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  • Page 1 FreeAgent Theater+ HD Media Player User Guide...
  • Page 2 © 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Wave logo, and FreeAgent are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC, or one of its affiliates. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. About Your Media Player ........5 This is Your Media Player .
  • Page 4 Installing Seagate Media ........

  • Page 5: About Your Media Player

    Use the media player menus and the remote control buttons to navigate to your media files and select viewing options. This User Guide is for Seagate FreeAgent Theater+™ HD media player. This chapter ®...

  • Page 6: What You Can Do With Your Media Player

    Browse and search your media files from a single location. • Use the Seagate Media software to ensure that you always have even your most • recent movie, picture, and music files organized and available on your media player.

  • Page 7: What Else You Need

    • Video, music, and/or picture files in supported formats • Computer running Windows XP or later, or Mac OS X or later, for Seagate • Media, software that synchronizes and organizes media files on your drives (Optional) FreeAgent Go drive (Theater+) •...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    2. Getting Started This chapter explains how to set up your media player after you’ve completed the steps in the printed Quick Start Guide, and describes how the screens, menus, and remote control work. Follow the instructions in this chapter to: Power on your media player for the first time (see next section).

  • Page 9: Connecting A Freeagent Drive Or External Usb Drive

    USB connector on the media player. TIP: You can use the included Seagate Media software to organize the media files on your computer and transfer them to a FreeAgent or external USB drive. See Chapter 7 “Syncing Your Media Files”...

  • Page 10: The Home Screen

    The Home Screen To go to the Home screen from any other screen, press Home on the remote. The Home screen is divided into three parts: • Links to the main screens (Movies, Pictures, Music, Internet, and Browse) • Shortcuts to popular Internet services •...
  • Page 11 Figure 7: Picture Menu (Example Only) Following Many Paths to the Same Screen The media player UI includes many ways of getting to the same screen. As you use the UI, you will find the paths that work best for you. For instance, you can open the Browse screen three ways: On the Home screen, select Browse, then press OK.

  • Page 12: Using The Remote

    Using the Remote The only way to navigate the media player screens is with the included remote. This section describes the functions of all of its buttons. Figure 8: Media Player Remote Quick Navigation Tips In general, navigate your media player’s screens and menus by: Using the arrow buttons on the remote to move through the menus and screens.

  • Page 13: Adding A Wifi Adapter

    “Setting a Static IP Address” on page 54. If you want your media player to connect to a wireless network, you need a Seagate WiFi adapter (see page 13). Once the WiFi adapter is installed, follow the instructions in “Adding Your Media Player to a WLAN”...

  • Page 14: Finding More Help

    Solve any media player problems you might encounter (see page 57). Finding More Help Seagate Support provides a broad range of resources (including FAQs, a knowledge base and a community forum) to help you solve any problem you might have while using your media player.

  • Page 15: Playing A Movie

    .AVI .IFO .MinusVR .MPEG .RMVB .VOB .DAT .ISO .MKV .MPG .TP .WMV .DivX® .M2TS .MOV .MTS .TRP .XVID H.264 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 .SMI/SAMI .SRT .SUB Playing a Movie To select and play a movie: On the Home screen, select Movies, then press OK. On any screen, press Menu, select Movies, then press OK.

  • Page 16: Finding A Movie To Watch

    Adjusting Subtitle Size and Position If you are playing an .MKV file with subtitles, press Pause, then use the arrow buttons to adjust the size and placement of the subtitles. Finding a Movie to Watch To find a movie to watch, you can search your media files three ways: By browsing through the full list of movies •...

  • Page 17: Controlling A Movie's Dvd Features

    TIP: Connect a USB keyboard to your media player to make searching faster. See page 42 for more information. Select Done, then press OK. Your media player lists all movies with matching titles. If no movies appear in the list, no title matched the word(s) you entered.

