Micca EP250 G2, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...r technical support team before contacting the store for assistance email support miccastore com Most common questions and answers regarding this product can be found at the following FAQ http content miccastore com faq Copyright 2009 2011 Micca Ltd All rights reserved This manual may not be reproduced in whole or in part without permission for any purpose other than personal use ...

Page 2: ...V ASF RM RMVB FLV Audio format MP3 OGG WMA WAV AAC FLAC Photo format JPEG BMP GIF TIF PNG Photo slide show with background music 1 1 3 Network Feature A V streaming via Ethernet 10M 100M Wi Fi 802 11b g n optional A V streaming via UPnP Media Server Samba file server for sharing files to other network devices BitTorrent download controlled and managed through web browser 1 1 4 File Copy Supports c...

Page 3: ... power jack When placing the adapter cable make sure it is not damaged or 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 radio interfere...

Page 4: ...ata in the hard disk so that it can be recovered 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 Additional Precautions 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 prod...

Page 5: ...e player on or places it into stand by mode 2 IR Sensor The sensor for receiving remote control commands 3 LCD Display Shows basic player status and current time 4 Status Light A blue light indicates that the player is powered on a red light indicates that the player is in stand by 2 2 Rear Panel The rear panel of the player contains various audio video and data connectors ...

Page 6: ...l digital audio output to a TV or home theater with optical audio input 6 CVBS R L Composite video and analog Left Right audio output to a TV or home theater with analog AV input 7 Y Pb Pr Component video output to a TV or home theater with component video input 8 Power Switch To turn the player on or off Set this switch to On for normal use When not using the player use the remote control to put ...

Page 7: ...24 A B 25 MUSIC 26 AUDIO 27 GOTO 28 VOL 29 NEXT 30 VOL 31 RETURN 32 OK ENTER 33 DISPLAY 34 STOP 35 YELLOW 36 BLUE Button Description POWER Press to power on off the player EJECT Press to stop a storage device for safe removal Press and hold for 2 seconds to eject a DVD ROM drive MUTE Press to mute audio output press again to unmute REC Not Used EPG Not Used TIME SHIFT Not Used A B Press to set rep...

Page 8: ... use and use the TV or home theater receiver to control volume VOL Press to decrease the volume set volume to max during normal use and use the TV or home theater receiver to control volume OPTION Press to view the options menu if available RETURN Press to return to the previous screen when navigation menus Press to exit the current folder when browsing files Navigation Keys Press the arrow button...

Page 9: ...he drive and drive tray for damage do not force the drive tray It s strongly recommended that the player be used to format the internal hard disk drive Refer to 8 1 11 Format for more details 3 1 3 Connecting to a Computer The player can be connected to the PC to transfer files to and from the player s internal hard disk drive at high speeds 1 Plug the small mini 5 pin connector of the USB data ca...

Page 10: ...best method available for connection Results Video Audio Requirement Best HDMI HDMI TV with HDMI input and home theater receiver that can decode Audio over HDMI Better HDMI Digital coaxial or optical TV with HDMI input and home theater receiver with Coaxial or Optical input Good Component Digital coaxial or optical TV with component input and home theater receiver with Coaxial or Optical input Oka...

Page 11: ...l digital audio output can be used 1 Plug one end of the coaxial or Toslink optical cable to the player s digital audio jack 2 Plug the other end of the coaxial or Toslink optical cable to the home theater receiver or sound system s digital audio input jack 3 Consult the receiver or sound system s manual for configuring its inputs 3 2 3 Component Video Connection When using a TV that does not have...

Page 12: ...cted separately such as through digital coaxial optical or analog AV connection 3 2 4 Composite Video and Analog Audio Connection When using a TV that only has composite video input the player s composite video and analog audio output can be used 1 Plug one end of the red white yellow AV cable to the player s AV jacks 2 Plug the other end of the red white yellow AV cable to an available AV input o...

Page 13: ...s LAN jack 2 Plug the other end of the Cat5 5e 6 Ethernet network cable to an available port on a LAN switch router or networked wall plate 3 3 2 Connecting to a Wireless Network When a wired network connection is not available the player can stream A V content through the network by using a Wi Fi USB adapter sold separately 1 Power on the player 2 Plug the Wi Fi USB adapter to one of the USB HOST...

Page 14: ...lace the player into Stand By press the POWER button on the front of the player or on the remote control The red Stand By indicator light will illuminate To turn the player on press the POWER button on the front of the player or on the remote control again 4 2 Initial Setup When turning on the player for the first time it will prompt the user to select the menu language time and wired LAN settings...

Page 15: ... refer to 0 Settings to setup the player for best results The main menu contains a column of menu items on the left and a row of status icons in the middle that shows various connectivity and storage devices currently in use The main menu items have the following functionality Menu Item Description File Manager Browse for media files on hard drives USB drives flash memory cards network folder shar...

