Warnings! 1. 2. wn You have to own a TV with HDMI input in order to use dotsmart media player; You also have to own a router with DHCP that can provide a valid IP address to the media player; The internet bandwidth has to be of at least SMb/s for a smooth running; The add-ons are not part of this product, therefore, we will not be held accountable for their downtime. For support please access specialized forums; Some plug-ins will require updates at first use. This is normal; We are not responsible for the plug-ins that you decide to use. Be careful, some plug-ins may be illegal in your country! Be careful, the excessive use of dotsmart is addictive.Table of content: CHAPTER | - INTRODUCTION 1.1DOTSMART MEDIA PLAYER — SHORT DESCRIPTION 1.1.1 Accessories: .. CHAPTER 2 — THE REMOTE CONTROL . CHAPTER 3 — CONNECTING... CHAPTER 4 - USING THE DEVICE 4.1 . NETWORK CONNECTION 4.2 STARTING UP... 4.2.1 Initial sety 4.3. USING THE CONTEXTUAL MENU 4.4 SCRAPPING MEDIA SOURC! 4.4.1 Library display type: 4.5 RUNNING VIDEO/TV SHOWS FIL 4.5.1 Subtitles... 4.6 WEATHER FORECAST 4.7 IMAGES....... 4.8 MUSIC..... CHAPTER 5 —- ADD-ONG.... CHAPTER 6 - SETTINGS.. CHAPTER 7 - UPDATE.. CHAPTER 8 — FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS... TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........Chapter 1 — Introduction 1.1 Dotsmart media player — short description This manual describes both the setup and the usage of the dotsmart media player based on XBMC and Linux, being a revolutionary system for running your multimedia content. 1.1.1 Accessories: The following accessories are delivered with your dotsmart media player: . Power adapter. Be careful, don’t use a different power adapter than the one included in the package. The usage of a different adapter can lead to damaging your product and warranty loss; a3. The remote control included in the package helps in offering a complete experience for running your favorite multimedia content. This is described in the following chapters. . Warranty and instruction manual. Chapter 2 - The remote control The remote control is used for accessing the devise as described below: INFO button. Push to obtain POWER Button. Push to power informations regarding each ON/OFF your device. media source. ENTER Button. ec Show/Hide Menu. fons. FULL SCREEN button. BACK Button. ' Pushittoiga back Push it to go full : screen. PLAY/PAUSE Comat ispeciic button. information : button. STOP button. Push | , it to stop playing MUTE button. your content. When your remote control is not working properly, consider replacing your battery. You need a CR2032 battery, its lifetime depends on usage.Also, you may use your personal smart phone as a remote control for dotsmart media player. You need to have Android or iOS operating system, on which you can install from the official store the followings: Android — Official XBMC Remote or Yatse (a very popular remote control), iOS - Official XBMC Remote. Further information is available on the following forum: http://dotsmart.tv/forum This program is not only a remote control, it was created to achieve advanced display functions of the personal library and to facilitate an enriched navigation through the multimedia content. You can also control the volume of the dotsmart media player or select for playing the library both audio and video with info such as: Titles, Actors, Genres or Albums. In order for the remote to work, you have to configure the dotsmart system as follows: select “Allow control of XBMC via HTTP” inXBMC/Settings/Services/Web server. You can also change the port that will be used for communicating or the login and interface details. Chapter 3 - Connecting The dotsmart player has the following connectivity: 1 HDMI port for TV connection; Internet connection (goes to Router); Wireless; 2 USB ports; 1 microSD slot; 1 Jack port 3.5 mm for audio devices; 1 power adaptor port for powering the device.Chapter 4 - Using the device 4.1. Network connection To connect the dotsmart player to internet, you have to select one option: by wire or wireless. For the wire connection, you have to put the UTP cable into the internet port and if it is connected to a Router, it will provide a valid IP so that the connection is automatically made. Pay attention, the direct connection to internet is not recommended because the network player will not be available. The next step after the connection is made; it’s adding your personal media sources and choosing the right add-ons for you 4.2 Starting UP To start the dotsmart, you have to push the START button on the remote. The dotsmart logo will appear on the TV screen and the system will show an image like the one bellow. The image in the manual can differ from the image being displayed on your screen. Navigating through the menu can be done with the special navigation keys on the remote and selecting the source by pressing the OK key.Cee Music Prete Peay 4.2.1 Initial setup Before using dotsmart we highly recommend you go