LG Electronics STB-3000 DVR User Manual


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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-3000. These
featuresareprimarilyintendedforusewhentheSTBisconguredforFTGModeoperation;however,
Wi-FiZoning,alongwithselectedelementsofTVZoning(InstallerMenuandTV[STB]SetupMenuprole
Zoneassignments),mayalsobeusedwithSTBcloningprocessesusingaUSBmemorydevice/TLXle.
Refer to the appropriate section(s) below for further information on the Zoning features 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 createlocalizedcongurationsforSTBs/displaysinselectedlocations,
or“Zones,”withintheinstallationenvironment,forexample,ahotellobby,tnesscenter,restaurant,etc.
Using the TV Zoning Feature with FTG Mode Conguration
TheFTGFileManagermaybeusedtocreateanFTGConguration(.tlx)lethatcontainsmultipleInstaller
MenuandTVSetupMenuproles,eachwithitsownZoneassignment.UptonineuniqueZonescanbe
designatedforSTB-3000FTGInstallerMenuand/orTVSetupMenuproles.Zonerestrictionscanalsobe
placed on individual channels in the FTG Channel Map. Thus, for example, you may create an FTG Installer
Menuand/orTVSetupMenuproletospecicallycongureanSTB/displayinthehotellobbyandalso
restrict the channels that are available to be tuned on that STB/display.
TheTVZone#mustbesetappropriatelyoneachSTBinorderfortheSTBstobeconguredcorrectly.
See “Set the TV Zone # and/or Wi-Fi Zone # in the STB” on page 70, and set the TV Zone # in all the
STBsinaselectarea,sothattheSTBs/displaysareconguredwithcorrespondingFTGInstallerMenu
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 #.
ThefollowingsubsectionsbrieydescribehowtoassignZonedesignationsintheFTGFileManager.
Refer to the Free-To-Guest (FTG) File Manager User Guide for further information.
FTG Installer Menu Prole Zone Assignments
The FTG File Manager main screen enables you to change the Zone assignment (default = Zone 0) for each
InstallerMenuproletobeincludedinanFTGConguration(.tlx)le.Forexample,youmaywishtocreate
oneSTB-3000InstallerMenuproleforthehotellobbyandanotherSTB-3000InstallerMenuproleforthe
tnesscenter,bothofwhicharedifferentfromtheInstallerMenuproleusedforstandardguestrooms.The
TVZoningfeatureenablesyoutosavemultipleSTB-3000FTGInstallerMenuproles,eachwithitsown
Zoneassignment,inoneFTGCongurationle.IfeachSTBintheaforementionedlocations(Zones)has
had its TV Zone # set appropriately, as described in the procedure on page 70 or via the EZ-Manager Wizard,
theSTB(s)willonlybeconguredbytheInstallerMenuprolethatmatchesits(their)Zonesetting.
IntheFTGFileManagermainscreen,youcanalsoedittheZoneassignmentforeachInstallerMenuprole
and/orTVSetupMenuprolealreadypresentintheFTGCongurationListandTVSetupMenuListwindows.
Note: See also the FTG File Manager main screen overview on page 50. In addition, note that TV Setup
MenuprolescannotbecreatedintheFTGFileManager;theymustbe“Learned”fromaTV/STB.
FTG Channel Map Zone Restrictions
TheFTGChannelMapEditorintheFTGFileManager’sFTGChannelMapCongurationUtilityenables
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
whendeningoreditingthatchannel.
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