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Reference: Using the STB’s Zoning Features
This section describes the TV Zoning and Wi-Fi Zoning features available with the STB-2000. These
featuresareprimarilyintendedforusewhentheSTBisconguredforFTGModeviaCPUoperation;
however, Wi-Fi Zoning, along with selected elements of TV Zoning (Installer Menu and TV [STB] Setup
MenuproleZoneassignments),mayalsobeusedwithSTBcloningprocessesusingaUSBmemory
device/TLXle.Refertotheappropriatesection(s)belowforfurtherinformationontheZoningfeatures
and how to set the TV Zone # or Wi-Fi Zone # in an STB that is currently in Pass-through Mode.
TV Zoning Feature
The TV Zoning feature enables you to createlocalizedcongurationsforSTBs/displaysinselectedlocations,
or“Zones,”withintheinstallationenvironment,forexample,ahotellobby,tnesscenter,restaurant,etc.
Using the TV Zoning Feature with FTG Mode Conguration
TheFTGFileManagermaybeusedtocreateanFTGConguration(.tlx)lethatcontainsmultipleInstaller
MenuandTVSetupMenuproles,eachwithitsownZoneassignment.UptonineuniqueZonescanbe
designatedforSTB-2000FTGInstallerMenuand/orTVSetupMenuproles.Zonerestrictionscanalsobe
placed on individual channels in the FTG Channel Map. Thus, for example, you may create an FTG Installer
Menuand/orTVSetupMenuproletospecicallycongureanSTB/displayinthehotellobbyandalso
restrict the channels that are available to be tuned on that STB/display.
TheTVZone#mustbesetappropriatelyoneachSTBinorderfortheSTBstobeconguredcorrectly.
See “Set the TV Zone # and/or Wi-Fi Zone # in the STB” on page 71, and set the TV Zone # in all the
STBsinaselectarea,sothattheSTBs/displaysareconguredwithcorrespondingFTGInstallerMenu
and/or TV Setup Menu settings and/or can omit channels that have been restricted in the FTG Channel
Map. TV Zone 0 is the default TV Zone #.
ThefollowingsubsectionsbrieydescribehowtoassignZonedesignationsintheFTGFileManager.
Refer to the Free-To-Guest (FTG) File Manager User Guide for further information.
FTG Installer Menu Prole Zone Assignments
The FTG File Manager main screen enables you to change the Zone assignment (default = Zone 0) for each
InstallerMenuproletobeincludedinanFTGConguration(.tlx)le.Forexample,youmaywishtocreate
oneSTB-2000InstallerMenuproleforthehotellobbyandanotherSTB-2000InstallerMenuproleforthe
tnesscenter,bothofwhicharedifferentfromtheInstallerMenuproleusedforstandardguestrooms.The
TVZoningfeatureenablesyoutosavemultipleSTB-2000FTGInstallerMenuproles,eachwithitsown
Zoneassignment,inoneFTGCongurationle.IfeachSTBintheaforementionedlocations(Zones)has
had its TV Zone # set appropriately, as described in the procedure on page 71 or via the EZ-Manager Wizard,
theSTB(s)willonlybeconguredbytheInstallerMenuprolethatmatchesits(their)Zonesetting.
IntheFTGFileManagermainscreen,youcanalsoedittheZoneassignmentforeachInstallerMenuprole
and/orTVSetupMenuprolealreadypresentintheFTGCongurationListandTVSetupMenuListwindows.
Note: See also the FTG File Manager main screen overview on page 52. In addition, note that TV Setup
MenuprolescannotbecreatedintheFTGFileManager;theymustbe“Learned”fromaTV/STB.
FTG Channel Map Zone Restrictions
TheFTGChannelMapEditorintheFTGFileManager’sFTGChannelMapCongurationUtilityenables
you to place Zone restrictions on individual channels that may be prohibited or deemed unsuitable for
certain locations. In the FTG Channel Map Editor, one or more Zone restrictions (1–8) may be placed on
each channel that is to be restricted. For example, if you wish to restrict a channel from Zones 2 and 4,
select both “Zone 2” and “Zone 4” in the Zone Restriction section of the FTG Channel Map Editor screen
whendeningoreditingthatchannel.