Value Plus Tizzbird F30, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Smart Media Player TIZZBIRD F30 F20 Rev 2 1 0...

Page 2: ...Settings 32 12 3 1 Configure Wi Fi Connection 32 12 3 2 Configure Ethernet Connection 34 12 3 3 Configure Manual IP Ethernet 34 12 4 Turning Power Off Completely Power Off 35 13 Start Up Termination...

Page 3: ...tings 67 21 1 System 67 21 2 Audio and Visual 70 21 3 Movie 71 21 4 Music 72 21 5 Photo 73 21 6 Network 74 21 7 Cover View 74 22 Connecting Network Server or NAS 75 22 1 Network connection using NFS 7...

Page 4: ...4 25 1 Abstract 91 25 2 Repairing by Safe Mode Booting 91 25 3 Repairing by System Recovery Mode 91 25 3 1 Preparation 91 25 3 2 Entering System Recovery Mode 91 26 GNU General Public License 94...

Page 5: ...overheated areas such as heaters Place it well ventilated location Ensure that a free airflow is maintained around the unit Do not touch the power plug with wet hands or use defective power cables an...

Page 6: ...s music such as FLAC WAV up to 24bit 96Khz It also supports compressed MP3 OGG AAC and CUE format thru high fidelity Wolfson DAC TizzBird runs applications on TV exact same APPs installed on the Andro...

Page 7: ...PEG BMP PNG GIF Connection USB 2 0 Host Port 3 EA Current Max 500mA Port USB 3 0 Device Port 1EA Max Transfer Rate 5Gbps Gigabit Ethernet Wireless Wi Fi 802 11n Optional Network Protocol Samba CIFS NF...

Page 8: ...thru Image JPG JPEG BMP PNG GIF Connection USB 2 0 Host Port 3 EA Current Max 500mA Port USB 2 0 Device Port 1EA Max Transfer Rate 480Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Wireless Wi Fi 802 11n Optional Network Pro...

Page 9: ...he unit Smart HDD Rack Install uninstall the HDD easily with this RACK Connectors Please connect the unit to AV port of the TV or AV receiver Please connect Ethernet cable or install the Wi Fi USB don...

Page 10: ...Bottom side HDD Cabinet Install uninstall 2 5 HDD Connectors Please connect the unit to AV port of the TV or AV receiver Please connect Ethernet cable or install the Wi Fi USB dongle for connecting t...

Page 11: ...The TizzBird package contains the following items The shape of items described below may slightly different from the actual contents Main Unit Remote Controller A V Cable Quick Guide Power Adapter Po...

Page 12: ...Assembly This is a guide for assembly of pedestal into the main unit No screw needed Find out six bumps of the pedestal and assembly them with six holes of the bottom side of the main unit Push the pe...

Page 13: ...e and two B bumps on the bottom Find out the side holes of HDD and assembly them with two A bumps Insert the HDD first on the side Then assembly the bottom holes of HDD with two B bumps Insert the rac...

Page 14: ...t as 1080p only thru HDMI HDMI can also transfer the audio signal and no need to connect another cable for audio Connect the TizzBird output to your TV using the component video cable Select an approp...

Page 15: ...propriate input at the audio device using remote controller after connection Connection to TV Connect the two audio cables the white one on the left side and the red one to the right side to the appro...

Page 16: ...ting USB Device TizzBird provides three USB 2 0 host ports to connect various external devices such as FLASH MEMORY drive external USB HDD enclosure digital camera camcorder keyboard mouse or Wi Fi US...

Page 17: ...needed Insert the 2 5 HDD drive into the cabinet Please notice the connector of HDD and it should be fit in Before install the HDD into the cabinet you need to un screw one screw of cabinet at the bot...

Page 18: ...e Out Connect the TizzBird output to your TV using an HDMI cable 1080p full HD contents can be output as 1080p only thru HDMI HDMI can also transfer the audio signal and no need to connect another cab...

Page 19: ...the appropriate input at the audio device using remote controller after connection Connection to TV Connect the two audio cables the white one on the left side and the red one to the right side to the...

Page 20: ...devices such as FLASH MEMORY drive external USB HDD enclosure digital camera camcorder keyboard mouse or Wi Fi USB dongle Recommendation The upper port of USB host should be used for mouse or keyboard...

