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AL Tech Portable MPEG Player manual

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    Contents Introduction ...................................................................................... 3 Specifications ................................................................................................................ 3 Precautions .................................................................................................[...]

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    2.2.3.2 Jpeg File Preview Setup ...............................................................................22 2.2.3.3 Language Selection S etup ............................................................................22 2.2.3.4 Check Firmware Version ...............................................................................22 2.3 Basic [...]

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    Introduction Portable Mpeg4 Player is 2.5” HDD interface ty pe of MPEG4 player bas ed on USB 2.0 High Speed. It can be connected to TV in home or a monitor. It is not only an external USB HDD but also the best portable AV device that displays Music, Movie and photo. ¾ Digital Multimedia Player via Home TV or Car TV ¾ USB 2.0 External Storage vi[...]

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    Precautions ▪ We strongly recommend you to back up the dat a to another sa fe media. We are not responsible fo r data damage or loss in built-in HDD. ▪ It’s better unplug the power adaptor when you do not use for a long time. ▪ The Mpeg4 Player does not support the DivX, XviD codec of video files that has GMC, Qpel opt ion. ▪ The Mpeg4 Pl[...]

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    Product Overvie w - Front View - ④ IR Receiving Area ③ IR ① Power ② HDD ① Power Power LED ② HDD HDD LED ③ IR IR LED Front View ④ IR Receiving Area IR rece iving area for remote signals - Back View - ④ SD/HD ② 5V ① USB ③ IR/5.1 ⑤ AV ① USB Connect USB cable ② 5V Connect power Cable ③ IR/5.1 Connect coaxial cable for 5.[...]

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    1. Use as External USB HDD 1.1 Insert Hard Disk 9 Use 2.5” IDE Hard Disk for Laptop(or Notebook) PC. 9 Hard Disk should be “Master”. However, if the Hard Disk supports “Single” mode, you need to try to set “Single “mode. ② Pull the PCB out. ③ G r i p H D D a n d i n s e r t i t i n t o the pins of PCB (be sure to match the 44 pins[...]

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    1.2 Format Built-in HDD via USB If the built-in HDD is not formatt ed, PC can not detect t he hard disk drive. If so, format the hard disk first referring to the following guide. * If the hard disk drive is already formatted, see “1.3 Copy Dat a via USB”. 1.2.1 Windows 98SE, ME 1) Install Windows 98 Driv er. Find the driver at Windows 98 CD →[...]

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    11) Type the capacity or % which you want to use and press [Enter]. 12) Drive integrit y verification will start again. After finishing that, press [ESC] key when the “Primary DOS Partition created, drive letters changed or added” message displays. 13) Press [ESC] key again. “ Shut down Windows before restarting” message will be displayed. [...]

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    14) Type “ exit ” command at “ C:WINDOWS> ” and press [Enter] for returning to windows screen. 15) Unplug the Mpeg4 Player and plug again. New volume will be appeared at [My Computer]. Click mouse right button at the new volume and select [Format]. 1.2.2 Windows 2000 1.2.2 Windows 2000 3) If the [Disk Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard] [...]

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    9) Choose FAT32 or NTFS at File system to use and click [Next]. 10) After finishing Wizard setup, formatting will be progressed automatically. 5) Click [Next] at the Create Partition Wizard Windows. 6) Check [Primary Partition] and click [Next]. 7) Type number that you w ant to use and click [Next]. 8) Assign a drive letter and click [Next]. 9 If y[...]

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    1.2.3 Windows XP 1.2.3 Windows XP 1) Connect Mpeg4 Player to PC via USB cable. (If not detected, plug the power cab le of Mpeg4 Player) 2) Click [Settings → Control Panel → Administrat ive Tools → Computer Management → Disk Management] on Windows. If you can not find Administrati ve Tools at Control Panel, click “ switch to classic view ?[...]

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    9) Choose FAT32 or NTFS at File system to use and click [Next]. 10) After finishing Wizard setup, formatting will be progressed automatically. 9 FAT 32 system is available on windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, but NTFS system is available on windows 2000/XP only. 9 If you choose FAT32 system on Windows 2000/XP, one drive letter’s maximum size will be limit[...]

