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
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AIOS HD MEDIA CENTER USER GUIDE
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. Streaming via UPnP/DLNA-server ........................32 10. Updating firmware ............................................... 34 11. copy rights and trademarks ................................35 12. GPL Statement ..................................................... 35 13. Warranty ............................................................... 36
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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). The Media Center takes any standard 3.5” HDD up to 3TB of capacity. a)
To access the drive bay, simply remove the hot swap HDD drive tray on the side of the Media Center.
b) Mount your HDD with provided screws to the drive tray and simply slide it back in to the bay.
2. CONNECTION 2.1 CONNECTING THE POWER SUPPLY Connect the AC adaptor to the player’s DC -IN jack.
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There are many ways connect your AIOS HD Media Center to your home entertainment system. Depends on your setup, we recommend following connection methods. For connecting directly to TV: •
Composite Video with RCA Audio
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Components Video with RCA Audio
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HDMI
For connecting to AV receiver: •
Composite Video with RCA Audio
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Components Video with RCA Audio or/ S/PDIF Toslink/ Coaxial Digital Audio
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HDMI
Video Output
Audio Output
Composite out: up to 480i
RCA: Stereo
Components out: up to 1080i
S/PDIF Toslink/ Coaxial Digital Audio: Dolby Digital, DTS 5.1
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. b) Turn on Device, and your home page should indicate a network cable is connected.
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c) Go to “Setup” -> “Network” -> “Wired LAN Setup” select “Auto DHCP” and “Auto DNS” to let your router automatically assigned IP address to the device. For setup manually select “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. c) Go to “Setup” -> “Network” -> “Wireless Setup” After a brief scanning process, you should be prompted with a list of wireless network in your area. Select the one you’d like to join. d) If the wireless network is protected, you will then prompt to enter the security phrase.
2.4 CONNECTING TO A PC (REQUIRES HDD)
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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. c) Connect the player to your desktop or Laptop computer’s USB port. For best performance, it is recommended to use a USB 3.0 capable USB port on your computer. d) Once connected, your operating system will automatically recognize your AIOS Media Center as an external storage device. You can now manage the drive like any other external storage device. 2.5 CONNECTING A USB DEVICE a) Make sure the player is powered on. b) Plug in the USB pen drive, USB external HDD, USB Optical Drive etc. to any of the USB port on the device. c) Browse the contents of the device via file manager 2.6 CONNECTING A MEMORY CARD a) Make sure the player is powered on. b) Insert memory card into the built in memory card reader. c) Browse the contents of the device via file manager.
3. POWER ON/ OFF 3.1 POWER ON You can turn on the unit by switching the toggle switch to the ‘ON’ position represented by the symbol “I”. After greeted by the initial boot screen, you should be promoted to the home screen after a brief moment. 3.2 POWER OFF AND STANDBY
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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.
4. REMOTE CONTROL
No.
Name
1
Eject
Function
Press to STOP connected Storage Device, then safely remove it. Press and hold for 2 seconds to eject disc if an optical drive is plugged in
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(i.e. USB CD/DVD- ROM).
2
Mute
Press to mute audio output.
Only available for DTV Model 3
EPG
Press to view the Electronic Program Guide Press again to back to DTV
4
REC
Only available for DTV Model Press to RECORD TV program
Press to ZOOM in/out when playing back photos or Videos. 5
Zoom
Photo zoom levels: 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X Video zoom levels: 2X, 3X, 4X, 8X.
6
TV System
7
Numeric
8
Bookmarks
Press to switch between supported output resolution from 480p-1080p.
Press to enter channel numbers or numeric input when changing settings
Add Mark to the files which have already viewed.
Press to go the PREVIOUS file or chapter. 9
Previous Press for PREVIOUS page during file browsing.
Press to FAST REWIND. 10
FR
11
Setup
12
FF
Press repeatedly to go 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x rewind speeds.
Press to access SETUP at any time. Press return to exit.
Press to FAST FORWARD. Press repeatedly to go 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x rewind speeds.
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Press to view the Guide menu. See “The Guide Menu” on page 6 for 13
Guide
14
Option
more details.
Press to bring up the OPTION bar.
