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  • Page 1 User Information...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1 User Information 1.1 Caution 2 Product Introduction 2.1 Product Overview 2.2 Package Contents 2.3 Connection 2.4 Front Panel 2.5 Side Panel 2.6 Back Panel 2.7 First Time Usage 2.8 Remote Control 3 Main Functions 3.1 Setup Menu 3.2 Movie Library 3.3 Photo Library 3.4 Music Library...

  • Page 3: User Information

    User Information 1.1 Caution This player is designed and manufactured with safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this player, please read the following before usage. 1.1.1 Usage cautions User should not modify this player. If commercial hard disk is being used, the envi- ronmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35.

  • Page 4: Hard Disk Cautions

    1.1.6 Hard disk cautions The player uses an internal hard disk for data storage. Under normal circumstance, format or repair is not required. You should carefully read the < Frequently Asked Questions > chapter, and check our website for latest information before formatting the hard disk. - Physical impact may create bad sector in the hard disk, you can use CHKDSK to fix the problem.

  • Page 5: Product Introduction

    Product Introduction 2.1 Product Overview Thank you for purchasing an AC Ryan Playon!HD3 Media Player. Store, stream and play your entire media collection in 3D Full HD. The ultimate in home entertainment, this player has the following functionality: Network Feature •...

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Photo Viewing • You can view photos in slide show mode with background music and/or transi- tion effects. • Zoom in/out, Rotate • Photo format: JPEG/HD JPEG/BMP/GIF/TIF/PNG USB 3.0 & 2.0 Support • USB 3.0 DEVICE port (for computer connection, compatible to USB 2.0) •...

  • Page 7: Connection

    2.3 Connection 2.3.1 Power connection Follow the picture and connect the AC adaptor to the player’s DC IN jack; Follow the picture and plug in the AC adaptor to the power outlet 2.3.2 USB Mass Storage Device (USB stick, USB HDD etc.) Connection Make sure the player is powered on;...
  • Page 8 2.3.3 Connecting a Memory Card Memory card can be used by inserting into the card slot Follow the picture to insert the memory card into the card slot properly; Insert the card by following the arrow pointer in the picture. 2.3.4 TV connection 2.3.4.1 A/V OUT Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s A/V OUT...
  • Page 9 2.3.4.2 Y/Pb/Pr Component OUT Follow the picture and plug in the connector of the YUV cable to the player’s Y/ Pb/Pr jack; Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV’s Y/Pb/Pr jack. Audio Connection while using Y/Pb/Pr Video out: First method: use the audio output from the A/V OUT jack;...
  • Page 10 2.3.5 Digital Audio Device connection Follow the picture and plug in the RCA connector on your coaxial cable to the player’s S/PDIF Coaxial jack. Or if you use optical fiber, please plug in the Toslink connector on your optical fiber to the player’s S/PDIF Optical jack; (not supplied) Follow the picture and plug in the other connector on your coaxial cable or opti- cal fiber to the digital audio device.

  • Page 11: Front Panel

    2.3.6 Connecting to a LAN To connect to a LAN (Local Area Network) you require a cat5, cat5e or cat6 network cable (not supplied). Connect one of the crystal plugs on the cable to the player’s RJ45 LAN socket; Connect the other crystal plug on the cable to a RJ45 LAN port on your router, switch, or hub devices.

  • Page 12: Side Panel

    2.5 Side Panel Memory Card slot 2x USB 2.0 HOST port USB 3.0 Device port 2.6 Back Panel A/V OUT jack S/PDIF Optical jack Y/Pb/Pr OUT jack S/PDIF Coaxial jack HDMI jack DC-IN jack RJ45 LAN socket Wi-Fi Antenna Product Introduction...

  • Page 13: First Time Usage

    2.7 First Time Usage 2.7.1 Power On / Off Power On After connecting the DC IN jack, press the power button on the front panel. The indi- cator will gradually turn to white. And the player will enter the home screen soon. Power Off Press the power button on the front panel, the player will soon enter standby mode.
  • Page 14 2.7.3 HDD Format For users who wish to install a new SATA HDD into the player, first you need to for- mat the hard disk using the player built in formatting system before usage. Otherwise certain functions may not function correctly, such as torrent downloading. Please refer to the following procedures to format the hard disk.
  • Page 15 • Step 2: Select Format, press OK, and then hard disk format will start. When prompted for to choose a filesystem, it is recommended to choose NTFS for better use with a Windows based machine. Otherwise choose EXT3 if you are using a Linux-based machine.

