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Summary of Contents for TizzBird S20 Series
- Page 1 Owner’s Guide TIZZBIRD™ Hybrid PVR S20 Series Rev 1.x...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Safety Notice ................4 Features ..................5 Specifications ................6 S20T ........................... 6 S20A........................... 7 Description of Each Part ............. 8 Package Contents ..............9 Installation and Connection ............10 Connecting the Video ..................... 10 Connecting the Audio ..................... 11 Connecting USB Device .................... - Page 3 Register Subtitle Font File ..................... 48 16.3 Using File Operation ....................... 49 17 Install and Execute Application ..........50 17.1 Move applications at Android Phone to TizzBird ............51 17.2 Execute Application ......................51 18 Settings ..................52 18.1 System ..........................52 18.2...
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Page 4: Safety Notice
1 Safety Notice Do not try to disassemble the unit. It may cause malfunction or fire. Keep away the unit from magnetized devices. It may erase the data stored in the connected HDD drive. Do not place the unit in places that are exposed to oil, water, dust, humidity, rain or wind. -
Page 5: Features
2 Features Tizzbird receives and playbacks the terrestrial digital TV at your country. It also supports recording of digital TV program directly or thru EPG. You will not miss any of your favorite programs. TizzBird provides a full web-browsing capability very similar like PC. Mouse and keyboard can be attached to support various inputs, which enable slick Internet surfing even on the big screen TV. -
Page 6: Specifications
Direct recording to NTFS file system. AirLink (Sending DTV contents to phone over IP) * Features Automatic upgrade of system firmware & applications. (OTA) (Tizzbird) AirLink™ features Share contents of iPhone, Android phone and tablet on TV ... -
Page 7: S20A
AirLink (Sending DTV contents to phone over IP) Features Automatic upgrade of system firmware & applications. (OTA) (Tizzbird) AirLink™ features Share contents of iPhone, Android phone and tablet on TV Share contents of PC/ NAS on TV ... -
Page 8: Description Of Each Part
Description of Each Part 1) Power Button 5) Optical Output 9) AV Output 13) Antenna Output 2) LED#1 / IR 6) Micro SD Slot 10) HDMI Output 3) LED #2 7) Micro USB 11) Ethernet 4) USB Port 12) Antenna In 8) DC Input... -
Page 9: Package Contents
Package Contents The TizzBird package contains the following items. The shape of items described below may slightly different from the actual contents. Main Unit Remote Controller Quick Guide Power Adapter AV Cable... -
Page 10: Installation And Connection
Installation and Connection 6.1 Connecting the Video The TizzBird supports HDMI and Composite video output for connection to a TV, and each output needs to be configured in the settings browser depending on what cable is being used. Connection to HDMI Output... -
Page 11: Connecting The Audio
6.2 Connecting the Audio The unit provides RCA analog stereo output and optical digital output and HDMI to connect the audio device like AV receiver and TV. Please connect to audio outputs to appropriate port of audio device. Please select the appropriate input at the audio device using remote controller after connection. -
Page 12: Connecting Usb Device
6.3 Connecting USB Device This device provides two USB 2.0 host ports to connect various external devices, such as FLASH MEMORY drive, external USB HDD enclosure, digital camera/camcorder, keyboard & mouse, or Wi-Fi USB dongle. -
Page 13: Initial Setup
Initial Setup Initial setup consists of 6 steps of WIZARD style sequences. The sequence of WIZARD will be LANGUAGE SETUP VIDEO OUTPUT SETUP SCREEN FITTING NETWORK SETUP TIME&WEATHER SETUP THEME SETUP The PREV/ NEXT button on the top side of each screen will bring the PREV/ NEXT step. 7.1 Language Setup The first step is setup the menu language. -
Page 14: Video Output Setup
7.2 Video Output Setup The 2 setup is video output. Video output screen will pop up both COMPOSITE and HDMI screen. User can select one of these buttons with MOUSE or REMOTE. If user selects HDMI output then the screen resolution selection screen will appear as above. -
Page 15: Screen Fitting Setup
