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Emtec Movie Cube R100 500GB User Manual

Multimedia player with recording function
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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1 . Introduction .......................... 3 1 .1 Preface ........................3 1 .2 Packing List ......................... 4 1 .3 Caution ........................5 1 .4 Connection ........................7 1 .5 First Time Usage ....................... 12 2 . About the Player ........................
  • Page 3 7 .3 Browsing Movies ....................... 46 7 .4 Network Function ...................... 47 8 . Playlist Menu ........................50 9 . File Copy Menu ........................51 1 0. Firmware Installation and Update .................. 53 1 0.1 Firmware Installation ....................54 1 0.2 Firmware Update ....................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    We hope that this product will bring you a lot of enjoyment. We are committed to apply multimedia technology in your work, entertainment, family, daily life, car and everywhere! Welcome to Emtec. Thank you again for choosing our Movie Cube-R. * Notice: WMA Pro & Advanced Profile and WMA with DRM are not supported.

  • Page 5: Packing List

    1 .2 Packing List Part Quantity Player Cradle A/V IN cable A/V OUT cable Y/Pb/Pr OUT cable SCART 6 RCA cable USB cable Remote Control Remote Control Battery AC/DC adaptor AC/DC adaptor Power Cord User Manual Quick Installation Guide Driver CD Note: The actual contents in the package might be different from the packing list in this manual.

  • Page 6: Caution

    1 .3 Caution This player’s design and manufacture has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this player, please read the following before usage. 1.3.1 Usage cautions User should not modify this player. If commercial hard disk is being used, the environmental temperature should be within +5℃...
  • Page 7 You should carefully read the < Frequently Asked Questions > chapter, and check our website for latest information before formatting the hard disk. If you need to format, please note the following: (1) When formatting the hard disk, remember to choose FAT32 as the system format. If you use NTFS system, the player may not operate properly in some situation..

  • Page 8: Connection

    1 .4 Connection 1.4.1 Connect to Computer (1) Make sure the player is powered on; (2) Plug in the mini connector of the USB cable to this player’s USB DEVICE port; (3) Plug in the big connector of the USB cable to Computer. 1.4.2 USB Mass Storage Device (like U disk, MP3, USB HDD etc.) Connection (1) Make sure the player is powered on;...
  • Page 9 1.4.3 Memory card connection A Memory card can be used by inserting into the card slot (1) Follow the picture below for inserting the memory card into the card slot properly; (2) Insert the card by following the arrow pointer in the picture. After properly inserted, you can press the copy button to copy all the contents in the memory card to the current partition.
  • Page 10 2. A/V OUT (1) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s A/V OUT jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV’s A/V IN jack. In this way, you can enjoy the content in the player on TV or other display devices. 3.
  • Page 11 1.4.5 Digital Audio Device connection (1) Follow the picture and plug in the RCA connector on your coaxial cable to the player’s S/PDIF Coaxial jack. Or if you use optical fiber, please plug in the Toslink connector on your optical fiber to the player’s S/PDIF Optical jack;(not supplied) (2) Follow the picture and plug in the other connector on your coaxial cable or optical fiber to the digital audio device.(not supplied) 10 / 62...
  • Page 12 1.4.6 Power connection (1) Follow the picture and connect the AC adaptor to the player’s DC IN jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the AC adaptor to the power outlet. 1.4.7 Network connection To connect to a network you require a cat5, cat5e or cat6 network cable (not supplied). (1) Connect one of the crystal plugs on the cable to the player’s RJ45 LAN socket;...

  • Page 13: First Time Usage

    1 .5 First Time Usage 1.5.1 Firmware Installation For users who bought the player without a HDD inside, and want to install a SATA HDD, please see ‘Firmware Installation’ on page 54 for details. 1.5.2 Remote Control First time usage of Remote control Install the batteries before using the remote control, installation steps are as the picture shows: 1.5.3 Power on/off, language control 1.

  • Page 14: About The Player

    2. About the Player 2 .1 Remote Control All procedures in this manual can be carried out using the remote control buttons. Certain functions can also be carried out using the front panel. See the following for details on each button and its function: 1.
  • Page 15 Button Function Power button: Press to power on/off. Display button: Press to display current status. Press during playback and an onscreen display appears, showing track number and time elapsed/remaining. Press during recording and an onscreen display appears, showing the recording quality setting and time elapsed.
  • Page 16 ENTER button: Press to select options in menus. Numeric buttons: Press to enter channel numbers or numeric input when changing settings. TIME SHIFT button: While in Video In mode, press to activate the time shift function, which allows you to pause live TV and resume the program from the point you left it.
  • Page 17 REC LIST buttons: Press to show the recording List. INSTANT REPLAY button. Press to backward 10 seconds of the current playback, which suitable for sport program. A-B button: Press to set the beginning and end points of a section to repeat.
  • Page 18 PREVIOUS button: Press to go the previous chapter on a title. STOP button: Press to stop playback. GOTO button: Press to jump to a specific point on a title. Specify the point using Title, Chapter and Time. Navigational buttons: Press the arrow buttons to select menu options. RETURN button: Press to return to the previous screen when navigating menus.

