Verbatim MediaStation HD DVR manual

1 1 MediaS ta tion HD D VR Network Multimedia Recor der / Wir eless Network Multimedia R ecor der User Guide English[...]

2 Intr oduc ti o n 4 Media S tation F eatur es 4 P ack C ontents 4 P recautions 5 Har d Dis k P recautions 5 Media S tation Details 5 F ront P anel 5 Rear P anel 6 Remote Contro l 6 Connecting t h e Device 9 Getting Started 9 TV In 1 0 Fi l e Co py 10 Browser 10 S etup 1 1 Time RE C 1 1 Setup Menu 12 p Setting up your System 12 Setting the V ideo S[...]

3 Browser Menu 22 Creatin g a P l a yl ist 22 Browsin g ALL 22 Browsing Music 22 Browsing Photos 22 One T ouch Co py button 2 2 Browsin g Movies 23 Browsin g content via t h e Networ k (NET) 23 My S h ort Cuts 2 3 Connecting to a Network Device 23 File Edit Menu 2 5 File C opy Menu 26 py py U tilities 29 T ransco d e Server 29 Step 1: 2 9 S tep 2 :[...]

4 I ntr o du c ti o n Thank you f or choosing the new V erba tim MediaStation HD DVR Network Multimedia R ecorder . This device is an all r ound home entertainment system enabling you to recor d, stor e, and play directly f rom the TV , cable/satellite set top bo x, D VD player or VHS player . E n j o y y our videos, music, and p hoto g ra p hs dir[...]

5 P r ec a u ti o n s 1 . W e recommend you use all the cables and accessories that ar e supplied in the pack 2 . W e recommend you use the power adaptor and power cor d supplied with is device. Using a di ff erent power adaptor and cor d may d ama g e t h e d evice an d ma k e voi d t h e warrant y on t h is p ro d uct . 3 . Kee p this e q ui p me[...]

6 Re ar P an e l 1 . TV ou t 8 . Mini B USB 2. TV I n 9. YP b Pr 3. C o-axia l Out p u t 10 . D C -I n 4. O p tica l out p u t 1 1. A V Out 5 . LAN 1 2. A V In 6. USB Host (USB 2) 1 3. C oo l ing F an 7. HDMI 1 4. P ower O N /O F F R emote C ontrol All procedur es in this manual can be carried out using the remote contr ol buttons. Certain f unctio[...]

7 No. But to n F unction 1 P O WER button: P ress to POWER on or of f . 2 DI S PLA Y button: P ress to dis p la y current status . P ress d urin g pl a yb ac k an d an on screen d is pl a y a pp ears s h owin g trac k num b er an d time e l a p se d . P ress during r ecording and an on scr een display appears showing the recor ding quality setting [...]

8 16 SOU R C E button: P ress Sour ce to switc h t h e TV source b etween A V-In / Di g ita l TV / Ana l o g TV 17 EP G button: P ress EPG to show the Electr onic P ro g ram Guide. P ress PREV or NEXT for switchin g channels, and p ress PLA Y to co n fi rm 18 H O ME button: P ress to view the main menu 1 9 RECORD b utton: P ress to begin r ecordin[...]

9 31 CM SKIP b utton: P ress to advance 30 seconds when in playback or r ecord mode. 32 TV S YSTEM button: P ress to switch between NTSC Interlaced, NTSC P r ogressive, P AL Interlaced, and P AL P rogr essive . 33 COPY b utton: P ress to enter t h e Copy Fi l e menu Connectin g t h e Device T o switch on the MediaStation p ress the r ocker switch o[...]

10 TV In T o select an input source (e.g. D TV , A TV or A V -In), select TV in f rom the main menu f rom wher e you will enter the A V -in P age. P r ess Sourc e on Remote Contr ol f or selecting DTV , A TV or A V -in . F i l e Copy F i l e copy lets you copy and paste fi les and f olders between USB/Car d/HDD/NET . F or example you can copy da t[...]

11 S etu p T o enter the setup menu, pr ess Setu p o n th e r e m o t e co ntr o l o r se l ec t S etup f r o m th e m a in m e n u . Ent e r th e Setu p menu f or setting TV , Audio, V i d eo, REC, Networ k , S y stem an d MISC settin gs Timer REC T o enter the T ime Recordin g functions select T imer REC fr o m th e m a in m e n u o r se l ec t T[...]

