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1080P High Definition 3.5" HDD DVR Multimedia Player 

 

M8 

 

User Manual 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for M8

Page 1: ...1080P High Definition 3 5 HDD DVR Multimedia Player M8 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...r WLAN optional This will allow you to stream all multimedia files from you computers or network storage With USB hosts and card slot you can also connect your portable hard drives USB flash drives or memory cards We have also integrated the most popular BT download function for you to search and download movies on the Internet User friendly UI easy to operate and all functions settings are access...

Page 3: ...receive broadcasting by network File sharing via Samba server IMS This is a third party services that may be offed because of the policy issues support Internet channels search video weather and RSS news In the browser via UPNP and network item to access to computers on the LAN File Copy Supports copying moving files among Card USB HDD and Network USB 2 0 Support USB DEVICE port for computer conne...

Page 4: ...disk is being used the environmental temperature should be within 5 35 1 4 2 Power The player s power voltage DC 12V When using this player please connect the supplied AC adapter or AC adapter cable to the player s power jack When placing the adapter cable make sure it can not get damaged or be subject to pressure To reduce the risk of electric shock unplug the adapter first before cleaning it Nev...

Page 5: ...isk so that it can be recovered in the event of data corruption or loss Our company takes no responsibility for loss of data stored on the hard disk 1 4 7 Others 1 When using this player please do not let the player come into contact with water or other liquid if water is accidentally spilled on the player please use a dry cloth to absorb the spillage 2 All electronics device are very sensitive an...

Page 6: ... in jack 2 Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the other device s eg DVB STB ect A V out jack In this way you can use this product to record the contents of the DVD or other video playback devices 2 3 A V output 1 Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player s A V out jack 2 Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV s A V IN jack In th...

Page 7: ...put when using Y PB PR mode First method use the audio output from the A V OUT jack Second method use the audio output from the S PDIF Coaxial or Optical jack 2 5 Digtal audio output 1 Follow the picture and connect one end of coaxial optical fiber cable to the coaxial optical fiber output port of this product Not included in the Accessories 2 Follow the picture and connect the other end of coaxia...

Page 8: ...le cable 2 7 Connecting to a LAN To connect to a LAN Local Area Network you require a router or switch not supplied 1 Connect one of the crystal plugs on the cable to the player s RJ45 socket 2 Connect the other crystal plug on the cable to LAN port on your router switch or hub devices 2 8 Connecting to a WLAN 1 Make sure the player is powered on 2 Plug the Wireless LAN USB Adapter i e Wi Fi USB D...

Page 9: ...is product 2 9 Connecting a USB Device Include U Disk removable HDD USB DVD ROM ect 1 Make sure the player is powered on 2 Plug in the USB stick or USB HDD etc to the USB HOST port of this player 2 10 Connecting a Memory Card Memory card can be used by inserting to the card slot 1 Follow the picture to insert the memory card to the card slot properly 2 Insert the card by following the arrow pointe...

Page 10: ... the TV coaxial port to ANT IN port 2 13 ANT OUT The player can loop out the DTV signal to other TV receiver device If you use the player as a signal source to put the signals to another player or other display device 1 Make sure a TV Aerial is connecting to the ANT IN socket 2 Follow the picture and plug a TV cable to the ANT OUT socket then plug the cable to a TV or other receiver In this way yo...

Page 11: ... BROWSER 8 EJECT 9 Number Buttons 10 REPEAT 11 GOTO 12 STOP 13 PLAY 14 FR FF 15 PREVIOUS NEXT 16 PAUSE 17 SLOW 18 VOLUME 19 VOLUME 20 Navigation Buttons 21 ENTER 22 SETUP 23 RETURN 24 COPY 25 TIME SHIFT 26 SELECT 27 CONFIRM 28 OPTION 29 ZOOM 30 Subtitle 31 AUDIO 32 SOURCE 33 TELETEXT 34 DISPLAY 35 EPG ...

Page 12: ...vious Next Chapter 16 Pause Press it during play to pause state and then press it once to play the video in next frame every time Press PLAY key to return to normal play state 17 Slow Press it to slow down the play state and the player supports 5 kinds of slow motions 3 4X 1 2X 1 4X 1 8X 1 16X 1X Press PLAY key to return to normal play state 18 VOL Press to decrease the volume 19 VOL Press to add ...

Page 13: ... the information bar during playback 35 EPG Press to enter the Electronic Program Guide which displays an on screen list of programs for the coming week when watching Digital Terrestrial TV 3 2 Front view 1 Stand By Switch 2 HDD indicator 3 REC indicator 4 IR Receiver Window Interface Description No Item Description 1 Stand by work indicator Indicate as green when turned on and as red when standby...

