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NOXON M740
Manual
Version 2.0 - 06/2011

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  • Page 1 Media Player NOXON M740 Manual Version 2.0 - 06/2011...
  • Page 2: Ce/Fcc Declaration

    M740 CE/FCC declaration TERRATEC Electronic GmbH · Herrenpfad 38 · 41334 Nettetal · Germany hereby declare that the product: NOXON M740 (Full HD Network Multimedia Player) to which this declaration refers is in compliance with the following standards or standard- izing documents: •...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Index CE/FCC declaration ............2 Important safety information.
  • Page 4: Important Safety Information

    M740 Important safety information This device has been developed and manufactured so that it does not endanger person- al safety. Improper use can cause electric shock or fire. The safety features integrated into this device can protect you only if you observe the following instructions for installa- tion, use and maintenance: •...
  • Page 5: Welcome

    Welcome! Thank you very much for choosing a NOXON product! Your NOXON M740 offers everything you need to play back your media collection on your big-screen TV in brilliant (HD) resolution of up to 1080p. The great number of con- nectors offered make for an easy and flexible combination with your other entertainment devices.
  • Page 6: Overview

    M740 Overview Front 1. On/Off button 2. Operating status display 3. Infrared receiver 4. SD/MMC card slot 5. Front USB port for external storage devices Back 6. On/Off switch 7. Connection socket for power cable 8. SATA port 9. Reset button 10.
  • Page 7 1. On/Off button Activates the M740 or switches it into standby mode. 2. Operating status display This LED lights up red in standby mode, while in active mode it shines blue. 3. Infrared receiver Receives signals from the wireless infrared remote control. Please do not cover this sensor.
  • Page 8 M740 11. Stereo audio outputs These two RCA outputs carry the analogue audio signal (the left channel coming from the white connector, the right channel from the red one). 12. Component video outputs As a better alternative to the composite output you can connect your TV set and the M740 via the component video output using the supplied cable.
  • Page 9: Remote Control

    make sure to deactivate the media player by the power switch on the back panel before opening this bay. We suggest to use a hard disk with 5,400 RPM because of the lower noise floor this type of HDD usually produces. Remote control The supplied infrared remote control is the exclusive command centre for your M740.
  • Page 10 M740 1. Activity monitor LED 2. Standby 3. Mute 4. Settings 5. Options 6. Keypad 7. Repeat 8. Goto 9. Volume Up/Down 10. Fast Backward/Forward 11. Play/Pause 12. Stop 13. Skip Back/Forth 14. Before 15. Main Menu 16. Navigation 17. OK 18.
  • Page 11 1. Activity monitor LED Lights up when one of the knobs is pressed. Please replace the battery if this should not be the case. 2. Standby Switches your M740 on – please note that this can take a short while. A second press will switch the media player into standby or into server mode respectively.
  • Page 12 M740 12. Stop The Stop button interrupts all playback and search functions of the M740. 13. Skip Back/Forth Jumps towards the next or the previous track or chapter and continues playback there. 14. Before Returns from the current window to the one you were before: back to the movie, back to the previous menu - exactly the place were you had been before the actual one.
  • Page 13 24. Angle Some movies support views from different camera angles. If your movie supports this function, you can use this button to switch between several angles. 25. Menu Press this button to call up the menu within a movie. However, please do not mistake this for the separate button for the main menu of the M740.
  • Page 14: Connection

    M740 Connection Start by connecting your M740 to mains, then establish a video and audio connection to your TV set and/or your hi-fi system. Now you can integrate your media player into your wired or wireless network and finally add external and internal storage devices carrying movies, music and pictures.
  • Page 15: Wired Network (Lan)

    your TV or hi-fi receiver. Depending on the source file, audio is being transferred without loss in mono, stereo or surround. Optical S/PDIF Alternatively, the digital audio signal can be transferred via a light wave cable (not includ- ed) according to the TOSLINK standard. Should you use this connection, please make sure to plug in (14) and treat the cable with a certain care so it is not being bent too much.
  • Page 16: Pc/Mac (Usb)

    M740 speed of 5,400 RPM in order to keep the noise level as low as possible. Before installing the hard disk, please make sure to disconnect your media player from mains. Now open the SATA bay (19) located on the back panel and insert the HDD carefully with the con- nectors showing towards the bay and the label showing up.
  • Page 17: Setup

    Setup Setup assistant When you power up the M740 for the first time, a setup assistant will help you to make the most basic settings. You can always execute this assistant anew by going to „Op- tions“ > “System“ > “Default“. Start by choosing the language for the user interface with the Up/Down navigation and the “OK”...
  • Page 18: The M740 In Server Mode

    The following is a step-by-step explanation about how to configure the UPnP server func- tion on your NOXON M740. Please make sure to use the latest Firmware version from our website: http://www.terratec.net/en/drivers-and-support.html Step 1: Firmware check/update Use the navigation and “OK” buttons of your remote control to select the folder “Options”...
  • Page 19 To start formatting, please select „Setup“, „Options“ and „HDD Format“ in the main menu. A sub-menu will open in which you can select the specific hard disk to be formatted. In our example it is called „HDD1“. A warning will appear. ATTENTION: Formatting your HDD will delete all files stored on it.
  • Page 20: The M740 In Client Mode

