Philips portable media center PMC7230 User manual Need help? For information on how to use and how to connect, view the video tutorials loaded on your Portable Media Center and also available on the CDROM. Please visit www.philips.com/usasupport where you can have access to a full set of supporting materials such as user manual, flash tutorial, the latest software updates and answers to frequently asked questions. Or call our Customer Care Helpline, 1-888-744-5477 where our professional support team will be pleased to assist you in solving any issues you may have with your player. Country Helpdesk Tariff / min Keep ready North America Canada 1-800-661-6162 (Francophone) 1-888-744-5477 (English / Spanish) 1-888-744-5477 Free Date of Purchase, Model number and Serial number USA Free Date of Purchase, Model number and Serial number ii Contents 2 Your new player 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 Accessories Register your product Overview of controls and connections Connection diagram Record video Playback on TV Connect to PC Connect to power 3 Getting started 4 5 5 6 6 Main menu Install Charge Enjoy Power on and off / lock 7 Detailed operation 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 Videos Controls TV Play video files Playback on TV Video recording Schedule a video recording 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 Music Controls Find your music Album art Music playback settings Audio recording Portable Playlist 13 13 13 Pictures View picture Picture playback settings 13 15 16 16 17 17 19 Settings Video transfer Music transfer Add songs to Windows Media Player Library Manage your Windows Media Player Playlist Synchronize Windows Media contents with your player Manage your songs and playlists in Windows Media Player 15 Transfer 20 20 20 20 Picture transfer Enable picture support Add pictures to Windows Media Player Library Transfer pictures to your player 22 23 23 23 Use your player to store and carry data files Delete Video Files Delete Music Delete Pictures 23 Delete Content 24 Recover your player 27 Troubleshooting 28 Important safety information 32 Technical data 33 Glossary iii Your new player With your newly purchased Philips Portable Media Center, you can enjoy the following: · Video playback and recording (WMV) · Audio playback and recording(Mp3 and WMA) · Picture viewing (JPEG) Accessories The following accessories are included with your player: Philips media centre PMC7230 Quick start guide 1 Install 2 Charge 3 Enjoy Headphones USB cable A/V cable Power adapter Quick start guide CD-ROM containing Windows Media Player 10, ArcSoft MediaConverter, user manual, video tutorials and frequently asked questions Register your product We strongly recommend that you register your product in order to gain access to free upgrades. To register your product, please log on to www.philips.com/register or www.philips.com/usasupport (for US residents) so that we can inform you as soon as new updates become available. 2 Getting started Overview of controls and connections AV Out AV In Headphone jack Left side view On/Off/Lock slider (key lock) USB port Menu navigator / OK Back key Main menu Playback and volume control Charging socket Reset Press ON/OFF LOCK slider Menu navigator / OK Main menu Back key 2; +/J( )K To Slide up to power On/Off Slide down to lock all keys Up and Down to navigate Menu lists / navigate through music list or pictures Left and Right to select different views in music and pictures mode OK to confirm your selection Show main menu Go back to the previous operation Play/Pause songs, videos or slideshows Adjust volume Press: Move back to previous song or picture / Skip back in a video Press and hold: Fast rewind a song or video Press: Move forward to next song or picture / Skip forward in a video Press and hold: Fast forward a song or video 3 Connection diagram Record video Connect to power ~ MAINS ANTENNA VIDEO (CVBS) VIDEO (CVBS) Y S-VIDEO L (Y/C) L PB AUDIO AUDIO R PR TV R EXT1 AUDIO COAXIAL OUT 2 OUT 1 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT TV DVD recorder / VCR Set top box / cable box Note: Commercial DVD or Pay-per-view movies are protected by Macrovision thus cannot be copied Playback on TV Connect to PC Main menu Select Menu item my tv my music my pictures my videos recording settings To View recorded TV programs (only those programs recorded on a Media Center PC) Playback your music and audio recordings View your pictures View your videos and video recordings Start a video or audio recording Schedule a video recording Customize the settings of your player 4 Install IMPORTANT Install the software in the by packed CD. You need this to transfer Pictures, Music and Videos to your Portable Media Center. System requirements: · · · · · · · · Windows XP (SP2 or above) Pentium III 800MHz processor or higher 256MB RAM 64MB hard disk space Internet connection (preferable) Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later CD-ROM drive USB port 1 Insert the CD supplied with your product into the CD ROM drive of your PC. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of Windows Media Player 10 and ArcSoft MediaConverter. 3 If the installation program does not start automatically, browse the CD contents via Windows Explorer and run the program by double clicking on the file ending with .exe. Lost your CD? Don't worry, you can download the CD contents from www.philips.com/support or www.philips.com/usasupport (for U.S. residents). Charge Charge the player for 4 hours before using it for the first time. 1 Connect the supplied power adapter to the charging socket on the bottom left side of the player. See Connection diagram in this user manual for more details. 2 Plug the other end into a AC wall outlet. 3 It takes approximately 4** hours to fully charge your player. ** Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. 