  • Page 18: Playing Movies In Slow Motion

    The camcorder appears as a device in the shortcuts list on the Home screen, and the media player indexes its contents. (If your camcorder doesn’t appear in the list of devices, it’s incompatible for use with the media player.) On the Home screen, select your camcorder, then press OK. Navigate to the video you want to watch, then press Play/Pause ( ) or OK to start the video.
  • Page 19 On any screen, press Menu, select Pictures, then press OK. The Pictures screen opens. The Pictures screen lists all the picture folders discovered on all the devices connected to your media player, sorted from A to Z. Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the list. Press Menu to quickly sort the folders to suit your needs.

  • Page 20: Viewing Pictures In A Slideshow

    Viewing Pictures in a Slideshow Your media player can play your photos in a slideshow. You can customize the slideshow by adjusting the timing and transition between pictures, or setting the slideshow to play as a continuous or shuffle loop. You can also add music to the slideshow.

  • Page 21: Finding Pictures

    Finding Pictures To find the pictures you’re looking for, you can search your media files three ways: By browsing through the list of picture folders By browsing through your picture files as they are stored on the drives and devices connected to your media player By searching the index compiled by your media player.

  • Page 22: Viewing Pictures From A Digital Camera

    Viewing Pictures from a Digital Camera If you have a digital camera, you may be able to view your pictures by connecting your camera to the media player. To view pictures from a camera: Connect your camera to your media player using a USB cable. Power on your camera.

  • Page 23: Playing Music

    Supported Playlist Formats Your media player supports playlists in these formats: M3U .PLS Playing Music To select and play music: On the Home screen, select Music, then press OK. On any screen, press Menu, select Music, then press OK. The Music screen opens. The Music screen lists all the music files discovered on all the devices connected to your media player, sorted from A to Z.

  • Page 24: Finding Music

    To repeat the same song, select Repeat One, then press OK. • • • • Finding Music To find the music you’re looking for, you can search your media files three ways: By browsing through the full list of songs on the Music screen. •...

  • Page 25: Checking Which Song Is Currently Playing

    You can use your media player to access online media content such as videos, photos, and news services. Only supported Internet services are available on your media player; however, Seagate adds to its list of supported services regularly. Check the Internet screen often to see what’s new.

  • Page 26: Activating A Paramount Account (Us Only)

    (You will need to use Microsoft Internet Explorer 7+ as your Internet browser.) Once you register your Paramount FreeAgent Go ultra portable drive on Seagate.com, you will receive an offer code. Redeeming the offer code at http://seagate.paramountshop.com...

  • Page 27: Managing Your Netflix Account (Us Only)

    Managing Your Netflix Account (US Only) In its continuing effort to provide consumers with unlimited content the way they want it, Seagate is happy to offer instant streamed access to the world’s largest directory of movies and TV programming from Netflix via FreeAgent Theater+™...

  • Page 28: Syncing Your Media Files

    Press OK to deactivate your account. 7. Syncing Your Media Files The CD that came with your media player includes the Seagate Media application, which you can use to synchronize media files between your computer and the drives you connect to your media player.

  • Page 29: Installing Seagate Media

    This chapter explains how to install Seagate Media and use its Media Sync feature to synchronize your movie, picture, and music files between devices. Installing Seagate Media This section describes how to install Seagate Media on your operating system: For Windows, see the next section.
  • Page 30 A Seagate Media folder containing the installer opens. Drag the installer to the Applications folder on your hard disk. Figure 9: Seagate Media for Windows: Initial Media Sync Screen In the Applications folder, double-click Seagate Media to install and open the application.

