Fantec P2700, Manual

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Page 2: ...owser Menu 24 4 1 Browsing All 24 4 2 Browsing Music 25 4 3 Browsing Photos 25 4 4 Browsing Movies 26 4 5 A V Streaming via Network 27 4 6 A V Streaming via UPnP server 29 4 7 Renaming Deleting Files 31 4 8 Managing the Playlist 31 5 File Copy Menu 32 6 Media Library 33 6 1 Music Library 33 6 2 Photo Library 36 6 3 Movie Library 38 7 Internet Radio 41 8 Net Download 42 9 NAS Function samba 44 10 I...

Page 3: ...P3 OGG WMA WAV AAC FLAC Dolby Digital DTS DTS downmix 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 Internet Radio Please visit www shoutcast com for available stations File Copy Supports copy...

Page 4: ...er 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 connect the adapter to the player in a humid or dusty area Do not replace the adapter or cable s wire or connector 1 3 3 Radio Interference If not properly shielded almost all electronic devices will get rad...

Page 5: ...ed 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 avoid shaking or hitting...

Page 6: ...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 ENGLISH 6 55 ...

Page 7: ...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 ENGLISH 7 55 ...

Page 8: ...lug 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 1 4 5 2 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 ENGLISH 8 55 ...

Page 9: ...e audio output from the A V OUT jack Second method use the audio output from the S PDIF Coaxial or Optical jack 1 4 5 4 HDMI OUT 1 Follow the picture and plug one connector on your HDMI cable to the player s HDMI jack 2 Follow the picture and plug the other connector on your HDMI cable to the TV s HDMI jack Note The HDMI cable is an optional accessory sold separately In this way you can have the h...

Page 10: ...ote Optical fiber cable is not supplied In this way you can enjoy powerful Dolby Digital DTS or MPEG sound Please refer to 3 1 Changing Audio Settings for configuration 1 4 7 Connecting to a LAN 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 crysta...

Page 11: ...ecting the DC IN jack and press the power button on the front panel the player will soon enter the home screen and the power indicator will turn blue Power Off Press the power button on the front panel the player will soon enter standby 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 t...

Page 12: ...Setup System HDD Format menu Step 1 Select OK on the Warning page press ENTER to confirm Step 2 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 stored on the hard disk drive Please take care and backup your data in advance ENGL...

Page 13: ...BTITLE 22 ZOOM IN 23 ZOOM OUT 24 A B 25 ANGLE 26 SETUP 27 RETURN 28 STOP 29 NEXT 30 VOL 31 PREV 32 GOTO 33 COPY 34 MUSIC 35 INFO No Button Function 1 STANDBY Press to enter standby mode or wake up 2 MUTE Press to mute audio output and press again to resume 3 TV SYSTEM Press to switch between NTSC PAL 480P 576P 720P 1080I and 1080P 4 BROWSER Press to enter the browser menu 5 Numeric buttons Press t...

Page 14: ...for sport programs 17 CM SKIP Press to advance 30 seconds of the current playback 18 SELECT Press to select files in browser and file copy menu 19 CONFIRM Press to confirm and add the selects to the playlist 20 AUDIO Press to select an audio track 21 SUBTITLE Press to set subtitle options 22 ZOOM IN Press to zoom in the image photo or video 23 ZOOM OUT Press to zoom out the image photo or video 24...

Page 15: ...2 Front Panel 1 Infrared receiver window 3 Power button indicator 2 Display Screen 2 3 Rear Panel 1 SCART TV socket 2 DC IN jack 3 Y Pb Pr OUT jack 4 A V OUT jack 5 HDMI jack 6 RJ45 LAN socket 7 S PDIF OPTICAL jack 8 USB HOST port A Type 2 4 Side Panel 1 USB DEVICE port B Type 2 USB HOST port A Type 3 Memory Card slot ENGLISH 15 55 ...

Page 16: ...an option and then press ENTER There are five Setup options including Audio Video 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 3 1 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 vo...

