YuppTV Internet TV Box, User Manual

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Page 3: ... 3 3 1 Wired Connection 17 3 3 2 Wireless Connection 17 4 YuppTV Internet TV Box At A Glance 18 4 1 YuppTV Internet TV Box LED Displays 18 4 2 YuppTV Internet TV Box Remote Control 19 5 YuppTV Internet TV Box Displays 21 5 1 Video List Display 21 5 2 Video Playback Options Info Options 22 5 2 1 Playback Options While Playing Videos 22 5 2 2 Video Playback Options When a Video Stops Playing 23 5 3 ...

Page 4: ... Play a Video from Video Option 39 8 2 YouTube Playback 40 8 2 1 YouTube playback Menu Options 40 8 3 Searching for YouTube Videos 41 8 3 1 To Search a Video in YouTube 41 8 3 1 1 YouTube Search Menu Options 41 8 4 YouTube Login 42 8 4 1 Adding an Account 42 8 4 2 Removing an Account 43 8 4 3 Log in to an Existing User Account 43 8 4 4 Changing YouTube User Account 44 8 4 5 Logging out of YouTube ...

Page 5: ...nternet TV Box 56 11 3 Searching for Videos 56 11 3 1 To search a video 57 11 3 2 Search Video Menu Options 57 12 Live Internet TV 58 13 Settings 59 13 1 Network 60 13 1 1 Configuring the YuppTV Internet TV Box using Network Wizard 60 13 1 1 1 Wired Network Connection 61 13 1 1 2 Wireless Network Connection 61 13 2 Configuring the YuppTV Internet TV Box using Network Wizard 63 13 2 1 Advanced Wire...

Page 6: ...3 Viewing a video saved on to a USB disk 29 Figure 14 Rented Videos 30 Figure 15 Home Network 31 Figure 16 Media Sharing 32 Figure 17 Share My Media 32 Figure 18 YouTube Features 38 Figure 19 Login Add Account 43 Figure 20 YouTube Channels 45 Figure 21 YouTube Settings 46 Figure 22 Popular Websites 47 Figure 23 Video Search 48 Figure 24 Watch Now 51 Figure 25 CinemaNow Account creation using PC 53...

Page 7: ...Figure 34 Advanced Wired Network Connections 64 Figure 35 Advanced Wireless Network Connection 66 Figure 36 My Account Page 67 ...

Page 8: ...ft Keypad 25 Table 8 Music File Formats Supported by YuppTV Internet TV Box 33 Table 9 Video File Formats YuppTV Internet TV Box Support 34 Table 10 Bookmarked Video options 36 Table 11 Bookmarked Video options 37 Table 12 Recently Played Menu Options 38 Table 12 Video Features 39 Table 13 YouTube Playback Menu Options 40 Table 14 YouTube Search options 41 Table 16 Search for Video Menu Options 49...

Page 9: ...g Digital Living Network Alliance DLNA compliant Media Server including Windows Media Player WMP Play personal content like music videos and photos stored on any PC on the Local Area Network LAN connection Use a USB memory for storage to download rented videos Play personal content directly from the USB memory Bookmark a library of your favorite videos YuppTV Internet TV Box is capable of connecti...

Page 10: ...aming videos Live TV Allows you to play streaming videos Internet Videos Allows you to stream Internet videos from sites such as Dailymotion BBC etc YouTube Allows you to access YouTube Website on TV Search For Video Allows you to search for free videos on the Internet CinemaNow Allows you to access all premium contents available on CinemaNow Table 1 Availability of Videos YuppTV Internet TV Box s...

Page 11: ... menu options that appear on the YuppTV Internet TV Box screen are written in bold font Example1 Press INFO key available on the remote to get the progress bar Example 2 From home page select Channels The messages that appear on the TV while using the YuppTV Internet TV Box are written in bold font Example A Not ready to watch message appears along with the video title if a video is yet to be down...

