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AIOS HD MEDIA CENTER USER GUIDE

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  • Page 1 AIOS HD MEDIA CENTER USER GUIDE...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Install HDD (Optional) ..........3 2. Connection .............. 3 3. Power On/ Off ............6 4. Remote Control ............7 5. Setup............... 11 6. Home Menu ............16 7. Bit Torrent .............. 28 8. Streaming via Network .......... 32 9.

  • Page 3: Install Hdd (Optional)

    In this guide, we will cover some of the basics from setting up to simple usage of the AIOS HD Media Center. Please visit our website at www.pivosgroup.com for additional guide and tips. 1. INSTALL HDD (OPTIONAL) Although optional, the AIOS HD Media Center allows more features to be accessed with installation of an internal HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
  • Page 4 HDMI: up to 1080p HDMI: Dolby Digital, DTS 5.1/ 7.1/ HD Audio 2.3 CONNECTING TO HOME NETWORK You can connect AIOS HD Media Center to your home network via wired or wireless connection. For wired connection to your home network: a) Connect Ethernet cable to the device’s RJ45 port.
  • Page 5 “Manual DHCP” and “Manual DNS” for customized settings. For wireless connecting to your home network: a) Connect AIOS USB Wireless Adapter (or a compatible WIFI adapter) to one of the USB port. b) Once connected, a short prompt will indicate the device is now connected with a USB WIFI adapter.

  • Page 6: Power On/ Off

    With a HDD installed, you can connect your AIOS HD Media Center to a computer and use it like any external USB storage. a) Make sure the player is powered on. b) Plug in the USB 3.0 data cable to the rear data port on your AIOS Media Center.

  • Page 7: Remote Control

    To completely turn off the power to the unit, switch the rear toggle switch to the “O” Position. Or you can put the unit on standby by either pressing the RED POWER button on the remote or press the power button on the front of the panel. Upon standby, the power indication will turn RED.
  • Page 8 (i.e. USB CD/DVD- ROM). Press to mute audio output. Mute Only available for DTV Model Press to view the Electronic Program Guide Press again to back to DTV Only available for DTV Model Press to RECORD TV program Press to ZOOM in/out when playing back photos or Videos. Photo zoom levels: 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X Zoom Video zoom levels: 2X, 3X, 4X, 8X.
  • Page 9 Press to view the Guide menu. See “The Guide Menu” on page 6 for Guide more details. Press to bring up the OPTION bar. Option Press the arrow buttons to navigate the menus Left (Arrow) Press the arrow buttons to navigate the menus Right (Arrow) Up (Arrow) Press the arrow buttons to navigate the menus...
  • Page 10 STANDBY. Only available for DTV model Timeshift Press to start DTV time shift function Repeat from Point A to point B Quick button for Music file Music Audio Press to select available audio track. Press to GOTO to a specific point on the disc or title. Specify the point Goto using Title, Chapter and Time.

  • Page 11: Setup

    Press when prompt to access other options. Press during browsing to enter POSTER VIEW MODE (available only when poster.jpg file is available in the video folder) Blue Press when prompted to access other options. 5. SETUP 5.1 SYSTEM Change display Languages. Support: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Menu Language German, Russian, Thai, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
  • Page 12 This setup is to enable or disable the screen saver function. You can choose when the screen saver will start upon idle and the display weather it’s default, Screen Saver your own customized photo album or Flickr. DLNA DMR This setup is to enable or disable the DLNA DMR function. Once you enable DLNA DMR function, enter a name here for the network to DLNA recognize it as a Digital Media Receiver...
  • Page 13 This is the HDMI audio output option LPCM – Linear pulse code modulation two channel. This option will down mixes HDMI Output all RAW audio stream. RAW – pass-through the RAW digital audio data. This is the S/PDIF audio output option LPCM –...
  • Page 14 • 720P 50Hz • 720P 60Hz • 1080i 50Hz • 1080i 60Hz • 1080P 50Hz • 1080P 60Hz NOTE: some of the options may not be displayed if the output device does not support it. Video Zoom This enables video zoom function. 1080P 24HZ This option is for video playback at 24Hz.
  • Page 15 Press GOTO to perform a rescan. Choose this option if you are connecting the media center directly to the DSL PPPoE Setup modem. Enter login information upon prompt. This option allows a FTP server running on your media center. NOTE: Internal FTP Server Drive is required for this.

