MediaGate USA Inc.
MediaGate
MG-800HD
User Manual
Version v 1.0
Страница 1: ...MediaGate USA Inc MediaGate MG 800HD User Manual MediaGate USA Inc Version v 1 0...
Страница 2: ...ireless Setup for MG 800HD 16 When Wireless Network is Hidden 17 Wireless Setup for PC 18 Windows XP Mode 18 Windows Vista Mode 20 Using the MediaGate Digital Media Server DMS 22 Configuring your Medi...
Страница 3: ...Supported Music Format 49 To Play Music 49 Controlling Music Playback 50 Repeat and Repeat All 53 Viewing Photos while Music is Playing Back Ground Music 54 Photos 56 Supported Photo Format 56 To Pla...
Страница 4: ...rrent downloader 84 Enable BitTorrent Feature 84 Add New Torrent Seed and Start Downloader 85 BitTorrent Management 88 Chapter 7 Firmware Upgrade and Reset to Default 91 Upgrade by Direct Internet Acc...
Страница 5: ...MediaGate USA Inc 5 Video Setup 109 Other Settings 110 Hard Disk Share Setup 111 Chapter 9 Trouble Shooting FAQ 111 Trouble Shooting 113 FAQ 116...
Страница 6: ...ean only with dry cloth Do not install near any hear sources such as radiators stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heart Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when u...
Страница 7: ...4 Screws for HDD What You Need to Connect the MG 800HD A Windows based computer with Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Vista system software 500MHz Processor or better 512 MB RAM 20MB available HDD s...
Страница 8: ...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 Audio Out...
Страница 9: ...mote Control 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...
Страница 10: ...O Press 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 cu...
Страница 11: ...MediaGate DMS CD 4 Configure your MediaGate DMS Server to work with the MG 800HD Connect MG 800HD Follow these steps to connect MG 800HD Video and Audio Connections Make sure you have the appropriate...
Страница 12: ...TV Set the video sources selector on your TV to match the connection from your MG 800HD For example if you used HDMI set the TV to use HDMI Input 1 Turn on MG 800HD The LED on the front panel of the...
Страница 13: ...nto the Main Menu If there is still no video output after the start up page appears please make sure the MG 800HD and the TV are in the same mode If not please cycle through the Output key on the remo...
Страница 14: ...work for MG 800HD to set up Wired Network Setup 1 Press Setup hotkey on the remote control or select SETUP mode from The Main Menu 2 Select Network Wizard from set up main menu to start setup wizard 3...
Страница 15: ...y on the remote control or select SETUP mode from the Main Menu 2 Select Network Wizard from set up main menu to start setup wizard 3 Select Wireless and follow the on screen instructions Note If you...
Страница 16: ...ate on the menu and choose the one you want 5 MG 800HD detects the network type automatically click Next and then Save to apply setting 6 If the network you choose is encrypted a Lock icon displays on...
Страница 17: ...re 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 on screen keyboard 4 Input other related information such like Authent...
Страница 18: ...0HD 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 Click right button of mouse on wireless icon and choose View Availab...
Страница 19: ...MediaGate USA Inc 19 3 Input network key if necessary 4 Network is successfully connected Windows Vista Mode 1 Select Control Panel...
Страница 20: ...MediaGate USA Inc 20 2 Click on Network and Internet 3 Select Network and Sharing Center and click on Connect to a network 4 Select the Access Point you want and click on Connect...
Страница 21: ...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 MediaGa...
Страница 22: ...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 MG 800HD is ready to use The Main Menu is displayed Play Add Note...
Страница 23: ...Setup 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 Typ...
Страница 24: ...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 wan...
Страница 25: ...n wireless icon and select Open Network Connections 2 Choose your wireless network and click Properties 3 Choose the Wireless Networks Tab and click Advanced Note Some firewall and anti Virus tools wi...
Страница 26: ...click on Close Note Some firewall and anti Virus tools will forbid UPnP protocol This will affect the connection between MediaGate DMS and MG 800HD It is suggested to allow MediaGate DMS pass through...
Страница 27: ...diaGate USA Inc 27 Wireless Configuration under Windows Vista Wireless Network Configuration 1 Select Control Panel 2 Select Network Internet 3 Choose Network and Sharing Center and cilck on Connect t...
