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Az-Box HD-STB User Manual

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  • Page 1 This is an Az-Box User Guide: Put together with information by numerous Az-Box users.
  • Page 2 Table of contents: 3::-------AZ Box Quick Start Instructions Page: 4::-------Setting up the az-box as a slaved receiver Page: 5::-------Directions to bring box from PAL to NTSC format Page: 6-11::--Setting up the Network / Formatting the Application Area Page: 8-11::--Clock / Time & Internet Settings Page: Page:12-15:--FTP’ing to the Azbox using az-box editor programs...
  • Page 3 AZ BOX Quick Start Instructions Here are the basic steps to Scan in Channels. Press the HOME button and go to Settings. Press OK. Cursor down to TV Channel and press OK. Right Arrow to DVB-S Press OK. Go to Antenna Setup and Press and pick the Satellite Name that you...
  • Page 4 The following has been tested on the AZ-ULTRA & AZ-PREMIUM PLUS receivers. Setting up the Azbox as a slaved receiver Items you should have… 1) 2- high frequency splitters with power out only to one side. (I use Tru-Spec HFS-2/2150 : 900-2150Mhz splitters) 2) 1- 4x1 switch: (I use a quail-tv NDS-7014) 3) 1-HDMI cable 4) extra cable line for the new connections...
  • Page 5 Here are the directions for bringing the Azbox from Pal (default format) to NTSC. If your receiver defaults to pal format to changed the setting in the Menu from PAL, back to NTSC You need to do the following steps using the remote keypad. 1) Reboot the receiver by the switch on the back of the unit.
  • Page 6 Setting up the Network: The first items we must contend with are our Network Settings - setup parameters and addressing. Go to the HOME button on your remote and select the SETTINGS area - Internet and take a look at what you have set up for IP addressing and all the other items. If your in this area now write down all your settings as they will all be reset or erased during this process: NETWORK: WiFi (Only on the Premium Azbox)
  • Page 7 REBOOT mode (4-5 seconds). 5] When the Azbox reboots, somewhere during the process, it will read the USB drive and should identify the new patch file automatically. If and when it does, the Azbox will present you with an option menu of what to do next. This menu will contain the following five options: 1) USB 2) NETWORK...
  • Page 8 16] Press the remote button labeled "resolution" once. The FPD (front panel display) on the Azbox Premium Plus should say COMPOSITE. 17] Press the < or > arrow buttons to navigate between the output video connections that will be used. Your choices are: COMPOSITE, COMPONENT, SCART and HDMI. Stop on the option that you are going to use and press OK.
  • Page 9 28] Now, you want to synchronize the time clock with the rest of the world, so scroll UP to AUTO SYNCHRONIZE option and select INTERNET. When you select OK, the Azbox will go to a specific URL and update the box's internal clock with the internet clock from a specific URL.
  • Page 10 Let’s try to restore the connection. 1] First you need to go to SETTINGS > INTERNET. You will see that the system (Azbox) has defaulted to a WIRED NETWORK and DYNAMIC (DHCP) protocol. You want to use STATIC and WiFi. 2] It is best if you start with a "WIRED"...
  • Page 11 "CONNECT" is highlighted. Now press OK to connect. 16] Now you are taken back to the menu screen for the internet setup. You still need to fully set up this internet connection. 17] Highlight the "SETUP button on the TV screen and press OK. This sometimes requires a bit of time..
  • Page 12 FTP’ing to the Azbox ------------------------------------ #1) Set up the Azbox first: Using your remote hit “HOME” (<) left arrow to “SETTINGS” Down arrow to "NETWORK SERVICE": SSHD: SEE NOTE 1 below FTP SERVER: ENABLED FILE SERVER: ENABLED DYNAMIC DNS: SEE NOTE 2 TELNET SERVER: ENABLED NOTE 1: This item may be set to either enabled or disabled, you would need to be more familiar with LINUX systems than I am to be able to utilize it fully and properly.
  • Page 13 Password = azbox FTP port = TelNet port = Remember these rules for your Azbox SETTINGS > "INTERNET": NETWORK: WiFi or WIRED IP SETTING: DYNAMIC (DHCP) or STATIC IP ADDRESS: Azbox IP address selected and assigned by you (192.168.XXX.XXX) SUBNET: 255.255.255.0 GATEWAY: ROUTER IP address...
