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Contents

Introduction

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Technical Support

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Precautions

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Specifications

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Package Content

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Product Overview

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1. Use as External USB HDD

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1.1 Insert Hard Disk

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1.2 Format Built-in HDD via USB

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1.2.1 Windows 98SE, ME

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1.2.2 Windows 2000

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1.2.3 Windows XP

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1.3 Copy Data via USB

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1.3.1 Windows 98SE

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1.3.2 Windows ME

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1.3.3 Windows 2000, XP

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1.3.4 Linux

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1.3.5 Mac

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2. Connect to PC via Network

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2.1 Wired LAN Connection

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2.2 Wireless LAN Connection

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3. Shared File Playback (Stream)

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3.1 Windows 98SE, ME

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3.2 Windows 2000

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3.3 Windows XP

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3.4 Windows Vista

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4. Use as Network Storage (NDAS)

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Summary of Contents for MediaGate MG-350HD

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Page 2: ...98SE ME 13 1 2 2 Windows 2000 15 1 2 3 Windows XP 17 1 3 Copy Data via USB 19 1 3 1 Windows 98SE 19 1 3 2 Windows ME 20 1 3 3 Windows 2000 XP 21 1 3 4 Linux 22 1 3 5 Mac 22 2 Connect to PC via Networ...

Page 3: ...hoto View Setup 60 7 8 Language Setup 60 7 9 Screen Ratio Setup 61 7 10 Auto Play Setup 62 7 11 Internet How to setup the Internet 63 7 12 i RADIO 64 7 13 SKIN 66 7 14 Others 68 7 15 Protocol 69 7 16...

Page 4: ...9 Firmware Upgrade 106 3...

Page 5: ...920x1080i z NDAS NetworkDirectAttachedStorage supportingfilecopy deletewithwireless wiredLAN z IEEE802 11g 54Mbps 802 11b 11Mbps wirelessstandard 10 100MbswiredLAN z Wirelesssecurity WEP WiredEquivale...

Page 6: ...CautionsforUSBHost TheUSBHostmaynotbematchedwithallUSBstorages PleasecheckthecompatibilitybeforeyoupurchaseorusetheUSB storage Cautions when you insert a HDD Only3 5 IDEtypeHDDcanbeused Setthejumpero...

Page 7: ...Insertstrangematerials Don tinsertsteelmaterials coin etc orothermaterialsthatmaycauseMediaGatedefect CautionsforDisassemble Remodel Don ttrytodisassembleorremodelMediaGate Itmaycausemalfunction Caut...

Page 8: ...Tx UTP STPCategory5LANcablecompatible WirelessLAN 54MbpsIEEE802 11g 5dBidetachableantennax1ea SMAtypeconnector HDDType 3 5 IDEHDD HDDFileSystem NTFS FAT32 TVType NTSC PAL VideoFormat AVI MS MPEG4v3 Xv...

Page 9: ...a Wireless Antenna 1ea Stand Cradle 1ea Remote controller battery each 1ea AV cable composite stereo cable 1ea USB cable forconnecting to PC 1ea Power adapter 1ea Setup CD NDAS PC software Windows 98...

Page 10: ...D Front View ENTER Selectorplayafile NavigationKey Up Down Left Right POWER PowerOn Off PLAY PAUSE Playallfilesfromselectedfile Pause STOP INIT Stop ReturntoModeSelectionScreen IR IRreceivingareaforre...

Page 11: ...withUSBcable DVI ConnectDVIcableforvideooutput S VIDEO ConnectS Videocableforvideooutput COAXIAL ConnectCoaxialcablefor5 1ch Digitalaudiooutput Y PB PR ConnectcomponentY Pb Pr cableforvideooutput LAN...

Page 12: ...Use as External USB HDD 11...

Page 13: ...r However if the Hard Disk supports Single mode you need to try to set Single mode Unscrew 4 spot and open the side cover case with pulling to the arrow direction ConnectPower and IDE connector to Har...

Page 14: ...98 CD MediaGate MG 350HD English Windows 98 Driver Directory After finishing installation Connect MG 35 toPCviaUSBcable andplugpowercableofMG 350HD 5 Select 5 Chang current fixed disk drive and press...

Page 15: ...able size for a Primary DOS Partition Y N 11 Type the capacity or which you want to use and press Enter 12 Drive integrity verification will start again After finishing that press ESC key when the Pri...

