User Manual TViX HD M-6500A All specifications and information are subject to changes without further notices. Safety Notice Do not disassemble the device. It may cause malfunction or fire. Magnetic material may erase the data in TViX. Keep any magnetic material away from TViX.. Do not expose TViX to oil, smoke, water, humidity and dust. Keep TViX away from heat or fire. Do not block any ventilation openings. Ensure that a free airflow is maintained around the appliance. Do not touch power plug with wet hands or do not use defective power cable & loose outlet. It may cause electric shock or fire. Be careful not to drop TViX from a height. It will damage the internal hard drive. Do not take out the internal hard drive by yourself. The internal hard drive is very hot when it is working. The warranty will be void if any other hard drive is inserted into TViX. "Do not block any ventilation openings. Ensure that a free airflow is maintained around the appliance." The socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible. 2 Usage Precautions Please read the following usage precautions before using your TViX HD. Make sure the power is off when you connect the A/V cable between the TViX and the TV. When cleaning the TViX product, pull out the power cord and then wipe it with a soft piece of dry cloth. When connected to the computer through the USB cable the TViX HD acts as an external USB storage device (In this state, there is no video/audio output displayed on the TV Screen a USB ON icon will be displayed on the center of the TV screen and on the VFD. it will be display as USB ON). For normal TViX play mode, disconnect the USB cable connected between computer and TViX When detaching the HDD, please let the heat out sufficiently. The supplied cables and accessories are recommended for customized best performance of the TViX HD. Using other cables or accessories may not provide best performance. If you want to unplug the device, press the return button to 'Unplug or Eject Hardware'. Windows 98 SE and Windows ME does not support NTFS file format. However, NTFS file format is available on Windows 2000/XP. "Primary Partition" is recommended when creating two or more partitions with a single hard disk drive. If you choose FAT32 file format on Windows 2000/XP, the drives maximum size will be limited to 32GBs. If you want to use a single drive letter of 32GBs or more, you have to format on Windows 98SE/ME. The certification sticker mark is on the bottom of the device. You can insert the characters using remote-numeric key. Numeric key 1 when pressed successively changes as @ : / _ -. We don't have any warranty or responsibility for broken hard disk. We recommend to backup periodically. ** Some functions will require you to update the latest firmware in first. 3 Table of Contents Safety Notice ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Usage Precautions ................................................................................................................................ 3 1 Introduction................................................................................................. 5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Multimedia Player .................................................................................................................. 5 Audio Player .......................................................................................................................... 6 External Storage .................................................................................................................... 6 Specifications ........................................................................................................................ 7 2 Name of Each Part ...................................................................................... 8 2.1 2.2 2.3 Control Panel ......................................................................................................................... 8 Cable Connection .................................................................................................................. 8 Package Contents ................................................................................................................. 8 3 Installation and Connection....................................................................... 9 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Video Connection .................................................................................................................. 9 Audio Connection ................................................................................................................ 11 HDD Installation/Exchange .................................................................................................. 12 Initial Setting ........................................................................................................................ 14 4 TViX HD Setup Menu ................................................................................ 15 4.1 4.2 4.3 Audio/Video Setting ............................................................................................................. 15 MISC Setting ....................................................................................................................... 17 Network Setting ................................................................................................................... 18 5 Easy Usage of TViX HD ............................................................................ 19 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Making an HDD Folder ........................................................................................................ 19 Play Video Files ................................................................................................................... 20 Play Audio Files ................................................................................................................... 21 Play Image Files .................................................................................................................. 22 6 Using the remote control ......................................................................... 23 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Basic Functions ................................................................................................................... 