Xoro HRC 9000+ Satellite Combi Receiver User Manual

INDEX

• Overview & Install of the Xoro HRC 9000+ Satellite Combi Receiver
  • How to Install a Xoro HRC 9000+ Combi Receiver
• How to Tune in UK Satellite Channels with Autoscan
• How to Tune in Terrestrial Saorview Channels with Autoscan
• How to Sort & Delete the Channels on the Xoro Combo Receiver
• How to Program the Xoro 9000+ with a USB Drive
• How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel
• How to use the EPG & Information Button
• How to use the Media player for Videos, Music & Photos
• How to Access Subtitles & Teletext on the Xoro 9000+
• How to Safely Remove your External Hard Drive
• How to Perform a Factory Reset on the Xoro 9000+
• Setting up a Favourites List

Overview & Installation

Complete users guide for the Xoro HRC 9000+ Satellite Combo Receiver

The 9000+ is a PVR Ready Satellite & Digital Terrestrial TV Combo Receiver

This Receiver has 2 feeds from:

• Satellite Dish (for free UK satellite channels)
• UHF Aerial (for Saorview channels)

How to Install a Xoro HRC 9000+ Satellite Combo Receiver

• Unpack the box
• Contents
  • Xoro HRC 9000+ Satellite Combo Receiver
  • Remote Control, 2x AAA Batteries & User Manual
• Push the lead from the Aerial into the 'Aerial in' connection
• Screw the lead from the satellite dish into the 'LNB in' connection
• Connect the scart lead from TV to 'TV out' connection on box
• Plug in the power lead
• Turn on the power switch on the back on the box
• After 5-6 seconds the box will come on and should automatically switch TV to the correct AV channel if you are connected using a scart cable. If using a HDMI cable, you may need to use the source button on your TV remote to change to the correct AV channel on the TV

How to Tune in UK Satellite Channels with Autoscan

• Press the menu button on the remote
• Use arrow buttons to go to installation menu
• Arrow down to satellite list and press OK
• Arrow down to Eurobird1 E28.2 and press OK (little heart symbol will appear beside it)
• Press the exit button
• Arrow down to single satellite search and press OK
• Use arrow keys to select
  • FTA only: Yes
  • Scan channel: TV + Radio
  • Network search: No
  • Scan Mode: Preset scan
  • Arrow down to search and press OK
• Scan will take 5-10 minutes
• At end of search, just press OK to save scanned channels

How to Tune in Terrestrial Saorview Channels with Autoscan

• Press the menu button
• Use arrow buttons to go to installation menu
• Arrow down to terrestrial automatic scan and press OK
• Ireland is the default country
• Make FTA: Yes
• Arrow down to Search and press OK button
• Takes a couple of minutes
• At end of scan, just press OK button to save scanned channels

How to Sort & Delete Channels on the Xoro HRC 9000+ Combo Receiver

• Press the menu button
• Go to edit channel menu
• Go to tv channel list menu
• To delete channels
  • Press the blue button on the remote twice
  • Use arrow & ok buttons to select channels to be deleted
  • You can select multiple channels for mass deletion
  • To delete the channels, simply press exit twice and select yes to delete
• To move channels
  • Press the yellow button
  • Use arrow & ok buttons to select channels to move
  • You can select multiple channels to move in a single go
  • use the arrow buttons to go to the position that you want to move channels to once they are tagged
  • Once in position, press the yellow button again to activate the move
  • To save, press the exit button and agree to the move
    

How to Program Box with a USB Drive

Backup Channel data on to USB Drive

• With your blank USB memory stick connected to the receiver
• Press the menu button
• Use arrow keys to go to tools menu
• Use arrow keys to go to upgrade by USB menu
• Upgrade mode: DUMP
• Press the start button
• Very quick process
• Once it reaces 100%, you can just press the exit button to go back to live TV

Load Data from USB Drive

• Press the menu button
• Use arrow keys to go to tools menu
• Use arrow keys to go to upgrade by USB menu
• Upgrade mode: ALL CODE
• Select DUMPFILE.ABS
• Press start button
• Are you sure to burn flash: YES
• Box will reboot and is now programmed

How to Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel

• Press the menu button
• Go to the installation menu
• Use arrows to go to TP list
• Press green button to add transponder
• Add settings for a new TP for example;
  
  • 11565
  • 27500
  • V
• Press Save
• If it already exists it will bring you to the correct TP
• If not it will add it to the end of your TP list
• Press blue button to search the appropriate TP
  • FTA only : YES
  • Scan channel: TV Channel
  • Network search: No
• Press the OK button to begin search
• Very quick process, takes seconds
• Press OK to confirm after search ends
• New channels will be added to the end of your channel list
  

EPG & Information Button

EPG

• Press the EPG button to bring up the Electronic Programme Guide
• Works well on the Irish Digital channels with a full 7 day guide
• Only gives a now and next channel option on satellite channels

Info Button

• Get information on the current programme
• Press the 'INFO' Button once to get basic channel info
• Press it again to get mini EPG for the channel you are on
• Can also use the info button to determine signal strength by pressing it a third time

The Media Player - for Videos, Music & Photos

The Xoro HRC 9000+ has an excellent quality media player along with its PVR playback facilities

• Press menu on your remote control
• Select the REC Menu
• Select the 'Media Player' option (see product description for compatible file types)
• Use the '0' to flick between the 4 main options
  • Music
  • Images (photos)
  • Video
  • Record (Recorded TV Programmes)
• Once the desired option is highlighted
• Arrow down to desired photo/film/song and press ok to play/display

How to Access Subtitles & Teletext on the Xoro 9000+

• Use the yellow button marked 'txt' on the remote
• It pulls up the subtitles menu
• Just deselect subtitles using the arrow keys in that menu
• Traditional Teletext option is also available in this menu (no telextext on UK channels)

How to Safely Remove Your External Hard Drive

• Press menu button on remote
• Go to the REC menu and presss OK button
• Arrow to safely remove USB device and press OK
• Select OK
• Disk is now safe to remove

Performing a Factory Reset on the 9000+

The video above shows how you can perform a factory reset on the 9000+. You may need to do this in the case of a firmware upgrade where it is always advisable to perform a factory reset immediately after the firmware upgrade.

Setting up a Favourites List

• When you are in the menu and the channel list sub menu you will see an option called FAV
• Press the FAV button on the remote
• You'll get an option then to add channels to FAV List 1,2,3 etc
• Select what list you want to add to
• After that then scroll through your channel list pressing the OK button
• You'll see a heart symbol appear beside the channel
• When you're finished just exit out until it asks you to save. Say YES