Left (Arrow)
Press the arrow buttons to navigate the menus
Right (Arrow)
Press the arrow buttons to navigate the menus
Up (Arrow)
Press the arrow buttons to navigate the menus
Down (Arrow)
Press the arrow buttons to navigate the menus
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Press to playback in slow motion, continue pressing will change to 16
Slow Motion
different speeds (3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16x). Press to Play to go back to normal speed playback.
Press to activate available subtitles files and subtitle options. 17
Subtitle
18
Play/Pause
19
Repeat
20
Green
Subtitle supported: SRT,SMI,SUB,SSA.
Press to PLAY and again to PAUSE.
Press REPEAT to change repeat setting to Repeat Title, Repeat ALL or Off
Press to access file options to copy, move, rename or delete. Press to access other options when prompted on the screen.
Press to pop up the file List Menu 21
Red Press to access other options when prompt on the screen.
22
Power
Press to turn the device to STANDBY or POWER ON the device from
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STANDBY.
Only available for DTV model 23
Timeshift Press to start DTV time shift function
Repeat from Point A to point B
24
A-B
25
Music
Quick button for Music file
26
Audio
Press to select available audio track.
27
Goto
28
Vol+
29
Next
Press to GOTO to a specific point on the disc or title. Specify the point using Title, Chapter and Time.
Press to increase the VOLUME.
Press to go the NEXT file or chapter. Press for NEXT page during browsing.
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Vol -
31
Return
32
OK
33
Display /Info
34
Stop
35
Yellow
Press to decrease the VOLUME.
Press to RETURN to the previous screen when navigating the menus.
Press to confirm or play the selected file.
Press to view the information of current playing track or file.
Press to STOP playback.
Press during browsing to enter COVER ART MODE. (available only when folder.jpg file is available in the video folder)
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Press when prompt to access other options.
Press during browsing to enter POSTER VIEW MODE (available only 36
Blue
when poster.jpg file is available in the video folder) 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.
Text Encoding
Using navigation buttons to choice text encoding.
Time
Time setting to adjust value of year, month, day, hour, minute, second ...
R/RW Auto-Play
If you system has plugged in DVD-R/RW loader, enable this option will auto play when an audio/ video disc is inserted.
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This setup is to enable or disable the screen saver function. You can choose Screen Saver
when the screen saver will start upon idle and the display weather it’s default, your own customized photo album or Flickr.
DLNA DMR
This setup is to enable or disable the DLNA DMR function.
DLNA
Once you enable DLNA DMR function, enter a name here for the network to recognize it as a Digital Media Receiver
Device Name
Mini To select a default language for the on screen Mini Keyboard. KBD Language
Scan storage
This item is to automatically scan and index the media files on the installed HDD or USB devices connected to the Media Center
Resume Play allows the media center to remember where you left off, so next Resume Play
time you play the same file, it will prompt you if you want to continue from the last time.
This will format the installed HDD. IMPORTANT: DOING SO WILL REMOVE Format
EVERY THING ON THE DRIVE.
BD Navigation
This function is to support Blu-Ray Navigation features when play from a file.
Factory Default
Restores back to factory default settings.
5.2 AUDIO This option allows the media center to cap it’s maxim sound output during a late Night Mode
night.
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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 – Linear pulse code modulation two channel. This option will down mixes SPDIF Output
all RAW audio stream. RAW – pass-through the RAW digital audio data.
Surround Sound This option specifies audio output.
Key Tone
This option turn on/ off keypad prompt sound.
5.3 VIDEO This setting lets you choose the screen output ratio, including.. Pan & Scan 4:3 - 16:9 picture in 4:3 screen mode will fit to 4:3 Aspect Ratio
Letter Box 4:3 - 16:9 picture in 4:3 screen mode will shrink but keep aspect ratio with black bars on top and bottom. 16:9 &16:10 – native 16:9 or 16:10 ratio
This item can choose TV system, options include.
TV System
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NTSC
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PAL
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480P
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576P
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•
720P 50Hz
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720P 60Hz
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1080i 50Hz
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1080i 60Hz
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1080P 50Hz
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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. Enable only if your TV supports it.
