Control 4 V2 User Manual

Media Player

User Guide
Introduction to the Control4 Media Player V2
A key component of the Control4 vision to automate, control, and
provide entertainment throughout the home is the Control4
Media Player—a device that plays back video files from your
home network.
Using the Control4 Media Player with the Control4 system allows
you to view video files on your TV, and eliminates the need to
watch them on your computer. The Control4 system already
allows you to browse cover art and play back your DVD and
Blu-ray™ discs from any Control4 Navigator. With the addition of
the Control4 Media Player, now you can also navigate and play
your video files from the same user interface.
Using the Media Player
Before you start to use the Control4 Media Player (C4-MP2-E),
ensure that it is installed, and both the Power and Link lights on
the front of the unit are lit.
Also ensure that you or your Installer has used the Composer
Media view to scan the network-attached storage for videos to
use with this player.
See Media Player Installation and Setup Guide and
Composer User Guide or online Help for more information.
Scanning the Media in Composer
1. Use the Composer software (Media Edition or Home Edi-
tion, Media View) to identify videos that you want the Media
Player to be able to play. Videos can be added manually, or
Composer can scan network-attached storage locations to
add video files automatically.
2. In Composer click the Media view.
3. Select the network-attached storage where the videos are
located, and then click the Scan or New button. Scan will
automatically identify some types of video files (normally
ISO and IFO/VOBS files in a videoTS folder). Other types
of video files can be added using the New button. This
action automatically updates the Navigators and provides
cover art (if available) for easy video recognition.
4. For videos that haven't been identified in the scan process,
use the New function to add the videos manually.
Additional details for advanced functions, such as adding your
own cover art, are available in the Composer User Guide online
Help.

Special Features

The following sections show you how to do the following tasks
from your Navigator. Use the System Remote Control to:
• Change video playback resolution
• Move through the video by percentages
• Use the Fast Forward, Rewind, Pause/Play, Stop and Skip
Fwd/Skip Back functions
System Remote Control (SR-250) Buttons
The buttons below show the
controls for your Media Player.
Pg Up/Pg Dn
: Use to adjust the video
playback resolution (1080p, 780p,
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480p, etc.). You can use this to change
the video resolution if you want to view
a video in a specific resolution.
Skip Forward/Skip Back
through video approximately 5% with
each press of the button.
Play
: Resumes playback after Pause.
Fast Forward/Rewind
or rewind. Press 1 time to advance or
rewind video 4 times play rate; press
2 times to advance or rewind video
16 times play rate; press 3 times to
advance or rewind video 64 times play
rate, etc.
Pause
: Pauses video. Press Play to
start video where it left off when you
paused it.
Stop
: Stops video. When you press
Play, video starts at the beginning.
Numeric Keypad
See "Go To."
'Go To'
Press numbers 1 through 9 on the keypad to jump to a specific
point in the video.
Examples:
Press 1 to jump to 10% into the movie. Press 5 to jump to the
middle of the movie (50%). If you are at the end of the movie,
pressing 2 will take you back to 20% into the movie.
: Skips
: Advance
: Use with Go To.