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.
There are 3 status lights.
Red for remote control
Green for telephone line activation
Yellow for message
The first section of buttons is arranged horizontally.
TV guide Brings up the TV guide.
Information Brings up the information window on screen
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 Button next to the sky viewing card slot is the backup button.
This brings you back to the previous screen.
The second section of buttons is arranged like a cross.
The top button is arrow up
The bottom button is arrow down
The left button is arrow left
The right button is arrow right.
The centre button is select.
This section of buttons is a little to the right of the backup button.
The final button is the power off button.
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 2 ports are arranged horizontally .
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.
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.
Both of these ports are at the bottom of the box.
The next port is the F port (signal from dish in)
This port is directly to the left of the scart 1 socket.
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 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 next 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.
The last 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.
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