Dane-Elec So Smart manual

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3 C ONGRA TULA TIONS On your pur chase of So Smart HDMI, Wifi Hi-Definition Multimedia Player and W elcome to the So Smart HDMI F amily ! The So Smart HDMI HD Multimedia Pla yer is a play er that allows vivid and crisp playback of doz ens of multimedia files. Y ou can now en joy your fav orite movies, home videos , digital music and digital phot[...]

4 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS : Chapter 1 Safety & Pr ecautions 1.1 Do’ s and Dont’ s Page . 5 1.2 Limitations and Usage Precautions Page . 6 Chapter 2 Intr oduction 2.1 Introducing the Wir eless So Smart Hi-Def M ultimedia Player Page . 7 2.2 T echnical Specifications Page . 8 2.3 Package C ontents Page . 9 2.4 Getting F amiliar with your Unit Pa[...]

5 Chapt er 1 : Safety & Pr ecautions 1.1 Do’ s and Dont’ s Do’ s Unplug the play er during lightning storms or when unused for long periods o f time. • Do not defea t the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polariz ed plug • has two blades with one wider than the other . The wide blade is pro vided for your[...]

6 Chapt er 1 : Safety & Pr ecautions 1.2 Limitations and Usage Precautions Please r ead the f ollowing Limitations and Usage Precautions befor e using your So Smart pla yer . While So Smart play ers support dozens of file forma ts and codec, they ar e not intended to • work with e very c odec -v ariation. So Smart players provide limited [...]

Chapt er 2 : Introduction 2.1 Intr oducing the So Smart HDMI Multimedia Play er HD Pla yback : The So Smart player supports a max resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pr ogres sive Scan • video output pro viding Hi-Definition display of cle ar and crisp picture quality . Video / Movie File Play er: Supports various video file formats, including DivX® [...]

8 Chapt er 2 : Introduction 2.2 T echnical Specifications Product Name So Smart HDMI Wir eless Hi-Definition Media Play er Proc essor SEM8621L (By Sigma Designs) Memory 64MB (RAM), 8MB (Flash) Opera ting Sys tem ucLinux Supported Files & Forma te Video DivX® (3/4/5/6), A VI, Xvid, MPEG, MPG, VCD(D A T), (VOB , IFO), W MV(W MV - 9), A SF(W MV[...]

9 Chapt er 2 : Introduction 2.3 P ackaging Cont ents OR SO SMART HDMI WIFI 5dBl Antenna A/V Cable User Manual Driver CD HDMI Cable Rubber Pad Po wer Adaptat or Po wer Cable USB Cable Remot e Contr ol Wifi 802.11 MIMO or b/g 1 User Guide[...]

10 Chapt er 2 : Introduction 2.4 Getting F amiliar with your unit Fr ont View Po wer LED[...]

11 Chapt er 2 : Introduction Re ar View 13 11 8 12 10 9 6 4 2 7 5 3 1 1 Wireles s Antenna Jack 7 Composit e Port 2 optical (Audio) Port 8 Coa xial Cable Jack 3 10/100 Mbps (RJ45) LAN 9 S- video Port 4 USB 2.0 Host A - T ype 2 10 HDMI Port 5 Video Composit e Port 11 High V elocity Fan 6 Video Component P ort 12 USB 2.0 Slot 13 Po wer[...]

12 Chapt er 2 : Introduction So Smart Remo te C ontrol POWER T oggle Unit Power (ON / OFF) SETUP En ter Setup Menu, Apply/Confirm Se tup Settings TV OUT T oggle Video Output Modes FUNC Display C ontrol Options (V ol, Contrast, Subtitle etc..) MUTE Stop Audio Output fr om the Player (ARROW) Cursor Naviga tion Arrow Butt ons REFRESH Refre sh Shared-[...]

13 Chapt er 3 : B asic Setup 3.1 C onnection 3.11 Audio & Video Connection Se tup Rq : By def ault , your So Smart is set to detect the HDMI connection (720p P AL). If you want to use another c onnector pres s the button «TV OUT» of the r emote c ontrol to get the video out you need on your TV (thank y ou to wait a f ew sec onds between e ach[...]

14 T urn on your So Smart Choose Set Up with the remo te c ontrol arro w On the list with the arro w select the language you wan t for example F rench then ENTER Select Language then ENTER The def ault language setting on y our So Smart is English. T o change the language please follow those instructions :[...]