Page 16: ...started click Next to progress for finishing the wizard If this wizard not started right click the left area of unallocated drive at no 4 figure and start the wizard 1 Connect MG 350HD to PC via USB...

Page 17: ...to use and click Next 8 Assign a drive letter and click Next 9 FAT 32 system is available on windows 98SE ME 2000 XP butNTFSsystemisavailableonwindows2000 XPonly 9 Ifyou choose FAT32 system onWindows...

Page 18: ...ou can not find Administrative Tools at Control Panel click switch to classic view in left up corner on screen 3 If the Disk Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard starts click Next to progress for finishi...

Page 19: ...on windows 98SE ME 2000 XP butNTFSsystemisavailableonwindows2000 XPonly 9 Ifyou chooseFAT32system onWindows 2000 XP one drive letter s maximum size will be limited to 32GB If you want to use one drive...

Page 20: ...350HD English Windows 98DriverDirectory Afterfinishinginstallation ConnectMG 350HDtoPCviaUSBcable andplugpowercableofMG 350HD 9First you haveto install Windows 98DriverbeforeconnectingPC Findthe driv...

Page 21: ...nager Universal Serial Bus controllers USB Mass Storage Device 3 After copying data remove MG 350HD with using remove icon at Windows right down corner If you don t follow this procedure data and MG 3...

Page 22: ...3 After copying data remove MG 350HD with using remove icon at Windows right down corner If you don t follow this procedure data and MG 350HD may have damage 2 Check My Computer or Explorer there sho...

Page 23: ...50HD Power On MG 350HD Check the detection with fdisk make Mount Pointer ex mediatest at Folder Mount mnt Edit etc fstab add the following mount t vfat dev sda mnt mediatest in case of FAT32 HDD mount...

Page 24: ...Connect to PC via Network 23...

Page 25: ...useasNetworkStorage referto 4 UseasNetworkStorage NDAS Connect LAN cable to LAN port between MG 350HD and PC In this case you have to use Cross LAN cabletypegenerally ConnectLANcabletoLANportbetweenIP...

Page 26: ...with WirelessAccessPoint Note Wireless AP Infrastructure Mode or Wireless Adapter Ad Hoc Mode is needed for wireless connection IEEE 802 11g wireless standard is recommendedforbetterwirelessenvironme...

Page 27: ...ns Note WhenconnectingAd HocMode manualsettingofIPAddressandSubnetmaskwillbeneeded Manual setting of IP address and Subnet mask of wireless adapter and MG 350HD will be needed Disable DHCP and enter I...

Page 28: ...Mode So wait for a while Otherwise rebootAP and MG 350HD together 2 Manual Setting of IP address and Subnet mask In case of AP Mode disable DHCP support and do manual setting of IP Address and subnet...

Page 29: ...ecurity you have to enter WEP key same as AP or wireless adapter It is possible to enter WEP key at Wireless II Enable Security Mode and then enter WEP Key of AP or wireless adapter How to enter use d...

Page 30: ...Shared File Playback Stream 29...

Page 31: ...d click sharing in pop up menu 4 Move to Control panel Network and double click TCP IP LAN card thatyou wantto use on your computer 9 In order to see LAN Card name move to Control Panel System DeviceM...

Page 32: ...u don t need to write specific IP address absolutely Use ObtainanIPaddressautomatically orwriteIP address Subnet mask that DHCP Server or IP Router provide 6 Set the network configurations ofMG 350HD...

Page 33: ...ermissions and check whether Everyone accountis or not Ifnot add Everyone account 9Recommendonlytouse Read Allow atPermissions 4 After that the shared folder will be displayed as following picture 5 M...

Page 34: ...address and write IP address Subnetmask thatyou wantto use For example IP address 192 168 1 3 Subnetmask 255 255 255 0 9If you see two or more Local area connections select one thatyouwilluseforconne...

Page 35: ...168 1 2 Subnetmask 255 255 255 0 After writing press SETUP again for saving configurations MG 350HD s IP Address 9Ifyouhavealreadybeen provideddynamicIPaddress from DHCP Server or IP Router on your l...

Page 36: ...le My Movie 4 Move to Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer management Local Users and Groups Users and double click Guest 5 Check User cannot change password and Password never expires...

Page 37: ...e on your computer 8 Check Use the following IP address and write IP address Subnetmask thatyou wantto use For example IP address 192 168 1 3 Subnetmask 255 255 255 0 9If you can t find Administrative...