Page 12: ...dly contact place of purchase immediately The following table displays accessories supplied by default when you buy the YuppTV Internet TV Box Supplied Accessories Accessory Description Printed copy of YuppTV Easy Setup Guide YuppTV Internet TV Box HD YuppTV Internet TV Box Power adaptor with power cord Ethernet cable RCA analog composite cable YuppTV Internet TV Box Remote HDMI Cable Table 2 Yupp...

Page 13: ...Box User Guide Page 13 The following table displays optional accessories that need to be purchased separately Optional Accessories Accessory Description YuppTV USB Wireless adapter Table 3 YuppTV Internet TV Box Package Optional Accessories ...

Page 14: ...nternet TV Box ensure that you have The complete YuppTV package A TV set and a broadband connection Identify a suitable location to place the YuppTV Internet TV Box within the proximity of your TV and the home router Note A broadband speed of 1 2 Mbps or more is recommended 3 2 Connecting the YuppTV Internet TV Box The YuppTV Internet TV Box can be connected to your TV in two ways as mentioned bel...

Page 15: ...ernet TV Box and the yellow connector to the Video In port on your TV II Connect the red and white connectors to the Audio In port on your TV 2 Locate the power socket on the back of your YuppTV Internet TV Box 3 Insert one end of the power adapter cord into the YuppTV Internet TV Box power socket Plug in the other end of the power adapter cord to the wall socket 4 Power on the YuppTV Internet TV ...

Page 16: ...o the wall socket 5 Power on the YuppTV Internet TV Box YuppTV home page appears on the screen 3 2 3 Using HDMI Cable Figure 3 Connection using the HDMI Cable Note Before starting the connection switch off the YuppTV Internet TV Box and disconnect the power connection from the Internet TV Box 1 First connect one end of the HDMI Cable to the socket on the YuppTV Internet TV Box and the other end to...

Page 17: ...red Ethernet 1 Be 2 Locate the Ethernet socket at the back panel of the YuppTV Internet TV Box fore starting the connection switch off the YuppTV Internet TV Box 3 Connect one end of the Ethernet connector to the Ethernet socket on the YuppTV Internet TV Box and the other end of the connector to the socket on the home router 4 Power on the YuppTV Internet TV Box The YuppTV home page appears on the...

Page 18: ...on helps you to understand all the features of YuppTV Internet TV Box and efficiently use it for maximum enjoyment 4 1 YuppTV Internet TV Box LED Displays YuppTV Internet TV Box LEDs are the indicators used to show the connection status The display indications are explained in the table below Figure 6 YuppTV Internet TV Box YuppTV Internet TV Box Label Display Indication Power Turns Green when in ...

Page 19: ...y on the remote control has an associated image for quick recognition and ease of use Figure 7 YuppTV Internet TV Box Remote Functions of each YuppTV Internet TV Box Remote keys are explained in the table given below Key No Remote Key Name Functions 1 HOME Return to home page 2 4 UP Down Navigate up or down on the screen 3 12 Right Left Navigate to the left or right on the screen ...

Page 20: ...keys 9 SEARCH Provide a context sensitive relevant search for a media title 10 Power Switch on off the YuppTV Internet TV Box You can power cycle the Internet TV Box by pressing this button for 8 seconds 11 OK Select key Select an option or a media title 13 STOP Stop the current activity 14 BACK Returns to the previously displayed screen To go to the Home page keep this key pressed for a few secon...

Page 21: ...ays the title of the page Categories Displays various available featured categories To view additional categories that are not displayed select the displayed arrowheads Video list Lists videos available in the selected page Each video title in the list is placed in a box along with details for example duration of the video number of views rating on 5 counts and the source of the video To view to m...

Page 22: ...ewing a video video playback option allows you to Go back to previous video in the list Rewind the Video Pause Play the video Fast forward the video Jumps to next video in the list Resize the video using zoom in and zoom out To use the playback options follow the steps given below 1 Play a video of your choice 2 While playing the video press INFO key available on the remote A progress bar is shown...

