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PC Operation

 

 

Disconnecting from PC 

When you are ready to disconnect Mobile Video HDD from PC, follow these steps: 
1.

 

Close all the programs that are accessing the Mobile Video HDD. 

, 

or 

2.

 

Click the safely remove hardware icon ( 

) in the System Tray and select 

the drive letter assigned to Mobile Video HDD, when the system message “safely removed” 
appears, unplug the interface cable from the computer. 

3.

 

Press the Power button for about 1 second until both LEDs are off, this unit is turned off. 

 

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Summary of Contents for HV355

Page 1: ...Mobile Video HDD User Manual ...

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Page 3: ...ayback 7 Selecting the Media Files for Playback 7 Introduction and Playback of the Media Files 10 Operations while Playing Back 12 Function Setup 17 PC Operation 21 Software Installation 21 Connecting to PC 22 Disconnecting from PC 23 About the File System of the Hard Disk 24 Copying Media Files for Playback 25 Using the Utility Program 28 How to Partition the Hard Disk 30 Appendix 32 Specificatio...

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Page 5: ...Supports component video output The Mobile Video HDD incorporates component video jacks Y Pb Pr jacks which provides higher picture quality Supports progressive scan output Supports Dolby Digital audio output Provides a COAXIAL jack to output Dolby Digital audio to a Dolby Digital receiver This unit is not for in car entertainment use Unstable power or vibration may damage the unit TV screen does ...

Page 6: ...ull out the tab For the first time using the remote see the figure shown alongside and pull out the tab to enable the battery power of remote Changing the Battery of Remote If the battery runs out change the battery by the following 1 Looking at the back of the remote controller press the tab on the left side with your fingernailn Hold and pull the indentation with your fingero to take out the old...

Page 7: ...er button Press this button to power on Press this button for about 1 second to power off g Power connector Connects to AC adapter h IEEE 1394 connector dual interface model only When using IEEE 1394 connection connect the cable here i USB 2 0 connector When using USB 2 0 connection connect the cable here j Composite AV output connector Output composite video and audio A special cable is provided ...

Page 8: ... a Media Player The Mobile Video HDD does not contain any data when you get this unit Before using it as a media player you should connect it to PC and copy the media files you want into it Please refer to the following chapters in sequence After copying the media files read the Using the AV Playback Function chapter and do the following in sequence Installation software Ö P 21 Connecting to PC Ö ...

Page 9: ...ent Video Output Y Pb Pr Component video output provides higher picture quality If your TV supports Progressive Scan Y Pb Pr you can enable it by selecting Video Output on the Image Setup menu and then selecting Component output and then selecting Progressive You will get the higher picture quality when played back INPUT Green Blue Red Using SCART Video Output If your TV equipped with SCART input ...

Page 10: ... which equips a Dolby Digital decoder You will get the multi channel sound effect The Coaxial cable is not provided INPUT Power Connection 1 Connect the plug of the AC adapter to the connector marked DC IN plug the other end into the electrical outlet 2 Press the Power button and the blue LED will light up Now the unit is in standby mode You can press STANDBY button on the remote to activate the u...

Page 11: ...the inhibit icon will appear on screen when you press a button whose function is not available y If the setting of the video output is incorrect the TV screen will not display normally Switch to correct setting by pressing and holding and then press MENU Selecting the Media Files for Playback After activating this unit all folders and media files will be listed on the screen as the figure shown be...

Page 12: ...hen a folder is selected If this folder doesn t contain any playable AV files the folder will be entered y Press the PLAY button when a folder is selected If this folder contains playable media files the files will be played back in sequence 8 y Press PLAY when a file is selected This file start to play back Press PLAY Press PLAY Enter folder Press button to enter the selected folder Previous fold...

Page 13: ...c file The filename extension is wav Indicates this is the graphic file The filename extensions are jpg jpeg Indicates this file has problem for playback Private Folders Private folders allow users to keep their private files a secret Users may install the Utility program in the Installation CD on their PC to setup this function The private folders are invisible on screen until the correct passwor...

Page 14: ...ve by using the DVD Rip program To play the DVD on HDD folder select the folder and press the PLAY button Or you can enter the folder and select VIDEO_TS and then press PLAY button y If the screen prompts DVD CORRUPTED please refer to Appendix Troubleshooting is the error code y If the DVD folder is incomplete you can play back the VOB file directly but you will loose some functions such as the se...

