Quick Start and Full User Guide 30th November November 2016 - Onwards Onwards ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table of Contents 1. Installation of Box
How to Setup from out the box
Quick Start Guide
Setup Local TV Region
Change Position of screen
2. Install a HDD/USB for storage
Format a HDD/USB
Initialize your drive
Setup a Swap File
Check location for recording/timeshift/EPG
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3. Add IPTV Subscription
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4. Record and Series Link
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5. Your New Remote
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Key to your new remote control
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How to Setup from out the box
Remove from your box; mains adapter and cable, remot e control (2xAAA batteries required), HDMI cable and ZGemma.
TIP Make sure to remove all plastic shrink-wrap from ZGemma before powering on! Leaving on the shrink-wrap may cause the box to overheat due to air vents being covered.
First connect your two existing satellite coax cables into the back of the box (like below). Ensure there tightly connected. Note: If your only using one satellite co ax cable it must go into 'TUNER A IN' (bottom right port) If your using a second then it must go into LNB IN (top port)
Connect your internet cable (not included) either directly from your router or via home plugs into the back of the box
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THIS CONNECTION IS IMPORTANT - YOU MUST HAVE YOUR BOX CONNECTED TO YOUR ROUTER FOR THE BOX TO WORK Connect the HDMI cable from TV to box Plug in the power lead to 'DC IN' Press in the white 'ON/OFF' power button to boot up box. Front LED screen should say boot then load up to 1 00
Quick Start Guide IF YOUR USING ONLY ONE SATELLITE CABLE: Navigate to Menu > Setup > Service Searching Searc hing > Tuner configuration > Tuner A must be set to single & Tuner B must be set to t o 'not configured' > press back then NO on the next pop up. IF YOUR USING TWO SATELLITE CABLES: Navigate to Menu > Setup > Service Searching > Tuner configuration > Tuner A must be set to single & Tuner B must be set to t o 'SINGLE' to match Tuner A > press back then NO on the next pop up. Menu - Setup - Service Service Searching > Sky Bouquets Maker > Menu > BBC/ITV Region: Change Region to your local TV Region > Choose whether you want ' Child Safe' Channel lists > Green Button to save > Green Button to Scan If you have a USB/HDD pre installed in the box, please proceed. If you do not have any USB/HDD installed then please follow the guide. This is highly reccommended. Once completed the scan, go to: Menu > Setup > CrossEPG > Download Now Complete.
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If you need to change the screen positioning due to some of the screen missing please follow: Red Button > 7 (Quick Start Setup) > 1 (OSD Position) • Highlight the Move Left/Right line and press the LEFT or RIGHT buttons until the left side of the RED box is visible, then press the LEFT button until the left side of the RED box is NOT visible • Highlight the Width line and press the LEFT or R IGHT buttons buttons until the right side of the RED box is visible, then press the RIGHT button until the right side of the RED box is NOT visible • Highlight the Move Up/Down line and press the LEFT or RIGHT buttons until the top side of the RED box is visible, then press the LEFT button until the left side of the RED box is NOT visible • Highlight the Height line and press the LEFT or RIG HT buttons until the right side of the RED box is visible, then press the RIGHT button until the right side of the RED box is NOT visible
Install a HDD/USB for storage >>>>> If you have a USB/HDD Pre installed in the back of your box you do NOT need to follow these instructions <<<<< Firstly your USB/HDD (if not brand new) must be re -formatted using a desktop computer.
Miss these next few steps if your drive is new Insert USB/HDD into USB slot on desktop Find the drive in 'My Computer/My PC' right c lick and 'format' Change format to ExFAT and untick the 'quick format' box Format (will take several minutes)
Turn off ZGemma with the white button on the back Insert formatted HDD/USB into the back USB slot of your ZGemma Boot up ZGemma - Press Red Button – Button – 7 7 – – 2 2 Click the drive and Yes to initialise Once complete – complete – Red Red Button – Button – 7 7 – – 3 3 – – Green Green Button (choose largest size – size – 256mb) 256mb) - Wait several minutes – minutes – Red Red to activate – activate – Yellow Yellow to Autostart – Autostart – Exit Exit Restart ZGemma
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Red Button – Button – 7 7 – – 4 4 – – Check Check 'default movie location' is set to (media/hdd/movie) Red Button – Button – 7 7 – – 5 5 – – Check Check 'timeshift location' is set to (media/hdd/tiemshift) (media/hdd/tiemshift) 'autorecord location' set to (media/hdd/movie)
Add IPTV Subscription You must first purchase a IPTV subscription from the Ghost Tech Website. (if you have bought IPTV with the box it will be in Menu – Menu – XCPLUGIN) XCPLUGIN) www.ghost-tech.co.uk/store In the checkout, leave a note requesting to add the IPTV to your ZGemma You will receive a email after confirmation of payment wit h a M3U Link Ie http://ghosttechuk.ddns.net:328423/Username=HSDHSDPassword=ksjdosjajsa Copy and paste the M3U link into a desktop internet browser A file will automatically begin to download
You must now install Filezilla (Client) to your desktop
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1&beta=0
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On your remote press Menu – Menu – Information Information – – Network Network – – Note Note down your IP Address Open Filezilla In the top bar, enter your IP Address into the 'HOST' bar In 'USER' type the word root Leave password blank and hit connect A series of folders will appear on the bottom r ight Navigate to hdd/ipabiptv Drag and drop your M3U file into this folder from your d esktop On your ZGemma remote – remote – Press Press Red Button – Button – 4 4 (iPab IPTV IPTV Menu) – 2 – 2 (IPTV Bouquet Bouquet maker) – maker) – Select Select M3U – M3U – Green Green to Install In the top part of the window you should see your M3U file(s) – file(s) – If If you do not see your file(s) NOTE In listed here, that’s because either you haven’t FTPd them into the /hdd/ipabiptv folder OR the files are not M3U files. The IPTV Bouquet will be created and and Sky Bouquet Maker will run to ensure the IPTV bouquet list is in the correct place. • Exit Button > Exit Button • Down Arrow > Blue Button > Find your IPTV bouquet and press OK > Select the IPTV channel you wish to watch.
