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ZeeVee STBi3 User Manual

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STBi3
3rd Generation Set Top Box
Updated January 2020

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual STBi3 3rd Generation Set Top Box Updated January 2020...
  • Page 2 Important Symbols To reduce risk of electric shock, do not open unit or breach power supply enclosure. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Contact ZeeVee support at +1.877.493.3833. DANGEROUS VOLTAGE This symbol indicates dangerous voltage inside the receiver that presents a risk of electric shock or personal injury.
  • Page 3 Safety Instructions and Precautions This receiver has been manufactured to comply with international safety standards. Please read the safety precautions carefully. 1. Main Supply (100-240V ~50-60Hz AC) • Operate this product only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label.
  • Page 4 6. Ventilation • The slots and openings on the case of the product must be left uncovered to allow for air to pass in and out for proper cooling. • Do not operate the product on soft furnishings or carpet. •...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    8.3 SERVER REQUIREMENTS......27 8.4 SETUP ON STBI3 FOR REMOTE GUIDE ....28 8.5 CHANGING CHANNEL AND VOLUME REMOTELY.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1 Introduction The STBi3 IP Set Top Box is a small, powerful, unit designed to receive IP streams, decode, and present to the user the IP and RF delivered content as simply as if they were watching broadcast television. The STBi3 is designed to work in tandem with ZeeVee ZyPerMX, ZyPerMX2/4, HDbridge and ZvPro iSeries streams;...

  • Page 7: Quick Setup

    See details below in the section “Configuring the Network”. Tip: The STBi3 can make use of a USB HID device. Simply connect a standard USB keyboard to one of the USB-Type A ports on the STBi3. The on-screen keyboard can be used with the remote control, but it is slow and cumbersome for anything more than a single box.

  • Page 8: Remote Control

    3 Remote Control The STBi3 decoder is supplied with a partial learning remote control device. Buttons P1-P5 can be programmed to mimic the functions of a select set of buttons from another remote control unit. The intention is that the TV...

  • Page 9: Button Definitions

    Button Definitions Definition Power. Pressing once turns on STBi3 again turns it off Mute. Disables/Enables audio Displays Electronic Program Guide information Quick channel up and down buttons when watching television programs. Cancels/Exits menu levels when navigating interface. Displays current playback information Causes repeat mode to be entered when playing stored media Color buttons.

  • Page 10: Programmable Buttons

    P1-P5 key functions. Programming P1-P5 Buttons The STBi3 remote has been tested to be compatible with a large number of remotes. However, some manufacturers use infrared codes that are obscure and cannot be “copied” into the programmable keys of the STBi3 remote.
  • Page 11 To program a key the following sequence shall be executed: Step1: Press and hold the “SET” button for three seconds  The RED LED lights immediately when the button is pressed  After 3 seconds the LED changes to a very bright state Step 2: Press the key you wish to program (P1-P5) ...

  • Page 12: Adjusting The Tv Screen

    Then navigate over to the Setup icon (the GEARS) and click there. After the Gear icon has been clicked, the Configuration Screen appears. Click on the “ADJUST TV SCREEN” button. P a ge 1 2 ST B i 3 U s er ’s M a nu a l w ww.zeevee.com...
  • Page 13 Click on “Adjust TV Screen” This will bring up the Display menu for adjusting Screen Resolution, Screen Position and HDR Screen Resolution information: Note: Auto select will read display EDID to set resolution. Manually selecting a resolution not supported by the display can result in loss of image.
  • Page 14 Screen Position control: HDR Settings: P a ge 1 4 ST B i 3 U s er ’s M a nu a l w ww.zeevee.com...

  • Page 15: Configuring The Network

    Select the Ethernet option from the menu to configure Network settings for the STBi3. Note: The STBi3 cannot be configured to receive IP streams over a WiFi Network. WiFi networks do not provide enough bandwidth and reliability for streaming to the STBi3.
  • Page 16 Otherwise the fields must be manually entered. Scroll down to IP setting and click the OK button on the remote. Then choose static. P a ge 1 6 ST B i 3 U s er ’s M a nu a l w ww.zeevee.com...
  • Page 17 Enter the IP address manually. It is recommended to use a USB keyboard and mouse. Highlight the arrow key on the onscreen keyboard (where the enter key is normally found). Once it is selected, press enter on the keyboard or the OK button on the remote to move to the next line item. Once the IP address, Mask, Gateway and DNS are entered manually, highlight “Submit”...
  • Page 18 Network prefix length sets the network subnet mask. A setting of 24 is equivalent to setting the mask to 255.255.255.0 Enter a valid address for DNS 1 or leave the default value. P a ge 1 8 ST B i 3 U s er ’s M a nu a l w ww.zeevee.com...
  • Page 19 Enter a valid address for DNS 2 or leave the default value. Once the IP address, Mask, Gateway and DNS are entered manually, hitting the “next” button after DNS2 will save the settings. S TB i3 Us er ’s M anual P age 19...