Page 23: ...Stops Playing If a video stops abruptly while viewing the UI window displays the options shown in the following table Navigate to the option of your choice and press OK Table 6 Video playback Options Table Options Description Resume Resumes playing the video from the point it paused Play from Beginning Plays the video from the beginning ...

Page 24: ...ideo search in progress Based on the selection the screen may change accordingly Figure 10 Soft Keypad The table below lists keys and uses of soft keypad Key Name Uses Alphanumeric Keypad To enter a search string DEL To delete the last character entered in the search box CLR To clear the search string entered in the search box Space To insert a space blank character in the search box ...

Page 25: ...et keys To enter letters from the alphabet Numeric Keys To enter numbers from the numeric keys alphabet Special Keys To enter special characters such as etc Table 7 Description of Soft Keypad Note The number of videos searched is displayed below the search box The list of videos searched is displayed on the right side of the Soft Keypad ...

Page 26: ...and options Figure 11 YuppTV Internet TV Box Home Page As shown in the above figure the features available on home page are as follows My Collection YouTube Popular Websites Video Search Movies Live Internet TV Settings Each of the above features on the home page is described in detail in the following sections Note The home page features may vary based on the YuppTV service offerings ...

Page 27: ...or rented through your YuppTV Internet TV Box The videos listed are in the descending order with the last accessed or bookmarked video appearing at the top of the list The options in My Collection are listed below Browse USB Disk Rented Videos Home Network My Channels Bookmarks Recently Played Note These options may vary based on the YuppTV service offerings ...

Page 28: ...he contents of a USB disk 1 Insert the USB disk into one of the USB slots provided on your YuppTV Internet TV Box 2 You will receive a pop up message asking for direct access to these media contents please select YES option to view the media files on the disk 3 If the disk is already connected click on the My Collection option Select Browse USB Disk Contents of the USB Disk will be displayed as sh...

Page 29: ...YuppTV Internet Box YuppTV Internet TV Box User Guide Page 29 Figure 13 Viewing a video saved on to a USB disk Note Users can view only the media file formats that the YuppTV Internet TV Box supports ...

Page 30: ...lows you to download and store your favorite videos on the external USB disk connected to YuppTV Internet TV Box These videos can be viewed at your convenience until the expiration period The rented videos are listed under Rented Videos in My Collection menu The Following steps describe how to watch play rented videos on YuppTV Internet TV Box 1 From home page select My Collection 2 From the optio...

Page 31: ...o serve the digital contents to the YuppTV Internet TV Box Features available under Home network are as follows Music Enables you to listen to your personal music collection You can run the tracks in the background while viewing slideshows Video Enables you to view videos stored in your PC on the wide screen TV Pictures Enables you to view photos stored in your PC as slideshow on your TV Note The ...

Page 32: ...Run Windows Media Player on your PC 2 Click the arrow below the Library tab and then click Media Sharing Figure 16 Media Sharing 3 In the Media Sharing dialog box select the Share my media check box as shown in the following figure Figure 17 Share My Media 4 In the list of devices below the Share my media to check box select the newly added YuppTV Internet TV Box Note The screen shots shown above ...

Page 33: ... 160 192 224 256 320 MP3 mp3 16 96 Khz in AV Mode 32 96 Khz in HDMI mode 24 32 56 64 80 96 112 12 8 160 192 224 256 320 WAV wav 16 96 Khz in AV Mode 32 96 Khz in HDMI mode Not Applicable LPCM lpcm 16 96 Khz in AV Mode 32 96 Khz in HDMI mode Not Applicable WMA wma 16 96 Khz in AV Mode 32 96 Khz in HDMI mode 24 32 56 64 80 96 112 12 8 160 192 224 256 320 WMAPro wma 16 96 Khz in AV Mode 32 96 Khz in ...

Page 34: ...eview and related details of the video on the right side Video file formats supported by YuppTV Internet TV Box are given in the table shown below Note Video formats supported depend on whether basic or premium codec packages selected File Type Codec Package type File Extension Bit Rate in Mbps Maximum Resolution Standard Definition WMV 7 8 9 VC1 Basic wmv 3 Mbps 720X576 H 263 Sorenson Basic flv 1...

