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    GSS Grundig SA T Systems GmbH Beuthener Straße 43 D-90471 Nuremberg Phone: +49 (0) 911 / 703 8877 Fax: +49 (0) 911 / 703 9210 E-mail: info@gss.tv Internet: http://www .gss.tv Assembly Instructions Assembly Instructions English HDM 2370 P CI Head-End Digital Modulator A A CLASS CLASS KLASSE KLASSE Grundig SAT S y st E ms[...]

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    - 2 - - 2 - Contents 1 Safety regulations ..................................................................................................... 4 2 General information ................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Packing contents .............................................................[...]

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    - 3 - - 3 - 5.4.1.1 Adjusting the output levels of the channel strips ...................28 5.4.1.2 Settings for TV stations ..................................................... 29 Automatic picture format conversion ..................................29 Adjusting the picture format ..............................................30 Locking the regio[...]

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    - 4 - - 4 - 1 Safety regulations Wa r n i n g • Assembly , installation and ser vicing should be carried out by authorised electricians. • Switch off the operating voltage of the system before beginning with assembly or ser vice work or pull out the mains plug. • Do not per form installation and ser vice work during thunderstorms. • Install[...]

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    - 5 - - 5 - 2.2 Meaning of the symbols used Important note —> General note • Perfor ming works 2.3 T echnical data The devices meet the following EU directives: 2006/95/EC, 2004/108/EC The product fulfils the guidelines and standards for CE labelling. HF input Frequency range: 950 … 2150 MHz Level range: 60 dBµV … 80 dBµV Input norm: Q[...]

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    - 6 - - 6 - Connections SA T inputs A and B: 2 F sockets HF output (modulators): 1 IEC socket Connection strip (10-pin): for supply voltages and control circuits Socket RS 232: serial inter face for software update Conditional access: 2 channels can be decoded 2.4 Description The twin transmodulator cassette is a QPSK-converter , which conver ts al[...]

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    - 7 - - 7 - 2.5 Software quer y Control unit If necessar y , you can activate the indication of the software version of the con- trol unit manually: • Press any two keys on the control unit of the head-end station simultaneously until the display goes dark and the software version, e.g. “ V 37 ” appears. 3 Assembly 3.1 Installing the cassette[...]

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    - 8 - - 8 - 3.2 Installing the F terminals T o compl y with the current EMC regulations , it is necessar y to connect the lines leadi ng in and out of the head-end station using F terminals . When mounting the cassett e in an STR 1 9-8 head-end station which is in- stalled in a 1 9" cabinet, mak e sure the connections leading in and out for th[...]

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    - 9 - - 9 - Notes: 3 Slot for CA module 4 Eject button for CA module 5 Socket “RS 232” The operating soft ware of the cassette can be updat ed via the 9- Pi n D - DU B socket “R S 2 3 2” usi ng a PC or notebook and t he soft war e “ BE-Flash ”. Y ou can find the current operati ng soft war e on the website “ www . gs s. tv ”. 3.4 Re[...]

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    - 10 - - 10 - 4 The control panel at a glance 4.1 Menu items Program the cassette using the buttons on the control unit of the head-end station. The two-line display of the control unit then shows the menus. Use the key to select the following main menu items: – Cassette – Channel strip, software – Modulator settings – TV standard – Outpu[...]

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    - 11 - - 11 - 5 Programming 5.1 Preparation • Connect the test receiver to the HF output or the test output of the head-end station. • Set the output channel / output frequency of the cassette (see page 20) and adjust the TV test receiver to this channel. • Switch on the modulator if necessar y . • Balance the output levels of the channel s[...]

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    - 12 - - 12 - 5.3 Programming procedure Ein / On BE–Remote please wait … V 37 Box 4 C2-69,S2-41 QPSK-P AL – – – Bx 1A C5-12,S3-24 TWIN-SA T C07 Bx 1A C5-12,S3-24 TWIN-SA T C07 Böx 4 C5-12,S3-24 TWIN-SA T C07 Bx 5A BD3 DVBT -DVBT C09 + Bx 4A Das Erste QPSK-P AL S21 Bx 4A Modulator: OUTPUT : on   ! Bx 4A DVB-P AL B VERSION: V .16 Bx [...]

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    - 13 - - 13 - Bx 4A T eletext: OUTPUT : on on / off Bx 4A TXT -Page: SUBTITLE: 150 Bx 4A TXT -Norm: SUBTITLE: Wes t Bx 4A Dual normal AUDIO-OUT : normal / swap MPEG / VPS West / East Bx 4A MPEG => AUDIO-OUT : Audiomode off / 150 100 … n Bx 4A PIDs: SERVICE: dynamic dynamic / fixed Bx 4A Signaling: WSS-OUT : on on / off ▶ ◀ / Bx 4A f= 10600[...]

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    - 14 - - 14 - Bx 4A 01/10+ Das Erste TV Bx 4A SR= 27500 INPUT : Bx 4A 01/02 AUDIO-IN: “deu” Bx 4A V olume: AUDIO-OUT : 0 dB Bx 4A ARD PROVIDER: –24 … +6 Bx 4A 13:48:22 ? OFFSET : +01 S –12 … +12 S / - VIDEO  M Bx 4A 0.0e - 8 BER. C/N: 12.0 dB Bx 4A Information MENU 1/6 # Bx 4A f= 1 1836 MHz FREQ-IN: 0 Module Hauptmenü –> Inform[...]

