Owner’s Manual Smart Media Player TIZZBIRD™ F30, F20 Rev 2.1.
Table of Contents 1 2 3 Safety Notice ............................................................................. 5 Features .................................................................................... 6 Specifications ............................................................................ 7 3.1 3.2 4 Description of Each Part ............................................................. 9 4.1 4.2 5 6 7 8 F30 ................................................................................
14.17 Movie Playback Controller ............................................................................................. 50 15 Listening Music ........................................................................ 51 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Music Browser ................................................................................................................ 51 Sorting Music ..................................................................................................................
25.1 25.2 25.3 25.3.1 25.3.2 Abstract ........................................................................................................................... 91 Repairing by Safe Mode Booting................................................................................... 91 Repairing by System Recovery Mode ........................................................................... 91 Preparation ........................................................................................................
1 Safety Notice Do not try to disassemble the unit. It may cause malfunction or fire. Keep away the unit from magnetized devices. It may erase the data stored in the HDD drive inside. Do not place the unit in places that are exposed to oil, water, dust, humidity, rain or wind. Keep away the unit from overheated areas, such as heaters. Place it well ventilated location. Ensure that a free airflow is maintained around the unit.
2 Features Tizzbird playbacks various full HD movie contents including HDMV and DVD backup formats as well as AVI, MKV, XVID and TS formats on TV. It supports most recent video formats such as H264 and VC-1. TizzBird provides a full web-browsing capability very similar like PC. Mouse and keyboard can be attached to support various inputs, which enable slick Internet surfing even on the big screen TV. TizzBird playbacks high resolution photo images on TV.
3 Specifications 3.1 F30 Model TizzBird F30 System TCC9302 1Ghz CPU/ 512M Memory/ 2GB NAND flash Booting time from stand-by is less than three seconds. OS Android Rev 2.3 Gingerbread Video Format: AVI/ MKV/ MPG/ WMV/ VOB/ TP/ TRP/ M2TS/ MOV/ FLV/ IFO/ ISO/ HDMV Codec: MPEG 1/2/4, H264, XVID, WMV9(MP@HL4.1) VC-1(AP@L3) Resolution: Max 1080p 60Hz Audio MP3/ OGG/ WAV/ AAC/ FLAC/ APE/ WMA Dolby Digital / DTS Down Mixing and Pass-thru Image JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF Connection USB 2.
3.2 F20 Model TizzBird F20 System TCC8801 Cortex-A8 1Ghz CPU/ 256KB L2 Cache 512M Memory/ 2GB NAND flash Booting time from stand-by is less than three seconds. OS Android Rev 2.3 Gingerbread Video Format: AVI/ MKV/ MPG/ WMV/ VOB/ TP/ TRP/ M2TS/ MOV/ FLV/ IFO/ ISO/ HDMV Codec: MPEG 1/2/4, H264, XVID, WMV9(MP@HL4.1) VC-1(AP@L3) Resolution: Max 1080p 60Hz Audio MP3/ OGG/ WAV/ AAC/ FLAC/ APE/ WMA Dolby Digital / DTS Down Mixing and Pass-thru Image JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF Connection USB 2.
4 Description of Each Part 4.1 F30 Power Button Smart HDD Rack Turn ON/OFF power of the unit. Install/ uninstall the HDD easily with this RACK Connectors Please connect the unit to AV port of the TV or AV receiver. Please connect Ethernet cable or install the Wi-Fi USB dongle for connecting the network. * There’s another USB host port at the side.
4.2 F20 Power Button Bottom side HDD Cabinet Turn ON/OFF power of the unit. Install/ uninstall 2.5” HDD. Connectors Please connect the unit to AV port of the TV or AV receiver. Please connect Ethernet cable or install the Wi-Fi USB dongle for connecting the network. * There’s another USB host port at the side.
5 Package Contents The TizzBird package contains the following items. The shape of items described below may slightly different from the actual contents.
6 F30 Installation and Connection Pedestal Assembly This is a guide for assembly of pedestal into the main unit. No screw needed. Find out six bumps of the pedestal and assembly them with six holes of the bottom side of the main unit. Push the pedestal to the front side until the “CLICK” sound.
