ZGEMMA-STAR 2S HOW TO

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1 STEP 1: INITIAL CABLE CONNECTIONS & SET UP Connect power lead into the back of the receiver. Connect 2 x satellite cables into Tuner A & Tuner B in the back of the receiver. Connect HDMI/Scart lead into the back of the receiver & other end to TV. Connect Ethernet/LAN cable into ETHERNET input on the back of the receiver. The receiver is now ready for configuration. The master power on/off white button is located at the back left hand side of the receiver. STEP 2: PATCHING/FLASHING THE RECEIVER TO ALLOW THE ADDITION OF CLINE/EPG ETC (We are using OpenVix to patch the receiver) Put OpenVix only on a memory stick that has been formatted to FAT32 & insert into the back of the receiver. Do not insert in the front of the receiver as it will not work. Press and hold power button at front of receiver. Press the master power button at the back of the receiver to on position. Take finger off the front power button when FLSH is displayed on the front of the receiver. Flashing the receiver takes about 4 minutes. BOOT will then be displayed on the front of the receiver. A number count from will be displayed on the front of the receiver. When finished receiver will display a channel. The receiver is now flashed and ready for the next step. Please remove the memory stick from the back of the receiver. STEP 3: SETTING THE RECEIVER FOR CCCAM PROTOCOL (The receiver must be set to Cccam protocol & mgcamd protocol must be disabled. If this is not done the receiver will hang every time it is rebooted) Press the blue button and choose Softcam Manager option. By default mgcam is active. Arrow down to mgcamd to highlight in yellow & press green button to stop. Please wait while mgcamd is stopping message will be displayed. Press the blue button whilst mgcamd is highlighted in yellow to disable startup. The tick beside mgcamd will disappear if successfully disabled. Arrow up to CCcam to highlight in yellow & press green button to start Please wait while CCcam is starting message will be displayed. If successful Active: Cccam will be displayed above select menu. Press the blue button whilst CCcam is highlighted in yellow to Enable startup. The tick beside CCcam will appear if successfully enabled. Exit out of menu. 1

2 STEP 4: SENDING THE CLINE TO THE RECEIVER (We are using Dreambox Control Centre DCC to send the line to the receiver. Ensure PC/Laptop has a successful wireless connection to your router. You will require a solid green connection from PC-Receiver- Router as displayed in main GUI of DCC) Get the IP address of the receiver & gateway via Menu-Setup-System Network-Device set up- Adapter settings. IP & Gateway will be displayed here. Open DCC.Change the values in DCC to correspond with the IP of your receiver & router (Gateway) to establish a successful connection. If your laptop is connected wireless to the router the IP address This computer will automatically be displayed in DCC. As mentioned above there will be green lines between PC-Receiver-Router if connection has been established. Click on FTP bottom left of window. Click on ETC. Scroll down & right click on Cccam.cfg & left click edit. Delete whatever is in window if required & copy past your line info here. Example C: Host Port Username Password Press Save. Cccam.cfg replace, are you sure? message will be displayed. Choose yes option. Line has now been sent to the receiver. HOW TO CONFIRM THE LINE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY SENT TO THE RECEIVER Press the blue button on the remote. Choose Dream Explorer. Choose Etc. Scroll down and choose Cccam.cfg If the line has been successfully sent to the receiver via DCC the info will be displayed here. If this area is blank the line has not been sent to the receiver please follow step 4 again. 2

3 STEP 5: MOUNTING THE HARD DRIVE (It is imperative that the following be done within 1 minute of the receiver powering up or the Hard Drive mount will be unsuccessful) Turn the receiver off with remote control & power switch at rear. Connect the Hard Drive to the USB port at the rear of the receiver (DO NOT CONNECT THE HARD DRIVE TO THE USB PORT AT THE FRONT OF THE RECEIVER, IT WILL NOT WORK!). Power up the receiver. When receiver powers up: WITHIN 1 MINUTE: Menu Set up System = Storage Devices Initialisation Press ok on displayed Hard Drive & press red button Initialise. Initialising storage device percentage count will be displayed. STEP 6: SET THE RECEIVER TO AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE (In the event of frequency/channel changes the Z Gemma has the capability to automatically update itself) Menu Set up Service Searching AutoBouquetsMaker Configure Setup mode = Choose expert. Schedule scan = Yes Time of scan to start = choose time. Best to set the time AM (e.g. 5AM) Repeat how often = Weekly option is sufficient but this can be set to daily/monthly if required. Press green button ok and exit out of all menus. THE RECEIVER HAS NOW BEEN SET TO AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE IN THE EVENT OF FREQUENCY CHANGES 3

4 STEP 7: EPG CONFIGURATION (AUTOBOUQUETS MAKER & CROSS EPG) (Auto EPG update will occur at 5:15AM daily by default. Please follow the steps below to set up manually) AOTOBOUQUETS MAKER Menu Set up Service searching Auto bouquets maker Providers (wait VIX Icon will spin top left of window). Set the SD Area to suite your location. Press green button to save settings. Exit & choose Start scan (wait VIX Icon will spin top left of window). CROSS EPG(Will automatically download at 5.15AM) Menu Set up Cross EPG Download Now Wait VIX Icon will spin top left of window. Download will take about 5-10 Minutes. 4

5 REMOTE CONTROL BUTTON DESCRIPTIONS: EPG = Electronic program guide (TV Guide). Located at middle of the remote on right hand side. TIMER = Displays programs that are set to record & their status (waiting/done etc). 4 th row from bottom, Last button from right hand side. FILE LIST = Location of recorded programs. This is where you go to view the programs you have recorded. Located at middle of the remote. OK = Whilst viewing a program pressing the ok button will give information on the program. UP/DOWN ARROWS = whilst viewing a program pressing the up or down arrow will provide a list of what s currently on other stations. HOW TO PAUSE/REWIND ETC LIVE TV Whilst watching the program press the pause button (4 th row from bottom, 2nd button from right hand side). Use the rewind/forward etc buttons situated around the pause button as is required. HOW TO SET PROGRAM/PROGRAMS TO RECORD Live recording: Whilst viewing the program press the record button (4 th row from the bottom, left hand side). Via the EPG button go to the program you want to record & press the record button (4 th row from the bottom, left hand side). 5

6 HOW TO SERIES LINK A PROGRAM THAT STARTS AT SAME TIME ON DIFFERENT DAYS Via the EPG button go to the program you want to series link Highlight the program in yellow & press green button add timer (Use left & right arrows situated at the centre of the remote to change the values below if required. Please only amend the values listed below) Timer type = Record Repeat type = Repeated Repeats = set to user defined Starting on Monday Friday set days to yes/no depending what days the program is on Start time Insure time is correct End time Insure time is correct HOW TO SERIES LINK A PROGRAM THAT STARTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE WEEK Via the EPG button go to the program you want to series link Highlight the program in yellow & choose Add Auto Timer option. Arrow down until Only on Weekday option is highlighted in yellow and press ok button to remove green tick. Press green button ok to save. Exit from all menus HOW TO DELETE A PROGRAM THAT YOU NO LONGER WANT TO SERIES LINK Press menu button. Choose Timers Choose Autotimers Press yellow button to delete & Green button to save. 6