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    User Manual Multimedia Hard Disk Player & Recor der PC/MAC[...]

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    2 T able of C onten ts 1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION 3 Fe atur e and performanc e 3 • Basic performance 3 • Specification 3 • 2. PRODUCT DET AILS 5 Packing lis t • 5 Fr ont view 6 • Back view 7 • Remot e contr oller 7 • 3. BASIC OPERA TION 9 Initiation Setup 9 • Po wer c onnection 9 • Connect and disc onnect th[...]

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    1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION F eatur e/performanc e • The So Speaky PVR is a new kind of family rec ording product. Via our So Speaky PVR , individuals can rec ord fav orite progr am randomly and store it in the device , av oiding the incon venienc e br ought b y change tape fr equently . The So Spe aky PVR can pro vide long rec ording and good wa tc[...]

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    Input audio: stereo(L/R) video: composite(A V) Card CF , SD , MMC , XD , MS, SDHC, MS PRO , MS DUO , MS, PR O DUO Audio Forma t : MP3, W MA , W A V , AC C , OGG(no DRM)AC3 Speed: MP3 32kbps - 320kbps WMA : 32kbps - 192kbps Video Video decode: MPE G 1/2/4, Xvid Forma t : IFO , V OB, D A T , A VI, MPG, MPEG, TS Subtitle SSA , SMI, SRT , SUB Picture J[...]

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    2. PRODUCT DET AILS P acking list • Check the acc essories aft er rec eive the So Speaky PVR . If there are some missing , please c ontact immediately with y our supplier to insure y our consumer ’ s right . Note: Up to the model and specification of the So Spe aky PVR , some of the below acc essories may not appe ared in your packing, plea[...]

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    Fr ont view • Button definition: Button button definition instruction REC REC butt on Pres s shortly to enter r ecord mode . choose the Rec time MENU Menu button Pres s shortly to r eturn the first menu Stop butt on Pres s shortly to st op current oper ation Left butt on Pres s shortly to mov e cursor left Right button Press shortly t o mov[...]

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    Back view • Port definition: Port Port definition Instruction USB USB port via this USB port for PC c ommunication USB connection Outside USB port Can re ad outside USB stor age via USB port Video output Video output port Can output audio and video when connect ed to video devic e Video input Video input port Can input audio when connect ed [...]

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    8 www .danedigital.com Key Function Po wer T urn on and off in the stand by mode Video S witch output mode Mute T urn on or shut audio output REC Start rec ording in REC mode and r epeat pr essing t o select rec ording time Bro wser Enter the br owser menu Timer Enter the Time menu t o edit , add, delete r ecor ding schedule cop y Enter the c opy m[...]

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    9 www .danedigital.com Next Pres s to go to ne xt file F ast forw ard Pres s to f ast forw ard from curr ent play and again to select the speed F ast re wind Pres s to f ast re wind from curr ent play and again t o select the speed Subtitle S witch the subtitle if the file support ed Display Pres s to display time , title, information of chap ter[...]

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    10 www .danedigital.com C onnect and disconnect the So Spe aky PVR • The first time it is used as a peripheral stor age devic e, a driver must be installed if the computer’ s stor age syst em is an older one. For the first use, turn the So Speaky PVR on, and connect it to the comput er via the USB cable. The installation proc ess will begi[...]

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    11 www .danedigital.com St ep-by-S tep: - T urn on your c omputer and launch Windows - Connect the So Speaky PVR - Let Windows ® se arch f or and automatically install the driver . - Open “My Comput er” to view y our ext ernal hard drive . If the syst em doe s not rec ognize the play er be fore the cable has been connect ed, connect the devic [...]

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    12 www .danedigital.com C onnection of TV audio output • The So Speaky PVR is designed with multi- output , including composit e(A V),component(YPbPr) and HD MI. Individuals can select differ ent interf ace acc ording various need. The product can detect video output automatically , making the oper ation friendly and convenient. Please refer t[...]

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    HDMI is a output with best audio and video effect which outputs digital video and audio c omposited at the same time. Connect HDMI cable to output of So Spe aky PVR and display de vice with HDMI input . Select HDMI mode in TV until it displa ys the interf ace of initia tion. C onnection of rec ording • Important notic e: The So Speaky PVR supp[...]

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    C onnection and setup of netw ork • The So Speaky PVR can play the files stored in the PC directly through network . Please connect the R J45 cable ac cor ding to the following il lustr ation. The network c onnects well when the LED of network status and W/R blinks. Connect one end of the RJ45 cable to the So Speaky PVR like the PC does and c[...]

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    2. Select “sharing” in the pr operty option and select “shar e this f older on the network” and click “Apply” for c onfirming to e xist . 3. Open” Contr ol panel- Management tool-Computer management-L ocal users and groups” and click “Users” option. Right click Guest and select “Pr operties”. 15 www .danedigital.com[...]

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    4. Select ‘users can not change your pas swor d’ and ‘pas swor d nev er e xpires’. keep the other checkbox es unchecked. 5. Open” Contr ol panel- Network c onnection”, and select “Local Are a c onnection” and right click t o select “Properties”. 16 www .danedigital.com[...]