  • Page 20: Configure Rf Channels

    Click on the “Configure RF” button. This will bring up a menu to search for available RF channels. (North American QAM or over air ATSC) Note: A coax cable must be connected to the STBi3 unit that is carrying the RF channels to be searched for.
  • Page 21 The first thing you need to do is select either RF Scan or ATSC Scan. The scan will begin immediately. Note this process could take several minutes to complete.. S TB i3 Us er ’s M anual P age 21...

  • Page 22: Installing Applications

    Android applications. Note that any applications must be on a connected USB Flash device. The STBi3 cannot search for applications on the Network and cannot access the Play Store. Please note that ZeeVee will not support the installation of any 3rd party applications on the STBi3.

  • Page 23: Running Applications

    STBi3. Select one using the arrow keys on the remote and hit “OK” to run. Please note that ZeeVee will not support the running of any 3rd party applications on the STBi3. Please contact the software provider for the support of any applications.

  • Page 24: Custom Channel List Deployment

    9 Custom Channel List Deployment 9.1 BACKGROUND The STBi3 IP Set Top Box is a small, powerful, unit designed to receive IP streams, decode, and present to the user the IP-delivered content as simply as if they were watching broadcast television.

  • Page 25: Channel Guide Modes

    “Beacons” which contain information about the available stream. The channel guide in the STBi3 will be populated based on information contained in the received beacon information from each of the sources. No the management is required. This is the baseline “Plug-and-Play” option and may be sufficient for the majority of installations.
  • Page 26 ONLY the channels in the guide file are to be included in the channel lists presented to the user. Any beaconed or self- advertised channels are to be ignored by the STBi3 if there is not an entry in the guide file.

  • Page 27: Server Requirements

    If the Internet is accessible, a Google drive could even be used. The STBi3 units only fetch the channel guide files at power-up or upon direct request by the user. At all other times the STBi3 units use locally cached copies of the channel guide information.

  • Page 28: Setup On Stbi3 For Remote Guide

    9.4 SETUP ON STBI3 FOR REMOTE GUIDE To configure the STBi3 to use a remotely specified guide, the device itself must be configured to point to the location from where the guide file(s) are being served. While watching television —> Hit the MENU button That brings up the Main option screen.
  • Page 29 After the Gear icon has been clicked, the Configuration Screen appears. Navigate to, and click on the “CHANNEL GUIDE XML FILE” button. This will bring up a file dialog S TB i3 Us er ’s M anual P age 29...
  • Page 30 Pro Tip: The STBi3 can make use of a USB HID device. Simply connect a standard USB keyboard to one of the USB-Type A ports on the STBi3 and the name can be typed in. The on-screen keyboard can be used with the remote control, but it is slow and cumbersome for anything more than a single box.
  • Page 31 This completes all the setup required on the STBi3. Hit the EXIT button once to return to the Configuration Buttons. Hit the EXIT button again to return to the main Option Screen. Then Navigate to the “Watch IPTV” icon and click that. You should be watching the streaming content.

  • Page 32: Changing Channel And Volume Remotely

    9.5 CHANGING CHANNEL AND CONTROL VOLUME REMOTELY There is a feature that allows STBi3 channel to be changed and volume controlled remotely. HTTP channel change feature: http://ip_address:8080 returns the STBi3 channel list. The current channel has an ‘*’ next to it.

  • Page 33: Power On/Off Display Using Cec

    9.6 POWER ON/OFF DISPLAY USING CEC There is a feature that allows STBi3 to remotely turn a display on or off using the HDMI CEC feature. CEC power on/off feature: http://ip_address:8080/poweron will power on the display http://ip_address:8080/poweroff will power off the display Note: The display must support CEC functionality for this feature to work properly.

