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1. 7 Once you select the movie you want it will retrieve all the information and artwork Loading movie details 100 2008 8 Now the Metadata has been changed to the correct movie THE DARK KNIGHT Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolen Christopher Nolan 152 Minutes Rating 7 8 5076 votes Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent Michael Caine as Alfred Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes Gary Oldman as Lt James Gordon Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox Changing Movie Artwork You can change movie artwork very easily if you grow tired or want different cover or background images Each movie typically has several to choose from 1 Press C on the movie and select Movie Information Search Trailer on Youtube Queue item Play using Play from here Add to favourites Movie informpsion Mark as watched Manage You can see here there are several other options when you press C including mark as watched Search for the Trailer and Manage which allows even more options such as Removing from Library deletes file permanently and Managing Movie Sets for when you want lump movies into a set 2 Navigate right to Choose Art Selection THE DARK KNIGHT e LOOB Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan Christopher Nolan 152 Minutes Rating 7 8 5076 votes Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent Michael Caine as Alfred Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes Gary Oldman as Lt James Gordon Morgan Freeman as Lucius
2. Unboxing and Connecting Your Helix Media System Plugging in and connecting your Helix Media System 1 After unboxing locate the power cable in the box and plug into a the rear of the system Plug the other end into a surge protector to protect it from power surge damage Please note that your Helix system may have an on off switch on the rear of the device as well as the button in front 2 Your Helix Media System comes with a variety of video and audio outputs All Helix devices come with HDMI and many come with optical and analog audio options as well For best results use HDMI HDMI is the only device that can transmit HD Audio Helix systems prefer the HDMI 1 input on whatever they are plugged into or the PC HDMI input on your receiver or TV They will work on other inputs but prefer to be first Please keep in mind that Helix systems can only output 1 audio and 1 video stream at a time This means you cannot run independent audio and video streams from the Helix units For that you will need additional zone players Link Systems You may need to utilize a matrix switch to run multiple displays Although hundreds of Helix systems have been used with matrix switches with no issues at all we cannot guarantee or offer support for matrix switch issues Table of Contents Connecting the RF mini keyboard touchpad for setup Included with each system is a RF USB keyboard with touchpad or full size wireless keyboard with
3. 3 Select Customizers and then Main Menu Customizers e SETTINGS SKIN SETTINGS 2 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 AEON NOX Customizers Main a oot customizer backgrounds widgets SKIN SETTINGS CUSTOMIZERS 4 Navigate to the activated menu icon or submenu item you want to turn off and select it 5 Activate Disable and then back all the way out Your menu item will no longer appear at the main Helix Menu Disable ryt Custom gt laleigeleiia8 Unused 3 Custom C Users install xB custom2 No Table of Contents Disabling Viewtypes Enabling Kiosk Mode Sometimes you may want to disable the ability to change view types if your customer keeps getting into problems Kiosk mode allows the user to experience Helix Media Systems but have a completely locked down system that cannot be change or altered To disable this is a very easy solution 1 Press S and enter Settings Go to Skin SETTINGS 34 F FRIDAY 2 JAN 2015 AEON NOX CONFIGURE SKIN SETTINGS etup the Helix skin Change skin backgrounds 2 Go to Kiosk Mode Select Disable Media Menu and hide option in Video Info SETTINGS SKIN SETTINGS 36 F FRIDAY 2 JAN 2015 AEON NOX General SKIN SETTINGS GENERAL Table of Contents Changing the Color of the Helix Main Menu If you need to change the color of the Helix main Menu you can do it very easily 1 Click S for Settings 2 Navigate to Skin
4. I C E Lei 2x M E D S Y S T EM S uars is in our DNA K End User Manual Helix Media Systems are recognized as leaders in integration and are renown for being the most advanced media systems available on the market We are what the industry has been waiting for almost a decade to achieve As technology changes and media is becoming more diverse and fractured the companies pushing the same technology they represented for years have fallen behind Innovation comes most often comes from new players not from big box companies At Helix we are not only revolutionizing what the other companies have done in the past but are constantly pushing the envelope of what is possible Enter the Helix Media System Please take a few minutes to read through our table of contents end user manual and setup procedures For questions or comments contact your custom installer professional first before contacting Helix Helix only sells its products through custom installer professionals Helix Media System Installer Table of Contents 1 Unboxing and Connecting the Helix Media System Should be already performed by Customer Plugging in and connecting the Helix Media System Installer Professional Connecting the RF mini keyboard touchpad for setup 2 Basic Controls with the RF Mini Keyboard Touchpad 3 Initial Bootup Should be already performed by Customer Installer Professional Audio Video Setup Audio Playback Device Selecti
5. xX 8 If you press C you can bring up the Context menu which has several options including Start Slideshow Here and also Picture information Picture information 9 To configure Slideshow settings Click C back at the main Picture menu and then click Settings AEON NOX Stideshyw PICTURES SETTINGS Picture Viewtypes 1 By pressing the UP arrow and going into the Picture Menu you can choose from a variety of different way to view your pictures gt AS 4 ELHEL IRQ BLACK JPG 2 Each Viewtype has different settings that can be adjusted as well Access the setting menu by pressing the correct directional key on your remote usually up or left Music Menu MOST PLAYED ALBUMS lt 5 16 AM Vins PAN DO RAD Ib yf I 1 Select the Music Menu 2 This is what it should look like D MUSIC FILES MUSIC OITEMS 1 1 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 5 17 AN LEFT CHANNEL RIGHT C D Je N REC R 3 Click C and press Go to Root 4 We ve already set a music folder under E Media Music as you can see here but let s walk through adding another Press C on Music and then go to Edit Source If you do not have Music option press C and go to Add Source C MUSIC FILES 3 ITEMS amp 1 1 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 5 18 AM LEFT CHANNEL RIGHT CH M Sui 5 Click Add then Browse to add an additional Music Folder or just Brow
6. 3 Navigate to Settings 4 Once in Settings click on settings again 2 SETTINGS WEATHER 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 AEON NOX General WEATHER SETTINGS 5 This will open up your location You can have multiple locations you can set once setup these locations can be scrolled through on your main weather screen by using the directional arrows Location setup Location 1 OK Cancel Defaults SETTINGS YAHOO WEATHER 6 Enter the zip code or city for the location you would like information on Location setup Location 1 46220 7 Confirm location Select Location 46220 Indiana US 8 Make sure to press OK don t just back out Location setup as Cavicel Defaults SETTINGS YAHOO WEATHER 9 Enjoy your weather report 36 F Note that within the first settings screens that are various options you can select also included extended weather report 10 day weekend weather report or hour by hour Table of Contents Pictures Menu 1 Select Pictures Menu 2 We have already setup a Picture folder on the E drive To add picture libraries press C and select Edit Source on the Pictures option If your screen does not look like the below Press C and then Go to Root and it should take you here If for some reason the Pictures option is not there we can add it manually by clicking on the Add Pictures option or by clicking
7. E MEDIA MUSIC Here we have our source disc on the left and our music folder on the right as indicated by paths you can see at the bottom 3 Click C on the source side and press C and then Copy FILE MANAGER 34 F FRIDAY 2 JAN 2015 T ai O T S T De wae fy 4 E MEDIA MUSIC 4 Your files will be transferred over process will be indicated on top right and then will appear on your destination folder if everything went correctly gt lt A P 20 Yourself or Someone Like You Matct E MEDIA MUSIC E MEDIA MUSIC Helix Media System has the ability to interact and work with any external device and file type Another reason why the Helix Media System is the most robust media system available Table of Contents Metadata Helix knows how important getting the right Metadata is for the overall experience That is why every Helix comes with a backup manual Metadata scraper that can be used in case of a metadata emergency 1 Select Metadata from Support submenu 2 This opens up our manual Metadata scraper which is a very powerful tool As you can see it already has listed in it the Movies and TV Shows located on the Helix E Drive Application Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help amp M Mode Title Year Score Movie ATE New cache generated and written to disk in 0 1 seconds Movie Media Center Master v2 10 uia 1014 1066 Movie Movie Movie
8. I howe Lucy Seaton 2 Dise 1 Chapters Video Mpeg 502501 Vi Audio DD Stereo Englich Audio DO Stereo Spannh Subtitles Spanish Subtitles Spanish r Title Ilove Lucy Season 2 Dise 1 D Chapters Video Mpeg MED Wi Audio DO Stereo English Mi Audio DD Stereo Spenah Subtitles Spanish Lieve Lucy Season 2 Oise 1 L gt Chapters Video Mpeg 302603 I Audio DD Steren English F audio DD Stereo Spanish FI Subtities Spanish Subtitles Spanish s F Tite Iove Lucy Seasom2Discl Chapters Ovtput folder E Mecha TY Shows Love Lucy Properties Name gt sorter a Info Tithe information Name I love Lucy Season 2 Disc 1 Source title ID i Oratio 02511 Chapters count 9 Size 10 G8 Segment count 1 Segment map 1 13 File name lowe Lucy Seacon 2 Dive 1 900 miew Title 2 0 1 hat length of 1 seconde which it lese than minnum title length of 300 seconds and was therefore chipped 9 Celts dend were sapped due to cell commands structure protection Tithe 3 was added 2 cellis 04515 Tithe 3 0 1 has length of 1 seconds which is bess than minimum titie length of 300 seconds and was therefore shipped Tithe 44 has length of 187 seconds which is less than minimum tithe length of 300 seconds and was therefore shipped 5 The next thing we must do is select the Output Folder since Helix is defaulted to drop any rips into its Movies library Click Set Output Folder in the top right pa