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    6. In the Pop-up window , select ‘Internet prot ocol (T CP/IP)’ 7. Set up the rele v ant IP addres s, subnet mask and gat ew ay , can also choose to automa tically design. 8. Comple tion of Windows XP netw ork sharing. 9. Finally , please close the Windows Netw ork Connection Fir ew all Oper ation of file sharing under Windo ws Vista • 1.[...]

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    3. Open User acc ount and select” open a new acc ount” and name it “Guest” 4. Select the folder need to shar e and right click the mouse, then select the “sharing” option. 18 www .danedigital.com[...]

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    5. Open the shared f older and add guest ac count t o the list 6. Give the right t o all the users after adding the Guest int o the list . 19 www .danedigital.com[...]

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    7. Select “sharing”, and then the folder is shar ed. 8. Finish sharing 20 www .danedigital.com[...]

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    21 www .danedigital.com Usage of starting R ecor d & play • Usage of one ke y rec ording function After corr ect c onnection of the A V-in signal, pow er on the set -top bo x (or sat ellite tele vision rec eiver), TV and our rec order , switch the signal of TV to A V -in signal, following menu appe ars: If individuals only want to w atch T[...]

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    Select “Edit” fr om menu and select “Add a New Schedule”, then pre ss “OK” button t o enter . In “Recor ding schedule set up” menu, find the r est av ailable rec ording time acc ording to different rec ording quality lev el. Pres s the navigation buttons to set up the rec ording time, length, quality le vel, place to save the recor[...]

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    23 www .danedigital.com All the rec orded files are recor ded in a file folder named “My rec ordings”. Enter the “Browser” in the main menu and select the “HDD”, you wil l find this folder and recor ded videos w ere saved in this folder named acc ording to sys tem time. It is av ailable to pr eview the r ec orded files and pr ess ?[...]

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    C onnect to the PC : • This So Speaky PVR HDD Recor der & Player is also a personal multimedia files storage devic e and can be used by c onnecting to the PC . 1) Connect t o the power supply While using the So Speaky PVR HDD r ecor der & play er with PC , power supply is also needed. 2) Connect t o PC with USB cable Connect the So Sp[...]

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    25 www .danedigital.com 4. OPERA TION OF PRODUCT USAGE Po wer on the So Spe aky PVR HDD Rec order & Pla yer , the system shows guide menu after a few sec onds. There will be five function options, or individuals can enter this guide menu by press “Guide” button on the remot e con trol. Note: While connect the power supply for the first ti[...]

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    Bro wser • Select “Bro wser” in the guide menu or pre ss “Br owser” butt on on the r emote c ontrol, then individuals can bro wse movie , photo and music files st ored in HDD , card, network and USB by pres sing the “Up” and “Down” navigation buttons to choose the sourc e devic es and pres s “OK” button to confirm and pla[...]

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    27 www .danedigital.com Re turn Select to r eturn the first menu Rename Please r efer t o following pr ocedur e to rename file: 1.Select Rename 2.The edit window appe ars after pr ess ”Ent er” key 3. Use the navigation arrows to select letters and numbers. CAPS to toggle between uppercase and low ercase letters. Pres s <- to delete , ->[...]

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    Timer Rec • Timer Rec al lows individuals to crea te, edit and delete rec ording schedules and view all schedule status and history . Select Timer Rec ord from the Guide menu, there are four options: Edit , Delete , Status and History . Please pr ess and button select . Cre ating a New Schedule 1. Select “Edit”. 2. Pres s and to select “[...]

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    29 www .danedigital.com File C opy • The File C opy allows individuals to copy files between USB, CARD , HDD , NE T . Select “File Copy” from the Guide menu or select “C OPY” on the r emote con trol .It is very eas y to copy files between various devices. Can only write on F A T or F A T 32 partition and Network (shared f older). Thi[...]

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    30 www .danedigital.com Setup menu • The de fault language setting on y our So Speaky PVR is English. T o change the language please follow the instructions below: - T urn on your So Speaky PVR - Go to Setup Menu - Select the desired language - Confirm b y pres sing “Enter” - The language is amended[...]

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    31 www .danedigital.com Select” Setup” option or directly pr ess “Setup” button on the r emote c ontroller to ent er the setup menu. It is possible to c onfigure Photo , Audio , Video , Rec, Network and S ystem. Select any option by pres sing and on the remo te controller , and press ENTER to confirm or pres s “Return” t o exit. Press[...]

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    Changing HDMI settings • Connect the HD MI cable before usage, adjust TV mode to HD MI, then video appears on TV screen. Ple ase ref er to “changing audio settings” and “changing video se ttings” if you w ant to change HDMI se ttings. Changing Rec ord Set tings Quality Rec ording quality set ting: HQ, SP , LP , EP , SLP . The highest q[...]

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    33 www .danedigital.com HD Forma t • Note: format will dele te all data, please make a c opy at first Select by na vigation, please pr ess “ent er” to next s tep or “ canc el” to e xit when highlight confirms. Opera te proc edures. First , F A T32 and NTFS partition: ple ase dispatch F A T32 and NTFS capacity acc ording to instructio[...]

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    6. O THERS: The ac cessorie s of products ma y be differ ent f or this series products are various ac cor ding diff erent series and models. Please re fer to packing list or contact your agent for informa tion. Pleas understand no advanc e notic e f or further pr oduct impro vement, outlook design and specifica tion update. The illustration may be[...]