Your Videos, Photos And Music; From A Usb Connection; From A Computer Or Nas; From A Cloud Storage Service - Philips 8601 Series User Manual

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Your Videos, Photos
and Music
18.1

From a USB Connection

You can view your photos or play your music and
videos from a connected USB flash drive or USB Hard
Drive.
With the TV switched on, plug in a USB flash drive or a
USB Hard Drive to one of the USB connections. The
TV detects the device and will list your media files.
If the list of files does not appear automatically...
1 - Press  SOURCES, select  USB and press
OK.
2 - Select USB Devices and press  (right) to select
the USB device you need.
3 - You can browse your files in the folder structure
you have organised on the drive.
4 - To stop playing videos, photos and music, press
 EXIT.
Warning
If you try to pause or record a programme with a USB
Hard Drive connected, the TV will ask you to format
the USB Hard Drive. This formatting will delete all
current files on the USB Hard Drive.
18.2

From a Computer or NAS

You can view your photos or play your music and
videos from a computer or a NAS (Network Attached
Storage) in your home network.
The TV and computer or NAS must be in the same
home network. On your computer or NAS, you need
to install Media Server Software like Twonky™. Your
Media Server must be set to share your files with the
TV. The TV shows your files and folders as they are
organised by the Media Server or as they are
structured on your computer or NAS.
The TV does not support subtitles on video streams
from a computer or NAS.
If the Media Server supports searching for files, a
search field is available.
To browse and play the files from your computer...
1 - Press  SOURCES, select  Network and
press OK.
2 - Select  'name of device' and press  (right) to
browse and play your files.
3 - To stop playing videos, photos and music, press
 EXIT.
18.3

From a Cloud Storage Service

You can view photos or play music and videos you
uploaded on a storage service in the online cloud*.
With the  Cloud Explorer app you can connect to
Cloud Hosting Services. You can use your login and
password to connect.
1 - Press  HOME.
2 - Scroll down and select  Apps >  Cloud
Explorer and press OK.
3 - Select the hosting service you need.
4 - Connect and sign in to the hosting service with
your login and password.
5 - Select the photo or video you want to play and
press OK.
6 - Press  (left) to go back one step or press 
BACK to close the menu.
* A storage service like Dropbox™.
18.4

Play your Videos

Play Videos
How you open the list of your media files on TV
depends on the type of device where the files are
stored. See the chapters above.
To play a video on TV...
Select the file name and press OK.
• To pause the video, press OK. Press OK again to
continue.
• To rewind or go fast forward, press  or  . Press
the keys several times to speed up - 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x,
32x.
• To jump to the next video in a folder, press OK to
pause and select  on screen and press OK.
• To stop the video playback, press  (Stop).
• To go back to the folder, press  BACK.
Progress Bar
To show the progress bar when a video is playing
(playhead position, duration, title, date, etc.),
press  INFO.
Press again to hide the info.
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