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Product Manual

232-ATSC

HDTV Tuner
March 9, 2006

Summary of Contents for 232-ATSC

Page 1: ...17630 Davenport Road Suite 113 Dallas TX 75252 Phone 972 931 2728 Toll Free 888 972 2728 Fax 972 931 2765 E Mail Sales crwww com Website www crwww com Product Manual 232 ATSC HDTV Tuner March 9 2006...

Page 2: ...t Panel Setup 6 HD2 RC IR Remote 7 On Screen Menus 8 Main Menu 8 Channel Menus 8 Caption Menus 10 V Chip Settings Menus 10 Setup Menus 11 Pop Up Menus 13 RS 232 Control Protocol 14 Terminal Communicat...

Page 3: ...andles a mix of ATSC clear QAM and NTSC channels Pro Integration Features 2 way RS 232 control and feedback with simple ASCII commands as well as discrete IR and wired IR AMX and Crestron modules avai...

Page 4: ...ous HDMI Component RGB NTSC video out Video Out RCA composite video output 1V p p at 75 ohm impedance 480i Component Out 3 RCA Pr Pb Y outputs 1080i 720p 480p 480i RGB Out RGB DB 15 female 1080i 720p...

Page 5: ...ng Off air 14 69 and CATV 1 135 Aspect Ratio Letter Box Cropped or Squeezed Captioning DTV and analog set by program or customized for size font and display attributes Lock Parental option for channel...

Page 6: ...e Front Panel Mode Push and release the Power button Mode Parameters Baud Rate 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 Default 19200 Unit Number 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 x One Default Two Three F...

Page 7: ...d PrevCh can be used to access and recall channels Menu Operation Press Menu to access the on screen menus Use the directional Arrows Select and Exit to navigate the menus List displays the list of al...

Page 8: ...ete Channels Fine Tune If tuned to an analog channel Signal Strength Meter Auto Scan Starts scan of analog and digital channels for Air looks for NTSC and ATSC channels Cable Auto looks for analog and...

Page 9: ...ep through channels adding and deleting as desired If the channel has a good signal it will be displayed in the background Note that HDTV channels are broadcast on UHF frequencies The Add Delete will...

Page 10: ...ge 21 pixels or Small 11 pixels Style 1 6 Color 8 shade of background foreground and edge colors Opacity foreground and background Edge 6 style options Version displays current version of tuner firmwa...

Page 11: ...ect level of Movie and TV rating allowed Setup Menus This series of menus select the options for tuner operation Screen Format 16 9 or 4 3 Time Sound Settings Video Noise Reduction On Off if tuned to...

Page 12: ...ocal time Zone Time Zone Use left right cursors to select the time zone Select enters the current zone Sound Selects a variety of options each is only active when you are currently tuned into an analo...

Page 13: ...og or digital Mode Name Time current time and date Program Times and name if digital Details Resolution Audio Mode Captions Rating Guide Shows the day s programming guide for current station Use Up or...

Page 14: ...a bits No parity and 1 stop bit Factory default is 9600 baud Unit 1 All settings are saved to NVRAM in the 232 ATSC The tuner will accept non standard RS 232 control such as voltage that swings from 0...

Page 15: ...toggle XX Power On On same as 232 series Mute Off XM Power Off Standby same as 232 series Mute On XT Power Off On Power toggle same as 232 series Mute Toggle Tuning TC Select tuned channel Tunes digit...

Page 16: ...p through audio mode options for mono stereo SAP Status Request SQ Request Q Mode status Unit sends Q Mode status string SS Request Front Panel status Unit sends S Front Panel status string ST Request...

Page 17: ...ns 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Power tog 10 0 11 1 12 2 13 3 14 4 15 5 16 6 17 7 18 8 19 9 20 21 Enter Select 22 Ch Up 23 Ch Dn 24 Vol Up 25 Vol Dn 26 Vol Mute tog 27 Power On 28 Power Off 29 Menu 63 Guide 62...

Page 18: ...C XXX XX channels are split into Channel 1 Major and Channel 2 Minor sections Audio Status Response String V Start Unit CMD Power Volume 1 Volume Mute Stereo Volume 2 1 9 U On M Off 0 63 Emulated leve...

Page 19: ...Set the first unit in the RS 232 chain to the highest Unit then wire in sequence to the last tuner in the chain The reason for this is that CR tuners use an intelligent data bus the highest number tun...

Page 20: ...C into RK1 HD frame Re install side screws through flanges in rack frame RK2 HD Remove two screws from the top and outside corner of each tuner matching screw positions in the RK2 HD Insert each tuner...

Page 21: ...lectric shock 6 Object and Liquid Entry Never push objects of any kind into this product through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts resulting in a fire or electric...

Page 22: ...are sought or a claim is made under this warranty or as a tort claim including negligence and strict product liability a contract claim or any other claim This limitation of liability cannot be waive...