media-tech MT4160 User Manual

User Manual

CINEMA HQ

HD MULTIMEDIA PLAYER & DVB-T TUNER IN ONE

MT4160

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Index

Index ................................................................................................ 2

Introduction .................................................................................. 3

Front panel.....................................................................................3

Rear panel ......................................................................................3

Remote control ............................................................................4

Hardware con guration ............................................................ 5

Connecting tuner to a TV .........................................................5

Software Con guration .............................................................6

Startup Menu ................................................................................6

Installation ..................................................................................... 6

Watching TV ..................................................................................8

Changing channels .....................................................................8

Using Electronic Program Guide (EPG) ................................8

Channel Manager ........................................................................ 9

Preference ....................................................................................10

PVR File Format ..........................................................................15

Setting ...........................................................................................16

AV menu .......................................................................................20

GAME .............................................................................................20

Using USB storage .....................................................................21

Recording .....................................................................................22

Using timeshift function .........................................................23

Exploring Media .........................................................................23

Playing Movies ...........................................................................24

Playing Music ..............................................................................24

Photo Slideshow ........................................................................25

Record Manager.........................................................................25

Audio mode .................................................................................26

INFO button .................................................................................26

Troubleshooting ........................................................................27

Technical Speci cation ............................................................28

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Introduction

Front panel

Rear panel

On/O Enter button Channel

down/up

Volume

down/up

CD  ashcard

socket

USB Port

Open menu Display

TV Scart

for connection to the TV

Progressive Scan Video (Y Pb Pr)

Component Video (Y Cb Cr)

AC MainsHDMI

output

TV aerial

for an external TV aerial

RF Loop

through for an external device

Coaxial Digital

Audio

Down Mix Audio

2 Channel L/R

Composite

Video

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Remote control

1. STANDBY On/O

2. Number Key pad

3. RECORD

4. EPG (Electronic Programme Guide)

5. MENU

6. Navigation keys (left, right, up, down)

7. VOL- (Volume Down) / VOL+ (Volume Up)

8. RED/GREEN/YELLOW/BLUE – interactive buttons / sub­menu / Teletext Navigation

9. TTX (Teletext)

10. SUBTITLE

11. GOTO (goto desired mark when playing)

12. TV (enter TV menu)

13. ZOOM (set zoom in full-screen display)

14. DEVICE (access plugged devices)

15. STOP (stop program or movie playing)

16. PLAY/PAUSE (play movie or enable/disable timeshift)

17. INFO (display program information)

18. MUTE (enable/disable mute)

19. RECALL (return to previous menu)

20. AUDIO (audio mode operation)

21. EXIT (exit to full-screen display)

22. P+/P- (next/previous channel)

23. FAV (show favorite channel list)

24. TV/RADIO (switch between TV and Radio mode)

25. DIGEST (channel preview)

26. MEDIA (media operation)

27. PREV (previous chapter)

28. NEXT (next chapter)

29. FR (Fast rewind)

30. FF (fast forward)

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Hardware con guration

Connecting tuner to a TV

Connect tuner to your TV with SCART, HDMI, component or composite cable as shown below.

Note: Use only one type of connection!

AUDIO R

SPDIF SCART-TVANT IN LOOP UOT

AUDIO L CVBS

Pr Pb Y

HDMI

RED BLUE GREEN

TV

AUDIO RIGHT

ANTENNA

HDMI CABLE SCART CABLE

AC MAINS

AUDIO LEFT

VIDEO CVBS

COMPOSITE CABLE

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Software Con guration

Startup Menu

If you  rst time turn on tuner there will be shown “Init
Install” menu. Then with navigation keys setup major
options: OSD LANGUAGE, COUNTRY, TIME ZONE, LCN
(select LCN ON if your antenna requires power sup­ply), then select START SEARCH and press OK to enable
channel autoscanning procedure.

Wait until scanning is  nished. Device now will auto­matically show  rst channel from the list. Now tuner is
ready to work.

Installation

1. Press MENU button on the remote.

2. With UP/DOWN keys choose „Installation” menu,

press RIGHT to accept.

3. Use UP/DOWN to select proper submenu and press

OK.

