OVERVIEW of the Standard Definition Free German TV Kit
This Kit contains everything you need to be able to receive all the Free Stanadard Definition German TV Satellite channels . All you need is a TV set !
The Kit consists of:
Xoro SD Satellite Receiver
1.5m Scart Lead
80cm Satellilte Dish, LNB & Wall Bracket
Satellite Installation Kit
Description of the Standard Definition Free German TV Receiver
Xoro SD Satellite Receiver
Inputs/Outputs
Scart TV
Scart VCR
LNB IN
USB port
Colour: Black
Definition: Standard Definition
EPG: Has Electronic Program guide
Up to 5000 TV and Radio Channels
Uses of the Standard Definition Free German TV Kit
To receive Standard Definition Free German channels
Pre-programmed box channels include:
Das Erste, ZDF, RBB Berlin, RTL Television,
Vox, Pro Sieben, Arte, Das Vietie, Kabel 1
Advantages of the Standard Definition Free German TV Kit
The receiver
is a reliable model from German Company - Xoro Electronics
Small compact attractive unit
Comes fully pre-programmed
it comes with free pvr ready funcitions
it comes with free media player built in
This a complete kit
It is very competitively Priced
it contains everything to do the job
DISADVANTAGES of the Standard Definition Free German TV Kit
It can not support High Definition (HD) channels
If an additional channel becomes available it must be manually tuned in
It does not contain a card slot e.g. for sky card or other viewing card
It does not have an RF output to allow channels to be viewed in a second room
INDEX
Overview
How to install a Xoro 3500 Satellite Receiver
How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan
How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel
How to Move & Delete Channels
How to 'Flash Programme' a box with a USB Stick
Using the PVR features
Using the Media player
EPG and Info Buttons
Subtitles
Overview
This is a complete users guide for the Xoro 3500 Free To Air Satellite Receiver compiled by the TVTrade.ie team. It compromises of both written and video instructions on a range of topics & covers all the main features of the receiver
How to install a Xoro 3500 Satellite Receiver
Unpack the box
Xoro 3500 standard definition Satellite Receiver
Remote control & Batteries (2 x AAA)
User's Manual in English
Screw the lead from the satellite dish into the 'RF IN' connection
Connect scart lead from TV to 'TV' out connection on box
Plug in the power lead
Turn on the power switch on the front of the box
After 5-6 seconds the box will come on and should automatically switch TV to AV channel
How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan
Press menu button
Select installation menu
Arrow across the satellite list
Arrow down to Astra 28.2
Press ok and then exit
Select Single satellite search from list
FTA only = Yes
Scan Channel = Tv + Radio
Scan Mode - Auto Scan
Arrow down to search and press ok button
Scan will take a few minutes
Once complete, press exit x2 to return to normal TV
How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel
Press the menu button
Select Installation menu
Select TP list
Pick out the trannsponder you want to scan
Press green button to add desired frequency, symbol rate and polarity
Press blue button to seach particular transponder
FTA only = Yes
Scan Channel = TV + Radio
Network Search = No
Scroll to OK and press ok button
Takes only a few seconds
Once complete, you will have added the channels you wanted.
How to Sort & Delete Channels
TO MOVE A CHANNEL
Press the 'Menu' Button
Select 'Edit Channel menu' (1st by default)
Arrow right to Tv Channel List & press ok
Press yellow button to move channels
Press ok on the channel you want to move
Scroll to position you want to move to and press ok to complete move
Press menu button to exit
Do you want to save changes Yes/No - Select Yes.
TO DELETE A CHANNEL
Press the 'Menu' Button
Select 'Edit Channel menu' (1st by default)
Arrow right to Tv Channel List & press ok
pRESS BLUE (edit) button
Press blue button again to delete channels
Scroll to channel to be deleted and press ok.
Press menu to exit, saving changes when it asks.
How to 'Flash Programme' a box with a USB Stick
TO SAVE CHANNELS TO USB
Press the 'Menu' button
Scrool to 'Tools' menu (4th in list)
Arrow right to Upgrade by USB
Upgrade mode: DUMP
Arrow down to stsrt and press ok
Takes less than 10 seconds
TO LOAD CHANNELS FROM USB
Press the 'Menu' button
Scrool to 'Tools' menu (4th in list)
Arrow right to Upgrade by USB
Upgrade mode: Allcode + bootloader
Arrow down to start and press ok.