Page 15: ...subtitles chapter and angle Music Files Ö Music1 MP3 music files Ö Music2 WAV music files The Mobile Video HDD can play MP3 and WAV music files To play this kind of file select a file or a folder that contains the files and then press PLAY While the music is playing the playback status will be displayed on the top of the screen Photo and Graphic Files Ö Photo1 The files that meet the Jpeg format T...

Page 16: ...e and the current file is still selected press PLAY to continue to play the current file Complete Stop After stopping the playback press button again a message Resume Off will display on the screen The resume function is canceled Pause Pause the playback Pause Press button Resume Press or PLAY button to continue to play the file Play the Next Play back the next chapter movie music or picture Next ...

Page 17: ...ge may appear discontinuous and sound may become mute y When fast forward playing to the next chapter it will go back to normal speed y When rewinding to the beginning of the current chapter it will go back to normal speed Slow Motion Plays the file at a slower speed the speed can be changed Slow motion Press SLOW button to change the speed Resume Press PLAY button to return to normal playback Cha...

Page 18: ...r until all files are played Ö NORMAL Repeat from A to B Repeats a selected segment while playing Starting Point While playing to the desired start point press A B button Ending Point While playing to the desired end point press A B button The repeat playback is started immediately Normal Play Press A B button again to cancel this repeat playback Title and Chapter Searching Enter the value to play...

Page 19: ...name the subtitle will be displayed automatically when played back y If the subtitle does not appear or it is incorrect you can indicate the subtitle file Press button to stop the playback and go back to File NAVI select the subtitle file and press SUBTITLE button a message DIVX SUBTITLE SELECTED will appear Then replay the movie and the correct subtitle will be displayed y The Mobile Video HDD wi...

Page 20: ...er enlarging a photo a Zoom ON message appears you can DivX is not available for this function y Press button to shrink y Press button to enlarge Rotate the Image Rotate the direction of image Rotate Press buttons to rotate the direction you desire Display Information Display the information of the file playing Display Press DISPLAY button the following information will be displayed in sequence El...

Page 21: ...xit 4 You can also press SETUP to exit directly 17 Operation of the Sub menu 1 Press to select the function 2 Press to move to Options 3 Press to select the setting 4 Press PLAY to confirm 5 Press to move to Functions 6 Select Main Page and press PLAY to exit Functions Options General Setup OSD Language Select the language to display the Setup Menu information and DivX subtitle DVD Audio Select th...

Page 22: ... the audio signal OFF Outputs audio via Composite and disables the digital audio output SPDIF RAW Outputs the digital audio without decoding SPDIF PCM Converts the multi channel digital sound to stereo and then output PRO LOGIC This function only works if you have selected SPDIF RAW If the movie contains PCM stereo sound after enabling this function and connected to an AV amplifier receiver which ...

Page 23: ...V Picture Mode If your TV is equipped with Progressive Scan function setting this function may get better picture quality output If you have a traditional TV leave it as SUPER SMART AUTO Follows the contents to output the picture mode FILM Always output progressive scan VIDEO Always output interlaced scan SMART Same as AUTO and tries to enhance the picture quality SUPER SMART Same as SMART and the...

Page 24: ...s Closed Captions If the movie contains Closed Captions it will have Closed Captions or CC mark printed on the package box Set this function to ON to display the Closed Captions on screen Defaults When this function is activated all settings will be reset to factory defaults DIVX R Registration Selecting this option will display the DivX registration code After using this code to register as a mem...

Page 25: ...osoft com windows98 downloads contents wurecommended s_wufeatur ed 1394 Default asp y Some USB 2 0 Host Controllers may require updated device driver files to operate properly If you are having problems with your USB connection visit the Windows Update web site to make sure you have all the latest Service Packs and device drivers installed on your computer before contacting technical support y Win...

Page 26: ...mputer will recognize the Mobile Video HDD and you can start accessing the drive n p o q r Blue LED lights up Connecting with IEEE 1394 Interface 1 Connect the plug of AC adapter to the connector marked DC IN plug the other end into the electrical outlet 2 Connect the IEEE 1394 plug to the IEEE 1394 connector Then connect the other plug to computer s IEEE 1394 port 3 Press the Power button and the...

Page 27: ...t are accessing the Mobile Video HDD or 2 Click the safely remove hardware icon in the System Tray and select the drive letter assigned to Mobile Video HDD when the system message safely removed appears unplug the interface cable from the computer 3 Press the Power button for about 1 second until both LEDs are off this unit is turned off 23 ...

