NextWave Digital PVR-6990, Operating Instructions Manual

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Page 2: ...HDTV RECEIVER RECORDER PVR 6990 Operating Instructions Please read these operating instructions before using the product ...

Page 3: ...constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance The appliance is not intended for use by young children infirm persons without supervision Young children should be supervised to ensure that they ...

Page 4: ...ll fit into the power outlet only one way This is a safety feature Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plug Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the product Lighting Fo...

Page 5: ...ove the recorder while it is on Install and use the recorder on a stable level surface Do not block the top cover vent holes Do not use the recorder where it is excessively hot or humid places or where places are subject to sudden changes in temperature Sudden changes in temperature can cause condensation to form inside the recorder This can be a cause of HDD failure While the recorder is switched...

Page 6: ... RGB PC Monitor Connection to Digital TV HDMI DVI Connection to HDMI DVI PC Monitor Connection to Analog TV Composite S Video Connection to Digital Audio Amplifier Basic Operation Remote Control On Screen Display Channel Information Channel Guide EPG Channel Status Channel List Timeshift Control Record Control Dual Recording Timer Record List Program List Program List Rename Playback Control EDIT ...

Page 7: ...or Setup Digital Audio Out PIP Size Volume Control PVR Manager Program List Skip Time HDD Sleep Time HDD Format System Opacity Time Zone Daylight Saving Sleep Timer New Password Factory Default About Specifications 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby La...

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Page 10: ...ear panel should be done while power is OFF Connect the cable from an off air TV antenna to Antenna1 input Connect Antenna1 loop out to Antenna2 input with RF loop cable Rear Side Service Port A V Output Antenna Input Power Cord HDMI DVI Output Connect to the AC power AC 240 250V 50Hz Optical Audio Output ...

Page 11: ... The A V output consists of the followings Y Pb Pr Component video output 576i 576p 720p 1080i RGB HV RGB PC monitor output 576p 720p 1080i HDMI DVI HDMI DVI output 576p 720p 1080i Video or S Video Composite video or S Video output 576i L R Analog audio output COAXIAL Digital audio output Coaxial OPTICAL Digital audio output Optical ...

Page 12: ...t cover on the back of remote control 2 Insert 2 AA batteries as shown making sure the and ends of each battery line up with the corresponding marks in the battery compartment 3 Snap the cover back to the remote control Remove the battery cover and install batteries like the diagram below ...

Page 13: ...ENNA1 Loop Out to ANTENNA2 Input by using RF loop cable Note The STB Set Top Box should be unplugged before connecting antenna Power OFF mode The RF OUT from the tuner will only work when the unit turns on It will not give RF OUT during STANDBY mode THE RF LOOP CABLE MUST BE CONNECTED OTHERWISE THE UNIT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TUNE ...

Page 14: ... the Digital TV according to corresponding colour On the Video Out Mode select YPbPr as Video Output Type and select one of 1080i 720p 576p 576i as Video Output Resolution according to your digital TV Note By alternately pressing the remote V OUTPUT buttons toggling between each button you will be able to change the output to YPbPr or RGB YPbPr selection is usually used for Component Input while R...

Page 15: ...gital TV In regard to the Video Out Mode select RGB as Video Output Type and select one of 1080i 720p 576p as Video Resolution according to your digital TV Note By alternately pressing the remote V OUTPUT buttons toggling between each button you will be able to change the output to YPbPr or RGB YPbPr selection is usually used for Component Input while RGB selection is used for PC HDMI Inputs By al...

Page 16: ...egard to the Video Out Mode select RGB as Video Output Type and select one of 1080i 720p 576p according to Video Output Resolution of your PC monitor Note By alternately pressing the remote V OUTPUT buttons toggling between each button you will be able to change the output to YPbPr or RGB YPbPr selection is usually used for Component Input while RGB selection is used for PC HDMI Inputs By alternat...

Page 17: ...DMI Inputs By alternately pressing the remote V FORMAT buttons toggling between each button you will be able to select one of the formats 1080i 720p 576p 576i When you connect using HDMI depending on your digital TV you can change the value of video timing by going to the HDMI VIDEO selection at the MENU The two selections available are HDMI means the value of video timing is setup for HDMI YPbPr ...

