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  • Page 1 Media Player User Guide For FreeAgent Theater+ and FreeAgent GoFlex ® ™ ™...
  • 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 ........6 This is Your Media Player .
  • Page 4 Installing Seagate Media ........
  • Page 5 Changing the Menu Language ........58 Changing the Media Player Screensaver ......58 Turning Off a FreeAgent Drive LED .

  • Page 6: About Your Media Player

    This is Your Media Player 1. About Your Media Player ® This User Guide is for Seagate FreeAgent Theater+™ and FreeAgent GoFlex™ TV media players. Unless otherwise noted, all the information in this guide applies to both media players. This chapter provides an overview of your media player, describes its main features and components, and lists the other things you need to set up a simple home theater system.

  • Page 7: What You Can Do With Your Media Player

    1. About Your Media Player What You Can Do With Your Media Player FreeAgent GoFlex TV Media Player Remote Signal Receiver FreeAgent GoFlex Drive Reset Button Status LED Media Player Door Figure 3: FreeAgent GoFlex TV Media Player—Front View HDMI Component Video AV Out Power...

  • Page 8: Your Media Player Components

    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. Your Media Player Components These components are included with your media player: •...
  • Page 9 1. About Your Media Player What Else You Need • (Optional) Home network, such as a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wireless LAN (WLAN), for sharing media files and accessing the Web-based services supported by the media player (see page 32) •...

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    2. Getting Started Powering On For the First Time 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: •...

  • Page 11: 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 12: The Home Screen

    2. Getting Started Navigating the Media Player Screens and Menus The Home Screen To go to the Home screen from any other screen, press Home on the remote. Links to main screens Shortcuts to connected devices Shortcuts to Internet services Figure 5: Media Player Home Screen The Home screen is divided into three parts:...
  • Page 13 2. Getting Started Navigating the Media Player Screens and Menus The Main Menu Shortcuts to the main screens are also available on the Main Menu (shown in Figure 6), which opens across the top of the screen when you press Menu on the remote. You can open the Main Menu from any screen.

  • Page 14: Using The Remote

    2. Getting Started Navigating the Media Player Screens and Menus 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: •...

  • Page 15: Adding A Wifi Adapter

    Press repeatedly to select higher zoom levels. Adding a WiFi Adapter If your network is wireless, you can connect a Seagate WiFi adapter to your media player so that you can wirelessly access media files stored on your computer and other network storage devices.

  • Page 16: Checking The Network Settings

    “Setting a Static IP Address” on page 60. If you want your media player to connect to a wireless network, you need a Seagate WiFi adapter (see page 15). Once the WiFi adapter is installed, follow the instructions in “Adding Your Media Player to a WLAN”...

  • Page 17: Finding More Help

    Finding More Help 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. Go to www.seagate.com/support, then click Support and Downloads.

  • Page 18: Watching Movies

    3. Watching Movies Before You Begin 3. Watching Movies You can use your media player to watch personal videos and digitized DVDs stored on: • A FreeAgent drive installed in the media player • An external USB drive connected to the media player’s USB port •...

  • Page 19: Playing A Movie

    3. Watching Movies Playing a Movie 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. The Movies screen opens. The Movie screen lists all the movies discovered on all the devices connected to your media player, sorted from A to Z.

  • Page 20: Finding A Movie To Watch

    3. Watching Movies Finding a Movie to Watch 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 (see page 19). • By browsing through your movie files as they are stored on the drives and devices connected to your media player (see page 20).

  • Page 21: Controlling A Movie's Dvd Features

    3. Watching Movies Controlling a Movie’s DVD Features 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. Select the movie you want, then press Play/Pause () or OK to start the movie. Or, start a new search.

  • Page 22: Playing Movies In Slow Motion

    3. Watching Movies 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.

  • Page 23: Viewing Photos And Pictures

    4. Viewing Photos and Pictures Before You Begin 4. Viewing Photos and Pictures You can use your media player to view digital photos and pictures stored on: • A FreeAgent drive installed in the media player • An external USB drive connected to the media player’s USB port •...

  • Page 24: Viewing Pictures In A Slideshow

    4. Viewing Photos and Pictures Viewing Pictures in a Slideshow Select a folder, then press OK to view the pictures it contains. Press Menu, then select View List or View Thumbnails, then press OK to change your view of the pictures, if required. Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the list.

  • Page 25: Finding Pictures

    4. Viewing Photos and Pictures Finding Pictures To customize the slideshow, press Menu. • To adjust the timing between pictures, select Slide Timing..., then press OK. Select the interval you want (from 2 seconds to 2 minutes), then press OK to resume the slideshow. •...
  • Page 26 4. Viewing Photos and Pictures Finding Pictures Browsing for Pictures by Device You can find the pictures you’re looking for by browsing through each device connected to your media player. (To search all your picture files simultaneously, see “Searching for a Specific Picture”...

  • Page 27: Viewing Pictures From A Digital Camera

    4. Viewing Photos and Pictures 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.

  • Page 28: Listening To Music

    5. Listening to Music Before You Begin 5. Listening to Music You can use your media player to listen to music stored on: • A FreeAgent drive installed in the media player • An external USB drive connected to the media player’s USB port •...