  • Page 19: Front Panel

    2 .2 Front Panel 18 / 62...
  • Page 20 Name Function STATUS indicator Blue means OK status: Indicator turns on when recording or card copy finishes, press any button to turn it off; Indicator flickers when any button is pressed or any signal is received from the remote control. Red means ERROR status: Indicator turns on when card copy or music playback is failed, press any button to turn it off.

  • Page 21: Rear Panel

    2 .3 Rear Panel 1. Air Flow hole 2. RJ45 Net socket 3. V1:Video IN jack 4. L1:Audio IN jack(Left Channel) 5. V2:Video OUT jack 6. L2:Audio OUT jack(Left Channel) 7. S/PDIF Coaxial jack 8. DC IN jack 9. S/PDIF Optical jack 10.

  • Page 22: Getting Started

    3. Getting Started Power on the system, and after a few seconds, the system will enter a guide menu. To enter this menu, press on the remote control too. 3 .1 Selecting Video In – Live TV, Recording and Time Shift To pre-view the video to be recorded, or have time shift function (See ‘TIME SHIFT button’...

  • Page 23: Selecting Setup

    Press on the remote control or select Browser button on the guide menu page to browser movie, photo, and music files stored either on a HDD, USB device, Memory Card, or Network. 3 .4 Selecting Setup To enter the setup menu, select on the remote control or select Setup button on the guide menu page.

  • Page 24: Title List Menu For Recorded Videos

    4. Title List Menu for Recorded Videos The Title List menu allows you to play and edit all saved titles. To enter the menu, press to enter Title List. To select Playback from the Guide menu will enter the Title List also. 4 .1 Title List Menu Number Function...

  • Page 25: Playing Back Titles

    4 .2 Playing Back Titles To play a recorded title, do the following: 1. Press on the remote control to select the Play tab from the menu bar. 2. Press on the remote control to select the title you wish to play. 3.

  • Page 26: Sorting Files

    3. Press on the remote control. The name entry screen appears. 4. Use the navigation arrows to select letters and numbers. Select CAPS to toggle between uppercase and lowercase letters. Press <- to delete a letter. Press -> to insert a space. Press to input each letter or number.

  • Page 27: Title Edit Menu

    4 .6 Title Edit Menu Press on the remote control to select the Title Edit tab from the menu bar. Press , and the menu appears. Return Select to return to the main screen. Select to change a thumbnail of the selected video. Set Thumbnail Press on the remote control to...
  • Page 28 Delete a specified clip in a title. AB Erase Select SET A and press to mark the start for the section to be deleted. Select SET B and press to mark the end of the section to be deleted. Select CONFIRM and press to delete the section.
  • Page 29 Add Chapter Mark Add a chapter mark to the selected file. A chapter mark is a marker inserted into the title. You can jump between marked sections by pressing on the remote control. An editing screen appears. When you reach the point at which you wish to add the mark, press confirm.

  • Page 30: Tools

    4 .7 Tools Press on the remote control to select the Title Edit tab from the menu bar. Press and the menu appears. Return Select to return to the main screen. Delete All Title Select to delete all titles. 4 .8 Saving Your Recorded Titles All the recorded titles are stored temporarily in a recording disc partition (UDF format) which cannot be identified by personal computers.

  • Page 31: Timer Record Menu

    5. Timer Record Menu The Timer Record menu allows you to create, edit and delete recording schedules and view all schedule status and history. Press on the remote control to enter the menu. 5 .1 Create a New Schedule Press on the remote control to select the Edit tab from the menu bar.

  • Page 32: Editing Schedule

    Quality Select the recording quality. Choose from HQ, SLP, EP, LP and SP. The higher the quality, the more space required on the hard drive. See HDD Free Space on the left of the screen for details of how long you can record for using each setting.

  • Page 33: Viewing Schedule Status

    Select CANCEL, Delete the selected schedule or Delete all schedules. Press confirm. 5 .4 Viewing Schedule Status Press on the remote control to select the Status tab from the menu bar. The schedule list is displayed. Select a schedule and press Select Enable VPS, Disable VPS or Pause the selected schedule.

