

Icons

In this manual, the following icons are used :

This icon means that a remote control button is used.

This icon means that special attention is required.

This icon means that the user should pay attention to the procedures
described.

2 MAIN FEATURES

 Support MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264)
 Fully compliant with Hong Kong DMB-T digital terrestrial TV standard
 Easy to operate user interface
 Automatic detection of changes in TV channels configurations
 Easy to use channels and programmes management user interface
 English and Traditional Chinese OSD
 Support Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), Teletext or other TV information
 Favourite TV channels management system
 Display of information on the current and next TV programmes
 Support different video and output interfaces
 USB compliant port
 RS-232 Port
 e-SATA Port (for connection with our other designated products in the future)
 Parental control and censorship
 HDMI connection for output of High Definition Digital Images
 Support upgrade through Over The Air

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3 THE REMOTE CONTROL

Photograph Key Function

MUTE Disable Audio output
STANDBY Switch to stand-by

0…..9

0-9 numeral buttons, for input of numbers or for
selecting a TV channel

LIST

Open current channel programme list / switch
between favorites lists / wake up receiver from
stand-by

SWAP

Recall last channel while watching digital TV or
listening to radio / wake up the receiver from
stand-by

RED Function key
GREEN Function key
YELLOW Function key

BLUE

Display Signal strength and Signal quality after
pressing the <INFO> button

MENU Display menu, press again to exit current menu
EXIT Back to previous menu without saving
UP/DOWN Move selection up/down within menus and lists

LEFT/RIGHT

While watching a channel, the LEFT/RIGHT
buttons increases or decreases the audio output
volume. Within a menu, press the LEFT button to
return to previous menu and the RIGHT button to
enter a sub-menu.

OK

Call up a programme list for the current channel
while watching digital/TV or listening to the radio.
In a menu, this button serves to confirm a
selection.

PGUP/PGDW Page up/down in lists
VOL+/VOL- Increase or decrease the audio output volume

CH+/CH-

Select next/previous channel / wake up the
receiver from stand-by

V FORMAT Switch between PAL and NTSC video formats
A. Ratio Set video output aspect ratio to 4:3 or 16:9

SCALE

Switch between display modes Letter Box, Pans
can and FULL

TELETEXT TELETEXT function key
SUBTITLE Switch between different subtitles

TV/RADIO

Switch between TV and RADIO (a reserved
feature)

RES.

Switch video output resolutions between 576P,
720P and 1080I。

Audio

Switch between Left channel audio output, Right
channel audio output and Stereo audio output

LANGUAGE Change audio language output
EPG Electronic Program Guide

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4 FRONT AND REAR PANEL

RS-232

USB

COAX

VIDEO 1

POWER

LOOP

OUT

ANT IN

YPbPr

Optical
SPDIF

ETHERNET

HDM

I

L-AUDIO 2-R

S-Video

VIDEO 2

L-AUDIO 1-R

E-SATA

Rear Panel
ANT IN Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcast signal input

Loop OUT Output of Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcast signal
Video 1 & Video 2 Composite video signal output
Audio Analog Audio output
Optical Digital audio output
YPbPr High Definition Component video output
HDMI Digital HDTV video output with HDCP. HDMI version 1.1
RS-232 RS-232 communication port for firmware upgrade
USB USB1.1 Port for firmware upgrade
Coaxial Coaxial Digital audio output
Ethernet Ethernet port for Interactive TV (future upgrade required)
e-SATA Extend SATA interface for connection with external hard disk for video

recording (future upgrade required)

POWER IEC Power Connector ~AC100-240V

4.1 FRONT PANEL

Please press the “TEAC” logo gently then the front door open for various function keys.
The red LED is a power indicator and the green LED is a signal indication.

User can access those function keys as follow: MENU, OK, EXIT, CH+/UP, CH-/DOWN,
VOL+/LEFT ,VOL-/RIGHT

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5 FIRST INSTALL

Note: A Digital TV Antenna is supplied with the TEAC DMB-T HD DIGITAL Terrestrial
Receiver. The Antenna should be used where the user is within an area with Digital Terrestri al TV
coverage but the premises in which the user intends to use the Receiver has not yet been upgraded
with Digital Terrestrial TV receiving capability. (Please refer to “Installation” for details.) If you do not

know whether the building concerned has been upgraded with Digital Terrestrial TV receiving
capability, you may make relevant enquiries with your building management.

