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    www .zyxel.com IP Set-T op Box Firmware v3.6 Edition 1, 03/2010 STB-2101H Copyright 2010 ZyXEL Communications Corporation[...]

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    2 Device Panels POWER/REM OTE LED ON/OFF POWER ETHERNET E-SATA PORT A/V PORT USB PORT HDMI PORT S/PDIF PORT PORT[...]

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    ENGLISH 3 Overview The STB-2101H is a set-top box that connect s your television to the Internet. Use the STB-2101H to watch Internet te levision (IPTV) or V ideo on Demand (VOD) on your regula r TV . How It W orks Y our STB-2101H IP Set-T op Box ( A ) connect s to your Internet access device ( B ); t his can be a broadband router , a wireless rout[...]

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    4 Hardware Connections T ake the following steps to set up your STB-2101H’ s hardware connections. Use either the cables t hat came with your STB-21 01H, or those that came with your TV or Internet access device. 1. Connect your TV (and audio system, if requ ired) to the STB-2101H’s audiovisual ports using eith er the in cluded cables or those [...]

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    ENGLISH 5 The STB-2101H has a variety of options for connecting your TV (and audio system). Use the hardware conn ections best suited to your equipment; the following figure sho ws some examples. T u rn On the STB-2101H Once you have made the hardware connections, take the following step s to start up the STB-2101 H. 1. T urn your television on. Ch[...]

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    6 2. Press the ON/OFF button on the rear of the STB-2101H. The Power LED on the front of the STB-2101H light s up. It blinks while the STB-2101H is st arting up, then shines steadily green once the STB-2101H is ready (this may t ake a little while). The Ethernet LED on the fr ont of the STB-2101H turns green once the STB-2101H has finished st artin[...]

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    ENGLISH 7 The Remote Control Before you first use the remote control, t a ke the following steps to insert two AAA-size batteries. 1. Press the battery cover release catch in and lift the cove r off. 2. Press the batteries into the comp artment. The negative ( - ) end of each battery should be at the end of the slot th at has a spring. 3. Replace t[...]

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    8 The Menu System: TV and V ideo The STB-2101H’s menu system allows you to select the TV channels and Video o n Demand (VOD) services you want to watch fro m your service provider . Use the remote co ntrol to navigate the menu system. This is only an example - the act ual menus you see depend on you r IPTV service provide r . When the STB-2101H i[...]

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    ENGLISH 9 For Live TV , the channel selection menu displays. For VOD, the VOD menu appears. E XAMPLE E XAMPLE[...]

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    10 2. For Live TV , highlight the channel you want to watch using the navigator ’s and keys. The small screen on the bottom right shows the current program. For VOD , highlight t h e v i d e o y o u w a n t t o w a t c h . 3. Press the OK key . The program is shown in full screen. 4. For Live TV , use the CHA NNEL + and - keys to change the chann[...]

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    ENGLISH 11 Remote Control Reference The following figure shows the front of th e STB-2101H’s remote control, and identifies its butto ns.[...]

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    12 The following table describes the remote control’ s button functions. BUTTON FUNCTION On / S tandby Use this to turn the STB-2101H on, or put it in standby mode (use the ON/OFF switch on the STB-2101H’s rear panel to turn it off). L/R Use this to change the audio bal ance be tween the left and right speakers. Alphanumeric Keypad Use these to[...]

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    ENGLISH 13 Entering Numbers, Letters and Symbols Use the alphanumeric keyp ad ( 0 ~ 9 , # and * ) to enter numbe rs, letters and symbols. • Numeric Mode : T o enter numbers, just press the keyp ad keys normally . • Alphanumeric Mode : T o enter letters and symbols as well as numbers, press the KEYB (keyboard) key . When you next press a keyp ad[...]

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    14 The following table shows the characters you can enter: Licensed Hardware Codecs Supply of this product does not convey a license or imply an y right to distribute content created with this product in re venue-generating broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellit e, cable an d/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via Internet ,[...]

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    ENGLISH 15 This product cont ains in part some free sof tware distributed under GPL license terms and/or GPL like lice nses. Please visit " ftp: / / opensource.zyxel.co m/STB/STB-2101H/ " for specific license terms and additional information. T o obtain the sourc e code covered under those Licenses, plea se check support@zyxel.com.tw to g[...]

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