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◈ TVX-HD M-6600R – Memory Card Reader + optional DVB-T dual tuner ◈ TVX PVR M-6620R – Memory Card Reader + ATSC Dual digital TV ** Some specifications could change according with new firmware versions. Please refer to the FAQ...
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Safety Notice Do not try to disassemble or remodel Place magnetized devices. Such the TViX unit. Doing so may cause speakers away from the TViX .It may erase or malfunction or fire. cause damage to the data stored in the hard disk.
Make sure the power is off when you connect the A/V cable between the TVX-HD and the TV. Cleaning the TVX-HD When cleaning the TVX-HD unit, pull out the power cord and then wipe it with a soft piece of dry cloth. Antenna connector We recommend using a threaded-type antenna connector.
When using the DTV mode, you can easily configure the sleep time with the FUNCTION key. If the sleep time is reached when a recording is in progress, the TVX-HD will shut down after finishing the recording. In the file list mode, the FUNCTION key performs the File copy/delete and password functions.
It can deliver uncompressed digital video up to 1080P as well as digital audio. TVX-HD has a DTS hardware decoder to mix DTS sound into 2 channels for a more dynamic sound quality.
Audio and picture images). External Storage Function If you connect to a USB 1.1 port, the TVX-HD will work at USB 1.1 speed, so we strongly recommend that you use USB 2.0. It can be used as an external device by connecting it to the System, to save video, audio, image files, data, program backups etc.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Name of Each Part Unit Control button The TVX-HD was designed to be controlled by its buttons as well as with the remote controller. The VFD showed below may differ when you play a file. Cable Connection You can connect the TVX-HD to an analog TV display or audio amplifier by the A/V cable.
** Connect the included power cable on the back of the TVX-HD. Then plug the other end of the power adapter into an available wall socket. Make sure that your TV is switched to the AV input to which the TVX- HD is connected (on the back of the TV).
Assemble the HDD guide and your HDD by using the screws in the product package. Open the lid of the TVX-HD as shown in below pictures. Please see the HDD direction like under. You don’t need to connect any cables. Just push the HDD into the TVX-HD.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Close the lid of TVX-HD. To change the hard disk, pull the HDD’s guide out with pressing the lock button.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Installation and Connection Connecting the Video The TVX-HD supports HDMI and Composite video output for connecting to a TV and each output needs to be selected in the settings menu depending on the cable used. Connection to Composite...
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Connecting the Audio Connection to 2 CH Normal TV Connection to 5.1CH Amplifier (Digital) Connect the two audio cables, the left (white) and If you have a multi-channel decoder/amplifier with an right (red), to the appropriate terminal of your TV or coaxial/optical input, you can enjoy 5.1 CH high- Hi - Fi system for sound output.
USB device and back. Connecting the Antenna Before connecting the Antenna or R.F. cable, the power of TVX-HD should be turned off. To improve the picture quality in a poor signal area, please purchase a signal amplifier and install properly.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Using the remote control This indicates Remote Buttons. POWER Toggle Unit Power on / off MUTE Stop Audio Output from the Player HDTV Switch between TV or DTV mode MOVIE Go to Movie folder MUSIC Go to Music folder PHOTO...
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Initial Setting Connect the TVX-HD with your TV using A/V cables and turn on the TVX-HD. You can see this process when you turn it on for the first time or when you select “Load Default Setting”.
Screen Saver : If there is no activity the screen saver will start after a certain time. You can change the Screen Saver time on this menu. Auto Run : You can play the files automatically when loading the TVX-HD. If you select “random”, it plays randomly.
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1. Adjust Left - Top blue line. 2. Adjust Right - Bottom blue line. Check Disk : TVX-HD provides the HDD check utility. If you have some problem with recording or file playback, we recommend running this utility in advance.
This section indicates the A/V (Video or Audio) settings. Press SETUP button on the remote controller and select the A/V. This screen allows you to adjust the A/V settings of your TVX-HD to your personal taste. Select menu to exit this SETUP. Press ‘NEXT’ button to change next setting.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox * The 4:3 Pan & Scan will adjust the image of the 16:9 multimedia file to the 4:3 of the TV screen by scaling the image. (This mode is currently not supported) * 16:9 can adjust any ratio of the multimedia file to the TV screen with the original image. Video Adjust : Set the Brightness - Contrast - Hue - Saturation.
