XtendLan XL-ITB-101, User Manual

Page 1: ...XL ITB 101 IP Set top Box User Manual ...

Page 2: ...he hardware will work properly in all environments and applications and makes no warranty or representation either expressed or implied with respect to the quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the software or documentation The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the hardware software and documentation without obligation to notify any person or o...

Page 3: ... 2 3 LED Status 6 2 4 Remote Controller 7 3 Minimum Configuration 9 3 1 System Diagram 9 3 2 Software Environment 9 3 3 Use Set top Box Accessories 9 3 4 Set Static IP 10 3 5 Required Server Software 11 4 EPG Page 16 4 1 Booting 16 4 2 Menu 17 4 3 TV 18 4 4 Video 19 4 5 Audio 21 4 6 Picture 21 4 7 Admin 22 4 8 Information 25 Q A 27 ...

Page 4: ... level 3 Option VC 1 simple and main profile Option Audio decode AAC LC AAC LC SBR Level 2 AAC Level 2 AAC Level 4 Audio decode MPEG1 Layer 1 2 MPEG 1 Layer 3 MP3 Audio decode Windows Media Audio WMA Option HDMI 1 2 DVI 1 0 with HDCP 1 1 Supports different Middleware and Conditional Access vendors Audio outputs Stereo Audio Digital Audio surround via S P DIF coaxial and optical Video outputs SD Co...

Page 5: ...s 10 times Interval time 2 hours 1 3 2Humidity Operating 0 85 non condensing Non Operating 10 90 non condensing 1 3 3Vibration Amplitude 1 5mm Frequency 10 55Hz Cycle 5 min Direction X Y Z 1 hour 1 3 4 Drop 90 cm with package 1 angle 6 faces 8 corner 60 cm without package 1 angle 6 faces 8 corner 1 3 5Noise 50dB max at 1 meter 1 3 6ESD Condition 1 Contact 4KV Air 8K Condition 2 Contact 8KV Air 12K...

Page 6: ...e Description Color Mode Status POWER Power Green ON O K OFF Power failure or disconnected Red ON Standby mode LINK ETH link Green ON WAN port is connected OFF WAN port is disconnected IR IR receiver indication Green Blinking Received a correct signal from remote controller ...

Page 7: ...7 2 4 Remote Controller ...

Page 8: ...en 12 Quit play VOD mode 13 Video on demand 14 15 16 Toggle the main menu 17 Decrease volume 18 Navigation control the focus movement 19 Decrease one channel or clear text one by one 20 Picture in Picture mode 21 Toggle pip control 22 Pause when playing Stepping when paused VOD mode Pause PVR Only works on full screen TV 23 Toggle video between main and pip 24 Fast rewind VOD mode 25 Previous page...

Page 9: ...1 System Diagram 3 2 Software Environment Using Microsoft Window 98 2000 XP operation system Step 1 First go to My Network Places in your OS Step 2 Select Properties of Local Area Connection Step 3 Select Properties of Internet Protocol TCP IP Step 4 Input the IP address subnet mask default gateway and DNS server address manually 3 3 Use Set top Box Accessories ...

Page 10: ...ut the battery into the battery container and please follow the instruction described in the container and maker sure the batteries are set in the right direction Step 4 Put on the lid of battery container Turning on the Set top Box Step 1 Plug the DC adaptor Step 2 See if the power LED light is on 3 4 Set Static IP The following steps are about how to change the IP address of STB Step1 After chan...

Page 11: ...r Time Server Ntp Windows Built in VLC media player can get from this link http www videolan org and it acts as UDP and HTTP multicast server or UDP unicast server There are some important points of using VLC Run many VLC at un powerful PC may cause performance issue and Windows OS is serious than Linux VLC version 0 8 6b 0 8 6c 0 8 6d has problem when multicast 2 channels above no matter Linux or...

Page 12: ...n At our configuration it plays for RTSP VOD Server Channel Table The default TV channel table of XL ITB 101 is as below It is pre stored at XL ITB 101 and it s read only It want change to different channel please refer chapter VII Channel Protocol Address Port UDP 224 1 1 10 1234 UDP 224 1 1 11 1234 UDP 224 1 1 12 1234 RTSP RTSP 192 168 10 108 1080_rueo2008_dome_dvd ts Step By Step VLC Media Serv...

Page 13: ...wo stream type Multicast and Unicast UDP Multicast and Unicast Enable UDP and input value of multicast channel IP and port such as channel 1 Address 224 1 1 10 Port 1234 Click OK to save and close this window If unicast just set Address to device IP For example Address 10 10 10 190 Port 1234 ...

Page 14: ...14 5 Click OK to close window and start multicasting ...