  • Page 14 The channel list backup feature that they offer in the System Information Menu does not include the entire antenna setting details. Only the channels themselves and the structure of the "favorite" groups are backed up and saved. Using FileZilla Client and FTP to backup the following three files from the original receiver: all_channels.dat, DVBS.dat...
  • Page 15 You may use any FTP client server application to do this, FileZilla client or MazEdit or other, if you understand where the files are going to and what format you put the files in. You need three files: all_channel.dat antenna_list.dat DVBS.dat First, your files must be converted to *.dat format before being downloaded to the Azbox and they must have the proper nomenclature.
  • Page 16 Deleting unwanted satellites: This is 1 Method of deleting unwanted satellites from the receiver *** WARNING! These methods may not always work properly so it is done at your OWN RISK! These different methods do take time to complete. Always download a backup of your original list on your pc! ***Before deleting any satellites find 169.1°E Intelsat 2 and manually add one Read this entire section before trying it out! transponder to this satellite.****...
  • Page 17 mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /DISK1 command in a telnet window an copy your DVBS.at file to DISK1/DISK2_backup and all your hard work will be forever remembered by your Azbox. ============================================================= MazEdit is a super little program for doing some neat things, but it is not useful and not desired for many applications and especially not for editing sat or channel lists =============================================================== For nearly all other aspects (like backing up your *.dat files) I find FileZilla to be of great...
  • Page 18 What you need to do is to save the channel list to your computer, where you know it is. There will be 3 files saved. all_channel.dat antenna_list.dat DVBS.dat Once this is saved to your pc, move on to the next step. Now, make a copy of the folder you downloaded the files to, and save it elsewhere on your computer.
  • Page 19 Using Azbox Edit worked fine for this. Pay attention to satellite settings here when adding satellites or you have to do it on your remote for each satellite after you Remember to add 1 transponder to each satellite. You upload it to your Azbox. must do this! Do NOT add any TP’s from the website in the program or you may corrupt your new satellite list.
  • Page 20 also deleted all those TP’s that are no good and now your blind scan should improve time-wise. I am now doing a blind-scan on some satellites in under 7 minutes. If you had scanned in some channels before, on your Azbox they may no longer work, so you want to go in and Delete all channels.
  • Page 21 You Can Not Rush This Process If You Want It Done Properly! The az-box will not record a high bit-rate program without artifacts. This has been a known issue for some time. I believe it should record ok up to 29.997, anything more it does stutter and breakup while playing the recording;...
  • Page 22 Information 2 recorded file has been selected would you like to delete? Yes / No was already highlighted so press ok. The 2 files are now gone leaving only one program left. The receiver will display the channel name under the programming and the date recorded so at this point that is all I have to go by.

  • Page 23: Channel Lists

    While in a timed recording, if you had it in the sleep mode, you will not be able to see the picture you are recording on your TV /monitor, while it is recording. ======================================================== As for the recording on the Azbox I found that it will only do a timed recording in increments of 10 minutes.
  • Page 24 How to change boot logo in Azbox. Connect your box via FTP client (WinSCP) / MMP/hd/program/image/startup-simple go to directory there you will find "boot_logo.png" You can change it with one of your favorite pictures but don’t forget to make backup of the original one.
  • Page 25 AZbox Guide Stores Channels in Alphabetical Order, Can this Be Changed? Scanned in 99.0°W in my DISEqC 1.2 setup and found my channel list really different. At first I was confused but then I figured it out. It seems the Azbox arranges ALL the Channels in Alphabetical order! So all 363 channels I have scanned in are arranged in alphabetical order, that is 97.0°W's 274 channels are mixed in with 99.0°W's Channels.
  • Page 26 Some questions & answers: From other Azbox users: How are you getting the Azbox to see your pc's hd? Just go into the File Manager (on the Azbox), and select "Network", and it will pop up your LAN, and list any directories that you have shared on your network (or your computer if you only have the one computer).
  • Page 27 Some questions & answers: From other Azbox users: I can't get The CW Networks to lock at 91°W on the Azbox. How do you enter more than one line of PIDS? The Azbox only displays one line ….…..you must add the sid info: 1, 2 & 3 . After entering the fist channel put the sid # as 1, then save it, and then press the text button on remote again to add another channel to the mux.
  • Page 28 Silly question but how do you know what TP's are not active to be able to delete them? …… What you should do is to delete them all, active or not. Then go to blind scan and it will scan them all and put the good ones back in. Can I add a second tuner card to the Az-Elite receiver? …..
