Syabas Popcorn Hour A-300 manual

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T able of Cont ents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3 2. Check y our package .................................................................................................. 3 3. Safety Notes ...........................................................[...]

11.2 File Bro wser Settings .................................................................................................... 38 11.3 File Manager ..................................................................................................................... 40 12. Movie Meta Data ...........................................................[...]

3 ww w .popcornhour .com 1. Intr oducon Thank you for purchasing the Popcorn Hour A-300 Network Media Jukebox. Powered by Syabas T echnology , the Popcorn Hour A-300 is a state of the art digital entertainment center with a TV apps market to enhance your home entertainment. 2. Check your pack age 1. Popcorn Hour A-300 2. Remote Control 3. 2x [...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 4 All Rights Reser ved © 3. Saf ety Not es Read these oper ating instructions carefully bef ore using the unit. F ollow the safety instructions on the unit and the applicable safety instructions listed below . Keep these oper ating instructions hand y for future r efer ence. 1) Read these instructions. 2) K ee[...]

5 ww w .popcornhour .com 4. T echnicalSpecica ons Hardware Specication CPU Sigma Designs SMP8647, 800MHz CPU w/ L2 Cache Memory 512MB DDR2 DRAM, 256MB NAND Flash A V Outputs HDMI v1.3a, Component Video, Composite V ideo, Stereo Analog Audio, Digital Optical, Digital Coaxial Interface 2 x Host USB 2.0 (Front and Back) Network Gigabit [...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 6 All Rights Reser ved © 5.GengSt art ed 5.1 P opcorn Hour A -300 Overview YP bP r RL CVBS S/PDIF OPTICAL COAX S-VIDEO USB-PC USB HDMI ETHERNET AC T LNK POWER COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUT 1 2.0V + 3.0A MAX Po we r Gigabit Ethernet Po rt HDMI USB 2.0 Host USB 3.0 Slave (C onnec tion to PC ) S- V ideo Digi[...]

7 ww w .popcornhour .com 5.2ConnecngtoHDMITV What y ou need: o Popcorn Hour A -300 o Po wer Suppl y o HDMI cable o TV with HDMI terminal Step 1 Connect the HDMI cable to y our TV HDMI terminal and the other end to y our Popcorn Hour A -300. Tips: Some HDMI TV has input and output HDMI terminal. Please make sur e the HDMI terminal is [...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 8 All Rights Reser ved © 5.3ConnecontoComposit eTV What y ou need: o Popcorn Hour A -300 o Po wer Suppl y o Composite br eak -out cable (Grey break -out cable) o TV with composite terminal Step 1 Connect the supplied composite br eak -out cable, to the composite terminal of y our TV and the o[...]

9 ww w .popcornhour .com 5.4Connecngtocomponen tTV · What you need o Popcorn Hour A -300 o Po wer Suppl y o Component and Composite br eak -out cable o TV with component video terminal Step 1 Connect the supplied video component break -out cable to component input terminal on y our TV . Con- nect the composite br eak -out cable t[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 10 All Rights Reser ved © 6.Y ourremot econtr ol Pow er Press once t o stand-by the de vice Eject Eject optical disc from disc r om if con- nected RED Video Conte xt sensitiv e; refer to the legend on the bottom of the user interf ace GREEN Music Conte xt sensitiv e; refer to the legend on the bottom [...]

11 ww w .popcornhour .com ENTER     INFO Bring up meta-data of selected media  STOP Stop media pla ying back A-B HOME In Apps Mark et, press HOME to return[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 12 All Rights Reser ved © REPEA T Repeat the curr ent media pla yback MUTE Mute Audio TIME SEEK    MENU Bri[...]

13 ww w .popcornhour .com 7.Intr oducontoHomemenu The HOME screen is the main hub f or accessing content fr om a local source (USB or int ernal hard dri ve), a netw ork shar e or from the apps mar ket. Y ou can also view the current time and w eather . W eather F orecast Know the weather without lea ving the comfort of your couch. Ti[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 14 All Rights Reser ved © 8. Quick Setup Wiz ard Setting up your P opcorn Hour A-300 using the setup wizard, is vital f or pr oper operation of the media play er . F or adv ance users, you ma y skip to Chapter 9. Using your r emote control, na vigate t o the Setup Wizard icon and press Ent er . Choose y our de[...]