Page 17: ...ortions 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 Zoom Out Turned on the player will auto zoom out the video resolution to fix the TV screen Brightness Adjust the level of b...

Page 18: ...is option to change the display size Seamless Playback Uninterrupted playback of video and audio files the naming of the files should be alike abc01 AVI and abc02 AVI etc 3 3 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 ...

Page 19: ... PLAY to connect Get Connection Mode Choose between Infrastructure AP and Peer to Peer Ad Hoc Press ENTER to go to next step and press RETURN to cancel Infrastructure AP Infrastructure mode is used to connect computers with wireless network adapters also known as wireless clients to an existing wired network with the help from wireless router or access point ENGLISH 19 55 ...

Page 20: ...rk is encrypted i e an encryption key is needed to access the network NONE means it is an open system network Input WEP WPA 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 E...

Page 21: ...so 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 Host Name Choose the network name of the player BitTorrent and SAMBA Turn on off BitTorrent and Samba 3 4 Changing System Settings Use this menu to...

Page 22: ...ownload NAS and Web server Select system upgrade to update the firmware via a USB stick 1 Copy install img to the root directory of a USB stick and connect it to the USB HOST port of the player 2 Press ENTER to confirm Time Select to set the system time HDD Format Select to format the built in HDD Note Please take care that all data on the hard disk will be removed after formatting System Info Sel...

Page 23: ...o slide show Transition Effect Select to set the transition effect for photo slide show Ken Burns Slow zooming function during Photo playback 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 Subtitle on off Turn on off subtitle ENG...

Page 24: ...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 the selected files to the playlist RETURN Return to the previous menu 4 1 Browsing All In this mode all folders and supported contents music photos and movies will be displayed Note Please refer to chap...

Page 25: ...this mode all folders and supported image files in current directory will be displayed The following buttons can be used to control music playback Button Function PLAY Begin playback PREV NEXT View the previous or next photo LEFT RIGHT Rotate a photo in any angle 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 sli...

Page 26: ...previous or next movie REPEAT Set repeat options Title Chapter and All 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 playback INS REPLAY Backward 10 seconds...

Page 27: ...oup 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 to the limit of network speed or sign...

Page 28: ...popup menu where you can input Net User ID Username Net Password Domain Host Name and Specific File Server IP of destination PC Select OK to confirm Cancel to cancel and Simple Detail to switch between simple and advanced options 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 ENGLISH 28 55 ...

Page 29: ...ux 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 Open Windows Media Player 11 click Libra...

Page 30: ... ENTER Then you can browse the media library 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 ENGLISH 30 55 ...

Page 31: ...e playlists All Music Photos and Movies and enjoy them at any time 4 8 1 Adding files to the playlist Select the favorite file you wish to add press the SELECT button and the file will be marked Press the CONFIRM button to confirm and then an on screen message Add selects to list will be shown Multiple selections are allowed See photo below 4 8 2 Browsing the playlist Press the UP DOWN buttons to ...

Page 32: ...opy menu Button Function 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 s...

Page 33: ...on on the home screen 6 1 Music Library Use the left right button on the remote control to select the Music tab Press the up down button to select from Update Search All Artist Genre and Album And press the enter button to confirm Update Select to update and synchronize all the music stored on the internal HDD to the library Search Select to search for music files by their names ENGLISH 33 55 ...

Page 34: ...ll be displayed on the screen All Select to list all the music files in the library Artist Select to list all the music files by artist Press the up down button to select the artist and press the enter button to confirm Genre Select to list all the music files by genre Press the up down button to select the genre and press the enter ENGLISH 34 55 ...

Page 35: ... turn on a Quick Search bar while browsing music files in the library Press the up down button to select characters on the Quick Search bar and press the enter button to confirm The music files with the specific characters will be displayed Press the left button to delete characters and press the return button to close the Quick Search bar Finally press the enter button to start playback ENGLISH 3...

