CAVS Karaoke Station IPS-11G User Manual

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CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station
User's Manual
This product supports USB memory devices with USB connectivity -
iPod®, MP3 player, MP4 player, USB memory Stick, USB hard drive, etc.
with FAT32 file system (Windows PC).

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  • Page 1 CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station User’s Manual This product supports USB memory devices with USB connectivity - iPod®, MP3 player, MP4 player, USB memory Stick, USB hard drive, etc. with FAT32 file system (Windows PC).
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ---- Table of Contents ---- Introduction Safety and warning instruction Specification CAVS IPS-11G and accessories 4.1 Package contents 4.2 Name of each part and function description Installation and connection 5.1 Connecting your USB memory device 5.2 Removing your USB memory device 5.3 Remote control battery installation...
  • Page 3 Firmware update Setup system configuration 9.1 PHOTO SETUP 9.2 MUSIC SETUP 9.3 MOVIE SETUP 9.4 SLIDE SHOW SETUP 9.5 PREFERENCES 9.6 KARAOKE SETUP 9.7 SPEAKER SETUP 9.8 EXIT SETUP FAQ (Trouble shooting) * LIMITED WARRANTY...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    IPS-11G bridges your USB memory device to your home audio video (theater) system. CAVS IPS-11G will let you view, search, and play the multimedia files directly on TV screen using a remote controller. Simply connect your USB memory device to CAVS IPS-11G, sit back, and enjoy the entertainment.
  • Page 5: Safety And Warning Instruction

    2 Safety and warning instruction Please read it carefully to ensure safe and proper use: All multimedia contents (movie, karaoke, music, and Copyright photo) are under the protection of copyright law. Avoid using pirated or illegally copied material. Any legal repercussions resulting from illegal viewing of pirated or copyrighted material will be born solely by the user.
  • Page 6: Fcc Note

    Chemical objects Do not spill benzene, gas, paint thinner, or other corrosive materials in or on the system. Serious and permanent harm can occur. Firmware update Do not turn off the power during firmware update. If the power turns off, it may cause irreparable damage to the system.
  • Page 7 Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment (Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate collection systems) This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product shall not be treated as household waste. Instead it shall be handed over to the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
  • Page 8: Specification

    3 Specification Video format Supported file Karaoke format format Audio format Photo format Video output Audio output Microphones USB connector Power requirement Power consumption Dimension (W X H X D) Net weight Operating temperature Operating humidity External interface Supported USB memory device MPEG, MPG, AVI, DAT, VOB MCG-MP3 JPEG, BMP, GIF...
  • Page 9: Cavs Ips-11G And Accessories

    4 CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station and accessories. 4.1 Package contents · CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station · A/V cable · AC power adapter · Remote control & Battery · Microphone · User’s manual User’s manual CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station A/V cable...
  • Page 10 Microphone Remote control & Battery...
  • Page 12 4.2.1.3 Back side 4.2.1.4 Left side SPDIF connector for digital audio output, S-Video connector for high-resolution video output, A/V out connector for 2 Channel audio and composite video output, 9V DC power input terminal, and POWER ON/OFF Switch are located on the back side.
  • Page 13: Remote Controller

    4.2.2 Remote Controller 1 POWER 2 SETUP 3 NUMERIC BUTTONS 4 SUBTITLE / DIGEST 5 ALL / SHUFFLE 6 AUDIO / ZOOM 7 SEARCH / SHOW 8 PROGRAM / NTSC / PAL 9 HOME 10 KEY UP / DOWN 11 ESC 12 FAST BACKWARD / LEFT / TEMPO DOWN 13 PLAY / PAUSE / ENTER 14 FAST FORWARD / RIGHT / TEMPO UP...
  • Page 14: Installation And Connection

    Connect your USB memory device, such as iPod®, MP3 player, MP4 player, USB memory stick, USB card reader, or USB hard drive, to CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station. Use the USB cable that came with your USB memory device to connect.
  • Page 15: Power Connection

    5.5 Video connection 5.5.1 Connecting to composite output (most commonly used) Using the yellow connector of AV cable, connect the CAVS IPS-11G AV out terminal with VIDEO IN or COMPOSITE IN terminal of TV. Please refer to the user’s manual of your TV to find the VIDEO IN terminal.
  • Page 16 5.5.2 Connecting to S-VIDEO output If your TV has S-Video input terminal, you can enjoy high quality video using S-Video cable (not included) from the S-Video out terminal of CAVS IPS-11G to the S-Video input terminal of your TV. S-VIDEO...
  • Page 17: Audio Connection

    5.6 Audio connection 5.6.1 Connecting to analog audio output (most commonly used) Using the white and red connector of AV cable, connect the CAVS IPS-11G AV out terminal to the AUDIO IN terminal of TV or amplifier. Please refer to the user’s manual of your TV or amplifier to find the AUDIO IN terminal.
  • Page 18 If your AV receiver has a digital audio input terminal (coaxial), you can enjoy 5.1ch audio when playing back 5.1ch audio files. Using the digital audio cable (not included), connect SPDIF digital audio out terminal of CAVS IPS-11G with digital audio input terminal (coaxial terminal) of you’re AV receiver. Please refer to the user’s manual of you’re AV receiver to find the digital audio input terminal.
  • Page 19: Microphone Connection

