Sky Sky digibox manual

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Sets your remote control to control your digibox tv Sets your remote control to control your TV bo x office Shows the Box Office screen tv guide Shows the TV Guide screen mute Tu r ns the TV sound off/on vol Changes the TV volume text Switches to text mode colour buttons Use to select the corresponding colour option shown on-screen number buttons F[...]

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1 ❖ About this booklet This information booklet contains all you need to know to use y our new Sky digibox. Look out for this symbol. It indicates useful and impor tant tips. ❖ What is digital satellite TV? Digital satellite TV is the latest stage in the evolution of TV , giving y ou not only digital quality pictures and stereo sound, but also [...]

2 Using your Sky digibox ❖ What is Sky Guide? Sky Guide is a helpful and easy to use on-screen guide to your digital satellite ser vices. It is designed for people who want to get the most out of watching television. All Sky Guide features are controlled using y our Sky remote control. Sky Guide allows y ou to: ◆ see on-screen TV progr amme lis[...]

3 ❖ Using equipment saf ely Y our Sky digibox has been man ufactured to meet inter national safety standards, b ut you m ust take care if y ou want to obtain the best results and oper ate it safel y . W e recommend that you ha v e your digital satellite system installed by a qualified satellite-TV installer . It is impor tant that you read this [...]

4 Using your Sky digibox This section gives y ou the information you need to star t watching digital satellite TV . For more detailed information about your Sky digibo x, use the Contents or Index to find the relevant section of this booklet. Before star ting, make sure y our Sky Viewing Card is inser ted the r ight way up in the slot mar ked Sky [...]

5 ❖ T urning y our Sky digibo x on and off To tur n your Sky digibo x on, press Sky on your Sky remote control. Make sure the standb y light ( S ) on the front of your Sky digibo x is green – this shows y our Sky digibo x is on. To tur n your Sky digibo x off, press the standby key ( ) on your remote control. The standby light ( S ) shows red w[...]

6 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Changing channel Using the ch k e y Press ch + or – on y our Sky remote control to change channel up or down, one at a time . Using the channel number If you kno w the channel number , y ou can use the number k eys to choose the channel you want to watch. Channel number s are alwa ys three digits, f or example 106. Ea[...]

7 ❖ Using the Sear ch & Scan banner When you are watching a satellite channel and want to find out what else is on, either no w or later , without inter r upting the progr amme you are watching, press select to display the Search & Scan banner . Use the left and r ight ar rows to see what programmes are on at different times on the curre[...]

8 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Changing the v olume Press v ol + or – on y our Sky remote control to increase or decrease the volume of y our TV . Press mute to turn the TV sound off. T o turn the TV sound back on, press mute again. If the remote control does not mute or control the v olume on your TV , ref er to Setting your remote control to oper[...]

9 ❖ What is Sky Guide? Sky Guide is a helpful and easy to use on-screen guide to your digital satellite ser vices. All Sky Guide features can be controlled using y our Sky remote control. There are four major elements; each of these has a separate key on y our remote control. The four elements are: TV Guide shows on-screen listings f or channels [...]

10 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Y our Sky Guide and y our Sky remote contr ol Y our Sky Guide and Sky remote control are designed to wor k together . Whatever par t of Sky Guide is on your screen, use the ar rows to mo ve the highlight around, then press select to choose the option you want. Y ou can use the colour option keys on many Sky Guide scree[...]

11 ❖ TV Guide Press tv guide on your remote control to see the TV Guide screen. Here you can choose to see: ◆ All Channels – listing of all TV progr ammes scheduled for the next seven da ys, listed b y channel number . ◆ Entertainment, Mo vies, Spor ts, News & Documentaries, Kids, Music & Radio and Specialist – TV progr ammes sche[...]

12 Using your Sky digibox Finding a pr o gramme To find a progr amme from the full listings, press tv guide on y our remote control, highlight ‘All Channels’, then press select . The All Channels listing screen is shown. Use the up and down arrows to mo ve the highlight through the channels. Use the r ight and left ar rows to see programmes be[...]

13 If you choose a programme that is on a channel to which you do not cur rently subscribe , you will be giv en information on how to include this channel in your subscription. A–Z Listings If you’ re looking for a par ticular progr amme , a quick way to find it is to use the A–Z listings. This lists all of the day’ s programmes in alphabe[...]

14 Using your Sky digibox Displa ying more inf ormation If you w ould like more inf or mation about a par ticular progr amme , use the ar rows to highlight it, then press the i key on your Sky remote control. The progr amme infor mation banner appear s on your screen giving you a shor t synopsis of the progr amme . Press back up to remo v e the pro[...]

