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Page 1: ...MET624 Digital Satellite Receiver 2500 channels Parental lock 2 scarts Wide screen ready DiSEqC 1 2 Ref 441327 3 ...

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Page 3: ...ill cancel the guarantee If necessary please return the receiver for service only to the point of sale In order to reduce the risks of fire electrocution or damage caused to another equipment or someone do not expose the device to dampness bad weather dust sand sun cold or high temperature You must use the device between 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Place your receiver in a dry place safe from dust I...

Page 4: ... MENU to go to the main menu Press on 4 key to highlight the Installation menu Press on OK to select this menu Press on 6 key to highlight the sub menu Manual Scan Press OK to select You will notice that the words in bold letters in this user manual are those which appear on the screen of your television This symbol indicates that the product must not be treated as household waste The harmfull sub...

Page 5: ...nt and rear panel page 28 10 Day to day operation page 28 11 Access to a channel page 29 12 Adding channels page 29 13 Modify Organize and Manage channels page 32 14 Miscellaneous settings page 34 15 Resetting the receiver page 34 16 Use with a VCR page 35 17 Timer page 36 18 Troubleshooting page 37 Assistance and advice page 39 Channel guide page 41 Installation shortcut Purchase of the receiver ...

Page 6: ... of distances explained below Eg if the dish is 3 meters above the ground and a 7m high tree might hide the satellite the tree must be at least 6m far from the dish 7 3 4 4x1 5 6 For the satellite dish assembly look at the assembly sheet provided with the satellite dish CAUTION Please handle the satellite dish with caution because its fringes may be sharp 1 Installation advice ...

Page 7: ...w and fixing 3 Offset arm 4 Universal LNB 5 Mast or stand off arm Recommended diameter minimum 40 mm 1 6 6 Satellite receiver 7 TV set PAL for digital reception and PAL SECAM for analogue to be able to watch it in colour 8 Scart lead male male 21 pin 9 F plug 10 Cable special for satellite regular TV cable may not work 13 mm 11 mm 12 mm 10 mm ...

Page 8: ...the coaxial cable When your installation is finished do not forget to protect the LNB with appropriate water proof material see pic ture below LNB s badly insulated or not insulated at all are not covered by the guarantee D Mounting LNB It must be vertically positioned As shown on figure D2 the cable runs out vertically Attention Never pull off the protection horn of the LNB 5 mm 8 mm ...

Page 9: ... Air channel For the alignment you must imperatively know which satellite you wish to receive If you have any doubt check the pre programmed channels at the end of this user manual F Language selection The first time you switch the unit on you must select your language with 56arrows confirm with OK and press then EXIT to exit the menus If this language selection menu is not displayed we high ly re...

Page 10: ... to find the supposed location of a satellite For instance you may guess that Astra 28 is located 28 left from south It s false Just sweep the dish as explained this method works better Put the satellite dish in a vertical position the graduations on the back show 20 25 and roughly direct it towards the south Make a slow sweeping about 20 seconds of a quarter of a spin on the left then a quarter o...

Page 11: ...the line DiSEqC mode select DiSEqC 1 0 with the key 4 On the line DiSEqC Port select 1 with the key4 Press on the red key back arrow to save On the line Satellite select Astra 19 On the line DiSEqC Port select 2 Press on the black key to save and exit Alignment of the dish Install the monobloc on the dish arm as depicted on the figure Align the dish on HotBird as explained in the previous paragrap...

Page 12: ...NB just as if it was alone connecting directly this LNB to the receiver with one cable without any switch Once all the dishes are aligned install the switch and alter the settings of the receiver to properly drive the switch Example for 2 dishes on Astra and Hotbird Astra beeing connected to the input 2 or B of the switch and Hotbird beeing connected to 1 or A Settings See programmings steps of 3A...

Page 13: ...irst enable the motor Go to MENU Installation Antenna Setup Go to MENU Installation Antenna Setup Go to MENU On the DiSEqC Mode field select DiSEqC 1 2 with 34 arrow keys Press the the black key to save and exit When the DiSEqC 1 2 is enabled simply press the black key while viewing channels to access the DiSEqC 1 2 menu 3 Reset the motor In the DiSEqC 1 2 menu press the red key If you can t see y...

Page 14: ... PAL for digital reception and PAL SECAM for analogue to be able to watch it in colour 8 Scart lead male male 21 pin 9 F plug 10 Cable special for satellite regular TV cable may not work 11 Motor 450907 12 13 10 11 Note for the motor itself only a 13 mm spanner is necessary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 INFO EPG MENU P EXIT P FAV AUDIO SAT P MOT LOCK LANG 0 2 5 3 9 6 8 1 11 1 10 7 4 ...

