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FUSION RESEARCH

Premiere Movie Server

Installation Guide

April 2012

Summary of Contents for Premiere Movie Server

Page 1: ...FUSION RESEARCH Premiere Movie Server Installation Guide April 2012...

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Page 3: ...Chapter 3 Loading movies on a Fusion server 18 Chapter 4 Navigating your Fusion system 26 Chapter 5 Managing you movie collection 38 Chapter 6 Adding additional zone players 43 Chapter 7 Adding addit...

Page 4: ...0p stunning resolution and HD surround sound We ll cover the following Fusion s HDMI requires two way communication Test your HDMI handshaking for errors Setting up component for your system if necess...

Page 5: ...tput HDMI Stereo Output see Chapter 2 for details as most televisions cannot down mix surround sound CONNECTING HDMI TO A RECEIVER w HDMI INPUTS Connect the HDMI cable from the movie server to the rec...

Page 6: ...ont of the receiver Using the same Audio Wizard we spoke of earlier you must set the audio to Optical Digital Output CONNECTING USING COMPONENT VIDEO CABLES Currently CV cables are typically only used...

Page 7: ...PONENT USING A TELEVISION FOR PICTURE AND SOUND Connect the HDMI cable to the FR COM component adapter Then plug your three component video RGB or red green blue cables into your TV Connect your audio...

Page 8: ...d shake when powered off When this happens the Fusion server will lose its HDMI connection and no longer will have the correct and required EDID for maintaining proper video output This is very easy t...

Page 9: ...on once and release DO NOT hold the power button down to force the unit to shutdown Doing so may damage the operating system Tech Tip Great effort has been made to engineer this server to be as quiet...

Page 10: ...ns in place power the system on and you should see the screen below Note Fusion may have pre installed 1 or 2 movies in its prep for shipment To complete the setup of the system use the supplied IR re...

Page 11: ...or IP control system Here are some of the functions available on the remote Chapter 2 Setting up your Premiere Movie Server Navigation buttons Up Down Left Right The OK button selects the various onsc...

Page 12: ...ase a license of AnyDVD HD Once you have purchased a license you will need to take the registration key they email to you and put it on a USB key Insert that USB key into an available USB slot on your...

Page 13: ...s All other content license rules and regulations as de ned by the copyright holder shall be adhered to including but not limited to the prohibition of any il legal distribution or copying of any cont...

Page 14: ...INTERFACE ADJUSTMENTS You can also adjust the graphic user interface or GUI overscan settings You ll want to do this when the GUI is larger than the display itself i e a Plasma display TechTip Fusion...

Page 15: ...avigate to Main Menu Set Up Menu Set Up Video Here you will be able to adjust the playback engine simi larly to how you adjusted the GUI previously While you are in this screen you may also adjust the...

Page 16: ...ll audio settings will be con gured Any audio output changes will take effect immediately no rebooting is required NOTE If you require digital surround and analog output to be hot at the same time you...

Page 17: ...controlling the system with an IP based home auto mation control system you will want to set a static IP address This will ensure that the machines will ALWAYS communicate with each other cor rectly...

Page 18: ...d the information is perma nently saved and stored onto your system YOU MUST BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET TO LOAD MOVIES LOADING VIA THE FRONT TRAY ON THE SERVER This is probably the easiest method to...

Page 19: ...ll automatically import the disc IF THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE MOVIE INFORMATION Fusion s database system currently has over 120 000 cataloged titles and grows every day If a movie cannot be found a k...

Page 20: ...b if enabled from the setup menu and select the Update Metadata option This will research our database and correct any movie information that is missing or inaccurate TechTip You also have the opportu...

Page 21: ...r region marked somewhere on the dust jacket or on the disc itself If it is not marked it will probably be all regions Multiple regions can be imported and played back in a Fusion system but care shou...

Page 22: ...port utility TechTip The client will need to have AnyDVD HD loaded on their PC before they can import their movies The same registration key should be valid for both the Fusion server and their PC Bef...