HDD Installation This is a guide for installation of HDD into the rack. No screw needed Before install the HDD into the rack, please check the four bumps on the rack. There are two A bumps on the side, and two B bumps on the bottom. Find out the side holes of HDD, and assembly them with two A bumps. Insert the HDD first on the side. Then assembly the bottom holes of HDD with two B bumps. Insert the rack smoothly into the main unit. Please make sure that handle of rack is open status, before insertion.
Connecting the Video The TizzBird supports HDMI, Component and Composite video output for connection to a TV, and each output needs to be configured in the settings browser depending on what cable is being used. Connection to HDMI Out Connection to Component Connection to Composite Out Connect the TizzBird output to your TV using an HDMI cable. 1080p full HD contents can be output as 1080p only thru HDMI. HDMI can also transfer the audio signal and no need to connect another cable for audio.
Connecting the Audio The unit provides RCA analog stereo output, coaxial and optical digital output and HDMI to connect the audio device like AV receiver and TV. Please connect to audio outputs to appropriate port of audio device. Please select the appropriate input at the audio device using remote controller after connection.
Connecting USB Device TizzBird provides three USB 2.0 host ports to connect various external devices, such as FLASH MEMORY drive, external USB HDD enclosure, digital camera/camcorder, keyboard & mouse, or Wi-Fi USB dongle.
7 F20 Installation and Connection HDD Installation This is a guide for installation of HDD into the rack. No screw needed Before install the HDD into the cabinet, you need to unscrew one screw of cabinet at the bottom side of device. Then open the cover of the cabinet. Insert the 2.5” HDD drive into the cabinet. Please notice the connector of HDD and it should be fit in. Close the cover of cabinet, screw the single screw of the cover.
Connecting the Video The TizzBird supports HDMI, Component and Composite video output for connection to a TV, and each output needs to be configured in the settings browser depending on what cable is being used. Connection to HDMI Out Connection to Composite Out Connect the TizzBird output to your TV using an HDMI cable. 1080p full HD contents can be output as 1080p only thru HDMI. HDMI can also transfer the audio signal and no need to connect another cable for audio.
Connecting the Audio The unit provides RCA analog stereo output, coaxial and optical digital output and HDMI to connect the audio device like AV receiver and TV. Please connect to audio outputs to appropriate port of audio device. Please select the appropriate input at the audio device using remote controller after connection.
Connecting USB Device TizzBird provides three USB 2.0 host ports to connect various external devices, such as FLASH MEMORY drive, external USB HDD enclosure, digital camera/camcorder, keyboard & mouse, or Wi-Fi USB dongle. Recommendation The upper port of USB host should be used for mouse or keyboard. It’s actually USB 2.0 OTG port so it may cause compatibility problem on some devices.
8 Initial Setup Initial setup consists of 6 steps of WIZARD style sequences. The sequence of WIZARD will be LANGUAGE SETUP VIDEO OUTPUT SETUP SCREEN FITTING NETWORK SETUP TIME&WEATHER SETUP THEME SETUP The PREV/ NEXT button on the top side of each screen will bring the PREV/ NEXT step. 8.1 Language Setup The first step is setup the menu language. The setup wizard will enumerate all the languages available at the device.
8.2 Video Output Setup The 2nd setup is video output. Video output screen will pop up both COMPOSITE and HDMI screen. User can select one of these buttons with MOUSE or REMOTE. If user selects HDMI output then the screen resolution selection screen will appear as above.
8.3 Screen Fitting Setup The 3rd step is fitting the screen size according to user’s TV. Clicking UP/DOWN button at left-bottom side will increase/ decrease the screen size accordingly. Press OK when done. 8.4 Network Setup The 4th step is setting up network. Both Wi-Fi and Ethernet can be configured here.
Wi-Fi button were pressed, the following screen will enumerate all available Wi-Fi AP. Select one of them and click it. The next page screen will pop up to configure the Wi-Fi. Typing the password will finalize the Wi-Fi setup and Internet connection will be made.
8.5 Time & Weather Location Setup The next step is setting up time zone and weather location. Tizzbird provides automatic setup for those as long as network is connected. To setup the time-zone, select the Time-Zone button as above screen. Then select “AUTO” if Internet is connected. Otherwise, you can manually input the time-zone.
The weather location can be configured as “AUTO” or “MANUAL”. Please select “AUTO” if Internet is connected. Otherwise, you can manually input the weather-location. 8.6 Theme Setup The final step is setting up theme. Tizzbird provides two type of theme, one is the Android theme, the other is Tizzbird classic theme. If you are familiar with smart phone user interface, please choose “Android”. If you are more familiar with multimedia player, then choose TizzBird theme.
