User Manual
HELIOS X5000 HD Upscaling Multimedia & DVD Player
HANTZ + PARTNER
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Страница 1: ...User Manual HELIOS X5000 HD Upscaling Multimedia DVD Player HANTZ PARTNER The Upgrade Company www hantz com ...
Страница 2: ...t takes about 10 seconds for the player to fully turn itself on Once on please note that it takes a little bit of time to switch from feature to feature The following pages provide you with detailed information on everything you need to know about your HELIOS X5000 If you have any query that is left unanswered after reading this manual please do not hesitate to contact us at support neodigits com ...
Страница 3: ...etwork wired Network Wireless Install NeoLink Server Software 9 Operating the Network Media Player Setting system browser mode DVD VCD CD setup and playback Playing from a USB storage device Playing content over a network Playing content from Internet Entering text using the remote control Changing the front panel display Playing DRM content on your HELIOS Creating and using web bookmarks on your ...
Страница 4: ...is device to moisture and do not place water filled objects close to or on top of it Usage Notice Before plugging in this device make sure your power supply voltage matches the product The working voltage of this player is marked on the rear panel To avoid damage to the audio system switch the volume of connected devices such as speakers or amplifiers to minimum before turning the player on off Un...
Страница 5: ... One Quick Start Guide Select the correct power supply voltage The HELIOS X5000 works under 220 240V or 110V power supply Before you connect this player to your power source be sure to check the back of your player to see if the voltage switch is set to the right setting The voltage switch shows the current voltage setting Flip the switch to the right to select 220 240V mode flip the switch to the...
Страница 6: ...ormats Video Formats NB All figures below are peak values Format Wired LAN DVD CD USB 2 0 USB 1 1 MPEG 1 MPEG 2 12Mbps 10Mbps 4Mbps 10Mbps 3Mbps DivX XviD MPEG4 1 5Mbps 1 5Mbps 1 5Mbps 1 5Mbps 1 5Mbps WMV9 8Mbps 8Mbps 4Mbps 8Mbps 3Mbps AVI files can only be played when they are interleaved If a non interleaved file is played either the video or audio quality will be compromised Make sure the file ...
Страница 7: ...NTFS WMV9 4 GB if the disk format is FAT32 or 2 TB if the disk format is NTFS Precautions Handling the player When transporting the player Repacking the player in the original packaging is the safest way of transporting the player To keep the exterior surface clean Do not use volatile liquids such as insecticide spray near the unit Use a soft cloth lightly moistened with a mild detergent solution ...
Страница 8: ...rong solvents such as alcohol benzene thinner or anti static spray intended for vinyl records 3 Front panel Buttons and features explained 1 Power button 2 Front panel display 3 Disk tray 4 Eject button 5 Play Pause button 6 Stop button 7 Previous button 8 Next button 4 Front panel Display 1 Main information display show playback elapsed time player s status 2 DVD logo This logo will show up when ...
Страница 9: ...video output 4 Composite video output 5 Component video output 6 Coaxial digital audio output 7 Optical digital audio output 8 External antenna connector 9 2 channel left and right stereo audio outputs 10 USB connector 11 Heat sink 12 Voltage switch 13 Power connector ...
Страница 10: ... Switches audio tracks 10 Mute Press once to mute Press twice to undo mute 11 Volume increase 12 Volume decrease 13 Up cursor 14 Left cursor 15 Right cursor 16 Down cursor 17 OK Enter 18 Return go back to previous menu page 19 DVD Menu 20 Fast backward 21 Play 22 Fast forward 23 Zoom 24 Previous Skip backward 25 Pause 26 Next Skip forward 27 Angle switches play angles 28 Repeat Switches between re...
Страница 11: ... options and 11 different video output resolutions Proper video setup is needed to ensure optimum results Make one of the following connections depending on your equipment TV computer monitor projector etc Note If your display device only supports standard definition video input PAL or NTSC then you can connect your TV with the Helios X5000 via composite video cable S video cable or component cabl...
Страница 12: ... to your AV receiver using Stereo 5 1 Surround or digital audio connections coaxial optical C Component connection The following resolutions are available via component connection PAL NTSC 480p 576p 720p 1080i 720p 50hz 1080i 50hz and 1080p Insert one end of the component video Y Cb Cr into the red blue green socket of the component video output located on the rear of the player Insert the other e...
