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Imerge MS1-3D User Manual

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M e d i a S e r v e r / M e d i a P l a y e r

USER GUIDE

For detailed installation instructions visit the Support
section of the Imerge website at www.imerge.co.uk

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    N e t w o r k e d A u d i o V i d e o S y s t e m M e d i a S e r v e r / M e d i a P l a y e r USER GUIDE For detailed installation instructions visit the Support section of the Imerge website at www.imerge.co.uk...
  • Page 2 The MS1-3D XiVA™ software and this documen- of our manuals, we cannot guarantee that they are tation are copyright materials. No part of the MS1-3D completely up to date, nor do we accept any liability in XiVA software or this documentation may be repro- this regard.
  • Page 3 Build a list of pop classics to play when you throw a party, or add classical instrumental pieces to a list designed to play quietly in the background for a dinner party. Whatever you want to play, your MS1-3D is bound to please!

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Kurtzanleitung ..........8 Guida di Avvio Rapido ......... 10 Guía Rápida ..........12 快速启动指南 ..........14 The MS1-3D MediaServer / Player ....16 Recording ............25 The Disc Player ..........26 The Audio Library ........27 The Video Library ......... 35 XiVA Music Store ..........

  • Page 5: Precautions

    DTs Encoded Discs CAUTION - when playing DTS encoded CDs excessive noise GENERAL PRECAUTIONs will be heard on the analog outputs jacks of the MS1-3D. To avoid possible damage to the audio system you should When installing the equipment ensure that: ensure that the correct connections are made to your •...

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ INSTRUCTIONS - All the safety and operated only from the type of power source should not be located in the vicinity of operating instructions should be read before indicated on the marketing label. If you are overhead power lines or other electric light the product is operated.

  • Page 7: Important Safety Notices

    EUROPEAN MODEL U.s. MODEL Note: The MS1-3D has been designed and type-tested NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits set out in EN60950 part 1, to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, EN55022: 1998 CLASS A, EN55024: 1998, FCC RULES PART pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 8: Quick Start Guide

    • From the Home Page, select Disc Player To return to the TV UI, from the Admin Main Menu, If your MS1-3D is connected to the internet, details of M Exit Admin. T press he display will revert to the TV the disc content will be looked up automatically and displayed on the screen.
  • Page 9 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE COLOURED KEYs ON THE REMOTE FOR Playback Transport Keys (*) BLU-RAY, 2D AND 3D PLAYBACK • To stop play, press the g Stop key on the remote control. The remote control has been programmed so that certain keys have special functions when you’re playing...

  • Page 10: Guide D'initiation Rapide

    Select O. L’écran passe à disques. Admin. UI (interface d’administration). Si votre MS1-3D est branché sur Internet, les détails du Pour revenir à l’interface utilisateur graphique, appuyez contenu du disque sont automatiquement consultés et M Exit Admin.
  • Page 11 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE LECTURE DE LA MUsIQUE DEPUIs VOTRE • Vos pouvez afficher les films de votre bibliothèque de différentes façons, par exemple Films, Artistes, BIBLIOTHèQUE Évaluations des directeurs. Sélectionnez le • Appuyez sur la touche J du Menu pour afficher le groupement que vous préférez et appuyez sur la...

  • Page 12: Kurtzanleitung

    Sie die Anlage hochfahren. Bitte beachten Sie dass alle angeschlossenen Apparate eingeschaltet sind, bevor Sie die MS1-3D aufstarten. EIN- UND AUssCHALTEN Um das Gerät einzuschalten, drücken Sie den ;-Knopf auf der vorderen Bedienleiste des Geräts. Die LED- Anzeige wechselt von rot auf grün, und die TV-...
  • Page 13 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE O Select-Taste. Die Transport -Tasten (*) auf der Fernbedienung funktionieren wie beim Abspielen von Musik, jedoch mit • Im Bibliothekmenü können Sie auswählen, wie den folgenden Ausnahmen: Sie durch Ihre Musiksammlung blättern möchten, beispielsweise nach Titel, Album, Künstler oder Stil.

