Picture Porter Elite
User’s Guide
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Top View
SD/MMC/MS/xDCard Slot
Video Out
Audio Out
CF/MD Card Slot
Bottom View
AC Adapter Jack
USB Port
Audio/Video Input Port
Battery Door
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Page 1: ...Picture Porter Elite 3 6 PORTABLE PICTURE STORAGE VIEWER WITH HARD DRIVE AND MEMORY CARD READER User s Guide...
Page 2: ...e Porter Elite and Digital Foci are trademarks of Digital Foci Inc All names and products mentioned within this document are registered trademarks of their respective companies 2007 Digital Foci Inc A...
Page 3: ...y Digital Foci Inc makes for the Device To the extent allowed by Law no other warranty applies whether expressed implied or statutory including any warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particu...
Page 4: ...40 F 60 C To prevent risk of short circuit and damage do not expose Picture Porter Elite to liquids precipitation or moisture To avoid bodily injury or damage to internal components do not take apart...
Page 5: ...ut 6 2 3 Power Management 8 2 4 Main Navigation Screen 10 2 5 Hard Drive Default Folder Structure 11 2 6 Navigation Mode 12 2 7 Setting the System Clock 15 2 8 Using the Carrying Case as a Stand 15 3...
Page 6: ...System Options 43 4 1 Change System Settings 44 4 2 Change Display Settings 45 4 3 View Version Information 46 5 Driver Installation 46 6 Tips and Techniques 47 6 1 Organizing Your Data 47 6 2 Use Pic...
Page 7: ...pace o Copy and store photos directly from digital camera memory cards to Picture Porter Elite so you can free up memory card space and keep shooting more pictures Print photos directly to printers su...
Page 8: ...o Copy files directly from memory cards to Picture Porter Elite and vice versa without needing a computer 1 2 System Requirements 1 Computer running any of the following operating systems o Windows V...
Page 9: ...k that your package contains the following items Picture Porter Elite Rechargeable Li Ion battery AC power adapter USB cable Earphones Audio cable for stereo RCA audio output Video cable for RCA video...
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Page 11: ...rt Video signal Audio line in signal Audio Video input port Audio Built in microphone Output Type Picture Porter Elite Output Method Photo and video Color LCD screen Mono sound Built in speaker Stereo...
Page 12: ...6 2 2 Device Layout Front View Side View Power Button Lock Reset Button Power On Off Power Indicator LED Built in Speaker Built in Microphone Selector Joystick Menu IR Sensor Stop Back Escape Zoom Out...
Page 13: ...Picture Porter Elite User s Guide Page 7 Top View SD MMC MS xD Card Slot Video Out Audio Out CF MD Card Slot Bottom View AC Adapter Jack USB Port Audio Video Input Port Battery Door Revision 1 2 8 1...
Page 14: ...a click 2 3 2 Charging the battery via AC power adapter For best battery performance charge the new battery for a full 6 hours Connect Picture Porter Elite to the AC power adapter to charge the batter...
Page 15: ...urn the screen back on 2 Hard Disk Sleep Timer If there is no activity that requires hard drive access for 40 seconds default setting Picture Porter Elite will sleep the hard drive When there is an ac...
Page 16: ...rs on the hard disk Entertainment Tools Select to listen to FM radio or play the Matrix game Recording Tools Select to create audio or video files or access previously recorded files System Setup Sele...
Page 17: ...r recorded audio files will be stored here o Music Pictures Video You can use these default folders to help organize your different types of media files o VideoRec All your recorded video files will b...
Page 18: ...ation Icon View Icon View shows thumbnails of photo files and large icons representing each drive folder or file on the navigation screen Only the first eight characters of the file and folder names w...
Page 19: ...s longer file and folder names For file types that Picture Porter Elite does not support a question mark icon will be shown Remaining capacity Total capacity available File system Current selection Th...
Page 20: ...u button The menu options will be different based on the Pictu Porter Elite function you are using re The following diagram explains how to use the navigation control panel in Menu View Tilt joystick...
