Freecom Technologies 350 manual

USER MANUAL N ET W OR K M E D IAP L A Y ER 3 50 W L AN EX TER NA L MU L TIM E DIA HARD DRIV E / 3.5" / USB 2.0 / (W) LAN / A V WIN & MA C Rev. 740[...]

2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN Dea r cus tome r , Thank you for buyi ng the Freec om Med ia Player , a bra nd- new di gital multimed ia player that supp or ts dual d ata access mode v ia 3.5" HDD insi de (not sup plie d with "D rive In Kit "- mode l) and 1 0/ 1 00M bps N etwo rk . With this Free com Me diaPlayer you can easily enjoy Digi[...]

3 EN T able of Contents © 2007 Fr eecom T echnologies User manual Gen eral Info rmation ........................................................................................................... p age 5 Warnings and S afet y Instr uc tions ................................................................................. p a ge 9 Produc t Ove rv i[...]

4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN Chapt er 5: Freecom Ne two rk Media Player for Mac ...................................................................... p age 50 USB 2.0 Mod e ................................................................................................................ pa ge 50 NDAS Mode ..............................................[...]

5 EN Gene ral Information The Freecom Me diaPlayer WL AN fully supp or ts HD (Hig h Def initio n) f iles fo r a re ally clear and sharp pic ture on LC D T V (HDT V supp or t r equire d) a nd c an s tream the contents from a PC /Net wor k throu gh Wire less L AN (802. 1 1 g) or Wire d L AN. It also fe atures a USB H ost por t fo r att aching ex ter [...]

6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN * USB 2.0 is dow nwards compat ible to USB 1. 1 . T o ach ieve o ptimal per fo rman ce fro m the Freecom Med iaPlayer y our PC s houl d be eq uipp ed w ith an USB 2. 0 por t . Mi nimu m System Re qui re ment s PC: • Intel Pentium III / A MD Duro n 90 0 MHz or high er • 256 MB R AM ( Vis ta: 5 1 2 MB R AM) or high er ?[...]

7 EN Prec aut ion s Please rea d the foll owing in this manu al caref ully for p rope r use. Copyri gh t • F reecom can not be held resp onsible fo r the use of illeg al s of t ware, a udio sources , vide o sources e tc. The us er and/or owner of the Freecom Me diaPlayer is leg ally respo nsible fo r the content on the d evice. Che ck s upp or te[...]

8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN Cau ti ons fo r pos si bil it y of c aus ing R ad io Waves to c ros s • Freecom M ediaPlayer may caus e Radio Wa ves to cross, so it is recomm ende d to be aler t whe n yo u ke ep devices near the Freecom Me diaPlayer . Espe cially concern ing your heal th. Dat a Bac ku p • W e strongly r ecommend you to make a data b[...]

9 EN W arnings and Safet y Instruc tions Please read and fo llow the b elow mention ed instruc tio ns. T hey s hould be obse rve d in orde r to prevent injur y to the use r , damage to the device an d damag e to pr oper t y, as well as to e nsure safe use of the pro duc t. Not fol lowing thes e ins truc tions may cause the unit to mal func tion . T[...]

1 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN Product Overview 1 . Fron t Vie w All basic o peratio n func tions c an be don e with the but tons on th e device witho ut use of the rem ote control. 1 . EN TER Sel ec t or play a f ile 2. NA VIGA TIO N KEY U p, Down, Lef t , Right 3. POWER Power On, O f f 4. PLA Y / P AU SE Play all file s from s elec ted f ile / Paus[...]

11 EN 2. R ea r View 1 . USB DEV ICE Connec t to a compu ter with USB cable 2. USB HOST Connec t to an e xter nal USB device with USB cab le 3. DVI Conne ct DVI c able fo r vide o output 4. S -VID EO Connec t S -Vid eo cab le for vi deo out put 5. CO A XIAL Connec t Coa xial cab le for 5. 1 ch. Digit al audio o utput 6. Y , PB, PR Connec t comp one[...]

1 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 1 Chapter 1 : Use as E xte rnal USB HDD 1 . 1 I nser t t he Har d Di sk (only Dri ve -I n Ki t) • Only us e a 3.5" IDE H ard Disk . • Hard Disk sh ould be jum pere d as " Master " . H owever , i f the Hard Disk supp or ts "Si ngle mode", you need to tr y to set " Single m ode" . 1 [...]