    5.7 Microphone connection 5.7.1 Microphone connection CAVS IPS-11G has a built-in dual microphone mixer with 3.5mm mini jack connectors for 2 microphones. Connect the microphones (one included) into the mini jack connectors. Turn on the power switch located on the microphone handle.
  • Page 20: Operation

    6 Operation of CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station To start CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station, · Connect the power cable and AV cable of CAVS IPS-11G as shown in Section 5. · Turn on the POWER switch in the back side of CAVS IPS-11G.
  • Page 21 Commonly used remote control keys · POWER : Turn on/off CAVS IPS-11G. · HOME : Go to the Main menu · SETUP : Go to Setup menu (See Section 9. Setup system configuration). · VOL( +/- ) : Adjust the volume level.
  • Page 22: Photos Mode

    Photos mode reads and plays image files saved under a folder named Photos in your digital devices. The folder Photos may contain multilevel sub-folder structure. CAVS IPS-11G can play back image files of format JPG(JPEG), BMP, and GIF. iPod®, to see the images stored through iTunes®, go to Photos, Full Resolution, and Year-Month-Date folders.
  • Page 23 Remote control keys in Photos mode · ESC : Stop the playback or go back to the previous menu. · ENT( ) : Select a highlighted menu or play a highlighted file. Press to pause in playback. · REPEAT : Select between Folder Repeat ON / Folder Repeat OFF. ·...
  • Page 24: Music Mode

    6.2 Music mode In Music mode, CAVS IPS-11G reads and plays MP3 music files saved under a folder named MUSIC in your USB memory device. The folder MUSIC may contain multilevel sub-folder structure. Select a song file and press ENT to begin playback.
  • Page 25 Remote control keys in Music mode · ESC : Stop the playback or go back to the previous menu. · ENT( ) : Select a highlighted menu or play a highlighted file. Press to pause in playback. · REPEAT : Select between REPEAT: ONE / ALL / OFF. ·...
  • Page 26: Videos Mode

    For iPod®, the video files stored through iTunes® is encrypted in a proprietary format and can not be viewed by CAVS IPS-11G. To play by CAVS IPS-11G, the video files must be stored into iPod® as USB memory device, shown in Section 6.5.
  • Page 27 If a video file does not include an audio file or an audio file of a supported format by CAVS IPS-11G, you will not hear the audio portion of the video file. Please check the file format for proper operation.
  • Page 28: Files Mode

    6.4 Files mode Files mode shows all files (supported by CAVS IPS-11G) and folders in your USB memory device. You can browse and play any of the files shown in Files mode, as long as the files are of supported formats.
  • Page 29 Remote control keys in Files mode · ESC : Stop the playback or go back to the previous menu. · ENT : Select a highlighted menu or play a highlighted file. Press to pause during playback. · REPEAT : Select between REPEAT: ONE / ALL / OFF. ·...
  • Page 30: Storing Files

    For MPEG, MPG, AVI, DAT, VOB video files, store the files under a folder named Videos in your USB memory device to maximize the features of CAVS IPS-11G. If the folders do not exist, follow the user’s manual of your device to create the folders.
  • Page 31 CAVS IPS-11G utilizes your USB memory device, such as iPod or MP3 player, as data storage. It has its own multimedia processor and it accesses your device to play the files of photos, music, videos, and karaoke. That is why your device may not be video capable or even audio capable, but when connected to CAVS IPS-11G, it becomes a home theater and karaoke entertainment center.
  • Page 32: Karaoke

    7 Karaoke CAVS IPS-11G is specially designed to play karaoke songs of MCG-MP3 format stored in your USB memory device. There are thousands of karaoke songs of MCG-MP3 file format available for download at www.ipskaraoke.com. You can also use the IPS Manager program to extract karaoke songs of MCG-MP3 file format from CD+G karaoke discs commonly found at any local or online karaoke stores.
  • Page 33: Transfering Karaoke Files

    7.2 Transfering Karaoke files The MCG-MP3 files can be transferred from PC to your USB memory device through USB cable. · Connect your USB memory device, such as cable. · Go to Start and My Computer, and you will see your USB memory device as a Removable drive.
  • Page 34: Playing Karaoke Files

    7.3 Playing Karaoke files To play the MCG-MP3 karaoke files in your USB memory device, · Connect your USB memory device to CAVS IPS-11G. · From the Main menu, go to Files mode. · Select the folder containing karaoke song files.
  • Page 35 MCG-MP3 files using iTunes® program, · Connect your iPod to CAVS IPS-11G. · From the Main menu, go to Files mode. · Go to iPod-Control, Music, and Songs folders. “MUSIC” message will appear and regular MP3 song files will be listed on TV screen.
  • Page 36: Song Search And Program

