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Product Manual
IP-HDTV
HD Tuner
Version 2.2 March 23, 2007
17630 Davenport Road, Suite 113 • Dallas, TX 75252
Phone: 972-931-2728 • Toll-Free: 888-972-2728 • Fax: 972-931-2765
E-Mail: Sales@crwww.com • Website: www.crwww.com
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Table of Contents Overview..............................................................................................................................................................3 Specifications.......................................................................................................................................................4 AV and Control Connection ....................................................................................................................
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Overview The Contemporary Research IP-HTDV is an HD tuner that offers analog and digital tuning, a variety of HD and NTSC output options, and full systems integration via Ethernet, RS-232, or discrete IR control. The IP-HDTV tuner is capable of receiving analog and unscrambled digital programming, either off-air or CATV. High-definition and up-scaled NTSC video can be viewed from the tuner's component, RGB, or DVI ports, in 1080i, 720p, 480p or 480i formats. Standard 480i video can
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Specifications Physical Size (WHD): 14.2" [360 mm] x 2.4" [60 mm] x 10.8" [274 mm] Weight: 8.0 lbs [3.6 kg] Enclosure: Steel and aluminum with durable silver and black powder coat paint Mounting: Shelf or rack-mount with optional RKHD Rack Kit) Front Panel Display: Blue LCD, 2 lines of 20 characters each IR: IR sensor, 57 kHz Control: Buttons for Setup, Menu, Select, Exit, and Left, Right, Up, and Down operation Rear Panel RF In: 'F', female, 75 ohm i
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Video Frequency Range: NTSC, NTSC and Clear QAM (cable) television 55.25 to 801.25 MHz TV System: NTSC, ATSC DTV (1080i/720p/480p/480i) Tuning: Off-air 2-69 and CATV 1-135 Aspect Ratio: Letter Box, Cropped, or Squeezed Captioning: DTV, set by program or customized for size, font and display attributes Analog CC1-CC4, TT1-TT4, On/On with Mute/Off modes Lock: Parental option for channels and/or rating Includes RF loop cable RCA composite video/coax audio cable Stereo
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AV and Control Connection RF IN F connector for off-air MATV or CATV input OUT F connector for looped RF output AV Outputs Video RCA composite, video always present Note that on-screen menus will only be displayed through the SD outputs when the Component output is selected from the front panel and set up 480i format. S-Video S-Video, video always present R-L Audio Analog audio, fixed or variable R-L Audio Analog audio, fixed or variable Digital Outputs Optical Audio TO
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Front Panel Setup There are a number of parameters that can be set by front-panel Setup commands. In normal operation the Up/Down arrows select channels, and the Left/Right arrows adjust volume. • Pressing Setup enters the setup menus, shows last menu accessed (The Menu button accesses on-screen menus) • Pressing Up and Down arrow keys steps through the IP-HDTV options (Tip: Press Up to access output, Down to jump to IP menus) • Pressing Left and Right keys steps through options f
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Front Panel Setup Menu Parameters Unit 1-9 Panel Lockout None (Default) Ch+Menu Vol+Menu Ch+Vol+Menu Pwr Setup Menu All Setup+Menu Pwr+Set+Menu Cursor buttons active for Setup or Menu modes, Exit returns buttons to current locked or unlocked status IR Receive 0 - No IR reception 9 - CR 9 (Default) Display Line 2 Output – shows current output and format Lights – represents status LEDs (LA:RX: TX : IR ) Link/Act status, RS-232 RX and TX, and IR In IP Port IP port for Tel
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On-Screen Menus - Channels On-Screen Menus HD-RC IR Remote The remaining tuner capabilities can be set up by easy-to-use on-screen menus. The menus can be accessed from the HD-RC IR remote control using the Menu, Arrow, Select ( ), Surf, and Exit buttons. You can also use similar buttons on the IP-HDTV front panel. • Menu – Displays the first level of the on-screen menu, step backward from menu levels • Arrows – Use up/down keys to select main menus, left/right arrow keys to move
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Auto-Scan Channels • Press Menu to display the menu window • Press Select or to select the EZ Scan menu • Use the arrow keys to select TV (off-air) or CATV (cable) format • Press Select to enter format and begin auto-scanning • You can also select EZ Add, then Select to start auto-scanning Edit Channels The Ch Edit window is useful, easy tool for managing your channels. • Select the Ch Edit menu • Use the Up/Down arrows to move a line at a time • Use the Channel Up/Dow
