LaCie LaCinema PlayHD manual

L aC ine ma Pla yHD T abl e o f Co nte nts Us er Man ual pag e 1 T able of Contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................................. 6 1.1. Computer Minimum System Requirements ...................................................................................... 7 1.2.[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD T abl e o f Co nte nts Us er Man ual pag e 2 7.1.4. Media Library ................................................................................................................. 34 7.2. Settings: Audio/Video .................................................................................................................. 35 7.[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD F o rewo rd Us er Man ual pag e 3 Copyrights Copyright © 2010 LaCie. All rights re- served. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, re- cording or otherwise, without the prior writ- ten consent of LaCie. Tradem[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD F o rewo rd Us er Man ual pag e 4 This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designed collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and el[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD F o rewo rd Us er Man ual pag e 5 Operating Environment T emperatures ✦ Do not expose the LaCinema PlayHD to temperatures out- side the range of 5° C to 30° C (41° F to 86° F). As high end audio/video appliance, the LaCinema PlayHD has been designed with an efficient ventilation system. Allow 5 cm of clearance for airflo[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Int rod ucti on Us er Man ual pag e 6 1. Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCinema PlayHD! Simply connect the LaCinema PlayHD to your TV and use the in- cluded remote for easy navigation. The intuitive PlayHD menus are called Spaces and they give you easy access to watch high definition movies, view phot[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Int rod ucti on Us er Man ual pag e 7 1.1. Computer Minimum System R equirements ✦ Latest version of: • Windows XP ® , Windows Vista ® , or Windows 7 ® or • Mac ® OS X 10.5 or 10.6 ✦ USB interface port ✦ Internet connection (for downloading LaCinema PlayHD firm- ware updates)[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Int rod ucti on Us er Man ual pag e 8 Video Codecs ✦ MPEG-1 ✦ MPEG-2 / H D ✦ MPEG4 ✦ DivX / HD ✦ Xvid ✦ H.264 HD ✦ WMV9 HD ✦ VC-1 ✦ AVC HD ✦ Real Video Video File T ypes (Containers) ✦ AVI ✦ MP4 ✦ MKV ✦ WMV ✦ MPG ✦ DAT ✦ M2V ✦ MOV ✦ MPEG ✦ VOB ✦ ASF ✦ TS ✦ RMVB ✦ M1V ✦ FLV ✦ M2[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Int rod ucti on Us er Man ual pag e 9 1.3. Bo x Content Your LaCinema PlayHD package contains the items listed below: 1. LaCinema PlayHD 2. Remote control 3. 2 x AAA batteries 4. HDMI cable 5. USB cable 6. External power supply 7. Quick Install Guide 8. LaCie Utilities CD-ROM (with the User Manual and Media Info software) IMPORT[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Int rod ucti on Us er Man ual pag e 10 1.5. Supported Subtitles The LaCinema PlayHD supports the following subtitle formats, listed by font code: ✦ Western Europe (ISO) ✦ Central Europe (ISO, Windows-1250 ) ✦ Greek (ISO, Windows-1253) ✦ Cyrillic (Windows-1251) ✦ Cyrillic (KOI8-R) ✦ Traditional Chinese (Big5) ✦ Simp[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Int rod ucti on Us er Man ual pag e 11 1.7. Cables and Connectors 1.7.1. A/V (Audio/Video) Cables Audio/video cables supported by the LaCinema PlayHD: 1. HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface - included with the box contents) – The optimal audio/video connection from the LaCinema PlayHD to compatible televisions. 2. Comp[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Usi ng the Rem ote Con tro l Us er Man ual pag e 12 2. Using the R emote Control 2.1. Battery Installation Please install the included AAA batteries before using the remote control. T o install the batteries: 1. Remove the battery compartment cover. 2. Load the batteries onto the battery compartment. Position the batteries so th[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Usi ng the Rem ote Con tro l Us er Man ual pag e 13 OK 2.2. R emote Control K ey Index Th e in cl ud ed r em ote con tr ol all ow s yo u to se t up and u se t he L aC in ema Pl ay HD w hi le i t i s co nn ec te d to y ou r TV. Button 1. Power 2. Previous 3. Stop 4. Play/Pause 5. Back (previous screen) 6. Up 7. Left/Rewind 8. Inf[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Usi ng the Rem ote Con tro l Us er Man ual pag e 14 OK 2.2.1. Important Button Details 1. Return: Go back to the previous menu. 2. OK: Confirm a selection. 3. Settings button: Display the available settings or actions in the different media spaces. During playback, this button will bring up a contextual menu to adjust the setti[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : T ran sfe rrin g F il es Us er Man ual pag e 15 3. Setting Up: T ransferring Files This chapter explains how to transfer files to the LaCinema PlayHD from your computer via USB. Learn how to play files stored on a USB disk drive or flash drive in section 6. Playing Files Located on a USB Hard Drive . The USB co[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : T ran sfe rrin g F il es Us er Man ual pag e 16 3.1. STEP 1: Connect the P ower Supply 1. Plug one end of the power adapter cord into the back of the LaCinema PlayHD and the other end into an active power outlet ( Fig. 12 ). 