13 Use as Ex ternal USB HDD EN 1 1 . 2 Conne ct t he Fre ecom M ed iaPl ayer to th e PC 1 . Connec t the USB cabl e to the F ree com Med iaPlayer and connec t the power adapter to the DC jack o n the Freecom M ediaPlayer . 2. Conn ec t the adapter i nto an A C outle t. 3. Conn ec t the Freecom Me diaPlayer to the PC's USB por t . 4. Switch the[...]

1 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 1 Ma xi mum s iz e of a par t it ion Fil e sys tem Op er atin g sys te m F A T F A T 32 NTFS Wind ows 98SE 2 GB 60 GB *1, 2 n. a. Wind ows ME 2 GB 2 TB *2 n. a. Wind ows 200 0 4 GB *3 32 GB 1 6 TB Wind ows XP / Vis ta 4 GB *3 32 GB 1 6 TB Ex amp le fo r d if fe ren t p ar ti ti ons wi th d if fe ren t f il e s yste ms o[...]

15 Use as Ex ternal USB HDD EN 1 1 . 3. 1 Win dows 20 0 0 1 . Connec t Free com Med iaPlayer to PC via USB cable, and plu g power cable of Freecom Medi aPlayer . 2. Selec t "Start > Se tti ngs > Co ntrol Panel > Adminis trative T o ols > Computer Manage - ment > Disk M anagem ent" i n Windows . 3. If the "Disk Signatur[...]

1 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 1 5. Click " Nex t " at the W indows Create Par titio n Wiz ard. 6. Che ck "Primar y Par titi on" and click "N ex t " . 7 . T yp e the size that yo u want to use and click " Ne xt ".[...]

17 Use as Ex ternal USB HDD EN 1 8. A ssign a dri ve let ter and click " Nex t " . 9. Cho ose F A T32 or NT FS at File system to us e and click " Nex t " . F A T 32 syste m is available on Wi ndows 98/ME and Windows 20 00/XP/Vist a, bu t NTFS sys tem i s avail ab le on W ind ows 20 00/ XP/V ist a on ly. If yo u ch oose FA T 32 s[...]

1 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 1 1 . 3. 2 Wi ndow s XP / Vis ta 1 . Connec t Free com Med iaPlayer to PC via USB cable, and plu g power cable of Freecom Medi aPlayer . 2. Click " Set tings > Control Panel > Administr ative T ools > Computer Man ageme nt> Disk Manag ement " in W indows . I f yo u ca n n ot f ind Adminis trative T[...]

19 Use as Ex ternal USB HDD EN 1 6. Che ck "Primar y p ar tition" and click " Nex t " . 7 . T yp e numb er size you want to use a nd click "N ex t " . 8. A ssign a dri ve let ter and click " Nex t " .[...]

2 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 1 9. Choose F A T 3 2 or NT FS at File syste m to use and click " Nex t " . F A T 32 syste m is available on Wi ndows 98/ME and Windows 200 0/XP/Vist a, bu t NTFS sys tem i s avail ab le on W ind ows 20 00/ XP/V ist a on ly. If yo u ch oose FA T 32 syst em on W ind ows 20 00/ XP/V ist a , one d rive le tt er &[...]

21 Use as Ex ternal USB HDD EN 1 1 . 4. 1 Win dows 20 0 0/X P / Vis ta 1 . Af ter connec ting Free com M ediaPlayer and pl ug power cab le, Wind ows it sel f w ill insta ll driver automatic ally. And then , ch eck the driver installation at Win dows "Star t > Set tings > Contro l panel > (switch to classic V iew on Win dows XP / Vist [...]

2 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 1 Whe n you se e ' Non H ig h- Spe ed U SB H ub Me ss age' The me ssage wil l b e displayed o n W indows 20 00/ XP / V ista w hen you plu g Free com Medi aPlayer into USB 1 . 1 sp ec . Host ad apter . 1 . 4. 2 M ac It can b e availabl e on Mac OS X v1 0. 3 or hi gher. The re is no ne ed to inst all the ins tal[...]

23 Acc ess PC via Net work EN 2 Chapter 2: Ac cess PC via Net work 2. 1 Conn ect L AN Cab le Whe n co nne ct in g Comp ute r to t he Fre ec om Me di aPlaye r di rec t ly Connec t LAN cable to LAN por t betwe en F ree com Me diaPlayer and PC. In this case, you have to use a Cross-wir ed L AN cable. If yo ur co mp ute r 's L AN car d is a lre ad[...]

