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- Page 2 – perfectly suited for any wireless environment. © Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc. Buffalo Technology, Buffalo Technology logo and AOSS logo are registered trademarks of Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc. The names and logos of other companies mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
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Page 5: Safety Information
Using this Safety Guide In order to use this guide correctly, the meaning of the notations and symbols used are described below. Notations and Symbols Caution Mark Items to which you must pay attention when handling the product. Failure to follow this Caution mark may result in personal injury and/or damage the equipment. - Page 6 Danger When handling batteries Do not disassemble or remodel. Do not place a metal wire between the + and – pads. Do not carry with a hairpin or necklace. Prohibited Do not place in the fire or overheat. Do not pierce with a nail, hit with a hammer or stamp down. Or heat will be generated and the battery will ignite and explode.
- Page 7 A small child should only use the LinkTheater under supervision of an adult. Strongly Recommended Do not handle the equipment with wet hands. This may result in electric shock if the LinkTheater is connected to the AC power supply. Even when connected it may cause internal damage to the LinkTheater. Strongly Recommended If you see smoke or there is a strange smell or sound, remove the plug from the AC power supply...
- Page 8 Buffalo will not be held responsible for loss or corruption of hard disk data. Please remove any dust or dirt from the head of the connectors and do not touch with your hands.
- Page 9 Regularly clean the lens. Dust and cigarette smoke may adhere to the lens causing poor reading quality or may prevent writing to the media Use a cleaning kit to clean the lens regularly. Strongly Recommended Do not use abrasive or solvent cleaners. Use a soft cloth when cleaning the LinkTheater.
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Page 10: Introduction
Besides ordinary CD's and DVD's, LinkTheater's player can handle the following media: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW Prepare to experience one of the highest quality, most versatile media players available! Buffalo Technology’s LinkTheater will provide seamless access to your multimedia archives. -
Page 11: Package Contents
The LinkTheater package should include the following items. If any items are missing, contact your retailer or reseller. • LinkTheater • AAA Batteries • Power Cable • Ethernet Cable • AV (Composite) Cable • Television or monitor with one of the following video input connectors: •... -
Page 12: Remote Control
1. Power 3. Info 4. Setup 5. Refresh 6. TV Mode 7. Clear 13. Top Menu 15. Enter 17. Home 19. Play 20. Stop 23. Previous 24. Rewind 27. Search 28. Subtitle 31. Audio 33. Angle Remote Control Open/Close Power Info Setup Refresh... - Page 13 1. Power – Turns the LinkTheater on and off. 2. Open/Close Tray Drawer – Opens and closes the LinkTheater’s DVD drive door 3. Info – Provides on-screen information when viewing or playing a file 4. Setup – Setup options for LinkTheater configuration 5.
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Page 14: Hardware Diagrams
Front Panel Power Button LED Display DVD Playback Play Mode Pause Mode Rear Panel D4 Connector S-Video Connector Digital Audio Connectors Composite Audio Connector Composite Video Connector Component Video Connectors Hardware Diagrams Display Eject Button Stop Button Skip Back Skip Forward Button Play/Pause Button VCD Playback JPEG... -
Page 15: Connecting Linktheater To The Display
Connecting LinkTheater to the Display There are several methods for connecting video and audio cables between your LinkTheater, your TV monitor, and your home theater. LinkTheater comes with a Composite (RCA) cable that will connect LinkTheater to a TV. This is probably the simplest solution;... - Page 16 Setup Using Component Video: Component Video Cable (G) (B) (W) (R) Composite Audio Cable Note: The LinkTheater's default TV Mode will not initially send video to the Component Video outputs, so all you'll see on your TV at first is a blank screen. If your TV's input is set to ‘Component’, you can find the correct video- out mode by pressing 'TV' and then 'Enter' on your Linktheater remote until you see the LinkTheater menu on your TV.
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Page 17: Configuring Linktheater Settings
When LinkTheater is first turned on, the LED Display will read BUFFALO. After it completes booting up, the display will change to LOG IN. If you are using Composite Video or S-Video you should see a picture on your display or TV. - Page 18 Each of the five setup pages contains settings for different LinkTheater functionality: Option Settings Menu Screen Saver – Specify the amount of time before LinkTheater switches its display to a screen saver. Some displays and TVs can suffer screen burn if the same image is displayed for too long. The screen saver helps protect your display or TV from this burn-in.
