Contents Introduction... 3 Specifications ... 3 Precautions... 4 System Requirements... 4 Package Content ... 4 Product Overview ... 5 1. Use as External USB HDD... 7 1.1 Format Built-in HDD via USB ... 8 1.1.1 Windows 98SE, ME... 8 1.1.2 Windows 2000... 10 1.1.3 Windows XP ...
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2.2.3.4 Check Firmware Version...25 2.3 Basic Screen Menu ...26 2.3.1 Media Type Selection ...26 2.3.2 File Selection...26 2.4 Play Video Files ...27 2.5 Play DVD Files...30 2.6 Play Music Files...32 2.7 Play Photo Files...34 2.8 Make a Play-List...36 2.9 Remote Controls...37 2.10 Others ...38 2.10.1 Music Slide Show ...38 2.10.2 MP3 Quick Play ...38...
Introduction EMTEC MOVIE CUBE Player is 2.5” HDD interface type of MPEG4 player based on USB 2.0 High Speed. It can be connected to TV in home or a monitor. It is not only an external USB HDD but also the best portable AV device that displays Music, Movie and photo.
▪ If you have USB 1.1 Host Adapter, EMTEC MOVIE CUBE is working at USB1.1 speed. ▪ [Very Important] : If unformatted HDD is insert into EMTEC MOVIE CUBE, a PC can not detect the HDD. Make sure that the HDD is formatted.
Product Overview ① Power ②HDD ③ IR ① Power ② HDD Front ③ IR View ④ IR Receiving Area - Front View - ④ IR Receiving Area Power LED HDD LED IR LED IR receiving area for remote signals - Back View - ①...
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① USB ② 5V ③ IR/5.1 Back View ④ SD/HD ⑤ AV Connect USB cable Connect power Cable Connect coaxial cable for 5.1 ch. digital audio output (or Connect external remote control IR receiver) Connect component Y, Pb, Pr cable for video output Connect AV cable for composite video and(or) Stereo audio output...
* If the hard disk drive is already formatted, see “1.3 Copy Data via USB”. 1.1.1 Windows 98SE, ME 1) Install Windows 98 Driver. Find the driver at Windows 98 CD→ Movie Cube EMTEC MOVIE CUBE→ English→ Windows 98 Driver Directory. After finishing installation, Connect EMTEC MOVIE CUBE to PC via USB cable.
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8) Select “ 1. Create Primary DOS Partition ” and press [Enter]. 9) Wait until finishing verifying the drive integrity. 10) After finishing drive integrity verification, type “Y” at “Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary DOS Partition (Y/N)”. 11) Type the capacity or % which you want to use and press [Enter].
14) Type “ exit ” command at “ C:\WINDOWS> ” and press [Enter] for returning to windows screen. 15) Unplug the EMTEC MOVIE CUBE and plug again. New volume will be appeared at [My Computer]. Click mouse right button at the new volume and select [Format].
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5) Click [Next] at the Create Partition Wizard Windows. 6) Check [Primary Partition] and click [Next]. 7) Type number that you want to use and click [Next]. 8) Assign a drive letter and click [Next]. 9) Choose FAT32 or NTFS at File system to use and click [Next].
1.1.3 Windows XP 1) Connect EMTEC MOVIE CUBE to PC via USB cable. (If not detected, plug the power cable of EMTEC MOVIE CUBE) 2) Click [Settings→ Control Panel→ Administrative Tools→ Computer Management→ Disk Management] on Windows. If you can not find Administrative Tools at Control Panel, click “...
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9) Choose FAT32 or NTFS at File system to use and click [Next]. FAT 32 system is available on windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, but NTFS system is available on windows 2000/XP only. If you choose FAT32 system on Windows 2000/XP, one drive letter’s maximum size will be limited to 32GB. If you want to use one drive letter of 32GB more, you have to format on windows 98SE/ME.
1.2 Copy Data via USB It is possible to use as a external USB hard disk drive.. You can copy data from your PC to built-in HDD of EMTEC MOVIE CUBE via USB. It is possible to play media files at the hard disk on TV set.
If a new volume is not be appeared, check HDD format or not, and HDD file system. Windows ME only detect FAT32 file system. Or connect power cable of EMTEC 3) After copying data, remove EMTEC MOVIE CUBE with using remove icon at Windows right-down corner.
If you don’t follow this procedure, data and EMTEC MOVIE CUBE may have damage. When you see ‘Non High-Speed USB Hub Message’ The message will be displayed On windows XP when you plug EMTEC MOVIE CUBE into USB 1.1 spec. Host...
/dev/sda /mnt/mediatest ntfs noauto, user 0 0 Do Log-in again. above example “sda” is assumed that the EMTEC MOVIE CUBE will be detected as “sda” on your system. If not, you have to write the drive name which is detected as “USB Mass Storage”, not “sda”...
2.1 Connect to External AV Device 2.1.1 Connect Video Cable EMTEC MOVIE CUBE supports 2 type of video output; “Composite, Component”. Use video connection that your TV supports. Normally, TV supports composite video connection. Do not connect USB cable when connecting TV.
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2. “EMTEC MOVIE CUBE” – Switch to Video Output Mode: Press [VIDEO] button repeatedly. Whenever press [VIDEO], video output signal is changed. 3. After you see normal screen, you have to save video configurations of EMTEC MOVIE CUBE. See “2.2.1 Video Setup”.
