Emtec Movie Cube D850H, User Manual

Page 1: ...Home Multimedia Center Movie Cube D120H D850H User s Manual Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...etup Menu 22 3 2 Music Playback 33 3 3 Photo Playback 35 3 4 Movie Playback 36 3 5 All Files 38 3 6 Net Service 39 3 7 Help Function 40 3 8 DTV Menu D850H 41 4 Web Server BitTorrent 48 4 1 Web Server unicgi 48 4 2 Account Management 48 4 3 Visit Neighbor samba 49 4 4 BitTorrent Download btpd 49 5 Media Library 53 6 Upgrading the Firmware 55 7 Appendixes 55 7 1 Specifications 55 7 2 Frequently Aske...

Page 3: ... electronic devices will get radio interference Under some conditions your player might get interference The design of this player has followed the FCC CE standard and has followed the following rules 1 This player may not cause harmful interference 2 This player could accept some interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation 1 1 4 Repair If the player has a probl...

Page 4: ...uid if water is accidentally spilled on the player please use a dry cloth to absorb the spillage Electronic products are vulnerable when using please avoid shaking or hitting the player and do not press the buttons too hard Do not let the player come into contact with water or other liquid Do not disassemble the player repair the player or change the design of the player any damage done will not b...

Page 5: ... 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 Internet Radio USB 2 0 Support USB DEVICE port for computer connection USB HOST port x 3 for USB storage devices DVD playback Support DVD Mini BD AVCHD VCD CD Navigation Options Include Search search by genre album date folder rec...

Page 6: ...de EPG Teletext and subtitle supports the loop out of DVB T signal received from Aerial Video Recording supports one button recording and scheduled recording can easily record programs from DVB T TV DVD player DV etc and save in MPEG 2 mpg or ts format supports time shifting function File Copy Supports copying moving files among USB HDD and Network Note All the information contained in this manual...

Page 7: ...different from the packing list in this manual 2 3 Connection 2 3 1 Connect to Computer 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 2 3 2 USB Mass Storage Device like USB stick MP3 USB HDD etc Connection 1 Make sure the player is powered on 2 Plug in the USB ...

Page 8: ...ontrol 2 Select the USB device you want to remove 3 Press ENTER button on the remote control to remove USB device 2 3 3 TV connection 2 3 3 1 A V IN 1 Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player s A V IN jack 2 Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the A V OUT jack of the TV IPTV Set Top Box STB In this way you can record TV programs from the TV IPTV Set To...

Page 9: ... the 3 color connector to the TV s A V IN jack In this way you can enjoy the content in the player on TV or other display devices 2 3 3 3 SCART OUT 1 Follow the picture and plug one connector on the SCART cable to the player s SCART socket 2 Follow the picture and plug the other connector on the SCART cable to the TV s SCART socket ...

Page 10: ... 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 Coaxial or Optical jack In this way you can also enjoy videos music and photos in the player on TV ...

Page 11: ...u can have the highest quality video and audio via a single cable 2 3 3 6 ANT RF IN D850H Follow the picture and plug the antenna cable to the ANT RF IN socket 2 3 3 7 ANT RF OUT D850H 1 Make sure the player is connected to power supply 2 Make sure a TV Aerial is connected to the ANT RF IN socket 3 Follow the picture and plug a TV cable to the ANT RF OUT socket then plug the cable to a TV or other...

Page 12: ... 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 amplifier or decoder 3 Select the appropriate input source in the digital audio device Note Optical fiber ...

Page 13: ...AC adaptor to the power outlet 2 3 6 Ethernet connection To connect to a LAN Local Area Network you require a cat5 cat5e or cat6 network cable not supplied 1 Connect one of the crystal plugs on the cable 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 ...

Page 14: ...2 3 7 WLAN connection 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 ...

Page 15: ...n the door of the HDD rack As illustrated below insert manually the HDD until is in the rack Use the door to close the HDD rack Warning do not try to insert the whole HDD manually as this may break the mechanism within Always use the door to insert the HDD fully ...

Page 16: ...the player 2 4 Front Panel 1 Power indicator button 3 Eject button 5 Play Pause button 7 PREV button 9 USB Host port 2 DVD tray 4 LED display 6 Stop button 8 NEXT button 10 Memory card slot 2 5 Side Panel 1 HDD mobile rack ...