7.3 Screen Fitting Setup The 3 step is fitting the screen size according to user’s TV. Clicking UP/DOWN button at left-bottom side will increase/ decrease the screen size accordingly. Press OK when done. 7.4 Network Setup The 4th step is setting up network. Both Wi-Fi and Ethernet can be configured here. If Wi-Fi button were pressed, the following screen will enumerate all available Wi-Fi AP. -
Page 16: Time & Weather Location Setup
Internet connection will be made. 7.5 Time & Weather Location Setup The next step is setting up time zone and weather location. Tizzbird provides automatic setup for those as long as network is connected. To setup the time-zone automatically, select the “AUTO”... -
Page 17: Theme Setup
7.6 Theme Setup The final step is setting up theme. Tizzbird provides two type of theme, one is the “Android” theme, the other is “Multimedia” theme. If you are familiar with smart phone user interface, please choose “Android”. If you are more familiar with multimedia player, then choose... -
Page 18: Using Remote Controller
Using Remote Controller Power On/ Off Go to HOME screen Pop-up MENU Go to PREVIOUS screen Up Arrow Left Arrow Right Arrow Down Arrow Select Select Previous (Chapter/ Item) Select Next (Chapter/ Item) Volume Up Volume Down Mute / Mouse On-Off (Long pressed) Channel Up Channel Down Color Key –... -
Page 19: Firmware Update & Installation Of Apps
Firmware Update & Installation of Apps new FIRMWARE can be updated by OTA (Over the Air) when there is new firmware available. The information dialog will be pop-up when there is new firmware. Go to “Settings” icon “System Tab” and select “Firmware Upgrade”. If you download many applications from market, internal memory can be full. -
Page 20: Initial Screen
10 Initial Screen 10.1 Turning On Power <POWER> Press button on the remote or press the power key at front panel to turn on the power. The unit will start boot-up. The circle around power button will blink fast during the booting. LED will turn into BLUE during normal operation after booting. -
Page 21: Audio Settings
10.3 Audio Settings Audio output should be configured as “Digital” mode to connect AV receiver. Select <Settings Browser> <Audio & Visual> <Audio Output>, then press <OK> button. Select the appropriate audio output port between HDMI, Digital (S/PDIF) and Analog (RCA), then select “Digital”... -
Page 22: Network Settings
10.4 Network Settings Network should be configured to surf Internet and download movie poster automatically from Internet and do network game. There are two types of network setting. One is Wi-Fi (Wireless), the other is Ethernet (Wired). Prepare keyboard or mouse if the password of Wi-Fi is string. -
Page 23: Configure Ethernet Connection
like below picture. Password can be input by remote button if it’s composed of numbers. Or mouse or keyboard need to be used if the password is string. To maximize the performance of wireless connection, 802.11n mode is recommended. 1080p MKV movie or HD broadcasting stream can be streamed without stuttering. -
Page 24: Configure Manual-Ip Ethernet
10.4.3 Configure Manual-IP Ethernet To configure the manual-IP, select “Manual IP” like following picture then select “Next” button. The following dialog box will appear. Enter the each digit by pressing number buttons on remote controller. Or you can use the mouse to enter the number. The virtual keyboard will appear if you click the field to enter. -
Page 25: Turning Power Off, Completely Power Off
10.5 Turning Power Off, Completely Power Off <POWER> To turn off the power, press button on the remote or press power key on the front panel. The LED will turn into RED status, and this shows the unit is in “STAND-BY” status. -
Page 26: Start-Up And Terminate
Please refer to section 10.2 for screen. The default selection would be DTV BROWSER at first start-up. TizzBird is a unique unit compared to other units, since it retains consistent user-interface based on the powerful database feature of Android OS. TizzBird provides full featured cover-view and imaged oriented browsing, which is highly intuitive. -
Page 27: Movie Browser
11.2 Movie Browser If you select movie browser, the following screen will appears. If you select an appropriate device that attached, and you already have movie posters, the following screen will appear. 11.3 Terminate <POWER> <POWER> Press button on remote or key on the front will turn the unit be into STAND-BY status. -
Page 28: Watching & Recording Digital Tv
