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1. General Information 

TVGo DVB-T31 is a digital terrestrial TV set top box that lets you watch 
digital TV from your TV and provides high quality digital audio output for Hi-
fi systems or home theaters. Also, the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) 
and Teletext provide you more information on TV programs. TVGo DVB-
T31 is no doubt the choice to fulfill your desire for digital entertainment on 
the go!

  

1.1. Features 

 

Watch free-to-air DVB-T TV programs on TV 

 

Supports Digital Audio for inputting digital speaker  

 

Supports EPG(Electronic Program Guide) and Teletext 

 

Include Active antenna  

 

Multi-language OSD  

1.2. Package Contents 

 

TVGo DVB-T31 

Quick Guide 

 

 

Remote Control 

AAA batteries*2 

 

 

  

SCART cable 

Power Cord 

 

 

 

Digital Antenna 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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1.3. Remote Control 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Function 

 

Turns power ON/OFF of the DSR. 

 

When watching a channel, mutes the sound. 

0~9 

Enter number of the required menu item or 
Select a channel number to watch. 

TV/RADIO Switch between TV and Radio mode. 

Å

 PR 

Switches back to previous channel. 

FAV 

Display favourite channel list. 

INFO 

Shows information of the current channel. 

MENU 

Press this key one time to run menu on 

screen, and call command box. 

 

Moves up/down a page in the channel list. 

OK, LIST

Executes the selected item in the menu 

screen, or enters the desired value in any 

input mode 

SAT 

Display the satellite list or searched channel. 

PR+,PR-

When watching a channel, change channels, 

or moves to the next higher or lower item in 

the menu. 

When watching a channel, adjust the volume, 

or move to the left or right item in menu. 

EXIT 

Returns to the previous menu on the menu 
screen or escape from the menu. 

AUDIO 

When watching a channel, switches the audio 

language. 

EPG 

Calls up the EPG (Electronic Program Guide).

 

Selects the different audio modes. 

TV/AV 

Switches between TV or AV mode. 

POSITION Display position bar on the screen to adjust 

the antenna or for manual search. 

 

Switches to teletext or subtitle mode. 

UHF 

Switches to UHF tuning mode. 

 

 

 


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Figure 2: Front Panel  

 

 

 

 

KEY Function 

POWER/ Power 

ON/OFF 

▲▼

 

Move left or right on the menu by selecting 

▲▼

 

1.4. Rear Panel 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ant.  IN: connect to Terrestrial  antenna 

Ant. OUT: connect to another receiver 

Connect to a PC for software upgrade 

Connect to TV and VCR or PC using scart cable 

Connect to a speaker 

Digital audio output 

Main connection (AC 90~240V) 

 


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Installation  

This section explains the installation of TVGo DVB-T31 Always refer to the 
manual supplied with the equipment for the installation of outdoor 
equipment such as the antenna. When adding new equipment, be sure to 
refer to the related parts of the manual for the installation. 

1.5.  Connecting to Antenna and TV 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.6.  Connecting to TV using RCA Support 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Menu Information 

Once TVGo DVB-T31 has been connected correctly to the TV, the 
following menu will be displayed when the power is turned on. 

 


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This menu consists of 5 main 

sections as shown below

 

 Channel 

Manager 

 Program 

Guide 

 Timer 

 User 

Installation 

 Receiver 

Information 

During the installation the 

OK

 key confirms a selection and 

 key 

shows the Drop Down List Box. You can also use the numeric keys on the 
RCU to enter a numeric value. 

PR+, PR-

 keys allows you to move along the menu bars and all available 

sub-menus should be displayed. Use the

keys to move from left to 

right on the menu or vice versa. 

To leave the menu system at anytime, press 

EXIT

 key on the Remote 

Control. 

User Installation 

This menu consists of 4 sub-menus as shown below. 

 Channel 

Search 

 System 

Setting 

 Parental 

Lock 

 Factory 

Default 

2.1. Channel Search 

1. 

Channel 

: Select desired Channel using 

CH

 keys. Pressing the 

OK

 key will 

display a Drop-Down List Box which 

also lets you select the desired channel. 

2. 

