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example, 5, the recording will begin 5 minutes

before the defined time and stop 5 minutes after the
defined time. This option comes in handy, just in

case that a program starts earlier or ends later than

the original schedule.

TimeShift setting:

Enable: enable or disable timeshift function

TimeShift path: select

an external storage device

and path to store the temporary timeshift data.

Make sure the internal flash can not used to store
the temporary timeshift data.

Duration:

Setup the duration time for

timeshift.

5.5.9 Language

Using the up and down arrow keys to highlight a

setting option, use the right arrow key to select a value.

System language: Set the system Language option to

your desired language. Once you select a language, the
menu will be immediately displayed in the selected

language

Audio language: Set the Audio Language to your

desired languages .When you watch a program, if the

program has an audio track of the language that is

designated for the Audio Language, it will be preferred
output

EPG language: Set the EPG Language to your desired

languages .When you watch a program, if the program

has A EPG information of the language that is designated
for the epg Language, it will be preferred displayed.

Teletext language: Set the Teletext Language to your

desired languages .When you watch a program, if the

program has a Teletext of the language that is designated

for the Teletext Language, it will be preferred displayed

Subtitle Language: Set the Subtitle Language option

to your desired language. When you watch a program, if

the program has a subtitle track of the language that is
designated for the Subtitle Language, it will be preferred

displayed

Subtitle display: When you have this option on AUTO

that means spark2 will display subtitle automatically if

the program provides a subtitle track. When you have

this option on Manual that means you need open the
subtitle manually if the program provides a subtitle track.

5.5.10 DATE & TIME

You can set the time Auto update by network, DVB or

OFF mode. Set the Auto update to OFF be used when you

want to use a certain fixed time. In this case, you need to
enter correct time in date and time field with number

keys.

Select the desired time format and confirm with OK.

Select the correct GMT Offset according to your time

zone.

Summary of Contents for spark2

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Page 2: ...r a Remote control with your spark2 box 10 1 5 8 How to charge the spark2 remote control battery 10 1 5 9 Power saving feature 11 1 6 Setting up spark2 11 2 First Time installation 12 2 1 Step1 language Selection 12 2 2 Step2 network setting 12 2 3 Step3 time setting 13 2 4 Step4 resolution setting 13 2 5 Step5 simple install 14 3 Home page 15 4 TV 15 4 1 TV Home Page 15 4 2 Switching Channel 17 4...

Page 3: ...ting 32 5 5 16 Misc setting 32 5 5 17 Display Area 33 5 5 18 Google account 33 5 5 19 Contact 33 5 5 20 About 33 5 6 File list 34 5 7 HDD format 34 5 8 TimerManage 35 5 9 Updater 35 5 10 Downloads 35 5 11 Backup 36 5 12 Spark Player connector 36 5 13 Miracast 37 6 OTT 38 6 1 Spark store 38 6 2 Weather 38 6 3 Play store 38 7 Media 39 7 1 Movie 39 7 2 Record 39 7 3 Music 40 7 4 Photo 40 8 Browser 41...

Page 4: ...B S2 Input Connector F type Connector Female Input Voltage DC 12V 2A Power Consumption MAX 20W Standby 0 5W Remote 2 4G RF support mouse and G sensor S P DIF Digital Audio or Dolby Digital Bit Stream Output Network Lan 100M Wlan IEEE802 11 b g n up to 150Mbps high speed SD Micro SD USB One USB 2 0 host and one USB OTG HDMI VER1 4 TypeA Operation Temperature 0 45 Storage Temperature 10 70 ...

Page 5: ...1 2 Packing list Please check all package contents before using your spark2 ...

Page 6: ...old power key for 3 seconds to call up spark2 starts pairing process Continual press power key and power on spark2 by power switch in rear panel spark2 will boot into recovery menu What does the operating status light color mean Lights up green when spark2 is operational Lights up red when the spark2 is in stand by mode 1 4 Real panel of spark2 ...

