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Freecom MediaPlayer
2.5" Drive-In Kit
MANUAL
Rev. 530

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  • Page 1 Freecom MediaPlayer 2.5" Drive-In Kit MANUAL Rev. 530...

  • Page 2: Dear Customer

    This device was designed for home or office use. Warning! This device is equipment complying with EN55022 class B. Freecom Technologies is not liable for any damages that may occur from the use of a Freecom system. All rights reserved. We reserve the right to upgrade our products in keeping with technological advances.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 5: Basic Setup of the player ... page 19 Chapter 6: Play Video, Audio and Photo files ... page 23 Chapter 7: Format the Built-in HDD via USB ... page 32 Appendix ... page 45 © 2005 Freecom Technologies...

  • Page 4: Minimum System Requirements

    Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Introduction The Freecom MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit is 2.5" HDD interface type of MPEG4 player based on USB 2.0 High Speed. It can be connected to TV in home or a monitor. It is not only an external USB HDD but also the best portable AV device that displays Music, Movie and photo.

  • Page 5: Supported Media Formats

    Software Requirements • Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98 Second Edition • Mac OS X or higher • Linux 2.4 or higher • For use under Mac OS and Linux, the drive needs to be FAT-32 formatted. Supported Media Formats Video •...

  • Page 6: Warnings And Safety Instructions

    Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Warnings and Safety Instructions Please read and follow the below mentioned instructions. They should be observed in order to prevent injury to the user, damage to the device and damage to property, as well as to ensure safe use of the product. Not following these instructions may cause the unit to malfunction.
  • Page 7 • In a car, we recommend you to use the supplied cigarette lighter jack (option) and we are not responsible for the damage or loss of data in a HDD by using another cigarette lighter jack. • Grip the side of the Freecom MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit. The top & bottom cover may have heat due to aluminum case.
  • Page 8 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Furthermore, warranty does not apply to: • Damages or problems resulting from misuse, abuse, accident, alteration or incorrect electrical current or voltage. • Any product tampered-with or damaged serial number label. • Any product without a serial number label. •...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1: Explanation Of The Exterior Appearance

    Chapter 1: Explanation of the exterior Appearance FRONT VIEW Power LED REAR VIEW USB Port Power LED: Lights up when drive is powered HDD LED: Lights up when data is transmitted IR LED: Blinks when a signal is received from the remote control IR Receiver: Reception area of the remote control.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2: Assembling A Hard Drive Into The Mediaplayer

    Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Chapter 2: Assembling a Hard Drive into the This chapter describes how to assemble or disassemble a hard drive to/from the player. Note: The HDD should be jumpered as "Master". Pull a hasp to the arrow direction. Open the top-cover and unscrew the PCB.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3: Connecting The Player To A Pc

    Chapter 3: Connecting the player to a PC Connect the player to the PC using the supplied USB Cable. Note: Windows 98SE users have to install the Installation Driver first. Refer to the below instructions. 3.1. Instructions for Windows Users When the player is connected to the PC, a new volume will appear on [My Computer].
  • Page 12 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In When you install [Win98_Freecom MediaPlayer-25.exe], the installation wiz- ard will appear. Press [Next] button and complete the installation. Check the Driver Installation You can check whether the driver is installed correctly or not at [Appendix. Check the Driver Installation for the Freecom MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit at Windows].
  • Page 13 Connecting the player to a PC 3.1.2 Windows ME/2000/XP Users There is no need to install any Installation Driver. Connect the player to the PC using the supplied USB Cable. The PC will automatically detect the player as USB Mass Storage Device in [My Computer]. Check the Driver Installation You can check whether the driver is installed correctly or not at Appendix: "Check the Driver Installation for the Freecom MediaPlayer-25 at Windows".

  • Page 14: Chapter 4: Connecting The Player To External Av Devices

    Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Chapter 4: Connecting the player to external AV The player supports Composite, S-Video, and Component for Video and Stereo & 5.1Ch sound by Digital Output (Coaxial). Please refer to the below examples. 4.1 Connect by Composite for Video & Stereo for Audio This is the most commonly used method to connect the player to a TV.
  • Page 15 4.2 Connect by Composite for Video & 5.1Ch for Audio Connection for Video through Composite and for Audio through 5.1Ch (Coaxial) After cable connection, set the Audio as 5.1Ch at Setup page of the player. Connect AV 2 Cable (Yellow, SVideo) to SV/5.1 Jack.
  • Page 16 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 4.4 Connect by S-Video for Video & 5.1Ch for Audio Connection for Video through S-Video and for Audio through 5.1Ch (Coaxial) After cable connection, set the Audio as 5.1Ch at Setup page of the player. Black Yellow Connect S-Video (black color) to S-Video Jack of TV.
  • Page 17 4.5 Connect by Component for Video & Stereo for Audio Connection for Video through Component and for Audio through Stereo When the main screen does not appear after connecting the proper cables and powering the player on, press [F1] button on the remote control until you see the main page (Freecom MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit LOGO PAGE) and then press [Setup] button in order to match the [Video] setup with TV.
  • Page 18 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 4.6 Connect by Component for Video & 5.1Ch for Audio Connection for Video through Component and for Audio through 5.1Ch (Coaxial) After cable connection, set the Audio as 5.1Ch at Setup page of the player. In case, the main screen does not appear... In case, the main page does not appear after connecting the proper cables, press [F1] button on the remote control until you see the main screen (Freecom MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit LOGO...