Page 35: ...ra The photo file formats supported by YuppTV Internet TV Box are jpg and jpeg 7 3 4 1Viewing Slideshows The slideshow viewing option in Home Network enables you to view the slideshow of photos stored in your PC The slideshow can be viewed through various options available under pictures To view a slideshow follow the steps given below 1 From home page select Home Network 2 From the list select th...

Page 36: ...lect Add to My Channels Selected channel gets added to the list To play the Live Internet TV channel select My Channels from My Collection 7 4 1 1To Remove channels Press MENU key on the remote to delete the selected channel or to jump to page The options are displayed in the following table Options Description Remove from My Channels Removes the selected channel Jump To Page Allows you to jump to...

Page 37: ...mp to a page if the entries are more Table 11 Bookmarked Video options 7 6 Recently Played Recently Played lists recently viewed videos in descending order with the most recent one on the top of the list It records videos viewed through Bookmarks Search for Video YouTube Channels and CinemaNow features of the YuppTV Internet TV Box This option helps you to have instant access to the videos that yo...

Page 38: ...cess your YouTube account and enjoy the options provided by YouTube YuppTV Internet TV Box allows you to track the latest trends in video sharing on the Internet Figure 18 YouTube Features Video features along with their functionalities are listed in the table below Video Feature Features Featured Featured lists the YouTube videos for the day This includes a list of videos suggested by the YouTube...

Page 39: ...ideo displays the title duration of the video number of views rating on 5 counts and the source of the video The list is in a descending order with the top favorite video placed on the top of the list Top Rated Top Rated lists videos that have received top rating by the users The videos are available in various categories This option enables you to search a video among the YouTube s Top Rated The ...

Page 40: ...ideos page are Bookmark this video Home and Search Bookmark this Video Bookmarks and lists the video under Bookmarks in My Collection for future viewing This enables you to watch and then bookmark the video This action displays the message Added to Bookmark on the screen Add to Favorites Adds to your customized option My Favorites Rate this Video Enables you to rate the selected video Flag As Inap...

Page 41: ...e search string 4 Using Navigation keys select the video of your choice To know more about soft key pad refer to section 5 3 5 Press OK to view the video 8 3 1 1YouTube Search Menu Options During YouTube search press MENU available on the remote to perform the following task Options Description Bookmark this video Bookmarks and lists the video under Bookmarks in My Collection for future viewing Th...

Page 42: ...Box Access an account added to the YouTube Logout of your personal YouTube account 8 4 1 Adding an Account Add Account option under Login allows you to add your existing YouTube account to YuppTV Internet TV Box Thus this option enables you to access YouTube using YuppTV Internet TV Box To add an account follow the steps given below 1 From home page select YouTube 2 From the options that are displ...

Page 43: ...appears displaying the existing user names 5 Navigate to the user account you want to remove from the YuppTV Internet TV Box 6 Press OK The user account gets deleted from the YuppTV Internet TV Box 8 4 3 Log in to an Existing User Account Login option allows you to access your YouTube account and view your customized options on a wide screen TV at the click of a button This enables you to search v...

Page 44: ...rough YuppTV Internet TV Box every individual in your home can access their respective YouTube account To change the user follow the steps given below 1 From home page select 2 YouTube From YouTube list select Change User 3 Press OK Change the user you want change 4 Press OK User name will be changed 8 4 5 Logging out of YouTube To log out from the YouTube follow the steps given below 1 From home ...

Page 45: ...gate to the video listing page to access video content on YouTube Figure 20 YouTube Channels Each channel page provides various relevant categories The videos are listed in the descending order the top rated video of the category placed on top of the list Videos in this option are listed on the left side under relevant categories The right side of the screen UI displays associated image and relate...