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    - 15 - - 15 - 5.3.1 Decoding 2 stations with one CA module (channel strip “B”) Bx 4B S09 OUTPUT : Bx 4B f = 10600 MHz LNB-FREQ: Bx 4B SR= 22000 INPUT : ▶ ◀ / Bx 4B f = 12544 MHz FREQ IN: -0.3 ▶ ◀ / ▶ ◀ / * ) Bx 4B CI at LINE A INPUT : Bx 4B Data T uner A LNB-FREQ: * * ) ! Bx 4B Modulator: OUTPUT : on Bx 4B HF-Level: OUTPUT : 0 0 …[...]

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    - 16 - - 16 - 5.3.2 Time controlled switching Bx 4a Das Erste QPSK-P AL S21 Bx 4a On Time TIMER: 20:00 Bx 4b ZDF QPSK-P AL S09 ▶ ◀ / Bx 4a Off Time TIMER: 23:00 ▶ ◀ / Bx 4a Days TIMER: MTWTFSS ▶ ◀ / " on / – Page 13 Page 12[...]

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    - 17 - - 17 - 5.4 Programming the cassette —> Pres sing th e butt on for longer than 2 seconds cancels the pro - gramm ing pr ocedure. Th is tak e s you back to the program i tem “Selecting the casset te ” from an y menu . Any entries that have not been saved are reset to the pre viou s settings. —> Entries i n the menus can be saved [...]

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    - 18 - - 18 - 5.4.1 Programming the main menu of the cassette Quer ying the software version —> The display sho ws e . g. the menu “ Bx 4 A QPSK -P AL ”: “ Bx ” stands for cassette (box ), “ 4 ” for slot 4 “ A ” for channel strip “ A ” ” QPS K -P AL ” T ype of casset te ” S2 1 ” Channel set • Pr ess the but ton. ?[...]

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    - 19 - - 19 - • By pressi ng , select channel strip “ A ” / “ B ” or “ a ” / “ b ”. —> The capital letters “ A ” and “ B ” ind icate the channel strips of the main men u , t he small let ters ” a “ and ” b “ the channel strips of the time - controlled switching on and off of channels . Setting time-controlled,[...]

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    - 20 - - 20 - • Pr ess the but ton. —> The “Set ting the T V standard of the output signal ” – “ NORM ” menu i s activated. Setting the TV standard of the output signal In thi s menu you can set the TV standard of the out put signal. • Pr ess to set the T V standard of the out put sig nal. • Pr ess the but ton. —> The “S[...]

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    - 21 - - 21 - Setting the fine-tuning Only change the fine-tuning in exceptional circumstances, since once you change it, all connected television sets of the cable system must be adjusted to match it by means of cor- responding fine-tuning corrections. • Pr ess the ▶ butt on . —> “ FI N E 0 ” appears in the di splay . • Set the fine[...]

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    - 22 - - 22 - • Pr ess the but ton. —> The “Setting the input symbol rate ” – “ INPUT : ” and e. g. “ SR= 27 500 ” menu is activated. Setting the input symbol rate The symbol rates of the satellite transponders can be found in the current channel table of the satellite operator , in various satellite magazines and in the Intern[...]

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    - 23 - - 23 - of the antenna system and head-end station as well as the preceding settings of the cassette. • Use ▶ ◀ / to position the cursor under the dig it of the frequency display ed to be set. • Pr ess to set the input frequency . • Af ter set ting the in put frequency set the frequenc y offs et shown in the display to less than 1 M[...]

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    - 24 - - 24 - Channel selection As soon as the automatic station search has found all of the TV or radio channels, the corresponding data appears in the display of the head-end station. Meaning of the t erms di splayed in this e x ample: “ Bx 4 A ” Ca sset te 4, channel strip “ A ” . “ 01 /0 9 ” The 1 st of 9 channels is d isplay ed “[...]

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    - 25 - - 25 - • T o sel ect the T V and radio stations of th is br oadc aster , use the butt ons . • By press ing , you can call up var ious station information about the current TV or radio station in the “ PROVID ER: ” menu . T o return to the mai n menu pr ess the butt on agai n . • By press ing the VIDEO but ton , you swi tch bet ween[...]

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    - 26 - - 26 - Setting the volume level In this menu, you can balance unequal volume levels of TV and radio stations in the various channel strips. • Set the volume level to the same level as the levels of the other output channels usi ng the but tons ( + 6 dB … -2 4 d B ), i f n e c e s s a r y. • Pr ess the but ton. —> The “Set ting t[...]

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    - 27 - - 27 - Ex am ple : Summertime suppor t for the time zone of Germany (GMT + 1 hour) is in: If “ S ” is switched on, one hour is added in addition to offset (+01) during summer time. • Pr ess to set the time zone y ou liv e in ( offset f rom - 1 2 hours to + 1 2 hours) . • Pr ess the b u t t o n t o s w i t c h s u m m e r t i m e s u [...]