9. New titles scanned and loaded in 0 seconds Missing cache items removed in 0 seconds New cache generated and written to disk in 0 1 seconds Library listed in 0 seconds Your library includes 10 titles and took 0 4 seconds to load 10 movie titles Text filter E View amp Filtering Highlight missing meta information IE Disable all filtering Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help amp m Mode Year Score Movie Avatar 2011 6 1 New cache generated and written to disk in 0 1 seconds 2 Library listed in 0 seconds Movie Avengers The Your library includes 10 titles and took 0 4 seconds to load Movie Batman 10 movie titles Movie Bolt Movie M How To Train Your Dra F 1 now working on Avatar Movie Lone Survivor ioh pma to one m a searching byt i Movie Matrix The F 1 282908 Movie Transformers s F 1 talking to IMDB i i F 1 searching by IMDB ID ee Wale l F 1 tt1775309 Movie Wolverine The i F 1 Preparing backdrops i F 1 no backdrops available F 1 Avatar 2011 F 1 Runtime 93 minutes End Pepe Hozumi Toranosuke Kat Mahiru Konno Marin Kayano Masuyama Y ichi Nukumizu Y ko Ohshima Mio Ohtani Kazuma Sano Fumika Shimizu Taku Suzuki Kenichi Takit Atsushi Wada F 1 Summary Michiko lost her dad in a car accident when she was 10 years old After the car accident Michiko has lived with her mother Kyoko Michiko now in her 2nd year of high s
10. backdrop 12 Movie Lone Survivor 2013 7 6 I F 10 backdrop 13 Movie Matrix The 1999 8 7 s F 10 backdrop 14 Movie Transformers 2007 7 2 eon m5 a Beh Launch folder ovie JE pee b Play media B 76170 The Wolverine 2013 or The Wolverine 2013 2 Fetch metadata Alt F files B Fetch iz as Movie forced CY Rename as Movie by IMDb ID Refresh from metadata Alt R a __ as Movie by TMDb ID Refresh and re inspect video details Alt V a Se ey eve Ve LE Cen out metadata _ as T V Show by thetvdb com ID ee ee Alt L g as T V Show by IMDb ID Extract and choose thumbnails Alt B a as T V Show by TVRage ID Automatic thumbnail extraction Alt Shift B a as Adult forced e ose X Delete poster backdrops and banner Update score and status Alt U Download theatrical trailer Alt T E Nmwnlaard VouTiuhe theatrical trailer nrarmnt 5 This will launch a small dialogue box that will allow you to enter the IMDB tt located in the URL of each show or movie on IMDB website and also allow you to manually lookup he IMDB information by clicking the blue IMDB Lookup link 5 Media Center Application Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help 6O Mode Title Year Score f L09 Summary Metadata Files r i F 10 backdrop 4 A nan pa eee G s F 10 backdrop 5 Movie Avengers The 1998 3 6 F 10 backdrop 6
11. SETTINGS 34 F FRIDAY 2 JAN 2015 AEON NOX CONFIGURE SKIN SETTINGS the Helix skin Customize the home m Change skin backgrounds 3 Select Customizers on left menu Then navigate to Set area color for Home Window SETTINGS SKIN SETTINGS AEON NOX Customizers SKIN SETTINGS CUSTOMIZERS Table of Contents Changing the Screen Saver Settings Your Helix Media System is defaulted to show a slideshow of pictures found in the Picture folder on your Helix Storage Drive So after 30 minutes it will dim slightly and automatically begin playing a slideshow of the pictures contained in that folder There are several different screensavers you can choose from None Black Dim Random Trailers and Slideshow picture slideshow Screensaver 1 Click S and then Settings GB sertincs 2 Click Appearance SETTINGS 34 F FRIDAY 2 JAN 2015 7 41PM AEON NOX Appearance CONFIGURE APPEARANCE SETTINGS Change the skin Set language and region Set up a screensaver Activate dfferen 3 Navigate down to Screensaver t 0 SETTINGS APPEARANCE 34 F FRIDAY 2 JAN 2015 7 41 PM AEON NOX International File Usts Screensaver APPEARANCE SETTINGS 3 Choose which Screensaver mode you prefer and change any of the desired settings you choose to AEON NOX APPEARANCE SETTINGS Table of Contents PLEX Media Server on Helix Media Systems Because we love our cus
12. The Muppet Movie 5 Once you have done this to all the movies you want in that specific movie set you will see they no longer appear as individual movies on the main Movie Menu MOVIES TITLE 18 MOVIES amp 2 3 32 F TUESDAY 25 NOV 2014 gt ii T amp 5 Q fads A oO ay E INCREDIBLES Bie e sme eis el ele Senta 6 Now when you click on the Movie Collection it will open up to a new Movie Menu with just those movies that are included in the movie collection t MOVIES THE MUPPET MOVIE COLLECTION 7 M V ESJ 1 1 32 F MUESDAY 25 NOV 2014 E d S _ s Pe i gt Dis INNCT TOCACIINGOG ic You can change the artwork and metadata the same way you change a regular movie All the artwork from any movie found within the collection can be used as your Collection artwork on the main movie menu Table of Contents Movie Menu Viewtypes Below is a collection of some of the different ways you are able to view your movies 10 MOVIES 42 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 TIT 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 a lt xvid 480 10 MOVIES amp B 1 2 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 2 04 AM y 10 MOVIES 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 une f Together wit 10 MOVIES amp 1 1 205 AN iZ TITLE 10 MOVIES St 3 10 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 205 AM 10 MOVIES T 1 2 10 MOVIES S2 F_ FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 2 04 AN Table of Contents Cinema Mode w Helix H
13. You have to manually assign the name so the Helix System can go out and retrieve the metadata information The best way to title each episode is SxxExx Season and Episode So the third episode in the second season of a show would be title S02E03 inside of that Season s folder inside of that shows parent folder 1 Click Manual Rip E ERONOV 21 2014 2 Click on the Icon to open up the disc B Home View O coed dH Resize h Rotate E D AE e BE Home 1g g JC XeMC GA 11 Paint Mev dear ma MakeMKV BETA File View Help msj Source Info BD ROM HL DT ST BDDVDRW UH12NS30 1 03 Drive Information Type DVD Label I LOVE_LUCY_S2_D1 Protection CSS CPPM Open DVD disc OS device name Device CdRom0 Current profile DVD ROM Manufacturer HL DT ST Product BBDVDRW UH12NS30 Revision 1 03 Serial number K98E7AA2803 Firmware date 2114 04 24 19 00 Bus encryption flags 16 Highest AACS version 12 Disc Information Label LLOVE_LUCY_S2_D1 Timestamp 2004 03 10 11 00 24 Data capacity 7 83 Gb Disc type DVD ROM Disc size 120mm Maximum read rate 10 08 Mbps 1x Number of layers 2 OTP Title 2 0 1 has length of 1 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 300 seconds and was therefore skipped Cells 2 end were skipped due to cell commands structure prot Title 3 was added 1 cell s 0 45 15 ection Title 3 0 1
14. touchpad These devices can are to help you get the system setup and running prior to any control interface you want to configured These devices make a great alternative for use as well if someone does not want to use this with a control system They do have limited range and if they are to be placed in a cabinet or a distant location a USB extension cable can improve their functionality greatly To keep things simple we have written this user manual like you will only use the input device shipped with our system however keep in mind you will most likely use a different control method with the important keys mapped the way you prefer To use the Mini Keyboard 1 Power on your Helix system 2 Open the back battery cover and retrieve the USB RF Adapter 3 Plug the USB adapter into any of the USB ports on the system It will load its drivers and work automatically Sometimes but rarely after it loads its drivers you may have to switch it to a different USB port so it self recognizes again 4 The top of the devices have an on off toggle Make sure this is on When it is on and functioning properly the lights on its face should react to button presses If it is not reacting to your button pressing first check the range and try to use it standing next to or close to the Helix system It has a listed range of about 20 30 feet 5 It is a good idea to charge the system overnight with the included USB charger for the mini RF keyboa
15. you may or may not be able to use your control device to enter movie names etc when ripping movies and TV shows and may have to use the included RF keyboard w touchpad Auto rip Helix is setup with Auto rip function which means in two clicks your content will be ripped to the Movies folder setup on Helix media systems E drive 1 To use Auto rip simply select the Auto rip option on the Helix Main Menu ALTA RIP 2 Make sure the name is correct and preferably in the format Movie Name Year f AL RIF _ D Advanced Launcher Name of the Movie Start Settings 3 Click Start and when the movie finishes it will let you know by eject itself out of the tray You can track its progress by the on screen display Typical Ripping time does vary a bit but is usually 15minutes for a DVD and 40 50 minutes for a Blu ray Manual Rip 1 Navigate to Auto rip on the Helix Main Menu and then select Manual Rip in the submenu R NOV 21 2014 xy MakeMKV BETA File View Help Information Scanning device Scanning CD ROM devices Elapsed 0 00 05 Scanning CD ROM devices Elapsed 0 00 05 oO MakeMKV v1 8 12 win 64 release started 3 Next you will want to open up the disc to see what contents it has inside that you want to keep To do this press the icon in the Left Center S my MakeMKV BETA File View Help th S N EP a me aa lal A C
16. 11 21 2014 3 50 AM File folder dJi Friends 11 21 2014 3 51 AM File folder d Game of Thrones 11 21 2014 3 53AM File folder di 11 21 2014 5 34AM File folder _ Shaun the Sheep 11 21 2014 3 56 AM File folder 8 Homegroup Athena ATHENS Home DESKTOP Server SERVER P jE Computer amp Local Disk C BD ROM Drive C m Green Drive E ui Network pM ATHENA PC jE DESKTOPPC PC j HTPC PC jE MEDIAROOM PC pM SERVER PC Folder New folder Select Folder 8 After it finishes ripping we can look inside the output folder and see our newly ripped episodes co i x amp r gt Computer gt Green Drive E Media TVShows gt ILove Lucy 4 Search Love Lucy p EO O Er Organize v Include in library Share with Play all Burn New folder E s Fl S02E01_100 E Documents 502E03_t02 a Music S02E04 103 E Pictures a Videos 2 Homegroup Athena ATHENA PC RB Home DESKTOPPC PC Select a file J Server SERVER PC l R jE Computer amp Local Disk C BD ROM Drive D LLOVE_LUCY_S2 a Green Drive E cu Network pM ATHENA PC jE DESKTOPPC PC jE HTPC PC 4 items 9 Now when we navigate to our TV Shows Menu you can see Helix has already searched and found the artwork and metadata for the shows we just ripped FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 4 Py A J Table of Contents Support Menu The Support Menu offers man
17. How To Train Your Dra Movie Lone Survivor f you Ae the folder D Movies with all of your movies in it then Movie Matrix The add that location to your scan folders and you should see all of your Movie Transformers movie videos listed on the pane to the left Now right click on that p list for metadata fetching and media organization options Movie Wall e 7 a Movie Wolverine The f you need help please visit the Media Center Master forums Use the menus to update your preferences and scan folders When you re done you can right click the list of detected videos for specific options You can also drag and drop from Windows Explorer for direct fetching Cache of 9 loaded in 0 1 seconds Library listed in 0 seconds Scan folders 2 inspected in 0 seconds New titles scanned and loaded in 0 seconds Missing cache items removed in 0 seconds New cache generated and written to disk in 0 1 seconds Library listed in 0 seconds Your library includes 10 titles and took 0 4 seconds to load 10 movie titles Text filter View amp Filtering Highlight missing meta information WM Disable all filtering The Helix Manual Metadata scraper is set to monitor all of the default Helix Libraries on our E drive You can add more directories for it to monitor by going to Application menu and then Set Scan Folders then y going pp Add New 2 We want it to collect all the artwork and metadata for all of our files
