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AB IPBox 9000HD Manual
Summary of 9000HD
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Beginning with .... Ab ipbox 9000hd ab ipbox 900hd ab ipbox 910hd ab ipbox 91hd beginners guide rel 120609.
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This guidebook is designed for beginning users of ab ipbox 9000hd. 900hd and 910hd receivers. It describes some of the functions that are mentioned in users manual as well as some new functions that are included in the latest versions of the supported firmware. The guidebook comes out from ab r7700 ...
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A little theory won't kill anybody... Let us explain some of the basic terms connected to theory of reception usage of hd signal. Hdtv is abbreviation for high definition television. It involves a digital signal with higher picture resolution than recent sdtv (standard-definition television) pal, se...
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Here you can find description of all formats: standard definition: sd pal 576i 720x576i transmission in pal or secam standard sd ntsc 480i 720x480i transmission ntsc standard edtv 576p/480p standard that is used by some dvd players high definition: 720p 1280x720p hdtv format used in hdtv transmissio...
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There are several kind of interfaces used for connection of satellite receiver and hdtv display/projector: ypbpr – analog connection of hd signal via so-called component cable. It is used in all hd devices because it provides compatibility with older hd ready tv-sets. It transfer just video signal –...
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Hdmi version 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2a 1.3 1.3a 1.3b 1.3b1 srgb yes yes yes yes yes ycbcr yes yes yes yes yes 8 channel lpcm /192 khz /24-bit audio capability yes yes yes yes yes blu-ray disc video and audio at full resolution [f] yes yes yes yes yes consumer electronic control (cec) [g] no no yes yes yes dv...
Page 7: System
Digital hdtv satellite receivers with linux operating system ab ipbox 9000hd , ab ipbox 900hd , ab ipbox 910hd ab ipbox 91hd 900hd * 3 910hd 9000hd number of tuners 1 1 1 2 (*2) plug&play tuners no yes 1 yes 1 yes 2 diseqc 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 yes yes yes yes usals yes yes yes yes card readers 1 x 1 2 ca s...
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Ab ipbox 9000hd dvb-s ,dvb-s2, dvb-t, dvb-c support exchangeable (plug & play) tuners mpeg-2 mp@hl video decoder mpeg-4 avc/h.264 hp@l4 video decoder mp3, jpeg playback dolby digital ac3 downmix decoder (stereo output) hdmi v.1.2a with hdcp protection multi-format audio decoder sdtv and hdtv standar...
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Front panel of receiver: ■ 2 smart card slots ■ 2 common interface (cam) slots ■ mvfd (matrix vacuum fluorescent display) – showing channel name, current time, receiver status and error messages. ■ on/off button ■ menu button ■ epg button ■ file button ■ ok button ■ cursor buttons: up, down, right, ...
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Display of ab ipbox 9000hd rel.2 stand by mode tv mode radio mode actual channel is satellite actual channel is terrestrial *if neither sat nor ter is highlighted - actual channel is dvb-c prerecorded file from hdd is being played recording normal watching, timeshift or file playback timeshif is “on...
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Rear panel rear panel of stb equipped wit 2 tuners. Note: there is a modified ab ipbox 9000hd rel.3 receiver on market from april 2009. It is equipped with similar display as rel.2 receivers but the display is blue without red symbols. Also the ventilation fan is replaced to the rear panel close to ...
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Ab ipbox 900hd/910hd dvb-s ,dvb-s2, dvb-t, dvb-c support exchangeable (plug & play) tuners mpeg-2 mp@hl video decoder mpeg-4 avc/h.264 hp@l4 video decoder mp3, jpeg playback dolby digital ac3 downmix decoder (stereo output) hdmi v.1.2a with hdcp protection multi-format audio decoder sdtv and hdtv st...
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Front panel ■ 2 smart card slots ■ 1 common interface (cam) slot (only 910hd) ■ mvfd (matrix vacuum fluorescent display) – showing channel name, error messages, current time, audio mode, recording status and other information. ■ on/off button ■ menu button ■ epg button ■ file button ■ ok button ■ ri...
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I have got my new receiver – what doi do with it.... During the firts running of your receiver just press and hold the menu button on front panel – preset video output appears on display. Select corresponding output: 1080/50 for hdmi, sd-pal for scart and press ok. Ab ipbox 9000hd, 900hd and 910hd r...
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Addons are installed via webinterface of your receiver. Find the ip address of your receiver (or insert it manually) in menu before installation. Use any commander software (software for management of files – e.G. Total commander) that enables ftp connection to connect to your receiver. Use: root, p...
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Example for total commander : run total commander on your pc select „connect to ftp“ icon or use key short cut ctrl+f..
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Select „new connection“. Fill in the displayed window: session – name of connection (you can use any name) host name – ip address of your ipboxu user name – root password - ipbox ( can be „relook“ for images different from ab).
