Strong Enterprises SRT 6850 manual

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T able of C ontents 1.0 Usage 3 1.1 Safety Instructions 4 1.2 F eatures & Accessories 5 1.3 Safety Precautions 6 1.4 Storage 7 1.5 Equipment Set-up 7 2.0 Y our Receiver 8 2.1 F ront Panel 8 2.2 Rear Panel 8 3.0 Connections 10 3.1 Connecting to your TV & VCR 10 3.1.1 Basic connection with a coaxial cable 10 3.1.2 Basic connection with a Scar[...]

PART 1 • English 3 Thank you for choosing this Strong Digital Satellite Receiver . This receiver is of our latest development and it is designed to be capable of upgrading its software through the satellite. It is highly recommended that you read this manual carefully to safely install your receiver and to achieve its optimum performance. 1.0 Usa[...]

1.1 Safety Instructions: W arning: DO NOT INST ALL YOUR RECEIVER  In a closed or poorly ventilated cabinet;  Directly on top of or under any another equipment;  On a surface which might obstruct the ventilation slots. DO NOT EXPOSE THE RECEIVER OR ITS ACCESSORIES:  T o direct sunlight or near any other equipment that generates heat; [...]

PART 1 • English 5 1.2 F eatures & Accessories SRT 6850 Digital Satellite Receiver with Embedded Mediaguard:  Embedded Mediaguard decoder  Single SmartC ard reader  Easy to use Graphic MENU Interface  Multi-lingual support on screen Menu: English, Dutch, German, F rench, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish,[...]

Note : The batteries should not be recharged, disassembled, electrically short-circuited or be mixed or used with other types of batteries. 1.3 Safety Precautions T o maintain your receiver's optimum performance, you are advised to apply the following safety precautions:  Read this manual carefully and make sure you fully understand the ins[...]

PART 1 • English 7 1.4 Storage Y our receiver and its accessories are stored and delivered in a well protective packaging against electric shocks and moisture. When unpacking it, make sure that all the parts are included and keep packaging away from children. When transporting the receiver from one place to another or if you are returning it unde[...]

2.0 Y our Receiver 2.1 F ront Panel (Please see inside cover Figure 1) 1. Power Button T urns the receiver ON/Stand-by 2. Channel UP/DOWN Buttons Move the channels UP/DOWN or Move the cursor UP/DOWN in Menu state. 3. Stand-by / Power on (2 LED) The red LED is the “ stand-by ” indicator . The green LED is the “ Power On ” indicator . 4. Sign[...]

PART 1 • English 9 5. TV Scart Connector Use this connector to connect your receiver to your TV using a scart cable. 6. VIDEO Scart Connector Use this connector to connect your receiver to your video recorder using a scart cable. Y our video recorder signal will now be looped through to your TV . 7. IR SENSOR Use this connector to connect your re[...]

3.0 C onnections 3.1 C onnecting to your TV & VCR W arning: If you are not sure how to connect your receiver , do not take the risk of doing it yourself. Ask your Strong dealer to do it for you. They are specially trained by our technicians and can get the best performance out of your receiver . 3.1.1 Basic connection with a coaxial cable (Plea[...]

PART 1 • English 11 3.1.3 Advanced connection (Please see inside cover Figure 6)  Connect the satellite signal from the LNB to the SA T IN connector .  Connect the TV scart connector at the back of the receiver to the scart-in connector on your TV set.  Connect the VCR scart connector at the back of the receiver to the scart-in connector[...]

3.1.5 C onnection to a digital audio amplifier using the S/PDIF output (Please see inside cover Figure 8)  Connect the S/PDIF out connector on the back of your receiver to the S/PDIF input connector of your digital amplifier .  Do not forget to turn the S/PDIF function “ Enabled ” in the menu. 3.1.6 C onnecting a remote eye (Please see in[...]

PART 1 • English 13 3.2 C onnecting to a satellite dish 3.2.1 C onnecting a fixed satellite dish to your receiver (Please see inside cover Figure 11)  Select the satellite from which you want to receive your TV/Radio channels.  Align your dish at the requested satellite.  Connect a coaxial cable to your LNB.  Connect the other end dir[...]

4.0 Quick start  Check if all connections between Satellite receiver , Dish, TV and VCR are correct.  Connect the receiver to the mainpower and switch the unit ON with the Power ON / Standby-button on the frontpanel or on the Remote control.  Switch ON your TV set. If you have connected your satellite receiver to your TV by using a SCART c[...]

PART 1 • English 15 2. Use the UP/DOWN keys on your Remote control, select the language in which you want your menu to be displayed and press OK . The screen of the menu will now change to the language of your choice, and the menu option “Channel Set- Up” will appear on your screen. 3. Y ou will see the “ Channel Set-Up ” screen with diff[...]

