ARRIS Moxi Player Orientation The ARRIS Moxi Player experience starts with pressing the MENU button on the re- mote. You’ll then see the top level of the main menu, a horizontal band that runs across the middle of the screen and gives access to all of the main menu options.
Coming Up With the mini guides available in full screen TV, the ARRIS Moxi Player makes channel surfing fun. When you’re watching full-screen TV, the Flip Bar is your mini menu. Pressing an arrow or the OK button or changing the channel will bring up the Flip Bar, giving you program information about what you’re watching, what’s on next, and what’s on...
THE BUFFER ory. While watching recorded TV, it When you start watching a show, your ARRIS Moxi Player will start storing it in tem- shows the entire contents of the porary memory, called a buffer. The amount of temporary memory varies, but it is show available for viewing.
If there has been no activity for more than 30 minutes while browsing the main menu, the ARRIS Moxi Player will change to full screen TV with the last-watched channel playing to help extend the life of your TV screen.
➡ to Record Your ARRIS Moxi Player includes the following recording icons for DVR status at a TV Channels, like all horizontal categories that contain TV programming, has a pre- glance. The following icons appear on focus cards and vertical cards throughout the view panel that displays upcoming programs for the channel in focus.
MENU button. When you schedule a new show to record, your ARRIS Moxi Player will check to You can also use the Change Time Slot card to move the category to a future time make sure that your ARRIS Moxi Gateway hard drive has enough room.
Grid Guide The ARRIS Moxi Player offers an optional Grid Guide view for people who prefer to find programming in that layout. You’ll see the Grid Guide card below focus when you first enter TV Channels. Bring it into focus, and press OK.
• Recording options - Lets you access the recording options menu. • Keep Until - Your ARRIS Moxi Player will automatically delete the oldest shows in your Recorded TV folder as you need the room for new recordings. Keep Until lets you set the program to be deleted at the point of your choosing.
• Close showing up in Recorded TV. Your ARRIS Moxi Player keeps a list of shows that you have scheduled that will not record as well as shows that did not record.
To expand the space you have for recorded programs, you can connect one external hard drive at a time to the rear eSATA port on the ARRIS Moxi Gateway. When selecting an external drive, keep in mind that your ARRIS Moxi Gateway only supports eSATA storage devices marketed or certified for DVR use.
Sometimes you know the title. Sometimes you just know what night it’s on. Sometimes you’re in the mood for a certain type of show. The ARRIS Moxi Player has you covered to help you find The Search category in the main menu contains three different ways to search for programming: By Title, By Keyword, and By Category.
• TV Recordings - programs you’ve recorded with your DVR search you’re currently doing. labeled “Press OK to see more...” • TV Shows - live TV shows from ARRIS’s lineup Selecting this card will take you to 2. SHOW CATEGORY another screen with subcategories • VOD - programs from ARRIS’s Video On Demand library...
When you bring the ARRIS VOD card into focus, you’ll see a list of promotional video folders in the vertical band, as well as a My Rentals folder. When you bring each folder into focus, the available movies in each will appear in the preview panel.
OK. • preview - plays the trailer for the selected movie If you begin watching a movie on one ARRIS Moxi Player, you can watch that movie • lock - uses Parental Controls to block access to that channel in another room in the exact place you left off by pressing INFO and choosing resume.
Home Network allows you to stream media from any server in your home, such as your computer, to your ARRIS Moxi Player. Because Home Network is DLNA ®-based, it is completely plug and play; if your computer is connected to your home network and has a DLNA server, you should automatically see that computer listed in the Home Network category of the main menu.
Now you can enjoy your photos in HD glory from the comfort of your living room. From the Photos category, your ARRIS Moxi Player is able to access photos stored in two locations: • Publicly-shared photos from Flickr’s online photo service • Photos from any computer connected to your home network.
Once you have added a Flickr user to your account, that user will appear in the verti- stored on Flickr from your ARRIS Moxi Player. That means that your friends and fam- cal list of the Photos category, along with Interestingness, if you’ve included it.
Games Playing Games The ARRIS Moxi Player comes with a collection of games to help you pass the time between shows. From the Games category on the horizontal band, you’ll have access to: • Tomato • Blast It • Mahjong • Bowling...
2. Enter your PIN to unlock all programming temporarily or choose more options to 4. Go to the ARRIS menu and create a new PIN in order to re-lock Parental Controls. only unlock the current channel. VOD/PPV PIN...
The Recording Space card displays the amount of Recorded TV storage space used the ARRIS Moxi Player, on-screen caller ID is turned on by default. When you press by recorded shows. In Settings, navigate to the Recording Space card and press OK with the phone card in Settings selected, you’ll be able to turn off both the Caller...
When you select the SuperTicker settings card, you’ll be able to determine which If you have connected the ARRIS Moxi Player unit to your TV with an HDMI™ cable, categories appear in your SuperTicker screen display. To remove a category, simply your TV Setup should automatically select the correct resolution.
(stretches the standard content to fill the TV screen). Use the Audio Output card in Settings to identify the type of connection to audio equipment. Choose from the options that the ARRIS Moxi Player system can output: Dolby Digital , stereo, or mono.
The Grid Guide setting allows you to enable or disable the Grid Guide application. Channel List You can remove channels from displaying in the ARRIS Main Menu by scrolling to the desired channel and pressing OK to select or de-select the channel. If a channel appears in your Channel List that you do not subscribe to, you can remove it here.
When you’re receiving an incoming call, you’ll see an indicator on the screen no mat- Your ARRIS Moxi Player maintains a list of calls you’ve received. You can access this list in two ways: through the ARRIS Phone category or by pressing OK on a call ter where you are in the menu.
In addition to currently-airing and recorded movies, The Movies on TV category also has a ARRIS VOD card for quick access to all of the movies available for you to watch right away. When you bring the VOD card into focus, a list of top releases will appear in the preview panel.
DVR while you’re away from the TV. From your ARRIS account, you can schedule a program to record on your DVR from any computer with Internet access. Online scheduling uses real-time conflict resolution, so you’ll know immediately if there are any problems recording your program.
Online Management Other Features You can use your online ARRIS account to check the list of shows you have sched- You can also use your online account to add Flickr users so that their photos display uled to record. From this list, you can manage your recordings.
Although the external hard drive is connected only to the ARRIS Moxi Gateway, you can eject an external hard drive using any ARRIS Moxi Player. To disconnect an external hard drive, from any ARRIS Moxi Player, go to the Settings category on the main menu and choose External Hard Drive.
You may, at some point, want to change the following settings: LED Display SSID: The default SSID for your router is taken from the ARRIS Moxi Gateway serial The following LED displays are visible on the ARRIS Moxi Gateway: number on the bottom of the Gateway. You have the option to change the SSID to a more friendly, recognizable name.
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