2 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 2 2. 2 S et Ne twor k Confi gurat ion s Af ter conn ec ting t he L AN c able, you have to set net work conf igur ations o f Compu ter and Freecom M ediaPlayer. Y o u ne ed to share a f olde r on Wind ows comp uter a nd use same ' IP add ress rang e' an d same ' Subnet M ask ' bet we en Wind ows co mp[...]

25 Acc ess PC via Net work EN 2 Wir el ess L AN Con nec t ion S et up Y o u have to conne c t the Fre eco m Med iaP layer to a TV se t for th is se tup . Se e "6. 2 Con ne ct Vi de o Cabl e". 1 . Move to Setup s creen by pr essing "SE TUP " but ton on re mote control. 2. Move to " Wi reless- I" I con and pr ess "O[...]

2 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 2 5. Inf ormatio n a bout wir eless st ation will b e displayed. Press " SET UP" for s aving con - f iguratio ns. Whe n co nne ct in g Ad- H oc Mo de , man ual s et ti ngs o f IP ad dr ess a nd Su bne t mas k wi ll be n ee ded . Manual se ttin gs o f IP ad dress and Subn et m ask o f w ireless ada pter and Fre[...]

27 Acc ess PC via Net work EN 2 6. " WIR ELESS" i con is acti vated. Run the i con, and the PC list on th e netwo rk is displayed . Access to the prefer able PC yo u want. Whe n wi rel es s ico n is no t act iva te d or not c onn ec te d to wi re les s st ati on. 1 . " Waiting or Reb ooting" It might take som e time to assign IP[...]

2 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 2 2. "M anual Set ting of I P ad dress a nd Sub net mask " In case of AP M ode, disab le D HCP supp or t and do manua l set ting of IP address and su bnet m ask. At the tim e, each I P addre ss is to be dif fe rent and subn et mask is to be s ame. AP: IP address(1 92. 1 6 8. 1 0. 1 . Subnet mask (25 5.255.255.[...]

29 Shared File Pla yback (S tream ) EN 3 Chapter 3: Shared File Pla yback (S tream) Af ter conne ctin g LAN c able, yo u have to set net work con fi guratio ns of both Comp uter and Freecom M ediaPlayer. It is possi ble to assig n IP addre ss and Subne t Mask of Free com Media Player as dynami c or st atic. 3. 1 Wi ndows 20 00 1 . S elec t the fol [...]

3 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 3 3. Click " Share Permissio ns" an d ch eck wheth er "Ever yone" account is prese nt o r not. If not , add "Ever yon e" account. It i s rec om men de d onl y to us e 'R ead ' at Pe rmi ssi ons . 4. After th at, the share d fold er will b e displayed as fo llowing p ict ure. 5. Mo[...]

31 Shared File Pla yback (S tream ) EN 3 6. Check "Use r cannot chan ge passwo rd" and " Password never e xpire s" . 7 . Move to "Contro l Panel > Net work and D ial- up Conn ec tions" , and s elec t Pro per ties "Lo cal Area Conne ct ions" by right click of m ouse. If you see two or more ' Loc al Are[...]

3 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 3 9. Check 'Use the foll owing IP addr ess' , and wr ite 'IP addre ss' & 'Subn et mask ' that you want to use. For exam ple: IP addr ess: 1 92. 168. 1.3 Subnet m ask: 255.255.255.0 If you have alrea dy bee n 'obtaine d an IP a ddress automat ically ' fro m DHCP Se rve r or IP [...]

33 Shared File Pla yback (S tream ) EN 3 1 0. S et the net wor k conf iguratio ns of the Freecom M ediaPlayer . Y o u have to conne c t the Fre eco m Med ia Player to a TV se t for th is se tu p. Se e "6. 1 Conn ec t Vid eo Ca ble " . Press " SETU P" o n remo te control for m oving to setup scree n. G o to " Net work "[...]

3 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 3 3. 2 Win dows XP 1 . Sel ec t a folder which you want to share. Right-click the folder and click 'Sharing and Secu rit y' in p op menu . 2. Che ck 'Sha re this fo lder o n the ne two rk ' and wr ite 'Shar e name' . For e xampl e, "My Movie". "S har e nam e": m axi mu m[...]