Page 18: ...In regard to the Video Out Mode select one of 1080i 720p 576p according to Video Output Resolution of your monitor Purchase HDMI to DVI adapter Note By alternately pressing the remote V OUTPUT buttons toggling between each button you will be able to change the output to YPbPr or RGB YPbPr selection is usually used for Component Input while RGB selection is used for PC HDMI Inputs By alternately pr...

Page 19: ...cable When connecting using Composite Video or S Video please ensure to select 576i of the set top box by pressing V FORMAT button on the remote Note By alternately pressing the remote V OUTPUT buttons toggling between each button you will be able to change the output to YPbPr or RGB YPbPr selection is usually used for Component Input while RGB selection is used for PC HDMI Inputs By alternately p...

Page 20: ...ut jacks Note When you connect using HDMI cable the digital audio in the TV is detected So if it detects PCM then the Digital OUT will be at PCM too If it detects Dolby Digital then the Digital OUT will be at Dolby Digital too There are 3 options on HDMI AUDIO in the menu ⅰ AUTO If the broadcaster is broadcasting PCM MPEG the Digital OUT will be PCM If the broadcaster is broadcasting Dolby Digital...

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Page 22: ...e MUTE button you can turn sound on or off Press to control the volume if volume control is on Press to turn Teletext on off Press to turn the power OFF Press to turn the power ON Usage in Teletext mode RED GREEN Page Up Down Yellow Freeze Teletext BLUE Unfreeze Teletext Usage for PIP functions ON OFF Enable or disable PIP display CH Select channel for PIP display SWAP Exchange channels between ma...

Page 23: ... direction Menu navigation in left or right direction OK Selection Skip Forward or backward skip Drag Move to the location where you want to playback Starts playback Press PLAY SLOW during playback then the unit will go into Slow mode Press to switch back to the previous Menu screen that was displayed This button has two functions It will display the channel STATUS of the HD receiver Give a mark d...

Page 24: ... Channel Number 3 A V Information Indicates Video Resolution and Audio type 4 Current Time Displays current time 5 Service Provider and Service Name Displays the service provider and service name 6 Current Program Displays current program name of current channel 7 Next Program Displays next program name of current channel 8 Parental Guidance Rating 9 Timeshift Playback Displays when timeshift on 1...

Page 25: ... Screen Display Channel Guide EPG 1 Press INFO GUIDE button twice 2 Press FAV CH buttons to change the channel To exit immediately press the EXIT button Press INFO GUIDE button twice to select Channel Guide EPG ...

Page 26: ...me service provider title physical channel number source video format output video format and signal quality Press MARK STATUS button twice then you can see PIP channel status Mark function is activated when play bar OSD is on To exit immediately press the EXIT button Press MARK STATUS button to display current channel status and information ...

Page 27: ...ist and press again to delete the channel from the Favourite Channel List If a channel is added to Favourite Channel List the colour of the channel number is changed to white and a check is marked in front of the channel number If a channel is deleted from Favourite Channel List The check mark as a favourite channel indicator is removed The OK button can be used for seeing Channel List menu If you...

Page 28: ...g To stop current channel recording intermediataly press STOP button then press OK button If timeshift function are executed for 12 hours without any interruption by user it will automatically quit and go to live mode Start Timeshift Press PAUSE button or T SHIFT button The timeshift logo will be displayed during timeshift Stop Timeshift Press STOP button follow the instruction from OSD then press...

Page 29: ...t item in timer record list is also deleted DAILY WEEKLY ONCE To delete timer record item press T REC button and follow instructions described on page 28 Record function cannot be used during playback a recorded program REC EDIT button is for EDIT function during playback a recorded program Main channel can be changed among logical channels of selected physical channel while recording on two tuner...

Page 30: ...t be performed when timeshift is on Please terminate timeshift function for dual timer record To exit immediately press T REC button Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen 1 Press T REC button 2 On the Timer Record List press button to select a program then press OK to display the Edit window Refer to 3 button to add new program Refer to 3 button to delete selected program...

Page 31: ...layed in main window is captured and used as a thumbnail of the recorded program in Program List If a program in main window is different from the program under record which may be the case of timer record then a still image cannot be captured In this case there will be no thumbnail for the recorded program at first However once the recorded program is played a still image will be captured and use...

