Important Safety Precautions To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or product damage, do not expose the device to rain, humidity or any spilling of liquid. Do not place any water-holding vessels such as vase on the player. For the purpose of good conditions of ventilating, do not set up the device or put it in bookcase, internal-inserted player cabinet or other airproof spaces.
like beds, sofa, and cloth in case the vent is blocked. Don’t place the player in unventilated or other locations not recommended by manufacturer such as bookshelf and frames. Power supply No over power supply or it might overload the player and cause fire. Connect the AC power cable properly and make sure there are no defects.
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When you suddenly move the player from warm places to cold places. When you use the player in the room where you just open the heater or the player is right under the cooling areas of air conditioner. When you move the player from air-conditioner room and use it in places of high temperature and humidity in hot summer.
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Headphones Turn the volume up to the middle position when using the headphone. It might cause hearing impairment if you listen to loud music by headphone for a long time. Services Do not try to repair the player. Repairing, disassembling or remodeling the player by unskilled people might cause electric shock or damages to the player.
limHD310s User Manual Important Safety Precautions ......................1 Chapter 1 limHD310s Brief Introduction ..................7 Chapter 2 limHD310s Technical Specifications ................8 2.1 Hardware..........................8 2.2 Display Device supported ....................8 2.3 Digital Media formats supported ..................9 2.4 Subtitle ..........................9 2.5 Multi-language Supported....................9 2.6 Firmware Upgrade Supported .....................9 Chapter 3 Precautions before Operation of limHD310s ..............10 3.1 Buttons ..........................10 3.2 Set the Video Output Mode....................10...
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9.2.4 HD YPbPr ......................33 9.3 System Setup........................34 9.3.1 TV Standard ......................34 9.3.2 TV Shape........................35 9.3.3 Network Setup......................35 9.3.4 Restore to the Default Settings................38 9.3.5 Firmware Upgrade ....................39 9.3.6 Language Preference....................40 Chapter 10 limHD310s Media Playback..................41 10.1 Play Video Files ......................41 10.2 Play Music Files......................42 10.3 Browse the Photo Files....................44...
Chapter 1 limHD310s Brief Introduction limHD310s is a kind of high-end High Definition Multi-media HDD Player. It is a perfect match to your HDTV. You can enjoy High Definition movies, listen to music or browse digital photos by connecting limHD310s to HDTV (or other display devices such as High Definition Projectors) just by AV cable.
Chapter 2 limHD310s Technical Specifications 2.1 Hardware SMP8635 256MB DDR Memory 32MB Flash Hard Disk Driver: 3.5" SATA HDD Storage Devices NTFS & FAT32 File System Note: NTFS is recommended, as FAT32 support file size maximum USB 2.0 Host x 2 (used to connect to external CD or DVD I/O Interface ROMs/Mobile HDD/U disk and play stored Media files.
Chapter 3 Precautions before Operation of limHD310s 3.1 Buttons In case of remote control malfunctions, limHD310s is designed with function buttons on the front panel. Using remote control is recommended. 3.2 Set the Video Output Mode If it is your first time to use limHD310s (the factory default settings may not match your TV display) or if you need to change your display device (it might not match your pervious settings), please use to adjust the Video Output mode.
Select Music Playback Mode by pressing button; Select one MUSIC to play; Select REPEAT ALL mode. Suggest using A/V receiver (amplifier to achieve high fidelity sound effects. limHD310s supports Coax/Optical SPDIF in the convenience of building a perfect music hall for you. 3.5 Recommended power-up procedures Make sure that you have connected the limHD310s to your display device (such as TV and Audio device (such as A/V receiver) with appropriate cables;...
Chapter 4 limHD310s Internal HDD Installation limHD310s supports internal SATA HDD (PC universal hard disk, Windows format). Please refer to the technical specifications provided by HDD manufacturer for more details. 4.1 Install the Internal HDD Follow the steps below to install your SATA HDD: Step 1: Place limHD310s in a place convenient for HDD installation.
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Step 4: Let the SATA HDD (side with text specifications) face up, Make sure that the power connector and data cable connector of your HDD are inserted to the corresponding connectors inside the cabin of limHD310s properly. Step 5: Slide the SATA HDD into the HDD cabin. Step 6: Push the SATA HDD completely into the cabin and close the gate...
Step 7: Fasten the cabin gate. Now you can use internal SATA HDD to enjoy high definition videos. 4.2 Format the Internal HDD If HDD remains unformatted, please follow the steps below: Step 1: Connect limHD310s to the power supply near your computer; Step 2: Press power button on the front panel if the power signal is not lighted.
Notes: 1. limHD310s supports multi-partition, while the first partition of HDD must be initialized as Master 2. limHD310s supports FAT32 and NTFS. NTFS is recommended as FAT32 only supports files size 4GB maximum. 4.3 Transfer files to Internal HDD Connect limHD310s to PC by USB cable as mentioned in 4.2. Copy and paste files between limHD310s and PC as if data transferred between 2 HDDs of PC itself.
Chapter 5 Installation and Connection 5.1 Power Supply Jack DC12V Caution: Do use the 12VDC wide-voltage power Adapter. If not, it might damage your player; the power cord used must accord with the local country standards. Please contact with local agents if you need to change the power Adapter.
5.4 10/100M Ethernet Connection (RJ45) limHD310s can be connected to Ethernet through its self-adaptive RJ45 interface, when it can stream shared files like a VOD terminal from the server or PCs in the network. When limHD310s works as a network streamer or VOD, 100M Ethernet is recommended because Hi-Def videos of high bit rates require broad bandwidths.
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2) DVI DVI (Digital Video Interface) is a common interface of High Definition Display devices. Note that the main difference between DVI and HDMI is that DVI has no embedded audio signals. DVI can transfer uncompressed pure digital video signals. You can connect limHD310s by a HDMI-DVI cable to your display devices with DVI interface.
2. Standard definition connection 1). Standard definition component video (YPbPr) Same as above. 2). S video S-Video, short for Separate Video, is one of the video interfaces most commonly used. It transfers Luminance and Chroma signals separately. To a greater extent it avoids image distortion caused by signal-to-crosstalk and higher image quality can be provided.
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1) HDMI1.3 Output When connected to HDMI1.3 decoder or amplifier, HDMI1.3 can output latest 7.1-channel audio signals like DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD and LPCM. It also output 5.1-channel SPDIF digital audio signals. Coaxial & Optical SPDIF Output SPDIF stands for Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format (more commonly known as Sony Philips Digital Interface).
Chapter 6 VFD Panel of limHD310s limHD310s has one VFD panel, which totally shows the functional state of the player, helping you operate more directly. Power light The power light indicates the power supply of limHD310s. On – power on Off –...
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Video Output Mode It indicates the Video Output Mode of limHD310s. Keep pressing VIDEO MODE button until there is a normal display. Note: Do not press the button too fast, in case it missed the right video output mode to your TV. When you choose the video output mode, VFD shows vertical resolution as below.
Chapter 7 Remote Control of limHD310s Remote control is convenient for your operation. Please read this chapter carefully to get a full knowledge of the remote control buttons.
7.1 Precautions before using remote control Put appropriate battery into the remote control before using it. 1. Open the battery case 2. Put in the R6 batteries 3. Close the battery case Battery Precautions In order to prevent battery leak or erosion caused by incorrect operation, please follow the instructions: Do not reverse the positive and negative pole of battery (refer to marks of “+”and “-”) Neither dissect, short-circuit, heat or charge the battery, nor throw it into fire...
Remote Control Precautions Do not drop the remote control Do not leave the remote control in places of high temperatures or humidity Do not spill water or any other liquid to the remote control Do not expound the infrared window to direct sunshine Do not disassemble the remote control 7.2 Functions of Remote Control Buttons SLEEP/WAKEUP BUTTON - When limHD310s is working normally, press the button...
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press it to switch between 16:9 and 4:3. AUDIO TRACK SELECT) – When you are playing a video, press it to AUDIO ( display all different audio tracks it has. Tracks once selected will be memorized until you change it again. While playing MOVIE files, use it to upload/unload subtitles.
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INFO - While playing MOVIE files, press it to show the information of - file name, file size, elapsed time, total length, repeat mode etc. While playing MOVIE or MUSIC files, press it to select the Repeat Mode REPEAT - - REPEAT CLEAR, REPEAT TRACK (repeat the playing file) and REPEAT ALL (repeat all the files at the current directory).
Chapter 8 limHD310s Buttons Instructions When the remote control gets lost or malfunctioned, you might use buttons on the front panel of limHD310s to meet an emergency. In this case, please contact the local agent to replace a new remote control. Same as on the remote control OK Exit button same as...
Chapter 9 limHD310s Setup Please don’t forget to set up limHD310s to get the best video and audio effects after all proper physical connections are finished. Turn the limHD310s on and enter the Main menu after system initialization finished, please press button on remote control or navigate to on main menu by pressing direction buttons and button on remote control to enter...
Encoded Digital: Selecting this option, you can directly output the digital streams from the media files without any conversion. These digital streams later will be decoded by the outer decoders/ AV receivers (amplifiers). Note: This option has no effects to the Analog Audio Output. 9.1.2 Speakers Out Please select 2 or 5.1 channels according to audio equipment you have.
Then press to enter the video output mode setting, according to your display devices, select the Active Output interface of the limHD310s to output video signals and press button to confirm. For the instructions of video output interface connection, please refer to 5.5.1 Video Connection.
composite video cable according to the display device instructions. You may select C/S-Video C/YPbPr C/RGB etc in specific circumstances. Please coordinate it with your video connection. 9.2.4 HD YPbPr If you select HD YPbPr, please connect the display device to your limHD310s by YPbPr cable with the VGA-YPbPr conversion connector following the display device instructions.
9.3 System Setup After entering Setup Menu Press button to highlight the Video setting icon 9.3.1 TV Standard Please navigate to TV Standard and then select NTSC or PAL according to the standard of your display devices (TV etc.) and then press button to confirm.
9.3.2 TV Shape Please navigate to TV Shape to select the aspect ratio (length: width) according to your display screen then press button to confirm. Normally, ratio 16:9 is for widescreen TV and ratio 4:3 is for non-widescreen TV. 9.3.3 Network Setup Please navigate to Network and setup Samba if you are windows user or NFS if you are Linux user.
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SAMBA Setup Instructions Set the shared folder on your media PC Make sure that your router supports DHCP function; Make sure and note down your media PC’s IP address, such as '192.168.18.106'; Rename the media shares folder in English or Number, such as media;...
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Choose Networkpath\Static IP to set your IP address of your limHD310s (such as 192.168.18.108), or Networkpath\DHCP to get an IP address automatically. Go back to main menu by pressing EXIT button, reboot the system. Choose NETWORK Samba on the main screen then you can visit shared media files on your shared PC.
// need to creat a new 'nfs' directory under mnt # ls /mnt The command will export and mount 'nfs' directory onto to /mnt directory. Therefore, if NFS works normally, you can view the files of /home/user/nfs shared directory under /mnt. LimHD310s - NFS client Setup Choose Networkpath\NFS...
9.3.5 Firmware Upgrade Through firmware update, limHD310s’ performance can be optimized. Normal Upgrade Please update to the latest firmware if available, following steps below: Download and decompress the latest firmware. Copy update.bin to U-Disk, and connect U-Disk with limHD310s. Turn limHD310s on after all proper physical connections are finished. Enter the Main menu after system initialization, please press or navigate to on main menu and press...
9.3.6 Language Preference limHD310s currently supports English, Chinese, French, Dutch, Italian, etc. Please navigate to Language selection in System Setup menu, press to the option column including all languages supported, select one you preferred, and then press to confirm. The selected language is enabled immediately, go back to main menu by pressing EXIT.
Chapter 10 limHD310s Media Playback 10.1 Play Video Files Video Formats Supported: limHD310s supports all the popular video formats. High-definition: H.264(.avi, .ts, .mov, .m2ts, .mp4, .mkv), MPEG2-HD (.ts, .tp, .avi), WMV-HD/VC-1, Divx-HD, Xvid-HD etc; Standard definition: MPEG-1/2/4, DivX™ , XviD, DVD files (.ISO, .IFO, .VOB). INFO Screen When playing videos, you can press INFO button to pop up a transparent window, showing information of: File Name, File Size, length, Elapsed time and Play Mode.
4. Press to switch the display ratio between16:9, 4:3. If it is a multi-tracked video, you can use to change audio track. If the video has the cognominal .srt subtitle files, you can press to upload or unload it. Press control the video progress.
INFO Screen When playing the music files, an Info. Screen will be showed as below: Information contains: • File Name • File Size • Elapsed time – already played time; format: hh:mm:ss • Length – whole length; format: hh:mm:ss • Repeat Mode Music Playback Control 1.
10.3 Browse the Photo Files Photo formats supported: So far limHD310s supports popular photo formats. You are able to enjoy JPG/BMP photos. INFO Screen While browsing the photos, we can also press INFO button to know relative information about the photos.
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