Page 38: ...DHCP Support Off and write IP address Subnetmask For example IP Address 192 168 1 2 Subnetmask 255 255 255 0 Check Off andclick OK 9If you have already been provided dynamic IP address from DHCP Serve...

Page 39: ...or IP Router on your local area network you don t need to write static IP address absolutely Use DHCP on or write IP address Subnet maskthatDHCPServerorIPRouterprovide 9Check IPaddressobtainedautomati...

Page 40: ...you need to setup 3 things for Network sharing 1 Setup of User Accounts and Family safety a Click Start Settings Control Panel Users Accounts and Family safety b Make sure the accountis Guest c If th...

Page 41: ...2 Disable Firewall a Click Start Setting Control Panel Security Windows Firewall on off b Click at Off not recommended 40...

Page 42: ...nd Sharing Center a Click Start Setting Control Panel Network and Internet Network and Sharing Center b Select Password Protected sharing and select Turn off password protected sharing c make a folder...

Page 43: ...d You will geta popup Choose people to share with then select Everyone All users in this list and press Add button e After you register the useraccount then click Share button 42...

Page 44: ...Use as Network Storage NDAS 43...

Page 45: ...My Computer and check if Hard Disk in MG 350HD is conceived as Hard Disk Drive of local network HDD in MG 350HD looks like external Hard Disk Drive C D E or F If you cannot see Hard Disk Drive please...

Page 46: ...Write NDAS Device ID and Write Key They are located on the bottom of MG 350HD Write your preferable name at NDAS Device Name Finishdeviceregistrationprocedurewithclicking Register Select Mount Read Wr...

Page 47: ...rk HDD in MG 350HD looks like external Hard Disk Drive C D E or F If you cannot see Hard Disk Drive please turn off MG 350HD and turn on again Recognitioncantakesometime To remove NDAS function safely...

Page 48: ...Use USB Host 47...

Page 49: ...ayedwhenconnectingwithUSBhost butitispossibletoplayotherformatlikeXviD Note It shall not be compatible with any external USB device There are so many external USB devices and specific products should...

Page 50: ...Connect to External AV Device 49...

Page 51: ...TurnonTV andswitch tovideoinputmodesameasvideo connection SeeTVusermanual 2 MG 350HD SwitchtoVideoOutputMode Press TVOUT buttonrepeatedly Wheneverpress TVOUT videooutputsignalischanged 3 Afteryouseen...

Page 52: ...ck ofTV STEREO R STEREO R 9When you can not hear sound after connecting Optical or Coaxial Cable you have to change audio setup of MG 350HD as Encoded Digital See 7 2AudioSetup STEREO L STEREO L Conne...

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Page 54: ...Basic Setup 53...

Page 55: ...alVideo CVBSorCompositeJack GenerallyYellowJack YellowRCACable Supplied S Video TVOutput CompositeMode CompositeMode C S Video S VideoJack S VideoCable Blackrounded Component480i TVOutput CompositeMod...

Page 56: ...re Turn on MG 350HD and press SETUP on Mode Selection screen Move to Video Out icon and press OK Setup box will be displayedundericonmenu Select a TV Out Mode and each detailed video output mode accor...

Page 57: ...Setup box will be displayedundericonmenu Select Audio Out Mode out of Stereo or Encoded Digital andthenpress OK Finally press SETUP againforsavingconfigurations 7 3 Network Setup It is possible to ob...

Page 58: ...rk icon and press OK Setup box will be displayedundericonmenu Select DHCPSupport ON andpress OK Finally press SETUP againforsavingconfigurations ChecktheobtainedIPaddress Press INFO on Mode Selection...

Page 59: ...u Select DHCPSupport OFF andpress OK Move to IP Address Subnet and press OK Input box will be displayed and enter number with Direction button or Number button Finally press ENTER for saving configura...

Page 60: ...ion 7 6 LED Setup Itis possible to turn on or off a backlightLED ofarrow button on the frontside When the LED disturbs you in night turn off the LED Turn on MG 350HD and press SETUP on Mode Selection...

Page 61: ...ngcomputer notbuilt inHDD youcannotlistenmp3 MG 350HDjustdetectmp3filesatbuilt inHDD smusicfolder Atthattime beforeplayingphotofiles setthePhotomodewithpressing PHOTO button Setup Procedure Turn on MG...

Page 62: ...Pan Scan and 16 9 Setup Procedure Turn on MG 350HD and press SETUP on Mode Selection screen Move to Scr Rate icon and press OK Setup box will be displayedundericonmenu Select one out of 4 3 Letter Bo...