Страница 13: ...w cable into the video socket on your TV Display and player Insert the white cable into the left channel and the red cable into the right channel audio socket output on the player Then connected the white left and red right audio cables to your TV display E S Video connection ...
Страница 14: ...ial or optical output ii Hi Fi Analog via stereo output A Connecting to a 2 channel audio amplifier Connect the video output of the player to the video input of your TV system using the corresponding cable Connect the audio cable s L and R from the stereo output to the sound input of the L R socket on the amplifier B Connecting to a Digital audio receiver If your audio system AV receiver amplifier...
Страница 15: ...V receiver digital input Network Connection A Hard wired connection LAN Connecting to broadband router with built in switch or HUB Please use Cat 5 cable to connect the player to the switch or HUB Direct connection to a computer To connect directly to another computer you will need a cat 5 crossover cable Using the cross over cable you can directly the player to a computer s NIC ...
Страница 16: ...enu 11 Go to LAN to open the LAN settings sub menu 12 If your network has a router or a DHCP server you can simply select automatic allowing the player to connect to your network automatically If you do not use the automatic function you will have to manually setup the IP DNS and Gateway addresses according to your network configuration ...
Страница 17: ...licking Setup on your remote control Once you enter the setup menu choose WiFi Setup to get to the submenu Once in wireless settings you need to switch the preferred network to wireless the default is wired and then reboot the player After rebooting go to wireless settings again to setup the parameters to your wireless AP Access Point ...
Страница 18: ...ure you will need to use the Ad Hoc connection Set up wireless connection as described above After reboot go to the wireless setup and select Connection Ad Hoc 8 Before Operation Setup your HELIOS X5000 video mode Before you start to setup the video mode you need to connect your display devices with the HELIOS X5000 properly see section 3 connecting to a TV for details ...
Страница 19: ... output works with your display 3 Click Setup button on the remote control to enter the setup menu 4 Under system Î Video settings menu you can select the correct video mode 5 After selecting the right video mode click Save to save your entered setting you may be asked to reboot the player 6 If the new video mode you selected is not working with your display device click the TV mode button a few t...
Страница 20: ...s 1 Turn on the player and your display device then wait for the player to fully boot up 2 Click the Setup button on the remote control to enter the setup menu 3 In System Î System Language menu Then select your desired language 4 Scroll down to Save and press ENTER on the remote control To get audio using your HDMI connection The HELIOS X5000 digital HDMI output can output either a DVI video only...
Страница 21: ... details 1 Turn on the player the display device and audio equipment 2 Click the Setup button on the remote control to enter the setup menu 3 In system Î Audio settings and Audio Mode menus you can select the different audio output mode 4 If you have optical coaxial audio connection and use your AV receiver to decode the Dolby Digital DTS 5 1 channel sound you need set Audio Setting to Raw Format ...
Страница 22: ...ress is 192 168 0 5 and the IP address of the network computer is 192 168 0 3 means the player has the correct network connection 5 If the player has a different IP address then you need to check the cable connection and the DHCP setting of your network Or you may need to set the network settings manually See the appendix section to check the IP address of a computer on the LAN B To setup a networ...
Страница 23: ...rk 4 Reboot the player 5 Repeat 2 under wireless set up the SSID encryption and other parameters of your wireless LAN settings How to install NeoLink server software on your computer The HELIOS X5000 is able to access computers on your LAN WLAN and play content therein To do so however you will need to install the NeoLink Server software on your computer s The server software can be downloaded fro...
Страница 24: ...he home page displayed on your TV To play content from a computer on the network simply use the cursor on the remote control to select the server on the list and press enter Then use the NeoLink browser to select the content you wish to play Note Through NeoLink s Online Media option you can also access all online content that is bookmarked on your media server web pages Web Radio TV RSS feeds pod...
Страница 25: ...r Option And then press Enter to check or uncheck the box which enables the HD Mode then select Save to reboot and validate changes DVD VCD CD setup and playback a Inserting discs To open the tray press the EJECT button on the remote control or on the front panel of the player It will take a few seconds for the tray to open after the EJECT button has been pressed NB Press the eject button more tha...