  • Page 34: Loading And Displaying A Static Image

    9.7 LOADING AND DISPLAYING A STATIC IMAGE There is a feature that allows an STBi3 channel to display a customer provided static image when not displaying video. HTTP static image feature The following commands are used to implement this feature: imageUpload, imageDelete, imageOn, imageOff.

  • Page 35: Updating System

    10 Updating System Navigate to, and click on the “Update System” button. This will bring up a menu to showing options for updating the system firmware. Select one using the arrow keys on the remote and hit “OK” to run. Web Update will attempt to access the Internet to download the latest update.

  • Page 36: Channel Guide File Specification

    Specification The Channel Guide file is an XML files that describes the program information to be displayed as part of the channel guide to the STBi3 user. Basic File Format: IP channel stream information will be describe with the following XML syntax.
  • Page 37 Guide file as the user wishes to add to the guide. In the case of Additive operation (the type field set to guide) only those streams that are desired to be included that are not sourced by ZeeVee equipment need be described. The rest can be auto-discovered and the guide information included as it is delivered in the channel beacons.
  • Page 38 In the case of Exclusive operation (the type field set to guideonly) only those channels explicitly listed in the Channel Guide file will be included in the channel list presented to the STBi3 user. None of the auto-discovered beaconed channels will appear in the user list.
  • Page 39 “tuned” (example: <port>21216</port>) SourceIP Tag: <srcip>sourceIPAddr</srcip> The SourceIP tag indicates the IP address associated with the channel. Optional streamIPAddr is a optional value for the channel String describing the Source IP address specification for the stream to be “tuned”.’ TSTYPE Tag: <tstype>[tsoverudp | tsoverrtp | http]</ tstype>...
  • Page 40 The file pointed to by webLink shall be a .PNG formatted file to be used as the channel icon when displaying the guide on the STBi3. The .PNG image size target is 128x128 pixels. Images smaller than this will be scaled up to 128x128.
  • Page 41 program number for the stream . Number in the range of 0-999. The number will represent the channel number of the stream. The number will determine the order the channels are displayed in the guide. Additionaly, the use may enter the program number directly into the remote to tune immediately to the channel (example: <pnum>801</pnum>) The following is a complete Channel Guide File shown as an example.
  • Page 42 <icon>http://qa20/ipsettop/ICONS/ESPN128.png</icon> <pnum>702</pnum> </CHAN> <CHAN> <ip>http://qa20/ipsettop/JayneMansfield.mp4</ip> <port>0</port> <tstype>http</tstype> <name>5-6-7-8</name> <icon>http://qa20/ipsettop/ICONS/badj128.png</icon> <pnum>801</pnum> </CHAN> <CHAN> <ip>http://qa20/ipsettop/Bangles.mp4</ip> <port>0</port> <tstype>http</tstype> <name>Bangles</name> <icon>http://qa20/ipsettop/ICONS/anubis128.png</icon> <pnum>802</pnum> </CHAN> </ZVIP> P a ge 4 2 ST B i 3 U s er ’s M a nu a l w ww.zeevee.com...

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting

    No Picture Power is not connected Connect power supply Check wall source Ensure plugged into a PoE network port Switch on Power to STBi3 The power is switched off No Sound Incorrect or faulty Correctly connect the audio from speaker...

  • Page 44: Technical Specifications

    MPEG-1(layer 1 & 2 & 3) Audio Output Digital Audio over HDMI, RCAx2(L/R) USB2.0 Supported Capacity Unlimited Supported Media MP3, WMA, JPEG, BMP, AVI P a ge 4 4 ST B i 3 U s er ’s M a nu a l w ww.zeevee.com...

  • Page 45: Declaration Of Conformity

    14 Declaration of Conformity The Original Equipment Manufacturer herewith declares the conformity of the product with the following directives and standards: Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC EN 60065:2002+A1:2006 EMC Directive 2004/108/EC EN 55 013:2001+A1:2003+A2:2006 EN 55 020:2007 EN 61 000-3-2:2006 EN 61 000-3-3:2008 FCC, CE, C-Tick SK-903 S TB i3 Us er ’s M anual...

  • Page 46: Contact Zeevee

    15 Contact ZeeVee Support Contact us for installation and technical support, repairs, and warranty service: +1 (877) 4ZEEVEE (1.877.493.3833) support@zeevee.com Representatives are available from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday (Eastern Time). Sales North America: +1 (347) 851-7364 Phone sales@zeevee.com...

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