Page 17: ...L jack 8 S PDIF OPTICAL jack 9 RJ45 LAN socket 11 Scart 13 USB HOST port A Type 15 Power Switch 10 USB DEVICE port B Type 12 USB HOST port A Type 14 DC IN jack 2 7 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 ...

Page 18: ...stem HDD Format menu Step 2 Press the up down button to adjust the capacity of time shift buffer Press the left right button to select Next and the enter button to confirm Step 3 Select Format press ENTER and then hard disk format will start The formatting procedure will be finished within a few minutes And then you can use the hard disk properly on the player Note HDD format will remove all data ...

Page 19: ...IO 29 SUBTITLE 30 PREVIOUS 31 NEXT 32 STOP 33 EJECT 34 VOL 35 RIGHT 36 RETURN 37 ZOOM 38 39 TV SYS 40 OPTION 41 POWER No Button Function 1 MUTE Press to mute audio output and press again to resume 2 DVD Press to play the inserted disc 3 SETUP Press to enter the setup menu 4 INFO Press to display current status Press during playback and an onscreen display appears showing track number and time elap...

Page 20: ... 12 Numeric buttons Press to enter channel numbers or numeric input when changing settings 13 HELP Help Button Press to get information guide 14 REC Press to begin recording or to resume when recording has been paused Press repeatedly to set one touch recording OTR length 30 MIN 60 MIN 90 MIN 120 MIN 180 MIN 240 MIN Off 15 PLAY PAUSE Press to begin playback pause the current playback 16 FR Press t...

Page 21: ...set in TV setup menu 26 SELECT Press to select files in browser and file copy menu 27 REPEAT Press to set repeat option 28 AUDIO Press to select an audio track 29 SUBTITLE Press to set subtitle options You can change the color size offset text encoding of subtitle 30 PREV Press to view the previous file page up 31 NEXT Press to view the next file page down 32 STOP Press to stop playback 33 EJECT P...

Page 22: ...nine Setup options including TV Audio Video Photo REC Network System MISC and Media Library Use the UP DOWN navigational buttons to select a menu Press ENTER to confirm Press RETURN to cancel and display the previous menu screen 3 1 1 Changing DVB T TV settings D850H TV Region Select to set the region for Digital Terrestrial TV Press the up down button to select and the enter button to confirm Cha...

Page 23: ...ly scan for available DVB T TV channels MANUAL SCAN In MANUAL SCAN mode you can select the CH name Bandwidth and Input Frequency Use the navigational and numerical buttons on the remote control to select or input Press the enter button to confirm Channel Set Select to edit channel information Press the up down button to select DVB T and press the enter button ...

Page 24: ...o confirm 3 1 2 Changing Audio Settings Use this menu to configure audio settings Night Mode Choose between Off On Comfort If the option is turned on the audio output volume will be decreased to make you more comfortable Digital Output Select to set Digital Output S PDIF mode Note In raw mode Dolby Digital DTS or MPEG sound can be bypassed to the HDMI TV or Digital amplifier ...

Page 25: ...9 Compress the image to convert the whole image Select when a 16 9 TV is connected Brightness Adjust the level of brightness Contrast Adjust the level of contrast Hue Adjust the level of hue Saturation Adjust the level of saturation TV SYSTEM Select to adjust TV Type and video output resolution This setting depends on your regional location Include NTSC United States Canada Japan Mexico the Philip...

Page 26: ...how Background Music Select to set the background music options while view pictures Ken Burns Apply PAN Scan effects during Photo playback 3 1 5 Changing REC settings Quality Select the recording quality Choose from HQ SLP EP LP and SP Permanent Timeshift Select to set Time Shift mode If On the time shift will start automatically while in Video In mode Rec Device Select to set device to restore th...

Page 27: ...TO 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 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 ...

Page 28: ...s 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 OPTION 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 access the network NONE m...

Page 29: ...s available and OK to confirm Test connection The testing process will take for a while please be patient to wait If the test is ok the network information Profile 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 th...

Page 30: ...r you to select PBC mode and PIN mode PBC First press the WPS button on the router or select the button mode in the configuration menu of the router then select the PBC mode the connection process will take for a while please be patient to wait PIN Input the pin code when configure your router then select the PIN mode the connection process will take for a while please be patient to wait PPPoE Set...