15 Using y our P ersonal Planner Y our P er sonal Planner lists the progr ammes you ha ve selected for future viewing, and sho ws you a reminder just bef ore a selected progr amme star ts. Whenever y ou select a future progr amme to watch from the Search & Scan banner , TV Guide or Box Office, Sky Guide automatically adds it to y our P er sona[...]

16 Using your Sky digibox ‘Ser ies Link’ icon, indicating that a ser ies link for the progr amme has been enabled. Pressing the ‘Ser ies Link’ (green) key enab les the next programme in a ser ies to be inser ted into your P er sonal Planner . For more information on the Ser ies Link feature see page 19. Using reminders When a progr amme lis[...]

17 Pr ogramme Clashes If you add a programme to your P er sonal Planner that clashes with the progr amme that you ha ve previously scheduled, Sky Guide will ask what you want to do . Y ou can choose from 2 options: ◆ Press select to keep both programmes, and to be reminded when each progr amme star ts. ◆ Press back up to cancel the selected pro[...]

18 Using your Sky digibox Remo ving a pr ogramme To remo v e a progr amme from your P er sonal Planner , highlight it, then press the ‘Delete’ (y ellow) k ey . The progr amme will be automatically deleted. Y ou may be asked to confirm your deletion, if so the following banner will be shown. Press select to confir m the deletion. If you press [...]

19 Using AutoView to chang e channels automatically Y ou can set up the P er sonal Planner to tune to a progr amme automatically rather than showing you a reminder – this is called AutoView . A reminder banner will still be displayed one min ute before the programme is due to star t, and y our Sky digibox will tune to the selected progr amme at i[...]

20 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Bo x Office This section of Sky Guide is where you can choose the Bo x Office progr ammes you want to watch. Press bo x office on your remote control to see the Bo x Office screen. The Box Office screen allo ws y ou to see listings of movies b y star t time , in alphabetical order or just the latest additions. Y o[...]

21 Ordering a Bo x Office pr ogramme Y ou can order Box Office programmes using your remote control. To order a Box Office programme , complete the follo wing steps. 1. Use the ar rows to highlight the programme you want to watch. Press select if you want to add the programme to your Pe r sonal Planner for future viewing. 2. Y our Sky Guide will[...]

22 Using your Sky digibox Regardless of your P arental Control settings, you’ll need y our PIN to watch any Bo x Office programme shown before its normal water shed time . PINs will be required as follows: If you order a Bo x Office programme using your remote control but then do not tune to the relevant channel at any time during the progr amm[...]

23 ❖ Ser vices Press ser vices on your remote control to see the Ser vices screen. In Ser vices you can do the follo wing: ◆ View information on using your Sky digibo x ◆ Display a list of useful phone n umber s ◆ Use the Parental Control facility ◆ Access and modify the settings for y our Sky digibox ◆ Set up your Fa vour ite Channels [...]

24 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Pa r ental Contr ol and y our PIN To display the P arental Control screen, press ser vices on your remote control. Highlight ‘Parental Control’, then press select .Y ou will be asked to enter a PIN (P er sonal Identification Number). Initially your PIN is the last 4 digits of the n umber on the back of your Sky Vi[...]

25 Viewing Restrictions To see the Viewing Restr ictions screen, highlight ‘Viewing Restrictions’ on the Parental Control screen, then press select . The Viewing Restr ictions screen lets you specify the programme categor ies that cannot be viewed unless y our PIN is entered. Viewing restr ictions can only be applied to programmes where the bro[...]

26 Using your Sky digibox Spending Limit To see the Spending Limit screen, highlight ‘Spending Limit’ on the Parental Control screen, then press select . The Spending Limit screen lets you specify ho w much a programme can cost before y our PIN is required to order it. For example , if you set the limit at £3.50, y ou can order a programme cos[...]

27 Changing y our PIN To see the Change PIN screen, highlight ‘Change PIN’ on the Parental Control screen, then press select . The Change PIN screen lets you change y our PIN an y time you wish. To change your PIN y ou m ust key in y our new PIN twice . Keep your PIN secret! Choose a PIN you can remember . If you f or get your PIN, call your br[...]

28 Using your Sky digibox Online Restriction To see the Online Restr iction screen, highlight ‘Online Restriction’ on the Parental Control screen, then press select . The Online Restr iction screen lets you specify whether y our PIN is required before y ou go online to a ser vice that incur s a charge . If you set the restr iction to ON , y ou [...]

