Fantec R2450 manual

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T able of Content s 1. Introduction ................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Preface ............................................................................................... 3 1.2 Packing List ........................................................................................[...]

1. Introduction 1.1 Preface Thank you for purchasing the F ANTEC R2450. W e hope you will enjoy using it as a great home entertainment p artner . This player has the following functionali ty: Data S torage - supports 3.5” SA T A HDD up to 1TB . Video Playba ck - Supports A VI, VOB (DVD), MPG , DA T files with correspondi ng codec: MPEG-1, MPEG-2,[...]

1.3 Caution 1.3.1 Usage cautions User should not modify this player . If commercia l hard disk is being used, the environmental temperature should be within +5 ℃ ~ +35 ℃ . 1.3.2 Power The player ’s power volt age: DC 12V . When using this player , please connect the supplied AC adapter or AC adapter cable to the player ’s power jack. Wh en [...]

1.3.7 Others When using this player , please do not let the player come into conta ct with water or other liquid, if water is accidentally spilled on the play er , please use a dry cloth to absorb the spillag e. Electronic product s are vulnerable, when using please avoid shaking or hitting the player , and do not press the buttons too hard.  Do[...]

Import ant: If your HDD is formatted with NTFS file sy stem, please do not forget to unmount it before removing from PC. Other w ise the R2450 will not recognize the HDD. 1) Click the green icon at the right down corner . 2) Click the popup to remove the device . EN 6 / 31[...]

1.4.3 Memory card connection Memory card can be used by inserting to the ca rd slot. (1) Follow the picture to insert the memory card to the card slot p roperly; (2) Insert the card by following t he arrow pointer in the picture. EN 7 / 31[...]

1.4.4 TV connection 1.4.4.1 A/V OUT (1) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color conn ector to the player ’s A/V OUT jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color conn ector to the TV’ s A/V IN jack. In this way , you can also enjoy videos, musi c, and photos in the player on TV . 1.4.4.2 HDMI OUT (1) Follow the picture and p lug one c[...]

1.4.5 Connecting to an Digit al Amplifier (1) Follow the picture and plug in the RCA connector on your co axial cable to the player ’s Coaxial jack. Or if you use optical fiber , plea se plug in the T oslink connector on your optical fiber to the player ’s S/PDIF Optical jack; (2) Follow the picture and p lug in the other connect or on your coa[...]

1.4.7 ANT connection Follow the picture and plug a DVB-T antenna to the ANT . / RF IN so cket. 1.5 First Time Usage 1. Hard disk format At first you must format the hard disk of the F ANTEC R2450 at a PC. Format your HDD in NTFS (without recording function) or in F A T32 with a F A T32 format tool, like Swissknife or EASEUS Partition Master . 2. Po[...]

2. About the Player 2.1 Remote Control All procedures in this manual can be ca rried out using the remote control buttons. See the following for details on each b utton and its function: 1. POWER 2. TV SYS 3. SETUP 4. DEVICE 5. SLOW 6. INFO 7. ZOOM 8. SUBTITLE 9. REPEA T 10. FR 1 1. PLA Y/P AUSE 12. HOME 13. LEFT/ RIGHT/ UP/ DOWN 14. ENTER 15. VOL-[...]

8 SUBTITLE T urn on/off subtitle 9 REPEA T Setup the repeat mode. 10 FR During video/audio playba ck, press this button to fast rewind 11 P L A Y / P A U S E Playback/Pause 12 HOME Press this button to return to the main interface. 13 LEFT/RIGHT/ UP/DOWN Move cursor to the left./right/up/down Rotate the photo. 14 ENTER Press ENTER button to confirm[...]

2.2 Front Panel 1. IR receiver 2. Record LED .3 Rear Panel 3. POWER LED 2 1. ANT . / RF IN socket 2. ANT . / RF OUT socket 3. DC IN jack 4. HDMI jack 5. S/PDIF OPTICAL jack XIAL jack 6. S/PDIF COA 7. A/V OUT jack (red/white - R/L audio, yellow - video) EN 13 / 31[...]

2.4 Side Panel 1. USB DEVICE port (T ype-B) 2. USB HOST port (T ype-B) 3. Card slot EN 14 / 31[...]

3. Functions 3.1 Main Interface The main interface cont ains: PHOTO, MUSI C, MOVIE, BROWSER, MY RECORD and DVB-T . 3.2 Photo Playback Enter the Photo menu, to display the suppor ted ima ge files and folders. Please go to SETUP / Slide Modes to select your preferred display . The player support s JPG / JPEG files. Select an image file to open the fi[...]

3.3 Music Playback Enter the Music menu, to display the su pported audio files and folders. This player support s MP3 and WMA audio files. Select an audio file to st art playback. Y ou ca n use the following functions during playback: z PLA Y/PUASE : Press this button to play/pause the playback. z FR/FF : Press to fast reverse/fast forward the cu r[...]

Y ou ca n use the following functions during playback: z PLA Y/P AUSE : Press to play/pause the playba ck. z FR/FF : Press to fast reverse/fast forward the cu rrent playback. Press repeatedly to select speed (2x/4x/6x/8x/16x/32x). z REPEA T : Select to choose between TRACK , FOLDER and ALL . z AUDIO : Pre ss to switch the audio channel. z Subtitle [...]

