PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER User Guide SAFETY INSTRUCTION Do not plug/unplug the power cord with wet hands. Do not drop the device. Handle with care. Keep away from magnetic sources. Do not clean the device Do not expose to low Do not expose to direct with wet cloth. Use only temperature or high sunlight or extreme dry and soft cloth. heat. humidity. Do not try to disassemble or repair the device. Connect the cables correctly. Do not shake the device violently while operating. 8765 87654 87654 87654 87654 II Important Battery Information The battery used in this device may present a risk of fire or chemical burn if mistreated. Do not separately recharge, disassemble, heat above 60°C (140°F), or incinerate. Use only the supplied charger. Use of a different charger may present a risk of fire or explosion. Keep charger plugged into device for at least 3.5 hours before attempting to operate for the first time use. Keep the unit away from children. ENGLISH Copyright Caution Copyrighted materials, works of art, and/or presentations may require authorization to be fully or partially recorded. Please be aware of all such applicable laws concerning the recording and use of such for your country and jurisdiction. HDD Formatting Caution After the HDD formatting, be sure to connect the device to PC (with PVR Console installed) to restore system data and bootup files. Otherwise, it may not function properly. III Battery Charge Please charge the battery for a minimum of 3.5 hours before initial use. 1. Plug one end of the power adapter to the DC IN jack of the PVR and the other end to the appropriate wall plug. 2. The red recharge indicator will light up. 3. When the battery is fully charged, the indicator light will turn off. IV Date and Time Set Up To display the correct date and time, please do the following: 1. Select Calendar in the main menu. 2. Press MENU button. 3. Select from the menu and press button ENGLISH button to select DATE. Press again to enter. to highlight YEAR and press / 4. Press buttons to change. Press button to confirm and continue. 5. Press / and press continue. 6. Press press buttons to set up the month button to confirm and / buttons to set up the day and button to confirm. 7. When the above settings are done, press to save. Note: The default date format is YY/MM/DD. To change the format, go to SETUP Menu. V Table of Contents SAFETY INSTRUCTION .................................................... II IMPORTANT BATTERY INFORMATION ........................... III COPYRIGHT CAUTION ....................................................III BATTERY RECHARGE..................................................... IV DATE&TIME SET UP ........................................................ V OVERVIEW ....................................................................... 1 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ............................................. 4 CONNECTING TO PC ........................................................ 6 Converting and Transferring Files ..................................... 6 PVR Console ................................................................ 10 BASIC FUNCTIONS ........................................................ 11 Photo Player ................................................................. 11 Photo Playback .................................................................... 11 Zoom .................................................................................... 12 Record Message to a Photo ................................................ 13 Playback/Delete the Message Attached to a Photo ......... 14 VI Slide Show Playback ........................................................ 16 Effects ............................................................................... 17 Memory Mix ....................................................................... 18 ENGLISH Video Player ............................................................... 20 Video Playback ................................................................. 20 Audio Player ............................................................... 22 Audio Playback ................................................................. 22 Record Audio .................................................................... 23 Repeat Playback .............................................................. 24 Music Player ............................................................... 28 Music Playback ................................................................. 28 Voice Alarm ....................................................................... 29 AV Center ................................................................... 31 Record Videos from TV to Your PVR ................................ 31 Record Videos from DVD to Your PVR ............................ 34 Timer Record .................................................................... 36 VII File Browser ................................................................ 38 Sort ................................................................................... 39 Rename ............................................................................ 40 Create New Folder ........................................................... 41 Calendar ..................................................................... 43 Import from Outlook 2000 ................................................ 44 Import from e-Life Pal ....................................................... 46 Game .......................................................................... 49 TIC-TAC-TOE .................................................................... 49 PUZZLE ............................................................................ 50 MINESWEEPER ............................................................... 51 OTHER FUNCTIONS ....................................................... 52 PVR Console .............................................................. 52 Change the Startup Screen .............................................. 52 Change the Startup Sound & Button Sound .................... 54 DPS Menu .................................................................. 56 VIII DPS ................................................................................... 56 How to Print ...................................................................... 