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General Introduction Thank you for purchasing your new HELIOS X5000 Network Media player. The Helios X5000 is built with professional-grade components and state-of-the-art features. Unlike your standard DVD player, the X5000 is somewhat of a mini-computer. And like all other computers, you will notice that it takes some time for this player to start up as it loads different software. It takes about 10 seconds for the player to fully turn itself on.
Table of contents 1. Safety precautions 2. Before Use What’s-in-the-box checklist Overview of HELIOS X5000 Supported Discs and Formats Precautions 3. Front panel 4. Front Panel Display 5. Rear Panel 6. Remote Control 7. Preparations Connecting to a TV Connecting to audio Equipment Connecting to Network Connecting to Wireless Network 8. Before Operation Initial Settings Language Picture Sound Network (wired) Network (Wireless) Install NeoLink Server Software 9.
1) Safety Precautions Symbols Warning: key operations and maintenance instruction enclosed with the player Caution: DO NOT open the cover of the player to avoid the risk of fire or electric shock. Contact a professional for repair. Warning: Dangerous high voltage inside and risk of electrical shock. CAUTION To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock or damage to the player, do not expose this device to moisture and do not place water filled objects close to or on top of it.
2) Before Use What’s-in-the-box checklist • One HELIOS X5000 HD Upscaling Multimedia & DVD player • One Remote Control • Two AA batteries for remote control • One HDMI digital video connection cable • One RCA audio video cable • One Power cable • One Quick Start Guide Select the correct power supply voltage The HELIOS X5000 works under 220/240V or 110V power supply.
Overview of HELIOS X5000 Main features • • • • • • • • • High Definition Upscaling DVD Player up to 1080P(1920x1080) resolution High Definition Network Media Player Video (standard and high definition)/audio/picture media file playback Built-in 10/100M LAN and 54M 802.
MP3 WMA (excluding WMA9Pro) Ogg Vorbis AAC PCM(WAVE) 64k～192kbps 64k～192kbps 64k～192kbps 64k～192kbps － 32k/44.1k/48kHz 44.1k/48kHz － 32k/44.1k/48kHz 32k/44.1k/48kHz * Copyright-protected WMA discs cannot be played directly but copy protected discs & files can be played over the LAN via NeoLink server and Windows Media Connect.
fingertips will not get on the surface. Do not stick paper or tape on the disc. After playing, store the disc in its case. Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or sources of heat. For example, do not leave a disc in a parked car exposed to direct sunlight. Clean discs with a clean cloth. Wipe the disc from the center out. Do not wipe in a circular motion. Do not use strong solvents such as alcohol, benzene, thinner or anti-static spray intended for vinyl records.
5) Rear panel 1. LAN (RJ45) connector. 2. HDMI digital video output. 3. S-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.
6) Remote control All the features of the Helios X5000 can be accessed with the remote control via two user modes: media player mode- to play DVD/ CD and audio/video files network mode- to browse the Internet and the local area network. Some buttons on the remote control operate differently in media player mode 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36.
7) Preparation Connecting to a TV / Display Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you can connect the player to your AV equipment and computer network. Please refer to the manual of your TV, stereo system or other devices where necessary to make the best connections. For better sound reproduction, you can connect the player’s Audio output to a separate amplifier / AV receiver.
Use the HDMI cable to connect the player to the HDMI input of your display. When a HDMI output resolution is selected your X5000 will output both video and audio. If you wish to use a DVI connection instead of HDMI, you can connect to your TV using a HDMI to DVI converter cable. If using DVI, you will have to connect your sound system separately using the supplied audio cable to connect to your TV Or You can connect the X5000 sound output to your AV receiver using Stereo, 5.
D. Composite video connection Using the AV cables supplied, insert the yellow 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.
