DUNE BD Prime 3.0, User Manual

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Page 3: ...ction of USB Drive Connection of eSATA Drive Using Internal 2 5 SATA HDD Formatting HDD Correctly Switching Off Player Stopping Connected Drives 18 System Setup Setup Menu Quick Setting of Video Output Mode Setup Menu Sections General Video Audio Network Applications Appearance Miscellaneous Information 24 Playback File Browser Marking Files and Folders Copying and Moving Files and Folders File Pl...

Page 4: ...ure the best possible quality of HD video and HD audio 7 1 audio decoders and 7 1 audio outputs get an excellent surround sound with any audio equipment Full set of standard A V connectors use S PDIF optical audio S PDIF coaxial au dio stereo audio component video composite video outputs to easily connect any A V equipment Video output flexibility output video in any resolution and format from SD ...

Page 5: ...tting displaying broadcasting via cable network public playback and letting on lease of copyright protected materials without the rightholder s au thorization Some video discs are encoded with copy protection and any picture recorded from such discs will be distorted This product incorporates a copyright protection technol ogy which is protected by requirements of certain U S patents and other int...

Page 6: ...ce into a warm one unpack it and leave for 1 5 2 hours in order to allow evaporation of condensate on internal parts 7 Please make sure to switch off the player and all relevant AV equipment before connecting them 8 Do not place any items on top of the player The device needs some space for proper heat dissipation Do not place any vessels with liquid close to the device 9 Severe voltage surge in A...

Page 7: ...the player and the TV or that a wrong video input is chosen in the TV or A V receiver switch In such a case recheck the cables and the settings of the TV or A V receiver switch or try to use different cables or a different way of connecting the player to the TV If you see DUNE logo on the TV when you switch on the player but then the picture disappears and no other picture appears during at least ...

Page 8: ...ECT 5 PLAY PAUSE 6 STOP 7 PREV 8 NEXT 9 USB 2 0 host 1 LAN and USB 2 0 host 2 HDMI 1 3 3 Coaxial digital audio output 4 Optical digital audio output 5 Analog stereo left right audio output 6 Composite video output 7 Component Y Pb Pr video output 8 USB 2 0 host 9 eSATA host 10 Multichannel 7 1 analog audio output 11 AC power 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Page 9: ...FO main buttons for controlling the player navigate across the items on the screen open use the currently selected item go back to the previous screen go to main menu show popup menu with actions show information control some other player functions 9 PLAY PAUSE STOP SLOW REW FWD PREV NEXT control the playback 10 SUBTITLE URL 2nd audio ANGLE ROTATE REPEAT SHUFFLE PIP AUDIO control the playback and ...

Page 10: ... the text changes and finish text entering Left Right move the cursor one character left right Up Down move the cursor to the start end of a text line If the cursor is already in start end position select another user interface element which is under over the current text entry area only for dialogs with several elements of user inter face text changes are confirmed automatically POP UP MENU show ...

Page 11: ...ll for playback of high definition HD video up to 1080p the best way of signal transmission from the player to a TV monitor projector is the HDMI interface In this case video and audio streams are transmitted in digital form without loss delivering excellent picture and sound If your TV monitor projector has no HDMI port but is equipped with the DVI one you can use an HDMI DVI adapter to be connec...

Page 12: ...ease refer to the manual of your displaying equipment 5 Power on the devices Wait until the initial screen a DUNE logo is shown Connecting a TV Monitor Projector with Composite Video Input Since this kind of connection does not pro vide a high quality picture we recommend to use it only in case your TV monitor pro jector does not have High Definition video interfaces such as HDMI DVI or Compo nent...

Page 13: ...ut This media player is equipped with an up to date HDMI 1 3 interface allowing trans mission of digital video and audio streams via a single cable If your AV receiver has an HDMI 1 3 input and decoders for up to date audio formats you may fully enjoy an HD multichannel sound 1 Make sure that the player and the AV receiver are switched off Do not switch them on until the connection procedure is fi...

Page 14: ...eo audio output AU DIO L R of your player to the audio input of your stereo amplifier 2 Select a relevant input in your amplifier We recommend you to turn down the volume of your audio equipment before connection in order to protect your hear ing from unexpectedly high volume and to eliminate the risk of damage to your audio system You may send the analog audio signal from your player to the TV se...

Page 15: ...i module NOTE Using Wi Fi is not recommended if you want to stream high bitrate media content through network Ethernet connection en sures much better performance of network playback and much better file transfer speed Do not use Wi Fi connection if you can use Ethernet connection Depending on the exact way you local network is organized you may need to adjust net work settings in the player setti...

