Vbox Communications XTi 4134 DVB-S, Full User Manual

Page 1: ...VBox Android TV Gateway XTi 4134 DVB S S2 Product Full User Manual Product Version 1 0 Release Date August 2019 Document Revision 1 0...

Page 2: ...boxcomm com shop support product registration html to like us on Facebook to follow us on twitter and YouTube By following VBox you ll instantly start enjoying these exclusive benefits Get product upd...

Page 3: ...nfigure the Live TV Channels using Tablet iPad 5 4 Configuring your Router and PC to Use the UPnP Protocol 6 4 1 Accessing XTi VBox TV Gateway on PC using My Network Places 6 4 2 Accessing XTi VBox TV...

Page 4: ...h Channel Pairing 40 7 3 3 External XMLTV beta 41 7 4 Add Channels 42 7 5 Language Settings 42 7 6 UPnP Support 43 7 6 1 Limit single channel streaming per UPnP client 43 7 7 IPTV Support 44 8 Tuners...

Page 5: ...Figure 4 Windows 7 Network Media Devices showing VBox TV Gateway 7 Figure 5 VBox TV Gateway interface Welcome page 9 Figure 6 Quick Setup Wizard Step 1 System Setup Device Configuration page 10 Figure...

Page 6: ...Software Update 31 Figure 26 Manage Files 32 Figure 27 System Logger 33 Figure 28 Streaming Status 34 Figure 29 Manage Channels 35 Figure 30 Program Guide 39 Figure 31 Add Channels 42 Figure 32 UPnP...

Page 7: ...e different types of media from various sources and share them with any computer laptop tablet Smartphone Smart TV or Media Streamers device connected to your Local Area Network LAN 1 1 XTi VBox TV Ga...

Page 8: ...iOS device laptop PC or Mac Apps VBox apps available for free from Apple Apps Store or Android Play Store or any UPnP app Network router Wireless broadband router 802 11n at 5MHz or higher On your rou...

Page 9: ...he 4 Tuner can be set independently or as Unicable SCR Each one for can be connected to independent satellite feed Or operating mode of Unicable SCR when one RF connector feed for all tuners Item Desc...

Page 10: ...connectors 4 2 5 2 XTi 4134 Unicable Sanrio Rear Panel XTi 4134 can be in the operating mode of Unicable SCR when one RF connector feed for all satellite tuners Note that the second RF connector is n...

Page 11: ...Download and run the VBox TV Source app and follow the screen instructions 2 When you re done setting up you can watch live channels on any device through the VBox Live TV app that you can find in th...

Page 12: ...s enabled you can access your XTi device using My Network Places as explained in the following section 4 1 Accessing XTi VBox TV Gateway on PC using My Network Places 1 Make sure your PC is connected...

Page 13: ...evice webpage from the context menu Figure 4 Windows 7 Network Media Devices showing VBox TV Gateway NOTE The XTi device s default name is VBox TV Gateway vbox_xxxx where xxxx is the product s number...

Page 14: ...u have VLC web plugin installed The web plugin is a separate VLC packaged and not part of the VLC player http nightlies videolan org build macosx intel 2 To configure the TV Gateway Open Safari and ty...

Page 15: ...is displayed showing its Welcome page Figure 5 Figure 5 VBox TV Gateway interface Welcome page When configuring your XTi device for the first time it is recommended to choose the Quick Setup option F...

Page 16: ...as explained in Table 2 Table 2 Quick Setup Wizard Step 1 System Setup System Settings page Option Description Interface Language Select the language of this Web interface from the list Device Name Se...

Page 17: ...Gateway using the Web Interface 5 2 Step 2 Tuners Setup 11 5 2 Step 2 Tuners Setup Step 2 Tuners Setup for XTi 4134 1 Click Next The Step 2 Tuners Setup Tuner 1 page for XTi is displayed Figure Figur...

Page 18: ...configure Bydefault XTi uses the Ku Band Universal LNB with the options shown in Figure Low Enter the low band reception XTi is set to the default value of your LNB type High Enter the high band rece...

Page 19: ...ption RF Feeding Indicates that the satellite and transponder settings of another tuner in this case Tuner 1 have been applied to Tuner 2 Current Tuner RF feed shared with Tuner Shows the name of the...

Page 20: ...Wizard Step 3 Scan Scan Settings Review page XTi 4134 Option Description Scan Settings Review Summarizes your current scan settings DVBS2 Tuners Tuner Numbers Share the same feed Lists the names of th...

