PentaMedia PENTAVALUE Digital Satellite Internet PC Board User Manual PENT V 1
PentaMedia Co., Ltd. Digital Satellite Internet PC Board PENT V 1
Users Manual for PentaVALUE PC Board
User’s Guide
Digital Satellite Internet PC Receiver
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Pent@VALUE
Pent@VALUE © Copyright 2001
PentaMedia Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. All other
trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
Product specification and product availability are sub-
ject to change without notice.
PentaMedia Co., LtdPentaMedia Co., Ltd
PentaMedia Co., LtdPentaMedia Co., Ltd
PentaMedia Co., Ltd.
H . Q 4Fl. Sooam Bldg. 66-1, Yangjae-dong,
Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea 137-130
Tel : +82-2-3463-3164
Fax : +82-2-3461-9486
Factory 407, D-dong, Technopark, 151,
Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu, Sungnam-si,
Kyunggi-do, Korea 463-070
Tel : +82-31-706-6524,6534
Fax : +82-31-701-6539
Email :sales@pentamedia.com
PentaMedia (Europe) Ltd.PentaMedia (Europe) Ltd.
PentaMedia (Europe) Ltd.PentaMedia (Europe) Ltd.
PentaMedia (Europe) Ltd.
Cedar House, Cedar Lane, Frimley, Camberley, GU16 5HY U.K.
Tel : +44 (0) 1276 675858
Fax : +44 (0) 1276 675959
Email : salesuk@pentamedia.com
http :www.pentamedia.com
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Warranty
This PentaMedia product is warranted for the period of one year from the
original date of purchase, against defective materials and workmanship. In
the event that warranty service is required, customer should return the prod-
uct to PentaMedia, authorized resellers or authorized service center.
Warranty Conditions
1. The warranty is valid only if, when warranty service is required, the war-
ranty card is fully and properly completed and is presented with the original
invoice or sales slip or confirmation, and the serial number on the product has
not been defaced.
2. PentaMedia’s warranty is limited to the reconditioning or, at its discretion,
replacement of the product or the defective part.
3. Authorized parties of PentaMedia must carry out warranty reconditioning.
No re-imbursement will be made for repairs carried out by non authorized
parties of PentaMedia and, any such repair work and damage to the products
caused by such repair work will not be covered by the warranty.
4. This product is not considered to be defective in materials nor workmanship
by reason that it requires adaptation in order to conform to national or local
technical or safety standards in force in any country other than the one for
which the product was originally designed and manufactured. The warranty
will not cover, and no re-imbursement will be made for such adaptation or
any damage, which may result.
5. The warranty covers none of the followings:
a) Periodic check ups, maintenance and repair or replacement of parts due
to normal wear and tear.
b) Cost relating to transport, removal or installation of the product.
c) Misuse, including the failure to use this product for its normal purposes
or incorrect installation.
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d) Damage caused by Lightning, Water, Fire, Acts of God, War, Public
Disturbances, incorrect main voltage or any other cause beyond the con-
trol of PentaMedia.
6. The warranty is valid for any person who legally acquired possession of the
product during the warranty period.
7. During the applicable warranty period, the product returned to us or autho-
rized parties by PentaMedia must be pre-authorized by us with a return
material authorization no. Marked on the outside of package. Replacement
or reconditioning for the product may be obtained by delivering the defective
product accompanied by a copy of the dated proof of purchase, sent prepaid,
insured, and packaged appropriately.
Any part of this User’s Guide can be deleted or modified by discretion of
manufacturer without prior notice to any users.
Preface
Thank for choosing Pent@VALUE - high
speed PC satellite data receiving card.
This newly introduced product will bring a
new experience to your PC life. Nowadays,
PC is becoming an important part of our daily
life and a critical tool for our personal and
business purposes. The introduction of
Internet has brought innovation to satisfy
your demands for information covering most
of areas, and introduction of Pent@VALUE
will satisfy your demands for high speed
download of big files and contents and it
can be used for Internet, Multicasting, WEB
casting, etc.
