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Vecoax Compact RF series modulator Manual 

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TROUBLESHOOTING  

 

NOT RECEIVING SIGNAL TO MY TV. WHY?   

Please check your settings of the unit and ensure the correct standard is set. Check all 
your connections and scan for the standard you have set on the unit. Example QAM 

 

Scan for Digital Cable on your TV 

I plugged my unit up and 

it’s

 not working? 

 Please follow our Quick Guide for setting 

up the unit. Double check your connections as well.  

 

“ON

-

AIR” LED IS BLIN

KING  

Check the HDMI source Resolution and please ensure you have a FIXED resolution set. 

Please refer to your HDMI source Owner’s Manual on sett

ing a Fixed Resolution and 

not auto. 

The unit see’s your video but cannot accept the resolution to encode it for 

coax usage your TV tuner can understand.  

UNIT 

WON’T

 POWER ON?  

Check your included power adapter. Ensure that you have a solid connection and the 
DC jack is screwed on correctly.  

I SEE THE PVI LOGO BUT NO VIDEO IS PLAYING!? WHY?  

Check your HDMI connection. Check the HDMI source Resolution and please ensure 

you have a FIXED resolution set. Please refer to your HDMI source Owner’s Manual on 

setting a Fixed Resolution and not auto. Test with a different Video source such as a 
DVD player or FireTV stick.  

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Vecoax Compact RF Series

Page 1: ...VECOAX COMPACT RF SERIES MODULATOR MANUAL USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...es of this Product This can be done simply by connecting your TV with a short piece of Coax cable to the RF out of the Unit No HDMI needs to be Connected This will display our PVI logo on your TV By default our unit is set to QAM J 83B Cable Mode This can be changed by refering to our QUICK GUDIE below Depending on your supported TV standards scan for Digital channels Please refer below for our QU...

Page 3: ...ung Sony Vizio LG and More Receives on TV s as its own HDTV channel as a FULL HD signal Up to 1080P with Dolby Digital Audio AC3 Easy Plug and Play Setup with customization options available in the easy to use menu via a Color Display Can be controlled Via Computer USB port on the unit with a custom application specifically made for the Unit Option May Vary Depending on Model Works With any HD Vid...

Page 4: ...is Channel 122 The TV will Scan for the Frequency and pick up the channel on Cable h Auto Scan for Channels on your TV Depending on your Location and Supported TV standards for your TV such as QAM J 83B Digital Cable or ATSC Digital over the Air will determine the Standard you need to set on the unit Please Refer to CUSTOMIZATION below to change these settings i Once the channel is found it will d...

Page 5: ...ource is working or Set to a Correct Fixed Resolution Please refer to your HDMI source Owner s manual on how to set a fixed resolution You could also try with another TV with no HDMI connected to ensure you are getting a signal or reset the VeCoax unit by holding the ESCAPE button for until it prompts you to factory reset the unit Press enter to reset the unit s settings to default This may also b...

Page 6: ...issues SOURCE Set your Video Source HDMI CVBS or SDI depending on your model STANDARD Set your TV standard depending on your needs location and support format of your TV FREQ Set your Frequency using our Frequency chart listed at the end of the manual TV s will scan for the Frequency and the Frequency Channel it relates to first before being stored using the Major Minor Channel you have set on the...

Page 7: ...V so when we use the TV Remote and press 1 It will know to go to Frequency 783MHZ to display your PVI Channel MINOR CHANNEL This is your Sub channel Number By default 1 is fine If you wish to have many channels with the same Major number ex 10 you would use the Minor to create Sub channels ex 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 etc SHORT NAME Name of the Channel you wish to use 4 6 Characters max depending on TV ...

Page 8: ...UDIO PID Audio ID used in the Transport Stream to Identify the video inside the packet identifier 1080P CONVERSION Used to Downscale 1080P Progressive signals to 1080i Interlace to Support older TV s that don t support 1080P signals through the Tuner If you know your TV supports 1080P through the tuner you may switch this to 1080P to receive the full 1080P signal from your 1080P Video Source RF AT...

Page 9: ...he Frequency and the Frequency Channel it relates to first before being stored using the Major Minor Channel you have set on the Unit This is called the VCT Virtual Channel Table VID QUALITY Set the Latency Mode of your Video MAJOR CHANNEL This is the number that will be displayed and stored on the TV If you wish to display a different number than what the ACTUAL Channel is per Frequency Chart EXA...