Page 21: ...the local date and time by changing the values with the buttons Note When changing the battery the system clock will return to its factory preset Remember to adjust the system clock to the correct tim...
Page 22: ...ly transfer files from your Picture Porter Elite to their memory cards and vice versa e Type I and Type II and MicroDrive formats 2 SD MMC MS xD supports SD Card MultiMedia Card Memory Stick MS PRO an...
Page 23: ...ated by your digital camera will be copied The first part of the files names might be changed to reflect the corresponding DCIM folder that the files were copied from No Action Select No Action to clo...
Page 24: ...r Elite take special precaution e that there is no data being written to or read from the memory card Understand Backup folder name assignments Each i te a new f copied files Every new folder is autom...
Page 25: ...efer t 3 1 5 Access your copied photos on Picture Porter Elite elected folder will also be copied o Section 3 6 1 Copy and paste a file or folder for detailed instructions Naviga o te t and select Bac...
Page 26: ...icture Porter Elite to view photos stored on Picture Porter Elite or on inserted memory cards As you view the photos view EXIF information view histogram and play photo slideshows File Format Details...
Page 27: ...following screen layout shows the View Photo Full Screen View and select the desired view option Icon View is more suitable for viewing p or more details Hi display it full screen photo yo n you can...
Page 28: ...her photo the rotated photo will return to its original orientation the next time you view it Note Rotating the photo will only change the display on the Picture Porter Elite screen and will not alter...
Page 29: ...selected folder Show Status Bar Displays the file name of the photo e Press th Menu button and select Display Settings to access these options Scroll to the n or o 3 2 desired display setting and pres...
Page 30: ...It Porter Elite to the pr 3 3 2 is recommended that you use the AC power adapter when connecting Picture inter to ensure an uninterrupted power supply Print photos to the printer 1 Browse to and displ...
Page 31: ...ci website http www digitalfoci com support periodically to see the rmat support in latest fo formation and download firmware updates 3 4 1 Play video on Picture Porter Elite To play videos on Picture...
Page 32: ...u can listen to music and audio clips through the connecting Picture Porter Elite to a The lite mong Play Sing R ingle an ll Scro desired play mod d press the Play Music Picture Porter Elite can be us...
Page 33: ...box View Tilt jo Pr N Sc Sc Pres Paus ystick to navigate evious track ext track an backward Stop playback an forward s center of joystick to Display menu e and Play the music Adjust volume The ollowin...
Page 34: ...mode Turn Shuffle on to play songs in a random order turn it off to play songs in the order shown on the Playlist You can also select desired play modes among Repeat All Repeat Single and Play All Eq...
Page 35: ...nd From any screen press the Menu button and select Jukebox This returns you to the jukebox screen display Press the Menu 2 button again and select Playlist The screen will now display 3 g 4 To sav 1...
Page 36: ...e Paste from clipboard press the center of th joystick to confirm e location 3 6 2 The copied file or folder now exists in both the original location and the target Move a file or folder You location...
Page 37: ...recording quality options Scroll to the desired recording quality and press the center of the joystick to select 5 You may turn on AOUT audio output so This can be used for you to test the record tha...
Page 38: ...OUT audio output so that you can monitor the record This can be used for you to test the recording levels To turn on audio output press the Menu button and select AOUT On To turn off audio output sele...
Page 39: ...or down to go to the previous or next saved channel You s and sav To do this press the Menu can also have Picture Porter Elite scan through all available FM station e the nine stations with the strong...
Page 40: ...USB po Picture Porter Elite will display Mass Storage Device and an USB icon at the bo tom of its screen to indicate that it is connected to your computer While it is nected to the computer the butto...
Page 41: ...Music 3 Connect Picture Porter Elite to your computer using the USB cable 4 A window will pop up asking if you would like to between your computer and Picture Porter Elite using Windows M Player 5 Sel...
Page 42: ...g Picture Porter Elite from your computer if your computer does not successfully disable the device from the Safely Remove Hardware 1 Make sure that there is no data being written to or from Picture P...
Page 43: ...hite and red to the audio in jacks of the TV Connect the other end of the audio cable into the earphone jack on Picture Porter Elite TV input mode for the input that Picture Porter Elite is using 4 Us...