Page 32: ... control 3 Delete previous letter or backspace 4 Move to next letter or insert blank space 5 Cannel renaming 6 Execute renaming 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 Capital Letter Small Letter Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 QZ ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PRS TUV WXY qz abc def ghi jkl mno prs tuv wxy Remote Button Show the Program List Rename ...

Page 33: ... be set in Menu See page 49 Drag To move to the location where you want to playback press DRAG or DRAG button and then press OK button While using DRAG or DRAG button the previous condition such as play fast forword rewind and slow is sustained Jump to Starting position Press START button Return to Live broadcasting Press END or STOP button Timeshift is unavailable during Playback Stop Playback fo...

Page 34: ...After setting the repeat area press REC EDIT button again then REPEAT CUT SPLIT options will shown Select REPEAT and press OK button then repeat function starts to work Repeat cancel Select REPEAT and press OK button again Then repeat function is canceled and normal playback operation will work Another way of canceling repeat operation is just pressing MARK button or REC EDIT button twice Cut Area...

Page 35: ...reen Display Closed Caption 1 To turn on or off caption press CC button 2 Every time CC button is pressed Caption On icon or Caption Off icon will appear in due order Press CC button to turn on off closed caption ...

Page 36: ... to display current teletext 2 Press or button to go to pages up or down 3 Press number 100 to 899 to go to the numbered page Available buttons during TTX mode RED button Page Down GREEN button Page Up YELLOW button Freeze Teletext BLUE button Unfreeze Teletext To exit immediately press the TTX button Press TTX button to display current teletext ...

Page 37: ...Press PIP ON OFF button to turn on or off PIP PIP Channel Change Press PIP CH button and PIP channel list is poped up PIP Express Channel Up Keep on pressing PIP CH button when PIP channel OSD is on then PIP channel move to upside PIP Change Position Press PIP POS button to change PIP position Swap PIP Main Video Press PIP SWAP button to swap PIP for Main Program To watch the recorded program in P...

Page 38: ...o add channels to Channel List or press button to delete channels to Channel List If channel is added to Channel List the colour of the channel number is changed to white If a channel is deleted from Channel List the colour of the channel number is changed to black 6 Press ADD DEL button to add a channel to the Favourite Channel List and press again to delete the channel from the Favourite Channel...

Page 39: ...hing press EXIT button 5 The scanned channel is displayed when done 6 It is possible to memorize user s choice of channels as is done in Channel Edit menu or Channel List If you select the Channel Scan Menu the timeshift and recording will be automatically terminated Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen Have an automatic channel ...

Page 40: ... will be automatically terminated Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen 1 Press MENU button 2 Use button to highlight icon then press OK 3 Use button to highlight Manual Scan then press OK 4 Press button to select physical channel or press 0 to 9 button to input channel frequency 5 Press OK button to tune and Memorize channel info...

Page 41: ...l Sorting then press OK 4 Press button to make a choice then press OK ㆍBy Logical Channel List is sorted by logical channel number ㆍBy Physical Channel List is sorted by physical channel number Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen Select Channel Sorting Method ...

Page 42: ...ne superior channel is automatically detected and added in Channel List The rest of inferior channels are not added in Channel List If Channel Duplication Enable is selected all the duplicated physical channel are added in Channel List In this case there may be repetition of channel number if identical logical channel from multiple physical channels are broadcasted Though all the rest of inferior ...

Page 43: ...ton to make a choice from the rating levels then press OK ㆍ No Block ㆍ R Above ㆍ AV Abov ㆍ MA Above ㆍ M Above ㆍ PG Above ㆍ G Above ㆍ Block All The factory default password is 0 0 0 0 For any reason if you forget the password Press MENU CC 3 6 9 button sequentially then the password will be back to 0000 again Set Parental Guidance Rating Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button t...

Page 44: ...t video formats can be selected by V FORMAT button In HDMI mode HDMI1080i HDMI720p and HDMI576p are shown in Status by pressing the MARK button as H1080i H720p and H576p respectively YPbPr RGB means the value of video timing is setup for YPbPr RGB YPbPr RGB mode supports 1080i 720p 576p and 576i One of the above four output video formats can be selected by V FORMAT button If display device works w...

Page 45: ...olby Digital the Digital OUT will be at PCM ㆍ DISABLE Select this in order to have Digital Audio OUT in Dolby Digital for using external amplifier at below conditions The TV digital audio support only PCM and HDMI cable is used The broadcaster is broadcasting Dolby Digital When you connect using HDMI cable the digital audio in the TV is detected So if it detects PCM then the Digital OUT will be at...

