myBox NV 300T HD User manual

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NV 300T HD
Media Player / Recorder with Tuner
User Guide

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Table Of Contents
1MyBox NV300T Layout.......................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Front Panel .................................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 Back Panel................................................................................................................................... 5
2Installation Guide................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Output .......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Input............................................................................................................................................. 6
3How to Connect ?.................................................................................................................................. 7
3.1 To TV ........................................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 To STB / DVD Player ................................................................................................................... 8
3.3 To AV Receiver............................................................................................................................ 9
4Remote Layout .....................................................................................................................................10
5Screen Layout ......................................................................................................................................11
5.1 Info Bar .......................................................................................................................................11
5.2 Status Bar ...................................................................................................................................11
6Play Video ............................................................................................................................................12
6.1 Supported video formats.............................................................................................................13
7Play Audio ............................................................................................................................................14
7.1 Supported Audio formats ............................................................................................................15
8View Photo ...........................................................................................................................................16
8.1 Supported Image formats ...........................................................................................................17
9Video Recording...................................................................................................................................18
9.1 Instant Recording........................................................................................................................18
9.2 Scheduled Recording..................................................................................................................18
9.3 View Recorded Files ...................................................................................................................19
10 Internet Browsing .................................................................................................................................20
10.1 My Web.......................................................................................................................................20
10.1.1 GoTo URL .........................................................................................................................20
10.1.2 Search...............................................................................................................................21
10.1.3 Favorites............................................................................................................................21
10.2 Downloads ..................................................................................................................................21
10.2.1 Torrent Search ..................................................................................................................22
10.2.2 View Files ..........................................................................................................................22
10.2.3 Status ................................................................................................................................22
10.3 Internet Radio .............................................................................................................................23
11 My Files ................................................................................................................................................24
12 Settings ................................................................................................................................................26
12.1 Changing TV settings..................................................................................................................26
12.2 Changing Date & Time................................................................................................................27
12.3 Setting up wired network.............................................................................................................27
12.4 Setting up wireless network ........................................................................................................28
12.5 Configuring PC with MyBox ........................................................................................................28
12.6 Change Video Recording Settings ..............................................................................................30
12.7 Using MyBox remote to control your STB ...................................................................................31
12.8 Changing MyBox General Settings .............................................................................................32
12.9 Advanced Options.......................................................................................................................33
12.10 Restore Default ...........................................................................................................................33
12.11 Software Update .........................................................................................................................33
12.12 Change PIN Code.......................................................................................................................34

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Welcome to the World of MyBox !
NV300T is a powerful High Definition (HD) Media Player and Recorder with Internet capabilities. A few of
them are listed below:
• Playback all popular Audio, Video formats (upto 720p HD videos).
• Record your favorite programs and watch whenever you want. Record instantly or Schedule your
records to start when you are away.
• Record media for device specific formats like PC, Sony PSP, iPod, Smart Phones etc.
• Use your TV as a Picture Viewer to View / Run slideshows from your Camera’s Photos.
• Connect your PC over LAN / WiFi and Play shared media directly on your TV.
• Store and Catalogue media on your USB Sticks, USB Hard Disks, PC etc.
• Use your TV to Browse Internet, Check mails, Search the Web, Access Multi-lingual sites etc.
• Watch videos and View Photos from Internet.
• Use the power of Torrents to Search and Download files from the Internet.
• Listen to your favorite music from 100s of Radio stations on the Internet.
Experience the power of convergence with MyBox !
Safety Instructions
MyBox NV300T has been designed to operate reliably in a well-ventilated household environment. Slots and
openings in the unit cabinet are provided for ventilation. These openings should not be blocked by placing
the product on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar surface
• Position NV300T with at least 2 inches of space above and on all sides.
• Do not block the slots and openings in NV300T.
• Do not place anything on top of NV300T.
• Do not position NV300T in an enclosed space that would restrict airflow around the unit.
• Do not position NV300T near any external heat source that could raise the temperature around the
unit.
• Do not expose to rain or moisture.
• To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet.