18. Menu You can choose from many different ways to view your Music Library We ve included several here below Ly Se 0 SY T 1 1 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 5 27AM gee LOW Hist LEFT CHANNEL RIGHT CARRIE UNDERWOOD E Media Music 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 LEFT CHANNEL RIGH AML FILES MUSIC LE 4 ITEMS 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 l TRY a ie CARRIE UNDERWOOD k JOHN MAYER TRIO N A witt PORDAN p 1 iy M NCERT gt Sie _ J AYER TRIO IRY JOHN MAYER TRIO f WITH STEVE JORDAN i 8 LIVE IN CONCERT rs Streaming Music Submenu We ve included four of the most popular streaming music services for you to enjoy However before you can use them you have to set them up and enter your credentials TUNEIN RAD KICIN ax 3 Next Click on Music Add Ons MUSIC FILES A 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 5 37 AM LEFT CHANNEL RIGHT CH ML g Music Add ons A 4 From there you will see the add ons we ve included OITEMS T 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 LEFT CHANNEL RIGHT i Pandora Note that trying to add more unapproved services will void your warranty and yes we can tell by the log changes 5 Press C on the streaming service you would like to set up and then select Add On Settings Add on a gt 6 Now just enter in your username and password for each service and you will be able to use that service Make sure you remember to clic
19. Movie Batman 1943 6 7 a ola z eed pi x a ies rop Bolt f 2008 7 0 l F410 _ backdrop 9 Movie How to Train Your Dra 2014 8 1 eE F 10 backdrop 10 Movie James Bond Collection Mei FEI hackdnn Movie Lone Survivor Enter an IMDB ID Movie Matrix The WEE Movie Transformers S Movie Wall e E Media Movies Wall E Movie Wolverine The ine 2013 He erine The ID will be visible in the address bar of your web browser and should begin with two lowercase T s such as tt0133093 for The Matrix 1999 movie You can also just enter the URL to the IMDb movie as seen in your web browser s address bar ou don t have one handy you can go to w imdb com and look one up Cancel s Downloadina a d saving a available backdrops s F 11 no backdrops were saved there arent any available F 11 IMDB TMDB 0 i Now creating a dvdid metadata for Wall e i F411 Created XBMC metadata files i F211 Created JRiver metadata files m IM Find IMDb x C ff O www imdb com find s all amp q wall e 5 j 5 E al ll oe co d A 1 J i f a I NI ae FS rs i A MOCKINGJAY Dsena wall e awo IMDb Apps Help Movies TV Celebs Events News amp Re 7 amp Showtimes amp Photos Community en Login Results for wall e Titles Names Companies Titles WALL E 2008 aka Wall E Wall e 2013 TV Episode The PoseidonGodofWater
20. Source Info OS device name Device CdRom0 Type DVD Current profile DVD ROM ANIMA Manufacturer HL DT ST Ape sania Product BDDVDRW UH12NS30 Protection CSS CPPM Revision 1 03 Serial number K98E7AA2803 Firmware date 2114 04 24 19 00 Bus encryption flags 16 Highest AACS version 12 Disc Information Label ANIMAL_HOUSE Timestamp 2003 07 26 21 02 41 Data capacity 7 82 Gb Disc type DVD ROM Disc size 120mm Maximum read rate 10 08 Mbps 1x Number of layers 2 OTP MakeMKV v1 8 12 win x64 release started The new version 1 9 0 is available for download at http www makemky com download 4 It will then open up the disc File View Help m E X AZ A Information Source BD ROM HL DT ST BDDVDRW UH12NS30 1 03 Title id VTS_1 TTN1 Current cell 1 Current VOBU 2060284 Processing titles Elapsed 0 00 05 Opening DVD disc Elapsed 0 00 20 Remaining 0 01 11 Q ss MakeMKV v1 8 12 win x64 release started The new version 1 9 0 is available for download at http www makemky com download Using direct disc access mode 5 Here you can see the contents 6 Now you can select whatever files you want to include in the rip Fae View Help j Od al E AN A eT Type Desenphon Output folder Make MEV a DVD disc ANIMAL_HOUSE J Tithe 36 chapter s 42 GB E Media Movies Lm T J Tithe t chapter lt 825 8 MB 7 Tite 1 chapter s 1 5 G8 Propertees Pr
21. Youtube Queue item Play using Play from here Add to favourites Movie inform gion Mark as watched Mana ge 2 Navigate right and Click Refresh on the options ZALIAN nave you ever danced PG A3 ri Hf sine vo 1 989 Tim Burton e gey Warren Skaaren Sam Hamm 96 Minutes Rating 6 6 548 votes Michael Keaton as Batman Jack Nicholson as Joker Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale Michael Gough as Alfred Pat Hingle as Commissioner James Gord Refresh Sinema Search Trailer or The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crini Avith his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker who has seized control of Gotham s underworld 3 This will automatically go out and search the internet for all movies related to have the word Batman in them Hea leases hak Select movie Manual Batman 1989 4 You can navigate down to Batman Begins but for this example we will pretend our selection didn t automatically populate or we completely misnamed this movie and the option we want doesn t even appear You can Manually select the movie by clicking the Manual button in the top S n 2 a x k SE z Select movie right Batman 1989 5 Now simply delete the movie name that is there and enter in the movie name you want MOVIES TITLE Batman avi MOVIES TITLE IOMOVIES 1 2 r A ws Dark Knight S S Select movie The Dark Knight 2008
22. an IMDB ID M0910970 Wolverine The The ID will be visible in the address bar of your web browser and should begin with two lowercase T s such as tt0133093 for The Matrix 1999 movie You can also just enter the URL to the IMDb movie as seen in your web browser s address bar If you don t have one handy you can go to www imdb com and look one up Cancel F 12 24 backdrops were saved a F 12 IMDB t0910970 TMDB 10681 WALL E 2008 Now creating a dvdid metadata for Wall e i F212 Created XBMC metadata files i F 12 Created JRiver metadata files Tetfite 7 View amp Filtering Highlight missing meta information WM Disable all filtering 6 You can also convert a group of movies into a box set or collection Simply right click on the parent folder they all exist in and click Convert to Collection For the example here we have all the James Bond movies inside a James Bond Collection folder d B Media Center Master v2 10 a Lael aas Application Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help amp Mode Title Year Log Summary Metadata Files F 13 Budget 180 000 000 00 _ pam aN F 13 Revenue 521 311 860 00 Movie Avengers The 1998 3 F 13 Summary In the distant future a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space joumey that Movie Batman 1943 6 will ultimately decide the fate of mankind ie f TETE F 13 Updated existing meta
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25. xv Ea J 2 4 We need to rename the Episodes which are listed under Title Click the Description of each Title and then rename them according to preferred format S E a H SE n 5 29 AM 11 21 2014 5 30 AM 11 21 2014 Picard Lucy Takena d Mee T a F Tae Litres Lucy Saadan 2 Diet f gt Chapters vidga Miprg SEH Wi Suche DD Sigo Engish Mi Audo DO Steco Spent Subbties Spanch F Subbttes Spanish E a F Tate leve Lucy Season 2 Dise 1 M Audio DO Stereo Englich E Audo DO Stereo Spinat Subtthes Spanish E Subtitles Spanich a F Tate leve Lucy Saage 7 Dive P LO video Mpeg S02603 Wj Audie D Siora Englh Aude D Serce Spengh El Subbites Spanish F Subbttes Spanish a F Tee Lieve Lucy Seager 2 Dise 1 Chapters Tale 22 01 hase length of 1 secande which ie hess than morimur title length of 200 tacande and wat therefore topped Chutignd fielder Fahina TY Shee Lowe Lucy Fie Profde Title information Aare 1 love Lacy Seaton 2 Deu Source bile Rh I Teli dueri event skipped dist to cell commands uctu prsbeetinn Tale s was added 1 celts Oth 5 Tithe SMW has bength of 1 seconds which is bess than minimum title length of 300 seconds and was therefore Title 4 kas length of LET seconds which is bess than miramur tithe length of B00 seconds and was therefore skieped A eta View Help Type Description 4 OVD dite 4 Tale Nowe Lucy Semon 2 Disc d
26. 20 Movie Review Show 2012 TV Series Wall E TV Episode Movie Surfers 1998 TV Series Kick Ass 2N12 Copy and paste the tt located in the URL so it tells the Metadata program the exact location of where to look IMDG WALL E 2008 IMDb MOCKINGJAY IMDb Apps Help Movies TV Celebs Events News amp amp Showtimes amp Photos Community Y IMDb Works Better with Prime Instant Video amaz n 40 000 other titles are available to watch now Pon at WALL 2 E 2008 ai Top 5000 ia 98 min Animation Adventure Romance 27 June 2008 USA Your rating Ratings 8 5 from 533 182 Metascore 94 100 Reviews 998 user 7 critic 39 from Metacritic com In the distant future a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will I Application Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help Title m Year Score Loo Summary Metadata Files F 12 Budget 180 000 000 00 pa 2011 6 1 B F 12 Revenue 521 311 860 00 Avengers The 1998 3 6 F 12 Summary In the distant future a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space joumey that Batman 1943 6 7 will ultimately decide the fate of mankind Bolt f A S TATE F 12 Updated existing metadata for this movie How to Train Your Dra 2014 8 1 MCM James Bond Collection mes Lone Survivor Enter an IMDB ID Es Matrix The Wall e Transformers E Media Movies Wall E Wall e Enter
27. AMERICAN HORROR STORY 2011 THE WALKING DE ARROW 2012 SONS OF ANARCHY 2008 Subscribing THE FLASH 2014 he Walking Dead 2010 C3 TVSHOWS ISTREAM 35 TV SHOWS T 1 4 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 6 04 AM f PAGE 1 OF 52 SORT BY VIEWS SORT ORDER ASCENDING THE WALKING DEAD 2010 AMERICAN HORROR STORY 2011 6 You can unsubscribe from a TV Series by selecting it and pressing C 6 Go back out into the Helix Main Menu and into your TV Shows folder and your subscribed to TV Shows will appear right alongside of all of your ripped or saved content You can also go the menu of iStream TV Shows and manage your subscriptions easily and quickly by clicking the Subscriptions option Remember to unsubscribe If not when you delete the show in the TV Shows section you are still subscribed so it will be re added to your library 2014 11 20 06 06 26 gt Table of Contents Content Ripping on Helix Helix Media Systems has the most advanced and robust ripping engine that exists on the market today With simple dual rip options it allows you the option of quickly and easily ripping a DVD or Blu ray or fine tuning your rip to include deleted scenes alternate endings even foreign subtitles and specific quality of audio tracks Because we wanted the most diverse ripping program this procedure is actually done outside our media interface which means depending upon your control interface