59 OSD Menu .................................................................... 62 Photo Player Menu ........................................................... 62 Video Player Menu ............................................................ 64 Audio Player Menu ............................................................ 65 Music Player Menu ........................................................... 66 AV Center Menu ................................................................ 68 File Browser Menu ........................................................... 69 Calendar Menu ................................................................. 71 Setup Menu ....................................................................... 72 ENGLISH Specifications ................................................................ 73 IX OVERVIEW A B C D E F G H I A. Microphone B. Power indicator C. Recharge indicator D. Speaker E. LCD / Power button Press to turn on/off LCD Display. Press and hold 3 secs to power on/off. F. Mode / Stop button G. Directional buttons H. Play / OK button I. Menu / Info button Directional Buttons Up M Left L J Right Press to open/close Menu. Press and hold 3 secs to turn on/off Info. 1 K Down N. SD/MMC Card slot N OP Q R O. DC IN jack P. AV IN/OUT jack Q. USB jack R. Earphone jack S. Reset Press the button to shut down the device. To power on, press POWER button. S TU V WX T. Lock Slide the switch to the position to lock the device. U. Unlock Slide the switch to the position to release the lock of the device. V. Volume-down Scroll down to decrease the volume. W. Record X. Volume-up Scroll up to encrease the volume. 2 ENGLISH Y. Stand Set Up the Stand Turn over the PVR Attach the stand to the back of PVR Pull down the stand and fasten tight 3 Software Installation The bundled CD contains many useful PVR tools. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation. 1. Insert the Installation CD into CD-ROM. The Select Lan- guage dialog box appears. 2. Select your preferred language and click " OK" to continue. 3. A Welcome dialog box appears. Click " Next". 4. The Select Components dialog box appears. Click and select the software you want to install and then click "Next". 5. The Select Program Folder dialog box appears. You can 4 change the folder name listed in the text box, or simply click "Next" to continue. 6. The Start Copying Files dialog box appears confirming that the listed software will be installed. Click "Next" to continue. ENGLISH 7. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue and complete the installation. 8. When the installation is complete, the icon will be displayed on the Windows' taskbar. 5 Connecting to PC Converting and Transferring Files 1. Power on the PVR and connect it to the computer with the provided USB cable. 2. A mode switch screen appears. Then PVR Console (Refer to Page 10 for more information) appears. 6 3. Click on the icon to open File Converter application. The following appears. Select Media Type Browse File Type Selection Browse Delete Create Folder Delete Convert ENGLISH Convert Settings Exit 4.1 Select the input source from Media Type menu. File Converter will then search your CD-ROM for video CD or Audio CD (MP3 CD will not display any files). OR 4.2 You can press Browse button on the left side to select the path where your files reside. 7 5. Press the button to select the image size or video quality if you want to convert image/video files. 6. Press the Browse button on the right side to select the path where your temporary files will reside before uploading to PVR. 7. Select the folder (or root directory) from Destination field where your files will upload to or press create one. Note: The File Converter will search for the removable disk and display the connected device in the Destination field. Convert button. The conversion starts. To stop, button. button to exit. button to 8. Press press 9. When the conversion is done, press 8 Note1: The File Converter will not convert an AUDIO CD into WMA format in Windows 98 SE/Me. AUDIO CD convertion is available in Windows 2000/XP . Note2: Use only File Converter to convert and transfer video files to PVR. The source video can come from a variety of different sources and in a number of different formats. However File Converter does not support all video formats or codecs. Note3: Before using File Converter, you have to download and install "Windows Media Encoder 7.1" from Microsoft's website. Otherwise, all the supported media formats (see the list below) will fail to convert in Window98 SE/ 2000. File Converter Supported File Type Extension File Name .asf , wmv .avi (DivX AVI, Motion J PEG AVI ) .wav .cda .m peg, .m pg, .dat .jpg , .bm p ENGLISH File Type (Format) Windows Media Audio and Video File Form at Windows Audio and Video File Format A udio File Form at ( wav e) A udio CD Track M oving Picture E xperts Group (M PEG) IMA GE 9 PVR Console PVR Console consists of 5 applications. B A C D E A. File Converter B. Disk Tools Convers multimedia files into playable formats on PVR. Calls up Microsoft's Disk Checkup and Disk Defragmenter programs for system diagnosis and rearrangement. C. Calendar to Go Synchronizes the calendar and event data between PC (from Outlook2000/2002/2003 or e-Life Pal) and PVR. D. Personal Style Edits Startup Screen and Sound Effect for PVR. E. MAX Console Calls up Max Console software for image editing and retouching. Note: In order for the above tools to function properly, please download and install Media Player 9 from Microsoft's website. 10 BASIC FUNCTIONS Photo Playback PHOTO PLAYER ENGLISH Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Multiple Photo View (Default): Now you will see photo thumbnails are displayed. Single Photo View: To view a single photo,press / / / buttons to select and press button to display. 11 PHOTO PLAYER Zoom Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press / // a photo and press buttons to select button to view. To zoom in on the selected photo, press button. The selected photo will be magnified by 2X. To magnify more, press button again. 12 PHOTO PLAYER Record Message to a Photo ENGLISH Select PHOTO PLAYER in the Main Menu and press OK button to enter. Press / / / buttons to select a photo you want to attach a voice message to and press REC button. The screen on the left appears. Simply press button to start recording. To stop, press or REC button. icon When the recording is ...