Page 21: ...e Scan Status and Scan Results Figure Figure 10 Quick Setup Wizard Step 3 Scan Scan Status and Results page XTi 4134 models The Scan Status informs you how many transponders have been scanned for the...

Page 22: ...ple selection select all channels of a specific type FTA encrypted or radio or all available channels Once you select a channel you can customize it as follows Order set the channel s position on the...

Page 23: ...tart Over Discards your settings and restarts the Quick Setup Wizard Finish Saves your settings and completes your XTi VBox TV Gateway setup NOTE Since channels list may be very long the Start Over an...

Page 24: ...By clicking Manage your VBox the Wizard will display the System Status page summarizing your XTi VBox TV Gateway setup Figure NOTE You can return to the Quick Start Wizard by clicking Quick Setup Your...

Page 25: ...anage 6 1 Verifying Current System Device and Software Status To check the updated system and software data access the SYSTEM STATUS OPTION Figure 15 System Device and Software Information The informa...

Page 26: ...age System Select System Manage option The following screen displays Figure 16 Manage On this page you can see the name of your XTi VBox TV Gatway device and select the language of this Web interface...

Page 27: ...System Services Select System Services option The following screen displays Figure 17 Services Network services must be started at the system prior to being actually put to work Use the HTML interface...

Page 28: ...Manage Protection checkbox and press Enable The default user name is admin The default password is admin It is recommended that you change the system password regularly to prevent security issues This...

Page 29: ...ge Protection 23 Figure 18 Change Password admin 5 Change the default password to protect your TV Gateway 6 To disable the password protection simply uncheck the Enable Web Manage Protection checkbox...

Page 30: ...s memory and it will be erased when resetting the VBox to factory default therefore it is recommended to copy this backup and save it outside of the VBox memory Creating a backup You can create addit...

Page 31: ...lear all its settings databases and configuration files This will bring the VBox to the default factory settings once the reset is completed you will be prompt to run quick setup again in order to con...

Page 32: ...nnect the Home TV Gateway to the Internet Your Home TV Gateway stream the full channel s broadcast quality and therefore requires fast internet upload speeds and fast internet bandwidth all the way to...

Page 33: ...rt Application interface and web interface port Streaming port Live and recorded TV streaming port Optional HTTPS port Enable this port to access and configure your network storage remotely LiveTV for...

Page 34: ...the Internet Figure 21 Software Update To update the VBox software over the internet press the Check For Update button A rotating cycle will appear while the VBox checks if there is a newer version t...

Page 35: ...vbx is accessible on a USB Flash Drive or on your local computer 2 Select the SYSTEM UPDATE SOFTWARE option The following screen displays Figure 22 Update Software 3 To upload a new file from your co...

Page 36: ...t make sure that the I Decline radio button is selected and click the PROCEED WITH UPDATE button No software is updated and you return to the SYSTEM MANAGE Status screen Contact your vendor with any q...

Page 37: ...em Manage 6 7 Update Software 31 Figure 25 Successful Software Update 7 As instructed on the screen wait approximately three minutes and then click the Click Here link Wait for your browser to connect...

Page 38: ...e stored on the XTi select System Manage Files option The following screen shows all the filenames Figure 26 Manage files To upload a new file from your computer to the XTi input the filename in the c...

Page 39: ...er Manual 6 System Manage 6 9 System Logger 33 6 9 System Logger 1 Select the SYSTEM Logging Settings option The following screen displays Figure 27 System Logger You can set here the Log Level Prints...

Page 40: ...ing option 7 1 Streaming Status 34 7 Streaming option 7 1 Streaming Status Select Streaming Status option The following screen displays Figure 28 Streaming Status A screen displaying the selected para...

Page 41: ...ateway User Manual 7 Streaming option 7 2 Manage Channels 35 7 2 Manage Channels Select Streaming Manage Channels option The following screen displays Figure 29 Manage Channels Manage the channels as...

Page 42: ...g TV first This will sort all channels according to their LCN number and will place all the TV channels at first and Radio channels at the end of the list 2 Manual channel sorting You can change the c...

Page 43: ...file and point to the logo file and press the Update button The page will refresh and the channel logo will be replaced with the new one 7 2 2 2 Local Copy You can manually copy all the channel logos...

Page 44: ...oot if you do not see the folder you can create a new folder and name it icons o Open the icons folder and copy all the channel logos into it o If you are using USB storage once all the logos are copi...