12 S etup Menu The Setup Menu allows you to set up the system to your local r equirements and tune in the TV channels tha t available in your region. S e l ect S etu p f rom the main menu or pr ess the S etup bu tt o n o n t he r e m o t e co ntr ol. S etting up your S ystem 1 . S elect the System tab f rom the menu using the arr ow buttons (Naviga[...]

13 S etting the V ideo Setting s 1 . S elect the Vide o tab f rom the menu using the arr ow buttons (Navigation but tons). Use the arr ow buttons to move between the sub m enus , as l iste d b e l ow . P ress t h e Ent e r b utton once t h e su b menu is h ig hl ig h te d Aspect Ratio Select to set as p ect ratio . P an S can 4: 3 : Display a wide [...]

14 TV I npu t S elect T V Inpu t using the navigation buttons on the r emote control and pr ess enter . T here ar e two types o f TV input in the list, Antenna ( Digita l TV), an d CA TV (Ana l og TV). C h oose Antenna to tune in D TV (Digita l TV) an d A TV (Ana l ogue TV) . Ch anne l Sca n After settin g u p the TV re g ion and the TV in p ut t y[...]

15 C hannel S et T he MediaStation lets you r ename all TV progr am names as your wish. Ple ase note that you can only rename in English. S e l ect C h anne l Set an d press Enter . Using t h e arrow b uttons se l ect Cance l , TV , or DTV an d press Ente r P r ess S o r T to c h oose t h e c h anne l an d t h en p ress Enter . T h is wi ll ta k e [...]

16 Fix ed IP (Manual) 4 . I f using a Fixed IP you need to enter the IP addr ess, Subnet Mask, De f ault Gateway . F or f urther assistant to the above settings you may n ee d to contact y our networ k a d ministrator W ireless LAN Setu p N ote: Wireless LAN is onl y available with V erbatim model No’ s 47541/47543 1 . Plug-in the Wi-Fi USB Dongl[...]

17 M I SC S ettings 1 . S elect the M I SCE tab f rom the menu using the arr ow buttons (Navigation but tons). Use the arr ow buttons to move between the sub m enus , as l iste d b e l ow . P ress t h e Ent e r b utton once t h e su b menu is h ig hl ig h te d S lide Show T imin g Select to set the fre q uenc y of chan g es between p hotos for a sl[...]

18 Tim e r R eco rd M e n u T h e T imer RE C menu allows you to crea te, edit and delete r ecording schedules and view all schedule sta tus and history . Select the T imer R E C option f rom the main menu or pr ess the T IME R bu tt o n o n t he r e m o t e co ntr ol . Cre ating a New Schedule 1 . S e l ect Ed i t f r o m th e m e n u ba r t o Add[...]

19 S ource P ress the arr ow buttons to select sour ces. V ideo-IN / DTV / AT V S tart Tim e Enter the date and time o f the recor ding. L en g th Enter the len g th of the recordin g R e p ea t Select how often y ou want the schedule to recor d. Choose fr om O nce, E veryday , Mon-F ri, Mon-Sat or f or an individual day o f the week. D ev i ce C h[...]

20 D eleting Schedule s 1 . S elect the De l e t e t ab f r o m th e m e n u ba r 2 . Se l ect t h e sc h e d u l e w h ic h you want to d e l ete an d press E nt e r on remote contr ol. A con fi rmation message appears 3 . S elect C AN C E L or Delete the selected schedul e or D elete all schedules 4 . Pr ess Enter t o co n fi r m Viewing Schedu[...]

21 Viewing R ecorded History 1 . S elect the H istory t ab f r o m th e m e n u ba r . Y ou can view your recor d e d h istory in t h is menu One T ouc h Recor d Y ou can start recor din g a p ro g ram at an y time b y usin g the RECORD button on the r emote control or the fr ont of the MediaStation . P ress to be g in recor din g or to resume when[...]

2 2 B r o w se r Me n u S elect B rowser f rom the main menu or pr ess the B rowser button on the r emote control to br owse the content on the hard drive, or any other storage device connected to the MediaStation. Y ou can browse by M ovie, Photo , Music or All fi les stor ed on a USB Device, C ard R eader , HDD , a n d NET . Ther e are 2 USB hos[...]

