TizzBird S20A Owner's manual

Owner’s Guide

TIZZBIRD™ Hybrid PVR

S20 Series

Rev 1.x

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Table of Contents

1 Safety Notice ............................................................................. 4

2 Features .................................................................................... 5

3 Specifications ............................................................................ 6

3.1 S20T ................................................................................................................................... 6

3.2 S20A................................................................................................................................... 7

4 Description of Each Part ............................................................. 8

5 Package Contents ...................................................................... 9

6 Installation and Connection ....................................................... 10

6.1 Connecting the Video ..................................................................................................... 10

6.2 Connecting the Audio ..................................................................................................... 11

6.3 Connecting USB Device .................................................................................................. 12

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7 Initial Setup .............................................................................. 13

7.1 Language Setup .............................................................................................................. 13

7.2 Video Output Setup ........................................................................................................ 14

7.3 Screen Fitting Setup ....................................................................................................... 15

7.4 Network Setup ................................................................................................................ 15

7.5 Time & Weather Location Setup ................................................................................... 16

7.6 Theme Setup ................................................................................................................... 17

8 Using Remote Controller............................................................ 18

9 Firmware Update & Installation of Apps ..................................... 19

10 Initial Screen ............................................................................ 20

10.1 Turning On Power .......................................................................................................... 20

10.2 Home Screen ................................................................................................................... 20

10.3 Audio Settings ................................................................................................................ 21

10.4 Network Settings ............................................................................................................ 22

10.4.1 Configure Wi-Fi Connection .......................................................................................... 22

10.4.2 Configure Ethernet Connection ..................................................................................... 23

10.4.3 Configure Manual-IP Ethernet ...................................................................................... 24

10.5 Turning Power Off, Completely Power Off ................................................................... 25

11 Start-Up and Terminate ............................................................. 26

11.1 Home Screen ................................................................................................................... 26

11.2 Movie Browser ................................................................................................................ 27

11.3 Terminate ........................................................................................................................ 27

12 Watching & Recording Digital TV ............................................... 28

12.1 Scanning Channels ......................................................................................................... 28

12.2 Watching Digital TV ....................................................................................................... 29

12.3 Recording and Time-Shifting ........................................................................................ 30

13 Watching Movie ........................................................................ 31

13.1 Selecting Device ............................................................................................................. 31

13.2 Movie Browser ................................................................................................................ 31

13.3 Movie Browser Menu ...................................................................................................... 32

13.4 To Add Movie Poster ...................................................................................................... 33

13.5 Synopsis Screen .............................................................................................................. 34

13.6 Resume and Bookmark .................................................................................................. 35

13.7 Color Buttons at Movie Playback .................................................................................. 37

13.8 Playback Speed Control ................................................................................................. 38

13.9 Searching Menu (Time, Chapter, Bookmark) .............................................................. 38

13.10 Playback Information Menu .......................................................................................... 39

13.11 Subtitle Menu .................................................................................................................. 39

13.12 Audio Menu ..................................................................................................................... 39

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13.13 Video Parameter Menu .................................................................................................. 40

13.14 Playback 3D Format Movies .......................................................................................... 40

13.15 Skip Playback Position ................................................................................................... 40

13.16 Movie Playback Controller ............................................................................................. 41

14 Listening Music ........................................................................ 42

14.1 Music Browser ................................................................................................................ 42

14.2 Music Playback Screen ................................................................................................... 43

14.3 Music Playback Menu ..................................................................................................... 43

15 Watching Photo ....................................................................... 45

15.1 Photo Browser ................................................................................................................ 45

15.2 Photo Browsing Menu .................................................................................................... 46

15.3 Photo Playback ............................................................................................................... 46

15.4 Photo Playback Screen .................................................................................................. 46

15.5 Slideshow Control .......................................................................................................... 46

16 Using File Browser ................................................................... 47

16.1 File Browser & Selecting Device ................................................................................... 47

16.2 Register Subtitle Font File ............................................................................................. 48

16.3 Using File Operation ....................................................................................................... 49

17 Install and Execute Application ................................................ 50

17.1 Move applications at Android Phone to TizzBird ......................................................... 51

17.2 Execute Application ........................................................................................................ 51

18 Settings .................................................................................... 52

18.1 System ............................................................................................................................. 52

18.2 Audio and Visual ............................................................................................................. 54

18.3 Network ........................................................................................................................... 56

18.4 Movie ............................................................................................................................... 57

18.5 Music ................................................................................................................................ 58

18.6 Photo ............................................................................................................................... 58

18.7 Broadcast ........................................................................................................................ 59

18.8 Android Setting ............................................................................................................... 59