  • Page 14: Guida Di Avvio Rapido

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE GUIDA DI AVVIO RAPIDO Il MediaServer/MediaPlayer MS1-3D è dotato di vari tipi di connessioni per il collegamento al televisore ed è in grado di rilevare automaticamente la connessione utilizzata quando viene acceso. Assicurarsi che tutti gli apparecchi connessi siano già...
  • Page 15 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE RIPRODUzIONE DI MUsICA DALLA • È possibile visualizzare i film della libreria in vari modi, ordinandoli ad esempio per titolo del LIBRERIA film, artista, regista o valutazione. Selezionare • Premere il tasto J Menu per visualizzare il menu l’ordinamento desiderato e premere il tasto...

  • Page 16: Guía Rápida

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE GUíA RáPIDA Tu MS1-3D puede ser conectado a la TV una variedades de conexiones, MS1-3D automáticamente descubre cual es necesario al momento que se prende el equipo. Asegura que todos los equipos conectados al MS1-3D estén prendidos antes del MS1-3D.
  • Page 17 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE Seleccione el grupo que desea y pulse la tecla Las teclas de control (*) en el mando a distancia funcionan casi en la misma forma que cuando OSelect. reproducen música, con las siguientes excepciones: •...

  • Page 18: 快速启动指南

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE 快速启动指南 您的MS1-3D支持多种不同类型的电视连接，并且 在启动后自动探测使用的连接是哪一类型。 在启动您的MS1-3D前请确保所有连接设备都已打 开。 打开和关闭 启动接收器，请按在前面板上的Ф按钮。电源指 示灯将从红色变成绿色，电视用户界面也将显示 在主菜单上。 MS1-3D的设计是适用于持续开启的情况下。然 而，如果您并不打算长时间开启它，您也许会想 把它关闭。 • 把它关闭请按前面板上的Ф按钮 在短暂的 时间内接收器便会关闭，电源指示灯并会变 为红色。 图形用户界面(Graphical User Interface) VS 管理用户界面(Admin UI) 大多数时间您浏览您的音视频库，播放电影或歌 集；图形用户界面(Graphical User Interface) 将会成为您的非常熟识的工具。 然而，某些在您的MS1上的功能只能透过使用管 DVD／CD / BluRay 播放器 理用户界面(Admin User Interface). 这些功能...
  • Page 19 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE 遥控器上的彩色钥匙 • 停止播放请按遥控器上的 （停止键） g Stop 。 远程控制已规划，让一些密钥当你播放Blu - ray光盘的特 殊功能。 • 暂停播放请按 （暂停键）。 h Pause 关键的 à Library 图书馆带来了弹出式菜单。 • 按 或 (前后跳跃键)来跳跃到下一 f Skip 在 J Menu 菜单项将打开光盘菜单，如果允许它的光盘。 首或上一首作品。 像一个红色按钮 M 键工程。...

  • Page 20: The Ms1-3D Mediaserver / Player

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE THE Ms1-3D MEDIAsERVER / PLAYER FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW XIVA AND IMERGE ARE TRADEMARKs OF PRISM MEDIA PRODUCTS LIMITED HDMI ESATA Video Out OPTICAL COAX CONTROLLER DIGITAL Line Level N1832 Mains Input: 100V - 240V ~ 50Hz/60Hz 120W FOR INDOOR USE ONLY.
  • Page 21 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE information to be carried from other devices directly into the MediaServer. ANALOGUE OUT (OUTPUTs 2 - 5) This analogue audio output should be connected to the input jacks of a pre-amplifier. © Copyright Prism Media Products Ltd 2012...

  • Page 22: Menu Key

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE THE REMOTE CONTROL HANDsET G PAGE sCROLL keys The following diagram explains the function of the keys These keys are used to scroll through menus by page. on your MediaServer remote control handset: When editing text, these keys are used to change the character set.
  • Page 23 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE When playing blu-ray movies, this key behaves like the Green button. MARK key (Admin UI & BluRay) This key is used in the media libraries to select multiple items and then perform an action on them collectively.

  • Page 24: Changing The Display Language

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE CONFIGURING YOUR REMOTE TO UsING THE REMOTE TO QUICKLY FIND CONTROL OTHER DEVICEs WHAT YOU WANT The TV and Amp keys on the remote control may be scrolling individually configured to control a range of televisions If you have a lot of media, finding the particular item and amplifiers from well known manufacturers.
  • Page 25  and  arrows to scroll the menu. If you are using a XiVASafe XS1e or XS2e external storage unit, you should power the MS1-3D down before Note that the display can sometimes be rather slow to switching the storage unit off.
  • Page 26 UsER INTERFACEs Your MS1-3D MediaServer / Client can play high quality audio or video from a networked external storage device or from its disc slot. By combining a MediaServer with one or more Clients as shown below, you can direct different outputs to a number of channels, providing entertainment throughout your home.
  • Page 27 The MS1-3D automatically selects the best display and audio resolution supported by the display and amplifier. If the amplifier supports HD Audio, the MS1-3D will automatically select HD audio for BD playback. If the amplifier does not support HD Audio, the MS1-3D will automatically re-configure to support other formats such as DTS or Dolby Digital.

  • Page 28: Raid Information

    The interfaces playing movies or albums or recording new media, and you will become most familiar with the TV User are the same for both MS1-3D Server and Client Interface. TV UsER INTERFACE...

  • Page 29: Navigating The Remote User Interface

    Touch for instant control of your MS1-3D. screen: Once installed, go to iPod Settings and choose Imerge Settings to insert the IP address of your MS1-3D and the Output Zone you want to control. © Copyright Prism Media Products Ltd 2012...

  • Page 30: Recording

    Choose between Uncompressed, MP3 128kb VBR, MP3 DVDs and BluRay discs, using the disc slot. 192kb VBR, MP3 320kb CBR, WMA 96kb and WMA 128kb Your MS1-3D can access the internet, using a broadband as the default recording quality for CDs. internet connection, to automatically retrieve Confirm Format information about the disc.

  • Page 31: The Disc Player

    MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE THE DIsC PLAYER Your MS1-3D can play CDs, DVDs and BluRay discs directly from the disc slot. It therefore functions not only as a music and video system, but also as a CD, DVD and BluRay player.

  • Page 32: The Audio Library

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE THE AUDIO LIBRARY The television user interface has been designed to allow easy navigation through the Audio Library and therefore give quick and easy access to your complete music collection in a number of different ways. Each screen in the Audio Library is carefully constructed to provide the most important information about the items you are viewing.
  • Page 33 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE PLAYING MUsIC IN THE AUDIO LIBRARY O Select to play all the albums in this genre. • Press Alternatively, you can display all the artists, albums or In most screens you can use the S key repeatedly to...
  • Page 34 MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE THE PLAY QUEUE Any item in your Audio Library can be selected for playback in one of two ways: O Select key to see the details, then select • Press the either Play Album to begin playback immediately or Add album to add it to the Play Queue.
  • Page 35 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE THE NOW PLAYING sCREEN (AUDIO) The illustration below shows the Now Playing screen when music is playing from the Audio Library. Whenever you select an item in the Audio Library for playback, this screen is displayed. You can also skip directly to the Now Playing screen at any time you have music playing, by pressing the •...
  • Page 36 MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE EDITING THE AUDIO LIBRARY Controlling Audio Playback Whether you are playing music from the Audio Library Your MediaServer labels the albums, artists and tracks or directly from the CD you can pause, stop and resume in your Audio Library with names which identify the playback as well as seek and skip tracks at any time.

  • Page 37: Selecting Album Artwork

    MS1-3D will just When you have finished making changes to the album’s keep playing whatever you’ve added to the playlist.

  • Page 38: Now Playing Screen Options

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE O Select key. Artists and press the O Select key. • Choose Tracks and then press the • Highlight • Select the track you want to delete. • Highlight an artist and press the O Select key.
  • Page 39 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE Editing PlayLists On the Admin UI Main Menu, select Audio Library, and then Playlists. To see the items that make up the playlist, choose Selections. To move an album up or down the list, click p Mark twice.

  • Page 40: The Video Library

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE THE VIDEO LIBRARY The TV User Interface has been designed to allow easy navigation through the Video Library and therefore give quick and easy access to your complete movie collection in a number of different ways. Each screen in the Video Library is carefully constructed to provide the most important information about the items you are viewing.
  • Page 41 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE PLAYING MOVIEs IN THE VIDEO LIBRARY Since several artists can star in a single movie, each movie can appear a number of times in the display, once In most screens you can use the S key repeatedly to for each starring artist.
  • Page 42 MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE O Select key to make selections. • Use the If you have an Internet connection, your MediaServer reads the DVD information automatically from the To pause play Internet. You can edit these names at any stage to suit your own preferences.
  • Page 43 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE The following screen, listing all of the cover art images storage device. Anything you delete by accident will stored on your MediaServer, is displayed: need to be re-recorded. Marking Items in the Video Library The mark function can be used to select multiple items within a list in the Video Library.

  • Page 44: Xiva Music Store

    XiVA Music store The XiVA Music Store is an innovative way to explore the enormous amount of music which is available online today, to listen to samples of the music, to find tracks by artists similar to the ones you already know and to buy either individual tracks or entire albums, all from the comfort of your armchair and using nothing more than your remote control.
  • Page 45 BROWsING THE MUsIC sTORE The XiVA Music Store is presented as a stack of carousels of cards. Use the S and T keys on the remote control to move left and right through the cards on the carousel. When you find the card you want, press the O Select key to zoom in on it. It will expand to fill the screen.
  • Page 46 zOOMING IN ON A CARD To zoom in on a card, press the O Select key. The card will expand to fill the screen. On list cards like this one, you can use the V and U keys to move between items in the list, and the S and T keys to select components of the hightlighted item.
  • Page 47 You’ll need to create yourself an account first, so enter your email address and a password you can remember. To register your XiVA device, enter the registration code you noted earlier, in the box shown. If you have more than one device, you should register them separately.

  • Page 48: Parental Control

    USER GUIDE PARENTAL CONTROL Highlight Enabled and press O Select. Parental Control is available on the MS1-3D and allows you to restrict the movies that can be played on any Output, based on the age rating of the movie. Prism Media Products Ltd has a large collection of movie...
  • Page 49 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE © Copyright Prism Media Products Ltd 2012 Page...

  • Page 50: Use With A Home Computer

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE UsE WITH A HOME IMPORTING FILEs TO YOUR MEDIAsERVER • Double click on the folder entitled Import. An COMPUTER empty folder window will be displayed. Your MediaServer has a number of advanced features To Import Music Files which can be accessed via a computer connected to your home network.
  • Page 51 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE Transferring Music to your Portable Player using iTunes The iTunes Media Player application is specifically designed to simplify the process of synchronizing your music collection with an iPod portable player. Support for other devices is limited; you should check that your portable player is compatible before using this application.

  • Page 52: Digital Safe

    Accessing it is exactly the same as transferring media to and from your MS1-3D, as described on page 46. You’ll see a share called Digital Safe listed along with the other shares such as MusicShare and Import.

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting Guide

    If the TV UI doesn’t appear on startup or if the Admin UI Main Menu doesn’t show the Audio and Video Libraries, then either the MS1-3D is configured as a MediaPlayer or it has not detected the XiVASafe external storage device.
  • Page 54 Enter the path to the MusicShare on the MS1-3D in the format \\192.168.27.4\MusicShare. To find the IP address of your MS1-3D, go to the Admin UI Main Menu and visit Set Up > Settings > Connection Settings > View Assigned Ethernet Settings.

  • Page 55: Set Up Information

    Choose this option to check for a more recent version of the XiVA software. If one is available, it will be automatically downloaded and installed. shutdown / Restart Shut down or restart the MS1-3D. RAID Information Not implemented yet. setting Name...

  • Page 56: Setting The Pin

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE UsE WITH A WIDEsCREEN TV REsETTING TO FACTORY DEFAULTs The display on a widescreen TV can look unnaturally If you reset the unit to the factory defaults, all personal wide. To correct this you will need to switch to the customisation, for instance, changes to the aspect ratio Admin User Interface temporarily: of the display, will be removed.

  • Page 57: Hardware Specifications

    MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE HARDWARE XiVASAFE XS1e and XS2e sPECIFICATIONs General • System ........External disk storage Note: the specification and design of these products are subject to change without notice. • Power Requirements ..AC 100-240V ~50Hz/60Hz MS1-3D •...

  • Page 58: Terms & Conditions

    MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE TERMs & CONDITIONs or system failure even if Prism or its employees or agents are advised of the possibility of such damages, losses or expenses. XiVA™ sOFTWARE CUsTOMER sERVICE AGREEMENT Limitations of Prism’s Liability Your next-generation XiVA™...
  • Page 59 How you can learn what personal information we have? The XiVA™ Software Service Privacy Policy discloses our privacy You may send us email at: support@imerge.co.uk or write to us practices and contains detailed information about exactly how at our headquarters address given at the end of this document. A your personal information will be treated: nominal fee may apply to this request.
  • Page 60 MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE MICROsOFT END-UsER LICENsE AGREEMENT air traffic control, or other devices or systems in which a malfunction of the SOFTWARE would result in foreseeable • You have acquired a device (“DEVICE”) that includes risk of injury or death to the operator of the device or software licensed by Prism Media Products Ltd.
  • Page 61 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE GRACENOTE END-UsER LICENsE Microsoft Corporation or their subsidiaries providing the Supplemental Components will be the licensor with respect AGREEMENT to such Supplemental Components in lieu of “Prism Media Products Ltd.” for the purposes of the EULA, and (ii) TO THE...
  • Page 62 MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE NVIDIA sOFTWARE LICENsE AGREEMENT 5. APPLICABLE LAW This LICENSE shall be deemed to have been made in, and This License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software shall be construed pursuant to, the laws of the State of (“LICENSE”) is the agreement which governs use of the California.
  • Page 63 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE sONIC sOLUTIONs END-UsER LICENCE 3. Limited Warranty on Media. AGREEMENT Sonic warrants the media on which the Sonic Software is delivered to be free from defects in materials and THIS IS A CONTRACT, PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY, BY...
  • Page 64 License shall continue in full force and effect. to the GPL available to the public in source code form at http://www.imerge.co.uk/lgpl/taglibport.zip. 8. Complete Agreement. You are free to use, modify and distribute Open Source...
  • Page 65 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE Finally, any free program is threatened constantly These requirements apply to the modified work as a by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not...
  • Page 66 MS-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE 5. You are not required to accept this License, since you Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you the Program specifies a version number of this License permission to modify or distribute the Program or its which applies to it and “any later version”, you have the derivative works.
  • Page 67 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE AMG FLOW-DOWN LICENsE TERMs THE AMG SERVICES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF ARE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS.” AMG MAKES NO (TERMs OF UsE) REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR This application incorporates software and technology of IMPLIED, REGARDING THE ACCURACY OF THE AMG All Media Guide, LLC.
  • Page 68 Such Copyrighted Materials are provided for personal, Definitions. noncommercial use only. End User agrees that it will not “Approved Product” means the [Imerge MS1-3D Media use any such Copyrighted Materials in any manner that Server], [Elan TGM-100] or [Xiva musicm8] hereto, which...
  • Page 69 MS1-3D MediaServer / MediaPlayer USER GUIDE THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE Metadata or Subscribed Databases that are related to ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. this Agreement with End Users or are otherwise brought to GD3 Data’s attention.
  • Page 70 USER GUIDE 2 YEAR PRODUCT WARRANTY Thank you for purchasing this Imerge product. We trust you will enjoy using your MS1-3D for many years to come. This product has undergone stringent testing during manufacture and if, after reading the User Guide, you...

  • Page 71: Index

    Index Home Computer Media transfer to and from ....45 Album Artwork Changing........32 Apple Mac Importing media .
  • Page 72 Playback Warning Messages......48 Playing a CD........ 26 TV Set-Up ........48 Playing a DVD .
  • Page 76 Prism Media Products Ltd The Old School, High Street, Stretham, Cambridge, CB6 3LD, UK Telephone: +44 (0)1353 648 888, Fax: +44 (0)1353 648 867 Email: info@imerge.co.uk, Web: http://www.imerge.co.uk UK and International Helpdesk Telephone: +44 (0)1353 648 888, Fax: +44 (0)1353 648 867 Email: support@imerge.co.uk, Web: http://www.imerge.co.uk/support...

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