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mBOX User Manual
mBOX – The Multi User, Multi Tasking
Car entertainment system
Congratulations for buying mBOX!!
Feature rich and innovative….mBOX is the most advanced audio-visual and internet delivery
system ever designed for automobiles. Indigenously developed by our own R&D, mBOX contains
unique and proprietary Multi user,multi tasking technologies.
Full featured internet, on demand movies, games, chat and video conferencing…. all of these are
available on your fingertips through stunning graphics on highly advanced android touch
screens…… all in your moving car……
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Table of Contents
1. Installation ............................................................................................................3
2. Package contents...................................................................................................3
3. mBOX System Screen Functions...........................................................................4
4. mBOX Home Screen.............................................................................................8
5. Video gallery.......................................................................................................10
6. Music gallery ......................................................................................................11
7. Games gallery .....................................................................................................12
8. Internet................................................................................................................13
9. Video conferencing, audio conferencing or Chat .................................................14
10. Connecting your laptop or Smartphone to mBOX WIFI ......................................15
11. Power/LAN/WAN indicator..............................................................................15
12. Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................17
13. Support ...............................................................................................................19

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1. Installation
mBOX systems areinstalled in your carby professionals trained by mBOX engineering team. In general
users should not be required to engage with system installation directly. In case of need to make changes
in installation, contact our support team or the dealer or shop from where you purchased your mBOX.
2. Package contents
MBOX package contains following items. However, contentsmay be little different basedon the model
you have purchased.
Server
Client devices
(Depending on model user selects, the
number of client devices can vary from
2 to10 and color can be different than
shown here)
Harness
USB flash storage device
(Device in your package may look
different than one shown here.)
Wireless (2G/3G/4G) dongle
(Device in your package may look
different than one shown here)

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3. mBOX System Screen Functions
Figure 1: mBOX 7 inch client is a touch screen android device
Headphone
plug
Volume +
Back
Speaker
Power
Volume
-
Camera

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Figure 2: mBOX 9 inch client is a touch screen android device
Headphone
Plug
Volume +
Back
Speaker
Power
Volume
-
Camera

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Most operations on mBOX client screens are intuitive. Uses should be able to navigate through most
operations and functions easily without help of this manual. Some of the components and operations are
described in following sectionsin brief….
Power button
Press power button for long time to power ON mBOX client screen. When powering ON the screen
will look like this.
oAfter successful power ON mBOX home screen will be displayed and the screen will look
like this.
oTo power OFF the client device, press and hold power button till the screen becomes
blank and looks like this.
Press power button momentarily (for small time) to bring device in power DOWN mode
from active mode and to and to active mode from power DOWN mode. This
button toggles the device between active and power saving modes when held pressed
momentarily (for small time).
oIn power DOWN mode screen will be black. In active mode the device will show mBOX
HOME screenas in Figure 1 and Figure 2.
oPower DOWN modeis different from power OFF mode. But screen is blank in both cases.
To come out of Power OFF mode, power button needs to be pressed for long time. To
come out of power DOWN mode, power button needs to be pressed only momentarily
(for small time).

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Volume
Press volume “+” button to increase audio volume (speaker or headphone).
Press volume “-“ button to decrease audio volume (speaker or headphone).
Volume icon is also present on touch screen graphics. When watching movie or listening to audio
or in voice conference, volume button appearson the screen.
oVolume buttons on client device case and volume icon on graphics work in parallel. Users
can choose to use either of them as per their convenience.
Back
Users can get to their previous screen by pressing Back button on device case or back icon on
graphics screen.
Home (Available on graphics screen)
Press home icon will take users to mBOX home page
Speaker
Speaker for audio without use of headphone. When headphone is not being used, speaker
provides sound during video/audio play orvideo/audio conference or in any other application
that outputs audio.
Headphone plug
External headphones can be plugged in earphone plug to listen to music, to watch video, to do
audio/video conferencing withoutdisturbingother passengers.
Speaker willbe disconnected when a headphone is plugged in the earphoneplug
Camera
Camera will switch onautomatically during video conferencing. Cameraoperation is controlled by
the software.

