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Before You Begin

1. Main Features

Supports MPEG4 /MPEG2 - HD/SD and Fully DVB-S2 /DVB-S Compliant

Intelligent Blind Scan for both SD and HD TV & Multi-Satellite Search

Multi-LNB Controlled by DiSEqC Control Version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and USALS

HDTV PVR Receiver ( H.264/ MPEG4 HD )

Embedded Linux OS

Time Shifting, Recording & Playback with External HDD (USB 2.0)

Simultaneously Records upto 3 Channels and allows Viewing of 2 others (PIP) on the same
Transponder

Powerful Extended EPG supports Event Recording

Dual USB 2.0 Host ports (MP3 Player & JPEG Viewer)

MKV, Xvid file play back support

Ethernet Support

High Definition On-Screen Display

Favorite Groups

Powerful Service List Manager for Favorites, Lock, Skip, Move, Edit and Delete

Service Sorting by Name, Transponder and CAS

User Friendly & Multi-language Supported (OSD & Menu)

Teletext / Subtitles Supported

Maximum 10,000 Services(TV & Radio) Programmable

Picture-in-Picture (PIP) & Multi-picture Display

Parental Lock / System Lock / Installation Lock

HDMI Video & Audio Output (576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p)

CVBS(composite) Video & Audio Output via RCA

CVBS, RGB, Video & Audio Output via TV SCART

Optical Output for Digital Audio(SPDIF)

Software & Service channel Database upgrade via USB & RS-232C port

1 Smart card reader and 2 Common Interface Slots

1W Stand-by Power Consumption

Summary of Contents for Actus Solo

Page 1: ...Full HD Digital Satellite Receiver Digital Innovation Life User s Manual ACTUS SOLO ...

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Page 3: ...power 15 2 Receiver to TV with Digital A V Output 15 3 Receiver to TV with Analog A V Output 16 4 Connecting to Antenna Cable 16 Guide of Functions 18 1 Selecting a Service 18 1 1 Using CH UP DOWN buttons 18 1 2 Using Service List 18 1 3 Using Simple Service List 18 1 4 Using Recent Service List 19 2 Information Window 19 3 Multi Picture Display 19 4 Electronic Program Guide EPG 19 5 Favorite Grou...

Page 4: ...Manager 33 1 2 Timer Settings 34 1 3 Service List Manager 34 1 4 Data Transfer 36 2 Configuration 37 2 1 Recording Option 37 2 2 Parental Control 38 2 3 Display Setting 38 2 4 Time Setting 39 2 5 Language Setting 39 2 6 A V Output Setting 40 3 Installation 41 3 1 Dish Setting 41 3 2 Positioner Setting 41 3 3 Service Search 42 3 4 Network Setting 43 3 5 System Recovery 44 3 6 System Information 45 ...

Page 5: ...manufacturer l Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over l Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time l Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when th...

Page 6: ...e STB are subjected to change without prior notice 3 Copyright This manual is protected by copyright laws Copy use and reproduction of this manual in part or whole without Manufacturer s prior written approval are prohibited 4 Disclaimer The manufacturers distributors and agents are not liable to any kind of damage caused by the use of the information contained in this manual The instruction and d...

Page 7: ...e play back support ü Ethernet Support ü High Definition On Screen Display ü Favorite Groups ü Powerful Service List Manager for Favorites Lock Skip Move Edit and Delete ü Service Sorting by Name Transponder and CAS ü User Friendly Multi language Supported OSD Menu ü Teletext Subtitles Supported ü Maximum 10 000 Services TV Radio Programmable ü Picture in Picture PIP Multi picture Display ü Parent...

Page 8: ...2 Accessories NOTE If any accessories listed above are missing contact the sales representative where you purchased this unit User s Manual AAAsize Batteries X2 AC Power Cord Remote Control HDMI Cable ...

Page 9: ... time in standby mode 4 Remote Sensor Receives signal from remote controller 5 STANDBY Indication LED RED The LED lights on in standby mode REMOTE Indication LED GREEN The LED lights on when a key on the Remote Control is pressed 6 USB Front Use it when connecting to external USB storage device 7 SMART CARD READER Insert smart card for encrypted service access 8 PCMCIA To receive other pay tv serv...

Page 10: ...put Yellow 5 SPDIF Connects to the audio system using a S PDIF cable digital audio 6 TV SCART Connects to the TV input using a TV SCART cable 7 RS 232C Serial port for firmware update and data transfer 8 Ethernet Local area network port for direct computer connection 9 USB Use it when connecting to external USB storage device 10 HDMI Connects to the TV by using a HDMI cable for the best quality pi...

