Macpower & Tytech P7-3500, User Manual

Page 1: ...5 SATA Hard Drives User Manual Firmware 20080515_MPT_35_00 Date May 22 2008 Version v1 1 The diagrams and images contained in this manual may not fully represent the product that you are using and are there for illustration purposes only ...

Page 2: ...1 6 QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE 5 2 SYSTEM SETUP 6 2 1 TV CONNECTION 6 2 2 USB CONNECTION 7 2 2 1 Formatting 8 2 2 2 Safe Removal 9 3 TV PLAYBACK 10 3 1 THE REMOTE CONTROL 10 3 2 BUTTONS ON MEDIA PLAYER 10 3 3 KEY FUNCTIONS 11 3 4 MENU FUNCTIONS 12 3 4 1 Main Screen 12 3 4 2 Device Selection 12 3 4 3 Photo Browser 13 3 4 4 Photo Playback 14 3 4 5 Music Browser 15 3 4 6 Music Playback 16 3 4 7 Video B...

Page 3: ...ckage Contents P7 3500 Media Player Power Adapter Input 100 240V Output 12V 2A Infrared remote control USB 2 0 cable Composite RCA AV cable and SCART adapter Manual Note Package contents may vary depending on vendor model 1 2 System Requirements Computer with USB connection for setup and file transfer TV set with Composite S Video or Component video and audio input 1 2 1 Supported Operating System...

Page 4: ...seline and progressive Motion JPEG 15 30fps 1 3 7 Media Cards SD MMC MS MS Pro The P7 3500 is not designed or intended to and may not be used to violate any copyrights or other IP Intellectual Property rights Each user of the P7 3500 may only use it in connection with materials legally owned by or licensed to the user and only extend such ownership or license rights that will permit such use MS DO...

Page 5: ...nnector for external USB drives 2 Card reader slot for SD MMC MS MS Pro cards 3 Key pad for basic navigation and controls without remote control 4 ON OFF power switch 5 Infrared receiver for remote control signal 1 4 2 Rear View Z X Y 1 Fan 2 Composite video component video analogue audio output 3 S Video output 4 USB 2 0 High Speed connection 5 Power receptacle Page 3 Chapter 1 Introduction ...

Page 6: ...os directly from its hard drive attached USB drives or even from media cards 1 5 2 USB Drive With its USB 2 0 High Speed connection the P7 3500 can be used as standard mass storage class device Easily store new media files on the P7 3500 transfer files between different computers and platforms expand your storage capacity or use it to backup your data in case of data loss Page 4 Chapter 1 Introduc...

Page 7: ...ding on your Operating System you might need a 3rd party application to format the drive 3 Copy your media files to the hard drive Create subfolders according to your requirements or simply store all files in the root directory 4 Use the safe removal process to eject the drive turn off the power and then disconnect the USB cable 5 Connect the AV cables to your TV and turn on the power 6 Use the re...

Page 8: ...nect the P7 3500 to your TV set NTSC or PAL using the included AV cable 2 Make sure the USB cable has been disconnected 3 Plug in the power supply 4 Turn it on by pressing the power button on the P7 3500 or the remote control 5 Use the remote control to access the files on your TV screen Following are the available audio video outputs for the P7 3500 media player 1 YPbPr Component YPbPr video 2 L ...

Page 9: ... computer 3 Plug in the power supply if not already connected 4 Turn on the power using the power switch on the P7 3500 5 Wait for the system to mount the drive 6 It will automatically show up on your desktop Mac or under My Computer PC as external hard disk in which you then can copy any file s you want music movies pictures and or data 7 When finished close all open folders or applications that ...

Page 10: ...ble to display the files on the TV Windows Use the disk management program or 3rd party software to format the drive Right click on My Computer and choose Manage Select Disk Management Choose your external drive and right click on it for further commands new volume Follow the partition wizard to set up the drive and format it using FAT32 or NTFS Mac Use the disk utility or 3rd party software to fo...

