Combo Receiver Kit (with Mheg5)

INDEX

• Overview
• How to install a Triax ST HD 537 Combo Box
• The Initial Auto Tune Option on the Triax 537
  • How access Secret Installer's Menu
• How to Find Terrestrial Channels with Autoscan
• How to Sort and Delete the channels on the Triax ST HD 537
• How to program box with USB
• How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel
• EPG & Information button
• How to Record  & Playback Programmes on the Triax ST HD 537
• Using Digital Teletext on the Triax ST HD 537

Overview

Complete users guide for the Triax ST HD 537 Digital Satellite Combo Box

• PVR Ready Satellite and Digital Terrestrial TV Receiver

This Receiver has 2 feeds from:

• Satellite dish
• Digital Terrestrial TV UHF aerial

How to install a Triax ST HD 537 Satellite Combo Box

• Unpack the box
  • Triax ST HD 537 combo receiver
  • Remote control & batteries
• Push the lead from the Aerial into the 'Aerial in' connection
• Screw the lead from the satellite dish into the 'LNB in' connection
• Connect the scart lead from TV to 'TV out' connection on box
• Plug in the power lead
• Turn on the power switch on the back on the box
• After 5-6 seconds the box will come on and should automatically switch TV to AV channel

The Initial Auto Tune Option on the Triax 537

We would generally advise not to use this option because:

• it takes about 20 minutes to complete the Auto Tune
• instead simply go with a the box pre-tuned with the satellite channels on it and add the Irish channels at by doing a Terrestrial retune

How To Access 'Secret Installers Menu' & Upload channel list

The process for access this menu is quite bizzare but here goes:

• Press the Red button twice (*2)
• Press the menu button
• Select Information
• Enter '1475'
• Select 'Load settings from the USB Device'
  • takes about 10 seconds to load
  • If software is also being update this will take 2-3 minutes

How to Find Terrestrial Channels with Autoscan

• Press the 'Menu' button
• Select the 'Settings' Menu
• Select the 'General' menu
• Select 'Terrestrial Retune' & click 'OK'
  • will work through the entire UHF spectrum searching for channels

How to Sort & Delete Channels on the Triax ST HD 537 Satellite Combo Box

Please be aware that doing this, can lead to channel listing changes.  Best to just use the pre-programmed list.

• Press the 'OK' button
• See the list of channels
• Scroll to the channel you wish to edit
• Press 'Yellow' To delete
  • confirm you wish to delete it
• Press 'Blue' to Edit
  • Press 'Yellow' to renumber
  • enter the position you wish to move the channel to
  • Note pressing 'red' will let you delete a channel (in groups)

How to Program Box with USB

Upload / Download Channel data on to USB stick.

• Press the Menu Button
• Select Information menu
• Enter '1475'
• Choose to either
  • 'Load settings from the USB Device'
    • takes 5 seconds then reboots
  • 'Store settings to a USB Device'
    • note: save data to a total of 10 separate files (very cumbersome)
    • takes 3-5 seconds

How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel

• Press the 'Menu' button
• Select the 'Settings' Menu
• Select the 'General' menu
• Select 'Manual Satellite tune' & click 'OK'
• e.g.
  • Frequency: 10906 MHz
  • Symbol rate: 22000 ks/s
  • Polarity: vertical

Comments

• It is a slow process - takes 40-50 seconds (instead of 4-5 expected)
• Add on extra channels like this can totally change the order of your order channels
  • very frustrating

EPG & Information button

This is not great - just about ok.

EPG

• Press the Guide button to bring up the Electronic Programme Guide Guide
• On a Terrestrial channel
  • gives full 7 day epg
  • NO SYNOPSIS available
• On a Satellite channel
  • gives current programme ONLY
  • SYNOPSIS works fine !

INFO

• Press the 'INFO' Button on a satellite channel
  • single press - get name, times etc on current programme (but not next)
  • double press - synopsis of current programme
• Press the 'INFO' Button on a terrestrial channel
  • single press - get name, times etc on current programme
  • double press - gives NO SYNOPSIS (very strange)

How to Record  & Playback Programmes on the Triax ST HD 537

This feature is a bit quirky and can be a bit glitchy (see video)

Before you do any of the following, there are some points to note.

