Home Multimedia Center Movie Cube-R700, User Manual

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Page 2: ...Title List Menu for Recorded Videos 23 4 1 Title List Menu 23 4 2 Playing Back Titles 24 4 3 Deleting Titles 24 4 4 Renaming Titles 24 4 5 Sorting Files 25 4 6 Title Edit Menu 26 4 7 Tools 29 4 8 Saving Your Recorded Titles 29 5 Timer Record Menu 30 5 1 Create a New Schedule 30 5 2 Editing Schedule 31 5 3 Deleting Schedules 31 5 4 Viewing Schedule Status 32 5 5 Viewing Recording History 32 6 Setup...

Page 3: ...rowsing via Network 47 8 Playlist Menu 50 9 File Copy Menu 51 10 NAS Function 53 11 Upgrading the Firmware 54 12 Appendixes 56 12 1 Specifications 56 12 2 Frequently Asked Questions 57 12 3 Copyrights and Trademarks 60 12 4 Warranty 60 ...

Page 4: ...ime shifting function Movie Playback supports VOB DVD IFO DVD MPG MPEG 2 1 AVI MPEG 4 ASP XviD DAT VCD and MPEG 2 TS files resolution up to 1080i Music Playback supports MP3 OGG and WMA files 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 pla...

Page 5: ...CART cable 1 HDMI 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 Wireless LAN USB Adapter 1 optional Note The actual contents in the package might be different from the packing list in this manual ...

Page 6: ...ence 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 3 4 Repair If the player has a problem you should take it to an appointed repair center and let the specialists do the repair never repa...

Page 7: ... the power cable and the product will return to normal performance next time it is powered on Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are design...

Page 8: ...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 1 4 3 TV connection 1 A V IN 1 Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player s A V IN jack ...

Page 9: ...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 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 ou...

Page 10: ...MI jack 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 Toslink connector on your optical fiber to the player s S PDIF Optical jack not supplied 2 Follow the picture and plug...

Page 11: ...cture and plug in the AC adaptor to the power outlet 1 4 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 12: ...12 60 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 the player ...

Page 13: ... supply cord the player will soon enter standby mode and the red STANDBY indicator on the front panel will turn on Then 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 blue ON indicator on the front panel will turn on 2 Power off When the system is running press the STANDBY button on the front panel or rem...

Page 14: ... for details on each button and its function 1 STANDBY 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: ...el number and time Press during time shifting to turn the time shifting bar on off 3 MENU button Press to activate tools menu Press in the Browser Menu to rename and delete files or add music to playlists Press in My_Shortcuts in NET of the Browser Menu to add shortcuts for network access 4 MUSIC button When the machine is not playing recording or connected with PC by a USB cable press the button ...

Page 16: ...orded to the HDD or USB device as long as space is available Press to activate TIME SHIFT function and wait for the 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...

Page 17: ...20 SOURCE button Press to select input source See 3 1 Selecting Video In 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 s...

Page 18: ...ional buttons Press the arrow buttons to select 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 enter the File Copy Menu 37 MUTE button Press to mute audio output and press again to resu...

Page 19: ...NDBY indicator Indicator red turns on when the system is in standby mode 3 ON indicator Indicator blue turns on when the system is alive 4 MUSIC indicator Indicator blue turns on during music playback 5 REC indicator Indicator red turns on when recording starts 6 STANDBY button Press to enter standby mode or wake up ...

Page 20: ... V2 Video OUT jack 5 L2 Audio OUT jack Left Channel 6 Y Pb Pr OUT jack Components Video 7 HDMI jack 8 RJ45 LAN socket 9 S PDIF Coaxial jack 10 DC IN jack 11 S PDIF Optical jack 12 USB HOST port x 2 13 R2 Audio OUT jack Right Channel 14 R1 Audio IN jack Right Channel 15 USB SLAVE port MINI B ...

Page 21: ...u page 3 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 guide menu page to access Title List 3 3 Selecting Browser Playback Multimedia Files You can browse all the multimedia Videos...

Page 22: ...Setup To enter the setup menu select on the remote control or select Setup button on the guide menu page 3 5 Selecting Playlist Music Playlist To enter the music playlist menu select Playlist button on the guide menu page ...

Page 23: ... to 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 ...

Page 24: ...screen 4 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 Return 4 4 Renaming Titles To ren...

Page 25: ...ntered the new name select OK and press to confirm all changes If you want to cancel the naming during the process press 4 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 ...

Page 26: ...ote control to select the Title Edit tab from the menu bar Press and the menu appears Return Select to 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 i...

Page 27: ...start for the section to be deleted Select SET B and press to mark the 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 ...

Page 28: ...er mark is a marker inserted into the title You can jump between marked sections by pressing or on the remote control An editing screen appears When you 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 ...

Page 29: ...ears Return Select to return to the main screen Delete All Title Select to delete all titles 4 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 i...

Page 30: ...reen 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 Sat or for an individual day of the week Quality Select the recording quality Choose from HQ SLP EP LP and SP ...

Page 31: ...he schedule you want to edit from the list and press The schedule setting screen appears Modify the schedule as described in 5 1 Creating a New Schedule 5 3 Deleting Schedules Press and on the remote control to select the Delete tab from the menu bar Select the schedule you want to delete and press A confirmation message appears Select CANCEL Delete the selected schedule or Delete all schedules Pr...

