Brief introduction Feature The product is a new kind of family high-definition recorder. Via our new products, you can record favorite program randomly and store it in the device, avoiding the inconvenience brought by change tape frequently. The product can provide long recording and good watching. Meanwhile, it can also store and play many kinds of video files.
Plus,DTS2.0+Digital Out Image-JPG/BMP/PNG/GIF Card-3 in 1 card(SD/MMC/MS). USB HOST- Connection USB mass storage device (like USB Flash Drive, MP3, USB HDD etc.) USB2.0- high speed USB2.0 port. HDMI- High Definition Multimedia Interface External DVD - Support USB external DVD drive to play DVD movies. Internet-RJ45 port,10/100Mbit/s, WLAN (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n) ,supporting internet service.
Front view definition Instruction definition Rec LED Turns red while recording Power Power LED Turns orange while switched on Stand-by Stand-by Turns red light while stand-by. Other definition Remote head Remote control receiver 3 in 1 Can read MS / SD / MMC Card-reader card-reader card...
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Button definition Button button definition instruction Enter recording mode. REC button choose the Rec time MENU Menu button Return to the main menu Stop button Stop current operation Left button Move cursor to left Right button Move cursor to right Confirm current Enter button...
Back View Port definition Port Port definition Instruction High definition Can output digital signal via HDMI port HDMI port Can input video and audio Composite video AV IN when connected to video input port device Can output 5.1 audio via Optical Fine output port optical port...
Via this USB port for PC USB port DEVICE communication DC IN Power in port Can input power ON/OFF Power switch Turn on or off power switch Component Can output progressive scan YPbPr video output port component video Remote control BUTTON FUNCTION Turn on and off in the stand by...
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Turn on and off in the stand by POWER mode Turn on or shut audio output MUTE Start recording in REC mode, and if press this key repeatedly you can select the recording time Press it and enter the STANDBY STANDBY mode, often...
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Press to input digital Jump to the appointed title, chapter or time when playing video ;jump to GOTO the appointed page when browsing files in multi-pages, Switch between different TV SYSTEM system, Press to select option bar. To OPTION rename or delete the file. Press to play file Or play recording file under time PLAY...
Press ”Time shift” and wait until the screen display, Press “pause” to pause program, press “Play” to resume playback, and press “Stop” to stop time shift function. If you need to use the Time shift function, please use the machine to format the hard disk first.
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Composite output connection(AV) Plug the yellow connector into the AV output of product and AV input of TV, and plug the red and white connector into the audio input of TV or HIFI. Turn on the TV and select AV mode. Turn on the product and TV displays the interface of initiation.
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interface of initiation. Optical output connection Optical output Connect the Optical connector of the media player with the optical connector of other video or audio device by Optical cable. Then enter the product's audio interface, select the Digital Output option "SPDIF LPCM"...
How to use memory cards The Product has an integrated multimedia card reader supporting memory cards including MS, SD, and MMC. Gently insert the memory card into the reader with the arrow side upward until there goes a “click” sound. Playback function With this HDD Recorder &...
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For set-top box or satellite TV receiver with two signal outputs, please refer to below connection B For set-top box or satellite with only one signal output, please refer to the below connection There are AV in, AUDIO-R,AUDIO-L and optical output in the back of product.
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after enter the menu. The TV program displays on screen and is ready to record. Usage of starting Record 1,HDD Format When using recording and if you choose HDD in REC Device (in Setup menu) ,it is need to format the hard drive before recording ,please copy files in HDD firstly in case of losing data.
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the product’s main interface. 2. Recording When using recording function , follow the previous connecting ways and select the option of AV IN in the guide menu. AV IN mode After correct connection of the AV-in signal, power on the set-top box (or satellite TV receiver), TV and our recorder, switch the signal of TV to AV-in signal, If you only want to watch TV, do not power off the recorder and keep...
receiver). Select “AV IN” menu to enter the TV screen, you can select the TV channel through set-top box (or satellite TV receiver). and press REC button to start recording. Usage of Timer Rec The TV Recorder & Player has the “Timer Recording” function that you can plan recording schedules.
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Connect one end of the RJ45 cable to the product like the PC does and connect the video output. Press “setup” key or select “setup” menu in the initiation interface. Select “Network” option in the setup window and press “ENTER” to confirm. It is available for both automatic and manual IP setup.
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play a variety of high-definition formats high-fidelity audio and video files stored in external storage devices. To watch HD movies and digital photos are more palatable, at the same time the output digital audio signals to audio equipment can feel the shock of high-fidelity sound effects.
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Follow the instruction of the above picture and connect the device to PC. Power on the PC and enter the system. The PC detects the device automatically and then the device can be used as an external USB storage device. After data transfer finished, please remove the USB storage device safely (click the USB device icon to stop the USB device and then pull out the USB cable).