Connect to Coaxial jack of Amplifier or Receiver. When you can not hear sound after connecting Coaxial Cable, you have to change audio setup of EMTEC MOVIE CUBE as Encoded Digital. See “2.2.2 Audio Setup” 2.1.3 Connect External IR Receiver External IR Receiver is optional package, not primary one.
2.2 Basic Setup 2.2.1 Video Setup This is guide for setting video output of EMTEC MOVIE CUBE. You have to setup EMTEC MOVIE CUBE’s video output mode same as TV set’s video input mode. When you can not see normal screen after connecting video cable, check followings, 1.
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① Turn on EMTEC MOVIE CUBE and press [SETUP] on MediaType Selection screen. < Setup Procedure> ② Move to ‘Video Setup’ icon and press [ENTER]. ③ Move to Video Output Mode that you want and press [ENTER]. ④ Finally, press [SETUP] again for saving configurations.
2.2.2 Audio Setup This is guide for setting audio output of EMTEC MOVIE CUBE. You can use Stereo or Digital 5.1 ch.. Analogue/DCPM: Select when you connect the supplied AV cables (Red / White) to TV or Audio set directly.
2.2.3 Other Setup This is guide for setting TV Type, JPEG File Preview, Language Selection. In addition, current firmware version shows. ① Turn on EMTEC MOVIE CUBE and press [SETUP] in MediaType Selection Screen. 2.2.3.1 TV Type Setup Select one among 4:3 Letter Box, 4:3 Pan Scan, or 16:9.
2.3.1 Media Type Selection After turning on EMTEC MOVIE CUBE, you can see MediaType Selection screen. In this screen, you can select “Video”, “Audio”, Photo” or make “Play-List” with arrow button. Press [ENTER]. Select one media type that you want to play.
2.4 Play Video Files It is possible to play video files like AVI, MPG, MPEG, DAT, M2V, and VOB. Select ‘Video’ icon in Media Type Selection screen. Video file list will be displayed. Just move to a file and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] button.
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Subtitle Language Select Subtitle Sync. 4, 5, 6 Subtitle Number Button Color Change Zoom Vertical Zoom Full Custom Scr. SIZE Default Screen Position Jump to TIME SEARCH Preferable Playback Time Delete Input CANCEL Numbers Control luminosity, Brt. CONT color depth, brightness Show File FILE INFO...
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PLAY / PAUSE Playback Next All Files PLAY / PAUSE Pause PREV Playback Previous File NEXT Playback Next File Screen Reset Number button After the file that you select, play next all files continuously. It is same as [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Pause playback, if pressing this button when a file is being played.
2.5 Play DVD Files DVD manager function support to play DVD Ripping File same as original DVD. Make a folder and then save all ripping files into the folder. After connecting TV(or Monitor), select VIDEO_TS.IFO file at the folder. Make sure that all the ripping files including VIDEO_TS.IFO from one DVD title will be located at one folder.
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A-B REPEAT A-B repeat TITLE Go to Title Menu ANGLE Angle Show File FILE INFO Information Jump to Preferable TIME SEARCH Playback Time Delete Input CANCEL Numbers Control luminosity, Brt. CONT color depth, brightness PREV Playback Previous Chapter NEXT Playback Next Chapter Fast Forward Rewind...
2.6 Play Music Files It is possible to play music files like MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA. Select Audio icon in Media Type Selection screen. Music file list will be displayed. Just move to a file and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Select ‘Audio’...
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HDD is divided into two or more partitions, make a 'music' folder at first partition. Turn on EMTEC MOVIE CUBE and just press [PLAY/PAUSE] button. MP3 files at 'music' folder will be played automatically. Additionally, after rebooting EMTEC MOVIE CUBE, the last played file will be continued to play.
2.7 Play Photo Files It is possible to play photo files like JPG(JPEG). Select Photo icon in Media Type Selection screen. Photo file list will be displayed. Just move to a file and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Select Picture icon in Media Type Selection screen. Remote Control Function Show File...
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PLAY / PAUSE Playback Next All Files PLAY / PAUSE Pause Zoom In Zoom Out ANGLE Rotation ▲▼ Panning ENTER Return to Ori g i n al Photo Control luminosity, Brt. CONT color depth, brightness Photo Slide Show If you play all files with 'Play All' icon or [PLAY/PAUSE], photo slide shows will be started. Music Slide Show Make a 'music' folder (in a small letter not a capital letter at root directory) of built-in HDD and save MP3 files at the folder.
2.8 Make a Play-List User can register all media type of files like video, music, and photo to play-list. The registered media files to play-list will be played without discriminating media type. It is not possible to play each registered files independently. Use 'Play All, Random Play' icon or [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Additionally, registered play-list will be deleted after rebooting.
2.9 Remote Controls This is guide for basic use of remote control. For more details, ‘2.3 Basic Screen Menu’, ‘2.4 Play Video Files’, ‘2.5 Play DVD Files’, ‘2.6 Play Music Files’, ‘2.7 Play Photo Files’, ‘2.8 Make a Play-List’. ENTER Play a File ▲▼◄►...
Additionally, after rebooting EMTEC MOVIE CUBE, the last played file will be continued to play. 2.10.3 Change Background Image It is possible to change a background image on EMTEC MOVIE CUBE. Save ‘mybg.jpg’ at root directory of built-in HDD. Background image will be changed as ‘mybg.jpg’.