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Smart MX04 HD FTA Satellite Receiver User Manual

INDEX

  • Overview
  • How to install a Smart HD satellite Receiver
  • How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan
  • How to Sort Channels
  • How to program box with USB
  • Why would a satellite channel go missing ?
  • Find a New Channel Frequency
  • How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel
  • Channel List on Preprogrammed box
  • Using the PVR(recording) features on the MX04


Overview

Complete users guide for the Smart High Definition Free To Air Satellite Receiver.

Topics covered include installation, tuning and using the PVR functions

How to install a Smart HD satellite Receiver

  1. Unpack the box
    1. MX04HDTV Satellite Receiver
    2. Remote control
  2. Screw the lead from the satellite dish into the LNB in connection
  3. Connect
    • scart lead from TV to 'TV' out connection on box
    • or HDMI lead from the TV to the HDMI slot on satellite box
  4. Plug in the power lead
  5. Turn on the power switch on the back on the box
  6. After 5-6 seconds the box will come on and should automatically switch TV to AV channel

How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan

  1. Press the 'Menu' button
  2. Scroll down to the 'Installation' Sub-menu
  3. Press 'OK'
  4. Enter password '0000'
  5. Select 'Single Satellite Search' & click 'OK'
  6. From Satellite menu
    • Scroll over to select Satellite 'Astra 2A/2D'
    • Search option 'FTA only'
    • Scan 'TV&RADIO'
    • Scan Mode 'Autoscan'
    • Click ok on 'Search'
    • See 'Channel Search Complete' after 3-4 minutes
  7. Autoscan is now complete !

How to sort Channels

  1. Press the 'Menu' button
  2. Scroll down to the 'Edit channels' Sub-menu
  3. Press 'OK'
  4. Enter password '0000'
  5. Use options:
    • Move
    • Delete
  6. Press Exit
  7. Press Exit
  8. Are you sure to save ?
    • Select 'Yes'

How to Program Box with USB

  • Latest Version of Software (20 July 2010) see the attachments tab on the MX04HD Product
  • When to use ? This can be used in cases where something has gone wrong with your box.
  • What to do ?
    • All that needs to be done is to click the tab and download the
      DumpFile.abs file to a Transcend memory stick on your computer.
    • Making sure that the memory stick is wiped first.
      After that, just follow the download channel data from the USB stick guide below.
  • Upload Channel data on to USB stick.

    • Press the Menu Button
    • Scroll down and select 'Tools' Sub-meuu
    • Enter password '0000'
    • Select 'Upgrade by USB'
    • Upgrade Mode ''DUMP
    • Select 'Start' - takes 10-15 seconds
    • Press Exit - the data has been copied to the USB stick
  • Download Data from USB stick

    • Press the Menu Button
    • Scroll down and select 'Tools' Sub-meuu
    • Enter password '0000'
    • Select 'Upgrade by USB'
    • XXXXXADD TABLE
      Select 'Start' - takes 12-60 seconds depending on option
    • The box switches itself off (blue screen)
    • After 5-6 seconds switches itself back on showing a TV channel

How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel

  • Press the 'Menu' button
  • Scroll down and select 'Installation' Sub-meuu
  • Enter password '0000'
  • Select 'TP List'
  • Scroll through the list of Transponders and select
    • FTA only 'Yes'
    • Scan Channel 'TV & Radio'
    • Click 'OK'

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Using an external hard drive on an MX04HD satellite Receiver

  • Plug in the hard drive into the usb port on the back of the mx04
  • It might say that it can't read ntfs format, if so do the following......
  • Menu - button down to bottom icon [rec] - button right and enter the password 0000
  • Select storage info
  • Press yellow to format the hard drive, select the format [FAT] and press ok.
  • It will only take a few moments to format the drive.
  • When finished, just press exit until you are back out at the normal channels

To record something you are currently watching

  • Press record to record
  • Stop to finish recording (asks you if yiou are sure yes/no)

To see what's recorded

  • Menu - (password 0000) rec - media player
  • Press 0 until record(at the top is highlighted red)
  • Then press the down button until the item you want to watch is highlighted and press ok
  • To stop playback of the recording, press stop and press exit
  • until you are back out at the normal channels

To pause live TV

  • Press the pause button - press play to resume
  • You can use the fw buttons to go back & forward though the recording
  • You can see how far you are behind live TV in the displayed ‘time window'.
  • You can fast forward up to real time if you are finished watching what you have recorded
  • You can fast forward at multiple speeds
  • We have found that 8x or 16x is the fastest that this feature works reliably.
  • Once you have reached 0 seconds behind, the pvr stops recording and live TV is resumed.

How to record from the EPG

  • Press EPG
  • Use the arrow buttons to go to the program that you would like to record.
  • Press the green button on the remote for the timer mode.
  • You now have several options as to how you would like to record.
  • You can say
    • once(maybe a once off film you would like to record)
    • daily(the news at 6 for example)
    • weekly(match of the day perhaps).
  • Timer service should be set to record
  • You can set the time and duration of the program at the bottom
  • By default it sets it as the time/duration of the program you have chosen to record.
  • If you needed to amend that then you can here.
  • All the other settings should be correct by default.