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Contents Congratulations on choosing PrimeDTV PHD-VRX, Full HD 1080p Dual Tuner Digital HDTV Recorder, Receiver and Media Center Box. Please read this manual carefully before operation. For your convenience, this manual will provide pictures and descriptions to make operation as easy as possible.
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troduction Introd duction To ensure e proper use o of this produc ct, please rea d this owner’ ’s manual car refully and re tain for futur re reference e. This manu ual provides i nformation o on the operat ion of your P HD‐VRX, Full HD 1080p Du ual Tuner Dig ital HDTV Rec corder, Receiv ver and Medi a Center Box . This chapter r explains the e Technical ov verview, unpacking g, front panel l, Rear panel, and Remote control. ATSC C (Advanced T Television Sys...
troduction Using eith her or both co oaxial RF conn nectors on Inte erlacing refer rs to whether r each of thos se the back o of the Digital HDTV Tuner, you can fram mes contains all of the line es of video fo or receive lo ocal television n programs. ch frame or ev very other lin ne. Interlaced sign nals take ever ry other line f frame 2 fram es of v video (each la asting 1/60 o of a second), and mbine them in nto one fram e lasting 1/30 ...
troduction ‐VRX can sca le all video re esolutions up to Compression Frame Aspect 1080 0p from HDM MI output. It e quips superio or Ratio Size Values Rate colo r managemen nt system pro ovides a great t view wing experien ce using edge e and color enha ancements. 1920×1080 Vide eo output ‐VRX is able t to receive bro oadcasts in an ny of the r resolutions m mentioned abo ove. It can als...
troduction For HDTV broadcasts, t the aspect ra tio is 16:9 16:9 (nearly tw wice as wide a as it is tall). This is, no ot coincidenta ally, more like e the shape of movies s shown in the eaters. This make es HDTV an id deal format fo or broadcast ting and view wing movies o n a TV. But what happens if yo ou are watchi ing a nearly 16:9 TVs sho owing :3 TVs showin ng ...
troduction Unpack king Make sure you have rece eived all these i items listed be low with the PH HD-VRX, Full H HD 1080p Dua l Tuner Digital HDTV Recorder, Receiver and M Media Center B Box. HD-VRX Full HD 1 1080p Dual Tu uner Digital HD...
troduction Front P anel Switch unit t ON and OFF ER • • Move TV ch hannel numb er up, or CH+/U UP • • Move the o on‐screen hig hlight up. • • Move TV ch hannel numb er down, or CH‐/D DOWN • • Move the o on‐screen hig hlight down.
troduction Rear Pa anel • RF1 (Tune er 1), an ATSC C/QAM/NTSC C tuner to rec ceive digital & & analog Two T Tuners channels . (RF1, RF2) • RF2 (Tune er 2), an ATSC C/QAM tuner r to receive o nly digital cha annels. Note: PHD‐VR RX can only recor rd or timeshift o on digital channe els only, not on a analog channels s. Use any of USB ports to connect exte ernal USB sto rage devices or optional U USB ...
troduction Remote e Control Switch u unit ON or sta andby mode. POWER • CC: tu urn closed cap ption on or of FUNCTION • ASPEC CT: change sc creen size. KEYS • V.MO ODE: change v video resoluti on (720p /1080p). • SLEEP P: select prese et timer for a uto ...
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troduction Remote e Control On‐line video o streaming a ccess (future ON‐LI INE KEYS option). 4‐color keys c correspond to o different SHOR RTCUT features and quick access. . KEYS In TV mode, p press to enable timeshift fun ction, which c can pause live TV progra am as well as instantly rewind, fast f forward, slow w motion on live TV progra am. • •...
nnections Conn ections This parag graph tells yo ou connecting g the PHD‐VRX X Dual Tuner Digital HDTV V Recorder, Re eceiver and o other inputs to TV, Display, a and home the eater. Connec cting Anten nna/Cable signal sou urce 1. C onnect an ou utdoor or indo oor antenna d directly to eit her Tuner 1 o or Tuner 2 jac ck with a coax xial able. This is to o receive ove er‐the‐air digit tal TV signals ...
nnections Connec cting HDMI Input PHD‐V VRX has one H HDMI input p port. It can be e connected t o different H DMI devices such like Blu‐ ‐Ray playe rs, DVD playe ers, PS3, HD c cable or satell ite boxes. Connec cting Comp ponent (YP PbPr) Input PHD‐V VRX has one C Component ( Y‐Pb‐Pr) vide...
nnections Connec cting Netwo 1. C onnect PHD‐V VRX Ethernet t port to wired d network fro om DSL, Cable e modem or h home networ rk outer. The ne twork connec ction will pro mpt the unit in sync with NTP (Networ rk Time Proto ocol) or precise tim ming reference e as well as o n‐line video s streaming and d home netw work video ser rver onnection. 2. C onnect to wir reless networ rk by using US SB WiFi adapt...
