AMX MAX-AVP, Operation/Reference Manual

Page 1: ...Operation Reference Guide MAX by AMX MAX AVP Audio Video Player Last Revised 10 16 2008 ...

Page 2: ... whichever is greater Products that are returned and exhibit signs of damage or unauthorized use will be processed under the Non Warranty Repair Policy AMX will continue to provide Warranty Repair Services for products discontinued or replaced by a Product Discontinuance Notice Non Warranty Repair Policy Products that do not qualify to be repaired under the Warranty Repair Policy due to age of the...

Page 3: ... In the MAX HT Server 8 Step Two Connecting the AVP to a MAX HT Server and Display Device 9 DVD and CD Playback 9 Region Code Settings 9 Screensaver Operation 10 Standby Mode 10 Entering STANDBY mode 10 Exiting STANDBY mode Entering ON mode 10 Troubleshooting 11 Troubleshooting Ethernet Communications 11 Reset Button 11 Rack Mounting the MAX AVP 11 HDMI to DVI Conversion Cable MDL200 Kit 13 IMPORT...

Page 4: ...g Individual Chapters or the Entire Movie 25 Creating a Looped Segment Repeat A B 25 DVD Audio Settings 25 Multiple Alternate Angles 25 Subtitles 26 The No Function Symbol 26 Movie Playback Display Screen 26 Accessing Media Stored on the MAX Server 27 MAX Server Main Page 27 MAX Server Pages Movie Options 28 Browse For Movies 28 Browse Movies by Genre 29 Browse Movies by Cover 30 Search For Movies...

Page 5: ...3 Editing Playlists 44 Renaming Playlists 44 Deleting an Item From a Playlist 44 Reorder Items in a Playlist 45 Deleting a Playlist From the System 45 Recalling Playlists for Playback 46 Playing an Entire Playlist 46 Playing an Individual Item in a Playlist 46 Playlist Playback Controls 46 Setup Page 46 Setup Page Settings tab 47 Setup Page Tuning tab 49 Setup Page Locale tab 49 Setup Page System ...

Page 6: ...iv MAX AVP Audio Video Player Table of Contents ...

Page 7: ...lude See Product Specifications on the following page for details Plays DVDs and audio CDs from its internal DVD CD player Plays audio and video content over a CAT5 network interface from a MAX HT server Provides A V output in multiple formats Component Video Composite Video S Video and HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface Provides both analog stereo and coaxial digital audio outputs The supp...

Page 8: ...urrent Draw Peak Running DC Current Watt 0 94 12 502 0 74 9 82 AC Current Watt 0 125 14 925 0 101 12 0594 Supported media types DVD DVD R R RW RW Audio CD Supported formats MPEG 2 MP ML AC3 audio MP3 audio LPCM audio PCM audio MPEG2 Layer 2 audio FLAC audio Video outputs Composite video RGB Component video S Video HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface Video broadcast standards NTSC PAL Support...

Page 9: ... indoor use only Dimensions HWD without rack ears 2 x 17 x 12 44 50 67 mm x 431 80 mm x 316 10 mm 1 RU mounts in a standard 19 equipment rack Weight 10 10 lbs 4 58 kg Included Accessories AMX PS4 4 Power Supply FG423 44 Handheld IR Remote Controller FG2178 53 Audio Video Cables one of each HDMI cable 6 5 2 0m FG10 2178 05 Component Video cable 6 1 82m FG10 2178 05 S Video cable 6 1 82m FG10 2178 0...

Page 10: ...MI PAL M 525 line 480 vis 60 Hz Interlaced NTSC framing with PAL color Composite Component HDMI PAL 60 525 line 480 vis 60 Hz Interlaced NTSC framing with PAL color Composite Component HDMI Mode Name Resolution Outputs 480i60 525 line 480vis 60 Hz Interlaced standard NTSC Composite Component HDMI 480p59 525 line 480 vis 59 96Hz NTSC Progressive Scan Component HDMI 576p50 625 line 576 vis 50 Hz PAL...

Page 11: ... that is associated with the AVP that you will use for playback Then select a CD title and click the Play button Upgrading the AVP s Firmware The bilbo ISO file is a CD Image file which can be opened most CD burning applications and then used to reproduce content onto a new disc The following items are required to properly create a MAX AVP firmware update CD CD Burner CD burning application Burnab...

