Goldtop Galaxis SX, User Manual

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Settings
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Edited 23/08/2002
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2. Channel search
To perform a channel search, select the first entry from the main menu,
«Channel search», and press
OK .
2.1 Manual search
From the «Channel search» menu select the first entry «Manual search»
and press
OK . You will need to know some parameters on the channels
that you want to search for, that is…
a) Parameters setting
…The «Manual search» section requires the input of 9 parameters:
1. Satellite: is the satellite transmitting the channel. If you have a
multifeed system you can select the satellite by pressing the
t
u
keys.
2. Frequency: here you need to input the frequency of the satellite
transponder the channel under search belongs to. You can use
the numeric keys to insert the frequency and the
t
key for
corrections.
3. Polarisation: by pressing the
t u
keys you can choose between
(linear) Horizontal and (linear) Vertical.
4. Symbol rate: you can insert the value by means of the numeric
keys or, alternatively, with the keys
t u
among the predefined
values.
5. FEC (Forward Error Correction): to select among the settings
“1/2”, “3/4”, “5/6” and “7/8” use the
t u
keys.
6. FTA (Free-To-air) only: select “yes” or “no” with the
t u
keys,
whether or not you want the restrict the search to the non-pay
channels.
7. Keep existing: select “yes” or “no” with the
t u
keys, whether
you want to append the new channels to the current list, or you
want to have only the new channels found.
8. Network search: select “yes” or “no” with the
t u
keys, to
choose whether or not to perform the search on the additional
transponders “linked” to the one under search.
9. Channel Type: with the
p q
keys you can search for TV
channels only, Radio channels only, Interactive channels only,
or a combination of these three kind of channels.
b) Start the channel search
Once the parameters are set, press the GREEN key to start the search.
A window will appear with the status of the search.