28. Back out and repeat for movies iStream Settings iStream Movies Sources Tab VIDEOS ISTREAM BB EE A 32 F TUESDAY 14 OCT 2014 11 43 AM if 9ITEMS 6 172 General Anime OK indexers hanne t Cancel Sources kplay Defaults SETTINGS ISTREAM TV SHOWS 4 Now you will have to go back out one level of the settings menu to just iStream Settings TVShows and iStream Settings Movies VIDEOS ISTREAM _ SiTeMS 17 1 32 F TUESDAY 14 OCT 2014 11 43 AM A E 5 In both the Movies and TV Shows menu s you can see a list of the streaming websites that will allow you to enter in your username and password for the premium content VIDEOS ISTREAM BIL ITEMS get72 32 F TUESDAY 14 OCT 2014 11 44AM A Furk Net 6 You will now need to set your client up with an account online Go to the following web addresses to complete registration www easynews com www furk net and www noobroom9 com Once you have signed up for an account you will need to enter the corresponding username and password here 11 ITEMS 172 Account Movies assword Cancel TV Adult Filte Defaults SETTINGS ISTREAM FURK NET 7 Once you have done that you will want to select the file sizes you prefer to offer If you have a great internet connection you can make the max size up to 10GB which will give you practically zero loss of quality If you have a slower internet connection you will want to l
29. C and then Add Source Ss PICTURES 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 445 AM Add Pictures 3 You should now see the following screen showing the picture library we already have established under E Media Pictures If you want to navigate to other picture libraries you want included or to add additional ones Press Add and then Browse Browse E Media Pictures Add lt None gt Remove Cancel OK 4 No select the appropriate method you want to add them by and navigate to the folder you want included f Windows Media Player 5 As you can see we ve added a new library to our picture folder nter the paths or browse for the media locations Browse Add Remove Cancel OK 6 If you want to keep your picture libraries separate Use the Add Pictures option over and over instead of the Edit Source option like we did below and keep your picture libraries as independent as possible AN PICTURES 6 ITEMS 4 4 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 5 14AM Phone Pics 7 Now when we back out and go into our picture folder we can see the pictures we ve added Note that if you add a nested folder A folder that has other picture folders inside of it Those will show up as a collection of pictures like the selection below to make organizing your photos easy F PICTURES HELIX 25ITEMS 1 4 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 5 05 AM x J HEX ix MEDIAN s Tems F w ww MEL ei HRX
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31. ETTINGS FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 2 46 PM AEON NOX CONFIGURE SYSTEM SETTINGS Setup and calibrate displays Configure audio output Setup remote controls Set power saving options Enable debugging Setup master lock 3 Click Audio Output SETTINGS SYSTEM FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 2 47 PM AEON NOX Video output Audio output device 2akers Speakers 2 Realtek High Definition Audio WASAPI Spaakers 2 Rea Audio output Input devices nternet access Power saving Debugging SYSTEM SETTINGS Master lock 4 Cycle through the Audio Output options until you arrive at the correct one Note that some options will give you an option at the bottom of the screen to Enable a pass through device If you are having trouble figuring out which one is correct Have a movie playing in the background while you do this If the wrong audio output is selected The video may appear very choppy and unwatchable If this occurs let the video keep playing then follow the above settings and cycle through the audio output settings and the pass through device settings When you get the right combination the video will speed up to normal speed and the sound will begin playing 5 Select the number of speakers you have t SETTINGS SYSTEM FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 AEON NOX Video output Audio output Number of channels Input devices internet access Power saving Debugging SYSTEM SETTINGS Master lock 6 Press E
32. Files with missing metadata are highlighted in Red and ones with incomplete metadata are highlighted in yellow Incomplete metadata shown highlighted in yellow can mostly be ignored as it is not always urgent and can mostly as it could just be missing some non essential detail like the budget Click on Media then Refetch all Media Titles to have it rescan and recollect all the media metadata 7 Media Center Master v2 i Application Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help 8a Mode 3 2 Refresh the list of media quick incomplete F5 ae Refresh cached media full complete Ctrl F5 erated and written to disk in 0 1 seconds Movie Clear cache and perform a full media list refresh 9 Shift F5 r Master v2 10 build 1014 1066 Movie kE e your preferences and scan folders When you re done you can right click the list of detected Movie 3 i aa e Add a T V series Ctrl T s You can also drag and drop from Windows Explorer for direct fetching a New media report er D Movies with all of your movies in it then ovie E A folders and you should see all of your H S your scan yi yo Movie Ei Export library to an HTML list on the pane to the left Now right click on that Movie Missing episodes report ing and media organization options Movie Metadata visit the Media Center Master forums Cache of 3 loaded in 0 1 seconds Library listed in 0 seconds Scan folders 2 inspected in 0 seconds
33. Fox hi THE Oo ee NIGHT Note the Cast names above the options bar You are able to press the up direction arrow and select a specific cast member which will then search your library for any other movies of TV shows that that cast member stars in 3 Here you can see the different artwork options you can change Depending upon your viewtype you are in will depend on what artwork shows Most of the time the only 2 that matter are Poster and Fan art and sometimes Banner THE DARK KNIGHT Choose art Add art TR fanart G 4 Now highlight the different Fan arts to see what your options are When you find one you like select ok with it highlighted THE DARK KNIGHT Remote fanart fanart Remote4 Choose fanart Cancel Mirror image 5 Here it shows you ve selected the new Fan art Press ok or back out to the main Movies section Choose art 6 Here you can see your new artwork that we selected in the background MOVIES TITLE 10 MOVIES FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 Table of Contents Additional Menus for Movies Depending upon what viewtype you are using each viewtype one has other screens that you can access with the directional arrows These screens generally will be for showing off the movie artwork or bringing up more movie information including run time a synopsis critic ratings etc MOVIES TITLE s 10 MOVIES CL 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 2 03 iris Williams Byron How in Fog
34. NET 2 GB Guardians of Guardia Guardia Guardia 3 Guardia MOVREEL COM MOVREEL COM MOVREEL COM The more you use iStream the more you will be able to recognize which streams and size of file work the best for you in your location 5 If you like the movie so much you want it to live in your library forever The beauty of Helix and the iStream is you can press C on the movie instead of clicking it and then press Add to Helix Library to myStream Add to Helix It will give you confirmation that addition has occurred 6 Now when you go back out to the main menu and into your Movie Library Your added movie is waiting for you right alongside all your other ripped and stored movies MOVIES TITLE 11 MOVIES 1 2 Table of Contents TV Shows with iStream Helix with iStream does TV Shows even better than Movies if you can even believe that 1 Click iStream Main Menu 2 Click TV Shows TV Shows 3 Press C on TV Show you want to Subscribe to and click Subscribe 4 It will give you confirmation at the bottom of the screen that subscription has been successful 35 TV SHOWS amp 1 4 i 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 6 04 AM PAGE 1 OF 52 SORT BY VIEWS SORT ORDER ASCENDING AD 2010 MKM Based on the comic book series of the same name The K Walking Dead tells the story of a small group of survivors living in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse f Ea p gt
35. age folder 9 Change the name of the menu item by selecting Choose Label Type Custom Function ActivateWindow videos E M Change label Menu label Unused 3 Widget Widget 2 Background Custom Background path E Media Pictures Ki Library stats custom2 Subment No Enter the new label Kids Movies O GENERAL OPTION 10 You can even navigate it to a folder of pictures or background that you want to use for the background images for your new menu item Type Custom Function ActivateWindow videos E M Menu Label Unused 3 Widget Widget 2 Choose P Background Custom Background path C Users install xB Library stats custom2 Submenu No 11 Navigate to the folder the images are located in Kids Movies Background Pics E Media Pictures Browse for image folder Clients often enjoy it when you incorporate pictures of their lives and families and friends into the background images of some of the menu options 12 Once done back out all the way to the main Helix menu and your new menu is waiting ie oe VINC Vaivil Table of Contents Disabling a Menu Option 1 Press S and select Settings die a FILE MANAGER IA FAVOURITES 2 Navigate down to Skin SETTINGS 2 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 AEON NOX CONFIGURE SKIN SETTINGS Setup the Helix skin Customize the home menu Adjust the skin colors Change skin backgrounds
36. chool gets a cell phone from her mother as a birthday present Michiko is so excited to have her very first cell phone Soon afterwards she is forced into joining social networking site AvaQ by classmate and queen of the classroom Taeko F 1 Updated existing metadata for this movie Downloading and saving all available backdrops F 1 no backdrops were saved there arent any available F 1 IMDB t1775309 TMDB 282908 Avatar 2011 Now creating a dvdid metadata for Avatar 2011 F 1 Created XBMC metadata files F 1 Created JRiver metadata files Text filter S View amp Filtering Highlight missing meta information IE Disable all filtering If all of your titles are not appearing you can refresh the list of Media by clicking Media and then Refresh the list of media 3 If a title is giving you issues You can right click on the title and give it some guidance on how to find the exact movie or TV Show you are looking for with the options it presents Application Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help amp M Mode Title Year Score Summary Metadata Files s F 10 backdrop 4 Movie Avatar 2011 6 1 I F210 b 45 Movie Avengers The 1998 3 6 s F 10 backdrop 6 Movie Batman 1943 6 7 s F 10 backdrop 7 i 1 F 10 backdrop 8 Movie Bolt f 2008 7 0 l F 10 _ backdrop 9 Movie How to Train Your Dra 2014 8 1 s F 10 backdr
