HD Italian Satellite TV Kit - Get Free HD Satellite TV from Italy

OVERVIEW of the High Definition Free Italian TV Kit

This Kit contains everything you need to be able to receive all the Free Standard & High Definition Italian Satellite channels. All you need is a TV set !

The Kit consists of:

Xoro HD Satellite Receiver
1m HDMI Cable
80cm Satellilte Dish, Single LNB & Wall Bracket
Satellite Installation Kit

Possible Add Ons

250GB External Hard Drive
- This will allow you to utilise the PVR functions on the Xoro HD Receiver allowing you to pause and record Live TV. Storage of up to 200 hours of TV programming is possible.

DESCRIPTION of Xoro 8530 HD Satellite Receiver

Box Contains:
- HD Satellite Receiver
- Remote Control & Batteries
Inputs/Outputs
- RCA output:
- Scart output: (Qty:2)
- LNB: In & Out (Loop)
- HDMI Output
- USB Port
- Channel Up / Down
- Select Button
- LED Display
Colour: Black
Definition: High & Standard
MPEG2 / MPEG4
EPG: Has Electronic Program Guide
Up to 5000 TV and Radio Channels

USES of the High Definition Free Italian TV Kit

To receive the Free to air channels in both standard and High Definition (HD)
Preprogrammed box channels include:
- Rai 1, Rai 2, Rai 3, Rai News
- Rai Med, Rai Scuola, Rai Gulp, Rai Storia
- RETE4, CANALE5, Italia 1
When used with a 250GB External HardDrive you can Pause & record live TV

ADVANTAGES of the High Definition Free Italian TV Kit

The Receiver:
- is a reliable model from German Market Leader - Xoro
- It comes fully pre-programmed
- The Channels are listed sequential i.e. 1-100 and the order can be changed
- Supports both Standard and High Definition transmissions
- Future proof - High Definition is already becoming the industry standard.
- PVR ready - USB port allows an external hard drive to be added on - remote control contains rewind, record etc functions.
- Contain a card slot e.g. coxax
This a complete kit
- It is very competitively Priced
- it contains everything to do the job
- the dish is ideally sized and designed for the Irish market

DISADVANTAGES of the High Definition Free Italian TV Kit

More expensive than a Standard Definition Satellite Receiver.
If an additional channel becomes available it must be manually tuned in
It does not have an RF output to allow channels to be viewed in a second room

INDEX

Overview & Install of the Xoro HRS 8530 HD Satellite Receiver
How to Change the Language from German to English
How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan
How to Sort & Delete Channels
How to Program your Xoro 8530 using a USB Drive
How to Format your Hard Drive using the Xoro 8530
How To Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel
How to Pause Live TV
How to Record & Play Back TV Shows on the Xoro HD Satellite Receiver
How to Record Programmes using the EPG
How to Record Programmes using the Timer Menu
Information & EPG Buttons
Using the Subtitles on the Xoro 8530
How to Change the Time Settings
How to Upgrade the Firmware

Complete users guide for the Xoro HD Satellite Receiver

The Xoro 8530 is a PVR Ready HD Satellite TV Receiver
This Receiver takes a Single Feed from a Satellite Dish

Overview & install of the Xoro 8530 HD Satellite Receiver

Unpack the box
- Xoro HD Satellite Receiver
- Remote control
Screw the lead from the satellite dish into the 'LNB in' connection
Connect the scart or HDMI cable from the back of the box to the TV
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 AV channel. You may have to select the correct AV input on the TV, especially if connecting using a HDMI cable

How to Change the Language from German to English

How to Find Satellite Channels with Autoscan

Press the 'Menu' button
Select the 'Channel Search' menu
Scroll to the 'Satellite setup' option
Select 'Satellite Search' -> 'Astra 28.2 E'
Press 'Blue Button' to start the scan
- Crypted 'FTA Channels'
- Press 'Blue Button' again to continue scan
The box checks for free channels on transponders - takes 5 minutes
COMPLETE - all the free channels will appear on your channel list