Страница 28: ...MediaGate USA Inc 28 a network 4 Select the network you want and click Connect 5 Computer to Computer network is done Disable Firewall under Windows Vista...
Страница 29: ...te DMS and MG 800HD It is suggested to allow MediaGate DMS pass through your firewall or temporarily turn off your firewall when you are using MG 800HD Follow these steps to disable firewall 1 Select...
Страница 30: ...MediaGate USA Inc 30 4 Click Browse to browse for MediaGate DMS program Note The default MediaGate DMS program files path is at Computer Local Disk C Program Files MediaGate...
Страница 31: ...MediaGate USA Inc 31 Follow below steps 5 8 to search for MediaGate program files 5 Click Computer 6 Click Program files 7 Click Folders MediaGate...
Страница 32: ...MediaGate USA Inc 32 8 Click DMS Server vX XX XX 9 Select DigitalMediaServer...
Страница 33: ...MediaGate USA Inc 33 10 MediaGate DMS Server is successfully included to the exceptions Click OK to finish 11 Click Allow to add this program...
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Страница 35: ...The MG 800HD comes with Digital Media Server software that runs in a computer on your home network To play media files on PC MG 800HD must be connected to the network and the Digital Media Server sof...
Страница 36: ...u 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 Pre...
Страница 37: ...hen 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 sh...
Страница 38: ...ed name 1 Press Change button then change the desired name 2 Click OK to restart service with new server name 1 Enter new name for your Digital Media Server 2 Press OK The System Tab is where you can...
Страница 39: ...on your PC Options Tab Follow below steps to configure your settings The Options tab is where you can enable the auto run or trans code settings 3 Click here to enable Transcoding function 1 Click her...
Страница 40: ...system tray when the program is invoked 3 Check Enable Transcoding box and press APPLY button to enable the Transcoding function When you want to watch MP4 or MOV format enable this function 4 If serv...
Страница 41: ...files on NAS Network Attached Storage without the using of other UPnP server or MediaGate DMS server Firstly have the IP address and the subfolder name of your target source ready for example your NAS...
Страница 42: ...following format 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 your ta...
Страница 43: ...ssword Through MediaGate DMS software Through the MediaGate DMS software you can manage not only one MG 800HD but all the available MG 800HD in the network 1 Start up the MediaGate DMS server installe...
Страница 44: ...ub 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 is t...
Страница 45: ...Following steps show how to access media through the Samba Client Protocol 1 Get into My Media in the main menu 2 All available sources will be shown on the same menu list layer including local HDD U...
Страница 46: ...oaches of same sources at one menu list You can compare the 2 approaches of Samba client and UPnP server to the same NAS as below 4 When access the NAS through Samba client if there is request to key...
Страница 47: ...sword you can get into your target source and select the media files you want to play Remark The performance of high bit rate files 30 Mbps will has some lag through Samba Protocol therefore we don t...
Страница 48: ...tal 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 Lossless WMA ASF WMA Voice WMA ASF WMA Pro WMA ASF To...
Страница 49: ...press OK to enter music mode 4 If you select MediaGate DMS the music files will organize by Album Artist or Genre automatically for your convenient or you can select All Music to see all music files Y...
Страница 50: ...press OK or Right button on the remote 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...
Страница 51: ...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 Mute b...
Страница 52: ...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 repeat playing current music file...
Страница 53: ...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 to select options on BGM tool b...
Страница 54: ...lect 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 list...
Страница 55: ...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 TIFF...
Страница 56: ...ur PC at USB 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 PH...
Страница 57: ...ur 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 remote...
Страница 58: ...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 is...
Страница 59: ...e 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 butt...
Страница 60: ...MediaGate USA Inc 60 3 Press Zoom button and press Right button to shrink the image Rotate Press Repeat button while viewing the photo to enable rotate function...
Страница 61: ...umnails 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 on Photo Display Setup Menu 4 After go back t...
Страница 62: ...I 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 MPG MP4 MOV AVI MJPEG AVI MPEG 1 MPG MPEG DAT MPEG 2 HD MPG MPEG M...
Страница 63: ...l be listed on the server list including files stored at MediaGate media server in your PC at USB flash stick at USB external Hard disk drive local hard disk drive or at other UPnP servers Please sele...
Страница 64: ...ee all shared video 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 remote control 5 Select the folder tha...
