Emtec Movie Cube HDD Q120, User Manual

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Page 2: ...er Playback Multimedia Files 16 3 2 Selecting Copy File Copy Menu 16 3 3 Selecting Playlist Music Playlist 16 3 4 Selecting Setup 17 4 Setup Menu 18 4 1 Changing Language Settings 18 4 2 Changing Audio Settings 19 4 3 Changing Video Settings 21 4 4 Changing Network Settings 24 4 5 Changing System Settings 24 4 6 Miscellaneous 25 5 Browser Menu 25 5 1 Browsing All 26 5 2 Browsing Music 26 5 3 Brows...

Page 3: ...35 8 NAS Function 36 9 Firmware Installation and Upgrade 37 9 1 Firmware Installation 37 9 2 Firmware Upgrade 38 10 Appendixes 40 10 1 Specifications 40 10 2 Frequently Asked Questions 42 10 3 Copyrights and Trademarks 45 10 4 Warranty 45 ...

Page 4: ... supports one button playlist music playback Photo Playback supports digital camera JPEG and BMP files Data Storage works as a portable hard disk using USB 2 0 port Network Function Ethernet WLAN streaming playback and NAS function Wireless function supported by the optional Wireless LAN USB Adapter HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface transmits the highest quality digital video and audio via...

Page 5: ...fferent from the packing list in this manual 1 3 Caution This player s design and manufacture has your safety in mind In order to safely and effectively use this player please read the following before usage 1 3 1 Usage cautions User should not modify this player If commercial hard disk is being used the environmental temperature should be within 5 C 35 C 1 3 2 Power The player s power voltage DC ...

Page 6: ... the player yourself you might damage the player or endanger yourself or your data 1 3 5 Disposing of the player When you dispose of the player be sure to dispose it appropriately Some countries may regulate disposal of electrical device please consult with your local authority 1 3 6 Hard disk cautions The player uses an internal hard disk for data storage in normal case format or repair is not re...

Page 7: ...he design of the player any damage done will not be included in the repair policy Do not press the buttons of the player too hard Avoid hitting the player with hard object avoid shaking the player and stay away from magnetic fields During electrostatic discharge and the strong electromagnetic field the product will malfunction then unplug the power cable and the product will return to normal perfo...

Page 8: ...he picture and plug in 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 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 ...

Page 9: ...ied In this way you can have the highest quality video and audio via a single cable 1 4 4 Digital Audio Device connection 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 connector on your optical fiber to the player s S PDIF Optical jack not supplied 2 Follow the picture and plug in the othe...

Page 10: ...al 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 1 4 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 th...

Page 11: ...l the player will soon enter standby mode and the POWER indicator on the front panel will turn red Press the STANDBY button on the front panel or remote control to wake up the system wait for a couple of seconds to enter the system and the POWER indicator will turn blue 2 Power off In playback and other interfaces press the STANDBY button on the front panel the player will enter standby mode Then ...

Page 12: ...owing for details on each button and its function 1 STANDBY 2 DISPLAY 3 MENU 4 MUSIC 5 TV SYSTEM 6 A B 7 GUIDE 8 ENTER 9 Numeric buttons 10 SUBTITLE 11 AUDIO 12 PLAY 13 FR 14 PAUSE STEP 15 FF 16 INS REPLAY 17 CM SKIP 18 NEXT 19 SLOW 20 PREV 21 STOP 22 GOTO 23 Navigation buttons 24 RETURN 25 VOL 26 VOL 27 ZOOM 28 REPEAT 29 MUTE 30 SETUP ...

Page 13: ... playlists Press in My_Shortcuts in NET of the Browser Menu to add shortcuts for network access 4 MUSIC button Press the button to start playback music in the first nonempty playlist Press the button again to switch to the next playlist and playback music 5 TV SYSTEM button Press to switch between NTSC PAL 480P 576P 720P and 1080i 6 A B button Press to set the beginning and end points of a section...

Page 14: ...resume playback 15 FAST FORWARD button Press to fast forward the current playback Press repeatedly to select speeds 16 INSTANT REPLAY button Press to backward 10 seconds of the current playback which suitable for sport program 17 CM SKIP button Press to advance 30 seconds when in playback mode 18 NEXT button Press to go the next chapter on a title 19 SLOW MOTION button Press to play back in slow m...