Page 36: ...s the enter button to confirm Update Select to update and synchronize all the photos stored on the internal HDD to the library Search Select to search for photos by their names Use the navigational buttons to select and press the enter button to confirm Select OK and press the enter button and then the files you desired will be displayed on the screen ENGLISH 36 55 ...

Page 37: ...ght button to turn on a Quick Search bar while previewing photos in the library Press the up down button to select characters on the Quick Search bar and press the enter button to confirm The photo files with the specific characters will be displayed Press the left button to delete characters and press the return button to close the Quick Search bar Finally press the enter button to start playback...

Page 38: ...d press the enter button to confirm Update Select to update and synchronize all the movies stored on the internal HDD to the library Search Select to search for movies by their names Use the navigational buttons to select and press the enter button to confirm Select OK and press the enter button and then the files you desired will be displayed on the screen ENGLISH 38 55 ...

Page 39: ...vies by actor Press the up down button to select the actor and press the enter button to confirm Genre Select to list all the movies by genre Press the up down button to select the genre and press the enter button to confirm Year Select to list all the movies by year ENGLISH 39 55 ...

Page 40: ...e movie files with the specific characters will be displayed Press the left button to delete characters and press the return button to close the Quick Search bar Finally press the enter button to start playback Note In order to use the search function more efficiently you are encouraged to use the following rules to name the movies stored on the internal HDD Syntax Name Actor Genre Year extension ...

Page 41: ... buttons can be used under this menu Button Function UP DOWN Move cursor up down to select station channel and genre PREV NEXT Page up down ENTER Confirm and enter the selected menu MENU Add delete a station to from Favorite while it is highlighted PLAY Begin playback after a channel has been selected STOP Stop playback RETURN Return to the previous menu Station All downloaded stations will be lis...

Page 42: ...d menu and BT setup menu Add a new torrent Locate your torrent file in Browser menu then press MENU button to add the torrent to start downloading Download Menu After add the BT torrent files the download progress can be displayed in this menu The following buttons can be used under this menu Button Function UP DOWN Move cursor up down MENU press to adjust the priority of the download task ENGLISH...

Page 43: ... menu you can configure the following settings Use UP DOWN and ENTER to change the settings Set the maximum download rate Set the maximum upload rate 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 ENGLISH 43 55 ...

Page 44: ...n 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 network between your PC and the player NOTE 1 Please run SAMBA in the setup menu before using this function 10 IMS Internet Multimedia Service Menu This feature is additional function All contents and services under this feature are provided by third party service provider...

Page 45: ...are Copy install img to the root directory of a USB key Plug the USB key to the USB HOST port on the player Press and hold the POWER button on the front panel and connect the player with power supply Wait for more than 3 seconds and then loose your finger on the POWER button Then the upgrade process will start automatically The LED indicator on the front panel will be enlightened and flashing duri...

Page 46: ...MVB FLV DVD MENU Playback H 264 z MP3 OGG WMA WAV AAC FLAC DOLBY DIGITAL DTS DTS Downmix z HD JPEG JPG BMP GIF TIF PNG VIDEO CODECS SURPORTED z MPEG 1 z HD MPEG 2 z HD MPEG 4 SP ASP AVC H 264 z WMV9 VC 1 z RealNetworks RM RMVB 8 9 10 up to 720p AUDIO CODECS SURPORTED z MP2 3 OGG Vorbis WMA DRM and Advanced Profile not supported PCM LPCM MS ADPCM LC AAC HE AAC COOK RA Lossless SUBTITLE FORMATS SURP...

Page 47: ...to the player Question 3 I used my player to transfer files back and forth between different computers Will defragmenting the player hard disk do any harm to it Answer Defragmenting the player hard disk may be useful after having transferred many files to and from the player It is never harmful to use the defragment on the player Make sure no other programs are running while using the Windows defr...

Page 48: ...er to network and obtain an IP address first 2 Please enable NetBIOS of TCP IP on computer 3 Please check your PC s firewall settings 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 Question 10 I configured everything correctly but still cannot get the wireless network or UPnP functi...

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