Page 7: ... Confirm the selection 10 screen left screen right move to the left screen or right screen 11 Home back to the portal of receiver 12 Color Keys entries of most useful functions 13 V V Adjusts receiver s volume 15 EPG Display Electronic Program Guide EPG 14 Cursor key active Air mouse when touched information 16 INFO Display detailed information of channel program or application 17 FIND search chan...

Page 8: ... key and another one is game light near game key What does the operation light color mean 1 a solid blue indicates the remote control has enough charge and has been paired 2 a blinking blue indicates the remote control activate voice input 3 a blinking pink indicates the remote control not paired with any spark2 box 4 a blinking red indicates the remote control has low charge less than 20 in this ...

Page 9: ...up the onscreen game controls And click the save to save your change About using G sensor function you are able to hold the remote control at vertical or horizontal direction means point the remote control to the spark2 screen at a vertical direction or turning the remote control 90 degree parallel to the spark2 screen Then shake remote control right and left or up and down to enjoy the gravity se...

Page 10: ...ol to start to pair the remote control with your spark2 box 3 Once paired remote control will response with a vibrating alert and the operating status light changes to solid blue at the same time spark2 TV displays success message the remote control with ID XXXXXXX has been paired successfully with spark2 box 4 When your spark2 has already paired with two remote controls and they are in operation ...

Page 11: ...e TV SPARK2 provides two connection methods A Connecting TV via HDMI cable For the sake of the best picture quality especially for digital TV HDMI connection is recommended B Connecting TV via AV Cable 3 Power ON OFF There are several ways to turn your spark2 ON or OFF Complete Power Shutdown There is a Power Switch in the rear panel it takes a longer time to boot the system if you turned it off b...

Page 12: ...ase you need to enter correct addresses in each field Select the save option to confirm your settings The wifi submenu is used when spark2 connects to network via a wireless connection Select wifi submenu a screen appears showing the search results for available WLANs select the appropriate WLAN from the list if it s a secure network and it s the first time you ve used it you will need to enter yo...

Page 13: ...de Set the Auto update to OFF if you want to use a certain fixed time In this case you need to enter correct time in date and time field with number keys Select the desired time format and confirm with OK Select the correct GMT Offset according to your time zone 2 4 Step4 resolution setting Then press key go to resolution setting Here you need select the desired resolution depending on your HD TV ...

Page 14: ...ht arrow keys to move the highlight to the Satellite column and then select the proper satellite which you wish to receive at the appointed DiSEqC port Press red key to display scan setting and press ok key to start scan This will take some minutes to scan all your configured satellites As the scan proceeds you will see the progressive percent and the found programs After scan completed you can ex...

Page 15: ...e channel number and channel name which is playing 3 video window 4 the channel number and channel name for the highlight channel 5 the current program information for the highlight channel 6 the next program information for the highlight channel Use the navigation arrow keys to browse the channel list and press ok key to play the channel Press key to select a group that you want Press key to disp...

Page 16: ...ls to FAV group Press key to sort the list Press key to display the detailed information of the highlight channel Press key to search channel Press key to edit channel move lock delete rename Delete mark new mark rename mark Move move the selected channels to a different position then press ok key to confirm Lock Lock the selected channels To watch the locked channel you must enter your password D...

Page 17: ...for 5 seconds default setting You can also display the detailed information menu by pressing key or left arrow key You can set the display time of the information banner in the Setting system Mix setting 1 Channel number 2 channel name 3 EPG Highlighted when the program provides epg information 4 Teletext Highlighted when the program provides Teletext 5 Multilingual Highlighted when the program pr...

Page 18: ...eys to select the Stereo sound you want and confirmed your setting with OK key Multilingual Using up and down keys to select the desired audio value and confirmed your setting with OK key Subtitle You can view the available subtitles in the list Using up and down arrow keys to select subtitle that you want to play and press OK key to activate it Subtitle setting this item only available when subti...