  • Page 19: Chapter 5: Basic Setup Of The Player

    Chapter 5: Basic Setup of the player 5.1 Video Setup The default Video Setup is Composite Connection for general TV. If a general cable (Yellow) is connected, there is no need to change the settings. If you want to connect the device by using other cables, select the proper TV system (NTSC / PAL) for the TV to receive a correct video signal.
  • Page 20 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 5.1.2 Setup of HD Component (Progressive) NTSC, PAL: Standard of TV Output. Select the proper one for using in your country. • C(Composite): If a general cable (Yellow) is connected, no need to change. • S-Video: When connected by S-Video cable (Black) and the screen color is black&white, you need to change the configu- ration.

  • Page 21: Audio Setup

    If you see an abnormal/distorted screen, your TV does not support [Progressive]. In this case, press [Video] button on a remote controller until you have a normal screen. Some TVs may not support [720P]. 5.2 Audio Setup Select [Setup] button on the remote control. Select [Audio Setup] by using [ Select the proper audio output (Stereo (Analog) or Digital 5.1Ch (Encoded Digital) by using [ ] button and press [Enter] button.

  • Page 22: Other Setup Functions

    Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 5.3 Other Setup functions Select [Setup] button on the remote control. Select [Other Setup] by using [ Select the menu you want to change and press [Enter] button. Set other configurations by using arrow buttons or go to other setup pages by pressing [Setup] button.

  • Page 23: Chapter 6: Play Video, Audio And Photo Files

    Chapter 6: Play Video, Audio and Photo files 6.1 Play Video Files Select [Video] -> Press [Enter] button then you will see a list of video files that you saved onto the player. Select the file you want to play, press [Enter] or [Play] button to start playback.
  • Page 24 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Various functions of the buttons on the remote control You can use the following buttons when you are playing a video file: • [Audio] button: You can select Audio 01, Audio 02 if the audio format is multi-audio.

  • Page 25: Play Audio Files

    6.2 Play Audio Files Select [Audio] -> Press [Enter] button; you will see the list of audio files that you saved onto the Player. Select the file you would like to play and press [Enter] or [Play] button; playback will start. Menu Description •...

  • Page 26: Play Photos

    Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 6.3 Play Photos Select [Photo] -> Press [Enter] button; you will see a list of all photo files you saved onto the Player. Select the file you want to view and press [Enter] or [Play] button to start playback. Menu Description •...

  • Page 27: Play List

    Available Buttons when display photos • Volume +: Enlarge photos (Zoom In) • Volume -: Reduce photos (Zoom Out) • F2 Button: Rotate photos (Rotation) • buttons: Move photos to up, down, left and right (Panning) Slide Show by using [Play All] Select [Display] ->...
  • Page 28 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Menu Description • Display: shows all files added to the Play List. • Media Select: Move to [Video], [Audio], [Photo] without returning first to the main page. • Play all: Play all files in order. • Random Play: Play the files in random order. •...
  • Page 29 6.5 Remote Control – description of all buttons and functions Power: Power On/Off TV Type: Select 4:3 letterbox, panscan, 16::9 wide Audio: Select Audio files or dual-audio Caption: Setup of location / size / multi-title Scr. Size: Control the size of the screen (up / down / enlarge overall / return to the original size) Cancel: Cancel the number and make...
  • Page 30 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 6.6 DVD Manager The player has DVD manager function which supports playing ripped DVD Files, in the same way as playing an original DVD. Create a folder (when player is connected to the PC), then save all ripped files into this folder. After connecting TV(or Monitor), select the VIDEO_TS.IFO file from the folder.
  • Page 31 Available buttons when playing ripped DVD files rippés • Audio button: Audio type will be changed when button is pressed. • Caption button: Caption type will be changed when button is pressed. • Scr. Size button: Screen size will be changed when button is pressed. •...