2. Move to the next step, 3.2. STEP 2: Connect the USB cable . CAUTION: Only use the AC ad[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : T ran sfe rrin g F il es Us er Man ual pag e 17 3.2. STEP 2: Connect the USB cable 1. Make sure the power cable is connected as described in section 3.1. STEP 1: Connect the Power Supply . 2. Connect one end of the USB cable to your computer ( Fig. 13 ) and the other end to the USB port on the rear of the LaCinema[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : T ran sfe rrin g F il es Us er Man ual pag e 18 3.3. STEP 3: Unmounting Y our Drive The LaCinema PlayHD behaves like an external USB device when it is connected to your computer via USB. LaCie highly recommends that you unmount the PlayHD disk drive volume before unplugging the USB cable. Windows XP From the syste[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : C onn ecti ng to T V Us er Man ual pag e 19 4. Setting Up: TV Connection This chapter explains how to connect your LaCinema PlayHD to your television in order to browse and play files. Once the connection is established, go to section 5. Playing Multimedia Files for information on playing files. Setup consists o[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : C onn ecti ng to T V Us er Man ual pag e 20 4.1.1. HDMI (High Definition) Connection 1. Connect one end of the HDMI cable to your television’s HDMI port ( Fig. 20 ). 2. Connect the other end of the HDMI cable to the corresponding port on the LaCinema PlayHD ( Fig. 20 ). 3. Go to the next step, 4.2. STEP 3: Conn[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : C onn ecti ng to T V Us er Man ual pag e 21 4.1.3. Coaxial Audio Connection You may use the coaxial audio connection (cable not included) to pass surround sound formats to a digital receiver/pre-amplifier. Please note that you will require an RCA type connector for the co- axial connection (not included). IMPORTA[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : C onn ecti ng to T V Us er Man ual pag e 22 4.2. STEP 3: Connect the P ower Supply IMPORTANT INFO: If your power supply cable is already con- nected, turn on your TV and skip to 4.3. STEP 4: Complete the Instal- lation Wizard . 1. Plug one end of the power adapter cord into the back of LaCin- ema PlayHD and the ot[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin g Up : C onn ecti ng to T V Us er Man ual pag e 23 4.3. STEP 4: Complete the Installation Wizard The first time you turn on the LaCinema PlayHD, an installation wiz- ard appears to help you configure the basic settings. The wizard will only appear the first time you turn on the LaCinema PlayHD or after a reset to fact[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g Mu lti med ia F i les Us er Man ual pag e 24 5. Playing Multimedia Files This chapter explains how to use the LaCinema PlayHD interface and play files from its hard disk. For information on playing files from external sources, refer to section 6. Playing Files Located on a USB Hard Drive . To access your files, use [...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g Mu lti med ia F i les Us er Man ual pag e 25 5.1.1. Movie Space Options While a movie is playing, you can adjust several playback pa- rameters. Press the Setup button to display or exit the on-screen menu. Use the Left and Right buttons to navigate to a setting and click to enter the setting menu. To confirm a setting[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g Mu lti med ia F i les Us er Man ual pag e 26 Play Mode Choose how to play back a movie: ✦ Normal playback ✦ Repeat one will play back the same file until it is stopped. ✦ Repeat all will play all the movie files in the same folder. The movie files are played back according to their order in the folder. Video S[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g Mu lti med ia F i les Us er Man ual pag e 27 5.2. Photos Space Navigate to the Photo Space using the Left and Right buttons ( Fig. 38 ). Then use the Up and Down buttons to browse within the Photo Space. The Photo Space will display all supported photo files that are acces- sible to the LaCinema PlayHD ( 1.2. Supporte[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g Mu lti med ia F i les Us er Man ual pag e 28 Timing Select the transition time between photos during a slideshow ( Fig. 41 ). Transition Choose the transition effect between photos during a slideshow ( Fig. 42 ). Repeat Select the playback mode ( Fig. 43 ): ✦ Normal ✦ Shuffle ✦ Repeat one - the current photo wil[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g Mu lti med ia F i les Us er Man ual pag e 29 Select Music ( Fig. 44 ) Play music while watching a slideshow. You will have the option to go directly to the Music Space to select the track that fits best with your slideshow. Photo Settings ( Fig. 45 ) Modify the display: ✦ Brightness ✦ Contrast ✦ Saturation ✦ H[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g Mu lti med ia F i les Us er Man ual pag e 30 5.3. Music Space Navigate to the Music Space using the Left and Right buttons ( Fig. 46 ). Use the Up and Down buttons to browse within the Music Space. The Music Space will display all of the supported music files that are accessible to the LaCinema PlayHD. Only files rec[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g F il es L ocate d o n US B H ard Dri ve Us er Man ual pag e 31 6. Playing Files Located on a USB Hard Drive The LaCinema PlayHD can play multimedia files stored on external USB drives. Simply plug an external USB hard disk or flash drive into the front USB 2.0 port ( Fig. 49 and Fig. 50 ) and navigate to the files u[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Pla yin g F il es L ocate d o n US B H ard Dri ve Us er Man ual pag e 32 4. Use the remote control to navigate to one of the Media Spaces ( Movies , Photos , or Music ). Files located on the external USB hard drive can be accessed under USB1 ( Fig. 51 ). 6.2. Compatibility In addition to hard disks, you can connect card readers,[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin gs M enu Us er Man ual pag e 33 7. Settings Menu The Setup Space will help you configure and customize your LaCin- ema PlayHD. Access the Setup Space by navigating to the gear icon on the PlayHD menu ( Fig. 53 ). Scroll through the Setup menu using the Up and Down but- tons ( Fig. 53 ). You can select General , Audio/Vi[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin gs M enu Us er Man ual pag e 34 7.1.2. Subtitle Format You may change the default subtitle format ( Fig. 56 ). See 1.5. Sup- ported Subtitles for more information on supported subtitle formats. 7.1.3. Screen Saver The LaCinema PlayHD has a screen saver for inactive periods. Se- lect the time of inactivity that will trigg[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin gs M enu Us er Man ual pag e 35 7.2. Settings: Audio/Video Fig. 59 ✦ Adjust settings for video resolution and aspect ratio ✦ Change the HDMI and coaxial audio output settings ✦ View movies at their native rate 7.2.1. Resolution Choose a display resolution to match your television ( Fig. 60 - the default is HDMI Aut[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin gs M enu Us er Man ual pag e 36 F ig. 62 F ig. 63 7.2.3. HDMI Audio Select the audio signal output via HDMI ( Fig. 62 ): ✦ Decode - Best suited when connecting the HDMI cable to your television. Surround formats will be mixed down for stereo output. ✦ Pass through - Best suited when connecting the HDMI cable to a dig[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin gs M enu Us er Man ual pag e 37 7.3. Settings: System Fig. 64 ✦ Review and update the LaCinema PlayHD firmware ✦ Reformat the internal hard disk ✦ Reset the LaCinema PlayHD to factory settings 7.3.1. V ersion View the firmware version of your LaCinema PlayHD ( Fig. 65 ). 7.3.2. Firmware Update LaCie highly recomm[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Set tin gs M enu Us er Man ual pag e 38 9. The LaCinema PlayHD should find the firmware update on your USB flash drive or key ( Fig. 67 ). Click OK to proceed with the update. 10. A window prompt will ask you to keep the LaCinema PlayHD powered on during the update. You may damage the PlayHD if you turn the power off or unplu[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 39 8. R eformatting the LaCinema PlayHD Hard Disk Your LaCinema PlayHD is preformatted and optimized for NTFS. It is ready to receive media content from a Windows computer straight out of the box. You may reformat the LaCinema PlayHD on a com- puter ( 8.1. Reformatting: [...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 40 8.1. R eformatting: Windows 8.1.1. Formatting for Windows XP The steps listed below will help you format and partition your LaCin- ema PlayHD disk drive using Windows XP. Please see 8.1.2. Format- ting for Windows Vista/7 or 8.2. Reformatting: Mac Users for instructio[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 41 9. Specify the partition size. By default, the partition occupies the entire volume ( Fig. 72 ). Click Next . 10. Assign a drive letter or mount path ( Fig. 73 ). Click Next . 11. Select the file format for the disk (FAT32 will only appear as an option if the partiti[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 42 12. A window appears listing your choices. If all seems well, click Finish to begin the format process ( Fig. 75 ). To make a change, select Back . 13. Windows Disk Management will format and partition the disk according to your settings ( Fig. 76 ), and your drive wi[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 43 8.1.2. Formatting for Windows Vista/7 Master Boot Record or GUID Partition Table? Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning has been the hard drive standard for many years. It supports a maximum of four primary partitions with a size limit of 2TB per partition. Due to par[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 44 3. The New Simple Volume Wizard will appear. To continue choose Next . ( Fig. 80 ) 4. This wizard allows you to create volumes, also known as parti- tions. You can choose to create a single partition or many. Type the size of the partition you want to create in megaby[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 45 5. Assign a drive letter or accept the default. ( Fig. 82 ) Select Next . 