If there is an s-video input socket on your TV than you connect and the player using an S-Video cable. Use the supplied audio cable to connect the player to the TV Or You can digital audio connection (coaxial / optical) or 5.1 channel connection to your AV receiver . Connecting to Audio equipment The HELIOS X5000 has two different audio output options: i Digital via coaxial or optical output ii Hi Fi Analog via stereo output A.
Connect the video output of the player to the video input of your TV system using the corresponding cable. Use the fiber optic or coaxial cable to connect the player output to the AV 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.
9. Connect the network cable to the LAN RJ45 connector at the back of the Helios X5000. 10. Click on your remote to enter the setup menu, 11. Go to to open the LAN settings sub menu. 12. If your network has a router or a DHCP server, you can simply select 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.
B. Wireless network connection • Wireless connection to an Access Point You can connect HELIOS X5000 to your network wirelessly by first clicking on your remote control. Once you enter the setup menu, choose to get to the submenu. Once in settings, you need to switch the “preferred network” to wireless (the default is wired) and then reboot the player. After rebooting, go to settings again to setup the parameters to your wireless AP (Access Point).
• Wireless connection to an Ad-Hoc network If your wireless network does not use a wireless router / switch or you only have 1 wireless computer with no wireless infrastructure, you will need to use the Ad-Hoc connection. Set up wireless connection as described above.
1. Turn on the player and your display device 2. If the TV screen is blank, click the “TV mode” button on the remote control a few times until you see the “HELIOS” logo across the screen. The default Video setting of the player is Composite/S-Video/Component NTSC. Pressing the “TV Mode” button switches the player through each of the different output options for NTSC, PAL and High Definition. Pause for a moment after you press the TV mode button to see if the current output works with your display. 3.
Setup your HELIOS X5000 Language Before you select a language for the player to use in it’s menus, you must first male sure it’s properly connected to your display equipment. (see section 3, connecting to a TV for details) 1. Turn on the player and your display device, then wait for the player to fully boot up. 2. Click the button on the remote control to enter the setup menu 3. In “System” Î “System Language” menu. Then select your desired language. 4.
video) signal to your TV. A DVI TV can not accept a HDMI signal so therefore the default setting is for the HDMI to output a DVI signal. To enable full HDMI output (audio and video), you must first select a HDMI resolution in the above Video mode setup. Then, clear the “Connected to DVI TV” check box. Next, press Save and restart the player. Then, restart the player. When the player restarts you will have both audio and video over your HDMI connection.
network properly (see section 3, connecting to a network for details) A. To setup a network connection with DHCP server If you have a router/switch with built-in DHCP server or if you have a DHCP server computer in the same network, the HELIOS X5000 will automatically detect and configure the network settings. To check if the network is set properly: 1. Turn on the HELIOS X5000 player 2. Click the “Setup” button on the remote control to enter the setup menu 3.
computer in the same network, but for the last segment, enter any number between (10~254) – make sure there are no other computers in the LAN using the same number as what you inter into this last segment * You can check the “appendix” section for checking the IP address of the computer in the LAN. To setup wireless connection 1. Turn on the HELIOS X5000 player 2. Click the “Setup” button on the remote control to enter the setup menu 3. Under “Wireless” Î “preferred network”, change to wireless network.
If you have the NeoLink media server software installed on a computer on your network, you can play video, audio and photo content stored on the network. When the HELIOS X5000 is connected to the network it will detect all computers running the NeoLink Server software. All server names of computers running the NeoLink will be listed on the home page displayed on your TV.
Setting your system browser The System browser is used to display and navigate around the player’s system menus and settings. You have the option of enabling HD (high definition) mode on your Browser Option. When the browser is in HD mode, more information can be displayed on the screen but text and icons will be smaller. To change the Browser mode, Press on the remote control to open the System Setup. Use the cursor keys to go to the “Browser Option”.
If you want to disable automatic playback feature, just press “setup” button to enter the player’s setup, choose “DVD Setup” Î “Enable Auto Play” to “off”. To play media files stored on a disc or USB device. The HELIOS X5000 can play video, audio, and photo media files stored in DVD/ CD recordable discs, memory cards (via USB card reader), and external USB hard disks (including compatible MP3 players).