through the following settings: . Skin settings. The recommended skin is dotsmart based on Quartz. This can be selected from XBMC/Settings/Aspect/Skin. . International. The language settings are very important, because they control the display of the characters. Therefore, in XBMC/Settings/Appearance/International you can choose your home Language, your Region and the Character set for your country. . Resolution, video calibration. Before using dotsmart media player, you have to set the video calibration in XBMC/Settings/System/Video output by modifying Screen resolution to 1920x1080p for FullHD TV’s. Video calibration is made by dragging the image from the top left corner until you can -8-see clearly the perpendicular lines. You repeat this process for all four corners and then you have to specify the subtitle position. After the setup is completed, you should push the Back button on the remote for validating those settings. . WIFI Network. Dotsmart player can be connected to your WIFI network to access the network or online sources. The setting is available in XBMC/Settings/WIFI Network. You have to select Add, when you find your network, press OK and insert the security password. If the inserted password is correct, the media player will be automatically connected to your WIFI. The following settings can be modified in the WIFI menu: Disconnect, Delete, Status to disconnect the system, delete the saved network or display the connection status. To use the connected WIFI, you have to cancel the Wireless window and you will return to the Settings menu. This is the last step before running the entire multimedia content. 4.3. Using the contextual menu One of the most important buttons on the remote control is the contextual menu button. This has a very important function because it presents specific options for different navigation menus. Therefore, if you are accessing the video library and you push the contextual menu button on the remote you will see the menu having those options: . Queue item, Add to favorites, Movie information, Mark as watched, Edit title, Remove from library, . Update library. Also, it shows a menu when you access media plug-ins.wowdcaicreunecons 4.4 Scrapping media sources Scrapping media sources means parsing all titles from folders and downloading from web particular information’s and fanart pictures. To add Video sources, you have to go to Video and choose Files. Then, Add movies, Choose and you will select the desired file. The dotsmart media player can manage on one hand, local files and files from the connected USB devices and on the other, files from external sources connected through the same router both wire and WIFI. Thus, the dotsmart media player can use the following protocols to access your content on external devices: e = SSH/SFTP e =NFS -10-UPnP iTunes DAAP FTP WebDAV(HTTP) WebDAV(HTTPS) Windows network (SMB) Zeroconf Be careful, you should have in mind that a folder that contains movies, or TV shows, or music, represents each source. Therefore, each folder will have only one type of content. After selecting the desired content, you press the left navigation button, then OK. If you want, you can change the name of the source and then press again OK. The next screen allows you to choose the type of content to scan through the collection. You have to press OK until you are able to select Movies and then the scanner with your favorite content. If you don’t have a scanner in this list, you select Obtain more. Then press OK and select Update Library to download information and images for the new content. -11-This process is similar for Video, TV Shows, Music or Images. Some of the files might not be recognized by the system. To solve this, you have to rename that particular file. Therefore, you go to Video/Files, select the unknown file and press the contextual menu button by choosing File information. The system will scan the file and if nothing is found, you'll be asked to insert its name. -12-COM COR) Ca Windows network (SMB)BO ceed ced rere Seas CCC yAfter the content is added, the media library will be automatically updated: Coa aay For further information of your media, press the Info button on the remote -15-Creat 4.4.1 Library display types The library can be displayed in various ways. You do this by pressing the left navigation button on the remote and when you are in library display, you’ll see a similar image to the one below: -16-cwnbaicranivons There are various types of display as follows: List, Big list, Media Info, Media Info2, Large Icons, Images, Panel, Wide, Fanartl, Fanart2, Fanart3. It is recommended to try them all and choose the one more suitable for you. Here you can also choose if you want to display the movies already seen or only the ones not yet seen. In addition, you can choose the type of sorting, sort by: Add date, Number of displays, Title, Year, Grade, MPAA Class or Duration. 