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Mustek PVR-H140 User Manual

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  • Page 1 PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER User Guide...
  • Page 2 SAFETY INSTRUCTION Keep away from Do not drop the device. Do not plug/unplug the magnetic sources. Handle with care. power cord with wet hands. Do not clean the device Do not expose to direct Do not expose to low with wet cloth. Use only sunlight or extreme temperature or high dry and soft cloth.

  • Page 3: Important Battery Information

    Important Battery Information The battery used in this device may present a risk of fire or chemical burn if mistreated. Do not separately recharge, disassemble, heat above 60°C (140°F), or incinerate. Use only the supplied charger. Use of a different charger may present a risk of fire or explosion.

  • Page 4: Battery Charge

    Battery Charge Please charge the battery for a minimum of 3.5 hours before initial use. 1. Plug one end of the power adapter to the DC IN jack of the PVR and the other end to the appropriate wall plug. 2.
  • Page 5 Date and Time Set Up To display the correct date and time, please do the following: 1. Select Calendar in the main menu. 2. Press MENU button. 3. Select from the menu and press button to select DATE. Press button again to enter.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents SAFETY INSTRUCTION ............ II IMPORTANT BATTERY INFORMATION ......III COPYRIGHT CAUTION ............III BATTERY RECHARGE............. IV DATE&TIME SET UP ............V OVERVIEW ............... 1 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..........4 CONNECTING TO PC ............6 Converting and Transferring Files ........6 PVR Console ..............
  • Page 7 Slide Show Playback ............16 Effects ................17 Memory Mix ............... 18 Video Player ............... 20 Video Playback ..............20 Audio Player ............... 22 Audio Playback ..............22 Record Audio ..............23 Repeat Playback .............. 24 Music Player ............... 28 Music Playback ..............
  • Page 8 File Browser ..............38 Sort ................... 39 Rename ................40 Create New Folder ............41 Calendar ..............43 Import from Outlook 2000 ..........44 Import from e-Life Pal ............46 Game ................49 TIC-TAC-TOE ..............49 PUZZLE ................50 MINESWEEPER ............... 51 OTHER FUNCTIONS ............
  • Page 9 DPS ................... 56 How to Print ..............59 OSD Menu ..............62 Photo Player Menu ............62 Video Player Menu ............64 Audio Player Menu ............65 Music Player Menu ............66 AV Center Menu ..............68 File Browser Menu ............69 Calendar Menu ..............

  • Page 10: Overview

    OVERVIEW A. Microphone B. Power indicator C. Recharge indicator D. Speaker E. LCD / Power button Press to turn on/off LCD Display. Press and hold 3 secs to power on/off. F. Mode / Stop button Directional Buttons G. Directional buttons H.
  • Page 11 N. SD/MMC Card slot O. DC IN jack P. AV IN/OUT jack Q. USB jack R. Earphone jack S. Reset Press the button to shut down the device. To power on, press POWER button. T. Lock Slide the switch to the position to lock the device.
  • Page 12 Y. Stand Set Up the Stand Pull down the Turn over the Attach the stand stand and to the back of fasten tight...

  • Page 13: Software Installation

    Software Installation The bundled CD contains many useful PVR tools. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation. 1. Insert the Installation CD into CD-ROM. The Select Lan- guage dialog box appears. 2. Select your preferred language and click “ OK” to continue. 3.
  • Page 14 change the folder name listed in the text box, or simply click “Next” to continue. 6. The Start Copying Files dialog box appears confirming that the listed software will be installed. Click “Next” to continue. 7. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue and complete the installa- tion.

  • Page 15: Connecting To Pc

    Connecting to PC Converting and Transferring Files Power on the PVR and connect it to the computer with the provided USB cable. A mode switch screen appears. Then PVR Console (Refer to Page 10 for more information) appears.
  • Page 16 3. Click on the icon to open File Converter application. The following appears. Select Browse Media Type Delete Create Browse Folder File Type Delete Selection Convert Convert Exit Settings 4.1 Select the input source from Media Type menu. File Con- verter will then search your CD-ROM for video CD or Audio CD (MP3 CD will not display any files).
  • Page 17 5. Press the button to select the image size or video quality if you want to convert image/video files. 6. Press the Browse button on the right side to select the path where your temporary files will reside before uploading to PVR. 7.
  • Page 18 Note1: The File Converter will not convert an AUDIO CD into WMA format in Windows 98 SE/Me. AUDIO CD convertion is available in Windows 2000/XP . Note2: Use only File Converter to convert and transfer video files to PVR. The source video can come from a variety of different sources and in a number of different formats.