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 . Then use the NeoLink browser to select the content you wish to play. The default media that NeoLink makes available to your X5000 is the contents of the My documents folder (My Music, My Videos, My Pictures).
Through the Online Media section of NeoLink you can build your own customized collection of bookmarks for internet content. On your NeoLink server preferences, use the “service” section select which online services are made available to the X5000. The Web Bookmark option lets you share your web bookmarks from your internet browser with your X5000.
access bookmarks saved on your computer web browser using NeoLink. You can bookmark anything from simple web pages to an RSS feed of local traffic information. For example, a bookmark could be for an RSS weather feed of your local weather information. A. From the weather website, look for their RSS feed lists. It will me something like http://xml.yourweather.com/rss B. Add this URL to your bookmarks / Favorites in your web browser. See your web browser help for more information on this. C.
Tip, The list is alphabetical so Web bookmarks will always be near the end of the list. To go from the beginning of a list directly to the end, simply press [Up] on your Remote control. Sharing content with other HELIOS users You can share your media library with a friend / other HELIOS users over a LAN or internet. If you have your friends NeoLink Server IP address you can add their server to your HELIOS home page.
10) Player Setup Menus The following section describes the various setup options on the X5000. To access the setup, press on the remote control. When change an option go to Î . You may be asked to reboot to enable the changes. Or Press to ignore any changes.
- Screen saver: select how long after the player is idle to wait before starting the screen saver. Minimum value is 1 minute System Language: change the language of the player’s menus – English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Dutch Encoding language: select the iso encoding language for the player’s operating system to use with documents Subtitle Language: Default language to use for subtitles.
- - VCD PCB: Turn PCB on / off. (only applies to VCD discs) DVD Parental Level: Set the parental restriction level of the player. Restriction can be set to “Off” or 1 to 8. For example, if you set this to level 3 – PG, the player will not play discs rated higher than PG without the Parental password. DVD Parental control password: Setup or change the parental password of the player TV Type: Select the TV shape to suit your display.
- - - Connection Now Using: Displays the connection type that the player is currently using to connect to the network. Wired Network or Wireless Network Preferred: Set the preferred connection method of the player. Wired or wireless. If the preferred connection type is available, the other will be ignored. Available: A list of available wireless networks. Select a network from the list then press
- Secondary NTP Server: Set a secondary NTP server Time Zone: Set the time zone of the player. Daylight Savings: Enable / disable daylight saving for your location. Firmware Settings: - Firmware Version: Displays the current firmware version. File System Version: Displays the file system version Firmware Update Link: This is a link to the NeoDigits Firmware update page. 11) Appendix How to check your computer’s IP address in a LAN a) For windows XP, 2000 and NT system 1.
Troubleshooting Problem No Power Possible cause and solution Ensure AC mains power supply is plugged in properly and the socket is ok. Make sure power lead is firmly connected to player. Can not play disc 1. Switch the power on 2. The disc type is not supported by the player or the disc is seriously damaged. Only use discs that can be played by this player. 3. Wrong side of disc. Place the disc on the tray with printed side up. 4. Restriction of disc level – cancel the restriction 5.
Can not browse network (wired) Can not browse network (wireless) Can not browse internet Can not read media (USB) Can not open NeoLink Server Note: there is no audio output when the player is in any of the following modes: Pause, Step, Slow motion, FF or FR 3. If using a the player with a HDMI TV connection, please ensure “Connected to DVI TV” option in player setup is cleared 1. Poor connection – check all network connection 2. Switch failure – try connecting to different switch port 3.
Support information If you have any questions about this product, you can submit a support ticket on www.neodigits.com/esupport or you can email us at esupport@neodigits.com. All questions will be answered within 48 hours (excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays) If you have any suggestions about this product, feel free to contact us at info@neodigits.