19 Connecting Network Server or NAS ............................................ 60

19.1 Network connection using NFS ..................................................................................... 60

19.1.1 Downloading TizzNFS Server ........................................................................................ 60

19.1.2 Executing TizzNFS Server & Configuration .................................................................. 60

19.1.3 Downloading other NFS Server ..................................................................................... 61

19.1.4 Executing freeNFS Server & Configuration .................................................................. 61

19.1.5 Connecting NFS Server at Device ................................................................................. 62

19.2 Network Connection using Samba ............................................................................... 65

19.2.1 Activating PC Share ........................................................................................................ 65

19.2.2 Connecting Samba Server at Device ............................................................................ 66

20 Firmware Upgrade .................................................................... 69

20.1 Online Upgrade (O.T.A – Over the Air Upgrade) ......................................................... 69

20.2 Local Upgrade ................................................................................................................. 69

20.2.1 Upgrade at Settings Screen ........................................................................................... 69

20.2.2 Upgrade at File Browser ................................................................................................ 70

21 How to Fix Booting Failure ......................................................... 71

21.1 Abstract ........................................................................................................................... 71

21.2 Repairing by

Safe Mode Booting

................................................................................... 71

21.3 Repairing by

System Recovery Mode

........................................................................... 71

21.3.1 Preparation ..................................................................................................................... 71

21.3.2 Entering System Recovery Mode .................................................................................. 71

22 GNU General Public License ....................................................... 74

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1 Safety Notice

Do not try to disassemble the unit. It may cause malfunction or

fire.

Keep away the unit from magnetized devices. It may erase the

data stored in the connected HDD drive.

Do not place the unit in places that are exposed to oil, water,

dust, humidity, rain or wind.

Keep away the unit from overheated areas, such as heaters.

Place it well ventilated location. Ensure that a free airflow is

maintained around the unit.

.

Do not drop or shock the unit from heights. Doing so may cause

serious damage to the parts inside.

.

Do not touch the power plug with wet hands or use defective

power cables and electric outlets. It may cause electric shocks or

fire.

Please install the unit nearby the socket outlet and easily accessible place. Unplug the

power cable when the device is not used for a long time.

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2 Features

Tizzbird playbacks various full HD movie contents including HDMV and DVD backup

formats as well as AVI, MKV, XVID and TS formats on TV. It supports most recent

video formats such as H264 and VC-1. It also supports 3D side-by-side and top &

bottom format.

TizzBird provides a full web-browsing capability very similar like PC. Mouse and

keyboard can be attached to support various inputs, which enable slick Internet

surfing even on the big screen TV.

TizzBird playbacks high resolution photo images on TV. It can slideshow the photos

while playing back the music in background. Transition effects such as fade-in-out

or zooming can be applied during transition of each photo.

TizzBird playbacks high quality lossless music such as FLAC, WAV up to 24bit/

96Khz. It also supports compressed MP3, OGG, AAC and CUE.

TizzBird runs applications on TV exact same APPs installed on the Android

Smartphone without any conversion. This also includes 3D games or 3D APPs that

utilize the superb OPEN-GL 3D accelerator. Some APPs that fixed screen-aspect

ratio cannot be applicable in some cases.

TizzBird supports Ethernet and optional Wi-Fi 802.11n which enables fastest

networking ever before. TizzBird supports NFS, SAMBA, uPnP network protocols to

connect various servers.

Tizzbird receives and playbacks the terrestrial digital TV at your country. It also

supports recording of digital TV program directly or thru EPG. You will not miss any

of your favorite programs.

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3 Specifications

3.1 S20T

Item

Specifications

Comment

System

 1 Ghz Dual-core Cortex-A9 processor (TCC8935) with Mali400MP2

 4,000+ DMIPS computing power

 512KB L2 Cache/ 1GB RAM/ 4GB T-flash memory

 Android 4.2 (Jelly-Bean) operating system

 802.11n Wi-Fi for 2.4G

 Single DVB-T on-board tuner

Input & Output

 1x Power Button

 DVB-T F connector input & pass-thru output

 HDMI 1.4

 1x Optical Digital Audio Output

 One CVBS + analog stereo audio output port 3.5mm pi headphone-jack

 10/100 Ethernet

 3x USB 2.0 Host (2x for generic and 1x for Wi-Fi dongle)

 1x micro-USB port for downloading FW & debugging

Features

(PVR)

 High performance HD/ H264 reception/ recording

 Decoding/ viewing/ recording of digital terrestrial television

 Digital TV Time-shifting

 Supports all formats of DVB-T and AS4933.

 Supports DVB-T 7 days EPG

 Direct recording to NTFS file system.

