B. "Controls" (Home Screen)

 

Tap the Menu icon on this tile (three vertical white dots):

 

B.1 About: Gives some basic information about the developer team.

 

B.1.2 Support: Allows you to consult the online FAQ or to send a bugreport.

 

B.1.3 Help – AiutoHilfe: Opens this help-file in your language of choice (currently available in English, Italian and German)

 

B.1.4 Enforce Dynamic DNS: If connected to your LAN and a dynamic address has been entered, this will force the device to use the external address of your network, as if you were away from home. (Useful to test streaming) If you are on a LAN elsewhere with the same ip range as home this will prevent errors from occurring as your receiver is not present.

 

Note: Most times Vu+ Player is able to determine if you need to use LAN or Dynamic DNS. However if you are connected to a network (not in your LAN) that is using the same ip-range as in your LAN, the auto-detection may fail and you should enforce the use of a Dynamic DNS-address.

 

B.1.5 The "Enable/Disable no zapping" function is for twin tuner receivers and allows you to stream one channel while watching another on the TV screen. Activating it from this menu will overwrite temporarily your settings in your receiver profile.

 

B.1.6 The "Enable/Disable transcoding for streaming" function is an experimental function available on selected receivers such as Vu+ Solo2 with transcoding enabled on the receiver. Activating it from this menu will overwrite temporarily your settings in your receiver profile.

 

B.2. Tap the Controls tile to get the next screen:

 

B.2.1 "Power Controls":

 

B.2.1.1 "Standby": Allows you to put your receiver into Standby state (after confirmation)

 

B.2.1.2 "Wakeup": Allows you to take your receiver out of standby state (after confirmation)

 

B.2.1.3 "Restart GUI": Allows you to re-start your receiver's Graphical User Interface (after confirmation)

 

B.2.1.4 "Deep Standby": Allows you to put your receiver into deep standby state (after confirmation)

 

B.2.1.5 "Reboot": Allows you to re-boot your receiver (after confirmation)

 

The Power Controls will operate also remotely.

 

Selecting the forward arrow on this tile switches you to the first of a series of three screens representing most of the buttons on the Vu+ remote control. Alternatively you can swipe horizontally between the screens. This section will deliberately not operate unless connected via your LAN. [There is no change in the appearance on your device screen as you are using it as a remote control.]

 

B.2.2 "Watching"

This responds as you would expect. Volume and Ch. up/down, Subtitles and Help are self explanatory.

Audio brings up your audio choices (Mpeg / AC3 /NAR etc)

Video gives you access to your default Movie location, where recordings are stored. Selecting any recorded file starts it playing

 

B.2.3 "Navigation

This allows you to select your full EPG, or the general Menu, with all its subsequent choices to set up your receiver. You can set up a timer from the EPG as well

 

B.2.4 "Play": This screen allows you to control the playback of recordings and alter the volume.