Page 11: ...i 576p 720p 1080i 1080P 5 Page Down Up Move to the next or previous page if more than one page are available This button also is change the location of sub picture in PIP 6 Subtitle To show multilingual subtitle 7 Teletext To show the digital teletext 8 Numeric Controls the numerical operation and service numbers directly 9 Favorite To display the satellite group and the favorite groups 10 Play Li...

Page 12: ...splay Multi Picture 12 ARROW Buttons a Up Down Buttons To change the value of a selected item with preprogrammed values in menu b Left Right Buttons To move the cursor left and right in menu 13 OK or Service List Show the service list in non menu mode and select an item or confirm in menu mode 14 Information Shows the information of the current program If you press one more detail information box ...

Page 13: ...ast Forward Fasts forward at high speed Each time you press this button the speed is increased 27 Previous File To play the previous MP3 file in MP3 play mode This button is also used to jump back to beginning of recording during a playback 28 STOP To stop time shifting play back or recording 29 Next File To play the next file This button is also used to jump to end of recording during a playback ...

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Page 15: ... of the equipment Digital Audio NOTE Depending on the A V equipment you own there are various ways you can connect the STB To choose the best connection option please refer to the manual of the equipment you would like to connect to To get High Definition playback of High Definition content we recommend that you connect your high definition display with a HDMI cable HDMI supports standard enhanced...

Page 16: ...nd AUDIO L R IN of TV NOTE The SCART cable connection is recommended for analogue TV or VCR The composite connection RCA cable is recommended for analogue TV You cannot view high definition video with the SCART and the composite video connector 4 Connecting to Antenna Cable l Using Single DISH Connect the Satellite Antenna cable to LNB IN ...

Page 17: ...l Using DiSEqC switch Connect the cable of DiSEqC switch to LNB IN l Using DiSEqC motor Connect the cable of DiSEqC motor to LNB IN ...

Page 18: ...mall screen on the top right To watch that service press the OK button once more To watch the previous service press the EXIT button In the Service List window you can also select additional functions with the COLOR buttons Press the RED button and you can sort the services by the Alphabet Transponder TP Group Tuner and CAS Conditional Access System Press the GREEN button and you can add the servi...

Page 19: ...ervice teletext subtitle Audio indication for Dolby Digital Time duration of the service and so on By pressing INFO button once again you can get more detailed information about the service 3 Multi Picture Display Press the BLUE button to display multiple pictures and use the RED button to select the display options for 9 or 12 multiple pictures 4 Electronic Program Guide EPG Electronic Program Gu...

Page 20: ...d in the menu of Timer Settings in the System tool menu To cancel the schedule of the recording press the OK button for the appointed event To edit the schedule of the recording press the RECORD button for the appointed event 5 Favorite Group Press the FAV Favorite button to view all favorite groups such as sports movie drama satellite group and so on Scroll through the various favorite group usin...

Page 21: ...ge list NOTE When program does not provide subtitle information SUBTITLE button will not be active 9 Audio Control Press YELLOW button on live TV service to display Audio Control menu You can set Audio Track Sound Mode Sound Level l Audio Track You can see all the audio track of the service you are watching Use the ARROW buttons to choose the preferred audio track If you select Auto audio track wi...

Page 22: ...r on the main screen view If you press the PIP button one more time the primary picture and the sub picture will appear together side by side with the same size The picture of the left side is the primary and the picture on the right side is sub If you press the PIP button one more time the sub picture will disappear l In the PIP mode you can change primary and sub with the PIP SWAP button ...

Page 23: ...you press the PIP SERVICE LIST button you can see the list of services of sub picture You can change the service of the sub picture from the service list shown NOTE Changing services of sub the picture could be limited by the condition of the tuner connection or a recording event ongoing ...

Page 24: ...tart your recording instantly at anytime l Time Scheduled Recording In Timer Settings menu you may set the time program to record your desired service program Go to Main Menu System Tools Timer Settings Press the GREEN button to activate the new timer edit screen In the Timer Edit screen you may choose start date time duration service mode type Recording Play then simply press the Yes button to sc...

Page 25: ...ss OK to view option menu You can select Once record Series record Play Once Record Reserve to record once Series Record Reserve to record the series Play Reserve to view live TV When you set an event for scheduled recording via the EPG menu It automatically sets a Timer Event in the Main Menu System Tools Timer Settings Note Series recording may not completely perform the recording the same serie...

Page 26: ...e recording 3 services you can select Primary Secondary Tertiary by pressing Left Right Arrow button then go to Change Service and press OK button to show that recording service 1 3 Long Time recording During lengthy time recording processes of 4GB Giga Byte or more additional files may be created per every 4GB For example aaa ts aaa ts1 aaa ts2 and so on You must remember not to delete any of dup...