Page 28: ...her Windows XP or Windows 2000 partition and format the Mobile Video HDD as an NTFS file system is recommended FAT32 File System The FAT32 file system is required if your computer uses Windows 98SE Windows ME or the Mac OS X operating system These operating systems do not support the NTFS file system Windows XP and Windows 2000 support both FAT32 and NTFS drives The FAT32 file system has some size...

Page 29: ...lename extensions are MPG MPEG M2P VOB Audio and music files The filename extensions are WAV MP3 MP2 MPA Photo and graphic files The filename extensions are JPG JPEG The following sections describe how to prepare the above media files for playback DVD Movie Files To copy the movie files from DVD to the Mobile Video HDD insert the DVD disc into computer s optical drive go to My Computer and browse ...

Page 30: ... see one or more DAT files Create a folder with the name of the movie in the Mobile Video HDD and then copy all of the DAT files AVSEQ01 DAT AVSEQ02 DAT into the folder just created Mpeg1 Mpeg2 Files To copy these kinds of media files just create a folder in the Mobile Video HDD and then copy the files into the folder just created Audio and Music Files To copy these kinds of media files just creat...

Page 31: ...pe of DV First transfer the DV file to computer and convert it to Mpeg1 Mpeg2 or DivX file format and then copy the converted files into the folder in Mobile Video HDD To transfer the DV file to computer you can Usually the DV has bundled software for user to transfer the DV file to computer and convert it to other file format Please use this software If your computer has a capture card connect DV...

Page 32: ...ute the Utility 1 Connect the Mobile Video HDD to computer Click on Start Ö All Programs Ö Private Folder Setup to start up the utility 2 Choose the drive you want to setup from the Drive selection list at the bottom of the utility window 3 The folders under Root folder will be listed as the following window Set the Folder as Private Folder The Private Folder will not be displayed on TV when using...

Page 33: ...ferring to Fig 3 Choose the drive as c indicated move the mouse to highlight the Private Folder as d indicated and click Mark as Public button as e indicated and the lock icon will disappear 2 After making the settings click Save button to activate the change as f indicated Fig 3 After making the settings click Exit button to close the utility Do not delete the MPlay sys file in the Root folder in...

Page 34: ...Windows 2000 Windows will start up the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard immediately Use this wizard to initialize the hard disk to Basic disk type and then follow the steps to create a new partition 3 To delete an existing partition right click on the drive and select Delete Partition Delete partition will also erase all everything in the partition 4 To create a new partition right click on...

Page 35: ...creen to change the current fixed disk drive the default fixed drive set by FDISK is the internal hard disk drive If you do not change it to the Mobile Video HDD the data of internal hard disk drive will be destroyed If the option 5 does not appear on this screen it means the Mobile Video HDD is not installed properly please check the installation 6 In Change Current Fixed Disk Drive screen type t...

Page 36: ...ut 3 5Φ connector Coaxial Audio Output RCA connector PC Interface USB model USB 2 0 interface Dual interface model USB 2 0 and IEEE 1394 dual interfaces File System FAT32 NTFS Dimension W x D x H 196 x 58 x 126 mm Weight Approx 1040g when including the hard disk inside Power Supply Input AC 100V 240V 50 60Hz Output DC 12V Battery of Remote CR2025 DC3V 32 Working Environment 5 o C 35 o C Humidity 8...

Page 37: ...ry Battery runs out Change the battery HDD FATAL ERROR message appears on the screen The hard drive is malfunctioning or the setting is incorrect See Error Code Error Code of Hard Disk Drive for the solution Some folders can t be listed in File NAVI The folders are Hidden Encrypted Compressed or System Folder Change the attribute of folders or create another folder File can t be played back The fi...

Page 38: ...setting in Setup Menu Press AUDIO button to select the Dolby audio channel Incorrect audio channel the DTS is not supported No image Video is not connected Check the video connection Incorrect video setting Check the setting in Setup Menu Can t change audio or subtitle language This movie provides only one language Check the contents Press AUDIO or SUBTITLE to select another language The audio or ...

Page 39: ...2 file system 10 15 Please reformat the hard drive when these occur Error Code of DVD on HDD Playback On the top left corner of the screen when DVD CORRUPTED represents the error code appears please check the following chart for the description Code Description 1 File group error the correct range of the group is VTS_01 VTS_99 2 VTS_ _0 IFO is not found 3 VIDEO_TS IFO is error 4 The file size is e...

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