Page 31: ...ff to control the BitTorrent samba and Web server services 3 1 7 Changing System 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 System Info This tab gives you information about the software installed and about the material components of your player System Upd...

Page 32: ... Select to set the TV parental control options A password will be needed for the modification The default one is 0000 Press the numerical buttons to input and the enter button to confirm DVD Auto Play Select to turn DVD Auto Play on off when a DVD disc is inserted Angle view Select to enable disable the angle view display HDD Format Select to format the HDD System Info This tab gives you informati...

Page 33: ...can set off auto manual mode from USB HDD Off When you set off mode system will turn off media library and won t scan media library Auto When you set auto mode system will update media library after you turn on the player Manual When you set manual mode you need enter into Update Media library and select update by manual Note System only scan the folders what you have selected By default the syste...

Page 34: ...wind or fast forward Press repeatedly to select the speed PREV NEXT View the previous or next movie SEARCH Search for a music file OPTION Hide or display the Music toolbar during playback VOL Increase Decrease the volume 3 2 2 Music Playback Options During music playback press OPTION button The music toolbar opens at the bottom of the screen The music toolbar has several command icons to customize...

Page 35: ...der will be displayed This player supports JPG JPEG BMP files You can navigate using a filter option Date Folder Recent or All photos by selecting the photo icon and using UP and DOWN button to scroll through the options listed 3 3 1 Photo Playback Control Button Function PREV NEXT View the previous or next photo LEFT RIGHT Rotate a photo in any angle OPTION Hide or display the Photo toolbar durin...

Page 36: ...ck Search You can search for a media file by filter current folder to locate the specific media file Press SEARCH button while browsing photo files in the photo library 3 4 Movie Playback Enter into movie interface only supported image files and folder will be displayed This player supports AVI MKV MOV MPG files You can navigate using a filter option Date Folder Recent Playlist or All movies by se...

Page 37: ...ION Hide or display the Movie toolbar during playback STOP Stop playback VOL Press to increase decrease the volume 3 4 2 Movie Playback Options During movie playback press OPTION button The photo toolbar opens at the bottom of the screen The movie toolbar has several command icons to customize the way you play photo The functions from left to right are zoom in zoom out repeat subtitle info audio d...

Page 38: ...sic photo and movie files stored on an internal HDD external USB device and Network 3 5 1 DVD playback The DVD ROM drive supports DVD Mini BD AVCHD VCD and Audio CD The following buttons can be used to control DVD playback Button Function PLAY PAUSE Pause and resume the playback FR FF Fast rewind or fast forward Press repeatedly to select the speed PREV NEXT Press to move to the previous next chap...

Page 39: ... Make sure the player is connected properly to a LAN or WLAN with Internet access please refer to 3 1 6 Changing Network Settings for more details When you enter the Digital Radio menu at the first time it will take several seconds to download data from the Internet please be patient to wait For more info about SHOUTcast please refer to the website www shoutcast com The following buttons can be us...

Page 40: ...der this feature EMTEC is not responsible for any operational stability of the contents and services for example if you cannot access certain web site for video streaming or news broadcast or the content of a web site has been changed etc all this is under the responsibility and control of the third party service providers If you find that these features cannot operate properly please contact our ...

Page 41: ... switched in the recording mode numeric buttons Press to input channel numbers Press the enter button to confirm record Press to start recording the current TV program time shift Press to activate the time shift function subtitle Press to activate the subtitle list menu if available green Press to activate the EPG menu if available yellow Press to activate the Teletext menu if available zoom Press...

Page 42: ...d on the bar Taking the info bar in the above photo for example N A Stands for TV rating ENG Stands for the voice language SS Stands for subtitle TT Stands for Teletext 480 Stands for resolution SD Standard Definition HD High Definition When the string looks concave the option will be available Electronic Programming Guide Press the Green button when watching DVB T TV programs the Electronic Progr...

Page 43: ...button to add delete scheduled recording Teletext Menu If the broadcasted stream supports Teletext press the TTX button to enter the Teletext menu Press the navigational and numeric buttons to view the content in the Teletext menu Subtitle List Menu Press the subtitle button when watching DVB T TV programs the Subtitle List menu will be displayed ...