23 Descriptions of Each Buttons ............................................................................................... 24 Extra Features ..................................................................................................................... 31 Network Connection ............................................................................................................ 36 7 8 Firmware Upgrade .................................................................................... 52 Using USB Connection with the PC ........................................................ 54 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Windows 98SE Driver Installation ........................................................................................ 54 Making a Partition and Formatting the HDDs under Windows 98SE / ME ............................. 57 Making a Partition and Formatting the HDDs under Windows 2000 / XP/VISTA .................... 59 Unplug or Eject Hardware .................................................................................................... 61 9 Appendix - Technical Terms .................................................................... 62 10 GNU General Public License ................................................................... 64 4 1 Introduction 1.1 Multimedia Player TViX HD is a standalone, multimedia hard disk player which plays digital videos, digital music, digital still images and DVD files to a TV display and home entertainment system. You can enjoy digital contents in your living room without having to burn discs or having to play it back on a DVD or CD player anymore. TViX HD plays back DVD movies with the full functionality of DVD navigation. You can create your own virtual DVD library by storing your personal collection of DVDs in .ISO or .IFO format and watch them exactly as if they were running from the original DVDs (all original features included: Menu, Chapter, Audio Stream, Subtitle, Fast Forward, Rewind, Slow, Pause, Step Forward, Repeat, Search etc.). TViX HD plays back high definition video (up to 1920x1080P) and still images. Prerecorded HDTV programs from a digital TV set-top box or personal digital video contents taken by a HDVTM camcorder can be played back with the TViX HD on a high definition display. The TViX HD features a HDMI connector and component, which will match the high resolution of HD level video contents. Using the latest SMP8635 processor, TViX HD supports the latest multimedia formats MKV, MPEG-4 AVC(H.264), VC-1( MP@HL, AP@L3), WMV9 & WMV HD as well as MPEG4 3.11,4.0 , 5.0. H.264 is a brand-new and superb compression technology today. It makes you more stunning HD movie with lower storage capacity. HDMI provides unparalleled qualities to digital video and audio, while DVI only serves digital video. You don't have to mess around with several AV cables. It provides single, pure and simple way to connect your display. It can deliver uncompressed digital video up to 1080p as well as multi-channel digital audio. TViX HD supports DTS hardware decoder to mix DTS sound into 2 channels for a more dynamic sound quality. The TViX HD can be networked with a PC system using its built-in LAN port. You are able to navigate to a PC file through TViX HD's wired or wireless network and play the file from its original destination without having to copy it into the TViX first. We're supporting the file copy via LAN. With two USB2.0 host ports, you can now attach additional external USB hard drives to further extend the storage capacity. You can also playback files from a digital camera, USB flash driver, USB flash card reader, or a MP3 player. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. ** For the further functions, please refer to following FAQ- http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/faq 5 1.2 Audio Player TViX HD can play a variety of audio files such as FLAC, MP3, Ipod, M4A, Ogg Vorbis or WMA (Windows Media Audio) through the TV speaker and any other audio systems. You can listen to your favorite music files nonstop, by organizing a custom winamp playlist. Now you can enjoy music all day without changing CDs. TViX supports the internet radio of shoutcast streaming format (.pls,.m3u). You can watch picture slideshows with the option of background music (supports Simultaneous playback of Audio and picture images). 1.3 External Storage If you connect to a USB 1.1 port, the TViX HD will work at USB 1.1 speed, so we strongly recommend that you use USB 2.0. It can be used as an external device by connecting it to the System, to save video, audio, image files, data, program backups etc. USB 2.0 enables TViX HD to become as an external storage device which supports speed up to 480Mbit/s. It supports Plug & Play, so Windows will automatically recognize TViX HD the instant it is connected to the system If you connect the USB Cable between the system and TVIX. During playback , then on VFD it will be displayed as USB ON. When you disconnect the USB, you do not have to reboot the TViX HD for continuous use. If you are a Windows98SE user, you should download a USB storage driver from our website www.tvix.co.kr before you connect your TViX HD with your system. You do not need to install a driver in Windows ME/2000/XP. You can download latest NetShare Software from our website www.tvix.co.kr/Eng before you configure NFS network. If you select to NFS mode, you can play the TP or DVD jukebox without stutter. 6 1.4 Specifications Sigma Design SMP8635 7 Alpha-Numeric Character 5 Digit Numeric Display Format :.wmv, .avi, .mpg, .vob, .mp4, .asf, .tp, .trp , .IFO, .ISO, .m2t,.m2ts ,.mov(H.264) Codec : MPEG 1 / 2 / 4, AVI, XVID, WMV9(MP@HL), H.264/ AVC(HD) , VC-1(MP@HL, AP@L3), MKV Resolutions up to 1920*1080P MP3, WMA, AAC, Ogg, PCM, AC3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, WAV(DTS), wave pack, .APE Main Chipset VFD Display Video Audio Photo DTS Pass Through and Down Mixing JPEG (Progressive JPEG not Support) USB2.0 Host 2 Ports Connectivity USB2.0 Target 1 Port LAN Video HDMI 1.3(Video 24 bit), Component, S-Video, Composite AV In / Out Audio Digital : Coaxial, Optical , Optional DTV Tuner Port File Formats Subtitle Hard Disk ODD Support Language FAN RAM Internal Power Size Weight NTFS, FAT32(S-ATA HDD only, supports S- ATA 1,2) DTV Recording : 7200rpm, NTFS Text Subtitle : smi, sub, srt, lrc, txt Image Subtitle : sub (with idx) SATA HDD only (SATA I, SATA II HDD) Through USB 2.0 Host English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, ...