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6.0 Record

7.0 Quality

8.0 Auto

Chapter

Use

▲▼

to highlight

•

Quality

•

Auto Chapter

•

Permanent Timeshift

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Recording Device

•

Timeshift device

Then ENTER to change selection

You can change the default
recording quality to
HQ, SP, LP, EP and SLP

(Please refer to the recording
section for explanation)

You can change the length of auto
chapter for recording title from
OFF to 15 minutes, 20 minutes
and 30 minutes

Summary of Contents for MEDIAX PX-MX Series

Page 1: ...1 of 63 PX MXxxxL Users Guide...

Page 2: ...g to USB external HDD or USB memory 12 6 0 Connecting to a Camcorder 13 7 0 Connecting to Local Area Network LAN 13 8 0 Power Connection 13 Remote Control 14 Initial Settings 15 1 0 Language 15 2 0 Da...

Page 3: ...iles in network computers 47 2 0 Playback AV files in network computers 47 3 0 Setting a LAN connection in My Shortcuts 49 4 0 Playback your Recorded Titles 51 5 0 Subtitle File 52 6 0 Advanced Playba...

Page 4: ...4 of 63 Before You Start What s in the box Congratulations on purchasing your PleXtor MediaX home media centre Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it...

Page 5: ...x new and old batteries together Don t use different kinds of batteries together although they may look similar different batteries may have different voltages Make sure the plus and minus ends of eac...

Page 6: ...6 of 63 Front Panel Power LED Area that receives signal from remote control Guide To display Guide Menu Arrow Button s To navigate Ok Enter To execute a selected function Power On Stand by Record LED...

Page 7: ...main supply 10 DC In 12V Power Jack to connect power cable 11 COAXIAL To connect to the Coaxial Input of your Digital Amplifier 12 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT To connect to the Component Video Input of your...

Page 8: ...Note Some HDMI TV s do not support interlaced signal 567i 480i which is the default video output setting of your PleXtor MediaX Please press the TV system button on your PleXtor MediaX remote control...

Page 9: ...9 of 63 1 3 A V Composite Video 2ch Audio 1 4 Component Video 2ch Audio...

Page 10: ...10 of 63 2 0 Connecting to AV Input with an AV device Satellite Digital Terrestrial or Cable Set Top Box VCR etc 2 1 SCART Input 2 2 AV Input Composite Video 2ch Audio...

Page 11: ...11 of 63 3 0 Connecting to a Digital Amplifier 3 1 Coaxial Audio Out 3 2 Optical Audio out...

Page 12: ...necting to USB external HDD or USB memory Please connect your PleXtor MediaX to USB 2 0 port in order to get the high speed up to 480Mps file transfer Your PleXtor MediaX will only work at USB 1 1 if...

Page 13: ...13 of 63 6 0 Connecting to a Camcorder 7 0 Connecting to Local Area Network LAN 8 0 Power Connection Camcorder...

Page 14: ...Navigate in menu s ENTER To execute a selected function RETURN To go back one step GUIDE To show front screen USB Go to USB folder HDD Go to REC AUDIO To select audio language or audio channel SUBTIT...

Page 15: ...e Time and Local Area Network LAN 1 0 Language The following on screen display will show up 2 0 Date Time Set the current date and time Select your language by pressing buttons then Enter to execute S...

Page 16: ...P Auto The IP address will be set according to DHCP in your network If you select FIX IP Manual Set the LAN manually according to your network by pressing Numbers or button and press Enter to execute...

Page 17: ...Recording For storing films programs you want to record from TV or camcorder etc UDF 2 Multimedia For storing all your media files FAT 32 NTFS This part of the hard drive splits the Multimedia sectio...

Page 18: ...as an external HDD You can record and enjoy time shift via the FAT 32 file system You can copy the files and folders via remote control as well as via your computer FAT32 will be partitioned as a Mul...

Page 19: ...19 of 63 After the initial setup the format screen appears...

Page 20: ...s screen appears Your PleXtor MediaX will format the HDD When it has finished this screen will appear Please scroll down to page 23 Guide Menu Section Press button to select format then press Enter to...