Page 44: ...e for video recording to ensure an uninterrupted power supply 2 Use the included Audio Video bus cable to connect your video source to First connect the Audio Video bus cable to the input port the Aud...
Page 45: ...recorded file Memory cards must be inserted to appear as a selection Quality Select desired recording quality Start Time and End Time Set Start Time and End Time Use the The on your scheduled recordi...
Page 46: ...e on 3 12 3 Playback video files reco All recorded video files are saved into the VideoRec folder on Picture Porter E Picture Porter Elite assigns the names of the recorded video files in sequential l...
Page 47: ...navigation screen and select Reset Background at the DISPLAY tab 3 1 utton 3 2 Lock Power B You g Picture Porter Elite on or off To lock the Power Button push down the Power Button Lock located on th...
Page 48: ...file system followed by total capacity and remaining capacity Refer to Section 2 6 2 Navigation List View for more inform Note Based on industry naming conventions the actual available hard drive sto...
Page 49: ...ct needs From the main navigation screen highlight Options and press the cen stic to access the option screens Tilt the joystick to the right a ter of the joy k nd left or press the Menu utton to chan...
Page 50: ...f you select High and have an incompatible device you may encounter problems during the copy process The hard drive in your Picture Porter Elite will support the High Copy Speed setting Copy Speed CF...
Page 51: ...idle time allowed before Picture Porte Elite shuts off the screen and goes into standby mode You can set the timer to a value between 5 seconds r and 180 seconds or Off Select Off to disable this feat...
Page 52: ...tion for W cin osh OS 10 0 1 and later is not required for you to connect Picture Porter Elite u computer puters running on Windows 98 SE and Mac OS 9 0 driver installation is d Go to www digitalfoci...
Page 53: ...rowing amount of files and data that you have to deal with in your daily life and on special occasions it is help Since Picture Porter Elite and your computer can organize your folders in alphabetical...
Page 54: ...p or bottom of a list As a user of digital products you almost certainly create and acquire new digital content in terms of digital photos music video and other data files on a regular basis Since dig...
Page 55: ...ter right after special events where you significantly changed your computer contents For instance after coming back from vacation and downloading your vacation pictures to your computer Or after fina...
Page 56: ...data you need echnique together with using date codes to optimally manage your Group your backups by date or by name You can use this t backup tasks In the combined example here you can see that this...
Page 57: ...of a particular camera model does not necessarily mean that it is not supported by Picture Porter Elite Since the specifications for RAW images differ from manufacturer to manufacturer and even from c...
Page 58: ...T or FAT32 TFS HFS HFS E No data transfer from memory cards to hard drive is compatible only the FAT and FAT32 file systems On the Mac OS this is called DOS with How long is the battery life of Pictur...
Page 59: ...may cause Picture Porter Elite to turn off unexpectedly and corrupt your data Is Picture Porter Elite firmware upgradeable How can I update the firmware the Digital Foci website oci com support Yes Pi...
Page 60: ...g a USB 2 0 card to your computer Visit your local computer store for more information about this Plug in the AC power adapter to Picture Porter Elite to ensure a stable and sufficient power supply In...
Page 61: ...orter Elite is using Check the do that came with your TV for more information about mode settings Make sure all the cables are connected correctly Refer to Section 3 10 1 Connect Picture Porter Elite...
Page 62: ...Picture Porter Elite radio Picture Porter Elite to my TV but I cannot record the program Make sure that the AC power adapter is connected to Picture Porter Elite f stable powe Make sure that all the c...
Page 63: ...tRate 4Mbps WMV9 wmv 320x240 30fps BitRate 1 1Mbps MJPEG avi mov 640x480 30fps Music format support MP3 Sampling rate Max 48KHz BitRate 16 384 Kbps WMA 7 8 9 Sampling rate Max 44KHz BitRate 8 192 Kbps...
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Page 65: ...nce duce interferen estions ge the dir radio or TV antenna Connect the device into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the radio or TV is connected If these suggestions don t help cons...
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