  • Page 29 Some questions & answers: From other Azbox users: Can you turn off an Azbox via the remote? (cont.) Linux systems _CAN_ have a tendency to write to volatile memory, that doesn't go to disk or non-volatile memory until the partitions are un mounted. With some other Linux systems, I have tried to do this manually when shutting down, but I don't really know how necessary it is, because like you, I have never seen a situation where not doing this resulted in problems.
  • Page 30 I was going through and aligning the arch on cband when I noticed that I was missing a bird. I went to go add the bird in via the remote and the azbox spazed out. Upon rebooting, I was successfully able to read in the bird I was missing and I noticed that the sats I deleted (asian and european) appeared out of no- where in the channel list where they were not before I understand what you did, you didn't use the ACC program to send your files back to the Azbox.
  • Page 31 Tips: When in the TV mode press the OK button twice for the channel guide to appear. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While viewing a program press the “Del/Back” button and a pop up box will appear on your screen showing you the last few channels viewed. Use the arrow key to highlight one and hit ok, takes you back to the previously viewed channel.
  • Page 32 Tips: I have been playing with this new 3877 firmware. I do not notice if it has happened with the earlier versions, but this one seems to try to default to PAL every chance it gets, so please be aware of it. It happened once when I tried an AC restart, and just now again when I performed a Data Reset using the "Factory setting".
  • Page 33 Tips: Once you have an "IP Channel" satellite choice, you should see the 4 channels under that satellite. My four viewable channels did not appear until after I had performed a "Factory Reset", which again defaulted into PAL, but after getting back into NTSC mode I was able to view the channels.
  • Page 34 Tips: So basically, if you revert to an older Azbox firmware, I would recommend re-formatting the application area, and then put back the 3 .dat files you were using with that older version, and you won't have any problems. Going forward in firmware, you generally won't have any problems, as long as you replace all three .dat files.
  • Page 35 This procedure will allow you to completely clean your Azbox Receiver. All configuration, plug-ins and firmware will be lost. So use it with caution and follow it carefully. When do you need to use this procedure? - If you feel that your Azbox no longer works properly and behaves totally at random. - Problems with plug ins - If you have a bug that nobody else experience or can reproduce Pre-requisite:...
  • Page 36 - Put the USB key that we prepare in pre-requisite in the Azbox USB slot. - Power on your Azbox On the upgrade screen select: 4 - Format application Area Followed by: 1 - upgrade USB Let the upgrade process run (DO NOT POWER OFF your Azbox during this process) and wait for the final countdown and remove the USB key.
  • Page 37 Western Satellites from 5.0 °W to 85.0 °W Slot ° W Real Satellite Name C or ku Position_# Slot ° W Real Satellite Name C or ku Position_# ~~~~~~~ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ~~~~~~~ 5.0 °W Atlantic Bird-3 C-Band 43.0 °W Intelsat-11 C-Band 7.0 °W NileSat-101 ku...
  • Page 38 Western Satellites from 87.0°W to 139.0°W Slot ° W Real Satellite Name C or ku Position_# Slot ° W Real Satellite Name C or ku Position_# ~~~~~~~ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ~~~~~~~ 87.0 °W AMC-3 C-Band 110.0°W EchoStar-10-11 ku 87.1 °W AMC-3 ku 111.1°W Anik-F2 C-Band 89.0 °W Galaxy-28...
  • Page 39 Toolbox Azbox HD 2.0 The tool allows a single template from which to draw the required application. Once installed you will have the following applications: Azbox HD Remote Control v0.8.35 by J2K Azbox Control Center v1.1 by Telesat Azbox HD Uploader Skin by @ kajgan Maz Manager v3.0 by morser Azbox Edit v0.9.2880c by Telesat Tune Azbox v3.0 by mpiero...
  • Page 40 What program are you using for your FTP Client? I personally recommend FileZilla or MazEdit 3.0. Other applications can be used, but I am familiar with these two. If you use another, then you will just have to modify what I say here to apply the appropriate navigation routes.
  • Page 41 If you use the QUICK CONNECT queue feature of FileZilla, that is fine, but make sure that you select which "quick connect" path that you want to connect with. You can store other devices in the quick connect library or queue. So if you have more than one entered, use the downward facing arrow to the right of the quick connect button to view all the device paths that you have stored there and select the appropriate one.
  • Page 42 Another scenario for downloading screen shot images from the Azbox to your pc. Using Maz Edit: Connect using Maz to your Azbox. Now use the FTP feature in Maz… go to /DATA/hdb1/picture/ Your screen images you took using your remote on the Azbox will now be in the box on the left.
