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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual HELIOS X3000 HD Upscaling Multimedia & DVD Player...

  • Page 2: General Introduction

    The Helios X3000 is built with professional-grade components and state-of-the-art features. Unlike your standard DVD player, the X3000 is somewhat of a mini-computer. And like all other computers, you will notice that it takes some time for this player to start up as it loads different software.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents 1. Safety precautions 2. Before Use What’s-in-the-box checklist Overview of HELIOS X3000 Supported Discs and Formats Precautions 3. Front panel 4. Front Panel Display 5. Rear Panel 6. Remote Control 7. Preparations Connecting to a TV Connecting to audio Equipment Connecting to Network Connecting to Wireless Network 8.

  • Page 4: Safety Precautions

    1) Safety Precautions Symbols Warning: key operations and maintenance instruction enclosed with the player Caution: DO NOT open the cover of the player to avoid the risk of fire or electric shock. Contact a professional for repair. Warning: Dangerous high voltage inside and risk of electrical shock. CAUTION To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock or damage to the player, do not expose this device to moisture and do not place water filled objects close to or on top of it.

  • Page 5: Before Use

    2) Before Use What’s-in-the-box checklist • One HELIOS X3000 HD Upscaling Multimedia & DVD player • One Remote Control • Two AA batteries for remote control • One HDMI digital video connection cable • One RCA audio video cable •...
  • Page 6 Format Wired LAN MPEG-1,MPEG-2 12Mbps DivX,XviD, MPEG4 1.5Mbps WMV9 8Mbps * AVI files can only be played when they are interleaved If a non-interleaved file is played, either the video or audio quality will be compromised. Make sure the file you want to play is interleaved. For interleaving of a file during the file creation process, refer to the Help screens or manual of the encoding application you are using.

  • Page 7: Precautions

    NTFS) Precautions Handling the player: When transporting the player Repacking the player in the original packaging is the safest way of transporting the player. To keep the exterior surface clean Do not use volatile liquids, such as insecticide spray, near the unit. Use a soft cloth lightly moistened with a mild detergent solution.

  • Page 8: Front Panel Display

    6. Pause button 7. Stop button 8. Previous button 9. Next button 4) Front panel Display 1. DVD logo. This logo will show up when a DVD disc is being played. 2. Show playback status: Play / Pause / Repeat 3.
  • Page 9 10. Subwoofer channel audio output 11. Surround speaker (left and right) audio outputs. 12. External antenna connector 13. Power cable slot...

  • Page 10: Remote Control

    6) Remote control All the features of the Helios X3000 can be accessed with the remote control via two user modes: media player mode- to play DVD/ CD and audio/video files network mode- to browse the Internet and the local area network. Some buttons on the remote control operate differently in media player mode Power On/Off Eject: open or close disc tray...

  • Page 11: Preparations

    7) Preparation Connecting to a TV / Display Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you can connect the player to your AV equipment and computer network. Please refer to the manual of your TV, stereo system or other devices where necessary to make the best connections.
  • Page 12 If you wish to use a DVI connection instead of HDMI, you can connect to your TV using a HDMI to DVI converter cable. If using DVI, you will have to connect your sound system separately using the supplied audio cable to connect to your TV You can connect the X3000 sound output to your AV receiver using Stereo, 5.1 Surround or digital audio connections (coaxial / optical).
  • Page 13 Using the AV cables supplied, insert the yellow cable into the video socket on your TV / Display and player. Insert the white cable into the left channel and the red cable into the right channel audio socket output on the player. Then connected the white (left) and red (right) audio cables to your TV / display.

  • Page 14: Connecting To Audio Equipment

    You can digital audio connection (coaxial / optical) or 5.1 channel connection to your AV receiver Connecting to Audio equipment Connecting your HELIOS X3000 to your audio equipment (amplifier, AV receiver, etc) A. Connecting to a 2 channel audio amplifier Connect the video output of the player to the video input of your TV system using the corresponding cable.
  • Page 15 Connect the video output of the player to the video input of your TV system using the corresponding cable. Use the fiber optic or coaxial cable to connect the player output to the AV receiver digital input. C. Connecting to a 5.1 channel amplifier Connect the video output of the player to the video input of your TV system using the corresponding cable.
  • Page 16 Network Connection: A. Hard wired connection (LAN) • Connecting to broadband router with built-in switch or HUB Please use Cat.5 cable to connect the player to the switch or HUB. • Direct connection to a computer To connect directly to another computer you will need a cat.5 crossover cable. Using the cross over cable, you can directly the player to a computer’s NIC...
  • Page 17 10. Connect the network cable to the LAN RJ45 connector at the back of the Helios X3000. 11. Click <Setup> on your remote to enter the setup menu, 12. Go to <LAN> to open the LAN settings sub menu. 13. If your network has a router or a DHCP server, you can simply select <automatic> allowing the player to connect to your network automatically.
  • Page 18 • Wireless connection to an Access Point You can connect HELIOS X3000 to your network wirelessly by first clicking <Setup> on your remote control. Once you enter the setup menu, choose <WiFi Setup> to get to the submenu. Once in <wireless> settings, you need to switch the “preferred network” to wireless (the default is wired) and then reboot the player.

