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Eminent EM7480 User Manual

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  • Page 1 EM7480/EM7485 3D Full HD Media Player...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ENGLISH EM7480/EM7485 - 3D Full HD Media Player Table of contents 1.0 Introduction ......................3 1.1 Functions and features ..................4 1.2 Packing contents ....................6 2.0 Explanation of the remote control ................7 3.0 Explanation of the connections ................8 3.1 Connections of the EM7480 ................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    10.10 Playing photos and other images ..............32 11.0 Using the Jukebox (Cover art and Movie info) ........... 33 11.1 Using the ‘Get Movie info’ feature of the EM7480/EM7485 ......33 11.2 Using the ThumbGen program............... 36 11.3 Showing Movie info using Jukebox APP ............42 12.0 Playing media through the network ..............

  • Page 4: Functions And Features

    ENGLISH 1.1 Functions and features The Eminent EM7480/EM7485 3D Full HD Media Player plays all your movies in full HD on your television, and in 3D Full HD on your 3D television. The brand new Realtek RT1186 chipset supports almost all file formats in Full HD 1080P. The Eminent EM7480/EM7485 3D Full HD Media Player come with a five year warranty.
  • Page 5 ENGLISH The Eminent EM7480/EM7485 3D Full HD MEDIA Player is equipped with an easy- mount slot on the left side, that allows easy access to a 3.5" SATA hard drive bay. This is definitely the most convenient way to connect and remove your hard disk! Optional Wireless networking.

  • Page 6: Packing Contents

    ENGLISH 1.2 Packing contents The following parts need to be present in the packing: • EM7480 or EM7485 3D Full HD MEDIA Player • Power supply • Remote Control + batteries • HDMI High Speed (1.4 ) cable • USB 3.0 A-B cable 1 meter •...

  • Page 7: Explanation Of The Remote Control

    ENGLISH 2.0 Explanation of the remote control On/Off: button to turn on or turn off Eject: Safely remove USB or SD card the media player. mounts Numeric buttons: Mainly used to jump to the corresponding chapter number. Mute/audio: Used to mute the sound. Volume: Used to change the sound Menu: Opens a settings menu for volume.

  • Page 8: Explanation Of The Connections

    ENGLISH 3.0 Explanation of the connections 3.1 Connections of the EM7480 • DC In: Connection for the power cable (5V). • Composite & Audio connections: Composite: Used to connect to an analogue television. Audio connect the red and white connections to an analogue audio receiver.

  • Page 9: Connections Of The Em7485

    ENGLISH 3.2 Connections of the EM7485 1. Composite & Audio connections: Composite: Used to connect to an analogue television. Audio connect the red and white connections to an analogue audio receiver. 2. Component: Used to connect to a HD television with component connections. 3.

  • Page 10: Mounting A Sata Hard Disk (Em7485)

    10 | ENGLISH 4.0 Mounting a SATA hard disk (EM7485) The following steps describe how to install a SATA hard disk into the media player. The EM7485 uses a hard disk locking mechanism which makes it very easy to mount a hard disk.

  • Page 11: Connecting The Media Player

    CRT television. If desired, connect a network cable to the LAN connection of the EM7480/EM7485. Connect the other side of the network cable to your router or switch. Set the television to the corresponding HDMI channel.
  • Page 12 12 | ENGLISH Note: There should be 2 red squares displayed on your screen for calibration. If you only see 1 red square use the left and down button until the second red square is displayed. Note: Do not oversize the screen size as this could result the media played is no longer fully displayed on the screen.

  • Page 13: Manual Settings

    13 | ENGLISH 7.0 Manual Settings After using the wizard, the initial settings have been set. Now, you can completely set the media player to your own preferences. 7.1 Formatting the hard disk Use the navigation buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK’ button after which the ‘System’...