Page 32: ...The schedule list is displayed Select a schedule and press Select Enable VPS Disable VPS or Pause the selected schedule Press to confirm 5 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 33: ...u bar Aspect Ratio Select to set aspect ratio Press and to select from Pan Scan 4 3 Letter 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 ...

Page 34: ...ress to confirm Contrast Select to set contrast 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 ...

Page 35: ...g preferences Press to confirm 6 2 Changing Audio Settings Press and on the remote control to select the Audio tab from the menu bar 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 ...

Page 36: ... Quality Select to set the default recording quality setting Press and to select the quality setting you require 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 ...

Page 37: ...cording Press to confirm 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 and USB Press to confirm 6 4 Changing Network Settings Press and on the remote control to select the Network tab from the menu bar ...

Page 38: ...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 DHCP AUTO Set the IP address by auto Press to confirm ...

Page 39: ...strator Use Navigational and Numeric buttons to enter IP address Press to confirm Wireless Setup Please refer to the user s guide to wireless function in the package of EMTEC Wi200 USB adapter for more details about these settings 6 5 Changing System Settings Press and on the remote control to select the System tab from the menu Menu Language Select to choose the OSD On Screen Display language ...

Page 40: ... and to select from Unicode Chinese GBK BIG5 and etc Press to confirm Time Select to set the system time Press and enter Manual setup 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 HDD Format Select to format the HDD ...

Page 41: ...o confirm Press and to select OK Press to confirm Press and to adjust the capacity of time shift buffer Press and to select NEXT and to confirm Press and to adjust the capacities of recording and multimedia partitions Press and to select NEXT and ...

Page 42: ...matting will start which will take for several minute please be patient to wait When formatting is completed press to reboot Connect the player to PC via a USB cable and copy the sys folder from the firmware folder to the first multimedia partition HDD1 FAT32 In this way you can gain enhanced font support and the NAS function Restore Default Select to restore factory defaults ...

Page 43: ...43 60 A confirmation message appears Select OK and press Enter to restore all settings to defaults 6 6 Miscellaneous Press and on the remote control to select the MISC tab from the menu ...

Page 44: ...ct 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 7 1 Browsing All Use and on the remote control to select the All tab All directories and supported contents will be displayed Press and to select the directory or file you wish to browse an...

Page 45: ...ries 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 7 3 Browsing Photos Use and on the remote control to select the Photos tab ...

Page 46: ...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 7 4 Browsing Movies Use and on the remote control to select the Movies tab All directories and supported video files in ...

Page 47: ...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 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_Shortcuts 7...

Page 48: ...ength 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 7 5 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 Network Browser Select to set Net User ID Net Password and Specific File Ser...

Page 49: ...umbers 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 Select Specific File Server IP and use Navigational and Numeric buttons to enter IP address ...

Page 50: ...to confirm Select the shortcut you added and press to confirm Then select the shared multimedia file that you want to browse 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 a total of 5 playlists ...

Page 51: ...enter the File Copy menu which allows you to copy files between HDD 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 52: ...nd 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 Press and to select OK press to confirm And the copy will start ...

Page 53: ...t 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 network between your PC and the player Note 1 Partitions of...

Page 54: ...Pen Drive for firmware upgrade Copy the 5 files for upgrade to the root directory of your USB Pen Drive Step 2 Connect the USB Pen Drive Plug the USB Pen Drive into one of the USB HOST ports of the player Step 3 Hold the POWER STANDBY button Press and hold the POWER STANDBY button on the front panel and do not loosen Step 4 Connect the power cable Plug the power cable into the DC IN jack wait for ...

Page 55: ...on will be completed the LED indicators will go off and the player will be powered off automatically Then you can press the POWER button to turn on the player and enjoy Note Do not turn off the power during installation The USB Pen Drive is not allowed to be unplugged during installation ...

Page 56: ...P XviD AUDIO CODECS SURPORTED MP2 MP3 OGG Vorbis WMA Standard DRM Pro Advanced Profile not supported PCM SUBTITLE FORMATS SURPORTED SRT SMI SSA IDX SUB RECORDABLE DEVICES SUPPORTED Built in HDD USB HDD VIDEO RECORDING MODE Mode 80 GB HDD 120 GB HDD 160 GB HDD HQ 16hrs 24hrs 33hrs SP 32hrs 48hrs 66hrs LP 48hrs 72hrs 99hrs EP 64hrs 96hrs 132hrs SLP 96hrs 144hrs 198hrs VIDEO RECORDING FORMAT HQ SP LP...

Page 57: ...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 53x164 4x203mm 2 09 x6 47 x7 99 Approx 1 5 kg Note The specifications and design of this product are subject to change without notice 12 2 Frequently Asked Questions Quest...

Page 58: ... 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 System volume info These are normal and will not do any harm to the player Question 4 I used my player to transfer...

Page 59: ...not be stable and will cause the TV screen to flash some TV s will treat this as no signal and will display a blue screen or screensaver Question 8 Why when I switch to Y Pb Pr 480P 576P 720P 1080I does the TV screen display an unwatchable picture Answer Please check if your TV supports Y Pb Pr 480P 576P 720P 1080I output if your TV does not support please use the A V signal display instead press ...

Page 60: ...ical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission from the copyright holder According to copyright law no recorded data may be used for purposes other than personal enjoyment without permission from the copyright holder Trademarks Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are property of their respective holders 12 4 W...