Wintal STB1SD User manual

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Table of Contents

SYMBOLS USED ON THE RECEIVER .......................................................................... 3

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................. 4

I.GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................................................... 5

1. Preface ................................................................................................................. 5

2. Main Features ...................................................................................................... 5

3. General Operation of the Receiver....................................................................... 6

4. Front Panel .......................................................................................................... 7

5. Rear Panel ........................................................................................................... 8

6. Remote Control Unit ............................................................................................. 9

7. Installation of STB ............................................................................................... 11

7.1 Connecting to a Television ......................................................................... 11

7.2 Connecting to TV using YPbPr support ..................................................... 12

7.3 Connecting to another receiver ................................................................. 12

II. MENU STRUCTURE................................................................................................. 13

1. Program List ....................................................................................................... 14

1.1 TV Program List ........................................................................................ 14

1.2 Music Program List ................................................................................... 15

1.3 Sort ........................................................................................................... 15

2. Program Search ................................................................................................. 15

2.1 Automatic Search ...................................................................................... 15

2.2 Manual search .......................................................................................... 16

3. Parental Control ................................................................................................. 16

3.1 Channel Lock ............................................................................................ 16

3.2 Parental Setting ........................................................................................ 16

3.3 Change PIN .............................................................................................. 17

4. System Setting ................................................................................................... 17

4.1 Video Setup .............................................................................................. 17

4.2 Advanced Setting ...................................................................................... 17

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4.3 Language .................................................................................................. 18

4.4 T ime Setti ng .............................................................................................. 18

4.5 System Schedule ...................................................................................... 18

5. Accessory ........................................................................................................... 19

5.1 System Information ................................................................................... 19

5.2 Factory Default .......................................................................................... 19

5.3 System update .......................................................................................... 19

6. Shortcut Key Functions ...................................................................................... 20

6.1 Electronic Program Guide (EPG) .............................................................. 20

6.2 Program List .............................................................................................. 20

6.3 Audio Select .............................................................................................. 21

6.4 Volume ...................................................................................................... 21

6.5 Information ................................................................................................ 21

6.6 Subtitle ...................................................................................................... 21

III. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ................................................................................ 22

IV. TROUBLE SHOOTING ............................................................................................ 24

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SYMBOLS USED ON THE RECEIVER

The next paragraphs explain the meaning of the symbols, present on the receiver.

The Digital Video Broadcasting logo.
A broadcast standard for digital radio and television using MEPG-2
compression.

The caution risk of electrical shock - do not open symbol
This symbol tells you that you are not allowed to open the receiver.
Only authorized (service) technicians are allowed to open the box.

The lightning fla sh with arr owh ead sym bol w ithin an equilat er al triangl e
is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsu late d “dangerous
voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert
the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance
(servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Please read these safety instructions through carefully, before operating the recei ver.
Please observe all warnings and instructions on the equipment and contained in these
operating instructio ns.
Be sure to read this user’s manual before starting your operation.
Never open the cover. It is very dangerous to touch the inside of the unit due to possible
electric shock.
Install the unit horizontally. Unbalanced installation may c au s e the unit to be damaged by
itself.
When you don’t use this unit for a long time, please pull the power cord from the outlet.
Also do not use a damaged power cord.

When the unit is suddenly moved to a hot area from a cold area, it may cause problems.
In that case, turn off the power, and turn on after 1-2 hours.

Do not touch the power with wet hand. If there is liquid flowing into the unit, pull out the
power cord immediately because it may cause fire or electric shock.

Install the unit in a place with:
good ventilation
suitable temperature
no direct sunrays
low humidity
low vibration influence
Place the unit in a well ventilated and no heat environment.
Do not put heavy objects on the unit.

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I.GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Preface

The Set top Box is a high cost-effective digital receiver. It is fully compliant with

MPEG-2 and DVB-T standards. It provides the enhanced OSD Multi-language

menu.
Equipped with the latest technology and design, the receiver is ensured to offer high
reliable performance for your d igital life.

