Blue Times RTD1283, User Manual

Page 1: ...FULL HD DVB T Media Player recorder RTD 1283 board PAGE 1 69 FULL HD DVB T Media Player Recorder Based on board with Realyek RTD1283 ...

Page 2: ...owser Menu 35 4 1 Browsing All 36 4 2 Browsing Music 37 4 3 Browsing Photos 38 4 4 Browsing Movies 39 4 5 A V Streaming via Network 40 4 6 A V Streaming via UPnP server 43 4 7 Renaming Deleting Files 46 5 File Copy Menu 47 6 Selecting Time REC 48 6 1 Watching TV 48 7 Timer Record Menu 54 7 1 Creating a New Schedule 54 7 2 Editing Schedules 56 7 3 Deleting Schedules 56 7 4 Viewing Schedule Status 5...

Page 3: ...TS MPG MP4 M4V MOV VOB ISO IFO DAT WMV ASF RM RMVB FLV Music format MP3 OGG WMA WAV AAC FLAC Photo format HD JPEG BMP GIF TIF PNG Photo slide show with background music Network Feature A V streaming transmission via Ethernet 10M 100M Wi Fi 802 11b g n optional File sharing via Samba server A V streaming via UPnP Media Server BitTorrent download controlled and managed via web server Digital Radio S...

Page 4: ...g used the environmental temperature should be within 5 35 1 3 2 Power The player s power voltage DC 12V 3A When using this player please connect the supplied AC adapter or AC adapter cable to the player s power jack When placing the adapter cable make sure it can not get damaged or be subject to pressure To reduce the risk of electric shock unplug the adapter first before cleaning it Never connec...

Page 5: ...e backup your data It is suggested to do defragment after a long period of usage Regularly backup the data in the hard disk so that it can be recovered in the event of data corruption or loss Our company takes no responsibility for loss of data stored on the hard disk 1 3 7 Others When using this player please do not let the player come into contact with water or other liquid if water is accidenta...

Page 6: ... DC IN jack 2 Follow the picture and plug in the AC adaptor to the power outlet 1 4 2 Connecting to a PC 1 Make sure the player is powered on 2 Plug in the squarish connector of the USB cable to this player s USB DEVICE port 3 Plug in the rectangular connector of the USB cable to computer In this way you can manage content on the built in HDD of the player on your local PC ...

Page 7: ... to the USB HOST port of this player In this way you can browse contents on the USB device 1 4 4 Connecting a Memory Card Memory card can be used by inserting to the card slot 1 Follow the picture to insert the memory card to the card slot properly 2 Insert the card by following the arrow pointer in the picture In this way you can browse contents on the memory card ...

Page 8: ...ontent in the player on TV or other display devices 1 4 5 2 Y Pb Pr Component OUT 1 Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player s Y Pb Pr jack 2 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 Second method use the audio output from the S PDIF ...

Page 9: ...4 6 Connecting to an Digital Amplifier 1 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 2 Follow the picture and plug in the other connector on your coaxial cable or optical fiber to the digital audio device digital a...

Page 10: ...to the player s RJ45 LAN socket 2 Connect the other crystal plug on the cable to a RJ45 LAN port on your router switch or hub devices 1 4 8 Connecting to a WLAN 1 Make sure the player is powered on 2 Plug the Wireless LAN USB Adapter i e Wi Fi USB Dongle to the USB HOST port of the player Note The Wi Fi Dongle is an optional accessory sold separately Please refer to 3 5 Changing Network Settings f...

Page 11: ...y mode and the power indicator will turn red Then unplug the power cord to cut off the power supply 1 6 Menu Language The system language of this player can be set to English or other languages Change the language you wish in the setup menu the selected language will take effect immediately 2 About the Player 2 1 Remote Control All procedures in this manual can be carried out using the remote cont...

Page 12: ... 36 AUDIO No Button Function 1 POWER Press to POWER on or off the AVHDD recorder 2 EPG Press to enter the Electronic Program Guide which displays an on screen list of programs for the coming week when watching Digital Terrestrial TV 3 CONFIRM Press to confirm and add the selects to the playlist 4 TELETEXT Press to open Teletext OSD if it is available in the broadcasted stream of Digital Terrestria...