9 Home Screen (Android Theme) The HOME SCREEN is very similar with smart phone. The APPs can be located at the surface of HOME SCREEN freely, while the specific browsers like MOVIE/ MUSIC/ PHOTO/ FILE/ WEB/ APP browser will stick as icons at the bottom side of HOME SCREEN. The several WIDGETs will help the user navigate thru the screen. Weather Widget shows the weather, calendar and time. Click the WEATHER WIDGET will bring the configuration screen of location and time-zone.
The CONTROL WIDGET lets users control the SCREEN and VOLUME by MOUSE. The CONTROL WIDGET cannot be accessible by REMOTE. It’s because one of the nature of Android. It’s only accessible by MOUSE. The same functional buttons are on the remote already. Please use them. Volume Down Volume Up Back Menu Home Power Off The STATUS WIDGET shows current status of each device. It will highlight when activated.
10 Using Remote Controller Turn power ON/OFF Change the TV Output mode Input numbers Go to HOME screen Pop-up MENU screen Resume to previous screen Move to previous /next item (page) Move to each directed item Select Optional “hot” context button Play or Pause Fast-Forward and Rewind Volume Up/ Down Channel (PVR) or Sync (Subtitle) Up/Down Record (PVR) Mute the audio Bookmark the current scene Time/ Chapter/ Bookmark Search 29
11 Firmware Update & Installation of Apps The new FIRMWARE can be updated by OTA (Over the Air) when there is new firmware available. The information dialog will be pop-up when there is new firmware. Here’s the step. 1) Prepare more than 128MB free space of USB flash drive or HDD. 2) Connect this flash drive or HDD to USB host port. 3) Go to “Settings” icon System Tab and select “Firmware Upgrade”. 4) The firmware will be downloaded at the USB drive you connected and automatically updated.
12 Initial Screen 12.1 Turning On Power Press button on the remote or press the power key at front panel to turn on the power. The unit will start boot-up. Red color LED will blink fast during the booting. LED will turn into BLUE during normal operation after booting. 12.2 Audio Settings Audio output should be configured as “Digital” mode to connect AV receiver. Select
audio format can be configured as ON/ OFF of pass-thru. Please choose appropriate “On” or “Off” status according to the capability of connected audio device. 12.3 Network Settings Network should be configured to surf Internet and download movie poster automatically from Internet and do network game. There are two types of network setting. One is Wi-Fi (Wireless), the other is Ethernet (Wired). The USB Wi-Fi dongle should be prepared to connect network thru Wi-Fi.
This pop-up shows the wireless access points available. Select one of them that can be accessible. It shows the signal strength and prompts the password, if password is required like below picture. Password can be input by remote button if it’s composed of numbers. Or mouse or keyboard need to be used if the password is string. To maximize the performance of wireless connection, 802.11n mode is recommended. 1080p MKV movie or HD broadcasting stream can be streamed without stuttering.
12.3.2 Configure Ethernet Connection Gigabit Ethernet can be also used to connect wired network. Connect the network cable at the Ethernet network port at rear side of the unit. 1) Select . 2) If the configuration is “Auto IP”, the network connection will occur immediately. 3) Otherwise, network setting should be manually configured by selecting . 12.3.
12.4 Turning Power Off, Completely Power Off To turn off the power, press button on the remote or press power key on the front panel. The LED will turn into RED status, and this shows the unit is in “STAND-BY” status. Press power button on remote control more than 1 second will bring up the following POWER-OFF DIALOG BOX. Power Off Turn off power completely Reboot Reboot the system Stand-by Make it suspend mode This unit consumes quite little power which is less than 0.
13 Start-Up & Termination 13.1 Home Screen The below HOME SCREEN will appear after booting up. It shows 7 different items. The each item can do the each designated browsing. For example, movies can be browsed at MOVIE BROWSER. HOME SCREEN consists of 7 browsers including (from left to right) FILE/ PHOTO/ MOVIE/ MUSIC/ SETTINGS/ APP/ WEB browsers. To execute each browser, select the browser by arrow buttons on the remote and press button.