  • Page 32: Chapter 7: Format The Built-In Hdd Via Usb

    Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Chapter 7: Format the Built-in HDD via USB If the assembled HDD is not formatted, a PC will not detect the hard disk drive. If your harddisk is not formatted,follow the below mentioned instructions. File System features Please refer to the tables below for an overview: File systems supported by different operating systems File system...
  • Page 33 Example for different partitions with different file systems on one MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit File system Total size of the Drive 120 GB The example above is a good solution for Windows 2000/XP users who sometimes exchange data with Windows 98SE/ME PCs. For storing the data under Windows 2000/XP both partitions can be used.
  • Page 34 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 3. Enter "fdisk" and confirm with "OK". 4. Answer the question "Do you wish to enable large disk support?" by pressing the 'Return' key. FAT32 is now activated. 5. Choose Option "5 (Change current fixed disk drive)" by pressing '5' and 'Return'.
  • Page 35 6. Select the hard disk by its number where the "Usage" contains no value but only a percent symbol. Select the number of the corresponding hard disk and confirm by pressing the "Return" key. Now your hard disk is activated and ready to be partitioned. Note: Partition size of large hard disks will not be displayed correctly! However partitioning results will be OK.
  • Page 36 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 9. If only one partition is required then answer "Y" to the question: "Do you wish to use the maximumavailable size for a Primary DOS partition?" If more than on partition is required go to the next section "Create two or more partitions on the MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit under Windows 98 / Windows ME".
  • Page 37 12. Stop your hard disk by using the hot unplug icon in the lower right corner of your screen and remove the USB cable from your hard disk. Afterwards connect your hard disk again with your computer. The hard disk will now be recognized by Windows.
  • Page 38 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Deleting a partition on the MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit under Windows 98SE / ME The following steps will explain how to delete a partition on your MediaPlayer- 25 Drive-In Kit. 1. Click on the "Start" button. 2. Select "Run". 3.
  • Page 39 7.2 Partitioning your MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit under Windows XP / 2000 Creating a partition on the MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit under Windows XP / 2000 The following steps will guide you through the process of creating partitions on your MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit. After this procedure your Freecom MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit will be ready for use and it will be allocated a drive letter.
  • Page 40 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 5. Click with the right mouse button on the "unallocated" area and select the option "New Partition" (Windows 2000: "Create Partition Wizard"). The "New Partition Wizard" opens. Click on "Next". 6. Select "Primary partition" and click on "Next".
  • Page 41 7. Now you can adjust the size of your partition. Click on "Next" if only one partition is to be created. See next chapter (Creating two or more partitions on the MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit under Windows XP/2000) how to create more than one partition.
  • Page 42 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Creating two or more partitions on the MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit under Windows XP / 2000 1. Repeat the steps from the previous chapter (Creating a partition on the MediaPlayer-25 Drive-In Kit under Windows XP/2000) for creating the first partition.
  • Page 43 7. Now you can adjust the size of your partition. Enter the size and click on "Next". 8. Click on "Finish" to create the "Extended partition". The unallocated space now changed to "Free space". 9. Right-click on "Free Space" and select "New Logical Drive" (Windows 2000: "Create Logical Drive").
  • Page 44 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In 10. "Logical drive" is already selected. Click on "Next". 11. Specify the partition size and click on "Next". 12. Assign a drive letter and click on "Next". 13. Select the formatting option. Choose either "FAT32" or "NTFS", the "Allocation Unit Size"...

  • Page 45: Appendix

    Appendix Appendix Check the Driver Installation for the player in Windows Windows 98SE Check at [Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Device Manager > Hard disk controllers > Hi-Speed USB-IDE Bridge Controller] Windows ME Check at [Start > Settings > Control Panel > (view all Control Panel options) > System >...
  • Page 46 Freecom MediaPlayer Drive-In Windows 2000/XP Check at [Start > Settings > Control panel > (switch to classic View on Windows XP) > system > Hardware > Device manager > Universal Serial Bus controllers > USB Mass Storage Device ]...

  • Page 47: Product Specifications

    Product Specifications Product Name Power Weight Dimension Working Temperature Working Humidity Available OS PC Interface HDD Type HDD File System TV Type Supported Formats Movie Music Photo Video Output Composite S-Video Component Audio Output Stereo 2Ch Digital Out Audio Sampling Rate S / N (Signal to Noise) Ratio 99dB Dynamic Range Harmonic Frequency...

  • Page 48: Warranty

    WARRANTY (valid in Europe/Turkey only): We thank you for purchasing this Freecom product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience on your part, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruction manual and any additional electronic and or printed manuals. When problems occur we have a database with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on our Freecom website (www.freecom.com), please check this site before you contact the helpdesk.

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