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Limited Warranty Statement 

MV3800 MyMovee HD Media Recorder 

Warranty Duration 

Hardware: 3 years Limited Warranty 

 

Hardware Limited Warranty 

Universal Tech warrants that the product that you have purchased from Universal Tech is free from 
defects in materials or workmanship under normal use during the Limited Warranty Period. The Limited 
Warranty Period starts on the date of purchase. Your dated sales or delivery receipt showing the date of 
purchase is your proof of purchase date. 

Limitation of Liability 

If your UT hardware product fails to work as warranted above, UT’s maximum liability under this limited 
warranty is expressly limited to the lesser of the price you have paid for the product or the cost of repair 
or replacement of any hardware components that malfunction in conditions of normal use. 

 

Exclusion

Universal Tech does not warrant that the operation of the product will be uninterrupted or error-free. UT 
is not responsible for damage that occurs as a result of your failure to follow the instructions intended for 
the product. This Limited Warranty does not apply to product under the following circumstances: 

 

serial number has been removed 

 

product enclosure has been opened 

 

product has been damaged or defective due to  

a) transportation,  

b) accident, misuse, abuse, water, fire, lightning or other acts of nature,  

c) improper or inadequate site maintenance,  

d) normal wear and tear,  

e) software not supplied by UT. 

 

ENSURE THAT YOUR DATA IS BACKED UP PERIODICALLY. UT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE OR 
LOSS OF DATA, AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOVERY OF PROGRAMS OR DATA OTHER THAN THE 
SOFTWARE SUPPLIED BY UT WHEN THE PRODUCT IS MANUFACTURED. 

 

Summary of Contents for MyMovee MV3800

Page 1: ...MV3800 MyMovee HD Media Recorder User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...small speakers of their computer system With MV3800 users can simply play the digital content directly from the pre assembled internal HDD up to 2TB or from USB external storage device in the comfort of their living room or bedroom They are free from struggling with burning media files onto DVDs or connecting the computer to the TV MV3800 also has recording feature of TV shows from the Cable or Sa...

Page 3: ... AC3 Audio Out Stereo Dolby Digital AC3 5 1 passthrough downmix to stereo Dolby Digital Plus passthrough DTS passthrough downmix to stereo DTS HD Master Audio passthrough core stream downmix to stereo DTS HD High Resolution Audio passthrough core stream downmix to stereo FLAC 7 1 passthrough downmix to stereo Photo JPG JPEG BMP GIF TIFF Music Slideshow Zoom and Transition Web Service Youtube Youku...

Page 4: ...JPEG BMP GIF TIF PNG Photo slide show with background music DVB T TV supports Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial DVB T TV reception supports Electronic Program Guide EPG Teletext and subtitle Video Recording supports one button recording and scheduled recording can easily record programs from DVB T TV DVD player DV etc and save as MPEG 2 mpg or ts format supports time shifting function Network...

Page 5: ...s player could accept some interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Repair If the player has a problem you should take it to an appointed repair center and let the specialists do the repair never repair the player yourself you might damage the player or endanger yourself or your data Disposing of the Player When you dispose of the player be sure to dispose it...

Page 6: ...e player or change the design of the player any damage done will not be included in the repair policy Do not press the buttons of the player too hard Avoid hitting the player with hard object avoid shaking the player and stay away from magnetic fields During electrostatic discharge and the strong electromagnetic field the product will malfunction then unplug the power cable and the product will re...

Page 7: ... Plug in the rectangular connector of the USB cable to computer In this way you can manage content on the built in HDD of the player on your local PC Connecting a USB Device Make sure the player is powered on Plug in the USB stick or USB HDD etc to the USB HOST port of this player In this way you can browse contents on the USB device ...

Page 8: ...lowing the arrow pointer in the picture In this way you can browse contents on the memory card Connecting to a TV A V IN Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player s A V IN jack Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the A V OUT jack of the TV IPTV Set Top Box STB In this way you can record TV programs from the TV IPTV Set Top Box ...

Page 9: ... devices Y Pb Pr Component OUT Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player s Y Pb Pr jack 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 output from the A V OUT jack Second method use the audio output from the S PDIF Coaxial or Optical jack In this way you can also enjoy ...

Page 10: ...low the picture and plug the other connector on your HDMI cable to the TV s HDMI jack Note The HDMI cable is an optional accessory sold separately In this way you can have the highest quality video and audio via a single cable ANT RF IN Follow the picture and plug a TV Aerial to the ANT RF IN socket ...