6. Choose the file system format for the partition. If the partition size is 32GB or less, the choices will include NTFS and FAT32 . Once the format is selected, you may check Perform a quick f[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 46 TEC HNIC AL NOTE: Win dows Vis ta SP1/S P2 and Windo ws 7 offer the e xFAT fil e syst em, whi ch is no t limit ed to pa rtit ions le ss tha n 32GB ( Fi g. 83 ). Used pri mari ly wit h USB flas h drive s, the exFAT file syst em ove rcom es man y of th e limi tati on[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 47 8.2. R eformatting: Mac Users IMPORTANT INFO FOR MAC USERS: While the PlayHD will work with the Mac OS HFS+ (non-journaled) disk format, it offers improved performance when formatted in NTFS. If your Macintosh computer includes third-party applications or drivers that[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 48 6. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the number of partitions for the disk drive using the pull-down menu ( Fig. 88 (6a) - Mac OS X gives you the option of dividing the drive into a maximum 16 partitions). You can adjust the size of each partition using the slide b[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 49 8.3. R eformatting: The LaCinema PlayHD TV Menu The LaCinema PlayHD internal hard disk may be formatted using the menu. Choosing this method will reformat the disk in NTFS. CAUTION: Following these steps will erase all media files from the LaCinema PlayHD. Back up al[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Ref orm atti ng the L aCi nema Pl ayHD Us er Man ual pag e 50 F ig. 94 F ig. 95 5. Please do not unplug the power to your LaCinema PlayHD dur- ing the format ( Fig. 94 ). 6. You will receive a window prompt announcing that the format is finished ( Fig. 95 ). Click Restart to reinitialize the LaCinema PlayHD. 7. See 3. Setting U[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD T ech nic al I nfo rma tion Us er Man ual pag e 51 9. T echnical Information 9.1. HD File Format Compatibility The LaCinema PlayHD is fully compatible with the high definition formats below: ✦ AVC HD ✦ H.264 (MPEG-4 P10) ✦ MPEG-2 HD ✦ MPEG-4.2 ✦ WMV9 ✦ VC-1 ✦ Xvid 9.2. Optimizing Data T ransfers Data transfers for[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD T roubl esh ooti ng Us er Man ual pag e 52 10. T roubleshooting If your LaCinema PlayHD does not work properly, please refer to the Troubleshooting table to find a solution. You may also visit the PlayHD product page on the LaCie website for recent information concerning the device: www.lacie.com . If you need further assistanc[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD T roubl esh ooti ng Us er Man ual pag e 53 10.1. T roubleshooting the T elevision/Stereo Connection Problem Question Answer The TV does not rec- ognize the connected disk. Have you properly set the video out parameters in the Settings menu? Click the Info button on the PlayHD remote control to change from HDMI (default) to Compo[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD T roubl esh ooti ng Us er Man ual pag e 54 10.2. USB Connection (Mac Users) Problem Question Answer The drive is not recognized by the computer. Does an icon for the drive appear on the desktop? Unless you have set the Finder preference not to show External disks on the desktop, an icon for the LaCie drive will be visible. If th[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD T roubl esh ooti ng Us er Man ual pag e 55 10.3. USB Connection (Windows Users) Problem Question Answer The drive is not recognized by the computer. Has the drive been formatted? Make sure that the drive has been formatted properly. Please see 8. Refor- matting the LaCinema PlayHD Hard Disk . Does your operating system sup- port[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Con tac ting Cu sto mer Sup port Us er Man ual pag e 56 Before Y ou Contact T echnical Support 1. Read the User Manual and review section 10. Troubleshooting . 2. Try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on your computer or TV. 3. Make sure that all of the cables are correctly and firmly [...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD Con tac ting Cu sto mer Sup port Us er Man ual pag e 57 11.1. LaCie T echnical Support Contacts LaCie Asia http://www.lacie.com/cn/contact/ LaCie Australia http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Belgium http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/ (Dutch) http://www.lacie.com/befr/contact/ (French) LaCie Brazil http://www.lacie.com/us/conta[...]

L aC ine ma Pla yHD W arra nty In form ati on Us er Man ual pag e 58 LaCie warrants your drive against any defect in material and work- manship, under normal use, for the period designated on your war- ranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, LaCie will, at its option, repair or replace the [...]