Page 13: ...elapsed 14 GUIDE Press to view the Guide menu See The Guide Menu on page 6 for more details 15 Navigational buttons Press the arrow buttons to select menu options 16 OK Press the ENTER button to confirm 17 REC Press to begin recording or to resume when recording has been paused Press repeatedly to set OTR length 30 mins 60 mins 90 mins 120 mins 180 mins 240 mins Off 18 RETURN Press to return to th...

Page 14: ... SUBTITLE Press to set subtitle options 31 TIME SHIFT Press to activate the timeshift function which allows you to pause live TV and resume the program from the point you left it While paused the program is recorded to the HDD as long as space is available Press to activate TIME SHIFT function and wait for the PLAY arrow to appear on the screen Press and the program is paused Press to resume viewi...

Page 15: ...S MS PRO SLOT 5 POWER ON OFF 6 UP 7 DOWN 8 LEFT 9 RIGHT 10 OK 2 3 Rear Panel 1 FAN 2 A V in jack 3 A V OUT jack 4 COAXIAL jack 5 POWER SW 6 RJ45 LAN socket 7 ANT OUT Only available in DTV model 8 ANT IN Only available in DTV model 9 Ypbpr jack 10 S PDIF OPTICAL jack 11 HDMI Jack 12 USB HOST 2 13 USB DEVICE port mini5p Type 14 DC IN jack ...

Page 16: ...Select the Setup icon on the home screen or press the SETUP button on the remote control Use the LEFT RIGHT navigational buttons to select an option and then press ENTER There are five Setup options including TV Audio Video REC Network System and MISC Use the UP DOWN navigational buttons to select a menu Press ENTER to confirm Press RETURN to cancel and display the previous menu screen ...

Page 17: ...edia Player recorder RTD 1283 board Page 17 69 3 1 Changing TV Settings Press and on the remote control to select the TV tab from the menu TV Region Select to set the region for TV Press and to select Press to confirm ...

Page 18: ...D 1283 board Page 18 69 Channel Scan Select to scan for available TV channels Press and to select AUTO SCAN and press the ENTER button to confirm AUTO SCAN In AUTO SCAN mode the system will automatically scan for available DVB T TV channels ...

Page 19: ...you can select the CH name Bandwidth and Input Frequency Use the Navigational and Numeric buttons on the remote control to select or input Press the ENTER button to confirm Channel Set Select to edit channel information Press and to select DVB T or cancel and press button to confirm ...

Page 20: ...d sequence for the DVB T TV channels Use the Navigational buttons to select and modify the settings and press the ENTER button to confirm You can also press the RED button to select Default and press the BLUE button to select Sort 3 2 Changing Audio Settings Use this menu to configure audio settings ...

Page 21: ... or Digital amplifier 3 3 Changing Video Settings Use this menu to configure video settings Aspect Ratio Pan Scan 4 3 Display a wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the redundant portions Select when a standard 4 3 TV is connected Letter Box 4 3 Display a wide picture with two black borders on the top and bottom of 4 3 screen Select when a standard 4 3 TV is connected 16 9 Compress the i...

Page 22: ...rd Page 22 69 V SYSTEM Select to adjust video output resolution NTSC PAL 480P 576P 720P 50HZ 720P 60HZ 1080I 50HZ 1080I 60HZ 1080P 50HZ 1080P 60HZ 3 4 Changing Record Settings Press and on the remote control to select the Record tab from the menu bar ...

Page 23: ...nd to select the quality setting you require The highest quality setting is HQ which requires the most storage space The other settings reduce recording quality sequentially but also require less storage space Press to confirm Permanent timeshift Select to set the Permanent timeshift on or off Press and to select Press to confirm ...

Page 24: ...to select from HDD and USB Press to confirm 3 5 Changing Network Settings Use this menu to configure Ethernet and WLAN Wireless Local Area Network settings Wired LAN Setup DHCP IP AUTO Select to obtain IP address automatically FIX IP MANUAL Select to manually input the IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and DNS Server IP Address ...

Page 25: ...r RTD 1283 board Page 25 69 Wireless Setup Selecting a connection profile This player can store up to three wireless network connections Press ENTER to go to next step press RETURN to cancel and press PLAY to connect Get Connection Mode ...

Page 26: ...eless network adapters also known as wireless clients to an existing wired network with the help from wireless router or access point Get SSID Name Press ENTER to go to next step press RETURN to cancel and press SELECT to refresh the SSID list Note In the Security list WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy and WPA Wi Fi Protected Access means the network is encrypted i e an encryption key is needed to acce...

