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OVERVIEW of the Cancelling Sky Upgrade Kit

This Kit contains everything you need to be able to Cancel Sky and get all Free to Air Irish & UK channels on a single box without the bills.

The Kit consists of:

Satellite Combo Receiver (Pre-programmed)
HDMI to HDMI Cable - 1m
TV Aerial & Wall Mounting Kit

Note: you can re-use your existing sky dish and cabling with this system.

Possible Add Ons

320GB External Hard Drive
- This will allow you to utilise the PVR functions on the Combo Receiver. You can pause and record Live TV. Storage of up to 200 hours of TV programming is possible.

USES of the Cancelling Sky Upgrade kit

The Combo Recevier allows you to receive both
- Digital Terrestrial TV (Saorview Channels)
- Satellite (UK Channels incl BBCs, ITVs, C4 etc)
Channel list includes:

ADVANTAGES of the Cancelling Sky Upgrade Kit

You will have no more TV bills.
The kit contains everything you need to cancel sky and get all the free UK and Irish channels
The receiver is an extremely reliable model from a Germany company
Does the job of both a HD Satellite Receiver and a HD Digital Terrestrial Receiver in a single unit.
Unit is PVR ready (Pause & Record TV)
Supports both Standard and High Definition transmissions
It is very competitively priced - much cheaper than the main Triax or Strong competitors and somewhat cheaper than the Mvision or Edision
Unlike competitor brands it allows you to record DTT channels while looking at a satellite channel and vice versa. (with th addition of an external hard drive)
It future proofs your investment by meeting all the latest HD standards
Unlike cheaper brands, it works well with USB powered external hard drives

DISADVANTAGES of the Cancelling Sky Upgrade kit

More expensive than a standalone Standard Definition Satellite Receiver or a Digital Terrestrial receiver
It does not have an RF out i.e. it is not possible to run the picture to an additional room unless you use either an external Modulator or a TRI-Link (allows you to operate box with a sky eye from another room)
Does not do 7 day EPG on satellite (No combo receiver does this)
Does not have Digital Teletext on the the Irish channels (no MHEG5)

INDEX

Overview & Install of the Xoro HRC 9000 Satellite Combo Receiver
- How to Install a Xoro HRC 9000 Combo Receiver
How to Set the Language to English
How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan
How to Find Terrestrial Saorview Channels with Autoscan
How to Sort & Delete the Channels on the Xoro Combo Receiver
How to Program the Xoro 9000 with a USB Memory Stick
How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel
How to use the EPG & Information Button
How to Change the Aspect Ratio
How to Format an External Hard Drive on the Xoro HRC 9000 Satellite Combo
How to Pause Live TV on the Xoro Satellite Combo
How to Record Programmes on the Xoro Satellite Combo Receiver
How to Play Back your TV Recordings
How to use the Media player for TV Recordings, Videos, Music & Photos
How to edit your Xoro 9000 Channel List on a PC or Laptop
How to Turn On/Off Subtitles on the Xoro 9000
How to Safely Remove your External Hard Drive

Overview & Installation

Complete users guide for the Xoro HRC 9000 Satellite Combo Receiver

PVR Ready Satellite & Digital Terrestrial TV Combo Receiver

This Receiver has 2 feeds from:

Satellite Dish
Digital Terrestrial TV (UHF Aerial)

How to Install a Xoro HRC 9000 Satellite Combo Receiver

Unpack the box
Contents
- Xoro HRC 9000 Satellite Combo Receiver
- Remote Control, 2x AAA Batteries & User Manual
Push the lead from the Aerial into the 'Aerial in' connection
Screw the lead from the satellite dish into the 'LNB in' connection
Connect the scart lead from TV to 'TV out' connection on box
Plug in the power lead
Turn on the power switch on the back on the box
After 5-6 seconds the box will come on and should automatically switch TV to the correct AV channel if you are connected using a scart cable. If using a HDMI cable, you will probbaly need to use the source button on your TV remote to change to the correct AV channel on the TV

How to Change the Language to English

Press the menu button
Scroll to Sprachen option
Change to 'English'

How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan

Press the 'Menu' button
First 'Delete All Channels' - to get rid of German preset channels
Scroll down to the 'Installation' menu
Select 'Satellite list'
- Deselect the default satellite
- Select 'Astra 28.2 E'
Select 'Single Satellite Search'
- Free to Air only: 'Yes'
- Scan: TV & Radio
- Scan type: Blind
- Press 'OK' button
The box scans for free channels on a list of transponders. It takes 4-5 minutes
COMPLETE - All the free satellite channels will now appear on your channel list

How to Find Terrestrial Channels with Autoscan

Press the 'Menu' button
Select the 'Installation' Memu
Select 'Terrestrial Automatic Scan' & click 'OK'
- Select Region as German
- Set search type to FTA only
- Press 'OK' to start the search
Search takes about 30 seconds
ALL THE CHANNELS WILL BE SAVED