Power U p & Initial Setup Powe er Up and Setup After conn necting PHD‐ VRX with pro oper input and d output sour rces, you will need to pow wer up the uni it and run initial setup proced dures includin ng an automa atic channel s scan. This init tial setup is re equired only during the e first time us sing the unit, or after activ vating the “Re eset All” featu ure to set the e unit back to its initial stag ge. To start: ...
Power U p & Initial Setup • Daylig ght Saving Tim Press rem mote control and then n to select t yes ▲ ▲/▼ or no for t the daylight s saving time o ption in your area. • Tuner r Source Sele Since PHD D‐VRX has two o built‐in tun ers, you can connect e either over‐th e‐air antenna a signals or ca able QAM sign nals with any o of the followi ing combinat ions: (1) Tu uner 1 (RF1): ...
Power U p & Initial Setup • Tuner r Medium Se lect: If the sing gle tuner opti on is chosen, then the Tun ner Medium S Select screen will prompt y you to select either Antenna o or Cable as yo our input RF s signal source. . Once selected, PHD‐VRX will l go to the ne ext screen. If you cho oose the “Bot h” tuners opt tion, then the e Tuner Medium S Select screen will prompt y you to select the signal sou urce for each tuner input in n detail. ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus PHD‐VRX provides the on‐screen M Main Menu to o access all m major features s and the Qui ick Menu to g get to certain ke ey features ea asily. To acce ess the Main M Menu, press remote key or the front panel M MENU button. P HD‐VRX will d display menu graphics on y your TV scree en. Main Menu : The Main Menu consis sts of seven m menu items: : Picture ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Pict ure: The Pict ture menu option pro ovides the pic cture color settings a nd adjustmen nts. Highlig ght “Picture” option and press O OK or ►. ▲/▼ to high Press ▲ light the item m: Picture e Settings, Ad dvanced Setting gs, Auto Aspe ect, View Mod de, or RES ET PICTURE. Press O OK or ► to se elect an optio on. Press G GOTO key as t the return fu nction or ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Advanced d Settings Under Ad vanced Settin ngs, you can c control Dynam mic Contrast value by high hlighting this option and u using / to ad djust values. Auto Aspe ect There are e several video o aspect ratio o adjustments s in order to c change pictur re size using t he remote ASPECT k ey. PHD‐VRX X also provide es additional intelligent t ways to con ntrol aspect ra atio with the Auto Aspect fea ature. The de efault value is...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus The Audio o menu optio on provides a all the audio related settings. Highlig ght “Audio” o option and pre ess ►. OK or ▲/▼ to high Press ▲ light the item m: Treble & Bass, Equa alizer, Optical Out (SP PDIF), Digital Preference, Balanc ce, RESET AUD DIO. Press O OK or ► to se elect an optio on. Press G GOTO key as t the return fu nction or ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Digital Pre eference In the dig gital channel audio outpu ut, if a differ ent speaking g language is available, th he user can select either one e of the optio ons. Default is s English. nglish panish rench Balance You can c hange audio ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus ▲/▼ the remot te to uncheck k (skip it). On nce you use ▲ to move a and highlight to different c channel numb ber, PHD‐VRX will also tune e to that chan nnel while the e master lis st is still displa aying on TV sc creen. Favorites Select this s option to ac ccess the “Fav vorites Brows ser” screen. Th his is done th e same way a as pressing th he FAV remo ote key to inst tantly bring u up the “Favor ites ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus • This s step may ta ke 10‐15 min nutes or more e. • All t the current st tored channe els will be dele eted or laced with ne ew channel in nformation af fter doing “Sta art Scan”. Find Chan nnel Using this s option, you can find new channels and d add them to t he channel lis st on a partic ular frequenc cy, which refe ers to physica al channels, n not the virtua l channels.
