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HoneyWld PowerZest

HD-301

User Manual

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Page 1: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 1 HoneyWld PowerZest HD 301 User Manual HoneyWld Technology Corp Version v1 00 Version v 2 3...

Page 2: ...s XP Mode 2 Windows Vista Mode 2 AUTO FIRMWARE UPGRADE USING THE HONEYWLD DIGITAL MEDIA SERVER DMS 2 CONFIGURING YOUR HONEYWLD DMS 2 CHAPTER 2 ADVANCED NETWORK SETUP 2 CONNECT POWERZEST TO PC DIRECTLY...

Page 3: ...EO 2 Supported Video Format 2 To Play Video 2 Video Resume Playing 2 Play Next Video Automatically 2 Search Video 2 DVD Menu Navigation 2 CHAPTER 6 WEB BROWSER 2 TO START THE WEB BROWSER 2 USING THE R...

Page 4: ...CONFIGURATION AND FILE MANAGEMENT HARD DISK DRIVE INSTALLATION 2 POWERZEST HDD FORMAT WIZARD 2 COPY FILES FROM USB STORAGE DEVICE TO POWERZEST LOCAL HDD 2 COPY DELETE FILES FROM PC TO POWERZEST LOCAL...

Page 5: ...UPPORTED 2 About This Manual The Honeywld PowerZest User Manual gives you a step by step explanation of how to install PowerZest Media Player Use this information to set up and configure PowerZest Thi...

Page 6: ...void leaving static images such as photos or paused videos onscreen for long periods of time WARNING This device should be used only indoors in well ventilated areas To reduce the risk of fire electri...

Page 7: ...mat 4 Screws for HDD What You Need to Connect to PowerZest A Windows based computer with Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Vista system software 500MHz Processor or better 512 MB RAM 20MB available H...

Page 8: ...View Fig 1 1 Front View Navigation Button LCD Window 16x2 Characters Power On Off Button USB Host LED Indicator 1 Power 2 HDD 3 Network Video Out CVBS Power Adaptor SPDIF Optical HDMI SPDIF Coaxial U...

Page 9: ...trol Use the remote control to navigate menus and to select and watch videos listen to music or view photos on your television 1 3 2 6 17 16 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 29 28 30 15 31 32 35 34 33 13 5 14 8 1...

Page 10: ...ss to jump to VIDEO mode 17 MUSIC Press to jump to MUSIC mode 18 PICTURES Press to jump to PHOTO mode 19 iMedia Press to jump to Internet Media mode 20 21 22 24 DIRECTIONS 1 Press LEFT to stop current...

Page 11: ...on your computer with Honeywld DMS CD 4 Configure your Honeywld DMS Server to work with the PowerZest Connect PowerZest Follow these steps to connect PowerZest Video and Audio Connections Make sure y...

Page 12: ...will interfere with the other but only one network can be accessed at a time wired or wireless Connection Diagram Following is a connection example with network and UPnP devices Note If the audio out...

Page 13: ...u use HDMI aim the remote control at the Power Zest and push Output Key You can cycle through the TV modes to get the correct display 3 Wait few seconds for the start up page to show up and it will tu...

Page 14: ...TUP mode from The Main Menu 2 Select Network Wizard from set up main menu to start setup wizard Note When you cycle through the Output Key the Power Zest will tell you which mode you are at Below is a...

Page 15: ...sing DHCP Power Zest automatically detects your network If you don t connect using DHCP go back to set up main menu and select Network Set Up You may have to enter your IP address net mask gateway and...

Page 16: ...d 3 Select Wireless and follow the on screen instructions 4 PowerZest displays all available networks navigate on the menu and choose the one you want 5 PowerZest detects the network type automaticall...

Page 17: ...manually 1 Select Wireless Setup 2 Select Network type as Infrastructure mode 3 Press Back to accept the setting or press OK to change the setting Enter a value of up to 32 characters for the SSID by...

Page 18: ...tions Wireless Setup for PC When using wireless network after PowerZest is set up you have to ensure your PC is also linked with the same AP See below to ensure the correct settings Windows XP Mode 1...

Page 19: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 19 3 Input network key if necessary 4 Network is successfully connected...