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Add Channels Manually To manually add channels: • Select the Manual Add menu • Press Select or to enter the menu • Use Up/Down arrows to select a channel number, or enter a number on the HD-RC remote. • The tuner will first attempt to tune in the analog TV channel (XX-0) • The window also displays the relative strength of the channel’s signal • Press Surf to find the DTV equivalent of the channel (XX-1) • If the station has other multi-cast channels (XX-2, XX-3, etc), they will
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On-Screen Menus – Options The Options menu defines key operation features of the IP-HDTV Clock Off-Air • Select Clock from the Options menu • Time is set automatically from DTV broadcasts • Arrow down to Time Zone, use Left/Right arrows to select zone CATV • Select Clock from the Options menu • Year, Date, and Time is set manually in cable mode • Use Up/Down arrows to set Year, press to advance to Date • Arrow down to Time Zone, use Left/Right arrows to select zone C
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Aspect Ratio Aspect Ratio Menu HD-RD Remote – Ratio Button This menu sets the default screen format when video is displayed. There are two different menus that appear, depending on whether the IP-HDTV is set for HD 1080i/720p mode (16:9) or SD 480i/480P mode (4:3). The Ratio command and button on the HD-RC remote will temporarily select the same aspect ratio options, but the display will return to the default setting when the channel is changed. SD 480i/480P Display
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HD 1080i/720p Display Selects how a 4:3 image will be displayed in widescreen format. • Set by Program • Normal– black bars at the sides of the image • Wide – adjusts image horizontally in linear proportion to fill screen • Horizon – adjusts image in non-linear format, more at both sides • Zoom – stretched horizontally, cropped top and bottom • Cinema Zoom – enlarge image in 16 steps The following options are available to temporarily change a 16:9 image in 1080i/720p mode: • Sta
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On-Screen Menus – Options The Caption menus set up how closed-captioning is displayed. DTV Captions This turns DTV captioning off, or displayed in English, French or Spanish. The CC command or HD-RC button will also step through available options. If a program has DTV and analog captioning, the DTV version will be shown. If captioning is available, a CC icon will appear in the Info display, Program Guide, and Station Guide. DTV Caption Style DTV adds a wide range of op
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On-Screen Menus – Lock This menu sets up parental controls for viewing. The menu will prompt for a password when you enter this menu (0000 is the default password) • Lock System – Activates parental control • Set Password – Enter 4-number password • Block Channels – Select specific channels from the channel list • Movie Rating – Select one or more ratings for blocking • TV Rating-Children – Choose filtering by Age and Fantasy Violence levels • TV Rating-General – Choose filtering
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On-Screen Menus – Guides Guide Menu HD-RD Remote – Guides This menu displays the Program Guide or the Station Guide. You can also access Guides using the Program and Station system commands and HD-RC buttons. Program Guide The Program Guide is an interactive display of the day’s programming schedule. You’ll notice that, at this present time, not all broadcasters are providing Guide information. You can use your arrow keys to move through the Guide. Select a program by p
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Station Guide The Station Guide displays a channel’s program list for the day. You can browse through the Guide with the arrow keys to view programs and change channel lists – as well as using Select to view a current program. Using the Date command on the HD-RC remote, you can highlight the Date field and select a different day. Info Display The Info button on the remote will pop up an information bar over the current program, displaying the program name, date and time, s
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HD-RC IR Remote The HD-RC IR Remote included with the IP-HDTV can be used to setup the tuner and for daily operation. All of the functions on the remote have equivalent commands in RS-232, Ethernet, and Wired IR formats. In addition, the IP-HDTV front panel buttons can perform Power, Channel, Volume, and Menu control. Power Turns tuner on and off. Discrete on and off IR commands are available as well. Volume Control Use the Vol+, Vol- and Mute buttons Channel Selection The ke
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Ethernet Setup Ethernet Connection The IP-HDTV typically communicates over a network using a static IP address, and is shipped set to a default address: IP Address: 192.168.1.231 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway Address: 000.000.000.000 Local Port set to 23 (Telnet standard) Odds are, at least the IP address will change when the IP-HDTV is connected to the client’s network. One your first steps will be to obtain a static address from the client’s IT department, as well as a