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus User can f further define e the name o on each input by assigning a different la abel or creatin ng one. Select t this option an d the Input L abels screen will pop out. Use ▲/▼ keys to s / or ▲ select pre‐set t label names or press the key to en nter your own n label name . Once com mplete, press t the INPUT re mote key to s see if the input label has bee en changed o r not. ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Digital Clo osed Caption service is a n ew caption se ervice availab ble only on di gital TV prog rams (also at the discretion n of the servic ce provider). It is a more fl exible system m than the or iginal Closed Caption syste em, because it t allows a var riety of captio on sizes and fo ont styles. aption Rende ering se this option n to turn the Closed Captio on (CC) featu re on or off. • You can al so directly tu urn on or off Closed Captio on by pressin ng CC key fro m remote co...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Advanced CS2 Advanced CS3 Advanced CS4 Advanced CS5 Advanced CS6 Advanced App pearance his will adjust t advanced ap ppearance se ttings uch as font st tyle, text size, , etc. can be used on digital cha annels. Font Mono o without Serif/ Prop. without S Serif/ tyle Mono o with Serif/ Pro op.
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus • When a Di gital signal is received, yo u can choose e from Adv.CS S1, Adv.CS2, A Adv.CS3, Adv. .CS4, Adv.CS5, A Adv.CS6, CC1, CC2, CC3, CC C4, TEXT1, TEX XT2, TEXT3, T TEXT4, or OFF F. • Depending g on the broa dcast signal, some Basic C Captions will f function with a Digital broadcast signal. ESET CC elect this opt ion to reset a all the closed caption settin ngs to the ori iginal default mode. ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus • It is useful for d doing schedul le recording. Since it is pre ecise timing, i it will record a TV ogram on tim me. If both h “Auto‐Upda te Time Chan nnel” and “Au uto‐Update Ti ime NTP (Net twork)” are unche cked, then th he user will ne eed to manua ally set “Toda ay’s Date” and d “Current Tim me” with re emote contro ol digits and n navigation key ys. Menu Lan nguage Press ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Network Setup p elect this opt ion and the N Network Setu p creen will pop p out. Default t network set ttings ke IP address , subnet mas k, gateway IP P and NS server are e automatical lly obtained b by hecking the D DHCP option. You can also ncheck DHCP P and manuall ly enter your IP ddress. Once complete, pr ress the OK k ey to o back to the previous scre een. est Connectio on elect this opt ion and the N Network Conn nection ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Program I Info, Favorite e channel lists s, etc. Once yo ou select this s option, the R Reset TV scre een will pop o out and ask yo ou to confirm m reset all. On nce confirmed d, select OK to o proceed. Th hen within a f few seconds t the TV screen n will be blank k and PHD‐VR RX front pane l will show a clock and red d light, meani ing that the u unit has been turned off to standby mod de. You can th hen turn the unit on and t the TV screen n should displ ay ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Unrated Show Block s all programs and movies th at are broadca asted without a rating. Allows s all programs and movies th at are broadca asted without a rating. USA ‐ TV he TV Parenta al Guidelines work in conj unction with ...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus ‐Chip will aut tomatically bl ock certain s ub‐categories s that are mo ore restrictive e. For example e, if ou block the “ “L” sub‐rating g in TV‐PG, th hen the “L” su ub ratings in T TV‐14 and TV ‐MA will also o utomatically be blocked. SA-TV, TV Pa rental Guideli TV-Y TV-Y7 TV-G TV-PG TV-14 TV-MA Content ratin ng can be set USA ‐ Movie Movie ratings are used for o original movi es rated by th he Motion Pic cture Associa...
vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Hierarchy of A Age-based Ra tings General program mming. 8 and+ ot recommend ded for young c children. 13 and+ ot recommend ded for ages un nder 13. 16 and+ ot recommend ded for ages un nder 16.