  • Page 16: Remote Control

    2.8 Remote Control 1. Power 2. Numeric but- tons 3. Zoom 4. Red/Select 5. Green/ 6. VOL+ Confirm 7. VOL- 8. Home 9. OK /Enter 10. Navigational buttons 11. Menu 12. FRWD 13. Play 14. Slow 15. Pause 16. Repeat 17.
  • Page 17 Button Function Power Press to enter standby mode or wake up. Numeric buttons Press to enter numeric input when changing settings. Zoom Press to zoom the image (photo or video). Red/Select Press to select files in file selecting menu. Green/Confirm Function is available in virtual keyboard and in various environment.

  • Page 18: Main Functions

    Main Functions 3.1 Setup Menu The Setup menu allows you to personalize and configure the preferences for your player. Select the Setup icon on the home screen or press Setup button on the re- mote control. There are five setup options, including System, Audio, Video, Network and Misc.
  • Page 19 • Create a folder named “Resource” in the root directory of your USB or HDD, rename your photo as ‘desktop.png ‘and then copy it to the folder. DVD Auto-Play • Select to turn on/off DVD auto-play. Show all files • Select to display all hidden files (non-media files).
  • Page 20 3.1.2 Changing Audio Settings Use this menu to configure audio settings. Night Mode • Choose among Off / On / Auto. If the option is turned on, the audio output vol- ume will be decreased or choose auto to auto-adjust dialogues and background audio at a normalised level.
  • Page 21 3.1.3 Changing Video Settings Use this menu to configure video settings. Aspect Ratio • Pan Scan 4:3: Displays a wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the re- dundant portions. Select when a standard 4:3 TV is connected. •...
  • Page 22 1080p 24Hz • Choose this option to enable or disable 1080P 24Hz support. A TV display that supports 1080P 24Hz (24P) mode is required for this to function correctly. Plasma Mode • Help to protect your plasma TV by reducing the level of brightness. Choose between Dark / Dim / Light for the best results.
  • Page 23 Deep Color • Provides more detailed level of color depth, and makes continuous color change smoother. You can get more vivid color effects with this setting. A TV display with deep color support is required for the best results. Screen Size •...
  • Page 24 3.1.4 Network Use this menu to configure your local network settings. Wired Lan Setup • DHCP IP (AUTO) Select to obtain IP address automatically (DHCP must be enabled on your Router). • FIX IP (MANUAL) Select to manually input the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and DNS Server IP Address.
  • Page 25 This player can store up to three wireless network connections. Press OK to con- nect, press Return to cancel, press Zoom to rescan the AP’s and press Play button to choose Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc) or WPS (AP). Infrastructure (AP) •...
  • Page 26 Step 2, Input WEP / WPA key Press OK to input encryption keys via the virtual keyboard. Press the navi- gational buttons to select, OK to input, FFWD to move cursor left, FRWD to move cursor right, Zoom to switch between uppercase and lowercase, Stop to delete a character, Play to make more symbols available, Green to change the language of the virtual keyboard, OK to confirm and to start test- ing the connection.
  • Page 27 Step 1, Specify your SSID name Step 2, Specify your host IP WPS (AP) • WPS, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, is used to connect a wireless router directly, without searching SSID and inputting password. In this mode, you just need to config- ure the parameters of your router which support WPS function.
  • Page 28 First press the WPS button on the router or select the button mode in the configuration menu of the router, then select the PBC mode, the connec- tion process will take a while, please be patient. Input the pin code when you configure your router, then select the PIN mode, the connection process will take a while, please be patient.
  • Page 29 Step 2, press Right button to input your ADSL account Step 3, press Right button to input your password and start to test the connection. Main Functions...
  • Page 30 Samba Process • Select to turn NAS function to On/Off. Please refer to ’SAMBA Server’ for more details on NAS function of this product. Transmission • Select to turn Transmission Torrent Client On/Off. Please refer to ‘Transmission Download’ for more details on this feature. •...
  • Page 31 Network Info • This tab shows you information about your network, MAC Address, IP address Gateway, Subnet. HDD spin down • Select the time-out duration to spin down your HDD after the desired idle time is up. Please be patient when you access the HDD again due to its spin up. USB Upgrade •...

