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SAB xFinder 2 User Manual

Manual is about: DVB-S2 & DVB-T2 Compatible Combo Meter

Summary of xFinder 2

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    1 contents 1. Safety ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 2. Introduction ...........................................................................................................

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    2 15.1 i nformation ............................................................................................................................................ 31 15.2 b attery i nformation ................................................................................................................

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    3 1. Safety this hd xfinder has been manufactured to satisfy the international safety standards. Please read the following safety precautions carefully. Mains supply: 100 - 240v ac 50/60hz overloading : do not overload wall outlet, extension cord or adapter as this may result in fire or electric sho...

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    4 xfinder is easy to use and adaptable for future advances. Please be aware that new software may change the functions of the hd xfinder. If you have any difficulties concerning the operation of your hd xfinder, please refer to the relevant section of this manual, including the ‘troubleshooting’. Th...

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    5 4. Remote control you can power on/off the xfinder, operate on screen menu, and use a variety of hot key function. Power to switch the xfinder power on/off mute used to enable or disable the audio numeric keys used to select channels or enter programming parameters tv / radio xfinder switches betw...

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    6 stop to stop the time shift, recording, or mp3/jpeg player. Pause used to select the freeze function. Press once to freeze the screen picture. Fb to start fast backward function. Ff to start fast forward function. 5. Front panel power to switch the xfinder power on/off numeric keys used to select ...

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    7 f3 to start or stop recording of ts stream f4 to display channel status or various program information of current service. F5 to switch av output on/off menu displays the main menu on the screen, or return to the previous menu or status. Exit cancel the user selection and return to the viewing mod...

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    8 6. Rear panel please refer to the diagram above for all possible connections of your xfinder do not connect the unit to the mains socket until all other connections have been made and checked. Your configuration can vary depending on model dc 12v: connect the external power supply （ dc 14.5v/4a ） ...

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    9 note: if you encounter any problems setting up your product, please contact your local retailer helpline. 7.1 connecting the antenna 1. Connect one or two satellite coaxial cable from the wall to lnb in. 2. Connect a cable/terrestrial coaxial cable to aerial in. Note: cable and terrestrial can't c...

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    10 if you have two or more fixed antennas or lnbs, then we recommend you use a diseqc 1.0 switch. Connect the coaxial cable from the first lnb to the lnb 1 or lnb a input connector of the diseqc switch. Do the same for any other lnbs that you have. Connect one end of a coaxial cable to the rf output...

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    11 8. Basic operations 8.1 turn on xfinder first, press the device’s main [power] button to turn on the unit. When the xfinder is first used, there will play the first channel from the default channel list. If the xfinder is not first used, xfinder will play the same channel as last time before turn...

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    12 2 you can modify the audio track by press [ch+/ch-] key and modify the audio mode by press[vol+/vol-] key. 3 mode: left/right/stereo/mono 8.9 information in full screen, press [f4] key can open information screen, in the window shows the parameters of current channel. 8.10 epg 1 the xfinder has a...

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    13 6 in epg menu, press [exit] to close epg screen. 8.11 tv/radio in tv mode, pressing [tv/radio] key can switch to radio mode. In radio mode, press [tv/radio] key to switch to tv mode. 8.12 channel list 1 in full screen, press [ok] key can enter “channel list”. 2 press [ch+/ch-] key to change the d...

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    14 the five kinds of sorting way are: default: sorting by scanning result. Fta/$: sort channel through free and scramble sequence. Free channel will in the front of channel list and scramble channel will at the rear of channel list lock: accumulated all locked channels and list in the last of tv cha...

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    15 8.19 exit 1 press [exit] key can exit the current menu to last menu or close the window. 9. Finder 1 press [ok] key to select finder 2 press[ch+/ch-] key to select one item. 3 press [menu] key to back to main menu. 9.1 satellite installation satellite list 1 you can move highlight by press [ch+/c...

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    16 5 press [red] button to display the scan menu, and then setting parameter, at last select manual scan or blind scan to scan channels of the selected satellites or tp. If you select blind scan, nit search needless edit. Note : manual scan can only scan channels of the tp that in the tp list, but b...

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    17 press [ch+/ch-] key to select one item among add satellite, edit satellite, and delete satellite. 1. In "add satellite" item, press [ok] key to add a new satellite. Name : press [ok] button to enter into key board menu to input the name. Press [v-/v+]button to select the letter and press [ok] but...

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    18 note: if you selected more than one tp, it will delete the highlight tp. 4. In "delete all tp" item, press[ok] key and select “yes” to press [ok] button to delete all tp. 9.2 auto installation “auto installation” is a very new and convenient function. It will automatically detect all dishes conne...

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    19 6. Press [exit] key to exit the scanning. 10. Angle(satellite guide) when you enter to “angle” menu, you will see the screen like below: “angle” is use for user to enter local longitude; local latitude and satellite longitude. By the evaluation from the xfinder evaluate the antenna azimuth and an...

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    20 press [ menu ] key to draw back to “main” menu. 11. Constellation when you enter to “constellation” menu, you will see the screen like below: it show the picture of constellation. Dvb-s constellation dvb-s2 constellation note : if current tp has not signal, it will show ruleless white dot. And th...

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    21 it shows the frequency that has signal of you connected satellite. 1. Press [f3] button to switch the show of x axes between rf and freq. 2. Press [f4] button to set the diseqc. Z press [ok] button on motor item to enter set motor mode, now you can press [vol+/vol-] button to move the motor from ...

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    22 button to switch letter between capital and small. Press [yellow] to delete the letter that cursor point. At save path item, it also has a default path, you can change it by [ok] and[ch+/ch-] buttons. Press [red] button to confirm. Z press [ok] button on load item to enter"//root/usb1/spectrum" d...