Page 14: ...al usb device by this jack 4 HDMI Connecting to the video device and output HDMI audio and video signals by this jack 5 Power Switch Switch on off 6 Coaxial Optical Fiber Jack SPDIF Coaxial Optical fiber output digital audio The SPDIF coaxial optical cables are not include in attachment 7 AV IN AV out Connect to audio and video device by this jack and input or output CVBS signals 8 YPbPr Connect t...

Page 15: ...D MMC MS Card slot 2 Internal HDD Drawer Interface Description No Item Operation instruction 1 SD MMC MS card slot Plug in SD MMC MS card by this jack 2 Internal HDD Drawer Install the 3 5 SATA hard drive by this drawer ...

Page 16: ...3 5 Installation of Hard Disk schematic diagram ...

Page 17: ...VES from the main menu above the screen Browsing Movies Instructions of Operations Press the Left Right keys on the remote controller to select Movies interface Press Up Down keys to select the device to be previewed and press ENTER key to acces Press Up Down keys to select the folder or movie to be browsed and press Enter key to the full screen plan state The following buttons can be used to cont...

Page 18: ... no audio output during playing some movies switch the AUDIO to other channels and if it still fails please try to decode by power amplification Please refer to 2 5 Digtal audio output and refer to 9 2 Change the Audio Settings 3 All supported movie files will be displayed in this application 5 2 Browsing Music Press the Left Right keys on the remote controller to select MUSIC from the main menu a...

Page 19: ...ions Press the Left Right keys on the remote controller to select photo interface Press Up Down keys to select the device to be previewed and press Enter key to access Press Up Down keys to select the folder or music you want to preview and press Enter key to full screen plan state The following buttons can be used to control video playback PREV NEXT View the previous or next picture file Zoom Zoo...

Page 20: ... displayed 5 5 Browse the files via network There are three ways to locate media files shared on your local network in the Network menu One is to browse through My_Shortcuts the other way is to browse through My_Neighbors and the third is browse through workgroup 5 5 1 My Shortcuts My Shortcuts Enter by inputting IP address users name and the password directly My_Shortcuts Instructions of Operatio...

Page 21: ...erver IP first then input Net User ID Net Password and press ok or ok save to myshortcuts to access Press comfirm key to select the dialog box it will pop up a visual key board Use the navigation key to input the characters for setting Net User ID Net Password Use the NO keys and the navigation key to input the IP adress in Specific File Server IP select ok to comfirm Select detail to setting Labe...

Page 22: ...tware It need installed on PC And it is a communicate bridge to connect Net Media Player and PC Install transcode Server Double click the Transcode Server and finish the installation Please execute the Transcode server as installation completed And the icon will appear on right of the status bar Click the icon or tap Start Program Transcode Server to enter the Transcode server interface 1 Transcod...

Page 23: ...s the delete to delete the selected folder The shared contents of the folder you can be browsed under the My_Neighbors Such as you add a folder named test movie on the local computer you will browse the test movie folder under the My_Neighbors of the player s And the shared folder will appear a shared symbol on local computer ...

Page 24: ...em startup option click Apply to confirm the software will running automatically when the computer boots up 4 Event log In the Event log interface to display PC and Media player communication information 5 About In the about interface to view the software version ...

Page 25: ... structure which is used for PC and equity common equity network connection of intellectual device or instrument and it is especially used in households UPnP bases on Internet standard and technology such as TCP IP HTTP and XML which can make these devices automatically connect and work together to make network especially home network available to more people UPNP that is installed in computer ena...

Page 26: ...art Window Media Play 11 and select library option 2 Select library in option column Then select collocation Configure sharing and make sure the option that share my media is selected press the OK to exit 3 Then select supervision folder and add the share files and folders you want to play in this window When the folder you add appears in the list on screen it means that the ...

Page 27: ...e then select music interface Press Up Down keys to select the files to be added into the playlist Press Select key to mark the files Press confirm key to add the marked files into the Play List At the same way Select HDD in browser column for entrance then select the all photo movie interface press the select key to to mark them and press confirm key to add them to the playlist After select backg...

Page 28: ...lpful tips 1 To use the Play List you must format you internal HDD in setup mode first 2 Only add the media files on intenal HDD the files in USB and other extenal device are not allow to added if you need to add the files on extenal device you should copy it in intenal HDD 3 Cannot add the folders 6 Renaming Deleting Files When navigating in the browser menu you can press the option button to act...

Page 29: ...delete Press the Option key to select delete and press Enter key to confirm Helpful tips The files in Play list will not be supported to rename and delete Because it only as a link exists in intenal HDD 7 File Copy Select the File Copy icon from the home screen to enter into the File Copy menu which allows you to copy files between Removable Devices Card USB HDD and Network ect ...

Page 30: ...ancell and press the Right key to execute the next step Step 3 Select the destination folder Select the folder you want to save the copied file in the destination device And you can also create a new folder to saved the copied files select New directory it will pop up Virtual keyboard which you can use it to named the folder Press Up Down keys to select the folder Press the Right key to execute th...