  • Page 31: Understanding How Media Sync Works

    To register your media player later, in the Seagate Media Help menu, select Product Registration. Understanding How Media Sync Works The Media Sync feature of Seagate Media makes it easy to keep the media files on your FreeAgent drive and other external USB drive synchronized with the media files on your computer(s).
  • Page 32 Setting Up Simple Sync To set up a simple sync: Connect a FreeAgent drive or other external USB drive to your computer. Open Seagate Media, then click Media Sync. The Media Sync window opens. Click Simple Sync. The Simple Sync Confirmation window opens and the initial sync job begins automatically.
  • Page 33 If you selected Manual Sync, see “Starting a Sync Manually” on page 38 to start the initial sync job. Starting a Sync Manually To start a sync manually: Connect a FreeAgent drive or other external USB drive to your computer. Open Seagate Media, then click Media Sync. The Media Sync window opens.
  • Page 34 The sync job starts. The job may take some time depending on how many files need to be updated. TIP: You can also start a manual sync by clicking the Seagate Media icon in the system tray and selecting Sync Now. Figure 12:...
  • Page 35 To check the Media Sync status of your computers: In Seagate Media, click Media Sync. The Media Sync window opens. Click Check Sync Status.

  • Page 36: Synchronizing Your Media Files (Macintosh)

    To set up Media Sync using the default settings: Connect a FreeAgent drive or other external USB drive to your computer. Open Seagate Media, then select the drive you want to sync. Select Use my Movies, Pictures and Music folders, then click Sync Now to begin the initial sync job.
  • Page 37 To set up a custom sync: Connect a FreeAgent drive or other external USB drive to your computer. Ensure that it appears in the drive list in Seagate Media. (For help, see Chapter 10 “Solving Problems” on page 57.) Open Seagate Media, then select the drive you want to sync.

  • Page 38: Managing Your Media Player And Connected Devices

    Connected Devices This chapter explains how to manage and maintain your media player and its included software. It also explains how to use Seagate Media to manage the drives you connect to it. Follow the instructions in this chapter to: •...

  • Page 39: Updating The Firmware

    Use the left and right arrows on the remote to scroll through the Settings screens until you find the Firmware Update screen. Select Online, then press OK. The media player checks the Seagate Web site for updates and displays a prompt if an update is available. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the firmware update.

  • Page 40: Updating The Seagate Media Software

    To turn off automatic software updates, deselect Check for updates automatically. To check for an update immediately, click Check Now. The Software Update window tells you whether Seagate Media is up to date or not. If updated software is available, you can download it from this window. Follow the on- screen instructions to complete the update.
  • Page 41 (Optional) The label, domain, and host name of the computer on which you’ve • created the shared folder—required only if you’re connecting to a shared folder with restricted access Creating a Shortcut Follow the instructions in this section to create a shortcut to a shared folder that requires no user name, password, or other optional information.
  • Page 42 Select Net User ID, then press OK. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter your user name, select Done, then press OK. TIP: Connect a USB keyboard to your media player to type faster. See page 42 for more information. Select Net Password, then press OK. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter your network password, select Done, then press OK.

  • Page 43: Managing Freeagent Drives With Seagate Media

    Disable pop-up messages from Seagate Media (see page 46) • Managing Drive Settings You can use Seagate Media to adjust the power settings on a FreeAgent drive or disable the drive’s LEDs. Adjusting Power Settings You can set your drives to go into power-save mode when they’re not being used.
  • Page 44 The setting change is confirmed. Click OK to return to the My Drives window. Disabling Drive LEDs If the LED on your FreeAgent drive is distracting, you can use Seagate Media to turn it off. To disable the LED on a drive: Open the My Drives window, select the drive you want, then click Settings.
  • Page 45 Testing a Drive You can use Seagate Media to check the health of your FreeAgent drive. (Testing a drive doesn’t affect your files.) To test a drive: Open the My Drives window, select the drive you want, then click Settings.
  • Page 46 Note: When a sync fails, the status icon stays red until a sync is completed successfully. Registering a Drive If your computer is connected to the Internet, you can use Seagate Media to register FreeAgent drives. To register a drive: Open the My Drives window, select the drive you want, then click Settings.