Page 15: ...An error bigger than 1 degree 2 cm or 3 4 inch per meter from the vertical will preclude the motor for working properly If necessary add some block between the wall and the fixing Check the verticality with a spirit level or a plumb line Assemble together the parts of the motor diagram 2 Put first the U screws 1 through the part 2 While assembling the part 2 with the body pay attention to the wash...

Page 16: ...ontal line For example about 31 5 for Glasgow 38 for Bordeaux 39 5 for Napoli 34 5 for Brussels When the right angle as been adjusted tighten the screws Be sure to read the angle on the side labelled ELEVATION not on the side labelled LATITUDE 3 Example for Brussels Figure 3 Inclination and angular reading for Hotbird 3 ...

Page 17: ...aid strand is in contact with the central core of the cable Connect the receiver to the television set with a scart lead Put the motor near the receiver on a table or on the floor and connect the receiver LNB input to the Motor RECEIVER output with the 1 5m 5ft cable then switch on the receiver 2 3 see related paragraph page 13 DEMO LNB VCR TV L G R D 100 250V 50 60Hz 14W VIDEO AUDIO 5 receiver E ...

Page 18: ...he motor turn until the metallic notch used to read the azimuth reaches 14 See example on the picture 6 When the arrow is on the right hand side of the 0 the motor turns the dish to the East 5 Store the Hotbird position 7 6 Reset 3 the motor to bring it back to the 0 position 7 Switch off the receiver take off the cables and then fix the motor on the wall mount or mast Tighten the screws page 15 f...

Page 19: ...e help of a strong wire Direct approximately the whole set satellite dish rotor towards the south Adjust the angle on the back support of the dish so that the dish is vertical Switch on the receiver Do a continuous rotation 4 until the stop 75 East and 75 West to check if there is no obstacle If you get close from an obstacle during the rotation go to paragraph N page 23 to adjust your electronic ...

Page 20: ... its position in the sky makes it an interesting one for dish and motor alignment Check in diagram L the Atlantic Bird 3 angular reading of your geographical area Give 6 a satellite number to Atlantic Bird 3 put 01 in case of hesitation If the motor does not stop at the right value bring it with a continuous research 4 step by step 5 Store 7 this position for Atlantic Bird 3 Exemple Edingburg 2 W ...

Page 21: ...er Tunis St ra s Lux Lille Ams Mi lan o N a n te s D ijo n Edingburg Glasgow Cork Dublin Belfast Newcastle Leeds London Cardiff Plymouth Liverpool Gdansk Poznan Warszawa Todz Wroclaw Krakow To ur s Hanover Hamburg Berlin Dusseldorf Frankfurt Stuttgart Munich Nuremberg Trieste C a r ta g e n a Z a ra g o z a V ig o 0 2 4 6 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 Diagram 2 Angular reading for Atlan...

Page 22: ...ls at the same frequency Try the operation above again and make sure that your satellite dish is pointed slightly on the left from Hotbird like shown on the Diagram M below Do the same operations for the other satellites When you receive all the satellites screw definitively all the nuts Your installation is finished Note The Hispasat or Turksat reception with a motorised installation is very diff...

Page 23: ...ress and hold the 4 arrow key to drive the motor West and get ready to press the key OK when the border of the dish reaches the obstacle Go to the line Set Limit and select West Limit with3 arrow key Press OK to set the East limit and confirm with OK The receiver being disconnected from the mains connect directly the LNB to the LNB receiver input Connect a scart lead from the television to the rec...

Page 24: ... not know it and the installation is difficult to reach test the 2 possible combinations Astra on A and HotBird on B or Astra on B and HotBird on A To program your receiver go to page 11 installation of a Bi head satellite dish Astra 19 2 Hot Bird Caution you should not alter the satellite dish adjustments or the switch it is only necessary to program your digital receiver DiSEqC 1 0 or Tone Burst...

Page 25: ...ed figure 5 OR Rear TouchBOX 3 Coaxial cable Scart cable Rear Analog Rear TouchBOX 3 Coaxial cable Scart cable Rear Analog For each satellite you want to receive in digital it is necessary to proceed as follows Example on HotBird Go on the reference channel see table 1 page 9 satellite by typing the channel number then OK Go to MENU Installation Antenna Setup On the DiSEqC Mode field select DiSEqC...