2. Main Features

 Fully DVB-T & MPEG-2 Compliant
 Software upgrade via RS-232 serial port
 Parental lock
 Multi-language Subtitle output supported
 Multi-language OSD and friendly user menu
 Aspect ratio 4:3 and 16:9
 Multi-language Audio supported
 1000 channels memory space
 7 days Electronic Program Guide and Information Plate
 256 bit (TRUE) colors on screen display (OSD) supported
 Closed Caption
 Auto program update
 Timer function supported
 Program parameters memorization when power-off
 Support Video On Demand

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 PAL/ NTSC/SECAM supported
 Automatic power on/off supported
 Logical channel number (LCN) Supported
 Signal level & quality indicator
 Standby with low consumption
 Time adjustment
 Antenna Feed 5V Supported

3. General Operation of the Re c eiver

The everyday operation of your receiver is accessed via user friendly on screen
displays and m enus. These menus can help you get the most from your STB,
guiding you throug h installation and chann el manager with its various f unctions
to enhance your viewing pleasure. All functions can be accessed through th e
Remote Control Unit and the front panel buttons provide access to many
functions. Pleas e be aware that ne w software may change t he functionality of
the receiver. Should you experience any difficulties with the operation of your
unit, please consult the relevant section of this manual or Trouble Shooting.
Alternatively call your dealer or a customer service adviser.

Note: Instructions and figures in the manual are just for your reference.
If any discrepancy exists, the goods are subject to your purchase of
practical object.

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4. Front Panel

: Press to switch between operation and standby mode s

MENU: Show the Main Menu and command box on the screen

OK: Execute the selected item in the menu

CH: When watching, change to the previous or next channel, or move to the

next higher or lower item in the menu.

VOL: When watching a chan nel, adj ust th e volume or move t o the left or right item in

the menu.

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5. Rear Panel

RS232: Connect to a PC for software upgrade * for servicing purposes only

ANT IN: Connect to a terrestrial antenn a

LOOP OUT: Connect to another receiver (RF loop through output from digital tuner)

YPbPR: Component video output. Supports high definition output

L/R AUDIO: This socket outputs analog audio L/R signal.

COAXIAL: This socket connects to a coaxial socket on your surround sound

system.

S/P DIF: This socket connects to a hi-fi system

VIDEO: This socket outputs composite video signal.

S-VIDEO: This socket outputs sep ar ate S -Video signal.

100-240V~: Power supply

ON/OFF: Main power switch

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6. Remote Control Unit

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: Press to switch between Operation and Standby modes

: Press to temporarily cut off the sound

0-9 : Enter required numbers in the input box or select a channel to watch
RECALL: Press to switch back to previous channel
INFO : Show information of the current channel
MENU : Display the Main Menu on the screen
EXIT : Press to return to the previous menu or escape from the item
OK : Press to execute the selected item in the menu, or to confirm the desired

value in input mode.

: Move cursor up/down/left/right, Page up/down, Volume +/-

p- / p+: Press to move up/down a page in the channel list
TV/RADIO: Switch between TV and Radio modes
GUIDE : Display EPG (Electronic Program Guide) menu
FREEZE: Switch between Pause and Play
FAV: Display the favorite channel list
FORMAT: Used to swi tch between different video output modes
AUDI O : When watching a channel, press to switch the audio languages
SUB.T: Subtitle hotkey will select DVB bitmap type titles. Note that s ubtitles may not

always work as the broadcaster may not provide the service

ASPECT: Use this hotkey to select your television screen format. Continuously press

this button to toggle through the different modes.

Change to: Teletext is not

available in this model

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7. Installation of STB

This section explains the installation of the receiver. Refer to the manuals
supplied with the equipment for the installation of outdoor equipment such as
the dish antenna. W hen adding new equ ipment, be sur e to refer to the rel ated
parts of the manual for the installation. The default output for this STB is
Component (Red, Gr een, B lue) and Composite AV (Yellow, Red, White) al wa ys
on. To use SVHS fir st t un e in a ll ch ann els v ia Composite AV connected t o Tune
refer to page 15 Program search. Then to switch to SVHS press TV/AV.

7.1 Connecting to a Television

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7.2 Connecting to TV using YPbPr support

7.3 Connecting to another receiver

NOTE: This connection figure is for re fere nce only . C on ne cto r s on t he re ar pa nel may b e
in different places or even be omitted due to different STB models.

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II. MENU STRUCTURE

Open the main menu by pressing the MENU button.

 Program List

 TV Program List
 Music Program List
 Sort

 Program Search

 Automatic Search
 Manual Search

 Parental Control

 Channel Lock
 Parental Setting
 Chan ge PIN

 System Setting

 Video Setup
 Language
 Time Setting
 System Schedule

 Accessory

 System Information
 Factory Default
 System update

Navigate with the arro w button and enter the submenus b y pressing the “OK”
button. Enter the upper menu level, or exit the main menu by pressing the
“EXIT” button.

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1. Program List

1.1 TV Program List

From the menu” TV Program List”, the user can rename, sort, lock and add
channels to favorite. Select the list you want to modify, the TV-list and press the
“OK” button.

 Favorite
Move the selector to the “Favor”-column. Select
the channels you want to add as favorites by
press the “OK” button. The selected favorite is

marked with “

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In channel view m ode, press the “FAV” button
to display the favorites.