Page 11: ... select the device in the list and then press Stop Click OK on the next dialogue box The operating system will automatically stop the device and inform you for its safe removal If you are using the hard drive e g you are working on a Word document or a picture located in its disk the operating system will notify you that it is unable to remove the device If that s the case close all the applicatio...

Page 12: ...s video output Repeat Setup Transition Effects photo slideshow Subtitle Angle Slideshow with Music Pause Audio EQ Zoom Stop Next Track Rotate Reverse Previous Track Fast Forward 3 2 Buttons on Media Player The P7 3500 media player has five buttons on the front allowing the user to access and play the files without the remote control To make use of all the functions this media player offers the rem...

Page 13: ...h time the button is pressed Changes to different video output mode each time the button is pressed Transition Effects N A Changes between 14 different transition effects each time the button is pressed photo mode only Repeat N A To select the repeat mode VOD only Angle N A Selects camera angle VOD only Subtitle N A To turn on or change in between subtitles Audio EQ Turns equalizer On Off music mo...

Page 14: ...our computer Setup opens setup menu Device allows you to choose between different devices Note Please see the following paragraphs for a more detailed description of the individual menus 3 4 2 Device Selection When additional devices such as USB drives or media cards are connected the media player will offer a selection for the user to choose the device This selection will automatically show up wh...

Page 15: ...elected image 4 File number with total amount of images 5 Current device e g HDD hard drive At the bottom of the screen the so called action buttons provide access to all the relevant functions for this mode When the first image on the page is highlighted press the LEFT arrow key to access those buttons and the Enter key to select the function Press the UP arrow key to go back to the file library ...

Page 16: ...se each time this button is pressed 5 Zoom mode turns on the zoom mode 6 File info toggles the file info on top of the screen On or Off 7 Returns to previous menu X Y Z 1 Zoom press Enter to zoom in and out of the image 2 Pan mode press Enter to select and then use the arrow keys to pan 3 Returns to previous menu Instead of using the context menu there are certain shortcut keys on the remote contr...

Page 17: ...5 File number with total amount of songs 6 Current device e g HDD hard drive At the bottom of the screen the so called action buttons provide access to all the relevant functions for this mode Press the LEFT arrow key to access those buttons and the Enter key to select the function Press the UP arrow key to go back to the file library X Y Z 1 Next Page File 2 Previous Page File 3 Music Photo slide...

Page 18: ...ssic Jazz Rock Pops Ballad Dance Instead of using the context menu there are certain shortcut keys on the remote control for easy access to the most common commands Vol Vol increases or decreases volume Mute mutes audio sound Play Pause to pause and resume playback Audio EQ changes in between the different equalizer presets Slideshow with Music starts image slideshow with background music Note For...

Page 19: ...ant functions for this mode Press the LEFT arrow key to access those buttons and the Enter key to select the function Press the UP arrow key to go back to the file library X Y Z 1 Next Page File 2 Previous Page File 3 Repeat mode changes between three different modes 4 Preview mode toggles between the file library view and preview with thumbnails 5 Returns to previous menu Repeat Modes Plays all f...

Page 20: ...f using the context menu there are certain shortcut keys on the remote control for easy access to the most common commands UP DOWN shows or hides the context menu Play Pause to pause and resume playback FF REV fast forward or reverse NEXT PREVIOUS next or previous chapter video Angle selects camera angle VOD only Subtitle selects different subtitle or turns subtitle On Off Audio EQ select differen...

Page 21: ...older 4 Current device e g HDD hard drive At the bottom of the screen the so called action buttons provide access to all the relevant functions for this mode Press the LEFT arrow key to access those buttons and the Enter key to select the function Press the UP arrow key to go back to the file library X Y Z 1 Next Page File 2 Previous Page File 3 Preview mode toggles between the standard library an...

Page 22: ...FO and VOB files are stored in the VIDEO_TS folder 2 Use the file browser and access the VIDEO_TS folder 3 Press the LEFT arrow key to access the action buttons 4 Select the DVD button and press the Play Enter key to start playback Note Do not change the VIDEO_TS folder name or DVD playback will not work Tip Press the Home button during playback to return to the DVD title menu Page 20 Chapter 3 TV...