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Package Contents
Your package contains the following items
MyBox NV300T Remote
AV Cable Power Adapter
2 Nos. Battery (AA) User Guide
Note : The items supplied with your MyBox may be different depending on the country / model.
In addition, the following accessories can be bought separately :
• HDMI Cable
• Component Cable
• Optical Cable
• eSata Device with Cable
• USB WiFi Dongle
• USB Card Reader
• USB Storage

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1 MyBox NV300T Layout
1.1 Front Panel
Fig. 1.1
REC Red light indicates that a video recording is in progress
LAN Green light indicates that a PC is connected to MyBox
VIDEO Green light indicates that TV output source is in ‘CVBS’ Mode.
YPbPy Green light indicates that TV output source is in ‘Component’ Mode. You have to manually
change the TV settings to ‘YPbPr’
HDMI Green light indicates that TV output source is in ‘HDMI’ Mode. You have to manually change
the TV settings to ‘HDMI’
POWER Red light indicates that MyBox is in stand-by mode. Press the ‘Power’ button to boot up
MyBox.
Blue light indicates that MyBox is powered on.
Flashing Red indicates a remote activity.
1.2 Back Panel
Fig. 1.2

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2 Installation Guide
2.1 Output
Fig. 2.1
1. Optical output to Dolby® Digital Surround Sound Devices.
2. HDMI output to TV.
3. AV output to TV.
4. Component output to TV.
5. IR Blaster output to STB.
6. 250 Volt, 6 Amps Power Output.
2.2 Input
Fig. 2.2
1. AV input from STB / DVD player / other video devices.
2. S-Video input from STB / DVD player / other video devices.
3. e-SATA hard drive interface.
4. RJ-45 LAN interface.
5. IR input cable.
6. RF input cable.
7. 250 Volt, 6 Amps Power input.

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3 How to Connect ?
3.1 To TV
Connect AV output to TV as shown in Fig. 3.1
Fig. 3.1
Connect Component output to TV as shown in Fig. 3.2
Fig. 3.2

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Connect HDMI output to TV as shown in Fig. 3.3
Fig. 3.3
3.2 To STB / DVD Player
Connect AV/S-VIDEO device input as shown in Fig. 3.4
Fig. 3.4
Use MyBox remote to control DTH set-top box using IR Blaster cable as show in Fig. 3.5
Fig. 3.5

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Connect your LAN as in Fig. 3.6
Fig. 3.6
Fig 3.7 shows eSATA Hard Drive connection
Fig. 3.7
3.3 To AV Receiver
Connect your Optical cable to AV Receiver to achieve Dolby® Digital DTS Surround Sound.as shown in fig
3.8 below
Fig. 3.8

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4 Remote Layout
Hot key to save your
favorite website for quick
access
Hot key to My Photos
Switch On / Off Power Hot key to watch TV
Select between CVBS /
Component / HDMI mode
Rewind
Select between Tuner /
S-Video / CVBS input
source
Play / Pause
Select between Default /
Full / Cinema Video
aspect modes
Stop Play / Record
Hot key to My Setup Fast Forward
Shows Context sensitive
help
Plays the previous audio /
video file.
Hot key for Torrent
Search
Start video recording
Hot key to jump by time /
chapter while playing
video
Hot key to view recorded
video folder
Hot key to set / view
video record schedules
Plays the next audio /
video file from the source
Hot key to go to Torrent
download interface
Mutes volume
Provides information
about a file while in File
Explorer Mode.
Shows the Info Seek bar
while playing video /
audio
Hot key to MyBox’s Main
Menu.
Select between small and
caps while in keyboard
mode.
Hot Key to My Video Exit / Back to previous
menu
Hot key to My Audio Shows File options in My
Files
Fig. 4.1
Navigation Keys Executes the selected
action

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5 Screen Layout
Fig. 5.1
5.1 Info Bar
1. Indicates connection to a USB mass storage device. The number besides the USB icon
specifies the count of such USB devices connected.
2. Indicates that a Network PC is connected to MyBox.
3. Indicates the date and time as set in MyBox. This can be reconfigured through My Setup.
5.2 Status Bar
4. Indicates the root path of the current screen.
5. Indicates the actions allowed in the current screen.