15 The language selected appe ar now on the OSD Menu Select Set Up button on the remote c ontrol t o regist ered the change Now y our So Smart is in French[...]

16 Chapt er 3 : B asic Setup 3.2 T rans ferring files to the Har d Disk Drive through USB T urn off your So Smart play er befor e connecting your e xternal devic e to the play er . • Some 2.5” ext ernal-HDD may require additional power to the external HDD to be rec ognized. Use • the AC -adapter included with y our 2.5” ext ernal HDD[...]

17 Chapt er 3 : B asic Setup 3.3 The SETUP Menu First time No image on screen if your TV don’ t have HDMI port . If y ou don ’ t see any pictur e on screen, while your player is c onnected to your TV , ple ase pres s sev eral times the “TVOUT” button on the top left of the remo te con trol. Please w ait a few sec onds between e ach push on [...]

18 Chapt er 3 : B asic Setup Use the le ft -arr ow butt on on the So Smart remote to navigat e back to the left -side column. Fr om the left -side navigation column, select PLA YBACK Setup . Use the arrow keys and pr ess ENTER / SELECT on the So Smart Remot e. Video Display: Original (Letterbo x), Expand (Pan-Scan), Full Screen (Modify displa y siz[...]

19 Chapt er 3 : B asic Setup P ASSW ORD FUNCTIONS: In order to passw ord-pr otect folders, you will first need to setup Admin P assw ord. Def ault Admin Pas swor d: 0000 (4- zer os) Rec ommended: Change Admin Pas swor d when installing the So Smart Unit . ADMIN P ASS WORD: _________________ (Use this space t o write/safekeep ne w admin passw ord) [...]

20 Chapt er 3 : B asic Setup T o acc ess a pas swor d-prot ected folder: 1. Using the arro w-buttons on the So Smart Remo te, navigat e to the folder and pr ess ENTER / SELE CT . 2. An Enter -Pas swor d promp t will popup . Enter the folder pass wor d to acc ess the folder c ontents. 3.Inputting an incorr ect passw ord displays the warning as sho w[...]

21 Chapt er 3 : B asic Setup CAUTION: Avoid Choosing a “bright” image as the Background W al lpaper . Menu items may not be visible on a bright background. If a bright image is accidentally chosen, perform a Hardw are Reset to re vert to original, Fact ory-Def ault Background. F ACT ORY RESET FUNCTION: The F actory Re set function is provided u[...]

22 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network 4.1 Setting Netw ork Sharing using Windows XP on y our PC In order to connect your So Smart Player to your local ar ea network or t o an individual PC, we need to configure the Internet Pr otoc ol on your PC : On your Win- XP PC, Click ST ART . • Right - click on M Y NETWORK PLA CES, and •[...]

23 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network Setting Up F older / Drive Sharing on Win- XP PC : Right - click the folder or drive that you want to share , and • then click SHARING AND SECURITY . Tip: If you w ant to share your entir e My Documents folder , open My Documents, and then click the UP button on the toolbar . Y ou can then selec[...]

24 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network Under the Sharing tab , as shown in the picture , you can do one of the following: Share this f older on the ne twork - This allows you to share • the c ontents of the drive or folder av ailable to other users on the network. Choose a Sharing name that you will like to see on y our TV Display . [...]

25 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network Disabling Windows Fire wall: Network Sharing makes it possible for home and smal l office users to share the Local Are a Ne twork (LAN). In order to pre vent unsolicited network traffic on this LAN, Windows XP prot ects the connections via the Interne t C onnection Firew all (ICF). ICF is automa ti[...]

26 Under ENABLE options - If using Wired setup , choose and apply “Wired”. Select Wire Apply setup to apply your pref erred settings. If the network is setup c orrectly , the w ord “Suc ces s” appears in fr ont of “Wire Apply” ADDRESS SETUP: Def ault Setup: Auto Assign IP from DHCP server . Manual Setup : Manually enter the IP address t[...]

27 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network 4.3 Wirele ss Netw ork So Smart pla yer is equipped to be c onnected to your Wireles s Network and is capable of stre aming media files directly fr om your PC . Upon completing the setup as described below , the So Smart play er will acquire the IP addr ess aut omatically from y our router . NO TE :[...]

28 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network If the vers ion of y our firmw are i nclude t he aut oscan ESSI D (you can upgra de your firmw are on www .danedigital.com) then follow this proc ess: Selec t Se t Up on the m ain m enu with th e remo te c ontrol arr ow button. On Netw ork menu select Enable to choose the kind of netw ork you want [...]