Page 46: ...6 8 6 YouTube Settings Settings allow you to choose the country specific youtube region From the list of countries displayed select the country of your choice and the YuppTV Internet TV Box will point to the corresponding youtube site Figure 21 YouTube Settings ...

Page 47: ... various popular websites like CNN Video ABC news ESPN and PGATour etc are available for viewing Figure 22 Popular Websites To view a video under Popular Websites follow the steps given below 1 From home page select Popular Websites 2 Navigate to the channel of your choice and press OK 3 Navigate to the category of your choice and select the video of your choice 4 Press OK to view the video ...

Page 48: ...on the Internet A search for a string of characters will list the available videos matching the string on the Internet on that particular day Video Search helps you to Search Access View Bookmark a video Figure 23 Video Search 10 1 Search for a Video To search for a video in the Internet follow the steps given below 1 From the home page select Video Search 2 Using the soft keypad enter your search...

Page 49: ... play of searched video press MENU option available on the remote to perform any one of the following Options tasks Description Bookmark this video Bookmarks and lists the video under Bookmarks in My Collection for future viewing This enables you to watch and then bookmark the video This action displays the message Added to Bookmark on the screen Bookmark this search Adds the search string to Book...

Page 50: ...your own collection of videos within the My Collection feature To download videos you need to have a USB disk connected for storage 11 1 1 2 Video Renting Options While downloading the rented video press MENU key available on the remote to perform the following tasks Options Description Delete this Download Deletes the selected download Pause This Download While downloading Pauses the selected dow...

Page 51: ...tegory of your choice and press OK 4 Navigate to the video of your choice and press OK You will get a screen as shown in the following figure 5 Select Watch now and press OK Note The Details Page that is displayed provides information about the video to be streamed Use the Page Down or the Page Up button to read the summary if it exceeds more than the available screen space Figure 24 Watch Now ...

Page 52: ...V Box allows the user to browse select and play this CinemaNow content directly on the TV You also have an option to use your personal computer to push your rented or purchased content to your YuppTV Internet TV Box 11 2 1 To Create your CinemaNow Account You need to have a CinemaNow account to use the CinemaNow feature of your YuppTV Internet TV Box You can access CinemaNow movies on your YuppTV ...

Page 53: ...o enjoy Cinemanow contents the Internet TV Box registration needs to happen once The following steps help you achieve it 11 Select Channels from home page 12 Select Movies or All Channels from the displayed list of options 13 Select CinemaNow channel The list of options as shown in figure below appears on the YuppTV Internet TV Box screen 14 Select Log in and enter your user name and password to a...

Page 54: ...his enables you to purchase or rent the video of your choice from the CinemaNow listing using your personal computer 16 Log into your cinemanow account at www cinemanow com on the personal computer 17 Select Video to be rented or purchased 18 Ensure that the cost associated for this transaction is lesser than the amount balance available in your account 19 Proceed to check out 20 Select the Watch ...

Page 55: ...t you have the USB disk connected to the YuppTV Internet TV Box 22 Within 90 seconds of the video being pushed from the personal computer you will get a POP up message about the availability of the title Please select OK 23 The download of the video will start immediately 24 Select Rented Videos option from My Collection 25 A list of available videos is displayed 26 From the displayed list select ...

Page 56: ...l Channels from the displayed list of options 29 Select CinemaNow channel 30 Select Log in and enter user name and password to access your www cinemanow com account 31 Select the option of your choice A wide array of movies classified in various categories is displayed 32 Select a video of your choice and click on it A dialog box appears displaying the cost of rent Click on the Rent button The vid...

Page 57: ...o know about soft key pad refer to section 5 3 5 Using Navigation keys select the video of your choice 6 Press OK to view the video 11 3 2 Search Video Menu Options While searching for a video press menu key available on the remote to perform the following tasks Options Descriptions Bookmark this video Bookmarks and lists the video under Bookmarks in My Collection for future viewing This enables y...