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    - 28 - - 28 - 5.4.1.1 Adjusting the output levels of the channel strips In this menu you can set the output levels of the modulators of the channel strips “ A ” and “ B ” to the same value. • Measure and note down the output level of the channel strip. • Save the set ting s by pr essi ng the M but ton. • Sele ct the other channel stri[...]

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    - 29 - - 29 - 5.4.1.2 Settings for TV stations The following settings “Automatic picture format conversion”, “T eletext mode” and “T eletext subtitle page” are only relevant for TV stations. Automatic picture format conversion TV programmes are transmitted in DVB Standard in picture format 4:3 or 16:9. The cassette recognises these pict[...]

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    - 30 - - 30 - Adjusting the picture format If problems with the automatic picture format switchover (e.g. 4:3, 16:9, Letterbox) arise with the connected devices, you can switch “ off ” the Wide-Screen-Signaling (WSS) in this menu. • Pr ess to switch W ide-Screen-Signaling “ on ” or “ of f ”. —> Pres sing the but ton you return to[...]

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    - 31 - - 31 - Switching teletext mode off/on In this menu you can define whether the teletext of the chan- nel set is transmitted or not. • By pressi ng the tele text mode can b e swi tched “ on ” or “ of f ”. —> Pres sing the but ton you return to the mai n menu (Setting the output channel / output frequenc y) (pa ge 20). • Pr ess[...]

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    - 32 - - 32 - Setting the teletext standard In this menu you define the characters to display the languag- es. For the W ester n European languages set “ W est ”; for East- ern European languages set “ East ”. • Pr ess to set tel etext standard “ We s t ” or “ East ”. • Pr ess the but ton. —> The “Setting audio output” [...]

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    - 33 - - 33 - Setting the audio mode In this menu you can define whether the Mono , Stereo or Dual T one signal from the MPEG data stream or the VPS Sig- naling (if available) is to be used. • Pr ess to switch ov er the data stream (“ MP EG ” / “ VPS ” ). • Pr ess the but ton. —> The “Setting the LNB os ci llator frequency“ –[...]

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    - 34 - - 34 - 5.4.2 Decoding 2 stations with one CA module – This feature is only possible via chan nel strip “ B ”. – The set ti ngs not described be low ar e the settings per tain ing to chan nel strip “ A ”. Bx 4B S09 OUTPUT : Bx 4B f = 10600 MHz LNB-FREQ: Bx 4B SR= 22000 INPUT : ▶ ◀ / Bx 4B f = 12544 MHz FREQ IN: -0.3 ▶ ◀ / [...]

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    - 35 - - 35 - Selecting the channel strip • Sele ct channel strip “ B ” ( page 1 8) . Modulator operating mode —> Set ting see page 1 9 . Setting the TV standard of the output signal —> Set ting see page 20 . Setting the output channel / output frequency —> Set ting see page 20 . Setting the LNB oscillator frequency The LNB osc[...]

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    - 36 - - 36 - Switching on decoding / Setting the input symbol rate The input symbol rate is not to be set if decoding is activated. —> Set ting the input symbol rate see page 22 . • T o switch on the decoding press the bu t t o n in t h e ”Setting the input symbol rate ” menu . —> The di splay shows “ INP UT : ” “ CI at LINE [...]

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    - 37 - - 37 - Switch off decoding • Pr ess the but ton. —> The di splay shows “ INP UT : and e. g . SR = 22 000 ”. Continue wi th “ Set ting the input symbol rate ” (pa ge 22 ) . Bx 4B f = 10600 MHz LNB-FREQ: Bx 4B SR= 22000 INPUT : ▶ ◀ / ▶ ◀ / * ) Bx 4B CI at LINE A INPUT : Bx 4B Data T uner A LNB-FREQ: Bx 4B f = 10 6 0 0 MH[...]

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    - 38 - - 38 - 5.4.3 Setting time-controlled, alter native channels Channels can be switched on and off by means of a timer in this menu. Here, for the set “ On Time “, a switch over occurs from channel strip “ A “ (or “ B “) to channel strip “ a “ (or “ b “); for the “ Off Time “, from channel strip “ a “ (or “ b “) [...]

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    - 39 - - 39 - Setting the switch-off time • Use ▶ ◀ / to position the cursor under the dig it ( hours / mi nutes ) to be set. • Pres s to set the d esi red swi tch - of f time . • Pr ess the but ton. —> The “Setting the days of the week” –“ TIM ER: Days ” and e. g. “ MT W TFS S ” menu is activated. Setting the days of t[...]

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    6 Channel and frequency tables CCIR – Band I/III (F requenc y raster 7 MHz) CCIR – Hyperband (F requenc y raster 8 MHz) CCIR – Band IV/V (F requenc y raster 8 MHz) Alterations reser ved. T echnical data E. & O.E. © GSS GmbH 02052008 C 21 47 1 .25 474.00 C 22 479 .25 482.00 C 23 487 .25 490.00 C 24 4 95 .25 498.00 C 25 503.25 506.00 C 26 [...]