  • Page 19: Pvr Console

    PVR Console PVR Console consists of 5 applications. A. File Converter Convers multimedia files into playable formats on PVR. B. Disk Tools Calls up Microsoft’s Disk Checkup and Disk Defragmenter programs for system diagnosis and rearrangement. C. Calendar to Go Synchronizes the calendar and event data between PC (from Outlook2000/2002/2003 or e-Life Pal) and PVR.

  • Page 20: Basic Functions

    BASIC FUNCTIONS PHOTO PLAYER Photo Playback Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Multiple Photo View (Default): Now you will see photo thumbnails are displayed. Single Photo View: To view a single photo,press buttons to select and press button to display.

  • Page 21: Zoom

    PHOTO PLAYER Zoom Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select a photo and press button to view. To zoom in on the selected photo, press button. The selected photo will be magnified by 2X. To magnify more, press button again.

  • Page 22: Record Message To A Photo

    PHOTO PLAYER Record Message to a Photo Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select a photo you want to attach a voice message to and press REC button. The screen on the left appears. Simply press button to start recording.

  • Page 23: Playback/Delete The Message Attached To A Photo

    PHOTO PLAYER Playback/Delete Message Attached to Photo Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Select photo with a voice message attached. Press MENU button and scroll down to select icon. Press button to enter PLAY VOICE. Play Voice: Press button twice to start playing.
  • Page 24 PHOTO PLAYER Delete Voice Message: Scroll down to select DEL VOICE and press button twice to delete the voice message. To delete more voice messages, scroll up icon and press buttons to select. Scroll down to and press button to delete. When the voice message is deleted, the icon will be removed from the photo.

  • Page 25: Slide Show Playback

    PHOTO PLAYER Slide Show Playback Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select the photo you want to start the silde show with. Press MENU button and scroll down to select .

  • Page 26: Effects

    PHOTO PLAYER Effects Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select the photo you want to apply effects to. Press MENU button and scroll down to select Press button to preview the effect. To save the effect, press button to save as a new photo.

  • Page 27: Memory Mix

    PHOTO PLAYER Memory Mix Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select the photo you want to add frames to. Press MENU button and scroll down to select Press button to highlight MEMORY MIX. Press button to add a frame.
  • Page 28 PHOTO PLAYER If you want to add the current selected frame to other photos, scroll up to icon and press buttons to preview the frame. To save the file, scroll down to icon and press button to save as a new photo.

  • Page 29: Video Player

    VIDEO PLAYER Video Playback Select VIDEO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select a video and press button to play. To stop, press button. Tip: You can set up the start time of the selected video before playing.
  • Page 30 VIDEO PLAYER Set Up Start Time The video length will show on the screen. Press button and then press buttons to set up HOUR. Press button and then press buttons to set up MINUTE. Press button and then press buttons to set up SECOND.

  • Page 31: Audio Player

    AUDIO PLAYER Audio Playback Select AUDIO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select an audio file and press button to play. To stop, press button. Tip: If the audio file you want to play resides in a folder under the current AUDIO directory, press buttons to highlight the folder,...

  • Page 32: Record Audio

    AUDIO PLAYER Record Audio Select AUDIO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press REC button. The screen on the left appears. Press button or REC button to start recording. To stop, press REC button. Tip: You can change the audio quality setting before recording.

  • Page 33: Repeat Playback

    AUDIO PLAYER Repeat Playback Select AUDIO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Repeat Normal Press MENU button and scroll down to select icon from the menu. Press button to highlight REPEAT NORMAL. Press button to confirm. Press buttons to highlight an audio file and press...
  • Page 34 AUDIO PLAYER Repeat One Select from REPEAT Menu and press button to confirm. Press buttons to highlight an audio file and press button to start playback of the current selected audio file continuously. To return to a normal, select REPEAT NORMAL from the menu.
  • Page 35 AUDIO PLAYER Repeat A-B Select from REPEAT Menu and press button to confirm. Press buttons to select an audio and press button to start playback. During the playback, press button to set point A and then press button again to set point B. When the setting is done, press button to start playback from point A to B continu-...
  • Page 36 AUDIO PLAYER Repeat Random Select from REPEAT Menu and press button to confirm. Press buttons to select an audio and press button to start playback of all the audio files in a random order. To return to normal, select REPEAT NORMAL from the menu.

