Shenzhen Tomacro IimHD 310s, User Manual

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Page 2: ... occur z The player might be interfered by the radio wave of mobile phone while using If the interference is obvious please keep the mobile phone away from the player z Please read the instructions and methods of operation in the manual Keep this manual well for future references Placement Put the player on even surface away from the sunlit sunlight high temperature high humidity or frequent vibra...

Page 3: ...o not plug in or unplug with wet hands Otherwise it might cause electric shock Unplug the player when thundering or long unused to avoid damages from thunder and electric fluctuations efficiently Heat sources The player should be kept away from heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves and other heat producers including amplifiers Water and Moisture Do not use the player near water such...

Page 4: ...esticide contains combustible gas that might cause fire if it enters the player Cleaning Unplug the electric pin of AC supply before cleaning Do not use any liquid cleaning solvent or aerosol detergent Use soft damp cloth for cleaning When cleaning the stains difficult to clean immerse the soft cloth with liquid detergent and wring out the cloth before cleaning Then wipe the device dry with soft d...

Page 5: ... objects have fallen into the player d If the player has been exposed to rain or water e If the player does not operate normally under correct operation Adjust the buttons specified in the manual as an improper adjustment of other buttons may result in damage It often requires extensive work by even a qualified technician to restore the player to its normal operation f If the player has been dropp...

Page 6: ...1 Chapter 4 limHD310s Internal HDD Installation 12 4 1 Install the Internal HDD 12 4 2 Format the Internal HDD 14 4 3 Transfer files to Internal HDD 15 Chapter 5 Installation and Connection 16 5 1 Power Supply Jack DC12V 16 5 2 USB 2 0 Device Connection 16 5 3 USB 2 0 Host Connection 16 5 4 10 100M Ethernet Connection RJ45 17 5 5 A V interfaces 17 5 5 1 Video connection 17 5 5 2 Audio connection 1...

Page 7: ...34 9 3 2 TV Shape 35 9 3 3 Network Setup 35 9 3 4 Restore to the Default Settings 38 9 3 5 Firmware Upgrade 39 9 3 6 Language Preference 40 Chapter 10 limHD310s Media Playback 41 10 1 Play Video Files 41 10 2 Play Music Files 42 10 3 Browse the Photo Files 44 ...

Page 8: ...o watch segmental High Definition videos completely as easy as a whole DVD When one of the videos finishes playing It will play the next segmental video automatically and easily 3 Menu and subtitles display in Vector font which is smoother and sharper than Dot Matrix Font And both the font and the font size can be changed according to your favor 4 Support H 264 VC 1 Video decoding As H 264 coded v...

Page 9: ...ideos in network or VOD HDMI1 3 with embedded digital AV signals VGA YpbPr RGBHV S Video Output standards definition PAL NTSC analog video signal Composite Video output PAL NTSC analog video Coaxial SPDIF output 5 1channels digital audio Optical SPDIF output 5 1channels digital audio A V Ports Analog stereo audio Audio R L 24bit 192khz Sampling Rate DAC support Dolby ProLogic and ProLogic II 2 2 D...

Page 10: ...tion WMV wmv asf Audios WAV MP3 MP2 MPA AAC Advanced Audio Coding WMA OGG RPCM Photos JPG BMP GIF PNG 2 4 Subtitle Support srt subtitles and more other formats by future Firmware update 2 5 Multi language Supported Support Chinese Simplified Traditional English Rumanian French German Italian More can be supported by Firmware update 2 6 Firmware Upgrade Supported Firmware update can be done in Syst...

Page 11: ... Video Output Mode you prefer Press to save the settings 3 3 Refresh when changing USB devices When limHD310s is working normally and you need to change USB devices such as Disc changing of USB DVD DRIVE Press to unmount the USB DVD drive then change the disc External USB HDD changing Other USB storage devices please go back to the main menu press or press move the cursor to icon and press OK limH...

Page 12: ...nitializing and enter the main menu to operate and enjoy your time of high definition 3 6 Recommended shutdown procedures z Stop playing the media files Do not power off while playing the media files doing so might damage your HDD or player itself z Press on the remote control or to go back to main Menu z If you have connected limHD310s to USB CD DVD drive press to UNMOUNT then take out the disc z...

Page 13: ...ormat Please refer to the technical specifications provided by HDD manufacturer for more details 4 1 Install the Internal HDD Follow the steps below to install your SATA HDD Step 1 Place limHD310s in a place convenient for HDD installation Step 2 Open the HDD cabin Step 3 Pull the cabin gate out to the maximum position ...

Page 14: ...ke sure that the power connector and data cable connector of your HDD are inserted to the corresponding connectors inside the cabin of limHD310s properly Step 5 Slide the SATA HDD into the HDD cabin Step 6 Push the SATA HDD completely into the cabin and close the gate ...

Page 15: ...supply near your computer Step 2 Press power button on the front panel if the power signal is not lighted Step 3 Wait for normal display of on VFD Step 4 Connect limHD310s to PC through USB device by USB cable Step 5 when on VFD lighted it indicates the computer has identified the limHD310s internal HDD Step 6 Partition and format the HDD according to your operating system and instructions recomme...

