Technika T835 User Manual

320Gb T835

Digital TV Recorder

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USER MANUAL

Contents

Features ................................................................. 1

Accessories ............................................................ 2

Safety Precautions ................................................. 2

Power.................................................................. 2

Overview of the Remote Control ............................ 3

Connections............................................................ 4

Remote Control ...................................................... 5

Connection to the Tv .............................................. 5

Power Connection .................................................. 6

Power On-Off .......................................................... 6

Antenna Connection ............................................... 6

Main Interface ......................................................... 7

Menu System.......................................................... 7

Channel List ........................................................ 7

Deleting Channels ......................................... 8

Renaming Channels ...................................... 8

Adding Locks to Channels ............................. 8

Setting Favourites .......................................... 8

Programme Guide .................................................. 8

TIMERS .................................................................11

RECORDINGS LIBRARY ..................................... 12

Play Options: ................................................ 12

Main Title ...................................................... 13

Recording Title .............................................. 13

Chapter Options ............................................ 13

SETUP .................................................................. 13

Recordings .................................................... 13

Max Time Shift .............................................. 14

Auto Discard ................................................. 14

Format Disk .................................................. 14

Hard Disk Info ............................................... 14

Recording Format ......................................... 15

Conﬁ guration ........................................................ 15

TV Type ......................................................... 16

Favourite Mode ............................................. 16

Channel List .................................................. 16

Scan Encrypted ............................................ 16

Auto Power Down ......................................... 16

Receiver Upgrade ......................................... 16

Parental Locking ........................................... 16

Menu Lock .................................................... 17

Set Pin .......................................................... 17

Low Power ................................................... 17

Language ...................................................... 17

Message ....................................................... 17

Speciﬁ c Functions of Remote Control .............. 18

Time Shifting(Pause Live Recording) ............... 19

NOTES ................................................................. 20

General troubleshooting ....................................... 21

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ......................... 22

Features

• DVB

• 200 Channels

• DVB 7 days event information (7 days EPG)

• TV scart (with RGB and CVBS support)

• Record timer via 7 day EPG

• Automatic search for all channels

• Timer can be used either for recording or as a sleep timer

• Timer function (TV timer) programmable via EPG

• Favourite list

• Parental lock options at different levels

• DVB-T Compliant

•UHF-IV and UHF-V; 470-862 MHz, 8MHz bandwith

• Supports 16-, 64-QAM modulations

• Manual and automatic search options

• VIDEO & OSD :

• Video: MPEG2, PAL, 4:3/16:9

• Automatic day light saving time updating.

• Decoding & Video Out: PAL

• Audio: MPEG-1 layer I / II, MPEG-2 layer II, MPEG-2 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC

• Multi-format audio decoder

• Multi language audio support (up to 10)

• Audio mute and volume control

• Time shift – pause live TV.

• PIP (Picture in picture)

• Freeview Playback 2 support.

• Auto power down

• Standby Low Power Consumption (Less than or

equal to 1 W)

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Accessories

Remote Controller

Instruction Book

RF Cable

Batteries (2 X AAA )

• Should any solid object or liquid fall into the cabinet, unplug the apparatus and have it checked by qualiﬁ ed personnel before operating it any further.

Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects ﬁ lled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.

The mains plug is used as the disconnect device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable.

CAUTION

Batteries shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine, ﬁ re or the like.

Safety Precautions

Power

• Always use the provided AC adaptor.

• Operate only from the power source speciﬁ ed on

the AC adaptor.

• The power adaptor may become hot during normal operation. This is not a malfunction.

• Please make sure that the adaptor is not covered while in operation. Leave a space of 15 cm (minimum) around the AC adaptor.

• The rating information and safety caution of the AC adaptor are provided on the adaptor.

WARNING: When the set is not in use for a long time, disconnect from the power.

. Power Cord

Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord (mains lead), or pinch the cord. Handle the power cord by the plug. Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other cords. The power cords should be routed in such a way that they are not likely to be stepped on. A damaged power cord can cause ﬁ re or give you an electrical shock. Check the power cord once in a while. When you ﬁ nd it damaged, ask closest service agent for help. When the AC power cord needs to be changed, it should be done at a qualiﬁ ed service shop only.

• Please do not place the set in a place subject to

direct sun light, excessive dust or mechanical shock or in a location near heat sources.