4.5 Running Video/TV Shows files Once the Video/TV show library is complete, nothing is easier than playing those files. You select the source and press the OK button on the remote. For navigating through the video file, you press the navigation buttons on the remote as follows: Left/Right navigation — jumps 30 seconds upwards/backwards Up/Down navigation — jumps 10 minutes upwards/backwards or to the next chapter or the previous one for movies organized by chapters. You have to press the OK button on the remote in order to access the playing Eamenu, and using the arrow keys you navigate to settings. When a file is running, you can modify various options among them are the following: . Download subtitles. You have to install the XBMC Subtitles plug-in from the xbmc official source to automatically download subtitles when a movie is running. In the following chapter, you will see how a plug-in is installed; e Video Settings. Here you can change among others: The display type, vertical shift, contrast and brightness settings and video calibration; . Audio and subtitles. Here you can set the volume, audio offset, Audio source and subtitles settings such as: Activation/Offset/Select; . Bookmarks. Here you can set bookmarks which you can retum to later on; e Video Information. Information on the content that you are currently running; e Video Codec. Information provided by the codec related to the video source, cups usage and frame loss. 4.5.1 Subtitles XBMC subtitles is a plug-in used for downloading subtitles for your Video files. It reads the movie title and searches for a suitable subtitle. For your language, you configure it as follows: Settings/Add-ons/Obtain Add-ons /All Add-ons/Subtitles/XBMC Subtitles > Settings Languages: Major language > your language Secondary language > your language Third language > English Services: OpenSubtitles.org one local service from the list You have to deactivate podnapisi.net if you don’t need its languages. -18-Advance Options: If you want to have the subtitle automatically downloaded when pressing download subtitles, you select “Download automatically the first sync subtitle”. The remaining settings are default. If you selected the automatic download of the subtitles and you notice that the subtitle does not match the movie, you press again the download subtitles button and you'll see a list where you can choose another subtitle. In addition, if you don’t find any subtitles, you can manually insert the movie title by choosing the option IJnsert/Enter the manual search word. 4.6 Weather forecast In the Add-ons menu you can find the Weather forecast plug-in. To use it, you have to select a current location. You can use various sources for weather forecast such as: Weather Underground, Yahoo!Weather, etc. Ar) ara Coy PULL NY food -19-4.7 Images The dotsmart media player can be successfully used when you want to see your personal photos collection. The first step is adding the image sources and scanning them for obtaining further information and create icons. By pressing Play, you begin viewing the slides. You can force them to run faster or pause the session and resume the view. 4.8 Music The audio files can be added in collections that divide them by type, artists, albums, songs, year, Top 100, recently added albums, recently played albums or custom playlists. Basically, for adding the items in collection, you have to select the source in a similar way as selecting the movies/TV shows sources and scanning them for downloading the metadata. This is done in Music/Files menu, you choose the source by pressing the contextual menu button and selecting scan through the library. 4.8.1 Party mode The party mode is very useful when you want to listen to music without having to select the next song. Thus, the party mode creates a semi shuffle list and begins running it. You can change or rearrange the items in the list so that they are in line with your preferences. You can install add-ons (and you will learn how to install a plug-in in the next chapter) for displaying lyrics. Once the plug-in is installed, accessing the menu and pressing Options/Lyrics can activate the lyrics: -20-Chapter 5 — Add-ons The add-ons are the most important part of your dotsmart media player based on XBMC. Most of the add-ons are created to scan different sites with the purpose of finding/running multimedia content. These can be installed from the following menu XBMC/Settings/Add-ons, having various options, such as: install add-ons already downloaded in .zip format from a memory stick or choose one of the standard XBMC add-ons as presented in the fallowing images. Here the add-ons are grouped in categories of which you can easily choose the desired plug-in. If these categories are not displayed as in the third image, you have to refresh them. This is done by selecting the add-on repository and pressing the contextual menu button you choose Force refresh, and you have to wait about a minute to bring the latest plug-ins. -21-11:51PM ay ie Cry Pe eect etreOC eead Pere The add-ons