  • Page 14: Setting Up Sound

    3. The first option displayed is the ‘Preferred audio language’ here you can set what audio language the EM7480/EM7485 should start to use (if available). 4. If the media player will be used mainly during night-time, the ‘Night Mode’ can be set to ‘ON’...

  • Page 15: If Connected To A Audio Receiver Using The Coaxial Or Optical Connection

    7.4 Setting up the network During the wizard, the initial network setup was available. The network settings can be changed afterwards if necessary. The EM7480/EM7485 can also connect to your wireless network by connecting an EM4576/4579 wireless USB stick. During the next chapter we will explain how wired network settings can be changed and how to setup a wireless connection.

  • Page 16: Wired Connection - Manually

    Use the following steps to connect to your wireless network using the optional WIFI module. Connect the EM4576/4579 to a free USB port of the EM7480/EM7485. If correct, a notification appears on the screen ‘WIFI-plugin’. Use the navigation buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK’ button.

  • Page 17: Checking The Samba Server And Assign A Dlna Dmr Name

    While the EM7480/EM7485 is trying to connect press ‘Cancel’. The wireless connection will then be set to ‘Off’. Power ‘Off’ the EM7480/EM7485 and power it back ‘On’ for the EM7480/EM7485 to switch to the Ethernet connection. You can now set the wired connection as described in chapter “Wired connection –...

  • Page 18: Using The Usb (3.0) Slave Connection (Em7485)

    Open the Windows Explorer and type: \\IP-Address or type the device name, in this case: \\EM7480 \\EM7485 and press the ‘Enter’ key on your keyboard. Double-click ‘HDD’ after which the hard disk content of the media player is shown.

  • Page 19: Saving A Samba Share In 'Favourites

    19 | ENGLISH Important information: Since the media player is intended to be used as a media player with streaming capabilities, the transfer rate when copying data using your network is not comparable to your computer. The media player’s processing unit (CPU) and memory are specifically designed for media capabilities, not for transferring data as fast as possible.

  • Page 20: Copying Files Using 'File Manager

    20 | ENGLISH 8.4 Copying files using ‘File Manager’ The media player also has its own copy function. Using this function, it is possible to copy from USB devices, your network and SD cards to the hard disk of the media player.

  • Page 21: Copying Files Using Ftp

    ENGLISH 8.5 Copying files using FTP The EM7480/EM7485 has a FTP server. The FTP server is available if an internal hard disk, USB stick or USB hard disk is connected to the EM7480/EM7485. We recommend to use a FTP program such as ‘FileZilla’. The following steps were done using ‘FileZilla’.

  • Page 22: 2D Video Auto Detect

    (USB) hard disk. 9.2 3D/2D video auto detect The EM7480/EM7485 has the possibility to switch to a 3D mode if the media player detects a 3D stream. To be able to switch to a 3D mode, the media player needs to be connected to a 3D television using a HDMI High Speed (HDMI 1.4) cable.

  • Page 23: Default Audio

    When you have finished setting up the media player, and you have filled the hard disk of the EM7480/EM7485 with media files, you can start to play these media files. You can also play files from attached USB devices, your network or from the internal card reader of the EM7485.

  • Page 24: Playing 3D Blu-Ray Iso

    Hint: Some ISO’s can only display the 3D stream if the ISO is played without navigation (Menu)! The EM7480/EM7485 can display the original 3D Blu-Ray menu if the 3D Blu-Ray has a 1.0 BR profile menu structure. The media player will automatically detect which profile is present.

  • Page 25: Playing 2D Blu-Ray Iso

    Example of a 3D Side-by-Side filename: ‘Eminent.3DSBS.mkv’. Example of a 3D Top-Bottom filename: ‘Eminent.3DTAB.mkv’. The EM7480/EM7485 is also able to play other 3D video formats such as 3D MKV files and 3D M2TS files. Use the navigation keys to select ‘Files Manager’ and press the ‘OK’ button.

