Fantec R2650, User Manual

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Page 3: ...cord Menu 36 7 Browser Menu 39 7 1 Browsing All 39 7 2 Browsing Music 40 7 3 Browsing Photos 41 7 4 Browsing Movies 41 7 5 Audio and Video Streaming via Network 42 7 6 Audio and Video Streaming via UPnP server 45 7 7 Renaming Deleting Files and Folders 47 7 8 Managing the Playlist 47 8 File Copy Menu 49 9 Internet Radio 49 10 Web Server BitTorrent 51 10 1 Web Server 51 10 2 Account Management 51 1...

Page 4: ...pports major audio video and image file formats 1080p HD video decoding Movie format AVI MKV TS M2TS MPG MP4 M4V MOV VOB ISO IFO DAT WMV ASF RM RMVB FLV Music format MP3 OGG WMA WAV AAC FLAC Photo format HD JPEG BMP GIF TIF PNG Photo slide show with background music DVB T HDTV supports Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial DVB T and DVB T HD supports Electronic Program Guide EPG Teletext and subt...

Page 5: ... contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication However as our engineers are always updating and improving the product your device s software may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this manual 1 2 Packing List Part Quantity Player 1 A V cable 1 Y Pb Pr cable 1 USB cable 1 Remote Control 1 Remote Control Battery 2 AC DC adaptor 1 AC DC ...

Page 6: ...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 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 acc...

Page 7: ... 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 the player and do not press the buttons too hard Do not let the player come into conta...

Page 8: ... picture and 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 ...

Page 9: ...er In this way you can browse contents on the USB device 1 4 4 Connecting to a TV 1 4 4 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 Top Box ...

Page 10: ...isplay devices 1 4 4 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 y...

Page 11: ... 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 highest quality video and audio via a single cable 1 4 4 5 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 12: ... receiver The player can loop out the DVBT T signal to other TV or TV receiver device In this way you can watch the DVB T programs as usual while the FANTEC R2650 is recording a different DVB T program 1 4 5 Connecting to an Digital Amplifier 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 T...

Page 13: ... Changing Audio Settings for configuration 1 4 6 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 crystal plug on the cable to a RJ45 LAN port on your router switch or hub devices 1 4 7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN WLAN 1 Make sur...

Page 14: ...evices cannot be guaranteed 1 5 Power On Off Power On After connecting the DC IN jack and pressing the power button on the front panel the player will soon enter the home screen and the power indicator will turn blue Power Off After pressing 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 po...

Page 15: ...ress 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 take a few minutes After that you can use the hard disk properly as a HDD recorder player or external storage device Note The HDD format will remove all data...

Page 16: ...button and its function 1 LED 2 STANDBY 3 MUTE 4 SYSTEM 5 BROWSER 6 Numeric buttons 7 REPEAT 8 VOL VOL 9 FR 10 FF 11 PLAY PAUSE 12 HOME 13 14 17 31 Navigational buttons 15 ENTER 16 MENU 18 TIME SHIFT 19 SLOW 20 ZOOM 21 AUDIO 22 Red 23 EPG Green 24 TTX Yellow 25 Blue 26 ANGLE 27 SUBTITLE 28 GOTO 29 A B 30 SETUP 32 RETURN 33 NEXT 34 STOP 35 PREV 37 MUSIC 39 REC 36 INFO 38 COPY ...

Page 17: ...ect speeds 10 FF Press to fast forward the current playback Press repeatedly to select speeds 11 PLAY PAUSE Press to begin pause the playback 12 HOME Press to enter the home screen 13 14 17 31 Navigational buttons Press the arrow buttons to select menu options and the ENTER button to confirm 15 ENTER Press to select options in menus 16 MENU Press to activate tools menus 1 rename and delete files i...

Page 18: ...lected files to the playlist 24 TTX Yellow Press to open Teletext OSD if it is available in the broadcasted stream of Digital Terrestrial TV 25 Blue Press to activate sort function in channel set in TV setup menu 26 ANGLE Press to change the view angle during DVD with multi angle playback 27 SUBTITLE Press to set subtitle options 28 GOTO Press to jump to a specific point on a title Specify the poi...

Page 19: ...t 38 COPY Press to enter the file copy menu 39 REC Press to begin recording Press repeatedly to set one touch recording OTR length 30 MIN 60 MIN 90 MIN 120 MIN 180 MIN 240 MIN Off 2 2 Front Panel 1 LCD screen 2 Recording indicator 3 Power button indicator 4 Infrared receiver window ...

Page 20: ...XIAL jack 6 HDMI jack 7 Y Pb Pr OUT jack 8 A V OUT jack 9 A V IN jack 11 ANT RF IN socket 10 DC IN jack 12 ANT RF OUT socket 3 Setup Menu The Setup menu allows you to personalize and configure the preferences for your player To select a Setup option Select the Setup icon on the home screen or press the SETUP button on the remote control ...