can be installed also with a memory stick; however this means that they need to be downloaded first. The installation is done from the menu install from .zip file. For additional add-ons and installation types, you can access http://dotsmart.tv/forum Chapter 6 - Settings You have to check the settings when you want to modify options related to display, available skins, subtitles, etc. The below image shows the most relevant options that can be modified: -23-Ret Pea) pac aac Appearance Appearance settings relate to how the content is presented to the user. Skin. There are many types of skins available, however, the skin delivered along with your dotsmart media player is the only one that is officially supported and recommended for your usage. Here you can modify the following options: the interface settings for the selected skin; the theme, colors, fonts, zoom, start up window, navigation sounds, RSS news feeds which can be deactivated or modified according to your preferences. International. You can modify settings related to: the language used, region, character set, preferred audio language, preferred subtitle language. E.g.: For Romanian you select Language: Romanian, Region: Romania, Character set: Default. File list: options to create , sort and display the library’s file list. -24-Skin Screensaver. There are various screensavers available. The default one is Dim that acts as a contrast and brightness reducer to a minimal value when inactive. You can select the dim level and the screensaver time before entering the Dim mode. Use visualization if playing audio means using screen visualization that is displayed when listening to a song and deactivating the screensaver when a song is playing. The skin settings refer to customizing the selected skin so that it reflects your preferences. The most useful setting is: Home menu customizer because you can configure the default menu so that it includes your favorite add-ons. Video Library. The most important settings are: Update library on start up, we recommend leaving it on, as well as cleaning /ibrary. This setting goes through the files and deletes the ones that are no longer on the device. Playback. You can activate: play the next video automatically , render method or types of display. File lists Subtitles. You can select the desired font, its dimension, style and color. Music Library. You can select the default service for further information regarding the artists, albums, update library on start up, clean library. Playback. Plays the next song automatically, Pre Amp level where you can set the volume. File lists Song submission. Here you can submit songs to Last.fm or Libre.fm by entering your username and password. -25-e Audio CDs. The CD menu is used for the devices that include a CD player, helping to extract the songs and copy them locally. . Karaoke. You can play karaoke audio files that were previously downloaded. Images . File lists. General settings for images; . Slideshow. General settings for automatic slide show. Add-ons . Search for add-ons; . Install from zip file. You can install an add-on in zip format; e Get add-ons. Access and install add-ons organized by domains; . Enabled add-ons. Display installed add-ons in lists and modify settings for them; . Disable add-ons. Here you can see disabled add-ons that can be reactivated or deleted. Weather forecast General settings such as the location and the plug-in used for obtaining the information for the weather forecast. Services Settings for services help configure various types of services through which the library can be created or sent to different devices. . General. Here you can set the device name; . UPnP. If you activate share video and music libraries through UPnP your files will be available to other compatible UPnP devices; e — Web server. You activate Allow control of XBMC via HTTP so that the remote control can be used with your smart phone or tablet; ° Remote control; . Zeroconf; e — AirPlay. XBMC is compatible with AirPlay content, but it’s in beta stage at the moment. -26-System System settings are important since they help you configure and fine-tune the system. Video output. You can set the video calibration. If you are not satisfied with the calibration previously done, you can modify it now; Audio output. Settings are available for audio decoding. Thus, you can set the output device of the audio signal: HDMI or analog output. It is recommended to use HDMI instead of analog output and set the TV or the audio receiver to decode the sound. You can also set the stereo configuration, the output stereo to all speakers or receiver decoding (for this, you will probably need to consult your receiver manual). Input devices refer to settings that allow signals from external devices such as: mouse, keyboard or joystick. Internet access. In most cases, internet access is done through a router. You have to configure the wan (internet) interface for the router, and let DHCP offering IP address to