Page 27: ...A Key Encryption keys can be inputted via the virtual keyboard Press the navigational buttons to select ENTER to input CAPS to switch between uppercase and lowercase to delete a character to insert a space shift to make more symbols available and OK to confirm Test connection ...

Page 28: ...ile Name IP address Subnet Mask Gateway etc will be displayed on the screen Peer to Peer Ad Hoc Peer to Peer mode which is also called Ad Hoc mode or computer to computer mode is used to connect wireless clients directly together without the need for a wireless router or access point Ad Hoc Setup Press ENTER to go to next step press RETURN to cancel and press PLAY to connect ...

Page 29: ...ystem Settings Use this menu to configure system settings Menu Language Select to choose the OSD On Screen Display language Text Encoding Select to set the text encoding option subtitle display Login Control Select to turn on off password protect for the Web server Neighbor Web ...

Page 30: ...s confirm button Extension Package Upgrade System Upgrade Select Extension Package Upgrade to do manually install BT download software Select to update the firmware or extension package via a USB stick 1 Copy install img or extension files to the root directory of a USB stick and connect it to the USB HOST port of the player 2 Go to System upgrade under setup Menu 3 Press ENTER to confirm ...

Page 31: ...ard Page 31 69 HDD Format Select to HDD Format Press and button on the remote control to select Cancel or CONFIRM from the menu HDD Format When select HDD format please according the following steps 1 Warring Press and to select OK Press to confirm ...

Page 32: ... Butter Disc Capacoty Press and to adjust the capacity of time shift buffer Press and to select Next and Press to confirm 3 Step3 Hard Disc Format Press and to select Format Press to confirm And the formatting will start which will take for several minute please be patient to wait ...

Page 33: ...order RTD 1283 board Page 33 69 4 Congratulation When formatting is completed press to reboot System Info Select to view system information firmware version HDD info Mac address etc Restore Default Select to restore factory defaults ...

Page 34: ...ide show Bransition Effect Select to set the transition effect for photo slide show Background Music Select to set the background music options while view pictures Off Folder Playlist Screen Saver Select to turn on off screen saver Movie Preview Select to turn on off movie preview in the browser menu Resume Playback Select to turn on off resume playback auto bookmarking feature for movies ...

Page 35: ...e screen or press the BROWSER button on the remote control The following buttons can be used while navigating the browser menu Button Function UP DOWN Move cursor up down to select devices folders or files LEFT RIGHT Select filter options All Music Photos and Movies PREV NEXT Go to previous next page ENTER Enter or confirm the selected item SELECT Select files under Browser HDD menu CONFIRM Add th...

Page 36: ... mode all folders and supported contents music photos and movies will be displayed Note Please refer to chapter 10 1 Specifications for more about the supported content formats Muisc tracks might not be able to played continously under All filter please switch to the Music filter instead ...

Page 37: ... directory will be displayed The following buttons can be used to control music playback Button Function PLAY Begin playback PAUSE STEP Pause playback FR FF Fast rewind or fast forward Press repeatedly to select the speed REPEAT Set repeat options One All and Shuffle INFO Hide or display the information bar during playback STOP Stop playback ...

Page 38: ... the previous or next photo LEFT RIGHT Rotate a photo in any angle REPEAT Set repeat options One All and Shuffle ZOOM IN OUT Zoom in out the image INFO Hide or display the information bar during playback STOP Stop playback You can view photos in slide show mode with background music When it is enabled the slide show starts automatically once you press PLAY button Please refer to Slide Show Timing ...

Page 39: ...to select the speed PREV NEXT View the previous or next movie REPEAT Set repeat options One All and Shuffle ZOOM IN OUT Zoom in out the image INFO Hide or display the information bar during playback GOTO Display playback search menu A B Set the beginning and end points of a section to repeat ANGLE Change the view angle during DVD with multi angle playback MENU Return to the root menu during DVD pl...

Page 40: ...hortcuts 4 5 1 Browsing through Workgroup You can choose the workgroup which your PC belongs to from the workgroup list find your PC name and press the ENTER button to confirm Then you can select and play the shared media files that you want to browse Note While browsing high definition video files resolution up to 720p 1080i 1080p via Ethernet or WLAN the video might be buffering It is normal due...