Page 46: ...ight icon then press OK 3 Use button to highlight Monitor Setup then press OK 4 Customize the Monitor type to fit user s TV or display ㆍ16 9 ㆍ4 3 Adjust display position Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen ...

Page 47: ...l Audio Out then press OK 4 Use button to make a choice then press OK ㆍPCM Digital Audio Output is always PCM ㆍDolby D Digital Audio Output is Dolby Digital in case of Dolby Digital audio stream come in Controls audio output type Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen ...

Page 48: ...n press OK 3 Use button to highlight PIP Size then press OK 4 Press button to make a choice then press OK ㆍPIP size can be chosen from Large Medium or Small Set up the PIP size Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen ...

Page 49: ...FF Volume of the STB can NOT be controlled by remote control ㆍON Volume of the STB can be controlled by remote control When the volume is off the MUTE button will operate as normal However you will not be able to control volume Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen Turn on and off the remote controller volume control functionality...

Page 50: ...Press button to add the selected program The selected program for deleting will be erased when exit the program list menu The program can be added again only before erased If you play any program in Program List Menu the timeshift will be automatically terminated Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen The Program List shows the rec...

Page 51: ...en press OK 3 Use button to highlight Skip Time then press OK 4 Press button to make a choice then press OK Set up how much time will be skipped when user press SKIP SKIP button Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen ...

Page 52: ...ce then press OK In HDD Auto Sleep mode if HDD is not used for 10 minutes the HDD will enter into sleep mode When you want to use HDD again it will take 2 or 3 seconds to escape from HDD sleep mode Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen Set up how much time the HDD will be powered on after the HDD has no works to do ...

Page 53: ...Caution If you format the HDD everything recorded on the HDD will be erased The factory default password is 0 0 0 0 For any reason if you forget the password Press MENU CC 3 6 9 button sequentially then the password will be back to 0000 again Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen Formats the HDD All the recorded programs will be d...

Page 54: ...to highlight Opacity then press OK 4 Press button to make a choice then press OK ㆍOpacity1 Very Dark ㆍOpacity2 Dark ㆍOpacity3 Light ㆍOpacity4 Very Light Control opacity transparent of menu screen Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen ...

Page 55: ...s OK 4 Use button to make a choice then press OK ㆍNSW ACT ㆍVIC TAS ㆍQLD ㆍSA ㆍWA ㆍNT ㆍAuto Time Zone If the automatic clock setting is not correct go to the channel that broadcasting teletext and press TTX button Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen Select time zone ...

Page 56: ...oice then press OK ㆍOff Daylight Saving is off ㆍOn Daylight Saving is on If you select Auto time Zone Daylight Saving On Off does not work If the automatic clock setting is not correct go to the channel that broadcasts teletext and press TTX button Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen Select daylight saving ...

Page 57: ...con then press OK 3 Use button to highlight Sleep Timer then press OK 4 Use button to make a choice then press OK Select the time in which the unit is to be turned off Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen ...

Page 58: ...password is 0 0 0 0 For any reason if you forget the password Press MENU CC 3 6 9 button sequentially then the password will be back to 0000 again When the program rating exceeds the level set on this menu you will see the OSD above and audio and video will be blocked Enter password to watch the program The pass state will be valid until power is off Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press...

Page 59: ...et to Factory Default The factory default password is 0 0 0 0 For any reason if you forget the password Press MENU CC 3 6 9 button sequentially then the password will be back to 0000 again Set to Factory Default takes 25 second Don t Power Off during set to Factory Default Press MENU button to exit the menu screen Press EXIT button to switch to previous step on the menu screen Set Factory Default ...

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Page 61: ...o Output Optical 1ea Digital Audio Output Coaxial 1ea Analog Audio Output L R 2 sets Service Port RS232 C 1ea Input Output PVR 6990 Product Name Model Supply Voltage Power Consumption Size W X H X D Weight Kg Channel Antenna Impedance PVR 6990 AC 240V 50Hz Operation 25W max Standby 1W max 335mm x 65mm x 270mm NET 3 0 Kg GROSS 4 2 Kg Band III 137 230MHz Band IV 519 820MHz High Definition Receiver R...

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