4. Press EXIT to leave menu.

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Auto Channel Scanning (AutoSearch)

1. Select „Auto Search” option and press OK.

2. Using navigation keys to choose “Yes” option and
press OK to con rm.

Manual Channel Scanning

1. Choose „Manual Search” menu and press OK

2. Enter default password “0000” and press OK.

3. Select “Channel No.” to choose desired channel
number, next select “Frequency” – use key pad but­tons to enter desired value. Next select “Bandwidth”
and then select “Start Search” and press OK to start
manual search.

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Channel  lter

Choose „Channel Filter” to scan for all channels or only
for FTA channels.

Country

Use navigation keys to select country where you are
receiving DVB-T signal.

LCN

Select option “ON” if your antenna requires power sup­ply +5V provided via antenna cable. If your antenna is
already powered or does not require power supply set
this option to “OFF”.

Watching TV

Changing channels

You can select the channel you wish to watch in 3 ways:

1. By pressing CH- / CH+ buttons on remote.

2. Enter channel number manually using numeric keys
on remote.

3. Choose channel from channel list on the menu.
When in Full-screen mode press OK button, channel
list will pop up. Use LEFT/RIGHT navigation keys to
switch channel list and then use UP/DOWN naviga­tion keys to select channel and then press OK again
to con rm.

Using Electronic Program Guide (EPG)

1. Press EPG button on remote.

2. Use UP/DOWN keys to explore list of available chan­nels. Use LEFT/RIGHT keys to navigate program list.

3. Press GREEN button to start recording selected pro­gram, when prompted choose “Yes” to con rm .

4. Press RED button to switch list between “daily”,
”weekly”, “now/next” mode.

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5. Press INFO button to extend program description.
Press again to close info window.

Note! EPG information is available only for channels
that are broadcasted with EPG feature. Content and
available range of information may be di erent for
particular channels.
Note! Record option activated from EPG level is
available for current programs, for others you can
set “reminder” – when selected program begins a
message window will pop-up.

6. Press EXIT button to close EPG window.

Channel Manager

1. Press MENU button on remote to enter main menu.

2. Use UP/DOWN keys to highlight „Channel Manager”
option, next press RIGHT button to continue

3. Use UP/DOWN keys to select an item and press OK.
Now you can move up or down selected channel on
the list. Press OK again to put deselect channel.

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4. You can lock selected channel pressing RED button.
Enter password (default password is “0000”) and.

5. You can delete selected channel, press GREEN but­ton. When exiting menu con rmation message will
appear – select YES and press OK.

6. You can tag selected channel to be skipped when
changing channels, press YELLOW button.

7. You can rename selected channel, press BLUE but­ton.

8. Press EXIT to leave menu.

Favorite List

1. Press MENU button on remote to enter main menu.

2. Use UP/DOWN keys to highlight „Channel – Favorite
List” option, next press RIGHT button to continue

3. Use RED, GREEN, YELLOW and BLUE button to assign
selected channels into four di erent favorite chan­nels list. Press EXIT when  nished.

Preference

Properties will allow you to set general preferences.

1. Press MENU button on remote to enter main menu.

2. Use UP/DOWN keys to select „Preference” menu,
press RIGHT to continue.

3. Use UP/DOWN keys to select submenu and press OK.

4. To exit menu press EXIT button.

OSD Language

This option allows to change the on-screen display lan-

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guage menu. Use UP/DOWN button to select language
and then press OK to con rm.

OSD Timeout

Select duration of displaying OSD messages (2-6 sec­onds).

Time On OSD

Switch “On” option if you want to activate constant dis­play of actual time in the right corner. To disable this
function select “O ”.

1st Preferred Subtitle

Select  rst pre ered subtitle (function dependent on
broadcasted program).

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2nd Preferred Subtitle

Select second pre ered subtitle (function dependent
on broadcasted program).

Hard Hearing

To enable this function for hard hearing watchers se­lect „On”. To disable select „O ”.

1st Preferred Audio

Select  rst pre ered audio track (function dependent
on broadcasted program).

2nd Preferred Audio

Select second pre ered audio track (function depend­ent on broadcasted program).

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Multimedia

Multimedia settings are available only when USB mass
storage device is connected (pendrive or USB HDD).