Page 21: ...r to 4 hours Press button to select Next then press Enter Press buttons to select the capacity of Recording Multimedia the minimum each can have is 10 Press button to select Next then press Enter Pres...

Page 22: ...PleXtor MediaX Supported AV File Format Your PleXtor MediaX can playback the following AV file types HD Video MPEG2 HD Video M2ts ts tp HD DivX avi HD Xvid avi Video MPEG 1 2 dat mpg ifo vob avi DivX...

Page 23: ...owser In this area you can play and edit media files stored on your PleXtor MediaX USB Device and LAN REC List This is where you can play and edit your recorded titles from TV camcorder etc COPY Here...

Page 24: ...eXtor MediaX 3 On your computer click on the Start button then click on My Computer There you will see your PleXtor MediaX Here you can see the two file system partitions Local Disk E is the FAT32 par...

Page 25: ...and on again 2 0 As a Host Multi way file copy You can copy files from an attached USB hard drive USB memory stick and even from your Local Area network without attaching the your PleXtor MediaX to a...

Page 26: ...LAY button this brings up a green tick next to your selection You can copy a multiple of files just highlight each file or folder you want to copy press PLAY and the green tick will appear against eac...

Page 27: ...system Recording Quality The default recording quality is SP Standard Play It can be changed in the SetUp Menu Record section Recording mode Average Bitrates Video Resolution PAL Resolution NTSC Audio...

Page 28: ...utton your PleXtor MediaX will toggle through SCART and Video1 Each source is shown on the top right hand of the screen for 2 seconds Once you have chosen the source you want to record from Press REC...

Page 29: ...29 of 63 Press the PAUSE button if you want to pause the recording Press the PAUSE button again to recommence recording Press STOP button to stop recording...

Page 30: ...does not support the AV out function To record directly from TV you first have to set the TV as an input 1 From the Guide menu go to and enter the Set Up section 2 Press button until Video is highlig...

Page 31: ...from the Guide menu Find the source you want to record from and press REC 2 Press the Guide button on the remote control 3 Go to the Browser section Select the file you want to play back and press pl...

Page 32: ...y button on the remote control to playback camcorder 5 Press REC button at the point you want to start recording 6 Press the Stop button at the point you want to stop recording 7 Press the Return butt...

Page 33: ...ed content 4 Press until PLAY is highlighted along the top bar 5 Press to highlight the recording you want to play then press Enter Playing Back from USB Device If you set up your PleXtor MediaX to st...

Page 34: ...ted Press Enter Enter REC List section If you want to delete Use buttons to select OK Then press Enter to execute If you do not want to delete Use buttons to select Return Then press Enter Note If you...

Page 35: ...les Title Number Smaller number is shown at a higher position in the list Recording Time Newer titles are shown higher in the list Title name Title list is shown in alphabetical order Fresh Title The...

Page 36: ...recorded titles in the list have a little picture this is the thumbnail Here you can change that picture to a snap shot of your favorite part in the recording Press Play and buttons to find the frame...

Page 37: ...tching the title or by pressing Play and Pause until you find the point at which you want to stop erasing then press Enter 3 Press to Confirm or Cancel then press Enter 4 Select OK to execute or Retur...

Page 38: ...nd choose the point you want to add a Chapter Mark by pressing the Pause button 2 Press to select ADD then press Enter 3 You will now have a new Chapter Mark at your chosen position 4 You can select R...

Page 39: ...hat copy is Complete 4 Your title has now been copied to the hard drive in the FAT 32 partition To view the file 1 Press Guide button 2 Enter Browser section 3 Use buttons to highlight Movies on the t...

Page 40: ...ng Press button to select Delete All Titles then press Enter to delete A Confirmation window will appear Select Return to cancel delete or OK to confirm delete Note If you select to delete all the rec...

Page 41: ...are located USB HDD FAT 32 NET Highlight by pressing the then Enter 3 Highlight the directory where the required files are located by pressing buttons then Enter to select Enter Browser section NOTE...

Page 42: ...t editing Rename Change file name The Virtual Keyboard will show up Delete Delete highlighted file Select letters numbers by pressing buttons When a number or letter is highlighted press Enter Continu...