Страница 26: ...s content and all files will be displayed on the screen Select a file and click enter to play it If you want to play all the files in a folder go to the first file in the folder and click Play The HELIOS X5000 offers you a unique way of fast forwarding a video file in quick selection mode To fast forward 10 of the video file content you simply have to press button number 1 on your remote control T...
Страница 27: ...dio TV Podcasts RSS feeds You can play a wide variety of internet content on your TV using your X5000 Some examples of content that can be played are web radio IPTV podcasts web pages including RSS feeds of you selection To access internet you have three options 1 HELIOS Media portal On the player s home page there will be an icon for HELIOS Media portal The media portal is a web page hosted by Ne...
Страница 28: ...e users prefer to switch the font panel display to shoe time remaining or turn off the display completely To do so During video and audio playback pressing Clear repeatedly on your remote control lets you go through different display options on your player s front panel The following options are available A Elapsed Time default B Time Remaining C File Track Chapter number D Off no data displayed P...
Страница 29: ...arks with your HELIOS player However if you have more than one browser say you have Internet Explorer and Firefox then you can select which bookmarks to share To do this open NeoLink Go to Edit Î Preferences From Preferences go to Service Î Web bookmark Then select which browser bookmarks you want to share Now I can go to my HELIOS and look see my local forecast whenever I like From the home page ...
Страница 30: ...affected but video streaming bight not be smooth over a slow connection Controlling access to you media library To control which UPnP devices computers have access to your NeoLink library you have two options A Password In the NeoLink Preferences go to System and then click the Security tab Here you can create a password which will need to be entered each time a device wants to access your NeoLink...
Страница 31: ...he X5000 To access the setup press Setup on the remote control When change an option go to Save Î Enter You may be asked to reboot to enable the changes Or Press Cancel to ignore any changes To restore all settings to their default values select Restore Factory Settings Î Enter System ...
Страница 32: ...rnet Security select internet security system SSL2 SSL3 or TLSV1 SSL2 SSL3 Video Setting select the video output and resolution Video Zoom Select the default zoom level used by the player Fit to Screen Full Screen Actual Size Audio Setting For digital audio you can select the player to output a Raw signal or PCM format Audio Mode For audio mode you can select Stereo or 5 1 channel surround sound 5...
Страница 33: ...control password Setup or change the parental password of the player TV Type Select the TV shape to suit your display 4 3 Letterbox 4 3 Pan Scan or 16 9 LAN Settings MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the player This can not be changed IP address Enter an IP address for the player Subnet Mask Enter a subnet mask address value Primary DNS Enter a primary DNS number value Secondary DNS Enter a ...
Страница 34: ...be ignored Available A list of available wireless networks Select a network from the list then press Select SSID Set the SSID to be used by the player Connection Select the type of wireless network Infrastructure or Ad Hoc Security Select the security method that your wireless network uses WEP 64Bit WEP 128 Bit WPA TKIP WPA AES or Disabled Time Settings Primary NTP Server Set the address of the Ne...
Страница 35: ...ograms XP or Programs NT and 2000 2 Select Accessories then Command Prompt 2000 and XP or Command Prompt NT 3 At the command prompt enter ipconfig all 4 You will see your computer s Host name DNS servers Physical address IP address Subnet mask Default gateway and WINS servers information 5 To close the command prompt enter exit b For Windows 95 98 and Me 1 Click the Start button and select Run 2 T...
Страница 36: ...s supported 3 If using the player with a HDMI TV please ensure the Connected to DVI TV is checked Picture distorted or loss of color 1 Check all video cable connections 2 The Video output settings of the player are not matched with the input settings of the TV Display Double check both player and DVD settings 3 Damaged or poor quality media No Disc Invalid Disc displayed This can happen with a dir...
Страница 37: ...rk wireless 1 Poor signal strength Try relocating your wireless HUB router closer to your player 2 Wireless antenna not securely attached 3 Wireless access point incorrect Refer to Windows documentation about creating wireless networks Can not browse internet 1 Check your internet connection try connecting to the internet from a computer on the network 2 Network problem see above Can not read medi...
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