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    1.3 Copy Data via USB 1.3 Copy Data via USB It is possible to use as a external USB h ard disk drive.. You can copy data from your PC to built-in HDD of Mpeg4 Player via USB. It is po ssible to play media files at the hard disk on TV set. It is possible to use as a external USB h ard disk drive.. You can copy data from your PC to built-in HDD of Mp[...]

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    1.3.2 Windows ME 1) After connecting Mpeg4 Player , windows itself will install driver automatically. And then, check the driver installation at Windows [Start > Settings > Control Panel > (view all Control Panel options) > System > Device Manager > Universal Serial Bus controllers > USB Mass Storage Device] 2) Check ‘My Comp[...]

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    1.3.3 Windows 2000, XP 1) After connecting Mpeg4 Player , windows itself will install driver automatically. And then, check the driver installation at Windows [Start > Settings > Control panel > (switch to classi c View on Windows XP) > system > Hardware > Device manager > Universal Serial Bus controllers > USB Mass Storage [...]

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    1.3.4 Linux 9 It can be available on Linux 2.4 higher. [Automatic Mount] After booting, do log-in. Connect Mpeg4 Player -> Power On Mpeg4 Player -> Check the detect ion with [fdisk] -> make Mount Pointer (ex. mediatest) at Folder Mount(/mnt) -> Edit [/etc/ fstab] -> add the following; /dev/sda /mnt/mediatest vfat noauto, us er 0 0 (i[...]

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    2. Use as Multimedia Player 2.1 Connect to External AV Device 2.1.1 Connect Video Cabl e Mpeg4 Player supports 2 type of video output; “Composite, Component”. Use video connection that your TV supports. Normally, TV supports composite video connection. Do not connect USB cable when connecti ng TV. 9 When you can not see normal screen after conn[...]

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    2.1.2 Connect Audio Cable Mpeg4 Player supports 2 type of audio output; “Stereo, Coaxial”. Use audio c onnect ion that your TV or Audio set supports. Do not connect USB cable when connecti ng TV. •Coaxial: Digital 5.1 Ch. • : Connect to IR/5.1 jack of Mpeg4 Player. •Stereo• : Connect to AV jack of Mpeg4 Player. White Yellow Red Supplied[...]

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    2.2 Basic Setup 2.2.1 Video Setup This is guide for setting video output of Mpeg4 Player. You have to setup Mpeg4 Player’s video output mode same as TV set’s video input mode. 9 When you can not see normal screen after connecting video cable, check followings, 1. “TV “– Switch to Video Input Mode: Turn on TV, and switch t o video input mo[...]

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    < Setup Procedure> ① Turn on Mpeg4 Player and press [SETUP] on MediaType Selection screen. ② Move to ‘Video Setup’ icon and press [ENTER]. ③ Move to Video Output Mode that you want and press [ENTER]. ④ Finally, press [SETUP] again for saving configurations. Example of component video output set tings. 20[...]

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    2.2.2 Audio Setup This is guide for setting audio output of Mpeg4 Player. You can use Stereo or Digital 5.1 ch. . 9 Analogue/DCPM: Select when you connect the supplied AV cabl es (Red / Whit e) to TV or Audio set directly. 9 Encoded Digital: Select when you want to list en through 5.1Ch by connecting receiver ( or amplifier) with supplied coaxial c[...]

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    2.2.3 Other Setup This is guide for setting TV Type, JPEG File Preview, Language Selection. In addition, current firmware version shows. <Setup Procedure> ① Turn on Mpeg4 Player and press [SETUP] in MediaType Selection Screen. M o v e t o ‘ ② Other Setup’ icon and press [ENTER]. Move to ③ settings that you want and press [ENTER]. Fi[...]

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    2.3 Basic Screen Menu 2.3.1 Media Type Selection After turning on Mpeg 4 Player, you can se e MediaType S election scr een. In this screen, you can select “Vi deo”, “Audio”, Ph oto” or make “Play- List” with ◀▶ arrow button. Press [E NTER]. Select one me dia type that you w ant to play. 2.3.2 File Selection After selecting a Media[...]