  • Page 16: Home Menu

    5.6 ADVANCED Subtitle Encoding This option enables subtitle detection Detection DTS-HD Output This option let you select DTS-HD output in either 5.1 or 7.1 Channel 6. HOME MENU Home Menu is the main screen which you will see upon starting up the media center. (Shown in Figure) At Home Menu, you will have access to File Manager, Video, Music, Photo, Apps, Internet and Setup.
  • Page 17 Music: You will be able to browse all AUDIO files here sorted by alphabetical order. This function requires SCAN STORAGE (see setup) function to index all available files before it can be displayed correctly. Photo: You will be able to browse all PHOTO files here sorted by alphabetical order. This function requires SCAN STORAGE (see setup) function to index all available files before it can be displayed correctly.
  • Page 18 USB: shows if an USB Storage device is connected. SD: shows if a memory card is detected. Speaker: shows if the media center is in mute mode. 6.2 NAVIGATE FILES When browsing files under File Manager, Movies, Music, and Photos Menu. You can use the following remote commands to navigate.
  • Page 19 Press ‘Red’ button to pop up the file list Menu 6.3 VIEWING AND MANAGE FILES The AIOS HD Media Center now incorporates a few viewing options to allow improved viewing experience when going through a large collection of files. You can change your viewing options at any time simply by pressing the ‘OPTION’...
  • Page 20 • Movies: This mode will only display recongized video files • Photo: this mode will only display recognized image files • Music: this mode will only display recognized audio files Thumbnails View: this mode will let you view up to 8 folder or files (2 x 4) with a thumbnail view. For photos, a preview of the photo will automatically populate as the displayed icon.
  • Page 21 Preview: this mode is great for movies and music, a two span viewing mode with left pane displaying a large folder icon if a folder is selected, displaying detailed file information. In this mode, preview mode will automatically play a media file if one is highlighted. 6.3.1 OPEN FILES During browsing mode, you can select any displayed files to start execute the playback.
  • Page 22 Button Function PLAY/ PAUSE Play or Pause playback SLOW Play video in slow motion, press repeatedly to select speed VOL +/ VOL - Adjust volume PREV/ NEXT Play previous or next video FR/FF Fast Rewind/ Fast Forward, press repeatedly to select speed REPEAT Select repeat mode, ONE, ALL, or SHUFLE Zoom in/ out the image...
  • Page 23 Select audio track during playback AUDIO Set subtitle options SUBTITLE STOP Stop playback OPTIONS Bring up the option menu GUIDE Instant access to Guide menu. PLAY MUSIC FILES Button Function Play or Pause playback PLAY/ PAUSE Adjust volume VOL +/ VOL - PREV/ NEXT Play previous or next track FR/FF...
  • Page 24 REPEAT Select repeat mode, ONE, ALL, or SHUFLE Bring up the option menu Options NOTE: music player service can run in the background. You can continue to browse file while music continue to run in the background. To go back to the player, go to ‘Music’ on the home page, then press option menu and select ‘Now Playing’.
  • Page 25 Bring up the option menu 6.3.2. FILE MANAGEMENT The AIOS HD Media Center has full file management capability built in. Not only can you browse and playback media files, but you can also create folders, RENAME, COPY, DELETE, MOVE files through the built in tool.
  • Page 26 CREATE A MUSIC PLAYLIST: Go to Music, Press the ‘RED’ button on the remote, then you will be prompted by the following screen (see figure) Select files you want to add to the play list by pressing ‘PLAY/PAUSE’ button on the remote. You can press ‘LEFT’...
  • Page 27 You can save the playlist as a default play list or make a new name for it by press the ‘Rename’, which will bring up the onscreen keyboard to type in a name that’s best suitable for the playlist you just created then press ‘OK’ to confirm. Press ‘OK’...

  • Page 28: Bit Torrent

    ‘RETURN’ to exit. 7. BIT TORRENT The AIOS HD Media Center has a Bit Torrent Client built in its operating system. You can access it with any web based browser to manage downloads. Before using, you must have an HDD installed in the unit with Bit Torrent function enabled in the setup menu.
  • Page 29 a) The Neighbor Web is a web portal for you to access and manage your download via a simple web browser interface. b) First make sure your media center is connected to your home network. c) Locate your media player’s IP Address, you can do so by go to ‘SETUP’ -> ‘NETWORK’...
  • Page 30 To add download, click on ’Add New Torrent’ Click ‘Browse’ to upload a torrent file, and click ‘Yes’ to confirm. 7.3 MANAGING THE DOWNLOADS The Bit Torrent Download page also allows you to start, stop, delete torrents, set priorities, and the current download status.
  • Page 31 Click ‘Start’ to begin download. Click ‘Stop’ to stop download. Click ‘Delete’ to delete the selected torrent. Click ‘Refresh’ to refresh the current status. Click ‘Down’ arrow to decrease the priority for the selected torrent. Click ‘Up; arrow to increase the priority for the selected torrent. 7.4 SETTINGS Click on the setting button to access general configurations for the Bit Torrent Client.

  • Page 32: Streaming Via Network

    NOTE: The AIOS HD Media Center supports the latest Gigabit Ethernet. However streaming quality may vary depends on your network speed and equipment.
  • Page 33 A built-in UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) client is installed on your media center, which enables the player to auto-detect UPnP Media Servers on the network to browse and stream media files from them. This will work with any UPNP/ DLNA compatible devices such as desktop, notebook PC, TVs, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Portable Media Tablet and etc.

  • Page 34: Updating Firmware

    Firmware is the software running on the AIOS HD Media Center, which adds additional functions and features to the device. We will frequently release firmware update to continue bring more functions to the AIOS HD Media Center. Please visit our website frequently for firmware release.

  • Page 35: Copy Rights And Trademarks

    Your player should be ready to use. 11. COPY RIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS Pivos Technology Group, Inc. respects the intellectual property of the others and has no responsibility for any content that is used with its products. All materials such as video, music,...

  • Page 36: Warranty

    This product contains free software which is licensed under the GNU General Public License. After you purchase this product, you may procure, modify or distribute the source code of the GPL/LGPL software that is used in it’s development. For additional information about the GPL/LGPL software that is used in this product, please visit our website at www.pivosgroup.com.

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