    7.4 Song Search and Program Storing of MCG-MP3 files in a folder allows you to browse and select the songs under the FILE LIBRARY menu. You can use the / or the song files up / down by line or page. Up to 500 songs can be viewed in the FILE LIBRARY per folder.
  • Page 37 Example of Search by Title menu At Karaoke Search menu, input a song number using NUMERIC keys, or press keys to browse through the songs. For each song number, the song title will appear on the display. Press ENT key to start playing. At Karaoke Search menu, press SEARCH key to further select from HELP / SEARCH BY TITLE / SEARCH BY SINGER menus.
  • Page 38 At SEARCH BY SINGER menu, use the your search. Next use the / keys to select the second character of your search. Singers with matching names will be displayed. You can continue to specify more characters to narrow the list of matching singers. Or use the singer in the displayed list, and press ENT key.
  • Page 39: Using Microphones

    CAVS IPS-11G Karaoke Station has a built-in dual microphone mixer with volume and echo level controls. To use a microphone in conjunction with CAVS IPS-11G: · Connect AV (analog audio) out terminal of CAVS IPS-11G to AUDIO IN terminal of your TV or amplifier. Do not use the digital audio output.
  • Page 40: Firmware Update

    8.4 Completing firmware update When update is completed, CAVS IPS-11G will power off automatically. Turn off the POWER switch on the backside of CAVS IPS-11G (POWER key in the remote control will not work). 8.5 Removing your USB memory device Remove your USB memory device from CAVS IPS-11G.
  • Page 41: Setup System Configuration

    Press SETUP key to return to Setup menu. Press again to exit Setup menu. 8.7 Starting CAVS IPS-11G after firmware update After the firmware update, re-connect your digital device and power on the CAVS IPS-11G. 9 Setup system configuration.
  • Page 42: Photo Setup

    9.1 PHOTO SETUP 9.1.1 TRANSITION MODE Select a transition speed in photo playback. 9.1.2 DIGEST STYLE. Select the thumbnail matrix style. 9.2 MUSIC SETUP 9.2.1 REPEAT MODE Select the repeat mode in music playback. You can also use the REPEAT key in the remote control.
  • Page 43: Movie Setup

    9.3 MOVIE SETUP 9.3.1 REPEAT MODE Select the repeat mode in movie playback. You can also use the REPEAT key in the remote control. 9.4 SLIDE SHOW SETUP 9.4.1 SLIDE SHOW MODE Select from manual / auto transition. For manual transition, use keys to move backward / forward.
  • Page 44: Interval Time

    9.4.3 INTERVAL TIME Select the interval time per picture in photo playback. Interval Time becomes effective only when SLIDE SHOW MODE is set at AUTO. 9.4.4 TRANSITION Select the style of photo transition in photo playback. You can also use the AV SEL key. 9.5 PREFERENCES 9.5.1 TV TYPE Select the TV type.
  • Page 45: Spdif Output

    9.5.2 TV DISPLAY Select the aspect ratio of TV display. · NORMAL/PS: Normal (4:3) / pan & scan display. · NORMAL/LB: Normal (4:3) / letter box display. · WIDE: 16:9 Wide screen display. 9.5.3 SPDIF OUTPUT Select the type of digital audio output. ·...
  • Page 46: Setup Values

    Select NO / YES to upgrade firmware for CAVS IPS-11G. · YES: Enable firmware upgrade function. If a firmware is found inside your USB memory device, CAVS IPS-11G will automatically begin upgrading immediately after you exit the SETUP menu. After the upgrading is completed, UPGRADE MODE will automatically return to NO (disabled).
  • Page 47: Karaoke Setup

    9.5.7 VERSION MODE Select ON to display the firmware version information. Press ESC to close. 9.6 KARAOKE SETUP Select OFF / KARAOKE for the karaoke features. 9.7 SPEAKER SETUP Select LT/RT or STEREO for the analog audio output. 9.8 EXIT SETUP Select EXIT SETUP to exit Setup menu.
  • Page 48: Faq (Trouble Shooting)

    Check if your digital device is securely connected to the CAVS IPS-11G USB connector. Check if the AV OUT cable is properly connected to TV or receiver’s AV input terminal. Make sure they are securely connected.
  • Page 49: Limited Warranty

    THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND IN COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO. WHAT WE WILL DO : If this products is found to be defective, CAVS will repair or replace defective parts at no charge to the original owner. Such repair and replacement services shall be rendered by CAVS during normal business hours at CAVS authorized service centers.
  • Page 50: What You Must Do For Warranty Service

    WHAT YOU MUST DO FOR WARRANTY SERVICE : Return your product to a CAVS authorized service center with a copy of your bill of sale. For your nearest CAVS authorized service center, please call : (562) 777-1846. If service is not available locally, box the product carefully, preferably in the original...
  • Page 51 WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, IS LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY HEREIN. CAVS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT, INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE TO TAPES, RECORDS OR DISCS) RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY.

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