Page 20: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 20 Windows Vista Mode 1 Select Control Panel 2 Click on Network and Internet...

Page 21: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 21 3 Select Network and Sharing Center and click on Connect to a network 4 Select the right Access Point and click on Connect...

Page 22: ...l the files you want to share in the same local network Follow these steps to install the software 1 Insert the Installer CD into the CD drive on the computer The main CD page opens 2 Select Install H...

Page 23: ...t to share and add to the directories 3 After all are done click Play button to begin service 4 When you are finished go to your TV 5 Your PowerZest is ready to use The Main Menu is displayed Play Add...

Page 24: ...Main Menu 3 Follow on screens instructions to complete Wired Network settings Wireless Network 1 Press Setup hotkey or select Setup Main Menu 2 Select Wireless Network Setup and set Network Type as Ad...

Page 25: ...p 25 Wireless Configuration Under Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration 1 Click right button of mouse on wireless icon and select View Available Wireless Networks 2 Choose the wireless network you...

Page 26: ...eps to solve the problem 1 Click right button of mouse on wireless icon and select Open Network Connections Note Some firewall and anti Virus tools will forbid UPnP protocol This will affect the conne...

Page 27: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 27 2 Choose your wireless network and click Properties 3 Choose the Wireless Networks Tab and click Advanced...

Page 28: ...ndows Vista Wireless Network Configuration 1 Select Control Panel Note Some firewall and anti Virus tools will forbid UPnP protocol This will affect the connection between Honeywld DMS and Power Zest...

Page 29: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 29 2 Select Network Internet 3 Choose Network and Sharing Center and cilck on Connect to a network...

Page 30: ...want and click Connect 5 Computer to Computer network is done Disable Firewall under Windows Vista Some firewall and anti Virus tools will forbid UPnP protocol That will affect the connection between...

Page 31: ...ur firewall or temporarily turn off your firewall when you are using PowerZest Follow these steps to disable firewall 1 Select Control Panel 2 Select Security and click Allow a program through Windows...

Page 32: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 32 4 Click Browse to browse for Honeywld DMS program...

Page 33: ...nology Corp 33 Follow below steps 5 8 to search for Honeywld program files 5 Click Computer 6 Click Program files Note The default Honeywld DMS program files path is at Computer Local Disk C Program F...

Page 34: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 34 7 Click Folders Honeywld 8 Click DMS Server vX XX XX...

Page 35: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 35 9 Select DigitalMediaServer 10 Hoeywld DMS Server is successfully included to the exceptions Click OK to finish...

Page 36: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 36 11 Click Allow to add this program...

Page 37: ...Server The PowerZest comes with Digital Media Server software that runs in a computer on your home network To play media files on PC PowerZest must be connected to the network and the Digital Media Se...

Page 38: ...r you want to share and press OK to start the files scanning 3 The DMS will ignore those none supported files automatically and you can see which folders had been shared from Shared Directory column 4...

Page 39: ...t then repeat step 1 4 6 If there is any change in the folders that you shared please also press Stop Service button first and then press Refresh button to refresh the file list 7 When all folders you...

Page 40: ...sired name 1 Press Change button then change the desired name 2 Click OK to restart service with new server name The System Tab is where you can change the name of your Honeywld Server Software delete...

Page 41: ...contents on the network and to copy delete its files by using the Honeywld DMS Software installed on your PC Options Tab Follow below steps to configure your settings The Options tab is where you can...

Page 42: ...to enable the Transcoding function When you want to watch MP4 or MOV format enable this function 4 If service of Digital Media Server is running please press CHANGE button first to check Enable Trans...

Page 43: ...HDD inside you can copy and delete media files via PC to local HDD Follow the instructions below to set up HDD 1 Make sure PowerZest is turned off 2 Use a screw driver to unscrew the 4 screws at the...

Page 44: ...nsert the HDD into the Cover case as below direction 5 Put the HDD on the cover and screw up the HDD firmly in the four holes 6 Connect the SATA data cable with the PowerZest board Front View of cover...

Page 45: ...est HDD Format Wizard After HDD installation is completed PowerZest will detect your HDD compatibility and perform formatting if necessary Follow below steps to complete the format process 1 Turn on P...

