Directed Electronics DMP040 manual

7 7 ” ” D D o o c c k k a a b b l l e e M M e e d d i i a a P P l l a a y y e e r r 4 4 0 0 G G B B H H a a r r d d D D r r i i v v e e M M O O D D E E L L S S D D M M P P 7 7 4 4 0 0 / / D D M M P P 0 0 4 4 0 0 O O W W N N E E R R ’ ’ S S G G U U I I D D E E I I N N S S T T A A L L L L A A T T I I O O N N G G U U I I D D E E © 2005 Direct[...]

2 2 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED ONE YEAR CONSUMER W ARRANTY Directed Electronics (Directed) promises to the original purchaser that the new automotiv e video monitor and/or source unit(s) (the Product) that is purchased and installed from a Directed authorized dealer more than ninety (90) da ys afte[...]

d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 3 T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s Safety Instru cti on s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Intr odu ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 How to Use this Gui de [...]

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d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5 5 S S a a f f e e t t y y I I n n s s t t r r u u c c t t i i o o n n s s Completely read th e safety instru ction s carefully . Please retain this gui d e in a convenien t location for futur e refer ence . 1. Keep th e unit away from h umidity . 2. Keep th e unit away from lon g exposur e to[...]

6 6 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n Congr atulation s for ch oosing the DMP740 or DMP040, by Dir ected Vid eo. This high perf orman ce prod uct has been desi gned an d engin eered by Directed Electroni cs, th e ind ustry leader in high qu ality automotive security , audi o, an d v[...]

d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 7 7 H H o o w w t t o o U U s s e e t t h h i i s s G G u u i i d d e e This guid e provi des in struction s and illustr ation s on how to install an d operate the m edia player . With step-by-step instru cti on s , we will gui de you thr ough the medi a player driver in stallation pr ocess. If[...]

8 8 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved W W h h a a t t ’ ’ s s I I n n c c l l u u d d e e d d N N O O T T E E : : The DMP740 battery should be charged O O N N L L Y Y with the provid- ed adapter! N N O O T T E E : : The accessories listed above may change without notice. N N O O T T E E : : The DMP040 will have 2 AV-in/out ca[...]

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1 1 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved 1. Earphon e Jack Plug-in the earph ones h ere . 2. A V Lin e-Out J ack Plug-in the A V cable her e to en able A V Lin e-Out to th e extern al display (TV). 3. A V Lin e-In J ack Plug-In the A V cable her e to en able A V Lin e-In r ecor din g. 4. USB Conn ector Connect th e mini USB con[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 1 1 1 1 d N N O O T T E E : : I f holding the power off switch in the up position for 5-seconds does not shut down the media player, carefully use a straight- ened paper clip at the access hole shown on the back of the media player to reset the software. The power will shut-off. O O p p e e r r a[...]

1 1 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved V V I I D D E E O O / / M M U U S S I I C C / / P P H H O O T T O O M M E E N N U U 8. Men u Title: Shows selected m enu. 9. List Title: Shows all files in a selected f older . 10. Scroll Bar: Scr oll down to display additi onal titles . V V O O I I C C E E / / A A V V R R E E C C O O R [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 1 1 3 3 d U U S S B B H H a a r r d d D D i i s s k k The m edia player con tains a 40GB mini-har d drive . Y ou can operate th e m edia player as an USB har d drive an d copy personal d ata to it. Simply connect the medi a player to your computer , an d use Win d ows Explorer to copy an d manag [...]

1 1 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved S S D D / / M M M M C C & & M M S S C C a a r r d d S S l l o o t t The m edia player has an SD/MMC an d a MS slot. Y ou can insert a Secur e Di gital Card , MultiM edia Car d or a MS (Mem ory Stick) Car d into its d esignated slot to allow your photos , vid eos, or m usic to be [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 1 1 5 5 d R R e e m m o o t t e e C C o o n n t t r r o o l l The r emote contr ol provi des th e following fun ctions: ❍ OFF: press to power On/Off. ❍ TV/LCD: press to switch th e output devi ce between TV and th e DMP740 (DMP740 only). ❍ z REC: press to start to r ecord o f each functi on[...]