13.2 Change Cover-View Style TizzBird provides Open-GL 3D based Cover-View user interface. One of six different styles of cover-view can be selected as a view-style. Press “BLUE” color button on the remote. The cover-view selection pane will pop-up and let you select one of them. This kind of selection is also available at MOVIE/ MUSIC/ PHOTO/SETTINGS browser, and one of them can be chosen always by pressing “BLUE” color button on remote.
13.3 Movie Browser Movie browser will scan movie files on the devices when booting first or attaching external device thru USB. It will take several minutes (depends on size of HDD) for the 1st scanning. Once it’s scanned, it will take much less time on next boot. If movie posters are available for the movies, then cover-view screen like below will appear. 13.4 Terminate Press button on remote or key on the front will turn the unit be into STAND-BY status.
14 Watching Movie 14.1 Movie Browser If MOVIE BROWSER is selected and if the posters were already scraped or registered for movies, then the following screen will appear. This screen is called “MOVIE BROWSER” screen. Up to 15 movies can be browsed at once per page. Arrow keys can be used to navigate thru posters. Keep press arrow key to browse continuously. 14.2 Control Widget at Browser Screen The each specific browser was changed to support the control widget.
The control widget bar will appear to control the overall behavior of the browser. 14.3 Selecting Device The attached device can be selected by RED color button on the remote, like below picture. This kind of device selection can be also available at MUSIC and PHOTO BROWSER. [Device Selection] Selecting DATABASE will scan all the movie files on every device and show them. Selecting each device like HDD, USB or NETWORK DRIVE will just show the folders on that device.
14.4 Movie Browser Menu
14.5 To Add Movie Poster Movie posters should be added to make fancy movie browser like following screen. TizzBird has built-in poster downloader inside called which means scraping the movie information from network. Network should be connected before scraping movie posters. Please refer to section 8.8 to configure network settings. If movie does not have poster, the default image will appear like following screen. Press
The following screen will appear when start scraping. The scraping will be performed based on the file name, so there can be a chance the file name is not correct or not good enough. In this case, scraping can be tried again on the same file. The dialog box will be pop-up to enter or revise the file name to scrape. Click the dialog box with mouse to bring the virtual keyboard, so the scraping file name can be changed.
14.6 Synopsis Screen The scraping consistes of two steps. One is getting the movie poster, the other is getting the filmography including synopsis of the movie. If scraping is successful, the following screen will come out as a next when the poster is selected. It shows a synopsis, running time, release year, genre, director and actors.
14.7 Resume and Bookmark TizzBird provides RESUME function to the last playback position of movie, so it’s not necessary to search it again manually. Press
14.8 Movie Playback Menu The information pane will appear at bottom side of screen as soon as movie starts like below picture. It will show title, running time, video and audio types. It also shows color buttons on the remote that can be used to control movie playback. RED color button: Select audio GREEN color button: Select and control subtitle parameters. BLUE color button: Select video parameters and 3D movie types. YELLOW color button: Show movie playback information.
14.9 Playback Speed Control TizzBird provides various playback speeds and skip controls during playback including PAUSE/ FAST-FORWARD/ REWIND/ PREVIOUS/ NEXT. Press button to play or pause the playback. Press or button to skip to previous or next chapter. Press button to fast-forward playback. It will change from 4x > 8x > 16x > 32x then again 4x if press continuously 빨리 감기(FF) Button을 누르면 배속으 Press button누르면 to rewind 로 재생합니다. 연속으로 4x playback.
14.11 Playback Information Menu Select image at movie playback menu to confirm the movie playback information. Select image. The movie information and current playback position will appear like following image. 14.12 Subtitle Menu Select image at movie playback menu to control the subtitle language, position, size, sync and font Select image. The subtitle position would be lowest bottom side at 100% and would be top at 0%. 14.
Press after selecting audio format or language audio to change the audio track. 14.14 Video Parameter Menu Select
14.17 Movie Playback Controller The MOVIE PLAYBACK screen was changed as well to support the MOUSE. The CONTROLLER will pop up when LEFT CLICK MOUSE button. Minimize button Menu buttons Playback control buttons Mute button + Volume Bar Scrollbar Click to move position The MENU BUTTON group consists of several menu buttons.
