Conrad RAPSODY N36, User Manual

Page 1: ...User manual Rapsody N36 Date 10 March 2008 www rapsody ch...

Page 2: ...User Manual Rapsody N36 Page 2 Copyright 2008 by Simpex Ceptra Alterations and omissions excepted reproduction publication is only allowed after obtaining prior permission...

Page 3: ...Video outputs 6 2 7 LAN connection 7 2 8 USB host 7 2 9 PAL NTSC switch 7 2 10 Protective film 7 2 11 Cleaning 7 3 Set up 8 3 1 Transmit picture to output device 8 3 2 Set up 8 3 3 Network settings fo...

Page 4: ...sing a PC Apart from televisions or stereos you can use also use practically any multi media device such as beamers or plasma screens as the output medium The possibilities are unlimited Thanks to a h...

Page 5: ...ta cable to the hard disk PATA which has to be jumpered as master and place it in the corresponding frame in the housing Make sure that the connecting cables do not get caught underneath the hard disk...

Page 6: ...ut here for connecting to any end devices as you wish Multi media contents with multi channel tone will be reduced to stereo output Optical AC3 output Your Rapsody has a TOSLINK jack suitable for a fi...

Page 7: ...connecting to a modern TV is provided 2 7 LAN connection This is a RJ 45 10 100 LAN jack Please read section 3 3 Network settings for the device for information about connecting and installing 2 8 US...

Page 8: ...y press the TV Out key lower right on your remote control and wait a moment each time your press a key to see if a picture is displayed Depending on the receiver it may take a moment until a picture i...

Page 9: ...t to the component output A further menu item is activated depending on the mode selected not with C S video in which you can select the output resolution System TV type TV Typ Here you can specify th...

Page 10: ...ck In analogue DPCM mode a 2 channel stereo audio signal is sent to the analogue and digital output jacks In Encoded Digital mode analogue output is turned off and only the digital signal is outputted...

Page 11: ...l be positioned at the language selection menu item Press SETUP on the remote control above right the player will now change to the setup menu Now press the arrow down key once the arrow right key twi...

Page 12: ...in your network requires an IP This is a unique number with which a device can be addressed With your N36 the IP is specified in Setup under Network If the network includes a DHCP router it can automa...

Page 13: ...other PCs or network devices such as printers in the network and you are unsure about this After entering the IP you must enter a netmask subnet mask The preset value 255 255 255 0 is usually the rig...

Page 14: ...CD under Windows the setup assistant normally starts automatically If this does not happen you can initiate the start with a double click from Windows Explorer on the drive letter of the CD drive Choo...

Page 15: ...switched on and that it is connected with the network Clicking on the NDAS symbol opens the menu Click on Register a New Device After clicking on Next you will be requested to supply a name for the de...

Page 16: ...possible but the Rapsody can not access the internal hard disk The hard disk is either faulty or incorrectly jumpered must be master Partitioning and formatting the hard disk If you have bought your...

Page 17: ...er will restart after completing the update Be sure to always run an initialisation in Setup Warning Make sure that the power supply is not switched off accidentally during the update A faulty update...

Page 18: ...you will first see a list with available NDAS devices This will normally be the internal hard disk After selecting the list with the partitions on the internal hard disk is displayed Select the parti...

Page 19: ...n network resources You navigate in the same way as with the internal hard disk see HDD By right clicking on a folder under Windows 2000 XP you can release it directly for sharing in the network Pleas...

Page 20: ...been replaced by the new Autoplay function AUTOPLAY Autoplay allows media in a particular folder internal HDD network resource USB to be played back automatically when the N36 starts up The procedure...

Page 21: ...ield in which you can select other audio files during playback and play them directly using the Play key Viewing photos Select a photo file and start it by pressing the OK or Play key Photos are displ...

Page 22: ...to the hard disk together with the menus and all the features of a DVD To do this simply copy the DVD files to a directory and run the IFO file from there Make sure that you do not infringe upon any...

Page 23: ...p Back This key interrupts playback and returns to the menu or allows you to navigate to a higher folder Volume You can change the playback volume of your Rapsody N36 here Skip With these keys you can...

Page 24: ...playing a DVD Zoom With this key you can adjust the picture with photo and video playback to suit the display device e g if it is distorted Full screen enlarges the contents to fill out the screen sta...

Page 25: ...aining prior permission Repeat This button switches between the different repeat modes These are All files in the folder will be played consecutively over and over again All files will be played at ra...

Page 26: ...playback of video files you can set bookmarks at particular positions enabling you to skip there directly later on If you are not currently playing back a file pressing the Bookmark key will provide y...

Page 27: ...data transmission with some USB devices or also a data transfer rate that is too high for the Rapsody s chipset For example unpacked AVI files or extremely high resolution HDTV streams can cause prob...

Page 28: ...P TRP Audio playback MP3 WMA WAV AAC Ogg Vorbis Pictures JPEG Video output Composite with PAL NTSC resolution component and DVI with 720p 1080i and 1080p resolution DVI also1600x1200 Audio output 2 ch...

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