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4. mBOX Home Screen
Figure 3: mBOX home screen
4.1. Video Icon
Click on Video Icon to open video gallery.
More details about the video gallery screen in later section (Section 5).
4.2. Music Icon
Click on Music to open music gallery. Once on music gallery page, music will automatically start
from server (Home folder). To select music from USB flash storage card, select one of the highlighted flash
storage card icons. List of available songs will be displayed on screen. Play a song of your choice by
selecting it on the screen.
Music will play sequentially. But user can select any song from list to play. Once the selected song
finishes, next song in the list will play automatically.
More details in “Music gallery” section 6.

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4.3. Games Icon
Click on Games Icon to opengames gallery.
Games gallery screen can be different for each client device. This gallery depends on the games
installed on each client device. Games can be installed by downloading them from internet.
More details in “Games Gallery” section 7.
4.4. Internet
Click on internet Icon forbrowsing internet. mBOX has a full featured internet browser. Users can
do everything on mBOXbrowser thatis possibleon a normal browseron your desktop, laptopor tablet
devices
4.5. Video/Voice/Chat
Click on Video/Voice/Chat icon to start Skype based internet video/voice/text chat with compatible
account. To chatwith another person he/she should be online on Skypeand should be partof your contact
list. A connection needs to be initiated with online contacts. Once connected a voice or video conference
can be initiated from thisapplication.
More detailed about thisoperation isprovided in later sections.

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5. Video gallery
Movie gallery screen look like following.
Pressing the return icon takes you to previous screen. Home icon and four USB icons
Figure 4: Movie gallery screen
Video files from only one source are displayedon screen at a time. Touch the Home icon or one of the USB
icons to display list of videos present at server or USB devices respectively. USB icon become like this
once you select one of the USB to display list.
If a USB icon is highlighted then that USB is connected in its slot and is being read by the system. If
USB flash card is not connected to its slot or system is not able to read it for some reason, the
corresponding USB will show un-highlighted (white) like this .
A maximum of 4 USB flash cards can be connected to the system as shown on each client screen.
Each client device can avail all contents of all USB devices and HOME. However, mBOX currently supports
only limited numberof video format. More video format supports will be added in future versions (some of
the future versions upgrades will be available to users through our website).
Tap on any video icon to play that video
Screen can be slide up/down to see a complete list of videos available
Tap to go back to previous screen and tap home icon to go to mBOXhome screen

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6. Music gallery
Music gallery screen looks like following. To get to this screen, tap the Music icon on Home screen.
Figure 5: Music gallery screen
As in case of Video gallery screen, this screen lists available songs from Home and four USB sources.
Bottom part of screen shows familiar audio control functions that work on touch. On right side of screen
are the 5 sources as in video gallery screen along with the usual return oricon.
The first song in the list from “Home” (server) source will automatically start playing as default
when user enters this screen.
Highlighted USBs on right side show the available USB storage devices in their slots. List of songs
are displayed only from one of the available sources.
Screen can slide up/down to view a complete list by dragging a finger on screen from top to
bottom or vise versa
Select return to go back to previous screen
Select home to go to home screen of mBOX

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7. Games gallery
Games gallery screen lookslike following. To get to this screen, tap on Games icon on Home screen
Figure 6: Games gallery screen
As in case of Video and Music gallery screen, games gallery screen lists available games with the
difference that games are loaded onto each client device separately. Each client device can have a
different list of games. New games can also be downloaded from internet onto each screen (again
separately)
Select the game from list displayed on screen
These are normal video games. Instructionsfor playing a games is built in each game
Screen can be slide up and down by sliding finger on screen
Select return to go back to previous screen
Select home to go to home screen of mBOX