29 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network Y our Wirele ss option netw ork is now select. Select wireles s Apply then ENTER . Select Scan ESSID then ENTER.[...]

30 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network Norma lly yo ur Wir eles s Net work is secur e by a c ode. There is diff erent possib ility to secur e it (WEP or WP A encry ption ). Y ou hav e to choose no w the corr ect encryp tion. In our exam ple it is WP A (In WP A case you hav e to find the pas sw ord alre ady cre ated b y you for y our Rout[...]

31 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network W e ar e go ing now to en ter y our pas sw ord or pass phr ase Select WP A PSK K ey then ENTER Select WP A PSK Selec t in WP A the kind of encrypt ion (in our example TKIP)[...]

32 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network When your pass wor d is wri tten , sele ct OK on the scr een, then ENTER (in our ex ample th e passw ord is D ANE1ec). With the arr ow butt on sele ct e ach let ter or numbe r of you r Pas sw or d, va lidat e e ach with ENTER T o chang e Small to Caps lett er select on the screen “>>” butt [...]

33 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network Selec t Wir eles s Appl y then ENTER. When SUC CESS appea r insta ed of Stop , y our Wireles s Netw ork is c onfigura ted and r eady to be use d. Selec t Se tUp on t he r emov e cont rol t o save y our configur ation.[...]

34 Chapt er 4: Connecting So Smart t o a Network Using the So Smart Remot e, navigat e to your ESSID and pres s ENTER/SELECT . SETTING ENCRYP TION OPTIONS: Encryption (WEP): Using the So Smart Remote , navigate to Encryption • (WEP) and pres s ENTER/SELECT . Select , choose and apply the encryption (WEP) • settings used b y the network . [...]

35 NO TE : Under Wireles s Network connection, media streaming may experience lag or jitters for some HD video files. Such problems ar e caused primarily due to insufficient bandwidth available via c ommon home-based wireles s rout ers. Wired 10/100 LAN connections are rec ommended for stre aming of HD - video . Once done , navigate to OK and pr [...]

36 Chapt er 5 : NDAS BA SIC SET UP 5.1 How t o setup NDAS in So Smart What is NDAS (Network Direct Attached Storage)? It is useful technology that makes your PC r ecogniz e Internal HDD inside So Smart which is c onnected to y our wired or wir eless home netw ork . >> For use o f NDAS, you should << 1. Setup NDAS in So Smart 2. Install [...]

37 At this lev el two choic es propose t o you: - Using the wired netw ork (cable) - Use WiFi (wireles s) W e will proceed in a first time ins tallation So Smart wired network and then we’ll give you the proc edure for the wir eless netw ork . Setting the wir ed network : V erify the So Smart is connected to your comput er via cable network (RJ4[...]

38 3) Select «Regist er a New Devic e» with the left mouse button 4) Click on Next 5) Lea ve «NDAS Device No» or entry the name y ou wan t (for example: So Smart). 6) Enter on the first line code «NDAS Device ID» which is under y our So Smart or the label pasted on the co ver of the CD ROM So Util (NB: The code to grasp is that which appears[...]

39 7) If you want to be able to write information on the hard drive of your So Smart you must also enter the code «Write Key” which includes 5 characters othe- rwise lea ve this line blank , click on «NEXT». 8) Click «Next» 9) Select the option that you are: A . Read / Write B. Re ad Only 10) Click «Next» 11) Y our c omputer will then dete[...]

40 15) The disk of So Smart will be automatically det ec - ted and the menu (belo w) will appe ar . Click on «Open folder to vie w files using Windows E xplorer . 16) Y ou can no w move / rename / delet e files So Smart through Windo ws Explorer Y our So Smart is now set for the function NDAS mode wired network , a function which will allow you [...]

41 Chapt er 6 : Media Playback 6.1 Video Playback When the So Smart player boots up , a list of all rec ently-played video files is displayed on the main panel. The display ed list (ic ons) consists of the last SIX rec ently-played video files. Using the R emote , naviga te to one of the se files and pres s ENTER / SELECT . Playback will resume [...]

42 Chapt er 6 : Media Playback During Video playback , Press V OLUME button on the Remo te to display the video settings float box. Use UP/DOWN arro w keys to select V olume, Brightness , Contr ast , Saturation, Subtitle settings options, ENTER / SELE CT to change settings. So Smart REMO TE TIPS: Pres s the INFO button to display video file info [...]