Page 11: ...atch the TV programs with another TV receiver while recording Connecting to an Digital Amplifier 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 Follow the picture and plug in the other connector on your coaxial cable ...

Page 12: ...of the crystal plugs on the cable to the player s RJ45 LAN socket Connect the other crystal plug on the cable to a RJ45 LAN port on your router switch or hub devices Connecting to a WLAN Make sure the player is powered on Plug the Wireless LAN USB Adapter i e Wi Fi USB Dongle to the USB HOST port of the player Note The Wi Fi Dongle is an optional accessory sold separately Please refer to Changing ...

Page 13: ...indicator will turn red Then unplug the power cord to cut off the power supply Menu Language The system language of this player can be set to English or other languages Change the language you wish in the setup menu the selected language will take effect immediately HDD Format For users who wish to install a new SATA HDD into the player please refer to the following procedures to format the hard d...

Page 14: ...ght button to select Next and the enter button to confirm Step 3 Select Format press ENTER and then hard disk format will start The formatting procedure will be finished within a few minutes And then you can use the hard disk properly on the player Note HDD format will remove all data stored on the hard disk drive Please take care and backup your data in advance ...

Page 15: ...Press to set repeat option One All and Shuffle 6 FR Press to fast rewind the current playback Press repeatedly to select speeds 7 FF Press to fast forward the current playback Press repeatedly to select speeds 8 PLAY PAUSE Press to begin pause the playback 9 HOME Press to enter the home screen 10 Navigational buttons Press the arrow buttons to select menu options and the ENTER button to confirm 11...

Page 16: ...240 MIN Off 20 COPY Press to enter the file copy menu 21 MUSIC Press to start playing music in the music playlist 22 INFO Press to hide or display the information bar during playback 23 VOL VOL Press to decrease increase the volume 24 PREV Press to view the previous file page up 25 STOP Press to stop playback 26 NEXT Press to view the next file page down 27 RETURN Press to return to the previous s...

Page 17: ...t 2 S PDIF COAXIAL jack 3 S PDIF OPTICAL jack 4 HDMI jack 5 Y Pb Pr OUT jack 6 A V OUT jack 7 A V DC IN jack 8 DC IN jack 9 ANT RF OUT socket 10 ANT RF IN socket Side Panel 1 Memory Card slot 2 USB HOST port A Type x 2 3 USB DEVICE port B Type ...

Page 18: ...n press ENTER There are seven Setup options including DTV Audio Video REC Network System and MISC Use the UP DOWN navigational buttons to select a menu Press ENTER to confirm Press RETURN to cancel and display the previous menu screen Changing TV Settings Press the left right button on the remote control to select the DTV tab from the menu bar TV Region Select to set the region for Digital Terrest...

Page 19: ...tically scan for available DVB T TV channels MANUAL SCAN In MANUAL SCAN mode you can select the CH name Bandwidth and Input Frequency Use the navigational and numerical buttons on the remote control to select or input Press the enter button to confirm ...

Page 20: ...m You can also press the blue button to select Sort Changing Audio Settings Use this menu to configure audio settings Night Mode Choose between Off On Comfort If the option is turned on the audio output volume will be decreased to make you more comfortable Digital Output Choose between HDMI LPCM HDMI RAW SPDIF LPCM SPDIF RAW In raw mode Dolby Digital DTS or MPEG sound can be bypassed to the HDMI T...

Page 21: ... black borders on the top and bottom of 4 3 screen Select when a standard 4 3 TV is connected 16 9 Compress the image to convert the whole image Select when a 16 9 TV is connected Brightness Adjust the level of brightness Contrast Adjust the level of contrast Hue Adjust the level of hue Saturation Adjust the level of saturation TV SYSTEM Select to adjust video output resolution NTSC PAL 480P 576P ...

Page 22: ... settings reduce recording quality sequentially but also require less storage space Permanent Timeshift Select to set Time Shift mode Press the up down button to select from On and Off Press the enter button to confirm If On the time shift will start automatically while in Video In mode REC Device Select to set device to restore the recorded files Press the up down button to select from HDD and US...

Page 23: ... WLAN Wireless Local Area Network settings Wired LAN Setup DHCP IP AUTO Select to obtain IP address automatically FIX IP MANUAL Select to manually input the IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and DNS Server IP Address Wireless Setup Selecting a connection profile ...

