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Choosing a Digital Sound Format (Dolby or PCM) 

Both analog and digital sounds can be output from the rear-panel connectors on your Set-
Top Box. The digital sound outputs are optical and coaxial connectors labeled “Dolby
Digital Output.” After connecting an optical or a coaxial digital-audio component, you
must specify the transmission format (Dolby or PCM, as appropriate to your component).

1 

Press the MENU button on the remote control.

2

Use the Menu Up/Down buttons to
highlight the Setup icon and press 

ENTER.

Use the Menu Up/Down buttons to
highlight he Sound Output icon and
press ENTER.

3

Use the Menu Up/Down buttons to
choose the appropriate format 

(Dolby or PCM)and press ENTER.

4

Press EXIT.

NOTE

In Analog mode, only PCM is supported.

CHAPTER FOUR

Special Features

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Summary of Contents for SIR-T165

Page 1: ...Electronics America inc SERVICE DIVISION 400 Valley Road Suite 201 Mount Arlington NJ 07856 TEL 1 800 SAMSUNG 1 800 726 7864 Made under one or more of the following US patents 6 480 239 6 243 431 6 192 090 6 184 938 6 133 964 5 659 372 5 479 449 E FRONT COVER 3 8 03 1 11 PM Page 1 ...

Page 2: ...l be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical Caution FCC regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment may void the user s authority to operate it Caution To prevent electric shock match the wide blade of plug to the wide slot and fully insert the plug Attention pour eviter les chocs electriques introd...

Page 3: ...ripod bracket or table where it can fall A falling product can cause serious injury to a child or adult and serious damage to the appliance Use only with a cart stand tripod bracket or table recommended by the manufac turer or sold with the product Follow the manufacturer s instructions when mounting the unit and use a mounting accessory recommended by the manufacturer Move the product and cart wi...

Page 4: ...vice the product yourself Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Unplug the unit from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions when the power supply cord or plug is damaged if liquid has been spilled on the unit or if objects have fallen into the unit if the product has been exposed to rain or water if the product does not operat...

Page 5: ...erlaced 480i and 480 line progressive 480p video 480i programs are essentially a digital version of our current analog TV programs while the 480p format offers improved image detail over 480i Some 480p programs are broadcast in widescreen and are comparable to progressive scan DVD movies in image quality HDTV program formats include 1080 line interlaced 1080i and 720 line progressive 720p Both HDT...

Page 6: ...your existing analog TV set Your analog TV set can be used to view down converted DTV broadcasts by connecting the DTV set top receiver to your composite yellow RCA jack or S video black circular jack AV inputs as well as connecting stereo audio inputs While the picture quality won t be as good as you d see on a DTV ready TV set it will be as good or slightly better than analog TV broadcasts 3 Usi...

Page 7: ...r or not and how close your location is to the transmission tower DTV receivers do not require as much sig nal as analog TV receivers to produce high quality images and sound Once the DTV signal level exceeds a certain threshold at the receiver the digital video and audio data is decoded at the same quality it was originally encoded for broadcast This is a big advantage for DTV over analog TV ther...

Page 8: ...t DTV set top receivers So you will still need to use an out door or indoor antenna to receive OTA broadcast DTV programs The good news is that you won t have to pay a monthly or per program charge to watch OTA DTV and HDTV programs They re free unlike subscription satellite TV or premium cable TV All you need is an antenna and a DTV set top receiver to enjoy clear sharp widescreen images and high...

Page 9: ...1 9 Connecting an D VHS device 1 10 Important Notes About Copy Protection 1 11 Chapter 2 Remote Control and On Screen Menus 2 1 Reviewing the Remote Control 2 1 Installing the Batteries 2 3 Programming the Remote Control 2 3 The On Screen Menu System 2 4 Using the On screen Help 2 5 Viewing the Information 2 6 Chapter 3 Operation 3 1 Memorizing Channels 3 1 Adding and Deleting Channels 3 2 Changin...

Page 10: ... 4 9 Rating Control Menu 4 10 How to Lock Programs Using the TV FCC Ratings or MPAA Ratings 4 11 Important Notes About Parental Locks P Locks 4 12 Electronic Program Guide 4 13 Using the EPG Electronic Program Guide 4 14 Viewing Information about One Channel 4 15 Viewing Information about Channels 4 16 Timer Recording 4 17 Controlling FireWire devices 4 18 Programming the Remote Control for Other ...

