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PVR P8131
OPERATION MANUAL
To ensure the proper operation of all features of PVR P8131 , please follow the Operation Manual and make
sure that the packaging contains:
- the cables required for connection of PVR P8131 products to peripheral equipment:
a). audio and video input connection: for connecting TV, digital TV set-top boxes and DVD players, use AV
cable to connect PVR P8131 to audio-video input in TV, digital TV set-top boxes, DVD player
b). audio and video output connection: for audio/video out, use AV cable to connect PVR P8131 to TV
output of audio and video. If a component output used, in addition to the using the color cable for video
output, AV cable is required for audio signal (connect both red and white cables to color sockets)
- adapters and power connectors provide the power supply for 220 V/50Hz.
- remote control has two AAA batteries inserted.
4. Quick Start
In this part we will explain how to use the mani functions of PVR 8131
4.1 Power up
Press the Power button on the bottom right corner of the front panel for about one second to power up PVR
P8131, untill the LED display on the front panel turns blue, and the TV screen displays the start-up interface
shown below:
4.2 Shutdown
In order to shutdown PVR P8131, return to the main interface and press "Power" button on the bottom right
corner of the front panel for about three seconds, untill LED display on the front panel goes off. Using the
"Power" button on the the Remote Control puts PVR P8131 in suspended mode.
4.3 Main Menu
There are Patriot P8131 menu levels: the main menu, sub-menus and a list of avaialble functions:
On start up of PVR P8131, the Main Menu will display seven different function icons: Photo, Video, Music,
File Browser, Video Recording, TV Schedule to acess seven main functions. Pressing "Start / Pause"
button on Remote Control allows to enter the corresponding function.
This is is the Main Interface:
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Summary of Contents for Aigo P8131
- Page 1 PVR P8131 OPERATION MANUAL To ensure the proper operation of all features of PVR P8131 , please follow the Operation Manual and make sure that the packaging contains: - the cables required for connection of PVR P8131 products to peripheral equipment: a).
- Page 2 250 GB, the display will show two separate hard drives: Local Hard Drive 1 (about 117 G) and Local Hard Drive 2 (about 117 G); is the formating of hard drives is required, the PVR P8131 built-in formatting feature should be used (please refer to 5.9.7.3);...
- Page 3 4.6 Music Playback Entered the "Music" section, as described in section 4.4 to locate the music file, and move the cursor to navigate to the file you would like to play back and press Play" on Remote Control (17) to play the audio track.
- Page 4 PVR P8131 supports two types of video recording: Instant Recording and Scheduled Recording. 4.8.1 Instant Recording: Use up / down keys - (13), (14) to move the cursor, choose "Video", press Play to enter the "Video" section, use the up / down keys -- (13), (14) to select the Instant Recording, press Play to access the Instant Recording interface, select Start Recording and press Play"...
- Page 5 Caution: 1. To use Scheduled Recording function you must first connect the video input to PVR P8131, and then connect PVR P8131 video output to TV set; 2. Please make sure that you have confirmed the selected schedule prior to exiting the Schedule Recording timer.
- Page 6 copy function . To make sure that you do not accidently overwite an important file in the destination directory, please make sure thast you first back up the file). Copy function interface Caution: while performing the copy operation, please be patient and do not cut off the power. 5.1.2 Deleting files/folders In the File Browser mode, select the file/folder, click on the Remote Control button (18) to acess file/ folder menu operations.
- Page 7 5.2.3 Fast-forward and Rewind During playback, press fast-forward/rewind buttons (12/11) on the remote control to fast-forward/rewind the file. Press fast forward/rewind buttons (12/11) repeatedly to keep fast forwarding/rewinding the fle. To speed up the fast forward and rewind by 2 x, 4 x, 8 x and 16 x, press the button repeately to cycle between different speeds.
- Page 8 Caution: 1. This function is only available for VOB and AVI file formats (Sub/.srt subtitles); 2. To activate subtitles for AVI files (Sub/.srt subtitles), the Sub/.srt subtitles file name needs to be the same as AVI file name and placed in the same folder; 3.
- Page 9 5.2.9 Mute volume During playback press the Mute (4) button to mute the volume. When you press the mute (4) button , the audio track is muted and the mute sign is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. To resume the normal audio playback press the the mute (4) button again. See 5.2.10 During playback press Information (2) button on the Remote Copntrol to view the current file information.
- Page 10 5.3.2 Pausing Music Playback During playback, press Play (17) on Remote Control to pause the playback. Into the upper right corner of the screen you will see the word "Paused", press Play (17) to resume the playback. The interface and operation are shown below: 5.3.3 Fast-forward and Rewind During playback, press fast-forward/rewind buttons (12/11) on the remote control to fast-forward/rewind the...