Page 63: ...ntinuously form the time of being stopped Setup Procedure Turn on MG 350HD and press SETUP on Mode Selection screen Move to Auto Play icon and press OK Setup box will be displayedundericonmenu Selecto...

Page 64: ...ge Go to the 2nd page and select INTERNET icon and press ENTER buttonthenyouwillgettheabovepage Byusingarrowbuttons gotothebottomsetup By using arrow number keys set the configuration and press ENTER...

Page 65: ...SETUP button and go to SETUP page Go to the 2nd page and select i RADIO icon and press ENTER buttonthenyouwillgettheabovepage Byusingarrowbuttons gotothebottomsetup By using arrow number keys set the...

Page 66: ...Press key at the main page select i RADIO icon and press ENTER button It shows server lists saved in the iradio folder at the root directory Selectalistandpress ENTER buttonthenitplays In case select...

Page 67: ...bovepage Byusingarrowbuttons gotothebottomsetup By using arrow number keys set the configuration and press ENTER forsavingoftheconfiguration Press SETUP buttonforthesavingoftheconfiguration SKINFolder...

Page 68: ...the configuration Make skin1 folder and save GUI or Images in the folder attherootdirectoryinaHDDofMG 350HD Astheabove itsupportsseveralfontcolors Now youseethechangedGUI Ifyoucannotseethefont thench...

Page 69: ...UP button and go to SETUP page Go to the 2nd page and select ETC icon and press ENTER buttonthenyouwillgettheabovepage Byusingarrowbuttons gotothebottomsetup By using arrow number keys set the configu...

Page 70: ...a SAMBA server thathas shared folders and stream the contents through network 2 uPNP MG 350HD can be connected a device thatsupports UPNP AV protocol and stream the contents from the device through u...

Page 71: ...Go to Setup Select Protocol Select SAMBA A t SAMBA Server address select Auto or Manual Auto MG 350HD scans all SAMBA servers automatically connected in the network group Manual You can indicate the s...

Page 72: ...nd put the SAMBA server address in After you complete Setup then press Setup button for saving the configuration and go to the main menu and select LAN or Wireless then MG 350HD will access a SAMBA se...

Page 73: ...NFS Go to Setup Select Protocol Select NFS Put the NFS server address in at NFS Server Address Put the shared folder name in of the NFS server at NFS Shared Folder After you complete Setup then press...

Page 74: ...at FTP Port Select whether you want to use passive mode at FTP Passive Usually you can select passive mode when a firewal l or Router is installed in the network After you complete Setup then press S...

Page 75: ...e ofthem protocols If you select one of them protocols then press Setup button on the remote control and go to the main menu and select LAN or Wireless then you canuse one ofthem Ex In case you select...

Page 76: ...tis FTP Client FTP Client function can make MG 350HD access to a PC that has FTP Server program runnig and can download from or upload to the PC Note In order to use FTP function the PC MG 350HD shoul...

Page 77: ...ton on the remote control and go to the main menu 4 At the main menu press button on the remote then you can get the second main menu page and select FTP icon 5 If you press FTP icon then you will get...

Page 78: ...D FTP Server ID that MG 350HD accesses to ex mediagate Pas sword FTP Server passwordIP address that MG 350HD accesses to ex 222 Port FTP Server port number that MG 350HD accesses to ex 21 Passive In...

Page 79: ...8 If you have any problem to access the FTP server due to the wrong server configuration router the wrong network connection then the below pop up will appear 78...

Page 80: ...rol and you can get sub menu at the bottom side New Server Add more server lists Manage Modify or delete the server list Disconnect Disconnect the current server list connected Connect Connect the cur...

Page 81: ...erver lists Modify If you press Modify then you can modify the server list information Delete If you press Delete then you can delete a server list you want Delete All If you press Delete All then you...

Page 82: ...and press OK 2 If you can access successfully then you will have Remote and Local page Remote means the HDD of the server and Local means the HDD of MG 350HD 3 Each file has icon so you can know what...

Page 83: ...ress OK button then it will download upload automatically While you are downloading uploading the files you can use Menu button for more options You can find the menu icons at the bottom side for more...

Page 84: ...ue After you Stop you can resend the downloading uploading files in the Queue 7 If you select Queue the standby files are shown at the right side and you can use the Queue menu OK Finish Queue and pre...

Page 85: ...files from the FTP Server you can do Setup If the download upload can not be proceeding any more you can press button on the remote control and then the FTP server is disconnected and you can go back...