Page 21: ...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 TV Settings Press the left right button on the remote control to select the DTV tab from the menu bar TV Region Select to set the region for Digital Terrestrial TV Channel Scan Select to scan for available Digital Terrestrial TV channels AUTO SCAN ...

Page 22: ...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 In this menu you can edit the Name and sequence for the DVB T TV channels Use the navigational buttons to select and modify the settings and press the enter button to confirm You can also press the blue button to select Sort ...

Page 23: ...the option is turned on the audio output volume will be decreased to make you more comfortable Digital Output Choose between HDMI LPCM HDMI RAW SPDIF LPCM SPDIF RAW In raw mode Dolby Digital DTS or MPEG sound can be bypassed to the HDMI TV or Digital amplifier 3 3 Changing Video Settings Use this menu to configure video settings ...

Page 24: ...e 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 video output resolution NTSC PAL 480P 576P 720P 50HZ 720P 60HZ 1080I 50HZ 1080I 60HZ 1080P 50HZ 1080P 60HZ 1080P 24HZ Choose this option to enable or disable 1080P 24HZ support A T...

Page 25: ...nt Time shift Select to set Time Shift mode Press the up down button to select from On and Off Press the enter button to confirm If On the time shift will start automatically while in Video In mode REC Device Select to set device to store the recorded files Press the up down button to select from HDD and USB Press the enter button to confirm 3 5 Changing Network Settings Use this menu to configure...

Page 26: ...P 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 27: ... adapters 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 GOTO 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 ...

Page 28: ...re symbols available and OK to confirm Test connection The testing process will take 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 witho...

Page 29: ...hanging 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 Login Control Select to turn on off password protection for the Web server graphic user interface Neighbor Web ...

Page 30: ...es for BT download 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 Press the up down button to select from Manual and Auto via DTV Press the enter button to confirm Manual ...

Page 31: ... to confirm Region Press the up down button to select the region Press the enter button to confirm Password Press the numerical buttons to input and change the password Press the enter button to confirm Block unrated TV Press the up down button to turn on or off Press the enter button to confirm TV Rating Press the navigational buttons to select Press the enter button to confirm and the back butto...

Page 32: ... the interval time for photo slide show Transition Effect Select to set the transition effect for photo slide show Ken Burns slow zooming function during Photo playback Seamless Playback Uninterrupted playback of video and audio files the naming of the files should be alike abc01 AVI and abc02 AVI etc Background Music Select to set the background music options while view pictures Off Folder Playli...

Page 33: ...he program list menu up down Press to switch channels Channels cannot be switched during active recording 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 EPG Press to activate the EPG menu if avai...

Page 34: ...ing channels by the up down button an info bar will be displayed to show the channel information There re 4 strings displayed 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 576 Stands for resolution SD Standard Definition HD High Definition When the string looks concave the optio...

Page 35: ...ing Guide will be displayed Press the prev next button to change channels Press the left right button to change date Press the up down button to change program Press the MENU button to add delete scheduled recording Teletext Menu If the broadcasted stream supports Teletext press the TTX button to enter the Teletext menu ...

Page 36: ...B T TV programs the Subtitle List menu will be displayed Press the up down button to select the subtitle and press the enter button to confirm 5 AV IN Menu In this menu you can watch and record audio visual signal from the A V IN jack on the rear panel of the unit or have the time shift function Select the A V In icon on the main interface to enter this menu ...

Page 37: ... control to select the Edit tab from the menu bar Select Add a New Schedule and press the enter button The schedule setting screen 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 lengt...

Page 38: ...d for using each setting Nicam Not available in Europe Preview This small preview window will show the current program of the selected channel Edit Schedule Press the left right button 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 enter button The schedule setting screen appears Modify the schedule as described in Cr...

Page 39: ...the Status tab from the menu bar The schedule list is displayed Select a schedule and press the enter button Select Enable the selected schedule or Pause 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 40: ...owing buttons can be used while navigating the browser menu Button Function UP DOWN Move cursor up down to select devices folders or 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 RED Select files under Browser HDD menu GREEN Add the selected files to the playlist RETURN Return to the previous menu 7 1 ...

Page 41: ...ead 7 2 Browsing Music In this mode all folders and supported audio files in current directory will be displayed The following buttons can be used to control music playback Button Function PLAY PAUSE Begin pause playback FR FF Fast rewind or fast forward Press repeatedly to select the speed REPEAT Set repeat options One All Shuffle and Off INFO Hide or display the information bar during playback S...

Page 42: ...or display the information bar during playback STOP Stop playback You can view photos in slide show mode with background music At first please start music playback and then go to your prefered picture folder When it is enabled the slide show starts automatically once you press PLAY button Please refer to Slide Show Timing Transition Effect and Background Music in chapter 3 7 Miscellaneous for more...