Music Slide Show

You can choose between following options: play all
music  les in selected directory repeatidly, reapeat
once, or do not repeat – repeat OFF.

Movie Slide Show

You can choose between following options: play all
movie  les in selected directory repeatidly, reapeat
once, or do not repeat – repeat OFF.

Photo Slide Show

You can choose between following options: show all
images in selected directory repeatidly (Repeat-Dir) or
do not repeat (Repeat-OFF).

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E ect

You can set transformation e ect between slides in
slideshow mode.

PVR Con g

In preference menu select PVR Con g and press OK.
Now you can modify settings regarding timeshift func­tion and recording programs.

Note! To acces these setting you must connect USB mass
storage  rst.

BGmusic

You can turn ON or OFF music play durning images
slideshow.

SlideTime

You can choose duration between slides in slideshow
mode (3-15sec).

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File Size

Select max volume size when recording. Recorded pro­grams will be split into volumes.

Note! Timeshift function requires at least 4GB of free space
on preferred storage device.

Preferred Storage

Select preferred storage device recording  les and
timeshift temporary  les.

PVR File Format

TS: recording with subtitles, teletext and EPG (video for-

mat supported only by MT4160)

PS: recording in MPEG2  le format (function available

for programs broadcasted in MPEG2)

Timeshift

You can activate timeshift function to pause on-line
program and watch from the beginning of activating
it. Option „Auto” –  ve seconds after switching channel
timeshift will activate automatically. Option „Pause” –
to activate timeshift press PLAY/PAUSE button. Option
„O ” – timeshift function is disabled.

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Timeshift Length

You can select length of timeshift (30 min -2 hours) or
leave option „auto” – timeshift will record program until
free space on prefered storage device ends.

Setting

Timeshift to Record

You can select option „On” – when you press REC button
program will be recorded from timeshift activation mo­ment. Option „O ” – temporary timeshift  les will not
be saved and when you press REC button - recording
will start from moment when REC button was pressed.

Timers

Select „Timers” and press OK to open timers window as
shown.

Note! When “Timeshift Length” is set to “auto” and
“Timeshift to Record” is set to “On” temporary timeshift
 les will not be automatically deleted. User must manually
delete these  les to free up space for another recordings.
Go to PVR folder on preferred USB storage and delete  les
to free up more space if needed.

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To add timer event select empty  eld on the list and
press OK, window will appear as shown below:

¯ Date: enter date of timer event.
¯ Program Name: select from available channel list.
¯ Start Time: enter start time of recording, use naviga-

tion key to enter value and press OK to con rm.

¯ Mode: select between “Weekly”, “Daily” or “Once”.
¯ Type: select type of action on timer event start. Se-

lect between “Standby” – tuner will turn o ,

¯ „On” – tuner will turn on, „Recorder” – tuner will turn

on and start to record desired channel, „Channel” –
tuner will switch to desired channel.

¯ Duration: enter duration, end time will be calculated

automatically.

¯ Subtitle Record: select “On” to record subtitles, select

“O ” to skip subtitles during recording.

¯ Teletext Record: select “On” to record teletext, select

“O ” to skip teletext during recording.

¯ When all parameters are set press OK to add timer

event to Timer List.

¯ To remove selected timer on the list press GREEN

button, select “Yes” to con rm and press OK.

¯ To remove all timers on the list press RED button, se-

lect “Yes” to con rm and press OK.

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Child Lock

1. Select “Child Lock” in setting menu, enter default
password “0000” when prompted.

2. Select “Parental rating” and enter age of child. Pro­grams broadcasted with child lock will be blocked.

3. Select “Change Pin Code” if you want to change de­fault password “0000”. In  eld “Old Password” enter
default or previous password (if you have change it

Data set

Select “Data Time” in setting menu, press OK to open
window.

once at least) and enter new password in the  elds
“New Password” and “Con rm Password”.

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Factory Reset

If you want to recover tuner to manufacture setting se­lect “Factory Reset” and enter password when prompt­ed.

Auto Standby

Tuner can automatically turn o when no input is done
by user. Select between 1-3 hour or disable this func­tion – set option to “O ”.

Upgrade

Connect USB mass storage device with appropriate
 rmware  le in root folder. Select “Upgrade” in setting
menu and press OK. Enter password when prompted.
Locate  rmware  le and press OK.

