Digitus DA-70900, User Manual

Page 1: ...English User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...EDIA CENTER 14 Procedure 14 Kinds of HDD to be installed 14 HDD Installation 15 Connecting with PC 16 To create folder and to copy files 17 Disconnecting from PC 18 Connecting to TV with Composite AV cable 19 Connecting with Component cable or DVI connector 20 Connecting with 5 1CH audio system 21 Connecting with Optical or Coaxial connector 22 Connecting to Network 23 3 Remote Controller SET UP M...

Page 3: ...ddress Setup Ethernet Network using a direct connection 45 4 MULTIMEDIA FILE PLAYBACK 47 How to use JUKEBOX CREATOR BGM ON 47 Enjoying movie file 48 Creating DVD Library and Enjoying it 55 Enjoying Music Library 57 Enjoying Photo Library 58 External USB devices connection 59 5 Firmware update 60 6 HDD Partition and Formatting 61 Under Window 98SE ME environment 61 Under Window 2000 XP environment ...

Page 4: ...rk and Section Repeat Functions After one file playback is ended the next file different in file name only is play backed automatically If you mark a specific position of a movie during playback with BOOKMARK button of remote controller you can start from the marked position again The function of Section Repeat lets you repeat a specific section Section Repeat function is useful for language study...

Page 5: ...the procedure to copy files from PC to MULTIMEDIA CENTER through USB cable you can stream various media files in your PC to MULTIMEDIA CENTER and playback them back with TV directly through MULTIMEDIA CENTER s Network solution Installed Wireless LAN Module and Antenna As MULTIMEDIA CENTER has Wired LAN as well as Wireless LAN module which supports turbo function WEP security function and high sens...

Page 6: ...be played back properly according to the speed performance of external USB devices or the speed performance of the devices to compose a network environment Even though video file format is one of the above classification the file is not played if the file is encoded with GMC or QPEL option AVI Audio Video Interleaved is a container format This means that it may contain many different combinations ...

Page 7: ...esponding position when you press TV OUT button with 2 3sec time interval TV OUT button for changing TV Out mode LED of MULTIMEDIA CENTER Front AUDIO OUT button for changing AUDIO Out mode Reference Each pressing TV OUT button PAL Composite 480p Component 576p Component 480p DVI D 576p DVI D DVI A VGA 800x600 60Hz NTSC Composite You can change and select more subdivided TV out mode in SET UP menu ...

Page 8: ...emperature high humidity nearby magnetic filed and direct sunlight Do not touch the plug of the AC power cord with wet hands Do not try disassembling It may cause an electric shock defect or unexpected problem For installing or changing HDD you may open the door on bottom side Keep it unplugged during lightning storms or when unused for long period time 8 ...

Page 9: ... soak a soft cloth in a mild detergent solution diluted with water tightly squeeze the cloth to remove the excess liquid wipe the affected area of the exterior and finish by wiping with a dry cloth Make sure that MULTIMEDIA CENTER is not powered off suddenly during its working playing back file transferring firmware upgrading etc In case of sudden power off during working you need to check HDD wit...

Page 10: ...D and 15 15sec move Button Button LED of front side IR receiver TV OUT Button Video S Video or Component DVD LED DTV Component LED DVI D LED DVI A LED AUDIO OUT Button 2CH Stereo Audio out LED Analog 5 1CH Audio out LED Digital Sound out LED Wired Wireless Connection Status LED USB Host Connection Status LED Power LED HDD LED PLAY LED 10 ...

Page 11: ...s Antenna USB connector for PC S Video DC FAN Digital Sound Optical Connector DVI Out connector Digital Sound Coaxial Connector Composite Video Connector 2CH Stereo or 5 1CH Analog Audio Connector Component Video Connector Wired LAN Port RJ 45 USB Host port Power12V DC 11 ...

Page 12: ...n the package of MULTIMEDIA CENTER MULTIMEDIA CENTER Remote Controller AAA size Batteries User s Manual 12V DC Power Adaptor Power cord A to B USB Cable Composite A V Cable Component Video Cable 5dBi Wireless Antenna Wireless model only 12 ...