37. completed by your Custom Installer Professional Audio Video Setup 1 Navigate to the Helix Support Menu Option and the Helix A V Setup Option Now Follow the guided tutorial to setup your audio and video options This is where you can get your screen to exactly fit the TV and make sure the correct audio device is being used Setup your Sound Playback Device There are two parts to the Helix A V Setup Both very easy The first is to pick what audio output device to use HDMI optical etc If you are using HDMI which is preferred Helix Systems are smart enough to recognize the exact device you are sending the audio to So it should show Yamaha RX V677 or Denon AVR X4000 etc in the audio output options We have it set by default to bitstream the audio so your audio devices are doing the hard decoding work this is the highest quality of audio possible Do not be surprised when the user reports the sound coming from their Helix system is far better than their very expensive audiophile equipment they purchased gt Sound S gt D 4 Playback Recording Sounds Conmuntations Select a playback device below to modify its settings MTC26T42 eae 2 Intel R Display Audio Defa ault Device Audio and Video Setup Speakers pi Welcome to the Helix Media Systems Guided Audio and Video Set up First we will walk you through picking the default audio device Press next to conti
38. d Primewire and Icefilms with very good success but no free source is 100 If you feel you want to use the free services use at your own risk as some of these services have broken files low quality files and time out before loading However some do have good streams It will not harm the system as they are merely streaming the files not downloading and installing anything however it can become frustrating for the end user if the files will not load You know your customers than we do Some will understand the value and tradeoffs of using iStream as a y g free service Others you will only want to install the premium service and manage their subscriptions for them Others you might want to have them manage their subscriptions on their own and others yet you may want to avoid iStream altogether if you think it is too much for them technology wise to handle Use your best judgment to maximize customer satisfaction 1 Continuing from the same menu screen we left off above select the Sources tab on the left sidebar to recap we are in iStream Settings iStream T VShows Sources Tab Here we make sure we enable which streaming services we want to activate and see We have several selected for the free version but recommend for best results to only have the one s you have subscribe to activated Furk net Easy News and Noobroom General ok indexers hanne i Cancel Sources kplay Defaults SETTINGS ISTREAM TV SHOWS 3
39. data for this movie Movie How to Train Your Dra 2014 8 eu F 13 Saved the default movie poster Movie ee Launch UAE Downloading and savina all available backdrops Movie Lone Sur Launch folder Movie j Matrix T Play media Movie Transforr Movie WALL E Movie Fetch metadata Fetch B Wolvering iz x ge id Rename Refresh from metadata Alt R Refresh and re inspect video details Alt V Clear out metadata Lock metadata Alt L in Extract and choose thumbnails Alt B Automatic thumbnail extraction Alt Shift B i Delete poster backdrops and banner Update score and status Alt U Download theatrical trailer Alt T Download YouTube theatrical trailer prompt 0681 WALL E 2008 ALL E 2008 oa Convert to collection boxset group nested folder Export to other metadata formats Alt X Highlight missing meta information IE Disable all filtering Now it will make sure to look inside that folder for media titles to scan for BB Media Center Master v2 10 Application Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help amp R Mode Title p i F 13 pa f F 3 Movie j Avengers The i F 13 Movie M Batman a ete a r s F 13 Movie Bolt i F 13 Movie How to Train Your Dra a F 13 f Collect James Bond Collection ede H Unknown Goldeneye l F13 Unknown License To F 13 a F 13 Unkn
40. e several of them represented here BREAKING BAD BREAKING BAD Table of Contents App Menu sc 2 TS ann ar 2 D a a On EEATT nzu SE p n FOS ie A a l T Ba gt Segre gF Le AGCfH CHSAAT E Sits ayaasau eff eal Fehon tN ft bana a a HE RAGES A i ek ks Seo bn yes Sarr OQPegOSESrta STASaAr Tazz aTaaas et oe of ed fF pees ORE Ee l 1Oh gt hh he A eA Ee Aho AM AD TA ee SSBOLESTTTBSEBDORS 7 a mpm klt sur gt a ay of E Iy F F Pg 27 Oo Oe Be AY Ate T B cha TTTTTTT TTT LUT Helix Media Systems are equipped with a variety of apps that have additional functionality and applications that allow for an even greater user experience Many of these apps can be used for free experience may vary and are an exceptional way to access media The Apps menu in Helix can literally replace Netflix Hulu Amazon Prime Vudu Google Play and every other streaming service that exists You are able to add movies right into your movie library with the movies you have ripped and subscribe to almost any TV shows so that every time a new episode is aired its right there waiting for you the next day Like the most amazing and unlimited DVR that you can image YouTube Helix Media Systems allow you to browse and download Youtube com either signed in or not 1 To setup YouTube Open up the YouTube Helix App 2 Click C and then Add On Settings Add on settings 3 Here you can enter the username and pass
41. e sure you tell it that this directory container Movies Press ok 0 VIDEOS FILES 31TEMS 1 1 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 1 26 AM re Movie aur This directory contains Movies The Movie Database My Movies Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title m Scan recursively My Movies dk Settings Exclude path from library updates Cancel OK 8 Now when you return to the movies folder it should begin populating your movies MOVIES TITLE 9 MOVIES 1 2 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 X AVATAR Table of Contents Also we have enabled a widget that when you press the UP arrow you can quick browse the latest movies that you ve added directly from the Helix Main Menu INTERSTELLAR Changing Metadata within Helix Interface If you have incorrect metadata most likely the culprit is you have not named the movie correctly the best way to name the movie is Movie Name Year Keep in mind 99 9 of all wrong metadata showing up has to do with incorrect file name structure Also if you want a different background fanart or movie cover poster you can choose from a selection which Helix will automatically download and have ready for you To change Metadata artwork 1 Click C on the movie For this example we named the movie Batman instead of Dark Knight and it pulled in the information for the 1989 Batman movie instead of the Dark Knight movie Search Trailer on
42. elix Media systems have a great alternative play option called Cinema Mode What Cinema mode does is give you the full Cinema experience You can even enable screen scramblers and movie quizzes that are on screen while waiting for the feature presentation to start 1 To watch a movie in Cinema Mode all you have to do is at the main Helix Menu navigate to Movies and instead of selecting movies select the submenu option Cinema By lt GUARDIANS OF TH Lo atu y A ee kkk RU oom fe 2008 tee ee KA T Light years from Earth x a 26 ye ears after being ea km E 4 abducted Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt GUARDIANS after discovering an orb EGALAXY mn o When the super dogis accidentally shipped to H S New York Citys and separated from Penny hisybeltoved co star and owner Bolt springs into hic Arar arfinn tn fine Dent Batman Sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizetions that plague the streets The kizu parthegship proves to be affartiiia Wi tteth 2 The next menu will look the same except you will see that it has a pop up with directions that tell Y Y 1 Y ou to press or 0 to queue the movie y q MOVIES TITLE 172 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 3 Now it will launch into Cinema Mode The default Cinema Mode schedule follows 1 Feature Presentation Clip 2 Helix Media Clip 3 Coming Attraction to match MPAA Ra
43. ell and some might even do it better It can be used as a free or a premium service The free iStream service streams movies and TV shows from private file share across the world which are not regulated or filtered for quality This means mixed with a handful of very high quality streams might be a dozen or more bad quality streams especially for new releases The premium service filters out these bad streams and only allows you to view certified high quality streams meaning your success rate goes up and frustration level goes down You are not downloading or taking possession of any content so it is completely legal and has the same legalities surrounding it as watching a YouTube stream iStream s performance is largely dependent on your Network Speed If you have bad network speed then you may want to disable this menu option altogether Setting Up iStream 1 Go to iStream from the main menu and select t ae Re noe es tes Ve OE on nner eu com 2 Scroll down and select settings VIDEOS ISTREAM i2 ITEMS CO 1 2 32 F TUESDAY 14 OCT 2014 11 41 AM Settings 12 Items 3 Next Select iStream to go into iStream settings Then Scroll down and select xbmc integration VIDEOS ISTREAM B S ITEMS aaeve 32 F TUESDAY 14 OCT 2014 11 42 AM 4 Verify the movie and TV folders are pointed to the designated drive We have them by default pointed towards our onboard storage E dri
44. elman Chris Willie 2008 6 1 515 votes 96 Minutes United States of America Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood The only problem is he thinks the whole thing Is real When the super dog is accidentally shipped to N York City and separated from Penny his beloved co star and owner Bolt springs into action to find his home Together with hilarious new sidekick Rhino Rolt s 1 fan and a street smart cat named Table of Contents Managing Box Sets and Collections within Helix Helix has a very easy way to manage collections of movies or box sets It basically allows you to fy oy Way 8 y y group any movies you want together name that collection and then let you use any of the artwork from the movies found in that collection as the artwork for it 1 Here we show a lot of Muppet Movies we want all under one folder First press C to bring up the menu 2 Then select Manage 3 Then select Manage Movie Set Manage p set 4 Next it will give you a screen with a couple options You can put it in one of the movie sets it auto populates Add it to a New movie set on the top right or keep it in its current one It is less important here in choosing what you think is the correct movie set and more important to just remember which you chose so you can add all the subsequent movies into the same movie set Select movie set Add movie to a ne Keep current set The Muppet Movie Collection
45. here you want to completely separate out a selection of movies is very simple 1 Collect the movies you want into the same parent folder i e make a Kids Movies folder in your E Media folder Either rip directly to that folder or use the drag and drop method 2 Press S and select Settings x REBOOT LEAVE MASTER MODE ane aS H FILE MANAGER P FAVOURITES 3 Navigate down to Skin 2 SETTINGS i 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 5 40 AM AEON NOX iFance CONFIGURE SKIN SETTINGS Setup the Helix skin Customize the home menu Adjust the skin colors Change skin backgrounds SETTINGS SKIN SETTINGS 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 w AEON NOX jeneral Customizers Main customizer backgrounds widgets types SKIN SETTINGS CUSTOMIZERS By selecting Customize Home Window Furniture instead you can change some of the settings of the main menu such as the move the location of the menu from the bottom of the screen to the middle 5 Now you are in the backend of our Menu Navigate to an unused menu icon and select it 6 Turn off Disable and Select 7 Select Video Library Node Choose Type Custom Choose Type Shutdown Unused 3 Custom C Users install XB custom2 No a Video ray Node GENERAL OPTIONS E FRI N V 21 2014 lt 5144 A 8 Navigate to your designated folder and press ok Kids Movies gt E Media Browse for im