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Overview of the Remote Control

Teletext

PIP channel -

(Channel down in the PIP window)

PIP mode

(Opens the PIP window)

Teletext

Swap

PIP channel + (Channel up in the PIP window)

Swap key

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Connections

FRONT VIEW

320Gb T835 Digital TV Recorder

ON/OFF

PROG DOWN

ANTENNA

OUT

PROG UP

OPTICAL

AUDIO OUT

SCART (TV)

BACK VIEW

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DC IN

1. ANTENNA IN : Aerial input

2. AERIAL OUT :To watch analogue channels on the TV

3. OPTICAL AUDIO : Optical Digital Audio Output

4. TV SCART : TV SCART connection

5. POWER SUPPLY : DC IN (12V)

Be sure that you make all the cable connections. Then plug the unit into the mains supply , a red light will be seen on the front panel. (Standby mode). When the set-top-box is ﬁ rst powered up please wait for a while before activating the receiver since booting of software will take some time. Then, you can turn on your digital set-top box by pressing the Standby button on the remote control. The red light on the front panel will change to off (Power on mode)

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Remote Control

First open the battery cover on the underside of the remote control. Put in both batteries 1.5Volt (RO3/AAA) referring to the imprinted symbols (+/-) in the battery case and put on the battery cover again. While using the remote control, direct it towards the front side of the receiver. If the remote control does not work or the chosen function does not work, the batteries are most probably exhausted and they should be replaced as soon as possible. Please use only the leak proof batteries. It is best to remove the batteries from the remote unit if you will not be using the remote control unit for long time.

Connection to the Tv

ANTENNA

OUT

OPTICAL

AUDIOOUT

SCART(TV)

DCIN

Connect your set-top box with a scart cable using the TV scart connector on the rear panel to your television’s scart connector. The set-top box gives RGB or CVBS output. If you want to get the picture via scart connector and your TV’s scart connector has an RGB input, then you can switch your digital set-top box to RGB mode, by toggling TV out menu to RGB mode, in conﬁ guration menu. So, you will be able to achieve high performance from your digital set-top box.

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Power Connection

IMPORTANT: The set-top box is designed to operate on 12 V DC. For this, an adaptor is used which gives 12 V voltage. Connect this adaptor to a system that supplies 220-240V AC,50Hz.

• After unpacking, allow the set-top box to reach the ambient room temperature before you connect the set to the mains .

Power On-Off

Connect all cables before plugging into the mains. After plugging in the mains cord of the set-top-box to the mains supply, a light will be seen on the front panel (Standby mode). When the set-top-box is ﬁ rst powered up please wait until the box is initialized before activating the receiver since booting of software will take some time. Make sure that all cable connections are in place. Plug the mains. Please wait until unit is initialized. This may take almost a minute.

This product conforms the latest European Union Power Consumption Regulations and features low power standby mode. Product enters into the low power standby mode approximately 2-3 minutes later after you press standby button to turn off the unit. Until low power mode is activated, clock will be displayed at the display. When the low power mode is activated, display will be shut down. When you press standby button during low power mode, it may take a minute until product is initialised. However if you press standby button before low power mode is activated unit will be initialized in a couple of seconds (Active standby mode). Although it is not recommended for enviromental reasons, you may disable low power mode in your product at setup –conﬁ guration menu.

Auto Power Down:

This box will automatically switched from active mode into standby mode, after less than three hours in active mode, following the last user interaction and/or a channel change with an alert message two minutes before going in to standby mode. The Automatic power-down will be set as default and the user will be able to change Automatic power down to on or off in the menu

Important Note : If there is any ongoing programme recording or if any EPG programme recordings and/or manual recordings is set to a nearby time, the unit does not switch to low power mode and remains in active standby mode until recording tasks have been ﬁ nished. At low power mode, the unit initializes a couple of minutes before the actual time of the incoming recording task.

Important Note : The unit initializes time to time to receive updates from EPG broadcast in order to sycnronize EPG recording tasks properly. After getting updates, the unit switches to low power mode automatically. This takes a short while and it is not a malfunction.

Antenna Connection

ANTENNA

OUT

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OPTICAL

AUDIOOUT

SCART(TV)

DCIN

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Main Interface

When the box is switched on from stand-by mode for the ﬁ rst time or after ﬁ rst time installation, the following menu message will be displayed.

After hard disk initializing process, First Time Installation Menu window is displayed on the screen. In this window, set the TV type with “ press OK to continue.

”/“ ” keys and

Menu System

Main menu is accessed by pressing the MENU key on the remote control. Navigate with “ among the menus and press OK to activate menus. In some sub-menus, press the BACK button to return to the previous menu, otherwise, use it to exit from the menu. In all menus there is an Info banner at the bottom of the screen. These are functions that can be used in the current menu.

The Main Menu is accessed, pressing the MENU button. The items accessed through the Main Menu are:

1.)Channel List

2.)Programme guide

3.)Timers

4.)Recording Library

5.)Setup

”/“ ” keys

Then “Do you want to start an automatic channel scan?” pop-up menu is displayed. Auto search can be started by selecting the “Yes” button. The box will automatically ﬁ nd the channels and store them for you.

To start installation process, select “Yes”, to cancel select “No”.

The set-top box will automatically tune to the channels. You can press the “MENU” button at any time during the process.

Channel List

Channel list is the place where the channels are managed. The following operations can be performed in this menu:

1. Navigating the whole list of channels

2. Deleting unwanted channels

3. Renaming channels

4. Adding locks to channels

5. Setting the favourite list

Channel table is the place where the channels are managed.

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