- Page 19 This option requires a network connection that connects to the Internet. Only apply firmware updates if you have been told to do so by Buffalo Technology’s Technical Support or are positive that a firmware update is required. Updating a firmware on a device improperly can cause unexpected behavior.
- Page 20 Connection – Specifies whether to use Infrastructure or Ad-hoc mode. If you're connecting your LinkTheater to a network through a router or wireless access point, leave this in the Infrastructure mode. To make a network connection directly to a computer, choose the Ad-hoc mode. WEP –...
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Page 21: Using Aoss
The LinkTheater has an MC Card antenna connector for attaching an external antenna. Any antenna with an MC Card connector on it should work with the LinkTheater. For best results, Buffalo Technology’s indoor antennas are recommended. Please visit the Buffalo Technology Web Site (http://www.buffalotech.com) for more information regarding Buffalo Technology antennas. -
Page 22: Standard Controls / Important Tips
Using your LinkTheater's Remote Control Operating the LinkTheater is easy, especially if you remember these five buttons on your remote: • At any menu screen, pressing the ‘Home’ button on the remote control will return you to the starting Home page. If you are playing a file and wish to return to the Home page, please press the ‘Stop’... -
Page 23: The Home Screen
The Home Screen When LinkTheater starts up, it goes to the Home screen. This screen gives you access to all of your computers and devices. If at any time you wish to return to the Home screen, press the ‘Home’ button on the remote control (if you are playing back a media file, press the ‘Stop’... -
Page 24: Dvd/Vcd Playback
DVD or VCD playback on LinkTheater is very easy; it’s much like a stand-alone DVD player. There are two ways to begin DVD or VCD playback: 1) If ‘Auto Play’ is turned on in the DVD Settings Menu, then just inserting a DVD or VCD will begin playback. -
Page 25: Dvd/Cd File Playback
LinkTheater can play most multimedia CD and DVD disks. Supported disc media include: CD-ROM CD-R CD-RW DVD-ROM LinkTheater supports most popular video, image, and audio formats: Video: AVI, DAT, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, DivX, Xvid, WMV, WMV 9, DivX HD, WMV HD, VOB, ASF Image: JPEG, JPEG2000, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIF Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG Vorbis, AIFF, PLS, M3U To play a DVD or CD, insert it into LinkTheater’s DVD Drive. - Page 26 Photo Playback Press the ‘Enter’ button to display a photo on LinkTheater. Press the ‘Play’ button to play all of the photo files in that directory as a slide show. During the slide show the ‘Pause’ button can be used to stop a slide show (the ‘Play’...
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Page 27: Usb Device Playback
USB Device Playback The USB 2.0 Port on the LinkTheater can be used for media playback. Several USB devices can be used for media playback including the following: USB Hard Drive Memory Stick USB Keychain Multi-Card Memory Reader USB Digital Camera NOTE: Other USB devices may work as well, as long as they're formatted with FAT16 or FAT32. - Page 28 Photo Playback Press the ‘Enter’ button to display a photo on LinkTheater. Press the ‘Play’ button to play all of the photo files in that directory as a slide show. During the slide show the ‘Pause’ button can be used to stop a slide show (the ‘Play’...
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Page 29: Pc Playback
PC Playback To play back files from your PC on your LinkTheater you must install Buffalo’s LinkTheater PC Software or use Microsoft’s Windows Media Connect Software. For most media, Buffalo’s LinkTheater PC Software is recommended with the LinkTheater for the best overall playback experience, but you'll need Windows Media Connect if you want to play copyrighted media that has been protected with DRM (Digital Rights Management). - Page 30 Accept the user license agreement by reading the entire license agreement, selecting the ‘I accept the agreement’ bullet, and pressing the ‘Next’ button. Read the information and press the ‘Next’ button to continue. Select the installation directory. The default installation directory is recommended, but if you require a special installation location, please type it in the field or search for it via the ‘Browse’...
- Page 31 Select any additional tasks from the list. Press the ‘Next’ button to accept the additional tasks. Confirm that the installation information is correct and then press the ‘Install’ button. The installation may take more than several seconds to complete. When you see this screen, press the ‘Finish’ button. If you leave the checkbox checked, the LinkTheater software will now launch.