  • Page 47: Removing A Freeagent Drive

    Finding Help For more help using Seagate Media, click the blue Help ? button. Removing a FreeAgent Drive To remove a FreeAgent drive from your media player: Turn off the media player by pressing Power on the remote. Caution: You may damage the contents of the drive if you do not turn off the media player before you remove the drive.
  • Page 48 Resetting the Media Player On-Screen To reset the media player to its factory default settings: On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press OK. Press Menu, select System Setup, then press OK. Use the left and right arrows on the remote to scroll through the Settings screens until you find the System screen.

  • Page 49: Customizing Your Media Player Settings

    the on-screen menus, change the aspect ratio of the picture to wide screen, or set up a night mode for the sound. Follow the instructions in these sections to customize your media player settings: “Customizing the Video Settings” (below) • “Setting the Media Player for TVs in Other Countries”...

  • Page 50: Setting The Media Player For Tvs In Other Countries

    Press OK. Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast To adjust the picture brightness: On the Video screen, select Brightness, then press OK. Use the up and down arrows on the remote to adjust the setting, then press OK. To adjust the picture contrast: On the Video screen, select Contrast, then press OK.

  • Page 51: Customizing The Audio Settings

    Customizing the Audio Settings To customize your media player’s audio settings: On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press OK. Press Menu, select Audio Setup, then press OK. Use the left and right arrows on the remote to scroll through the Settings screens until you find the Video screen.

  • Page 52: Changing The Menu Language

    After five minutes of inactivity on your media player, a screen saver opens. If you want, you can use a slideshow of your own pictures as the screensaver, instead of the default Seagate logo. Note: The screensaver runs for 60 minutes. After 60 minutes, the media player turns itself off.

  • Page 53: Turning Off A Freeagent Drive Led

    Turning Off a FreeAgent Drive LED If you have a FreeAgent drive in your media player and find the flashing of its LED distracting, you can disable the LED. To turn off the drive LED: On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press OK. Press Menu, select System Setup, then press OK.

  • Page 54: Setting A Static Ip Address

    Setting a Static IP Address Note: Only advanced network users should set a static IP address for the media player. If you have connected your media player to a wired LAN, the network settings on your media player don’t need to be adjusted. The default network setting (automatic DHCP IP) is highly recommended.
  • Page 55 Adding Your Media Player to a WLAN Follow the instructions in this section to add your media player to a WLAN, or update the media player’s wireless network settings to match your WLAN. Your media player can save connection settings for up to three wireless networks. You will need: SSID (or network name) of the WLAN(s) •...

  • Page 56: Setting A Language For Information Screens

    Setting a Language for Information Screens You can press Information to see more details about the movie you’re watching. If the information appears in the wrong language for you, follow these instructions to change it. To set a language for information screens: On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press OK.

  • Page 57: 10. Solving Problems

    Finding the Deactivation Code To find the DivX deactivation code: On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press OK. Press Menu, select System Setup, then press OK. Use the left and right arrows on the remote to scroll through the Settings screens until you find the System screen.

  • Page 58: Common Problems And Solutions

    Common Problems and Solutions This section provides solutions to some common problems you may encounter while using your media player. Subtitles don’t appear on my movie. he subtitle format may not be supported by your media player. Your media player supports subtitles in these formats: .MKV .SMI/SAMI .
  • Page 59 Supported audio file formats: • .AAC .MP3 .RA .WAV .ASF .MP4 .RM .WMA .FLAC .OGG .RMVB Supported music playlist file formats: • .M3U .PLS The information screens on my movies are in the wrong language. If the wrong language appears when you press Information to see more details about a movie or song, ensure that the text encoding language is set to the language you want.

  • Page 60: Updating The Media Player Firmware

    For best results, read all the steps in this section before you start. To recover after a firmware update failure: If you haven’t already, go to the Seagate Support at www.seagate.com/support. Follow the on-screen instructions to download the new firmware to your computer.

  • Page 61: Resetting The Media Player Manually

    “Resetting the Media Player Manually” on page 47 for complete instructions. Finding More Help Seagate Support provides a broad range of resources (including FAQs, a knowledge base and a community forum) to help you solve any problem you might have while using...

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