PEERTV PeerStation SIG-220 Installation Manual

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Installation Guide

July 2008

SIG-220

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Page 1 PeerStation SIG-220 Internet TV Apps Platform Installation Guide July 2008...
Page 2: General Guidelines & Precautions
General Guidelines & Precautions This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of un- insulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute risk of fire or electrical shock This symbol is also intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying this product Important Safeguards...
Page 3 General Guidelines & Precautions WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose the product to rain or moisture. To guard against injury, the following basic safety precautions should be observed in the installation, use, and servicing of the product. Power Sources This product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label.
Page 4 General Guidelines & Precautions Water and Moisture Do not use this product near water—for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, etc. Accessories Do not place this product on a unstable cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table. The product may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult and serious damage to the product.
Page 5 General Guidelines & Precautions Damage Requiring Service Unplug the product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: • When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed. • Liquid spilt into the product. •...
Page 6: Package Contents
Package Contents Make sure you have received the following items in your PeerStation Box: AA Batteries (2) PeerStation A/V Cable – composite Ethernet RJ45 cable Remote Control Power Adapter PeerStation SIG-220 – Installation Guide (Preliminary)
Page 7: Setup Overview
Setup Overview PeerStation connects to a TV Set and an audio Internet sub-system, to deliver the best living room experience for content stored on its internal hard- disk, home network devices (PCs, Network Attached Storage) and Internet media sites Broadband Modem / Router (ADSL, Cable) WiFi or LAN PeerStation Regular /HDTV Set + Audio Sys.
Page 8: Installation Procedure
Installation Procedure Connect to a TV Connect to an Audio system Connect a LAN cable (if wired LAN is available) Connect the power and see active on screen display Enter setup and change networking and video settings to desired values Restart and…...
Page 9 Connecting to a standard TV-set Use either RCA or S-Video (for better quality) to connect PeerStation to a standard TV RCA & S-Video connectors Power on the unit Composite S-Video (RCA) PeerStation SIG-220 – Installation Guide (Preliminary)
Page 10 Connecting to an HDTV Set Use either the component (safer) or DVI-to-HDMI Component Out connectors cable to connect to an DVI Connector HDTV Component (three-color cable) DVI to HDMI Cable Note: Note: Some older HD TVs fail to Some older HD TVs fail to decode HDMI correctly and decode HDMI correctly and are safer to use with...
Page 11 Connecting to an audio playback device Use stereo RCA type connection or the provided Coax SPDIF output to connect to an Coax SPDIF Out audio amp. (receiver / home RCA Stereo theater etc.) or to a TV set’s audio-in terminals (typically RCA type) Audio amp.
Page 12 Connecting a wired LAN (*) If wired LAN is available near the installation point of PeerStation, connect to the Wired LAN Port LAN port (10baseT type) located on the back panel. Assuming that the home router provides IP address through DHCP mechanism, this should provide the needed link to the 10baseT cable...
Page 13: Connecting The Power
Connecting the Power Connect the supplied power adapter Power Connector AC (Wall) Start-up screen appears, indicating that PeerStation is searching for active network PeerStation SIG-220 – Installation Guide (Preliminary)
Page 14 ‘Network not found’ case If home network cannot be detected, PeerStation indicates that no IP address server (DHCP Server) can be set. Boot of the applications starts anyhow shortly afterwards, so Setup key must be pressed while in notice (Blue) screen Press ‘Setup’...
Page 15: Setup Mode
Setup Mode Set up menus should appear as follows - Entering setup mode requires few seconds (application load time) after which the setup screen appears PeerStation SIG-220 – Installation Guide (Preliminary)
Page 16 Network Type Setup Use the RIGHT arrow key to select ‘connectivity’ and then press OK to bring up network type selection dialog. Use UP/Down arrows to select LAN / Wireless, and then press OK to confirm or Previous ( ) to cancel PeerStation SIG-220...
Page 17 Network Parameters Setup Use the RIGHT arrow key to select ‘Network Name’ and then use the UP/Down arrows to select the required parameter. For a wired LAN case, ‘Use DHCP’ is the most common settings (home router supplies address. Fixed IP is rarely used – usually by professional installer).
Page 18: Wifi Network Setup