46. imit the file sizes your customer sees Anything above 2GB is generally a pretty good quality HD stream and anything above 700MB is a good quality DVD Quality 1GB is a good filter to filter out all non HD quality streams Account Movies Minimum File Size IGB we Cancel TV Maximan Ha ELE OGB va Defaults SETTINGS ISTREAM FURK NET 8 You will want to do the same thing for the other paid services if you subscribed to more than one or left them activated on the sources menu screen VIDEOS ISTREAM 11 ITEMS CO 1 2 32 F TUESDAY 14 OCT 2014 11 44 AM Direct Download Easy News 11 ITEMS G8 17 2 Account se SS 8 4 Movies ername odyssey11 Cancel Tv Shows asswo olatak Defaults SETTINGS ISTREAM EASY NEWS 9 Once you have completed the setup you can now browse for movies and TV shows and use the most advanced streaming system every created Using iStream Movies with iStream 1 Click on iStream and then Movies Most ns 3 Once you select how you want to view them you now are presented with a list of movies corresponding with what you selected MOVIES ISTREAM ight years from Earth 26 years after being Quill finds himself tr discovering an orb wanted by Ronan 4 You can either watch the movie directly from this screen by clicking on it and then clicking on an available stream 0 VIDEOS ISTREAM 104 ITEMS 1 13 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 5 48 AM JRK
47. k OK General OK gt Canc l Defaults SETTINGS PANDORA 7 Spotify does not require you to go into the back end and enter your username and password It will prompt you when you launch Spotify for these Table of Contents Movies Menu Helix Movie Menu includes a Live DVD Covers as its background so it will actually scan your library and pull in the DVD covers artwork from your most recent movie additions The Helix Movies Menu is the cornerstone for the entire system It handles movies better and in ways other systems can only wish they could 1 When you first enter the Movies menu there should be nothing in it and it should look like the below I movies TITLE ad OMOViE 1 1 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 1 18 AM 2 To add movies back out and go to the support page and then the submenu File Manager x H DX Ix MEDIA SAY S TEMS ORT FILE MANAGER 3 Here you will see we ve already added a default Movies source folder VIDEOS FILES 3ITEMS 1 1 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 1 20 AM r Movies 4 Press C and then Edit Source Play dd to favourites Edit source move cone hoose thumbnail 5 Here like with TV Shows you can Browse replace the existing movie library we have or you can add add then browser additional libraries to the default Helix Library Browse Add Reove Cancel OK 7 Once added press ok and then mak
48. l OK 5 When you go back into your TV Shows folder it should now be populating your movie collection The One Where Monica Gets A Roo FRIENDS A kr k at the altar meets the gang and moves in with Monica Monica meanwhile sleeps with Paul the Wine Guy and Ross is reeling from his divorce from Carol who has become a Lesbian Sheepless Nights LATEST EPISODE TV SHOWS SHAUN THE SHEEP ee roof is broken rain Leaks in The sheep try to gain dry land but the only space they can find is the pig s sty whom the pigs fart during the big sleep TV SHOWS TITLE gt 3 17 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 FELEN eg NA Aila Br eaking h l amp Bad Table of Contents Proper TV Show Folder Structure Folder Structure is always important and how your Helix system knows how to operate and act We have tried to make the Helix folder structure system for TV Shows as simple and all encompassing as possible If you look here we have structured five different TV Shows different ways m gt Computer gt Green Drive E Media gt a m TV Shows Organize v Open Include in library v Share with v Burn New folder 4 m 30 Rock 4 mia Green Drive E 4 m Season l a Media T ener Ji Movies di S01E01 Music di lt 01E02 di Pictures d Recorded TV di SO1E03 4 R F di Season 02 4 Season01 di S02E01 Ji SO1E01 ae JD s01E02 di 502E02 pier J s02E03 s4 d Seaso
49. n 02 J 302601 d di Ereaking Bad J s02E02 J 802E03 di sol 4 db Breaking Bad di So di S01 2 Ji s2 di Friends lt s F 4 Game of Thrones J Season 1 di Season 1 4 eee Sheep di Season 2 Ji Season1 7 d di Shaun the Sheep i ha Date modified 11 21 2014 3 50 AM g E 1 1 E Media TV Shows Show name Season 01 SO1E01 episode file 30 Rock Example 2 E Media TV Shows Show name S01 episode file Breaking Bad Example 3 E Media TV Shows Show name episode files w SxxExx naming scheme Friends Example 4 E Media TV Shows Show name Season 1 episode file Game of Thrones Example As you can see each of these populated correctly and pulled in the corresponding metadata without issues If for some reason one of these naming structures does not work Try an alternative FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 i TV SHOWS TITLE 5 TV SHOWS es Table of Contents Alternative Menus for TV Shows Just like with Movies the directional arrows can bring up alternative screens with more information about the show such as the show status when the next episode airs and the critic rating TV SHOWS TITLE 5 TV SHOWS 01 20 2008 Ended 3 3 650 votes yma Suspense Thriller N A alter White a struggling high school chemistry is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer He a selling a former student of securing his family s to a life of c TV Shows Viewtypes Helix gives you many different ways to view your TV Shows and hav
50. n of up down left and right Press 3 Once in your settings you can choose what the highest rating you want to be able to be watched without entering in the pass code for TV and Movies individually Parental Controls Change Code Choose Highest Allowed Movie Rating Choose Highest Allowed Movie Rating Network Settings Allows you to set your Network Home group Settings Helix A V Setup Used during initial setup to set up your Audio and Video Shutdown Menu We recommend running Helix 100 of the time and never turning it off However if you have to the shutdown menu gives you several power options and even a sleep timer that you can set Shutdown timer arted shutdown in 10m Table of Contents Advanced Customizations to Helix These will require the Master Code password from your Custom Installer Professional We ve tried to incorporate s many of the features as we can within Helix Media System however there are several options you may want to take advantage of We can set these up for you for additional support costs or you can do them yourself Custom Libraries Many people want their movies separated into separate categories Whether they want a separate folder for kids movies or movies by their own custom cataloging system Helix Media Systems can handle any requests without losing much functionality to the media libraries In order to make a custom library i e a kids only movie folder w
51. nue ae aed Ready Digital Audio S PDIF 6 High Definition Audio Device Speakers PlayOn Virtual Audio Device Quality is in our DNA Setup and Tweak your Video Output When the video setup dialogue box appears the only option you need to select is the Display button Altering the other settings may void the Helix warranty 1 Click Display Option Intel HD Gr phi s Control Panel TOi ve HY ll H sry Customize your graphics settings to enhance your visual experience 2 Click the bottom line that says Custom Aspect Ratio and use the sliders to get the perfect fit for your screen 61 and 61 is a good starting point for most HDTV s Intel HD Graphics Control Panel eee Display intel select Display Duplay Settings toi E Digis Telewsion MiC er T asec b d br f R zolutio i LISD a T20 Wr y Rafik Rat I Select Profile a Sap Az w Curent Setbngs w Rolito wo Sahig Seale a Maintain Dipli Graben W Gustemize Aspect Rate Once you have the perfect fit click next and finish and you are done Audio Output Device and Pass through Selection Lastly you must select within your Helix media software the correct Audio type for it to output and how many speakers you want it to send audio to 1 Click S and go into settings LEAVE MASTER MODE SETTINGS FILE MANAGER FAVOURITES 2 Click System a S
52. ofile Name ANIMALHOUSE Defar r irto Source information Type DVD disc Name ANIMAL HOUSE title b has length of 165 seconds whech 6 bess than murmur ttle length of XO seconds end was therelore siopped Tithe 11 has length of 25 seconds wach is less than minimum tithe length of 300 seconds and was therefore shipped Tithe 12 has length of 14 seconds which is lets than minimum title length of 300 seconds and was therefore shipped Operation successfully coenpleted Almost always the largest file is the movie itself The other files can be deleted scenes alternative endings etc Sometimes there are two files around the same length This could be a director s cut or a version with narration included Auto rip works by ripping the largest file it finds which 99 of the time is the correct file However if it chooses one of these other versions and you do not want it you will need to manually rip that disc 7 You can also change the name of the Movie here to ensure accuracy Fle View Help File View Help gt WN SWANS Type Descrpton Output folder Make MEV Type Descnption Output folder Make MKV 4 DVD disc ANIMAL HOUSE 4 DVD disc Animal House z IF Tile 3 chapteris 42 GS L Media Mewes wj 4 V Title Animal House 36 chapter s E Media Movies A i j Chapters Chapters ae Vdeo Mpeg Video Mpeg2 J Audo BO Surround 5 1 English Properties Profile J Audio DD Surround 5 1 English Properties Profile SpE
53. on Audio Output and Pass through Setup Network Setup Date and Time Setup 4 The Helix Main Menu Weather Setup Pictures Setup Picture Viewtypes Music Setup Music Extra Features Music Viewtypes Streaming Music Movies Setup Changing Metadata Changing Artwork Fan art Additional Menus for Movies Box Sets and Collection Management Movie Viewtypes Cinema Mode TV Shows Setup Setup TV Show Folder Structure Additional Menus for TV Shows TV Show Viewtypes App Menu YouTube Streaming Video Apps Genesis IceFilms 1 Channel etc iStream Setup Example Setup Premium Version Subscription Using iStream Movies TV Shows Content Ripping with Helix Helix Auto rip Manual Rip Ripping TV Show Discs Support Menu Remote Support Video Manager Media files File Manager Manual Metadata Parental Controls Network Settings Helix A V Setup Shutdown Menu 5 Advanced Customization Must by done by Custom Installer Professional Custom Libraries Disabling Menu Options Changing the Master Code Locking Helix Menu s Disabling Viewtype Changing Enabling Kiosk Mode Changing the Helix Menu Color Importing Media using File Manager from USB Flash Drives or External Hard Drives Customizing the Helix Screen Saver 6 Plex Media Server on Helix 7 Troubleshooting Your Helix Ripped Movies Not Showing in Library Hard Resetting the Metadata Library does not delete data 8 Warranty and Replacement Policy