Страница 65: ...ute 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 button again can resume the music Pause Video Play Video Skip to...
Страница 66: ...the speed Rewind Video Slow Forward Press Slow button to slow forward the video file Press several times to switch the speed Slow Forward Video Slow backward Press Slow button and press Left button to...
Страница 67: ...he video screen is larger than TV screen press Zoom again and press directions buttons to move the video screen 3 Press Zoom button and press Right button to shrink the video screen Repeat and Repeat...
Страница 68: ...for the subtitle and language switching Press LANG to change different language that recorded in VOB files and press SUB button to change different subtitles in both VOB and AVI files Video Resume Pl...
Страница 69: ...you want to resume the playing when you are back to the interrupted file If you want to change the setting please follow below instructions 1 Go to System Set Up 1 Select Other Setting and highlight V...
Страница 70: ...n menu please go to Other Settings Play Next Video to disable the function Search Video The MG 800HD provides two options to seek the video frame One is to seek by percentage of total file length and...
Страница 71: ...The MG 800HD 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 and press Play 2 The Men...
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Страница 73: ...dio is streamed directly over the Internet Follow below steps to access the radio stations 1 Make sure your network setting is correct and be able to access internet 2 Select media from main menu or p...
Страница 74: ...MediaGate USA Inc 74 5 Select a radio station from list and press OK Play or Left button to play it Note is stand for a radio station Live365 Playing...
Страница 75: ...rom main menu or press iMedia button on the remote control 3 Select My Media and press OK button on remote control 4 Select My Radio and press OK to enter 5 There are some radio stations listed as def...
Страница 76: ...this new radio station or Folder Play Internet Video My Video 1 Make sure your network setting is correct and be able to access internet 2 Select iMedia from main menu or press iMedia button on the r...
Страница 77: ...you can select one of the stations from the list and play it Note is stand for a video station Adjust the Screen Size You can press the Zoom key on the remote and zoon in out icon will show up Press r...
Страница 78: ...ew Youtube content The Youtube content is transcoded by MediaGate DMS and you must have a PC running the MediaGate DMS for Windows software to use this feature To view YouTube content follow these ste...
Страница 79: ...c 79 3 Select Internet Videos 4 Select Youtube 6 The MG 800HD list the Youtube content in 7 categories Choose the item you will view and press OK Note The Youtube content on MG 800HD is streamed from...
Страница 80: ...Menu list will pop up You can now add Modify delete and backup your list iMedia list Through MediaGate DMS Software You have to install MediaGate Media software to your PC first Please make reference...
Страница 81: ...2 Double click DMA Setup icon 3 The DMA List menu pops up and shows all available MG 800HD on the local network Following is the example with 2 MG 800HD connected to the same local network The System...
Страница 82: ...MediaGate USA Inc 82 4 Choose the one you want and double click OK icon 5 The browser links automatically to the IP of MG 800HD you select This may takes few seconds based on your computer speed...
Страница 83: ...lists on the network BitTorrent Downloader You have to install local HDD before enabling this feature You can make reference to Chapter 8 in how to install HDD Enable BitTorrent Feature After the HDD...
Страница 84: ...ghlight BitTorrent 2 Have your torrent seed file ready at USB storage if it is the first time to add new torrent files Insert your USB storage to the MG 800HD Enter into BitTorrent Select Add New Torr...
Страница 85: ...s OK on the files you want to add 5 Wait few seconds and the torrent files selected will appear on the menu Press Back on the remote to return to BitTorrent menu 6 As long as the MG 800HD is connected...
Страница 86: ...by default After media files download are completed go to My Media and enter HDD Disk to browse your HDD Disk content 8 The complete files will be stored at the bt folder which is the default path 9...
Страница 87: ...ht the torrent files you want to manage 2 Press MENU key in the remote control the BT Control Menu will appear 3 Use Navigation key on the remote to select the function you want to perform Remove Torr...
Страница 88: ...ve Download Completed Files If the files have been downloaded complete there may be some other data along with the main torrent files You can highlight the files and press OK to view all the data cont...
Страница 89: ...ant to remove all the data you can highlight the files and select Remove BT and remove all the data which have been stored at local HDD Display Files Info You can press Display key on the remote to vi...