  • Page 26: Playing Dvd

    However, Eminent cannot support these programs. 10.8 Download additional Subtitles The EM7480/EM7485 has the ability to search for additional subtitles for the movie you wish to watch and download this subtitle to the movie folder stored on the hard drive.
  • Page 27 27 | ENGLISH 1. Start the movie you want to download the subtitles from. 2. Press the ‘Menu’ button on the remote. 3. Select ‘Subtitle’ and press ‘OK’...
  • Page 28 28 | ENGLISH 4. Select ‘Search’ and press ‘OK’ 5. Check the Keywords of the movie...
  • Page 29 29 | ENGLISH 6. Choose the language of the Subtitle you wish to download 7. Select the ‘magnifying glass’ and press ‘OK’ to start searching for the subtitles...
  • Page 30 30 | ENGLISH 8. The EM7480/EM7485 will display the search results of all subtitles for the selected language and movie that is found. 9. Select a search result and press ‘OK’. 10. The subtitle will be downloaded and displayed when finished.

  • Page 31: Playing Music And Other Audio Files

    31 | ENGLISH Hint: if the subtitle is out of sync with the audio try a different search result. Note: The subtitle is downloaded to the movies folder as .SRT 10.9 Playing music and other audio files Use the navigation keys to select ‘Files Manager’ and press the ‘OK’ button. Select the source where you want to play from and press the ‘OK’...

  • Page 32: Playing Photos And Other Images

    32 | ENGLISH Shuffle Loop: Shuffles the files. When ‘Shuffle Loop’ is selected and the ‘Next’ button is selected, the available audio files will be played randomly. 10.10 Playing photos and other images Use the navigation keys to select ‘Files Manager’ and press the ‘OK’ button. Select the source where you want to play from and press the ‘OK’...

  • Page 33: Using The Jukebox (Cover Art And Movie Info)

    11.1 Using the ‘Get Movie info’ feature of the EM7480/EM7485 The EM7480/EM7485 has the ability to search for movie info and cover art of all movies stored on the storage devices connected to the EM7480/EM7485 and add this information to the jukebox database.
  • Page 34 34 | ENGLISH 3. Browse to the folder containing the movies you like to add to the Jukebox. 4. Press the ‘menu’ button on the remote control.
  • Page 35 35 | ENGLISH 5. Select ‘Get Movie Info’ and press the OK button. 6. Check if the Movie info scraper plugin is ‘tmdb’ and Movie info search by is set to ‘byname’ (The movie search is based on the filename) or ‘byfolder (The movie search is based on the foldername)

  • Page 36: Using The Thumbgen Program

    Download the ‘ThumbGen’ program from the internet. The current download link is: http://thumbgen.org/ Unpack the program. Open the program after which the main menu of the program appears, as shown in the following image: Note: You can download the profile from our website. http://downloads.eminent- online.com/EM7480_7485_thumbgen_profile.zip...
  • Page 37 37 | ENGLISH In this case, we have selected a dutch database for retrieving the (detailed) information and cover art. Click ‘Option’ after which the Option page appears. On this option page you need to select which information needs to be shown. We only want the thumbnail and the main movie sheet to be added, as shown in the following image:...
  • Page 38 38 | ENGLISH Click ‘OK’ at the bottom of the page after which the main page will be shown again. Click ‘Options’ again. 10. Click ‘Input/Output Naming’. At ‘Thumbnail’, you need to make sure the output is ‘$M\$N’. At ‘Movieinfo import’, you need to make sure the output is ‘$M\$N’ At ‘Main moviesheet’, you need to make sure the output is ‘$M\$N.fanart’, as shown in the following image: 11.
  • Page 39 39 | ENGLISH 12. Now click the ‘+’ at ‘Current Profile’ after which the following image appears: 13. Save the current profile. For example: You can save this profile as ‘Eminent’ as shown in the following image:...
  • Page 40 40 | ENGLISH 14. Click ‘Save’ after which the main page appears. 15. At ‘Current Profile’, the saved profile is present, as shown in the following image:...
  • Page 41 41 | ENGLISH 16. Now click ‘Process Files/folders’ after which a screen appears with the current drives. 17. Select the correct drive and then the folder (with the subfolders) where the movies are stored. Click the name of the folder. If correct, the subfolders are selected automatically.

