DYNALINK® S 8861B 7” LCD Digital Portable Television With HD TunerDYNALINK® S 8861B 7” LCD Digital Portable Television With HD Tuner
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9. DTV MAIN OPERATION
By pressing the MENU button on the Top Panel or the remote control, while in DTV mode, the user is presented on
screen with several menu options: ‘PROGRAM’, ‘PICTURE’, ‘CHANNEL SEARCH’, ‘TIME’, ‘OPTION’, ‘SYSTEM’,
‘USB’. The following section maps out the menus and the parameters that can be changed.
9.1 Program Menu
Program Edit: The user must enter the password for this feature to function. The password is 888888. This
feature allows a user to edit the program channels. The four coloured buttons on the remote control function in this
mode as follows (there are prompts on the screen for this):
• Red = Move channel up or down the list,
• Green = Skip channel,
• Yellow = Lock channel,
• Blue = Delete channel from the list,
FAV: Mark channels as FAVOURITES under five categories. Movies, News, Sport, Music, Disable.
EPG: Electronic Program Guide. See Section 11 of this manual for a description on how to operate the PVR.
SORT: Sorts the channel listing by various parameters: ‘LCN’ (default), ‘ONID’, ‘Service Name’, ‘Service ID’, which
are selected using the cursor buttons.
LCN: Logical Channel Number. Use the left / right cursor to select ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’.
9.2 Picture
Aspect Ratio: Use cursor to select: 16:9 Wide Screen (default), 4:3 Full, 4:3 Pan & Scan, 4:3 Letterbox and confirm
by pressing OK button. Resolution: 1080i (default) and auto adjust to lower resolutions.
TV Format: Select either PAL or NTSC. PAL is suitable for Australian TV.
9.3 Channel Search
Autosearch: Use cursor to select this option and press OK. The TV will auto scan for channels, and add any new
channels found to the channels list.
Manual Search: This option allows manual channel tuning. Some knowledge of the channel frequencies in use in
your area is required for this to be utilized effectively. ‘Autosearch’ is recommended.
Country: Choose the country in which you are located. This should probably be done before ‘Autosearch’ or
‘Manual Search’ functions. (Improper configuration may lead to signal reception failure.)
Antenna Power: Switch it to ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ (default setting). It is unlikely that this will need to be on.
9.4 Time
Time Offset: Use cursor controls to select ‘Auto’ or ‘Manual’. Choosing ‘Manual’ may be necessary if the ‘Auto’
setting is showing a time zone that does not correspond to your own. Choosing ‘Manual’ will cause the ‘Country
Region’ option to become faded on screen, thereby rendering it impossible to change that parameter.
Country Region: With ‘Time Offset’ on ‘Auto’, change the region name to your region. The Time Zone should
automatically change to the correct time zone with respect to GMT (i.e. UTC Universal Time Coordinated).
Time Zone: This will be able to be changed only when the Time Offset is set to Manual control.
Daylight Time: Switch on to add one hour for daylight savings or summer time. Default setting is off.
11 PVR FUNCTION
The USB PVR function allows a user to record and playback TV programs. Instant recording, EPG recording and
timer recording are available. The TV can be in Standby mode and the EPG event programming will awaken the
receiver in order to record or view the show that has been booked.
11.1 Instant recording
Press red REC button on the remote control to start instant recording during the transmission of a TV program.
The recording symbol will display on the top left quadrant of the LCD. Press INFO to get further information about
recording as it progresses. Press STOP to halt the recording.
11.2 EPG Recording
Press the EPG button on the remote control or select EPG from the Program menu and press OK. The screen will
display the programming information list provided by the station transmissions. A user can change the channel
while the EPG is displayed by pressing either the left/right cursor buttons.
Use the cursor control to select a channel and also the program from the EPG listing you wish to record. Follow
the OSD prompts at the bottom of the screen to perform various functions. Press OK to BOOK the program for
future recording. It will be added to the Booking list, which can be viewed by pressing INFO button. The Booking
list can be edited as needed, adding new programs, deleting bookings, changing the times of bookings etc using
the coloured buttons on the remote control.
Favourite programs can recorded at a regular time as a series on a daily or weekly basis. Press INFO on the
remote control to see which programs have been ‘Booked’ as recording events (i.e. ‘Book List’).
11.3 Timer Recording
Press the EPG button on the remote control or select EPG from the Program menu. Press INFO to open the
Booking List. Press the Red button to ADD a new booking for a recording event. Enter the required information
according to the Event menu displayed and press OK to confirm the booking, or Exit to cancel it.
Once the details have been programs, the event will be added to the Booking list, which can be viewed by pressing
INFO button. The Booking list may be edited as needed, adding new programs, deleting bookings, changing the
times of bookings etc. using the coloured buttons on the remote control.
12 SOFTWARE UPDATE VIA USB INTERFACE
From time to time, the manufacturer might upgrade the operating software for the TV tuner, in order to improve functions
and/ or fix bugs. The software upgrade file itself would need to be downloaded from a website and stored in the root
directory of the USB Flash drive. Contact the retailer for information about where to get the software. Then follow these
steps:
1) Plug the USB drive carrying the update file in the root directory into the USB interface of the receiver.
2) Press MENU. Choose the ‘SYSTEM’ sub-menu, select ‘Software Update’ and press to start upgrade process. While the
upgrade progresses, the LCD will show the percentage completed. At 100%, the update will be finished, and you can
remove the USB flash drive as instructed.
3) The receiver should reboot at the conclusion of the software install. To ensure that the upgrade has been successful,
please do not remove the USB drive from the receiver and /or power off the receiver during the process.