  • Page 37: Music Player

    MUSIC PLAYER Music Playback Select MUSIC PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select a MP3/WMA file and press button to play. To stop, press button. Tip: If the MP3/WMA file you want to play resides in the folder under the current MUSIC directory , press to highlight the...

  • Page 38: Voice Alarm

    MUSIC PLAYER Music Alarm Select MUSIC PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select the file (*.wma or *.mp3) you want to set as the ring sound of the music alarm. Press MENU button and scroll down to select icon.
  • Page 39 MUSIC PLAYER Press buttons to set AM or PM and press button to confirm and continue. Press buttons to set HOUR and press button to confirm and continue. Press buttons to set MINUTE and press button to confirm and continue. Press button to save settings.

  • Page 40: Av Center

    AV CENTER Record Videos from TV to PVR Yellow, Red&White Plugs AV Cable Black Plug Connect to TV 1. Connect one end (black plug) of the provided AV cable to the AV IN jack of PVR. 2. Connect the other end (3-strip, audio & video connectors) to the corresponding TV OUT ports of your TV .
  • Page 41 AV CENTER Set Up TV System Select SETUP MENU in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press button to scroll to DISPLAY page and scroll down to select TV SYSTEM. Press buttons to select proper TV system and press MODE button to return to the Main Menu.
  • Page 42 AV CENTER Set Up Video Quality To change the setting, press buttons to select one and press button to confirm. Set Up Recording Length Press button again to enter time length setting. indicates timeless recording. To set up the recording length, press buttons to set HOUR and then press...

  • Page 43: Record Videos From Dvd To Your Pvr

    AV CENTER Record Videos from DVD toPVR DVD to PVR Connection 1. Connect one end (black plug) of the provided AV cable to the AV IN jack of PVR. 2. Connect the other end to (3-strip) to the corresponding VIDEO and AUDIO output ports of the DVD player.
  • Page 44 AV CENTER Set Up TV System Select SETUP MENU in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press button to scroll to DISPLAY page and scroll down to select TV SYSTEM. Press buttons to select a proper TV system and press MODE button to return to the Main Menu.

  • Page 45: Timer Record

    AV CENTER Timer Record Enter AV Center. Press MENU button and press button twice to enable timer recording and enter TIMER RECORD setting. Set Up Quality Press button to enter QUALITY setting. Press buttons to select a proper setting and press button to confirm and continue.
  • Page 46 AV CENTER Set Up Start Time Press button to enter START TIME setting. Press buttons set AM or PM and press button to move to HOUR. Press buttons set hour and press button to move to MINUTE. Press buttons set minute and press button to confirm and continue.

  • Page 47: File Browser

    FILE BROWSER Select FILE BROWSER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select HDD (built-in hard disk drive) or SD card (external memory) and press button to enter. Select a file or folder: Press buttons to highlight the folder or file and press button to select.

  • Page 48: Sort

    FILE BROWSER Sort Use the File Browser tool to organize the large collection of media in your PVR. Enter FILE BROWSER. Press MENU button and scroll down to select icon. Press button to highlight BY TYPE and press button to confirm. The files will be sorted by type accordingly.

  • Page 49: Rename

    FILE BROWSER Rename To change the file name in the PVR, you will need this useful tool to help. Enter FILE BROWSER. Press buttons to highlight a file you want to rename and press button to select. Press MENU button and scroll down to select icon.

  • Page 50: Create New Folder

    FILE BROWSER Create New Folder Enter FILE BROWSER. Press MENU button and scroll down to select icon. Press button to highlight NEW FOLDER and press button to confirm. An on-screen keyboard appears on the right side with the folder name shown above.
  • Page 51 FILE BROWSER On-Screen Keyboard Filename bar Letters area Digits area Symbols area Esc key Enter key Backspace key Space key...

  • Page 52: Calendar

    CALENDAR Select CALENDAR in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. The Calendar appears. You will see TODAY is highlighted in orange. Note: The Calendar appears with a monthly display. To switch to a weekly or daily display, press button.

