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User Guide
Freeview HD Receiver with Apps
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WELCOME FURTHER INFORMATION Thanks for buying this Manhattan Plaza HD•T2 Freeview receiver, FREEVIEW designed to provide you with the best in digital TV, radio and apps. You can get more information and help Connect to a suitable HD-ready television using HDMI for from the Freeview website at: breathtaking high definition digital pictures and digital sound. To help make watching TV even more enjoyable, the Plaza HD•T2 www.freeview.co.uk is flexible and customisable: • Create lists of your fav
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CONTENTS In The Box 5 Advanced Use 21 Your receiver 6 Using the favourites lists 21 1 4 Remote control 8 The lock PIN 23 Display mode 23 Changing the channel list 23 Preparation 10 Using the setup menus 24 The aerial 10 General menu section 24 2 Connecting your receiver 10 - Subtitles 25 Switching on 11 - Subtitle language 25 Tuning in 12 - Information 25 Picture menu section 25 - Screen type 26 Everyday Use 14 - Display mode 26 Turning on the receiver
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CONTENTS Advanced Use (continued) Connecting To Your Network 32 Time menu section 28 Automatic (DHCP) 32 1 5 4 - Auto standby 28 Manual (Static) 33 - Sleep timer 28 - Auto turn on 28 - Auto turn off 28 Appendix A Safety 34 System menu section 29 Appendix B Troubleshooting 36 - Retune 29 Appendix C Specifi cations 39 - Manual scan 29 Guarantee & Legal 40 - Network confi guration 30 - 5V antenna power 30 - RF loopthrough in standby 30 - Parental guidance 30
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In The Box In your Plaza HD•T2 Freeview receiver pack you should Connecting To Your Network 32 fi nd the following items: Automatic (DHCP) 32 1 Manual (Static) 33 Appendix A Safety 34 Appendix B Troubleshooting 36 Appendix C Specifi cations 39 Guarantee & Legal 40 HDMI cable to connect to Batteries for the Quick Start Guide Main User Guide an HD-ready TV remote control Remote control Plaza HD•T2 receiver 5
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YOUR RECEIVER Manhattan Plaza HD•T2 Front POWER INDICATOR LIGHT (red for standby, blue for on) CHANNEL CHANGE UP/DOWN Change channels up and down STANDBY Switch the receiver on and off 6
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Manhattan Plaza HD•T2 Rear ANTENNA IN AUDIO (L) & (R) VIDEO POWER CABLE Input for connection Analogue audio outputs for Composite video output for For connection to a to your aerial connection to a sound system connection to a non-HD television mains plug socket ANTENNA OUT SCART Output for connection Output for to the RF input of connection to a your television non-HD television ETHERNET HDMI Network socket for connection Output for connection to an to your router & the internet HD-ready
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REMOTE CONTROL Plaza HD•T2 Standby - switches the receiver on and off. Mute - silences the receiver’s sound. 0, 1 … 9 - buttons to directly select channels and enter numeric values in the set-up menus. Switches back to the last channel watched. Displays your favourites lists and adds channels to them in the channel list. Displays the main menu screen. Displays channel and programme information. 8
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Up, down, left, right - move the highlight bar in menus Turns the volume up and down. and in the programme guide, and allow you to browse the channels and programmes. Switches to the next or previous channel. Moves one page up or down in the channel list and programme guide.. Selects the option in a menu. Turns on or off audio description. Displays the channel list. Switches between available screen display modes. Displays the programme guide. Turns on or o
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CONNECTING YOUR RECEIVER Preparation Place your Plaza HD•T2 receiver on a firm, level surface close to the This section explains how to set up your Plaza HD•T2 television, a mains electricity socket, and the cable from the aerial. to receive Freeview channels. (See Appendix A – Safety.) 2 THE AERIAL To receive Freeview, you must connect your Plaza HD•T2 receiver Connect the cable from your aerial to the ANT IN socket at the to an appropriate TV aerial that has been correctly installed. If b
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Ensure your television is turned off and connect the HDMI cable If your receiver is not located near your hub or router, you could use supplied between the HDMI socket at the back of your Plaza HD•T2 HomePlug powerline adapters to extend your home network using receiver and an HDMI socket on your television. There may be more the ring main of your house. Another option is to use a Wireless than one HDMI socket on your television. If you are not sure which Ethernet Bridge to bridge the Etherne
