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Appendix 

41 

Troubleshooting 

Problem 

Possible Cause 

Solution 

TV screen does not 

display normally 

Video setting is not correct. 

Hold 

  and then press 

MENU

 

until screen displays correctly (See 

page 39 for more detail). 

No power 

(All LEDs are off) 

The power plug is not properly 

connected. 

Check the power connection and 

plug it again. 

Can’t operate with 

the remote control 

If this device cannot be activated 

by pressing 

  (

STANDBY

button of remote control, it is 

probably because the power is off. 

Remote control is not pointing 

toward the remote receiver. 

The tab of battery has not been 

removed. 

Battery is not assembled properly. 

Battery became depleted. 

Refer to “No power” section for its 

solution. 

 

 

Point the remote control toward the 

receiver when in operation. 

Pull out the tab of the battery on the 

side of remote control. 

Check the battery direction. 

 

Replace the battery. 

Some folders are not 

listed in “

Detail

 

View

” 

These folders may be “Hidden”, 

“Encrypted”, “Compressed” or 

“System Folder”.   

Change the attribute of these 

folders, or create another folder (See 

page 10 for more detail). 

Some files can’t be 

played back 

These files are compressed by 

Windows. 

The formats of these files are not 

supported. 

These files are damaged. 

Uncompress them. 

Convert these files to some 

supported format. 

Replace them with undamaged 

ones. 

The    SETUP MENU 

appears to be in an 

unrecognizable 

Incorrect    OSD LANGUAGE 

setting. 

Check the    OSD LANGUAGE setting 

in    SETUP MENU . 

Summary of Contents for SI-707139

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Page 3: ...onnecting from USB 9 About the Format of Hard Disk Drive 10 Media Files for Playback 10 Using the Utility Programs 12 About Partitioning the Hard Disk Drive 16 TV Connection 18 Connecting to AV Equipments 18 HDMI Cable Connection Behavior 21 Detail View 22 Thumbnail View 24 Using Private Folder 26 Playing Back Media Files 27 About Media Files 27 Using the Remote Control 30 Setup Menu 36 GENERAL SE...

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Page 5: ...ot use an AC adapter other than the one came along with the retail package Any damage caused by unauthorized adapters will avoid warranty Always check that files have been copied to the device successfully Always keep two copies of important files an original and a backup We are not responsible for data loss or damage during file transfer or while store on the device TV screen does not display nor...

Page 6: ...d pull at the indentation to take out the battery unit 2 The battery model of this remote control is CR2025 Refer to the illustration below to insert the battery accurately with the positive terminal facing up see illustration below 3 Place the new battery and make sure it is inserted and seated securely It is recommended to write down the part number on the back of the remote You can use it to pu...

Page 7: ...d 7 AUDIO Switch audio channels 8 Cursor keys 9 ANGLE Switch DVD angles Rotate JPG image 10 SUBTITLE Switch DVD DivX subtitles 11 PLAY Play the current selected file folder 12 DISPLAY Display file properties played time 13 SEARCH Search by Title Time 14 Stop current playback 15 Pause current playback 16 A B Repeat from A to B 17 REPEAT Change the play mode 18 ZOOM Enlarge image 19 SLOW Slow motion...

Page 8: ...The Remote Control 4 22 VOL Volume down ...

Page 9: ...n for about 1 second to turn it off 5 USB 2 0 connector When using USB connection connect the cable here 6 HDMI connector Outputs digital video audio signals with a HDMI cable cable not provided 7 Composite audio video output connector Outputs composite video audio signals with a special cable provided The colors of the jacks are yellow red and white 8 Component video output connector Outputs comp...

Page 10: ...Parts and Functions 6 11 SCART video output connector Outputs video audio signal for European AV equipments equipped with this connector cable not provided ...

Page 11: ...AC adapter 3 Press the Power Switch to turn it on 4 Copy files just like using a USB external HDD You can do it with Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder No additional software is needed How do I play media files on my TV 1 Connect this device to your TV with correct cables 2 Plug the AC adapter into the Power Connector and press the Power Switch to turn it on 3 Press the STANDBY button on the remote...