Page 10: ...at of your TV FREQ Set your Frequency using our Frequency chart listed at the end of the manual TV s will scan for the Frequency and the Frequency Channel it relates to first before being stored using the LCN BW Bandwidth can be changed for your regions requirements EU NEW ZEALAND 8 MHz AUSTRALIA 7 MHz COLOMBIA PANAMA 6 MHz VID QUALITY Set the Latency Mode of your Video MOD Modulation Mode which y...

Page 11: ...es to first before being stored using the Major Minor Channel you have set on the Unit This is called the VCT Virtual Channel Table VID QUALITY Set the Latency Mode of your Video MOD Modulation mode can be set here depending on your needs for your region from 16 to 256 QAM LCN logical channel number can be set here This is the channel number that will be stored and displayed on the TV SERVICE NAME...

Page 12: ...t format of your TV FREQ Set your Frequency using our Frequency chart listed at the end of the manual VID QUALITY Set the Latency Mode of your Video KEY ID This is the number that will be displayed and stored into the TV SERVICE NAME Name of the Channel you wish to use 4 6 Characters max depending on TV AUDIO FORMAT Set your desired Audio Format AC3 is the Default Standard for ATSC and QAM mode AD...

Page 13: ...ine the Frequencies available Please search for these online for your region VID QUALITY Set the Latency Mode of your Video MODE Modulation mode can be set here depending on your needs for your region LCN logical channel number can be set here This is the channel number that will be stored and displayed on the TV SERVICE NAME Name of the Channel you wish to use 4 6 Characters max depending on TV A...

Page 14: ...h module press enter button the unit to enter the menu Navigate using the keys to FREQ Press enter and use the navigation keys to change the numbers The frequency is in Kilohertz So 783Mhzs would be 783000 kHz on the unit Once you have set the Frequency press enter and then move on to changing the Major Minor channel as well as the short name if you wish Once you have set all your settings press E...

Page 15: ...ended but not necessary to use a Spectrum analyzer to see the spectrum available to you to make the installation easier This does not require an expensive unit to do this Any Spectrum tester to view the available frequencies will help you in the process For combining with cable Service provider the same rules apply You can contact your local service provider of your basic cable to find the frequen...

Page 16: ...Canada Standard for Broadcasting MPEG MPEG 2 Layer II used in DVB T EU Standard ACC Advanced Audio Coding or MPEG 4 Used in some ATSC broadcasts and ISDBT format Supported by Most TV s worldwide If your HDMI source has Compressed Audio or Dolby Digital Enabled it is recommended to set your HDMI source to Stereo PCM or Uncompressed Audio to ensure you get a clean audio signal to your TV Double comp...

Page 17: ...such as Cable provider boxes or DVD players AVERAGE This is a good balance between lower latency and speed of information sent to your TV s tuner This mode sends the Information in smaller chunks rather than instant refresh rate which helps with slower TV tuners that have slower smaller decoder memory This form of chucks can help give a very slight increase in image quality due to the Tuner having...

Page 18: ...ure or installed in a hard to reach the area where the front panel is not easily accessible This software requires you to install the drivers which are included with the software It works the same as the Menu system on the unit Once it detects the unit it will refresh the settings on the Controller and display them for you If not you may hit the RELOAD button to grab the information from the unit ...

Page 19: ...and please ensure you have a FIXED resolution set Please refer to your HDMI source Owner s Manual on setting a Fixed Resolution and not auto The unit see s your video but cannot accept the resolution to encode it for coax usage your TV tuner can understand UNIT WON T POWER ON Check your included power adapter Ensure that you have a solid connection and the DC jack is screwed on correctly I SEE THE...

Page 20: ... QAM256 set on your unit which will increase the bandwidth of the signal allowing more information to flow Set your HDMI source to 1080p Set your Unit to 1080P Mode Advance options 1080P Conversion Auto This will allow the 1080P signal to pass If your TV tuner does not support 1080P through the tuner you will not receive any signal or video If this happens switch it back to Interlacing Depending o...

Page 21: ...gs as well to help with slower Tuners or if using QAM J 83B switch your MOD from QAM64 to QAM256 if supported by your TV HOW DO I MIXED MY UNIT WITH OTHER DIGITAL SIGNALS Please refer to the MIXING SIGNALS WITH OTHERS in our manual above MY VIDEO IS STRETCHED OUT ON THE TV Our unit has a passive HDMI meaning it only encodes what the video is being sent to the unit It does not change the color or A...