Content
Warranty .....................................................3
Preface ........................................................5
Content .......................................................6
1. Features & System - Parts.........................7
General Features ..........................................8
System Requirement ....................................8
Packaged parts ..............................................8
2. Hardware Installation .............................. 9
Preparation for Driver Installation .............10
Windows 98/SE/ME ....................................11
Window 2000 .............................................18
3. Software Installation ...............................27
How to Install ............................................28
4. Program Start ...........................................31
Main Program Screen .................................32
About .........................................................32
Tuner Information ......................................32
Tuner ..........................................................33
Transponder ...............................................35
Tray Icon ....................................................38
Exit .............................................................38
5. Setting-Up Internet .................................39
How to Set up Modem Connection ...........40
Transponder Setting for Multicast............ .44
Transponder Setting for Satellite Internet ..46
Windows 2000 Note ..................................48
Chapter 1
Features & System
Parts
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General Features
1. Ability (To receive satellite broadcast and Internet data)
- Controllable satellite local frequency (950 MHz ~ 2150 MHz)
- Fine adjustment (0 MHz ~ 1.0 MHz)
- Symbol rate (2 MSPS ~ 45 MSPS)
- Viterbi rate - 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, Auto
- Band control (C, KU)
- LNB control (Hor, Ver)
- 22K On/Off
- DiSEqC 1.0
System Requirement
1. System requirement (Minimum requirement)
- IBM PC or compatible (Celeron 300MHz or above)
- VGA card
- VGA monitor (Screen refresh rate more than 60 Hz is recommended)
- Windows 98, SE, ME, 2000
Packaged parts
1. Part
1. Pent@VALUE board
2. User's Guide
3. Program Install CD or Floppy Disk
Chapter 2
Hardware Installation
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Preparation for Driver Installation
1. Turn off your PC.
2. Plug in Pent@VALUE board into your PC.
Open your computer box and plug in Pent@VALUE board into any
empty PCI slot.
3. Install satellite dish antenna
Make sure to connect satellite dish antenna cable to Pent@VALUE's
antenna connector, as shown in Figure1. If you have antenna instal-
lation problem, please contact local dish distributor.
Figure1 - Typical Pent@VALUE connection
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Window 98/SE/ME
1.Pent@VALUE Driver Installation
(1)Pent@VALUE WDM DVB Processor driver installation
1) Windows will check new hardware and ask for the driver
2) Click [Next]
3)Select “Search for the best ....” and click [Next].
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4) Insert installation CD or Floppy disk, and click [Next].
5) After detecting the driver, click [Next].
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6) After copying all the driver files, click [Finish].
2.Pent@VALUE Satellite NIC Driver Installation
1) Windows will ask for the driver.
2) Click [Next]
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3)Select “Search for the best...” and click [Next].
4) Insert installation CD or Floppy Disk, and click [Next].
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5) After detecting the driver, click [Next].
6) After copying all the driver files, click [Finish].
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2.Check Pent@VALUE driver installation
To confirm whether driver is successfully installed or not, go to
Settings>Control Panel>Network and check whether Pent@VALUE
Satellite NIC is there as following picture.
7) After successful installation of driver, click [Yes] for reboot.
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Windows 2000
1.Pent@VALUE Driver Installation
(1) Pent@VALUE WDM DVB Processor Driver Installation.
1)Click [Next]
2) Select “Search For a suitable driver..” and click [Next].
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3) Insert installation CD or Floppy disk and click [Next].
4) After detecting the drive, click [Next].
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5) Click [OK].
6) Click [Browse].
7) Select the file and click [Open].
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8) If DWM DNB processor was successfully installed, you will
see the following dialogue box.
2.Pent@VALUE Satellite NIC Driver Installation.
1) Click [Next]
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2) Select “Search for a suitable driver...” and Click [Next].
3) Insert installation CD or Floppy disk and click [Next].
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4) After detecting the drive, click [Next].
5) If driver was found successfully, you will see following dialogue box.
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To confirm whether driver is successfully installed or not, go to Set-
tings ->Control Panel ->System ->Hardware ->Device Manager and
check whether Pent@VALUE Satellite NIC and PentaMedia WDM
DVB Processor are there as following picture.
2Check Pent@VALUE driver installation
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Digital Satellite Internet PC Receiver
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Chapter 3
Software Installation
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How to Install
1. Installation
1. Insert installation Floppy disk or CD and open File manager from
start up menu.