 AirLink (Sending DTV contents to phone over IP) *

Features

(Tizzbird)

 Automatic upgrade of system firmware & applications. (OTA)

 AirLink™ features

 Share contents of iPhone, Android phone and tablet on TV

 Share contents of PC/ NAS on TV

 Playback movie files

 AVI, MPEG1/2/4 (Xvid), .VOB, .DAT, .WMV, .TP, .FLV

 MKV with H264/VC1/ WMV9

 Full HD – up to 1920x1080p resolution

 3D BD thru HDMI 1.4 & MVC

 Playback Music files

 .MP3, .OGG, .WMA, .AAC, .WAV (PCM), FLAC

 Show Image files

 .JPG, .JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP

 Slideshow while background music playing

 Text Subtitle support

 SMI, .SUB, .SRT, .SSA, .ASS, .UTF, .LRC

 Language

 International Languages

File System

 NTFS/ FAT32

LAN Connectivity

 NFS/ Samba/ DLNA (uPnP) network protocols

Dimension

 115 x 115 x 23 mm

Bundles

 +5V 2A DC adapter

 IR remote & AV cable

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3.2 S20A

Item

Specifications

Comment

System

 1 Ghz Dual-core Cortex-A9 processor (TCC8935) with Mali400MP2

 4,000+ DMIPS computing power

 512KB L2 Cache/ 1GB RAM/ 4GB T-flash memory

 Android 4.2 (Jelly-Bean) operating system

 802.11n Wi-Fi for 2.4G

 Single ATSC on-board tuner

Input & Output

 1x Power Button ( Front )

 F connector antenna input & pass-thru output

 HDMI 1.4

 1x Optical Digital Audio Output

 One CVBS + analog stereo audio output port 3.5mm pi headphone-jack

 10/100 Ethernet

 3x USB 2.0 Host (2 for generic and 1 for Wi-Fi dongle)

 1x micro-USB port for downloading FW & debugging

Features

(PVR)

 High performance HD/ H264 reception/ recording

 Decoding/ viewing/ recording of digital terrestrial television

 Digital TV Time-shifting

 Supports all 18 formats of ATSC

 Direct recording to NTFS file system.

 AirLink (Sending DTV contents to phone over IP)

Features

(Tizzbird)

 Automatic upgrade of system firmware & applications. (OTA)

 AirLink™ features

 Share contents of iPhone, Android phone and tablet on TV

 Share contents of PC/ NAS on TV

 Playback movie files

 AVI, MPEG1/2/4 (Xvid), .VOB, .DAT, .WMV, .TP, .FLV

 MKV with H264/VC1/ WMV9

 Full HD – up to 1920x1080p resolution

 3D BD thru HDMI 1.4 & MVC

 Playback Music files

 .MP3, .OGG, .WMA, .AAC, .WAV (PCM), FLAC

 Show Image files

 .JPG, .JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP

 Slideshow while background music playing

 Text Subtitle support

 SMI, .SUB, .SRT, .SSA, .ASS, .UTF, .LRC

 Language

 International Languages

File System

 NTFS/ FAT32

LAN Connectivity

 NFS/ Samba/ DLNA (uPnP) network protocols

Dimension

 115 x 115 x 23 mm

Bundles

 +5V 2A DC adapter

 IR remote & AV cable

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4 Description of Each Part

1) Power Button

5) Optical Output

9) AV Output

13) Antenna Output

2) LED#1 / IR

6) Micro SD Slot

10) HDMI Output

3) LED #2

7) Micro USB

11) Ethernet

4) USB Port

8) DC Input

12) Antenna In

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5 Package Contents

The TizzBird package contains the following items. The shape of items described below may

slightly different from the actual contents.

Main Unit

Remote Controller

Quick Guide

Power Adapter

AV Cable

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6 Installation and Connection

6.1 Connecting the Video

The TizzBird supports HDMI and Composite video output for connection to a TV, and

each output needs to be configured in the settings browser depending on what cable is

being used.

Connection to HDMI Output

Connect the device output to your TV

using HDMI cable. 1080p full HD

contents can be output as full-HD only

thru HDMI. HDMI can also output the

audio signal so no need to connect

another cable for audio.

Connection to Composite

Output

Connect the device output to your TV

using the included AV cable. Select the

appropriate video input mode on your

TV. You need to connect the audio

cable (white & red one of AV cable) for

audio signal.

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6.2 Connecting the Audio

The unit provides RCA analog stereo output and optical digital output and HDMI to

connect the audio device like AV receiver and TV. Please connect to audio outputs to

appropriate port of audio device. Please select the appropriate input at the audio device

using remote controller after connection.

