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Helios X5000 User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual HELIOS X5000 HD Upscaling Multimedia & DVD Player...

  • Page 2: General Introduction

    Once on, please note that it takes a little bit of time to switch from feature to feature The following pages provide you with detailed information on everything you need to know about your HELIOS X5000. If you have any query that is left unanswered after reading this manual, please do not hesitate to contact us at...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents 1. Safety precautions 2. Before Use What’s-in-the-box checklist Overview of HELIOS X5000 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...

  • 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

    Select the correct power supply voltage The HELIOS X5000 works under 220/240V or 110V power supply. Before you connect this player to your power source, be sure to check the back of your player to see if the voltage switch is set to the right setting.

  • Page 6: Overview Of Helios X5000

    Overview of HELIOS X5000 Main features • High Definition Upscaling DVD Player up to 1080P(1920x1080) resolution • High Definition Network Media Player • Video (standard and high definition)/audio/picture media file playback • Built-in 10/100M LAN and 54M 802.11G WIFI •...

  • Page 7: Precautions

    WMA (excluding WMA9Pro) Ogg Vorbis PCM(WAVE) * Copyright-protected WMA discs cannot be played directly but copy protected discs & files can be played over the LAN via NeoLink server and Windows Media Connect. Supported Image Formats Format Resolution JPEG 2048×1532 1600×1200 2048×1532 2048×1532...

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    fingertips will not get on the surface. Do not stick paper or tape on the disc. After playing, store the disc in its case. Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or sources of heat. For example, do not leave a disc in a parked car exposed to direct sunlight.

  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    5) Rear panel 1. LAN (RJ45) connector. 2. HDMI digital video output. 3. S-video output 4. Composite video output 5. Component video output 6. Coaxial digital audio output 7. Optical digital audio output 8. External antenna connector 9. 2 channel(left and right) stereo audio outputs 10.

  • Page 10: Remote Control

    6) Remote control All the features of the Helios X5000 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...

  • Page 11: Preparations

    For better sound reproduction, you can connect the player’s Audio output to a separate amplifier / AV receiver. The Helios X5000 offers 4 different video output options and 11 different video output resolutions. Proper video setup is needed to ensure optimum results.
  • Page 12 Use the HDMI cable to connect the player to the HDMI input of your display. When a HDMI output resolution is selected your X5000 will output both video and audio. If you wish to use a DVI connection instead of HDMI, you can connect to your TV using a HDMI to DVI converter cable.
  • Page 13 D. Composite video connection 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

    B. Connecting to a Digital audio receiver If your audio system (AV receiver, amplifier, home theatre system or powered speaker system) can receive digital audio input, you can connect your audio system to the HELIOS X5000 via optical or coaxial connection.
  • 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. Network Connection: A. Hard wired connection (LAN) •...
  • Page 16 9. Connect the network cable to the LAN RJ45 connector at the back of the Helios X5000. 10. Click <Setup> on your remote to enter the setup menu, 11. Go to <LAN> to open the LAN settings sub menu. 12. 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 17 • Wireless connection to an Access Point You can connect HELIOS X5000 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 18: Before Operation

    Connection: Ad-Hoc 8) Before Operation Setup your HELIOS X5000 video mode Before you start to setup the video mode, you need to connect your display devices with the HELIOS X5000 properly (see section 3, connecting to a TV for details)
  • Page 19 1. Turn on the player and your display device 2. If the TV screen is blank, click the “TV mode” button on the remote control a few times until you see the “HELIOS” logo across the screen. The default Video setting of the player is Composite/S-Video/Component NTSC. Pressing the “TV Mode”...
  • Page 20 “System Language” menu. Then select your desired language. 4. Scroll down to “Save” and press <ENTER> on the remote control To get audio using your HDMI connection The HELIOS X5000 digital HDMI output can output either a DVI (video only) or HDMI (Audio and...
  • Page 21 For best surround sound performance, use the digital sound output connected to an AV receiver. Setup your HELIOS X5000 Network connection (Wired) Before you start to setup the network, you need to connect HELIOS X5000 to your...
  • Page 22 Check that there has been an IP Address assigned. 4. If the first three segments of the IP address of the HELIOS X5000 are same as the IP address of the computer in the network*, then the network connection is successful. For example, the HELIOS X5000’s IP address is 192.168.0.5, and the IP address of the...
  • Page 23 How to install NeoLink server software on your computer The HELIOS X5000 is able to access computers on your LAN/ WLAN and play content therein. To do so, however, you will need to install the NeoLink Server software on your computer(s).
  • 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 X5000 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 <Play>. The HELIOS X5000 offers you a unique way of fast forwarding a video file in quick selection mode. To fast forward 10% of the video file content, you simply have to press button number <1>...
  • Page 27 On the player’s home page there will be an icon for HELIOS Media portal. The media portal is a web page hosted by NeoDigits. Clicking on the media portal icon will open this page where you can browse a catalogue of online media from various sources.

  • Page 28: Changing The Front Panel Display

    Through the Online Media section of NeoLink you can build your own customized collection of bookmarks for internet content. On your NeoLink server preferences, use the “service” section select which online services are made available to the X5000. The Web Bookmark option lets you share your web bookmarks from your internet browser with your X5000.
  • Page 29 access bookmarks saved on your computer web browser using NeoLink. You can bookmark anything from simple web pages to an RSS feed of local traffic information. For example, a bookmark could be for an RSS weather feed of your local weather information.

  • Page 30: Sharing Content With Other Helios Users

    Tip, The list is alphabetical so Web bookmarks will always be near the end of the list. To go from the beginning of a list directly to the end, simply press [Up] on 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.
  • Page 31 10) Player Setup Menus The following section describes the various setup options on the X5000. 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

    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. 11) Appendix How to check your computer’s IP address in a LAN a) For windows XP, 2000 and NT system 1.

  • 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 Note: there is no audio output when the player is in any of the following modes: Pause, Step, Slow motion, FF or FR 3.

  • 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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