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  • Page 1

    PVR P8131 OPERATION MANUA L To ensure the proper operation of a ll featur es of PVR P8131 , please fo llow the Operation Manual and make sure that the packaging contains: - the cables required for connection of PVR P813 1 products to peripheral equ ipment: a). audio and video input connection: for con necting TV, digital T V set-top bo xes and DVD [...]

  • Page 2

    4.4 File Browser In the main menu interface, press up/do wn 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 br owser utility for the built-in har d drive, se lect the name of a built-i[...]

  • Page 3

    4.6 Music Playback Entered the "Music" section, as described in section 4. 4 to l ocate the music file, and move the cursor to navigate to the file you would like to play back and pr ess Play" on Remote Control (1 7) to play the audio track. During video playback, press "Exit" on the remote c ontrol (19) to return to the &q[...]

  • Page 4

    PVR P8131 supports two types of video recordin g: Instant Recording and Scheduled Rec o rding. 4.8.1 Instant Recording: Use up / down keys - (13), (14) to move the cursor, c hoose "Video", press Pla y to enter th e "Vid eo" section, use the up / down keys -- (13), (14) to select the Instant Recording, press Play to access the In[...]

  • Page 5

    Caution: 1. To use Scheduled Recordin g function yo u must fi rst connect the video input to PVR P8131, and then connect PVR P8131 video output to T V set; 2. Please make sure that you have confirmed the select ed schedule prior to exiting th e Schedule Recording timer. Reffer to relevant system se ttings in the manual for further advanced operatio[...]

  • Page 6

    copy function . To make sure that you do not accidently overwite an important file in the destination direct ory, please make sure thast y ou first back up the file). Copy function interface Caution: while perfor ming the copy operation, pl ease b e pati ent and do not cut off the power. 5.1.2 Deleting files/folders In the File Browser mode, select[...]

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    5.2.3 Fast-forward and Rewind During playback, press fast-forward/rewind buttons (12/ 1 1) on the remote control to fast-forward/rewind the file. Press fast forward/rewind buttons (12/11) repeat edly to keep fast for warding/rewinding the fle. To speed up the fast forward and re wind by 2 x, 4 x, 8 x and 16 x, press the button repe ately to cycle b[...]

  • Page 8

    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 subt itles file name needs to be the sa me as AVI file name and placed in the same folder; 3. Video file information is display ed for 3 se conds before the subtitles apper. 5.2.6 S[...]

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    5.2.9 Mute volume During playback press the Mute (4 ) button to mute the volume. When you press the mute (4) button , the au dio track is muted and the mut e sign is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. To resume the nor m al audio playback press the the mute (4) button again. See 5.2.10 During playback press Information (2) button on[...]

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    5.3.2 Pausing Music Playback During playback, press Play (17) on Remote Control to pause the playbac k. Into the upper right corner of the screen you will see the word "Paused", press Play (17) to resume the playback. The interface an d op eration are shown below: 5.3.3 Fast-forward and Rewind During playback, press fast-forward/rewind bu[...]

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    5.3.5 Changing Playback Mode During playback press the Playback mode (1 8) button o n Remote Control to change the pla yback mode. Press the Playback mode (18) button repeat edly to switch bet ween different modes, the current pla yback mode is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen for five seconds. T here are three pl ayback modes avai[...]

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    5.4.2 Changing Playback Mode During image playback, press Playback Mode (18) button to chang e the im age playback. There are three modes availa ble: - Manual playback: use left/right navigation button (15/16) to choose next/privoius image; - Slide show: the recorder will automaticall y playback al l the images in the current director y, each imag [...]

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    5.4.4 Rotating image During manual playback use Rotate (8) butt on to rotate the image. Every time you press the button the image rotates 90 degrees clock wise. T he interface and operation are sho wn below: 5.4.5 Background Mus ic PVR P8131 products can be used to creat e background audio tracks dur ing the image playback Make sure that the desire[...]