Page 58: ...nnels along with the other popular sites and services provided by YuppTV Based on the service you will see channels classification One such classification is as shown below Figure 29 Channel Classification To view a channel under Movies category of the Live Internet TV follow the steps given below 1 From home page select Live Internet TV 2 Using navigation key select Movies 3 Press OK The icons co...

Page 59: ...ou to prevent misuse of the application Product Settings TV Resolution This settings option is available only for the YUPPTV 1000HDmodel of YuppTV Internet TV Box which has the HD capability It allows you to manually select the TV screen resolutions HDTV Auto Resize This settings option is available only for the YUPPTV 1000HDmodel of YuppTV Internet TV Box which has the HD capability You enable th...

Page 60: ...ons In future when applications are developed by our partners for YuppTV Internet TV Box you will have an option to install these on the Internet TV Box This setting will allow you to manage these applications when they are available HDMI This settings option is available only for the YUPPTV 1000HD model of YuppTV Internet TV Box which has the HD capability It allows you to manually select the TV ...

Page 61: ...settings and YuppTV Internet TV Box Server settings and conducts a download speed test of the connection 6 You will get confirmation message for successful connection establishment Note You will get a failure alert for unplugged network cable 13 1 1 2 Wireless Network Connection To establish a Wireless network Connection follow the steps given below 1 From home page select Settings 2 From the Sett...

Page 62: ...pad 7 Press OK Figure 32 Wireless Network Connections Note YuppTV Internet TV Box automatically detects the Home network settings and YuppTV Internet TV Box Server settings and conducts a download speed test of the connection You will get a confirmation for successful connection establishment as shown in the following figure ...

Page 63: ...onfiguring YuppTV Internet TV Box using the Advanced option is recommended only if you are aware of the settings used for your home network 13 2 1 Advanced Wired Mode To use the advanced wired mode follow the steps given below 1 From home page select Settings 2 From the settings list select Network and press OK 3 Select Advanced Wizard and press OK A screen appears as shown in the following figure...

Page 64: ...pe Description Auto Static IP Settings Choosing Auto would enable DHCP Service or you can set it to Static By default the Auto option is set Following fields have to be set manually if the IP Settings is set to Static IP address IP Address The IP address of the YuppTV Internet TV Box Subnet Mask Subnet Mask Subnet mask of your network Gateway IP address Gateway IP address of the gateway ...

Page 65: ...ess Mode To use the Advanced Wireless Mode follow the steps given below 1 From home page select Settings 2 From the Settings list select Network and press OK 3 Select Advanced Wizard and press OK 4 Select Wireless 5 Select IP Settings 6 Navigate to Next A screen appears as shown in the figure 35 7 Select Scan 8 Select Home Wireless SSID and press OK 9 Navigate to Security WEP Input Mode Key Index ...

Page 66: ...ol follow the steps given below 1 From home page select Settings 2 From Settings select Box Control 3 From the list select Enable and press OK 4 Using navigation keys enter four digits number of your choice PIN and select Done 5 You will get an information screen select Yes and press OK Your Box Control will be enabled When you restart the YuppTV Internet TV Box it will ask for the PIN enter your ...

Page 67: ...uppTV Account displays information related to your billing status It also provides subscription details such as the name of the account holder the e mail address used during subscription subscription expiry date cost of the subscription subscription limit and the download limit left YuppTV Account also provides information about the YuppTV Internet TV Box account validity To register update your a...

Page 68: ...power cord from the box and reconnecting it Before the home page appears you will receive a message to upgrade to the YuppTV Service You will be presented with two options Now and Later To perform the upgrade immediately 1 Select Now on the screen and press OK key of the remote To perform the upgrade at a later time 1 Select Later on the screen and press OK key of the remote 2 If you do not get th...

Page 69: ...edistribution and access to material DNS Domain Name Server The IP address of your ISPs server which translates the names of Websites into IP addresses Ethernet An IEEE standard network protocol that specifies how data is placed on and retrieved from a common transmission medium IP Protocol A protocol used to send data over a network IP Address A unique address used to identify a computer or a dev...