Страница 90: ...G 800HD uses your network router to access Internet Follow the steps below to check for product updates 1 Go to Set Up Main Menu Select Version and choose Firmware upgrade 2 Choose Internet Upgrade th...
Страница 91: ...ode 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the upgrade 6 When the upgrade is successfully finished MG 800HD will reboot automatically WARNING Do not power off the system or remove the USB flas...
Страница 92: ...copy and delete media files via PC to local HDD Follow the instructions below to set up HDD 1 Make sure MG 800HD is turned off 2 Use a screw driver to unscrew the 4 screws at the bottom 3 Remove the T...
Страница 93: ...er 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 MG 800HD board 7 Connect the HDD Power cable with the MG 800H...
Страница 94: ...orage Device to Local HDD Once the MG 800HD is installed with a local HDD you can copy files from USB storage device through USB hosts Follow below steps to copy files from USB storage device 1 Go to...
Страница 95: ...of your USB Storage device from the server list 3 Highlight the file you want to copy and then press COPY key on the remote control 4 The MG 800HD will ensure you whether you want to copy press Yes i...
Страница 96: ...feature you have to install MediaGate Media software to your PC first Please make reference to Chapter 3 on how to install the MediaGate Media software After installation is completed follow below ste...
Страница 97: ...all available MG 800HD on the local network Following is the example with 2 MG 800HD connected to the Network 4 Choose the one you want and double click File Browser icon 5 A log in icon pops up Input...
Страница 98: ...MediaGate USA Inc 98 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...
Страница 99: ...er MG 800HD local HDD Through Samba Server This server allows a remote PC to access the locally installed HDD on the MG 800HD Following is an example on how to do this through Microsoft Windows XP 1 C...
Страница 100: ...MediaGate USA Inc 100 3 Click Microsoft Windows Network MShome 1 The default MG 800HD Local HDD location is MShome double click it and you will see the MG 800HD ShareHDD icon...
Страница 101: ...Double click the pd00e907 ShareHDD icon a login menu pops up Input the default user name and password admin 3 Log in is successful Now you can copy delete media files between your PC to MG 800HD loca...
Страница 102: ...client port to connect to the USB host port of the PC Connecting MG 800HD to PC with an USB cable you ll see MG 800HD as an mass storage device like you re using an external HDD with enclosure Follow...
Страница 103: ...button or Right button on remote control to enter sub page After configuration please press Back button or Left button to leave the setup menu and save the configurations that you changed System Setup...
Страница 104: ...Use Language Language Selecct TV Mode Setup TV System Video Output Video Scale Configure Audio Setup Digital Audio Output Analog Audio Output Configure Video Setup Brightness Contrast HUE Saturation A...
Страница 105: ...erbian Hewbrew Traditonal Chinese Select TV Mode Setup You can go to the System Setup menu to change the TV mode setting including the Video output TV system and aspect ratio TV Mode Setup Table Item...
Страница 106: ...RAW SPDIF OFF Select Analog Audio Output MONO R MONO L MIX MONO STEREO Select Video Setup Video Setup Table Item Name Value Use Brightness 0 32 Adjust Contrast 0 32 Adjust HUE 0 32 Adjust Saturation...
Страница 107: ...Display Setup List Thumbnail Switch Slide Show Time 1 sec 3 min Select Music Auto Play Repeat All OFF One Time Select Video Resume Playing Ask Always Off Switch Play Next Video Enable Disable Switch A...
Страница 108: ...te USA Inc 108 You can rename the default Share Name Group Name User Name and Password by onscreen keyboard You can format the HDD and check the HDD format whenever you want by the select at this Setu...
Страница 109: ...my network If you use wireless networks make sure that the Wireless Network Name SSID and the security settings of MG 800HD and media server match exactly If you use wired network make sure the cable...
Страница 110: ...subtitle button every time when you are watching mpeg2 video files also please enable this function with each mpeg2 video file that has subtitle file with it No Subtitle when playing mpeg2 files after...
Страница 111: ...c 111 the capacity of BGM list is 500 files Can not find Firmware Upgrade file in the USB device Please check if you put the latest firmware file under root directory of USB device or MG 800HD system...
Страница 112: ...e wireless connection the playing performance can be affected by the wireless environment you may try to enable the Transcoding function to make the video playing smoother Q USB HDD External Enclosure...