How to Sort & Delete Channels

Press the 'Menu' button
Scroll over to the 'Program' Sub-menu
Scroll to 'program edit'
Password '000000'
To Delete
- Highlight a channel
- press the Blue button
- Press 'Ok' button to delete
To Move
- Highlight a channel
- press the Red button
- Move to new location
- Press 'Ok' button to move

How to Program Box with USB

In ths videos below, we'll show you how you can backup and restore your customised channel list on the Xoro 8530

Back up Channel List on to a USB Memory Stick

Press the Menu Button
Scroll over and select 'Channel Search' Meuu
Scroll to 'DB Management'
Select 'Backup to USB' & press ok
Default name generated for file: e.g. xxxxxx.DBM
- takes 3-4 seconds

How to Format an External Hard Drive on the Xoro 8530

AIM: Format an External Hard drive on the Xoro HD Satellite TV Receiver to utilise it's PVR features

Equipment:

Xoro HRS 8530 Satellite Receiver
External Hard Drive or memory Stick

Steps

Having added the external hard drive to the receiver
- Press the menu button
- Scroll to the USB menu
- Scroll to the 'PVR Configure' menu
- Select the 'Format Option
- Wait as it reads the hard drive and then select FAT32
- Wait about 20 seconds and it will format the hard drive

How to Manually Tune in a Satellite Channel

This video shows how to add the new channel 5 family of channels, it was done on a Xoro 8530 and the procedure will be exactly the same for tuning in additional channels on this box (Frequency settings may be different)

How to Pause Live TV

Recording & Play Back on the Xoro 8530

There are some really great PVR Facilities on this HD Satellite TV Receiver.

The first step is to add either a USB key or a Hard drive (it can handle either FAT32 or NTFS).

The main features outlined in the video below are;

How to record the current programme using the record button
How to playback what you have recorded

How to record a TV show using the EPG

Schedule future recordings using the Timer Menu

How to Use the Media Player on the Xoro 8530 HD Satellite Receiver

This is probably the best single feature on this already outstanding HD Satellite Receiver due to its ease of use and the sheer range of files it can handle.

PHOTOS

All the normal photo and image file types are handled

MUSIC

Listen to MP3 & WMA files
Allows you select song from the screen

MOVIES

Supports both Standard & High Definition Films in a wide array of formats

TV RECORDINGS

Play back recordings made on the HD Satellite Receiver

Information & EPG Buttons

Using the Subtitles

How to Change the Time Settings

How to Upgrade the Firmware

HOW TO INSTALL AN ITALIAN SATELLITE SYSTEM

Key Information

Satellite	Angle of Dish	Direction of Dish
Hot Bird 6/8/9	20°E	140°

* Angles valid for the centre of Ireland. Angle and Direction may vary by 1-2 degrees across the country.

#	Channel Name
1	RAI1
2	RAI2
3	RAI3
4	RETE4
5	CANALE5
6	Italia 1
7	Rai News
8	Rai Med
9	Rai Scuola
10	Rai Gulp
11	Rai Storia

Note: Above are listed the main Free Italian channels. There is in the region of 500 free channels being broadcast from Hotbird covering a huge range of languages such as German, French, Polish etc.

A. How the HD Italian 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 picks up a signal from the Hot Bird 6/8/9 satellite at 13° 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
HD Satellite Receiver - which is a pre-programmed (see channel list tab) with all the main Polish 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
- Sky Satellilte Dish & LNB
- Satellite Installation Kit

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 all the main National TV channels in Italy such as Rai 1, Rai 2, are free.

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. You have 2 options

Sky Italia - this system consists of a special Sky receiver which comes with a card reading slot and a Sky viewing card. A Monthly subscription fee applies but gives access to Sports and Movie channels

TVTrade.ie do not stock subscription systems

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