23 B rowsing Movies S elect the M o vi es tab by using the le f t/right buttons on the remote contr ol. All dir ectories and supported video fi les will be displayed f rom th e stora g e d evice y ou h ave se l ecte d. P ress S an d T to select the movie fi les y ou want to p la y . When y ou hi g hli g ht the video fi le the movie will start to[...]

24 E nter t h e U ser ID an d t h e N e t P a ss w o r d b y hi g hli g htin g each fi eld and p ressin g enter . T his will brin g u p ke yp ad menu . T he Net User ID and p assword ar e t yp icall y y our OS (O p eratin g S y stem) lo g in name and p assword. If y ou’re shar ed PC doesn’t have a password please leave it blank . After t yp in[...]

25 Y ou will now be able to see all the f olders fi les on the device. Select the fi le you want to play and press Enter F ile Edit Men u Y ou can delete and change the name o f f olders and fi les under the Browser Menu to suit your requir ements. When navigating f olders and fi les hi g hli g ht the folder or fi le and p ress the Ed it b utt[...]

26 De l e t e T o delete a title, do the f ollowing : 1. P r ess S a n d T on t h e remote contr o l to se l ect t h e De l ete ta b an d p ress Enter . 2. Select OK and p ress Enter to confi rm deletion. F i l e Co py Menu Y ou can co py or move fi les from dif ferent stor a g e locations (USB / CARD / HDD / NET) to each other . F or exam p le y[...]

2 7 3 . S elect the Destination device: P r ess S a n d T to select the device you want to copy too 4 . Pr ess X to next ste p . ( p ress W to return ) 5. At t h e S ourc e sec t or , p ress S an d T to hi g hli g ht the folder or fi les that y ou want to co py . T hen p ress the r ecord button on the r emote co ntr o l . T he f ollowing symbol ?[...]

28 7 . At t he Des tinati on sector , p ress S a n d T t o se l ec t th e f o l de r o f des tin a ti o n . Note: I f you are copying or moving a fi le to a location other than the internal hard drive you will need to press Enter at the r oute to enter the f older structure 8. T hen p ress X to next ste p . (p ress W to return) The followin g p o [...]

29 9 . Select Copy or Move to copy/move the fi le. Select Cancel to e xit The scr een will show the fi le being copied or moved. Once completed the system will display; File C opy Completed. I f the fi le did not copy successfull y the s y stem will dis p la y File Co py failed Once the fi le co py has been com p leted select OK to browse fi l[...]

30 S tep 2: Next S te p 3: Browser folde r[...]

3 1 S tep 4: Instal l S te p 5: Co py in g new fi le s[...]

3 2 S te p 6: Finish. Y ou can start use the sof tware . R un th e so f twar e S tep 1: Dou bl e c l ic k to run t h e progr am. S te p 2: T r anscode Status: T ranscodin g information .[...]

33 S te p 3: Net S h are Dia l o g : A d d y our fi les on y our PC or Notebook (RM, RMVB, WMV , H.264...) to enable r eal-time streamin g p la y back via the network or wireless n etwork . T o add fi les you will need to set the Sharing Pr opertie s o f the f older that contains your fi les to Share this F older .Once this is completed you can [...]

3 4 S peci fi cation / V ideo R ecor ding Time and C apacit y P roduct Speci fi cation HDD T ype 3 .5” SA T A C apacity Avai l a bl e: 500GB / 640GB / 1T B HDD F o rm at N TF S P roduct Dimensions 2 10 x 64.5 x 162mm (WxHxD) O ut p ut HDMI C omponent Video Output C omposite (AV) Op tica l C oaxial Di g ital Audio D VB- T/Analogue (TV Out ) Inpu[...]

35 F ormat ting the har d disk T he hard drive inside the MediaSta tion comes pre f ormatted NTFS f ormat. Y ou can re- f ormat the hard drive by selecting S etup f rom the main menu, or pressing the Setu p b utton on t h e remote contr o l . Se l ect S ystem f r o m th e sub m e n u a n d th e n sc r o ll do wn t o HDD F o rmat. T he followin g W [...]

36 S tep 2: Hard disk format 1 . S elect F ormat to format the har d drive or Back t o re t urn . 2 . P ress E nte r to confi rm S tep 3: Congra tulation page Once f ormatting is completed the system will display the congr atulation page. Select OK to confi rm and exit K Te c h nica l Su pp or t I f y ou are ex p eriencin g diffi cult y installi[...]

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