Page 23: ...mport a home movie you will need to make sure that the les have been burned to a DVD format and that the DVD has been nalized during the creation process Un nalized media may not be able to be recogni...

Page 24: ...ll be controlled via a universal type remote control or third party home automation system The navigation commands on these remotes may be slightly different By default the movies will appear in alpha...

Page 25: ...e spot 4 Advanced If enabled from the set up menu allows you to either update the movie metadata or delete the movie entirely from the system If you are simply looking for a movie to watch that s all...

Page 26: ...R AND JUMP There are several ways you can choose to nd movies rather than simply scrolling through your entire collection Many of Fusion s users have col lections in the thousands of titles and that c...

Page 27: ...his will give you a much more manageable amount of movies to look at TechTip To cancel any sort or lter function simply hit the Back or exit button FILTERING OPTIONS The two most common ltering option...

Page 28: ...movies it simply resorts all the movies into a differ ent order Sorting has many criteria you may choose from including alpha betical order the date the movie was imported into the system the date the...

Page 29: ...e fact that it keeps your cover art interface from being ooded with the same covers With the series option you would have only one cover art entry and when you select that cover each episode would app...

Page 30: ...nts of each episode to create a series To determine if your series disc can be mapped with start points press the OK button to bring up the detail screen If it looks like the image of the Rome series...

Page 31: ...each episode CREATING START POINTS FOR MOVIES The EPIC platform has been designed to start each movie at the beginning of the featured presentation On the rare occasion you will nd a movie that force...

Page 32: ...hapter etc PAUSING AND PICKING UP IN ANOTHER ZONE The Fusion system remembers the last point at which you stopped every movie Stop a movie half way through and you are able to pick it up at that exact...

Page 33: ...on Friendly Name You should see this screen Click on the serial number and you ll see an on screen keyboard come up Type in the name you d like to use for that zone and hit the green check mark button...

Page 34: ...llection To set the parental rating go to Menu Setup Set Parental Rating Here you ll be able to set your own password that will be easy for you to remember and apply the level of restriction on the co...

Page 35: ...on the system go to Menu Unlock Rating Note Until there is a lock applied the option for navigating to Unlock Rating will be greyed out Once you are on the Unlock Rating screen you ll be asked to ente...

Page 36: ...cation that you can get from Microsoft s website Download the utility onto a PC that is on the same network as the Fusion server and you will be able to manage your movie collections Open the utility...

Page 37: ...th this Media Manager The easiest way to do this is to click on the Movies TV tab on the manager and se lect Programs Programs essentially lists the media by the discs that you entered This is the eas...

Page 38: ...ly Simpsons Movie under S EDITING GENRES AND PARTICIPANTS FOR A SPECIFIC MOVIE To edit the Genre s a movie is listed under or the actors or directors click the following tab To add a new category genr...

Page 39: ...of what you would like your children to watch For example a PG 13 lm might be deemed unsuitable for a child to watch so the parent can upgrade the rating to R thus showing it amongst higher rated lms...

Page 40: ...nts from the drop down menu You ll see a list similar to the one on the left Select the name you wish to change and the middle screen will pop up Fill in the appro priate information and the screen on...

Page 41: ...adaptor and the HDMI cable as well and power up the player The player will automatically assign itself and IP address and pull the movie content from the server You will now have another completely in...

Page 42: ...in a Redun dant Array of Independent Disks RAID that allows one or more drives to be used as an automatic backup should another drive start to fail NAS can come in either pedestal or rack mounted con...

Page 43: ...ch as inef cient cooling and air ow or uctuating power conditions such as brown or black outs c shipment of the product such claims must be presented to the carrier d repair or attempted repair by any...

Page 44: ...eceive a Return Ma terial Authorization RMA number This number is to be attached to the outside of the shipping carton The technical support person will give additional instructions Please be sure to...

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