15 Listening Music 15.1 Music Browser The following MUSIC BROWSER screen will appear if music files contain the album art at their tags. Press or keys to move each direction. Keep pressing arrow keys to browsing continuously. The album-art screen will keep changing. Press
15.2 Sorting Music Music files at large capacity hard drive need to be sorted since it’s easy to organize and search. TizzBird provides various “SORTING” functions based on the powerful Android database. Press GREEN color button on remote to sort by ALBUM, ARTIST, TITLE or YEAR. The following two images show SORT BY GENRE and SORT BY YEAR. SORT BY GENRE 15.3 SORT BY YEAR Music Playback Screen Select album art to playback the selected music. The following image will appear.
16 Watching Photo 16.1 Photo Browser The following PHOTO BROWSER screen will appear when selecting PHOTO BROWSER. It’s composed of superb folder thumbnails COVER-VIEW which is quite neat and intuitive. Each image shows thumbnails of photos that folder contains. 16.2 Photo Browsing Menu Press
16.4 Photo Playback Screen Photo slide show will start automatically, so next photos will keep appearing with transition effect. The various TRANSITION EFFECTS can be configured at . 16.5 Slideshow Control Slideshow can be controlled by arrow and buttons. Press button to pause or resume to playback. Use arrow keys to change the slide direction.
17 Posters, Album Art and Photo Arrangements The arrangement of each browser and shape of each item can be configured at each browser. For example, you can change the number of items of movie browsers and shape of posters. Press
Mode> and . You can configure layouts of browsers at and configure shape of each item at . For example, the will bring you the following screen to configure the border type, border alpha value, width, radius and item alpha. Alpha is transparency rate. For example, configure 8x3, rounded border and border width 3 will give you something like this movie browser.
This kind of configuration is also possible at MUSIC and PHOTO BROWSER. Please notice the following screen-shots.
For example, configure 6x3, rounded border and border width 3 will give you something like this music browser.
For example, configure 7x3, rounded border and border width 3 will give you something like this photo browser.
18 Using File Browser 18.1 File Browser Screen The following screen will appear when selecting FILE BROWSER. This is quite similar browser user interface that legacy media players provided before. Folder or file based browsing is possible on this browser, and selecting and playback the file directly. The left pane is FOLDER PANE, and the right pane is FILE PANE. Folders can be browsed by arrow keys and press button to select that folder.
18.2 Selecting Device at File Browser External USB, internal HDD storage device, or network drive can be selected at FILE BROWSER. Press button on the remote and the device drop-down list will pop-up like following image. Use or arrow key to browse devices. Choose one of them then press to select it. 18.3 Register Subtitle Font File Subtitle font file can be selected at file browser. Copy or move the font file (true-type font file - .
18.4 Using File Operation Rev 1.12 firmware provides the “File Operation” capability which enables COPY, MOVE, DELETE, RENAME and NEW FOLDER functions. Press “MENU” button on the remote then select the “File Operation” ICON at the pop-up window to enter this mode. This will bring the following screen. The left pane is source window and the right pane is target window. The “File Operation” will function from left pane to right pane. The following remote buttons can be used.
Pressing BOOKMARK button will check the selected item like below picture. The check icon will appear on the small box at left side of item. The total size of selected item will be also calculated whenever BOOKMARK button is pressed. It will take some time if there are many items at selected folder. Pressing MENU button will bring the following POP-UP menu to select the function. The COPY, MOVE, DELETE, SELECT ALL, CANCEL, RENAME, NEW FOLDER can be selected.
19 Connecting Internet 19.1 Execute Internet Browser Web browser will appear if WEB BROWSER was selected at HOME SCREEN and network was connected like following image. ※ Using mouse is highly recommended at WEB BROWSING. Wireless RF or USB mouse can be used. Web address or other information can be entered thru virtual keyboard with mouse. Wanted article or link can be clicked with mouse as well. 19.
20 Install and Execute Application 20.1 Move applications at Android Phone to TizzBird The applications on the Android smart phone can be installed on this unit. The procedures are like this. 1) Download or move the applications on the Android smart phone at USB flash drive. - Move the applications on the smart phone to SD card. This can be done by Android application like “App Monster”. This kind of application let user backup their APP to SD card. - Move the APP at SD card to USB flash drive.
21 Settings Various set-ups can be configured at SETTINGS BROWSER. 21.1 System Menu language, date & time, system information, firmware information and update can be set-up at this menu. Language Select menu language. Press to bring the pop-up. Date & Time Set up the date & time, manually or automatically. Network should be configured and connected to get time information automatically. System Information Show current system information like firmware version.