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    23 favourites, channel list, epg, common interface, ca setting. Press [ok] key to enter the selected item. Press [menu] key to go back to main menu. 13.1 organizing service when you enter to “organizing service” menu, there will display the screen like below. 1. You can move highlight by press[ch+/c...

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    24 1 select the channels which you want to edit in channel list by press [ok] key or other select mode. 2 then press [right] key to move the high light to right toolbar. 3 select lock icon by press[ch+/ch-] key. 4 lock the channel by press [ok] key. Like the following picture: delete a) select the c...

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    25 5 rename select the desired fav list by press [blue] button, using [ , ] and[ch+/ch-]buttons to choose rename mode and press [ ok ] button to display keyboard, and rename it. 6 group, options and find functions please refer to the “organizing services” part in this manual. 13.3 epg 1 the xfinder ...

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    26 4 press [yellow] key in epg menu can set one record timer or go to timer list menu. 5 in epg menu, when you select one event by high light item, you can set this event to record timer list directly by press [rec] button. 6 in epg menu, press [exit] to close epg screen . 13.4 ca setting we provide...

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    27 14. Media if you enter to the "media" menu, you will see the picture like the below: note: if no usb hard disk insert to the xfinder this menu is not available. 14.1 file list in this menu you can select the file list from usb a 、 usb b . Press [ok] button to enter the file list. You can check th...

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    28 to edit the files or folders in the usb storage. Press this button you can see the picture like the below. Z red key to rename the file or folder. Z green key to copy the file or folder to other folder. Z yellow key to delete the file or folder from the disk. Z blue key to create a new folder in ...

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    29 you can preview the picture at the top right corner if the scroll bar is on the picture files (jpg, bmp), and show the logo when at mp3 file. Move scroll bar when press up/down key, page up or down by page key. Go into sub-directory when press ok key in the file directory, play the selected file ...

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    30 14.1.4video you can see the video files in this menu, it can support .Mpeg and .Ts format file.And press [play] key, you can preview the video at the top right corner. You can press [1] key to adjust the volume while you preview the video file,press [0]key to sort the file list. And press to enab...

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    31 14.3 pvr setting 1 time shift: on : enable the time shift function. Off : disable the time shift function. 2 timeshift to record on : means when you press the [ ] button to record the program, it will merge the timeshift files and the record files. Off : means when you record the program, it just...

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    32 2 press [menu] key to back to “information” menu. 15.2 battery information when you enter to “battery information” menu, you will see a screen like below: 1.Battery capacity: display percent of remaining battery capacity , if battery is change up, display "change up". 2.Battery display: you can p...

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    33 whether confirm to delete all channel. If you select “ok”, all the channel will be deleted. 15.3.3 save default value when you press [ok] key in the “save default value” item,there will show a message to inquiry you"do you want to set current database as default data?".If you select “ok” option,i...

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    34 15.4.4 http upgrade 1. When connected to the internet, xfinder can manually or automatically make software update from file from server. Note: this function depends on connection with external server. In case of no software on server, this function will not work. 15.4.5 ftp upgrade when connected...

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    35 1 language: press [volume up/ volume down] key to select menu languages, the selections of languages include: english, french, german, russian, arabic, portuguese, turkish, spanish, polish, italian etc. 2 first audio: some channels have more than one audio language for choosing; by this function ...

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    36 aspect mode is for switching the screen aspect ratio mode. Now we provide below options: 4:3 ps / 4:3 lb / 16:9/auto. You can press [left/right] key to select each mode circularly. 16:9 will provide user pillar box mode it means user use 16:9 tv to display but need to see a 4:3 full display pictu...

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    37 the “gmt offset” item is valid only when the setting of “gmt usage” is “yes”. You can press [volume up / volume down] keys to switch “gmt offset” value, and the range is “-12:00 ~ +12:00”, increase each half hour progressively. You can press [left/right] to control summer time on or off. “date” a...

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    38 vii. On time: use number keys to input your wakeup time. Once the time’s up, no matter what the system is in standby mode or in playing mode, the system will automatically pop a reminding message. Viii. The message will always display on the screen, you can press [exit] key to close it. Press [ex...

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    39 press “left" or "right" button to jump to different position, then press "ok" button to confirm. Press " " button to stop the recording. 17. Application if you enter to the " application " menu, you will see the picture like the below: 17.1 youtube this menu is some internet applications. "youtub...

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    40 17.4 google maps inside the menu can browse google maps 17.5 ftp when connected to the internet, receiver can download some files, such as software, mp3 or image files from ftp server. Note: this function depends on connection with external server. In case of no any files on server, this function...

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    41 17 trouble shooting if you suspect there is a fault with your xfinder, please check the following trouble shooting guide before calling authorized service agent. Warning! Under no circumstances attempt to repair the xfinder yourself. Tampering with the xfinder may result in fatal electric shock a...

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    42 18 specifications system resources main processor 400m hz based cpu flash memory 64m bits ddr sdram 1024mbits tuner/front-end tuner type dvb-s / dvb-s2 input connector f-type, connector, female loop through f-type, connector, female frequency range 950 mhz ~ 2150 mhz signal level -65 to -25 dbm l...

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    43 bandwidth 8mhz demodulation qam constellations 8,16,32,64,128,256 input symbol rate 1.5 - 7 ms/s power supply input voltage adapter free voltage (100~240v ac, 50/60hz) power consumption 20w max power charger output 14.5v dc 4.0a battery 11.1 v/5.5 ah battery charging time 3.5h battery standard di...