Table of Contents Safety information Contact of the service Recycling Information Accessories / Features Control Elements Front Panel Rear Panel Remote Control Insert battery and operation Buttons Connection Initial Setup Main Menu Photo Music Movie File Manager Samba Bit Torrent DLNA Set up Trouble shooting...
SAFETY INFORMATION The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user of the presence of un-insulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user of the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.
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SAFETY INFORMATION USB port Due to legal requirements of CE-conformity, the customer is asked to only connect USB- Sticks to the USB port. Please refer to further details on USB on page 13. Position Do not connect accessories on the player which are not defined by the manufacture. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table.
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SAFETY INFORMATION Operation Access internet Portal with hundreds of Apps Recording DVB-T on USB storage and play back the recorded files from USB storage. Time Shift function with a connected USB storage Playback of supported video, audio and picture files from USB storage. Access the Ethernet, act as Samba server Dolby Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
Contacts Service Contact of the XORO customer service: Per Telefon: 04161 - 8002424 (Mo-Fr, 10:00 - 17.00) Per eMail:support@ersservice.de Per Fax: 04161 - 8002462 ERS GmbH Elektronik Repair Service Weidegrund 3 21614 Buxtehude Germany It is our pleasure to help you in case of questions on utilisation or functional problems . Please also take note of the trouble shooting at the end of this manual.
Recycling Information Recycling Information Recycling of electronic devices This product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and compo- nents which can be recycled and reused. This symbol means that electrical and electronic equipment, at their end-of-life, should be disposed of separately from your household waste. Please, dispose of this equipment at your local community waste collection/recycling centre.
Shall any item be damaged or missing, please contact directly the shop where you bought this product. Congratulations on your purchase of XORO HRT8400. We hope you will enjoy using it as much as we did designing it. This player has following features:...
CONTROL ELEMENTS Front Panel IR receiver Rear Panel Antenna Input Loop through Digital Audio Output (optical) Digital Audio Output (Coaxial) Analogue Audio Output left Analogue Audio Output right CVBS Video Output HMDI Output USB hort x 2 Power input HRT8400...
Remote Control Insert batteries and operation radius Insert the battery (type AAA) into the receptacle of the remote. Close the battery cover For the best results, aim the remote towards at the player. Stay within 5 meter and angles of 60 degrees or less.
Remote Control Buttons Buttons of the remote control Part 1 Power (on/off) MUTE (sound on/off) GOTO (start play back from a certain point defined by time) ⊳⊳ (fast rewind/fast forward) (start play back) || (Pause, start Time-Shift ) ■ (Stopp playback, access Media player) Part 2 PORTAL (to access internet portal) BACK (back to the higher directory)
Connection Connection General information Assure that the device is switched off and unplugged. Read the manual of your TV and attend to the safety instructions. Connect the power cable at last with a electronic socket. Connecting a TV The receiver could be connected either through HDMI or AV RCA to TV. Please connect the receiver through HDMI if possible.
Initial Setup Initial Setup The XORO installation menu will be displayed by initial operation of the HRT8400. This menu con- tains five options: Menu Language TV Region Channel Scan Time Wired Lan Setup Navigate with the arrow keys ▲▼ to high light the option and open the submenu with OK.
Main Menu Main Menu The main menu contains following sub menus: Portal Photo Music Movies File Manager Setup Portal You can access here the smart TV portal with hundreds of APPs. Scroll the page Move the cursor to arrows on the left and the right side of the page and press ok.
Photo Photo HD JPEG, JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF and PNG files are supported. Connect a USB storage and select the photo icon on the main menu. Display options Press the “OPTION” button on the remote control. There appears a pop-up menu containing following options.
Music Music MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV and FLAC audio files are supported. Display options Select the Music icon on the main menu, the directory of audio files is now dis- played. Press the OPTION button on the remote control, there appears a popup menu containing following options: Press the OPTION button once more to quit the menu.
Movie Movie Following video formats are supported: AVI,MKV,TS,MPG,MP4,MOV,M4V, VOB, ISO, IFO, DAT, WMV,ASF, RM, RMVB, FLV. Display options Select the video icon on the main menu, and the directory of video files is now displayed Press the “OPTION” button on the remote control. There appears a popup menu containing following options.