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Page 32: Configuring The Linktheater Software
Configuring the LinkTheater Software The LinkTheater software should be running on your PC at this point; you'll see this icon in the system tray. Configure the LinkTheater software by double-clicking on its icon. Once the LinkTheater PC Software is visible on your screen, use the pull down menu to select ‘Edit’... - Page 33 The ‘MAC Address’ tab allows you to specify which LinkTheater can see this PC. If there are multiple LinkTheaters on your network and you wish to only stream information from this PC to one specific LinkTheater, then check the ‘Enable MAC address control’ check box, press the ‘+’ button, and enter the MAC Address of the specific LinkTheater into the MAC Address list.
- Page 34 Photo The Photo preference menu tells the LinkTheater PC Software how to handle photo/image files on your PC. Press the ‘Browse’ button to setup a ‘Photo Library’. This library will be the folder on this PC that will be accessible by LinkTheater.
- Page 35 Video The video screen will now show the videos available from your library and watch folders. By clicking on the check box that says ‘Play files randomly’, LinkTheater will play all of the video files in your library and watch folders randomly. You may also manually convert a non-playable Div3 file to DivX.
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Page 36: Linktheater Pc Software Playback
LinkTheater PC Software Playback Now that the LinkTheater PC Software is installed and running, you will be able to stream any files that are inside library or watch folders. Access your computer by pressing the ‘Home’ button on the remote control. - Page 37 Photo Playback Press the ‘Enter’ button to display a photo on LinkTheater. Press the ‘Play’ button to play all of the photo files in that directory as a slide show. During a slide show, the ‘Pause’ button can be used to stop a slide show (the ‘Play’...
- Page 38 Service The Service portion of the LinkTheater PC Software allows you to do a number of different things. The PC with the LinkTheater PC Software installed on it will need to be connected to the internet for these features to work properly. The Service page has links for RSS Directory, Web Bookmark, Music Radio, Podcast, and Yahoo Search.
- Page 39 Music Radio (Pop) The Pop page works exactly like the Jazz page. Select a station with the directional keys on your remote and press the ‘Enter’ button to start it playing. You may change to Rock or Jazz stations by selecting the guitar or horn icons from the top right of the page.
- Page 40 Contents Settings Some settings may be adjusted from the main LinkTheater PC Media Player page. Use the directional keypad to negotiate to the Setting link in the top right corner of the screen and click the ‘Enter’ button on your remote. Change your Settings If you have additional themes installed, you may select one here.
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Page 41: Windows Media Connect Setup
Windows Media Connect Setup Windows Media Connect is available only on Windows XP systems. It’s Microsoft’s software that streams multimedia content to devices like LinkTheater. Currently it is the only way to transmit DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected multimedia files from a PC to your LinkTheater. If you don't play DRM protected multimedia files, then setting up Windows Media Connect is not necessary. - Page 42 After all listed devices are activated, your Windows XP machine is ready to stream media to LinkTheater. Press on the ‘Sharing’ button on the left. Press the ‘Add’ button to specify a folder to share to LinkTheater. Browse to a folder that contains data you would like to share with LinkTheater by pressing the ‘Browse’...
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Page 43: Windows Media Connect Playback
Windows Media Connect Playback Now that Windows Media Connect is installed on your Windows XP PC(s), you can access media files that reside in the Windows Media Connect shared folders. Access your Windows Media Connect PC by pressing the ‘Home’ button on the remote control. -
Page 44: Using Cinemanow
Using LinkTheater to play CinemaNow files © Movies downloaded from CinemaNow (www.cinimanow.com) are encoded with Microsoft’s Digital Rights Management. You can play these on your LinkTheater, but keep the following in mind: 1) The LinkTheater streaming server software on your PC cannot play Microsoft DRM encoded files. You will need to use Microsoft’s Windows Media Connect software to play these files. - Page 45 Contents On your LinkTheater's Home screen, you'll see two different entries with the name of your PC. Choose the one labled "Windows Media Connect". Click on 'Video', then 'All Video', and finally, choose your new movie from the list of movies in your media folder. It will take several seconds for the buffer to load.