Frequency

 : Edit the Frequency. 

3. 

Search All Channel 

: Search all 

avaliable channels. 

 

 

 


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4. 

Search Local Channel 

: Search for a single channel. 

TVGo DVB-T31 will automatically search channels for TV and Radio. 

During this procedure you can see a list of the previously searched 

channels in the 

Searched

 List Box on the screen. 

On completion of searching channels, the cursor will be placed on 

COMPLETE

 automatically. Now press 

OK 

button. 

5. 

Set PID: 

 If you want to set PID (Packet 

Identifier) manually, select TP in the 
“Channel Search Page” and press 
MENU key on the RCU to display the 
command box.  

Then select SET PID command and 

press 

OK

. The set PID menu will be 

displayed.  
Enter the correct value and select 

OK

6. 

Delete  CH : 

 If you want to delete a 

Channel, please select the Channel 
which you want to delete and then press 

MENU

 key on the RCU to display the 

command box.  Then select 

Delete CH

 

command. A confirm message box will 
be displayed. 

 

Edit Mode

: If you want to edit 

preprogrammed data such as Frequency, please press 

EDIT mode

 key 

(Red color key) on the RCU to display the command box. You can then 

move into those columns to change the value.  

2.2. System 

Setting 

The 

System Setting

 menu allows you to se 

t items depending on your environment. 

1. 

OSD Language

 : Lets you select the 

desired language. 

2. 

Audio Language

: Select the desired 

audio language to be in   top priority 
under the condition that this language is supported by the channel. 

3. 

Antenna feed 5V:  

Outputting

 

power for active anntenna (Defult is on); 

for passive antenna, pease selet off.  

4. 

Screen Format

: If your TV supports 16:9 screen format and selected 

channel provides 16:9 format program, select 16:9. 

 
 

 


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5. 

Video output

: If your SCART supports RGB control, select RGB. 

Otherwise select CVBS. 

6. 

TV type

: Select the type according to your TV type. 

7. 

Start On Channel

: If you press 

OK

 key, then the channel list is 

displayed. You can select one channel from the list. 

2.3. Parental Lock 

This function allows you to lock the channel with a password in order to 

prevent children from accessing the channel. 
You can also protect your installed data and information using the 

Install 

Lock

  How to change the Password 

1.  Enter the current password. 

2. Select 

ON

 of Parental Lock. 

3.  Enter new password. 

4.  Confirm your new password entering new 

password again. 

Note

: Default password is 0000. 

Warning

:  Once you change the password, please keep it in a safe place 

  How to use Parent Lock 

1.  To activate parent lock function, go to the 

TV   channel     

Manager Page. 

2.  Press Lock key (Blue color key) on the 

Remote control 

3.  Select the channel which you want to Lock. 

4.  Press OK then   symbol is displayed. 

 

 

How to use Install Lock 

 

Enter the current 

password. 

1. Select 

ON

 of Install Lock 

2.  Enter new password 

 

 


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3.  Confirm your new password by entering new password again 

4.  Exit this menu. 

5.  Select any menu and press 

OK 

on the Remote Control. 

6. Then 

the 

Enter Password

 box will be displayed. 

7.  Unless you enter the correct password, you can not run any menu.  

Note

: Default password is 0000 

Warning

:  Do not forget your password 

2.4. Factory Default 

If you want to return TVGo DVB-T31 to 
factory default, select Factory Default and 
press the 

OK

 key. 

Then a warning message will be displayed. 
To confirm, select 

OK

Warning

:  On selecting factory default you 

will lose all of data and information, which 
was previously installed.   

2.5. Previous Channel Recall 

Press 

 

PR

 key on the remote control to 

move to the previous channel you watched. 

2.6. TV & Radio Mode 

While viewing a TV channel, press the 

TV/RADIO

 key on the remote control to 

change between TV and Radio modes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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2.7. TV & VCR Mode 

The 

TV/AV

 key on the remote control lets you 

change the mode from satellite to TV or VCR.  

Press once to move to the TV mode. 

Press twice to move to VCR mode. 

 

General Function 

The following describes the basic functions of TVGo DVB-T31 when 
watching terrestrial TV or listening to terrestrial radio. 