Page 16: ...orresponding to the eSATA drive on the main screen of the player menu Switch off and disconnect the eSATA drive only after switching off the player NOTE Depending on a particular eSATA drive it may also be possible to connect dis connect the eSATA drive to the player w o switching off the player This possibility is not guaranteed to work correctly in all cases NOTE Not all eSATA drives may work we...

Page 17: ... it needs to access the stopped drive e g because the built in BitTorrent client is running or because access from the network via SMB or FTP is performed the drive will automatically resume its operation Some connected drives may not properly cooperate with the player in respect to stop ping resuming in particular when entering exiting the standby or power off mode This may depend on a particular...

Page 18: ...gu ration may be required in case after connecting your player to a TV monitor projector you see no picture on the screen After pressing the MODE button you will enter the quick video set ting mode In this mode pressing one of the digit buttons 1 2 3 4 5 switches to one of the following video output modes respectively 1 Composite Component PAL 2 Composite Component NTSC 3 HDMI 480i 60 Hz 4 HDMI 72...

Page 19: ... a video playback the MODE button is deactivated To change parameters of video output stop playback by pressing the STOP button In case of any problems to make sure that the playback is stopped and you are in the file browser mode switch the player off and then on and wait until the player boots completely for up to 60 sec Refer to the Standby Mode section ...

Page 20: ...itor projector Some video modes may not be supported by your equipment In case of using the HDMI connection depending on HDMI support in your TV monitor projector intermediate HDMI equipment if any and the player some video modes may not be available or may function improperly In this case use other video modes or other connection type To have the best picture quality it is recommended to use an H...

Page 21: ... original sound track i e Dolby Digital or DTS is transmitted to an external decoder in its original encoded form Refer to the Transmission of Digital Audio to AV Receiver section HDMI audio turn on and off transmition of audio signal via HDMI Blu ray audio When set to Best quality and the Digital audio output mode set to Bitstream the pri mary audio track is sent to both S PDIF digital audio outp...

Page 22: ... on supported Wi Fi modules http dune hd com support hw_compat Selection of networking mode Auto DHCP The media player is instructed to automatically receive an IP address and other parameters required for TCP IP network Manually All TCP IP parameters are set by the user Applications This section allows to configure various additional applications and functions of the player For more information a...

Page 23: ...ayer Miscellaneous This section allow to configure various additional settings of the player Appearance This section allows to select a visual style of the player menu You may use the menu style that is most suitable for you It may be icons or text messages System Setup ...

Page 24: ...osen menu style navigate the icon grid or perform the same function as the ENTER RETURN buttons respectively P Select a file from the top of the page move one page up P Select a file from the bottom of the page move one page down RETURN Return to the main root folder ENTER Enter the folder when selected Start playback of the selected media file Show the selected picture Start playback of a folder ...

Page 25: ...re put to the clipboard Cut marked file s folder s files folders names are put to the clipboard Paste previously copied cut files folders from the clipboard to the current folder i e per form copying moving of files folders Refresh the current folder contents Create a folder Create a network folder only on Main screen Change network folder definition Delete network folder SELECT Mark or unmark the...

Page 26: ...d moving files folders is performed using the clipboard much like it is done on a PC To copy files folders you need first to copy them to the clipboard then go to the target folder and perform the Paste action To move files folders you should first cut them to the clipboard then go to the target folder and perform the Paste action Cut Copy and Paste actions may be executed using the context menu I...

Page 27: ...ayback of this playlist starting with the selected file To play all media files in a certain folder including files in subfolders select the folder and press PLAY The player will generate a playlist consisting of all media files in the folder including files in all subfolders and will start playback of this playlist To play a predefined playlist file in M3U or PLS format select the playlist file a...

Page 28: ...ate switch between acceleration modes 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x To return to the normal playback press PLAY SLOW Switch to the slow motion forward playback decrease frame rate switch between 1x 1 2x 1 4x 1 8x 1 16x 1 32x To return to normal playback press PLAY INFO Show hide information on the current file File name Container type Format codec type Resolution of the video stream in the file Maximum bitr...

Page 29: ... relatively to video To exit the adjustment mode press ENTER or wait until automatic exit occurs after a short period of time B Green First press display information on the current status of video frame rate adjustment Subsequent presses turn on off video frame rate adjustment In case of activated adjustment the video frame rate increases by a factor of 25 23 976 PREV Start playback of the current...

Page 30: ...fter the Blu ray disc is loaded the player will start playback of the disc e g will show the disc menu In the Blu ray playback mode the following RC buttons are available Left Right Up Down ENTER RETURN Navigate the disc menu POP UP MENU Display an interactive menu of the disc selection of scenes switching between titles additional materials etc TOP MENU Switch to the top menu of the disc A Red B ...