NOTE If If no IPTV Bouquet is created, this is due to the M3U file provided being invalid – invalid – Check Check with your IPTV provider.
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Record and Series Link Use the EPG to find the show you want to add to series link. Highlight the show and press the record button on your r emote (The Red DOT near the other p layback keys) Select 'Record Once' - Will record the program the once or Select ‘Series Link’ The next screen will show you the parameters that will match a show and generate a timer in order for the show to record. For shows that are on roughly the same time on the same day each week, these default settings sett ings are probably going to be OK for you For daily soaps you will need to change some options: o Deselect the option option that says ‘Only on Weekday’ as leaving this selecting will only record a show on t hat particular day of the week o If the soap or show you want to record sometimes comes on at odd times of the day, deselect the ‘Match Timespan’ option
As an example, for Coronation Street, which is on regularly during weekdays once or twice a day, deselecting ‘Only on Weekday’ will generally be sufficient as the time span usually covers and hour before the start and an hour after t he end of the show you selected which usually covers days when the show is on twice such as at 7:30 and 8:30 – 8:30 – But But if in doubt, deselect the ‘Match Timespan’ option.
Press Green to confirm these parameter The next page will confirm the ext ended settings and parameters – parameters – It’s important to know that know that at this point, the series link is not set. You shouldn’t need to change any setting here, so press Green to confirm the Series Link Press Exit to return to the TV After a brief pause you may see a mes sage box confirming timers have been added Wait 30 seconds and then press Timer on your remote. You should see your Series Link in the list. Fo r shows on once a week, you’ll usually just see one show. For soaps etc, you should expect to see a few entries. 7 of 11
How to delete a Series Link You can’t just delete a timer from the timers list when you have a Se ries Link setup as within a few minutes, the Series Link has done its job and added the timer back in. In order to delete a Series Link you must follow these steps: Press Menu Button > Select Timers > Auto Timers Find the Series Link you wish to remove and press Yellow Button to delete When prompted, select ‘Yes, and delete all timers generated by this autotimer’ Press Exit > Select Timers > Check your Series Link has been removed
ALL RECORDED PROGRAMS WILL BE IN 'FILE LIST' ON YOUR REMOTE
Troubleshooting Remove Audio Description If you experience channels with undesired audio commentary (descriptions of what is happening) follow these steps: Red Button > 2 (Fixes Menu) > 5 (Fix Audio Commentary) You will see a confirmation that the Audio Commentary Set tings have been fixed > Exit Button > Exit Button
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Error - Creating Hardlink to Timeshift File Failed! If you experience this error it is usually due to your drive not being initialised. Follow these steps: Red Button > 7 (Quick Start Menu) > 2 (Hard Disk Initalisation) Select your USB Drive to initialise and press OK Red Button to Initialise > Confirm you wish to initialise the device Note – Note – As As the waning message says – says – Any data on the drive will be lost during initialisation You will see the progress of t he disk initialising. Once complete this will exit back t o the iPab Quick Start Menu. Press 3 (Swap File Manager) > Green Button (Create) > OK Button > Select the size of swap disk – disk – 256mb 256mb had proven best Press OK Button – Button – You will see a message being displayed to "Wait please while creating swapfile...”swapfile...”This should take no more than a few minutes. Once the text at the t he top of the screen has changed c hanged to ‘Enable Swap at startup’ you should then press Red Button (Activate) > Yellow Button (Autostart) Exit Button > Exit Button – Button – This This will return you to TV Note – Note – If If you wish to enable Timeshift Autostart follow the steps shown in the Enable/Disable Timeshift section.
EPG (Program Guide) Problems On occasions you may find that the EPG shows the same programme info for some or all channels. This is usually a result of a corrupt epg.dat file that may have been c aused by power outage or general issue writing to your USB drive. The fix described here should result in the epg.dat being delete d (which will initially leave you with a blank EPG) and fresh EPG data being downloaded. If you find this keeps happening, it’s most likely a problem with your USB d rive and I’d recommend replacing that Red Button > 2 (Fixes Menu) > 4 (Remove all EPG Data) > After a brief wait, your box will appear to restart NOTE – NOTE – At At this point your EPG will be empty – empty – The The next steps depend on whether you are running Sky or Virgin – Virgin – If If you run both, run both steps Sky Green Button > CrossEPG Downloader > When CrossEPG has finished downloading a reboot is advised
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Remote Control
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