Page 41: ...Server IP and access it from My_Shortcuts in the menu Press the MENU button and a popup menu appears 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 42: ... HD DVB T Media Player recorder RTD 1283 board Page 42 69 Select the shortcut you added and press the ENTER button to confirm Then you can select and play the shared media files on the destination computer ...

Page 43: ... Media Player 11 XBMC Media Center Linux Mac Windows MediaTomb Linux etc Please install one of them on you computer In the following chapters we will take Windows Media Player 11 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for an example 4 6 2 Sharing Media on your PC The Media Sharing feature of Windows Media Player 11 lets you enjoy the contents of your Windows Media Player library from anywhere in your home Op...

Page 44: ... Media Player recorder RTD 1283 board Page 44 69 4 6 3 Streaming Media on your Player Connect your player to the home network LAN or WLAN Visit Browser UPnP menu on the player select the UPnP server and press ENTER ...

Page 45: ...shared by Windows Media Player 11 Note Make sure your player and your computer are on the same local area network and subnet Firewalls may prevent your player to communicating with your computer Please open the ports manually and add your player to the trusted list or disable the firewall temporarily ...

Page 46: ...9 4 7 Renaming Deleting Files When navigating in the browser menu you can press the MENU button to activate a popup menu where you can rename and delete files or folders Press the UP DOWN buttons to select from Return Rename and Delete And press ENTER to confirm ...

Page 47: ...tion UP DOWN Move cursor up down to select devices folders RIGHT Go to the next step SELECT Select or cancel folders or files The selected items will be ticked STOP Cancel all selections ENTER Confirm the selected options Please refer to the following operations to copy move folders files between devices Step 1 Select the source device and destination device Step 2 Select the source files you want...

Page 48: ...d stations will be listed under this menu Genre You can search for stations by genre pop rock jazz etc under this menu Favorite Your favorite stations can be kept under this menu 6 Selecting Time REC To enter the Time REC setup page select on the remote control or select Timer REC button on the guide menu page 6 1 Watching TV Equipped with an internal Dual TV Tuner It s supporting recording anothe...

Page 49: ...rt recording the current TV program TIME SHIFT Press to activate the time shift function TIMER Press to edit scheduled recordings EPG Press to activate the EPG menu if available TELETEXT Press to activate the Teletext menu if available SUBTITLE Press to activate the subtitle list menu if available ZOOM Press to zoom out the image 1 Program List Menu Press the ENTER button when watching DVB T TV pr...

Page 50: ...ation or Press the RETURN button to display the info bar There re 4 strings displayed on the bar Taking the info bar in the above photo for example 11 Stands for TV rating N A Stands for the voice language SS Stands for subtitle TT Stands for Teletext SD Stands for resolution SD Standard Definition HD High Definition When the string looks concave the option will be available ...

Page 51: ... Press the EPG button when watching DVB T TV programs the Electronic Programming Guide will be displayed Press the PREV NEXT button to change channels Press the LEFT RIGHT button to change date Press the UP DOWN button to change program Press the TIMER button to add delete scheduled recording ...

Page 52: ... press the TELETEXT button to enter the Teletext menu Press the Navigational buttons to view the content in the Teletext menu 5 Subtitle List Menu Press the SUBTITLE button when watching DVB T TV programs the Subtitle List menu will be displayed Press the LEFT RIGHT button to switch between Subtitle and TTX Subtitle List ...

Page 53: ...g are some functional buttons on the remote control available during watching Analog TV programs Name Function UP DOWN PREV NEXT Press to switch channels Channels cannot be switched in the recording mode Numeric buttons Press to input channel numbers Press the ENTER button to confirm REC Press to start recording the current TV program TIME SHIFT Press to activate the time shift function TIMER Pres...

Page 54: ...to create edit and delete recording schedules and view all schedule status and history To enter the menu select Timer Record from the Guide menu 7 1 Creating a New Schedule Press and on the remote control to select the Edit tab from the menu bar Select Add a New Schedule and press The schedule setting screen appears ...

Page 55: ...length of the recording Repeat Select how often you want the schedule to record Choose from Once Everyday Mon Fri Mon Sat or for an individual day of the week Quality Select the recording quality Choose from HQ SLP EP LP and SP The higher the quality the more space required on the hard drive See HDD USB Free Space on the left of the screen for details of how long you can record for using each sett...