While watching, the current channel information will be shown on the 
bottom of the screen if you press the 

INFO

 button on the Remote control. 

2.8.  Select Channel 

If you want to select channel, use 

CH 

key

 

on the front panel or 

PR+, PR- 

key on the 

Remote Control or numeric keys. 

In addition to the above function, TVGo 
DVB-T31 provides more convenient 
channel change functions. 

While watching, press 

OK

 key on the 

remote control. 

A channel list will be displayed on the right side of the screen. If you press 

EXIT

 key, the channel list will disappear. 

To select a channel, go up or down on the channel list and place the cursor 
on a desired channel. Then, press 

OK

 key to watch the selected channel. 

Channel Information 

Every time you change channels, you will receive program information for a 
few seconds. 

While watching the channel you can see the current channel information at 
anytime by pressing the 

INFO

 key on the remote control. 

 

 


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2.9.  Volume & Audio Control 

1. Volume 

Control 

To increase or decrease volume, use 

VOL 

Keys

 on the remote control or 

◄►

 

on the front 

panel. 

Note

: TVGo DVB-T31 has 18 volume levels 

and this can be controlled from the volume level 
of your TV. 

2. Mute 

To mute the sound, press 

 button on the remote control. To bring back 

the normal sound, press this key once again. 

3. Audio 

Control 

Press the 

 key repeatedly to select one of three possible Audio settings 

(Left, Right and Stereo)  

The current audio setting will be displayed in the channel information 

4. Language 

Selection 

Press the 

AUDIO

 key on the remote control repeatedly to select audio-

language. This depends on the transmission of audio signal. 

2.10. Favourite 

List 

To create a favorite group list press 

FAV

 key 

on the remote control.  

You can access the next favorite group when 
you press 

FAV

 key again. 

The method to group favorite channels is 
explained in the Favorite Channel. 

3. Channel Manager 

This function not only allows you to watch 
channels but also do a lot ofinteresting and 
useful things. 

 

Channel manager consists of TV channel 
and Radio channel.  

 


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Note

: The usage of Radio Channel is same as that of TV channel, in this 

manual only TV Channel manager is explained.  

on 

the left side of the TV channel menu, you can see the channel list. On 

the right side, you can watch the current channel in small Picture in Graphic 
(PIG) mode (1/9 size of the normal mode). You can also see channel 
information under the PIG screen. 

When the cursor is moved from one channel to another, the PIG will 
change accordingly. 

You can use those color keys on the remote control as below. 

1. Delete mode (Red key) 

2. Favorite mode (Green key) 

3. Move mode (Yellow key) 

4. Lock mode (Blue key) 

Pressing the MENU key on the remote control will display the command 
menu. 

TV channel manager has 3 commands as shown below; 

1. Rename Favorite group 

2. Rename 

3. Sort 

3.2. Favorite  Channel 

When you select channel manager, default 
favorite list will be shown on screen as Favorite 
1. Select your favorite channel and then press 

OK

 key. Then   will be marked next to your 

selected channel name. 

If you want to remove the channel name from the favorite channel list, 
press 

OK

 key once again, then the   mark will disappear. 

After the selection of favorite channels press 

EXIT

 key twice to save data 

and press 

FAV

 key repeatedly to see if each of the favorite groups are 

properly selected. 

 

 


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 Represents scrambled channel 

 

How to make a favorite group  

1.  When you enter channel manager, the 

default favorite group will be shown once on 
the screen as Favorite 1. 

2.  If you press 

FAV

 key on the remote control, 

a new favorite group will be created as 
Favorite 2. 

 

 

How to edit the name of a Favorite group 

1.  In the favorite mode, press 

MENU

 key on the remote control then the 

command box will be displayed on the screen. 

2. Select 

Rename Favorite group

” in the command box. 

3.  You can edit the name by using the keypad. 

3.3. Move Channel 

In the TV channel manager page, press 

Move

 

key (Yellow color key) on the remote control 

Select a channel by pressing 

OK

 key and move 

the cursor to the location where you want to 
move the selected channel and press 

OK

 key. 