Page 16: ...as Master 2 limHD310s supports FAT32 and NTFS NTFS is recommended as FAT32 only supports files size 4GB maximum 4 3 Transfer files to Internal HDD Connect limHD310s to PC by USB cable as mentioned in 4 2 Copy and paste files between limHD310s and PC as if data transferred between 2 HDDs of PC itself ...

Page 17: ...the 12VDC output of adapter to the player Step 4 Turn on the power You will notice that the green LED of the Adaptor is lightened If the VFD light goes off please press the power button on top of limHD310s 5 2 USB 2 0 Device Connection Through the USB 2 0 Device limHD310s along with its internal HDD can be connected to PC when it acts as an external USB 2 0 Hard Drive and all contents inside can b...

Page 18: ...gressive scanning resolution which realizes real pixel to pixel video output 1080p videos are needed in this case Please choose appropriate video outputs resolutions and connecting cables according to the displays used The following table is for your references Video Output Highest Resolution Supported Signals HDMI 1080p Digital signals DVI 1080p Digital signals VGA 1920x1200 Analog signals YPbPr ...

Page 19: ...ated into tricolor R red G green B blue with Horizontal sync and Vertical sync You can connect limHD310s to VGA display device by VGA cable or VGA RGBHV cable if your display devices have separate R G B H Horizontal synchronization V Vertical synchronization plug 4 High definition component video YPbPr Use VGA connector for this connection One VGA YPbPr connector is required included in the access...

Page 20: ...o is a standard yellow RCA plug which is the most commonly used so far Composite Video composite by Y C is a kind of video signal that supports low quality image Generally the resolution can only reach to 350 450 scan lines and therefore is not recommended 5 5 2 Audio connection There are analog stereo and digital stereo Please choose appropriate audio outputs The following table is for your refer...

Page 21: ...al coaxial cable with RCA jacks or optical fiber TOSLINK Audio sound quality from Coaxial SPDIF is better because coaxial cable has stable impedance while optical fiber has serious time base jitter giving its outputted audio sound an obvious digital sense though the sound is clearer with less noises 3 Analog L R Output Analog audio has 2 channels It supports Dolby Pro Logic and Pro Logic II coding...

Page 22: ...l storage device at the same time only one of the lights is on When the light is on internal HDD is selected Left When the light is on USB device 1 is selected Right When the light is on USB device 2 is selected When this light is on LAN is selected 3 Media Playback It indicates the state of media files playback Play Pause Stop Repeat mode repeat track all 4 Media Playback Rotation inaction of the...

Page 23: ...ows vertical resolution as below 6 Elapsed time When playing movies or music the VFD shows the elapsed time You can also press INFO button to display elapsed time 7 PC Connection It indicates the state of PC connection Off unconnected to PC On connected to PC 8 Movie Playback The light indicates that limHD310s is playing movies 9 Music Playback The light indicates that limHD310s is playing music 1...

Page 24: ...23 Chapter 7 Remote Control of limHD310s Remote control is convenient for your operation Please read this chapter carefully to get a full knowledge of the remote control buttons ...

Page 25: ...f battery refer to marks of and z Neither dissect short circuit heat or charge the battery nor throw it into fire z Do not leave the waste or run out battery in the remote control z Do not mix use different or new and old batteries z Take out the battery if you do not use the remote control for a long time or it will cause battery leak and erosion z Please change all the batteries if the remote co...

Page 26: ...your display devices which may cause your device display abnormally In such circumstances please press VIDEO MODE button until it has a normal display Then press SETUP to adjust the video output mode press EXIT to save the settings SYSTEM SETUP Press this button to enter system setup DISPLAY CONTROL Press SETUP button to adjust Brightness Contrast Saturation during movie playback MOVIE PLAYBACK It...

Page 27: ...W8x REW16x REW32x FWD While playing MOVIE or MUSIC files press it to forward the playback Press it again to alter the speed FWD8x FWD16x FWD32x PREV Press this button to play the previous media files or go to the previous page in file browse mode equal to PAGE UP button NEXT Press this button to play the next media files or go to the next page in file browse mode equal to PAGE DOWN button PLAY PAU...

Page 28: ...LEAR REPEAT TRACK repeat the playing file and REPEAT ALL repeat all the files at the current directory UNMOUNT CD DVD DRIVE In the menu mode press it to unmount the CD DVD ROM then you can open the CD DVD ROM cabin to take out the disc Note Along with Firmware upgrade some button functions of remote control might have been changed So please pay close attention to the related firmware version descr...

Page 29: ...cal agent to replace a new remote control Same as on the remote control OK Exit button same as on the remote control Setup button same as on the remote control Video button same as on the remote control Func button same as on the remote control Notes Along with Firmware upgrade some button functions might have been changed So please pay close attention to the related FW version descriptions when u...

Page 30: ...to use and on the remote control to operate the menu Any time you want to exit this Setup menu and back to the Main menu you only need to press again or just press 9 1 Audio Setup After entering Setup Menu please navigate to audio icon and then press on remote control for audio setup 9 1 1 Audio output SPDIF audio setup has 2 options DPCM and Encoded Digital z DPCM Differential Pulse Code Modulati...

