Emtec Movie Cube R100 500GB, User Manual

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Page 2: ...d VideosUT 23 TU4 1 Title List MenuUT 23 TU4 2 Playing Back TitlesUT 24 TU4 3 Deleting TitlesUT 24 TU4 4 Renaming TitlesUT 24 TU4 5 Sorting FilesUT 25 TU4 6 Title Edit MenuUT 26 TU4 7 ToolsUT 29 TU4 8 Saving Your Recorded TitlesUT 29 TU5 Timer Record MenuUT 30 TU5 1 Create a New ScheduleUT 30 TU5 2 Editing ScheduleUT 31 TU5 3 Deleting SchedulesUT 31 TU5 4 Viewing Schedule StatusUT 32 TU5 5 Viewing...

Page 3: ...T 50 TU9 File Copy MenuUT 51 TU10 Firmware Installation and UpdateUT 53 TU10 1 Firmware InstallationUT 54 TU10 2 Firmware UpdateUT 56 TU11 AppendixesUT 58 TU11 1 SpecificationsUT 58 TU11 2 Frequently Asked QuestionsUT 60 TU11 3 Copyrights and TrademarksUT 62 TU11 4 WarrantyUT 62 ...

Page 4: ...D and MPEG2 TS files resolution up to 1080i Video Recording supports one button recording and schedule recording in MPG format can easily record programs from TV DVD player and DV and save as TMPEG 2 mpg format also can edit the recorded titles T Time shifting functionT Music Playback supports MP3 OGG and WMA files supports one button playlist music playback Photo Playback supports digital camera ...

Page 5: ... Y Pb Pr OUT cable 1 SCART 6 RCA cable 1 USB cable 1 Remote Control 1 Remote Control Battery 2 AC DC adaptor 1 AC DC adaptor Power Cord 1 User Manual 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 Driver CD 1 Note The actual contents in the package might be different from the packing list in this manual ...

Page 6: ...io interference compatibility If not properly shielded almost all 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...

Page 7: ...o 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 accidentally spilled on the player please use a dry cloth to absorb the spillage Electronic products are vulnerable when using please ...

Page 8: ... connector of the USB cable to this player s USB DEVICE port 3 Plug in the big connector of the USB cable to Computer 1 4 2 USB Mass Storage Device like U disk MP3 USB HDD etc Connection 1 Make sure the player is powered on 2 Plug in the U disk or USB HDD etc to one of the USB host ports of this player ...

Page 9: ...ss the copy button to copy all the contents in the memory card to the current partition 1 4 4 TV connection Note For details about TV connection pls check the Quick installation guide which is included in the box 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 T...

Page 10: ...ay devices 3 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 Coaxial or Optical jack In this way you can als...

Page 11: ... 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 not supplied 2 Follow the picture and plug in the other connector on your coaxial cable or optical fiber to the digital audio device not supplied ...

Page 12: ...lug in the AC adaptor to the power outlet 1 4 7 Network connection To connect to a 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 13: ...n to turn on the player after the player is on the button on the front panel will light wait for a couple of seconds to enter the system and the OK indicator will turn off 2 Power off In playback and other interface press the POWER button to turn off the player when power off the player will prompt you that the system is being shut down After the system is shut down the light of the buttons on the...

Page 14: ...g for details on each button and its function 1 Power 2 DISPLAY 3 MENU 4 MUSIC 5 TV SYSTEM 6 BROWSER 7 GUIDE 8 ENTER 9 Numeric buttons 10 TIME SHIFT 11 REC 12 PLAY 13 TIMER 14 PAUSE STEP 15 REC LIST 16 INS REPLAY 17 A B 18 SUBTITLE 19 F1 20 SOURCE 21 AUDIO 22 FF 23 REPEAT 24 FR 25 CM SKIP 26 NEXT 27 SLOW 28 PREV 29 STOP 30 GOTO 31 Navigation buttons 32 RETURN 33 VOL 34 VOL 35 ZOOM 36 COPY 37 MUTE ...

Page 15: ...time 3 Menu button Press during music playback and an onscreen tools menu appears which enables to add the current music to playlist 4 Music button When the machine is not playing recording or connected with PC by a USB cable 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 s...