Deep Color
HDMI COLOR bit setting, enable richer color.
5.4 NETWORK For Ethernet connection only. DHCP IP (Auto) – This setting allows the router to assign network setting Wired Lan Setup automatically to the media center. FIX IP (Manual) – This setting allows manual configuration of IP, DNS, Gateway, Subnet addresses.
For WIFI connection only. Wireless Setup
Wireless network should be automatically scanned; you can select the desired network to connect to. If any wireless security present, you will be prompted with an on screen keyboard to enter the necessary authentication information. Press RED on remote to enter Advanced configuration.
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Press GOTO to perform a rescan.
Choose this option if you are connecting the media center directly to the DSL PPPoE Setup
FTP Server
Transmission
modem. Enter login information upon prompt.
This option allows a FTP server running on your media center. NOTE: Internal Drive is required for this.
This option enables a PT client. You will need to use a browser to access and manage this utility.
PT Service
This option enables a BT client. You will need to use a browser to access and BT Process
manage this utility.
This option enables samba protocol. With Samba on, you can access the Samba
internally installed HDD over the network from any one of your networked PC/ Notebook.
BT &
This option will require log in to access the media center via remotely.
Samba safety
Default User Name :admin
Default Password:123
5.5 MISC Version Info
Show the current Firmware Version info
Network Info
Show the current Network Information
Online upgrade
This option is currently NOT AVAILABLE
USB upgrade
This option lets you update media center’s firmware via USB pen drive
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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. To navigate, use the remote’s main directional buttons ‘UP’ and ‘DOWN’ to select each, and press ‘OK’ button to enter.
6.1 HOME MENU ITEMS File Manager: This is where you can browse ALL available files, by directories and file type from various sources such as internal HDD, USB Storage devices, Flash Media, Network Devices and etc. Movies: You will be able to browse all VIDEO 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.
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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. APPS: Apps store is where you can find applications that will expand the core playback ability of the media center. The factory firmware ships with various add-ons such as Youtube, YoutubeXL, Picasa, Flickr, Shoutcast Internet Radio, BuddyLink (GoogleTalk), Yahoo Finance, Weather, Video RSS Feed, POD Cast and more! Internet: This is the built in internet browser. You can access the World Wide Web simply with your remote or connected USB Wire or Wireless Keyboard and Mouse. Setup: Here you can manage your device’s setting and general setups. 6.1.1 HOME MENU STATUS Status indicator: these icons are used to indicate the status of represented service such as network, HDMI, WIFI connections, and etc.
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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.
Button
UP / DOWN
Function
Select filter options: All, Music, Photos, and Movies.
LEFT / RIGHT
Move cursor LEFT / RIGHT to select devices, folders, or files.
PREV / NEXT
Go to previous / next page.
ENTER
Enter or confirm the selected item.
CONFIRM
Add the selected files to the playlist.
RETURN
Return to the previous menu.
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In the ‘OPTION’ menu, you can change viewing mode to:
Thumbnail
List
Preview
All Media
Movies
Photos
Music
OPTION
Press ‘Green’ button will pop up File Editing window, there are items to do file handling operation, including
GREEN
RED
Copy
Delete
Move
Rename
Send to Buddy
Multiple Select
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’ button on your remote to bring up the navigation menu. Here you will have a few viewing options at your convenience. •
All Media: This mode will display all recongized files
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•
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. For folder containing image files will also populate as the folder icon. This is also a great way to display an album cover, a movie poster and etc.
List View: this mode will let you view a single pane up to 8 files in vertical mode. This mode will display full file name and extension, an ideal view mode for long file names.
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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. The following buttons can be used to navigate the menu.
PLAY MOVIE FILES
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Button
PLAY/ PAUSE
SLOW
Function
Play or Pause playback
Play video in slow motion, press repeatedly to select speed
VOL +/ VOL -
Adjust volume
PREV/ NEXT
Play previous or next video
FR/FF
REPEAT
Fast Rewind/ Fast Forward, press repeatedly to select speed
Select repeat mode, ONE, ALL, or SHUFLE
ZOOM
Zoom in/ out the image
DISPLAY
Display file information
GOTO
A-B
RETURN
Display playback search function
Set beginning and end point of a section
Return back to previous mode
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Select audio track during playback
AUDIO
Set subtitle options
SUBTITLE
Stop playback
STOP
Bring up the option menu
OPTIONS
Instant access to Guide menu.