Page 15: ... to the previous screen when navigating menus 25 VOL button Press to increase the volume 26 VOL button Press to decrease the volume 27 ZOOM button Press to zoom in out the image photo or video 28 REPEAT 1 ALL button Press to set repeat options 29 MUTE button Press to mute audio output and press again to resume 30 SETUP button Press to access the Setup menu directly 2 2 Front Panel 1 STANDBY button...

Page 16: ...ear Panel 1 Air Flow hole 2 Y Pb Pr OUT jack 3 A V OUT jack 4 S PDIF OPTICAL COAXIAL jack 5 HDMI jack 6 RJ45 LAN socket 7 DC IN jack 8 POWER switch 2 4 Side Panel 1 USB HOST port A Type 2 USB DEVICE port B Type ...

Page 17: ...sic Photos files stored on the internal HDD USB devices or Network and playback them on TV To enter the browser menu select the BROWSER icon on the guide menu page 3 2 Selecting Copy File Copy Menu To enter the file copy menu select the COPY icon on the guide menu page so that you can copy files between USB HDD and Network 3 3 Selecting Playlist Music Playlist To enter the music playlist menu sele...

Page 18: ...17 3 4 Selecting Setup To enter the setup menu select on the remote control or select the SETUP icon on the guide menu page ...

Page 19: ...To enter the menu select Setup from the Guide menu or select on the remote control 4 1 Changing Language Settings Press and on the remote control to select the Language tab from the menu bar Menu Language Select to choose the OSD On Screen Display language Press and to select the language Press to confirm ...

Page 20: ... Text Encoding Select to set text encoding Press and to select the encoding language Press to confirm 4 2 Changing Audio Settings Press and on the remote control to select the Audio tab from the menu bar ...

Page 21: ...20 Night Mode Select to set night mode Press and to select from Off On and Comfort Press to confirm S PDIF Select to set S PDIF mode Press and to select from Raw and LPCM Press to confirm ...

Page 22: ...ox 4 3 or 16 9 Press to confirm Pan Scan 4 3 Display a wide picture on the entire screen and cut 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 image to convert the whole image Select when a 16 9 TV is connected ...

Page 23: ...t brightness levels Press and to adjust brightness The new setting is previewed onscreen Press to confirm Contrast Select to set contrast levels Press and to adjust contrast The new setting is previewed onscreen Press to confirm ...

Page 24: ...ideo output type Press and to set the video output type depending on your viewing preferences Press to confirm Video System Select to adjust TV system Press and to set the TV system depending on your viewing preferences Press to confirm ...

Page 25: ...eless function available in the package of EMTEC Wi200 USB adapter for more details about these settings 4 5 Changing System Settings Press and on the remote control to select the System tab from the menu Restore Default Select to restore factory defaults A confirmation message appears Select OK and press Enter to restore all settings to defaults ...

Page 26: ...ic photo and movie files stored on a HDD an external USB device and Network To enter the menu select Browser from the Guide menu Press and to select the device on which the media is stored Choose from HDD USB NET and press When data on HDD USB device is connected or connect the system to Network you can also browse photos listen to music and watch movies ...

Page 27: ...rectory or file you wish to browse and press to confirm 5 2 Browsing Music Use and on the remote control to select the Music tab All directories and supported audio files in current directory will be displayed Press and to select the file you want to play and press Press and a tools menu appears which enables you to add the current music to the playlists ...

Page 28: ...ant to view and press The photo will be displayed full screen Note 1 When the photo is displayed in full screen mode the slide show starts automatically 2 While listening to music files you can browse the photos at the same time While browsing a photo you can press or to rotate a photo in any angle Besides rotating a photo you can press to zoom in out that photo Three zoom levels are available ...

Page 29: ...e browsing a movie in full screen mode you can press to zoom in out the image Four zoom levels are available 5 5 Browsing via Network You can streaming playback the multimedia files shared on the local area network Ethernet or WLAN Before viewing the following please make sure that you have read 4 4 Changing Network Settings and made the right settings When selecting NET in the Browser menu there ...

Page 30: ...e that you want to browse Note 1 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 to the limit of network speed or signal strength 2 Due to different network conditions sometimes the workgroup might not be accessed or shown in the list And then you need to use My_Shortcuts to browse shared files ...