Page 16: ...PLAY arrow to appear on the screen Press and the program will be paused Press to resume viewing the program Time shift mode remains active until you press 11 RECORD button Press to begin recording or to resume when recording has been paused Press repeatedly to set one touch recording OTR length 30 mins 60 mins 90 mins 120 mins 180 mins Off 12 PLAY button Press to begin playback of a title 13 TIMER...

Page 17: ...g Video In on page 21 for more details 21 AUDIO button Press to select an audio track 22 FAST FORWARD button Press to fast forward the current playback Press repeatedly to select speeds 23 REPEAT 1 ALL button Press to set repeat option Chapter Title or Off 24 FAST REWIND button Press to fast rewind the current playback Press repeatedly to select speeds 25 CM SKIP button Press to advance 30 seconds...

Page 18: ...ect menu options 32 RETURN button Press to return to the previous screen when navigating menus 33 VOL button Press to increase the volume 34 VOL button Press to decrease the volume 35 ZOOM button Press to zoom in out the image photo or video 36 COPY button Press to copy all the contents of the card to the working partition FAT32 only of the HDD 37 MUTE button Press to mute audio output and press a...

Page 19: ...18 62 U2 2 Front Panel ...

Page 20: ...In 1 card slot Compatible with 4 types of memory cards 9 POWER button Press and hold for 2 sec to power on off 10 GUIDE button Press to view the Guide menu 11 REC button Press to begin recording 12 MUSIC button When the machine is not playing recording or connected with PC by a USB cable press the button to start playback music in the first nonempty playlist Press the button again to switch to the...

Page 21: ...o IN jack Left Channel 5 V2 Video OUT jack 6 L2 Audio OUT jack Left Channel 7 S PDIF Coaxial jack 8 DC IN jack 9 S PDIF Optical jack 10 Y Pb Pr OUT jack Components Video 11 R2 Audio OUT jack Right Channel 12 R1 Audio IN jack Right Channel 13 USB Host ports x 2 14 USB Slave port MINI B ...

Page 22: ...press on the remote control or select Video In button on the guide menu page U3 2 Selecting Playback Playback and Edit Recorded Titles A clip recorded in HDD or USB device is called a Title Playback the recorded video you can also Merge Split Delete Edit all the recorded video titles Press on the remote control or select Playback button on the main menu page to access Title List U3 3 Selecting Bro...

Page 23: ...d music files stored either on a HDD USB device Memory Card or Network U3 4 Selecting Setup To enter the setup menu select on the remote control or select Setup button on the guide menu page U3 5 Selecting Playlist Music Playlist To enter the music playlist menu select Playlist button on the guide menu page ...

Page 24: ...o scroll through the menu Here you can Play Delete Rename Sort Edit a recorded title 2 Title Lists Here lists all recorded titles Here you can see thumbnail length quality recorded channel recorded date time of a title A sign shows this recorded title has not been watched A sign shows this title is been recording now 3 Information Here you can see a playback progress bar of a title the remained fr...

Page 25: ...eturn to the Title List menu screen U4 3 Deleting Titles To delete a title do the following 1 Press and on the remote control to select the Delete tab from the menu bar 2 Press and on the remote control to select the title you wish to delete 3 Press to confirm and delete the file 4 A confirmation message appears Press or and select OK 5 Press to delete the selected file To cancel delete select Ret...

Page 26: ... to cancel the naming during the process press U4 5 Sorting Files Press and on the remote control to select the Sorting tab from the menu bar Press and the menu appears Return Select to return to the main screen Title Number Select to sort all files according to title numbers Recording Time Select to sort all files according to the length of the recordings Title Name Select to sort all files alpha...

Page 27: ...return to the main screen Set Thumbnail Select to change a thumbnail of the selected video Press or on the remote control to select Set Thumbnail an editing screen appears You can press or to fast forward or fast rewind when searching a proper point When you reach the point at which you wish to insert a thumbnail press or to select CONFIRM and press ...

Page 28: ...he end of the section to be deleted Select CONFIRM and press to delete the section Split Title Select a title and divide them into sections When you reach the point at which you wish to split the track press to confirm Merge Title Select more than two titles and combine them into one title A confirmation message appears Select CONFIRM to merge the files ...

