All descriptions are from left to right, top to bottom unless other wise indicated
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.
There are 4 status lights.
Green /red for power on /off
Green for telephone line activation
red for remote control
Yellow for message
They are situated at the middle of the box.
The buttons are arranged in a ring, of 5 buttons, with 4 buttons outside this ring.
the first button on the outside of the ring is the power ON/OFF button.
The next button Below the power button is the backup button.
In the ring itself, you have the following buttons
Top segment of the ring is arrow up.
Bottom segment of the ring is arrow down.
Left segment of the ring is left arrow.
Right segment of the ring is right arrow.
Center of the ring is select.
On the right hand side of the ring you have:
Information button.
the final button is TV guide
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 on its own away from all other ports.
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 3 ports are arranged a little like an arrow.
The top port is RF 1 (Male TV aerial out).
The next port which is a little to the right is RF 2 (Male 9v dc 75 am max out for use with accessories).
The final port which comes back a little to the left so that it is directly under RF1 is:
TV aerial (Female TV aerial to allow pass through of TV aerial signal in to your TV).
RF 1 and RF 2 are always Male.
The TV aerial Is always Female.
Make sure to connect all RF ports before connecting the mains.
The next port which is at the bottom of the box is:
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 TV aerial port.
This port is always female.
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.
These ports are at the bottom of the box Directly to the right of the serial Rs 232 port.
Make sure to connect any stereo system 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.
Telephone line
This is the standard telephone line socket. It is always female.
It is directly to the right of the scart 2 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 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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