1 1 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved L L i i - - I I o o n n B B a a t t t t e e r r y y R R e e c c h h a a r r g g i i n n g g ( ( D D M M P P 7 7 4 4 0 0 o o n n l l y y ) ) The DMP740 com es with a Li-Ion r echarg eable battery . Char g e the battery com- pletely befor e using th e DMP740 for th e first time by followin[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 1 1 7 7 d B B A A T T T T E E R R Y Y C C O O N N S S U U M M P P T T I I O O N N R R E E F F E E R R E E N N C C E E ( ( D D M M P P 7 7 4 4 0 0 O O N N L L Y Y ) ) The m edia player uses a 2200 mAhr 11.1 V 3-Cell r echarg eable Li-Ion battery . The battery usag e will vary depen ding on th e op[...]

1 1 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved U U t t i i l l i i t t y y C C D D Inclu ded is a U tility CD (to be used on a PC). Insert th e supplied CD into your CD-ROM, and th e CD will auto-run the Setup pr ogram. On your computer scr een, you will see the f ollowing display . ❍ Vid eo Format Converter: Vi deo converter utili[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 1 1 9 9 d C C o o n n n n e e c c t t & & D D i i s s c c o o n n n n e e c c t t f f r r o o m m P P C C C C O O N N N N E E C C T T T T H H E E M M E E D D I I A A P P L L A A Y Y E E R R T T O O C C O O M M P P U U T T E E R R 1 . Slid e th e power/lock switch up to power on th e m edi[...]

2 2 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved N N O O T T E E : : For Windows 98SE users, a driver is required to activate the media player on your computer. Refer to Upgrading Software/Firmware section of this manual for installation instructions for this driver. 4 . After connecti on is initialized th e followin g window will disp[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2 2 1 1 d 6 Y ou can th en m ove , copy , or d elete files usin g Wind ows Explorer . N N o o t t e e : : In the example shown below the drive in the media player is identified as drive F: The drive letter may be different depend- ing upon the configuration of the computer being used.[...]

2 2 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved 4. After connecti on is initialized , if your computer operatin g system fails to recognize th e medi a player as a hard disk, th en go to [Device M anag er] by clickin g "Start"  "Setting"  "Con trol P anel"  "System"  "H ard ware[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2 2 3 3 d and f ormat it with th e Wind ows formattin g tool. When f ormati on is completed, please refer to th e Upgradin g Softwar e/Firmware secti ons o f this man ual for pr o- cedur es to recover th e system files, so ftware , and firm ware . N N O O T T E E : : The www.directedmobilemedia.c[...]

2 2 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved B B a a s s i i c c U U s s a a g g e e P P O O W W E E R R O O N N A A N N D D O O F F F F 1. Slid e th e switch up on ce to power on th e m edi a player . After startup ani- mati on, you will see the m ain men u and can then con tinue usin g the m edia player . The DMP040 m ust be d oc[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2 2 5 5 d tus icon at th e top of th e LCD screen chan ges while adjusting volum e . Ther e are 16 steps of volum e levels. Th e display is not appli cable for the DMP040 (can be viewed only on e xternal screen). V V O O L L U U M M E E C C O O N N T T R R O O L L — — R R E E M M O O T T E E [...]

2 2 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved V V I I D D E E O O The m edi a player supports playback of MPEG-4 SP , DivX 3.11/4/5, Moti on JPEG, and WMV-9 SP@ML vi deo files . Vid eo can be playback at up to 30fps. Only sup- ported file form ats are sh own on the list that ar e playable. N N O O T T E E : : To view videos, the DMP[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2 2 7 7 d 4. Refer to the Safely Remove media player from Computer section to discon- nect th e media player from computer after the files ar e tran sferred . 5. On the m ain men u, push the N avigation button up or d own to the Vi deo men u as shown in Figur e 1 above . Press in on th e Navigati[...]

2 2 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved 9. Push the N avigati on button to the ri ght to fast-f orward vi deo playback, each push incr emen ts from FFx2, x4, x8, x16, an d x1. (Push once to fast- forwar d by 2x, twice to f ast-forwar d 4x, etc.) Press in on th e Navi gation button to playback the vi deo at n ormal speed . 10. [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2 2 9 9 d N N O O T T E E : : There is only one resume break stored at a time on the media player. If you play another video, the resume bookmark will be erased. The resume break does not apply to video played from memory cards. 13. If any file is n ot needed , you can delete it fr om file list. [...]

