Emtec Movie Cube Q800 WiFi manual

Home Multimedia Center Movie Cube Q700/800 User’s Manual (Version 1.0.0)[...]

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1 . I n t r o d u c t i o n 1 . 1 P r e f a c e Dear Customer, Thank you very much for purchasing the Movie Cube Q700/800. In the digital era, this product is a great home entertainment partner. With the outstanding design, you can enjoy movies and music, view photos of precious moments, and record your favorite TV or movie programs and view them i[...]

1 . 2 P a c k i n g L is t P a r t Q u a n t i t y Player 1 A/V cable 1 SCART in adapter 1 (no need for USA) USB cable 1 Remote Control 1 Remote Control Battery 2 AC/DC adaptor 1 AC/DC adaptor Power Cord 1 English User Manual (printed) 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 Warranty card 1 Driver CD (with User Manual) 1 Wireless LAN USB Adapter 1 (optional) [...]

1 . 3 . 4 R e p a i r If the player has a problem, you should take it to an appointed repair center and let the specialists do the repair, never repair the player yourself, you might damage the player or endanger yourself or your data. 1 . 3 . 5 D i s p o s i n g o f t h e p l a y e r When you dispose of the player, be sure to dispose it appropriat[...]

1 . 4 C o n n e c t i o n 1 . 4 . 1 C o n n e c t t o C o m p u t e r (1) Make sure the player is powered on; (2) Plug in the squarish connector of the USB cable to this player’s USB DEVICE port; (3) Plug in the rectangular connector of the USB cable to computer. 1 . 4 . 2 U S B M a s s S t o r a g e D e v i c e ( l i k e U S B s t i c k , M P 3 [...]

1 . 4 . 3 T V c o n n e c t i o n 1 . A / V I N (1) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s A/V IN jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the A/V OUT jack of the TV/IPTV Set-Top Box (STB). In this way, you can record TV programs from the TV/IPTV Set-Top Box. 2 . A / V O U T (1) Follow the pi[...]

3 . Y / P b / P r C o m p o n e n t O U T (1) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s Y/Pb/Pr jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV’s Y/Pb/Pr jack. Audio Connection while using Y/Pb/Pr Video out: First method: use the audio output from the A/V OUT jack; Second method: use the audio[...]

5 . * T V I N / O U T (1) Follow the picture and plug a TV Aerial or analog TV cable to the TV IN socket; (2) You can also use a TV cable to connect the TV OUT socket, and then to your TV set, which will bypass the RF signals. 1 . 4 . 4 D i g i t a l A u d io D e v i c e c o n n e c t i o n (1) Follow the picture and plug in the RCA connector on yo[...]

1 . 4 . 5 P o w e r c o n n e c t i o n (1) Follow the picture and connect the AC adaptor to the player’s DC IN jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the AC adaptor to the power outlet. 1 . 4 . 6 E t h e r n e t c o n n e c ti o n To connect to a LAN (Local Area Network) you require a cat5, cat5e or cat6 network cable (not supplied). (1) Conne[...]

1 . 4 . 7 W L A N c o n n e c t i o n (1) Make sure the player is powered on; (2) Plug the Wireless LAN USB Adapter (i.e. Wi-Fi USB Dongle) to the USB HOST port of the player. 1 . 5 F i r s t T i m e U s a g e 1 . 5 . 1 F i r m w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n For users who bought the player without a HDD inside, and want to install a SATA HDD, plea[...]

soon enter the main interface, and the POWER indicator on the front panel will turn blue. 2 . P o w e r o f f When the system is running, press the p o w e r / s t a n d b y button on the front panel or remote control, the player will enter standby mode. 3 . L a n g u a g e c o n t r o l The system language of this player can be set to English or o[...]

N o . N a m e F u n c t i o n 1 s h i f t s h i f t button: Press to shift the r e s o l u t i o n , s e t up , r e p e a t , and go t o buttons to be z o o m , d i s p l a y , ti m e r , and b r o w s e r . 2 h o m e h om e button: Press to view the main interface. 3 m e n u m e n u button: Press to activate tools menus:  Press in the browser m[...]

Press to enter channel numbers or numeric input when changing settings. 15 t i m e s h i f t ti m e s h i f t button: While in the DVB-T / Analog TV or A/V IN mode, press to activate the time shift function, which allows you to pause live TV and resume the program from the point you left it. While paused, the program is recorded to the internal HDD[...]

schedules. See ’ 6 . 1 C r e a t i n g a N e w S c h e d u l e ’ for more details. 30 g o t o ( b r o ws e r ) g ot o button: Press to jump to a specific point on a title. Specify the point using Title, Chapter and Time. br o w s e r button: Press to browse music, photo, and movie files on USB, HDD, and NET. 31 mu si c mu s ic button: Press to [...]

