All descriptions are from left to right, top to bottom unless other wise indicated
On the front side of the box there is a panel which contains the following items.
The first item on the front panel of the box is a status light. It flashes red when you press a button on your remote control.
The first section of buttons is in the shape of a cross.
Up Arrow is at the top of the cross.
Down Arrow is at the bottom of the cross
Left Arrow Is at the left of the cross.
Right Arrow Is at the right side of the cross.
The backup button is just before the cross on the left-hand side of the down arrow.
The select button is on the right hand side of the down arrow.
The Top slot is for an interactive card. not yet used.
The bottom slot is the slot for your sky viewing card. The card is inserted with the gold contacts facing down.
The next 2 status lights are just to the left of the slots.
The Yellow light is for messages.
The Green is for telephone line activation.
The second section of buttons is in a straight line.
The first button is TV guide.
The second button is the information button. this brings up a synopsis of the current program being
watched.
The third button is the power on/off button this powers off the Sky Digital Box.
The last item on the front panel of the box is a status light. It is Green, when the Sky Digital Boxis powered on. It changes to red when the Sky digital box is powered off.
All descriptions are from left to right, top to bottom unless other wise indicated
On the backside of the box you have all the ports.
The First port on the box is the Power (AC power in)
This port is always mail for obvious reasons.
It has 2 pins in it.
make sure that the lead is connected to the Sky digital box
before you connect the other end to the mains power. The mains power should be connected
last.
The second port is the F port (signal from dish in)
This port is threaded. the cable from the dish is screwed into the box with a small little
nut.
This port is always female.
Make sure that the Sky digital box is connected to the dish before it is connected to the mains.
The next 2 ports are arranged horizontally .
Rs 232 (Serial port disabled)
This is exactly like the Serial or com port on your pc.
It has 2 nuts on either side where you can connect a Serial cable.
This port is always female.
Telephone line
This is the standard telephone line socket. It is always female.
Connect the phone line before you connect the Sky digital box to the mains.
Don't leave a phone plug on the ground, if the other end of it is connected
to the phone system.
If there is a small child around they will pick it up and
put it in their mouth. Children tend not to like 75 volts of a shock.
Both of these ports are at the bottom of the box.
The next 2 ports are the scart sockets. They are arranged vertically.
scart 1 (Female to your vcr)
scart 2 (Female to your TV)
These ports are used for connecting your TV and vcr to the Sky Digital Box
The Left-hand edge of the port is straight, while the right hand edge is angular in shape.
The port has 2 rows of 10 holes.
Please make sure to connect all scart sockets before you connect the mains power.
The next 2 ports are the Phono ports, they are arranged vertically.
Phono L (Female white in colour outputs audio to left channel of stereo system)
Phono R (Female red in colour outputs audio to right channel of stereo system)
These ports are 2 small round ports about a centimetre in diameter.
Make sure to connect any stereo system before connecting the mains.
The last 3 ports are arranged a bit like an L
RF 1 (Male TV aerial out)
RF 2 (Male 9v dc 75 am max out for use with accessories)
TV aerial (Female TV aerial to allow pass through of TV aerial signal in to your TV)
The TV aerial is always below the RF 1 port.
The TV aerial Is always Female.
RF 1 and RF 2 are always Male.
Make sure to connect all RF ports before connecting the mains.
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