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    2.4 Play Video Files It is possible to play video files like AVI, MPG, MPEG, DAT, M2V, and VOB. Select ‘Video’ icon in Media Type Selection screen. Video file list will be displayed. Just move to a file and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] butto n. < Function and Button Descriptions> Remote Control Function Descriptions AUDIO Dual Audio It i[...]

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    Subtitle Language Select It is possible to switch each subtitle language when the subtitle is dual language format, for example, including a local language and English. * When selecting ‘Discriminating subtitle language’, first subtitle language will be displayed. Subtitle Sync. It is possible to set the subtitle sync. with ◀▶ (one second) [...]

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    PLAY / PAUSE II ▶ Playback Next All Files After the file that you select, play next all files continuously. It is same as [PLAY/PAUSE] button. PLAY / PAUSE I ▶ I Pause Pause playback, if pressing this button when a f ile is being played. In order to play again, press this button again. PREV I ◀◀ Playback Previous File Play a previous file b[...]

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    2.5 Play DVD Files DVD manager function support to play DVD Ri pping File same as original DVD. Make a folder and then save all ripping files int o the folder . After connecting TV(or Monitor), select VIDEO_TS.IFO file at the folder. Make sure that all the ripping files including VIDEO_TS.IFO fr om one DVD title will be located at one folder. 9 If [...]

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    A-B REPEAT A-B repeat Set the A-B repeat. TITLE Go to Title Menu Move to title menu while playing DVD. ANGLE Angle Apply angle function. FILE INFO Show File Information Show the file information which is being played. In order to hide the information, press this button again. TIME SEARCH Jump to Preferable Playback Time Move to a selected ti me of [...]

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    2.6 Play Music Files It is possible to play music f iles like MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA. Select Audio icon in Media Type Selection screen. Music file list will be displayed. Just move to a file and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] butto n. < Function and Button Descriptions> Remote Control Function Description FILE INFO Show File Information Show the f[...]

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    NEXT I ▶▶ Playback Next File Play a next file after a current playback file. If you used [ENTER] for playback, you can not use t his function. This is available in playing all files as using [PLAY/PAUSE] button or 'Play All' icon. FF ▶▶ Go to 10 Sec. in Forward Go to 10 sec. in forward and play when a file is being played. REW ◀[...]

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    2.7 Play Photo Files It is possible to play photo files like JPG(JPEG). Select Photo icon in Media Type Select ion screen. Photo file list will be displa yed. Just move to a file and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] butto n. < Function and Button Descriptions> Remote Control Function Description FILE INFO Show File Information Show the file info[...]

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    PLAY / PAUSE II ▶ Playback Next All Files After the file that you select, play next all files continuously. It is same as [PLAY/PAUSE] button. PLAY / PAUSE II ▶ Pause Pause playback, if pressing this button when a file is being played. In order to play again, press this button again. FF ▶▶ Zoom In Enlarge a photo. REW ◀◀ Zoom Out Reduce[...]

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    2.8 Make a Play-List User can register all m edia type of files like video, music, and phot o to pl ay-list. The registered m edia files to play-list will be played without discr iminating media type. 9 It is not possible to play each registered f iles independently. Use 'Play All, Random Play' icon or [PLAY/PAUSE] butt on. Additionally, [...]

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    2.9 Remote Controls This is guide for basic use of remote control. For more deta ils, ‘2.3 Basic Screen Menu’, ‘2.4 Play Video Files’, ‘2.5 Play DVD Files’, ‘2.6 Play Music Files’, ‘2 .7 Play Ph oto Files’, ‘2.8 Make a Play-Lis t’. ① Pull off the battery tray for remote controller’s body completely. ② Put the enclosed [...]

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    2.10 Others 2.10.1 Music Slide Show Make a 'music' folder (in a small letter not a capital letter) at root directory of built-in HDD and save MP3 files at the folder. If the HDD is divided into two or mo re parti tions, make a 'music' fol der at firs t partition. When you play one or all photo files, you can listen mp3 and see p[...]