Page 24: ...nnection Mode Choose between Infrastructure AP and Peer to Peer Ad Hoc Press ENTER to go to next step and press RETURN to cancel Infrastructure AP Infrastructure mode is used to connect computers with wireless network adapters also known as wireless clients to an existing wired network with the help from wireless router or access point Get SSID Name ...

Page 25: ...rk is encrypted i e an encryption key is needed to access the network NONE means it is an open system network Input WEP WPA Key Encryption keys can be inputted via the virtual keyboard Press the navigational buttons to select ENTER to input CAPS to switch between uppercase and lowercase to delete a character to insert a space shift to make more symbols available and OK to confirm Test connection ...

Page 26: ...the screen Peer to Peer Ad Hoc Peer to Peer mode which is also called Ad Hoc mode or computer to computer mode is used to connect wireless clients directly together without the need for a wireless router or access point Ad Hoc Setup Press ENTER to go to next step press RETURN to cancel and press PLAY to connect Changing System Settings Use this menu to configure system settings ...

Page 27: ...t download service and NAS function System Update Select Extension Package Upgrade to update extension files for BT download and SAMBA services Select system upgrade to update the firmware via a USB stick 1 Copy install img to the root directory of a USB stick and connect it to the USB HOST port of the player 2 Press ENTER to confirm Time Select to set the system time Press the up down button to s...

Page 28: ... confirm Region Press the up down button to select the region Press the enter button to confirm Password Press the numerical buttons to input and change the password Press the enter button to confirm Block unrated TV Press the up down button to turn on or off Press the enter button to confirm TV Rating Press the navigational buttons to select Press the enter button to confirm and the back button t...

Page 29: ... to set the transition effect for photo slide show Background Music Select to set the background music options while view pictures Off Folder Playlist Screen Saver Select to turn on off screen saver Movie Preview Select to turn on off movie preview in the browser menu Resume Playback Select to turn on off resume playback auto bookmarking feature for movies ...

Page 30: ...ess the enter button to confirm record Press to start recording the current TV program time shift Press to activate the time shift function subtitle Press to activate the subtitle list menu if available EPG Press to activate the EPG menu if available TTX Press to activate the Teletext menu if available zoom Press to zoom out the image Program List Menu Press the enter button when watching DVB T TV...

Page 31: ...here re 4 strings displayed on the bar Taking the info bar in the above photo for example N A Stands for TV rating ENG Stands for the voice language SS Stands for subtitle TT Stands for Teletext 480 Stands for resolution SD Standard Definition HD High Definition When the string looks concave the option will be available ...

Page 32: ...de will be displayed Press the prev next button to change channels Press the left right button to change date Press the up down button to change program Press the red button to add delete scheduled recording Teletext Menu If the broadcasted stream supports Teletext press the TTX button to enter the Teletext menu ...

Page 33: ... programs the Subtitle List menu will be displayed Press the up down button to select the subtitle and press the enter button to confirm AV IN Menu In this menu you can watch and record audio visual signal from the A V IN jack on the rear panel of the unit or have the time shift function Select the A V In icon on the main interface to enter this menu ...

Page 34: ... and press the up down button to adjust each setting Source Select the video source or TV channels for the recording 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...

Page 35: ...dule setting screen appears Modify the schedule as described in Create a New Schedule Delete Schedule Press the left right button on the remote control to select the Delete tab from the menu bar Select the schedule you want to delete and press the enter button A confirmation message appears Select CANCEL Delete the selected schedule or Delete all schedules Press the enter button to confirm ...

Page 36: ...layed Select a schedule and press the enter button Select Enable the selected schedule or Pause the selected schedule Press the enter button to confirm Viewing Recording History Press the left right button 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 37: ...utton on the remote control The following buttons can be used while navigating the browser menu Button Function UP DOWN Move cursor up down to select devices folders or files LEFT RIGHT Select filter options All Music Photos and Movies PREV NEXT Go to previous next page ENTER Enter or confirm the selected item RED Select files under Browser HDD menu GREEN Add the selected files to the playlist RET...

Page 38: ...te Please refer to chapter 7 1 Specifications for more about the supported content formats Muisc tracks might not be able to played continously under All filter please switch to the Music filter instead Browsing Music In this mode all folders and supported audio files in current directory will be displayed ...

Page 39: ...t forward Press repeatedly to select the speed REPEAT Set repeat options One All and Shuffle INFO Hide or display the information bar during playback STOP Stop playback Browsing Photos In this mode all folders and supported image files in current directory will be displayed The following buttons can be used to control photo playback ...