the dotsmart media player. There are cases where the internet access is done through a proxy server maintained by your internet service provider. In order for dotsmart to have access to the internet you have to configure here the proxy settings. Power saving. You can configure auto shutdown or you can set the amount of time before the display would go to sleep. Debugging. You may activate Debugging mode in order to get error logs that will serve the developers of add-ons. Master lock. You can configure a Master lock code in order to stop the unauthorized use of your dotsmart media player. -27-Profiles You can set your dotsmart media player to ask for authentication details every time you login (username and password). Here you can create profiles for various users so that each user can easily find its own files. File manager ‘You can use it when you don’t want to add an audio/video file to the library, but only to play it once. In addition, it allows you to easily copy files from one folder to another or between media devices. System information It shows information regarding the hardware on which XBMC is running: Network, CPU usage, Memory usage, etc. In addition, we have another action available in XBMC menu, Update Library, which scans the files and updates the new content in the library. Usually, the scan is done instantly, but if you wish to update it manually, you can do it here. Chapter 7 — Update Your dotsmart media player owns an advanced module that brings the latest XBMC versions after they were previously tested by the dotsmart team and are considered to bring valuable updates. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about updating because you know for sure that your device will work at least as in was when you bought it. Be careful, after an update, we do not guarantee the functionality of the new add-ons installed by you. For support in solving potential issues, you have to contact their developers. The update system is called OTA Update and you can find it in XBMC/Settings/OTA Update . When accessing this menu, you’ll see on the screen the following message: “There is no available update at the moment. Please try again later” or “Available update”. For additional services as well as configuring the add-on, you have to access: Add-ons/Programs/dotsmart OTA. By pressing the contextual -28-menu button, we have access to the following settings: Add-on Information, Add-on settings, Go to root, Add to favorites. Add-on settings provides information about the OTA update version and offers the possibility to select search automatically for updates, to bring the latest updates as soon as they were released by the dotsmart developers as well as search for updates now, which will force the dotsmart search through the update server. Chapter 8 - Frequently asked questions Problem Solution No video output -Check if the power adapter is connected to the power supply and to the dotsmart. -Push POWER button on the remote to stat the system. -Connect the HDMI cable and power the system. Please do not forget that the HDMI cable is not included. No sound -Go to XBMC / Setting / System / Audio output and select HDMI source. -Please check if you connected an audio cable to the TV or audio system. For sound reproduction you have to connect your dotsmart with your TV or your audio receiver through HDMI. -29-Video with no sound -Check if the file system is compatible with your XBMC based system. Subtitles not rendered | -Go to Settings / Appearance / correctly International and chose the Character set that matches your country. E.g. for Romanian you must choose Central Europe (ISO). Remote control does not | -Please consider changing work batteries. Use one CR2032 battery. The device is frozen -Dotsmart is based on add-ons developed by a large community but those are not certified and are not always fully compatible with dotsmart media player. Errors may appear and the system may freeze. When you encounter this type of error you have to momentarily push the RESET button and wait for the system to restart. Also you have to deactivate the add-on that caused the error and get support from its developers. -30-Technical specifications Supported video codecs: . MPEG 1/ 2/4, H.264, VC-1, WMV, M2TS, TS, RMVB, AVI, MKV, MOV, TS, MPEG, FLV, DivX, Xvid. Supported audio codecs MP2/ 3, OGG Vorbis, WMA, WAV, WMA PRO, PCM LPCM, MS-ADPCM, LC-AAC, HE-AAC, COOK, RA- Lossless, RM/ RMVB 8/ 9/ 10. Supported files: AVI/ MKV/ TS/ TP/ TRP/ M2TS/ MPG/ MP4/ MOV/ M4V/ VOB/ IFO/ DAT/ WMV/ ASF/ RM/ RMVB/ FLV/ XVID/ DIVX 3,4,5 up to 1080p. MP3/ OGG/ WMA/ WAV/ AAC/ FLAC e HD JPEG/ BMP/ GIF/ TIF/ PNG Specifications: « — Amlogic 8726MX SoC 1.5Ghz Dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 © — 1GB onboard DDR3 RAM -31-8GB internal flash storage SDCard Reader: up to 32GB Mali™-400MP Graphics Processor Unit 2 USB 2.0 ports HDMI v1.3 IEEE b/g/n 802.11 Wi-Fi 10/100 Fast Ethernet Dimensions: 125 x 125 x 20mm CE, RoHS, FCC, Energy Star eye