Page 22: ...e combining it in your coax network WHAT ARE ALL THE STANDARDS ON THE UNIT AND WHAT DO THEY MEAN Each region in the world uses its own Standard that they have adopted You can check the standards that are used in your area online At the moment this is the current standards used according to our Sources You can refer to each Standard and how to set your unit to these standards above USA TV CABLE J83...

Page 23: ...tech support is active MON FRI 10 AM 4 PM US EST TIME Tickets posted out from this time window or on Saturdays Sundays and US FL holidays days are responded ASAP the next following business day If you need to check your configuration you will be asked to provide a TEAMVIEWER ID and PASS so our engineers will connect shortly and help you to trouble shoot and set your system together with you Help o...

Page 24: ...y channel 122 Note this is just the frequency the VeCOAX will use on the coax cable spectrum IT IS NOT the memory position number on the TV You can set ANY memory position number on the TV by setting the Major Minor Number as you prefer EXAMPLE 1 1 so it will go to the button number 1 on the TV remote Channel Number QAM CDSREF Carrier MHz Subband T Channels 6 MHz Apart Lowband 2 57 00 3 63 00 4 69...

Page 25: ...Vecoax Compact RF series modulator Manual 24 6 85 00 or 87 00 Midband 95 93 00 96 99 00 97 105 00 98 111 00 99 117 00 Midband 14 123 00 15 129 00 16 135 00 17 141 00 18 147 00 19 153 00 20 159 00 21 165 00 22 171 00 Highband ...

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Page 34: ...equency channel 14 6 MHz Apart Note this is just the frequency the VeCOAX will use on the coax cable IT IS NOT the memory position number on the TV You can set ANY memory position number on the TV by setting the Major Minor Number as you prefer EXAMPLE 1 1 so it will go to the button number 1 on the TV remote frequencies in MHz 6 MHz Apart Channel ATSC FREQUENCY 2 57 3 63 4 69 5 79 6 85 VHF high b...

Page 35: ...pact RF series modulator Manual 34 Channel ATSC FREQUENCY 7 177 8 183 9 189 10 195 11 201 12 207 13 213 UHF band Channel ATSC FREQUENCY 14 473 15 479 16 485 17 491 18 497 19 503 20 509 21 515 22 521 23 527 24 533 25 539 26 545 27 551 ...

Page 36: ... Compact RF series modulator Manual 35 28 557 29 563 30 569 31 575 32 581 33 587 34 593 35 599 36 605 37 611 38 617 39 623 40 629 41 635 42 641 43 647 44 653 45 659 46 665 47 671 48 677 49 683 50 689 51 692 Channel ATSC FREQUENCY ...

Page 37: ... Compact RF series modulator Manual 36 52 701 53 707 54 713 55 719 56 725 57 731 58 737 59 743 60 749 61 755 62 761 63 767 64 773 65 779 66 785 67 791 68 797 69 803 Channel ATSC FREQUENCY 70 809 71 815 72 821 73 827 74 833 75 839 ...

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Page 39: ...142KHZ 473 142 Megahertz freq channel 14 473142 channel 14 479142 channel 15 485142 channel 16 491142 channel 17 497142 channel 18 503142 channel 19 509142 channel 20 515142 channel 21 521142 channel 22 527142 channel 23 533142 channel 24 539142 channel 25 545142 channel 26 551142 channel 27 557142 channel 28 563142 channel 29 ...

Page 40: ...nnel 33 593142 channel 34 599142 channel 35 605142 channel 36 channel 37 not used 617142 channel 38 623142 channel 39 629142 channel 40 635142 channel 41 641142 channel 42 647142 channel 43 653142 channel 44 659142 channel 45 665142 channel 46 671142 channel 47 677142 channel 48 683142 channel 49 689142 channel 50 695142 channel 51 ...

Page 41: ...annel 53 713142 channel 54 719142 channel 55 725142 channel 56 731142 channel 57 737142 channel 58 743142 channel 59 749142 channel 60 755142 channel 61 761142 channel 62 767142 channel 63 773142 channel 64 779142 channel 65 785142 channel 66 791142 channel 67 797142 channel 68 803142 channel 69 ...

Page 42: ... RF series modulator Manual 41 DVBT CHANNELS APPENDIX Please download the DVBT additional PDF for your country available on our Tech Support Website pvisupport com EUROPE NEW ZEALAND 8 MHz band AUSTRALIA 7 MHz Band COLOMBIA 6 MHz Band END ...

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