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 SPANISH SATELLITE SYSTEM

Key Information

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

LIST OF FREE SPANISH CHANNELS

• Telesur
• TVE internacional
• Canal 24 Horas
• TBN Spain

A. How the Standard Definition Satellite Kit works

The kit is essentially made up of 3 Parts

1. The satellite dish - which is mounted on south facing wall or chimney and pick up a signal from the Hot Bird 6/8/9 satellite at 13° East
2. 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
3. SD satellite Receiver - which is a pre-programmed (see channel list tab) with all the main Spanish channels and uses a scart output to connect to the TV

B. Which Satellite can I receive Spanish TV from ?

Hot Bird @ 13° East. This is now the main satellite for Spanish TV.  Channels being broadcast from this satellite include:

•  TVE Internacional, Canal 24 Horas ..... see 'List of Channels' tab for a comprehensive channel list.

C. Is there Any other Satellites which carry Spanish TV

A frustrating feature of getting Spanish TV is that is it complicated by 2 factors:

• Spanish TV is being broadcast from a number of different satellites
• Many of the channels are not free (this is always the way)

 So apart from  'Hotbird @ 13° East' the choices are:

• Astra 1 @ 19.2° East: contains channels such as such as Andalucia TV, Canal Canarias ....
• Hispasat @ 30.0° West: contains channels such as Canal Portada, Solidaria TV ....

D. 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:

1. An 80cm satellite dish - you can drop the
   • Satellilte Dish & LNB
   • Satellite Installation Kit 
2. Your have an 80cm satellite dish but you would like to add this to another room, drop the
   • Satellilte Dish & LNB
     • Add in a universal Quad LNB
3. In General a sky 60cm satellite dish is not really large enough

E. Why is it Free ?

Some 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.

F. But I want More Spanish hannels

If you want to get more than the basic free channels you have must subscribe to a pay per view service. TVTrade.ie do not stock either of view cards.