Page 31: ...ital streams later will be decoded by the outer decoders AV receivers amplifiers Note This option has no effects to the Analog Audio Output 9 1 2 Speakers Out Please select 2 or 5 1 channels according to audio equipment you have 9 2 Video Setup After entering Setup Menu Press button on the remote control to highlight the Video setting icon ...

Page 32: ...ut RGBHV analog video signal HDMI Output pure digital video signal with embedded digital audio signal SD Output standard definition analog video signals with S Video or Composite Video Interface HD YPbPr Output analog component video signal with VGA YPbPr conversion connector 9 2 1 VGA If you are using VGA as Active Output please select the proper resolution settings according to your display devi...

Page 33: ...900x60 1440x900 Progressive Scanning Vertical Scanning Frequency 60Hz 1920x1200x60 1920x1200 Progressive Scanning Vertical Scanning Frequency 60Hz 9 2 2 HDMI If you are using HDMI please select proper resolution settings according to your display device instructions The highest HDMI output Resolution 1080p 1920x1080 Progressive Scan Auto EDID Extended Display Identification Data limHD310s automati...

Page 34: ...with your video connection 9 2 4 HD YPbPr If you select HD YPbPr please connect the display device to your limHD310s by YPbPr cable with the VGA YPbPr conversion connector following the display device instructions Resolutions supported by HD YPbPr output are 480p 720x480 Progressive Scanning 720p 1280x720 Progressive Scanning 1080i 1920x1080 Interlace Scanning ...

Page 35: ...ring Setup Menu Press button to highlight the Video setting icon 9 3 1 TV Standard Please navigate to TV Standard and then select NTSC or PAL according to the standard of your display devices TV etc and then press button to confirm ...

Page 36: ...o length width according to your display screen then press button to confirm Normally ratio 16 9 is for widescreen TV and ratio 4 3 is for non widescreen TV 9 3 3 Network Setup Please navigate to Network and setup Samba if you are windows user or NFS if you are Linux user ...

Page 37: ...Double click Users Double click Guest The Guest Properties window appears Confirm that no checkmark appears in the box next to Account is Disabled If there is a checkmark click the box and the checkmark will disappear Click OK to save the change and close the Guest Properties window To confirm the change look for the Guest Account icon in the Computer Management window the small x on it disappears...

Page 38: ...th read write permissions home user nfs is also named as server export shared directory Parameters in the blanket are described as below rw read write access permissions ro read only sync synchronous write in cache memory and Disk you can also use async in the case of using async data will be stored temporarily in cache memory rather than written in the disk immediately no_root_squash user propert...

Page 39: ... Path by selecting Back on the screen Input the IP address and path by selecting numbers or letters using UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT buttons Press enter to confirm and exit Choose Networkpath Static IP to set your IP address of your limHD310s or Networkpath DHCP to get an IP address automatically Go back to main menu by pressing EXIT button reboot the system Choose NETWORK NFS on the main screen then you ...

Page 40: ...will be finished in about 5 minutes when the display is turned black please restart limHD310s z Safe Recovery In the future upgrade process if upgrade failed due to power fault or other unexpected factors you can recover your limHD310s by the following step 1 Download and decompress the latest firmware Copy update bin to U Disk and connect U Disk with limHD310s 2 Press Setup button on the front pa...

Page 41: ...rench Dutch Italian etc Please navigate to Language selection in System Setup menu press to the option column including all languages supported select one you preferred and then press to confirm The selected language is enabled immediately go back to main menu by pressing EXIT ...

Page 42: ...ivx HD Xvid HD etc Standard definition MPEG 1 2 4 DivX XviD DVD files ISO IFO VOB INFO Screen When playing videos you can press INFO button to pop up a transparent window showing information of File Name File Size length Elapsed time and Play Mode The window shows as below Video Playback Control 1 Press to play pause press to stop 2 Press or to forward and rewind 3 Press or to jump to next previou...

Page 43: ...s 5 Press and to zoom in out the image 6 Press to setup subtitle setting time search etc 7 Press to show the information of playing video 8 Press to select Repeat Mode 10 2 Play Music Files Audio Formats Supported limHD310s mainly supports Lossless format WAV Lossy format MP3 OGG Ogg Vorbis WMA Windows Media Audio AAC Lossy audios such as mp3 removes sounds difficult for human to catch or even ina...

Page 44: ...Size Elapsed time already played time format hh mm ss Length whole length format hh mm ss Repeat Mode Music Playback Control 1 Press to play pause press to stop 2 Press and to forward rewind 3 Press and to skip to next previous music file 4 Press and to change volume press off on the sound 5 Press to select Repeat Mode ...

Page 45: ...otos INFO Screen While browsing the photos we can also press INFO button to know relative information about the photos Photo Browse Control 1 Press and to jump to next previous photos 2 Press and to zoom in out photos press to rotate photos 3 Press to show photo information 4 Press to pop up FUNC menu You can set up such as Slide Show ...