Esquire PriVio Light Tips, Tricks and Comments

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Hi All,

I've purchased an Esquire PriVio Light to play around with and will keep posting items in here about the device.

If anyone else would like to comment or add anything please feel free.

If there are any suggestions as to improve the device please also post them here!
 
First up:

Esquire PriVio Light - R399 excluding VAT

To check stock and latest price email [email protected] or [email protected] (Midrand) is who i deal with the most.

Specifications:

Storage
Internal 3.5” SATA-I or SATA-II (1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps)

Inputs:
USB HDD
USB Flash Drives
USB card reader (SD/MMC)

Playback Formats
Video/movie
MPEG-1 (.MPG, .DAT)
MPEG-2 (.MPG, .MPEG, .VOB, )
MPEG-4 (.AVI,)
DivX 3.11/4/5, (.AVI, .DIVX)
XviD (.AVI)
WMV7/8 (.ASF, .WMV)
AVI Decode Audio: MP3, AC3, ADPCM, WMA
multi- channel switch
VOBSUB: SUB (MicroDVD), SRT (SubRIP), SMI

Music
MPEG-1 Layer 3, 24~320kbps (.MP3)
AC3 (insert in the movie)
Microsoft PCM Wave (.WAV)
Advance Audio Coding LC (.AAC)
Microsoft Windows Media Audio WMA7/8(.WMA). No
MP2 (.MPA)
Lyric show: LRC (.LRC)
Photo JPEG up to 20million pixel photo (.JPG)

Hardware
Video Output
CVBS (D1)
YPbPr (720p)
HDMI 1.2

Audio Output
RCA L/R
SPDIF 5.1 channel output (RAW AC-3)
USB 2.0 2 x OTG high speed

Power
External Power Adapter
Input: AC100-240VAC 50/60Hz 1.8A
Output: DC 12V 2A 5V 2A

Operating Temperature
0 ~ 40 ℃

File System
NTFS (no partition size and file size limitation)
FAT16/32

Display
LCD display with blue backlight

Cooler
8CM Fan cooler inside
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How to Upgrade firmware on Esquire PriVio Lite

How to Upgrade firmware on Esquire PriVio Lite

NB: Do not switch off the unit while performing the upgrade

LATEST FIRMWARE : v20100102 http://specials.esquire.co.za/Esquire_Drivers/bank30.zip

Previous Firmware : v20091218 http://www.quickshare.co.za/files/kqwycrp1/bank30.zip.html

1) Unzip the file bank30.rom file and place on a flash drive

2) Connect the Esquire PriVio Lite onto a TV and switch on the unit

3) Place the Flash drive with Bank30.rom file on the unit

4) Use the Remote and move to the Data Icon on the screen

5) You will now see the Bank30.rom file

6) Click on it and wait about 15 second (Please do not press the remote at this time)

7) You now see the message “Upgrading . Please do not switch off “

8) Once the Firmware is complete the TV screen will go blank

9) Give it another 30 seconds to update the unit

10) Power up the unit from the Power button on the unit

The Unit should now be upgraded with Ver 20091218 firmware
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Last edited:
My first wishlist is that the PriVio Light comes standard with an HDMI cable, not sure how that would affect the price though
 
If there are any issues with scanning for media:

The unit can only take 3 levels of folders at the moment per category

i.e.

Under Movies no more than three folders deep

Under Music no more than three folders deep

Under Photo no more than three folders deep
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Firmware Update:

Firmware version 20091228 will hopefully be available from Tuesday onwards
 
So my inital upgrade to v20091218 went fine last night, will do the upgrade to v20100102 tonight

Had some problems in finding files, but will plug in the unit to my PC now and check as i'm not sure if the files are there.
 
Think I will get myself one of these soon.

How is it for eBook reading?
 
So my inital upgrade to v20091218 went fine last night, will do the upgrade to v20100102 tonight

Had some problems in finding files, but will plug in the unit to my PC now and check as i'm not sure if the files are there.
 
Didn't see h264 or matroska in the playback list. That'll put me off buying one immediately
 
Thestealth said:
Didn't see h264 or matroska in the playback list. That'll put me off buying one immediately
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It is true the Esquire PriVio Lite does not support H264 , MKv containers formats as this is Lite version , The Esquire PriVio Pro will have those as a standard including PVR ,wireless and Lan function , we currently testing the unit before we bring it to market around March 2010

However we do have the Mede8er , IaMM Novatron NDT37L and NDT38 in stock that allow for those functions
ESQ
 
Esquire said:
It is true the Esquire PriVio Lite does not support H264 , MKv containers formats as this is Lite version , The Esquire PriVio Pro will have those as a standard including PVR ,wireless and Lan function , we currently testing the unit before we bring it to market around March 2010

However we do have the Mede8er , IaMM Novatron NDT37L and NDT38 in stock that allow for those functions
ESQ
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Estimated price for pro?
 
Esquire said:
It is true the Esquire PriVio Lite does not support H264 , MKv containers formats as this is Lite version , The Esquire PriVio Pro will have those as a standard including PVR ,wireless and Lan function , we currently testing the unit before we bring it to market around March 2010

However we do have the Mede8er , IaMM Novatron NDT37L and NDT38 in stock that allow for those functions
ESQ
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I'm going to probably ask something very stupid, but can the codec's for MKV and h264 not be implemented by the manufacturer.

Are the codecs not upgradeable through a firmware update?
 
remybfg10k said:
Esquire, what is the possibility of having MKV and h264 compatibility for the PriVio Lite?
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I have asked already but apparently the chipset does not support these features , That is why with the new model Esquire PriVio Pro we will be using the ESS, Realtek or Sigma design chipsets
 
Esquire said:
I have asked already but apparently the chipset does not support these features , That is why with the new model Esquire PriVio Pro we will be using the ESS, Realtek or Sigma design chipsets
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Thanks for the feedback
 
how is the quality of video playback?

I want to get one for watching series, at present i have a pc connected to my tv with a 256mb graphics card and the quality of playback is pretty good (350mb per episode) so don't want to lose quality (i have a normal 74cm tv, not lcd :)
 
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