 Move
Select the channel that you want to move and

press OK key, the

icon appears. Move the

channel in the list with the

buttons. When
the channel is in its desired place, press the
“OK” button.

 Del
Move the selector to the “Del”-column. Select
desired channel and press OK key. The
channels are marked with a “X” icon. If you
want to cancel this operation, please pr ess OK
key again at this channel.

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1.2 Music Program List

This has the same oper ation as the 1.1 T V Program List. Please refer to point

1.1 above.

1.3 Sort

The channels can be sorted in alphabetical
order, by channel number or channel ID. The
channel ID is assigned to each channel
according to the broadcast information. The
channel ID is different from the channel number.
Go to the submenu ”Sort” and select the
desired sorting method and press the
[OK]-button.

2. Program S earch

The STB has provided two ways to search program: Automatic Search and
Manual Search.

2.1 Automatic Search

After pressing OK to enter the Automatic
Search menu, the message with “Do you want
to erase your previous channel list?” will be
displayed on the screen. If you want to erase
the previous channels, please press OK key,
otherwise press Exit. After executing your
decision, the system will start to search
program automatically.
During the searching process, EXIT key is used to finish the whole process.
After searching well, new searched TV and Music programs will be added to the
corresponding program list.

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2.2 Manual search

It’s possible to search for single transponders
with the ”Manual Search”.
Select the pre-defined channel no. with the
desired parameters for the search. If the
frequency of the selected channel is receiving a
signal, the signal indication-bars will clearly
indicate a per-centual signal strength and
quality. Press the OK-button to start the search.
The found channels will be added to the
channel list.

3. Parental Control

Parental Control e nables the channel lock with
a 4 digit s ecurit y code. In the default setup the
code is ”0000”. Enter the parental control
submenu by entering the code with the numeric
buttons and then select ”OK”.

3.1 Channel Lock

Select NO or YES by using keys. If YES is selected, a password is
needed before you enter the Pro gram Search menu.

3.2 Parental Setting

This function allows you to lock the channel
with a password in order to prevent children
from accessing the channel.
You can also protect your installed data and
information using the Channel Lock.

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In this menu, move the cursor to th e c ha nne l which you want to l ock, and press
OK, the locking m ark will be d ispla y on the select ed c hannel nam e. If you want
to cancel the operation, press OK key again on the selected channel.
NOTE: Unless you enter the correct password, you can not watch the lock ed
channel.

3.3 Change PIN

Change pin-code from the submenu
selection ”Change PIN”. Enter the old PIN,
followed by the new PIN, twice. End by
selecting ”OK”.

4. System Setting

The settings for vi deo, audio and tim e can be adjusted in t he ”System Setting”
menu. The system timer can also be activated from this menu.

4.1 Video Setup

Display Type: Selec t the ac tual sc reen rat io of

the TV 16:9 for wide screen-TV and 4:3 for
traditional TV-format.

Video Output: Select YPbPr or S-Video.

4.2 Advanced Setting

Antenna Power : The user can activate the antenna

power for passive antennas (without signal
amplifica-tion).
LCN(LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER) : By pressing

keys, select the option to be ON or OFF. If it is

ON, then all the channels will be listed according to
their logical channel number.

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4.3 Language

Select the menu language, and the default
settings for audio and subtitling.

4.4 Time Setting

In order to display the local time correctly, it
may be necessary to set a time offset indicating
the difference between local time and GMT.
When GMT-time is active, the t ime information
is received from the broadcast and adjusted
according to the selected time zone.

The time

zone in Finland is +02:00 during normal time
and +03:00during summer time.
GMT usage: Select the ON or OFF.
If select OFF, you can set Date and Time by
using numeric key on the RCU.
If select ON, you can select proper option
according to the time zone you are in.

4.5 System Schedule

You can store ten channels at one time by
using the function.
Select a task from Schedule list, a nd pres s OK
to move the cursor to the Detail window.
Mode: s elect Stop, Once o r Daily by usin g
keys.
Start Date: Enter the start date by using the
numeric key on the RCU.
Start Time: Enter the start time by using the numeric key on the RCU.

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End Time: Enter the end time by using the numeric key on the RCU.
Channel No.: Select the desired channel No.

After setting well, press OK to finish.
The task can be set to inactive or active by using

keys in the schedule.

5. Accessory

5.1 System Information

In this menu, you can view the system version.

5.2 Factory Default

Select the Factory Default item in the
Accessory menu and press the OK key. A
sub-menu will seek your confirmation. Select
YES key to restore factory defaults.
Note : Reset to Defaults should be used with
care as all pr ograms found will be er ased and
Parameters re-set to factory default using this
function.

