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 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 first button directly after the slots, and across from the sky viewing card slot is the power ON/OFF button.
There are 4 status lights.
Green /red for power on /off
red for remote control
Green for telephone line activation
Yellow for message
They are situated at the top of the box.
The next 2 buttons are arranged vertically.
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They are on their own, a few centimetres from the next section of buttons.
The third section of buttons is arranged like a ring.
the top button, forming the top segment of the ring is arrow up
the bottom button, forming the bottom segment of the ring is arrow down
the left button, forming the left segment of the ring is arrow left
the right button, forming the right segment of the ring is arrow right.
the centre button is select.
The final button on the front panel is backup, this will bring you back up through the menu system.
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 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 port is the 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.
It is directly to the right of the F port.
This port is always female.
Telephone line
This is the standard telephone line socket. It is always female.
It is directly to the right of the Rs 232 Serial port.
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.
The next 2 ports are the Phono ports, they are arranged Horizontally.
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.
These ports are at the bottom of the box Directly below the serial Rs 232 port.
Make sure to connect any stereo system before connecting the mains.
The next 3 ports are arranged a bit like an L
RF 2 (Male 9v dc 75 am max out for use with accessories)
RF 1 (Male TV aerial out)
TV aerial (Female TV aerial to allow pass through of TV aerial signal in to your TV)
On this box, moving from left to right, the RF 2 port comes before the RF 1 port.
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 next 2 ports are the scart sockets. They are arranged vertically.
scart 1 (Female to your TV)
scart 2 (Female to your VCR)
These ports are used for connecting your TV and vcr to the Sky Digital Box
The Right-hand edge of the port is straight, while the Left 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 final 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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