• The Triax 537 works best with drives that are formatted to FAT32.
• You should use the Receiver itself to format the Hard Drive
  • Menu - Settings - Recordings - Format USB - OK - Green Button - Wait  - OK
• You should use an External Hard Drive for recording rather than a Memory Stick
• Memory Sticks although in our tests work a lot of the time, are kind of hit and miss, especially the smaller sized ones

Pause function (See demonstration in video)

• With an External Hard Drive connected, hit the pause button on the remote
• Press play on remote when ready to watch again

Recording function

You cannot record an Irish channel and watch another Irish channel, some boxes let you do this currently but this will not work on any single tuner box in the future when the extra transmission multiplexes are turned on

You can, however, record an Irish channel and watch a UK satellite channel at the same time

To record a TV show just hit the 'rec' button.

To stop recording, press the library button and then select the show that is currently recording and press the stop button.

TO PLAYBACK

Hit the library button and then select item to playback

Using Digital Teletext on the Triax ST HD 537

Index

• 1. How to assemble a sky/freesat satellite dish 
• 2. How to mount a sky/freesat satellite dish
• 3. How to align a sky/freesat satellite dish
• 4. Running the cables & attaching connectors
• 5. Installing the receiver 

1.  How to Assemble a Sky / Freesat Satellite Dish

List of sky dish components

• Sky satellite dish
• Wall bracket
• Wall tube (arm)
• Elevation Bracket
• Dish Bracket
• Fixing Kit
• Feed arm
• LNB (plastic insert)

Tools needed to assemble sky dish

• 10mm, 13mm socket and ratchet
• Philips screwdriver

Steps to assemble the satellite dish

• Open fixing kit and select U-bolts (qty: 2), nuts (qty: 4)
• Insert the U bolts through the wall bracket
• Thread on the nuts
• Insert the arm and tighten the nuts using 10mm socket and ratchet.
• The wall bracket & arm assembly is complete
• Next insert U-bolts (qty: 2) through the elevation bracket
• Loosely tighten nuts
• Attach the Elevation bracket to the dish bracket
• using bolts and washers (qty: 4) and tighten with 13mm socket and ratchet
• Use the bolts and nuts (qty:4) and the philips screw driver to attach the dish bracket to the dish.
• Use the long threaded bolt and small nut to attach the Feed arm to the back base of the dish bracket so the arm protrudes in front of the dish
• Finally insert the LNB (and plastic insert) into the end of the arm and secure with a tie wrap.

2. How to Mount a Satellite Dish

Equipment needed to mount a satellite dish on a wall

• Sky satellite dish, complete with wall bracket and arm
• Coach bolt M8 x 50mm & 10mm plastic plugs (qty: 4)

Tools needed to mount on a wall

• Cordless drill - ideally a 24-36v SDS Drill
• 8mm, 10mm drill bits
• 10mm, 13mm socket and rachet
• Satellite meter

Criteria on where to mount the satellite dish?

• Dish must face South East (141 degrees i.e. direction of sun 11am BST).
• Wall must be a solid surface capable of carrying weight of satellite dish
• Signal must not be blocked by houses or trees (signal is coming in at 21 degrees to the horizontal)
• Place at back or gable end of house to minimise visual intrusion
• Place as close at possible to room / wire box to which the satellite cables are to connect so as to minimise cable run

Steps

1. Place the wall bracket and arm in the correct location
2. Use the cordless drill and 8mm drill bit to drill 4 guide holes
3. Use 10mm drill bit to drill holes to a depth of 60mm
4. Insert the 4 plastic plugs in the holes and mount the wall bracket using the 4 Coach bolts.
5. Tighten the coach bolts using the 13mm socket and rachet.
6. Attach the satellite dish to the arm of the wall plate
7. Use 10mm socket to lightly tighten the dish 'U'-bolts so they are fixed to arm but the dish can still rotated
8. Follow steps in the How to Align a satellite dish guide above 

3. How to Align a Sky / Freesat Satellite Dish

1. Having already mounted the satellite dish on
2. Attach your satellite meter to the dish LNB
3. Align the dish so that it is (1) perfectly vertical, (2) pointing South East (141 degrees).
4. Rotate the dish slowly over and back.
5. Repeat adjusting the tilt angle by 1 or 2 degrees to until a signal is found.
6. Tightend the U-bolts and side bolts using the 10mm & 13mm sockets.
7. Disconnect the satellite meter
8. Connect a cable with an 'F-type' connector from the Dish to the satellite box
9. Check that the signal is working.

4. How to Run the Cabling & Attach Connectors

The next step is to run satellite cable to the satellite receiver.