This section indicates the HDTV settings. Press the SETUP button on the remote controller and select HDTV. This screen allows you to adjust the HDTV settings of your TVX-HD to your personal taste. Select menu to exit this SETUP. Press ‘NEXT’ button to change next setting.
This section indicates the PVR settings. Press the SETUP button on the remote controller and select HDTV. This screen allows you to adjust the PVR settings of your TVX-HD to your personal taste. Select menu to exit this SETUP. Press ‘NEXT’ button to change next setting.
This screen allows you to adjust the NETWORK settings of your TVX-HD to your personal taste. Select menu to exit this SETUP. Press ‘NEXT’ button to change next setting. ** For detailed Network instructions, please refer to the enclosed TVX-HD CD or the latest pdf file on the TVX-HD Homepage.
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FTP ID/PW : to use FTP function, you must use the ID & password displayed on the Network Menu within SETUP. The FTP ID is TVX-HD ftp. You can use capital letters only for the password. You may write the FTP address to the TVX-HD IP Address on the TVX-HD Network Information...
This section indicates the MISC (Photo effect or Subtitle) settings. Press the SETUP button on the remote controller and select MISC. This screen allows you to adjust the MISC settings of your TVX-HD to your personal taste. Select menu to exit this SETUP. Press ‘NEXT’ button to change next setting.
Making an HDD Folder As shown in the picture below, one end of the USB cable should be connected to the USB connector of the TVX-HD and the other end to the computer. After connecting to the PC, turn on the power of the TVX-HD.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Movie Playback When installation is successfully finished, you will see the Main MENU screen. You’d better copy a video file into the MOVIE folder in advance. MOVIE, MUSIC, PHOTO, HDTV, SETUP icons are shown. Select the MOVIE menu by using the Up/Down arrow button on your remote controller.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Music Playback You can copy an audio file into the MUSIC folder in advance and play music files.. If you cannot see the MAIN MENU screen, press the MENU( ) button on your remote controller. Select the MUSIC menu( on the Main screen and press the ) button.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Photo Playback You may copy image files into the PHOTO folder in advance and play the image or photo files. You can press the PHOTO button on your remote controller without selecting from the menu screen Press PHOTO ( ) button.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Using TVX-HD PVR • The TVX-HD PVR can play HDTV without a digital TV set-top box with excellent and super-clear display on HDTV screens. The TVX-HD PVR supports standard DTV features, such as EPG and Time-shifting.
) to stop recording, or, when the recording duration is reached, the TVX-HD will stop recording. • The recorded file is stored to the hard disk of the TVX-HD in a folder named PVR. • The file is saved with a name of the form “YY-MM-DD_program name.tp”...
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox • Clicking on the REC button( ) changes the recording duration in the sequence shown below. Free Space->30min->60->90->120->180->240. When recording, you can see red-round OSD( ) on the right-top of the screen. • When recording, Press the INFO button( ) on the remote control, and you can see recording information.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox • If the available hard-disk space is less than 50MB, recording will not work. If the available hard-disk space reaches 10MB or less when a recording is in progress, it will stop automatically and show “No space” on the OSD.
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Select the program to schedule by using up/down button and press OK button. TVX-HD will automatically power on 3 minutes before a scheduled recording time. E.g., if you schedule a 4 o'clock recording, your TVX-HD will turn on at 3:57 and begin recording as scheduled.
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6.2.4 Manual Recording Manually scheduled recording is available in the TV mode. Scheduled times are based on the TVX-HD internal clock, as shown on its VFD, so please adjust it to the correct time under the setup menu. Press BOOKMARK/SCHEDULE button ( To add new scheduler, press ADD/DELECT ( ) button.
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You can play a recorded file on the REC list. TVX-HD will automatically power on 3 minutes before a scheduled recording time. E.g., if you schedule a 4 o'clock recording, your TVX-HD will turn on at 3:57 and begin recording as scheduled.