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6 Play Video
MyBox can play various video formats [Refer Supported video formats]. To play videos from the USB
mass storage devices, select ‘My Videos’ tab and choose the device name from the list. Select the video file.
You can further drill down to the folder where the video files are kept.
Fig. 6.1 Fig. 6.2
MyBox, by default, checks for a folder ‘Video’ in all the connected devices and loads this folder. Otherwise,
it creates a new folder in the above name and takes the user to the folder.
You can press button and choose the video directory of your choice. Only the supported video file formats
are displayed. Select a video file and press button to play it.
An Info Bar shows the list of controls that can be used while viewing a video. The controls include Play /
Pause, Stop, Rewind and Fast forward.
The Info Bar is displayed for the first 5 seconds of video play. It can be reinvoked by pressing the button in
the MyBox remote.
Fig. 6.3
Play / Pause Switches between Play and Pause.
Stop Stops playing the current video file and takes the user back to the directory from where
the video file was being played.
Rewind Rewinds the current video file being played. Press the button up to 4 times to increase the
rewind speed from 2x till 32x.
Fast Forward Forwards the current video file being played. Press the button up to 4 times to increase
the forward speed from 2x till 32x.
Next Plays the next video file from the current directory.
Previous Plays the previous video file from the current directory.

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MyBox can play video in its default aspect ratio of 4:3 or ‘Full’ mode in 16: 9 or in ‘Cinema’ mode of 2.35:1.
Press button to select between the three aspect modes.
You can jump to a specific time slot / chapter while playing a video file. Press button and specify the
hour, minute and seconds of the video’s time frame.
Fig. 6.4
MyBox can play a file, play all video files in a folder or repeat playing a video file or the repeat a folder.
Pressing button switches between ‘Play File’ (Default), ‘Play Folder’, ‘Repeat File’ or ‘Repeat Folder’
modes.
Resuming Video from the last left point
You can resume watching a video from its last left point. This works only if the last viewed video is same as
the current one. You can turn off / on this feature through My Setup ==> General ==> Resume Playback. By
default, this feature is turned ‘on’.
6.1 Supported video formats
MP4 MPEG4/MP4
MPG Motion Picture Experts Group.
WMV Windows Media Video (WMV) is a compressed video file format.
TS Transport stream.
FLV (Flash Video) is a Macromedia video format.
AVI Audio Video Interleave, known by its acronym AVI, is a multimedia container format.
MKV The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free Container format.
RMVB RealMedia Variable Bitrate (RMVB) is a variable bitrate extension of the RealMedia multimedia
container format.
ASF Advanced Systems Format is Microsoft’s proprietary digital audio/digital format.
RM Container format created by Real Net works.
VOB Container format used in DVD-Video media.
DIVX A compressed video format developed by DivX Inc.
DAT VCD video file format

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7 Play Audio
MyBox can play various audio formats [Refer Supported audio formats]. To play audios from the USB
mass storage devices, select ‘My Audio’ tab and choose the device name from the list. Select the audio file
or you can further drill down to the folder where the audio files are kept.
Fig. 7.1 Fig. 7.2
MyBox, by default, checks for a folder ‘Audio’ in all the connected USB devices and loads this folder.
Otherwise, it creates a new folder in the above name and takes the user to the folder.
You can press button and choose the audio directory of your choice. Only the supported audio file
formats are displayed. Select a audio file and press button to play it.
‘Now Playing’ Screen shows the album information about the selected music file.
Fig. 7.3

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Following playback controls can be used while playing music.
Play / Pause Switches between Play and Pause.
Stop Stops playing the current audio file and takes the user back to the directory from
where the audio file was being played
Fast Forward Forwards the current video file being played. Press the button up to 4 times to
increase the forward speed from 2x till 32x.
Next Plays the next audio file from the current directory
Previous Plays the previous audio file from the current directory
Apart from the above controls, Users can browse through the audio files in the current directory one by one
by pressing the or arrow keys. Album information of the audio file selected shall be displayed.
Pressing button starts playing the chosen audio file.
7.1 Supported Audio formats
MP3 MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, a common audio format for consumer audio storage.
WAV Short for Waveform Audio Format, is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format.
AAC Advanced Audio Coding is a standardized, compression and encoding scheme for digital audio.
RA Real Audio is a proprietory format developed by Real Networks.
WMA Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft.
AC3 Dolby Digital Audio format.
DTS Digital Theatre System Audio format.
OGG Bitstream container file format for audio, video and other multimedia content.