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Press ok and select „connect“ a list of directories of your receiver appears: copy installation file of corresponding addon (ipk extension) into /tmp directory in your receiver..
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Run a web browser on your pc and insert ip address of your receiver into line for entering web address. Use name : root, password : ipbox..
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The opening page of web interface of your receiver appears..
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Select the „addons“ item and confirm by „install“. The addon will be installed automatically and your receiver will restart. Wait until your stb turns on. Connect to the webinterface again - client, server and keys item appears in upper bar..
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There is a newcs as server and mgcamd as client preset in addon. If a smart card is inserted into your receiver it will be automatically active after new running your stb. If you need to restart emulation you can do it by two ways: 1. Press the green function button on your remote control when no me...
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New versions of images and sf addons from ab r9207 version there are images marked with dre letters (e.G.: „ab_9000hd_r9207dre_060409_usb_all_noboot.Zip“) which are released together with common images. Such a marking means that the image supports only dre cam access module (e.G. Cryptoworks module ...
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Installation: the way of installation is the same as for installation of an image. If you use usb flash memory rename the file into "usb_update.Img" - instal just sf addon with sifteam after installation of ab r9341image – you do not have to instal common sf addon - if you use cards in your receiver...
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Network cooperation of receivers ab ipbox 9000hd/900hd receivers with installed addon can cooperate in a network as server and client e.G. For card sharing. This function enables sharing one access card for several receivers connected in the network. To activate the sharing it is necessary to config...
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Init tcp,console 192.168.1.10 1000 3001 yes mojserver 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 /tmp/users.Txt # setting up name/password for user 1 mutant # for internal readers in this case teletele on # setting up name/password for user 2 server # every client must have got its own name/password ...
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Content of preset mg.Cfg file that must be located into var/keys/ # emm messages # 00 don't show any emms (default) # 01 show only valid emms # 02 show valid and bad emms with complete data display m: { 01 } # ecm messages # 00 don't show anything about ecm # 01 normal mode, show pids processed, dec...
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# network shares priority # 00 gbox, newcamd, radegast, camd3 (default) # 01 camd3, radegast, newcamd, gbox # 02 newcamd, camd3, gbox, radegast p: { 00 } # on screen display type # 00 no osd (default) # 01 neutrino # 02 enigma # 03 relook # + user password for http auth o: { 00 } username password #...
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# 00 off (default) # 01 debug ecm # 02 debug emm # 04 debug network ecm # 08 debug network emm # 16 debug network login # 32 show mem/cpu stats every 1 min # 64 add timestamp to log messages d: { 00 } # box type # 00 autodetect, change only if you think wrong type detected. # 01 dbox2 # 02 dreambox ...
Page 30: Software Upgrade
Software upgrade it is very important to upgrade your software regularly when using any linux based device. It brings a lot of new advanced functions or correction of possible errors. That is why we recommendalways doing software upgrade always when any problems or errors occurs! There are several w...
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- press and hold standby ( ) button on front panel and hold ( ) button at the same time. “serial upgrad” message appears on display. Continue in update via flash tools . 5. Forced hdd formatting - press and hold standby ( ) button on front panel and hold ( )button at the same time. 6. Software updat...
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Software update via flash tools (only 9000hd) installation of usb driver usb driver installation is to be done only before firs running of flash tools software. 1. Download and install flash tools software (1.0.2 version or higher) into your pc. The software is available on www.Download.Abcom.Sk (re...
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Software upgrade through usb (klient) (only ab ipbox 9000hd) 1. Pvr and pc mustbe connected by usb cable. 2. Press and hold standby button, turn on the receiver by power switch and wait until "usb upgrade" message appears on display. 3. Run flash tools in your pc. 4. Click on usb button on upper bar...
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Setting up of universal rc for operating with other ab ipbox models it is possible to set up remote controllers of ab ipbox 900hd/910hd and ab ipbox 9000hd for operating with other ab ipbox models. To change setting just press and hold “ok” button for about 10 seconds together with corresponding num...
Page 35: 21. Troubleshoting
21. Troubleshoting problem possible cause solution display does not display. Power cord is not connected into power plug. Check out the feeding. No picture / sound. Wrong a/v connection between receiver and tv. Check the a/v connection between receiver and tv. Mute function is active. Press mute but...
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Forgotten pin code. Reinstall firmware of your receiver by „all_noboot“ installation file. No epg data local time is not set correctly press time update in local time setting menu “err 80” or “err 81” message appears on front panel of your receiver. Wrong communication between cpu and motherboard. C...
Page 37: Plugins For Hd Series
Plugins for hd series read me files for all plugins: bitrate plugin this is a bitrate plugin for the ab ipbox 9xxxhd, which displays the current video and audiobitrate from the tv station. Usage: ====== the plugin updates the values every 2 seconds, you can switch from a larger view, which displays ...