29 ❖ System setup Y ou shouldn’t nor mally need to access the System Setup screens as your Sky digibo x should ha ve been correctly set up when it was installed. How ever , the System Setup screens can be useful if, for example , y ou b uy a new TV and y ou want to make sure y our Sky digibox mak es the best use of the new TV’ s features. To [...]

30 Using your Sky digibox These System Setup options let you set the f ollowing: ◆ Picture Settings – to see and change the Sky digibo x picture for mat, second location picture format if using a tvLINK or similar device , video output type, contr ast level, timeout for the Search & Scan banner and set Message Aler t to ON or OFF . (For fur[...]

31 ❖ Messa ge Alert To see the cur rent Message Aler t setting, highlight ‘Picture Settings’ on the Ser vices screen, then press select . Message Aler t allows y ou to receive an on-screen aler t when you get an email or SMS message . Before you can use this f eature , y ou will need to register with a ser vice provider and specify that y ou [...]

32 Using your Sky digibox When you receiv e a new email or SMS message , the message light on y our digibo x will switch on, and you will see an env elope icon on y our Search & Scan banner , with a prompt to press the ‘Messages’ (y ellow) k ey for messages. On some channels, a small on-screen env elope icon will appear br iefly ov er tele[...]

33 ❖ Adding Channels There is nor mally no need for y ou to tune in satellite channels because your Sky digibo x tunes in all the a vailable channels f or you, including new channels as they are added to the digital satellite TV ser vice . The Sky digibox is designed f or receiving digital television signals tr ansmitted from the Astr a satellite[...]

34 Using your Sky digibox 6. Highlight ‘Find Channels’ and press select .Y our Sky digibox checks the settings you entered and looks f or any new channels at those settings. 7. The New Channels screen appear s on your TV . This is a list of the channels that your Sky digibo x has found. Y ou can select those you want to add to the Other Channel[...]

35 Fav ourite Channels Y ou can create a list of the channels you watch most often, so that you can tune to these fa vourite channels quickly . Y ou can hav e up to twenty fa v our ite channels. To see the Fa vourite Channels screen, press ser vices , highlight ‘Fa vourite Channels’, then press select . The Fav our ite Channels screen is shown.[...]

36 Using your Sky digibox Remo ving a F a v ourite Channel To remov e a channel from y our list of fav ourites, highlight it on the Fa vourite Channels screen, then press the ‘Fav ourite’ (yello w) key . The tick disappear s and the selected channel is removed from y our list of fa vourites. Using a Fa vourite Channel Y ou can easily check what[...]

37 Other Channels Other Channels include channels that your Sky digibo x is capab le of receiving but for which listings ma y not be a vailable in Sky Guide, for example , foreign language channels. To see the Other Channels screen, press ser vices , highlight ‘Other Channels’, then press select . The Other Channels list is sho wn on your scree[...]

38 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Interactiv e Inter active ser vices are a vailable through y our Sky digibo x. Y ou can shop, bank, get information, pla y games and send and receive emails, simply b y using your remote control. Press interactive on y our remote control to see the Interactive screen. Use the up and down arrows to mo ve the highlight t[...]

39 ❖ Recor ding a satellite pr o gramme If you ha ve a video recorder , you can use it to record satellite progr ammes from your Sky digibo x. To record a satellite progr amme , make sure y our Sky digibo x is switched on, tuned to the channel y ou wish to record and y our video recorder is cor rectly programmed to record at the appropr iate time[...]

40 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Setting y our r emote control to operate y our TV The Sky remote control can control both your Sky digibo x and TV . Y our Sky remote control should hav e been set up to work with your TV when your Sky digibo x was installed. If your Sky remote control is not correctly operating your TV , complete the follo wing steps.[...]

41 If the light on your Sky remote control b links three times, your Sky digibox has check ed all the possible settings f or the code you used. Check that you ha ve the cor rect 4 digit code and star t again at Step 1. 7. T urn your TV back on again and then press tv guide . If you see the TV Guide screen, the remote control setup process is comple[...]

42 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Replacing the batteries in y our remote contr ol If the batter ies in your remote control are running low , an on screen war ning will appear . Y ou should be sure to replace the batter ies as soon as possible. In Sky Guide , y ou will see a message instr ucting you to replace the batter ies; press back up and the mess[...]

43 In the Search & Scan banner you will see a ‘lo w batter y’ icon, which will disappear only when the batteries are replaced. When the batter ies in your Sky remote control need replacing, inser t two AA (MN1500, LR6 or UM-3) batter ies. T o replace the batter ies: 1. Push the catch on the bottom of the remote control batter y cov er forwa[...]

