Emprex ME3 manual

Enhance Y our Digit al Lifestyle Enhance Y our Digit al Lifestyle User's Manual Multimedia Enclosure English (GB)[...]

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Copyr ig ht S ta te ment I t is a c rim ina l o f f enc e, un de r ap pl icab le c o py rig ht law s, to m ake u nau tho rized c o pies o f c o pyrig ht- pro tec ted ma te ri al , inc ludin g c om pute r pro gram s, f ilms , broadc asts and sound recording s. This equipm ent shou ld not b e used fo r such purpo ses. FCC Compliance Statement T his d[...]

CAUTION Change s or mo dif icatio ns not e xpressly approved by the party re sponsible f or co mpliance could vo id the user’ s authority t o o p erate the equipme nt. FOR EUROPE “T he driv e is in co nfo rmity with the EMC directive and lo w-vo ltage direc ti v e.” WE E E LO GO T his s y mbol o n the produc t o r on its packagin g indicates [...]

T able of Contents Bef ore Using ................................................................. 1 Pr epar ation............................................................. ....... 6 In stalli ng the HDD i nto ME3 ............................................................. 6 Con nectio n.........................................................[...]

A dvanced opera tion .................................................... 25 I. Pl ay ph oto wi th bac kgroun d m usi c .......................................... 25 II. Rep ea t pl ayi ng ......................................................................... 25 III. HD vide o outpu t .............................................................[...]

1 Befo re U sin g I. Checki ng the package cont ents A. ME3 Mu lti med ia En c losu re 1 p c B. Accessory R em ot e C on tr ol 1pc (W ith Batte ry) C ompos ite A V cable 1pc C ompos ite A V ext ens i on C ab le 1 pcs White Red Y ell ow Po we r a da pto r & AC po wer cord 1s et C ompon ent vid e o ext ens i on C abl e 1pc Green R ed Bl ue US B C[...]

2 C. Preparing the remote control 1. Pull out t he isolator 2. R ead y to use Pu l l o ut a pi ec e o f i sol at or, t h en remote con trol can be used. D. Ho w to rep lac e ba ttery of r em ot e c o n tr ol W hen the remote con trol runs out of batt e ry , you may fo ll ow the instructions to re place the battery . 1. Ope n the ba ttery cove r 2. [...]

3 II. Name and func tio n A . Front Pan el 1. LED cov er 2. I R receiv e r (For rem ot e c ontr ol) 3. P ower button 4. S tand[...]

4 B. Back Panel 1. PC to USB port (USB Device) T o c onnect w it h PC 2. USB port (USB Hos t) T o c onnect w it h USB stor age dev ice, or USB car d reader 3. (Comp osite) A V IN Jack 4. (Component ) YPbPr OUT Jack 5. (Comp osite) A V OU T Jack 6. LAN Jack 7. DC IN Jack[...]

5 C. Remote Control 1. POWER : Pow er on/o ff 2. M E NU : G o to the main m en u 3. 0 ~9 : Nu me ric key s 4. Tit le : G o to DVD titl e m enu 5. Navigat ion k ey s 6. ENTER 7. GOT O : Pla yba c k s earch 8 . AU D IO : A ud io s e l ecti on 9 . SU BTI TLE : Subt itl e s electi on 10. PAUSE/T IMESHIFT 1 1 . P LA Y 1 2 . S TOP /LI VE 1 3 . SLO W PLA [...]

6 Prep arati on I nstalling th e HDD in to ME 3 1. R em ove r emot e c ontr ol 4. C on n ect t he dat a c ab l e an d p ow er ca ble to HDD 2. Unscre w the HDD frame from the botto m (2 scre ws) 5. Pu t HDD i n the frame 3. Pul l ou t front p anel wi t h HDD fra m e 6. S cr ew HDD wi th the frame (4 scre ws)[...]

7 7. Sli de the HDD frame i n 9. S cr e w HDD fra me fr om the Bottom 8. Fr am e w ith h ol es s h ou l d b e on the bo ttom si de[...]

8 Con nect ion Connecting M E3 with TV or monitor A. Co mposite audio and video out put conne ct io n Us e t h e su p pli ed c om p osi t e A V ca bl e to conne ct the A V O UT jack and A V input port on y our TV o r monitor . Be sure to matc h the co lor o f the p lug with color of the jack on TV or mon itor . ME3 supports NTSC and P AL video sign[...]

9 B. Co m ponent (YPbPr) video and audio output connection (T o have be tt er vid eo qu a lity ) Plug the black mini p l ug of the supp l ied Co m pone nt video ex t ension cable into the YPbPr jack on the M E3 . U s e a compone nt (YPbPr) vide o cabl e (N OT supplied) to connect the co m p one nt video e xtension cable and compone nt (YPbPr) vide [...]