TizzRemote Setting Setup the TizzRemote by QR code and setup the System name for TizzRemote searching. The TizzRemote™ is the remote application for TizzBird which can replace keyboard, mouse and keyboard. There are two methods to install the TizzRemote™. The TizzRemote™ itself is already on the Google Market, so you can directly download it at your smart phone. The other way is using the QR code. If you select the above item at the dialog box, the following dialog box will pop-up.
TizzRemote™ APP will be automatically download and installed on your smart phone. External Kbd Layout Select between QWERTY or AZERTY type key board. System Theme Select launcher between TizzBird theme and Android theme Advanced Setting Show advanced (not for casual use) setting. Device Scanning Select between scanning device “Always”, “New Device Only” and “Never”. It will determine the scanner for database will be applied always or new device only or never.
21.2 Audio and Visual Video Output Select video output port. Resolution Select resolution of the video output. Native Frame Rate Turn On/Off of original frame rate of the source Cinema Original (24p) Enable/ Disable cinema frame rate TV Original (1080i 60Hz) Enable/ Disable TV frame rate.
21.3 Movie Subtitle Language Select subtitle language. Subtitle Setting Select size, position, font, color of subtitle. Please refer 10.10. Resume Select resume screen pop-up method. Instant Skip Interval Select instant skip interval. Instant skip will occur when pressing or key at movie playback. Sort Type Select sorting type of movie. Order Type Select ordering type of movie browser. Movie Scraper Select movie scraping data base.
Blue Button Mode Show Playback Info Blue color button on remote can be configured “3D mode change” button or “Repeat mode” button. Turn on/off the information window when movie start-up. Continuous Movie Playback 21.4 Turn on/off successive movie playback, if any. Music Instant Skip Interval Select instant skip interval. Instant skip will occur when pressing or key at movie playback. Sort Type Select sorting type of music. Order Type Select ordering type of music browser.
21.5 Photo Transition Effect Select transition effects of slideshow. Slideshow Interval Select transition interval of slideshow. Slideshow Mode Select showing order of slideshow. Sort Type Select sorting type of photos. Order Type Select ordering type of photos. Photo Frame Layout & Shape Please refer to chapter16. Wallpaper Mode Keep the aspect ratio or stretching to “Fullscreen” Restore wallpaper Restore default wallpaper if background was changed.
21.6 Network Wi-Fi Connection Turn On/Off the Wi-Fi connection Wi-Fi Setting Select Wi-Fi Access Point and configure the SSID and password Ethernet Connection Turn On/Off Ethernet connection Ethernet Setting Please refer to chapter 11 and 11.3 section. Network Server … Please refer to chapter 21 and 21.1.5 for configuration DLNA Turn On/Off the DLNA. See chapter22 for usage of DLNA. YouTube Cache Size Determine the cache size for YouTube real-time streaming.
22 Connecting Network Server or NAS This device provides powerful network browsing and connection capability from Rev 1.12 firmware. This includes multiple mountings of network drives for both SAMBA and NFS. The high performance NFS server software for PC, the TizzNFS will be also provided thru TizzBird WEB-site 22.1 Network connection using NFS The NFS (Network File System) is a simple but powerful networking file system originally created by Sun Microsystems™.
Please press button to share the folder. The folder selecting dialog box will appear so the wanted folder can be selected. Please repeat this procedure to select all other desirable folders to share. Please press button to unselect the folder, after clicking the row of unwanted folder at the dialog box. The balloon help will pop-up when pressing OK button like below picture. The TizzNFS will automatically run whenever log-on the PC, so shared folders will be maintained. 22.1.
22.1.5 Connecting NFS Server at Device Select
The available NFS servers will appear with names or IP addresses. The “+” sign on the left side of server name means it has exported folders. There can be no “+” sign server which is not exporting the EXPORT NAMES. If PC runs Windows OS, the PC name can also appear like above picture. If the wanted server list is not appeared, please try RED button on remote to refresh the NFS server list. Please select one of the server then press OK, the exported folders will appear like below picture.
22.2 Network Connection using Samba The following section explains how to connect the shared PC folders or NAS (Network Attached Storage) which runs Samba Server. 22.2.1 Activating PC Share - Click right mouse button on the folder which will be shared. Select “Property” then “Sharing” TAB on the dialog box. - Select “Share this folder” button on the dialog box - The shared folder can be notified at file explorer, since the shared icon will appear on the left side of folder icon. 22.2.