12 Watching & Recording Digital TV 12.1 Scanning Channels Select “Broadcast” will bring the channel scanning dialog, if the device is not scanned before. This will bring the “Auto Scan” menu of setup. Auto scanning of channels will begin, and show the current status of scanning like below. Scanned Progress RF Channel No &... -
Page 29: Watching Digital Tv
12.2 Watching Digital TV Select “Broadcast” at home screen will bring the digital TV channel like below. Station Name + Logical Channel Number To change channel , please use channel up/down button on the remote. Or you can directly enter the number button on the remote. When you enter the number button, the pop-up window of channel will appear. -
Page 30: Recording And Time-Shifting
12.3 Recording and Time-Shifting Press <MENU> button will bring the DTV controller like below picture. Stop Ch list + Stream Info Current Instant Program Info Record Channel Time-Shift Up/ Down Press <OK> button will pause the live-broadcasting (aka, time-shifting). You have to have enough storage space to do that. -
Page 31: Watching Movie
13 Watching Movie 13.1 Selecting Device The attached device can be selected at following device-selection screen of each browser, like below picture. This kind of device selection can be also available at MUSIC and PHOTO BROWSER. 13.2 Movie Browser If MOVIE BROWSER is selected and if the posters were already scraped or registered for movies, then the second picture of section 11.2 will appear. -
Page 32: Movie Browser Menu
13.3 Movie Browser Menu <MENU> button at “MOVIE BROWSER” can be used to do various actions including searching movies, scraping movie posters, jumping based on bookmarks & resuming lists. <MENU> Press button on the remote. Resume Network Video Scrape Server Param Advance Scrape... -
Page 33: To Add Movie Poster
13.4 To Add Movie Poster Movie posters should be added to make fancy movie browser like following screen. TizzBird has built-in poster downloader inside called <SCRAPER> which means scraping the movie information from network. Network should be connected before scraping movie posters. If movie does not have poster, the default image will appear like following screen. -
Page 34: Synopsis Screen
The scraping will be performed based on the file name, so there can be a chance the file name is not correct or not good enough. In this case, scraping can be tried again on the same file. The dialog box will be pop-up to enter or revise the file name to scrape. Click the dialog box with mouse to bring the virtual keyboard, so the scraping file name can be changed. -
Page 35: Resume And Bookmark
“OK” button on remote to start playback movie. 13.6 Resume and Bookmark TizzBird provides RESUME function to the last playback position of movie, so it’s not <MENU> necessary to search it again manually. Press button at MOVIE BROWSER and select <RESUME>... - Page 36 Bookmark Resume Select wanted movie & scene to resume to last playback position. Tizzbird makes thumbnail all the time for resume the exact position that stopped previously. TizzBird also provides BOOKMARK function to memorize the scene position of movie. Press <BOOKMARK>...
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Page 37: Color Buttons At Movie Playback
YELLOW: Browse movie and other folder even when you playback TizzBird provides various control functions during movie playback. These functions include <TIME/CHAPTER SEARCH>, <INFO>, <SUBTITLE>, <AUDIO> and <VIDEO> settings. <MENU> <MENU> Most of functions can be activated by pressing button. -
Page 38: Playback Speed Control
13.8 Playback Speed Control TizzBird provides various playback speeds and skip controls during playback including PAUSE/ FAST-FORWARD/ REWIND/ PREVIOUS/ NEXT. Press <PLAY/PAUSE> button to play or pause the playback. Press <PREV> or <NEXT> button to skip to previous or next chapter. -
Page 39: Playback Information Menu
13.10 Playback Information Menu Select <Menu> button shows the current status including file name, codec, audio type, current playing time and progress bar. 13.11 Subtitle Menu Select <SUBTITLE> image at movie playback menu to control the subtitle language, position, size, sync and font Select <SUBTITLE>... -
Page 40: Video Parameter Menu
13.14 Playback 3D Format Movies TizzBird supports 3D files, if 3D display is available. The supported formats are MVC, SIDE- BY-SIDE and TOP-AND-BOTTOM. If file name contains 3D and SBS (or TNB) string, then it will turn TV into 3D mode automatically. -
Page 41: Movie Playback Controller