Page 11: ...ation Caption Rating control Digital picture grade and MTS language ˆ MENU Press to display the on screen menus Ø ENTER Press to activate a selection when using the on screen menus Menu Up Down Left Right Use to change channels or to move highlight when using the on screen menus Display Displays the current status of video audio and source NOTES In this instruction book the terms Set Top Box and D...

Page 12: ... setting for a conventional TV with regular video S Video or component video inputs DTV OUT SELECT Use to select YPBPR RGB DVI according to the video output from the TV or monitor ˆ RF AIR INPUT Connect the Air antenna here Ø RF CABLE INPUT Connect the CATV cable here S VIDEO INPUT OUTPUT Provides good picture quality If your TV or monitor has S Video capability use this jack along with the Audio ...

Page 13: ...x can receive DTV signals in the event that a local cable provider is passing 8VSB through on their system 1 3 CHAPTER ONE Connecting The Set Top Box 1 1 Ô DTV OUT RGB format You can connect RGB to a TV computer monitor or another video component input 1080i 720p and 480p are available by set ting the RESOLUTION SELECT switch DTV OUT COMPONENT YPBPR format You can connect YPBPR to a TV computer mo...

Page 14: ...between the DTV OUT COMPONENT jacks on the Set Top Box and the DTV INPUT jacks on the PDP RGB format Connect a video monitor cable between the DTV OUT RGB format jack on the Set Top Box and the RGB VIDEO IN jack on the PDP 3 Connect the Audio Cables Connect an audio cable between the Lt Rt AUDIO OUT jacks on the Set Top Box and the L R AUDIO IN jacks on the PDP NOTE You must set DTV OUT SELECT YPB...

Page 15: ...een the DOLBY DIGITAL OUT optical or coaxial jack on the Set Top Box and the Dolby Digital In jack on the TV Or connect an audio cable between the Lt Rt AUDIO OUT jacks on the Set Top Box and the L R AUDIO IN jacks on the TV Normal TV Connect an audio cable between the L R AUDIO OUT jacks on the Set Top Box and the L R AUDIO IN jacks on the TV NOTES The TV set must be digital compatible i e it mus...

Page 16: ...BPR RGB DVI for RGB interface Connecting Video Component This section shows how to connect video components such as a Digital Video Disc DVD player a VCR without with a cable box a VCR using MONITOR OUT a laser disc player or a camcorder to your Set Top Box 1 Digital Video Disc DVD Player Connect a DVD player to the COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT jacks on the Set Top Box For further information on video co...

Page 17: ...nect a VCR with the MONI TOR OUT jacks to the Set Top Box the VCR will record exactly what you are viewing on the Set Top Box 5 Laser Disc Player Connect a laser disc player to the Set Top Box as shown in the illustration to the right CHAPTER ONE Connecting The Set Top Box 1 1 From Cable Source From Antenna Source From Antenna Source From Cable Source ...

Page 18: ...is shown to the right For more information see your audio system owner s manual If your audio system has A coaxial digital audio input connect the audio system to the DOLBY DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL jack on the Set Top Box An optical digital audio input connect the audio system to the DOLBY DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL jack on the Set Top Box Be certain to remove the black cover from the optical output before in...

Page 19: ... Connect audio cables between the Lt Rt AUDIO OUT jacks on the Set Top Box and the L R AUDIO IN jacks on the DVI device NOTES This Set Top Box supports HDCP technology HDCP stands for High bandwidth Digital Content Protection which provides secure data transmission for high definition video Only DVI HDCP supported devices can be connected A 25 pin DVI D jack is used so only digital signals can be ...

Page 20: ...et Top Box 2 Analog Signal IN Connect a video cable between the AV output on the D VHS and the AV input on the Set Top Box NOTES If either two S Video signals or AV1 AV2 signals are input at the same time press the TV VIDEO button on the remote control to designate AV1 or AV2 before displaying If S Video and AV1 sig nals are input at the same time S Video signal will first be displayed Both FireWi...

Page 21: ...ailability of viewing and recording TV programs depends on IN OUT connec tions as shown in the table below NOTES If 480p YPBPR OUT or RGB OUT is connected to play the D VHS device through FireWire the picture and FireWire control panel will not be viewed To re view TV programs stop D VHS playback using the STOP button on the front panel of the FireWire device or on the remote control The COPY PROT...

Page 22: ...ver 100 TV VIDEO 1 Press to view the signal sources that are available for display on your TV ˆ ASPECT 1 Press to change the screen format according to the screen aspect ratio and the input signal for mat Ø MUTE 1 Press to temporarily cut off the sound Volume Up Down 1 Press to increase or decrease the volume MENU 1 Press to display the on screen menus or to switch back to the previous menu screen...