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SWITCHING ON (continued) After a few seconds, the receiver’s first Freeview installation Turn on your TV set and choose the HDMI input (see your screen shown below will appear on the television screen: television’s manual for guidance). HINT: If you do not see this screen on your television, see ‘Troubleshooting’ on page 36. TUNING IN When the first installation step is displayed, use the or buttons Switch on the mains socket the Plaza HD•T2 is connected to. to select the screen format of
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HINT: You should set the HDMI resolution to the highest that your television can display (see your television’s manual). If in doubt, set the resolution to 720p. The setup completion screen confirms the lock PIN you have set. Press the button and your Plaza HD•T2 receiver is now ready for you to watch Freeview digital TV. Your Plaza HD•T2 receiver will scan for channels, displaying the total number of TV, radio and data channels found. When the scan is complete, press to proceed to the
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Everyday Use CHANGING CHANNELS This section describes the day-to-day use of your Plaza Step through the channels by pressing the or buttons on HD•T2 receiver – how to select the channels that you the remote control or the and buttons on the front of the 3 want to watch, view the programme schedules, and Plaza HD•T2 receiver. control the basic features. If you know the channel’s number, you can switch directly to the channel you want by using the number buttons on the remote control. As
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There are other ways to change channel: • Use the browsing bar at the bottom of the screen (see below) • Use the on-screen channel list (see page 17) • Use the programme guide (see page 18) CHANGING THE VOLUME You can increase or decrease the volume by using the and buttons on the remote control. The sound is silenced by pressing the button and restored to its previous level by pressing the button again. BROWSING BAR HINT: You can also display the browsing bar by pressing Whenever y
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SUBTITLES AND AUDIO DESCRIPTION While the bar is displayed, press the button to see details of the next programme, and the button to go back again. To see what Many Freeview programmes are broadcast with subtitles for is on another channel, press the or buttons. To change to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Channels with subtitles this channel, press while the bar is still displayed. To remove available show the symbol in the information bar. the bar from the screen at
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USING THE CHANNEL LIST Display the on-screen channel list by pressing the button on Use the or buttons on the remote control to highlight a the remote control. This lists the channels on the left-hand side of channel then press to view it in the preview window. Press the screen, in number order, and displays a preview window of the again to exit the channel list and watch the channel full-screen. currently selected channel on the right-hand side of the screen. You can return to watching
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USING THE PROGRAMME GUIDE The Plaza HD•T2 guide is used to display details of all programmes on in the week ahead and to open Apps such as BBC iPlayer or HINT: You can skip straight to the programme guide for all YouTube. channels by pressing the button a second time. Open the guide selection screen by pressing the button on the remote control. You will see available apps and lists for All, TV, HD, The programme guide shows a table of the programmes, with Radio and Data channels as well a
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You look through the scheduled programmes using the and switches to the relevant channel. In the programme guide a is buttons to move through the channels and the and shown next to a programme with a reminder set. buttons to highlight programmes showing at different times. HINT: You can jump through the list more quickly using the or buttons to move to the next or previous page. The green and red buttons move the highlight bar through the schedule two hours forward or back, and the
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INTERACTIVE TV SERVICES Several Freeview channels broadcast a range of digital text and interactive services, such as news, weather, games, sports information and video, alongside normal TV. If interactive services are available, they will be indicated by an on-screen prompt – usually a red button in the top right-hand corner of the screen. You can use the interactive options by pressing or the red button while watching the TV channel. This will display a menu of the services available.