GUIDE
PLAY MUSIC FILES
Button
Function
PLAY/ PAUSE
Play or Pause playback
VOL +/ VOL -
Adjust volume
PREV/ NEXT
Play previous or next track
FR/FF
Fast Rewind/ Fast Forward, press repeatedly to select speed
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REPEAT
Select repeat mode, ONE, ALL, or SHUFLE
Options
Bring up the option menu
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’. VIEW PHOTOS
Button
Function
PLAY/ PAUSE
Play or Pause playback
VOL +/ VOL -
Adjust volume of slide show music
PREV/ NEXT
Play previous or next photo
Left/ Right Arrow
REPEAT
ZOOM
Rotate photo
Select repeat mode, ONE, ALL, or SHUFLE
Zoom in/ out the image
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DISPLAY
STOP
OPTION
Display file information
Stop playback
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. To access the file management tool, simply press the ‘GREEN’ button when browsing file manager and bring up the option menu, select ‘Multiple Select’.
Select files you want to manage by pressing ‘PLAY/PAUSE’ button on the remote. Once you are done, move the highlighter to the right pane of the window and press ‘GREEN’ button again to bring up the file options. Here you can manage all the folder and files via local, network, or USB connection.
6.3.3 CREATE A PLAYLIST You can create your own playlist for music and photos on local devices such as internal HDD, USB Storage Device, or Flash Memory (NON-Networked Sources). NOTE: Playlist can only be applied under Music and Photos management.
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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’ button to file list and edit the play list as you see fit.
After you are finished with your play list, press the ‘GREEN’ button and bring up the ‘Multi File Editing’ menu, select ’Save Playlist’, press ‘OK’ button to confirm.
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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’ again with the new playlist name. You can continue to create more playlists or simply hit ‘RETURN’ to exit.
CREATE A PHOTO ALBUM: Creating a Photo Album is very much like creating a Music Playlist. Go to Photo, Press the ‘RED’ button on the remote, then you will be prompted by the following screen (see figure) Select the files you want to add to the play list by pressing ‘PLAY/PAUSE’ button on the remote. You can press ‘LEFT’ button to file list and edit the play list as you see fit. After you’ve finished, press the ‘GREEN’ button on the remote to bring up the ‘Multi File Editing’ menu and select ‘Save Photo Album’.
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You can save the playlist as a default play list or make a new name for it by pressing the ‘Rename’, which will bring up the onscreen keyboard, type in a name that’s best suitable for the playlist you just created then press ‘OK’ to confirm.
Press ‘OK’ again with the new playlist name. You can stay in the playlist name to continue create more playlist or simply hit ‘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. You can do so by going to ‘SETUP’-> ‘NETWORK’ -> ‘BT Process” NOTE: Bit Torrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data over the Internet. For more information about Bit Torrent, please visit www.bittorrent.com. 7.1 USE NEIGHBOR WEB:
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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’ menu. d) Type the IP address (e.g., 192.168.1.10) in your web browser’s address bar from your desktop or laptop PC to enter the Neighbor Web Page (see figure).
NOTE: Password will become effective when Login Control is turned on. The default user name is ‘admin’, and the default password is ‘123’. 7.2 BIT TORRENT DOWNLOAD: The Bit Torrent client is running in daemon mode (a process running in the background), so you can download while playback any media files without interrupting. To access the download page, click on ‘Bit Torrent Download’ on the home page of Neighbor Web, NOTE: If you noticed a degradation of media playback (for example high bitrate media) its advisable that you disable this feature.
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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.
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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. a) Set the maximum download rate. b) Set the maximum upload rate. c) Set the idle hours to start the next download automatically. d) Set the seeding hours. e) Set to delete the finished torrent files automatically or not. f)
Set the maximum number of simultaneous download tasks.