Page 12: ... and begins the update process 5 Do not interrupt this update process Once the update is complete the MAX AVP will eject the disc 6 Immediately after the disc is ejected cycle power on the unit again When the unit again restarts it has completed the update process and is now ready to use Configuring the MAX AVP Refer to the Setup Page section on page 46 for details on configuring the MAX AVP Do no...

Page 13: ...VP Analog R L or Coaxial to an audio amplifier 2 Connect one of the four video outputs HDMI Component S Video or Composite on the AVP to a display device As a Networked Component of a MAX System MAX HT servers communicate via Ethernet to up to 25 MAX AVM Audio Video Modules and or MAX AVP Audio Video Players Multiple AVMs and or AVPs require a Gigabit Ethernet switch not included as indicated in F...

Page 14: ...the Setup Key number of the AVP you are adding to the system in the text box 5 The system will notify you that the module has been added to the system Click OK to return to the Output Module Setup menu Once the module has been added select View from the Output Module Setup menu The module you just added should appear in the list of Installed Output Modules AVP modules are listed by output zone num...

Page 15: ...al DVD ROM drive for playback of individual DVDs Once you have established communication with the AVP via WinMAX you can use WinMAX to initiate and control playback of movies or music Region Code Settings Note that for DVDs the region code of the DVD disc must match the region code setting on the on the internal DVD drive on the AVP By default AVP units are set to Region Code 1 Refer to the DVD Re...

Page 16: ...ontent has been paused for the configured screensaver timeout time the screensaver will be activated If the unit remains idle or paused for a second screensaver timeout period it will automatically stop any in progress material and enter STANDBY Exiting STANDBY mode Entering ON mode When the unit is in STANDBY mode 1 Press the POWER key on the remote The user is taken to a splashscreen intro scree...

Page 17: ...gle rack space The rack ear kit includes two steel rack ears and eight sets of flat washers split lock washers and nuts The MAX AVP rack ears FIG 3 feature four mounting posts to provide a clean installation These mounting posts require that the rack ears are secured to the unit from inside the chassis so you will have to remove the cover as described below 1 Turn off the AVP and disconnect the po...

Page 18: ...IG 5 Insert the four mounting posts on the rack ear into a matching set of holes on the chassis Remove the four screws that secure the top of the chassis to the bottom Rack ear MAX AVP chassis top section top view front Side panel of chassis Insert the 4 mounting posts on the rack ears into a matching set of holes on the chassis There are several rows of holes on the top section of the chassis tha...

Page 19: ...omes as a kit that includes a PowerFile Multi Disc Loader a Windows PC pre loaded with all required software and pre configured for plug and play operation and a LCD monitor keyboard and mouse The HDMI to DVI conversion cable allows you to connect the LCD monitor that comes with the MDL200 kit directly to a MAX AVP Audio Video Player to access the AVP s Setup Pages Options in the AVP s Setup pages...

Page 20: ...he AVP To view content played on the AVP connect the AVP to an actual HDMI display device Refer to the MAX AVP documentation for instructions on using the AVP to playback media If playback of copyrighted content is attempted via the conversion cable the AVP may need to be rebooted to re initialize the HDMI signal Technical Explanation HDCP High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection is a form of dig...

Page 21: ...nd will play in drives coded with the corresponding region code On the back of each DVD package you will a find a region number 1 6 On a MAX system if a DVD disc is inserted into a DVD ROM drive that has a region code different from that of the DVD you will receive an error message indicating that there is no disc in the drive when you attempt to identify the disc via the Identify Disc option in t...

Page 22: ...he requirement allows for the DVD ROM region code to be changed a maximum of five 5 times in a drive The fifth time the region code is locked permanently in the drive This procedure is mandated for all DVD ROM manufacturers that carry the DVD logo and applies to all DVD ROM drives used throughout the MAX system REGION 1 USA Canada REGION 2 Japan Europe South Africa Middle East Greenland REGION 3 S...

Page 23: ...y paused step ahead one frame Alpha numeric keypad for entering data Note Press ENTER or SELECT to enter the data Toggles through slow motion forward only modes 1 2x 1 4x 1 8x Play normal speed Invokes the Display Menu Pauses playback and displays information on currently playing content if known Clears all pop ups Sends entered alpha numeric data can be used in place of SELECT Backspace in an alp...