35 Shared File Pla yback (S tream ) EN 3 3. After th at, the share d fold er will b e displayed as fo llowing p ict ure. 4. Move to "S etti ngs > Control Panel > Ad ministrati ve T o ols > Computer managem ent > Local Use rs and G roups > User s" , an d doubl e click 'Gues t'. Thi s is fo r Wi ndows XP P rofe ss i[...]

3 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 3 6. Move to "Contro l Panel > Ne twor k connec tions" , and se lec t "Lo cal Area Conne cti ons" > "Prop er ties" by right click o f mouse. If you ca n' t fin d 'Adm in ist rat ive T o ols ' a t Con tr ol Pane l, c lic k "Sw itc h to cl ass ic vi ew " in u pp[...]

37 Shared File Pla yback (S tream ) EN 3 8. Check "Use the fo llowing I P address" and wri te "IP addr ess" and "Subne t mask" that you want to use. For exam ple: IP addr ess: 1 92. 168. 1.3 Subnet m ask: 25 5.255.255.0 If y ou have a lre ady been pr ovid ed dyn ami c I P a dd res s f rom DH CP Ser ver or IP Rou te r o[...]

3 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 3 If you u se Se r vic e Pac k 2, ref er t o t he fo ll owin g fi gur es . Cli ck ' Se tt in gs' at ' Wi ndow s Firew all '. Check "O FF" and click 'OK ' . 1 0. S et the net wor k conf iguratio ns of the Freecom M ediaPlayer . Y o u have to c onn ec t t he Fre eco m Me dia Playe r[...]

39 Shared File Pla yback (S tream ) EN 3 Press "SE TUP " on the re mote control f or moving to s etup scre en. G o to "Ne twor k". Sel ec t 'DHCP of f ' and write I P address & Sub net mask . For exam ple: IP addr ess: 1 92. 168. 1.2 Subnet m ask: 25 5.255.255.0 Af ter writin g, press " SET UP" aga in for[...]

4 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 3 3. 3 Wind ows Vist a Befo re you do " fol der shar ing" , you nee d to set up 3 things f or Net work sh aring. 1 . S etup of User Accounts a nd F amily s afet y a) Click Start > S et tings > Control Pane l > Users Accounts a nd F amily S afet y. b) Make sure the account is "Gues t".[...]

41 Shared File Pla yback (S tream ) EN 3 c) If the "Gue st " account is of f, then switch it to "O n" . 2. Disabl e "Firewal l" a) Click Start > S et ting > Control Pane l > Secur it y > Windows Fir ewall on / of f. b) Click at "Of f " (not recomm ende d).[...]

4 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 3 3. Setup of Ne two rk and Shar ing Center a) Click Start > Set ting > Contro l Panel > Ne two rk and Internet > Net work and Shar- ing Center. b) Sel ec t " Password pr otec ted s haring" and se lec t "T urn of f pass word protec ted sharin g" .[...]

43 Shared File Pla yback (S tream ) EN 3 c) Make a fold er you want to share. d) Y o u will get a p opup "Ch oose pe opl e to share with" then se lec t "Ever yon e (All user s in this list)" and press "Add" but ton.[...]

4 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 3 e) After you re gister th e user account, the n click "Sha re" but ton.[...]

45 Use as Network Storage (NDAS) EN 4 Chapter 4: Use as Net work S torage (ND AS ) It is reco mme nde d to use 1 00 Mb ps LAN Card when us ing wir ed LAN con - ne ct ion . It i s rec omm en ded t o use I E EE 8 02. 1 1g ( 54M bp s) wire le ss ad apt er o r Ac- ce ss Poi nt whe n us in g wir ele ss L AN co nne ct io n. NDAS func t ion a ll ows to t [...]

4 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 4 2. Install NDAS sof t ware on your PC: I nser t the F ree com M ediaPlayer Sof t ware & Manual CD into your CD drive. Th e Freecom st ar t menu op ens: In case the sof t ware d oes not o pen au tomaticall y , pleas e doubl e click "Sta rt .exe" in the root d irec tor y of the CD. 3. Now click " NDAS[...]

47 Use as Network Storage (NDAS) EN 4 4. NDAS icon is created at right- down corner on deskto p windows. Right click the icon and se lec t "Re gister a N ew Device" . 5. Write ND AS Device ID and W rite Key . They are located on t he bot tom of Player. Write your prefe rable name at NDAS D evice Na me. Finis h dev ice re gistratio n p roc[...]