  • Page 14

    5.5 Video Recording PVR P8131 supports two types of video recordin g: Instant Recording and Scheduled Rec o rding. 5.5.1 Video Recording main interface In the main interface, select "Video Recordn g" an d pr ess Pla y (17) button to enter the main video recording interface. The interface provides the different options for vid eo recording[...]

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    recorded content into multiple files of pred efined size . If you choose the file size limit of 650 MB and yo ur actual recording occupies 800 MB, the recordin g will be split bet ween a 65 0 MB file and a 150 MB file. It is also possible to set the the destination for the recorded file: you can cho ose to record t o the Local Disk 1 or Local Disk [...]

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    Caution: To ensure the successfull recording, do uble-check that the video input sig nal is ri ght, if PVR P8131 does not detect the correct connection to video so urce the message "No video signals, recordi ng cancelled" (shown below). Make sure the connection is correct prior to recording. 5.5.5 Scheduled Recordin g To set up the schedu[...]

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    Caution: 1. ensure the correct input connection and chan nel selecion; 2. make sure that the system time is set correc tly, for system tim e setti ngs reffer to 5.9.3; 3. make sure that there is no power interruption during the recording, standby mod e is not available after the recording has been schedule d. 5.5.6 Playback of Recording In the main[...]

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    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 Ti me Sh ift When accessing Time Shift for the first 15 seconds the scre e n will display the current state of broadcast,[...]

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    5.6.5 Fast Forw arding the playback If you suspended the broadcast, use fast-forward (1 2) butto n to rapidly progress the playback forward to catch up with the actual progress of the programmes bro adcast. 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 Pl[...]

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    The interface and operati on ar e shown below: 5.7.3 Pay attention wh en conn ectin g to USB port 1) only in the main Menu and USB in USB Slave mo de can recorder connect to computers 2) in the main Menu set the options of USB mode by using the Remote Control to enter U SB Host mode or USB Slave mode. 3) accessing the file browser interface autom a[...]

  • Page 21

    5.9 Settings In settings Menu you can change al l the system se ttings, including time and perform firm ware upgrades. 5.9.1 Settings Main Menu In the main Menu, select "Settings" and pres s Play (17) to acess the main interface. The interface is shown below: 5.9.2 Languag e settings System supports multiple languages. Use the left/right [...]

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    The interface is shown belo w: 5.9.4 Sound se ttings Here you can change vo lume settings. Volume can be set between O - 30, the volume set here will become the default volume. Use + / - buttons to change the volume level, press Ex it (19) to exit Volume settings menu, confirm the pop- up message to save your sele ction. T he interface is shown bel[...]

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    Here you can set up the USB conn ection settings. The re corder can be connected to USB port of Person al Computer as well as other USB storage devices. Under USB settings PVR P813l provides t wo options: Slav e mode is used to connect to computers and Host mode to connect to other USB storage devices. Use up/down keys (13/14) to change the current[...]

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    Caution : Do not switch the recorder off or disconnect the power cable dur ing the upgrade, the upgr ade will fail and you might not be able to restor e the privio us version of firmware. 5.9.7.2 Restoring Factory Settings Choose to restore factory settings, press Play (17) to restore the original volume, displa y and other settings. 5.9.7.3 Format[...]

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    Caution: The data deleted during th e formating process is del eted permanently and can not be recovere d. Diconnect USB devices, remove SD card from SD card sl ot and do not disconnect powe r w hen performing the format operation, otherwise you w ill exp e rience data errors on your har d drive a nd when attempting to access your files the system [...]

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    Q: Is there a file size limit when transffering files to PVR P8131? » A: Since PVR P8131 is utilizing FAT 32 file system, it is not possible to transffer a file larg er then 4GB. Q: Does PVR P8131 support external equip ment? » A: Through an external USB devices or SD card re ader high-defin ition video can be playe d back. Q: Why does the PVR P8[...]