15 ww w .popcornhour .com Choose y our connection type according and pr oceed (NEXT) 1) Wired (Ethernet Cable) 2) Wireless (Optional wireless dongle needed) F or wireless connection onl y . Select your SSID listed and pr oceed.[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 16 All Rights Reser ved © Enter y our passw ord f or y our router f or connection. If your pass wor d is wrong, an err or message will be prompted. Please check y our passwor d and r e- enter it.[...]

17 ww w .popcornhour .com Re view y our IP settings and proceed t o (NEXT). Optional: If you do not ha ve pro xy serv er on y our network, y ou may proceed t o next st ep.[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 18 All Rights Reser ved © V erify your Internet and netw ork connection. If y ou recei ved the congratulation pr ompt, you netw ork setup is completed. Otherwise, please hit RETURN to check y our settings again.   ?[...]

19 ww w .popcornhour .com    [...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 20 All Rights Reser ved © 9. Setup Ad v ance settings such as video/audio output, color-space, subtitle languages, and parental control can be setup here. Tips: If you have complet ed the setup wizard st eps, the corr espondent settings can be found and updat e here.[...]

21 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.1 Pre f erence Devic e Name A unique name to identify y our device on y our network. Only applicable if you inst all NMT app.s Sy stem Language Sy stem language. Subtitle Language Subtitle language for mo vies. Photo T ransition Preset phot o slide show tr ansition style. Photo Int erv al Determines how long each phot o [...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 22 All Rights Reser ved © 9.2 Audio HDMI A udio ON Enable audio signal output from HDMI cable connection. OFF Disable audio signal output from HDMI cable connection. A udio Codec Adjust how y ou lik e the media play er to decode audio signal or passthrough without decoding. A udio Codec Options PCM Downmix or [...]

23 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.3Video Video Output     ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 24 All Rights Reser ved © Video Zoom Setup how y ou like the media pla yer to handle y our video zoom lev el. Actual Size Disable video zooming. Fit to scr een ?[...]

25 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.4Netw ork(CongureIP) Mac Addr ess Y our unique NIC MAC addr ess, this is needed when eng aging support services or trouble shooting. Mode Wired Y our media play er is connected to the r outer through a R J45 network cable Wireless Wireless dong le is inserted and networ k is connected wir elessly Tips: Wirele[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 26 All Rights Reser ved © 9.5 Netw ork Share Network shar e folder added here is accessible fr om (network) Add Shar e Manually add a netw ork shar e on y our PC, MAC or netw ork attached stor age (NAS). If y ou frequently access a network shar e, it’s r ecommended that you add it so it will al way s appear [...]

27 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.5.1 Add Share Prot ocol Samba Windows comput ers and most NA S devices uses Samba b y de- fault. It can also be used on MAC and linux based devices. NFS The NFS prot ocol offers f aster netw ork tr ansfer speeds how ev er not ev ery device supports it. Please ref er to y our devices’ net- work shar e settings. NFS T CP[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 28 All Rights Reser ved © 9.5.2 Brow se Share Under Network Br ow ser , select the workgr oup and then the device y ou w ant to access. Select the folder , from w hich you lik e to add.[...]

29 ww w .popcornhour .com The prot ocol, IP/host name and share f older information is aut omatically added f or y ou. If requir ed, you can add a username and pass wor d at this stage and then sa ve this shar e. 9.5.3 Edit Shar e Choose the share f older that y ou want t o edit or remo v e[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 30 All Rights Reser ved © 9.6 P aren tal Con tr ol Setup Lock OFF By Def ault ON Lock setup page to pr ev ent unauthorized access. Default passwor d is 4896. File Lock OFF By Def ault ON   ?[...]

31 ww w .popcornhour .com Change P assw ord      ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 32 All Rights Reser ved © 9.8Maint enance Firm w are Updat e      ?[...]

33 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.8.1–Firmw areUpda t e Important: Please reboot y our device b y cycling the power outlet, this ensure that y our device is read y    Firm w are V ersion     ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 34 All Rights Reser ved © 10.AppsMark et Get access to the S y abas Apps mark et wher e you can get fr ee and premium apps for y our TV . Access instant video on demand services, online radio, social netw orking, games and much mor e. The apps mark et is updated fr equently so check back t o expand y our[...]

35 ww w .popcornhour .com Install by pr essing ENTER on y our remot e or exit b y pressing the INF O button. The install apps will appear in My Apps category . Tips: T o uninstall any apps, press (INFO) on y our remote[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 36 All Rights Reser ved © 10.1LogintoApp sMark et Login to Apps Mark et to pur chase premium apps or access pri vate st ore pr o vided by y our content pro vider . 1. On the left navig ation pane, choose LOGIN . 2. If you alr ead y ha ve an account, please enter y our email address and pass wor d. [...]