Page 13: ...cessories available at shops If below accessories needed you can buy them at shops by yourself DVI to RGB Gender DVI to HDMI Gender DVI Single Cable Coaxial Cable Optical Cable S VIDEO Cable LAN Cable 13 ...

Page 14: ...lled HDD is not formatted please format it first according to normal HDD format procedure 6 Copy media files in your PC to the HDD of MULTIMEDIA CENTER 7 After finishing copying files disconnect MULTIMEDIA CENTER from your PC system 8 Connect MULTIMEDIA CENTER to TV set and or to audio system 9 Power on MULTIMEDIA CENTER and change set up value in SET UP menu if needed It is recommended that MULTI...

Page 15: ...ide Push it forward 1 slightly and pull it up 2 4 Fix HDD with HDD fixture like below picture 15 3 Insert HDD carefully inside with MULTIMEDIA CENTER laid down slightly to minimize impact to HDD 5 Connect IDE cable and power cable like picture 6 Close HDD door and push the locker to the direction CLOSE IDE POWER ...

Page 16: ...pening My Computer on Windows For Windows 98SE Users 1 Before connecting MULTIMEDIA CENTER to your PC you need to install Driver for Windows 98SE to your PC You may download the Driver for Windows 98SE from our website www digitus info 2 After downloading it unzip it and run the file MULTIMEDIA CENTER_98setup 3 Connect MULTIMEDIA CENTER to your PC with USB cable And connect AC adapter to MULTIMEDI...

Page 17: ...OTO folder is also same You may make any name of folders freely Do not store too many files into one folder It is recommended that you make several sub folders and store files divisionally In case that you did HDD partition with FAT32 it is recommended that you do not store over 3GB files into one folder In case that file name folder name is too long or has so many specific characters blanks or pe...

Page 18: ...C Make sure to follow below procedure 1 Do double click the icon of Safely remove USB 2 Click Stop button after selecting USB Mass Storage Device 3 When the message like picture is shown disconnect USB cable between MULTIMEDIA CENTER and PC Disconnecting from PC 18 ...

Page 19: ...white cable to the FRONT L connector of MULTIMEDIA CENTER and to the Sound Input Left of TV or Audio system You may refer to cable colors and connector colors Please do not misunderstand Composite connectors and Component Y Pb Pr connector which is located on the bottom line of MULTIMEDIA CENTER rear side If you want to use digital audio output Optical Coaxial you don t need to connect with red ca...

Page 20: ...her high quality displaying devices connect like below picture Connecting with Component cable Connecting with DVI cable For safety connect cables after power off MULTIMEDIA CENTER TV and audio system You have to purchase DVI cable and other genders by yourselves from shop 20 ...

Page 21: ...not supplied together with MULTIMEDIA CENTER audio cable for analog 5 1Ch 3 5 pie gender cable etc Connect with analog 5 1Ch cables like upper picture If the input connector of speaker or audio system is the stereo jack 3 5 pie type you need 3 5 pie gender cable According to below picture connect it to each speaker properly CENTER REAR R Rear Right FRONT R Front Right REAR L Rear Left FRONT R Fron...

Page 22: ...gital signal separate devices like DTS Decoder or Receiver is needed additionally For safety connect cables after power off MULTIMEDIA CENTER and audio system You have to purchase Optical cable or Coaxial cable by yourselves from shop Make sure that Optical cable is not bent severely Do not see optical light which comes from Optical connector It may have a bad effect on your eyes 22 ...

Page 23: ...switch HUB with 2 straight cables Equipment required 2 straight cables A window PC with an Ethernet connection A router or Switch HUB Wireless connection using a wireless router Connect the MULTIMEDIA CENTER and a PC to a wireless router with a straight cable for PC Equipment required A straight cable for PC A window PC with an Ethernet connection A wireless router Wireless Range Radio signals may...