Page 12: ...oftware Installation 1 Do not connect this device to computer yet 2 Insert the utility CD into computer s optical drive and then the installation window should automatically appear on the screen If the installation window doesn t show up go to My Computer and browse the CD By executing the autorun exe file the installation window will appear 3 Click on Install Driver and Utility and then follow th...

Page 13: ...evice 2 Close all Explorer windows which display the content of this device 3 Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon or on the System Tray and select the drive letter assigned to this device When the system message safely removed appears unplug the USB cable from the computer 4 Press the Power switch for about 1 second until the orange LED is on and then release the switch This device will be turne...

Page 14: ...me specific media file formats For supported media file formats please refer to Playing Back Media Files page 27 This device can play back the following media files DVD movie files DivX Xvid movie files The filename extensions are avi divx xvid DivX Xvid subtitle files The filename extensions are srt sub idx sub smi psb ass ssa VCD files The filename extension is dat MPEG1 MPEG2 files The filename...

Page 15: ...led with some utility for user to transfer the DV file to computer and to encode it into other file format Please use this utility as your first choice If your computer is equipped with a capture card connect DV s AV Out to the capture card s AV In and start capturing the video from the DV To convert the DV file already stored in the computer you can use a convert program such as CyberLink PowerDi...

Page 16: ... Playlists consist of blending video audio and photo files A total 2048 files can be added to a single Playlist Note A Playlist is a m3u file you can also use the m3u file established by other software players such as Windows Media Player or Winamp If you find your Playlist missing during TV operation open it with our Playlist Manager and save it again 1 Connecting this device to computer Click on...

Page 17: ...ce Using Private Folder Manager 1 Connect this device to computer Click on Start All Programs Vista Programs Private Folder Playlist Windows Me 98SE Private Folder Private Folder Manager to launch this utility 2 This utility will automatically detect devices connected to this computer Choose the drive letter you want to setup from the Drive at the top of the utility window if you have mounted more...

Page 18: ...me default as v folder You can also change the name as your wish 2 If you need to display these locked folders during PC operation follow the next paragraph to set them as Public Folders Note You may refer to the TV Connection Using Private Folder section page 26 for more information Setting the Folders as Public Folders 1 Choose the drive if necessary 2 Use cursor to select the folders for the fo...

Page 19: ...right txt with any text editing program 3 Find the FORGOT USER PASSWORD section and then follow the description there to recover your password Do NOT delete rename or edit the v folder and the files in it nor the Mplay sys file in Root folder of this device Or your data stored in v folder will be permanently lost ...

Page 20: ...Initialize Disk to initialize the disk After the initialization of the disk refer to the following steps to create a new partition In Windows 2000 Windows will start up the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard immediately Use this wizard to initialize the hard disk to Basic disk type and then follow the steps to create a new partition 3 To delete an existing partition right click on the drive a...

Page 21: ...o change the current fixed disk drive the default fixed drive set by FDISK is the internal hard disk drive If you do not change it to this device the data of internal hard disk drive will be destroyed If the option 5 does not appear on this screen it means this device is not installed properly please check its installation 6 In Change Current Fixed Disk Drive screen type the disk drive number that...

Page 22: ...ack immediately Note Some TV sets are equipped with DVI input ports which will receive video signals only but these DVI ports use HDMI connectors instead of standard DVI connectors If you find no audio signal output while using HDMI connection connect the Composite Audio Connection or the Coaxial Audio Connection as an auxiliary Composite Audio Video Connection The composite audio video is compati...

Page 23: ...eparate composite and component audio inputs Be sure that you have connected the correct one SCART Video Connection If your TV is equipped with SCART input connect this connector to output the audio video signal SCART cable not provided Coaxial Audio Connection For a high quality digital audio you connect this connector to an AV receiver which equips a digital audio decoder Coaxial cable not provi...

Page 24: ...s ready to use for playback 4 After playback press the STANDBY button again to return to Standby mode 5 If you want to move this device turn off this device by pressing the Power switch until the orange LED is turned on Release the switch and then it will be safe to remove all connections after both LEDs are off When using the remote control point the remote control towards the remote receiver Dur...