Page 46: ...sure you want to start format the HDD will NOT be able to be Used in your PC once you perform the PowerZest Format Wizard Click Yes if you are sure you want to initialize the process 4 Wait few secon...

Page 47: ...you install the HDD into PowerZest WARNING PowerZest will format your HDD as EXT3 format for best performance This file format can not be recognized by Windows system Note By default Power Zest will...

Page 48: ...installed with a local HDD you can copy files from USB storage device through USB hosts or copy and delete files from PC through LAN Follow below steps to copy files from USB storage device 1 Go to My...

Page 49: ...and then press COPY key on the remote control 4 The PowerZest will ensure you whether you want to copy press Yes if you want to move on Note The Power Zest only support USB hosts copy to local HDD you...

Page 50: ...ral different methods to do copy delete files Through Honeywld Media Server Software To use this feature you have to install Honeywld Media software to your PC first Please make reference to Chapter 3...

Page 51: ...he all available PowerZest on the local network Following is the example with 2 PowerZest connected to the Network 4 Choose the one you want and double click File Browser icon 5 A log in icon pops up...

Page 52: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 52 6 Browser connects to local HDD successfully 7 By opening second browser you can copy delete files between your PC and the local HDD via PC mouse...

Page 53: ...ace Samba Server PowerZest supports Samba server function which shares your local storage space with client PC over the network For PC with Windows OS it s well known as My Network Places The followin...

Page 54: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 54 2 Click Entire Network 3 Click Microsoft Windows Network MShome...

Page 55: ...ble click it and you will see the PowerZest ShareHDD icon 5 Double click the PowerZest ShareHDD icon a login menu pops up Input the default user name and password admin 6 Log in is successful Now you...

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Page 57: ...ss media files on NAS Network Attached Storage without the using of other UPnP server or Honeywld DMS server Firstly have the IP address and the subfolder name of your target source ready for example...

Page 58: ...following arrangement nfs ip export_directory for example nfs 192 168 2 112 mnt hd_a2 The 192 168 2 112 is the IP address of the NAS you want to approach and the mnt hd_a2 is the sub folder name of y...

Page 59: ...password Through Honeywld DMS software Through the Honeywld DMS software you can manage not only one PowerZest but all the available PowerZest in the network 1 Start up the Honeywld DMS server instal...

Page 60: ...nd sub folder name which you have prepared and click on OK after finish The url link must be in following arrangement nfs ip export_directory for example nfs 192 168 2 112 mnt HD_a2 The 192 168 2 112...

Page 61: ...this option As long as the network is linked there is no additional set up to enable this feature Following steps show how to access media through the Samba Client Protocol 1 Get into My Media in the...

Page 62: ...server or Samba client will be found at the same layer you may have 2 different approaches of same sources at one menu list You can compare the 2 approaches of Samba client and UPnP server to the same...

Page 63: ...l pop out 5 After input of username and password you can get into your target source and select the media files you want to play Key in User name and Password to login NAS Remark The performance of hi...

Page 64: ...AC AAC MP4 M4A AAC LC AAC MP4 M4A AC3 Dolby Digital 5 1 Down mixing AC3 AC3 Pass through AC3 DTS Pass through DTS LPCM WAV PCM MP3 MP3 ID3 tag supported MP3Pro MP3 OGG Vorbis OGG WMA WMA ASF WMA Lossl...

Page 65: ...control 3 Select MUSIC mode and press OK to enter music mode 4 If you select Honeywld DMS the music files will organize by Album Artist or Genre automatically for your convenient or you can select All...

Page 66: ...emote control 5 Select the folder that contains the music files or the subfolders you want and press OK Play or Left button on the remote control to play it Note icon is stand for a folder icon is sta...

Page 67: ...on while music is playing you can pause the music by pressing PLAY button again can resume the music Pause Music Play Music Volume Control Press Vol or Vol buttons to control the volume Mute Press Mut...

Page 68: ...ss several times to switch the speed Repeat and Repeat All You can turn on the repeat function to continuously play individual music or music within a folder Repeat Once Press Repeat button once to re...

Page 69: ...Enter music files list 2 Please use Up and Down buttons on the remote control to navigate music files and press BGM hotkey on remote control to invoke BGM tool bar 3 Please use Right and Left buttons...