4 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 4 7 . Sele ct " Inst all the sof t ware a utomatical ly" and cl ick "Ne x t" b ut ton. 8. Pleas e che ck 'My Computer ' if the Hard Disk in th e Freecom Me diaPlayer is recog - nized as a Ha rd D isk D rive o f lo cal net work . (HDD in Player loo ks like ex ternal Hard Disk Dri ve. C:, D:,[...]

49 Use as Network Storage (NDAS) EN 4 9. T o rem ove NDAS fun cti on s afely, pleas e dou ble cl ick the icon in right bot tom tray ( jus t like removin g ex ternal Ha rd Disk Dr ive ).[...]

5 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 5 Chapter 5: F reecom Me diaPlay er for Mac 5. 1 US B 2. 0 Mod e In USB 2.0 Mo de Freecom Me diaPlayer is direc tly at ta ched to a compute r's USB Port . Freecom Me diaPlayer via USB 5. 2 NDAS M ode In NDAS M ode F reecom MediaPlayer is direc tly at tache d to a 1 00 Mbit / s Full Du plex F a st Ethern et Switch o[...]

51 Freecom MediaPla yer for Mac EN 5 5. 2 . 1 I nst al lin g NDAS S of twa re Inst allation of N D AS so f tw are is simpl e and easy. 1 . Ins er t the F reeco m Media Player Sof t ware & M anual CD into your CD drive. The F ree - com sta rt m enu op ens: In cas e the so f twa re doe s not op en autom atically, please doubl e click " Star [...]

5 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 5 3. Read Me - Car efull y read the ins tallatio n notes then cli ck Continue. 4. License - Ca refull y read th e Sof t ware L icense Agre ement an d click Continu e when f inished . 5. Click on Agree to accept the Use r License.[...]

53 Freecom MediaPla yer for Mac EN 5 6. "Sel ec t a D estinati on" - Se lec t the source wh ere you would like to inst all the NDAS sof t ware. 7 . Inst all - Click Inst all to be gin inst alling the N D AS So f twa re. 8. Please wait whi le the NDAS Sof t ware i nstalls .[...]

5 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 5 9. Finish Up - Click the Res tar t but ton to comp lete the inst allatio n. 5. 3 NDAS Devi ce Reg ist rat ion 5. 3. 1 Add / Re gi ste r a New N DAS dev ice 1 . Cli ck on the NDAS Utilit y Icon lo cated in yo ur Utilities Fo lder. 2. Click the Regis ter T he New D evice i con in the uppe r le f t hand corne r of the wi[...]

55 Freecom MediaPla yer for Mac EN 5 5. 3. 2 Sh ari ng Y our N DAS Devi ce Once ND AS device is conne cte d to you r net work , it can be acc esse d f rom an y computer on your L AN. T o sha re NDAS device, the fo llowing mus t occur : Mac OS E nvir onme nt: - A ll computer s and NDAS device mus t be on the s ame L AN. - ND AS dev ice must b e conn[...]

5 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 5 5. 5 Usin g Freec om Me dia Player Now that yo u have successfull y inst alled your Freecom M ediaPlayer, it's tim e to fami liarize yours elf on usin g the Freecom MediaPlayer. On ce the F ree com M ediaPlayer is mounte d, it will ap pear on yo ur Desk top. He re are a few fu nc tions for Free com Media Player: [...]

57 Freecom MediaPla yer for Mac EN 5 5. 5. 2 Cha ngi ng Re ad O nly o r Rea d / Writ e Mod e Ope n your NDAS Utilit y by click ing on yo ur Macintosh HD ico n on your Desk top, double click on you r Applic ations Fold er , then your Ut ilities fo lder. Mo u nt wi th R ea d Onl y Mo de • Sel ec t the NDAS Device you w ant to mount. • Click on Un[...]

5 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 5 5.6 Usin g F ree com Medi aP la y er in a Mix ed E n vir onm ent 5.6 . 1 Mixe d Env iro nme nt wi th M ac a nd Win dows • All compute rs must b e on the s ame L AN with the sa me Subnet . • The Free com Media Player must be conn ec ted via Ethe rnet to a Rou ter /Switch. • T o share the Free com Me diaPlayer eac[...]