3 3 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved 4. With DivX DRM protecti on, vid eo playing m ay be limited by the number o f views . The vi deo will n o longer be able to be played after th e ren tal is expir ed, an d you will see the m essage below when you try to play it again. Press th e Navi gation button to ackn owledge . ❍ S[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 3 1 1 d 2. If the vi deo has embed ded m ultiple subtitle tracks, th e "Please select Subtitle T rack" m essage will display on LCD wh en you press the N avigati on button in to play the DivX® vi deo file . Use th e Navi gation button to ch oose a track an d then pr ess the N avigati[...]

3 3 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved Figur e 3 Figur e 4 ❍ Play Musi c on media player: 1 . Connect th e medi a player to the computer , refer to Connect & Disconnect from PC . 2. Upload the files fr om your computer to the m edia player . 3 . After the files ar e tr an sferr ed, disconn ect the medi a player from th [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 3 3 3 d 8 . Push th e Navi gation button up or down to ch oose from Rand om/Repeat/EQ/Playback Status/Song. Each o f these item s can be adjusted (see the table below). 9. Press th e "E" button on the m edia player or  /EXIT button on th e remote once to stop th e file playing. 10.[...]

3 3 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved P P H H O O T T O O The m edia player supports vi ewing JPEG, GIF , BMP , and TIFF file f orm at. Only sup- ported files will be shown fr om the list an d can be viewed on th e media player . N N O O T T E E : : The DMP040 must have an external video unit attached to view photos and file[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 3 5 5 d 7. Press th e Navi gation button in to start a Sli de Show o f the ph otos. Th e slide presen tation d urati on, in seconds, can be set fr om the m ain men u; go to Setting th en Photo th en Slid e Interval. Press th e Navi gation button in again to pause the sli de sh ow . 8. In slid e[...]

3 3 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved 10. Push the N avi gation button to th e right or left to select th e previous or n ext photo. Push th e Navi gation button up or d own to select last 9 or next 9 ph o- tos. Push th e Navi gation button in to vi ew the selected photo in full scr een. 12. Press th e "E" button o[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 3 7 7 d N N O O T T E E : : To avoid battery discharge and subsequent loss of recording, it is suggested that the AC adapter be used to power the media player. N N O O T T E E : : The record quality is set in the Setting—Record/Voice section of the Setting menu. 3. When th e REC z button is p[...]

3 3 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved A A V V R R E E C C O O R R D D I I N N G G The m edia player can also r ecord an A V sign al fr om oth er d evices . N N O O T T E E : : To record an AV file on the DMP040 both the input and out- put A/V connections will have to used. The input to connect to the record source and the ou[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 3 9 9 d 4. If Au dio/Vi deo opti on is selected without A V cable conn ected , you will see the f ollowing m essage displays m omentarily an d the display will r eturn to previ ous screen. 5. If you select the A udi o/Vid eo option and pr ess the “R” button or th e REC button on the r emote[...]

4 4 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved N O O T T E E : : The maximum length of an AV Recording file depends on hard disk free space and can not exceed 3hrs or 2GB. In Continuous mode it will make multiple files until the hard drive is full. ❍ Play a Record ed A V File 1. T o play a r ecor ded A V or audi o file , go back to[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 4 4 1 1 d 2. B B e e f f o o r r e e i i n n s s e e r r t t i i n n g g a a S S D D / / M M M M C C c c a a r r d d o o r r M M e e m m o o r r y y S S t t i i c c k k , slid e th e button up to t t u u r r n n o o f f f f the m edi a player , if power is on. 3. Insert your SD car d , MMC car d [...]

4 4 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved see the display switch to th e TV . The r em ote’s TV/LCD button can also be used to switch the display . 4. On Vid eo men u, select and play a file on th e media player . Now you can watch the vi deo file on TV an d adjust settings on th e media player with its supplied r emote . Au d[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 4 4 3 3 d D D I I S S P P L L A A Y Y T T A A B B The Display tab in clud es Brigh tness, TV Stan dar d, an d Display items. Th e Brigh tness an d Display are n ot applicable to the DMP040. N N O O T T E E : : Brightness settings selected in the settings menu will be recorded and kept. Brightness[...]

