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Safety Instructions This product has been engineered and manufactured to assure your personal safety. However, improper use can result in potential electric shock or fire hazards. In order not to defeat the safe-guards incorporated in this instrument and its accessories, please adhere to the following instructions when installing, operating and servicing.
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Usage Warning To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover or attempt to disassemble this product. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Please refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Protect this product from foreign objects. Never push object of any kind into this product through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short-out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock.
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Caution Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions. Copyright Notice No part of this user’s manual may be copied, translated, or reproduced including electronic form without permission from the copyright owner. We have made effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document.
1 1 1 1 Introduction THE PRODUCT is a high-definition multimedia player and streamer connecting to the external USB hard drives and your HD TV, bringing PC and internet entertainment to the living room. THE PRODUCT is also a BitTorrent downloader with built-in BitTorrent engine.
Specification Interfaces HDMI、Composite Video Video Output Audio L/R、S/P DIF (Optical) Audio Output e-SATA、USB x 2、Ethernet Port Data Transfer General Specifications MPEG1 (AVI/MKV/TS/DAT/MPG/MPEG/VOB) MPEG2 (MKV/DAT/MPG/MPEG/VOB/ISO/IFO/TS/TP) /M2TS MPEG4 (AVI/MP4/MKV/MOV/WMV/ASF) DivX 3/4/5/6、Xvid (AVI/MKV/MP4/MOV) Video H.264/AVC (TS/AVI/MP4/MKV/MOV/FLV)/M2TS VC-1 (TS/AVI/ASF/WMV)/M2TS Support Media Format WMV9 (ASF/WMV) Real Video 8/9/10 (RM/RMVB) MP3、MPEG Audio、Dolby Digital、DTS 、...
Front View Press to turn the THE PRODUCT on. ① Power ② Network LED The LED blinks when THE PRODUCT accesses to Network. ③ USB Port Plug the supported USB devices into USB ports, such as USB hard drives, cameras, camcorders and wireless USB dongles.
Remote Control Press to turn on the THE PRODUCT; press again to switch POWER to stand-by mode. MUTE Press to mute the sound. Numeric Buttons 0-9 number keys for selecting desired options. GOTO Video/movie chapter and time point selection. Display the information of media files while in play mode. BACK Return to the previous display.
2 2 2 2 Installation Cable Connections Match the cables to the connections on your TV or display. Your choices of connection include: HDMI For both audio and video output RCA Cable For composite video (yellow) and stereo audio (white and red) S/PDIF For audio output Internet Connections...
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A. Plug the Ethernet cable to the “LAN” jack on the rear panel of THE PRODUCT, for wired Internet connection. THE PRODUCT will detect the network automatically. B. If you have the optional wireless USB dongle we approved, it is possible to connect THE PRODUCT to the network wirelessly using Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n.
Connect USB Devices Power Cord Connection Plug one end of the power cord into the back of the THE PRODUCT and the other end into a power outlet. PRODUCT will start automatically without pressing any other button once the power is connected. Switch your TV Input/Source After choosing the desired video and audio connection, you need to select appropriate video input mode using the remote control for your...
3 3 3 3 Network Connections ▲ Network Connections: needed only when using “PC Media”, and “Torrent Download ” features. If your wired network equipment such as the IP Sharing router or AP (Access Point), uses DHCP to assign IP address, by default the THE PRODUCT will automatically request the IP and other related information to set up THE PRODUCT over the network in DHCP mode (under Setup>...
Wired Network Setup > DHCP To access “Setup” on the main menu. Select “Network”. Select “Wired” on the Network menu. Select “DHCP”. To implement DHCP network setting. THE PRODUCT will automatically receive its IP address from a DHCP sever that is built into the access point or IP sharing router.
Select “Wired” on the Network menu. Select “Static IP”. Input the value IP Address, Subnet mask, Gateway, and DNS text box respectively. PS: Please acquire information of these setting values from your ISP (Internet Service Provider)first. Wireless Network Setup Select “Wireless setup” on the Network menu. THE PRODUCT provides you multiple profiles for use across multiple networks.
> Infrastructure (AP) THE PRODUCT performs a list of current wireless network connections- “SSIDs”. Along with its security protocols (WEP/WPA2 key) and signal strength. Select your preferred wireless network connection. If an access key is required for the network connection, the keyboard will pop up. Once the wireless network setup is successful, the “SETUP SUCCESSFUL”...