7. RJ45 LAN socket 8. DC IN jack 9. POWER switch 10. * TV / RF IN socket 11. * TV / RF OUT (LOOP THROUGH) socket N o t e : The TV IN / OUT sockets are for Q800 only. 2 . 4 S i d e P a n e l 1. USB HOST port (A-Type) x2 2 . USB DEVICE port (B-Type) 3 . G e t t i n g S t a r t e d Power on the system, and after a few seconds, the system will enter th[...]

3 . 1 * S e l e c t i n g D V B - T T V (For Q800 only) In this menu, you can watch and record Digital Terrestrial TV programs, or have the time shift function. Select the D V B - T icon on the main interface to enter this menu. 3 . 2 * S e l e c t i n g A n a l o g T V (For Q800 only) In this menu, you can watch and record Analog TV programs, or h[...]

3 . 5 S e l e c t i n g B r o w s e r – P l a y b a c k M u l t i m e d i a F i l e s You can browse all the multimedia (Videos/Music/Photos) files on the internal HDD, USB or Network, and playback them on TV. Press the br o w s e r button on the remote control or select the B r o w s e r icon on the main interface to browse movie, photo, and mus[...]

e n t e r Press to view the program list menu. u p / d o w n (ch+ / ch-) Press to switch channels. (Channels cannot be switched in the recording mode.) d is pl a y Press to view the current channel number and time. r e c o r d Press to start recording the current TV program. ti m e s h i f t Press to activate the time shift function. ti m e r Press[...]

1 1 + – Stands for TV rating; N / A – Stands for the voice language; S S – Stands for subtitle; T T – Stands for Teletext; S D – Stands for resolution (SD - Standard Definition). When the icon looks concave, the option will be available. 4 . 2 . 3 E l e c t r o n i c P r o g r a m m i ng G u i d e Press the E P G button when watching DVB-[...]

Press the s u b ti t l e button when watching DVB-T TV programs, the Subtitle List menu will be displayed. Press the l e f t / r i g h t button to switch between Subtitle List and TTX Subtitle List Press the u p / d o w n button to select the subtitle, and press the e n t e r button to conf irm. 5 . T h e T i t l e L i s t M e n u f o r R e c o r d[...]

Here you can Play / Delete / Rename / Sort / Edit a recorded title. 2 Title Lists Here lists all recorded titles. Here you can see thumbnail / length / quality / recorded channel / recorded date & time of a title. A sign shows this recorded title has not been watched. A sign shows this title is being recorded now. 3 I nformation Here you can se[...]

4. A confirmation message appears. Press the u p / d o w n button and select O K . 5. Press the e n t e r button to delete the selected file. To cancel delete, select R e t u r n . 5 . 4 R e n a m i n g T i t l e s To rename a title, do the following: 1. Press the l e f t / r i g h t button on the remote control to select the R e n a m e tab from t[...]

R e t u r n Select to return to the main screen. T i t l e N u m b e r Select to sort all files according to title numbers. R e c o r d i n g T i m e Select to sort all files according to the length of the recordings T i t l e N a m e S elect to sort all files alphabetically, according to title name. F r e s h T i t l e s Select to sort all files a[...]

R e t ur n Select to return to the main screen. S e t T h u m b n a i l Select to change a thumbnail of the selected video. Press the u p / d o w n button on the remote control to select S e t T h u m b n a i l , an editing screen appears. You can press the f f / f r button to fast forward or fast rewind when searching a proper point. When you reac[...]

Select S E T A and press the e n t e r button to mark the start for the section to be deleted. Select S E T B and press the e n t e r button to mark the end of the section to be deleted. Select C O N F I R M and press the e n t e r button to delete the section. S p l i t T i t l e Select a title and divide it into sections. When you reach the point[...]

R e m o v e C h a p t e r M a r k Remove a chapter mark that you have inserted. An editing screen appears. Use the left and right navigation arrows to select the mark you wish to remove and press the e n t e r button to delete. C o p y t o F A T 3 2 p a r t i t i o n Copy function. In the Title List Menu, press the u p / d o w n button on the remot[...]

R e t ur n Select to return to the main screen. D e l e t e A l l T i t l e Select to delete all titles. 5 . 8 S a v i n g Y o u r R e c o r d e d T i t l e s All the recorded titles are stored temporarily in a recording disc partition (UDF format) which cannot be identified by personal computers. If you want to share the recorded titles on your co[...]