5.3 System update

* Used for Servicing purposes only

The STB can upgrade new system version by
using RS232.

1. Power off the master and slave STB.

2. Connect master STB to slave STB by a
crossed 'RS232 serial cable'. (Data will transfer
from master STB to slave STB)

3. Power on the master receivers.

4.

Enter the System update window,

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5. Power on the slave STB, the upgrade will start

automatically,

6. Power off the two STBS.

6. Plug off the 'RS232 serial cable'.

7. Now reset the STB and enjoy the fantastic DTV programs.

6. Shortcut Ke y Functions

The basic TV and Radio functions of your receiver are described below:

6.1 Electronic Program Guide (EPG)

In normal view mode, press GUIDE key on the RCU to get into EPG Info.
The up-left side of this window is program list
where you can use

keys to select desired
program. T he content is shown in up-right PIG
(picture in graphic).
In program list: If you want to know details

about one EPG, pressing

key at this EPG.

Press EXIT to return to previous menu, or press

MENU key to close this window.

6.2 Program List

Display the Program List by pressing the OK
key on the RCU (whilst not in Menu mode).
Use

keys to step through the programs
available. Press the OK key on RCU to select a
different program.
The program list extinguishes after pressing
EXIT or MENU keys.

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6.3 Audio Select

Should a particular program be available in
more than one l anguage, under the non-menu
mode, pressing AUDIO key on the RCU will
display Audio Select menu.

Keys are
used to switch among the preprogrammed
options.

6.4 Volume

Audio Volume can be adjusted using on the RCU, for TV or Radio
services. MUTE function is also available on the RCU.

6.5 Information

On the non-menu m ode, b y pressing keys to select a channel, a c hanne l
bar, which includes current channel’s inform ation and s hort EPG, will be shown
at the bottom of the screen.
If you want to know details about the current channel, pressing INFO key on the
RCU to display the Program Info window.

6.6 Subtitle

The Green SUB.T k ey on the RCU opens and
closes the Subtitles or Closed Captions
function, when the broadcaster provides this
service. Activating any menu closes Subtitles
or Closed Captions automatically. Powerful
built in error correctors ensure Closed
Captions display flawlessly.

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III. TECHNICAL SPECIFIC ATION

TUNER

Input frequency 174 ~ 860MHz UHF & VHF
Bandwidth 7MHz or 8 MHz
Input level -72 ~ -20 dBm

Input impedance

75Ω

DEMODULATION
Demodulation QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
FEC 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
Mode 2K, 8K
Guard 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32

DEMULTIPLEXER

Standard ISO/IEC 13818-1
Input max. bit stream rate 104Mbps(Serial) / 7.5MBps(Parallel)
VIDEO DECODING
Standard ISO/IEC 13818-2 MPEG-2 MP@ML
Aspect ratio 4:3, 16:9
Video resolution 720×576 (PAL), 720×480 (NTSC)
AUDIO DECODING
Standard ISO/IEC 13818-3

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Output mode Mono, Dual-channel, Stereo
Sample frequency 32, 44.1, 48KHz

AV OUTPUT

Video de-emphasis CCIR REC.405-1, 625LINES
Video bandwidth 5.5MHz

Video output impedance

75Ω

Video output level 1.0Vp-p
Audio output frequency 20Hz~ 20KHz
Audio output Impedance Low

POWER

Input voltage 100-240~
Power consumption 15W max

AMBIENT

Operation temperature

0℃ ~ 40℃

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IV. TROUBLE SHOOTING

Note : If you cannot solve the problem by referring to the above trouble shooting, please
contact your re-seller.

Problem Possible Causes What To Do

The display on the

front panel does not
light up.

Main cable is not connected. Check that the main cable is

plugged into power socket.

No sound and
picture, but the front
panel shows time.

The unit is in standby mode.

Press the

key on the

RCU.

No sound or picture.

Poor signal quality or bad

interconnections

Check the antenna system

Check cable connections.
Bad picture/ Blocking
error.

Signal is too strong. Try a signal attenuator to the

RF IN port.

No picture appears

on the TV screen.

The system is connected by
RCA leads and TV is not in
AV/EXT mode.

Check that you have selected

the correct channel or Video

Input on your TV.
There is interference

on your digital

terrestrial channel.

The system is connected
using RF leads and the
output channel of the
receiver interferes with an

existing terrestrial channel or
Video signal.

Change the receiver output
channel to a more suitable

channel.

The RC

U is not

working.

Battery exhausted. Change the batter y.