Page 25: ...576I 576P component output setting it will automatically switches to 720P when a HDMI cable is connected But when the HDMI cable is connected it will not switch to 720P until the return of Detail View mode 2 Assume a HDMI cable is connected and it automatically switches to 720P from previous settings When the HDMI cable is removed it will not switch back to the previous settings until the return o...

Page 26: ...ons of Detail View Function Remote control buttons Select item Press button to select an item or for previous or next page The highlighted area indicates the selected item You can press 0 9 buttons to select the number of the target file If the selected file is recognizable this device will start playback You CANNOT perform selection by pressing 0 9 button under the ROOT folder It is only reserved...

Page 27: ... that folder Open a folder Press button to open the selected folder Go up a folder level Press button or select to go back to the parental folder Return to ROOT level Press the TITLE button Display information Press the DISPLAY button to display information of the selected file Press PLAY Press PLAY ...

Page 28: ...tions like SETUP TITLE and the DISPLAY are disabled Play Slideshow Pressing the PLAY button on a JPEG file will start the Slideshow display mode The photos will be displayed in series with a fixed interval from the one being played now Press button will play the previous next file You can setup the interval between each slide at SETUP MENU PREFERENCE S S INTERVAL This setup is only available at De...

Page 29: ...isted The Music Slideshow will start automatically 3 In folder play operation the play mode is determined by the first file within If the first file is a graphic file it plays Music Slideshow If the first file is a music file it plays music only 4 If all music files have been played once and the slideshow is not finished yet it will repeat all music files all over again 5 If all photo files have b...

Page 30: ...ons 3 If the password you have entered is correct the hidden Main Locked Folder will display immediately with default name v folder The folder name is designated by the Private Folder Manager utility You can set it up with a new name Hiding Locked Folders 1 In Detail View mode press the TITLE button to go back to the ROOT folder 2 Use 0 9 buttons to enter 4 digits other than the correct password 3...

Page 31: ...able DVD Folder means a folder contains complete DVD movie files This device can directly play back this folder just like playing back a DVD disc To establish a DVD folder on this device just insert the DVD disc into a computer s optical drive and then go to My Computer to browse the disc Copy the entire VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD to this device Some DVD discs can t be copied because they have bee...

Page 32: ...ubtitle has to be named exactly the same filename as the movie file in order to display automatically For text type subtitle files encoded in ANSI code the OSD Language must be set to match the language of the subtitle while the ones encoded in Unicode UCS 2 fashion can be displayed properly regardless of the OSD Language setting UTF 8 subtitles are not supported MPEG 1 A MPEG 1 VCD file The filen...

Page 33: ...he PLAY button This device will play all graphic files in one folder sequentially with a fixed interval Slideshow mode You can configure this functions in SETUP MENU PREFERENCE PAGE S S INTERVAL This device also features Music Slideshow function If a folder contains both JPEG files and music files this device will play Slideshow and music together while performing Slideshow Play It does not suppor...

Page 34: ... the screen press to move it Some DVD will disable the SUBTITLE and AUDIO key function You will need to set up these functions in the DVD Menu by pressing MENU key The ZOOM function will be disabled in 1080I 720P video output mode If the DVD menu behaves incorrectly such as blank screen or repeated segments press button to stop playing and then select the VIDEO_TS file Press A B button to play the...

Page 35: ...ess the SUBTITLE button to change to next subtitle available Please read the following notice concerning the DivX subtitle If the movie file and subtitle file have the same filename the subtitle will be displayed automatically while playing back You can also specify another subtitle file Press button to stop the playback first and then it will go back to the Detail View mode You can select the des...

Page 36: ...he source itself You can set audio output as one of the following three Mono Left Mono Right or Stereo Stop Playback Stops the ongoing playback and goes back to Detail View Stop Pressing button will stop the playback and will go back to Detail View After the playback of and stopped you can do the followings Resume After stopping if you never play another file and the current file is still selected...

Page 37: ...le forward the speed is adjustable Rewind quickly plays a file backward the speed is adjustable Fast forward Press button to adjust speed Rewind Press button to adjust speed Resume Press PLAY button to restore normal speed Adjust speed in sequence 2X 4X 6X 8X Normal Adjust speed in sequence 2X 4X 8X 16X Normal During the fast forward or rewind playback the image may appear discontinuous and sound ...