4 4 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved P P H H O O T T O O T T A A B B The f ollowing ph oto settings , Slide M usic , Slid e Repeat, and Slid e Interval ar e foun d und er the Ph oto tab. Un der M usic th ere is a fold er called Slid eshow . MP3s placed in that fold er will play in the back groun d when "sli de musi c&q[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 4 4 5 5 d R R E E C C O O R R D D T T A A B B Y ou can adjust Resoluti on, A V Qu ality , and V oice Qu ality in Recor d tab . 1. In Setting M enu, push th e Navi gation button righ t or left to Record tab . The display will appear as shown above . 2. Push the N avigati on button up or down to se[...]

4 4 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved S S Y Y S S T T E E M M T T A A B B Y ou can adjust vari ous system settin gs within the System tab . T o chan g e system settings: 1. In Setting M enu, push th e Navi gation button righ t or left to System tab . The display will be as shown above . 2. Push the N avigati on button up or [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 4 4 7 7 d Setting M ethod an d Purpose Option s Display Off Push Navi gation ri ght or left to set Display shut d own on idlin g to save battery consumin g. Off/3 sec/5 sec/10 sec /15 sec/30 sec/1 min. P ower Off Push Navi gation ri ght or left to set power off autom atically . Off/15 sec/30 sec/[...]

4 4 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved I I N N F F O O T T A A B B Y ou can display inf orm ation r egarding Stor age Fr ee Space , Software V ersi on, MCU Firmwar e V ersion, DivX (R) VOD, Upd ate Software , Upd ate MCU Firmwar e , and Update U SB Firmwar e from Inf o tab. T o chan g e inform ation settings: 1. In Setting M [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 4 4 9 9 d NOTE: Updating Software and Update Firmware are advanced oper- ations! Only advanced users should perform these actions! Refer to the website www.directedmobilemedia.com for additional information. S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n s s Battery life test is und er the c[...]

5 5 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved Headph one , T est File: Resolution: 240x180, Vi d eo bit-r ate: 800Kbps, A udi o bit- rate: 64Kbps , File size: 1.1GB, MP4+MP3, P ower Sources: Battery , T est Durati on: 4 hours . N N O O T T E E : : Specifications are subject to change without notice. U U p p g g r r a a d d e e S S o[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5 5 1 1 d 8. Push the N avigati on button to the ri ght. Messag e "Confirm? Y es No" will show on th e display . 9. Push the N avigati on button righ t or left to select Y es and pr ess th e Navi gation button in to start to upgr ade so ftware . Or , select N o to can cel the upgr ade .[...]

5 5 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved 3. Download a medi a player upgrad e file from website an d save it into the medi a player root dir ectory . Double click to run th e upgr ad e file , and select "Replace all" on pop-up messag e to replace old files . 4. Safely disconnect th e medi a player from your computer .[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5 5 3 3 d R R e e m m o o t t e e U U s s a a g g e e w w h h e e n n D D o o c c k k e e d d The r emote con trol pr ovided with th e medi a player will not oper ate the unit when th e medi a player is dock ed. The r emote con trol used with th e overhead console n ow contr ols the m edia player[...]

5 5 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electr onics—all ri ghts r eserved Overhead Rem ote Medi a Player Rem ote Commen ts Title/Icon z Rec Recor d or "R" button on unit S S Up Setup Setting M enu displays Mute M ute W WW Left Enter X ❙❙ Play/P ause X XX Righ t T T Down X ❙❙ X ❙❙ Play/P ause   /Exit "E" button on unit TV/A[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5 5 5 5 D D o o c c k k a a b b l l e e M M e e d d i i a a P P l l a a y y e e r r — — R R e e m m o o v v a a l l 1. While holdin g and supportin g the player . 2. Move an d hold th e lock/unlock button to the ri ght. 3. Slid e the player away fr om the scr een and carefully r emove . N N O[...]

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