Page 70: ...select button on BGM tool bar to stop playing BGM please select button 6 To remove music files from BGM list please select icon on the file you want to remove or select to remove all files from BGM l...

Page 71: ...on Photos Supported Photo Format The following photo formats are supported Format File Extension BMP BMP EXIF SUPPORT JPEG JPEG JPE TIFF TIF GIF GIF JPEG JPEG JPG JPEG2000 JPG JPEG JPE PNG PNG TIFF TI...

Page 72: ...flash stick at USB external Hard disk drive local hard disk drive or at other UPnP servers Please select the media server you want to use and press OK button on remote control 3 Select PHOTO mode and...

Page 73: ...your PC or select All Images to see all shared image files Please use Up and Down buttons on the remote control to navigate those folders and select the option by press OK or Right button on the remo...

Page 74: ...to the first photo of each folder and press Play button to view this photo 2 Press again the Play button if you want to enable Photo Slide Show feature The mark will display when the Photo Slide Show...

Page 75: ...file Viewing Photo Information Press Info button to get image information Photo Viewing Effect Zoom in and Zoom Out Press ZOOM button while viewing the photo that you want to manipulate 1 Press Zoom...

Page 76: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 76 3 Press Zoom button and press Right button to shrink the image Rotate Press Repeat button while viewing the photo to enable rotate function...

Page 77: ...View Photo in Thumbnails Mode You can view thumnails of several photos at a time To enable the thumbnail mode please do the following 1 Go to Setup Main Menu 2 Select Other Settings 3 Choose Thumnail...

Page 78: ...ormat File Extensions DivX 3 AVI DivX DivX 4 AVI DivX DivX 5 HD AVI DivX DiVX 5 SD AVI DivX DivX 6 HD AVI DivX DivX 6 SD AVI DivX H 264 AVC MPEG4 part 10 HD MPG MP4 MOV AVI H 264 AVC MPEG4 part 10 SD...

Page 79: ...on remote control 2 All available file sources will be listed on the server list including files stored at Honeywld media server in your PC at USB flash stick at USB external Hard disk drive local har...

Page 80: ...ganized in several subfolders as on your PC or select All Videos to see all shared video files Please use Up and Down buttons on the remote control to navigate those folders and select the option by p...

Page 81: ...ns to control the volume Mute Press Mute button to mute or un mute the video mute video un mute video Pause and Play Press PLAY button while video is playing you can pause the music by pressing PLAY b...

Page 82: ...us music file Fast Forward Press FF button to fast forward the video file Press several times to switch the speed Fast Forward Video Rewind Press REW button to fast backward the video file Press sever...

Page 83: ...utton to get video information Video Viewing Effect Zoom in and Zoom Out While video is playing press ZOOM button to enable zoom in zoom out function 1 Press Zoom button and press Left button to enlar...

Page 84: ...continuously play individual video or video within a folder Repeat Once Press Repeat button once to repeat playing current video file Repeat All Press Repeat button twice to repeat all video files in...

Page 85: ...ideo Resume Playing The PowerZest supports resume video playing to the previous point where the video is interrupted The device needs to keep powered on to enable this function The default setting is...

Page 86: ...n without asking Play Next Video Automatically The default setting is the all the video files in one folder will be Played continuously until the last file and then return to the main menu If you want...

Page 87: ...of total file length and the other is to seek by time Seek by Percentage While video is playing you can press the numeric keys on the remote control to Jump to your destination For example when you pr...

Page 88: ...ch DVD Menu Navigation The PowerZest support viewing DVD files as you are playing a DVD menu Follow below steps to enable DVD menu navigation feature 1 When you select a DVD file choose the item with...

Page 89: ...tate the web surfing While using the remote control the key definition is as follows No KEYPAD FUNCTION DESCRIPTION 13 BACK Escape from the browser and return to the main menu 16 VIDEO Left click of t...

Page 90: ...Technology Corp 90 Tool bar of the browser Go to a web page File Move page Enter the web address you like to go Tab function Tabs can be opened and switched when you like to look at different web pag...

Page 91: ...Honeywld Technology Corp 91 efficiently File Switch tab Select a tab which has been opened Previous Next and Home Pages History Back or Forward or Home...

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