Page 29: ...reach the point at which you wish to add the mark press to confirm Remove Chapter Mark Remove a chapter mark that you have inserted An editing screen appears Use the left and right navigation arrows to select the mark you wish to remove and press to delete Copy to FAT32 partition Copy function In the Title List Menu press or on the remote control to select which title you want to copy from UDF par...

Page 30: ...tles U4 8 Saving Your Recorded Titles All the recorded titles are stored temporarily in a recording disc partition UDF format which cannot be identified by personal computers If you want to share the recorded titles on your computer please copy the titles from the recording disc to the multimedia disc which is in FAT32 format first See Copy to FAT32 partition of Title Edit Menu on page 30 for more...

Page 31: ...te control to select the Edit tab from the menu bar Select Add a New Schedule and press The schedule setting screen appears Use and on the remote control to move between fields and Press and to adjust each setting 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...

Page 32: ...show the current program of the select channel U5 2 Editing Schedule Press and on the remote control to select the Edit tab from the menu bar Select the schedule you 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 32 U5 3 Deleting Schedules Press and on the remote control to select the Delete tab from the ...

Page 33: ...o select the Status tab from the menu bar The schedule list is displayed Select a schedule and press Select Enable VPS Disable VPS or Pause the selected schedule Press to confirm U5 5 Viewing Recording History Press and 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 34: ...ngs To enter the menu select Setup from the Guide menu or select on the remote control U6 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 35: ... to set text encoding Press and to select from Unicode Chinese GBK and BIG5 Press to confirm Audio Language Select to set audio language Subtitle Language Select to set subtitle language Disc Language Select to set disc language ...

Page 36: ...from the menu bar Speaker Select to set type of speaker Press and to select from 2CH 5 1CH Press to confirm 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 37: ... Box 4 3 or 16 9 Press to confirm 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 image to convert the whole image Select when a 16 9 TV is connected ...

Page 38: ...rast levels Press and to adjust contrast The new setting is previewed onscreen Press to confirm Video Output Select to adjust video 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 39: ... 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 Auto Chapter Select to add chapter marks automatically at set intervals Press and to select the interval you require An automatic chapter mark will be added at each interval allowing you browse titles easily after rec...

Page 40: ...s to confirm If On the Time Shift function will be activate permanently Record Device Select to set device to restore the recorded files Press and to select from HDD and USB Press to confirm Timeshift Device Select to set Time Shift device Press and to select from HDD USB and Auto Press to confirm ...

Page 41: ...unctions please check following items 1 Connect the Player to Network first 2 Please enable NetBIOS of TCP IP on computer 3 Please turn off your PC s firewall 4 Please enable your PC s Guest account 5 Please share the folders which you wish to browse on your PC and make sure that Everyone or Guest has the right to access Press and to select DHCP AUTO or FIXED IP MANUAL Press to confirm ...

Page 42: ...d to enter followings IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway For further assistant to above settings please contact to the network administrator Use Navigational and Numeric buttons to enter IP address Press to confirm U6 6 Changing System Settings Press and on the remote control to select the System tab from the menu ...

Page 43: ...ual setup Time Enter the system menu and press and to select each field and the up and down navigation arrows to adjust each setting Press to confirm Parental Control Select to set parental control levels Password Select to set password for parental control ...

Page 44: ...ault Select to restore factory defaults A confirmation message appears Select OK and press Enter to restore all settings to defaults 6 7 Miscellaneous Press and on the remote control to select the MISC tab from the menu ...

Page 45: ...r the menu select Browser from the Guide menu Press and to select the device on which the media is stored Choose from HDD USB CARD NET and press When data on HDD USB device and Memory Card is connected or connect the system to Network you can also browse photos listen to music and watch movies U7 1 Browsing Music Use and on the remote control to select the Music tab ...

Page 46: ...and a tools menu appears which enables you to add the current music to the playlists U7 2 Browsing Photos Use and on the remote control to select the Photos tab Press and to select the folder containing your photo files A thumbnail strip appears at the bottom of the screen along with a preview of the selected photo Press and to select the photo you want to view and press The photo will be displaye...

Page 47: ... 3 Browsing Movies Use the left and right navigation arrows to select the Movies tab Press and to select the folder that contains your movie files A thumbnail strip appears at the bottom of the screen and a preview of the selected movie will be played Press and to select the movie you want to view and press The movie will be played in full screen mode This browsing movies function supports DAT VOB...