10 C. Con nectin g with othe r v ideo sou rce ME3 can play , tim e -shift and record the input vi deo from other de vi ce, s u c h a s V C R , S e t t o p b o x , D V D player , and Ca mcorder . ME3 can support both NTSC and P AL i npu t video s ignal f rom A V IN jack. Plug the b l ack mini plug of the supplied c omposite A V e xtension cable into[...]

11 Plu gging t he A C p ower Inse rt D C p lug o f the ad ap to r to DC IN jack on ME3 . Connect one end of AC powe r cord to powe r adap tor and plug the AC p lug to a pow er o ut let. Figur e Power c onnec tion[...]

12 Gett ing sta rted T urn on you r TV or monit o r and M E3 . I f yo u r TV or m o ni t or c an no t di spl a y correct ly , pre ss RE SOLU TI ON k e y t o change the v i de o output resolution. Ini tial izin g th e HD D In the firs t ti m e u si ng M E3 , you should i n iti al i ze t he H DD of ME3 a f te r a ne w HD D is inst a lle d Please foll[...]

13 Init ial setup Once the H DD is ini tiali ze d, y ou ca n sta rt the M E3 i ni ti al s et u p pr oc es s . Note:  ME3 can operate w ithout HD D installe d. En t er Setup m en u fr om the T op Menu. Figur e: T op M enu En t er V ideo set u p t o c han g e t h e set ti ng t o match your TV or monito r spe cification . Y o u ca n pr ess  , ?[...]

14 Bas ic op er ati on W he n you turn on the power o f M E3 , the top MENU will be shown. W he neve r the MENU k ey i s pr ess ed , t h e t op M ENU will be shown on top of the p revious scree n. I. W a tching t he input video Make sur e the A V IN c onne ction is correct, then turn on the powe r of the connected video device, like VC R, Se t top [...]

15 W he n i np ut video is played, in V ideo In mod e, press  (P AUSE/ TIME SHIFT) k ey t o star t t he T im e Shifti ng function. "  L ive Pause: Prep aring …" m essage will be shown on the top of the scree n. T im e shifti ng buffer ind i cation ba r will be shown on the bottom of the s cree n. Figur e T im e shi ft ing buff er [...]

16 Note:  The buffe r l e ngth of tim e s hi ft in g i s sel ec t ed i n HD D ini tia liz at ion .  W hen REC ke y is p resse d, ME3 will start the recording and the time s hifting fun ction will st op automatica ll y .  ME3 supports 1.5x , 2x , 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x fast p l ay .  ME3 support s 3/4x, 1 /2x, 1/4x, 1/8x, 1/16x s l ow p l ay .[...]

17 O nl y sel ec t ed fi l e t yp e i s hi ghl i gh t ed on the left of the m edia type bar . The folde r nam e and its sub-folde r are list ed on the l e ft w i ndow . The t hum b n ai l pi ct ur e o f th e fi l es, wi th t he s el ec t ed f i le ty pe, a r e li st ed on the bott om. On ly the fi les, w it h s el ect ed f i le ty pe, ar e l ist ed[...]

18 B. USB port Y o u m ay s to r e yo u r m ul ti m edi a f il es in USB fl ash dr i ve, USB hard disk dri ve , or me mory c ard . M E3 can browse the fi l es fro m USB flash drive, USB hard disk drive, and USB card reade r directl y . Y ou need to have a USB ca rd reade r (Not supplie d) to read the files in me mory c ard . Plug USB storage de vi [...]

19 Sel ec t [ USB ] icon a nd p ress ENTER k ey t o br o ws e th e d ev i ce connecte d to USB Host port . Pre ss  ,  key t o sel ect m edia t y pe, pr es s  ,  ke y to se lect the f ol der, a n d pr ess ENTER k e y t o open the folder . C. NE T Sel ec t [ NET ] icon and p ress ENTER ke y to browse the shared folder of othe r PC in the [...]

20 Sel ec t Add to add an IP address. A dialog box w ill be shown as follow . Aft er i n put all t h e d ata, p r ess ENTER ke y to conf ir m an d sa ve the shor tcu t. III. Playbac k t he recorded v ideo Sel ec t [ Play back ] i c on t o ent er r ec or d ed v i deo pl a yba c k m en u. Al l th e r ec or d ed v i deo ti t l es ar e l i st ed by t h[...]

21 Key Function  P L AY S tar t to play  P AUSE Pause  FF Fast forward p lay  REW Fast backw ard p lay  PREV Jump to p revious chapter mar k  NEXT J um p to n ext c hap t er m ar k  ST OP /LIV E S top the playing, a gree n  i ndi ca ti o n di s pl a y ed Slow Sl o w pl ay W h en pl ayb a ck s tar ted , t he vi d eo sele cted[...]