Page 24: ...LAY PAUSE SETUP AUDIO OUT SELECT TV OUT SELECT JUKEBOX CREATOR PHOTO FODER HOT KEY BOOKMARK SLEEP TIMER RETURN CANCEL SLOW FOWARDING BGM ON OFF 15SEC FWD UP REVERSE LEFT 15SEC REV DOWN VOLUME PREV NEXT FILE DVD CHAPTER OK SELECT FORWARD RIGHT 32 32X FWD REV REPEAT SHUFFLE POINT TO POINT ZOOM SCROLL SYNC SUBTITLE DVD TITLE MENU DVD ANGLE ODD EJECT COLOR SETTING SUBTITLE DUBBING AUDIO STOP INFO CURR...

Page 25: ...splay on TV screen after booting up try changing TV Out mode by pressing TV OUT button of remote controller or on the front side of MULTIMEDIA CENTER set with 2 3seconds time interval 2 Screen of Main Menu Main Menu screen is displayed like below picture after completing booting up Main Menu is composed of several icons such as MOVIE MUSIC PHOTO USB HOST Network and JUKE BOX BGM For explanation of...

Page 26: ... will be convenient for you to use or manage files if you make PHOTO folder in the root directory of HDD in advance USB 1 or 2 icon In case that some devices are connected to USB HOST ports these USB Icons are activated Once activated those icons can be selected Otherwise you can not click or select it NETWORK icon In case that MULTIMEDIA CENTER is connected to network properly through Wired or Wi...

Page 27: ...em sub items are listed up You can select each item with Up Down button After selecting sub item press OK button Then changeable setting values are displayed Once you select one of changeable setting values with Up Down button press OK button Then the value is saved and applied If you want to go out without changing setting values press RETURN button before you press OK button for confirming any s...

Page 28: ...m is disappeared Full Screen Select this option if you want to adjust a movie fully to the screen of TV with no consideration of original ratio In this case according to the ratio of original movie displaying size is enlarged upward downward or to the left right Video Out Composite S Video In case of connecting with TV through Composite S Video or Component 480i output connector Component each Mod...

Page 29: ...r or Decoder to hear sound in case of using digital audio connectors Optical Coaxial Audio Channels 2 ch If selecting this option it outputs analog audio signal with 2CH If you use 2CH speaker please select this option 29 r you can connect eaker directly S n MULTIMEDIA fect in power on off M Shuffle It plays all music file randomly in same folder 5 1 ch If selecting this option it outputs analog a...

Page 30: ... background by canceling the user defined Factory reset T ser and to initialize MULTIMEDIA CENTER are Update To select firmware bin file and to update with new firmware slideshow 3sec OSD Lang To change OSD languages lo To change subtitle color when total nine 9 kinds available o change size of subtitle when playing ba total two 2 kinds Large Small available o change the background of main menu wi...

Page 31: ...e of network connection It shows current network connection status ng using a direct connection to the computer Input the IP address Netmask and Default gateway you want to set up Connection Status Address Setup DHCP Auto IP IP address will be assigned automatically with using a router Static IP IP address should be assigned manually by user with Ethernet networki MAC wired It shows MAC address of...

Page 32: ...municate with devices a AP SEARCH Click AP a List of AP available You can select the AP that you want use and press OK button to In case that you set ESSID as hidden or you set Password for your AP In case that you set ESSID as hidden or you set password with your AP you need to enter ESSID name or Password by yourself For entering ESSID name or Password MULTIMEDIA CENTER will show you the specifi...

Page 33: ...ew IP address from takes about 30 6 seco your router It nds 0 With Ad hoc mode If you are using Ad hoc mode you have to enter IP address manually on NETWOKR section Check NETWORK icon activation ETWORK icon will be activated if the network is connected succ N essfully icon activation Network According to network security setting network status etc sometimes it will take 5 10 seconds for the networ...

Page 34: ...t on NETWORK section If you are running wireless network all device on your network need to share the same ESSID CHANNEL Wireless security and Encryption key in order for them to communicate each ESSID The ESSID of MULTIMEDIA CENTER should be exactly same as that of the wireless WORDING The SSID is also referred to as the ESSID or Extended Service Set ID CHANNEL The 802 11g and b specifications su...