Page 24: ...s Move active GUI selection right MAX Pause playback bring up MAX menu on GUI if connected to MAX server Refer to the Accessing Media Stored on the MAX Server section on page 27 for details Bring up take down MAX menu on GUI if connected to MAX server RETURN DVD Return function action depends on content Return to previous menu screen SCAN Toggle through fast forward modes 2x 4x 8x 16x Play normal ...

Page 25: ...epends on content Input alpha numerical data to a dialog 8tuv Input numerical data to decoder must hit ENTER or SELECT to input number action depends on content Input alpha numerical data to a dialog 9wxyz Input numerical data to decoder must hit ENTER or SELECT to input number action depends on content Input alpha numerical data to a dialog 0 SPACE Input numerical data to decoder must hit ENTER o...

Page 26: ...R codes are provided for convenience for use by other AMX controls They do not exist on the remote itself IR Function Playback Function GUI Function Discrete Power ON Take out of standby mode Take out of standby mode Discrete Power OFF Put into standby mode Put into standby mode ...

Page 27: ...ay and playback When used to access media on a MAX Server use the remote controller to navigate the MAX options via the on screen display Local content playback overrides playback of MAX Server content If you are playing media CD or DVD from a MAX Server and insert a disc into the AVP the server based content will be interrupted and the local content will automatically begin to play FIG 1 MAX AVP ...

Page 28: ...increase the scan speed 2X 4X 8X or 12X Press Play to resume playback at the current position indicated in the Status Bar Repeating Individual Tracks or the Entire CD Press the REPEAT button to toggle through the three Repeat options that can be used with CDs The current Repeat Play setting is indicated by an icon in the upper right corner of the screen FIG 2 Press REPEAT one time to repeat the cu...

Page 29: ...e include Track Listing Indicates the track that is currently playing Highlight and select this item to enter a track number for playback via the number buttons on the remote controller Artist Indicates the Artist name associated with this CD Shuffle Indicates the current playback setting Random or Sorted Local CD Album Indicates that the currently playing CD is Local Repeat setting Indicates the ...

Page 30: ...ically starts playing the movie at the point that it was stopped If you press STOP the placeholder is removed Once the placeholder has been removed the next time the movie is started it will start at the beginning Skipping Chapters Press the SKIP SCROLL buttons to skip forward and back through the chapters on the DVD Scanning Within Chapters Press the Scan buttons to scan forward and back cue rewi...

Page 31: ...the movie between the A and B points to begin playing in an infinite loop To resume normal playback press A B a third time The on screen display indicates that you have stopped looped playback DVD Audio Settings Press the AUDIO button to scroll through the audio options supported by the current DVD Typically this option allows you to select from multiple languages but this function varies dependin...

Page 32: ...udio options are not necessarily supported by all DVDs If a selected function is not supported by the current DVD the No Function symbol FIG 9 is displayed Movie Playback Display Screen Press the DISPLAY button while playing a DVD to toggle the Movie Playback Screen FIG 10 The elements on this page indicate all of the current DVD playback settings Chapter Listing Indicates the chapter that is curr...

Page 33: ...t and select this item to scroll through the repeat options for this disc Playback Status Bars The top bar indicates playback of the entire DVD the lower bar indicates playback of the current track The total playback time for this disc is displayed to the right of the Status Bar Accessing Media Stored on the MAX Server Press the MAX button on the remote controller to access the main MAX screen MAX...

Page 34: ...es 1 Press MAX to access the Main MAX Screen 2 Highlight and select Movies then select Browse to access the Movie Title Browse screen FIG 13 to browse the entire list of Movies currently on the MAX server Each entry in the Browse list indicates the Title Genre MPAA rating and total running Time for each movie 3 Scroll through the list to highlight the movie you want to play and press SELECT to sel...

Page 35: ...n the MAX server Each entry in the Genre list indicates the Genre Name the number of Discs included in each and the total running time for each Genre if all movies in the Genre were played in sequence FIG 13 Movie Title Browse screen SELECT ENTER or PLAY often share the same functionality For example with Play selected on screen you would get the same results if you pressed either SELECT ENTER or ...