Please connect the Receiver to your television set (HDMI cable recommended) and that
the antenna is connected to the “ANT IN” input connector on the Receiver. Connect one
end of the IEC Power Cable to the Receiver and the other end to power supply. Switch
on your TV set and the Receiver.

When the welcome screen is displayed, please select the preferred language (English or
traditional Chinese) for the user interface and the country where the Receiver is used
(Hong Kong, China). Highlight “Set-up” on the Menu using the ‘UP/DOWN Arrow’ buttons
and press the “RIGHT Arrow” button to confirm your selection.

If you decide to use the Flat Panel Antenna, please turn ‘On’ the Antenna Power.

The Receiver will start to search for available channels and a few minutes are required to
complete this operation. When a TV channel is detected, its corresponding Signal
strength and Signal quality are displayed.

If channel scanning is completed successfully, a list of channels found during the
scanning process is displayed on screen.

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If no channel is found during the channel scanning process, the user may adjust antenna
position to obtain optimal TV signal. To do this, the user can select an appropriate RF
Channel used by the broadcast station (for example, UHF 22, 35 or 37 for Hong Kong)
using the manual channel scanning interface, and the corresponding signal Strength,
signal quality and the name of the channel will be displayed. The user may re-scan for
TV channels.

Hong Kong Digital Terrestrial Broadcast TV Stations and Channels
(In early 2008, only one digital TV broadcast station located in Temple Hi ll District will be
in operation. For other digital TV broadcast stations, please refer to future
announcements issued by The Office of the Telecommunication Authority of Hong Kong.)

Broadcast Station Channel 22 Channel 35 Channel 37
Temple Hill Yes Yes Yes

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6 BASIC USE

6.1 TV CHANNEL AND PROGRAMME INFORMATION

A semi-transparent information banner is displayed at the bottom of the screen when:

• the TV channel is changed (displayed for 5 seconds)

• the INFO button is pressed

Information presented in the banner includes:

• Channel name and channel number

• you may press the BLUE button on the remote control unit to check the signal

strength and signal quality of the current TV channel

• Information on the current and the next TV programmes

• Time elapsed and time remaining (indicated by bar-graph) for the current TV

programme and the scheduled time for the next TV programme

If the information banner is displayed permanently, press the EXIT button on the remote to hide it.

6.2 DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CU RRENT PROGRAMME

To get detailed programme information, press the INFO button when the information
banner is shown.

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Information shown includes:

• The name of the current TV programme and its related time information

• Nature of the current TV programme and its duration

• Description of the current TV programme. This may contain several pages. Use

PGUP and PGDW buttons to scroll through pages.

Detailed information about the next TV programme can be obtained by pressing the INFO
button again.
Note: To obtain information on the current TV programme, press the INFO button on the
remote control unit once. To obtain information on the next TV programme, press the
INFO button twice.

When detailed information concerning the next programme is displayed, pressing the
INFO button again will hide the information banner and deta iled information.

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6.3 TV CHANNEL AND PROGRAMME LIST

A semi-transparent page showing brief TV channel and programme information is
displayed when the LIST button is pressed.

This page contains the following information:

• All TV channel names and numbers

• Brief description of current and next TV programmes

• Time information on the current and next TV programmes

Press the EXIT button to hide the brief TV channel and programme information page.
In the brief TV channel and programme information page, the user can obtain the further

information on the current TV programme by pressing the RIGHT button or the INFO
button.

6.4 TV CHANNEL LIST

While watching a TV programme, press the OK button on the remote control unit to
display a semi-transparent banner showing a list of available TV chann els stored in the
Receiver. View a TV channel by highlighting the name of a TV channel on the banner and
press the OK button.

Press the EXIT button on the remote control unit to hide the TV Channel banner.

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