Note! Unsuccessful  rmware upgrade can damage your
tuner.

Version

Select “Version” in setting menu to show information
about  rmware and software version.

Date Time Mode: “Auto” – date and time will be auto­matically set via DVB-T signal and adjusted by “Time
Zone setting”. You can also enter manually time – set
option to “Manual”. Then enter actual date in “Date”
 eld and actual time in “Time”  eld.

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For HDMI connection you can also choose HDMI Color
Space and HDMI Deep Color.

GAME

In this menu you can select game, press OK to enter
game.

If your tuner is connected to TV set via HDMI cable you
can select Video Resolution as shown.

AV menu

Here you can adjust all parameters regarding video and
audio output. Adjust Contrast, Brightness, Saturation,
HUE. If you connected Hi-Fi ampli er to SPDIF you can
select PCM, Bitstream or Mute – to disable this output.
Select aspect ratio appropriate to your TV set. For old­fashioned 4:3 TV set choose “4:3 LetterBox” - programs
broadcasted in 16:9 would have black strap at top and
bottom of TV screen. “4:3 PanScan” – programs broad­casted in 16:9 would have cut left and right side to  t
TV screen.

If you have modern 16:9 LCD TV set choose “16:9 Let­terBox” – then programs broadcasted in 16:9 would
stretch image to  t TV screen. Choose “16:9 PanScan” –
then programs broadcasted in 4:3 will have black strap
on the right and left side”.

If your tuner is connected via SCART cable you can se­lect video format output: CVBS, RGB, YUV.

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Note! Before recording programs or using timeshift func­tion it is necessary to set partition for that purpose.
Note! It is recommended to use partition with speed level
marked as green.

Removing USB storage

To safely remove USB mass storage/  ashcard it is rec­ommended to turn o the tuner. If you unplug device
when recording program or timeshift mode in progress
you can damage  le system – then you will have to for­mat device before using it again.

Using USB storage

1. Plug USB mass storage device (pendrive or USB
HDD) to USB port of MT4160.
When device is successfully
installed message will pop-up.

2. Press DEVICE button to open
active device list. Here you can set partition for re­cording (press RED button on selected item), format
partition in FAT32 (press GREEN button), format par­tition in NTFS (press YELLOW button) or show infor­mation (press BLUE button).

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Recording

1. Press REC button on remote to start recording.

2. Red dot in the upper left corner will  ash few times,
program is recorded on preferred USB storage.

3. To stop recording press STOP button.

4. Choose “Yes” and press OK to con rm.

When recording is in progress you can switch to watch
another channel. You can also press INFO button to
see previously recorded programs, you can play them
while record is still in progress.

Note! Recording and watching another program is avail­able for channels broadcasted at the same frequency.

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¯ To play music, preview images or play movies and

recorded programs select appropriate tab  rst.

¯ Use LEFT/RIGHT button to navigate between MOVIE,

MUSIC, PHOTO, Native32GAMES, RECORD MANAG­ER, DISK MANAGER, EBOOK.

¯ Next press DOWN button to navigate on folder list.

To open folder press RIGHT button on selected item,
to go one level up press LEFT button, to open or play
selected  le press OK button.

¯ To close Media Explorer and go back to TV mode

press MEDIA button.

Note! File list is showing  les according to selected media
type, i.e. in MOVIE tab only movie  les are shown on the
list.

Exploring Media

Press MEDIA button to open media explorer window
as shown.

Using timeshift function

When watching TV press PLAY/PAUSE button to acti­vate timeshift function. Real time program will paused
and recorded to temporary  le. To resume watching
press PLAY/PAUSE button again. You can use FR or
FF button to navigate between bu ered program. To
exit timeshift mode and go back to real time watching
press STOP button.

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Playing Movies

Go to Media Explorer and select MOVIE tab. Use naviga­tion button to select desired movie  le and press OK.
Movie will be played in full screen mode.

You can jump to desired time in movie, press GOTO
button. You can rewind or fast forward movie – use FR
and FF button accordingly. For movies with subtitles
you can show subtitles or hide them – press SUBTITLE
button and select desired language.