Page 23: ...destination before copying files 2 Copy File starts to copy the selected file to the destination 3 Delete File erases the selected file To delete a file simply highlight the image song or video that you would like to remove and then select Delete from the action buttons A popup message will ask you to confirm by selecting Yes or No To copy files set a destination first and then select the file to ...

Page 24: ...pty As an example Copy to ROOT 4 Select the file you want to copy 5 Go back to the action buttons select Copy and press the Enter key to copy the file When done it will show Copy Done Note The file editing function and the 3 additional action buttons are not available when the hard drive is formatted using the NTFS file system Page 22 Chapter 3 TV Playback ...

Page 25: ...turn to the main page and then select Exit Setup to save the new settings and exit the setup menu 3 5 1 Photo Setup The settings found in the photo setup section will affect the playback and display of images and how the photos are presented in the photo mode Thumbnail Digest On slower but shows high quality preview using original image dimensions Best Fit thumbnail size will be identical regardle...

Page 26: ...conds the image will be displayed for 3 seconds and then it will show the next The available presets are 1 3 5 and 10 seconds Transition Select one of the presets for the transition effects to be used for image slideshows Choose Random if you prefer a different transition effect every time the image changes The 14 presets include following Full Screen Top to Bottom or Bottom to Top Top Bottom to C...

Page 27: ...posite connection on PAL 480p NTSC Component YPbPr on NTSC 576p PAL Component YPbPr on PAL 720p Component YPbPr Video Full Screen Wide 16 9 select this if you are using a 16 9 wide screen TV display Normal 4 3 select this if you are using a standard 4 3 TV display Subtitles On enables the external text subtitles if they are stored in the same location with the same file name as the video Off disab...

Page 28: ... include all the remaining options for the P7 3500 media player OSD Language Select your preferred menu language The available languages are English Traditional Chinese Information Row On turns on the file info which is displayed at the top of the screen during playback Off disables the file info Note The file info can also be turned on or off by using the context menu during playback Page 26 Chap...

Page 29: ...to be copied or deleted Off file editing is disabled Note This only works in the file mode and for FAT32 formatted drives File Sorting A to Z sorts the files according to the file name starting from A Z to A sorts the files according to the file name starting from Z Recent Date sorts the files according to the file date starting with the most recent Oldest Date sorts the files according to the fil...

Page 30: ...tarts to playback all images and video clips when the media player is turned on Note If an external device is connected it will wait for user input at the device selection screen and does not start to playback automatically Setup Values Select Default and press the Enter key to reset all settings back to the original factory setup This is recommended after a firmware upgrade or if some of the func...

Page 31: ...sh Traditional Chinese Composite RCA left audio RCA right audio RCA S Video Mini DIN Component YPbPr video 3 RCA left audio RCA right audio RCA Output Ports USB 2 0 High Speed USB 2 0 Full Speed for mass storage class devices using FAT12 FAT16 or FAT32 Input Ports SD MMC MS MS Pro card reader Storage Capacity Single 3 5 SATA hard drive File Systems Supported FAT32 and NTFS up to 3 partitions Power...

Page 32: ...ors closed Locations with very high temperature more than 38 C or humidity more than 90 Very dusty or sandy locations Locations subject to vibration shock or with a sloping base Electricity and power plug Careful attention must be paid to the following points in order to avoid operational faults with the equipment and to prevent electric shock fire and or injury When removing the power cable from ...

Page 33: ... store them in the same directory as the video and use the same file name In the setup menu go to Video Setup turn on the subtitle function and select the corresponding language Only SRT subtitles are supported Q Playback of HD High Definition files A This device does only support playback of MPEG 4 video files up to 720p Q How to get the best video quality A From best to worst in regards to the v...

Page 34: ...ty of the user and under no circumstances will the manufacturer be held liable for compensation or the recovery of this data 4 6 About this Manual This manual was written using the model P7 3500 and the firmware version 20080515_MPT_35_00 Images and descriptions may slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have Copyright 2008 by Macpower Tytech Technology Co Ltd all Rights Rese...