Page 36: ...ECT to begin playback Browse Movies by Cover 1 Press MAX to access the Main MAX Screen 2 Highlight and select Movies then select Cover to access the Movie Genre Select screen FIG 14 on page 29 to browse a list of movie Genres currently on the MAX server 3 Scroll through the Genre list to highlight a genre you want to browse by cover art and press SELECT to make the selection This selection invokes...

Page 37: ... portion of the movie details for a partial match Keyword Searches the Keywords portion of the movie details for a partial match Note that search operations depend on the detailed information that was entered for each disc either via WinMAX or BulkRipper If a DVD was added to the MAX server with incomplete movie details then it might not be found via certain search types For example a DVD that doe...

Page 38: ...t position to enter the letters approximately 3 seconds the selected letter is always added to the search field at the cursors position 5 Scroll through the search results list to highlight the movie you want to play and press SELECT to select the title and open the Movie Details screen for that movie You can sort the list by Title Actor Director or Keyword by highlighting and selecting any one of...

Page 39: ...page Bookmarks Select this option to view and select from a listing of all Bookmarks saved for this movie Refer to the Working With Bookmarks section on page 33 for details To exit the Movie Details page press RETURN on the remote control Working With Bookmarks Use Bookmarks to mark specific points of interest within individual chapters on a DVD Once you have saved one or more bookmarks for a movi...

Page 40: ...ENTER to save this bookmark Recalling Bookmarks There are two ways to recall bookmarks via the Bookmarks page FIG 20 During playback of a movie that has bookmarks saved press MARKER SEARCH to access the Bookmarks list for this movie In the Movie Details page for any movie that has bookmarks saved highlight and select Bookmarks to access the Bookmarks list for that movie 1 Once you have accessed th...

Page 41: ... be used to make the movie properly fill the screen though this will make the DISPLAY popups unusable since they will be off screen The AVP may need to be set to 4 3 via WinMAX to allow the TV to zoom properly for this type of content MAX Server Pages Music Options Highlight Music on the main screen to access the following options for accessing audio CD content on the MAX server FIG 21 Title This ...

Page 42: ...ou want to play and press SELECT to select the title and open the Music Details screen for that CD You can sort the list by Album Genre or Artist by highlighting and selecting any one of the column headings Use the SKIP SCROLL buttons to page through large lists as opposed to scrolling through each item in the list The Music Details screen displays detailed information on the movie The options on ...

Page 43: ...usic Album Title Browse screen FIG 22 on page 36 listing all movies included in the selected genre You can sort the list by Genre Tracks or Time by highlighting and selecting any one of the column headings Use the SKIP SCROLL buttons to page through large lists as opposed to scrolling through each item in the list 4 Scroll through the list to highlight the CD that you want to play and press SELECT...

Page 44: ...he Music Details screen opens select the Play button see Music Details Page section on page 40 and press SELECT to begin playback Browse Music by Artist 1 Press MAX to access the Main MAX Screen 2 Highlight and select Music then select Artist to access the Music Artist Select screen FIG 25 to browse a list of all music Artists currently on the MAX server Each entry in the Artist list indicates the...

Page 45: ...screen are described in the Music Details Page section on page 40 5 When the Music Details screen opens select the Play button see Music Details Page section on page 40 and press SELECT to begin playback Search For Music 1 Press MAX to access the Main MAX Screen 2 Highlight and select Music then select Search to access the Music Search screen FIG 26 The buttons along the top of this screen indicat...

Page 46: ...er the letters approximately 3 seconds the selected letter is always added to the search field at the cursors position 5 Scroll through the search results list to highlight the CD you want to play and press SELECT to select the title and open the Music Details screen for that CD 6 The Music Details screen displays detailed information on the movie The options on the Music Details screen are descri...

Page 47: ...vidual DVD chapters and Bookmarks Mixed Includes both video and audio elements You can create as many Playlists as you like and there is no limit to the number of items that can have in each Playlist The process of creating and editing Playlists is identical for the three different types of Playlists The only difference between Audio and Video Playlists is in locating and selecting the items that ...