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8. Internet
Click on internet icon on mBOX home screen to go to internet access screen. This will take you to
following screen. From here one can do a search or type the URL directly in address bar. Internet access
experience on mBOX is similar to internet access on your laptop ordesktop or tablet device. However WAN
speed (speed of your wireless card and SIM car) can make a difference in speed of downloading and
uploading contents and pages.
mBOX allows full accessto internet if WAN and LAN connections are established. LAN connection ispartof
mBOX system but WAN connection is established only through 2G/3G/4G data card. User is responsible for
acquiring the USB dongle and SIM card with proper configurations that are necessary to access internet on
mBOX.
Figure 7: Internet acess screen
Once both WAN and LAN connections are established, mBOX provides full features internet to each touch
screen separately and independently. This means each user can use internet for their purpose without
depending on otheruser(s).
mBOX allows use of internet in a moving car assuming 2G/3G/4G dongle has operational strength signal.
Strong signal will provide good connection& weak signal will provide slow connection.

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9. Video conferencing, audio conferencing or Chat
mBOX uses Skype to provide video/audio conferencing and text based chat functions.
Click on telephone icon to go to video/audio conferencing and text-chat application that looks
like following. This is a standard Skype application screen.
Video, audio conferencing and text-chat is possible only when both WAN and LAN connections are
established. LAN connection is part of mBOX system hence is always guaranteed to work (other than in
situations of malfunctions), but WAN connection is established only through 2G/3G/4G data card. User is
responsible for acquiring the USB dongle and SIM card with proper configurations that are necessary to
access internet on mBOX.
Figure 8: : Video conferencing, audio conferencing and chat screen
To do video/audio conferencing or to chat with another person, user needs to login to his/her Skype
account. New account can be opened very easily and quickly if one doesn’t already have one. Once opened
an account remains active for long time. To do a conference call or do a chat through Skype with another
person the other needs to be online on Skype and should be part of your contact list. A connection needs to
be initiated with online contacts. Once connected a voice or video conference can be initiated from this
application.
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User(s) can enjoy Voice and video chat in running car irrespective of distance and location from their
friends.
All of following arepossible through mBOX in a moving or static car.
Vehicle to vehicle video and audio conferencing and text based chat
Vehicle to homeaudio and video conferencing and text based chat
Vehicle to office video and audio conferencing and text based chat
mBOX engineering team willbe upgrading to add more applications for video/audio and chat conferencing
functions. These upgrades will be available through company sites. Please check Rainbow web site for
application upgrades/updates.
10. Connecting your laptop or Smartphone to mBOX WIFI
mBOX allows your laptop and smartphone to be connectedto its WIFI. Using mBOX WIFI, users can use all
applications available through the client devices in your car seats. Additionally, users can access their
email or internet in their laptop and Smartphone devices if they prefer.
To connect to mBOX WIFI uses the SSID and WIFIpassword supplied to you with mBOX purchase.
For support contact Rainbow support.
11. Power/LAN/WAN indicator
Top right of mBOX home screen has three indicator icons - Power , LAN connection and WAN
connection respectively.
11.1. Power indicator Icon
Power indicator is used for troubleshooting purposes only by repair and maintenance engineers. Users
should notneed to use this icon.
11.2. LAN (WIFI) connection indicator Icon
mBOX usesWIFI to wirelessly connectandroid touch screens(client devicesin your seats) to mBOX server .
This connection is called LANconnection. Yourandroid screens indicate the status of this LAN connection
for that particular client device. Each client device tracks its own connection with the server.

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LAN indicator shows status of LAN signal. If it is blue like this , then LAN is working. Instead if it is
different color (such as red) like this , then WIFI connection to this client device is not working. Please
check power supply connection to the server. Sever needs to be ON for the LAN (WIFI) connection to work.
If server is powered ON and the LAN indicator is still not of blue color then a more involved troubleshooting
may be required (which may need support from Rainbow). Please check troubleshooting section of this
manual for morehelp in troubleshooting LANconnection.
11.3. WAN connection indicator or or or or
mBOX uses 2G/3G/4G connection through wireless dongle to provide connectivity between server in your
car and outside world. This connectivity is required for internet and live chat and audio/video
conferencing. This connection from mBOXserver to outside world is called WAN connection.
The 3rd icon on top row from left is the WAN connection indicator icon. This icon shows status of WAN
connectivity.
If WAN indicator icon is dark blue color as then the WAN connectivity is very good
If WAN indicator icon color is light blue as then WAN connectivity is better than average
If WAN indicator icon color is dark green as then WAN connectivity is average
If WAN indicatoricon color is greenish yellow as then WAN connectivity is below average
If WAN indicatoricon color is yellow as then WAN connectivity is very weak (but still alive)
If WAN indicator icon color is red as then WAN is not connected. This will happen if Wireless
dongle is not connected or 2G/3G/4G signals are too weak or absent. 2G/3G/4G connection can
be absent because of wireless tower problems.