Page 19: ...he Repeat Type in this case you can manual set the data to begin and end zapping or recording Start Time End Time You can set the time to begin and end zapping or recording Select Change channel for channel tuning reservation Select Record for recording reservation Reserved event is placed on the Timer Manage menu To delete and edit the reservation refer APP TimerManage for detailed description Pr...

Page 20: ...ching if the program do not provides any epg information recording will start immediately with default duration If the program provides epg information an option will given to you for select stop recording when the current program ends or stop recording when the default duration ends Once a recording has been started the record bar will be displayed for 3 seconds with the symbol in the top left co...

Page 21: ...lose current app running Uninstall uninstall current app the default installed app can not uninstall Press key to search app 5 2 SimpleInstall Highlight the Simple Install item in APP home page then press OK key enter See introduction step 5 simple install for how to con fig simple install 5 3 Advanced install Highlight the Advanced install item in APP home page then press OK key enter or press me...

Page 22: ...sent through the given TP So if you set the Net search to NIT ON status and search that TP then you will be able to catch the channels in those new transponders NIT Off is used to scan the channels based on the current transponder Polarization Select Horizontal or Vertical This option will be hidden if blind scan option set OFF After define scan parameter completely press the OK key to start searc...

Page 23: ... select the move dish by continue or step size and press the ok key to start move the antenna West or East If you selected Continuous for the move mode the antenna will move continuously until you press another key Once the antenna is positioned properly select save option and press ok key to save the position Goto reference used to move the dish to 0 positions Motor USALS This mode will allow you...

Page 24: ...ptions will be hidden if you select more than one tp to scan After define scan parameter completely press the OK key to start searching all selected transponders Press key to add a new transponder TP Frequency Specify the frequency in MHz Polarization Select horizontal or vertical Symbol Rate Enter with the Number buttons Mode select DVB S or DVB S2 After entering TP frequency symbol rate polariza...

Page 25: ...wnload Select download picon will automatic download picons of current channel list from online server 5 5 Settings Highlight the settings item in APP home page then press OK key enter Press keys to switch between network and system page 5 5 1 WiFI network Enable WiFi network option a screen appears showing the search results for available WLANs select the appropriate WLAN from the list if it s a ...

Page 26: ...ted 5 5 4 Network harddrive Once a shared folder exists on your local computer and your computer with your spark2 box is connected to your local network it allows you to set the shared folder as a remote hard drive on your spark2 Enter network hard disk menu spark2 will search for the network harddrive automatically All found network hard drive will list in this menu Highlight your desired hard dr...

Page 27: ...need After setting all fields completely press red key to connect then the special network harddrive appears in this menu Press key to refresh the current available network hard drive list 5 5 5 DLNA Once a DLNA media server is exist on your local network set the DLNA option at ON will allows you to set your spark2 as a client to play audio video and photo files from DLNA media Server Set the stor...

Page 28: ...ok airplay will send your wirelessly Photos Videos and Music from your iphone ipad to your spark2 TV 5 5 7 VPN To access VPN Virtual Private Network you need to setup your VPN setting first Press key to add a vpn server like bellow enter your VPN information in each filed 5 5 8 PVR Record setting Record path select an external storage device and path to store the record file Make sure the internal...

Page 29: ...o your desired languages When you watch a program if the program has A EPG information of the language that is designated for the epg Language it will be preferred displayed Teletext language Set the Teletext Language to your desired languages When you watch a program if the program has a Teletext of the language that is designated for the Teletext Language it will be preferred displayed Subtitle ...

Page 30: ...gram has as the audio output OFF is used when you want to set the audio output always to be pcm Note if your TV can not support Dolby Digital output via HDMI no matter ON or OFF been set the audio output should always to be pcm CEC If you set the CEC ON you are able to short press the power key on the remote control to switch on or switch off spark2 receiver and your TV Note make sure your TV can ...