Page 48: ... and select the tracks that you want to add to the Playlist The checkboxes along the right side of the list indicate which tracks have been selected for inclusion on the Playlist 3 Highlight and select Save Checked This invokes the Music Details Playlist page FIG 30 4 At this point you can choose to either add the selected tracks to an existing playlist or create a new playlist as described below ...

Page 49: ... Music Playlist page FIG 30 on page 42 2 Scroll down and highlight the Playlist that you want to add the selected tracks to You can sort the list by Items Run Time Media or MPAA rating by highlighting and selecting any one of the column headings Use the SKIP SCROLL buttons to page through large lists as opposed to scrolling through each item in the list 3 Press ENTER to invoke the Playlist Details...

Page 50: ... type the first letter of that button A on the ABC 2 button Press the button again to type the next letter for that button B and so on When entering more than one letter that is assigned to the same button on the remote controller wait until the cursor moves to the next position to enter the letters approximately 3 seconds the selected letter is always added to the search field at the cursors posi...

Page 51: ...d order for playback 8 When the list is the desired order highlight and select OK to save the Playlist in the specified order Deleting a Playlist From the System Use the Delete option in the Playlist Details page to delete an entire Playlist from the system Note that deleting a Playlist does not delete the items content included in that Playlist from the MAX Server 1 Select Playlists from the main...

Page 52: ...ists are described below Video Content Skips to the next item in the Playlist Audio Content Track Skips to the next item in the Playlist Audio Content CD Skips to the next track on the CD Setup Page The options in the MAX AVP Setup Page allow you to specify various configuration settings and setup options for the AVP The Setup Page options are separated into four categories each one represented by...

Page 53: ...the Setup Pages Settings tab default view Setup Page Settings tab The options on the Settings tab are described below FIG 34 Video Standard Press SELECT to set the video standard for the display device NTSC M default NTSC M Japan PAL BG FIG 33 Entering Setup Pages FIG 34 Setup Page Settings tab ...

Page 54: ...e for widescreen content playback on a standard aspect ratio display Pan and Scan fills the screen Letterbox retains the film s actual aspect ratio Some DVDs do not support widescreen formatting in which case this option has no effect Color Space Select the colorspace for the display The options are YUV 601 Consumer component video default Leave the Color Space setting on YUV 601 if you are connec...

Page 55: ...FIG 36 to select preferred content audio and subtitle languages and to set the region code for the AVP s DVD drive To change these settings select the Up or Down arrow for setting that you want to change and press SELECT to scroll through the possible choices English EN is the default setting Refer to the DVD Language Codes section on page 51 for a full listing of supported languages and their ass...

Page 56: ...ys a summary of the current system and device settings read only FIG 37 Locale tab Region Control Refer to the Changing the DVD Region Code Setting section on page 15 for instructions on changing the DVD Region Code setting for the AVP s internal DVD drive FIG 38 Setup Page System Information tab An alternate method of checking network connectivity is to press the MAX button on the Remote Controll...

Page 57: ...OR 16 Bislama BI 84 Afan Oromo OM 17 Breton BR 85 Panjabi PA 18 Bulgarian BG 86 Pashto Pushto PS 19 Burmese MY 87 Persian FA 20 Byelorussian BE 88 Polish PL 21 Cambodian KM 89 Portuguese PT 22 Catalan CA 90 Quechua QU 23 Chinese ZH 91 Rhaeto Romance RM 24 Corsican CO 92 Romanian RO 25 Hrvatski Croatian HR 93 Russian RU 26 Czech Ceske CS 94 Samoan SM 27 Dansk Danish DA 95 Sangho SG 28 Dutch Nederla...

Page 58: ...E 50 Interlingua IA 118 Thai TH 51 Interlingue IE 119 Tibetian BO 52 Inupiak IK 120 Tigrinya TI 53 Irish GA 121 Tonga TO 54 Italian IT 122 Tsonga TS 55 Japanese JA 123 Turkish TR 56 Javanese JW 124 Turkmen TK 57 Kannada KN 125 Twi TW 58 Kashmiri KS 126 Ukranian UK 59 Kazakh KK 127 Urdu UR 60 Kinyarwanda RW 128 Uzbek UZ 61 Kirghiz KY 129 Vietnamese VI 62 Kirundi RN 130 Volapuk VO 63 Korean KO 131 W...

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