Press the navigational buttons to select options while navigating the DVD root menu. Y ou ca n use the following functions during playback: z HOME : Press to return to the root menu during playback. z OPTION : Press to activate/hide the tool bar during playback. z PREV/NEXT : Press to go to previous/next chapter . z ST OP : Press to stop the playba[...]

OSD LANGUAGE Select and change the syst em language into English, French, German, Italian, S panish, Portuguese, Dut ch, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Czech. ENCODING Select to set text encoding. 3.7.2 DISPLA Y SETUP Select DISPLA Y SETUP to setup TV ST ANDARD, DISPLA Y TYPE CONTRAST and HDMI RESOLUTION. TV ST ANDARD NTSC, P AL , AUTO DISPLA Y TYPE 4:3 [...]

INTERV A L TIME 5 Sec, 10 Sec, 15 Sec, 30 Sec, 1 Min, 3 Min, Of f TRANSITION EFFECT Select to set the transition effect for photo slide show. SHOW TYPE Fit Screen, Full Screen COLOR T ONE Normal, Black & White, Classic BROWSE Thumbnail, File Manager 3.7.4 Custom SETUP Select Custom SETUP to setup DIGIT AL AUDIO MODE, SLIDE SHOW MODE, FW VERSION[...]

3.7.5 AUTO PLA Y SETUP Select AUTO PLA Y SETUP and you can setup AUTO PLA Y in PHOTO, MUSIC a nd MOVIE. PHOTO ON, OFF MUSIC ON, OFF MOVIE ON, OFF 3.7.6 DVB-T SETUP Y ou ca nnot access this option via SETUP directly . Please go to the DIGIT AL TV menu, press SETUP to enter the DVB-T setup me nu (only in the DIGIT AL TV interface, you can enter this [...]

Sort By Name, By Service ID, By Channel No. Automatic Search Enter t he Automatic Search menu Manual Search Enter the Manual Search menu 3.8 PLAY RECORDS Enter “My RECORDS” me nu, to playback the recorded TV programs. T o play a recorded file, do the following: 1. Press the up / down button on the remote control to select the title you wish to [...]

Auto Search In AUTO SCAN mode, the system will automatically sc an for avail able DVB-T TV channels. Manual Search In MANUAL SEARCH mode you can select the Channel No. Please use the navigational and numerical buttons for selection or input s. Press the ENTER button to confirm. EN 23 / 31[...]

3.9.2 W atch DVB-T TV programs Select the DIGIT AL TV icon on the main menu to enter the DVB-T TV mode. The following buttons on the remote cont rol are available when watching Digital TV programs. z Enter: Press to view the program list menu. z Up / Do w n, Prev / Next : Press to switch cha nnels. (Channels cannot be switched in the recording mode[...]

3.9.2.2 Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) Press the EPG button when watching DVB-T TV prog rams and the Electro nic Programming Guide will be displayed. Press the Up / Down button to change channels. Press the Lef t / Right button to enter the n port ant: the current time by pressing EPG button under DTV m enu. If the time is not .9.2.3 T eletext [...]

3.9.2.4 Record Order Menu grams, press blue button to enter the Record Order Men u. When watching DVB-T TV pro The following buttons on the remote control are available when in Record O r menu. .9.2.5 Time Shif t nction in DVB- mode allows you to pause the TV program and resume it ction is 30 minutes. IFT button on remote control. he following butt[...]

4. Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system (OS) in stalled on the device. Firmware upgrade s can bring new features, improv ements and bug fixes. Download the latest firmwa re from www .fantec.de. Step 1: Prep are the Memory Card / USB pen Y ou will ne ed a Memory Card / USB pen for firmware upgrade. Make sure th at the device i[...]

5. Appendixes 5.1 Specifications T echnical S pecifications Video Format: A VI, VOB, MPG , DA T Codec: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Divx, Xivid Resolution: Up to 720x576 (P AL), 720x4 80 (NTSC) Subtitle: SRT , SSA, SMI Audio Format: MP3, WMA (DRM, Pro and Advanced Profile not supported) Codec: MP2, MP3, PCM, LPCM Compression rate: MP3: 32 Kbp s~320 Kbps; WMA: 3[...]

5.2 Frequently Asked Questions Question 1. What kind of file format do I have to use on my device? Answer: In order to use the record function, please use the F A T32 file system. The device can read from NTFS formatted HDDs, but it cannot r ecord on NTFS formatted HDDs. T o format your HDD, please use a third pa rity F A T32 formatting tool. Quest[...]

Question 5. I used my player to transfer files back and for th between different computers. Will defragmenting the pl ayer hard disk do any harm to it? Answer: Defragmenting the player hard di sk may be usef ul after having transferred many files to and from the player . It is never harmful to use t he defragment on the player . Make sure no other [...]

EN 31 / 31 5.3 Copyrights and Trademarks Copyright s All right s reserved . No part of this manual may be reprod uced, or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether by electronically or mechanically , without the expres s written permission from the copyright holde r . Copyrighted materials, su ch as software, music f iles, or movies, are pro[...]