Page 21: ...LANGUAGE SETUP VIDEO OUTPUT SETUP SCREEN FITTING NETWORK SETUP TIME WEATHER SETUP THEME SETUP The PREV NEXT button on the top side of each screen will bring the PREV NEXT step 8 1 Language Setup The f...

Page 22: ...etup is video output Video output screen will pop up both COMPOSITE and HDMI screen User can select one of these buttons with MOUSE or REMOTE If user selects HDMI output then the screen resolution sel...

Page 23: ...e screen size according to user s TV Clicking UP DOWN button at left bottom side will increase decrease the screen size accordingly Press OK when done 8 4 Network Setup The 4th step is setting up netw...

Page 24: ...e following screen will enumerate all available Wi Fi AP Select one of them and click it The next page screen will pop up to configure the Wi Fi Typing the password will finalize the Wi Fi setup and I...

Page 25: ...time zone and weather location Tizzbird provides automatic setup for those as long as network is connected To setup the time zone select the Time Zone button as above screen Then select AUTO if Intern...

Page 26: ...tion 8 6 Theme Setup The final step is setting up theme Tizzbird provides two type of theme one is the Android theme the other is Tizzbird classic theme If you are familiar with smart phone user inter...

Page 27: ...EEN The several WIDGETs will help the user navigate thru the screen Weather Widget shows the weather calendar and time Click the WEATHER WIDGET will bring the configuration screen of location and time...

Page 28: ...essible by MOUSE The same functional buttons are on the remote already Please use them The STATUS WIDGET shows current status of each device It will highlight when activated Volume Down Volume Up Back...

Page 29: ...p up MENU screen Resume to previous screen Move to previous next item page Move to each directed item Select Optional hot context button Play or Pause Fast Forward and Rewind Volume Up Down Channel PV...

Page 30: ...System Tab and select Firmware Upgrade 4 The firmware will be downloaded at the USB drive you connected and automatically updated The application can be installed from MARKET application we bundled 1...

Page 31: ...urn into BLUE during normal operation after booting 12 2 Audio Settings Audio output should be configured as Digital mode to connect AV receiver Select Settings Browser Audio Visual Audio Output then...

Page 32: ...connect network thru Wi Fi This optional Wi Fi dongle can be purchased thru TizzBird local dealer or any USB Wi Fi module that is using RealTEK RTL8188 or Ralink RT3070 as internal chipset can be used...

Page 33: ...ke below picture Password can be input by remote button if it s composed of numbers Or mouse or keyboard need to be used if the password is string To maximize the performance of wireless connection 80...

Page 34: ...etwork connection will occur immediately 3 Otherwise network setting should be manually configured by selecting Ethernet Settings 12 3 3 Configure Manual IP Ethernet To configure the manual IP select...

Page 35: ...by Make it suspend mode This unit consumes quite little power which is less than 0 4W at STAND BY mode This can be achieved by minimal power consumption logic This unit supports high speed booting mod...

Page 36: ...erface based on the powerful database feature of Android OS TizzBird provides full featured cover view and imaged oriented browsing which is highly intuitive The other units can only provide user inte...

Page 37: ...les of cover view can be selected as a view style Press BLUE color button on the remote The cover view selection pane will pop up and let you select one of them This kind of selection is also availabl...

Page 38: ...the 1st scanning Once it s scanned it will take much less time on next boot If movie posters are available for the movies then cover view screen like below will appear 13 4 Terminate Press POWER butto...

Page 39: ...his screen is called MOVIE BROWSER screen Up to 15 movies can be browsed at once per page Arrow keys can be used to navigate thru posters Keep press arrow key to browse continuously 14 2 Control Widge...

Page 40: ...mote like below picture This kind of device selection can be also available at MUSIC and PHOTO BROWSER Device Selection Selecting DATABASE will scan all the movie files on every device and show them S...

Page 41: ...sts Press MENU button on the remote SEARCH menu like above picture lets you search the movie quickly based on the title names and other information Press OK to bring the following image Use UP or DOWN...

Page 42: ...ide called SCRAPER which means scraping the movie information from network Network should be connected before scraping movie posters Please refer to section 8 8 to configure network settings If movie...

Page 43: ...OWN button on remote or click SCRAPE button on the dialog to restart the scraping It s quite tedious to do the same things on all movies There is a menu items to simplify those jobs Scrape Advanced wi...

Page 44: ...ill come out as a next when the poster is selected It shows a synopsis running time release year genre director and actors The bottom side of the synopsis screen shows the additional movie information...