Page 27: ... to LIVE and you may press PREV FILE button to view the recorded file from the beginning l STB can record up to 3 different services simultaneously l When recording 3 services at the same time you can press the STOP button to see a message window of current recording status information If you select one of the 3 or 2 recordings and press the OK button that recording service will be stopped If you ...

Page 28: ... resume from the paused time l While watching live TV press the PLAY TIMESHIFT button to show the play bar on your screen l When the play bar is displayed on your screen you may use the LEFT RIGHT Arrow buttons to move freely through the recorded times bar l If you press YELLOW button in the Play bar you can set the Position Jump time at Auto 10sec 30sec 1min 2min 4min 10min Then press LEFT RIGHT ...

Page 29: ...e You can press LEFT RIGHT Arrow button to move to Recorded Files Imported Files Music Photo Play List menu 3 1 Recorded Files l If you press RIGHT Arrow button in Play List you can go to Recorded Files menu l Locate the recorded file s you wish to play with the UP DOWN button and press the OK button to playback the recorded file s l To choose a particular selection of files select a desired file ...

Page 30: ...th the UP DOWN button and press the OK button to enjoy the movie l To choose a particular selection of files select a desired file and press the RED button Press the OK button to begin the selected files l You can use the same Select Device Sorting and File Option features as in the Recorded Files 3 3 Music l If you press the RIGHT ARROW button in Imported Files you can go to Music menu l If you p...

Page 31: ...then press the RED button to delete the current bookmarks 5 Trick mode l The user can change the speed of a fast forward play with FF Fast Forward button Press FF button to change the speed to x2 x4 x6 and x8 If you once again press FF button in its x8 mode it returns to normal x1 speed play l You can also change rewind speed with the REWIND button Press REWIND button to change the speed to x2 x4 ...

Page 32: ...uration 1 Recording Option 2 Parental Control 3 Display Setting 4 Time Setting 5 Language Setting 6 A V Output Setting Installation 1 Dish Setting 2 Positioner Setting 3 Service Search 4 Network Setting 5 System Recovery 6 System Information Utilities 1 Calculator 2 Calendar 3 CAS 4 Plugin 5 Free TV 6 Internet TV ...

Page 33: ...ccess with the ARROW OK buttons l Status You can see the information of current connected devices such as Mounted Not Available l File System It shows the file system of the current device You can also select desired file system that you want when you format the device NOTE NTFS is the recommended file system to format and it will be also recognized in Windows system l Total Displays total size of...

Page 34: ...ess YELLOW button to enter to Calendar l Press BLUE button if you want to delete all the event s NOTE If you reserve one or more event through the EPG menu the reserved event s will be added to Timer Settings automatically 1 3 Service List Manager Service List Manager menu will appear when you press the OK button You can select Edit Mode by pressing the BLUE button l Lock Services All service list...

Page 35: ...osen the left side window will show all service lists and the middle window will only show the selected services of the favorite group selected By using the ARROW and OK buttons you may ADD the desired services to a favorite group or DELETE any from the favorite group The name of the favorite group can be edited by pressing the GREEN button You can go to Select Favorite Group by pressing GREEN but...

Page 36: ...nd service data in the future this menu will allow you to store all data to your USB device Press OK button to store all current data to an external USB storage l Transfer Service data to USB storage If you want to transfer and use ONLY the service data in the future this menu allows you to store current service data Press the OK button to store the current service data to your external USB storag...

Page 37: ...al TimeShift will be activated when the Pause key is pressed l TimeShift Duration You can adjust TimeShift duration in 30 minute intervals Off 30min 60min 90min 120min This duration defines the maximum time length of the TimeShift as long as the storage device has enough memory space left l Playback Position Jump When you use LEFT RIGHT ARROW button to move back forward through the recorded time b...

Page 38: ...formation window being displayed on the screen after changing services l Info Box Event Type Set the event type that display in left bottom part of the information window Present Event with Time Display the present event name with time Default Present and Follow Event Display the present and following event name l Volume Bar Display Time Set the time duration of the volume bar being displayed on t...

Page 39: ...e And you can choose one of the Wake Up Mode as off or Once or Daily or Weekly Sleep Date Select the date when the STB is turn off Press the OK button to display the calendar Sleep Days Select a day of the week when STB is turn off Sleep Time Enter the turn off time of the STB using the NUMERIC buttons 2 5 Language Setting l Menu Language Select the desired menu language by using the ARROW buttons...