2. Double click setup.exe from File manager.
- Install program 1
3. Click Next to install to default folder. If you want to install to a
different folder, click Browse.
- Install program 2
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2.2
2.1
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4. Type new name in Program Folder, if you want to change folder
name. If you want to select default name, click Next button.
- Install program 3
5. Now, your computer is copying all necessary programs into your
hard disk drive. The installation is processed automatically.
- Install program 4
6. Click Finish to complete installation.
- Install program 5
3.2
3.1
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7. After finishing installation, program will ask to restart your
computer. Choose Yes and click Finish.
- Install program 6
8. To Start program
1) Click Start>Program>PentaMedia>Pent@VALUE X.XX
2) Click My Computer Icon on the Desktop.
C:\Program Files\Pent@VALUE X.XX\Pent@VALUE.exe.
3) Click Pent@VALUE X.XX in Windows Desktop.
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Chapter 4
Program Start
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Main Program Screen
About
It shows Version number and release Date.
Signal:The quality of the signal.
Noise:The noise component of the signal.
ErrorC:The number of error data-byte.
QPSK_lock:Whether the QPSK demodulator is phase locked or not.
Viterbi_sync:Whether the Viterbi decoder has successfully established
byte-synchronization or not.
Frame_sync:Whether the FEC chip has successfully established word
sync and frame or not
Tuner Information
This dialog box shows tuner information.
Pent@VALUE main screen
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Tuner
This dialogue box contains all the information of database regarding satellites, transponders.
You can see transponders by clicking + as sub-directories. Also you can make enable and
disable satellites, transponders by checking marks with mouse.
1. Import (Currently not providing)
To use this function, your modem should be able to be connected to
your ISP. If you are LAN user, you are ready to use it.
Once you click this button, following message will be shown.
1. FTP
Once you press this button, your computer will be connected to
www.pentamedia.com and import.dtb file will be downloaded from
PentaMedia server. While downloading satellite/ transponder da-
tabase will be updated automatically.
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2. File
The Satellite/Transponder database will be updated by last down-
loaded import.dtb file.
3. Cancel
To cancel database update.
2. New
This button is to add new transponders. Input new transponder
infomation on the dialogue box emerging while you click the button.
If you close the dialogue box after finishing the input, the new tran-
sponder will be added to the Source.
3. Delete
This button is to delete registered satellite/transponder.
4. Add
You can seek transponder only in the Destination. Therefore you
need to add satellites or transponders in the Source to the Destination.
For the above, you use this button. If you select satellite or transpon-
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der and click this button, satellite and transponder will be added to
the Destination.
5. Seek
This button is to seek the selected transponder after locking Tuner.
You can seek only one transponder.
6. MAC (Media Access Control) Address
Address assigned for reception of satellite Internet service. You can
filter MAC frames with a particular address.
7. Symbol explanation
: Satellite : Transponder
Transponder
This chapter describes Transponder dialogue box.
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1. Satellite
This box shows currently selected satellite name.
2. Transponder
This box shows currently selected satellite transponder name.
3. Frequency
This box is to set RF frequency of transponder.
4. Symbol rate (Symbol range: 2 MSPS ~ 45 MSPS)
This is used to make very fine adjustment of symbol rate.
5. Polarization
To select polarity of horizontal and vertical LNB.
6. Bandwidth
For selecting C band or KU band.
7. 22 K
For selecting the 22 K ON or OFF function.
8. Viterbi rate
For selecting 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, or AUTO Viterbi rate function.
9. DiSEqC 1.0
For DiSEqC 1.0 Supporting.
10.LNB type
In case LNB is for C band, select None. In case LNB is for KU band
and value is specified in the following list, select value. If there does
not exist your specified LNB value, select None in the LNB list, and
re-set frequency (IF) using the following fomula;
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IF = RF-LNB local frequency
RF is radio frequency emitted by the satellite you use. IF value should
be in the range of 950 MHz ~ 2150 MHz.
11.PID Number
1) Type or select your PID.
2) Click [ADD]
3) List of PIDs of the service
4) Remove selected PID
5) Remove all PIDs in the list box
6) PID value is in Hex
7) PID value is in Dec
12.Auto PID
This box is for only Multicast filtering of European Online (EOL)
Internet service user.