Page 45: ...er channel logos for all the logos you have copied 7 3 Program Guide Program guide is collected by the VBox TV Gateway and shared between the different player devices there are two main program guide...

Page 46: ...ere channels with the same scheduling are provided with limited program guide on one of the channels 7 3 2 1 Pairing Channels Once selecting Live Signal with Channel pairing option two tables listing...

Page 47: ...two ways to create an External XML TV path using the Wizard or doing it manually Below explains how to do it using the Wizard if you would like to do manually please refer to our guide on How to set a...

Page 48: ...Figure 31 Add Channels Select tuner from the drop down list Check the boxes of the transponders to be used to scan this satellite To select all transponders on the list check the top box To add your o...

Page 49: ...by UPnP radio button and click Submit button to cancel UPnP support 7 6 1 Limit single channel streaming per UPnP client The XTi VBox TV Gateway is configured by default to stream one TV channel per c...

Page 50: ...tions such as VLC and Kodi XBMC s IPTV Simple add on For application configuration instructions please go to http vboxcomm com players html DVB EIT support some applications such as VLC TV headend can...

Page 51: ...signal being received as a relative percentage of the total range of the XTi receiver The background color is green if the signal strength is within the acceptable range of 22 to 88 and yellow if it...

Page 52: ...Quick Setup 7 7 IPTV Support 46 9 Quick Setup Select Quick Setup option The following screen displays Figure 35 Quick Setup Click Start Wizard button The Quick Setup Wizard is displayed guiding you t...

Page 53: ...ork Status Network Manage Select Network Manage option The following screen displays Figure 37 Network Manage If your local network administrator instructs you to use DHCP select the DHCP radio button...

Page 54: ...the System 7 7 IPTV Support 48 11 Shutting Down and Restarting the System To shut down or restart the system select the SYSTEM SHUTDOWN The following screen displays Figure 38 System Restart and Shut...

Page 55: ...i supports many 3rd party UPnP applications letting you watch TV from your favorite application 12 2 1 PC and Mac VLC Support Live and Recorded TV Kodi Support Live Recorded TV and VBox TV Remote cont...

Page 56: ...Ti VBox Android TV Gateway User Manual 12 Players 12 2 3rd Party Applications UPnP 50 Press the link for a list of UPnP applications http en wikipedia org wiki List_of_UPnP_AV_media_servers_and_client...

Page 57: ...applications or 3rd party supported UPnP applications 13 1 Hardware installation 13 1 1 Attached Storage 1 The XTi records TV shows on to a removable USB storage or SD Card 2 You can connect Hi Speed...

Page 58: ...ts 1 XTi VBox Android TV Gateway software version 2 40 and above 2 Supported storage a Shared Folder A PC running Windows 7 and above with shared folder b Network Storage NAS With Samba SMB Windows ne...

Page 59: ...ve TV directly to a PC in your network The XTi will stream the recording from the PC to all supported devices in your network 1 Make sure that the PC you are assigning will be running and connected to...

Page 60: ...ork and Internet 2 Choose Network and Sharing Center and press Change advanced sharing settings 3 Make sure that Password protected sharing is turned off 13 1 3 Network Storage NAS Shared folder 1 Mak...

Page 61: ...evice b SD Card Insert an SD card into the XTi SD card port located on the left side of the device c Network Locate the network folder where you want to store the recordings 13 2 1 Manage recording pa...

Page 62: ...ng the Wizard or setting it manually Below explains how to do it using the Wizard if you would like to set it manually please refer to our guide on How to set a Recording Path manually chapter 14 sect...

Page 63: ...x Android TV Gateway User Manual 13 Recording 13 2 Setting up XTi TV Gateway Storage Preferences 57 5 Choose the domain or workgroup where your PC or NAS is located 6 Locate the PC or NAS in the Serve...

Page 64: ...ording 13 2 Setting up XTi TV Gateway Storage Preferences 58 7 The VBox TV Gateway will attempt to access the PC or NAS 8 If you require a user name and password to login to the PC or NAS you will be...

Page 65: ...XTi VBox Android TV Gateway User Manual 13 Recording 13 2 Setting up XTi TV Gateway Storage Preferences 59 9 Select the folder you have prepared in advance 10 Press Set to select the target folder...

Page 66: ...XTi VBox Android TV Gateway User Manual 13 Recording 13 2 Setting up XTi TV Gateway Storage Preferences 60 11 A confirmation message will appear confirming that the recording path was successfully set...