44 Using your Sky digibox ❖ Looking after y our Sky Viewing Car d Do not remov e and re-inser t your Sky Viewing Card unnecessar ily . There is no need to remov e y our Sky Viewing Card unless it is faulty or has expired. Do not bend your Sky Viewing Card. Keep your Sky Viewing Card a way from heat and sunlight. Keep your Sky Viewing Card dr y . [...]

45 This section shows y ou how y our Sky digibo x: ◆ can be connected to other equipment such as your stereo system; ◆ can be reconnected after minor changes, f or example , after y ou ha ve mo ved y our TV or Sky digibox; ◆ settings can be updated. online message remote command Sk y viewing card interactive card back up i tv guide select B m[...]

46 Using your Sky digibox W ARNING! Alwa ys disconnect your Sky digibo x fr om the mains supply befor e y ou connect it to (or disconnect it fr om) any other equipment. With the exception of the telephone line , all the interconnections between the rear panel of y our Sky digibo x and your other equipment connected to it are safe, extr a-low v olta[...]

47 For fur ther infor mation and tips on getting the most out of your Sky digibox, tune to channel 999, the Sky Latest channel, or 998, the Sky Welcome channel. If you need help or inf or mation about your TV or video recorder , please refer to the instr uction books that came with them. If you are ha ving problems using your Sky digibo x, refer to[...]

48 Using your Sky digibox ❖ On-scr een messa g es Messag e P ossible r eason What to do no w Insert your Sky Viewing Card. There is no viewing card in the Sky Viewing Card slot in your Sky digibox. Inser t your viewing card into the Sky Viewing Card slot. There is a problem with your viewing card. Call your broadcaster for assistance. Y our Sky d[...]

49 Messag e P ossible r eason What to do no w You cannot purchase this programme at the moment. Y ou cannot buy this programme now . Y ou may be able to b uy it later . This programme has already started. The programme has already star ted and you cannot purchase it now . Check the listings to find out when it is next on. There is insufficient cre[...]

50 Using your Sky digibox ❖ General pr ob lems Messag e P ossible r eason What to do no w The batteries in this remote control are low. Please replace within the next few days. The batteries in your remote control or keyboard are lo w and need replacing. Replace the batteries in your remote control or keyboard as soon as possib le to a void losin[...]

51 Pr oblem P ossible r eason What to do no w tv , vo l and mute keys don’t w or k with y our TV . Y our remote control isn’t proper ly set to operate your TV . Y our remote has been left without batteries, or with flat batteries, for too long, and has lost its television settings. Refer to the Setting your remote control to operate your TV se[...]

52 Using your Sky digibox Due to continued product impro vement, this specification may change without notice . General Oper ating voltage: 230 V A C ± 15%; 50 Hz P ow er consumption: 30 W (max.) W eight: 3.5 kg (packed) Dimensions (W x H x D): 305 mm x 70 mm x 222 mm (not including connector s) UHF modulator : CCIR P AL System I; Ch 21 to 69 (fa[...]

53 System Setup scr eens (factor y setting shown b y *) Picture settings: Picture For mat: *4:3; 16:9 Second Location Picture For mat *4:3; 16:9 Scar t Control: *On; Off Video Output: *P AL (composite video); RGB (red, green, blue) Contr ast: Low; *Medium; High Search & Scan Banner Time-out: 0 seconds; *5 seconds; 10 seconds Message Aler t On; [...]

54 Using your Sky digibox If your brand of TV is not listed here , contact your broadcaster’ s helpdesk for fur ther advice . For your broadcaster’ s helpdesk number , select the T elephone Number s option from the Ser vices screen. Brand Code Brand Code Brand Code Akai 0098 Goldstar 0056 Protech 0595 Akur a 0042 Goodmans 0335 Pye 0600 Alba 004[...]

55 ❖ Mains plug and its fuse The supplied mains plug may be a non-rewireab le type or a rewireable type . Both types contain an approved 3 A fuse . If you need to replace the fuse , y ou must use an AST A- or BSI-appro ved BS1362 fuse, r ated at 3 A and mar ked: The non-rewireable plug has its fuse beneath a fuse cov er on its face . Use a screwd[...]

56 Using your Sky digibox A–Z Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 About this booklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Adding Fa vourite Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Other Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

57 Progr amme reminder s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Rating codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 22 Recording a satellite progr amme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Reminder s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Remote control . . . . . [...]

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