Page 35: ...e encryption algorithm determines the authentication method you select Relation Authentication Method Encryption Algorithm WEP Auto WEP SHARED WEP OPEN NONE WEP WPAPSK WPA NONE WPA2PSK TKIP AES Encryption WEP Encryption WEP option should be applied in case that WEP encryption algorithm is used The encryption setting of MULTIMEDIA CENTER should be exactly same as that of the wireless router or the ...

Page 36: ... Wireless Security Each manufacturer may use different wording when naming each function Make your reference for below wordings ESSID referred to as SSID or Extended Service Set ID ASCII when WEP key or WPA key input referred to as Characters HEX when WEP key or WPA key input referred to as Hexadecimal Wireless security referred to as Authentication method or Type Encryption referred to as Encrypt...

Page 37: ...menu and enter the following lists A Wireless Net B Static IP C 200 200 0 2 IP Address D 255 255 255 0 Subnet Mask E 200 200 0 1 MULTIMEDIA CENTER WIRELESS setting Go to WIRELESS in SETUP menu and enter the following lists A AD HOC B Enter ESSID ex abc C Select Channel ex Ch11 D Select WEP AUTO E Select NONE Save setting and Return to main To save setting and return to main press SETUP button on r...

Page 38: ...200 200 0 1 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Click OK Zero Configuration utility a Open wireless zero configuration utility and choose a wireless network with same ESSID ex abc that you entered with MULTIMEDIA CENTER Click Connect Zero Configuration utility b After connecting successfully you can browse shared folder with MULTIMEDIA CENTER Refresh network list If you can not find the ESSID that you enter...

Page 39: ...s based on window XP NOTE If firewalls are set in your PC it may cause problem for MULTIMEDIA CENTER to communicate with your PC So you need to disable the firewall program in your PC 1 Click right button of mouse on the folder that you want to share and select Sharing and Security 2 Check on Share this folder on the network Fill in the box of Share name And then click OK and Apply button for conf...

Page 40: ...red name will be listed up on screen if MULTIMEDIA CENTER is connected Network configuration under window 2000 STEP 1 Click the right button on My Computer icon and choose manage STEP 2 Go to Local Users and Groups 40 ...

Page 41: ...STEP 3 Click the Users folder STEP 4 Click the right button on Guest and click Properties STEP 5 Release the check box on Account is disabled and Apply this setting 41 ...

Page 42: ...EP 6 Check that Guest will be activated STEP 7 Click right button of mouse on the folder that you want to share and select Sharing STEP 8 Click radio box on Shared this folder and click the Permissions 42 ...

Page 43: ...STEP 9 Click the Add STEP 10 Click the Add after selecting Guest and Click OK STEP 11 Check the added Guest and apply this setting 43 ...

Page 44: ...STEP 12 Go to security tab and click the Add STEP 13 Click the Add after selecting Guest and Click OK STEP 14 Check the added Guest and apply this setting 44 ...

Page 45: ...internet connection you need one more LAN card for MULTIMEDIA CENTER connection if you use both simultaneously Please see the below guides step by step to set IP address 1 Select Network Connection in the Control Panel Select the Local Area Connection to be connected with MULTIMEDIA CENTER and click the right button of mouse Select Properties 2 Select internet Protocol TCP IP and click Properties ...

Page 46: ...press SETUP button on your remote controller and go to NETWORK section Select Ethernet on Network Connection and Static IP on Address Setup Then input the following address IP Address 192 168 0 2 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 0 1 Press SETUP on your remote to exit this menu Check that NETWORK icon is highlighted on main screen 46 ...

Page 47: ...c file and press OK button Then each selected file will be stored into PLAYLIST 3 Playback files stored in PLAYLIST To play selected music files select the PLAY on screen and press OK button of remote controller And you may return to file browser screen through EXIT on screen JUKEBOX on off can be controlled by pressing BGM ON button of remote controller Note if you select CLEAR on screen and pres...