Page 67: ...d TV Gateway User Manual 13 Recording 13 2 Setting up XTi TV Gateway Storage Preferences 61 12 Your new network path will appear under Network You can change the network path at any time by pressing t...

Page 68: ...avigation buttons 2 Press the recording button 3 To make sure that the recording is in progress go back to the more info menu or click one of the navigation buttons to see the channel info On recorded...

Page 69: ...s recording on the Program Information page There are 3 options to record a series TV show Automatic EPG and Manual Advanced When pressing the Series Rec button the TV Gateway will automatically deter...

Page 70: ...et to record the news and instead a football game was on it will record the football game and program name will be taken from the EPG at the time To stop EPG series recording cancel the series recordi...

Page 71: ...lication or VBox TV free application 2 To access recorded program from 3rd party application access the VBox box and go to the media folder 3 To access manage and view recorded programs from the free...

Page 72: ...1 How to switch between DVB T and DVB C Configuration 5 Access the XTi device using My Network Places Windows XP go to My Network Places display the network devices list and click VBox TV Gateway vbox...

Page 73: ...Troubleshooting 14 1 How to switch between DVB T and DVB C Configuration 67 8 Select Advanced option The Advanced Settings page is displayed 9 Click Advanced Settings button When prompted for the log...

Page 74: ...XTi VBox Android TV Gateway User Manual 14 Frequently Asked Questions Troubleshooting 14 1 How to switch between DVB T and DVB C Configuration 68...

Page 75: ...DVB T and DVB C Configuration 69 10 Select TUNER MANAGE Update option The following screen displays 11 Select DVBC option radio button and click Update button The system is getting rebooted 12 Upon R...

Page 76: ...bleshooting 14 1 How to switch between DVB T and DVB C Configuration 70 13 Click to Go to Manage Application button When prompted to Start Quick Setup Wizard click OK button 14 The Quick Setup Wizard...

Page 77: ...by certain programs to automatically open ports for communication Linksys routers have UPnP feature enabled by default To learn how to check the UPnP setting on a Linksys router click To check the UPn...

Page 78: ...equently Asked Questions Troubleshooting 14 2 Enabling UPnP Universal Plug and Play in a Windows based computer 72 Step 3 Select Change advanced sharing settings Step 4 Select Turn on Network Discover...

Page 79: ...4 Frequently Asked Questions Troubleshooting 14 2 Enabling UPnP Universal Plug and Play in a Windows based computer 73 Windows XP Step 1 Click on then click on Control Panel Step 2 On the Control Pane...

Page 80: ...the Add or Remove Programs window click on Add Remove Windows Components Step 4 The Windows Components Wizard window should open scroll down the list and click on Networking Services then click on th...

Page 81: ...4 Frequently Asked Questions Troubleshooting 14 2 Enabling UPnP Universal Plug and Play in a Windows based computer 75 Step 6 Click Next When the Windows Components Wizard is completed click Finish UP...

Page 82: ...How to enable SMB1 from Windows 10 Since Windows 10 September 2017 update SMB1 is disabled As VBox files system for managing external files such as recordings or XML TV stored on NAS or a computer li...

Page 83: ...10 77 Step 3 Select Turn Windows features on or off Step 4 Scroll down to SMB 1 0 CIFS File Sharing Support tick its box expand it and tick all applicable boxes SMB 1 0 CIFS Client and SMB 1 0 CIFS Se...

Page 84: ...ath manually Step 1 Open your VBox Setup menu go to Streaming and then to Program Guide Under program Guide Source select External XML TV Beta and click Submit Under External XML TV Source Beta select...

Page 85: ...XTi VBox Android TV Gateway User Manual 14 Frequently Asked Questions Troubleshooting 14 4 How to set an External XML TV path manually 79 Step 2 You should receive a success message and then click Ok...

Page 86: ...et an External XML TV path manually 80 Step 3 under Channel Matching select a matching option Auto Match or Manual Match Please note that the Auto Match option works on crossing channels names existin...

Page 87: ...uently Asked Questions Troubleshooting 14 5 How to set a Recording Path manually 81 14 5 How to set a Recording Path manually Step 1 Open the VBox Setup menu go to Streaming and then to Manage Recordi...

Page 88: ...shooting 14 5 How to set a Recording Path manually 82 Step 2 Once you will select it a pop up message will appear click Continue Step 3 Enter the path under Network manual according to the examples in...