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Folder sharing and safety setup Set the same gateway and subnet mark address Procedure of file sharing under Windows XP Select the folder need to be shared, right click mouse and select the option” Sharing and safety”, lift click the mouse. Select “sharing”...
From the desktop select ”start- setup-control panel-select user account” Open User account and select” open a new account” and name it “Guest” Select the folder need to share and right click the mouse, then select the “sharing” option. Open the shared folder and add guest account to the list Give the right to all the users after adding the Guest into the list.
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HDD, card, net work and usb by pressing the “Up” and “Down” navigation buttons to choose the source devices and press “ENTER” button to confirm, also you can press the “Browser” button on the remote control to enter this function directly. Rec_List: Quick automatic search function, can be directly into the player recorded folder and play recorded files.
File copy: Copy files from one device to another With this function, individual can copy files from Hard Disk, NET, USB or Card from a media to another. Setup: Enter the setup menu With this function, you can configure System, movie, music, photo, network and record settings.
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Use the left and right navigation arrows to select the Music tab. Press “ ” and “ ”to select the folder containing your audio files. A thumbnail strip appears at the bottom of the screen, along with song information. Press “ ”...
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that photo, four zoom levels(2X,4X.8X16X) are available. This browsing photos function supports High Definition Photo (JPG,BMP,PNG,GIF) Playback. Note: While listening to audio files, you can browse the photos at the same time. If you press ZOOM during playback slideshow ,the slideshow will automatically stop.
When play the HD Video, you can according the movie resolution to adjust HD Video output. See “Creating TV System of SETUP menu” for more details. Browsing All Use the left and right navigation arrows to select the All tab. Press “...
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Select the file or folder by pressing the navigation buttons and display Edit, individual can rename and delete files, press “ENTER” button to confirm. Return Select to return to the main screen. To rename a file, do as the followings: 1.
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To delete a title, do the following: 1. Press “ ” and “ ” on the remote control to select the Delete tab from the menu bar. 2. Press ENTER to confirm and delete the file. Delete 3. A confirmation message appears. Press “...
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Note: 1 External DVD driver can also support CD NETWORK When the product is connected to Network(referring to network settings), you can choose the menu of NETWORK to access the shared files, there are two options to choose: My Shortcut and My Neighbors. My Shortcut When you are browsing network, you can choose the computer name from menu or you can set “Specific File Server IP”...
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UPNP The full name of UPNP is Universal Plug and Play. UPNP criterion is based on TCP/IP protocol as well as new internet protocols aim at communication between facilities. In fact, UPNP is made in the hope that all the facilities connected to the internet can communicate without being interrupted by gateway in the future, so that our communication in the internet can become more fluently, documents transmission can become more convenient by using software that...
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UPNP gateway protocol in your computer and then start the share function. Such as install a Media Player 11 software that support UPNP function (remark: former edition of Media Player 11 doesn’t support UPNP function) in your computer. Thirdly, share documents through setting the software. After installing the software, open the software’s interface, choose “Media Base”...
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UPNP. Playlist The product supports the playlist function, which allows you to add your favorite content to the playlist. You can use the navigating keys “UP” and “DOWN” to browse multimedia documents like pictures, music, movies and so on in the hard disk of your player. Press “SELECT” to choose document and press “CONFIRM”...
folder. 3 - Then start the slideshow by pressing [Enter]. The photos and music in the folder will be read simultaneously. Notes: 1.Only documents contained in the disk can be added to the playlist. 2. Product for the first time using the hard disk, you must first format the hard disk with the machine in order to use this playlist function, and not a computer to format AV IN...
Timer Timer allows you to create, edit and delete recording schedules and view all schedule status and history. Select Timer Record from the Guide menu, there are four options: Edit, Delete, Status and History. Please press “ ” and “ ” button select. Creating a New Schedule 1.
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“ENTER” key t o enters. 3 In “Recording schedule set up” menu, find the rest available recording time according to different recording quality level. Press the navigation keys to set up the recording time, length, quality level, place to save the recorded files and repeat recording time. 4 After setting up is finished, press “ENTER”...
STAND BY After set up the “Timer REC” schedule, you can press STANDBY to make the product enter standby mode. And it is time to record that has scheduled; the product will start to record automatically. After recording is completed ,the product will turn to standby mode automatically. Watch the video of recording All the recorded files are recorded in a file folder named “REC”.
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Note: the firmware of product may be updated anytime, please refer to the instruction of actual delivery. Video If you want to browse video, you just need to click the video website icon( Such as YouTube) on the main interface by pressing the navigation key on the remote control and pressing ENTER key to confirm.