Page 44: ...st and then use the UP DOWN buttons to select the channel 3 8 1 3 Time shifting Time shift function allows you to pause live TV and resume the program from the point you left it While paused the program is recorded on the internal HDD as long as the space is available Press the TIME SHIFT button to activate the time shift function Press the PLAY button to resume the program Time shift mode remains...

Page 45: ...appears Use the left right button on the remote control to move between fields and press the up down button to adjust each setting Source Select the video source or TV channels for the recording Start Time Enter the date and time of the recording Length Enter the 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 indi...

Page 46: ...e Schedule Press the left right button on the remote control to select the Delete tab from the menu bar Select the schedule you want to delete and press the enter button A confirmation message appears Select CANCEL Delete the selected schedule or Delete all schedules Press the enter button to confirm Viewing Schedule Status Press the left right button on the remote control to select the Status tab...

Page 47: ...e the selected schedule Press the enter button to confirm Viewing Recording History Press the left right button 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 48: ...ETUP 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 access the Web server on your PC Note Please refer to Extension Info in chapter 3 1 7 Changing System Settings and make sure all related packages btpd samba and unicgi are installed and run properly in advance 4 2 Account Management Click Account Management on the home page of Neig...

Page 49: ...age of Neighbor Web Then you will be able to browse edit and copy files to from the local HDD of the player 4 4 BitTorrent Download btpd BitTorrent is a peer to peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of 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 1 7 Changing System...

Page 50: ...t Download page Click Browse to upload a torrent file and click Yes to confirm 4 4 2 Managing the downloads The BitTorrent Download page also allows you to start stop delete torrents and set priorities for torrents as well as view the status of current torrents ...

Page 51: ... Down arrow to decrease the priority for the selected torrent Click Up arrow to increase the priority for the selected torrent 4 4 3 Settings Click Setting on the BitTorrent Download page to enter the BitTorrent Setting page In the BitTorrent Setting page you can configure the following settings Set the maximum download rate Set the maximum upload rate ...

Page 52: ... Set the idle 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 ...

Page 53: ...n or modified date Folder Select to search for music files in file folder Recent Select to search for music files that have been played recently Music Playlist Select to search for music files by playlist All Photo Select to list all the photo files in the library Date Select to search for photo files by creation or modified date Folder Select to search for photo files in file folder Recent Select...

Page 54: ...Recent Select to search for movie files that have been played recently Playlist Select to search for movie files by playlist ...

Page 55: ...rt x 3 compatible to USB 1 1 USB DEVICE Port Supports SD SDHC MMC MS Card Composite CVBS A V jack AV IN jack Component Y Pb Pr jack SCART TV socket HDMI V1 3 interface S PDIF optical and coaxial jack ANT RF IN and OUT socket D850H DC IN 12V FILE SYSTEM SUPPORTED FAT32 NTFS CONTENT FORMATS SUPPORTED AVI MKV TS MPG MP4 MOV VOB ISO IFO DAT WMV RM RMVB resolution up to 720p 1080i 1080p MP3 OGG WMA WAV...

Page 56: ... icon again If it still does not work you should shut down the player and disconnect the USB cable Question 2 I find new file names and folder names that I never created before or they have strange gibberish names Answer Most likely the player s file allocation table FAT has been corrupted This might be due to the player shutting down due to low battery power while reading or writing to your compu...

Page 57: ...support please use the A V signal display instead press the TV SYSYEM button on the remote control then switch the TV s video input to NTSC or PAL Question 7 Why is there no sound on movie or music playback when using Y Pb Pr component output Answer Y Pb Pr output is a video output only and does not include sound signals When using Y Pb Pr output please plug the A V OUT or the S PDIF jack to outpu...

Page 58: ...layer then enable it again when done Question 11 I am using the 802 11n Wi Fi dongle with an 802 11n wireless router why the speed is still 802 11g 54Mbps rather than 300Mbps Answer The IEEE 802 11n Draft standard prohibits using high throughput with WEP or TKIP as the unicast cipher If you use these encryption methods e g WEP WPA TKIP your data rate will drop to 54 Mbps You may contact the Access...

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