Page 43: ... repeat ANGLE Change the view angle during DVD with multi angle playback MENU Return to the root menu during DVD playback AUDIO Select an audio track while watching DivX video or DVD with multiple audio tracks SUBTITLE Set subtitle options You can change text encoding and the size color offset of the subtitle here STOP Stop playback 7 5 Audio and Video Streaming via Network You can stream the medi...

Page 44: ... video files resolution up to 720p 1080i 1080p via Ethernet or WLAN the video might be flickering It is normal due to the limit of network speed or signal strength 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 7 5 2 Browsing through My_Shortcuts You can also set Specific File Serve...

Page 45: ...d Domain Host Name and Specific File Server IP 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 ...

Page 46: ...Media Center Linux Mac Windows MediaTomb Linux etc Please install your preferred software on your computer In the following chapters we will take Windows Media Player 11 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for an example 7 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 Window...

Page 47: ...ming Media on your Player Connect your player to the home network LAN or WLAN Visit Browser UPnP menu on the player select the UPnP server and press ENTER Then you can browse the media library shared by Windows Media Player 11 ...

Page 48: ... where you can rename and delete files or folders Press the UP DOWN buttons to select from Return Rename and Delete And press ENTER to confirm 7 8 Managing the Playlist This player supports the playlist function which allows you to add your favorite contents on local HDD to the playlists All Music Photos and Movies and enjoy them at any time 7 8 1 Adding files to the playlist Select the favorite f...

Page 49: ...t in the browser menu Press the LEFT RIGHT buttons to select between All Music Photos and Movies And press the ENTER button to confirm Then you will enter the playlist If you wish to delete a file from the playlist press the RED button to select and then press the GREEN button to confirm ...

Page 50: ...the next step MENU 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 source files or folders you want to copy Step 3 Choose the destination folder for the selected...

Page 51: ... are listed under the livepause folder on the HDD The following 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 or delete a station to or from Favorite list while it is highlighted PLAY Begin playback after a channel has been selected REC Start record STOP S...

Page 52: ...k LAN or WLAN Get the IP address of the player under SETUP NETWORK menu Type the IP address e g 192 168 3 15 in the address bar of Internet Explorer on your PC Then you can access the Web server on your PC Note Please refer to System Update Extension Package Upgrade in chapter 3 6 Changing System Settings and make sure all related packages btpd samba and unicgi are installed and run properly in ad...

Page 53: ...o from the HDD of the player 10 4 BitTorrent Download 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 BT and SAMBA SYSTEM UPDATE in chapter 3 6 Changing System Settings for more details to use BT download function The BitTorrent cli...

Page 54: ...tTorrent Download page Click Browse to upload a torrent file and click Yes to confirm 10 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 55: ...priority for the selected torrent 10 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 Set the idle hours to start the next download automatically Set the seeding hours Set to delete the finished torrent files automatically ...

Page 56: ...screen 11 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 Use the navigational buttons to ...

Page 57: ...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 button to confirm Album Select to list all the music files by album ...

Page 58: ...ary 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 11 2 Photo Library Use the left right button on the remote control to selec...

Page 59: ... 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 All Select to list all the photos in the library Date Select to list all the photos by date ...

Page 60: ...y 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 11 3 Movie Library Use the left right button on the remote control to select ...

Page 61: ...ate 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 All Select to list all the movies in the library ...

Page 62: ...tor 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 ...

Page 63: ...e 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 Examples Pretty Woman CD1 Richard Gere Love 1990 avi The Dark Knight CD1 Christian Bale Action 2008 mpeg 12 Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system OS installed on the device Firmware upgrades can bring new feature...

Page 64: ...SCART OUT z ANT RF IN OUT socket z HDMI V1 3 interface z S PDIF coaxial optical jack z DC IN 12V FILE SYSTEM SURPORTED z FAT FAT32 NTFS EXT3 CONTENT FORMATS SUPPORTED z AVI MKV TS M2TS MPG MP4 MOV M4V VOB ISO IFO DAT WMV ASF RM RMVB FLV resolution up to 720p 1080i 1080p z MP3 OGG WMA WAV AAC FLAC z HD JPEG BMP GIF TIF PNG VIDEO CODECS SURPORTED z MPEG 1 z HD MPEG 2 z HD MPEG 4 SP ASP AVC H 264 z W...

Page 65: ...ind 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 computer by the USB connection Windows and Macintosh often write extra files to the hard disk such as finder def or Sy...

Page 66: ...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 output sound Question 8 I ca...

Page 67: ...ill 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 Point or router manufacturer to download the latest firmware or try other encryption methods WPA2 AES or WPA2 TKIP or choose to configu...

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