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Summary of Contents for Mede8er MED400X2
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Page 1: User Manual
User Manual Based on Firmware V2.0.0 21 November 2011 MED400X2 High Definition Multimedia Player... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
INDEX page 1 Index page 2 Introduction page 3 General Overview Connections page 4 page 5 Connections continued page 6 TV Output Settings page 7 Remote Functionality page 8 Samba Network Setup page 9 Home Network Samba Server page10 Wired Network Connection and Setup page11 Wireless Network Setup / Firmware Update / Web Browser page12... -
Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
Warranty International Mede8er products carry a 24 month from date of purchase warranty. In the event of warranty service please provide proof of purchase. Return your product to the store that it was purchased from or return it directly to Sanji Electronics (Pty) Ltd 106, 16th Rd Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa. -
Page 4: General Overview
GENERAL OVERVIEW Component Video Output Page3... -
Page 5: Connections
CONNECTIONS Analogue Audio and Composite Video connection to TV. Composite Video offers the most basic picture quality connection and should only be used if your TV does not have a HDMI input. Use RCA analogue audio outputs in the absence of HDMI or Digital Audio inputs on your TV or Home Theatre system. - Page 6 MED400X2. DO NOT USE ANY AC/DC ADAPTER AND ONLY USE THE ONE SUPPLIED otherwise you may cause damage to the unit. Press the On/Off button on the Mede8er’s front panel and front facia LED will turn on Blue. You can put your Mede8er into standby by pressing the On/Off button on the remote. When in standby the front facia LED will turn Red.
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Page 7: Tv Output Settings
Connect the Mede8er to your TV by one of the connection options as shown on page 4 & 5 and change the input option on your TV to match the option you selected. If you do not get to see the Mede8er GUI on your... -
Page 8: Remote Functionality
REMOTE FUNCTIONALITY DVD Angle Audio Mute Setup On / Off TV System Media Library Shortcut Volume Up Numbers Fast Rewind Fast Forward Pause / Play Repeat Shuffle Volume Down Slow Volume Up/Down Next / Previous Fast Forward / Rewind Stop Play / Pause Return Home Page... -
Page 9: Samba Network Setup
If your PC or NAS has shares setup to specific users then you will need to setup a shortcut on the X2 to each machine and specify the IP, Username and Password Setting up Samba shortcuts on the Mede8er Select ‘Network’ and then select the ‘My_Shortcuts’ icon. Now press the ‘Menu’ button and select ‘Add New Shortcut’... -
Page 10: Home Network Samba Server
The Mede8er has NAS (Network Attached Storage) functionality built in. And although it is limited in transfer speed compared to standalone NAS servers it performs very well if speed is not your major requirement. You can also use the MED400X2 as a Media Server and stream content to other Mede8er’s on your home network. -
Page 11: Wired Network Connection And Setup
Alternately you may have to enter your IP address, subnet mask, router, and DNS addresses manually. DHCP IP (AUTO) Choose this option if you want your router to assign a dynamic IP address to Mede8er. This option is easy to use and recommended for normal users. -
Page 12: Firmware Update
After approximately 15 seconds the LED on the Mede8er with flash blue and you will get a progress bar on your TV display (some TV's will not display this) wait until the Mede8er re boots itself +- 60 sec. Your Mede8er is now updated. -
Page 13: Home Page
HOME PAGE The Mede8er Home is the central point where you can launch all the user applications. Press the Right/Left Navigation buttons on the remote to navigate the Home Page and press “Enter” to launch the selected page. FAVOURITES Create, manage, apply Genre cover art to local and network folder shortcuts. -
Page 14: Home Page Strip
HOME PAGE STRIP The Home Page can be accessed at any time by pressing the “Home Page” button on the remote. The Home Page Strip will appear at the bottom of the page and allow you to make your selection using the Left / Right Navigation buttons on the remote. -
Page 15: Media Library
MEDIA LIBRARY The Mede8er Media Library has five built in standard views ie Movie View, Music View, Picture View, List View, List View and Preview View. The Media Library has been designed so that the view can be easily changed on the fly. In the Media Library you have the option of changing the Views Manually or you can enable the ‘Auto View’... -
Page 16: Media Library Continued
MEDIA LIBRARY CONTINUED To change the View of the Media Library press the “View” button on the remote and the Media Library strip will light up. Press the ‘View’ button again and the focus will change to the next icon. Repeat pressing the ‘View’... -
Page 17: Media Library Metadata Display
MEDIA LIBRARY METADATA DISPLAY The Media Library will display basic Movie Metadata in all ‘Views’. This unique Mede8er functionality will greatly enhance your Media Library browsing experience and make it real easy for the whole family to enjoy. In order to take advantage of the advanced functionality you will need to scan your movie collection with Y2M (YAMJ to Mede8er) or Thumbgen in order to create the required xml files. -
Page 18: Adding Custom Backdrops And Skins
The skin option is community driven and we are expecting some unique designs to become available and these will be available for download from the Mede8er forum and website. To load a skin -- just download it and unzip /unrar it to a folder. In X2 navigate to this folder and press the ‘Menu’ button and select ‘Add to Skin Option’... -
Page 19: Xml Search Jukebox
Library Preparation for XML Search operation The Media Library must conform to the Mede8er standard with all the relevant movie file information in its own folder. A typical folder will contain - Video File - Folder.jpg - About.jpg - XML File - Subtitle file. Once you have arranged your Video Collection into individual folders you can use Y2M (YAMJ To Mede8er) or Thumbgen to scan the folders to make the requires images and xml files. -