37 ww w .popcornhour .com 11. File Br owser      ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 38 All Rights Reser ved © 11.2ViewMode View Mode Listing   Thumbnail This view display s the thumbnail (if a v ailable) and informa- ?[...]

39 ww w .popcornhour .com File Listing Info None   Au to Sy stem will displa y or hide. Size Onl y Display File Size onl y . Date Onl y ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 40 All Rights Reser ved © 11.3FileManager       ?[...]

41 ww w .popcornhour .com 12.MovieMet aData One of the main featur es of P opcorn Hour A-300 is the ability t o download and manage mo vie meta  ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 42 All Rights Reser ved © 12.1MovieInf oPageW alk -thr ough Press the INF O button on y our remot e to bring up the mo vie info page. 1. Movie F an-Art 2. Movie P oster or thumbnail 3. 4 options are a v ailable here. Synopsis Movie s ynopsis giv es you an ov erview of the movie. Including parental [...]

43 ww w .popcornhour .com 12.2DownloadMovieThumbnailandMe ta-Da ta     [...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 44 All Rights Reser ved © Navig ate to the Do wnload option on the bottom right and press ENTER on y our remote.     ?[...]

45 ww w .popcornhour .com 12.3EditorUpda teMovieInf ormaon   ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 46 All Rights Reser ved © Change info Under the Change info section, select the correct title f or y our video. Y ou can press INFO on y our remot e to see the synopsis bef ore selecting that particular entry . Change fanart Under the Change fanart section you can select fr om a number of photos that can be us[...]

47 ww w .popcornhour .com Change poster In the Change poster section y ou can choose the mo vie poster y ou would lik e to use. Afterw ards, r emember to download the data that wa y the changes y ou selected will al wa ys be used- when y ou press the INF O button on y our video. Tips: In order to do wnload meta-data, you must c onnect your Popc orn[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 48 All Rights Reser ved © 12.4Downloadsubtles On movie inf o page, na vigate t o F etch online subtitle and press ENTER on y our remote. A list of results will come up. Choose the subtitle that best matches y our movie.[...]

49 ww w .popcornhour .com If you need t o get subtitles in a differ ent language than y our default, press the GREEN button on y our      ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 50 All Rights Reser ved © 13.Netw ork edMediaJuk ebox Inter ested in downloading inf ormation for all y our movies and TV shows in one go? Do y ou w ant to brow se y our video collection based on the movie post er? With the Network Media Juk ebox you can! Without the need of additional PC softwar e, t[...]

51 ww w .popcornhour .com 13.1ConguringNMJ The Network Media Juk ebox, or NMJ, softwar e wor ks by cr eating a dabase for your st orage de vice. This databse contains all the info, posters and f anart f or your entir e mo vie and TV show libr ary as well as any other media y ou scan in.  ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 52 All Rights Reser ved ©  Scan Entire F older NMJ will automaticall y scan the entire folder for supported media and add it to the NMJ database.   Allows y ou to spec[...]

53 ww w .popcornhour .com      will be[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 54 All Rights Reser ved ©      ?[...]

55 ww w .popcornhour .com While your dat abase is being crea ted, y ou can view the onscr een NMJ help guide and learn v aluable inf ormaiton f or or ganizing y our media libr ary , na vig ang inside the NMJ sowar e and playing back your media[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 56 All Rights Reser ved © 13.2Navig aoninNMJ Press t he MENU button on your remot e to bring up the NMJ menu. This will help y ou navigate and sort your cont ent in the NMJ software. MO VIES By Mo vie This will display all of y our movies By TV Series This will display all of y our TV shows By Genr[...]

57 ww w .popcornhour .com MUSIC By Album This will displa y all your music b y album By Pla ylist Display s a list of pla ylists in y our NMJ database By Song Display s music tr acks alphabeticall y in a list By Genr e Display s albums based on Genre By Artist Display s a list of artists, once selected their albums are displa yed By Y ear Display s[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 58 All Rights Reser ved © PHO T O By Dat e Display s a list of y ears, once selected all photos taken in that y ear are dispaly ed By Album Display s a list of albums, once selected all phot os in that album are displa y ed (photo albums ar e Slide show setting  [...]

59 ww w .popcornhour .com NMJ Media Menu T o bring up the Media Menu, simply pr ess LEFT on the D-pad. Mo vie Switch t o the video section of NMJ Music Switch t o the music section of NMJ Photo Switch t o the photo section of NMJ NMJ Manager Launch the Network Media Juk ebox Manager File bro wser ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 60 All Rights Reser ved © 13.3UpdangNMJvideot agging    [...]