Page 31: ...channel Numeric Key Press to input channel numbers Press the enter button to confirm EPG Press to enter the EPG menu Subtitle Press to activate the subtitle list menu if available Volume Increase or decrease the volume REC Press to start recording the current TV program Time shift Press to activate the time shift function 8 1 1 Info Bar While switching channels by the up down button an info bar wi...

Page 32: ...VB T Press REC key to start the recording recording files are automatically stored in a folder named REC by default retap will active the one key record function you can select OTR30 MIN 60 MIN 90 MIN 120 MIN 180 MIN 240 MIN off when you selected the off you can recording for a long time and unrestricted and press pause to pause current recording This product is supports dual tuner when you record...

Page 33: ...on Note 1 The video recorded is not stored in the hard disk when recording is completed you need to watch it timely if you exited and you will not be able to watch again 2 The programs in DTV and AV in are all supported time shift function 8 4 Edit Timer Record You need to set the system time on setup menu first This media player has schedule record function it can record automatically when you le...

Page 34: ... recording Repeat Select how often you want the schedule to record Choose from Once Everyday Mon Fri Mon Sat or for an individual day of the week Quality Select the recording quality Choose from HQ SLP EP LP and SP The higher the quality the more space required on the hard drive See HDD Free Space on the left of the screen for details of how long you can record for using each setting NICAM NICAM s...

Page 35: ... to confirm 8 4 3 Status Change the selected schedule status Press the left right key on the remote control to select the Status tab from the menu bar The schedule list is displayed Select a schedule and press the Enter key 8 4 3 1 When the source is from video1 Select Enable the time by VPS Enable the time by user s setting or Pause the selected schedule Press the Enter button to confirm ...

Page 36: ...cted history 9 Setup menu The Setup menu allows you to personalize and configure the preferences for your player Select the Setup icon on the home screen or press the SETUP button on the remote control Use the navigation key to select an option and then press ENTER Press RETURN to cancel and display the previous menu screen There are seven Setup options including TV Audio Video REC Network System ...

Page 37: ...e remote control to select or input Press the Enter key to confirm 9 1 3 Channel Set Select from cancel or DTV select DTV to come into following interface You can selected and sorted or delete the channels on this interface Sorting Eg select location as Location 2 press enter to confirm then select the swap dialog box on the right top use the left and right key to choose the channel s number as 4 ...

Page 38: ... Mode Choose between Off On Comfort If the option is turned on the audio output volume will be decreased to make you more comfortable 9 2 2 Hdmi Output Choose among RAW LPCM DUAL CH LPCM MULTI CH 9 2 3 SPDIF Output Choose between RAW LPCM DUAL CH In raw mode Dolby Digital DTS or MPEG sound can be bypassed to the HDMI TV or Digital amplifier 9 3 Changing Video Settings Use this menu to configure vi...

Page 39: ...Out Turn on this function can reduce the image display size Brightness Adjust the level of brightness Contrast Adjust the level of contrast Hue Adjust the level of hue Saturation Adjust the level of saturation Digital Noise reduction Select auto to reduce the noise on the display and enhance view quality Video system Select to adjust video output resolution HDMI Auto NTSC PAL 480P 576P 720P 50HZ 7...

Page 40: ... In case of any questions about the settings please go to the network administrator for help space The other settings reduce recording quality sequentially but also require less storage space Permanent timeshift When the permanent function is on the program will record automatically and you can pause fast forward rewind the program just like your play the files on your hard drive Immediately REC D...

Page 41: ...ress RETURN to cancel and press PLAY to connect 2 Get Connection Mode Choose among Infrastructure AP and Peer to Peer Ad Hoc Press ENTER to go to next step and press RETURN to cancel The following detailed description of these three kinds of connection settings 9 5 2 1 Infrastructure AP Infrastructure mode is used to connect computers with wireless network adapters also known as wireless clients t...

Page 42: ...ryption the password shall be input in relevant dialog box NONE means it is an open system network Step2 Wireless security setting Press return key in password entry interfaces it will return to the wireless network security settings interface Press return again then will come into comfirm SSID name interface press enter to access then it wil promote to enter s password And open systems do not nee...

Page 43: ...wireless router or access point Connect wireless network card with the system and carry out the following operations Step 1 Ad Hoc Setup After AD HOC way is selected press the enter key to enter Ad Hoc setting page Directly press Play key and the system will automatically carry out Ad Hoc setting based on the default setting Related settings a Wireless SSID name of wireless Use the Virtual keyboar...

Page 44: ... Net info interface If the IP can not be correctly obtained that the setting must be repeated B PIN code After PIN method is selected press the enter key for confirmation and the system will automatically get the IP After the setting is successfully finished return to network setting interface The connection mode IP address and signal intention will be displayed on the right side of the screen Not...