File sharing Configuration To activate this feature, please make sure: The THE PRODUCT is connected to the network; The network is properly set up. For more information on this part, please refer to “Step 2” in “Setting up THE PRODUCT” section, and “Network”...
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Step 3: You may now specify a “Share Name”, which will be used for users on the network to access the shared folder. The icon of the shared folder will be changed to showing a hand holding the folder. If your operating system is Windows Vista, please refer to the following instructions: (1) Open the Control Panel and then open Network and Sharing Center.
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File Sharing Configurations (With Windows Vista) File sharing involves making the media content of one or more files / folders (on your PC) available through the network. By “enabling” this file sharing, you can view these files / folders (on your PC) to be accessed / viewed on your THE PRODUCT (on the same network).
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How to share file folder in Windows 7 (1) run "local security policy" applet under administrative tools. If you don’t see administrative tools, enable it under the properties of the start menu (2) under local policies>user rights assignment “deny access to the computer from the network" REMOVE user "guest" (3) under local policies>user rights assignment “Access this computer from the network”...
4 4 4 4 Play Media > HDD Media THE PRODUCT searches and plays all available images, music and video files on the external USB device. Note: Depends on the specification of USB that each USB port provide 0.5A to USB device, please use with extra power-provided USB device if the USB device needs more electricity.
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Remote Description Select/cancel the files which will be added. Rename/delete file. Note: For the files added to the playlist, THE PRODUCT will categorize the media files with video/music/photo tags. Playlist cannot be save except on USB media and do not allow for playback of networked media.
Video Playback Remote Description To access on the main menu. Video Navigate the media file you want to play. The preview window will show the highlighted video. Rename /Delete file. Add selected file to Playlist. Return to previous display. Full screen mode. Full Screen Mode Remote Description...
Music Playback Remote Description To access on the main menu. Music Navigate the media file you want to play. The preview window will show the file details of highlighted file. Rename /Delete file. Add selected file to Playlist. Return to previous display. Play selected file.
Photo Playback Remote Description To access on the main menu. Photo Navigate the media file you want to play. The preview window will show the file details of highlighted file. Rename /Delete file. Add selected file to Playlist. Return to previous display. Full screen mode.
5 5 5 5 Bonus Features Torrent Download To activate this feature, please make sure: The THE PRODUCT is connected to the network; The network is properly set up. For more information on this part, please refer to “Internet Connections” in “Installation” section, and “Network”...
Step 2: Choose either from the external hard drive or the remote PC that you can search and implant the .torrent seeds. Note: Please make sure torrent seeds are already imported to the external hard drive or on the network PC before downloading media files associated with the .torrent seeds to your PC or USB devices.
6 6 6 6 File Copy This function is for files management that allows you to copy and move files from the HDD device to another one or from the HDD device to remote PC or from remote PC to the HDD device. Remote Description To access...
7 7 7 7 Setup Audio Remote Description Enter “Audio” setup menu. Select the item for adjustment. Confirm the change. Return to previous display. Item Options On/Off Night Mode HDMI LPCM Digital Output HDMI RAW S/PDIF LPCM S/PDIF RAW LPCM / RAW Mode LPCM mode means decode audio then down-mix to 2 CH output.
AUDIO SETUP-“Night Mode” (aka Dynamic Range Control) When the Night Mode is enabled the sound level of compatible audio soundtracks will be dynamically compressed. Dynamic range control (DRC) increases low-level audio content (such as the dialog in the movies), making it easier to be heard at low volume levels while reducing the intensity of higher-level audio content at the same time.
System Remote Description Enter “System” setup menu. Select the item for adjustment. Confirm the change. Return to previous display. Item Options Menu Language English/ Traditional Chinese/ Japanese/ Spanish/ French/ German/ Italian/ Russian/ Simplified Chinese/ Swedish / Polish/ Romanian/ Greek/ Thai Unicode(UTF8)/ 簡體中文(GBK)/ 繁體中文(BIG5)/ Subtitle Encoding Japanese(S-JIS)/ Western/ Turkish/ Central...
8 8 8 8 Troubleshooting The following reference list represents situations that you may encounter, and methods for remedy. Please refer to this checklist prior to contacting qualified service personnel. Symptom Remedy No picture is displayed. Check the power cord connection. Or connect the power cord to another power outlet.
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