Page 56: ...u want to edit from the list and press The schedule setting screen appears Modify the schedule as described in Creating a New Schedule on page 43 7 3 Deleting Schedules Press and on the remote control to select the Delete tab from the menu bar Select the schedule you want to delete and press A confirmation message appears ...

Page 57: ...the selected schedule or Delete all schedules Press to confirm 7 4 Viewing Schedule Status Press and on the remote control to select the Schedule tab from the menu bar The schedule list is displayed Select a schedule and press ...

Page 58: ...Pause the selected schedule Press to confirm 7 5 Viewing Recording History Press the left and right navigation arrows on the remote control to select the History tab from the menu bar Here you can view a complete history of all recordings that were set ...

Page 59: ... be saved at this folder The file name will be rename according system time 8 Web Server BitTorrent 8 1 Web Server unicgi A Web server called Neighbor Web has been integrated into the player Connect the player to your home network LAN or WLAN Get the IP address of the player under SETUP NETWORK menu Type the IP address e g 192 168 3 15 in the address bar of Internet Explore on your PC Then you can...

Page 60: ...advance 8 2 Account Management Click Account Management on the home page of Neighbor Web This page allows you to set a password for accessing Neighbor Web Note Password will become effective when Login Control is turned on Please refer to Login Control in chapter 3 4 Changing System Settings for more details The default user name is admin and the default password is 123 ...

Page 61: ...f data on the Internet A BitTorrent utility btpd BitTorrent Protocol Daemon has been integrated into the player Please refer to Extension Info in chapter 3 4 Changing System Settings for more details about installing and uninstalling btpd The BitTorrent client btpd is running in daemon a process running in the background mode and you can manipulate the process via the Web server Click BitTorrent D...

Page 62: ...also allows you to start stop delete torrents and set priorities for torrents as well as view the status of current torrents Click Start to begin download Click Stop to stop download Click Delete to delete the selected torrent Click Refresh to refresh the current status Click Down arrow to decrease the priority for the selected torrent Click Up arrow to increase the priority for the selected torre...

Page 63: ...hours to start the next download automatically Set the seeding hours Set to delete the finished torrent files automatically or not Set the maximum number of simultaneous download tasks 9 Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system OS installed on the device Firmware upgrades can bring new features improvements and bug fixes Please refer to System Update and Extension Info in chapte...

Page 64: ...V TS TP TRP M2TS MPG MP4 MOV M4V VOB ISO IFO DAT WMV ASF RM RMVB FLV resolution up to 720p 1080i 1080p l MP3 OGG WMA WAV AAC FLAC l HD JPEG BMP GIF TIF PNG VIDEO CODECS SURPORTED l MPEG 1 l HD MPEG 2 l HD MPEG 4 SP ASP AVC H 264 l WMV9 VC 1 l RealNetworks RM RMVB 8 9 10 up to 720p AUDIO CODECS SURPORTED l MP2 3 OGG Vorbis WMA DRM and Advanced Profile not supported PCM LPCM MS ADPCM LC AAC HE AAC C...

Page 65: ...B 2 0 plug 1 USB Device 1 2 USB Host 2 Wired 10M 100M Ethernet Wireless WI FI Optional DVB T tunner 1 support digital MPEG4 H 264 DVB T signal 2 support 6MHZ 7MHZ 8MHZ channel DVB T signal 3 support Electronic Program Guide function EPG 4 Support TV progrem TTX function Card Reader SD MMC MS Storage format Build in 3 5 SATA HDD hard disk 20G 1 5T FAT32 AND NTFS EXT3 partial Support external SD MMC...

Page 66: ...n 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 If it does not work close all programs and wait for another 20 seconds then try the green arrow icon again If it still does not work you should shut down the player and disconnect ...

Page 67: ...al 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 s will treat this as no signal and will display a blue screen or screensaver Question 6 Why when I switch to Y Pb Pr 480p 576p 720p 1080i and 1080p does the TV screen display an unwatchable picture Answer Please check if your TV supports Y ...

Page 68: ...ncluding PING and access shared folders try disabling it to see if you can connect If you can connect with the firewall disabled you may need to add the player to the Trusted list or configure the firewall for local intranet access Worst case disable your firewall long enough to use the player then enable it again when done Question 11 I am using the 802 11n Wi Fi dongle with an 802 11n wireless r...

Page 69: ...ithout permission from the copyright owner Trademarks Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are property of their respective holders 10 4 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 ...