Pivos AIOS, User Manual

Page 1: ...AIOS HD MEDIA CENTER USER GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...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 ...

Page 3: ...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 ad...

Page 4: ...io or S PDIF Toslink Coaxial Digital Audio 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 y...

Page 5: ...ct 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 the...

Page 6: ...u 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 ...

Page 7: ...y 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 Function 1 Eject 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 ...

Page 8: ... 8X 6 TV System Press to switch between supported output resolution from 480p 1080p 7 Numeric Press to enter channel numbers or numeric input when changing settings 8 Bookmarks Add Mark to the files which have already viewed 9 Previous Press to go the PREVIOUS file or chapter Press for PREVIOUS page during file browsing 10 FR Press to FAST REWIND Press repeatedly to go 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x rewind spee...

Page 9: ...change to different speeds 3 4 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16x Press to Play to go back to normal speed playback 17 Subtitle Press to activate available subtitles files and subtitle options Subtitle supported SRT SMI SUB SSA 18 Play Pause Press to PLAY and again to PAUSE 19 Repeat Press REPEAT to change repeat setting to Repeat Title Repeat ALL or Off 20 Green Press to access file options to copy move rename or...

Page 10: ... and Time 28 Vol Press to increase the VOLUME 29 Next Press to go the NEXT file or chapter Press for NEXT page during browsing 30 Vol Press to decrease the VOLUME 31 Return Press to RETURN to the previous screen when navigating the menus 32 OK Press to confirm or play the selected file 33 Display Info Press to view the information of current playing track or file 34 Stop Press to STOP playback 35 ...

Page 11: ...SYSTEM Menu Language Change display Languages Support English Spanish French Dutch Italian 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 whe...

Page 12: ...i Keyboard 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 Resume Play allows the media center to remember where you left off so next time you play the same file it will prompt you if you want to continue from the last time Format This will format the installed HDD IMPORTANT DOING SO WILL REMOVE...

Page 13: ...dio 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 Aspect Ratio 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 Letter Box 4 3 16 9 picture in 4 3 screen mode will shrink but keep aspect ratio with black bar...

Page 14: ...Wired Lan Setup For Ethernet connection only DHCP IP Auto This setting allows the router to assign network setting automatically to the media center FIX IP Manual This setting allows manual configuration of IP DNS Gateway Subnet addresses Wireless Setup For WIFI connection only Wireless network should be automatically scanned you can select the desired network to connect to If any wireless securit...

Page 15: ...on enables a BT client You will need to use a browser to access and manage this utility Samba This option enables samba protocol With Samba on you can access the internally installed HDD over the network from any one of your networked PC Notebook BT Samba safety This option will require log in to access the media center via remotely Default User Name admin Default Password 123 5 5 MISC Version Inf...

Page 16: ...o 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 ...

Page 17: ...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 th...

Page 18: ...e Manager Movies Music and Photos Menu You can use the following remote commands to navigate Button Function UP DOWN 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 ...

Page 19: ...Select RED 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 o...

Page 20: ...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 extensio...

Page 21: ...con 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 ...

Page 22: ...ust volume PREV NEXT Play previous or next video FR FF Fast Rewind Fast Forward press repeatedly to select speed REPEAT Select repeat mode ONE ALL or SHUFLE ZOOM Zoom in out the image DISPLAY Display file information GOTO Display playback search function A B Set beginning and end point of a section RETURN Return back to previous mode ...

Page 23: ...s STOP Stop playback OPTIONS Bring up the option menu GUIDE Instant access to Guide menu 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 ...

Page 24: ...ic 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 Rotate photo REPEAT Select repeat mode ONE ALL or SHUFLE ZOOM Zoom in out the image ...

Page 25: ...sing 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 ...

Page 26: ...ee 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 ...

Page 27: ...ts 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 A...

Page 28: ... 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 protoco...

Page 29: ...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 T...

Page 30: ...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 ...

Page 31: ... 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...

Page 32: ... 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 c...

Page 33: ...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 Me...

Page 34: ... 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 ...

Page 35: ...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 ...

Page 36: ...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 fr...