- Page 11 5.3.5 Changing Playback Mode During playback press the Playback mode (18) button on Remote Control to change the playback mode. Press the Playback mode (18) button repeatedly to switch between different modes, the current playback mode is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen for five seconds. There are three playback modes available.
- Page 12 5.4.2 Changing Playback Mode During image playback, press Playback Mode (18) button to change the image playback. There are three modes available: - Manual playback: use left/right navigation button (15/16) to choose next/privoius image; - Slide show: the recorder will automatically playback all the images in the current directory, each image is displayed for 3 seconds;...
- Page 13 90 degrees clockwise. The interface and operation are shown below: 5.4.5 Background Music PVR P8131 products can be used to create background audio tracks during the image playback Make sure that the desired music files/music folder (there is no sub-folder playback) are highlghted and press the Background music (3) button on Remote Control.
- Page 14 5.5 Video Recording PVR P8131 supports two types of video recording: Instant Recording and Scheduled Recording. 5.5.1 Video Recording main interface In the main interface, select "Video Recordng" and press Play (17) button to enter the main video recording interface. The interface provides the different options for video recording function The interface is shown below: 5.5.2 Instant Recording...
- Page 15 recorded content into multiple files of predefined size. If you choose the file size limit of 650 MB and your actual recording occupies 800 MB, the recording will be split between a 650 MB file and a 150 MB file. It is also possible to set the the destination for the recorded file: you can choose to record to the Local Disk 1 or Local Disk 2.
- Page 16 Caution: To ensure the successfull recording, double-check that the video input signal is right, if PVR P8131 does not detect the correct connection to video source the message "No video signals, recording cancelled" (shown below). Make sure the connection is correct prior to recording.
- Page 17 5.6.1 Setting up the Time Shift First of all use the TV or digital TV set-top boxe AV output to connect to PVR P8131 AV input. In the main Menu locate "Time Shift TV" and press Play (17) button to access the Time Shift TV features.
- Page 18 Caution: When Time Shift feature is active the system needs to buffer data for the first 15 seconds, at this stage the recorder is stopped; after the data is in the buffer it will automatically start playing. 5.6.2 Accessing the Time Shift When accessing Time Shift for the first 15 seconds the screen will display the current state of broadcast, the starting time, the current time and progress of the broadcast;...
- Page 19 During Fast Forward press Play (17) to return to playback. 5.7 USB devices 5.7.1 USB Slave mode PVR P8131 can be used in Slave mode, that is, USB devices with USB port can can connect to the recorder to copy data. Follow the steps: 1) Connect power cable 2) Connect USB cable cable to PVR P8131 and connect it to PC.
- Page 20 5.8 Using SD cards PVR P8131 reads SD cards and allows to copy SD card data to local hard drive. 5.8.1 SD Card Reader Insert SD card with the label facing the power switch, after about three seconds the screen showes that SD card is inserted, after that the SD card operations can be performed through file/folder browser.
- Page 21 5.9 Settings In settings Menu you can change all the system settings, including time and perform firmware upgrades. 5.9.1 Settings Main Menu In the main Menu, select "Settings" and press Play (17) to acess the main interface. The interface is shown below: 5.9.2 Language settings System supports multiple languages.
- Page 22 The interface is shown below: 5.9.4 Sound settings Here you can change volume settings. Volume can be set between O - 30, the volume set here will become the default volume. Use + / - buttons to change the volume level, press Exit (19) to exit Volume settings menu, confirm the pop- up message to save your selection.
- Page 23 5.9.7.1 Firmware upgrade PVR P8131 supports firmware upgrades, you can download the latest firmware from manufacturer's website and use it to enhance the recorder. Follow the steps to perform the firmware upgrade: 1) Change the file name of downloaded firmware upgrade to DPMP.bin;...
- Page 24 Choose to restore factory settings, press Play (17) to restore the original volume, display and other settings. 5.9.7.3 Formating the hard drive PVR P8131 support format function to format the built-in hard drive formatted and both partitions. Follow the steps to format the hard drive: 1) Choose the hard drive you wish to format, press Play (17) and answer "Yes"to "Format the hard disk?»...
- Page 25 A: PVR P8131 is a large-capacity removable storage device and can be used like any other portable USB storage. With USB cable PVR P8131 can be connected to PC and you will be able to use Windows Explorer for file management tasks (copy / paste / delete etc)
- Page 26 Q: Is there a file size limit when transffering files to PVR P8131? » A: Since PVR P8131 is utilizing FAT32 file system, it is not possible to transffer a file larger then 4GB. Q: Does PVR P8131 support external equipment? »...