Xoro 3500 Standard Definition FTA Satellite Receiver User Manual

INDEX

Overview
How to install a Xoro 3500 Satellite Receiver
How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan
How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel
How to Move & Delete Channels
How to 'Flash Programme' a box with a USB Stick
Using the PVR features
Using the Media player
EPG and Info Buttons
Subtitles

Overview

This is a complete users guide for the Xoro 3500 Free To Air Satellite Receiver. It comprises of both written and video instructions on a range of topics & covers all the main features of the receiver

How to Install a Xoro 3500 Satellite Receiver

Unpack the box
- Xoro 3500 standard definition Satellite Receiver
- Remote control & Batteries (2 x AAA)
- User's Manual in English
Screw the lead from the satellite dish into the 'RF IN' connection
Connect scart lead from TV to 'TV' out connection on box
Plug in the power lead
After 5-6 seconds the box will come on and should automatically switch TV to AV channel

How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel

Press the menu button
Select Installation menu
Select TP list
Pick out the trannsponder you want to scan
Press green button to add desired frequency, symbol rate and polarity
Press blue button to seach particular transponder
FTA only = Yes
Scan Channel = TV + Radio
Network Search = No
Scroll to OK and press ok button
Takes only a few seconds
Once complete, you will have added the channels you wanted.

How to Sort & Delete Channels

TO MOVE A CHANNEL

Press the 'Menu' Button
Select 'Edit Channel menu' (1st by default)
Arrow right to Tv Channel List & press ok
Press yellow button to move channels
Press ok on the channel you want to move
Scroll to position you want to move to and press ok to complete move
Press menu button to exit
Do you want to save changes Yes/No - Select Yes.

TO DELETE A CHANNEL

Press the 'Menu' Button
Select 'Edit Channel menu' (1st by default)
Arrow right to Tv Channel List & press ok
pRESS BLUE (edit) button
Press blue button again to delete channels
Scroll to channel to be deleted and press ok.
Press menu to exit, saving changes when it asks.

How to 'Flash Programme' a box with a USB Stick

TO SAVE CHANNELS TO USB

Press the 'Menu' button
Scrool to 'Tools' menu (4th in list)
Arrow right to Upgrade by USB
Upgrade mode: DUMP
Arrow down to stsrt and press ok
Takes less than 10 seconds

TO LOAD CHANNELS FROM USB

Press the 'Menu' button
Scrool to 'Tools' menu (4th in list)
Arrow right to Upgrade by USB
Upgrade mode: Allcode + bootloader
Arrow down to start and press ok.
The box will perobably reboot itself when completed.

How to Use the PVR recording Facilities

Pause Live TV

To pause live TV , just press the pause button
To resume playback, press the play button
To exit pause mode, press the stop button

Rewind live TV

An exciting feature on the xoro 3500is it's ability to rewind live TV. It's the first Free to air satellite receiver that we have tested that has this unique feature.

To rewind live TV, simply press the rewind button
Press play from where you want to watch.
Press stop to exit rewind mode and return to normal TV

Recording TV programmes

Press the red record button
Arrow to PS and press ok
To stop recoding, press the stop button and answer YES

Viewing recorded programmes

With your external hard drive plugged in
Press the media button
Select from the list and press ok

Recording via the EPG

Press the EPG button
Arrow to the programme you wish to record
Press the green button
Set once or daily depending on your wishes
Scroll to the save button and press ok.
Press exit to get back to normal TV

How to Use the Media Player on the Xoro 3500

Plug in the USB Memory stick or the External Hard Drive and give it around 30 seconds to initialise.

Press the USB button on the remote control
Select your drive from the list and press ok
Scroll to wahtever you want to wath or listen to and press play
Plays AVI files in SD (XVID etc), MP3s & JPEGs
Press menu button twice to go back to normal TV

make sure to power down the satellite receiver correctly (standby and them power off) before removing the drive otherwise you risk corruption of your data.