Page 40: ...bar during playback STOP Stop playback You can view photos in slide show mode with background music When it is enabled the slide show starts automatically once you press PLAY button Please refer to Slide Show Timing Transition Effect and Background Music in chapter 3 7 Miscellaneous for more details Browsing Movies In this mode all folders and supported video files in current directory will be dis...

Page 41: ...ons One All Off ZOOM Zoom the image INFO Hide or display the information bar during playback GOTO Display playback search menu A B Set the beginning and end points of a section to repeat ANGLE Change the view angle during DVD with multi angle playback MENU Return to the root menu during DVD playback AUDIO Select an audio track while watching DivX video or DVD with multiple audio tracks SUBTITLE Se...

Page 42: ...ways to locate media files shared on your local network in the Network menu One is to browse through workgroup the other way is to browse through My_Shortcuts Browsing though Workgroup You can choose the workgroup which your PC belongs to from the workgroup list find your PC name and press the ENTER button to confirm Then you can select and play the shared media files that you want to browse ...

Page 43: ...ssed or shown in the list And then you need to use My_Shortcuts to browse shared files Browsing though My_Shortcuts You can also set Specific File Server IP and access it from My_Shortcuts in the menu Press the MENU button and a popup menu appears Select Add to open a popup menu where you can input Label Net User ID Net Password Domain Host Name and Specific File Server IP Select OK to confirm Can...

Page 44: ...bles the player to auto detect UPnP Media Servers on the network to browse and stream media files from them Installing UPnP Media Server on your PC There re a lot of free and commercial UPnP Media Server software such as Windows Media Connect Windows Media Player 11 XBMC Media Center Linux Mac Windows MediaTomb Linux etc Please install one of them on you computer In the following chapters we will ...

Page 45: ...f your Windows Media Player library from anywhere in your home Open Windows Media Player 11 click Library Add Library Advanced Options to add or remove media files from the library Click Library Media Sharing then you can allow or deny devices to access the media library Click Allow to authorize your player ...

Page 46: ...ress ENTER Then you can browse the media library shared by Windows Media Player 11 Note Make sure your player and your computer are on the same local area network and subnet Firewalls may prevent your player to communicating with your computer Please open the ports manually and add your player to the trusted list or disable the firewall temporarily ...

Page 47: ...anaging the Playlist This player supports the playlist function which allows you to add your favorite contents on local HDD to the playlists All Music Photos and Movies and enjoy them at any time Adding files to the playlist Select the favorite file you wish to add press the RED button and the file will be ticked Press the GREEN button to confirm and then an on screen message Add selects to list w...

Page 48: ...ist If you wish to delete a file from the playlist press the RED button to select and then press the GREEN button to confirm Media Library Owning to a powerful search engine the library menu allows you to search and browse multimedia files stored on the internal HDD in most easy ways To enter this menu select the Library icon on the home screen Music library Use the left right button on the remote...

Page 49: ...nchronize all the music stored on the internal HDD to the library Search Select to search for music files by their names Use the navigational buttons to select and press the enter button to confirm Select OK and press the enter button and then the files you desired will be displayed on the screen All Select to list all the music files in the library ...

Page 50: ... the up down button to select the artist and press the enter button to confirm Genre Select to search for music files by genre Press the up down button to select the genre and press the enter button to confirm Album Select to search for music files by album ...

Page 51: ...rch bar while browsing music files in the library Press the up down button to select characters on the Quick Search bar and press the enter button to confirm And then music files with name starting with the specific characters will be displayed onto the top Press the left button to delete characters and press the back button to close the Quick Search bar ...

Page 52: ...the remote control to select the Photos tab Press the up down button to select from Update Search All and Date And press the enter button to confirm Update Select to update and synchronize all the photos stored on the internal HDD to the library ...

Page 53: ... the enter button to confirm Select OK and press the enter button and then the files you desired will be displayed on the screen All Select to list all the photos in the library Date Select to search for photos by date Press the up down button to select the date and press the enter button to confirm ...

Page 54: ... library Press the up down button to select characters on the Quick Search bar and press the enter button to confirm And then photos with name starting with the specific characters will be displayed onto the top Press the left button to delete characters and press the back button to close the Quick Search bar ...

Page 55: ...mote control to select the Movies tab Press the up down button to select from Update Search All Actor Genre and Year And press the enter button to confirm Update Select to update and synchronize all the movies stored on the internal HDD to the library ...