59 Freecom MediaPla yer for Mac EN 5 5.7 Uni nst all Inser t the include d "Manua l & Appi cation CD" into your CD -R om Drive and go to "NDAS Sof t ware (L AN) - > Unins tall Sof t war e" . T here you wi ll f ind the NDAS Uninst aller. Ste p 1 : Star t the Unins talle r by doubl e clickin g the Freecom Me diaPlayer Unins[...]

6 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 5 5. 8 Par ti ti onin g your Free com M edi aPlayer u nde r Mac OS X 1 . O pen the " Disk Utili ty " . This can b e foun d in " Ap plicati ons" — > "U tilities" . 2. Click on the tab " Par tition" . Here yo u can se tup the pa rti tion se ttin gs and par ti tion the d rive ac[...]

61 Freecom MediaPla yer for Mac EN 5 2. I have in st all ed t he M ac Dr iver s and Fre ec om Me di aPl ayer wil l not E na ble . Make sure you have the lates t driver s, availab le at the Down load Center. Please che ck the foll owing: V eri f y that your ca bles are p lugge d in corre ctl y and that you have a link o n the sw itch where Free com [...]

6 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 5 This way ever yon e can get r ead and wr ite access to the Freecom M ediaPlayer with out a prob lem. 6. Can t he Fr eec om M edi aPl ayer be l ef t on over n ig ht? Y es your Freecom Me diaPlayer can b e turne d on 24 / 7 . B efore you turn of f yo ur computer we do recom mend that you unmou nt the Freecom MediaPlayer[...]

63 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 Chapter 6: Connect to E xte rnal A V Device 6. 1 Connec t Vid eo Cab le Freecom MediaPla yer suppor ts 4 t ypes of vide o output; "Composite, S-video, Component, DVI". Use the v ideo connec tion that yo ur T V supp or ts. Normal ly , T V supp or ts c omp osite vide o connec tio n, and this pa ckag[...]

6 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 2 Conn ec t Audio Ca ble Freecom Me diaPlayer supp or ts 3 t ypes o f audio o utput; "Stereo, Coa xial, O ptical". Use the audi o connec tion that yo ur T V or Audio s et supp or ts . Normal ly , T V supp or ts s tereo audio conn ec tion, an d this pack age includ es stere o audio ca ble. Don' t con [...]

65 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 6. 3 Bas ic Se tup 6. 3.1 Video S et up This is a guide for set ting video output of Freecom MediaPlayer . Y ou ha ve to setup F ree - com Med iaPlayer's vide o output m ode s ame as T V set 's vi deo inp ut mode. Whe n you can not see norma l sc ree n af te r con nec t ing vide o ca ble , ch ec k[...]

6 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 T V Vid eo In put M od e Playe r Vid eo Ou tp ut M ode Conn ec ti on Ja ck of T V , Player Vid eo Ca ble T y pe No rmal V id eo "T V Out put "= Comp osi te Mo de "Com pos ite Mo de" = C /S -Vi deo C VBS or Co mpo site Ja ck (Gen era lly Yello w Jack ) Y ell ow RC A Cab le (Supp lie d) S- Vid eo S- [...]

67 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 Set up P roce du re 1 . T ur n on the Freecom M ediaPlayer and p ress "SE TUP " on Mo de Sel ec tion scre en. 2. Move to the ' V ide o Out ' icon and press "OK " . The s etup box w ill be disp layed unde r the icon me nu. 3. Se lec t a T V Out Mod e and a detail ed video outp u[...]

6 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 3. 2 Au dio S et up This is a guide for set ting audio ou tput of the F ree com MediaPlayer. Y o u can use Stereo or Dig ital 5. 1 ch . Ana log ue/D CPM: If you c onn ec t t he sup pli ed aud io c ab les (Re d / W hit e) to T V or Au dio s et di re ct ly. En cod ed Dig ita l: If you want to list en to 5. 1 ch / DTS[...]

69 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 6. 3. 3 N et work S et up It is p ossible to obta in an IP address automatic ally f rom DH CP Ser ver o r IP R outer , or to set the sp ecif ic I P address . Check you r net work enviro nments . DH CP On: Y ou can us e thi s opt io n whe n it is poss ibl e to ob tai n IP addr ess aut oma ti cal ly fr om D H[...]

7 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 Che ck t he o bta ine d I P add res s Press "INFO" on the Mode Sele cti on screen, you will see the current obtaine d IP address from th e DHCP ser ver. " DHC P Sup po rt O ff " S et up Pro ce dur e 1 . T u rn on th e Fre eco m M ed iaP laye r an d p re ss " SE T UP " o n th e M od e S el[...]