The box will perobably reboot itself when completed.
How to Use the PVR recording Facilities
Pause Live TV
To pause live TV , just press the pause button
To resume playback, press the play button
To exit pause mode, press the stop button
Rewind live TV
An exciting feature on the xoro 3500is it's ability to rewind live TV. It's the first Free to air satellite receiver that we have tested that has this unique feature.
To rewind live TV, simply press the rewind button
Press play from where you want to watch.
Press stop to exit rewind mode and return to normal TV
Recording TV programmes
Press the red record button
Arrow to PS and press ok
To stop recoding, press the stop button and answer YES
Viewing recorded programmes
With your external hard drive plugged in
Press the media button
Select from the list and press ok
Recording via the EPG
Press the EPG button
Arrow to the programme you wish to record
Press the green button
Set once or daily depending on your wishes
Scroll to the save button and press ok.
Press exit to get back to normal TV
How to Use the Media Player on the Xoro 3500
Plug in the USB Memory stick or the External Hard Drive and give it around 30 seconds to initialise.
Press the USB button on the remote control
Select your drive from the list and press ok
Scroll to wahtever you want to wath or listen to and press play
Plays AVI files in SD (XVID etc), MP3s & JPEGs
Press menu button twice to go back to normal TV
make sure to power down the satellite receiver correctly (standby and them power off) before removing the drive otherwise you risk corruption of your data.
EPG, Info Buttons & Subtitles
Both the info and EPG buttons give access to now and next programming
Pressing the info button twice gives access to additional info including signal strength
Subtitles
Press the subtitles button
Select ENG (T) or off depending on your need.
HOW TO INSTALL A GERMAN SATELLITE SYSTEM
Key Information
Satellite
Angle of Dish
Direction of Dish
Astra 1 H/KR/LM
20°E
140°
* Angles valid for the centre of Ireland. Angle and Direction may vary by 1-2 degrees across the country.
LIST OF FREE GERMAN CHANNELS
Note: below are listed the main Free German channels. There is in the region of 500 free channels being broadcast from Astra 1 covering a huge range of languages such as Polish, French, Italian etc.
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Channel list
1
DAS Erste
2
ZDF
3
RBB Berlin
4
RTL Television
5
SAT.1
6
VOX
7
Pro Sieben
8
Arte
9
DAS Vierie
10
Kabel.1
11
RTL.2
12
3 SAT
13
MTV Germany
14
VIVA
15
Nick / Comedy
16
KIKA
17
Servus TV
18
QVC deutschland
19
Super RTL
20
N-TV
21
Channel 21
22
N.24
23
Euro News
24
HSE 24
25
Yuwelo TV
26
Sonnenkar tv
27
Phoenix
28
BBC World
29
CNN
30
SKY News
31
CNBC Europe
32
France 24
33
Russia Today
34
Euro Sport ect
A. How the German Standard Definition Satellite Kit works
The kit is essentially made up of 3 Parts
The satellite dish - which is mounted on south facing wall or chimney and pick up a signal from the Astra 1 H/KR/LM satellite at 19.2° East
The Installation Kit - which consists of 20m of satellite cable, bolts and connectors which is use in both mounting the dish and running a cable from the satellite dish to the satellite receiver
Standard Definition Satellite Receiver - which is a pre-programmed (see channel list tab) with all the main German channels and uses a scart output to connect to the TV
B. But I Already have a satellite Dish
Often customers customers considering buying this system will already have some of the equipment in place so a few guidelines would be if you alrady have:
A satellite dish - you can drop the
80cm Satellilte Dish & LNB
Satellite Installation Kit
A Satellite dish but would like to add this to another room, drop the
80cm Satellilte Dish & LNB
A universal Twin (for 2 boxes) or Quad (4 boxes) LNB
C. Why is it Free ?
Lots of TV channels broadcast their signal for free or unencrypted and this means that you don't need a subscription or have a card to receive those channels. For Example Das Erste, ZDF, RBB Berlin, RTL Television are all free channels
D. But I want More Channels
If you want to get more than the basic free channels you have must subscribe to a pay per view service.
One choice is DIGITAL+ which offers a subscription service via a viewing card