    M740 screen. Now are the media files in the folders „image“, „movie“ and „music“ on your hard disk are shared in the network. Other UPnP clients in the same network (e.g. NOXON iRadio) will now show the entry “NOXON M740“ in their UPnP server list. This might show up on the clients only after a slight delay.
  • Page 21 Mac OSX Unfortunately, Apple does not supply any UPnP program itself, so it is necessary to rely on a third-party supplier. Elgato offers a solution with its EyeConnect software. This is available for free as a trial version and can be used with the full range of its functions (including video streaming) for 30 days.
  • Page 22: Handling

    M740 Handling Typical applications Listen to music from a USB memory stick • Plug a USB memory stick into one of the USB ports on the front (5) or the back (17) • Starting from the main menu, use the navigation buttons Left/Right to access the “Mu- sic”...
  • Page 23: Main Menu

    to access this folder • Select the photo you want to start with by the Up/Down navigation buttons and press “OK” to start the slide show Watch a movie from the internal hard disk • This requires the installation of a 3.5” SATA hard disk (not included). Please have a look at “Installation - Internal Hard Disk”...
  • Page 24: Media Menu

    M740 You can always use the “Before” button (14) on your remote to return to the window where you had been before changing to the one which is currently displayed. Also, the main menu button can be used in any situation to return back there. Note: If you have selected the Photo menu item, for example, although you wanted to call up Movies, you do not have to navigate back to the main menu overview.
  • Page 25: Movies Menu

    Movies menu This menu functions the same way the Media menu does. However, while the Media menu lists all available media files including pictures and audio files as well, the movies menu only shows the video files available on the selected storage device. You can play back movies in the following file formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV9, ISO, VOB, IFO, MP4, DAT, MOV, AVI, MKV, TS and M2TS.
  • Page 26: Setup Menu

    M740 First, on the left side, use the Up/Down navigation buttons and the “OK” button to select the source drive from which you would like to copy files. The M740 then automatically jumps into the target window where you can select a drive the same way. Should you want to change the source drive at this point, use the Left navigation button to return to the source window.
  • Page 27 Audio options Night Mode The maximum volume and the intensity of changes in volume (dynamics) can be reduced in two steps (“On” and “Comfort”). This helps you to maintain an adequate volume e.g. during night time. Default Audio Setup Choose a digital output for audio signals and a corresponding mode. •...
  • Page 28 M740 Advance Audio Setup This item lets you define special output settings for various audio modes (AC3, DTS, AAC, WMA Pro). This is useful if, for example, your television does not support DTS output. In this case, you can route the audio output via S/PDIF if a DTS audio channel is present.
  • Page 29 • CRT TV (Over Scan) For TV sets with Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT) • LCD TV (Over Scan) For LCD, Plasma or LED TVs with an analogue connection Preview Set Time This option lets you select at how many percent of the total runtime of a movie the pre- view starts.
  • Page 30 M740 • SSID Name This menu shows a list of available wireless networks together with their signal strength and encryption. The abbreviations “WEP” (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and “WPA” (WiFi Protected Access) in the security list indicate that the network is en- crypted.
  • Page 31 Subtitle Automation Recognition If a synchronised movie uses subtitles for dramaturgic reasons (e.g. Klingon or Elfish), this stylistic device is called “Forced Subtitles”. You can activate or deactivate these be- ing displayed here. Subtitle Font You can choose from several styles of lettering/fonts for displaying movie subtitles. System Info This sub menu lists installed services like Samba and UPnP servers.
  • Page 32 M740 Subtitle Language Here you can choose the language for the subtitles (which also needs to be included in your movie file in order to be displayed). R/RW Auto-Play If you have connected an external CD/DVD drive via USB and you have activated this option, playback will start automatically when a disc is inserted into this drive.
  • Page 33 Screen Saver The M740 features a screen saver which becomes active after a longer period of inactiv- ity. You can activate and deactivate this function here. Movie Preview The automatic movie preview can be disabled here. Navigation Key Functions • Subtitle Adjustment The navigation buttons are used to change the position of the subtitles during play- back.
  • Page 34: Appendix

    M740 Appendix Technical specifications Video formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV9, ISO, VOB, IFO, MP4, DAT, MOV, AVI, MKV, TS, M2TS Audio formats: MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV, AAC, FLAC including DTS, Dolby Digital, WMA and AAC- downmix support Image formats: HD-JPEG, JPG, BMP Connectors: •...
  • Page 35 If you contact our Support department, they will be glad to provide the corresponding sources. For this purpose, visit our website at www.terratec.de and download the cor- responding sources or order them on a CD-ROM, though this will incur corresponding material and shipping costs to your account (before ordering one of these CD-ROMs, please find out what the current costs are).
  • Page 36 M740 must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights. We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software.
  • Page 37 charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy...
  • Page 38 M740 companies the executable. If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not com- pelled to copy the source along with the object code.
  • Page 39 patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original copyright holder who places the Pro- gram under this License may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation exclud- ing those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded.

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