Page 48: ... or OK button to start movie file When loading a file this message comes out Depends on supported file format and size loading time is different 2 Fast searching In playing a movie file you can search the position that you want to see by pressing REW FF button It supports up to 32X searching 1 press 2X 2 press 4X 3 press 8X 4 press 16X 5 press 32X 48 ...

Page 49: ...laying DVD if you pressing GOTO button you can go to the specific position that you want 5 Control Volume level In playing movie file press VOLUME button After pressing PAGE button Select YES or NO by pressing button and press OK button After pressing GOTO button input the time and press OK button XX YY ZZ H M S 49 ...

Page 50: ...in 7 Checking information of playing file In playing movie file press INFO button The playing file information will be shown 8 Checking current playing time To check current playing time press INFO button two times To clear this press INFO button once again INFO 1st press INFO 2nd press 50 ...

Page 51: ...ss 10 Multi Subtitle control If the playing movie contains multi subtitle you can select a subtitle that you want to see by pressing S TITLE button To select subtitle press OK button 2nd 3rd press 11 Multi Audio control If the movie file contains multi audio you can select an audio that you want by pressing AUDIO button 1st 2nd press 51 ...

Page 52: ...t press 13 Scrolling the enlarged screen To move enlarged screen press ZOOM SCROLL button once again and move the enlarged screen by pressing directional button 2nd press 14 Screen Color control To adjust color setting press PICTURE Button and control Brightness Saturation and Contrast by pressing directional button 1st 3rd press 52 ...

Page 53: ...ing BOOKMARK button 16 BOOKMARK list Pressing BOOKMARK button again the latest Bookmarked List is shown Max 5 lists 17 Playback with slow speed MULTIMEDIA CENTER supports slow playing back function up to 1 32X BOOKMARK or OK 1st press 1 2X 2nd press 1 4X 3rd press 1 8X 4th press 1 16X 5th press 1 32X 53 ...

Page 54: ...et the beginning point Press A B button once to select the beginning A point 1st press 20 Section Repeat Set the ending point Press A B button again to select the Ending B point A B section will be repeated To clear this setting press A B button once again 2nd press note This function is useful for language study or enjoying sports moving picture SYNC or 54 ...

Page 55: ...s of DVD into MULTIMEDIA CENTER IFO Information file commonly found on DVDs Such files contain navigational information ISO One image file backup of the DVD title FAT32 file system only supports up to 4GB NTFS file system is unlimited 2 DVD menu controlling Using directional button you can select DVD menu from DVD menu screen 3 Multi Subtitle Language Selection In playing DVD you can select a subt...

Page 56: ... DVD menu screen by pressing TITLE button When you play DVD again after setting it starts from stopped position of DVD 6 GOTO function In playing a movie you can go to the specific position that you want by pressing GOTO button Volume control color setting and media information are same as Enjoying movie file functions To go next or previous chapter of DVD use PAGE button 56 ...

Page 57: ...tton 2 How to change Music Play Mode In playing a music file you can change play mode by pressing REPEAT SHUFFLE button 3 M3U and PLS file support MULTIMEDIA CENTER supports M3U playlist and PLS playlist by created WINAMP To play these files music files linked with M3U and PLS should be in same HDD partition 1st press Single 2nd press Folder 3rd press Shuffle 57 ...

Page 58: ...h 10 seconds interval You can change slideshow time delay setting on ETC section of SETUP Menu If you want to see one photo file only please push OK button instead of PLAY 2 Rotation of photo If you want to rotate the photo push ANGLE button of remote controller to be rotated it clockwise by 90 degree This service is not yet available but will be in a future firmware release Color setting function...

Page 59: ...ike hard drives memory sticks and USB card readers up to two devices one time 2 USB connection usage Once you have connected your device properly you can access the files in the USB device by pressing the highlighted USB icon NOTE MULTIMEDIA CENTER supports mass storage device in read only mode only 3 ODD tray controlling MULTIMEDIA CENTER controls ODD tray on and off by pressing EJECT button when...

Page 60: ...ared folder of PC 3 Connect the MULTIMEDIA CENTER to a TV and power it on Click the SETUP button on remote controller and go to ETC setting section of SETUP 4 Select Firmware update and search the folder where the new firmware file is saved 5 Select update file and push OK button on remote controller 6 Firmware update will start automatically when you select Yes on confirmation message box 7 MULTI...