5 Enjoy Power on and off / lock To turn on the player, slide ON/OFF LOCK slider up towards y1 and hold until Philips appears on the screen. To turn off the player, slide ON/OFF LOCK slider up towards y1 and hold until the screen turn black. When on, your player can be put into a standby mode (rather than shutting down fully) by sliding the ON/OFF LOCK slider to ON/OFF position and releasing the slider immediately. This is useful when you want to want to turn off you player for a short while. To prevent accidental activation of the buttons on the player, move the ON/OFF LOCK slider down to the LOCK position to lock the buttons. Your player automatically powers off in 10 minutes if there is no operation or music played. The last playback status and screen will be resumed the next time it is powered on unless the player has been powered off for a long period of time or the battery level was low when the player was powered off. 6 Detailed operation Videos Controls During video playback, you can do the following: To Play / Pause video Skip forward 27 secs Skip back 7 secs Forward search Backward search Adjust volume Go back to previous operation Go back to main menu Do this Press Press Press Press Press Press Press Press 2; )K J( and hold )K and hold J( +/- TV If you have a Media Center PC, you can use your PC to record television programs. The files will be saved with a dvr-ms extension. You can sync these files to your player using Windows Media Player 10. The files will be automatically saved under the my tv menu in the main menu. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx in case you want to know more about synchronizing your PMC with your Media Center PC. Play video files Your player can playback digital video files that you have purchased from the internet or recorded from your cable box, satellite tuner or the tuner in a VCR or DVD recorder. You can even record the video you have created with your video camera. You can convert and transfer video files from your PC to your player with ArcSoft MediaConverter. For more information on how to transfer videos, see Video transfer in this manual for details. To play video files: . 2 Press 3/4 to highlight my videos and press OK. 3 You can browse your videos by date, by source or by file name. Press 1 or 2 to switch between the different modes. 4 Select the video of your choice and press OK. 5 You can choose to start playback from the beginning of the file or resume playback from where you last stopped. TIP If you do not finish watching a video, you can always resume watching from where you left off using the resume function. About Digital Rights Management (DRM) If you have songs that were bought online stored on your player, from time to time you may see a Licence problem pop up message. This means the license for the song on your player may have expired. To update the license with the latest information, synchronize your player with your computer. 1 Press 7 Playback on TV You can play music, videos, and view pictures on your TV. 1 Connect the supplied A/V cable to the A/V Out socket of your player. 2 Connect the other end, with the yellow, white and red plugs to the matching colored A/V input jacks on your TV. 3 On your player, press to enter the main menu 4 Press 3/4 to highlight settings and press OK to select. 5 Highlight Display from the settings menu and press OK to select. 6 Highlight TV out. 7 Highlight On and press OK. > A message will appear: To return display to the Portable Media center, turn power off and then on. 8 Press OK to enable TV out. > Player screen will turn off. 9 On your TV, select the A/V input channel. Refer to your TV manual to see how to select A/V input. > You should see the menu of your players on your TV screen. Before you disconnect the player from the TV, go to the settings menu to switch TV out off. If you already disconnected the player from the TV, switch the player OFF and ON again to return the display to your player. Video recording Your player can record your favorite TV programs. See Connection diagram in this user manual for connection details. 1 Plug in the AC adaptor to the charging socket and plug the other end into AC wall outlet. 2 Connect the supplied A/V cable to the A/V in socket of your player. 3 Connect the other end, with the yellow, white and red plugs to the matching colored A/V output jacks on your TV, VCR, cable box, satellite tuner or DVD recorder. 4 From the main menu, highlight Recording and press OK. 5 Highlight Video and press OK. > The player will search for the TV signal. Once detected, it will display the same TV signal on your player. If no signal is detected, check the Connection diagram in this user manual. Make sure all the cable connections are connected to the input and output correctly. See Troubleshooting in this manual for details. 6 Press OK to start recording. 7 Press OK again to stop recording. > The recording will be saved under my videos. Video files you have recorded on the player are named - Rec June 28,2006 10.24pm.avi (Rec Month Day, Year HH:MMam/pm) 8 Schedule a video recording You can schedule a recording to take place later. 1 Enter the main menu by pressing . 2 2 Use the 3 and 4 buttons to highlight recording and press OK. 3 3 Highlight timer recording and press OK. Make sure to set the timer clock of your player correctly. 9 4 5 6 4 Adjust the required start date using 1 and 2. 5 Then use 3 and 4 to move down to start time and stop time. Adjust the time using 1 and 2. The time is changed in 5 minute increments. 6 Move down to timer recording on and press OK to turn it on. If you want to turn off the timer then simply press OK again. > When scheduled time and date take place, the video recording will begin automatically. Make sure your player is connected to the video source (see Connection diagram in Getting started for details). To avoid low battery, plug in the AC adaptor to the charging socket and plug the other end into AC wall outlet. Timer recording is limited based on the recording quality, the storage space available and the file system (this determines the size of the file created) on your player. This relationship between recording quality and the time you can record for is given below. Quality VGA QVGA Resolution 640 x 480 320 x 240 High 3 hours 6 hours Medium 4 hours 7 hours Low 5 hours 8 hours The storage space available is based on the number of files you have already stored on your player. The recording time may be less in cases where your player already is close to being full. While using timer recording, the Portable Media Center interface will automatically limit your recording time based on the settings you have chosen & the available space. In case of manual recording, if the limit is reached , the Portable Media Center will automatically stop recording and save the file for you. 10 Music You can transfer your digital music and picture collection from your computer to your player using Windows Media Playe ...