  • Page 53: Import From Outlook 2000

    CALENDAR You can import your own calendar data from either Microsoft Outlook 2000/2002/2003 or the provided e-Life Pal program. The data will then appear in the calendar. Import from Outlook (e.g. Outlook 2000) 1. Open Outlook 2000’s Calendar. 2. Double-click on the time frame to open a new event.
  • Page 54 CALENDAR 3. Edit, save and close the event. 4. Close Outlook 2000. 5. Select Calendar to Go from PVR Console. 6. Select Outlook Calendar and specify the date range. 7. Press APPLY button. The Calendar data will be listed as shown below. Press button to transfer the data from Outlook 2000 to the PVR.

  • Page 55: Import From E-Life Pal

    CALENDAR Import from e-Life Pal 1. Open and enter e-Life Pal and click on the Edit or Calendar tab. 2. Click on the Menu tab and select Settings icon. 3. Select Date and Type and leave your message on the Event palette.
  • Page 56 CALENDAR 4. Press Add button. The new event will be shown on the List palette. 5. Press OK button and close e-Life Pal. 6. Select Calendar to Go from PVR Console. 7. Select e-Life Pal and specify the date range.
  • Page 57 CALENDAR 8. Press APPLY button. The Event dat a will be listed on the List palette. 9. Press button to start transferring from e-Life Pal to the PVR. Next time you open the Calendar, you will see that the event data is synchronized.

  • Page 58: Game

    GAME Select GAME in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press buttons to select a game you want to play and press button to enter. TIC-TAC-TOE Complete three symbols of “ ” in a row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) before PVR gets three symbols of “X”...

  • Page 59: Puzzle

    GAME PUZZLE Recover all the pieces of the picture How to Play Use the directional buttons to select the picture and the level of difficulty you want to play and press button to start. For more information, please refer to the Game Help on the PVR device.

  • Page 60: Minesweeper

    GAME MINESWEEPER Find all mines in the mine field without opening any of them How to Play Press buttons to select the level of difficulity and press button to start the game. Use the directional buttons to select a square in the Mine Field and press button to open it or press button to mark it.

  • Page 61: Other Functions

    Other Functions PVR CONSOLE Change the Startup Screen To change the Startup Screen, open the PVR Console and press Personal Style button. The screen below appears. Select an image from the Image List Preview Window Browse Apply Default Delete Exit...
  • Page 62 PVR CONSOLE There are 5 startup screen images provided in the Image List. Select one from the list and press the APPLY button to tranfer to the PVR. Import an image from your computer Press the BROWSE button to locate an image file (*.bmp or *.jpg).

  • Page 63: Change The Startup Sound & Button Sound

    PVR CONSOLE Change Startup Sound & Button Sound To change the Startup Sound or Button Sound, open the PVR Console and press the Personal Style button to select Sound Effect. The below screen appears. Source Event Menu Browse Play Stop Apply Default Delete...
  • Page 64 PVR CONSOLE Select the sound from the Sound List There are 5 sound effects provided for each startup and button sound. To change them, first select either Startup Sound or Button Sound from the Sound Event menu and follow the instructions below.

  • Page 65: Dps Menu

    DPS MENU PVR features direct print support. If you connect it to a printer that supports DPS (Direct Print Services), photos can be printed directly without attaching to a computer. Use the DPS Menu to set up advanced print settings. DPS Menu contains the following item: PHOTO S ET SE LECT PHOTO...

  • Page 66: How To Print

    DPS MENU How to Print Power on the PVR and connect it to the printer with the USB cable. The screen below appears. Press button to select DIRECT PRINT and press button to enter DPS Menu.
  • Page 67 DPS MENU Press button to highlight SELECT PHOTO and press button to browse photos. Press buttons to select the photo(s) and press button to mark them. To remove the mark, select the photo and press button again. When the selection is done, press button to return to DPS Menu and continue.
  • Page 68 DPS MENU The number of the selected photos will show on the button of the screen. Press button to highlight OPTIMAL. Press buttons to enable or disable the setting. Press button to continue. Press buttons to select the number of copies you want to print and press button to confirm.
  • Page 69 DPS MENU Press button and button to go to PAPER SET page. 10. Press button to highlight SIZE and press buttons to select the paper size.Press button to continue. Note: If you select “DEFAULT” in paper size setting, then printer will dedicate a proper paper size by itself.
  • Page 70 DPS MENU 12. Press buttons to add/cancel borders or just keep the original photo. Note: To print out the entire photo and maintain 1:1 image proportion, it is recommended to add borders to your photo. When you are satisfied with the above settings, press button to start printing.