13.16 Movie Playback Controller The MOVIE PLAYBACK screen was changed as well to support the MOUSE. The LEFT CLICK MOUSE CONTROLLER will pop up when button. Browser Poster Playback Filename Control Movie Menu Scrollbar Buttons buttons Menu Elapsed/ Total Time Exit... -
Page 42: Listening Music
Listening Music 14.1 Music Browser After device selection screen like section 12.1, the following MUSIC BROWSER screen will appear if music files contain the album art at their tags. Press <LEFT> <RIGHT> keys to move each direction. Keep pressing arrow keys to browsing continuously. The album-art screen will keep changing. -
Page 43: Music Playback Screen
14.2 Music Playback Screen Select album art to playback the selected music. The following image will appear. Filename Repeat/ Random Scrollbar Playback Info Elapsed/ Total Time Control Buttons 14.3 Music Playback Menu Available button when playback music is like this: Browser Stop Press... -
Page 45: Watching Photo
Watching Photo 15.1 Photo Browser The following PHOTO BROWSER screen will appear when selecting PHOTO BROWSER. It’s composed of superb folder thumbnails COVER-VIEW which is quite neat and intuitive. Each image shows thumbnails of photos that folder contains. <YELLOW> button on remote bring the different view as follows. -
Page 46: Photo Browsing Menu
15.2 Photo Browsing Menu <MENU> Press button to bring quick <SEARCH FOLDER> function. 15.3 Photo Playback The photo will be playback when selecting each photo of given folder. It will automatically slideshow on next photo after transition time elapsed. Press <MENU> button or Left Mouse Photo Playback Controller button will bring the “... -
Page 47: Using File Browser
Using File Browser 16.1 File Browser & Selecting Device Please select the <File Browser> at home screen. External USB, internal HDD storage device, or network drive can be selected at first FILE BROWSER screen. After selecting wanted device, the following screen will appear. -
Page 48: Register Subtitle Font File
This is quite similar browser user interface that legacy media players provided before. Folder or file based browsing is possible on this browser, and selecting and playback the file directly <OK> Folders can be browsed by arrow keys and press button to select that folder. -
Page 49: Using File Operation
16.3 Using File Operation Rev 1.12 firmware provides the “File Operation” capability which enables COPY, MOVE, DELETE, RENAME and NEW FOLDER functions. Press “MENU” button on the remote then select the “File Operation” ICON at the pop-up window to enter this mode. File Operation This will bring the following screen. -
Page 50: Install And Execute Application
OK button Browse and enter the folder. Bookmark button Select the item to operate. Menu button Pop-up the FILE OPERATING ICONs. Please use left or right arrow button to move left or right pane. Pressing BOOKMARK ( ) button will check the selected item like below picture. -
Page 51: Move Applications At Android Phone To Tizzbird
17.1 Move applications at Android Phone to TizzBird The applications on the Android smart phone can be installed on this unit. The procedures are like this. 1) Download or move the applications on the Android smart phone at USB flash drive. -
Page 52: Settings
18 Settings Various set-ups can be configured at SETTINGS BROWSER. 18.1 System Menu language, date & time, system information, firmware information and update can be set-up at this menu. <OK> Language Select menu language. Press to bring the pop-up. Time &... - Page 53 Setup the TizzRemote by QR code and setup the System name for TizzRemote searching. The TizzRemote™ is the remote application for TizzBird which can replace keyboard & mouse. It also supports streaming contents from your phone, PC & NAS. There are two methods to install the TizzRemote™. The TizzRemote™ itself is already on the Google Market, so you can directly download it at your smart phone.
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Page 54: Audio And Visual
Power Button Select between “Power Off” and “Suspend” when pressing power button. If “Power Off” selected, the system will completely be powered off when POWER button pressed. System will boot up completely from initial stage when next POWER-ON. (COLD- BOOT) Disk Format ... - Page 55 [Audio Format Selection] [Configuration for each format] In “Digital (Compressed)” output mode, each format (AC3/ DTS/ AAC/ HD-Audio) can be configured as On/Off independently. It’s because the capability of connected audio device is quite different.