  • Page 34: Setup Menu

    6. Setup Menu The Setup Menu allows you to configure language, audio, video, record, network and system settings. To enter the menu, select Setup from the Guide menu or select on the remote control. 6 .1 Changing Language Settings Press on the remote control to select the Language tab from the menu bar.
  • Page 35 Select to set text encoding. Text Encoding Press to select from Unicode, Chinese GBK and BIG5. Press to confirm. Audio Language Select to set audio language Subtitle Language Select to set subtitle language Select to set disc language Disc Language 34 / 62...

  • Page 36: Changing Audio Settings

    6 .2 Changing Audio Settings Press on the remote control to select the Audio tab from the menu bar. Speaker Select to set type of speaker. Press to select from 2CH, 5.1CH. Press to confirm. Night Mode Select to set night mode. Press to select from Off, On, and Comfort.

  • Page 37: Changing Video Settings

    6 .3 Changing Video Settings Press on the remote control to select the Video tab from the menu bar. Aspect Ratio Select to set aspect ratio. Press to select from Pan Scan 4:3, Letter Box 4:3, or 16:9. Press to confirm. Pan Scan 4:3: Display a wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the redundant portions.
  • Page 38 Select to set brightness levels. Brightness Press to adjust brightness. The new setting is previewed onscreen. Press to confirm. Contrast Select to set contrast levels. Press to adjust contrast. The new setting is previewed onscreen. Press to confirm. Video Output Select to adjust video output type.

  • Page 39: Changing Record Settings

    6 .4 Changing Record Settings Press on the remote control to select the Record tab from the menu bar. Quality Select to set the default recording quality setting. Press to select the quality setting you require. The highest quality setting is HQ which requires the most storage space.
  • Page 40 Select to set Time Shift mode. Permanent Timeshift Press to select from On and Off. Press to confirm. If On, the Time Shift function will be activate permanently. Select to set device to restore the recorded files. Record Device Press to select from HDD and USB.

  • Page 41: Changing Network Settings

    6 .5 Changing Network Settings Press on the remote control to select the Network tab from the menu bar. Wired Lan Setup Select to set the Network Setting. Before use the Network functions, please check following items: 1) Connect the Player to Network first; 2) Please enable NetBIOS of TCP/IP on computer;...

  • Page 42: Changing System Settings

    DHCP DNS(AUTO) Set the DNS server IP address by auto. Press to confirm. FIX IP (MANUAL) Using Fixed IP, it is required to enter followings. IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway. For further assistant to above settings, please contact to the network administrator. Use Navigational and Numeric buttons to enter IP address.
  • Page 43 Time Select to set the system time. Press and enter Manual setup. Enter the system menu and press to select each field and the up and down navigation arrows to adjust each setting. Press to confirm. Parental Control Select to set parental control levels. Password Select to set password for parental control.

  • Page 44: Miscellaneous

    Restore Default Select to restore factory defaults. A confirmation message appears. Select OK and press Enter to restore all settings to defaults. 6.7 Miscellaneous Press on the remote control to select the MISC tab from the menu. 43 / 62...

  • Page 45: Browser Menu

    7. Browser Menu The Browser menu allows you to browse and play music, photo and movie files stored on a HDD, an external USB device, Memory Card, and Network. To enter the menu, select Browser from the Guide menu. Press to select the device on which the media is stored.

  • Page 46: Browsing Photos

    Press to select the folder that contains your audio files. A thumbnail strip appears at the bottom of the screen, along with song information. Press to select the file you want to play and press Press and a tools menu appears which enables you to add the current music to the playlists.

  • Page 47: Browsing Movies

    Note: 1. When the photo is displayed in full screen mode, the slide show starts automatically. 2. While listening to music files, you can browse the photos at the same time. While browsing a photo, you can press to rotate a photo in any angle. Besides rotating a photo, you can press to zoom in/out that photo.

  • Page 48: Network Function

    7 .4 Network Function You can enable streaming playback of your multimedia files from the network and have file copy function through the network also. Before viewing the following, please make sure that you have read ‘Changing Network Settings’ on page 42 and made the right settings. When selecting NET in the Browser menu, there are two ways to locate the multimedia files shared on your local network.
  • Page 49 Then select the shared multimedia file that you want to browse. Note: Due to different network conditions, sometimes the workgroup might not be accessed or shown in the list. And then you need to use ‘My Shortcuts’ to browse shared files. 7.4.2 Browsing through ‘My Shortcuts’...
  • Page 50 Network Browser Select to set Net User ID, Net Password, and Specific File Server IP, which enables to browse files on NET through ‘My Short Cut’. Select Net User ID and the entry screen will appear. Use the navigation arrows to select letters and numbers. See ‘Renaming Titles’...