Page 45: ...t will appear like following image Select wanted movie to resume to last playback position TizzBird also provides BOOKMARK function to memorize the scene position of movie Press BOOKMARK button to mem...

Page 46: ...ck RED color button Select audio GREEN color button Select and control subtitle parameters BLUE color button Select video parameters and 3D movie types YELLOW color button Show movie playback informat...

Page 47: ...ecting SEARCH menu Playback time position can be changed by arrows keys at wheel user interface The CHAPTER or BOOKMARK field can be also appeared if they are available Press PLAY PAUSE button to play...

Page 48: ...like following image 14 12 Subtitle Menu Select SUBTITLE image at movie playback menu to control the subtitle language position size sync and font The subtitle position would be lowest bottom side at...

Page 49: ...BOTTOM If file name contains 3D and SBS or TNB string then it will turn TV into 3D mode automatically If file name does not contain 3D string but it contains actually 3D contents then BLUE button can...

Page 50: ...e CONTROLLER will pop up when LEFT CLICK MOUSE button The MENU BUTTON group consists of several menu buttons Playback control buttons Menu buttons Mute button Volume Bar Scrollbar Click to move positi...

Page 51: ...will appear if music files contain the album art at their tags Press LEFT or RIGHT keys to move each direction Keep pressing arrow keys to browsing continuously The album art screen will keep changin...

Page 52: ...back the selected music The following image will appear Left pane Shows album art image current playback status and position Right pane Shows list of songs song information and album art thumbnail Pre...

Page 53: ...and intuitive Each image shows thumbnails of photos that folder contains 16 2 Photo Browsing Menu Press MENU button to bring quick SEARCH FOLDER function 16 3 Photo Wall The following screen will app...

Page 54: ...ep appearing with transition effect The various TRANSITION EFFECTS can be configured at SETTINGS BROWSER PHOTO 16 5 Slideshow Control Slideshow can be controlled by arrow and PLAY PAUSE buttons Press...

Page 55: ...The Movie Settings Menu was added to configure the movie browser directly This will bring the Settings Browsers Movie directly You can configure the movie posters arrangements and shape of posters Pre...

Page 56: ...h item at Browser Shape Mode For example the Browser Item Mode will bring you the following screen to configure the border type border alpha value width radius and item alpha Alpha is transparency rat...

Page 57: ...57 This kind of configuration is also possible at MUSIC and PHOTO BROWSER Please notice the following screen shots...

Page 58: ...58 For example configure 6x3 rounded border and border width 3 will give you something like this music browser Here s the photo setting...

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Page 60: ...60 For example configure 7x3 rounded border and border width 3 will give you something like this photo browser...

Page 61: ...this browser and selecting and playback the file directly The left pane is FOLDER PANE and the right pane is FILE PANE Folders can be browsed by arrow keys and press OK button to select that folder T...

Page 62: ...ile Subtitle font file can be selected at file browser Copy or move the font file true type font file TTF extension to the USB drive or internal HDD from PC then connect the drive to TizzBird Press RE...

Page 63: ...e left pane is source window and the right pane is target window The File Operation will function from left pane to right pane The following remote buttons can be used OK button Browse and enter the f...

Page 64: ...there are many items at selected folder Pressing MENU button will bring the following POP UP menu to select the function The COPY MOVE DELETE SELECT ALL CANCEL RENAME NEW FOLDER can be selected The C...

Page 65: ...mended at WEB BROWSING Wireless RF or USB mouse can be used Web address or other information can be entered thru virtual keyboard with mouse Wanted article or link can be clicked with mouse as well 19...

Page 66: ...card to USB flash drive Attach the USB flash drive to the unit Run FILE BROWSER at HOME SCREEN and select the application that you want to install The APP at smart phone may have problems when install...

Page 67: ...information automatically System Information Show current system information like firmware version Firmware Update Update the firmware Load Default Settings Clear the previous settings and get back t...

Page 68: ...board mouse and keyboard There are two methods to install the TizzRemote The TizzRemote itself is already on the Google Market so you can directly download it at your smart phone The other way is usin...

Page 69: ...device scanning or not Power Button Select between Power Off and Suspend when pressing power button If Power Off selected the system will completely be powered off when POWER button pressed System wil...