Page 48: ...d Changing Network Settings on page 42 and made the right settings When selecting NET in the Browser menu there are two ways to locate the multimedia files shared on your local network One way is to browse through workgroup the other way is to browse through My Short Cuts 7 4 1 Browsing through Workgroup You can choose the workgroup which your PC belongs to from the workgroup list find your PC nam...

Page 49: ...work 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 7 4 2 Browsing through My Shortcuts You can also set Specific File Server IP and access it from My Shortcuts in the menu Press and a tools menu appears ...

Page 50: ...t Net User ID and the entry screen will appear Use the navigation arrows to select letters and numbers See Renaming Titles on page 26 for more details Select Net Password and the entry screen will appear See above Network Browser Select Specific File Server IP and use Navigational and Numeric buttons to enter IP address Press to confirm ...

Page 51: ...Note The current version of firmware may not support copying files across the network However it could be supported by firmware updates in the near future 8 Playlist Menu The Playlist menu allows you to browse and play your favourite music in the playlists To enter the menu select Playlist from the Guide menu There are up to 5 playlists ...

Page 52: ...ss on the remote control to enter the File Copy menu which allows you to copy files between HDD and USB devices Step 1 Select the source device and destination device Press and to select device Press to cancel and for next step ...

Page 53: ...files you want to copy Press 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 54: ...onfirm And the copy will start 10 Firmware Installation and Update The firmware is the operating system OS of your device In Video In mode press on the remote control first and then You can see the version information of the current firmware ...

Page 55: ...kup the data in your hard disc in advance Because the following steps will format the hard disc which will ERASE ALL DATA currently stored on the hard disc Step 1 Check Movie Cube R Make sure the software found Movie Cube R on Windows If yes click Next to next step If not check the USB cable is connected Step 2 Select Re install firmware All data on the HDD will be removed Select Re install firmwa...

Page 56: ...cating the Video Recording and Multimedia Partition Capacity Adjust the capacities for video recording UDF format and multimedia storage FAT32 format to your specifications and click Next Step 5 Allocating the Multimedia Partition Capacity Decide between one or two multimedia partitions which you can plan and partition in size ...

Page 57: ... features improvements and bug fixes Before the following steps please connect your player to PC by USB cable Then double click the FirmwareInstaller exe on your PC Note Please copy the recorded data to FAT32 partition in your hard disc in advance Because the following steps will delete all the recorded videos on the HDD unless you copy them to FAT32 partition Please see Copy to FAT32 partition of...

Page 58: ...Step3 Start updating Click Close unplug the USB cable from your PC and connect the player to TV The firmware update will start automatically After a few minutes the installation will complete and the system will reboot please be patient to wait around 10 seconds Note When installation or update is completed several system partitions would be created Please do not delete any of these partitions in ...

Page 59: ...zable 9999 files VIDEO CODECS SURPORTED z MPEG 1 MPEG 2 z MPEG 4 ASP XviD AUDIO CODECS SURPORTED z MP2 MP3 OGG Vorbis WMA Standard DRM Pro Advanced Profile not supported PCM SUBTITLE FORMATS SURPORTED z SRT SMI SSA RECORDABLE DEVICES SUPPORTED z Built in HDD z USB HDD VIDEO RECORDING MODE Mode 80 GB HDD 120 GB HDD 160 GBHDD HQ 16hrs 24hrs 33hrs SP 32hrs 48hrs 66hrs LP 48hrs 72hrs 99hrs EP 64hrs 96...

Page 60: ... 95dB Dynamic Range 90dB 1kHZ Channel 95dB Separation Total Harmonic Distortion 1kHZ 85dB GENERAL Power Supply Power Consumption Operating Temperature Operating Humidity AC 100 240V 50 60Hz Approx 35 W 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 203x164 4x53mm 7 99 x6 47 x2 09 Approx 1 5 kg Note The specifications and design of this product are subject to...

Page 61: ...nd 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 Question 3 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 l...

Page 62: ...ick the OK icon Question 7 During power on why does the TV will have a short flashing blue screen or screensaver Answer This is normal when the system initializes it will setup the corresponding parameters so it can output the correct video signal 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 som...

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