File Manager Streaming via Network Select the File manager icon on the main menu, the directory of files is now displayed. You have here the access to files on external storage, Network and UPNP. Display options Press the OPTION button on the remote control, there appears a menu containing following options. Press the OPTION button once more to quit the menu.
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File Manager Streaming via UPnP server Steaming via UPnP-server The receiver detects automatically UPnP media servers on the network. Please install a UPnP Media Server software on your computer and authorize your receiver to browse the media files on your computer. There are plenty of free and commercial software such as Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player 11, XBMC Media Center (Linux/Mac/Windows), MediaTomb(Linux), etc.
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File Manager Playlist Management Create music/Album playlist Open the USB directory under File Manager, until a green point suggesting “Operations” appears on the lower right corner. Press the GREEN button on the remote control and select Multiple Select on the popup menu appeared. You can now select music or photos files with the navigation cross and add them to the “File List”...
DVB-T twin tuner With the intergrated twin tuner, you can watch one program and record another. Program list Press the OK button to display the program list. On this list you can navigate with the UP and DOWN buttons ▼▲, or switch to the favourite list with the ►(RIGHT).
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Option Press the OPTION button on the remote control to access the 7 day EPG. You can also pro- gram recording on the EPG. You can either press the RED button on the remote control or select REC on the option menu to start manual recording.
Samba Server/Bit Torrent Samba Server This receiver could be used both as Samba server and Samba client. Samba Client Please refer to page 19 on streaming via Network to have the receiver work as a Samba client. Samba Server Get the receiver connected to the local network. Make sure the Samba Process under Network/Set up is „on“. Open the Windows Explorer on your PC and type in the IP adress of your receiver at the search bar.
Bit Torrent/DLNA Bit Torrent After entering the Neighbor web page, click the BitTor- rent Download icon. Select a torrent file from your PC and then click Yes. The selected torrent file will be displayed. You can Start or Stop the download, and Delete or Refresh this file. DLNA Make sure the DLNA DMR under System/Setup is „on“.
Set up Set up You can access the setup menu either on the main menu or by pressing the SETUP button on the remote control. There are following sub menus: System, Audio, Video, TV&REC, Network. MISC Navigate with the ▲▼buttons on the sub menus and press OK to open option menus. System Menu Language Here you can set the menu language.
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Set up Set up Note: CEC works only if the TV connected supports also CEC standards. Please check the user’s manual of your TV. Factory Default Restore factory default settings Audio Night Mode Off : turn off the Night Mode. On: Turn on the Night Mode, so that all high frequency sound will not be transmitted.
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Set up Set up TV System HDMI Auto: The receiver will adjust automatically according to your location and the TV connected. Otherwise you can also define by choosing from NTSC (USA, Kanada, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South korea and Taiwan), PAL (Europe, Greenland, part of Africa and south America, Middle East China, Indien, Australia und Indonesia), 480P, 576P, 720P 50HZ, 720P 60HZ, 1080I 50HZ, 1080I 60HZ, 1080P 50HZ, 1080P 60HZ.
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USB upgrade could be started here. Note: You can down load the upgrade software from www.xoro.de/downloads. Please unpack the file and save it under the root directory of a USB stick. Connect this USB stick to the receiver and run the upgrade.
Troubleshooting Check the following guide for the possible cause of a problem before contacting service. Technical Support of Xoro/MAS: support@ersservice.de Tel.: +49 40 77 11 09 17 Fax: +49 77735515 Symptom Correction No power Plug the power cord into the outlet tightly and turn on the power.
Specifications General data Power supply AC 100-240V with 50/60Hz Power Consumption <4,2w Dimensions 200 x 138.5 x 40mm Weight 0.385KG TV-Tuner Input Frequency 104~862MHz Impedance 75 W Bandwidth 6MHz, 7MHz, 8MHz Waveform QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM OFDM Spectrum 2K und 8K Video Decoder Standard MPEG-2 MP@HL, AVC/H.264 HP@L4.1, MPEG4 ASP...
Limited Warranty In case the products delivered are not free from defects in material or workmanship, MAS Elek- tronik AG has the right to either repair or replace the defective product at its choice. MAS Elek- tronik AG manufactures and repairs goods using components which are new or equivalent to new in accordance with industry standards and practice.
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE This product contains free software which is licensed under the GNU Gerneral Public License. We will provide you with the source code upon inquiry. However we can neither provide guarantee on the source code nor offer any technical support for the source code .
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