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus The defau ult is Off. Whe en On is selec cted, the user r can’t contro ol the PHD‐VR RX unit with a ny front pane el keys. Onc e a front pan el key is pres sed, PHD‐VRX X will show a “Panel Lock” ” message on the screen. T To disable th he front pane l lock, either s select OFF ag gain or comple etely restart the power by y pressing the e Power bu tton located on the left sid de of the unit t. Change P IN You can c hange the loc ck PIN by sele...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus (1) If two USB dev vices are conn nected or the home netwo ork function is s enabled, PH HD‐VRX will sh how he “Select De vice” screen a and ask the u user to pick th he right devic ce to play. (2) If only one USB B device is co onnected, PHD D‐VRX will pro omptly displa ay the Video m main menu. U Use he remote co ntrol navigat ion keys to se elect the desi red video file e to play. (3) If no devices a re attached t o any USB po orts, PHD‐VRX...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus D: Rewind vid eo quickly. Pr ress this key m multiple time es to create 2x x, 4x, 8x, 16x, , and 32x diff ferent rewin nd speeds. FF: F ast Forward v video quickly . Press this ke ey multiple tim mes to create e 2x, 4x, 8x, 1 16x, and 32x diffe rent fast forw ward speeds. • When using th he Media Play yer function to o play back v ideo, music, o or photo files s, the PHD‐VR RX nit front pane el LED display y will show “P PLAY” to indic cate that the ...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus You can p press QUICK r emote key an nytime when music is play ying. The Quic ck access men nu will allow y you to adjust audio (sound ) settings, set t music file re epeat condition s (default ‐ of ff, repeat onc ce, and repea t all), adjust scr reen size, and d check USB d isk status. • When using th he Media Play yer function to o lay back video o, music, or p photo files, th he HD‐VRX unit f front panel L ED display wi ll show “PLAY Y” to indicate e that the unit...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus picture w ill be displaye ed. Use / k key to select t the previous o or next pictur re. ▼ key to rotat Use ▲/▼ e pictures. Press t to start the p picture slideshow w automatical ly. You can p press the QUIC CK remote ke ey any time d during slidesh how. The Qui ck access me enu will allow w you to adjus st slideshow w change time e (default is 5 ...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus rogram Guid e recording r elies n Electronic P Program Guid de EPG) data from m TV broadca aster r Cable Comp pany to do fut ture r current sche edule recordi ing. If here is no EPG G data availab ble or that chann el, PHD‐VRX w will urn it to manu ual schedule ecording scre en. ress OK to se lect this optio on. HD‐VRX will b bring up its gu uide creen. You ca n use navigat tion eys to move t to the Progra m ...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus chedule Time er screen will pop up. In th is screen, ma ajority option s are open fo or the user to djust. ou can set dif fferent record d schedule ty pes including g Once, Every day, Mon‐Fri , Sat & Sun, a and Weekly. Once selected, the e “Upcoming R Recording list t” will mark t his recording event with a a ifferent icon s symbol accor rding to a spe ecific type. Upcoming g Recordings All the cu rrent and fut ure recording g ...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus are name d by the follo owing two con nditions: (1) If the show ha s Electronic P Program Guid e (EPG) data associated w with it, the file e name will ad dd he program ti itle first follow wed by the da ate and time. . For example e: KTL LA‐5‐News‐S Sunday‐Edit ion_527201 12_200048.m ile name: he recorded p program title is “KTLA‐5‐N ews‐Sunday‐ ‐Edition”, and d it was recor ded on May ( (05), , 2012. The e recording st tarted at 8:00...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus about 5M MB/s, but ext2 2 format USB device speed d can normally reach to 23~2 26MB/s. Ther refore, for sim mple recording g (one channe el at a time), y you can use e either ext2 or NT TFS format U SB HDD. How wever, to reco ord two chann nels from two o tuners at th he same time, , you may need d ext2 format USB HDD on ly. If you sele ect this option n, the USB Sp peed Test scre een will pop o out. Select th e “Test” optio on and PHD‐V VRX ...
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vigating th he On‐Scre een Menus Timeshift t Duration PHD‐VRX provides a tim meshift function, which can ins stantly rewind d, fast forwa ard or pause l live TV shows s. Since time eshifting uses s the externa l USB HDD as temporary y storage space, the e timeshift bu uffer size (or duration p period) has to o be pre‐set i n order to r reserve storag ge space from m USB HDD in advance. The times shift duration default ...
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perations PHD-V VRX Elec ctronic Pr rogram G Guide (EP The Elect tronic Program m Guide (EPG G) from PHD‐V VRX provides users with TV V program sc chedules and an overview of program c content on ea ach channel a t a specific tim me. The Elect tronic Progra m Guide ena bles you to sel lect programs s to watch or record. PHD‐ ‐VRX currentl ly offers the P PSIP (Program m and System ...
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perations progress. O Once complete e, the lower le eft side will display a ne ew channel vi ideo and the pro ogram title wi ill be refreshe ed to the new w channel pro ogram. • If recording g is in progres ss, the Guide s screen can sti ll be turned on. T The lower lef ft channel vid eo will have a a red dot sho owing the recording a nd lock the c hannel so the e user can scr roll to a differ rent channel without tunin ng. ...