9. Once this process is finished the receiver will automatically switch to channel number 1. If channel number 1 is a F ree T o Air channel ( not encrypted) you will be able to enjoy the first digital pictures. 10. If channel number 1 is encrypted you will see the ” Please Insert SmartC ard ” message on your screen. Insert your smartcard in the[...]

PART 1 • English 17 5.0 Navigating in the menu Y ou can navigate in the menu with the Channel UP/DOWN and V olume UP/DOWN buttons on your Remote control. Highlight the field of your choice with these buttons. Confirm your choice with the OK button. Pressing the BACK button will cancel your choice and take you 1 step back in the menu. Note: Every [...]

5.1.1 Channel Organizer Menu The “ Channel Organizer ” menu enables you to sort channels, make your own F avourite channels list, edit channel names and delete channels from the list. Important Note: Channel lists F or your convenience we have implemented a “Intelligent channel order system”: Once you search the channels from ASTRA,and once[...]

PART 1 • English 19 Sorting Channels from the channels list: T o sort your channels, please apply the following steps: 1. Press the Menu button. 2. Using UP/DOWN keys, select " Channel Organizer " and press OK . 3. Press the Red (Sort) button to sort your channels.  If you press the Red (Name) button, you can sort the list of channel[...]

6. One channel can be saved into more than one F avourite list. Y ou can change selected F avourite channels in " F avourite Organizer " menu. 7. Press the BACK button until you go back to main menu. Y ou can view the F avourite list you set by pressing the F av button while you are watching TV or listening to a Radio channel. Editing Cha[...]

PART 1 • English 21 Change the Skip function: If Skip function is activated, the channel will be skipped when you are scrolling through the TV list in normal watching mode. Please apply the following steps: 1. Apply the first four steps detailed in “ Change name of channel ” (Described in section 5.1.1). 2. Using UP/DOWN keys, select “ Skip[...]

5.1.2 F avourite Organizer Menu This menu enables you to organize your F avourite channels list. All the channels that you have marked as your F avourite in the “ Channel organizer ” menu can be sorted by applying the following steps: 1. Press the Menu button. 2. Using UP/DOWN keys , select " F avourite Organizer " and press OK .  [...]

PART 1 • English 23 5.1.3 The Timer Menu The timer can automatically switch on or off your receiver at any time. This enables you for example to record programs with your VCR while you are not at home. It also can be used to wake you up at the time you set it. Please apply the following steps: 1. Press the Menu button. 2. Using UP/DOWN keys on yo[...]

4. Press the Green button to save and exit the timer menu. 5. Press the Y ellow button to exit the timer menu WITHOUT saving the settings. Tip: Y ou have to select the channel, starting time, and ending time settings if the Action mode is “ Time interval ”. An error message will appear if any of the settings are incorrect. 5.1.4 The Installatio[...]

PART 1 • English 25  Connection Settings: Y ou can set the connection settings to your personal preferences. Check your TV and VCR user manuals for the correct settings. Y ou can change your Connection settings by applying the following steps: 1.Select “ Connection ” and press OK or the Right button.  TV Mode: Press OK or the Right butt[...]

 RF Channel: Press OK or the Right button and set the UHF channel number to the same UHF channel number of your TV set. This only has to be done if your TV set is connected with a coaxial (RF) C able. If the UHF Channel numbers of the receiver and the TV set are not set the same, no picture will be displayed. 2.Press BACK until you go back to ma[...]

PART 1 • English 27  Adjust Time: Use your Numeric buttons [0-9] to set the local time. Once set, press OK to save the time.  Select Set Date: Press OK or the Right button and set the date the way you have set the time. Note: W e advise you to use the GMT time settings, if you use the manual time settings, the time will be lost after the un[...]

 System Info: The system information displays information about your receiver such as model number , software and boot version. T o check system information, apply the following steps: 1. Select “ System information ” and press OK . Press Back to return to the menu  Mediaguard: Here you will find information about the embedded Mediaguard [...]

PART 1 • English 29 5.1.4.2 LNB Set-up It is recommended that you read the manual and installation instructions of your LNB, your DiSEqC switch, your 0/12V switch and your Positioner before you start setting up your LNB. T o set up your LNB, please apply the following steps: 1. Press the Menu button. 2. Using UP/DOWN keys, select " Installat[...]

Tip: If you set “ LNB type ” to “ Universal ” (UNI1 ~ UNI3), you will not be able to change settings in both the “ LNB Power ” menu item and the “ Switch 22 kHz ” menu item. If you want to change any of these two settings you must set “ LNB type ” to zero. If DiSEqC switch is Off, you will not be able to change settings in both [...]

PART 1 • English 31  LNB : Select “ LNB ” and press OK or the Right button. In the “ LNB field ”, select one of the available LNB's. If you want to set LNB related values, press OK and the LNB Set-up menu (Described in LNB Set-up) will be displayed.  Dish Position: Select “ Dish position ” and press OK or the Right button. [...]