  • Page 29: Setting Up Continuous Play And Shuffling

    5. Listening to Music Setting Up Continuous Play and Shuffling Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the list, or press Menu to quickly sort the music files to suit your needs. Select Sort A–Z, Sort Z–A, Sort by Newest, or Sort by Oldest, then press OK to reorganize the music list.
  • Page 30 5. Listening to Music Finding Music Browsing for Music by Device You can find music to listen to by browsing through each device connected to your media player. (To search all your music files simultaneously, see “Searching for a Specific Song” on page 30.) To browse for music: On the Home screen, select Browse, then press OK.

  • Page 31: Checking Which Song Is Currently Playing

    5. Listening to Music Checking Which Song is Currently Playing Displaying Album Cover Art Your media player will use album cover art in thumbnail view on the Music screen if the image is in the proper place. To ensure display album cover art in thumbnail view: On your computer, find the album art.

  • Page 32: Accessing Online Media Content

    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 33: Activating A Paramount® Account (Us Only)

    6. Accessing Online Media Content Activating a Paramount® Account (US Only) Activating a Paramount Account (US Only) ® You can view movies from Paramount Pictures using your media player. However, you must create and activate a Paramount account first. (You need a computer with Internet access to create and activate the account.) To create and activate a Paramount account: On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press OK.

  • Page 34: Syncing Your Media Files

    Installing Seagate Media 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 35 7. Syncing Your Media Files Installing Seagate Media Click Finish to complete the installation. A Seagate Media icon appears on your desktop and Seagate Media opens automatically. Figure 9: Seagate Media for Windows: Initial Media Sync Screen Installing on Macintosh To install Seagate Media on a computer running Macintosh: Insert the Installation CD into your computer.

  • Page 36: 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 37: Synchronizing Your Media Files (Windows)

    7. Syncing Your Media Files Synchronizing Your Media Files (Windows) How Do I Get Started? First, set up Media Sync using either the default or custom settings. Then, connect your drive to your computer; Media Sync automatically finds your movie, picture, and music folders and files, organizes them, and copies them to your drive.
  • Page 38 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 39 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 40 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 41: Synchronizing Your Media Files (Macintosh)

    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 64.) Open Seagate Media, then select the drive you want to sync.
  • Page 42 The initial sync job may take some time depending on how many media files you have. Disabling Automatic Sync To switch from automatic to manual syncs: Open Seagate Media. Deselect Automatic Sync. Automatic Sync is disabled. Remember to manually start syncs to keep the files on your media player current.

  • Page 43: 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 44: Updating The Media Player 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 45: Updating The Seagate Media Software

    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 46: Creating Shortcuts To Shared Folders

    8. Managing Your Media Player and Connected Devices Creating Shortcuts to Shared Folders Creating Shortcuts to Shared Folders If your media player is connected to a network, you can set up shared folders on your computers that the media player can connect to over the network (see “Sharing Media Files Over Your Network”...
  • Page 47 8. Managing Your Media Player and Connected Devices Creating Shortcuts to Shared Folders Press Information Select Add, then press OK. The Add Shortcut screen opens. TIP: Use the left and right arrows to navigate this screen. Select Net User ID, then press OK. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter your user name, select Done, then press OK.

  • Page 48: Managing Freeagent Drives With Seagate Media

    7 “Syncing Your Media Files” on page 34 to learn how. Getting Started If you haven’t already, install Seagate Media. (See “Installing Seagate Media” on page 34 for help.) Connect a FreeAgent drive or external USB drive to your computer, open Seagate Media, then click My Drives in the top left corner.
  • Page 49 • Disable pop-up messages from Seagate Media (see page 52) 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. Because drives in power-save mode are inactive, it may take a little more time than usual to access your files while the drive becomes active again.
  • Page 50 Managing FreeAgent Drives with Seagate Media 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 (see page 48), select the drive you want, then click Settings.
  • Page 51 Managing FreeAgent Drives with Seagate Media Checking Drive Status When you install Seagate Media, a status icon appears in your system tray and becomes active whenever you connect a FreeAgent drive or external USB drive to your computer. Figure 14: Seagate Media: Status Icon Roll your cursor over the icon to quickly check the status of your drive.

  • Page 52: Removing A Freeagent Drive

    8. Managing Your Media Player and Connected Devices Removing a FreeAgent Drive 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 (see page 48), select the drive you want, then click Settings.

  • Page 53: Disconnecting A Usb Drive, Camera, Or Camcorder

    8. Managing Your Media Player and Connected Devices Disconnecting a USB Drive, Camera, or Camcorder Disconnecting a USB Drive, Camera, or Camcorder To disconnect an external USB device from your media player: Stop and close all active movie, photo, or music files on the media player. Turn off your camera or camcorder (if applicable).
  • Page 54 8. Managing Your Media Player and Connected Devices Resetting the Media Player to Its Original Settings Select the menu language you want, then press OK. Press Back to return to the Home screen. Resetting the Media Player Manually To reset the media player to its factory default settings: Find the reset button on the media player.