Page 40: ...lay Resolution as HD more than 576p your TV cannot display anything when the TV is connected to the Composite Video output of the STB In case of HDMI your TV can display a picture for all of the resolution settings of the STB But it is also possible that your TV may not display a picture with 576i because some HDTV s does not support 576i l Display Format In case of a 4 3 ratio TV set you can sele...

Page 41: ...50 and 10600 are supported at the same time And then the LNB 22KHz setting is disabled l LNB 22KHz When you use a separate coax 22 KHz tone switch box make the 22 KHz tone switch enabled or disabled to select the input you desire of the tone switch l DiSEqC Switch If you use DiSEqC 1 0 or DiSEqC 1 1 switch select one of the DiSEqC inputs l Service Search Press the OK button to move to the Search M...

Page 42: ...der besides the transponder that the user inputs Time Calibration You can select Simple Full and Off to get TDT Time Data Table from each TP Dish Setting Press the OK button to move to Dish Setting menu directly Positioner Setting Press the OK button to move to the Positioner Setting menu directly Start Search Press the OK button to start search l Manual Search Mode Satellite Press the OK button t...

Page 43: ...P function of router you can set easily network configuration l DHCP You can select On Off for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP to get the all configuration from the router If you select On You will obtain the configuration from network and be set up automatically In this case the remaining item IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway First DNS Second DNS are automatically set and you don t hav...

Page 44: ...red LAN So it could take much more time when a file copy move functions are performed NOTE Inevitably only the limited types of Wireless LAN modules are supported So you MUST check for the compatible supported types BEFORE you purchase Currently supported types are RT73 series RT3070 series RT2870 series 3 5 System Recovery l System restore to factory default Restore the factory set values in case...

Page 45: ...t card from the service providers Insert a valid smart card into smart card slot only the bottom slot of the two is active The message of Smart card Initializing will appear on the screen After the message disappears you can watch the service you want Smart card information You can view the current status of smart card Select the slot which you want to view using the ARROW buttons And press the OK...

Page 46: ...plugin and in this plugin folder create a folder name bin plugin bin Store Copy the plugin file in the bin folder Connect the USB storage to the receiver When Software Download menu is appeared then press LEFT RIGHT ARROW buttons to move to User Data Download mode Press RED button to start download the plugin file that you want NOTE You can also download by Menu System Tools Data Transfer Data dow...

Page 47: ...Connect then go to Menu Utilities Plugin to start the WebZeal NOTE If you are using WebZeal by File Mount Drive current USB storage device will not allow to use PVR functions such as recording and time shift But it can be use when WebZeal is not in use l WebZeal Option RED button Press to set the current web page as home GREEN button Press to add the current web page to favorite YELLOW BLUE button...

Page 48: ...wnloaded files will be saved at the faster and bigger storage device automatically NOTE a Problems in network environment Problems such as flickering and freezing of the screen can occur while you are watching the YouTube service These kind of problems can often occur due to the lagging and poor network status from your local internet service provider at home This may also cause the STB to be halt...

Page 49: ...gs before you can enjoy the Internet TV feature with your set top box STB STB should be connected with Ethernet cable with proper network settings Please refer to the menu of Network setting and its operating instructions l Control part Play Select the service which you wish to play and press OK button Add User can add the URL of the specific site which they want to watch And they can add more sit...

Page 50: ...e proper resolution with the remote Resolution button to obtain a picture Poor picture quality ü See No Picture above ü Check the signal level if this is low then tries adjusting the alignment of your dish No Sound ü See No Picture above ü Check the volume level of the TV and STB ü Check the Mute status of the TV and STB Remote Control does not operate ü Point remote control directly towards the S...

Page 51: ...3 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 and 9 10 DVB S2 QPSK 3 5 2 3 3 4 5 6 8 9 9 10 DVB S2 8PSK MPEG Transport Stream A V Decoding Transport Stream Profile Level Input Rate Video Formats Video Resolution Audio Decoding Audio Mode Sampling Rate H 264 MPEG 4 part 10 MPEG 4 AVC and H26L MPEG II ISO IEC 13818 2 11172 2 MPEG 4 AVC MP L4 MPEG II MP HL Max 80Mbit s 4 3 Letter Box 4 3 PanScan 16 9 720 x 576i 720 x 576p 720 x...

Page 52: ...nector 100 Mbps Front Panel Slot Display Buttons 1 USB 2 0 Host port 2 Common interface PCMCIAslot 1 Smart Card Slot 7 Segment 3 Buttons Standby CH UP DOWN Power Supply Input Voltage Type Power Consumption Standby Power Protection AC 100 250V 50 60Hz SMPS Max 30W Max 1W Separate Internal Fuse Lighting protection Physical Specification Size W x H x D Weight Net Operating Temp Storage Temp 260mm X 4...

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