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8 View Photo
MyBox can show photos from the USB mass storage devices [Refer Supported image formats]. Select ‘My
Photo’ tab and choose the device name from the list. Select the image file or you can further drill down to
the folder where the image files are kept.
Fig. 8.1 Fig. 8.2
MyBox, by default, checks for a folder ‘Photo’ in all the connected USB devices and loads this folder.
Otherwise, it creates a new folder in the above name and takes the user to the folder.
You can press button and choose the directory of your choice. Only the supported image file formats
are displayed. Select an image file and press button to view it in full screen mode.
Fig. 8.3

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Play / Pause Start / Pause Slide show.
Stop Stops slide show and takes the user back to the current directory
Audio Play / Pause background music.*
Next Shows the next image file from the current directory
Previous Shows the previous image file from the current directory
*You can add audio files to photo folders and play as background music for slideshows. Make sure that the
audio file is present in the same directory where the photos are present.
You can customize the Slide show time in My Setup. Go to My Setup ==> General Tab and change the
seconds value in the ‘SlideShow’ option. Default slide show time is fixed at 5 seconds.
Likewise, you can turn on / off the background music for slide show through My Setup ==> General Tab
under the option ‘SlideShow Music’.
8.1 Supported Image formats
JPG Joint Photographic Expert Group - commonly used image format.
GIF Graphics Interchange Format.
BMP Bitmap file format.
PNG Portable Network Graphics, a bitmap image format that employs lossless data
compression.

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9 Video Recording
One of the core features of MyBox is that it allows to record video streams from TV channels as well as from
other sources like CamCoder, DVD player, etc. You would require an USB drive with FAT32 partition
connected to MyBox to record the video stream. Video recording cannot be started without this. MyBox
supports two modes of recording - Instant Recording and Scheduled Recording.
9.1 Instant Recording
Video recording can be initiated immediately by pressing the button in MyBox remote.
Fig. 9.1
By default, maximum record time is set at 30 minutes. This setting can be changed from My Records ==>
Instant ==> Max Rec Time
Recorded video is stored in the USB device connected to MyBox. You can view and change the video
recording settings from My Setup ==> Record ==> Settings.
9.2 Scheduled Recording
Video Recording can also be scheduled to take place automatically at a future period of time.
Fig. 9.2

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Go to My Records ==> Schedule ==> Add channel, frequency, and date & time and duration details.
Fig. 9.3
You can add, edit and delete schedules. Frequency can be set as Once, Daily or Weekly. First 8 schedule
entries are shown and a maximum of 200 entries are allowed. If there are more than 8 schedules, use
and keys to navigate between pages. Use and arrow keys to
select schedules.
MyBox automatically kick starts scheduled recording. Make sure to leave your STB and MyBox turned on.
Record Schedules shall be executed even if the TV is switched off.
If you are watching any other programme, MyBox automatically tunes to the scheduled channel using IR
blaster and starts the recording.
9.3 View Recorded Files
You can also view recorded videos manually from My Records ==> View Files. Alternately, press the hotkey
to open the folder where the last recorded video is stored.

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10 Internet Browsing
MyBox brings Internet to the TV. Connect your Internet cable to MyBox LAN slot and experience the power
of Internet on TV.
10.1 My Web
You can do normal surfing in the Internet through the ‘My Web’ option under the menu ‘My Net’.
Fig. 10.1 Fig. 10.2
10.1.1 GoTo URL
You can go to a specific website through the option ‘Goto URL’.
Fig. 10.3
Text Entry
Enter the web address using MyBox remote’s alphabet / numeric keys. History of sites accessed
previously will be listed down. Press and key for quick access of site
history. Press key to load the web site typed
Use key to delete part of web address typed. You can switch between capital / small
letters by pressing the key. You can note the mode ‘abc’ / ‘ABC’ in the input box.