Page 26: ...K to confirm the motor will move to the position 1 stored in its memory Once the motor has stopped check that the Quality is higher than 40 If not it means that the motor is not correctly aligned or that you input a wrong number Press EXIT until you exit all menus and check that you duly receive the channels from HotBird or other satellites after Do the same procedure for the other satellites ...

Page 27: ...ome back in viewing mode EPG Key Electronic Program Guide If broadcast by the operator shows information about the current programme and the following programme Press OK to select the program you want to watch LANG uage key If more than one audio language is being broadcast this key allows you to show all the available languages MUTE key A first press mutes the receiver A second press returns in n...

Page 28: ...if the TV settings are set to CVBS in the MENU Config Video Output TV Mode Same as key 6 of the remote controler OK Same as key 5 of the remote controler CH6 et CH5 Same as key 4 of the remote controler VOL3 et VOL4 Same as key 3 of the remote controler MENU A B C D E F J G H I 9 Description of front and rear panel 10 Day to day operation K L E F J G H I K L N M O P M N O P B A D C Unless you want...

Page 29: ...ated websites www satcodx com www lyngsat com To add channels from a transponder do the following steps Go to MENU Installation Manual Scan On the line Satellite select with 34 arrow keys the satellite that broadcasts the channel you want to add On the line TP Freq press OK to access to the list of transponders TP With the 56arrows select the correct TP If you don t find the TP in the list come ba...

Page 30: ...store the new channels at the end of the channel list Press EXIT to exit all menus C Channel shearch by scan The scanner is a powerful feature that allows to find channels even though you don t know their frequency This is especially useful in a communal building where the satellite signal has been converted in unknown frequency Go to MENU Installation Auto Scan On the line Satellite select with 3...

Page 31: ...arch of a particular channel PID entry In some rare cases it may happen that a manual scan or Auto scan doesn t find a channel It is so possible to add a channel by entering it s PID s Go to MENU Installation Manual Scan On the line Satellite select with 34 arrow keys the satellite from which you want to delete a TP Press on the yellow key to display the Add One Channel window Enter the frenquency...

Page 32: ...OK on Del One and press OK again for confirmation B Delete all channels Go to MENU Channels Channel Manager Press the black key to display the Edit window Press OK on Del All and press OK again for confirmation The receiver prompts No TV Program you must perform now an Auto Scan C Move a channel Go to MENU Channels Channel Manager With the 56 arrows select the channel to be moved Press the black k...

Page 33: ...advise you now to change the factory pin code and keep it secret with regard to children One the line Old PIN enter the current secret code Enter the new code on New PIN line Enter again the new code on Verify PIN line Press the black key to save and exit all the menus F Favourite channels You can manage 4 lists of favourite channels Go to MENU Channels Add favorites With the 56 arrows select the ...

Page 34: ... a widescreen TV This setting is related to the TV set not the program you re watching On the line Video Output you can choose between CVBS or RGB CVBS is universal mode that works with all TV sets but RGB gives better picture If you select RGB the CVBS output is disabled so you can t use for example a video sender on the video cinch RCA output C Time settings Go to MENU Config Time settings you c...

Page 35: ...tomatically switch the receiver ON with the Timer feature Put the VCR on the channel dedicated to its scart input 0 AV EXT and launch the recording If you encounter a problem to do so check the user guide of the video cassette recorder for exact operating To play a tape just press the PLAY key of your VCR it will automatically take the hand over the satellite receiver If not try and press on TV VC...

Page 36: ...e up standby Choose with the 56arrows the first empty slot and press OK On the line Timer State press 4 to select enable On the line Timer Cycle select One Time for a single event Every Day for a daily event or Every Week for a weekly event On the line Timer service select Wake Up On the line Date input the date of the event On the line Wake Up Time input the start time of the event On the line Ch...

Page 37: ...ls the screen is black The channel you want to watch is probably scrambled For your information an operator can broadcast a scrambled channel with information that lets believe the receiver that the channel is free The opposite situation is also possible Beware A channel can be free for a certain period in the day and pay TV in other periods The terminal asks me a PIN code to watch a channel Enter...

Page 38: ...user manual you may have encountered problems Please do not hesitate to contact us our specialists are at your disposal to advise you hotline metronic com IMPORTANT in the object of your message make sure the word METRONIC appears Technical assistance France 0033 0 892 350 315 Monday to friday from 9 00 to 12 00 am and from 2 00 to 7 00 pm french hour Hardware ref TouchBOX 3 CERTIFICATE OF GUARANT...

Page 39: ...500 57 Cartomanzia LOTT 11623 V 27500 58 ITV 11513 H 27500 59 CFN CNBC 11900 H 27500 60 TVE INTERNACION 11785 H 27500 61 Sky Assist 11843 V 27500 62 TIZIANA SAT 11938 H 27500 63 ERT SAT 12188 V 27500 64 GAME NETWORK 12673 V 27500 65 PUGLIA CHANNEL 12520 V 27500 66 Telesierra 12092 H 27500 67 Coming Soon TV 12111 V 27500 68 Music Box Itali 12207 H 27500 69 Made In Italy 12111 V 27500 70 TELEASTY 12...

Page 40: ... TV7 Tunis 12149 V 27500 175 LIDER TV AZE 12149 V 27500 176 CCTV4 12169 H 27500 177 RTS SAT 12188 V 27500 178 HOLIDAYS IN GR 12188 V 27500 179 MKTV 12188 V 27500 180 TV PIREAS 12188 V 27500 181 PROMO 12188 V 27500 182 TCT 12207 H 27500 183 Arirang TV 12207 H 27500 184 Thai Global Net 12207 H 27500 185 CNL 12207 H 27500 186 BK TV 12207 H 27500 187 ADJARA TV 12245 H 27500 188 OTE PROMO 12284 H 27500...

Page 41: ...4 H 27500 299 EuroNews 11954 H 27500 300 Eurosport 11954 H 27500 301 ZDFdokukanal 11954 H 27500 302 ZDF 11954 H 27500 303 ZDFinfokanal 11954 H 27500 304 ZDFtheaterkana 11954 H 27500 305 ProSieben Schwe 12051 V 27500 306 ProSieben Austr 12051 V 27500 307 Kabel 1 Schweiz 12051 V 27500 308 SAT 1 A 12051 V 27500 309 Kabel 1 Austria 12051 V 27500 310 MDR THùRINGEN 12109 H 27500 311 MDR FERNSEHEN 12109 ...

Page 42: ...es 10803 H 22000 417 BBC 1 NE C 10818 V 22000 418 BBC 1 West 10818 V 22000 419 BBC 1 S East 10818 V 22000 420 BBC 1 South 10818 V 22000 421 BBC 1 S West 10818 V 22000 422 BBC 1 Oxford 10818 V 22000 423 ITV News 10832 H 22000 424 BBC PARL MNT 10847 V 22000 425 BBC 1 East W 10847 V 22000 426 BBC 1 CI 10847 V 22000 427 ITV3 10906 V 22000 428 ACTV 11388 H 27500 429 Chat Box 11388 H 27500 430 Ex Mart T...

Page 43: ...V 10957 H 02821 530 Georgian Remux 11303 V 30000 531 TOSCANA CHANNEL 12608 H 27500 532 LA7 12631 H 06111 533 MTV ITALIA 12631 H 06111 534 RTK PRISHTINA 12633 V 04883 535 TVSH SAT 12656 V 04883 536 TVRi 12714 V 09913 537 TVR1 12714 V 09913 538 CH 3 Retecapri 12608 H 27500 539 CH 5 Link 5 12608 H 27500 540 My Music 11092 V 32000 541 DigiCHAT 11092 V 32000 542 KURDISTAN TV 11184 H 02666 543 NRG TV 11...

Page 44: ... 1 11747 V 27500 641 Sudan 11747 V 27500 642 channel 2 11785 V 27500 643 Future 11785 V 27500 644 LBCI 11785 V 27500 645 MBC 11785 V 27500 646 NBN 11785 V 27500 647 NEW TV 11785 V 27500 648 AL Arabiya 11785 V 27500 649 AlManar 11785 V 27500 650 TeleLiban 11785 V 27500 651 Bahrain Sport 11843 H 27500 652 Bahrain TV 11843 H 27500 653 Bahrain 55 11843 H 27500 654 Bahrain FM 11843 H 27500 655 Al Emara...

Page 45: ...07 V 27500 301 RTL 2 12207 V 27500 302 SKYROCK 12207 V 27500 303 FUN RADIO 12207 V 27500 304 LE MOUV 12207 V 27500 305 RADIO NOVA 12207 V 27500 306 RADIO FG 12207 V 27500 307 VIBRATION 12207 V 27500 308 CONTACT FM 12207 V 27500 309 RADIO LATINA 12207 V 27500 310 RFM 12207 V 27500 311 CHERIE FM 12207 V 27500 312 ALOUETTE 12207 V 27500 313 VOLTAGE 12207 V 27500 314 OUI FM 12207 V 27500 315 ADO 12207...

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