  • Page 51: Playlist Menu

    Select your IP address and press to confirm. Then select the shared multimedia file that you want to browse. 7.4.3 Network File Copy Note: The current version of firmware may not support copying files across the network. However, it could be supported by firmware updates in the near future. 8.

  • Page 52: File Copy Menu

    9. File Copy Menu Press on the remote control to enter the File Copy menu, which allows you to copy files between HDD and USB devices. Step 1: Select the source device and destination device. Press to select device. Press to cancel, and for next step.
  • Page 53 Step 2: Select the source files you want to copy. Press to select files, to cancel, and to next step. Step 3: Select the destination folder to store the above files. Press to select folder. Press to cancel, and for next step. Step 4: Proceed to copy selected files.

  • Page 54: 0. Firmware Installation And Update

    Press to select OK, press to confirm. And the copy will start. 10. Firmware Installation and Update The firmware is the operating system (OS) of your device. In Video In mode, press on the remote control first, and then . You can see the version information of the current firmware.

  • Page 55: 0.1 Firmware Installation

    1 0.1 Firmware Installation When you insert a hard disc on the system for the first time, please power on the player and wait for another 30 seconds, then connect it to your PC by USB cable, and then double click FirmwareInstaller.exe (for Windows OS only) which can be found on the Driver CD on your PC.
  • Page 56 Step 3: Allocate the ‘Timeshift Buffer Partition Capacity’ Adjust Time Shift buffer as you prefer, and click ‘Next’. Step 4: Allocating the ‘Video Recording and Multimedia Partition Capacity’. Adjust the capacities for video recording (UDF format) and multimedia storage (FAT32 format) to your specifications, and click ‘Next’.

  • Page 57: 0.2 Firmware Update

    Step 6: Starting installation Click ‘Close’, unplug the USB cable from your PC, and connect the player to TV. The firmware installation will start automatically. At the same time, you can see the install screen on the TV. After a few minutes, the installation will complete, and the system will reboot, please be patient to wait around 10 seconds.
  • Page 58 Step 2: Select ‘Update firmware (Recording partition will be removed, but multimedia partition will be kept)’ Select ‘Update firmware (Recording partition will be removed, but multimedia partitions will be kept)’, and click ‘Next’. Step3: Start updating Click ‘Close’, unplug the USB cable from your PC, and connect the player to TV. The firmware update will start automatically.

  • Page 59: 1.1 Specifications

    11. Appendixes 1 1.1 Specifications USB SUPPORTED: USB HDD Other USB Mass Storage Devices CARD SUPPORTED: S D/MMC/MS/MS Pro CONTENT FORMATS SUPPORTED: DAT/VOB/IFO/MPG/AVI/MPEG-2 TS MP3/OGG/WMA Maximum number of files recognizable: 9999 files Compression rate: between 32 kbps and 320 kbps JPEG/BMP Maximum number of pictures recognizable: 9999 files VIDEO CODECS SURPORTED:...
  • Page 60 VIDEO OUTPUT SPECIFICATION Composite Output 1 Vpp 75 Ohm Components Output Y:1 Vpp 75 Ohm Cb:0.7 Vpp 75 Ohm Cr:0.7 Vpp 75 Ohm AUDIO PERFORMANCE DA Converter 24-bit/192kHZ AD Converter 24-bit/96kHZ Signal-Noise (1kHZ) ≥ 95dB Dynamic Range ≥90dB (1kHZ) Channel ≥95dB Separation Total Harmonic...

  • Page 61: 1.2 Frequently Asked Questions

    1 1.2 Frequently Asked Questions Question 1. My computer does not recognize my player. Answer: (1) Make sure the player is powered on. If it is off, the computer will not be able to find the player; (2) Make sure the player is connected to computer. (Refer to 1.4.1 for connecting player to computer);...
  • Page 62 filtered views such as Photos, Music, or Movies. Question 6. Why do some supported photo formats, cannot be shown in the photo function? Answer: In the JPEG format there are different modes. The player doesn’t support all the modes. So you have to change your photo format first as follow: (1) Use Photoshop to open the photo;...

  • Page 63: 1.3 Copyrights And Trademarks

    Question 9. Why is there no sound on movie or music playback when using Y/Pb/Pr component output? Answer: Y/Pb/Pr output is a video output only, and does not include sound signals, when using Y/Pb/Pr output, please plug the A/V OUT or the S/PDIF jack to output sound. Question10.

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