Page 31: ...appears 2 you are able to reboot spark2 wipe reset spark2 and upgrade update Zip from recovery mode 3 about upgrade update Zip from recovery mode you need first rename the ota zip to update zip copy the file named update Zip into the root of SD card or into the root of first partition of USB Attach USB or SD card to your spark2 Move highlight to install update zip to System option in recovery menu...

Page 32: ... and then press red key start backup The backup will take several minutes to complete especially if you select a lot of settings and apps for backup Select Restore option select the desired backup file and press red key to start recovery 5 5 15 Parental Setting Censorship classification set the Age rating as you want Time control Allow time only allow user to watch program in a time period as your...

Page 33: ...p press right left or up down arrow keys to zoom move OSD screen until it fit for your TV 5 5 18 Google account Press key to add a Google account Follow the on screen instructions to set up your Google account Press key to delete the selected account 5 5 19 Contact 5 5 20 About About menu includes information about your spark2 Lists details about the STBID ChipId uboot version Kernel version Andro...

Page 34: ...o add a new folder Press key to sort by Name Type Size Modify date Press key to select highlight file Press key to edit the selected file Copy Cut Paste rename To copy cut and paste files to another folder perform the following steps 1 Press blue key to select your desired files for copy or cut 2 Select the folder where you want to paste it 3 Press the Menu button and select the paste option 5 7 H...

Page 35: ...nloads To download a file You can download files and even applications from web pages Different WebPages offer different mechanisms for downloading pictures documents applications and other files Click hold an image or a link to a file or to another webpage start download The files you ve downloaded stored in the internal flash memory are under file list STB memory download Highlight the downloads...

Page 36: ...you are able to control and stream from your spark2 box on your ios devices and android devices With the Spark Web server you can Control your spark2 box using a browser on pc or mobile device you can watch TV look up EPG information set and handle timers send messages use its virtual Remote Control and much more All your need is input the Spark Web server URL in the web browser address column on ...

Page 37: ...nd wait a moment while the device looks for your spark2 When it appears in the list tap to connect and a few moments later you ll see your Android device duplicated on spark2 TV Highlight the Miracast item in APP home page then press OK key enter Spark2 will automatic search available Miracast compatible Android device and list them Press red key search available Miracast compatible Android device...

Page 38: ...ight an application icon press ok key to display the detailed information then you are able to press key install this application or press key to give an admiration for this application 6 2 Weather Press key to delete current city Press key to add a new city Press key to switch temperature unit Press key to have Weather update information automatically 6 3 Play store Highlight the Play Store item ...

Page 39: ...t arrow key to jump backward 20 seconds at a time Press key to add current movie to favorite list Press key to display the detailed information of current movie 7 2 Record Highlight the record item in APP home page or Media home page then press OK key enter record player Press keys to switch channel file and Timeline page Channel page only display all recorded files and sort them by channel File p...

Page 40: ...list random order Press Right arrow key to jump forward 20 seconds at a time Press Left arrow key to jump backward 20 seconds at a time Press key go to the previous audio track Press key go to the next audio track 7 4 Photo Highlight the Photo item in APP home page or Media home page then press OK key enter Photo player Choose a picture file to play Press key to choose a favorite song play in back...

Page 41: ...do the operations as listed below Press key open a new tab Press key to add current website in to a favorite list Press key zoom current website page Press key refresh the current web page Press key to call up setting menu some settings about the web browser You can navigate quickly through web browser by moving or moving your thumb quickly on the scroll Wheel Note The favorite list can save 20 we...

Page 42: ...or the signal is weakened by heavy rain the quality of audio and video may become temporarily poor If you experience poor audio and video quality due to bad weather conditions please check if your satellite antenna is oriented in the original direction And see if it is covered by snow Also check if your LNB is not damaged 4 Remote control problem Check if the remote control is paired with your spa...

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