7.1.1 Video Playback When you press the MOVIE button( ) on your remote controller, only the TVX-HD MOVIE folder contents are displayed on the TV Screen. This only applies to the active partition if you have more than one partition.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox 4:3 Letter Box / 4:3 Pan & Scan for ordinary TVs / 16:9 for Wide TVs such as HDTV or Plasma TV. If the ratio of the TV is 4:3, select the 4:3 letter box or 4:3 Pan & Scan. If the ratio is 16:9, select 16:9.
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(Down button) : Back 15 seconds. (Up button) : Skip 15 seconds. is used to delete the file or folder from the TVX-HD Local hard disk. When you do delete files or folders, you must run the HDD check disk periodically.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox 7.1.2 DVD Navigation For playback of DVD files copied to the HDD, navigate to the VIDEO_TS.IFO file and press OK. Full DVD navigation works as with a standard DVD player. DVD Jukebox Keys < >...
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7.1.3 Audio Playback When you press the MUSIC button( ) on your remote controller, Only the contents of the TVX-HD Music folder will be displayed. It applies only to the active partition(first partition) if you have more than one partition.
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7.1.4 Image Playback When you press the PHOTO button( ) on the remote control, only the contents of the TVX-HD PHOTO folder will be displayed. It applies only to the active partition(first partition) if you have more than one partition.
Extra Features 7.2.1 Using the AutoRun Function When you want to play music with the TVX-HD, but do not have any display devices, the following function may come in handy. Make a folder and name it, “autorun” and place it in the root directory of the First partition.
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7.2.2 Using File Copying TVX-HD supports File Copy functionality without Using PC. You can now copy Contents from external USB hard disk to the internal hard disk of TVX-HD and also Copy the contents within the internal hard disk of TVX-HD.
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Set password Remove password Cancel/Exit - If you insert a wrong password, TVX-HD automatically goes to the file-selecting page. - Perform the SETUP-SYSTEM-Load default settings if Admin Password is lost - The password should consist of numbers only. - You cannot delete a folder protected by a password with the delete key. Remove the password first.
SAMBA mode : You can play the file via network without special Software program, but the speed is lower than NFS mode. ( Currently, do not Support in Vista ) NFS mode : You must install the TVX-HD NetShare utility on to your PC, but you can play the TP or DVD jukebox without stutter.
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7.3.2 TVX-HD NetShare Installation Most likely there will be an updated NetShare version on our web site. You may download and install using the latest TVX-HD Netshare installer or install TVX-HD Netshare from the enclosed TVX-HD CD. Run TVX-HD Netshare installer and follow the on-screen prompts to install software.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Please select the location where you would like to share the folder. You may click the browser to find a shared folder. We recommend to share files using the NTFS file system. The “Setup status” window will appear.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Press YES button if you want to run the TVX-HD Net Share automatically. By clicking the Finish button, the software installation is done. Press “Unblock” for the Windows Security Alert.
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7.3.3 Using TVX-HD NetShare Click Start, point to Program->DVICO->TVX-HD NetShare. If TVX-HD Netshare is already running, you don’t need to run this program again. After starting the Net Share program, you can see the NetShare icon in the tray.. Start the setting by right clicking the NetShare tray icon at the lower- righthand corner of the screen.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox 7.3.4 Sharing of Multi folders After running the Netshare software Application, right click on the Netshare ICON. Click on Browse, Corresponding to Folder 1 to Share. Select the Appropriate folder, Containing Media Files from desired Drive and Click OK. Again Click on Browse, Corresponding to Folder 2~ Folder4 to Share.
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‘Sharing and Security’ in the popup menu. Check ‘Share this folder’ on the network and type in the share name ‘TVX-HDhd1 (this is the only available one at the moment)’. Use ‘Everyone’ if ‘Everyone’ is displayed, otherwise you don’t have to change anything.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Move to 'Settings' > 'Control Panel' > 'Administrative Tools' > 'Computer Management' > 'Local Users and Groups' > 'Users', and double click ‘Guest’. CAUTION This is for Windows XP Professional. Windows XP Home users cannot see this window. If you cannot find ‘Administrative Tools’...
