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Sigmatek XMB-510 Pro FAQ
This page show the frequently asked questions and responses about the Sigmatek XMB-510 Pro.
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Overviews
Where to buy the Sigmatek XMB-510?
Does the real design is as great as pictures show?
Does the wall support is provided?
Does HDMI cable is provided?
Technical questions - Firmware / Region Free / Support / Burning / Remote Control
How to change zone (region free)?
How to burn correctly my CD/DVD?
Which supports can I choose for the player?
Are DVD+R9 (DL = Double Layer) supported?
Technical questions - File playing (DivX, MP3, JPEG, MPEG, etc...)
Does the player can read High-Definition (HD) video?
Can the XMB-510 play XviD with Packed Bitstream option?
How to read subtitles (SRT, SUB, SMI, SSA) with my AVI files?
How are displayed the AVI subtitles?
What about DivX 6?
Technical questions - Audio and video
Why DTS can't be decoded by player or amplifier?
Which definition are available in HDMI?
Overviews
| Where to buy the Sigmatek XMB-510? |
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On Internet, european people can buy it at least at Pixmania.
You can check for other retailers on official Sigmatek site here. |
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| Does the real design is as great as pictures show? |
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Yes!
Honestly, in this price range it is doubtless the most advanced in term of design. It looks a "B&O" product. The transparent parts are plastic, the silvery shell seems to be also plastic but with a brushed aluminium style and touch.
The player is well proportionned, the buttons well positionned, the laser is protected by a silvered film on the zone of opening of the lid. Only the remote control remains "normal" and can remind you the price you paid for this DivX player!
See some pictures here. |
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| Does the wall support is provided? |
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| None wall support is provided with the player. There is only 2 holes under the player. You can use them to fix the player with set square or big screws already fixed to the wall. |
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| Does HDMI cable is provided? |
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| Yes, for the same price you'll have the player and the HDMI cable! |
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Technical questions - Firmware / Region Free / Support / Burning / Remote Control
| How to change zone (region free)? |
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The Sigmatek XMB-510 is already multizone, so you should be able to read all DVD from all region.
But is you have any or if you find the way to access hidden menus, please go to talk about it in the forum. |
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| How to burn correctly my CD/DVD? |
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You have to check these options (all burning software should have these options):
• No multession
• Filename width: ISO Level 2 (35 characters) - XM-400 will display only 14 characters max
• Format: Mode 1
• Character set: ISO 9660
• Action: Finalize support
• Write speed: Do not select the maximum speed if you can (by precaution)
• Write method: Disk-At Once
• Option: "verify written data" (available when burning is launched)
The check allows to be sure to have no problems later.
Please note if you use "low quality" supports, you can have problem when reading.
In this case, you can try to use (info by sylv11) "RecordNow Max", a Nero competitor in the world of burning. You can test it if you have any problem.
You need to pay attention to the write speed.
More the speed is high, more you're going to have reading problem, write errors and the longevity will be reduced.
A good average is between x8 and x16. This is applicable to all supports.
And try to use and burn "quickly" (quickly means to burn them without waiting 1 year after buying them) your supports, the quality degrades in time of non-use. Thanks at Wolf83 for those remarks. |
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| Which supports can I choose for the player? |
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If you have any problem and if the support seems to be compatible, then try to burn it at lower speed.
A too high burning speed is often the reason of bad result (thanks to Wolf83 and Ricou for the notice).
Plus, try to avoid using very low priced supports, they are not built to have a long life.
You can report your result in our forum. |
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| Are DVD+R9 (DL = Double Layer) supported? |
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Yes, it seems to, it will be necessary to test more, but a test has been made with a copy of the DVD #1 of "The Return of the King" (long version). Copied on DVD+R DL Verbatim Datalife Plus (Mitsubishi Kagaku Media) 2.4x, burned at 4x with Nero 6.6.0.3. Tracks have been ripped with DVDShrink without compression, keeping all items (menus, etc.) ... 7,45 Gb burned.
Result: no problem, the DVD is well recognized and played up to the end. |
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Technical questions - File playing (DivX, MP3, JPEG, MPEG, etc...)
| Does the player can read High-Definition (HD) video? |
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| No, the Mediatek 1389DE can't read HD streams. Maximum resolution is 720x576. |
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| Can the XMB-510 play XviD with Packed Bitstream option? |
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| Yes it does, after few tests on XviD files with this option activated (confirmed by GSPOT and MPEG4Modifier), the playing does not show any artefacts or jerks. |
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| How to read subtitles (SRT, SUB, SMI, SSA) with my AVI files? |
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The subtitle filenames in format SRT, SUB (text), SUB/IDX (picture), SMI (multilingual) and SSA, to be recognized, must have the same name as its associated AVI file.
Example: "mymovie.avi" and "mymovie.srt" |
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| How are displayed the AVI subtitles? |
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Subtitles are displayed on 2 lines with automatic carriage return if the line is too large.
There are 30 characters maximum by line and are displayed in white without black surround and for the moment with the original firmware accentuated characters (special characters for several european countries) are not shown.
Sigmatek is trying to get a new firmware to get support for 1252 charset. |
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| Yes the DivX 6 is supported but not fully, the player is not certified "divx ultra". So the video codec DivX 6 is supported, the container ".divx" is supported with multiple XSUB subtitles, but only one audio stream is read, no meta-tags, no menus and no chapters. |
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Technical questions - Audio and video
| Why DTS can't be decoded by player or amplifier? |
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All DTS audio streams can't be heard from the player, none decoded by the player and none decoded by an external amplifier. So the result is simple : no sound when using a DTS stream.
Listening XMB-510 manufacturers, the problem is located between Mediatek (chipset) and DTS company. Probably because royalties have not been payed for DTS licenses...
And there are 2 licenses for DTS (thanks to Ricou): one for decoding and one for sending the stream to amplifier... and it seems Mediatek is not up to date for the twice. |
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| Which definition are available in HDMI? |
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i = interlaced
p = progressive
• 480i / 480p (720) / 480p (1440) / 720p / 1080i (60Hz)
• 576i / 576p (720) / 576p (1440) / 720p / 1080i (50Hz) |
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