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12. Troubleshooting
This section provides information about basic troubleshooting of mBOX. If simple steps described in this
section don’t fix the problem, please contact Rainbow support.
12.1. Power cycle mBOX
Power cycling (Switching the system OFF and switching it back ON) should fix most of the common
problems assuming user has connected necessary components (2G/3G/4G wirelessdongle for internet and
video, audio, text conferencing and USB flash storage device for on demand video and audio.
Method to power cycle mBOX
Power OFF mBOX using main POWER switch. Waitfora fewseconds.
Switch on the main POWER switch. Wait for a few minutes for server and clients to boot up.
Check if LAN and/or WAN connections are good (check LAN and WAN indicators).
12.2. Troubleshooting LAN connection
LAN (WIFI and Ethernet) connectivity is very important for mBOX functioning. LAN connects mBOX server
to client devices providing important functionality, control and data.
LAN indicator is the 2rd icon from left on the top right of mBOX HOME screen. It looks like this or
and shows status of LAN connection for each client device separately.
If LAN indicator is blue like this then there is no problem with LAN connectivity
If LAN indicator is red then this means LAN connectivity isnot alive.
oIf this happens Power cycle mBOX as described in section 12.1 above.
oIf Power Cycling mBOXdoesn’t fix theproblem, please contact Rainbow support.
12.3. Troubleshooting WAN connection
WAN (2G/3G/4G wireless connection) is needed for internet browsing, video, audio conferencing and text
based chat functions. Without this connectivity being alive, internet and video, audio & chat conferencing
functions do not function in mBOXsystem.

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WAN indicator (this icon in different colors) is the third icon from left on the top right of mBOX
HOME scree.
If the WAN indicator is blue/light blue/green/light green/yellow / / / /
, this means WAN connection is alive.
If WAN connectivity is alive but you face data speed related problems (slow internet, broken
audio during audio conference, broken or frozen video during video conference, slow chat
response in text chat or simply slow internet experience), then this indicates data bandwidth
limitation of the wireless data card (2G/3G/4G). These problems are generally related to
coverage problems of cell phone towers by your data provider. These problems can occur in
certain time of the day as well when cell phone traffic is very high.
oThe problems will go away when you move to a place that has good data reception
quality (good tower coverage). If you have data card and SIM with good data speed and
when WAN indicator shows strong signal strength (dark blue like this ), then you
should expecta good WANperformance.hasgood strength.
oRainbow has tested some data cards and SIM cards with mBOX systems to verify their
functioning. Using data cards and data SIMs recommended by Rainbow may result in a
better experience. However, since data speed depends on too many factors governed by
cell phone provider company, there are always chances of slow data network from cell
phone tower.
If WAN indicator is red this means WAN connection is not alive
oPlease check that 2G/3G/4G wireless (internet) dongle is connected to its slot
in mBOX properly. To double check you could remove the dongle and plug it again.
oIf wireless dongle is connected properly and WAN connection is not alive,
please check if you have sufficient data balance available in you SIM. If not please buy
more data credit and try again.
oIf wireless dongle is connected properly and has sufficient data balance and WAN
connection is still not alive then power cycle mBOX as described in section 12.1 above.
oIf above steps don’t fix theproblem,please contact Rainbow support.

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13. Support
Phone
0124
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4275
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196
Email
[e-mail]
Web
www.rainbowmediasolution.com