Then, you will find that the selected channel 
has moved to the desired location and the 
number of channel has been changed accordingly. 

Check whether the channel number has changed on the channel list.  

3.4.  Lock Channel 

In the TV channel manager page, press 

Lock

 

key (blue color key) on the remote control. 

This 

Lock

 command allows you to lock the 

channel. First select the channel, which you 
want to lock, and press 

OK

 key. Then this   

will be marked beside the selected channel 
name. 

Note:

 To perform this function, you should set up the Parental Lock first. 

 


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Rename Channel 

In the Main Page, press 

MENU

 key on the 

remote control, and then select Rename on the 

command menu. 
This Rename command allows you to rename 

the channel. First select the channel to be 

renamed and press 

OK

 key, then a Keypad 

dialog box will be displayed. Enter the desired name.  
Check whether the channel name is changed on the channel list. 

3.5.  Delete Channel 

In the Channel manager, you can enter Delete 
CH mode, if you press 

Delete

 key on the 

remote control. Then, if you press Delete key 
repeatedly, the mode will cycle through 

Delete 

channel carrier

 -> 

Delete  All

 -> 

Delete single 

CH. 

This Delete command allows you to delete the 
channel permanently. First select the channels, which you want to delete; 
the selected channel number will be marked 

“X”

. If you cancel the 

selection, press 

OK

 key again, then the marked number will be back. 

If you decide to delete, press 

EXIT

 key and then press 

OK

 to delete.    

Check whether the channel number is deleted on channel list.   

Warning

: The deleted channel cannot be recovered unless search function 

is performed again. 

3.6. Sort Channel 

In the Main Page, press 

MENU

 key on the Remote Control, and select 

Sort

 

on the command menu.  
This Sort menu has a sub command and it allows you to sort the channels, 

as you like.  
You can sort the channels by Favorite, Lock, Scramble and CH name. 

Place the cursor on the desired line, and then press 

OK

 key.  

Check whether the channels are sorted properly on the channel list. 

Note:

 Radio Channel Manager has the same operation as TV channel 

Manager 

 


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3.7. Sort Channel 

In the Main Page, press 

MENU

 key on the Remote Control, and select 

Sort

 

on the command menu.  

This Sort menu has a sub command and it allows you to sort the channels, 
as you like.  

You can sort the channels by Favorite, Lock, Scramble and CH name. 
Place the cursor on the desired line, and then press 

OK

 key.  

Check whether the channels are sorted properly on the channel list. 

 

Note:

 Radio Channel Manager has the same operation as TV channel 

Manager. 

4.  EPG (Electronic Program Guide) 

TVGo DVB-T31 provides EPG function for you 
to get access to the TV Guide (or Radio Guide if 
you are listening to radio channels) that will 
show the titles and other information of the 
current and next programs on different channels. 
The information is only available from the 
network to which the channel you are watching. 

To see the EPG data, press 

EPG 

key on your 

remote control when watching a channel or select Program Guide in the 
Main Page. 

The 

EPG

 box will be displayed. 

You can see the channel in the PIG screen; channel list on the left side and 
Program schedule for selected channel will be displayed on the right side. 
The time related to the program schedule is also displayed 

Select one channel and placing the mark on 
the time of Program name which detail 
information you want to know. Then you can 
see blue button, if there is detail information of 
the channel. Press 

Detail

 (Blue color key) key 

on the remote control, for the detail information 
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If you want to check the previous or next information of the channel, please 
press +6:00 key (Yellow color key) or –6:00 key (Green color key) on the 
remote control. 
 
Press the blue button on the remote controller 
and more detail of the selected program will be 
displayed on the screen 

Note

: A ‘No data available” message will be 

shown if the selected channel does not provide 
EPG data. 

5. Timer 

You can adjust the real time and program the timer in various ways. 

5.1. Time  Adjust 

You can get the real time from the program 
automatically If the displayed time is not correct, 
you can adjust the real time using this function. 

5.2. Time  Reservation 

Timer can be activated by “

Turn on time

” 

and/or “

Turn Off

” Option. 

Timer allows you to program the various timer 
functions. 

You can set the timer daily, weekly, monthly or 
once.