whatever number you wish). To do this, select the video recorder channel with your TV
remote and select a satellite channel with the satellite remote. Now follow the tuning
instructions for your video recorder and tune it to see the satellite channel on the TV. (It is
easier if you flip the TEST SIGNAL switch ON in order to see the test bars on the TV
screen when the video is tuned).
Leave the satellite receiver switched ON to record the satellite channel which is selected.
Channel customisation
The receiver’s channels are factory-set to Astra satellite frequencies.
The only way to reset your receiver to these values (maybe somebody messed up the
settings or the audio disappeared) is to get an engineer to fit a new (blank) channel
memory I.C. (SDA2516), which will automatically set the correct channels, or to tune
every channel manually by pressing buttons.
To do this, set channel 1 as the lowest frequency as follows:
Select channel 1 by pressing the [1] button.
Press Tune
▼
until the lowest number in the display is shown (about 0960). If you
overshoot simply press Tune
▲
until the number is displayed. then press [PRESET] twice,
to store this frequency as channel 1.
Then press the following sequence repeatedly:
[PRESET] [Tune
▲
] [PRESET] then [Channel
▲
]
Make sure that each time you press [Tune
▲
] the [H/V] light changes from on to off or
vice versa; if it does not change, immediately press [Tune
▲
] again then carry on with the
sequence.
This method puts the channels into transponder order.
If you want them set with all SKY or English channels first you must customise each
channel by pressing [Tune
▲
] repeatedly until the required channel appears. The actual
frequency displayed is only approximate and you must imagine a "1" in front of it so that
it matches the channel frequencies listed in the satellite magazines.
H/V
This setting determines the channel polarisation: horizontal or vertical. The H/V POL
setting can be adjusted between horizontal and vertical. You don’t really need to know
what this means but the technically minded might be interested to know that when you
select vertical polarisation, the receiver sends 13 volts up the cable to the LNB on the
dish. When you select horizontal the receiver sends 17 volts. The LNB looks for the
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