Page 43: ...Play button to allow the program to progress forward During Time Shift you will see the following Timeshift bar You can enjoy the following functions in Time Shift mode by pressing the following butto...

Page 44: ...ime Shift will start automatically when you enter the Video In mode Note If you are at the end of the Time Shift section the Time Shift bar will disappear and some of the key functions above will not...

Page 45: ...the type of AV file you want to playback Music Movies and Photos by pressing button Enter Browser section NOTE Only the selected AV file type will be shown on your TV If you select an AV file type an...

Page 46: ...ired file by pressing then Enter to playback in full screen Note When you enter a movie folder containing a IFO file on your PleXtor MediaX the film will auto play If the film does not auto play the s...

Page 47: ...your PleXtor MediaX First make sure your network connections are correct in the Network part of the Set UP section Please check Workgroup name and Full Computer Name in your computer as they will be s...

Page 48: ...r see CD provided You may enjoy some AV files that your PleXtor MediaX does not support through LAN playback such as WMV asf mkv h 264 in this case ensure that the proper codec s are installed on your...

Page 49: ...intranet then more than one IP address can be added and you can easily enjoy the files you want to play back in the sharing folder of all the computers connected through the LAN SET UP in MY Shortcuts...

Page 50: ...f assigned or you can skip this without typing anything NET Password Enter and then type your password if registered or you can skip this without typing anything Specific File Server IP Type the IP ad...

Page 51: ...nds Video 1 Recording Source is video 1 05 30 2007 Recorded date is May 30th 2007 22 35 26 Recorded Time is 10 35 26 PM Not played back yet after recording HDD Free Space 72GB It shows the free space...

Page 52: ...o set subtitle On or OFF default setting is On Subtitle Size During the playback you can adjust the size of the subtitle by pressing button for bigger size or button for smaller size Location Change D...

Page 53: ...Slide Show with Background Music Select and play your chosen music folder files Press the Return button on your remote control Enter and play your Photo s The music will play in the background while...

Page 54: ...he 16 9 wide setting If you have a conventional TV choose either 4 3 Letter Box or 4 3 Pan Scan In Letter Box mode the widescreen files are shown with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen Pa...

Page 55: ...mponent if you connect to your PleXtor MediaX to a TV with Component Cable Y Cb Cr Scart Change to SCART if you connect your Plextor MediaX to a TV with SCART Cable RGB Note Please be aware that you m...

Page 56: ...hift Recording Device Timeshift device Then ENTER to change selection You can change the default recording quality to HQ SP LP EP and SLP Please refer to the recording section for explanation You can...

Page 57: ...ice as HDD or USB Please refer to the recording section for further explanation HDD Time Shift will be done on your Hard Disk Drive Buffer time is based on your setting during HDD format USB Time Shif...

Page 58: ...ng DHCP most modern routers automatically assign new devices connected to them with an IP address 14 0 FIX IP MANUAL If you can not get LAN connection in DHCP IP setting you may get it by changing to...

Page 59: ...Properties Under General tab select Internet Protocall TCP IP then Properties Select Use the Following IP Address and enter IP Adress e g 192 168 16 3 Subnet Mask will be assigned aoutomaticaly You ca...

Page 60: ...firewall settings are not blocking network access to your PleXtor MediaX Go to Control Panel then Network Connections highlight Local Area Connection In left hand panel under Network Tasks select Cha...

Page 61: ...en you can release the Guide button 6 Your PleXtor MediaX will automatically be updated A progress window will be displayed DO NOT SWITCH OFF DURING UPGRADE 7 Your PleXtor MediaX will reset itself aut...

Page 62: ...t Subtitles smi ssa srt HD Playback Up to 1980x1080i Recording Time Shift From Digital Set Top Box VCR Camcorder and TV Network Playback and copy of PC file via LAN External HDD Through USB 2 0 From U...

Page 63: ...he Set Up Menu If you are not connected to a decoder box please ensure decoder is set to Off in the Set Up Menu No Playback or Freezing during playback Encoding Issue Some AV files can not be played b...

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