How to Sort & Delete Channels on the Xoro HRC 9000 Satellite Combo Receiver

Press the 'Menu' button
Select the 'Edit Channel' menu
Select 'TV Channel List'
- Yellow to move Channels
- Blue to Edit
- Blue again to Delete
  - A cool feature is you can delete channels in blocks
Press Exit
Do you want to save prompt: Press 'Yes'
All changes will be saved

How to Program Box with a USB Drive

Save Channel data on to USB Drive

Press the Menu Button
Select the 'Tools' menu
- Select 'Upgrade by USB' & press OK
- Select file type as 'Dump'
Default name generated for Dumpfile.abs
Takes 10-15 seconds

Load Data from USB Drive

Press the Menu Button
Select the 'Tools' menu
Select 'Upgrade by USB' & press OK
From new file type from menu
- Allcode+Bootloader (everything - takes 50 seconds)
- Userdb (channels only - takes 15 seconds)
BOX IS FULLY PROGRAMMED

How to Add New Satellite Transponder

Press the 'Menu' button
Select the 'Installation' menu
Select 'TP List' & click 'OK'
Press 'Green button' -> 'Add Transponder'
e.g.
- Frequency: 10906 MHz
- Symbol rate: 22000 ks/s
- Polarity: vertical
This will add the Transponder / prompt if transponder already exists
Press 'Blue button' -> 'TP Scan'
Scan mode: 'Free'
Scroll to 'Ok to search
Press 'OK' when scan finished

EPG & Information Button

EPG

Press the EPG button to bring up the Electronic Programme Guide
Works well on the Irish Digital channels with a full 7 day guide
Only gives a now and next channel option on satellite channels

Info Button

Get information on the current programme
Press the 'INFO' Button once
Works better on UK satellite Channels than on Saorview Channels
Can also use the info button to determine signal strength by pressing twice

How to change the Aspect Ratio

Menu button
System Setup
TV System
- Change 'Aspect Mode'
  - from default '16.9'
  - to 'Auto'

How to Format an External Hard Drive on the Xoro HRC 9000 Satellite Combo Receiver

AIM: Format an external Hard drive on the Xoro HRC 9000 Satellite Combo Receiver to utilise it's PVR features

Equipment:

Xoro HRC 9000 Combo Receiver
External Hard Drive with USB cable

Steps

Unpack the external hard drive for it's packaging.
Power down the HRC 9000 receiver
Connect the USB cable to the back of the hard drive enclosure
Connect the hard drive to the back of the HRC 9000 using the available USB port
Turn on the HRC 9000 receiver.
The box will automatically detect the external hard drive
That is it, the hard drive is fully installed!
To format the external hard drive, see the video below

How to Pause Live TV

A great feature of the Xoro Satellite Combo is that it allows you to Pause Live TV even when you are not currently recording the channel

Press the 'Shift' button
Now press the 'Pause' button
you have now paused live TV
To resume play press the play button
You can forward or rewind to catch up with Live TV / Go back
To exit just hit the stop button on the remote

How to Record Programmes on the Xoro 9000 Satellite Combo Receiver

The video below shows how to do real time recording, future recordings using the timer menu and also how to record using the EPG.

How to Play Back your TV Recordings

The Media player - for TV Recordings, Videos, Music & Photos

The Xoro HRC 9000 has a reasonable quality media player along with its PVR playback facilities

Press menu on your remote control
Select the 'Tools' Menu
Select the 'Media Player' option (see product description for compatible file types)
Use the '0' to flick between the 4 main options
- Music
- Images (photos)
- Video
- Record (Recorded TV Programmes)
Select 'record manager'
Arrow down to the desired recorded programme and press ok to play

How to Edit your channel list on a PC or Laptop

How to Turn On/Off Subtitles on the Xoro 9000

Use the yellow button marked 'txt' on the remote
It pulls up the subtitles menu
Just deselect subtitles using the arrow keys

How to Safely Plug Out Your External Hard Drive

Press menu button on remote
Arrow down to tools menu
Arrow over to remove USB device safely and press ok

The above map shows the main Saorview Coverage & Transmitters, the colour code of the best UHF Aerial to use and their catchment area.

Saorview Frequencies

The table above shows the Channel Range & Polarity of each of the Transmitters in Ireland. The Final column shows the UHF group colour code for the most appropriate aerial for the transmitter. Of course it is possible to use a Wide band UHF (either the high Grid or standard 10 element contract aerial) which will work on all transmitters.

UHF Aerial Groups

The table above shows the range of UHF TV Aerials available, their frequency range and the colour code associated with each aerial. View Coastal Transmitter Map [Here]

23/09/2010, 02:43 PM

"I dropped my sky package for this system and absolutely love it. Just as good for what I watch and the picture is crystal clear."

– Liam Harvey

17/08/2010, 03:20 PM

"Works like a charm and is saving me 100+ quid a month having no longer to pay for my subscription package. I wouldn't be great at DIY but found bringing out the laptop and following the step by step video instructions that I was able to get the job done. Really happy with my new system and would highly recommend it to others."

– Keiran Tolan