How to add Prime to the Zinwell ZMX-7500 & DSE...

How to add Prime to the Zinwell ZMX-7500 & DSE 7500
Please keep a copy of these instructions for future reference and read them completely before starting.
Before starting, please check your software version. Press Menu, select Accessories and then Version. The s/w
version needs to be 6.5 or later. Also confirm that the green signal bar that appears for a short time at the bottom of
the screen when you change channels is 100% on both TV1 and TV3. If this green bar is less than 95% on TV1,
step 5 below may fail. These instructions assume you are familiar with the instructions in your User Guide for
entering Passwords etc. The default password is “0000” unless you have changed it.
1. Carry out a Restore to Defaults. Instructions can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/zinwell-nz
2. Check the date and time are correct. During daylight saving you may need to manually set these and
instructions are available from the link above. (This step can be carried out last if more convenient)
3. Go to menu option System Installation, Add Satellite. With Optus D1 selected, firstly check which is
the correct LNB setting to use. Scroll down to LNB No. and using the left and right arrow keys, check if
LNB 1 (11300) or LNB 2 (10750) shows the 100% yellow signal bar at the bottom right of your screen.
The one that shows the yellow signal bar is the one to use in the next step. Most commonly this will be
LNB 2
4. Return to the Satellite field at the top of the screen, use the right and down arrows followed by Ok to select
User Satellite. Scroll down to LNB No. and select the LNB number you found in the last step. (There
will be no signal indication at this stage) Press Ok to exit and save.
5. Go to menu option System Installation, Auto Tune. Select User Satellite, confirm the LNB No.
determined above is correct, set the Start & End Freq both to 12483 and press Ok. (Ensure you are not
on Optus D1 or you may lose existing channels). Wait until you see a brief message Tuning Complete
and press OK and save. The receiver will start scanning and after about 30 seconds the TVNZ channels
(including Maori) will be duplicated. Press Ok and Save. Exit.
6. Go to menu option System Installation, Select Edit TP. Select the Transponder Frequency (TP) from the
new user satellite you have just added, labelled *12483 (it will be the last on the list – if you pick the
first one listed by mistake, you will lose some of the existing channels and will need to start again
from step 1 with a Factory Restore). Change the new Transponder Frequency (TP) from 12483 to
12707, confirm the Symbol Rate (SR) is 22500, Polarisation is H (Horizontal) and press Ok and save.
(Note: you will see the yellow signal bar as soon as you enter 12707 above)
* Ignore or delete the additional Optus D1 TPs 12644, 12707 & 12671 shown as I haven’t found any way
of using these to add channels.
7. Wait for the receiver to return to normal TV. You may see a brief message “Service Not Collected”.
Scroll through the channels until you find the first duplicate channel that has no signal e.g. 9 Maori
Television. After a short time you will receive a message showing “Audio Video Not Available” and
confirming you are on the User Satellite and TP 12707 MHz
8. Go to Menu, Channel Manager, and Edit Channel. Enter the new Audio PID 1101*, Video PID 1001*
and PCR 8190, using OK to save and the arrow keys to move between fields. After saving all the new
PIDs, press Exit. You now have Prime on Channel 9, however the banner at the bottom of the screen will
still show this as Maori.
*If you are located in the Central or South region you can substitute the appropriate PIDs from the Table
below to match your region.
PID
Prime North
Prime Central
Prime South
Audio
1101
1102
1109
Video
1001
1002
1009
PCR
8190
8190
8190
9. Go to Menu, Channel Manager, and then Channel Organiser to manually change the channel name.
With the new channel highlighted, press 5 to rename it. Use the Audio button to delete the existing
channel name at the top and then with the down arrow button, select the line with “P” on it. Press 5 to
enter “P” and 7 to enter “R”, moving the selected line up or down as required to select the remaining
letters. When you have finished adding the new channel name PRIME, press OK to save.
To tidy up and delete the remaining duplicated channels you don't want, re-enter the Channel Organiser.
Select the duplicate channels you are to remove one by one and press 4 to mark each with an X. Channels
to be deleted will not have TV video displaying in the back ground, just a black screen and assuming you
used 12483 only in step 5. The channels to mark for removal are 10, 11, 13 & 14. Once you have marked
the channels to be deleted, press OK to complete the deletion.
Note: The Electronic Program Guide feature will not operate from the new Prime channel that you have manually
added. You can however view Prime’s EPG from one of the regular Freeview channels
See also: “ZMX-7500 Instructions to add Prime didn’t work” and “ZMX-7500 - How to Add Other FTA
Channels” if you would like to add C4 or Trackside
Graham Wilson
Email: grahamw@gmx.com
Web: http://tinyurl.com/zinwell-nz
Last revised: 19th October 2013