Use the l e f t / r i g h t button on the remote control to move between f ields and press the u p / d ow n button to adjust each setting. S o u r c e Select the video source or TV channels for the recording. S t a r t T i m e Enter the date and time of the recording. L e n g t h Enter the length of the recording R e p e a t Select how often you wa[...]

Select the schedule you want to edit from the list and press the e n t e r button. The schedule setting screen appears. Modify the schedule as described in ‘ 6 . 1 C r e a t in g a N e w S c h e du l e ’. 6 . 3 D e l e t i n g S c h e d u l e s Press the l e f t / r i g h t button on the remote control to select the D e l e t e tab from the men[...]

Select E n a b l e t h e ti m e r b y V P S , E n a b l e t h e ti m e r by u s e r ’ s s e t t in g or P a u s e th e s e l e c t e d s c h e d u l e . P ress the e n t e r button to confirm. 6 . 5 V i e w i n g R e c o r d i n g H i s t o r y Press the l e f t / r i g h t button on the remote control to select the H i s t o r y tab from the men[...]

< E r ro r P h o t o > D V B - T R e g i o n Select to set the region for Digital Terrestrial TV. < E r ro r P h o t o > Press the u p / d o w n button to select, and the e n t e r button to confirm. 33 / 72[...]

C h a nn e l S c a n Select to scan for available Digital Terrestrial TV channels. < E r ro r P h o t o > Press the u p / d o w n button to select from A U T O S C A N and M A N U A L S C A N , and press the e n t e r button to confirm. A U T O S C A N < E r ro r P h o t o > In A U T O S C A N mo de, the system will automatically scan f[...]

C h a nn e l S e t Select to edit channel information. < E r ro r P h o t o > Press the u p / d o w n button to select D V B - T , and press the e n t e r button to confirm. In this menu, you can edit the Name, and sequence for the DVB-T TV channels. Use the navigational buttons to select and modify the settings, and press the e n t e r butto[...]

< E r ro r P h o t o > Press the u p / d o w n button to select, and the e n t e r button to confirm. C h a nn e l S c a n Select to scan for available Analog TV channels. < E r ro r P h o t o > Press the u p / d o w n button to select from A U T O S C A N , and press the e n t e r button to confirm. < E r ro r P h o t o > In this[...]

C h a nn e l S e t Select to edit channel information. < E r ro r P h o t o > Press the u p / d o w n button to select A n a l o g T V . In this menu, you can edit the Status, Name, Fine Tune, TV System, and sequence for the Analog TV channels. Use the navigational buttons to select and modify the settings, and press the e n t e r button to c[...]

Press the u p / d o w n button to select from Pan Scan 4:3, Letter Box 4:3, or 16:9. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. P a n S c a n 4 : 3 : Display a wide picture on the ent ire screen and cuts off the redundant portions. Select when a standard 4:3 TV is connected. L e t t e r B ox 4 : 3 : Display a wide picture with two black borders on the [...]

Press the u p / d o w n button to adjust brightness. The new setting is previewed on screen. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. C o n t r a s t Select to set contrast levels. Press the u p / d o w n button to adjust contrast. The new setting is previewed on screen. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. T V S y s t e m Select to adjust TV syste[...]

N i g h t M o d e Select to set night mode. Press the u p / d o w n button to select from Off, On, and Comfort. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. D i g i t a l O u t p u t Select to set Digital Output (S/PDIF) mode. Press the u p / d o w n button to select from RAW, and LPCM. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. 7 . 5 C h a n g i n g R e c o[...]

Press the l e f t / r i g h t button on the remote control to select the R e c o r d tab from the menu bar. Q u a li ty Select to set the default recording quality setting. Press the u p / d o w n button to select the quality setting you require. The highest quality setting is HQ which requires the most storage space. The other settings reduce reco[...]

confirm. P e r m a n e n t T i m e s h i f t Select to set Time Shift mode. Press the u p / d o w n button to select from On and Off. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. If On, the time shift will start automatically while in Video In mode. R e c o rd D e v i c e Select to set device to restore the recorded files. Press the u p / d o w n button [...]

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W i r e d L A N S e t u p Select to set the Ethernet settings. Before using the network functions, please check following items: 1) Connect the player to network first; 2) Please enable NetBIOS of TCP/IP on computer; 3) Please turn off your PC’s firewall; 4) Please enable your PC’s ‘Guest’ account; 5) Please share the folders which you wish[...]