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox ‘GUEST’ must be shown as the following image (a red X mark should not be shown on ‘Guest’). Move to 'Control Panel' > 'Network connections', and select 'Properties' s by right click on the mouse. Remove “Guest”...
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox 11) Click on ‘Add User or Group’ 12) Type in “Guest” and then click on “OK” button. 13) Press OK, and Guest will be registered.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox < When connecting Computer to TVX-HD directly > In this case, you have to use Cross LAN cable type generally. If the computer’s LAN card was connected to Internet line, you can mount additional LAN card to your PC and connect that additional LAN card to TVX-HD.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox < When connecting with IP Router or Hub > If you have already been assigned dynamic IP address from a DHCP Server or IP Router in your local area network, then no need to write a static IP address. Then obtain the automatically assigned IP address or write an IP address &...
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When the setting is successfully finished, you will be able to see the 4 PC Tray Icons. Network Disk is supported up to 4 PC Tray system. You can see the partition on the network icon like below image. You may check for detailed usage at the TVX-HD website.
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If you connect to a secured AP, the network performance will be 10% lower than an unsecured In wireless connectivity connecting the Wireless USB to TVX-HD Device. The TVX-HD needs to be powered off initially and then Powered ON .Then on the Network setting Menu WIFI IP setting will...
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox 7.3.8 Using SAMBA Server Using SAMBA Server, You can copy/move/delete files from PC to TVX-HD via LAN. SAMBA is supporting the internal hard disk only. Press the Network Info on the SETUP- NETWORK. And note down the TVX-HD IP Click on Internet explorer, and then type the TViX IP as shown \\172.28.1.70.
Your system will recognize the TVX-HD as an external hard drive. Copy the latest firmware files into the root of the TVX-HD hard drive or USB memory device. Turn off the TVX-HD and bring it to your TV for firmware upgrading.
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The Safe upgrade will check the firmware file of internal HDD in advance and then external USB host. Press and hold the MENU button on the top panel and turn on the TVX-HD by using power button. The VFD will show the seeking FW, such as SEEK FW.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Using USB Connection with a PC TVX-HD uses a SATA HDD as its contents storage device and works just like an external USB 2.0 hard drive when you connect it to your PC. The USB cable has a different shape on both ends. We use USB 2.0 "A" Plug (male) type to "B" Plug(male) type.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Choose the partition type and format the HDD. If you want several partitions, select Extended Partition. Select the partition size. If you want one partition, press “Next>”. For FAT32, size is limited to 32000MB or under.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox Select the Drive Letter. Then press the “Next>” button. Select the partition Format. If you choose FAT32 file format on Windows 2000/XP, the drives maximum size will be limited to 32GBs. If you want to use a single drive letter of 32GBs or more, you have to format on Windows 98SE/ME.
Press the Stop button if you want to unplug the device. Press OK on “Stop a Hardware device” window. Press OK and unplug the device. Close TVX-HD folder or disk on My computer before unplugging the Hard disk. If TVX-HD folder is open, unplugging it may not work properly.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox 10 Troubleshooting ** For detailed instructions, please refer to the the latest pdf file on the TVX-HD Homepage or TVX- HD FAQ. Under no circumstances should you try to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the warranty. Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock.
Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox 11 Appendix - Technical Terms HDMI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is an all-digital audio/video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams. HDMI is compatible with High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) Digital Rights Management technology. HDMI provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, a DVD player, a PC, a video game console, or an AV receiver and a compatible digital audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV).
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By supplying film studios with outstanding techniques for delivering soundtracks to an attentive audience, DTS digital sound is now featured on virtually 100% of major Hollywood releases. Although the technology used for motion pictures differs from that featured in consumer and professional audio music and home theater systems, their DTS heritage means end users can enjoy sound that closely matches the original.
DVICO Co., Ltd is using a part of Free Software code under the GNU General Public License in operating TVX-HD player. This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation’s code and to any other program whose authors commit by using it. The Free Software is copyrighted by Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox protection in exchange for a fee. 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
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Ultimate PVR with HD Digital Jukebox 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License.
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CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. IMPORTANT NOTE: To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, the antenna used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
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