Page 61: ...EDIA CENTER Under Window 98SE ME environment Single partition is recommended Even if MULTIMEDIA CENTER supports multi partitions we recommend single partition for your convenient using 1 Open command prompt program Start Program MS DOS Prompt 2 Type fdisk and click enter Select Y to enable large disk support 61 ...

Page 62: ...4 Select the last Disk number that you want to initialize In case of more than 2 HDDs In case that there are several hard disk drives in your PC the disk number may be changed In this case you can select the number corresponding to each percent 62 ...

Page 63: ...5 Select 1 Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive 6 Select 1 Create Primary DOS Partition 7 Wait to be finished verifying drive integrity until 100 63 ...

Page 64: ...ion 9 Wait to be finished verifying drive integrity once again and click ESC two times to finish MS DOS prompt program 10 Reboot your PC 11 After restart the new hard disk drive will be shown on My Computer Click the right button of your mouse and select Format to be formatted 64 ...

Page 65: ...00 XP environment 1 Click the Start and go to Control panel Then select Performance Maintenance 2 Select Computer Management and go to Disk Management 3 Click the next on The initialize and Covert Disk Wizard window 65 ...

Page 66: ...4 Select disk to initialize and click the next 5 Click the Finish on Completing the initialized and convert Disk Wizard window 6 Click the right button on your mouse and select the New Partition 66 ...

Page 67: ...ck the next 8 Select Primary partition and Click the next Important MULTIMEDIA CENTER work properly with TV in case of Primary partition type only 9 Specify partition size and click the next 10GB 10000 MB 67 ...

Page 68: ... the next FAT32 can not be selected over 32GB HDD Important Do not check Enable file and folder compression 12 Click the finish to close The New Partition Wizard 13 After setup the New Partition Wizard the new HDD will be formatted automatically Please wait until 100 formatting is completed 68 ...

Page 69: ... file that you want play is supported by MULTIMEDIA CENTER or not 2 Much noise on TV screen Check whether video cable is connected properly and tightly Check if TV Out mode is matched with your TV or not In case that you connect MULTIMEDIA CENTER to TV indirectly through DVD player or VCR etc there may some noise on TV screen Please connect NTD35 to TV directly In case there is some moisture insid...

Page 70: ...io Amplifier Try changing the value Down mix or pass through of Audio Out on SET UP menu Try changing audio cable with new one Check the Audio channels 2channel or 5 1 channel on SETUP MENU 2 In case of no sound or bad sound quality when connected with digital audio system Check the Audio channels 2channel or 5 1 channel on SETUP MENU Set as pass through on SETUP menu Check the status of connectio...

Page 71: ...set as Single or Master Try changing with new HDD There may be some problem in HDD itself caused by impact or damage from outside 2 In case that PC does not recognize MULTIMEDIA CENTER as external USB mass storage If PC is operated by Windows 98SE you need to install the USB driver for Windows98SE into your PC properly Check whether MULTIMEDIA CENTER is powered ON It should be powered ON Try chang...

Page 72: ... of the Router or switch HUB properly The MULTIMEDIA CENTER and PC are not on the same NET MASK Subnet Wrong IP address input check the IP address and subnet mask The NETWORK icon is activated but can not read the Shared DATA In this case check whether firewall is set in PC If firewall is set please disable it for MULTIMEDIA CENTER to communicate with PC Contact to below for Customer Service 72 ...

Page 73: ...axial Digital Audio out USB Interface 1 x USB 2 0 Target port 2 x USB 2 0 Host port Bus power Max 500mA Networking 1 x RJ45 LAN port Ethernet 100BASE TX 10BASE T Optional 54Mbps Wireless LAN IEEE 802 11b g 64 128bit WEB security HDD Type to be Used Size 3 5 inch E IDE type Hard Disk Drive File Format Support NTFS FAT32 Compatible Operating System OS Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP or Higher Physical Dimen...