Product manual

Contemporary Research 8 232-ATSC Digital HDTV Tuner
To Enter a Front Panel Programming Mode:
1. Press and hold the Power button, then press the Volume Up button.
2. Release all buttons, the 232-ATSC will now be in the front-panel programming mode. The Air LED
will flash, indicating programming mode.
3. The first two digits show the mode, the second show the option.
4. Changes are saved in non-volatile memory as they are entered.
5. The Volume up/down buttons scroll through programming modes, forward and reverse.
6. The Channel up/down buttons scroll through possible options for each mode.
To Exit the Front Panel Mode
Push and release the Power button.
Mode
0-9
Parameters
RF Tune
0.0
0=CATV (Default) - Switches tuner to Cable, sets Scan mode (See mode 6)
1=Off-Air - Switches tuner to Air, sets for Off-Air channel scan
2=IRC - Switches tuner to Cable, sets Scan mode
3=HRC - Switches tuner to Cable, sets Scan mode
4=Cable Auto - Switches tuner to Cable, sets Scan mode
Baud Rate
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
300
600
1200
2400
4800
9600
19200
Unit Number
2.1
1-9, default is 1
Not Used
3.0
Panel Lockout
4.0
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
None
Channel up/dwn
Volume up/dwn
Channel & Volume up/dwn
Power
Channel up/dwn & Power
Volume up/dwn & Power
All
Power-up Volume
5.0
Restore previous level (default)
Firmware Version
6.17
Ex: Version 1.7 – Other options:
Hold Channel Up, then Power to restore tuner to default settings
Hold down Channel Up and Down, then press Power to scan channels, see Mode 0
to set Air and Cable
To check HD firmware, use the remote to select Menu, Captions, then Version
Captions
10.0
0= Captioning off (default), 1= Captioning on
Caption Mode
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.X
1=Caption 1 (default)
2=Caption 2
3=Caption 3
4=Caption 4
5-8= Text 1-4 (rarely used)
Video Detect
12.3
No AV mute (fixed)
AV Status
13.0
No AV status (default)
Label Mode
14.2
Numeric (fixed)
IR Receive
15.9
0= Off, 9=Receive IR
Not Used
16.0
Digital Captions
17.1
1-6, Default is 1
Digital Audio
47.0
47.1
47.2
0 = AC-3– Dolby 5.1 (Default)
1 = PCM (use this or Variable for audio through HDMI)
2 = PCM Variable
HD Output
48.0
48.2
RGB (Default)
Component
HD Format
49.0
49.1
49.2
49.3
0=1080i (Default)
1=720p
2=480p
3=480i