W i r e l e s s S e t u p Please refer to the user’s guide to wireless function in the package of EMTEC Wi200 USB adapter for more details about these settings. 7 . 7 C h a n g i n g S y s t e m S e t t i n g s Press the l e f t / r i g h t button on the remote control to select the S y s t e m tab from the menu. M e n u L a n g u a g e Select to[...]

Press the u p / d o w n button to select from Unicode, Chinese GBK, BIG5, and etc. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. T i m e Select to set the system time. Press the u p / d o w n button to select from Manual and Auto (via TV). Press the e n t e r button to confirm. Press the l e f t / r i g h t button to select each field and the u p / d ow n[...]

P a r e n t a l C o n t r o l Select to set the TV parental control options. L oc k S y s t e m Press the u p / d o w n button to turn on or off the parental system. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. A password will be needed for the modification. The default one is R e g i o n Press the u p / d o w n button to select the region. Press the e n[...]

H D D F o r m a t Select to format the HDD. Press the u p / d o w n button to select HDD Format. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. Press the l e f t / r i g h t button to select OK. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. Press the u p / d o w n button to adjust the capacity of time shift buffer. Press the l e f t / r i g h t button to select N[...]

R e s t o r e D e f a u l t Select to restore factory defaults. A confirmation message appears. Select O K a nd p ress the e n t e r button to rest ore all settings to defaults. 7 . 8 M i s c e l l a n e o u s Press the l e f t / r i g h t button on the remote control to select the M I S C tab from the menu. S l i d e S h o w T i m i n g Select to [...]

Press the u p / d o w n button to select. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. T r a n s i t i o n E f f e c t Select to set the transition effect for photo slide show. Press the u p / d o w n button to select. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. B a c k g r o u n d M u s i c Select to set the background music options while view pictures. Pres[...]

The version of the firmware, BIOS, and the MAC Address, etc. are listed here. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. 8 . B r o w s e r M e n u The Browser menu allows you to browse and play music, photo and movie files stored on a HDD, an external USB device, and Network. To enter the menu, select the B r o w s e r icon from the main interface. Pre[...]

All directories and supported contents will be displayed. Press the u p / d o w n button to select the directory or file you wish to browse, and press the e n t e r button to confirm. 8 . 2 B r ow s i n g M u s i c Use the l e f t / r i g h t button on the remote control to select the M u s i c tab. All directories and supported audio files in curr[...]

All directories and supported image files in current directory will be displayed. Press the u p / d ow n button to select the photo you want to view and press the e n t e r button. The photo will be displayed full screen. N o t e : 1. When the photo is displayed in full screen mode, the slide show starts automatically. 2. While listening to music f[...]

8 . 5 B r ow s i n g vi a N e t w o r k You can streaming playback the multimedia files shared on the local area network (Ethernet or WLAN). Before viewing the following, please make sure that you have read 7 . 6 C h a n g i n g N e t w o r k S e t t i n g s and made the right settings. When selecting NET in the Browser menu, there are two ways to [...]

N o t e : 1. While browsing high definition video files (resolution up to 720p / 1080i / 1080p) via Ethernet or WLAN, the video might be buffering. It is normal due to the limit of network speed or signal strength. 2. Due to different network conditions, sometimes the workgroup might not be accessed or shown in the list. And then you need to use ?[...]

N e t wo rk B r o w s e r Select to set Net User ID, Net Password, and Specific File Server IP, which enables to browse files on NET through ‘My_Shortcuts’. Select Net User ID and the entry screen will appear. Press the n a v i g a t i o n buttons to select letters and numbers. Select C A P S to toggle between uppercase and lowercase letters. P[...]

You can also select Detail to set the Label, Domain, and Host Name of the shortcut. Then select OK and press the e n t e r button to confirm. Select the shortcut you added and press the e n t e r button to confirm. Then select the shared multimedia file that you want to browse. 8 . 6 R e n a m i n g / D e l e t i n g F i l e s When navigating in th[...]

8 . 6 . 1 R e n a m in g F i l e s Press the n a v i g a t io n buttons to select letters and numbers. Select C A P S to toggle between uppercase and lowercase letters. Press <- to delete a letter. Press -> to insert a space. Press the e n t e r button to input each letter or number. Select O K and p ress the e n t e r button to confirm all c[...]

Select the favorite file you wish to add, press the r e d button on the bottom of the remote control, and the file will be ticked. Press the g r e e n button on the bottom of the remote contro l to confirm, and then an on-screen message ‘Add selects to list’ will be shown. Multiple selections are allowed. See photo below. 8 . 7 . 2 B r o w s i [...]