71 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 4. Move to 'IP addre ss' , ' Subne t' and p ress "O K" . T he in put b ox will be d isplayed and you can enter the numb er with the " Dire ctio n" or " Numb er" but ton. Final ly , press "EN TER" for savi ng conf igurati ons. 5. Press "ENT ER&[...]

7 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 3. 6 Fol de r Loc k In this optio n you can sel ec t a private pass word – protec ted fo lder. Create a fol der name d “Priv ate“ on the HD D. Go to “Folde r Lock ” and se lec t “Pri vate" Folder o n. T o chan ge the passwo rd, sel ec t “Change Passwo rd” .[...]

73 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 6. 3. 7 LED Se tu p It is po ssible to tur n o n or off a b ackli ght LED of the a rrow b ut ton o n the fro nt sid e. W hen the LED distu rbs you in nig ht, turn of f th e LED . 1 . T u rn on th e Fre eco m M ed iaP laye r an d p res s " SE TU P " o n th e M od e S el ec t io n scree n. 2. Move t[...]

7 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 BGM , M usi c Sl ide S how Make a 'music' fol der (in a small le tter, not in a capital l et ter) at the root direc tor y of the built-in HD D and save the MP3 file s in the folder. If the HDD is divid ed into two or m ore par titio ns, make a ‚musi c' fold er in the f irs t par titio n. Now you can v[...]

75 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 6. 3. 9 La ngu age S et up It is possible to set a prefer red languag e. This language will onl y be applie d to OSD, not to subtitles . 6. 3.1 0 S cre en R at io Se tu p This is a gu ide fo r set tin g the T V t yp e. Th ere ar e three optio ns: 4:3 Let ter Box , 4:3 Pan Scan o r 1 6: 9. Set up P roce du r[...]

7 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 3.1 1 Au to Pl ay Set up Auto Play means that th e Freecom M ediaPlayer p lays the f iles continuousl y until it 's stopp ed manu ally. This func tion c an be turn ed on an d of f. Set up P roce du re 1 . T u rn on the Fre eco m M ed iaPl ayer an d p res s " SE TU P" on th e M od e S el ec ti on scre[...]

77 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 6. 3.1 2 NDA S Set up 1 . Press "SE TUP " on remote contro l for m oving to se tup scre en. O n that scr een, s ele ct "NDAS" in setu p screen . Choose "O N" or "O FF" to turn NDAS func tion o n or of f.[...]

7 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 3.1 3 In te rne t (How to s et up t he In ter net) This is fo r how to connec t Freecom M ediaPlayer to the Intern et. 1 . Af ter tu rn Freecom Me diaPlayer on, pr ess "SE TUP " but ton and go to " SETU P" pa ge. 2. Go to the 2nd page and sel ec t "I nternet " i con and press "EN [...]

79 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 Che ck t he I nte rne t con nec t ion Go to “Conne cti on test ” to che ck your intern et connec tio n. 6. 3.1 4 i - RA DIO Refe r to the bel ow how to set up the "i - RADI O" on Freecom M ediaPlayer. Not e: Y ou ca n use s hou tc ast , an d your ow n pl ayli sts (. pl s, . m3u) . Play l- is t[...]

8 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 2. Selec t "i -R ADI O" icon and p ress "ENT ER" bu tton th en you will g et the above pa ge. 3. By using arrow but tons , go to the bot tom setup. By usin g arrow & numbe r keys, set the conf igur ation and p ress "ENT ER" fo r saving of th e conf iguratio n. 4. Press "SET UP&qu[...]

81 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 2. It shows ser ver l ists s aved in the "i -R ADIO " folde r at the root d irec tor y. Se lec t a list and pre ss "ENTER " but ton the n it plays. In c ase , se lec t " Sho ut cas t" a t th e se rve r lis t 1 . It s hows the live bro adcas ting se rve r list. 2. After sele ct [...]

8 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 3.1 5 Sk in With sk in f unc tion, you ca n make your own GUI (gra phical use r i nter face) of Freecom Medi aPlayer . Not e: S ave yo ur ow n GU I or i con ima ges in "s ki n 1 " fo lde r at the root dir ec - tor y o f Free com M ed iaPl ayer. How t o set up 1 . Af ter tu rn Freecom Me diaPlayer on, pr e[...]