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Favpip plugin this plug-in provides an alternative to the favourites channellist in the firmware. Its main advanteges ================== - allows to switch channels in pip or live mode (and filters channels which cannot be opened in pip mode). So it can also be used as alternative to the sub channel...
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Release 0.6 ============= - show epg next to channel names release 0.6.1 (mod by cooloser) ============= - missing features added in 0.5.2 release 0.6.2 (mod by cooloser) ============= - features of all previous versions - added epg bar which presents relation between passed time of current program ...
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And cannot be show. If it is disabled then file key controls showing and hiding of that channels relelase 1.9.0 - rc for 2.0.0 =========== - whole code was rewritten and now is using widget libraries. - no more global variables - navigation is now 5 times faster then in previous ones. - new configur...
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- starting plugin while recording shows available channels like in pip mode. This version is mostly usable for those who have only one tuner. Having 2 recordings on boxes with 2 tuners will show full list, this will be fixed in next release. Relelase 2.0.0 =========== - new feature to show epg info ...
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Hddtemp plugin this is a very simple plugin, which displays the current temperature from the sata disk. This plugin is basically a wrapper which executes the hddtemp binary with pfopen system call, and display the result in osd from ipbox. Install: ======== copy the files to the following directorie...
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- you have now two background images (galaxy-man-bg-hddtemp.Bmp and crash-bg- hddtemp.Bmp) and can choose one of them and copy it as /var/plug-in/bg-hddtemp.Bmp on the box - replaced hddtemp binary with stripped version from timelord 0.0.6 - does not crash anymore, when bg image is missing - changed...
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Mailserver: imap.Provider.Ch description: myaccount line in configfile: myaccount:imap://user%40domain.Ch:mypasswordk@imap.Provider.Ch copyright ========= this software is distributed under the gpl license. Credits ======= this plugin uses the a lot of libraries from gnumailutils release-notes: ====...
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Tetris plugin controlling: left/right: go left/ fgo right up, ok: turn stone down: drop stone red key: new game pause: pause points: you get points for: 1. Each stone = 1 point 2. Destroy: 1 line = 2 points 2 lines = 5 points 3 lines = 10 points 4 lines = 20 points webtv plugin this add-on allows yo...
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Credits: the server side code for the streaming is based on the streamts app. Release 0.1.1: ------------------ - fixes internet explorer 7 problem with vlc plugin release 0.1.2: ------------------ - many streamts server fixes - deinterlacer added release 0.1.3: ------------------ - fixed bugs with ...
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Requirements: =================== a working libmxml.So.1.4 has to be in /var/lib including symlinks to libmxml.So.1 and libmxml.So libmxml is not included in the source distribution. In the binary release, the lib is included. From release 0.2 this plugin only works on r8728 and probably newer. Inst...
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Release 0.5 =================================================== added features: - some things are configurable now, see the shoutcast.Config file to see how this works. - stopping the tv station can now be stopped at starting the plugin or when really starting the stream. This can be controlled from...
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- responsivness of remote control, stopping a stream might take up to 2 seconds, depending on the stream. - closing of network connections to server after stop playing release 0.2.1 =================================================== fixed bug: - needed to reboot after usage, this is now fixed. Rele...
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Weather plugin put weather.Cfg in plug-in directory. Set config file: the config file has the following format: p=xxx&u=y to set xxx go to http://weather.Yahoo.Com and type in your city. After choosing your city you get to a page like "http://weather.Yahoo.Com/forecast/gmxx0007.Html". Set as xxx the...
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This software is ispired to mp_player.Plugin for cuberevo by dgstation.Co,ltd epg9kdld.Plugin version 0.1.0b of 12 august 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- release notes and changelog version 0.1.0b "let'have fun" of 12 august 2008 preliminary release ri...
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Fps - fast plug-in starter author: cooloser cooloser_at_users_dot_sourceforge_dot_net this plugin gives ability to start others plugins easily with any button on the remote. It has three ways of starting plugins: 1. Without any button pressed in timeout it will run plugin configured as default. 2. W...
Page 53: Faq
Faq 1. Software compatibility all the receivers are equipped with ab firmware. If you decide to use any other available firware (sif team, nlb etc.) you must always use „all_noboot“ installation file. If such a file is not contained in selected typeof installation use dgs firmware (available on www....
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There is “hdd check during start” item in menu – advanced setting – hdd setting turned into no to quicken the start. If a problem with records occurs try to turn it into yes and restart your receiver. Hdd checking performs automatically. If a problem resists try to format your hdd. 3. The receiver d...
Page 55: Links
Links http://www.Abipbox.Com/ official pages of manufacturer http://download.Abcom.Sk/ official technical support of manufacturer http://www.Satupdate.Net/ unofficial pages about ab receivers http://www.Denktenk.Com/ unofficial pages about ab receivers http://www.Ab-forum.Info/ unofficial pages abou...
Page 56: Ipbox Team
Ipbox team.