9 . F i l e C o p y M e n u Press the c o p y b utton on the remote control to enter the F i l e C o p y menu, which allows you to copy files between HDD, USB devices and Network. S t e p 1 : S e l e c t th e s o u rc e d e v i c e a n d d e s t i n a t i o n d e v i c e . Press the u p / d o w n button to select device. Press the l e f t button to[...]

Press the p l a y button to select files, the l e f t button to cancel, and the r i g h t button to next step. S t e p 3 : S e l e c t th e d e s t i n a t i o n fo l d e r t o s t o r e t h e a b o v e f il e s . Press the u p / d o w n button to select folder. Press the l e f t button to cancel, and the r ig h t button for next step. S t e p 4 : [...]

1 0 . N A S F u n c t i o n This player can be used as a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) device. It can be attached to the home network via either Ethernet or WLAN. This feature allows homes to store and retrieve large amounts of data more affordably than ever before. When the network connection is done correctly and ready for use, type: NAS or [...]

N o t e : 1. Make sure the player is connected properly to a LAN or WLAN with Internet access, please refer to ‘ 7 . 6 C h a n gi ng N e t w o r k S e t t i n g s ’ for more details; 2. When you enter the Internet Radio menu at the first time, it will take several seconds to download data from the Internet, please be patient to wait; 3. For mor[...]

1 1 . 2 G e n r e Li s t M e n u Press the u p / d o w n button to select GENRE, and press the e n t e r button to confirm. Press the u p / d ow n b utton to select the genre you wish to visit from the list. Press the e n t e r button to confirm. You can also press the p r e v / n e x t button to page up and do wn. In this way, you can search your [...]

All the favorite stations you added from the station list menu can be found and managed here. When a station is highlighted, you can press the m e n u button to delete it from the favorite. N o t e : You can have a maximum of 20 favorite stations in the list. 1 2 . U p g r a d i n g t h e F i r m w a r e W a r n i n g : P l e a s e b a c k u p t h [...]

Download the latest firmware from our official website. S t e p 1 : P r e p a r e t h e U S B P e n D ri v e You will need a USB Pen Drive for firmware upgrade. Copy the 5 files for upgrade to the root directory of your USB Pen Drive. S t e p 2 : C o n n e c t t h e U S B P e n D r i v e Plug the USB Pen Drive into one of the USB HOST ports of the [...]

1 3 . A p p e n d i x e s 1 3 . 1 S p e c i f ic a t i o n s U S B S U P P O R T E D :  USB HDD  Other USB Mass Storage Devices  USB 2.0 Interface C O N T E N T F O R M A T S S U P P O R T E D :  DAT/VOB/IFO/MPG/AVI/MPEG-2 TS  MP3/OGG/WMA  Compression rate: between 32 kbps and 320 kbps  JPEG/BMP V I D E O C O D E C S S U R P O [...]

 HQ/SP/LP/EP/SLP mode: MP2 2-chanel V I D E O O U T P U T S P E C I F I C A T I O N Composite Output 1 Vpp 75 Ohm Components Output Y:1 Vpp 75 Ohm Cb:0.7 Vpp 75 Ohm Cr:0.7 Vpp 75 Ohm HDMI Output HDMI (Version 1.1) A U D I O P E R F O R M A N C E DA Converter 24-bit/192kHZ AD Converter 24-bit/96kHZ Signal-Noise (1kHZ) ≥ 95dB Dynamic Range ≥90[...]

G E N E R A L Power Supply Power Consumption Operating Temperature Operating Humidity AC 100~240V 50~60Hz Approx. 35 W +5°C to +35°C (+36°F to +95°F) 5% to 80% RH Hard Disk Dimensions (W/H/D) Net Weight 3.5’’ SATA HDD 211.5x57x152mm Approx 1.2 kg N o t e : The specifications and design of this product are subject to change without notice. 1[...]

A n sw e r : Most likely, the player’s file allocation table (FAT) has been corrupted. This might be due to the player shutting down (due to low battery power) while reading or writing to your computer by the USB connection. Windows and Macintosh often write extra files to the hard disk such as finder.def or System volume info. These are normal a[...]

Q u e s ti on 7 . D u r i n g p o w e r o n , w hy d o e s t h e T V w i l l h a v e a s h or t f l a s h in g , b lu e sc r e e n o r s c r e e n s a v e r ? A n sw e r : This is normal, when the system initializes, it will setup the corresponding parameters so it can output the correct video signal to the TV, during the initializing time, the TV [...]

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