Page 56: ... their names Use the navigational buttons to select and press the enter button to confirm Select OK and press the enter button and then the files you desired will be displayed on the screen All Select to list all the movies in the library ...

Page 57: ... for movies by actor Press the up down button to select the actor and press the enter button to confirm Genre Select to search for movies by genre Press the up down button to select the genre and press the enter button to confirm ...

Page 58: ...ress the enter button to confirm And then movies with name starting with the specific characters will be displayed onto the top Press the left button to delete characters and press the back button to close the Quick Search bar Note In order to use the search function more efficiently you are encouraged to use the following rules to name the movies stored on the internal HDD Syntax Name Actor Genre...

Page 59: ... up down to select devices folders RIGHT Go to the next step MENU Select or cancel folders or files The selected items will be ticked STOP Cancel all selections ENTER Confirm the selected options ENTER Confirm the selected options Please refer to the following operations to copy move folders files between devices Step 1 Select the source device and destination device Step 2 Select the source files...

Page 60: ...it For more about SHOUTcast please refer to the website www shoutcast com The following buttons can be used under this menu Button Function UP DOWN Move cursor up down to select station channel and genre PREV NEXT Page up down ENTER Confirm and enter the selected menu MENU Add delete a station to from Favorite while it is highlighted PLAY Begin playback after a channel has been selected STOP Stop ...

Page 61: ...e the BT download settings in this menu Press LEFT RIGHT button to enter into download menu and BT setup menu Add a torrent Locate your torrent file in Browser menu then press MENU button to add the torrent to start downloading Download Menu After add the BT torrent files the download progress can be displayed in this menu ...

Page 62: ...r this menu Button Function UP DOWN Move cursor up down MENU press to adjust the priority of the download task PAUSE Press to pause the download PLAY Press to start download STOP Press to stop the download RETURN Return to the previous menu ...

Page 63: ... rate Set the idle hours to start the next download automatically Set the seeding hours Set to delete the finished torrent files automatically or not Set the maximum number of simultaneous download tasks IMS Menu Several Internet Multimedia Services have been integrated into the player Select the IMS Internet Multimedia Service icon on the main interface to enter this menu ...

Page 64: ...Recently Added Recently Featured Top Favorites etc Picasa You can view photos directly that stored on your own or your friend s Picasa account News You can read newest news directly from different websites CNN News BBC news etc In title list press RIGHT button to view news in a full screen ...

Page 65: ...select the option press LEFT RIGHT button to select a picture press ENTER STOP button to start stop playback Note Make sure the player is connected properly to a LAN or WLAN with Internet access please refer to 3 5Changing Network Settings for more details It will take several seconds to get data from the Internet please be patient to wait ...

Page 66: ... type IP Address in the Run window click Run in the start 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 and click OK or press the Enter button on the keyboard Under windows vista and windows 7 pls type 192 168 0 9 on search bar then press the Enter button on the keyboard Then you can view and edit the file...

Page 67: ...e 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 3 I used my player to transfer files bac...

Page 68: ... I configured everything correctly but still cannot get the wireless network or UPnP function to work Answer Are you using a firewall such as Norton Internet Security McAfee Personal Firewall Zone Alarm etc or even the built in firewall of Windows XP Don t forget that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP automatically upgrades your firewall and turn it on by default If you have a firewall it may need to ...

Page 69: ...enu as the picture on the left hand side shows select the picture format as JPEG input the file name and click the save icon 3 After click on the save icon a new window will appear as the picture on the right hand side shows select Baseline standard or Baseline optimized 4 Click the OK icon Question14 Why couldn t the player find the hard disc Answer Make sure the firmware is installed correctly a...

Page 70: ... the copyright owner Trademarks Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are property of their respective holders Manufactured under license under U S Patent s 5 451 942 5 956 674 5 974 380 5 978 762 6 487 535 other U S and worldwide patents issued pending DTS and the Symbol are registered trademarks DTS 2 0 Digital Out and the DTS logos are tra...

Page 71: ... replacement of any hardware components that malfunction in conditions of normal use Exclusions Universal Tech does not warrant that the operation of the product will be uninterrupted or error free UT is not responsible for damage that occurs as a result of your failure to follow the instructions intended for the product This Limited Warranty does not apply to product under the following circumsta...

Page 72: ... of the GPL LGPL software that is used in this product To obtain a copy of our open source software please contact our support center and we will provide you with a CD ROM of the source code that is used charging only the actual expense involved However please be noted that we can not provide guarantee with the source code and there is also no technical support for the source code from us ...

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