Page 31: ...e player uses a so called DVD playback mode In the DVD playback mode DVD features such as DVD menu and DVD subtitles are supported To play a DVD Video disc navigate to the Main screen of the file browser and insert the disc into a DVD drive The player will recognize the inserted DVD disc and enable the cor responding optical drive item on the Main screen Select this optical drive item and press EN...

Page 32: ... INFO Display hide the information on played DVD media name of folder name optical drive type of media container format codec type resolution of video stream in the file maximum bitrate statistics for the current file playback session average bitrate statistics for the current file playback session current bitrate playback statistics duration AUDIO First press display information on current sound ...

Page 33: ...se refer to http dune hd com support iptv HTTP Playback The player supports playback of media content from network using HTTP protocol This possibility is mostly intended for playback of Internet Radio see Internet Radio play back section but it can also be used for playback of other kinds of content streamed over HTTP protocol For example you if you have an HTTP URL pointing to some video content...

Page 34: ...UP MENU Toggle showing of the browser of the current playlist REPEAT Toggle the cyclic playback of the playlist SHUFFLE Toggle the random playback of the playlist ROTATE Rotate the picture clockwise 1 2 3 4 5 Rotate mirror the picture in different ways INFO Show hide information on the current file Format file type Width picture width pixels Height picture height pixels Bit Depth number of colors ...

Page 35: ...ndows 2000 XP and Vista If you want to connect to a NAS Network Attached Storage and your NAS supports NFS it is recommended to use the NFS protocol for better performance Windows typically does not have a built in software which implements the NFS protocol If you want to use NFS for accessing files on a Windows PC you may need to install and configure some thirdparty NFS server software such as H...

Page 36: ... the OK button on the screen The Main screen the root folder of the file browser will show the new network folder Open this folder to browse the contents of the network drive If an attempt to open a network folder fails with the Cannot access network folder message please refer to the Troubleshooting section of this manual Using Network Browser To browse the list of network resources accessible vi...

Page 37: ...r ftp player_ip_address e g ftp 10 0 0 3 For FTP access instead of the Windows Explorer it is recommended to use specialized FTP clients like FileZilla such clients typically perform better Connecting to the Player via SMB from a Windows PC For SMB access the player offers a shared with unrestricted access folder with the name internal_hard_disk which corresponds to the internal HDD of the player ...

Page 38: ...d Periodical disappearing or jumping of picture during video playback or operation of the file browser Periodic warning on the TV monitor projector screen about video mode change during video playback or operation of the file browser Problems with sound on a TV set during sound transmission through HDMI Color bars or other strange effects on screen Note Reinitializing of HDMI video output of the p...

Page 39: ... same con nected hardware and with the same player settings work normally on other players of the same model If you still think that your player works improperly please contact an autorized service center Playback Problems TROUBLE Stuttering of the playback of high bitrate video files SOLUTION For playback of high bitrate video files please make sure that the player has sufficient with some reserv...

Page 40: ...perly and wish to draw the attention of firmware developers please see the Report a Problem section in this manual Network Problems TROUBLE After an attempt to enter the network folder there is a popup Cannot access network folder SOLUTION Several reasons and solutions of this problem are possible Incorrect type of network folder Correct it by specifying the correct path to the folder If you conne...

Page 41: ...nu Information section and make sure that the shown IP ad dress is correct and connected is shown to the right of the IP address If you connect to a Windows PC do the following first find the IP address of the player see Setup menu System Information section Then on the PC press Start Run and enter the command line ping player_ip_address e g ping 10 0 0 3 If successful transmission of packets is d...

Page 42: ...CHK 1 CHK 99 REC 0 REC 1 REC 99 OK EJECT STORAGE AND REBOOT messages on the front panel of the player On an error a message ERR is displayed on the front penal of the player Possible error codes ERR Ann ERR Bnn ERR Cnn A problem with the dune_firmware dff the file is invalid broken the file corresponds to a wrong player model the file can not be read from the USB drive etc ERR Dnn ERR Enn A proble...

Page 43: ...olders Audio file formats MPA M4A WMA FLAC WAV DTS WAV DTS AC3 Picture file formats JPEG PNG BMP GIF Video codecs MPEG2 MPEG4 DivX XVID WMV9 VC1 H 264 Audio codecs AC3 Dolby Digital DTS MPEG LPCM WMA WMAPro EAC3 Dolby Digital Plus Dolby True HD DTS HD High Resolution Audio DTS HD Master Audio FLAC multichannel FLAC Subtitle formats SRT SUB plain text SSA AAS MKV VobSub PGS Blu ray playback only Pl...

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