43 Changing Subtitle Display P osition Choosing Subtitle File INFO BUTT ON: Display Basic File Information GO T O BUTT ON: Jump to desir ed time stamp . Choosing Subtitle Language[...]

44 Chapt er 6 : Media Playback 6.2 Audio Playback So smart provide s playback of audio files residing on y our PC(via network stre aming), external storage devic e (via USB-Host) or local HDD (installed inside the So Smart play er) A list of av ailable de vices is as depicted in this image. If the device or folder does not appear or cannot be loca[...]

45 Chapt er 6 : Media Playback Use the RND / SEQ button on the So Smart Remote Control to toggle be tween Random vs Sequential playback of Audio files in JUKEBOX list. This fe ature can also be used for IMA GE playback . Use the REPEA T button on the So Smart Remote Contr ol to play an audio (music) file repe atedly . T oggle the button to remov [...]

46 Chapt er 6 : Media Playback 6.3 Interne t radio Playback When the So Smart play er boots up , a list of all av ailable locations wher e files are st ored is display ed on the main panel. So Smart pr ovides playback of video files residing on your PC , on the interne t (via network stre aming), external storage devic e (via USB-Host) or local H[...]

47 Chapt er 6 : Media Playback 6.4 Image Playback So Smart provides pla yback of digital image files residing on y our PC (via network stre aming), ext ernal stor age device (via USB-Host) or local HDD (installed inside the So Smart player) A list of a vailable de vices is as depict ed in this image. If the devic e or folder does not appear or can[...]

48 MIXED media mode: It is a con venient and efficient to move between folders and select and play the desired media file s. REMEMBER : Use PLA Y button on So Smart remot e to play al l files in a folder continuously and sequentially .Use ENTER button on So Smart r emote to pla y the individually-selected file only . Chapt er 6 : Media Playback[...]

49 Chapt er 6 : Media Playback 6.6 Using M Y LIST f or Media Playback The MY LIS T featur e al lows the cre ation of a list of your fa vorite files and folders. This fe ature enables you to bookmark and keep a list of commonly -used media files separately for easy and quick acc ess and playback . Select the file(s) and/or folder(s) that you will[...]

50 Chapt er 7: How do I… 7.1 … play music files r andomly or in Shuffle Mode? Using the So Smart Remot e, naviga te to the f older containing music files. • Using the So Smart Remote , navigate , and Pres s ENTER button to select and add al l audio files that you • intend t o randomiz e. these files will be in a JUKEBO X list . ([...]

51 Chapt er 8: Firmw are Upgr ade Firmw are v ersion check 1) Connect y our So Smart Hi-Def Multimedia Play er to your TV and po wer -on the player . 2) Pres s the SETUP button on the Remote C ontrol. Using the So Smart Remote , navigat e (arrow buttons), scroll down and Select ‘MISC’. Then use the RIGHT ARROW button on the So Smart Remote to s[...]

52 T roubleshooting Under no circumstanc es should you try to r epair the sys tem yourself , as this wil l inv alidate the warr anty . Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock . If a fault oc curs, first check the points listed below bef ore taking the sys tem for r epair . No Screen Display . Video Output not working. 1. Pres s[...]

54 Limited W arr anty Y our So Smart Wireless Hi-Definition Multimedia Pla yer c omes with a full 2-yr manuf acturer’ s warranty on parts and labor . The W arranty cov erage on this player begins the day you buy y our product. This warr anty co vers defects in manufacturing only , and expr essly ex cludes co verage f or exc essive we ar and tear[...]

55 C opyright and L egal Attributions All te xtual ref erenc es, brands, logos or product names are the c opyrights, trademark s or register ed trademark s of their respective owners/holders. Use of these trademarks on our websit e, products, literatur e, communica tions, manuals, advertising material, pres s release s, etc. do not represent endors[...]

56 Glossary Aspect Ratio Used to describe the distribution of pixels in a digital image. Increasing the aspect ratio of an image lowers the efficiency of the use of the pixels. The resulting image will hav e less detail than an image with the s ame amount of pixels, but with a lower aspect ratio . MP3 Also known as MPEG- 1 Audio La yer 3. A popula[...]

57 R&TTE C ertification Česky [Czech] : Dane-Elec tímto prohlašuje, že tento So Smart je ve shodě se základními požadavky a dalšími příslušnými ustanoveními směrnice 1999/5/ES. Dansk [Danish] : Undertegnede Dane-Elec erklærer herved, at følgende udstyr So Smart overholder de væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i direkt[...]