Page 86: ...ntrol and select Connect at the sub menu There are two ways to download upload the files Press OK button on the remote control Press Menu button on the remote control and select Transfer You can downl...

Page 87: ...HD to the PC or upload the files from a PC to the MG 350HD 2 How to setup Press Setup button on the remote control Press button then you will get the second Setup page as below Select FTP 1 How to use...

Page 88: ...to the MG 350HD and see the files at the indicated directory Set up the directory path as follows 3 Server ID Set up the ID that you will use when you want to access to the MG 350HD by using FTP progr...

Page 89: ...n you want to access to the MG 350HD by using FTP program at a PC The default PASSWORD is altech and you can change it as you want 5 Server Port Set up the server port that FTP server is using The def...

Page 90: ...and press Setup button on the remote control then you are ready to use FTP server function Go to the PC and run a FTP program at a PC and access to the MG 350HD 8 Check the address status of FTP sever...

Page 91: ...fo button two times then you will get FTP Server Status as below When you press Info button three times then you will get Disk Status as below Note It may take time to check Disk Status depending on t...

Page 92: ...How to Play Remote Control 91...

Page 93: ...tone outofthem Note HDD Built inHDD USB externalUSBdevice LAN wirednetwork WIRELESS wirelessnetwork EachModeiconisactivatedwhenconnectingtoeachexternaldevice 8 1 1 1 Built in HDD orexternal USB device...

Page 94: ...Mode Selection Select LAN icon and press OK In case ofwirelessnetwork select WIRELESS icon PC List on Network PCs list is displayed on the network Press OK andaccesstothenetworkPC Shard folder of PC...

Page 95: ...stpage movetonextpage SLOW Updirectory Returntoupdirectory DEVICE ModeSelection ReturntoHDD USB LAN WIRELESSselectionscreen OK I Playback Playafile SELECT Number1 Registerafile atPlay List Use when re...

Page 96: ...re available when pressing OK change the mode Play one Play all After selectingone press MENU againforsavingconfigurations PlayOne Playtheselectedfileandstop PlayAll Playedtheselectedfileandcontinueto...

Page 97: ...e playing a file pause the playback For returning to playback pressagain NEXT I Playback NextFile Playanextfileafteracurrentplaybackfile PlaymodemustbeinPlayallinordertousethisfunction PREV I Playback...

Page 98: ...screen automatically However itispossibletoopentheotherpreferablesubtitlefilesorhide SUBTITLE Subtitle LanguageSelect It ispossible to switch eachsubtitle language when the subtitle is dual language f...

Page 99: ...ginalDVDtitle DVDmanagerfunctionwillnotwork Select video_ts ifo fileandpress OK button MovetothefolderincludingDVDrippingfiles Function and Button Descriptions Remote Control Function Descriptions AUD...

Page 100: ...sbutton 3modesswitch Afterselecting amode changesettingswith arrowbuttons NEXT I Playback NextChapter Playanextchapter PREV I Playback PreviousChapter Playapreviouschapter FF FastForward Whenever pres...

Page 101: ...ymodemustbeinPlayallinordertousethisfunction PREV I Playback PreviousFile Playapreviousfileafteracurrentplaybackfile PlaymodemustbeinPlayallinordertousethisfunction FF FastForward Whenever pressing th...

Page 102: ...lumeDown Itisnotpossibletousethisbuttonwhenmanualsubtitleisdisplayedwhileplayingaudiofile MUTE SoundOff Mutethesound Inordertohearsound pressthisbuttonagain INFO ShowFileInformation Showthefileinforma...

Page 103: ...ile pause the playback For returning to playback pressagain NEXT I Playback NextFile Playanextfileafteracurrentplaybackfile PlaymodemustbeinPlayallinordertousethisfunction PREV I Playback PreviousFile...

Page 104: ...ormorepartitions makea music folderatfirstpartition Whenyouplayoneorallphotofiles youcanlistenmp3andseephotoslideshowtogether However ifthereisjustnetworkingcomputer notbuilt inHDD youcannotlistenmp3...

Page 105: ...r Select your preferable file for registering with SELECT or SELECTALL After finishing registration press MENU and select Play List PlayListscreenisdisplayed Play Playtheregisteredfiles Cancel Closeth...

Page 106: ...Firmware Upgrade 105...

Page 107: ...ogressed automatically After finishing upgrade you can check firmware version on Setup screen Press SETUP button Current firmware version is displayed when pressing INFO button on file selecting scree...

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