  • Page 71: Osd Menu

    PHOTO PLAYER MENU OSD MENU When you power on the PVR, you will see a Main Menu contain- ing 9 different task icons. Each task icon represents an individual function. The following chart explains the icons and their corre- sponding functions. PHOTO PLA YER MENU Enter PHOTO PLAYER and press MENU button to open this menu.
  • Page 72 PHOTO PLAYER MENU OSD MENU Press the directional ar rows to select other photos with voice attached. PLAY VOICE Press to play the selected voice clip. Cancel and exit menu. Press the directional ar rows to select other photos with voice attached.

  • Page 73: Video Player Menu

    VIDEO PLAYER MENU OSD MENU VIDEO PLAYER MENU Enter VIDEO PLAYER and press MENU button. The menu con- tains the following: VIEW LIST \ MULTI PLE \ SINGL E NORMAL: Repe at all t he vid eo file s f rom the current selected one for one t ime.

  • Page 74: Audio Player Menu

    AUDIO PLAYER MENU OSD MENU AUDIO PLAYER MENU Enter AUDIO PLAYER and press MENU button. The menu con- tains the following: PREVIEW Play eac h of the audio files for 5 s econds. NORMAL: Repeat all audio files from the c urrently s elec ted to the last for one time.

  • Page 75: Music Player Menu

    AUDIO PLAYER MENU OSD MENU Press the directional arrows to select audio for deletion. Select this icon to delete the selected audio. DELETE Cancel and exit menu. Select this icon to delete all audio files. Cancel and exit menu. MUSIC PLAYER MENU Enter MUSIC PLAYER and press MENU button.
  • Page 76 MUSIC PLAYER MENU OSD MENU NORMAL: Rep eat all the m usic files from t he current se lected one fo r on e tim e. ONE: Rep eat the se lecte d music file continuo usly. REPEAT AL L: Re peat a ll the m usic files con tin uously. A-B: Repeat t he music from point A to point B.

  • Page 77: Av Center Menu

    OSD MENU AV CENTER MENU AV CENTER MENU Enter AV CENTER and press MENU button. The menu contains the following: TIM ER RECORD QUALITY: DATE: YY / MM / DD START TIME: END TIME: SAVE RECORDING ELAPSED TIME TIM E DISPLAY TIME REMAINING...

  • Page 78: File Browser Menu

    FILE BROWSER MENU OSD MENU FILE BROWSER MENU Enter FILE BROWSER and press MENU button. The menu contains the following: PHOTO VIDEO SELECT TYPE AUDIO MUSIC NONE BY NAME SORT BY TYPE BY SELECTED COPY TO COPY&MOVE MOVE TO...
  • Page 79 FILE BROWSER MENU OSD MENU Press the direct ional arrows to select a file f or deletion. S elect this icon to delet e the select ed file. Cancel and exit menu. S elect this icon to delet e all the select ed files.

  • Page 80: Calendar Menu

    OSD MENU CALENDAR MENU Enter CALENDAR and press MENU button. The menu contains the following: CALENDAR MONTH WEEK CLOCK YY/MM/DD DATE SAVE AM/PM HH:MM TIME SAVE...

  • Page 81: Setup Menu

    OSD MENU SETUP MENU Enter SETUP MENU and press OK button to enter. The Setup menu contains the following: AUTO STANDBY 30SEC/1MIN/1.5MIN/2MIN/OFF AUTO POWER OFF 1.5MIN/3MIN/5MIN/OFF POWER STARTUP SCRN ON/OFF DATE/TIME DATE/TIME DISPLAY: LCD BRIGHTNESS: Press the di r ectional arrows to adjust the brightness.

  • Page 82: Specifications

    Specifications 1. Digital Video Player, 2. Digital Video Recorder, 3. Digital Product Function Photo Player, 4. MP3 Player, 5. USB Pocket Drive; 6.SD/MMC Card Reader; 7. Digital Voice Recorder Display 3.6” Color TFT LCD Hard Disk 40 GB HDD Microphone Built-in Speaker Built-in...
  • Page 83 Specifications Rechargeable Li-ion Battery ( 1000 mAh) x 2 Internal (Built-in Charger through Power Adapter) Power Source External Power Adapter Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP ; Mac OS 9.X Mass Storage and 10.1 above Dimensions 110x 80 x 30 mm (L x W x H) Weight 290g (With Battery)

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