Select “Samba” at dialog box. This will bring the SAMBA BROWSING dialog box like below. If the wanted SAMBA SERVER name is not appeared, please press RED button on remote. The SAMBA server list will appear according to the PC-names or IP address. The “+” sign means it has several shared folders. Press OK button to unfold the server folder list, then select one of the folder to connect.
If the selected folder requires ACCESS RIGHT to connect it, the following dialog box will pop-up to enter the log-in account information. Input the “User name” and “Password” using virtual keyboard. Please check “Remember account” checkbox to by-pass this log-in procedure at next connection. The connection will be made after pressing “Connect” button. 22.3 Accessing Network Drive at File/ Media Browser The shared folder connected thru can be accessible at .
23 Using DLNA Tizzbird fully implements several DLNA stacks includes DMP (Digital Media Player), DMS (Digital Media Server) and DMR (Digital Media Renderer). It can be used very flexibly several ways. DMP (Digital Media Player) TizzBird can browse other DMS (Digital Media Server) servers including DLNA enabled PC, Smart Phone and NAS, and be able to playback the contents on the designated server.
23.1 Preparation for DMR Preparing TizzBird & Access-Point Prepare TizzBird F12 or N1 for demonstrating DMR with Rev 2.90 or later firmware. Connect the Wi-Fi or Ethernet with prepared Access-Point. Enable the DLNA at “Settings Browser Network DLNA” Preparing Smart Phone. Prepare Android Smart Phone (Gingerbread or later) or iPhone and connect the same Access-Point as Tizzbird connected. Download the iMediaShare or Twonky app from the market.
23.2 Sending Smartphone’s Contents - iMediaShare APP iMediaShare is a good example of DMC, DMS and connects contents to DMR. It has several on-line-site DLNA server examples, which are very good to demonstrate, and some of them are in High-Definition. iMediaShare is also available on iPhone. Execute the iMediaShare APP The iMediaShare startup screen will come up like below. Select the online site example Select one of the on-line site examples. Below screen shows some candidates.
“My Photos”, “My Music”, “My Videos” show local contents on your phones. Below screen shows the “Victoria’s Secret” on-line DLNA server. Click one of the contents. Select the final renderer. If you click one of the contents, and TizzBird settings are correct, the “RENDERER” selection pane will pop-up. Select “TizzBird DLNA Renderer”.
Select the contents on the SMART PHONE. Select “My Videos” on the menu. Then following screen will pop-up Select one of the movies you want to playback and Tizzbird will start playback. It’s socalled DMR (Digital Media Renderer).
23.3 Sending Smartphone’s Contents - TWONKY APP Twonky is a powerful DLNA app which let you browse overall DLNA server on your local network. It also provides playback controller which is very stable. Run Twonky Select categories of contents that you want to playback.
Designate the renderer. Then the Tizzbird will start playback.
24 Firmware Upgrade 24.1 Online Upgrade (O.T.A – Over the Air Upgrade) TizzBird will connect the firmware update server periodically (once a week) and pop-up upgrade prompt window automatically, if new firmware is available. If TizzBird is connected to the network, the upgrade can be performed as following. 1) Prompt the firmware if new version is available. 2) Select 3) Setting browser will can the new firmware available on network and pop-up the window.
24.2.2 Upgrade at File Browser Copy or move the latest firmware to the root folder of USB flash or HDD drive. - Connect the drive to USB port of the unit. - Select at HOME SCREEN. . - Browse the firmware file and press to start upgrade.
25 How to Fix Booting Failure This documentation is intended to provide repairing guide in case of booting failure of TizzBird. TizzBird F10/F11/F20/F30 is based on Android Gingerbread This repairing method is only applied from firmware revision 2.0.6 or later for F10/ F11/ F20/ F30. 25.1 Abstract The symptom of booting failure looks like as below.
2) As soon as you turn on power, press button on remote twice within 3 seconds. The following screen will come out (Require revision 2.0.6 or later firmware) 3) There are four menus. If you want to factory reset status, then select “wipe data/ factory reset”. This will help the situation when some applications you installed cause a problem. 4) Apply “wipe cache partition” first.
6) On the following screen, select “update.zip” on the drive. 7) The system will erase whole area of internal flash and start to update like below picture. The progress bar will show the current progress.
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