Download Firmware DVico TViX HD M-6600A/N | PVR M-6620N/M-6640N 1.9.4 B4

DVico has for its TViX HD M-6600A, HD M-6600N, PVR M-6620N and PVR M-6640N media players released new beta firmware with 1.9.4 B4 as the version number. These devices are equipped with a Realtek RTD1283 media processor and can handle the most common video and audio formats. The PVR models also have a double tuner that allows you to record two broadcasts at the same time. The list of changes for this release is as follows:

The major differences from last version (1.9.1) are Cover-art user interface, reliability of Universal Jukebox and several IMS functions.

Multimedia Player/ System

• Supports cover art user interface
  • To enable cover art mode, press SETUP -> “System” -> “File List Type” -> “Cover Art”
  • To select device in the cover-art mode, press “GOTO” button on remote.
  • You should create “VIDEO” (or “Movie”) or “AUDIO” folder on the root folder to enable cover-art mode properly.
  • Making Cover art Folders:
    • Cover-art mode will use each folder’s “folder.jpg” file to display the cover-art.
    • Movie folder for Cover-art : The name of the folder should be “MOVIE”, “movie”, “Movie”, “VIDEO”, “video” or “Video”.
    • Movie cover-art will output on 3 rows and 8 columns, and best fit JPG size is 138×186
    • Music folder for Cover-art: The name of the folder should be “MUSIC”, “music”, “Music”, “AUDIO”, “audio” or “Audio”.
    • Music cover-art will output on 3 rows and 6 columns, and best fit JPG size is 186×186
    • Photo folder for Cover-art: The name of the folder should be “PHOTO”, “photo” or “Photo”.
    • Photo cover-art will output on 3 rows and 6 columns, and best fit JPG size is 186×186.
    • We encourage you to use the “TVIXIE” for creation of cover-art and synopsis. And here’s the link for TVIXIE usage.
• Enhances Universal Jukebox Playback
  • Fixes VC-1/H264 mosaic problem when FF/REW.
  • Improves compatibility problem after editing some navigation features.
  • Improves remote reaction while FF/REW.
• Supports external TTF font loading for subtitle
  • Select .TTF extension font file, then the subtitle will output with that font
  • To go back to default font, select .TTF font again and select “default”. If you erase the loaded external font, the default font always comes up.
  • Setup and menu font will not be changed. Only subtitle font will be changed.
• Supports file browsing while playing music.
  • Press “GOTO” button to browse files, and then select the other file.
  • Press “GOTO” button again to go back to normal playback mode.
• Improves file/folder management feature a lot
  • You can enter file/folder management mode by “FUNC” button at file browser.
  • You can select files/ folders by pressing “OK” button and check box will appear.
  • If you press “RIGHT” arrow button on remote, menu bar will come-up, then you can copy/ cut/ paste/ rename/ make new folder.
  • Supports copying the folder including sub-directories
  • Do not support deletion of the folder including sub-directories for safety.
• Adds “device selection pop-up” window
  • Press left arrow button or “GOTO” button to pop-up this window.
• Fix the video resetting problem on some TVs or HDMI switchers
  • Some TV or switcher send wrong EDID HDMI information, then TVIX will be reset to 480p mode before. This problem is fixed.
• Adds adjustment of screen saver timer by 1 minute basis
• Adds slide-show transition timing window at SETUP
• Adds adjustment of SKIP duration time
  • If you press UP/DOWN button when playback, default “15 sec” OSD will pop-up, while that OSD poping-up, you can adjust SKIP duration by LEFT/RIGHT button.
  • This value will be retained after reboot.
  • This value will be also applied on time-shifting.
• Improves info window or image display
• Fixes MKV chapter stability problem.
• Fixes minor bugs and improves overall speed and reliabilities.

PVR PART

• Adds IceEPG for Australia
  • You can use IceEPG configuration window if you select “Australia” as DTV country.
  • You can still use native EPG from DTV by selecting “Normal EPG” at IceEPG configuration window.
  • “IceLink Interactive” function is not available yet, we’ll support it shortly.
• Adds recording time padding function.
  • You can pad more recording time with designated on the setup.
  • If you select “300 seconds”, the 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after duration will be added on designated schedule-to-record
• Adds DTV time-sync function by channel
  • You can enable this function by SETUP -> HDTV -> DATE/TIME -> via TV
  • Please select one of the DTV channel to set the time/date automatically.
• Fixes channel switching problem/ recording problem of French HDTV stations.
• Fixes channel switching problem of New Zealand.
• Fixes wrong file name creation problem when schedule-to-record

Network/UPnP

• Enables You tube again
• Improves the 11n speed and performance.

Known Issues

• Dual recording will stop on ATSC if recording time is more than 2 hours each. (DVB-T is OK)
• The weather IMS is disabled since Yahoo blocked out the weather information for embedded device except PC.
• The PPS, ThunderVOD, GouGou (IMS) in China is not supported yet properly
• If you have problem to get the IP address of wireless AP, please use WEP 64bit mode or WPA mode.