Page 16: ...mory cards will be displayed together Internet Access various Internet video music and photo content Availability of content may change and is not guaranteed as content providers may decide to make their content unavailable at any time without notice Bookmark View videos that have been added as bookmarks Setup Access the setup menu to change player settings ...

Page 17: ...yer HDD Browse media files on the internal hard disk drive Network Browse media files on local network folder shares UPnP Browse media files on local UPnP servers CARD Browse media files on a flash memory card inserted into the player s card reader 5 1 Browsing For Media Files After selecting a storage device media files will be displayed in the same folder structure as they are stored Use the dir...

Page 18: ...les as thumbnails on the screen with a partial file name underneath This is useful for browsing photos and movies with associated cover art 5 1 2 List View The list view displays folder and media files as a simple list with the full file name displayed This view loads faster and is suitable for navigating large collections of folders and files ...

Page 19: ...humbnail or video preview 5 2 Browsing Network Folder Shares Select Network from the file manager to browse for media files in local network shared folders On the next screen select WORKGROUP and a list of available host names will be shown Select one of the host names and all available folder shares from that host name will be displayed If the host requires a username and password for accessing a...

Page 20: ...lder for quicker access Shortcuts also allows accessing network devices that only has an IP address and no host name To setup and use network shortcuts select Network from the file manager and select My_Shortcuts on the next screen Press the RED button on the remote control to bring up the shortcuts menu and select Add Next enter the username password and IP address of the host If a username and p...

Page 21: ...and MediaTomb Linux Setup and configuration of an UPnP server is beyond the scope of this manual installation and setup tutorials are available on the Internet for the aforementioned UPnP server software To access UPnP servers select Network from the file manager On the next screen select UPnP and a list of available UPnP servers will be shown Select one of the server names and all available media...

Page 22: ...creen Press the OPTION button on the remote control to bring up the option menu to adjust how movies are displayed Setting Description Search Search for a movie by name An on screen keyboard will be shown Enter the first few letters of a movie select OK and all matching videos in the media library will be shown To see the entire list of movies again open the options menu and select All Movies Thum...

Page 23: ...en Press the OPTION button on the remote control to bring up the option menu to adjust how music files are displayed Setting Description Search Search for a music file by name An on screen keyboard will be shown Enter the first few letters of a file select OK and all matching music files in the media library will be shown To see the entire list of movies again open the options menu and select All ...

Page 24: ...photo by name An on screen keyboard will be shown Enter the first few letters of a file select OK and all matching photos in the media library will be shown To see the entire list of movies again open the options menu and select All Photos Thumbnails All photos in the media library will be shown as thumbnail icons List All photos in the media library will be shown as a list Preview All photos in t...

Page 25: ...to change fast forward speed FAST REWIND Press to fast rewind the current playback Press repeatedly to change fast rewind speed PREV Press to go to the previous chapter Double press to go to the previous video NEXT Press to go to the next chapter Double press to go to the next video REPEAT Press to set repeat option when viewing videos repeat title repeat all and repeat off ZOOM Press to zoom when...

Page 26: ...o file or external subtitle files For external subtitles the subtitle file should be placed in the same folder as the video and have the same name as the video Different language subtitle files can be differentiated in the manner as illustrated below Video file name sita_sings_the_blues mkv English subtitles sita_sings_the_blues eng srt Spanish subtitles sita_sings_the_blues esp srt ...

Page 27: ...s will display correctly with Unicode UTF8 but if a subtitle does not display correctly try one of the other encoding settings Color The color of the subtitle display can be changed for better visibility 7 1 2 Bookmarks When viewing a video press the BOOKMARK button on the remote control to save the vide to the bookmark list This video will be listed in the bookmark list for easy access later To a...

Page 28: ... to shuffle play all songs in the media library 7 3 Viewing Photos While viewing photos the following remote control commands are available Button Description PLAY PAUSE Press to view photo full screen If Slide Show Timing is not set to Off slideshow will start STOP Press to stop viewing photo full screen PREV Press to go to the previous photo NEXT Press to go to the next photo ZOOM When not viewi...

Page 29: ... the transition effect between photos in a slideshow Repeat Off Select to set repeat to off Repeat All Select to repeat all photos in the media library Shuffle Loop Select to shuffle view all photos in the media library Background Music Select to set music for playback as background music during slideshow ...

Page 30: ...ings The system settings menu contains configuration items that determines how the player generally functions 8 1 1 Menu Language The player s user interface and menu system can be presented in a variety of different language settings Note that this setting does not affect the language of audio tracks or subtitles Available settings English Simplified Traditional Chinese Korean Japanese Thai Vietn...

Page 31: ...ting Description Timing Sets the idle time before screen saver is displayed Available values include Off 2 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes Options Changes the screen saver graphics Default The default moving icon will be displayed Photo Album Displays a user created photo album Flickr Displays photos from the user s Flickr account 8 1 6 DLNA DMR Configures the DLNA Digital Media Renderer capability o...