  • Page 43 Azbox Tuners The Azbox Premium Plus does NOT come equipped with TWO tuners. It just has the option to INSTALL a second tuner of your choice, if you can acquire that tuner. The problem being is in the acquisition of that second tuner. Just found that "axboxusa"...
  • Page 44 DVB-C QAM is not compatible with USA ATSC based QAM and the demodulator would need to be compatible with the USA unique modulation schemes. USA digital cable is normally QAM 256 and can often also QAM 64 on the same distribution system. Many cable systems offer channels in the clear only as analog channels for analog cable- ready TVs and the digital QAM channels may all be encrypted.
  • Page 45 Mode 2: TWIN In this configuration you receive exactly the same satellites with the same antennas configuration but on 2 separated cables. For example you have a Monoblock LNB with multiple exits, or you have an external DiSEqC switch with multiple exits. In this setup the Azbox automatically handles the switch from tuner-A to tuner-B when needed.

  • Page 46: Product Description

    Product Description ORIGINAL TUNER REPLACE PREMIUM PLUS ORIGINAL Digital Video Broadcasting Satellite Second Generation (DVB-S2) is designed as a successor for the popular DVB-S digital television broadcast standard, and was developed in 2003 and ratified by ETSI (EN 302307) in March 2005. It is based on DVB- S and the electronic news-gathering (or Digital Satellite News Gathering) standard, used by mobile units for sending sounds and images from remote locations world-wide back to their home television stations.
  • Page 47 Modular tuners: The Azbox Elite HD and Azbox Premium HD come standard with one DVB-S2 (satellite) tuner. You will have one free tuner slot, so you can add to your default DVB-S2 receiver a DVB-C (Cable) or DVB-T (Terrestrial) tuner to turn it into a Combo receiver (you cannot use the two tuner at the same time) and you cannot add a second DVB-S2 tuner.
  • Page 48 CPU Sigma Designs SMP8634LFOS LinuxSystem Memory DDR 128MBVideo Memory DDR 128MBStorage Nor Flash 8MB, DOM 256MBHDD Internal HDD or USB HDDVideo Output PAL/ NTSCVideo Containers MPEG1/2/4 (M1V, M2V, M4V); MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG); MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS), VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, IFO, ISO;...
  • Page 49 How to stream video from the Azbox to your PC via WiFi connection This procedure is only applicable for streaming the received satellite signal and does not provide a means for streaming any of the files on your HDD (including programs that you have previously recorded from the satellite).
  • Page 50 You will then be prompted to enter an IP address in the next box. Here, you can enter either your computer’s IP address or the universal streaming address which is 224.1.1.100 The next box to the right of the IP address entry requires a port address to be entered. Enter 9000 for this selection.
  • Page 51 Updating your Azbox using a USB Stick. There are a few occasions where installing a firmware update will revert all your satellites back to factory default but each update is different and not all of them will do this. However, any settings you have made to your Azbox with your fonts and start up logo if you changed them from factory defaults will revert back to factory default.
  • Page 52 Here are some links for programs and editors to use with the Azbox. Many have tried downloading from places where they have said there were viruses attached to them so I have uploaded my own programs in zipped folders that have passed the tests and are clean and these programs have worked on 3 different computers here with no problems.
  • Page 53 All items should be used at your discretion: use guide info for more answers to questions. Files are posted here since there has been some difficulty in locating decent programs elsewhere. All programs have worked for me. All programs have worked for me using Win.-XP & Win.-7. ≤...
  • Page 54 Taking the receiver to a lower firmware upgrade number: if you had It has been noted between using the Ultra and Premium Plus receivers that performed the procedure to North Americanize your Azbox properly that you will not have those Eastern satellites come back in your receivers. From firmware updates 0.9.4890 to 0.9.5209 going forward and backwards and using firmware numbers in- between these the Eastern Satellites have not appeared in either receiver.
  • Page 55 Here are some instructions I was given to make any older firmware update work on you- tube. It came with 2 files and with some outside help I managed to get it working on the Premium Plus with firmware 0.9.4991. This will work on All Azbox’s with any firmware that is lower than 0.9.5209.
  • Page 56 Part of the experience of this hobby is the experimentation and being able to perform these tasks. Some have told me that if you use the utility programs for the Az-Box that you should not create a desktop shortcut to the program.