  • Page 55: Customizing Your Media Player Settings

    9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Customizing the Video Settings 9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Your media player is ready for use as soon as you plug it in. However, you can customize its settings for your specific TV. For example, you can change the language of the on-screen menus, change the aspect ratio of the picture to wide screen, or set up a night mode for the sound.

  • Page 56: Setting The Media Player For Tvs In Other Countries

    9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Setting the Media Player for TVs in Other Countries Adjusting the Aspect Ratio To adjust the aspect ratio: On the Video screen, select Aspect Ratio, then press OK. Select one of these options: • Pan Scan—Displays in standard definition broadcast television format (4:3 aspect ratio).

  • Page 57: Customizing The Audio Settings

    9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Customizing the Audio Settings This table shows which resolutions are supported by which connectors: Component/HDMI Composite Connector Connector 480i (NTSC) 480i 480p (NTSC) 576i (PAL) 576i 576p (PAL) 720i 720p 1080i 1080p Note: NTSC (480p, 60 Hz)—Standard North American television resolution PAL (576p, 50 Hz)—Standard European television resolution Press OK to change the setting.

  • Page 58: Changing The Menu Language

    Changing the Media Player Screensaver 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.

  • Page 59: Turning Off A Freeagent Drive Led

    9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Turning Off a FreeAgent Drive LED 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. On the System screen, select Screensaver, then press OK.

  • Page 60: Changing The Media Player's Network Settings

    9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Changing the Media Player’s Network Settings Changing the Media Player’s Network Settings You may need to adjust your media player’s network settings if you change from a wired LAN to a WLAN, or if you change the configuration of your WLAN. This section explains how to: •...
  • Page 61 9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Changing the Media Player’s Network Settings Use the left and right arrows on the remote to scroll through the Settings screens until you find the Network screen. Select Wired Setup, then press OK. Select Dynamic IP (AUTO), then press OK. Press OK, then press OK again to save the new network settings.

  • Page 62: Setting A Language For Information Screens

    9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Setting a Language for Information Screens Finding the Media Player’s MAC Address and IP Address To view the MAC address and IP address assigned to your media player: On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press OK. Press Menu, select System Setup, then press OK.
  • Page 63 9. Customizing Your Media Player Settings Viewing DivX® Account Information Finding the Registration Code To find the DivX registration 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 64: Solving Problems

    10. Solving Problems General Troubleshooting Tips 10. Solving Problems This chapter provides solutions to the most common problems you may encounter while setting up and using your media player. General Troubleshooting Tips If you have problems setting up or using your media player, check these things first: •...
  • Page 65 10. Solving Problems Common Problems and Solutions The subtitles on my movie are too small/in the wrong place. 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. The media player doesn’t recognize my external USB drive.
  • Page 66 10. Solving Problems Common Problems and Solutions If the subtitles still don’t appear, the file format of the subtitles may not be supported by your media player. Your media player supports subtitles in these formats: .SMI/SAMI .SRT .SUB 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 67: Updating The Media Player Firmware

    Media Player Manually” on page 54 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 your media player.

  • Page 68: Index

    57 finding drive information composite connectors, picture resolutions 57 firmware version free space connecting a drive 11 – managing with Seagate Media connecting a USB keyboard 43 registering a drive Continuous Play setting removing a FreeAgent drive music serial number...
  • Page 69 USB drives testing a drive indexing media files 11 volume name Information button 14 dynamic IP address 60 installing Seagate Media on Macintosh enlarging pictures 24 on Windows Internet services 32 Fast Forward button 14 activating a Paramount account...
  • Page 70 Index – media files listening to music looking for firmware updates browsing movie files MAC address browsing music files – managing drives with Seagate Media browsing picture files menu language indexing – movies and videos movie formats – music movie subtitle formats...
  • Page 71 OK button 14 subtitles online media content 32 supported formats operating systems, Seagate Media 8 supported subtitle formats thumbnail view viewing subtitles PAL resolution setting 56 viewing thumbnails Paramount accounts, activating 33 –...
  • Page 72 Pictures menu 13 checking Media Sync status Play/Pause button 14 Custom Sync setting Customized Sync setting (Macintosh) pop-up messages in Seagate Media 52 customizing sync settings Power button 14 Default Sync setting (Macintosh) power settings on your drives, adjusting 49...
  • Page 73 Shuffle Loop setting for music 29 television connectors 8 Shuffle Loop setting for slideshows 25 supported picture resolutions shuffling music 29 testing a drive with Seagate Media 50 Simple Sync setting (Windows) 38 Text Encoding setting 62 simple sync setting (Windows) 37 thumb drives 8...
  • Page 74 LAN to a WLAN WiFi adapter watching movies. See movies Web-based services 32 YouTube, troubleshooting 66 shortcuts WiFi adapter 15 Zoom buttons 14 Windows zooming pictures 24 installing Seagate Media Media Player User Guide...

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