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Magic TV™ Gadgets
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For live News and Weather updates, an Internet connection and local
network is required. Please connect Magic TV™ to your broadband router
or network (connection instructions are in
sections 3.4
and
9.1
). For other
network and Internet related support issues, please consult your Internet
Service Provider (ISP).
7.1
News
Magic TV™ can keep you updated on local and global news stories by
displaying News bulletins from popular and trusted sources. Simply choose
your preferred news supplier from the list and browse an up-to-date list of
news stories.
When viewing a news story, you can quickly jump to the next or previous story
by pressing
or . Pressing
will return you to the previous menu. If a news
item is long, press
to scroll the text and reveal more.
*News and Weather information is obtained from the Internet. Pixel Magic does not guarantee the
accuracy or reliability of any information.
7.2
Weather
Magic TV™ can also display New Zealand weather information.
Simply choose your preferred region and browse the latest updates.
If a weather bulletin is long, press
to scroll the text and reveal more.
*News and Weather information is obtained from the Internet. Pixel Magic does not guarantee the
accuracy or reliability of any information.
7.3
HD Camcorder Movies
Magic TV™ can browse, copy and play AVCHD and HDV camcorder files
from many of the latest HD camcorders. When you select this option,
Magic TV™ will automatically search all folders named “AVCHD” or
“VIDEO” for movies with the .m2t (HDV) or .mts/m2ts (AVCHD) extensions.
The files found are presented in alphabetical order of folder name,
then file name.
Colour coding
Black
File is located on the internal HDD
Blue
File is located on a USB drive
Pressing
on a movie name will reveal the following options:
Play
Plays the highlighted movie(s)
Play All
Plays all the movies in the list
Copy to
Copies the camcorder movie onto the System
System HDD
Hard Disk Drive for convenient future playback
Playback functions and options are very similar to normal recorded programme
playback. You can also select multiple movies by using the button and then
pressing . Multiple movies will play in the order they were selected.
Due to the different ways in which camcorder manufacturers encode
video, there may be some minor playback issues. Sometimes these ‘problem’
files can be fixed with third party computer applications. Pixel Magic cannot
guarantee playback quality of non-broadcast videos.