Page 20: Jukebox View
JukeBox View In Setup under ‘Misc Options’ you can select JukeBox View -- on/off JukeBox View ‘off’ - Favourite Links to a Jukebox will be presented in a normal structure and you can navigate the scanned Folders and Sub Folders folder as you normally would in the Media Library. JukeBox View ‘on’... -
Page 21: Media Library Music Player
MEDIA LIBRARY - MUSIC PLAYER Select any supported music file and the Music Player Screen will launch. If the music file has embedded information tags and images then these will be displayed on the right hand side in the preview window area. If you do not want to use embedded mp3 art or you are using .m4a, ape or flac files you can save the Album Cover as a jpg file named ‘folder.jpg’... -
Page 22: Cover Art Preview In Media Library
COVER ART PREVIEW IN MEDIA LIBRARY The Mede8er has a built in facility to preview cover art and it will automatically read the folder.jpg and the about.jpg inside the movie folders. All you need to do in order to use this very useful feature is to arrange your collection with each video, in its own folder. -
Page 23: Play Folder
PLAY FOLDER Mede8er allows you to play a video file within a folder without the need to open the folder. Just focus on the required folder and press the ‘Play’ or ‘FF’ button. The first video file found in the folder will be played. The folder play will only work with video files. -
Page 24: Media Scanner
You can select “Auto Scan” options in the Setup menu. The Media Scanner will automatically update the database when the Mede8er is powered “on” or when an external USB Hard Drive is connected. It is important to let the scanner complete the scan if you intend to use this function. Progressive scans take less time than the original scan as only new information is added to the database. -
Page 25: Lock Facility
LOCK FACILITY Mede8er has a built in Lock facility designed to restrict access to certain folders. Lock facility functions a. System access areas such as Hard Drive Format screen and File Manager. (Pin Protection) b. User Folders (Folder Protection) You can enable or disable these options in the Setup menu CHANGE PIN CODE The default 4 digit Pin Code is 0000. -
Page 26: Favourites Manager
FAVOURITES MANAGER The MED400X2 is equipped with a powerful function that we call Favourites. Basically it is a list of Shortcuts that you the user easily create yourself. The Favourite Link will work as a shortcut link to shared folder on your hosted USB Drive, Samba and NFS Network Share. - Page 27 ADDING GENRE ARTWORK TO FAVOURITES You can easily add Genre artwork to each Favourite link. To add the cover artwork just focus on the Favourite thumbnail and press the “Menu” button on the remote control. The menu dialogue screen will open and now you can select the “Genre”...
- Page 28 Time, Title or Chapter. Once the function is selected press the Up/Down Navigation button to select the numeric value you require and then press the “Enter” button and the Mede8er will jump to the time you selected in the Video.
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Page 29: Screen Calibration
TV screen. You can then do a fine adjustment to move the red rectangle so that it is just not visible. ZOOM The Mede8er is equipped with advanced zoom functionality and once your screen is calibrated you can zoom intuitively to either WIDTH or HEIGHT or XY of the video. - Page 30 SUBTITLES Mede8er supports various types of subtitle files. If the subtitle is embedded into the video file it will automatically be available on the Subtitle Dialogue Screen. External Subtitles must be placed into the same folder as the video file and must be named to be exactly the same name as the video file eg Cloudy.With.A.Chance.Of.Meatballs.2009.720p.BluRay.HebDub.x264-WiKi.mkv...
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Page 31: File Manager
FILE MANAGER The Mede8er has a built in File Manager to manage and transfer files between your media sources. The File Manager is launched by pressing the “Edit” button on the remote Control while you are Media Library. - Page 32 FILE MANAGER - MULTIPLE FILES To Copy, Delete, Move or Rename multiple files just press the “Edit” button on the remote control while you are in Media Library view. Select “Multiple Select” and a new dialogue screen will open. Navigate to the files or folders on the left screen “A” that you want to perform the action on and press the “Play/Pause”...
- Page 33 PICTURES Press the “View” button on the remote and the Icon strip will light up. Now select the Picture Icon. The page will re-arrange into a image grid that is optimized for image thumbnail viewing. The X2 supports full Slideshow functions and you must enable the ‘Slideshow’...
- Page 34 “autoplay” folder. The contents will be played with the “Repeat All” as default. If a USB Drive is plugged into the Mede8er it will auto scan for the “Autoplay” folder and if found it will start the Autoplay function.
- Page 35 ‘Flow Control problems by using a managed switch. If you are streaming from a Windows PC you will require a NFS client to be running on the host PC. The Mede8er has been tested and verified with HaneWin but other NFS Servers should work equally as well. You can download HaneWin at http://www.hanewin.net/nfs-e.htm...
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Page 36: Setup
Wireless Setup -- DHCP IP (Auto) / Fixed IP (Manual). PPPoe Setup PPPoe Setup. Transmission BT Unsupported function on the MED400X2 NAS Mode Enables X2 to be used as a server to other Network Connected Devices. UPnP Server If enabled other UPnP enabled devices will be able to stream content from the X2. - Page 37 +31(0)10-7142861 during business hours. Europe: I BDL BV. Fermiweg 9-11, 3208KT Spijkenisse, Netherlands. Tel: +31(10)7142861. Trade: sales@mede8er.eu Warranty and support: support@mede8er.eu Sanji Electronics (Pty) Ltd 68 Kyalami Boulevard, Kyalami Business Park, Kyalami, Gauteng, South Africa. Tel: 27-11-8750000 Fax: 27-11-4660286 Email sales@mede8er.com...
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