Page 15: ...t you can select Shuffle Repeat All and Repeat One By our experience the performance of VLC multicast at Windows OS maybe decrease each time when repeat This situation is much better at Linux OS There is some jitter when repeat at both OS that caused by VLC It is normal 8 Now can connect Ethernet output interface cable and power on XL ITB 101 ...

Page 16: ... above steps to set other UDP LIVE555 Media Server 1 The server is a console application there is currently no GUI version To run the server simply type live555MediaServer 2 Put media file that for VOD at the same directory 3 Play streams from VOD client using the URL rtsp Server IP Address Filename 4 Please do not put blank at filename 4 EPG Page 4 1 Booting ...

Page 17: ...pe you are using Type 1 Click to stand by and will be wake up by one more click Type 2 Click to reboot Type 3 Click to stand by and will be reboot by one more click The default type of XL ITB 101 is type 1 4 2 Menu This is default portal page of XL ITB 101 When press MENU key at remote it jump to this page Please use cursor key left and right to select function and press OK for connection ...

Page 18: ...hannels Press the Info button and you can see status When viewing these status panels you can also use the Right and Left arrow buttons to see additional status Press the Info button again to toggle the panel off Press the Menu button and you ll go to the XL ITB 101 home page Press the arrow buttons to move to the TV window and press the OK button to go back to full screen TV ...

Page 19: ...page PAUSE Stop live TV temporarily PLAY Pay live TV MUTE Cancel the voice 4 4 Video This is Video menu page it plays video from USB storage This Video page is used for play local disk file It can read media file from USB device such as flash disk hard drive flash memory card It can support transport stream format by extension ts Connect USB device before enter this page it shows disk partition wh...

Page 20: ...top VOD and return to VOD menu page PLAY PAUSE Control VOD play and pause When trick playing stop playing and resume to normal speed F R F F Control VOD play Forward and rewind both have 42segments Press again at trick playing increase speed This F R feature has not implement at Normal RTSP Server by current software ...

Page 21: ...nt to play It shows 9 items per load if the item at current path is more the 9 items It provide navigation key to switch songs Available Key STOP Stop playing PLAY Start playing Navigation key Switch songs 4 6 Picture Select photo from photo viewer page and click OK for view Press the Picture button and you ll see a list of JPEG s PNG s that can be viewed If the view is empty you ll need to copy s...

Page 22: ...to Use OK key again to quit full screen mode You can also use play key to play slide show Use STOP or OK key to quit full screen mode 4 7 Admin The Following screen is Admin Screen There are 10 items in total 1 Run Script You can control all Brutus functions using a simple scripting language The easiest way to learn about it is you use start Brutus with the exec command ...

Page 23: ...m is discovering channel changes and refreshing channel list 6 Edit Channels The function of this item is editing channels The default channel map comes from channels txt You may find it easier to edit using a text editor You can also edit the channel map on screen using a remote and then overwrite that channel map From the main menu click on Admin Click on Edit Channels You can then perform the f...

Page 24: ...Real Time Streaming Protocol RTSP developed by the IETF and created in 1998 as RFC 2326 is a protocol for use in streaming media systems which allows a client to remotely control a streaming media server issuing VCR like commands such as play and pause and allowing time based access to files on a server The format ...

Page 25: ...25 is as follows Rtsp the IP address of server file name 4 8 Information ...

Page 26: ...change the arrow bars Press the SELECT button on the remote to enable the change You ll see an immediate change You ll also notice that the list of available controls may change as you switch video formats 480i NTSC NTSC synonyms 576i PAL PAL synonyms 720p 1080i 1080p 24Hz 1080p 30Hz ATSC 60Hz HD modes 720p 50Hz 1080i 50Hz 1080p 25Hz 50Hz HD modes 1366x768p 1024x768p 800x600p 640x480p vga 1280x768...

Page 27: ...1 WMV WMV SM WMA standard WMA professional MPEG4 part 2 is not supported in 7401 WM is not implemented yet will be implemented in 7405 chipset Q What resolutions are supported A MPEG 2 from 16x16 to 1920x1088 H 264 from 64x16 to 1920x1088 VC 1 from 64x16 to 1920x1088 Q Which public standards and or specifications for encoding and network streaming must an H 264 source conform A The chip will decod...

Page 28: ...m multicast only has audio but no video A The encoded video must be Leve 4 1 instead of Level 5 1 Q My VLC H 264 TS multicast stream Level 4 1 only has audio but no video A The default VLC setting for H 264 is 5 1 Need to change VLC setting under preferences Input Codecs Video codecs x264 and change H 264 level to 4 1 ...