Page 70: ...will output to HDMI port Digital S PDIF Audio will output to digital audio port optical Analog RCA Audio will output to analog port RCA For HDMI and Digital S PDIF port the format of audio can be also...

Page 71: ...Select instant skip interval Instant skip will occur when pressing UP or DOWN key at movie playback Sort Type Select sorting type of movie Order Type Select ordering type of movie browser Movie Scrape...

Page 72: ...when movie start up Continuous Movie Playback Turn on off successive movie playback if any 21 4 Music Instant Skip Interval Select instant skip interval Instant skip will occur when pressing UP or DOW...

Page 73: ...ideshow Mode Select showing order of slideshow Sort Type Select sorting type of photos Order Type Select ordering type of photos Photo Frame Layout Shape Please refer to chapter16 Wallpaper Mode Keep...

Page 74: ...11 3 section Network Server Please refer to chapter 21 and 21 1 5 for configuration DLNA Turn On Off the DLNA See chapter22 for usage of DLNA YouTube Cache Size Determine the cache size for YouTube re...

Page 75: ...ng section explains how to connect the shared PC folders using NFS server application or NAS Network Attached Storage which runs NFS server 22 1 1 Downloading TizzNFS Server Please download the TizzNF...

Page 76: ...ined 22 1 3 Downloading other NFS Server Please download the freeNFS or Allegro NFS server at Internet at the PC The freeNFS and Allegro NFS server was confirmed by TizzBird The freeNFS software can b...

Page 77: ...network servers can be connected at this version and the number of connectable server will be increased at next version Please select one of the network drive number then press OK This will bring the...

Page 78: ...list is not appeared please try RED button on remote to refresh the NFS server list Please select one of the server then press OK the exported folders will appear like below picture Please select one...

Page 79: ...Share Click right mouse button on the folder which will be shared Select Property then Sharing TAB on the dialog box Select Share this folder button on the dialog box The shared folder can be notifie...

Page 80: ...the wanted SAMBA SERVER name is not appeared please press RED button on remote The SAMBA server list will appear according to the PC names or IP address The sign means it has several shared folders P...

Page 81: ...ction The connection will be made after pressing Connect button 22 3 Accessing Network Drive at File Media Browser The shared folder connected thru can be accessible at Movie Music Photo File Browser...

Page 82: ...tput So you can see the movie photo and listen to the music on the SMART PHONE or DLNA server The beauty of this DMR is browsing can be done intuitively by smart phone and output may appear on big scr...

Page 83: ...wser Network DLNA Preparing Smart Phone Prepare Android Smart Phone Gingerbread or later or iPhone and connect the same Access Point as Tizzbird connected Download the iMediaShare or Twonky app from t...

Page 84: ...on line site DLNA server examples which are very good to demonstrate and some of them are in High Definition iMediaShare is also available on iPhone Execute the iMediaShare APP The iMediaShare startu...

Page 85: ...the Victoria s Secret on line DLNA server Click one of the contents Select the final renderer If you click one of the contents and TizzBird settings are correct the RENDERER selection pane will pop u...

Page 86: ...contents on the SMART PHONE Select My Videos on the menu Then following screen will pop up Select one of the movies you want to playback and Tizzbird will start playback It s so called DMR Digital Me...

Page 87: ...Twonky is a powerful DLNA app which let you browse overall DLNA server on your local network It also provides playback controller which is very stable Run Twonky Select categories of contents that you...

Page 88: ...88 Designate the renderer Then the Tizzbird will start playback...

Page 89: ...p the window 4 Press OK to start upgrade 5 This O T A function is only available Rev 1 0 8 or later If firmware is lower than this version download the newest firmware from the WEB and update it manua...

Page 90: ...ile Browser Copy or move the latest firmware to the root folder of USB flash or HDD drive Connect the drive to USB port of the unit Select FILLE BROWSER at HOME SCREEN Browse the firmware file and pre...

Page 91: ...il home screen comes up 3 You can read Safe Mode text at left bottom side of screen when you enter the SAFE BOOTING MODE After SAFE MODE BOOTING you need to do one of below action items Action item 1...

Page 92: ...enus If you want to factory reset status then select wipe data factory reset This will help the situation when some applications you installed cause a problem 4 Apply wipe cache partition first 5 To m...

Page 93: ...93 6 On the following screen select update zip on the drive 7 The system will erase whole area of internal flash and start to update like below picture The progress bar will show the current progress...

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