  • Page 19: Before Operation

    connection. Set up wireless connection as described above. After reboot, go to the wireless setup and select Connection: Ad-Hoc 8) Before Operation Setup your HELIOS X3000 video mode Before you start to setup the video mode, you need to connect your display devices with the HELIOS X3000 properly (see section 3, connecting to a TV for details) 1.
  • Page 20 Setup your HELIOS X3000 Language Before you select a language for the player to use in it’s menus, you must first male sure it’s properly connected to your display equipment. (see section 3, connecting to a TV for details) 1. Turn on the player and your display device, then wait for the player to fully boot up. 2.
  • Page 21 video) signal to your TV. A DVI TV can not accept a HDMI signal so therefore the default setting is for the HDMI to output a DVI signal. To enable full HDMI output (audio and video), you must first select a HDMI resolution in the above Video mode setup.
  • Page 22 If you have a router/switch with built-in DHCP server or if you have a DHCP server computer in the same network, the HELIOS X3000 will automatically detect and configure the network settings. To check if the network is set properly: 1.
  • Page 23 The server software can be downloaded from the link below: http://www.neodigits.com/download/NeoLink.zip When installing the software, ensure that your firewall or Windows XP firewall will not prevent you from downloading this software. Remember to open the TCP/ IP port 8000.
  • Page 24 If you have the NeoLink media server software installed on a computer on your network, you can play video, audio and photo content stored on the network. When the HELIOS X3000 is connected to the network it will detect all computers running the NeoLink Server software.

  • Page 25: Dvd, Vcd, Cd Setup And Playback

    Setting your system browser The System browser is used to display and navigate around the player’s system menus and settings. You have the option of enabling HD (high definition) mode on your Browser Option. When the browser is in HD mode, more information can be displayed on the screen but text and icons will be smaller.
  • Page 26 To play media files stored on a disc or USB device. The HELIOS X3000 can play video, audio, and photo media files stored in DVD/ CD recordable discs, memory cards (via USB card reader), and external USB hard disks (including compatible MP3 players). After inserting your DVD, CD recordable disc or USB device into the player, an icon will appear on the home page.
  • Page 27 browser to select the content you wish to play. The default media that NeoLink makes available to your X3000 is the contents of the My documents folder (My Music, My Videos, My Pictures). You can change the default folder or configure what content is available via the NeoLink server by opening NeoLink on your computer and changing the preferences.

  • Page 28: Changing The Front Panel Display

    On your NeoLink server preferences, use the “service” section select which online services are made available to the X3000. The Web Bookmark option lets you share your web bookmarks from your internet browser with your X3000. To open a web bookmark, on your X3000 open your NeoLink server and then open the “Online Media”...
  • Page 29 traffic information. For example, a bookmark could be for an RSS weather feed of your local weather information. A. From the weather website, look for their RSS feed lists. It will me something like http://xml.yourweather.com/rss B. Add this URL to your bookmarks / Favorites in your web browser. See your web browser help for more information on this.

  • Page 30: Sharing Content With Other Helios Users

    your Remote control. Sharing content with other HELIOS users You can share your media library with a friend / other HELIOS users over a LAN or internet. If you have your friends NeoLink Server IP address you can add their server to your HELIOS home page.
  • Page 31 10) Player Setup Menus The following section describes the various setup options on the X3000. To access the setup, press <Setup> on the remote control. When change an option go to <Save> <Enter>. You may be asked to reboot to enable the changes. Press <Cancel>...
  • Page 32 Screen saver: select how long after the player is idle to wait before starting the screen saver. Minimum value is 1 minute System Language: change the language of the player’s menus – English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Dutch Encoding language: select the iso encoding language for the player’s operating system to use with documents Subtitle Language: Default language to use for subtitles.
  • Page 33 VCD PCB: Turn PCB on / off. (only applies to VCD discs) DVD Parental Level: Set the parental restriction level of the player. Restriction can be set to “Off” or 1 to 8. For example, if you set this to level 3 –...
  • Page 34 Connection Now Using: Displays the connection type that the player is currently using to connect to the network. Wired Network or Wireless Network Preferred: Set the preferred connection method of the player. Wired or wireless. If the preferred connection type is available, the other will be ignored.

  • Page 35: Appendix

    Secondary NTP Server: Set a secondary NTP server Time Zone: Set the time zone of the player. Daylight Savings: Enable / disable daylight saving for your location. Firmware Settings: Firmware Version: Displays the current firmware version. File System Version: Displays the file system version Firmware Update Link: This is a link to the NeoDigits Firmware update page.

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Problem No Power Can not play disc No Picture Picture distorted or loss of color No Disc / Invalid Disc displayed Can not display picture as full screen Can not select a chapter (DVD disc) Some discs are disabled from selecting an Remote control does not work No Sound Possible cause and solution...
  • Page 37 Can not browse network (wired) Can not browse network (wireless) Can not browse internet Can not read media (USB) Can not open NeoLink Server 3. If using a the player with a HDMI TV connection, please ensure “Connected to DVI TV” option in player setup is cleared Note: there is no audio output when the player is in any of the following modes: Pause, Step, Slow motion, FF or FR...

  • Page 38: Support Information

    Support information If you have any questions about this product, you can submit a support ticket on www.neodigits.com/esupport or you can email us at esupport@neodigits.com. All questions will be answered within 48 hours (excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays) If you have any suggestions about this product, feel free to contact us at...

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