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Remote Area Broadcasting
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The Remote Area Broadcast (RABS) digital satellite services is broadcast
from the OPTUS B3 satellite from the latter half of 1998. The service will
replace the old HACBSS/RCTS system that has served several thousand
installations in rural and remote communities throughout Australia. RABS
comprises of ABC (five time zones), SBS (in SE and NE), and the four
commercial broadcasters Imparja (Central), Seven Central (NE), Golden West and WIN West (Western).
As well as RABS there will be a number of other services on Aurora.
Authorisation to receive any service on Aurora will be via an addressable smart
card.
Aurora uses a national beam, so all of the previous spot beam services will
technically be available over the whole country.
The ABC has stated that viewers will be free to access any of their zonal
services, regardless of where they are located. Consequently, it will be
possible for users anywhere in Australia to receive all five ABC TV broadcast
streams as well as a selection of ABC radio channels. It will only be possible
to view the commercial channels within their own license areas.
UEC 642,660 & 700 IRDs are the
ONLY OPTUS RECOMMENDED digital satellite receivers for the
RABS service and is not reliant on dates so is fully Y2K compliant.
UEC 642 IRD SOFTWARE LINKING
Using your UEC 642 IRD digital satellite reciever, it is possible to software
link different bouquets. This enables you to navigate between Aurora, Optus
Vision and Austar with your RCU (Remote Control Unit). You will require the
appropriate smartcard for each service you wish to view.
Set Aurora as default frequency:
Turn the IRD on. If it defaults to 12407 Aurora is already the default setting.
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Press the menu key on the RCU
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Select "Advanced Options"
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Select "Change Dish Installation"
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Enter pin code "9 9 4 9"
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Select "Change Manual Tuning Parameters"
Change to:
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Input frequency: 12407
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Symbol Rate: 30000
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Polarisation: Vertical
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FEC: 2/3
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Press OK on the RCU
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Select 'Tune & Rescan (this process may take 10 to 15 seconds)
Software Linking bouquets:
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Press the menu key on the RCU
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Select "Advanced Options"
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Select "Signal Detection"
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Check "Course Tune" then "Fine Tune"
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Select "Exit" on the RCU
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Select "Change dish installation"
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Enter pin code "9 9 4 9"
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Select "Change Manual Tuning Parameters"
Change to:
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Input frequency: xxxxx
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Mysm: xxxxx
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Polarisation: Horizontal
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FEC: 3/4
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Press OK on the RCU to confirm changes
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Press 'Exit' 3 times
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