61 ww w .popcornhour .com In this ex ample, we r emov ed the subtitle and tried to simplify the search mor e. Once you ar e done typing in the title of the video, navigate down t o the search icon and pr ess ENTER on your r emote.[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 62 All Rights Reser ved © Depending on the movie title, multiple r esult ma y be shown. Choose the correct r esult and press ENTER on remot e. The new poster , fanart and meta-data will be downloaded and y our database will be updated.[...]

63 ww w .popcornhour .com 13.4Netw ork edMediaJukebo xManager  Add additional directories f or the NMJ to moni- tor and add to the NMJ database Scan All  monitor ed[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 64 All Rights Reser ved © Scan Option A uto do wnload fanart Enable or disable automatic download of fanart f or video Scan Language   data in (if not av ailable, will default to English) [...]

65 ww w .popcornhour .com 14.NMTApps NMT Apps turn your P opcorn Hour A-300 into a netw ork attached stor age device, T orrent Client and UseNet Client. An internal hard dri v e or ext ernal stor age device is r equired t o install the NMT apps.   [...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 66 All Rights Reser ved © 14.1Inst allingNMTapps. In the Setup menu, select Maintenance and then NMT Setup Wizar d . Tips: The option is only visible if you have a stor age device installed. Select the Fr esh Setup option and press the GREEN button the remot e to pr oceed.[...]

67 ww w .popcornhour .com Select the stor age device that y ou w ant to install the NMT applications on. Please note that y ou can install the NMT applications on a external USB de vice, howe v er it will need to r emain attached for the NMT applications to wor k, Once you ha ve selected the st orage de vice press the GREEN butt on on the remot e t[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 68 All Rights Reser ved ©    [...]

69 ww w .popcornhour .com The formatting and installation pr ocess then begins. Depending on the size of y our stor age devices, it may tak e sever al minutes t o complete. Once the NMT applications are installed, the P opcorn Hour A-300 will r estart . Once the NMT applications are installed, y ou see a new option in the Setup menu titled NMT Appl[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 70 All Rights Reser ved © 14.2UsingFTPServer      [...]

71 ww w .popcornhour .com 14.4UsingT orrentClien t The supplied BitT orrent client is accessible using y our PC connected t o the NMT via network. F ollow the steps below t o access the BitT orrent client: 1. On your PC, use a w eb br owser to access the BitT orrent client on the NMT . T ype the following addr ess in the URL addr ess ba[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 72 All Rights Reser ved © 14.5UsingUsenetClien t  [...]

73 ww w .popcornhour .com # Pass wor d to use f or authentication (change P ASSWORD t o the passwor d supplied by your Usenet pro vider): serv er1.passw or d=P ASSW ORD # Maximum number of simultaneous connections to this serv er: serv er1.connections=4   ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 74 All Rights Reser ved © 14.5.2AccessingNZBGETclient W orking with NZBget is simple and quick. Connect to the NZBGet w eb GUI from a br ow ser via http:// ip.of.your .nmt:8066. T o log in, use the following access username and passw ord: User ID: nmt Pass wor d: 1234 NZBGET W eb Interf ace[...]

75 ww w .popcornhour .com    Choose ... button and br owsing t o the   Next, click the[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 76 All Rights Reser ved ©     ?[...]

77 ww w .popcornhour .com 15.Updangrm w are      ?[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 78 All Rights Reser ved © Manual Update:      Maintenanc e section in Setup. 1. Navig ate to Setup -> Maint enance -> Firmw are Update an[...]

79 ww w .popcornhour .com        inserted, the sy stem w[...]

P opcorn H our A -300 U s er Ma n ual 80 All Rights Reser ved © 16.MediaPla ybackR emot eFuncon When wat ching movies, the belo w additional control ar e a vailable. A UDIO Switch betw een audio tr acks, if y our video contains mul- tiple audio track s. Subtitle Subtitle options, enable or disable subtitle. Sync time, adjust font[...]

81 ww w .popcornhour .com Listening t o Music ENTER Play curr ent highlighted music tr ack. PLA Y Pla y all tracks within the folder . PREV / NEXT Play pr evious or next track within the f older . REV / FWD Rewind or F ast F orward. REPEA T Repeat curr ent music tr ack. V olume Incr ease or decrease v olume. MUTE Mute Sound Viewing phot o ENTER Vie[...]