Tools Needed

• Hammer
• Snips
• Drill
• SDS Drill Bit 10X450

Equipment

• Satellite Installation Kit 

Prior to Begining you must decide

• Decide how to run cable
  • connect into existing cables in the attic
    • Normally neater but requires additional connectors
    • May need a multi-meter to be able to identify the correct cable
    • May result in longer cable runs
  • Run a cable directly from the satellite dish to the satellite receiver
    • Fastest and eastiest way to run a cable
    • Cable runs are normally shorter
    • Requires the drill of a hole through a wall
    

STEPS

1. If the satellite reciever is to be located next to the external wall of a room
   • use a drill and an SDS Drill Bit 10X450 to drill a hole through the wall
   • ensuring to drill from the inside out.
2. To conceal broken plaster use either:
   • Hole tidy (insert inside and out before the cable is run)
   • Cable Cover  nailed onto the outside wall after the cable has been run
3. Feed the end of the satellite cable through the wall leaving enough cable to reach the front of the satellite box.
4. Now start tacking the cable using 7mm clips and a Hammer
   1. Ensuring that the cable runs down from the hole that been drilled in the wall
   2. This will stop water following the cable into the house.
5. Continue tacking the cable
   • Run cable vertically or horizontally but NEVER diagonally
   • If possible hide cable under the plint or behind drain pipes (using 300mm cable ties)
6. Cut the cable leaving enough lenght to reach the LNB of the dish
7. Put on an F Connector on the each end of the satellite cable
8. Screw the F connector on the LNB
9. Seal the connection using Insulation tape or ideally waterproof Self Amalgamating tape 
10. Secure the cable to the dish feed arm using either 300mm cable ties or Insulation tape
11. Final Step is to put on an F Connector on the satellite cable next to the satellite receiver

How to put on an F-Connector

5. How to Install your Combo Receiver

• Unpack the box
  • Combo Receiver
  • Remote Control
• Screw the lead from the satellite dish into the LNB IN connection
• Plug in the feed from your aerial into the ANT IN connection
• Connect scart or HDMI lead from TV to the combo receiver
• Plug in the power lead
• Turn on the power switch on the back on the box
• After 5-6 seconds the box will come on and may automatically switch TV to AV channel
• May need to select correct AV channel on TV if not automatically switched

 

The above map shows the main Saorview Coverage & Transmitters, the colour code of the best UHF Aerial to use and their catchment area.

The table above shows the Channel Range & Polarity of each of the Transmitters in Ireland. The Final column shows the UHF group colour code for the most appropriate aerial for the transmitter. Of course it is possible to use a Wide band UHF (either the high Grid or standard 10 element contract aerial) which will  work on all transmitters.

The table above shows the range of UHF TV Aerials available, their frequency range and the colour code associated with each aerial. View Coastal Transmitter Map [Here]

A. How the HD Irish  & UK Free TV kit works

The Combo Receiver takes in 2 separate Feeds

• Feed from the Satellite dish which picks up the Free Satellite channels such as BBC, ITV etc
• reed from a UHF aerial which picks up the Digital Terrestrial Channels e.g. RTE1, 2 etc

B. But I Already have a Satellite Dish or Aerial

Often customers customers considering the this system will already have some of the equipment in place so a few guidelines would be if you alrady have:

1. A satellite dish - you can drop the
   • Sky Satellilte Dish & LNB
   • Satellite Installation Kit 
2. A TV aerial - you can drop
   • TV Aerial Installation Kit
   • UHF Aerial and Bracket kit
3. A Satellite dish & TV aerial you can drop the
   • Sky Satellilte Dish & LNB
   • Satellite Installation Kit
   • UHF Aerial and Bracket kit
   • TV Aerial Installation Kit 
4. A Satellite dish but would like to add this to another room, drop the
   • Sky Satellilte Dish & LNB
     • Add in a sky Quad LNB with a Legacy adaptor

C. How Do I add it to an Extra Room

There are 2 ways to approach this.

1. View the output of the 1st receiver in the second room
   • To do this you will need to add either an RF MoDulator (view) or a Trilink (view and remotely change) to the receiver
2. Totally independent system - add the following:
   • Another Combo Receiver
   • a Quad LNB (can drop the single LNB) to run the satellite (BBCs etc) to the 2nd receiver
   • a tv Splitter to allow you to split the TV Aerial signal (Irish) to the 2nd receiver

D. Why is it Free ?

Lots of TV channels broadcast their signal for free or unencrypted and this means that you don't need a subscription or a card to receive those channels. For Example both Channel 4 and ITV make their money from advertising so the more viewers who see their channels the better.

E. Which TV Transmitter should I point the Aerial towards

look at the Map on the Transmitter below to identify the nearest Digital Transmitter to use. The colour coded aerials shown are best but as the Digital Signal is very strong a standard Black Wide Band aerial will be fine in almosts all locations

Digital TV Transmitter Map