 Scan Mode: “ C anal Digitaal ” (Only appears if in the field “ Satellite ” the “ ASTRA ” satellite is chosen). Once you search channels in “ C anal Digitaal ” scan mode the receiver will do a quick scan and will find all channels that have been listed by C anal Digitaal. The found channels will be stored in your receiver in a lo[...]

PART 1 • English 33 5.1.4.3.1 Positioner Set-up (if you are using a Motorised positioner with DiSEqC1.2) If you are using a motorised positioner with DiSEqC 1.2 you will have to set the positions of the satellites you want to scan. This function is available only if in the “ LNB Set-up ” menu and the LNB Dish field is set to “ Moved ”. (A[...]

11. If for instance you want to set the position for Astra 19.2°East, you know that you will have to move your dish to the left using the Left button. If you want to set the position for instance to Eutelsat 12.5°W est, you know that you will have to move your dish to the right using the Right button. (As viewed from the rear of the dish) T o set[...]

PART 1 • English 35 1. Press the Menu button on your remote. 2. Using UP/DOWN keys on your remote, select " Installation " and press OK . 3. Enter your PIN code. 4. Using UP/DOWN keys, select "Parental lock" and press OK. 5. Using RIGHT/LEFT keys in the “ Menu ” field, you can select either " lock " or " unl[...]

5.1.5 Smartcard If you want to check the status of your smartcard, please apply following steps: 1. Press the Menu button on your remote. 2. Using UP/DOWN keys on your remote, select " Smartcard " and press OK .  System Info: Using UP/DOWN keys on your remote, select “ System info” to get the card system information.  Maturity l[...]

PART 1 • English 37  Subscriptions: Using UP/DOWN keys on your remote, select “ Subscriptions ” to see what subscriptions are entitled on your card  W allets: Using UP/DOWN keys on your remote, select “ W allets ” to get the information about credits on your card. Please note that this function will only work if your pay TV operator[...]

4. SA T Displays the list of satellites you have scanned with your receiver . Y ou can change the satellite you want to watch by using the Up/Down keys and pressing the OK button. (The channel list is configured with the channels searched in that satellite. If you have set up a motorized positioner to change the satellite, a message “ wait moving[...]

PART 1 • English 39 11. MENU The main menu for setting up the receiver . 12. BACK Exits the current OSD page. In TV mode: switches back to previous channels. 13. A V Selects TV or Digital TV . 14. Information <Please see inside cover Screen 26> Shows program information. 15. EPG Display the EPG (Electronic Program Guide). EPG shows the even[...]

PART 1 • English 40 A.1 T rouble Shooting Occasionally receivers can hang-up (just like a PC) so you are recommended to reset the receiver by disconnecting it from mains power . W ait 30 seconds and connect to mains power again and now check if the unit is working as expected. If the receiver does not work properly after checking the trouble shoo[...]

PART 1 • English 41 Solution Firmly press the scart connectors on the backside of the TV and receiver . Replace the scart cable Check the signal strength with a spectrum analyser and adjust your dish correctly . Once the weather is better the picture will appear . If not : check if there is no snow on your dish Press the SA T button on the RCU an[...]

PART 1 • English 42 A.2 Glossary of terms CA Conditional Access. Usually means that the channels are scrambled and require a subscription to be paid. DVB-S Digital Video Broadcasting Satellite - Digital TV via satellite. EPG Electronic program guides that are transmitted by some broadcaster to display information guide about a program content. MP[...]

PART 1 • English 43 ID The transmitted packages have identifiers (PID) that tell the receiver what to do with the received information. Receivers normally use four types of PID, these are V-PID (video PID), A-PID (audio PID), P-PID (Program PID) and data PID (EPG information). IN CODE Personal Identification Number . A personal code that is used [...]

T echnical Specifications Demodulator Modulation: QPSK Input Symbol Rate: 2-45 Ms/s SCPC & MCPC signals from C & KU band satellites Video Decoder Profile level: MPEG 2 Main profile @ main level Data Rate: Max. 60 Mbit/s Video Resolution: 720 x 576 (PAL) 720 x 480 (NTSC) Aspect Ratio: 4:3, 4:3 Letterbox and 16:9 Audio Decoder MPEG/MusiC am L[...]

System & Memory Main Processor: STi 5518 Flash Memory: 2 Mbytes SDRAM: 8 Mbytes EEPROM: 64 kBits General Data Operating T emperature: +5˚C-+45˚C Storage T emperature: 0˚C-+50˚C Supply V oltage: 90V AC 0 ~240V AC (SMPS) 50/60 Hz Power Consumption: 13 W Stand-by Mode: <7 W Humidity: 25 %- 70 % Size (WxHxD) in mm: 280 x 40 x 190 W eight: 2k[...]