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perations How t to use PH HD-VRX T Timeshift ting Featu ures To use PH HD‐VRX times hift and live p pause feature es, first you w will need to pl ug in externa al USB storage e devices su uch as the US SB HDD (Hard Disk Drive) o or the USB flash stick into the e PHD‐VRX un nit. Once plug gged, PHD‐VR RX will promp ptly detect and d mount th e USB device . You can the n press ...
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perations To start ti imeshifting, w watch a live TV V show from either PHD‐ VRX tuner r 1 or tuner 2 . Then press t the remo ote button. Th he “Start Tim meshift” scree en will pop ou ut. Once you s select “Yes”, you will se ee a red “R” r running circle e display yed on the to op right‐hand d corner of th he TV screen t to indicate th hat the timeshifti ng function is s now in prog gress. At the sam me time, you will see time shift informa tion screen ...
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perations PLAY Y: Play or resu ume current p paused video . PAUS SE: Pause live e TV or pause current vide o. D: Rewind vid eo quickly. Pr ress this key m multiple time es to create 2x x, 4x, 8x, 16x, , 32x, 64x, 12 28x, and 2 256x differen t rewind spee eds. FF: F ast Forward v video quickly . Press this ke ey multiple tim mes to create e 2x, 4x, 8x, 1 16x, 32x, 64x, 128x x, and 256x di fferent fast fo orward speed ds. SLOW W BACKWAR D: Slow motio on of rewind ...
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perations How t to use PH HD-VRX R Recording g Feature To record TV shows, fi rst, you will n need to plug i n the externa al USB storag e devices suc ch as the USB HDD (Hard Disk k Drive) or US SB flash stick to PHD‐VRX. PHD‐VRX will promptly y detect and m mount the US SB device. Yo ou can then p press QUICK r emote button n to verify USB B device statu us from Quick...
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perations 2. M Manual Recor ding associat ted with Prog gram Guide: ress the remote but ton and selec ct the “C Create a man ual recording g” option. If P PHD‐ RX detects th he current TV show with lectronic Prog gram Guide ( EPG) data, PH HD‐ RX will autom matically think k you want to o ecord this sho ow from curre ent moment t to the nd of the sho ow. Once sele cted, the Rec cord chedule Time er screen will pop out. The ...
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perations • Active opt tion: Select th his option to turn the schedu ule timer activ ve and ready to record. Yo u can also un nselect this op ption to reserve this schedule e timer and c heck back later in the “Upco ming Recordi ing list”, see Page 5. • Type: You can set differ rent record schedule t ypes as show wn below. o Once: This record s schedule will be used f or only one ti ime. The ...
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perations mode to start recor rding. The un it front panel l will also sho ow either “rEC C‐1” or ‐2 or b both to indi icate it is in re ecording prog gress. 4. P rogram Guid e Recording: here are two ways to start t program gui ide ecording. In m menu, select Record hedule → ecordings Program Guid de. This way, PHD‐ → RX will bring up Program G Guide screen . Or, ou can direct ly press ...
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perations differe ent channel o r from a diffe erent tuner. Y You can even switch to a d ifferent input t. When time is up, P HD‐VRX will a automatically y record the c channel you p previously set t to. To chec ck or modi fy record s schedules from the “ “Upcoming g Recordin ngs” scree All record ding activities ...
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perations To chec ck the reco orded TV p program fro om “Recor rded Show ws” screen : This “Reco orded Shows” ” screen hold ds the histor ry of your rec orded shows and conta ains all TV pro ogram status, file names s and detailed d program descriptio on if it is avail able from program g guide. To brin ng up this ...
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perations To play recorded shows fro m the Med dia Player m menu : You can a ccess PHD‐VR RX Media Play yer menu to play back all vi ideo, music a nd photo file s from USB H HDD or a USB flas sh stick. The r recorded TV s shows from P HD‐ VRX are th hose files wit h the extensi on of .mpg, w which can be ac cessed under r Video sectio on. To play the ese ...
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perations BACK KWARD SKIP: : Use for com mmercial skip or quick video o jumping. Pr ress this key o once to gene rate a 20 se econd backwa ard skip. Pres ss and hold th his key to crea ate continuou us 20 second decrements o of video o rewinding. D: Rewind vid eo quickly. Pr ress this key m multiple time es to create 2x x, 4x, 8x, 16x, , and 32x diff ferent rewin nd speeds. FF: F ast Forward v video quickly . Press this ke ey multiple tim mes to create e 2x, 4x, 8x, 1 16x, and 32x ...
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