Page 32: ...ny storage devices Choose this option if you do not want to use the media library feature or only want to manually initiate storage scans Resume scan If a previous storage scan was stopped manually select this option to resume the scan 8 1 10 Resume Play This setting configures whether the player will offer to resume playback at the last stop point when the user plays a video that was partially pl...

Page 33: ...here the normal subtitle and audio track controls will always be available using the remote control Setting Description Simple Navigation The player will generate its own BD Lite menu which is a simple menu system for changing subtitles audio tracks and playback chapters Navigation HDMV The player will display any Profile 1 0 menu that s available in the file 8 1 13 Auto Standby Turning on this se...

Page 34: ...acks multi channel audio decoding capabilities RAW Audio is sent without being decoded by the player The TV or home theater receiver must be able to decode the audio Use this setting for best audio quality 8 2 3 SPDIF Output SPDIF Output sets the format of the digital audio carried over the player s SPDIF coaxial or optical outputs Setting Description LPCM Audio is decoded by the player and down m...

Page 35: ...video settings menu contains configuration items that determines how the player s video output capabilities function 8 3 1 Aspect Ratio Aspect Ratio affects how the player will display content on the TV It is very important to set the aspect ratio to match the TV incorrect setting will result in distorted image output Setting Description Pan Scan 4 3 Use with 4 3 non widescreen TVs Widescreen vide...

Page 36: ...isplayed as normal Use this setting unless the TV has severe over scan problems On Videos are displayed slightly zoomed out Use this setting only if the TV has severe over scan problems 8 3 4 1080P 24FPS The player supports output of 1080P 24FPS at native timing This mode provides the best result for when viewing 24FPS movies Setting Description On The player will output 24FPS video at native timi...

Page 37: ... s only 8 4 2 Wireless Setup The player can use the Micca Wi Fi USB adapter sold separately to connect to a WLAN Note A V streaming performance over WLAN is highly dependent on location distance to router the number of floors and walls in the signal path other 2 4GHz devices in the area and other such variables that differ on a case by case basis It may be difficult to reliably stream HD quality 7...

Page 38: ...screen keyboard Highlight the OK key on the keyboard and press ENTER on the remote control when finished 5 If the WPA WEP key was entered correctly the player will receive an IP address and connection settings from the access point router These settings will be displayed on the screen press the OK ENTER key on the remote control to continue 6 Once the WLAN setup has been completed successfully pre...

Page 39: ...e must be installed to use this feature Turn this setting on only when FTP will be used Turn it off when finished to reduce processor load This function is for expert users only and can potentially corrupt the player s firmware if used incorrectly requiring a firmware re flash in recovery mode The FTP connection parameters are as follows HOST IP address of the player USER root PASSWORD 123 8 4 5 T...

Page 40: ...his player 8 4 8 BT SAMBA Security This setting controls whether a username and password will be required to access the default BT and SAMBA service of the player The login credentials are USERNAME admin PASSWORD 123 8 5 MISC Settings The MISC settings menu contains items for player information and firmware update 8 5 1 Version Info This setting displays the current firmware version information 8 ...

Page 41: ...ngs menu contains configuration items that should be left at default for most users but are made available for expert users who wish to further customize the player s settings 8 6 1 Subtitle Encoding Detection When this setting is turned on the player will automatically detect the text encoding for the subtitle When turned off the player will only use the subtitle text encoding selected by the use...

Page 42: ...Romanian Polish 8 6 5 Startup Auto Play This setting can be used to configure the player for automatic playback of media files when the player is powered on The player will look for a specifically named folder on the USB drive to look for media files to playback Setting Description Off The player will not play automatically when powered on Videos The player will automatically play all video files ...

Page 43: ... file or folder the user will be prompted to select the destination location Delete Delete the highlighted file or folder Move Move the highlighted file or folder the user will be prompted to select the destination location Rename Rename the highlighted file or folder Edit Playlist If the highlighted file is a M3U playlist file it can be edited by selecting this option such as for deleting or addi...

Page 44: ...enu the following remote control commands are available Button Description UP DOWN Move the cursor to highlight files or folders LEFT RIGHT Switch between the left or right boxes of the menu OK ENTER Enter the highlighted folder to exit from the current folder highlight the folder at the top DO NOT press the RETURN button PREV NEXT Go to previous or next page PLAY PAUSE Add or remove the current f...

Page 45: ...the user will be prompted to select the destination location Save Playlist If the list of files or folders contains music files they can be added together into a new playlist The user will be prompted to enter a name for the playlist Save Photo Album If the list of files or folders contains photos they can be added together into a new photo album The user will be prompted to enter a name for the a...

Page 46: ... providers their policy state of their equipment and their network interface There are no guarantees that the Internet media content provider links will play or will continue to play in the future This part of the player s capability is provide as is without any guarantee Information in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable but Micca Ltd assumes no responsibility for its use nor for ...