22 Figur e Title E dit t ool b ox 1. Set Thu m bnail : Ch ange the thu mbn ail p ic ture o f the vid eo title Y o u c an c apt ur e a vi deo fr am e and use the picture as the thumbnail of t he v i deo ti tl e. T he s el ec t ed vi d eo is shown and ready to p lay . Use PL A Y C ONTR OL ke ys to se le ct the v i d e o f r a m e . U s e  ,  ke[...]

23 A r ed  mark will be a dde d in the t ool b ar . Figur e A dd cha pter M ark t ool b ar 6. Re m ove Chapter Mark Y ou can delete Chapter Mark of the se lect video. P lay the video, pas s i n g to a Chapte r Mar k , the mark will be show n in br ight red . Se le ct the [ DELETE] icon i n the tool bar a nd press ENTER k e y t o del ete t he m a[...]

24 3. Pre ss  ,  keys to choose a folder or fil e in the source device. Use ENTER k ey to op en a f ol der. Use SET k ey t o s el ec t a ll t h e f i l es and folders to be cop i e d. Pre ss SET key again to cance l the s el ect i o n. I f t h er e i s a fil e o r folder with sa m e nam e in the des t i n at i on dev i c e, a n " Over wr[...]

25 Ad van ced ope rat ion I. Play photo with backgr ound m usic En t er Br o ws er mo d e, s el ec t a m usi c f il e i n a f ol der t o pl a y . Al l t he m usi c fi l es in t h e same folde r will p l ay se quentially . The music wil l kee p pl aying i n the ba ckground. Change to Photo m edi a t y pe, s el ec t a ph o t o f il e f ol d er , a nd[...]

26 III. HD video output ME3 supports HD vide o output, 720p or 1080i, when pla ying Photo, and V ideo. Fr om Setup/Video m enu, you can change the HD outpu t . I f y o u s e l e c t 7 2 0 p o r 1080I, M E3 wil l pl ay Pho t o an d Vi deo f i l e wi t h t he s el ec t ed vi deo r es ol uti on . Note:  Only component ( YPbPr ) video ou tput can s [...]

27 Na v iga tio n func ti ons A. AUDIO se le ction Se lect di ffere nt audio o r language s et ti ng. B. SUBTITLE se le ct ion Sel ec t a su b ti tl e. C. ANGLE se le ction Sel ec t a vi ewi n g a ngl e D. BOOKM ARK SET Se t a book mar k. E. BO OK M AR K G OT O Go to the bookmark. F. TITLE Go to M enu of the DVD vide o G. GO TO Press the G O TO k e[...]

28 VII. Setup Sel ec t [ Setup ] icon on the top M ENU to ent er Setup m enu.. Pre ss  ,  k ey t o sel ec t s et u p ty p e. Pre ss  ,  key t o s el ect a n it em an d press ENTER key t o s et up. W hen se tting up an ite m, the choice of the item display on the right side of the m e nu. Pre ss  ,  key to sele ct a choice , and pr[...]

29 B. Record setup 1. Q ualit y Change the recording qua lit y . Th er e a re 5 d iff er ent t y pes of recording quali ty to be ch osen. Di ff eren t q ual i ty aff ec ts t he fi l e size of the recorde d video. 2. Auto Chap ter Change the pe ri od of chap ter mar k or turn of f the au to ch ap te r function. Y ou can press  PREV or  NEXT k [...]

30 3. Browser Preview Y o u c an t ur n t h e pr ev i ew function on or off , whe n br o wsi ng m ul t im edi a fi l es. 4. HDD Format Format the HDD i n the ME 3. Pl ea s e r ef er t o t h e " Gett ing S tarted" chapter in the manual and follow the Ini tializ e t he HDD procedure s. W arni ng:  HDD Format operation will destroy a ll t[...]

31 FAQ Q1: When a video is p layed on screen, but can no t be recorded . So m e DVD v i de o disc, wi th copy protection, can not be re corded. Q2: No sou nd in co mpon en t vid eo connection Co m pone nt vi deo on l y deliver v i deo signal. Y ou still nee d to connect the red and white plug of co mposite A V extension cab le to A V i npu t on you[...]

32 Technical Specifi cations Ph y s ic al D i mens ion H e ight : 136 .6 m m x D ep th: 2 07.5 mm x W idth: 44.3 mm W eight 0.65 K g (wit h out H ard d isk drive) Ope rat io n T e mpe rat ure 0  - 40  Pl ayb ac k F orm at Aud i o: MP3 , W MA Video: MPEG 1/ 2, D ivX HD , Di vX 3.1 1, 4. 12, 5, 6; AVI, VO B, M P G , DA T , Xv id , TP , TS Pictu[...]

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3100554280 V ersion 1.0 May 2008 Emprex website: www .emprex.com T echnical support: http://tech.emprex.com Service Center: Email: Emprex@RepairT ech.co.uk T el: 0871 855 24 19 UK[...]