Page 31: ...also set Specific File Server IP and access it from My Shortcuts in the menu Press and a tools menu appears Network Browser Select to set Net User ID Net Password and Specific File Server IP which enables to browse files on NET through My_Shortcuts ...

Page 32: ...he navigation arrows to select letters and numbers Select CAPS to toggle between uppercase and lowercase letters Press to delete a letter Press to insert a space Press to input each letter or number Select Net Password and the entry screen will appear See above ...

Page 33: ...tons to enter IP address Press to confirm You can also select Detail to set the Label Domain and Host Name of the shortcut Then select OK and press to confirm Select the shortcut you added and press to confirm Then select the shared multimedia file that you want to browse ...

Page 34: ...nter the File Copy menu which allows you to copy files between HDD and USB devices and network Step 1 Select the source device and destination device Press and to select device Press to cancel and for next step Step 2 Select the source files you want to copy ...

Page 35: ...ess to select files to cancel and to next step Step 3 Select the destination folder to store the above files Press and to select folder Press to cancel and for next step Step 4 Proceed to copy selected files ...

Page 36: ...Menu The Playlist menu allows you to browse and play your favorite music in the playlists To enter the menu select Playlist from the Guide menu or press on the remote control There are up to 5 playlists Please refer to 5 2 Browsing Music for how to add music files into playlists ...

Page 37: ...e NAS or IP Address in the Run window click Run in the start menu or the address bar of Internet Explorer on your PC For example if the IP address of the player is 192 168 0 9 please type 192 168 0 9 or NAS and click OK or press the Enter button on the keyboard Then you can view and edit the files stored on the hard disk installed on the player In this way you can also playback and copy files via ...

Page 38: ... following steps will format the hard disc which will erase all data currently stored on the hard disc Step 2 Install the HDD Follow the HDD Installation Guide and install the HDD into the player Step 3 Prepare the USB Pen Drive You will need a USB Pen Drive for firmware installation Copy the 6 files from the USB Pen Drive installation folder in the Driver CD to the root directory of your USB Pen ...

Page 39: ...or about 10 minutes the installation will be completed the LED indicators will go off and the player will enter standby mode automatically Then you can press the STANDBY button on the front panel or remote control to wake up the player and enjoy Note No power off during installation The USB Pen Drive is not allowed to be unplugged during installation 9 2 Firmware Upgrade Firmware upgrades can brin...

Page 40: ...Pen Drive with WordPad and make sure to modify option install to option upgrade Item Description option install This option will perform firmware installation which will format the whole HDD All data on the HDD will be removed option upgrade This option will perform firmware upgrade Multimedia partitions will be kept Note Please do not modify the other sentences in part txt which might cause insta...

Page 41: ...ilure 10 Appendixes 10 1 Specifications USB SUPPORTED USB HDD Other USB Mass Storage Devices USB 2 0 Interface CONTENT FORMATS SUPPORTED DAT VOB IFO MPG AVI MPEG 2 TS MP3 OGG WMA Compression rate between 32 kbps and 320 kbps JPEG BMP VIDEO CODECS SURPORTED MPEG 1 MPEG 2 MPEG 4 ASP XviD AUDIO CODECS SURPORTED MP2 MP3 OGG Vorbis WMA Standard DRM Pro Advanced Profile not supported PCM SUBTITLE FORMAT...

Page 42: ...Separation Total Harmonic Distortion 1kHZ 85dB NETWORK FEATURE Ethernet 10 100Mbps Auto Negotiation WLAN IEEE 802 11b g up to 54Mbps supported by the optional WLAN USB Adapter GENERAL Power Supply Power Consumption AC 100 240V 50 60Hz Approx 35 W Operating Temperature Operating Humidity 5 C to 35 C 36 F to 95 F 5 to 80 RH Hard Disk Dimensions W H D Net Weight 3 5 SATA HDD 211 5x57x152mm Approx 1 2...

Page 43: ...evice 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 the USB cable Q...

Page 44: ...rect Browser mode which means correct filtered views such as Photos Music or Movies Question 6 Why do some supported photo formats cannot be shown in the photo function Answer In the JPEG format there are different modes The player doesn t support all the modes So you have to change your photo format first as follow 1 Use Photoshop to open the photo 2 Choose File then save as from the menu as the ...

Page 45: ...20P 1080I output if your TV does not 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 9 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 th...

Page 46: ...ws 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 incorporated into other products or is used for institutional or other co...

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