Entone Hydra HD A-Series User Manual

Hydra High Definition Multi-Television Video Gateway User’s Guide P/N: 88-4300

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 8 Chapter 2 2.1 Index to Parts and Controls CONTENTS IN THE BOX Item Picture Quantity H

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 FRONT PANEL AND REAR PANEL Figure 2-1 Hydra HD Front Pane

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Figure 2-2 Hydra Rear Panel Part Name Description 1.

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 REMOTE CONTROL Figure 2-3 Remote Control NOTE: *Please

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 12 Chapter 3 3.1 Hydra HD Introduction ABOUT THE HYDRA HIGH DEFINITION MULTI-TELEVISION VI

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Hydra HD comes with integrated Caller ID and optional fea

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 14 Chapter 4 4.1 Connecting the Primary TV Hydra HD offers several options for connecting

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 15 CONNECTING THE PRIMARY TV USING COAXIAL CABLE 1. Use the

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 16 CONNECTING THE PRIMARY TV USING RCA COMPOSITE OR S-VIDEO

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 17 Figure 4-3 Connecting Primary TV using S-Video and Com

COPYRIGHT ©2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. No part of this publ

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 18 CONNECTING THE PRIMARY TV USING HDMI OR COMPONENT 1. Acq

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 19 Figure 4-5 Connecting Primary TV using HDMI NOTE:  Al

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 20 SETTING HDMI AND COMPONENT OUTPUT RESOLUTION You can sele

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 21 Chapter 5 5.1 Connecting TV(s) In Other Rooms This section describes how to connect th

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 22 CONNECTING TV(S) IN ANOTHER ROOM(S) USING CATV CABLING SY

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 23 Chapter 6 6.1 Connecting Audio System Your Hydra HD supports AC-3 (Dolby Digital 5.1 ch

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 24 Table 6-1 Audio Format Audio Track Decoder 1 HDMI Decod

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 25 Chapter 7 7.1 Caller ID Display The Hydra HD can display caller ID information of tele

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 26 Chapter 8 8.1 Connecting eSATA Hard Drive Hydra HD supports DVR (Digital Video Recordin

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 27 When you connect a new hard drive for the first time, har

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 1 Table of Contents Declaration of Conformity ...

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 28 Chapter 9 9.1 Powering-Up Hydra Follow these steps to power up the Hydra HD: 1. Foll

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 29 5. Within 60 seconds splash screen will appear on the TV

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 30 Chapter 10 10.1 Remote Controls LOADING BATTERIES The remote controls come with AA-size

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 31 CONTROLLING THE HYDRA HD Hydra HD is equipped with specia

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 32 ATTACH THE RF REMOTE CONTROL ANTENNA You need to attach t

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 33 REMOTE CONTROL REGISTRATION You must install the RF remo

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 34 5. If the Hydra HD does not receive any remote control

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 35 CONTROLLING YOUR TELEVISION AND OTHER A/V DEVICES The Hyd

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 36 Chapter 11 11.1 Closed Captioning The Hydra HD supports closed captioning. You can con

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 37 Chapter 12 12.1 Aspect Ratio Hydra HD supports display of both standard definition cont

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 SETTING CLOSED CAPTIONING...

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 38 Chapter 13 13.1 User Menu The Hydra HD User Menu is an on-screen setup menu to set up y

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 39 USING USER MENU To start the User Menu: 1. Use the corr

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 40 To set up a feature: 1. Use remote control “UP” and “DO

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 41 To save your setup or exit: 1. If you have made any set

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 42 SETTING CHANNEL ID In “TV OUT”, decoder 1 by default is

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 43 FORMATTING HARDDISK If your HydraHD comes with harddisk f

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 44 SETTING TIVO IR KEYCODE Hydra HD is equipped with an IR

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 45 Chapter 14 14.1 Specifications Main components Decoders 3 decoders per box 3 decodi

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 46 Ethernet Ethernet (10/100Base-T auto-sensing) Caller ID

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 47 Chapter 15 15.1 Troubleshooting the Hydra This section describes some of the most comm

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 3 Declaration of Conformity To ensure proper use of this product, please read this manual

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 48 Picture shows on the primary TV but not any other TV •

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Part 68 - Compliance Registration This equipment complie

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Canada Certification Notice The Industry Canada lab

Hydra HD – A Series User’s Guide Copyright  2008 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Preface Introducing Hydra HD TYPOGRAPHICAL CONVENTIONS The

Copyright  2007 Entone, Inc. All rights reserved 7 Chapter 1 1.1 Safety Precautions Before installing Hydra HD, be sure to unplug Hydra HD,