54. op 10 Ba sees Bond Collection Fe10 backdrop 12 n e a SN rop Movie Matrix The 1999 8 7 s F 10 backdrop 14 Movie Transformers 2007 7 2 FR 10 backdrop 15 a FETI nhackdrn 16 Movie jwa Launch folder Movie Wolve b Play media Fetch metadata Alt F Fetch gt PY Rename 2 Refresh from metadata Alt R Refresh and re inspect video details Alt V L Clear out metadata Lock metadata Alt L Extract and choose thumbnails Alt B E Automatic thumbnail extraction Alt Shift B x Delete poster backdrops and banner Update score and status Alt U Download theatrical trailer Alt T BE Nawnlnad VauTihe theatrical trailer nramnt 4 First try Fetching as Movie forced or TV Show Forced If that does not work clear out the metadata right click then Clear out metadata and then click Fetch as Movie by IMDB ID Application Profiles Media Tools Mode Themes Help A AO Mode Tite Year Scorefm 09 Summary Metadata Files _ IF 10 backdrop 4 a Movie p Avatar omit G3 F 10 backdrop 5 Movie Avengers The 1998 3 6 i F 10 backdrop 6 Movie Batman 1943 6 7 s F 10 backdrop 7 E s F 10 backdrop 8 Movie Bolt f 2008 7 0 l F 10 _ backdrop 9 Movie How to Train Your Dra 2014 8 1 F 10 backdrop 10 Movie James Bond Collection F 10 backdrop 11 E s F 10
55. our library 1 Click Support then Media Files ee MEDIA i i ae a a 2 On the left sidebar click desktop then Database Shortcut 3 There are two databases that are important MyVideos78 and MyMusic46 The Video file will delete video and TV show information and the Music files will delete the music database causing the Media System to rebuild these libraries from scratch Simply Delete whichever or both you want rebuilt 4 Restart the system bon appina Roaming MC i mendas p Database Organce Ti Open with ihare with Bum ew fedeler n E w Emirin md HE Detiten d cope ih Dewrteads me Adhere Da Recent Places w Adee ls LDS be c Eyre 2 BE Recorded Ty pa 9016 LI PM eae a i i My Music LAVA GE PM Date Base Tih ia ca Librane E hy Bhaeeds Lee IAM Daia Base File j 4 Decureents 3 MyPactures z af Miui t i Poctures ai E ies 14 Pou pune poi wank bo mows thie Tile te the Recycle Gin eh Homegreup hyVideos s x Type Dats Nese File E Computer PE ce 416 KD By Local Disk i i on a S Date nsaditied 1 2 2015 705 PM E Green Breve L ae Ptrrorable Bak fH fie Hetarork M HELIN SERVER m MODWROOR PE Helix Warranty and Replacement Policy Helix Media Systems Warranty Our standard warranty is one year from date of delivery Extended warranties cover both hardware and software for additional years We will warranty all parts in yo
56. own Spy Who Loved Me i F3 Movie M Lone Survivor f F 13 Movie Matrix The aid a Movie Transformers l F3 Movie M WALLE s F 13 j l 5 s F 13 Movie Wolverine The i Faa i F 13 s F 13 24 backdrops were saved a F 13 IMDB t0910970 TMDB 10681 WALL E 2008 Now creating a dvdid metadata for WALL E 2008 s F 13 Created XBMC metadata files i F 13 Created JRiver metadata files New cache generated and written to disk in 0 1 seconds i Cache of 14 loaded in 0 seconds i Library listed in 0 seconds i Scan folders 2 inspected in 0 seconds i New titles scanned and loaded in 0 seconds s Missing cache items removed in 0 seconds s New cache generated and written to disk in 0 1 seconds s Library listed in 0 seconds i Your library includes 13 titles and took 0 4 seconds to load 10 movie titles Tetfite View amp Filtering Highlight missing meta information I Disable all filtering Table of Contents Parental Controls Allows you to setup parental controls where you must enter a pass code to watch content above a certain MPAA rating of your choosing 1 Select Parental Controls from submenu The first time it runs it will ask you to set a password using the directional arrows Peer EY y X W N T So a M T E 2 Enter your pass code to get to the settings The Default Parental Code Pass code is Up Down Left Right Press any combinatio
57. p a mew connection ce network Set up a wireless beoadband dialup ad hoc ce VPN connection or set up a router or access point Connect to a network Connect of reconnect to a wareless wired dial up of VPN network connection wy Choose homegroup and sharing options Access files and printers located on other network computers or change sharing settings Troubleshoot oroblems Duagnote and repas network problemit of get troubleshooting information 2 Next click on Date and Time Setup usually 3rd menu item down on left side a x gt Control Panel All Control Panel Items gt X 5 Search Con P Adjust your computer s settings Er Administrative Tools Eil Color Management e Default Programs Action Center YW Backup and Restore g9 Date and Time d Device Ma Date and Time _ Ease of Acc Set the date time and time zone for Player 32 bit ny Fonts your computer Started amp Indexing Options Intel HD Graphics S Java 32 bit Keyboard amp mail 32 bit I Mouse Parental Controls IE Phone and Modem Notification Area Icons a Personalization Programs and Features s Region and Language amp Speech Recognition LL Taskbar and Start Menu Windows Anytime Upgrade Sync Center Troubleshooting Windows CardSpace 3 Now enter the current time and date Friday November 21 2014 Time 2 37 07 PM E Realtek HD Audio Manager RemoteApp and De
58. rd Our systems can also work with any 3rd party control device as well standard wired or wireless keyboards amp mouse blue tooth devices etc note that they do not have built in blue tooth receiver so you will need to make sure you get a USB blue tooth adapter Table of Contents Basic Controls for the RF Mini Keyboard Touchpad If using a control interface you will want to make sure you at least map the bolded keys to control interface For instance with our Control 4 driver the C button is commonly mapped to Control 4 s Guide button Most Useful Keys in Bold Context menu Next subtitle Po Player controls OSD Displays CPU Video info w o Settings Menu ooo Marked as watched ee unwatched Ue next chapter OR prev chapter Skip forward Skip backward Full screen mode Screenshot Volume down Volume up Volume up Toggle windowed mode Step forward 10min OR Next chapter Step backward 10min OR Previous chapter Shutdown Heis Remove from playlist Delete file Playlist editor only Jump to that time in playback Ex 1234 return will jump to 12 minutes and 34 seconds in movie Previous menu Exit full screen Jump to that letter in Library Table of Contents Entering Master Mode for Unlimited Access Setup Contact your customer installer to get the Master Code for unlimited access or setup Table of Contents Initial Bootup of your Helix System This should have been
59. rt of the box Disc 1 Disc 1 Disc1 Disc 1 Output folder z E Media Movies taj Set output folder B Track information Type Video Name S02E04 Codec Mpeg2 Resolution 720x480 Aspect ratio 4 3 Frame rate 29 97 30000 1001 6 Now Navigate to E Media T V Shows wx Select output folde Organize v New folder a Homegroup 3 Athena ATHENS Home DESKTOP Server SERVER P jE Computer amp Local Disk C BD ROM Drive C ma Green Drive E G Network jE ATHENA PC jE DESKTOPPC PC pM HTPC PC jE MEDIAROOM PC pM SERVER PC Name i Movies J Music di Pictures d Recorded TV Date modified 11 21 2014 4 56 AM 11 20 2014 5 35 AM 11 21 2014 5 17 AM 12 18 2013 7 50 PM 11 21 2014 3 50 AM Type File folder File folder File folder File folder File folder gt m 7 The Last thing we must do is create a folder for our new TV Shows and then preferably a folder for the Season inside of that where we want these files to go to Select Create a New Folder and Name it Show Name Year or just Show Name if you do not know the year tex Select output folder E GOl gt Computer Green Drive E Media TVShows gt v gt Search TV Shows _ EEE eee n o L p Organize v New folder JS 4 Create a new empty folder Date modified Type Ji 30 Rock 11 21 2014 3 50 AM_ File folder J Breaking Bad
60. sc or Backspace to back out to main menu Table of Contents Network Setup For your convenience Helix operates on a hidden Windows 7 network This gives you all the benefits of Windows with very little of it downsides 1 To setup your network Navigate to support and then the submenu Network Settings E m 7 2 This should open up a familiar windows setup screen From here you can join a home group or start your own allowing access across systems another thing that only Helix does Change your networking settings B Set up a wireless broadband dial up ad hoc or VPN connection or set up router or access point a nnect to network Connect or reconnect to wireless wired dial up of VPN network connection rf hoose homegroup and sharing optior Access files and printers located on other network computers or change shanng settings Diagnose and repair network problems or get troubleshooting information Table of Contents Date and Time Setup 1 While you are in the Network settings menu or click it to open back up Click on the Control Panel Home button on the top left See alto View your basic network information and set up connections eB HTPC PC Network 3 Internet This computer View your active networks Connect or disconnect 3 Access type Internet Home network Connection Local Area Connection 9 Change your networking settings Set u
61. se to replace the current Music folder as the library gt Cancel 6 Navigate to your desired Music Library folder Press OK Cancel 7 You will now see your Music begin to populate 32 F THURSDAY 20 NOV 2014 LEFT CHANNEL 8 Wu iL CARRIE UNDERWOOD E Media Music gt Keep in mind that folder structure is important The easiest option is to have folders for each artists and that is all If you get into sub folder after subfolder metadata may not work perfectly or be missing Music Extra Features 1 If you leave the music menu to go back to the main menu and browse around in Helix it will continue to relay to you what is currently playing as well as some neat widgets such as most played albums and songs etc If you start a movie The Music will stop and the movie sound will take over 2 We ve also added some extra features like by pressing the C button on a song or artist you are able to pull up more album information extra information and even search for it on YouTube W ui a S i cP A i He f Carrie URGEN OOG I Play On 2009 gt PLAY Casanova 03 56 03 20 Ose 03 023 Vleet er Also we have enabled a widget that when you press the UP arrow you can quick browse the latest music additions that you ve made directly from the Helix Main Menu Music Viewtypes 1 By pressing the direction keys to get to the Music
62. sktop Connections View by Small icons mg AutoPlay E Credential Manager Wit Desktop Gadgets E Display Folder Options HomeGroup y Internet Options Location and Other Sensors SE Network and Sharing Center MB Performance Information and Tools Power Options Recovery 4 Sound jE System amp User Accounts iid Windows Defender Change date and time Time zone UTC 05 00 Eastern Time US amp Canada Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday March 08 2015 at 2 00 AM The clock is set to go forward 1 hour at that time V Notify me when the clock changes Get more time zone information online How do I set the clock and time zone Table of Contents The Helix Main Menu Weather Menu Helix Media Systems are equipped with Conditional Weather Background images Meaning that the background image for Weather your Helix Media System will change as the weather outside changes So if it were snowing the picture below would be the same landscape picture but with snow all over 1 To setup weather click on the weather menu option 2 As you can see no weather data is displayed Press the directional arrows M4 gt until the general weather menu appears it s usually the 8 arrow twice The reason it might be a different direction than f is because depending upon your viewtype or what layout you have it on depends on what actions each directional arrows do
