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Dear customer,
this operating manual is intended to help you make the fullest use of the extensive range of functions
offered by your new cable receiver.
We have tried to make the operating instructions as easy as possible to understand, and to keep them as
concise as possible. To help you understand particular specialist terms that cannot be translated, we have
added a short glossary at the end of the manual.
In the contents on the next page you will see the main headings of the respective chapters of this operating
manual. At the beginning of each chapter we have also provided a short list summarising the points that
are covered in that chapter.
If you need to
fi
nd a particular sub-section within a chapter, you can look it up in the comprehensive index
at the end of this operating manual.
The power switch is an environmentally friendly feature. If you will not be using your receiver for an extended
period, you should use the power switch to disconnect it from the power supply and save energy. For shorter
breaks, you can use the remote control to switch the receiver to standby, which uses only a minimal amount
of energy.
We want you a good reception and hope you will enjoy using your new HDTV receiver.
Your
KATHREIN team
Preface
The difference between PAL and HDTV
“High de
fi
nition television” is characterised
by a signi
fi
cantly higher number of picture
lines on the TV set. The usual European
standard PAL achieves a resolution
of 576
lines vertically and 720 lines
horizontally. High-resolution TV sets
have resolutions up to
fi
ve times higher
and thus provide more detail sharpness
and plasticity than TV to the usual PAL
standard.
A HDTV picture can contain up to
fi
ve times as many picture points, that is, approximately 2 million pixels
than a conventional PAL picture with only approximately 400,000 pixels.
Worldwide there are currently two HDTV standards, based on the two formats 1080i and 720p. The two
standards differ in the number of picture lines and in the transmission procedure. For the human eye, the
difference between the two HDTV standards is hardly perceptible, however; in comparison to the PAL
system, moving pictures look much more dynamic. Transmission technology and reception equipment will
be able to handle both standards in the future.
PAL 720 x 576
720p 1280 x 720
1080i 1920 x 1080