Page 45: ...n keys to select the desired language Text Encoding Select to set the text encoding option subtitle display Include Greek cyrillic Hebrew SE European Unicode UTF8 Simplified Chinese GBK Traditional Chinese BIG5 western Turkish Central European Wrong selection may cause the messy codes of subtitle displayed Login Control Select to turn on off the password protect for BT and SAMBA Default user ID ad...

Page 46: ...e hard disk the data saved on the hard disk will be lost so please operate carefully More detail please see the Chapter 9 6 1 Restore default Select to restore factory defaults 9 6 1 Format HDD For users who wish to install a new SATA HDD into the player please refer to the following procedures to format the hard disk on the player before usage Access into Setup System HDD Format menu Step 1 Selec...

Page 47: ...en Press the Up Down keys to select the items to be changed Resume play Whether or not to continue to play from the point interrupted last time Slide show timing Time to switch over to the next slide when the pictures are played in slide form off 2S 5S 10S 30S 1MIN 2MIN Transition effect Transitional effect for picture switch when the pictures are played in slide form include all effect shuffle of...

Page 48: ...ba 11 1 Web management and BT Download To use this function you need to format the Internal HD in Settings System Format menu it will be installed related packages as btpd samba and unicgi automatically in the process of formatting After installed successful the BT and SAMBA can be opened If the installation fails you can also upgrade it in an extension upgrade and make sure all related packages a...

Page 49: ... 123 If the login control is off it will not need to enter a password and come into the main interface directly the main interface showing as follows 11 1 2 Account Management At Home page select Account Management into Account Management page If click Account Management is not into this page please confirm Login control is set to ON ...

Page 50: ... changed 11 1 3 Visit Neighbor Click Visit Neighbor on the home page of Neighbor Web Then you will be able to browse edit and copy files to from the local HDD of the player 11 1 4 BT Download The BitTorrent client btpd is running in daemon a process running in the background mode and you can manipulate the process via the Web server Click BitTorrent Download on the home page of Neighbor Web then y...

Page 51: ...t Download page Click Browse to upload a torrent file and click Yes to confirm 11 1 6 Managing the Downloads The BitTorrent Download page also allows you to start stop delete torrents and set priorities for torrents as well as view the status of current torrents ...

Page 52: ...y for the selected torrent 11 1 7 Settings Click Setting on the BitTorrent Download page to enter the BitTorrent Setting page In the BitTorrent Setting page you can configure the following settings Set the maximum download rate Set the maximum upload rate Set the idle hours to start the next download automatically Set the seeding hours Set to delete the finished torrent files automatically or not ...

Page 53: ... you can manage copy or store the data in the player on LAN You can also access the player s Internal HD samba by the chapter 10 1 3 Visit Neighbor 12 Upgrading Firmware Firmware refers to the operating system OS on this product Regularly upgrade the firmware to the updated functions Please download the firmware programs with updated versions from the official websites and update firmware version ...

Page 54: ...nnot use the same firmware please upgrading it with serious cautious Please contact your dealer or choose to visit our website for the latest firmware Note To view the current software version please Enter into the Setup System System Upgrade menu 13 others 13 1 Specifications List of Supported ports USB 2 0 HOST port x 2 USB 2 0 Slave port Composite CVBS A V jack Y Pb Pr jack HDMI V1 3 interface ...

Page 55: ...8SE driver first and restart your computer 4 Cannot installed Windows 98SE drivers on Windows_ XP 2000 or ME OS 5 Connected the product to the back of computer USB jack Question 2 When I try to disconnect the USB device I keep on getting The device Generic volume cannot be stopped right now Try stopping the device again later message what should I do Answer Close any program that might be accessin...

Page 56: ... utility Make sure you have connected the player with the external power adapter during this procedure Question 5 My files have disappeared from the player Answer Make sure that you browse your files via the correct browser mode which means correct filtered views such as Photos Music or Movies Question 6 Why do some support s form picture can t display in picture browser Answer Eg the JPEG format ...

Page 57: ...our TV does not support please use the A V signal display instead press the TV SYSYEM button on the remote control then switch the TV s video input to NTSC or PAL Question 9 Why is there no sound on movie or music playback when using Y Pb Pr component output Answer Y Pb Pr output is a video output only and does not include sound signals When using Y Pb Pr output please plug the A V OUT or the S PD...

Page 58: ... license under U S Patent s 5 451 942 5 956 674 5 974 380 5 978 762 6 487 535 other U S and worldwide patents issued pending DTS and DTS 2 0 Digital Out are registered trademarks and the DTS logos and Symbol are trademarks of DTS Inc 1996 2008 DTS Inc All Rights Reserved Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and the double D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories...

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