WiFi Network Setup If home network cannot be detected, PeerStation indicates that no IP address server (DHCP Server) can be Found . Boot of the applications starts anyhow shortly afterwards, so Setup key must be pressed while in notice (Blue) screen or You can start the Setup from the main menu (next page) MediaXplorer starts loading automatically as a standalone, disk-based player...
Page 19: Setting The Video Mode
Setting the Video Mode Use the RIGHT arrow key to select ‘TV Standard’ and then use the UP/Down arrows to select the required parameter. The following settings are available: TV Standard: NTSC (US) or PAL (Mostly Europe). Most current TVs can play both types Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (wide-screen) or 4:3 letterbox (older, standard TVs).
Page 20: System Information
System Information Select ‘System’ and then use the RIGHT arrow key and the UP/Down arrows to select ‘System Information’ The following parameters are displayed: IP Address: As received from the home router. If the address: 192.168.1.10 is displayed, network detection has probably failed (internal default) MAC Address: Physical address of LAN interface (technician info)
Page 21: Hard Disk Drive Information
Hard Disk Drive Information • Select ‘System’ and then use the RIGHT arrow key and the UP/Down arrows to select ‘HDD Information’ • The following parameters are displayed: • HDD Total Size: Total size of the internal installed hard drive. •...
Page 22 Hard Disk Drive Tools • Select ‘System’ and then use the RIGHT arrow key and the UP/Down arrows to select ‘HDD Tools’ • The following operations can be used: • Perform Disk Check: Checks the HDD and displays the HDD status. •...
Page 23: Exiting Setup
Exiting Setup Once setup is done, the box needs to reboot with the new settings. Using the UP / DOWN arrows, select ‘Exit Mode’ and then the option marked (Save & Exit). After a short black screen, a normal boot should proceed and if network setup complies with the connected home network, it should proceed to application...
Page 24 Acess Setup from MediaXplorer Main Menu In The Main Menu is the Media Type Selection screen, If home network needs to be setup . Press The “Setup key” Press ‘Setup’ to correct network Press ‘Setup’ to correct network definition definition PeerStation SIG-220 –...
Page 25 MediaXplorer Main Menu The Main Menu is the Media Type Selection screen, used to select media type to be explored. Available types- Use arrows (left/right) to select, OK to start browsing • Video: watch streaming video web sites, video files from the internal HDD or videos from your local network.
Page 26 Media Selection Screen • Up/ Right arrows selects an The Media Selection is used to select the media item item to be displayed. Use arrows to navigate, OK to start playback • Left / Right move one level up/down (into folder / back to previous level) •...
Page 27 Media Playback Mode The Media Selection is used to select the media • OK starts / pauses media item to be displayed. Use arrows to navigate, playback OK to start playback • Left / Right arrows jump in played media fixed amount of time •...
Page 28: Volume Control
Volume Control Audio level can be controlled via the IR remote • Note that overall volume Use the mute button to mute or to unmute the depends on Audio Amp audio. settings as well PeerStation SIG-220 – Installation Guide (Preliminary)
Page 29 Music Files Playback During music playback, a background clip is • Left / Right arrows jumps played. It can be turned off by using the stop within the list button PeerStation SIG-220 – Installation Guide (Preliminary)
Page 30 Using PeerStation as a Media Server PeerStation’s internal HDD can serve as a central repository of your digital media in a Windows-based home network. • To start loading media to PeerStation’s hard-disk, run your Windows file browser and enter the PeerStation Server name as indicated in the following screen capture: (\\iSTB-22 ) PeerStation SIG-220...
Page 31 Using PeerStation as a Media Server You can now manage your PeerStation hard disk using standard Windows tools (including drag-and-drop into target directories, delete files, etc.) Note however the following: Do not change the top level directory structure as it is expected by the MediaXplorer navigation logic.
Page 32 Remote Control Summary Page Media Buttons Function Home Main Menu (Change font in current version) Main Menu Video Displays the Video mode. Music Displays the Music mode. Media buttons Photo Displays the Photo mode. Zoom Radio Displays the Radio mode Internet Displays the TV mode.
Page 33 Remote Control Summary Page Navigation Panel Main Menu Move up Down Move down Media buttons Left Move left (return to previous menu) Right Move right Zoom Activates the selection Mute Mute or Unmute the audio Player Control Aspect Buttons Volume +/- Increase (+) or Decrease (-) the volume Ratio Setup...
Page 34 PeerStation Hardware Specifications Key Feature Specifications Processor & Sigma Design H.264 HD-grade System Processor Memory ‘PeerPlay Enabled’ 16 M Flash 128 MB SDRAM Video & Composite, S-Video & Component Audio I/O DVI for HD TVs RCA (analog) + Coax SPDIF Audio Built-in IR (Infra Red) Receiver Built-in Support Ethernet 10/100...