Introduction

Key Features

• The newest Sigma Designs 8670 media processor: enjoy excellent playback and performance of interactive features.
• HDD player: connect an HDD to the player and play content directly from the HDD.
• Network player: connect the player to a local network and play content directly from PC or NAS (UPnP, SMB, NFS).
• MKV player: play HD and SD video in a popular MKV format and other modern video file formats, including top quality HD video with very high bitrate.
• USB port: conveniently connect HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers and other USB storage devices.
• HDMI 1.3: ensure the best possible quality of HD video and audio.
• Video output flexibility: output video in any resolution and format (from SD to 1080p, 24p/PAL/NTSC).
• Upscaling: high quality upscaling of DVD and any other SD video content to Full HD (1080p) or other HD resolution.
• File browser: convenient file browser with powerful file management (copy, move, delete, rename, organize, sort).

Extra Functions

• High-quality music playback: play very high-quality (up to 192 Khz / 24-bit) music files in various formats (FLAC, Monkey’s Audio APE, WAV/PCM, etc).
• Playlists: build playlists from your folders, use your own playlists, use repeat and shuffle functions.
• NAS function: access files on storage devices (HDD, optical drive, etc) attached to the player from the local network (using SMB or FTP).
• BitTorrent: use built-in BitTorrent client to download files from P2P networks.
• Customizable user interface: work with media collections using cover art and icon browsing (with Full HD graphics).
• Internet radio: playback and record various Internet radio stations (HTTP/MP3 and other formats).
• IPTV: playback and record IPTV streams (multicast UDP/RTP) from your Internet provider (check availability of multicast UDP/RTP streams with your Internet provider).
• Digital TV option: playback and record Digital TV channels using an optional Digital TV USB dongle (Digital TV USB dongle is not included; this option can be purchased separately).

Specification

• Processor: Sigma Designs 8670/8671
• RAM: 256 MB
• Flash memory: 128 MB, expandable with a HDD partition, USB flash drive (2GB recommended)
• Media sources: external HDD (USB), external optical drive (USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP, HTTP), other Internet and local network media sources (HTTP, multicast UDP/RTP), premium streaming video services are fully supported
• Web Browser: NetFront (ACCESS) or WebKit
• Widgets support: when using NetFront browser
• HbbTV and iPlayer support: when using NetFront browser
• DLNA: Full DLNA (1.5 or 2.0) standard support
• Adobe Flash: 3.1 (Lite, standalone)
• DRM options: Microsoft DRM10 and PlayReady, Verimatrix, Secure Media, Flash Access (Support coming soon). Additional DRM’s available by request
• Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264; support for very high bitrate video (up to 50 MBit/s and higher)
• Video file formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT, ASF, WMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
• Video output modes: wide range of supported output resolutions (up to 1080p) and framerates (including 23.976p, 24p, PAL, NTSC)
• Video output framerate: automatic (according to the played content) and manual
• Audio codecs: AC3 (Dolby Digital), MPEG, AAC, LPCM, WMA, WMAPro, FLAC, multichannel FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis; support for very high quality audio (up to 192 kHz / 24-bit)
• Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, WMA, FLAC, APE (Monkey’s Audio), Ogg/Vorbis, WAV, AC3, AAC
• Subtitle formats: SRT (external), SUB (MicroDVD) (external), text (MKV), SSA/ASS (MKV, external), VobSub (MP4, MKV, external SUB/IDX), PGS (TS, MKV)
• Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
• Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS
• Photo viewer functions: slideshow, transition effects, picture rotation, zoom, browse playlist, repeat, shuffle
• Audio playback functions: browse playlist, repeat, shuffle, ID3 tags, plasma TV burn-in prevention
• Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3 (read-write), NTFS (read-write)
• Ethernet: 10/100 Mbit/s
• WiFi: (optional) may be included inside (802.11n) with external antenna or added via USB dongle (not included, Dune HD Air recommended)
• Dune Network Playback Accelerator: special optimizations ensuring best-in-class network playback performance for the Sigma Designs 864x/865x/867x platform and enabling smooth playback of any supported kind of media content via any network protocol (including NFS and SMB) even in 100 Mbit/s Ethernet networks.

Dimensions

• Player itself: 110mm (width), 77mm (depth), 26mm (height)
• Gift box: 167 mm x 130 mm x 80 mm

Weight

• Net weight: 0.152 kg
• Gross weight: 0.537 kg

Country of origin

Warranty

Hi-res pictures

User manual

Adding new features

Firmware

Notes

• Compatibility of the player with a particular equipment (A/V equipment, network equipment, disk drives, etc) may depend on particular equipment model, specifics of equipment installation, specifics of the configuration of the player and equipment, and other factors; compatibility of the player with any equipment is not guaranteed.
• Compatibility of the player with a particular media content (files, discs, etc) may depend on specifics of media content encoding, specifics of the configuration of the player and player-connected equipment, and other factors; compatibility of the player with arbitrary media content is not guaranteed.
• Product images may be imprecise and may have some differences in comparison with the real look of the product.
• Accuracy of the information is not guaranteed; specifications are subject to change w/o notice.

How-To's

• How to upgrade your Dune HD Firmware
• Adding Cover Art to your Dune HD Library

Dune HD Firmware

The following Dune HD firmware files are provided as a mirror for the official Dune Firmware website. Dune Firmware updates may also be downloaded directly from the official Dune HD Firmware Zone

Latest Stable Firmware. (110606_1315)

Dune HD Max 
Dune HD Smart D1 
Dune HD Smart B1 
Dune HD Smart H1
Dune HD Lite 53D

Old Beta Firmware. (110511_2007_beta)

Dune HD Max 
Dune HD Smart D1 
Dune HD Smart B1 
Dune HD Smart H1
Dune HD Lite 53D 

Old Stable Firmware (110225_1222)

Dune HD Max 
Dune HD Smart D1 
Dune HD Smart B1 
Dune HD Smart H1

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