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If you want to browse news, you just need to click the news website icon ( Such as BBC News, CNN News, NPR News) on the main interface by pressing the navigation key on the remote control and pressing ENTER key to confirm.
navigation key to select the one you are interested. Previous/Next page: the option is used to turn previous or next page. Weather Press the navigation button on the remote control to select the Weather and press ENTER button to confirm. Then you can enter the interface of weather forecast management ,where you can find out the weather forecast of many areas in world, including Asia, Europe and USA.
Step 1: Select Source Device Press “ ” and “ ”to select the device which need to copy at first after entering the File copy interface,. Then press “ ”to select Destination Device, press “ ” to return. Step 2: Select Destination Device Press “...
Select” Setup” option or directly press “Setup” button on the remote controller to enter the setup menu. It is possible to configure TV, Audio, Video, Rec, Network, System and MISI. Select any option by pressing “ ” and “ ” on the remote controller, and press ENTER to confirm or press “Return”...
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Movie Off/On, when it is on ,the movie can be previewed on the preview lower right corner of the screen. Off/On. When the movies did not play at the end of the suspension, the product will record video of the time Resume Play suspended, the next player can choose "...
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To achieve better viewing, the film could be playbacked at 1080P 24Hz uniform speed. Audio Setup There are “On” “off” and “Comfort” modes. Night Mode In comfort mode, it restricts the volume automatically so that it would not affect the peoples’ rest or working. HDMI LPCM: The digital audio signal which is decoded...
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NOTE: If selecting HDML LPCM/RAW, there is no signal output through optical. If selecting SPDIF LPCM/ RAW, there is no signal output through HDMI. Photo Setup Slide Show Set time interval of slide show. Timing Transition Select a picture transformation effects, there are eight Effect different effects to choose.
Network Setup Check the following items before use this function: Connection between product and network Network protocol is available PC firewall must be shut down Files are shared Wired Lan Setup Auto Automatically set IP address and Wireless Lan Setup Manual: select IP address, subnet mark address and default gateway.
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Access the player to LAN, and press “Setting” in the remote control to enter the setting interface of the player. Select “Network” and enter “Wired Network Setting”. You can choose automatic or manual mode to do the setting. DHCP IP (AUTO): To get the IP address of the domain name server automatically.
If there are no other sharable folders, select “MY_SHORTCUTS” and enter. Press "OPTION" in the remote control, and choose “Add” in the open window to create a new shortcut for computers that have set network share. Input your user name, password and IP address of the appointed document server.
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If it is the first time for you to use wireless network function, please do the following setting: Access your player to the Local Area Network (LAN), and press “Setting” in the remote control to enter the player’s setting interface. Select “Network”...
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wireless network connection modes: Infrastructure(AP) setting Select “AP” to get SSID names. You can choose automatic update and the product will search all the wireless SSID within the searching scope of the wireless network card automatically. After the searching finished, all the searched SSID will be shown on the screen.
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share. There can be many sharable computers in the wireless network, input the IP address of the computer you want to access. If the connection is tested to be successful, save the setting. Choose the newly created shortcut to enter. Input username GUEST or EVERYONE and password, and then you can access to the appointed IP address and get the shared content in that computer.
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realized. So this mode is suitable for simple and provisional wireless connection requirements. The operations introduced below will show you how to connect the product with computer through Ad Hoc mode. Firstly, set the product’s wireless network, select “Ad Hoc” and enter.
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When the setting of Ad Hoc wireless network for the product is finished, you need to start the wireless network function of the computers which your product needs to connect. This description is for operations under WINDOWS XP system, and operations under other WINDOWS operating systems are similar to this.
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wireless network connection will show. Click “Check the Wireless Network”, then wireless network SSID within the searching scope will be shown on the interface. Select the product’s SSID and the computer’s Ad Hoc connection icon in the window of wireless network connection, and click “Connect”.
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content in that computer. The product can play multimedia documents in the shared content. If videos are played, there will be network connection speed shows on the screen. Higher speed indicates that the network is more stable and the quality of the video will be better. The product can connect TV in the living room with computer in the study through Ad Hoc wireless network connection, thus wonderful movies shared in computer can be played in the large TV screen, creating a new...
The operations for PPPoe setup as following: Step 1: Firstly use a telephone line to connect to the modem which supports PPPoe , then connect the product to the modem via RJ45 port. Step 2: Select the option “PPPoe setup” in the network setup in SETUP menu.
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Operation steps: Step 1:Press “ ” and “ ” on the remote control to select you wish. When highlight move the OK key, Press “ENTER” on the remote control to enter the next step. Otherwise, select CANCEL to return. Step 2: Hard disk format Press “...
automatically. The usage of BT IP address setting You can obtain a product's IP address to accordance with Wired LAN Setup in front of introduced. 1) Obtain IP address automatically The system will obtain the IP address automatically via DHCP protocol if the local network has DHCP server available.