Page 23: ...g your favorite channels Channel Channel Up and Down 1 2 3 Press to change channels GUIDE 1 Press to display the on screen Electronic Program Guide EPG Menu UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT 1 Use to move highlight up down left or right ENTER 1 While using the on screen menus press ENTER to activate or change a particular item EXIT 1 Press to completely exit from the on screen menus PLAY 2 4 Press to play a vide...

Page 24: ...100 To use these buttons you must first switch the remote control to TV mode Press the TV button on the remote control to select TV 2 The VCR buttons FF REW PLAY STOP PAUSE RECORD To use these buttons you must first switch the remote control to VCR mode Press the TV button on the remote control to select VCR 3 The CATV buttons POWER CH Number buttons To use the CABLE Set Top Box you must first swi...

Page 25: ...particular menu press ENTER The menu system has three different levels The five icons on the left side of the screen are the first level menu Guide Preference Channel Setup and FireWire When you activate one of these five icons the on screen display presents a second level submenu which often leads to a third level submenu Main Menu Level 1 Sub menu Level 2 Sub menu Level 3 Example The Setup sub m...

Page 26: ...elp Off changes to Help On and the on screen help appears Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight each of the icons and read the description of the features that each icon represents You can press EXIT at any time and the menus will disappear from the screen To turn the on screen help off Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Help off icon and press ENTER The on screen help will disappea...

Page 27: ...ation The status of closed captions if the broadcast includes them and if you have turned on the closed captions fea ture See pages 4 8 4 9 Rating control settings See pages 4 10 4 12 The digital picture grade such as HD High Definition or SD Standard Definition The audio track languages English Spanish French See page 4 4 To view the Info Press INFO on the remote control To hide the Info Press IN...

Page 28: ... ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to select Air or Cable STD HRC or IRC Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Scan Start icon and press ENTER 4 That s it The Set Top Box will automatically scan and store all of the digital DTV channels and analog channels that are available in your local area 5 Press EXIT when channel memorization is complete NOTES The Set Top Box MUST be connected to ...

Page 29: ...tton on the remote control Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Channel icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Add Delete Channels icon and press ENTER 4 Repeatedly pressing ENTER will alternate between Add channel and Delete channel Press the number buttons or CH buttons to switch to the appropriate channel and then repeat step 4 Press EXIT 3 3 3 2 Add chann...

Page 30: ...ange to channel 56 pressing PRE CH will return to channel 55 FAV CH button Press to switch among your favorite channels See page 3 4 CH and button Press CH or to move up or down to the next available channel Press and hold CH or to cycle quickly through the channels NOTE You must first complete the Memorize Channels procedure See page 3 1 before you can use the CH and FAV CH buttons 3 3 CHAPTER TH...

Page 31: ... the Set Favorite Channels icon and press ENTER 3 To designate a particular channel as a Favorite Channel highlight the channel number and press ENTER For each Favorite Channel a yellow dot icon will appear next to the channel number When more than six favorite channels exist press the arrow buttons to add channels 4 Press EXIT 5 You can now jump from one favorite channel to another by pressing th...

Page 32: ...wn buttons to highlight the Channel icon and press ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Fine Tune Chan nels icon and press ENTER 3 Using the Menu Up Down buttons adjust the current broad casting channel for fine tuning If you want to cancel Manual Fine Tuning press the 0 button on the remote control 4 Press EXIT NOTE Only analog TV channels can be fine tuned 3 5 CHAPTER THREE Operat...

Page 33: ...2 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Channel icon and press ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Check Signal Strength icon and press ENTER 3 If the signal strength meter indi cates that the signal is weak physically adjust your antenna to increase the signal strength Continue to adjust the antenna until you find the best position with the strongest signal 4 When you have...

Page 34: ...icon and press ENTER 3 You will be asked if your local area observes Daylight Saving Time Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight Yes or No and press ENTER 4 Use the Menu Up Down Left Right buttons to highlight the time zone for your local area and to move highlight to the appropriate time zone on the map of the United States Press ENTER That s it As you have received a digital signal the time w...

Page 35: ... ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Screen Format icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the TV screen ratio icon and press ENTER The sub menus will be displayed Then use the Menu Up Down buttons to select the sub menu you want and press ENTER 4 Use the Menu Left Right buttons to highlight the screen format you want and press ENTER 5 Press EXIT 4 1 NOTE Y...