  • Page 42: Showing Movie Info Using Jukebox App

    42 | ENGLISH thumbgen in the folder DVD_movie/DVD_movie/. Please move these files to the Folder ‘DVD_movie/’. 11.3 Showing Movie info using Jukebox APP Make sure the media player is started. Select ‘Premium APPS’ and press the ‘OK’ button. Select ‘Jukebox’ and press the ‘OK’ button. You will now get an overview of all movies added to the Jukebox database including the cover art if available.

  • Page 43: Playing Media Through The Network

    ENGLISH Press the ‘INFO’ button on your remote to display the Movie Info. If the information is not correct you can use the Search buttons to let the EM7480 / EM7485 search for the correct Information and/or cover. Select ‘Close & Return’ to go back to the Jukebox overview.

  • Page 44: Setting Up Windows Media Player 11 As Upnp Server (Windows Xp/Vista)

    44 | ENGLISH 12.1 Setting up Windows Media Player 11 as UPnP server (Windows XP/Vista) Your computer does not share media by default. You will have to install a UPnP media server on your computer to add this functionality. When using Media Player 11, you can use the built-in UPnP media service of this program.

  • Page 45: Setting Up Windows Media Player 12 As Upnp Server (Windows 7/8/8.1)

    45 | ENGLISH 12.2 Setting up Windows Media Player 12 as UPnP server (Windows 7/8/8.1) Windows 7/8/8.1 is usually equipped with Windows Media Player 12. If streaming does not succeed directly, you can refer to the help function in Windows Media Player 12.

  • Page 46: Playing Media Through Your Network (Samba)

    46 | ENGLISH 12.4 Playing media through your network (Samba) Use the navigation keys to select ‘Manager’ and press the ‘OK’ button. Press the ‘Menu’ button and select the category. If you want to play a video file using Samba, select ‘Movies’ and press the ‘OK’ button Select ‘Network’...

  • Page 47: Play Media Through Your Network Using Imediashare/Flipps

    The media player will show the stream on your television. Note: The iMediaShare/Flipps software is provided by a Third Party. This means Eminent is not responsible for the functioning of the App. If you experience problems with the iMediaShare/Flipps software, you need to refer to the manufacturer of the...

  • Page 48: Stream Online Media Using The (Web)Apps

    ENGLISH 13.0 Stream online media using the (web)apps The EM7480/EM7485 has a fully functional web browser with HTML 5 support and fully functional video and audio tags. Hint: We recommend to use the EM3140 Wireless Mini Keyboard with built-in Touchpad and Laser Pointer to control the apps for optimum usability.

  • Page 49: Misc Menu

    (detailed) network information is shown (write down the IP address). Open your computer’s web browser. Fill out the IP-address of the EM7480/EM7485 using the web browsers address bar followed by :9091 and press the ‘Enter’ button. For example: http://192.168.8.25:9091 Click ‘Open’.

  • Page 50: System Menu

    Please note: The exact upgrade procedure is included in the firmware itself. Check www.eminent-online.com if any updates for your media player are available. Do not try to install firmware files which are intended for other types of media players. Warranty...

  • Page 51: Frequently Asked Questions And Other Related Information

    The latest Frequently asked questions for your product can be found on the support page of your product. Eminent will update these pages frequently to assure you have the most recent information. Visit www.eminent-online.com for more information about your product.

  • Page 52: Warranty Conditions

    Eminent products. Eminent products with an internal hard disk have a limited warranty period of two years on the hard disk. Eminent could not be held responsible for any data lost. Please make sure that if the product stores data on a hard drive or other memory source, you will make a copy before you return the product for repair.

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