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At Home page, the “Neighbor web” will display BT Player’s status and storage device. BitTorrent Download At Home page, Select “BitTorrent Download” into download interface.
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Add new torrent Select into add new torrent file page. At “add new torrent” page, click browse key to choose torrent file path from local PC. When you select a torrent file, press “Open” key to add. Next , click “Yes” to confirm your select file and back BitTorrent download page, otherwise click “No”...
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Click every torrent file name, at the bottom of page will display the torrent file information. And you can double click every file, when the left of little frame display ,it means the files be choose. Then you can operate to select “start” ,”stop” ,”delete” ,”Refresh” and sort order “up”...
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Set BT storage, Max download rate, Max upload rate and seeding setting in this setting page. When setting completed, Click to save or Click return or Click to come back default setting. Visit neighbor At home page, select “Visit neighbor” to browser the HDD files. If the player’s Login Control is on, you need to input the username is admin and the initialization password is 123.
If click “Account Management” is not into this page, please confirm Login control is set to ON. Please see the “Login control” for more detail. The Username is Admin and the initialization password is 123. Please setting password according your favorite . login password can be modify at here.
your PC and product in the same WLAN. Before using this function, it must connect the product’s LAN port to the internet by using the network cable .Then enter SETUP menu to select the NETWORK option to achieve a IP. The following is about how to get IP and how to use SAMBA..
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the previous chapter about wireless setup. When you get product’s IP address, launch your web browser ,type the correct IP address in the internet browser, you can enter Samba interface. You can also input the \\ IP address ( e.g. \\192.168.1.125) in your computer’s address column, then press ENTER to open the Samba interface.
Product Specification Hard disk support Standard SATA 3.5” Hard Drive HDD partition FAT32 and NTFS partition USB host Supporting multiple USB storage USB port USB 2.0 high speed port RJ45 10/100M connection, WLAN (IEEE 802.11 Network connection b/g/n) Video output Composite video /component video/HDMI Audio output Stereo/digital HDMI/Optical...
AC input 100V 240V 50/60HZ Power adapter DC output 12V, 2A Dimension 256.1×164.5×51.3mm Weight About 1Kg (Without hard drive) Note: Up to the improvement, the appearance and specification will be changed accordingly without notice. Maintenance notice To protect the normal use of all accessories, please kindly make sure understand and pay attention to following points.
Q The green icon appears but no disk symbol when the new product connects to the system. A The new hard disk may not be formatted, please check the chapter of partition and formatting Q The hard disk can not be recognized under Windows 2000 / Windows XP operation system.
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screensaver? This is normal, when the system initialize, it will setup the corresponding parameters so it can output the correct video signal to the TV, during the initializing time, the TV will receive incorrect signals or the signals will not be stable and will cause the TV screen to flash, some TV will treat it as no signal, and will display a blue screen or screensaver.
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correct option in Setup menu. You can also refer to Audio Settings in Setup Menu chapter. Repeat this procedure until the picture is correctly displayed on your television. Q: My Player is connected correctly to my television. I can no longer see my media files in the browser or they are only partially listed in the "Browser".
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If no folders or files are displayed for a resource connected via the network, check the settings for your network and your network shares. Please check the user name and password, if they are required for accessing, and also the firewall settings of your computers. Q:I want to copy files onto an external data storage device with my Player, but I always get an error message.
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A: If you do not have access to the shared files, please check the following points: 1) Check if the network cable is connected properly at both sides, i.e. to the Player and to your network. 2) Make sure that the computer that you want to access is running and not in a standby or idle mode.
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being accessed via the network. During a sleep mode no data is transferred via the network. Please adjust the energy saving settings of the media source so that it does not go into a sleep mode while you play files via the network. Q: Why is it possible that there are interruptions when playing movies from my local network? A: Sometimes, there are several devices in a network that have to share...
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with a new one. Q: I have connected the Player to my TV via HDMI and I want to change the video output signal, but the video output resolution I want to use is not available. A: This problem may have several causes. Please check the following items: 1).Your TV does not support all possible video output resolutions.
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selected. The volume is to low / Mute is active. 3 Please select the correct digital output mode in the Setup Menu. Go to the audio settings menu and select the menu entry "Digital-Audio -Out " and choose the option "HDMI LPCM/RAW" if your television set does not support real surround sound.
Others The accessories of products may be different, for this series products are various according to different series and models. Please refer to packing list or contact your agent for information. Pleas understand no advance notice for further product improvement, outlook design and specification update.
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