Page 36: ... screen Blank panels appear at the top and bottom of the screen 1080i doesn t support letter box mode FULL mode will be automatically selected Full Choose this when you want the television to adjust the16 9 image vertically so it fills your 4 3 screen No blank panels will be added and the image is horizontally unaltered Zoom Choose this when receiving a 16 9 image and you want the wide movie forma...

Page 37: ...and the image is vertically unaltered This setting is espe cially useful for viewing 4 3 formatted DVDs Zoom Choose this when receiving a 4 3 image and you want to maintain the correct image proportion Top and bottom portions of the picture are cropped or cut When a 16 9 sour When a 16 9 source signal is r ce signal is received eceived Pillar box Pillar box Choose this when r Choose this when rece...

Page 38: ...2 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Preference icon and press ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Multi track Options icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down button to highlight Multi Language and press ENTER The submenus will be displayed 4 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to choose the language English Spanish or French you want and press ENTER 5 Press EXIT NOTE You c...

Page 39: ...n and press ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Multi track Options icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Multi Sound icon and press ENTER The submenus will be displayed 4 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to choose the submenu Mono Stereo or SAP you want and press ENTER NOTES The default sound mode is Stereo You can also change sound multitrack by pressin...

Page 40: ... audio component you must specify the transmission format Dolby or PCM as appropriate to your component 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control 2 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Setup icon and press ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight he Sound Output icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to choose the appropriate format Dolby or PCM and press ENTER 4 P...

Page 41: ...the volume difference automatically 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control 2 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Setup icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the DRC On OFF icon and press ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to alternate between DRC On and DRC Off and press ENTER again 4 Press EXIT NOTE The DRC function operates only on digital channels ...

Page 42: ...tions 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control 2 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Preference icon and press ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Closed Captions icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to alternate between Caption On and Caption Off and press ENTER 4 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Caption Display Options and press ENTER ...

Page 43: ...want The default is Style 0 Foreground This option consists of Default White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan You can change the color of the letter The default is White Background This option consists of Default White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan You can change the ground color of the caption The default is Black Return to Default This option sets each of Service Size Style Fo...

Page 44: ...nce icon and press ENTER Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Closed Captions icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to alternate between Caption On and Caption Off and press ENTER 4 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Mode icon and press ENTER Select the submenu CC1 CC2 CC3 or CC4 you want using the Menu Up Down buttons and press ENTER 5 Press EXIT NOTES The availa...

Page 45: ... bottom and press ENTER 4 Use the number buttons 0 9 on the remote control to enter your current password 5 Use the number buttons to enter a new password Re enter the new password to confirm 6 Your new password is now activated Press EXIT NOTES Password Error If you forget the password re do steps 1 3 At step 4 when the display asks you to enter the current password press the master buttons INFO ...

Page 46: ...ng Control icon and press ENTER 3 Enter your password correctly 4 After the password is entered the screen will display the rating control menu This menu lists both MPAA and TV FCC Parental ratings You can independently lock the MPAA and TV ratings The locked MPAA TV FCC ratings are indicated by the symbol 5 Use the Menu Up Down Left Right buttons and the ENTER button to activate the appropriate r...

Page 47: ... designed for a very young audience including chil dren from ages two six TV FCC Content Category V Violence S Sexual content L Offensive language D Dialogue sexual innuendo FV Fantasy or cartoon violence MPAA Rating System Movies G General audience No restriction PG Children under 13 should be accompanied by an adult PG 13 Parental guidance suggested Children under 13 should be accompanied by an ...

Page 48: ...et default guide is Mini Guide C Scrolls backwards quickly 2 hours Press the Green button on the remote control D Displays titles and other details about upcoming programs of particular chan nels Highlight the program and press INFO to see additional and detailed information The availability of additional details depends on the broadcaster Use the Menu Up Down buttons to search information about a...

Page 49: ...ess the MENU button on the remote control 2 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Guide icon and press ENTER 3 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to highlight the Set Default Guide icon and press ENTER 4 Use the Menu Up Down buttons to alternate between Mini and Full and press ENTER 5 Press EXIT ...

Page 50: ...se the Menu Up Down buttons to view information about one channel by time You can switch between Full Guide mode and Mini Guide mode by pressing the Red button REW repeatedly Select the program you want by using the Menu Up Down buttons and press the INFO button on the remote control 5 Press the Blue button FF or Exit button to exit NOTE You can also view information about a single channel by pres...

Page 51: ... details Highlight the title of a program using the Menu Up Down Left Right buttons and press the INFO button Exit from the Program Guide and return to normal viewing mode Press Blue button FF or the EXIT button NOTES You can also view information about channels by pressing the GUIDE button on the remote control The EPG should be pre set in Full Guide mode There might be a slight difference betwee...