63. ting 4 Sound Technology Clip DD Atmos DTS THX etc 5 Movie You can skip forward to the next slide during the trivia with the directional arrows or enter button or bypass the slideshow by pressing the backspace button be patient as it will take a second for it to quit the slideshow and start the next step Table of Contents TV Shows Menu LATEST FPISODE TWU A Setting up TV Shows Setting up the Helix system for TV Shows is similar to setting up Movies The initial TV Shows screen looks like the below Cl TV SHOWS TITLE 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 3 45 AM Media MakeMKV F User Guide g Recycle Bin a 35AM 14 21 2014 1 To add TV Shows back out to the main Helix Menu and go to Support and the submenu File Manager just like we did with Movies d r oe Se lt Meo TA SYSTEMS Quality is in our BRA PPORT FILE MANAGER 2 Here follow the same steps we did for Movies Select TV Shows press C and edit source or add source 3 Navigate to the library you want to add TV Shows our default E drive is already added an then press OK 4 Make sure you tell it this directory contains TV Shows 0 VIDEOS FILES This directory contains Selected folder contains a single TV show Cancel 31ITEMS 1 1 TV shows Exclude path from library updates The TVDB 32 F FRIDAY 21 NOV 2014 3 47 AM TVDB Settings Cance
64. tly Remove any extra words or letters that may have been assigned to it automatically or by accident Sometimes when you use rip a video file it will assign a tt00 after it to indicate the first track Remove all items in the name except for video name and year or season number and episode number for TV Shows 2 When you are first adding media the library might need some seeding before it recognizes what your library consists of Sometimes the first couple media files take some extra effort to get recognized An easy way to do this is refresh the Video Manager and have it rescan for content by following the below steps Go to Support and then Video Manager Click C on what video files you need to have rescanned and then Change Content Make sure the content is still set correctly to Movies or TV Shows and then press OK Click C again on media type and then click Rescan for New Content Table of Contents Hard Resetting the Helix Libraries Helix comes with the ability to perform a hard reset on your libraries if for some reason they are giving you issues This does NOT delete any data but merely causes your Helix system to re build the library from scratch The only time you would really need to perform this reset is if you make drastic large changes to the library and the Helix Server is not recognizing the changes for instance you delete a lot of movies but the deleted movies are still showing up in y
65. tomers We ve partnered with PLEX to bring you full access to your content stored on Helix Media Servers across all platforms This means that ANY device can access the content on Helix Media Servers on ANY device iPhone iPad Android Mac etc Plex shares content across all platforms as long as you are on your network and have the Plex App installed Helix Media Servers have Plex configured to run quietly in the backend automatically meaning you can access your content on any Plex compatible device which are all devices The Plex App will automatically find the Helix Server You don t need to do anything to enjoy Helix and Plex Simply download the Plex App on any device and if it doesn t automatically find your content ask your custom installer to set it up for you There are several advanced features on Plex that you will need your Custom Installer Professional for which include Publishing your Plex account so you can access your content from any location in the world and download your content to mobile devices to watch on the go Troubleshooting your Helix Media System Ripped Movies Not Showing in Helix Library 99 99 of all Missing Media is due to improper naming Make sure the folders AND file names are named correctly If your ripped movies are not showing up in your library There are a couple very simple steps to make sure they are recognized 1 Make sure the file name AND file folder name are named correc
66. ur system during the warranty period as long as they are used in the manner they are delivered in and not tampered with This can be verified by checking the systems bios operating system logs and bios history In the event the logs are tampered with the warranty is voided Additional hardware or software additions replacements by the user that has not been performed by a Helix representative will result in the warranty being voided This includes any add ons within the Helix Media Interface Jail breaking the Helix Media Systems to gain access to the operating system and activating the built in web browser also immediately voids all warranties At your request we may be able to fix some issues by connecting remotely to your system with already installed software This service may be recorded for quality assurance and privacy purposes Custom work There are no refunds for custom work under any circumstances This does NOT mean custom configurations guided by our online website which are covered under our standard warranty but represents specialized custom work geared towards a specific individual i e custom parts cases paint or graphics cabling etc Customer Directed Components For configurations that have been directed by the customers or whose components have been selected by the customer Helix can only guarantee that the individual components are functioning as expected at the time of shipment We cannot guarantee or offer any warrant
67. ve Library Folders Ee ee 8 4 Movies E Media Movies Subscriptions Cancel SETTINGS ISTREAM XBMC INTEGRATION 5 Go back to settings screen and select TV Shows VIDEOS ISTREAM i 9 ITEMS m 1 2 32 F TUESDAY 14 OCT 2014 11 42 AM 6 Select general tab and make sure metadata is checked and auto play is deselected Sort should be checked also 9 TEMS A 1 2 General Metadata oK indexers Auto Play Cancel Sources a Defaults SETT cR COM 7 The Indexers tab should be set to IMDB to give you the most options for movie and TV streams Make sure you do not select more than one or you will have to choose which indexer to use every time and creates another step in searching for titles 9 TEMS 0 12 General FliXanity ok indexers g2g fm Cancel Sources e Film Defaults SETTINGS ISTREAM MOVIES iStream Premium Version Recommended This section can be a bit complicated as there are many sources to select from Generally the cost of the premium version will be about 8 12 per month depending upon what package and service plan you choose There are some that are free and some that are paid premium The premium services are reliable have good streams are confidential have little downtime and are trustworthy files These include Furk net Easy News and Noobroom All the other sources listed are free services and are not recommended without heavy trial and error first We have use
68. word as well as configure several options General Username gt OK Advanced Cancel Folder f a Defaults Explore YouTube SETTINGS YOUTUBE 4 Please note we have pre set the download location to go to Movies You may have other preferences General OK Advanced Cancel Folder f t v Defaults Explore YouTube Download Location E Media Movies SETTINGS YOUTUBE Streaming Video Apps Probably the most powerful tool in existence today Helix plays nicely with streaming video apps such as Genesis Icefilms iStream and 1 Channel They have a variety of functions and some might perform better than other for you but all are free Helix does not develop or support these apps and area all designed and maintained by 3rd party developers When using these apps the user assumes responsibility for following all local and national and international copyright laws We ve set up most of these apps for you already However as you can see with the below iStream app there might be some changes that you can tweak or make to each one if you want to We ve gone into detailed about one of the app iStream below You can configure the other apps if you wat to in the same manner iStream iStream is one of the apps that we will go into detail about because it emcompasses almost all of the other functions of the other apps You can find that many of the other apps do some of the things that iStream does as w
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70. y that the components will work in conjunction with each other or with their home theater system Replacement service repairs etc for any incompatible components selected by the customer will be done so at full cost International Shipments We always will try our best to solve any international issues remotely Shipping internationally is expensive We ship all international shipments double boxed with CIF incoterms If product must be shipped back for any reason it is customer responsibility to pay shipping both ways We reserve the right bur rarely do so to charge up to a 15 restocking fee on any systems returned for any reason Replacement Policy Defective merchandise will be replaced with a like item upon return of the defective merchandise Helix Media Systems are not responsible for any damages caused by either internal or external equipment shorted connections or components not installed by or purchased from Helix Helix is not responsible for damages to any components or loss of any data inadvertently caused by products under normal or abnormal use including those purchased from Helix International customers are responsible for shipping both ways Helix will not replace repair or refund any purchase if an item s serial number does not match what was originally sold according to our internal records which are kept for a minimum of 5 years and all warranties will be voided Table of Contents I gt E L I 2
71. y various options to getting the most out of your Helix Media System and fixing issues when they arrive It consists of a submenu of several items Remote Support File Manager Media Files Helix A V Setup Manual Metadata Scraper Parental Controls and Network Settings Remote Support Select this to open Teamviewer which can be used to receive remote technical support Video Manager Used to setup Movie and TV Show Libraries Media Files Opens up a physical view of your Media Files for you to manipulate if needed ow Librarie Dorument s d Mune Bigr p Parhune fee Poetic B ee E Recordad Ty diegs TH Shoes Hh Homegroup T Athena ATHEMA PC 2 Home DESKTOP CPE A Sercer SERVER PC E Computer E L al Disk C is Green Drie E id Mr wok mE ATHENA PE jE DiSKETOPPC PE E HTPC EE MEDIAROOM PE bh F Mems File Manager The Helix File Manager is used for importing files from flash drives discs or external hard drives It s a great tool for importing pictures music and even video files from external devices 1 When you open up file manager you will see similar screens You can use this to transfer files between two locations 2 Navigate to your source on one side and destination folder on the other side FILE MANAGER 34 F FRIDAY 2 JAN 2015 7 25 PI Removable disk F E MEDIA MUSIC FILE MANAGER 34 F FRIDAY 2 JAN 2015 3tchbox 20 Yourself or Someone Like You

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