Connection to TV

Connect the two audio cables of AV

cable, the white one at left channel

and the red one at right channel to

appropriate terminal on your TV.

Connection to AV Receiver

Connect the optical cable or HDMI

cable to your multi-channel AV

receiver, if you have one. The

compressed audio stream will be

directly transferred to your AV receiver

so you can enjoy the multi-channel

surround sound.

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6.3 Connecting USB Device

This device provides two USB 2.0 host ports to connect various external devices, such as

FLASH MEMORY drive, external USB HDD enclosure, digital camera/camcorder, keyboard &

mouse, or Wi-Fi USB dongle.

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1.1

7 Initial Setup

Initial setup consists of 6 steps of WIZARD style sequences. The sequence of WIZARD will

be LANGUAGE SETUP  VIDEO OUTPUT SETUP SCREEN FITTING  NETWORK SETUP 

TIME&WEATHER SETUP  THEME SETUP

The PREV/ NEXT button on the top side of each screen will bring the PREV/ NEXT step.

7.1 Language Setup

The first step is setup the menu language. The setup wizard will enumerate all the

languages available at the device.

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7.2 Video Output Setup

The 2nd setup is video output. Video output screen will pop up both COMPOSITE and HDMI

screen. User can select one of these buttons with MOUSE or REMOTE.

If user selects HDMI output then the screen resolution selection screen will appear as above.

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7.3 Screen Fitting Setup

The 3rd step is fitting the screen size according to user’s TV. Clicking UP/DOWN button at

left-bottom side will increase/ decrease the screen size accordingly. Press OK when done.

7.4 Network Setup

The 4th step is setting up network. Both Wi-Fi and Ethernet can be configured here. If Wi-Fi

button were pressed, the following screen will enumerate all available Wi-Fi AP. Select one

of them and click it.

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After selection of appropriate Wi-Fi access point, typing the password will finalize the Wi-Fi

setup and Internet connection will be made.

7.5 Time & Weather Location Setup

The next step is setting up time zone and weather location. Tizzbird provides automatic

setup for those as long as network is connected.

To setup the time-zone automatically, select the “AUTO” button as above screen, if Internet

is connected. Otherwise, you can manually input the time-zone or weather location. Select

each button accordingly to do that.

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7.6 Theme Setup

The final step is setting up theme. Tizzbird provides two type of theme, one is the “Android”

theme, the other is “Multimedia” theme. If you are familiar with smart phone user interface,

please choose “Android”. If you are more familiar with multimedia player, then choose

“Multimedia” theme. The theme can be selected freely at settings later.

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8 Using Remote Controller

1

Power On/ Off

2

Go to HOME screen

3

Pop-up MENU

4

Go to PREVIOUS screen

5

Up Arrow

6

Left Arrow

7

Right Arrow

8

Down Arrow

9

Select

10

Select Previous (Chapter/ Item)

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Select Next (Chapter/ Item)

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Volume Up

13

Volume Down

14

Mute / Mouse On-Off (Long pressed)

15

Channel Up

16

Channel Down

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Color Key – Red (Context Sensitive)

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Color Key – Green (Context Sensitive)

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Color Key – Yellow (Context Sensitive)

20~29

Number Input Keys

30

Bookmark/ Record

31

Search

1

2

3

2

4

2

5

6

7

8

9

10

15

11

12

13

16

17

18

19

20~29

30

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9 Firmware Update & Installation of Apps

The

new FIRMWARE

can be updated by OTA (Over the Air) when there is new firmware

available. The information dialog will be pop-up when there is new firmware.

Go to “Settings” icon  “System Tab” and select “Firmware Upgrade”.

If you download many applications from market, internal memory can be full. In this case

you need to install the extra micro-SD card into the micro-SD slot

for more applications. Then more application can be downloaded and installed.

Some applications are initially configured to be downloaded and installed into micro-SD

device only, not internal memory.

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10 Initial Screen

10.1 Turning On Power

Press

<POWER>

button on the remote or press the power key at front panel to turn on the

power. The unit will start boot-up.

The circle around power button will blink fast during the booting. LED will turn into BLUE

during normal operation after booting.

10.2 Home Screen

The below HOME SCREEN will appear after booting up. It shows 7 different items. The each

item can do the each designated browsing. For example, movies can be browsed at

MOVIE BROWSER. HOME SCREEN consists of 7 browsers including (from left to right)

PHOTO/ MUSIC/ MOVIE/ DTV/ APP/ SETTINGS browsers.

To execute each browser, select the browser by arrow buttons on the remote and press

<OK>

button.

File

DTV

App

Settings

Movie

Music

Photo

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