Page 52: ...S During timer recording four different error messages may appear on the screen as below Check start time Appears when the recording time is not set one minute later than the current time It takes about one minute to be ready for timer recording Invalid schedule time Appears when the recording time is wrong i e when the end time is not later than the start time Reserve time conflict Appears when r...

Page 53: ...ou can t switch channels until the record ing is stopped During recording you can only finish recording by operating STOP on the FireWire control panel or the STOP button of the D VHS device The remote control buttons of the Set Top Box don t operate 5 Using the Menu Up Down buttons highlight Go Back to return to the previous menu or Exit to finish the FireWire function 6 Once a particular device ...

Page 54: ...V DVD For example if you want to program the remote control to operate your VCR press the VCR button on the remote control 2 Press the SET button on the remote control The LED for the active component will light for 30 seconds Use the number buttons to enter the code by manufacturer See tables on pages 4 20 4 22 Each code must be three digits long For example to enter the code 6 press 0 0 and 6 To...

Page 55: ... 19 35 43 48 6 27 39 45 17 26 31 55 15 17 26 38 8 15 29 53 56 15 2 15 9 30 15 30 69 8 8 9 15 21 67 5 13 19 48 49 7 9 7 14 16 Admiral Aiwa Akai Audio Dynamics Bell Howell Broksonic Candle Canon Citizen Colortyme Craig Curtis Mathes Daewoo DB Dimensia Dynatech Electrohome Emerson Fisher Funai General Electric Go Video LG Harman Kardon Hitachi Instant Replay JC Penney JCL Kenwood KLH Lloyd Logik LXI ...

Page 56: ...34 36 37 40 41 48 49 52 22 50 65 69 Anvision Cable Star DaeHan DaeRyung Dongkuk Eagle Eastern International General Instrument GI Hamlim Hitachi Jerrold LG Macom Magnavox Nawoo NSC Oak Osk Sigma Panasonic Philips 15 16 15 16 5 3 4 15 16 20 54 12 13 23 31 32 33 38 44 75 76 77 11 12 20 21 42 56 45 51 54 12 13 23 31 32 33 38 44 54 70 73 6 45 51 15 16 27 29 34 36 37 40 41 48 49 1 17 24 46 24 11 35 47 ...

Page 57: ... 61 6 8 90 91 89 80 15 19 88 90 85 24 25 69 84 6 114 77 74 1 50 12 6 19 37 6 50 1 61 6 12 98 92 20 100 82 2 6 90 12 20 72 69 6 59 88 46 6 90 50 12 19 94 84 96 97 84 1 6 90 A Mark Admiral Akai Anam Aoc Bell Howell Broksonic Candle Centrion Citizen Classic Concerto Contec Coronado Craig Croslex Crown Curtis Mathes CXC Daewoo Daytron Dynasty Emerson Fisher Funai General Electric Goldstar Hitachi Infi...

Page 58: ...eck the resolution select switch to make sure an appropriate mode is selected Make sure audio connections are correct Try another channel sometimes broadcasters have problems with DTV audio encoding Make sure the MUTE button on your TV is off Try both analog and digital coaxial optical audio connections Make sure you have connected the DTV set top receiver correctly to your DTV ready or analog TV ...

Page 59: ...ape without copy protection technology after viewing an analog TV program the screen might turn black In that case stop the D VHS device and re play it If you rewind the D VHS device in order to move to the start portion of the tape during playback and re play it the D VHS device might not work correctly In that case stop the D VHS device and re play it or turn the power off and on again ...

Page 60: ...ppliances that create magnetic fields Liquids Do not handle liquids near or on the Set Top Box Cabinet Never open the cabinet or touch the parts inside Wipe your Set Top Box with a clean dry cloth Never use water cleaning fluids wax or chemicals Do not put heavy objects on top of the cabinet Temperature If your Set Top Box is suddenly moved from a cold to a warm place unplug the power cord for at ...

Page 61: ...F S Band coverage VHF 2 13 UHF 14 69 CATV 1 125 Antenna 75 ohm external antenna terminal for VHF UHF Number of inputs outputs 1 V UHF IN 75ohm 1 CATV IN 75ohm 1 DTV Out Component YPB PR 1 DTV Out RGB 2 A V In 1A V Out 2 S Video In 1 S Video Out Component Video In 480i 480P DVI Out 25 pin 2 IEEE 1394 In Out Dolby Digital Out Optical Dolby Digital Out Coaxial RS232C 9 pin 2 Analog Audio In Out Lt Rt...

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