Goldtop SX User Manual - page 7
Settings
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Edited 23/08/2002
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2. Channel search
To perform a channel search, select the first entry from the main menu,
«Channel search», and press OK.
2.1 Manual search
From the «Channel search» menu select the first entry «Manual search»
and press OK. You will need to know some parameters on the channels
that you want to search for, that is…
a) Parameters setting
…The «Manual search» section requires the input of 9 parameters:
1. Satellite: is the satellite transmitting the channel. If you have a
multifeed system you can select the satellite by pressing the
t
u keys.
2. Frequency: here you need to input the frequency of the satellite
transponder the channel under search belongs to. You can use
the numeric keys to insert the frequency and the t key for
corrections.
3. Polarisation: by pressing the t u keys you can choose between
(linear) Horizontal and (linear) Vertical.
4. Symbol rate: you can insert the value by means of the numeric
keys or, alternatively, with the keys
t u among the predefined
values.
5. FEC (Forward Error Correction): to select among the settings
“1/2”, “3/4”, “5/6” and “7/8” use the
t u keys.
6. FTA (Free-To-air) only: select “yes” or “no” with the t u keys,
whether or not you want the restrict the search to the non-pay
channels.
7. Keep existing: select “yes” or “no” with the t u keys, whether
you want to append the new channels to the current list, or you
want to have only the new channels found.
8. Network search: select “yes” or “no” with the t u keys, to
choose whether or not to perform the search on the additional
transponders “linked” to the one under search.
9. Channel Type: with the p q keys you can search for TV
channels only, Radio channels only, Interactive channels only,
or a combination of these three kind of channels.
b) Start the channel search
Once the parameters are set, press the GREEN key to start the search.
A window will appear with the status of the search.