  • Page 32: Movie Library

    3.2 Movie Library Enter into movie interface, only supported files will be displayed. Please refer to Ap- pendixes in chapter ‘5.1 Specifications’ for more details about the supported files. 3.2.1 Movie Library Options In movie library, press the Menu button to display the option menu, the following functions are available through the option menu.
  • Page 33 Sorting Mode • Choose to sort by Name, Size, Most Viewed or Recently Added from option menu. Show BD/DVD • Choose to display DVD IFO, BD MV and ISO files directly in media library. Flash Animation • Choose to display .swf file format in media library. Go to Folder •...
  • Page 34 3.2.3 Movie Playback Options During movie playback, press Menu button to display or hide the option menu at the side of the screen. You can also access functions such as audio track, subtitle and repeat mode through the Option Menu during video playback. DVD Menu •...

  • Page 35: Photo Library

    3.3 Photo Library Enter the photo interface, only supported image files will be displayed. This player supports JPEG/HD JPEG/BMP/GIF/TIF/PNG files. 3.3.1 Photo Library Options In photo library, press Menu button to display the option menu, you can access the following functions trought the option menu. Quick-Search •...
  • Page 36 Sorting Mode • Choose to sort by Name, Recently Added or Recently Played from option menu. Folder Directory • Choose to show all folders. Leaf Folder View • Choose to show all folders that includes images. Date View • Choose to view photo by date. 3.3.2 Photo Playback Control You can access the following functions during photo playback.
  • Page 37 3.3.3 Photo Playback Options During photo playback, press Menu button to display or hide the option menu at the side of the screen. The following functions are available through the Option menu during photo playback. Slide Timing • Select to choose the Interval and start a slideshow. Slide Transition Select to choose the Transition effects •...

  • Page 38: Music Library

    3.4 Music Library Enter music interface, only supported audio files will be displayed. This player supports AAC/LC-AAC/HE-AAC/MP2/MP3/FLAC/WAV/MS-ADPCM/OGG/ Vorbis/PCM/LPCM/ COOK/RA-Lossless/WMA (DRM and advance Profile or lossless not supported) Standard audio files. 3.4.1 Music Library Options In music library, press Menu button to display the option menu, the following func- tions are available throught the option menu.
  • Page 39 Filter options Choose Albums to search for music files by album. • • Choose Artists to search for music files by artist. Choose Genres to search for music files by genre. • • Choose Years to search for music files by year. •...

  • Page 40: File Manager

    3.4.3 Music Playback Options During music playback, press Menu button to display or hide the option menu at the side of the screen. Access the following functions through the Option menu during music playback. Repeat Mode • Choose a repeat mode among Repeat off, Repeat one, Repeat all and Shuffle Loop from option menu.
  • Page 41 3.5.1 File Manager Options In file manager, press Menu button to display the option menu and access the fol- lowing functions trought the option menu. Layout Mode • Choose a layout mode by Thumbnails, List and Preview from option menu. Filter options Choose All Media to display all the supported media files in current directory.
  • Page 42 3.5.2 A/V Streaming via Network In file manager, go to the Network selection to start searching for available network host names in your local network setup. You can stream your media files shared on the home network. Please refer to ’3.1.4 Changing Network Settings’...
  • Page 43 • Select Add to open a popup menu where you can input Label, Net User ID, Net Password, Domain, Host Name, and Specific File Server IP. Select OK to confirm, Cancel to cancel, and Simple / Detail to switch between simple and advanced options.
  • Page 44 3.5.3.2 Sharing Media on your PC The Media Sharing feature of Windows Media Player lets you enjoy the contents of your Windows Media Player library from anywhere in your home. • Open Windows Media Player, click Organize -> Manage libraries to add or re- move media files from the library.as an example.

  • Page 45: Playlist Management

    Note: • Make sure your player and your computer are on the same local area network and subnet. • Firewalls may prevent your player communicating with your computer. Please open the ports manually and add your player to the ‘trusted’ list, or disable the firewall temporarily.

  • Page 46: Files Operation

    Enter photo library, press Menu button and choose Albums to show your photo albums available on your external USB devices and internal HDD. 3.7 Files operation • On a file or folder, press the Edit button and select Multiple Select. Press Red button to select file or folder which you want to copy to the list.
  • Page 47 • When you are done selecting, press Green button to confirm. • Select mode of operation, and then follow the prompt on screen to finish the process. 3.7.1 Single file operation On a file or folder, press the Edit button to display the file editing menu, choose Copy for example and follow the prompt on screen to finish the process.

  • Page 48: Internet Media

    3.8 Internet Media This feature is an additional function. All content and services provided through this feature are from third-party service providers, our company does not offer any con- tent and services of this feature and therefore is not responsible for any content and services provided under this feature.

  • Page 49: Torrent Function

    3.9 Torrent function (using Transmission client) Once Transmission is enabled in SETUP -> NETWORK -> Transmission ‘On’ you are able to access the Transmission web control via your favorite browser on port 9091. For example: 192.168.1.20:9091 (where 192.168.1.20 is the IP address of your player connected to your router) Here you can add / remove / pause / start your torrent downloads.

  • Page 50: Jukebox

    3.10 Jukebox (YetAnother) MovieJukebox is a command line tool, written in Java, which recursively scans your video library for video files (AVI, MKV, VIDEO_TS, BluRay, etc.) and analyz- es these files in order to extract information like: year, language, subtitles, container, part, fps, audio and video codecs.
  • Page 51 Running YAMJ for AC Ryan Select the directory of your stored movies in your product internal HDD, or on any external USB storage device or network attached storage (NAS) which you will use to run the Movie Jukebox on the player. Note: Generating the necessary infor- mation to a network device may take a longer time than doing the same via...
  • Page 52 3 Updating existing Jukebox You can update the existing Jukebox if you have add/remove movies to the previously saved directory. Launch Run or Update YAMJ by double clicking on the icon on your desktop or from the Start Menu, AC Ryan Movie Jukebox Running Movie Jukebox From the Home menu screen, select Jukebox icon to enter the Movie Jukebox menu.

  • Page 53: Samba Server And Client

    If you have added/removed any new contents to your current Jukebox, please gener- ate again with Run or Update YAMJ and then select Yes to update and load with the new Jukebox information. Choosing Yes is also required for loading Jukebox for the first time.

  • Page 54: Ftp Server

    Under Windows Vista and Win- dows 7, please type in at the search bar: \\192.168.0.9 Then press the Enter button on the keyboard. You can then manage the files stored on the internal hard disk of the product. In this way, you can also playback and copy files via network between your PC and the internal hard disk of this product.
  • Page 55 On your router, • Configure FTP Server within your router’s Virtual Server setting and key in the above IP address in example, 192.168.0.9 and change the public port to 21 and private port to 21 which is by default. • For your convenience, you can also choose to enable Dynamic DNS and sign up for a free DDNS domain at any of the website providing such free services.
  • Page 56 FTP Address: Your DDNS host name The User Name which was set under FTP, ’3.1.4 Network’ User ID: Password: The Password which was set under FTP, ’ 3.1.4 Network’ After login is successful, you will be able to upload/download files via FTP Server. Main Functions...

  • Page 57: Upgrading The Firmware

    Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system (OS) installed on the device. Firmware upgrades can bring new features, improvements and bug fixes. • Step 1, download the firmware from our website www.acryan.com and extract it. • Step 2, Copy ‘install.img’ to the root directory of a FAT32 formatted USB stick, and connect it to one of the USB HOST ports of the player (the player must be turned off!) •...

  • Page 58: Appendixes

    Appendixes 5.1 SPECIFICATIONS • I/O INTERFACES SUPPORTED: • Gigabit Network Adapter • 3.5’’ SATA HDD (optional) • USB 3.0 Device port (compatible to USB 2.0 ) • 2x USB 2.0 HOST port • Memory Card slot (supports SD/SDHC/MMC/MS/MSPro) • Composite (CVBS) A/V jack •...

  • Page 59: Frequently Asked Questions

    5.2 Frequently Asked Questions Question 1. When I try to disconnect the USB device, I keep on getting “The device ‘Generic volume’ cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later.” message, what should I do? Answer: Close any program that might be accessing data on the player, including Windows Explorer.
  • Page 60 screen to flash, some TV’s will treat this as no signal, and will display a blue screen or screensaver. Question6. Why couldn’t the player find the hard disc? Answer: Make sure the firmware is installed correctly, and no system partitions on the HDD were deleted.

  • Page 61: Copyrights And Trademarks

    Copyrights and Trademarks Copyrights All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether by electronically or mechanically, without the express written permission from the copyright holder. Copyrighted materials, such as software, music files, or movies, are protected by lo- cal law, and may not be illegally copied or used without permission from the copy- right owner.

  • Page 62: Warranty

    Warranty What your warranty does not cover: -Acts of nature, such as fire, static discharge. -Damage from unauthorized repair, alteration or accident. -Damage from misuse or neglect. -A unit that has been modified or incorporated into other products or is used for institutional or other commercial purposes.
  • Page 63 www.acryan.com Rev. Jan 2013 Main Functions...

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