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Page 46: Macintosh Software Installation
Installing LinkTheater software on your Macintosh Insert the LinkTheater disk in your Macintosh. An icon of a CD will appear on your desktop. Double-click the LinkTheater icon. The LinkTheater folder will open. Double-click on the linktheaterx-mac. dmp icon. The LinkTheater Installer will appear. Open your Applications folder by choosing Go/Applications. - Page 47 LinkTheater installation for Mac Open your Home folder by choosing Go/Home. In the Home folder window, you'll see the Library folder. Drag Media Service Plugins into the Library folder. Congratulations! Your media files are now accessable from your LinkTheater.
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Page 48: Linkstation And Linktheater
Buffalo’s LinkStation Network Storage Center can easily stream files to LinkTheater to be played. If you don't have a Buffalo LinkStation or do not wish to playback files from your Buffalo LinkStation, then please skip to the next section. For LinkStation to stream multimedia files to the LinkTheater, a LinkStation firmware that supports ‘PCast’ is required. - Page 49 Insert the Buffalo LinkTheater CD into your PC’s CD-ROM drive. The CD should auto-launch and bring up an on-screen menu. If the CD doesn't launch automatically, click on ‘Start’, select ‘Run . . .’, and type D:\setup.exe (where D is the drive letter of your CD- ROM).
- Page 50 Configuration of LinkStation Login to your LinkStation’s Web Based Configuration tool. This is typically done by typing http://NAME-OF-LINKSTATION into your web browser (where NAME-OF-LINKSTATION is the name you gave LinkStation during setup). A login prompt will appear asking you for user credentials to login to your LinkStation.
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Page 51: Terastation And Linktheater
TeraStation with LinkTheater If you have a TeraStation in your network, you can easily access it from your LinkTheater. To do this, you need to enable PCast on the TeraStation. Begin by opening your TeraStation's Web Based Configuration Tool. You can do this by typing http:// TERASTATIONNAME into your web browser, or by opening your TeraStation Client Utility and choosing Setup, then Browser Management from the drop-down... - Page 52 PCast Settings: • ‘Enable’ PCast Media Server. • Select the folder on your TeraStation that you keep your media in. If in doubt, just select share here. • ‘Enable’ or ‘Disable’ password protection on your media folder. If you enable password protection, enter a password into the next two fields.
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Page 53: Terastation And Linkstation Playback
Playback with LinkStation or TeraStation Now that your LinkStation or TeraStation has been configured with PCast support, you'll be able to stream media files to LinkTheater. Access your LinkStation or TeraStation by pressing the ‘Home’ button on the remote control. The Home page will appear and a new device will automatically appear on the display or TV. - Page 54 Photo Playback Press the ‘Enter’ button to display a photo on the LinkTheater. Press the ‘Play’ button to play all of the photo files in that directory as a slide show. During the slide show the ‘Pause’ button can be used to stop a slide show (the ‘Play’ button will resume the slide show).
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Page 55: Future Capabilities
Updates for the LinkTheater are planned for the near future. Please check the Buffalo Technology web site (http:// www.buffalotech.com) to determine if new updates are available for LinkTheater. Here are some of the planned upgrades: More audio and video codec support... -
Page 56: Troubleshooting
The troubleshooting section answers some Frequent Asked Questions (FAQ). If problems still persist, please contact our free 24x7 technical support. What file formats can I use with LinkTheater? LinkTheater is able to play the following type of files: Video Files - dat, mpg, mpe, mpeg, m2v, m1v, vob, avi, asf, divx, xvid, rmp4, mov, mp4, vro, m4v, m2p, hnl, wmv, wmv hd, divx hd Audio Files - mp3, mp2, ogg, wav, aac, wma, pls, m4a, ac3, mp1, mpa, asf, m3u Picture Files - jpg, gif, bmp, tif, png... - Page 57 I changed some of the video, music, or photo content on a resource; why can’t I see the changes on LinkTheater? Press the “Refresh” button on the remote control to refresh the page. Also, try toggling the video, music, or photo buttons on the remote control.
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Page 58: Technical Specifications
Product Specifications Supporting OS Win. Me, 2000 Professional, XP Home and Professional Package Contents LinkTheater, Video/Analog Audio Cable (about 150cm), LAN cable (about 180cm), Power cable (about 180cm), Installation Manual, Utility CD-ROM, Remote Control, 2 Batteries (AAA) Driver and Utilities Media Server Software Power Source AC100V 50/60 Hz... -
Page 59: Warranty Statement
Under no circumstances shall Buffalo Technology (Buffalo Inc.) be liable in any way to the user for damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use the Buffalo products.