Aigo P8131 User manual

PVR P8131
OPERATION MANUAL
To ensure the proper operation of all features of PVR P8131 , please follow the Operation Manual and make
sure that the packaging contains:
- the cables required for connection of PVR P8131 products to peripheral equipment:
a). audio and video input connection: for connecting TV, digital TV set-top boxes and DVD players, use AV
cable to connect PVR P8131 to audio-video input in TV, digital TV set-top boxes, DVD player
b). audio and video output connection: for audio/video out, use AV cable to connect PVR P8131 to TV
output of audio and video. If a component output used, in addition to the using the color cable for video
output, AV cable is required for audio signal (connect both red and white cables to color sockets)
- adapters and power connectors provide the power supply for 220 V/50Hz.
- remote control has two AAA batteries inserted.
4. Quick Start
In this part we will explain how to use the mani functions of PVR 8131
4.1 Power up
Press the Power button on the bottom right corner of the front panel for about one second to power up PVR
P8131, untill the LED display on the front panel turns blue, and the TV screen displays the start-up interface
shown below:
4.2 Shutdown
In order to shutdown PVR P8131, return to the main interface and press "Power" button on the bottom right
corner of the front panel for about three seconds, untill LED display on the front panel goes off. Using the
"Power" button on the the Remote Control puts PVR P8131 in suspended mode.
4.3 Main Menu
There are Patriot P8131 menu levels: the main menu, sub-menus and a list of avaialble functions:
On start up of PVR P8131, the Main Menu will display seven different function icons: Photo, Video, Music,
File Browser, Video Recording, TV Schedule to acess seven main functions. Pressing "Start / Pause"
button on Remote Control allows to enter the corresponding function.
This is is the Main Interface:

4.4 File Browser
In the main menu interface, press up/down keys on remote control - (13), (14), to move the cursor key up
or down to locate the correct file folder and press Play" (17), to access the files located within the folder and
the interface will display the browser utility for the built-in hard drive, select the name of a built-in hard drive
and press Play" (17) button to access the file located in the current folder of the browser.
Press the left directon button on Remote Control (15) to return to folder interface.
Press the exit button on the Remote Control (19) to return to the main interface.
This is the File Browser interface:
Caution:
1 PVR P8131 default settings separates the built-in hard drive into two FAT32 partitions, if the product
capacity is 250 GB, the display will show two separate hard drives: Local Hard Drive 1 (about 117 G) and
Local Hard Drive 2 (about 117 G); is the formating of hard drives is required, the PVR P8131 built-in
formatting feature should be used (please refer to 5.9.7.3);
2. When browsing in image, music and movie folders, only the first three of the folders matching the name
of the file, such as "photo" will be displayed.
4.5 Movie Playback
Entered a "Movie" section, as described in section 4.4 to locate the video file, and move the cursor to
navigate to the file you would like to play back and press Play" on Remote Control (17) to play the video
track.
During video playback, press "Exit" on the remote control (19) to return to the "Movies" Menu.
This is the Movie Playback interface:

4.6 Music Playback
Entered the "Music" section, as described in section 4.4 to locate the music file, and move the cursor to
navigate to the file you would like to play back and press Play" on Remote Control (17) to play the audio
track.
During video playback, press "Exit" on the remote control (19) to return to the "Music" browser interface .
This is the Music Playback interface:
4.7 Image Playback
Entered the "Photo" section using the browser and locate the images you would like to play back, when the
cursor at the desired image, press Play" (17) on Remote Control to display the image.
Use left / right buttons- (15), (16), to move the cursor between images
During video playback, press "Exit" (19) on the remote control to return to the "Photo" browser interface.
This is the Image Playback interface:
4.8 Video Recording

PVR P8131 supports two types of video recording: Instant Recording and Scheduled Recording.
4.8.1 Instant Recording:
Use up / down keys - (13), (14) to move the cursor, choose "Video", press Play to enter the "Video" section,
use the up / down keys -- (13), (14) to select the Instant Recording, press Play to access the Instant
Recording interface, select Start Recording and press Play" (17) to enter the video preview Interface. In the
video preview (the upper right corner of display shows "Preview") interface, once again press Play" (17), to
start recording (the upper right corner shows "Video").
This is the Instant Recording interface:
Press "Exit" (19) to stop video recording and save the video file.
4.8.2 Regular Recording
Caution: before using the advanced Video Recording functions, please consult with the manual.
4.9 Scheduled Recording
Scheduled Recording allows you to pre-set the time you would like to record the TV program.
Entered a Scheduled Recording menu and press Play" (17) to enter Scheduled Recording features. Press
"Exit" (19) on the remote control to return to the "Scheduled Recording " browser interface.
Use Fast-forward button (12) / and Rewind button (11) / to advance in the menu.
Press Play" (17) to confirm the choice
This is the Scheduled Recording interface:

Caution:
1. To use Scheduled Recording function you must first connect the video input to PVR P8131, and then
connect PVR P8131 video output to TV set;
2. Please make sure that you have confirmed the selected schedule prior to exiting the Schedule Recording
timer.
Reffer to relevant system settings in the manual for further advanced operations.
5. Advanced Operations
5.1 File Browser
In File Browser menu, press button (18) on Remote Control to acess advanced File Browser operations .
Move the cursor to File Browser interface
The following comands are avaialble through this menu:
Open: Open the file or folder into the current directory;
Delete: Delete the file or folder;
Copy: Copy the file or folder;
Shear: Cut the current file or folder;
Paste: will be copied or cut the paper / folder and paste it into the current document-level directory;
Set as background music: set the current file or folder as a background audio for image playback. (Only
allows to set background music for image files)
5.1.1 Coping files/folders
In the File Browser mode, select the file/folder, click on the Remote Control button (18) to acess file/ folder
menu operations. Using the up / down keys - (13), (14) select the item to copy and press Play (17) to
confirm, then select the target folder using file / folder operations menu and select the destination to paste
the file If the file with the same name already exists in the ndedtination folder you will be prompted to confirm
that you wish to overwrite the existing file. Select "Yes" to confirm and to begig the copy function (Note: This
product is not capable of creating multiple files with the same name. Therefore, regardless of whether there
is a file with the similar name in the destination folder or not, the PVR will always prompt you to confirm the

copy function . To make sure that you do not accidently overwite an important file in the destination directory,
please make sure thast you first back up the file).
Copy function interface
Caution: while performing the copy operation, please be patient and do not cut off the power.
5.1.2 Deleting files/folders
In the File Browser mode, select the file/folder, click on the Remote Control button (18) to acess file/ folder
menu operations. Using the up / down keys - (13), (14) select the item to delete and press Play (17) to
confirm.
When prompted "Are you sure that you want to delete this directory and subdirectories», choose" Yes " and
press Play (17 ) to confirm.
Caution: be carefull when deleting files/folders, you will not be able to un-delete them.
5.2 Video Playback
5.2.1 Preview of the video file properties
When you highlight the video file, the recorder will identify for you the file size and creation date. The
interface is shown below:
5.2.2 Pausing the Video Playback
During playback, press Play (17) on Remote Control to pause the playback. Into the upper right corner of the
screen you will see the word "Paused", press Play (17) to resume the playback. The interface and operation
are shown below:

5.2.3 Fast-forward and Rewind
During playback, press fast-forward/rewind buttons (12/11) on the remote control to fast-forward/rewind the
file. Press fast forward/rewind buttons (12/11) repeatedly to keep fast forwarding/rewinding the fle.
To speed up the fast forward and rewind by 2 x, 4 x, 8 x and 16 x, press the button repeately to cycle
between different speeds. To return back to playback during fast-forward/rewind process, press Play (17).
The interface and operation are shown below:
5.2.4 Volume control
During playback, press the volume + / volume - key (9 / 10) on the remote control to increase / decrease the
volume between level O and level 30, the default volume setting is 24.
When you press the volume + / volume button (9 / 10), the volume level is displayed in the top right corner of
the screen for 5 seconds. The interface and operation are shown below:
5.2.5 Activating subtitles
During playback, if you included multiple subtitle files you can press the Subtitles (20) button on Remote
Control to switch between subtitles. Press Subtitles (20) button repeatedly to switch subtitles and and off.
The subtitles sign is displayer in the top right corner of the screen for 5 seconds.
The interface and operation are shown below:

Caution:
1. This function is only available for VOB and AVI file formats (Sub/.srt subtitles);
2. To activate subtitles for AVI files (Sub/.srt subtitles), the Sub/.srt subtitles file name needs to be the same
as AVI file name and placed in the same folder;
3. Video file information is displayed for 3 seconds before the subtitles apper.
5.2.6 Switching chapters
During playback of video file in .VOB format if the movie contains multiple chapters press the Chapter (21)
button on remote control to move to a different chapter. Every time you press the Chapter (21) button during
playback, you will move to a different chapter. The Chapter sign will be displayed in the top right corner for
10 seconds.
5.2.7 Changing channels
During playback press the Channel (22) button on Remote Control to switch channels. Every time the button
is pressed, the next channel is displayed and the channel will be displayed in the top right corner for five
seconds. It is possible to adjust the audio output between the left and right channels. The interface and
operation are shown below:
5.2.8 Changing Playback Mode
During playback press the Playback mode (18) button on Remote Control to change the playback mode.
Press the Playback mode (18) button repeatedly to switch between different modes, the current playback
mode is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen for five seconds. There are three playback modes
available. The interface is shown below:

5.2.9 Mute volume
During playback press the Mute (4) button to mute the volume.
When you press the mute (4) button , the audio track is muted and the mute sign is displayed in the upper
right corner of the screen. To resume the normal audio playback press the the mute (4) button again.
See 5.2.10
During playback press Information (2) button on the Remote Copntrol to view the current file information.
Every time you press the Information (2) button, the information message will pop up and remain on the
screen for five seconds.
The following information is displayed: file name, video frame rate, resolution, playback speed and audio
track info.
The interface is shown below:
5.3 Music Playback
5.3.1 Preview of the audio file properties
When you highlight the audio file, the recorder will identify for you the file size and creation date. The
interface is shown below:

5.3.2 Pausing Music Playback
During playback, press Play (17) on Remote Control to pause the playback. Into the upper right corner of the
screen you will see the word "Paused", press Play (17) to resume the playback. The interface and operation
are shown below:
5.3.3 Fast-forward and Rewind
During playback, press fast-forward/rewind buttons (12/11) on the remote control to fast-forward/rewind the
file. Press fast forward/rewind buttons (12/11) repeatedly to keep fast forwarding/rewinding the fle.
To increase the fast forward and rewind by 2 x, 4 x, 8 x and 16 x, press the button repeately to cycle
between different speeds. To return back to playback during fast-forward/rewind process, press Play (17).
The interface and operation are shown below:
5.3.4 Volume control
During playback, press the volume + / volume - key (9 / 10) on the remote control to increase / decrease the
volume between level O and level 30, the default volume setting is 24.
When you press the volume + / volume button (9 / 10), the volume level is displayed in the top right corner of
the screen for 5 seconds. The interface and operation are shown below:

5.3.5 Changing Playback Mode
During playback press the Playback mode (18) button on Remote Control to change the playback mode.
Press the Playback mode (18) button repeatedly to switch between different modes, the current playback
mode is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen for five seconds. There are three playback modes
available. The interface is shown below:
5.3.6 Mute volume
During playback press the Mute (4) button to mute the volume.
When you press the mute (4) button , the audio track is muted and the mute sign is displayed in the upper
right corner of the screen. To resume the normal audio playback press the the mute (4) button again.
5.4 Image Playback
5.4.1 Preview of the audio file properties
When you highlight the imageo file, the recorder will display the preview image and creation date. The
interface is shown below:

5.4.2 Changing Playback Mode
During image playback, press Playback Mode (18) button to change the image playback.
There are three modes available:
- Manual playback: use left/right navigation button (15/16) to choose next/privoius image;
- Slide show: the recorder will automatically playback all the images in the current directory, each image is
displayed for 3 seconds; press Play (17) button to return to manual playback mode
- Overview mode: the screen will display 9 images at a time, with three images located in three rows.
5.4.3 Zooming in
During manual playback press Zoom (8) button to enlarge the image. Pressing Zoom (8) button once
enlarges the image 2X, pressing twice enlarges the image 4X; press again to restore the original size; the
upper left corner of the screen will display the current zoom.
When playing back the enlarged image use left/right (15/16) and up/down navigational buttons (13/14) to
move the image around the screen. The interface and operation are shown below:

5.4.4 Rotating image
During manual playback use Rotate (8) button to rotate the image. Every time you press the button the
image rotates 90 degrees clockwise. The interface and operation are shown below:
5.4.5 Background Music
PVR P8131 products can be used to create background audio tracks during the image playback
Make sure that the desired music files/music folder (there is no sub-folder playback) are highlghted and
press the Background music (3) button on Remote Control. Check the "background music" option and
confirm . During image playback press the Background Music (3) button to enable/disable background
music. The interface and operation are shown below:
Caution:
1. Background music can only be used with image playback
2. When background music is playing no background music information is displayed on the screen.
5.4.6 Image information
During playback press the information (2) button to view the properties of the current image
When you press the Information (2) button the screen displays the properties of the current image, including
the name of image, type, resolution, size and creation date. Press the Information (2) button again to
remove the information display.
The interface and operation are shown below:

5.5 Video Recording
PVR P8131 supports two types of video recording: Instant Recording and Scheduled Recording.
5.5.1 Video Recording main interface
In the main interface, select "Video Recordng" and press Play (17) button to enter the main video recording
interface. The interface provides the different options for video recording function
The interface is shown below:
5.5.2 Instant Recording
In the Video Recording interface select "Instant Recording" and press Play(17) button to start the instant
video recording.
The interface is shown below:
5.5.3 Video settings
Select "video settings" and press Play (17) button to enter the video settings options.
In settings menu use up/down buttons (13/14) to highlight the desired setting and left/right (15/16) buttons to
change parameters. The highlighed field flickers promting you to enter the parameters.
First adjust the video recording quality, there are high, medium and low video qualities available ; Next
select the file size limit, based on the parameters you choose the recorder will automatically split the

recorded content into multiple files of predefined size. If you choose the file size limit of 650 MB and your
actual recording occupies 800 MB, the recording will be split between a 650 MB file and a 150 MB file. It is
also possible to set the the destination for the recorded file: you can choose to record to the Local Disk 1 or
Local Disk 2.
At the same time, the recorder will display the available hard disk space and the estimated time of recording
(recording time is based on the current selection of video quality).
The interface is shown below:
After the settings have been adjusted press Play(17) button to save and exit settings menu. When Play (17)
buton is pressed, the system will pop up dialog box to confirm whether or not to save the settings. Choose
"yes" to save and exit, Choose "no" to exit without saving the changes.
The interface is shown below:
5.5.4 Video Recording
Select "Video Recording" and press Play (17) button to start instant recording preview mode. In the upper
right corner of the screen a "preview" sign is displayed and the image of the program you wish to record
appears on a preview screen. The recording hasn't started yet, if you are certain that this is the program you
wish to record press the Play (17) button to commence the recording(the "Recording" sign is displayed in the
upper right corner of the screen and the file name of the recording is displayed in the upper left corner of the
screen). If you wish to stop the recording press the Exit (19) button to return to Preview mode.The video is
recorded in AVI format and the recorded programs are stored on the hard drive in the root of the REC folder.
The interface is shown below:

Caution:
To ensure the successfull recording, double-check that the video input signal is right, if PVR P8131 does
not detect the correct connection to video source the message "No video signals, recording cancelled"
(shown below). Make sure the connection is correct prior to recording.
5.5.5 Scheduled Recording
To set up the scheduled video recording do the following:
In the main Recording interface select "Scheduled Recording" and press Play (17) button to access the
recording interface. Scheduled Recording function can be set to five hours.
In Recording interface, the recorder provides additional settings.
Use the up (13) button and the down (14) arrows to choose the time slots
Press the Right (16) button to open the existing recording schedules, press the Left (15) button to Clear
selected schedule
Use Right (16) button to navigate the selected schedule, Left button (13) and the Down (14) button to
change the schedule;
Pres Play (17) to confirm the setting.
The interface is shown below:

Caution:
1. ensure the correct input connection and channel selecion;
2. make sure that the system time is set correctly, for system time settings reffer to 5.9.3;
3. make sure that there is no power interruption during the recording, standby mode is not available after the
recording has been scheduled.
5.5.6 Playback of Recording
In the main Recording Menu locate the "Recorded Programms" folder and press Play (17) to enter the
Recording interface. The interface is shown below:
Caution:
Recorded files stored in the selected drive directory REC folder set in recording settings. Select a local disk
and locatethe recorded file in Local Disk 1 \ REC folder.
5.6 Using the Time Shift function
PVR P8131 support Time Shift recording, the longest shift period allowed is 30 minutes.
Time Shift recording allows to suspend TV program while watching television through PVR P8131. You can
return later any time to watch the suspended programm at your convinience. This allows you to watch TV
the same way you watch DVD, suspending the TV programs as you wish.
Note: When you return to the regular television broadcast within 30 minutes you return to view the
programme at the point in time before you activated the Time Shift. If you left the Time Shift active for more
then 30 minutes and for example paused the broadcast at 9:00 and resumed watching at 9:40, the
broadcast you return to will be a 9:10 programm broadcast.
5.6.1 Setting up the Time Shift
First of all use the TV or digital TV set-top boxe AV output to connect to PVR P8131 AV input.
In the main Menu locate "Time Shift TV" and press Play (17) button to access the Time Shift TV features.
Access to Time Shift feature interface is shown on the diagram below:

Caution:
When Time Shift feature is active the system needs to buffer data for the first 15 seconds, at this stage the
recorder is stopped; after the data is in the buffer it will automatically start playing.
5.6.2 Accessing the Time Shift
When accessing Time Shift for the first 15 seconds the screen will display the current state of broadcast, the
starting time, the current time and progress of the broadcast; 15 seconds later the information will
automatically disappear.
Caution: It takes 15 seconds for the system to enter the Time Shift mode.
The interface is shown below:
Time Shift interface after 10 seconds of playback
5.6.3 Suspending TV playback
While watching the program press Play (17) to suspended the broadcast, to resume the playback press the
button again. The upper left corner of display will show "Suspended" .
5.6.4 Rewinding the playback
During playback press Fast forward (11) to advance the programm. Press Rewind (11) to to speed up the
playback, the recorder allows to speed the playback by 2x ,4x and 8x.
Press Play (17) to return to normal playback.
Rewind interface shown below:

5.6.5 Fast Forwarding the playback
If you suspended the broadcast, use fast-forward (12) button to rapidly progress the playback forward to
catch up with the actual progress of the programmes broadcast.
Press Fast- Forward (12) button to set the fast-forward speed, the recorder allows 2 X, 4X, 8X fast-forward
speed. During Fast Forward press Play (17) to return to playback.
5.7 USB devices
5.7.1 USB Slave mode
PVR P8131 can be used in Slave mode, that is, USB devices with USB port can can connect to the recorder
to copy data.
Follow the steps:
1) Connect power cable
2) Connect USB cable cable to PVR P8131 and connect it to PC.
3) Press the Power button
4) After the "Computer link…" message is displayed proceed with operation.
The interface and operations are shown below:
5.7.2 USB Host mode
PVR P8131 can be connected to external USB devices in Host mode (portable Hard Drives or flash memory)
Follow the steps:
1) Connect power cable and television set.
2) Press Power button
3) Plug external USB device into the USB interface
4) Switch the USB mode switch to USB Host, when the front panel USB Host light lite is on the screen
showes that USB device is connected

The interface and operation are shown below:
5.7.3 Pay attention when connecting to USB port
1) only in the main Menu and USB in USB Slave mode can recorder connect to computers
2) in the main Menu set the options of USB mode by using the Remote Control to enter USB Host mode or
USB Slave mode.
3) accessing the file browser interface automatically turns the USB Host mode, and exiting from the File
Browser interface returns to the privious state.
4) Once the USB Host mode is on and USB devices is connected, only after the removal of device and
return to the main Menu it is possible to turn the USB Slave mode.
5) recorder only responds to USB menu operation when in main Menu and in File Browser.
6) Depending on fragmentation of data on USB device and size of the content,it takes 3-15 seconds to
access the data.
5.8 Using SD cards
PVR P8131 reads SD cards and allows to copy SD card data to local hard drive.
5.8.1 SD Card Reader
Insert SD card with the label facing the power switch, after about three seconds the screen showes that SD
card is inserted, after that the SD card operations can be performed through file/folder browser.
The interface and operation are shown below:
5.8.2 Backing up SD card
After inserting SD card press Card Backup button. When the screen displays "Preparing to copy SD card,
please wait", files located on SD card will be backed up to the local disk in a card backup folder .
The interface and operation are shown below: