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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Table of contents Table of contents ................. 2 1.0 How to install ..................... 4 1.1 Connection ports ....................4 1.2 Explanation of the remote control ..............7 1.3 Connecting the media player ................8 2.0 Setting up the media player ..............
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 With the Egreat HD media player you can now play high quality videos & music, view pictures,access internet videos & radio, download movies and much more…. Let’s get started!!! 1.0 How to install 1.1 Connection ports...
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Egreat 1. Power 6. USB HOST 11. Power on/off 2. Optical output 7. Composite output 12. Coaxial output 3. HDMI output 8. Stereo output 13. Component 4. Network 9. 7.1ch analog output output 5. OS switch 10. Restore button 14. Wi-Fi antennae 1.1.3 Top-panel of the player...
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1.1.4 Open the cover of mobile rack and USB host/SD slot Please pull down the cover from left side of the player, then install HDD into mobile rack. Please press the cover according he arrow indication to open the panel, then insert USB flash or SD card.
Egreat 1.2 Explanation of the remote control Power switch BD Loader On/Off Setup Mute Information display Time seek TV output mode Picture ratio Number Key Delete/Timeline Alpha/Number,Timeline Home/TOP Menu POP Menu Up, Down, Left, Right key OK/Enter Function Return Volume...
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 1.3 Connecting the media player 1.3.1 Connecting to your television Based on the video input ports available on your TV, highest video quality can be achieved via HDMI, followed by Component and then Composite.
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Egreat Connecting the AVR by analog way, connecting the TV by HDMI cable Note The above image refers to setup which provides Video via HDMI cable connected to TV and Audio via individual audio RF connected to Sound System / Amplifier 1.3.3 Support audio decoding function of AVR and TV...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Connecting with AVR and TV by HDMI cable Note: Please make sure to connect as per the image above to receive sound via AVR. - 10-...
2.1 Turn on the media player After making the necessary connections, please turn on your TV, AVR and media player one by one. You will see Egreat logo on the boot-up screen followed by the main screen interface after a few seconds.
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 2.2 System settings Before using, you have to setup the media player. Of course, it is very convenient to be able to use the preferred language, and be able to setup the media player for network usage.
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Egreat Resolution output Note: After selecting the desired resolution if you do not get any video signal then press the “Video” button again and select the resolution supported by your TV. 2.3.1 Aspect ratio settings Navigate to ‘Aspect Ratio’ and press the ‘OK’ button Use the arrow keys to select the desired aspect ratio.
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Aspect Ratio 2.3.2 Screen region adjust Use the arrow keys on the remote control to navigate to screen region and press ‘OK’ key on the remote control Adjust the picture area - 14-...
Egreat Note: If you cannot adjust the right size, please change the resolution and refresh rate, then try again 2.3.3 Color Space settings Color space decides the number of colors, it can ascend picture quality, We suggest you select “FULL RGB(0-255)”.
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Audio output Based on the HDMI and SPDIF output, you can select the HDMI LPCM 2.0, HDMI LPCM 5.1/7.1,HDMI AC3/DTS, DTS-HD/TURE DTS-HD, TrueHD. HDMI audio output Note: If your AVR does not support DTS-HD, TRUE-HD, please select a different audio out.
Egreat According to different users’ habits and use demand, you can select auto play of your media player, when you turn on the media player, it will play the movie/music/picture by itself, no need turn on your television or AVR, also can...
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Language setting 2.5 Firmware upgrade At Egreat we constantly strive to incorporate latest media formats and features into your player via regular Firmware updates which can be easily installed in minutes. Software upgrade...
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Egreat System is configuring 2.5.1 System Information You can check the hardware information of the media player including the Name, CPU, Memory, Flash Memory, Ethernet, Wireless and software version System information 2.5.2 Resetting - 19 -...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 If there is a problem with your system due to incorrect setup, you can reset the player, which will restore factory default settings. Resetting - 20-...
Egreat 2.6 Movie settings Setting movie play modes to single/single repeat/repeat all Movie settings 2.6.1 Movie playing method You can select stop/single repeat/repeat all for the movie; this function can only be accessed while playing the movie. Factory setup is ‘repeat all’...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 You can select the ‘List’ or ‘Cover Art’ to display the movies when your media player connecting with the storage device directly. ‘List’ as on a computer the files and folders will be displayed in a list format.
Egreat “Cover Art” 2.7 Music settings Use the arrow keys on the remote control to navigate to ‘Setup’ and select ‘Music’ , you can select single/single repeat/repeat all and Rand. The default is “Repeat All” Music setting - 23 -...
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 2.8 Photo settings Navigate to ‘Setup’ and select ‘Photo’,you can select the time interval between the images, for example,5 seconds and press the ‘OK’ button. This means consecutive image will appear every 5 seconds.
Egreat 2.9 Network setup Use the arrow keys to navigate to ‘Setup’ and navigate to ‘Network’ Network setup 2.9.1 Cable network DHCP IP(automatic obtaining an IP-address) Choose ‘DHCP IP’ if there is a DHCP server in your network which can assign the media player the correct IP-Address settings, Press the ‘OK’...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 your network Press the ‘OK’ button on the remote control. Select ‘CONFIRM’ and press ‘OK’ key to save the settings Note: FIX IP setup may require assistance from network admin 2.9.2 Wireless network Choose Wireless network if there is a wireless server in your network List of available access points will be displayed.
Egreat 2.10 Share settings Use the arrow keys to navigate to ‘Setup’ and navigate to ‘Share’ Share settings ‘Connect NFS Server’ and ‘Connect SMB Server’ used to connect with the other Linux/windows devices, for example, other media player using Linux...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 User name: computer name (if there is no name for the computer, then just input “administrator”); Folder name: the shared folder name; Password: your computer’s password,(if there is no password, then please keep blank);...
Egreat 3.0 Movie You can select the ‘Movie’ on the left main interface, based on the internet connection, it will display different content Movie You can download the movies from ‘Internet’and’search’these two items directly, You can playback the available media from the connected devices, We will explain how to view or play the different media file types.
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 3.1 Playing the movie Select the ‘My Disk’ , ‘internet browser’ or ‘SMB’ from the right menu, it can play the movies if you find out the storage location The movies on the’My Disk’...
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Egreat Playback schedule control Audio track and subtitle selection If a media file has multiple audio tracks, you can use ‘Audio’button to choose between those tracks If a media file has multiple subtitles, you can use ‘Subtitle’button to choose the right subtitles You can control the sound by the ‘Volume’button, use ‘Mute’...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Adjust the audio and subtitle Display the movie information During playback of media you can display a progress bar and information about the audio or video codec Movie information - 32-...
Egreat 3.2 Control menu During playback of media it will display the menu when you press the ‘menu’ button, from left to right functions explained as below… From the first one to the six one are the standard buttons, Used during the...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 During the playback you can use these buttons to do the different function Press ‘Repeat’ to repeat the media file that is being played back Press ‘Title’ to choose the right chapter Press ‘Video’...
Egreat 3.3 Internet function You can download the movies from internet directly 3.3.1 Select the storage location Before downloading the movie, navigate to ‘download’ and choose the storage location, then select the preferred storage location Select the storage location Note: "Download"...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Add the films to the download task Find out your favorite movie, selecting a download address and press the ‘OK’ button, the movie will be added to the download list and start downloading.
Egreat 4.0 Music playback 4.1 Music playback Use the arrow keys to navigate to the ‘Music’ and press the ‘OK’ button Select the device or source you want to use for music or audio playback, select ‘HDD’ if you want to play music or audio files located on the internal hard disk and press ‘OK’...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 List: Displays the list of the music files Repeat: Select the different repeat options Exit: Close the control menu During the music playback, unless you start playing a movie or stop or pause the music file will continue to play in the background.
Egreat 5.0 Photo playback 5.1 Photo playback Use the arrow keys to navigate to ‘photos’ and press the ‘OK’ button Select the device or source you want to use for photo playback, select ‘HDD’ if you want to playback photo located on the internal hard disk and press the ‘OK’...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Info: display the name, size, resolution ratio and time Image: adjust the picture brightness, Chroma, Contrast, Scaling ,etc. Music: start / stop the background music Interval: control the time interval between the images...
Egreat 6.0 Online movie Note: Please make sure you are connected to the network before using this function Online Content 6.1 YouTube You can connect with YouTube to browse online videos - 41 -...
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 YouTube 6.2 Internet Radio The internet radio includes stations from China and other countries. During the playing, you can press ‘menu’ to access control menu. Controls and functions are same as music playback. Please refer to chapter 4.0...
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 6.3 RSS RSS (most commonly expanded as Really Simple Syndication) is a method of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated information such as news; you can keep yourself updated with latest news by accessing the RSS link.
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Egreat RSS news You can also add new RSS addresses by using the "RSS Manage" You can edit or delete the RSS address directly, Add the new RSS address - 45 -...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Note: If it does not display the RSS news that you added, please check if the RSS address used is in correct format - 46-...
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 7.1 Setup First time you use the DVB-T function, you must run setup, then scanning channels before watching TV Region: select the correct region. Make sure you select the correct region, as different regions have different settings related to…...
Egreat Manual Scan Note: Before using the DVB-T function ,please check if there is the DVB-T signal availability in your country ,then you can choose a best USB DVB-T dongle Weather, signal strength, buildings, RF instruments are factors that may affect the reception of DVBT Signal 7.2 Watching...
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 “Download page 8.1 Storage location select Before downloading the movies, you must select the storage location, and it must be the local disk, hard disk or U disk, SD card, etc It’s better to select the location with adequate space.
Egreat 8.2 Add seeds (Bit Torrent) Now you can directly download using BT/PT, copy the seeds into USB device or hard disk, and then plug it into USB host of the player, access ‘add torrent’ ADD seeds 8.3 Download task All added seeds will be displayed in download task, and it will show current download status.
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Download list 8.4 Set Download Speed Limit. If your player is connected to a network that has other devices that are connected to that network and which need access to the Internet you can set a download speed limit.
Egreat Select the download speed 8.5 Document management File management is similar as computer resource manager; it can manage the local storage file in it, including copying, cutting, renames, delete etc… Use the left key of the arrow keys to selecting and cancel the selected file, right key can switch between different storage devices.
Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Document management 8.6 Third-party downloads The third-party download page integrated of three different versions of the Transmission services(BT/PT) download service, it can use the computer after open this services, or the http address in the right provided by other device ,to open the control interface control download.
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 Computer access MLNet interface to download Note: Transmission and MLNet are the third party integrations which provide free download tool software. Please refer to online help on using this. We cannot provide you any usage instructions on this.
Egreat 9.0 Specifications: Model S900 Sigma Designs SMP8643 with 667MHz Hardware 512MB DDR2,512MB Nand Flash Data storage Internal 3.5”HDD and BD ROM,external USB disk and so on BD navigator Blu-Ray ISO DVD navigator DVD ISO AVI,ASF,WMV9 Video Matroska (MKV) container MOV (H.264),MP4,RMP4...
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Egreat HD media player user manual S900 V1.0 AAC,M4A Audio format MP1,MP2,MP3,MPA DTS,DTS-HD HR,DTS-HD MA Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD WMA,WMA Pro Audio MPEG-1 Layer 1,2,3 decoder MPEG-4 AAC-LC MPEG-4 HE-AAC MPEG-4 BSAC MPEG audio Audio pass through...
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