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Page 56: Network
18.3 Network Wi-Fi Connection Turn On/Off the Wi-Fi connection Wi-Fi Setting Select Wi-Fi Access Point and configure the SSID and password Ethernet Connection Turn On/Off Ethernet connection Ethernet Setting Please refer to chapter 11 and 11.3 section. Network Information ... -
Page 57: Movie
18.4 Movie Subtitle Language Select subtitle language. Subtitle Setting Select size, position, font, color of subtitle. Please refer 10.10. Resume Select resume screen pop-up method. Instant Skip Interval Select instant skip interval. Instant skip will occur when pressing <UP>... -
Page 58: Music
18.5 Music Instant Skip Interval Select instant skip interval. Instant skip will occur when pressing <UP> <DOWN> key at movie playback. Sort Type Select sorting type of music. Order Type Select ordering type of music browser. Album Jacket Layout & Shape Please refer to chapter16. 18.6 Photo Transition Effect ... -
Page 59: Broadcast
18.7 Broadcast Audio Language Default audio language for multi-lingual broadcast Input Source Air/ Cable (ATSC only) Channel Key Select <channel up/down> key will work all or favorite channels Record & Capture St.. Select storage for recording & time-shifting Country Code ... -
Page 60: Connecting Network Server Or Nas
Please download the “ ” server at Internet at the PC. Please visit our WEB-site (http://www.tizzbird.com) to download the TizzNFS program. Please install it after downloading it. The TizzNFS has following features. Runs on Windows™ XP/ Vista/ 7 (both 32 bit and 64bit) ... -
Page 61: Downloading Other Nfs Server
19.1.3 Downloading other NFS Server Please download the “freeNFS” or “Allegro” NFS server at Internet at the PC. The “freeNFS” and “Allegro” NFS server was confirmed by TizzBird. The “freeNFS” software can be downloadable at following URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenfs/files/FreeNFS.exe/download FreeNFS can be executed without specific installation. -
Page 62: Connecting Nfs Server At Device
19.1.5 Connecting NFS Server at Device Each browser has device list and “Network Server Management” as last item like below picture. Enter this menu will bring the following screen. Select “Add NFS Server” item to add the NFS server as network drive, like below picture. Please choose NFS. - Page 63 The available NFS servers will appear with names or IP addresses. If NFS server is available, it will appear like below. If PC runs Windows OS, the PC name can also appear like above picture. If the wanted server list is not appeared, please try <Menu> button on remote to select “refresh” to refresh the NFS server list.
- Page 64 The device list will include “Network1” as a one of device that can be accessed. The “Network . . .” device can be used as just like local device.
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Page 65: Network Connection Using Samba
19.2 Network Connection using Samba The following section explains how to connect the shared PC folders or NAS (Network Attached Storage) which runs Samba Server. 19.2.1 Activating PC Share Click right mouse button on the folder which will be shared. Select “Property” then “Sharing”... -
Page 66: Connecting Samba Server At Device
19.2.2 Connecting Samba Server at Device Each browser has device list and “Network Server Management” as last item like below picture. Enter this menu will bring the following screen. Select “Add Samba Server” item to add the Samba server as network drive, like below picture. Please select “Add SAMBA Server”. - Page 67 The available NFS servers will appear with names or IP addresses. If NFS server is available, it will appear like below. If PC runs Windows OS, the PC name can also appear like above picture. If the wanted server list is not appeared, please try <Menu> button on remote to select “refresh” to refresh the NFS server list.
- Page 68 If the selected folder requires ACCESS RIGHT to connect it, the following dialog box will pop-up to enter the log-in account information. Input the “User name” and “Password” using virtual keyboard. Please check “Remember account” checkbox to by-pass this log-in procedure at next connection. If it’s successful, the device list will include “Network1”...
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Page 69: Firmware Upgrade
20.1 Online Upgrade (O.T.A – Over the Air Upgrade) TizzBird will connect the firmware update server periodically (once a week) and pop-up upgrade prompt window automatically, if new firmware is available. If TizzBird is connected to the network, the upgrade can be performed as following. -
Page 70: Upgrade At File Browser
20.2.2 Upgrade at File Browser Copy or move the latest firmware to the root folder of USB flash or HDD drive. Connect the drive to USB port of the unit. Select <FILLE BROWSER> at HOME SCREEN. . Browse the firmware file and press <OK>... -
Page 71: How To Fix Booting Failure
21 How to Fix Booting Failure This documentation is intended to provide repairing guide in case of booting failure of TizzBird. TizzBird F10/F11/F20/F30 is based on Android Gingerbread This repairing method is only applied from firmware revision 2.0.6 or later for F10/ F11/ F20/ F30. - Page 72 2) As soon as you turn on power, press <RED> button on remote twice within 3 seconds. The following screen will come out (Require revision 2.0.6 or later firmware) 3) There are four menus. If you want to factory reset status, then select “wipe data/ factory reset”. This will help the situation when some applications you installed cause a problem.
- Page 73 6) On the following screen, select “update.zip” on the drive. 7) The system will erase whole area of internal flash and start to update like below picture. The progress bar will show the current progress.
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Page 74: Gnu General Public License
Free Software Foundation, Inc. and the program is licensed “AS IS” without warranty of any kind. Users are free to download the base source code of the TizzBird players at the following address: http://www.tizzbird.com/eng/index.php?mm_code=752&sm_code=754 The source code can be sent to your address via airmail for a charge of actual expense executed. - Page 75 or not licensed at all. The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License.
- Page 76 executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange;...
- Page 77 contest validity of any such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system, which is implemented by public license practices. Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system;...
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