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8. STREAMING VIA NETWORK You can stream any supported media files directly to the media center from any computer or network storage on the home network. 8.1 BROWSING NETWORK WORKGROUP To look for a specific PC on your network, you can choose the workgroup to which the PC belongs to under ‘File Manager’ -> ‘Network’, and press the ‘ENTER’ button to select it. If the networked device requires authentication, you will then be prompted with an onscreen keyboard to enter the necessary login information to access the device. If no login is required, you would simply be presented by all available files and/ or folders that are currently shared by that system. NOTE: The AIOS HD Media Center supports the latest Gigabit Ethernet. However streaming quality may vary depends on your network speed and equipment. 8.2 BROWSING THROUGH ‘MY_SHORTCUTS’ You can also manage your shortcut access source under ‘My_Shortcuts’ in the menu. a) Press the ‘RED’ button when browse under ‘My_Shortcuts’. b) Select ‘Add’ to bring a menu where you can input User ID, Password, Domain, Host Name, and Specific IP information. Select OK to confirm, Cancel to cancel, and Simple / Detail to switch between viewing options. c) To change or modify an existing entry, Select ‘Modify’ to bring up the shortcut’s information. Change and modify as needed then select Cancel to cancel, and OK to accept the changes. d) Select the shortcut you added and press the ENTER button to confirm. Next time you can simply select the shortcut you just created to view available files instead of enter login information repeatedly.
9. STREAMING VIA UPNP/DLNA-SERVER
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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. There’re a lot of free and commercial UPnP Media Server software available, such as Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player 11, iTune, XBMC Media Center (Linux/Mac/Windows), MediaTomb (Linux), etc. You can choose any application to work with the media center. For now, we will refer to Windows Media Player 11 as an reference example. 9.1 SETTING UP YOUR MEDIA SHARING The Media Sharing feature of Windows Media Player 11 lets you enjoy the contents of your Windows Media Player library from anywhere in your home. Open Windows Media Player 11, click Library -> Add Library -> Advanced Options to add or remove media files from the library.
Click Library -> Media Sharing, then you can allow or deny devices to access the media library. Click Allow to authorize your media center to see your windows media library.
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9.2 STREAMING MEDIA USING YOUR MEDIA CENTER Have your media center connect your to the home network via LAN or WLAN. Select Browser - > UPnP which should now display the UPNP server you just shared press ENTER to view available Videos/ Music/ Photos. NOTE: Make sure your player and your computer are on the same local area network and subnet. Firewalls may prevent your player to communicating with your computer. If occurs, please open the ports manually and add your player to the ‘trusted’ list, or disable the firewall temporarily to allow access.
10. 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.
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To update a firmware, you will need a USB pen drive to store the necessary firmware information. a) Go to www.pivosgroup.com and download the latest firmware. b) Unzip the file and copy ‘install.img’ file to the root directory of the USB pen drive. c) Insert the pen drive to any of the USB port on the media center. d) Go to SETUP -> MISC -> USB UPGRADE e) If a correct firmware is recognized by the system you will be asked to proceed further. Press OK to precede flashing. f)
Depends on your display device, the screen may REMAIN BLACK, The firmware flash will take a few minutes, so please be patient and DO NOT turn off the power. After a successful flash, you shall see a setup page appearing on your screen. If you want to monitor the progress of the update process please disconnect the HDMI/component cable and use the composite cable during the upgrade process.
g) Finish setting up and reboot h) 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, photos may be protected by copyright and the intellectual property law of the United States and/ or other countries and may not be illegally copied or used without license from the copyright owner. All include material such as manual, instructions are protected by law and can’t be reproduced, edit or distribute in any form or by means, weather electronically or mechanically, without prior consent of the copyright holder. All rights reserved, Pivos Technology, Group, Inc. and its product branding are registered trademarks, and all other trademarks are property of their respective holders and cannot be changed or used without prior approval.
12. GPL STATEMENT
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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. For more information about GNU General Public License, please visit www.gnu.org.
13. WARRANTY Product warranty covers parts and labor of defective products that occurs prior of purchase of the product. It is not include acts of nature, such as fire, act of god, static discharge, damage from unauthorized repair, alteration or accident, damages from misuse or neglect, modified, loss of software, firmware, memory data corruption, improper handling or installation.
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