Note! For Divx/XviD  les subtitle  le must have identical
pre x name to be recognized.
Note! Rewind/Fast Forward/GOTO function may not work
for particular movie  les due to di erence in codec ver­sions.

Note! Do not place photo  les inside music folder – tuner
will play music from folders with audio  les exclusively.

Playing Music

Go to Media Explorer and select MUSIC tab. Use naviga­tion button to select desired music  le and press OK.
During playback press GOTO button to activate/deac­tivate shu e mode, you can also press DIGEST button
once to switch between repeat one/repeat directory/
repeat o mode.

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Note! To play background music go to MUSIC tab and play
music  le, then go to PHOTO tab and start photo slideshow.

Note! Do not place photo  les inside music folder – tuner
will play music from folders with audio  les exclusively.

Photo Slideshow

Go to Media Explorer and select PHOTO tab. Use navi­gation button to select desired photo  le and press OK.
Slideshow will switch to full screen and begin from se­lected image. You can pause slideshow – press PLAY/
PAUSE button. You can  ip image horizontally – press

Record Manager

Go to Media Explorer and select RECORD MANAGER
tab. Use navigation button to select recorded program
press OK to watch it in full screen. You can delete select­ed  le – press RED button and choose “Yes” to con rm.
To rename  le press GREEN button, to delete all  les
press BLUE button.

UP/DOWN button or vertically – press LEFT/RIGHT but­ton. You can press DIGEST button to switch between
repeat directory /repeat o mode.

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Audio mode

Press AUDIO button to select desired audio mode.

INFO button

Press INFO button once to show basic channel info,
press again to show detailed info, press again to hide
info.

When recording press INFO button once to show basic
info, press again to show Record List – you can select
any  le from the list and play it while still record in
progress.

Note! AC3 sound depends on broadcasted program – if
program is not broadcasted with AC3 sound output audio
will be mute.

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Troubleshooting

Trouble Cause Solution

STANDBY indicator did not
light

Power cord is not plugged in
Burnout fuse

Check the power cord
Contact with service

Out of signal Antenna is not connected to receiver

Incorrect direction of antenna or
antenna damaged

Check aerial cord
Change aerial direction

No sound or video Video source option in TV is wrong Choose SCART/AV video source option

on TV

Unclear subtitles Poor signal level Change aerial direction

Reset channel list

Remote control doesn’t
work

Receiver is turned o
Incorrect remote direction
IR receiver is not visible by IR remote
Batteries are discharged or incorrectly
installed

Turn on receiver
Correct direction of remote
Remove obstacle
Change or correct batteries installation

Lost channel lock password Prescan all channels again

Lost menu lock password Contact with Media-Tech helpdesk

Out of signal after installing
device in other place

Antenna with longer cord need more
power

Use external power supply for antenna

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Technical Speci cation

Tuner RF Input (IEC-TYPE, IEC 169-2, female)

RF Output RF (IEC-TYPE, IEC 169-2, male)
Frequency range:
174~230MHz (VHF)
470~862MHz (UHF)
Signal Level: -15~ -70dbm

Decoder:

Video Decoder
Audio Decoder
Transfer Speed
Aspect Ratio
Audio Formats
Resolution
Movie  le
Photo  le
Music  le
Subtitle format

MPEG-1/MPEG-2 MP@ML/MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 HP@L3
MPEG-1 Layer 1.2/PCM/HE-AAC v.1.0
Max 15 Mbit/s
4:3/16:9
MPEG Layer I & II, 32/44.1/48 kHz
YpbPr/HDMI: 1080p/1080i/720p/576p/480p
MKV, AVI, RMVB, FLV, MP4, M2TS, MPG, MOV, WMV, DAT
BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF
MP3, FLAC, WAW, WMA, AC3
TXT, SUB, SMI, SSA, SRT, IDX+SUB

Connectors:

Antenna
Video
Audio
Data
Card Reader

RF output x 1, RF input x 1
HDMI, SCART , CVBS Composite Video, YPbPr Component Video
Composite Audio , Coaxial Digital Audio
USB
SD/SDHC

Power:

Input Voltage
Power Consumption

AC 220~240V, 50/60Hz
Max 8W; in standby mode <1W

Note! Design and equipment
speci cations are subject to
change without notice.