Page 38: ... to play one single frame at a time Resume Press or PLAY button to restore normal playback Skip Playback Skip forward or backward a segment and then play Skip forward Press button 10 seconds Skip backward Press button 10 seconds Play Mode Plays in a repeat or random fashion Change mode Press REPEAT button to change the mode in sequence REPEAT ONE repeats the current one REPEAT ALL repeats all file...

Page 39: ... The entered value must not exceed the total number of titles or chapters or the will appear to indicate this error Time Searching Plays the movie from a certain time point Display Press SEARCH button press SEARCH 2 times and the screen will display TITLE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Input Press 0 9 buttons to select a desired starting point hh mm ss Play Press PLAY and then the movie will be played from t...

Page 40: ...ying a DVD movie If OFF is selected the subtitle will not be displayed when play back DVD MENU Select the language for the default menu when playing a DVD movie Functions Options Operation of SETUP MENU Press to select the sub menu Press PLAY to enter the sub menu Select EXIT SETUP and press PLAY to exit You can also press SETUP to exit directly Operation of the Sub menu Press to select the functi...

Page 41: ...s function only works if you have selected SPDIF RAW If the movie contains PCM stereo sound after enabling this function and connected to an AV amplifier receiver equipped with a digital audio decoder the audio output will be simulated as multi channel sound OFF No multi channels simulation ON Outputs audio signal with multi channels simulation AUTO Outputs audio signal with multi channels simulat...

Page 42: ...SCART Outputs SCART RGB video signal via the SCART connector COMPONENT OUTPUT will be disabled for not being compatible with it COMPONENT OUTPUT SD INTERLACE When connecting to a TV equipped with Y Cb Cr video input SD PROGRESSIVE When connecting to a TV equipped with Y Pb Pr video input Enabling this option will make VIDEO OUTPUT options disabled 720P When connecting to a TV supports high definit...

Page 43: ... this method to get back to standard NTSC or PAL video output and then configure the video setup correct PREFERENCES SETUP S S INTERVAL This option stands for Slide Show Interval It sets up the interval between two photos when playing photo files ANGLE MARK When playing a multi angle DVD movie a mark will be displayed on screen ON The angle mark will be displayed on the screen for 3 seconds OFF Th...

Page 44: ...SMI PSB DVD Folder DVD Menu Audio Subtitle Angle Selection CONTENT RESOLUTION Video 720 x 576 pixels JPEG 5120 x 3840 pixels baseline MP3 320kbps IDX SUB 480i 576i 480p 576p VIDEO OUTPUT TV NTSC PAL Screen Ratio 4 3 16 9 Component 480i 480p 576i 576p 720p 50 60Hz 1080i 50 60Hz AUDIO OUTPUT Analog Audio Stereo Left mono Right mono Digital Audio Dolby digital 5 1 DTS SECURITY Private Folder Password...

Page 45: ...roperly Battery became depleted Refer to No power section for its solution Point the remote control toward the receiver when in operation Pull out the tab of the battery on the side of remote control Check the battery direction Replace the battery Some folders are not listed in Detail View These folders may be Hidden Encrypted Compressed or System Folder Change the attribute of these folders or cr...

Page 46: ... DVI ports use HDMI connectors instead of standard DVI connectors Check audio connection Increase volume Resume normal playback speed by pressing PLAY button Some TV sets equip with separate composite and component audio inputs Be sure that you have connected the correct one Press AUDIO button on the remote control to select the correct audio channel connect the Composite Audio Connection or the C...

Page 47: ...s incorrectly such as blank screen or repeated segments The DVD Folder lacks some files for this function Press button to stop playing and then select the VIDEO_TS file Press the A B button to play the Main Title directly Files or folders copied into the drive are missing in TV operation but are visible in PC operation the drive in this device is NTFS formatted Disconnecting this device from compu...

Page 48: ...artition with NTFS or FAT32 file system 05 Bad sectors detected 10 15 Please reformat the hard drive when one of these codes occurs Copyright Microsoft Windows and Windows Media Player are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Mac Mac OS and Finder are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are ...

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