Program Start
7)
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Tray Icon
Make / Delete tray icon.
If you select “Tray Icon On”, Icon will be made on Tray Bar placed in
right-bottom. In the state of receiving data from satellite, Tray Icon
keeps revolving as much as 90oclockwise.
Exit
1. In case, Tray Icon doesn’t exist ;
Click exit with mouse.
2. In case, Tray Icon does exists ;
Click Tray Icon with right button of mouse and select exit.
Chapter 5
Setting-Up Internet
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How to Setup Modem Connection
1. Dial-Up Networking
If Dial-Up Networking has not been installed in your system, install
Dial-Up Networking as follows. If it has been installed, go No.2.
1. Click Start> Setting> Control Panel.
2. Double click Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Click Windows Setup.
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This process shows how to establish modem connection to service
provider with high-speed data broadcasting services.
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4. Click Communications and Details.
5. Check Dial_Up Networking and click OK to confirm.
6. At last, Dial_Up Networking is installed on your PC. Now, you
can utilize Make New Connection contained in Dial_Up Network-
ing folder.
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2. Make New Connection
1. Click Start>Programs>Windows Explorer.
2. Click Dial-Up Networking and double click Make New Connec-
tion at the next frame.
3. Type the name of service provider that you want to be connected.
4. To select modem, Click Configure.
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7. Click Finish after confirming the message displayed on the box.
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5. When you have selected the modem, click Next.
6. Input Area code,Telephone number and Country code of the ser-
vice provider. Then click Next.
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Transponder Setting for Multicast
You can not use satellite without subscription to a satellite Internet service. For more detail
installation, please contact with your ISP (Internet Satellite Provider).
1. Insert PID on Transponder that you have selected.
1. Run Pent@VALUE program and click [SEEK] button.
2. Select satellite in the Source.
1. Click
2. Choose
3. Click
4. Double click
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3. Click [ADD].
4. Double click selected transponder in the Destination for multicast
data.
5. Please type PID number, which is provided by your ISP, on Tran-
sponder dialogue box.
6. Please click [Add] on Transponder dialogue box.
7. Click [OK] on Transponder dialogue box.
8. Select your transponder and click [Seek]. Then, Close tuner dia-
logue box by clicking [OK].
5. Type PID NO.
2.Reception Status
If the signal shows up to green, reception is OK.
If the signal shows just Red only, you may have to check antenna
status/other parameter values.
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Transponder Setting for Satellite Internet
IMPORTANT : This connection program is only for Europe IP filtering user.
Mac filtering user does not need to use it.
1. Seek the transponder
1. Run Pent@VALUE program and click [SEEK] button.
2. Select Satellite in the Source.
3. Click [ADD].
4. Select transponder in the Destination for data broadcasting.
1. Click
2. Select
3. Click
4. Select
Telephone Call
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5. Click [SEEK]
6. Click [OK]
2.Reception Status
If the signal shows up to green, reception is OK.
If the signal shows just Red only, you may have to check antenna
status/other parameter values.
3.Setting Satellite IP Address
1. Click [Telephone Call] button
2. Now You can see SatConnect Program. This window is to help to
connect with Internet Satellite provider.
3.Click [Advanced] button.
3. Click
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4.Insert IP address.
You can put in various IP address of respective service.
This service is only for IP filtering user.
5.Click [IP setting] button
6. When you have finished inputting all of data, you can start
Internet.
Windows 2000 Note
Windows 2000, formerly Windows NT 5.0 was released in 2000. There
are many changes to the installation instructions for this new operat-
ing system. Please note that any changes to drivers or instructions
for Windows 2000 will be found on our web site.
Please refer to our website (http://www.pentamedia.com) for more
information.
NT’s user can obtain Pent@VALUE driver from www.pentamedia.com
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FCC RF
INTERFERENCE STATEMENT
NOTE :
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures.
-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio, TV technical for help.
-Only shielded interface cable should be used.
Finally, any changes or modifications to the equipment by the user not
expressly approved by the grantee or manufacturer could void the users
authority to operate such equipment,
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions:
(1)This device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interfer-
ence that may cause undesired operation.