83 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 How t o set up 1 . M ake "sk in 1 " fo lder and save "GUI " o r " Images" in th e fo lder at th e ro ot dir ec tor y in a HDD of Free com Media Player . 2. At S etup p age of skin , sel ec t "ON " of "Sk in Supp or t " and s ele ct "Sk in fol der".[...]

8 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 4. As the ab ove, it suppor t s several fo nt color s. 6. 3.1 6 O th er s Y o u can set up f or soun d ef fec t and s creens aver . How t o set up 1 . Af ter tu rn Freecom Me diaPlayer on, pr ess "SE TUP " but ton and go to " SETU P" pa ge. 2. Selec t "etc." icon and press " ENTER &q[...]

85 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 3. By using arrow but tons , go to the bot tom setup. By usin g arrow & numbe r keys, set the conf igur ation and p ress "ENT ER" fo r saving of th e conf iguratio n. 4. Press "SET UP" b utto n for the s aving of the conf igu ration . 6. 3.1 7 Pro toc ol 1 . T urn Freecom M edia Play[...]

8 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 3.1 8 F TP This op tion allows to r un an FT P ser ver on th e Freecom Me dia Player . 1 . T ur n the Freecom Me dia Player on an pre ss the “SE TUP ” but ton. 2. Move to the “ FT P” ico n and press “O K” . 3. By using the arrows key you can set t he conf ig uration . Press “SE TUP ” to save the con[...]

87 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 6. 4 How to Pl ay (Remot e Contr ol) 6. 4 . 1 B asi c Scr ee n Me nu Mo de Se le ct ion The Mode Sele cti on scr een is the f ir st s creen that app ears when th e Freecom MediaPlayer is swi tched on . In this scr een, yo u can se lec t HD D (built-in), USB (ex terna l USB d evice) , LAN (wire d net work), [...]

8 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 Wir ed & Wi re le ss Ne two rk Followin g examp le is in cas e of a wired n et work or a wir eless ne two rk. 1 . In the Mo de Sel ec tion scr een se lec t the ' LAN ' or ' WIRELE SS' icon and press "OK " . 2. A list of all th e PC's on the net work is disp layed. T o access a PC[...]

89 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 File S el ec ti on T o p lay a fil e, sele ct i t and press "O K" . Re mot e Cont rol Fu nct io n Des cri pt ion s ME NU Me nu Ic on Menu Icon is disp layed i ncluding 'Play one, Pla y all and Pla y-list ' . Press again for returning f ile sel ec tion scr een. Navi gat io n Key Navigatio[...]

9 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 ALL ME DI A A ll Me di a Mod e Al l m ed ia f i le s a re d isp la ye d i nc lu di ng movie, musi c and photo. IN FO - C u r r e n t i n f o r m a t i o n of P l a y e r i s d i s - played. T V OUT Vi de o Ou t Sig nal When p ressing this but ton, vid eo outp ut signal is chan ged re peatedly.( If you can not see norm[...]

91 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 6. 4 . 2 Play Vid eo Fil es Sel ec t a fi le and pre ss "OK". While viewi ng a f il e, you c an pre ss "MENU " to e nter the ' T ool Box Me nu' . This ' T ool B ox' has a det ailed p lay back fun ctio n.[...]

9 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 Func ti on an d Bu tt on De sc rip tio ns Rem ote Contr ol Func ti on De scri pti ons ME NU T o ol Box T o ol Box is d isplayed. F or retur ning to p layback , press aga in. OK Playba ck Play f ile. Pause When p ressing w hile playi ng a f ile, paus e the p l ay b a c k . F o r r e t ur n i n g t o p l a y b a ck , p [...]

93 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 SUB TITLE Sub tit le Move & Siz e It is possibl e to chan ge subtitle size an d l oca - tion. ar row but ton chang es size an d arr ow but to n chan ges l oc ation . Af te r doi ng, press "O K" . Sub tit le Sync It is p ossibl e to set the sub title s ync . With (one s econd) (60 secon d) when[...]

9 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 The DVD M ana ge r func t ion w ill not wo rk i f you ca n not f in d th e ' VID - EO_TS. IFO ' fil e am ong t he ri pp ed f ile s fro m an or igi nal DVD t it le , DVD man age r fun ct io n wil l not wo rk . Move to the fol der with the r ippe d DVD f iles. Sel ec t the ' VIDEO_TS. IFO' f ile and [...]

95 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 ME NU Go to M enu Move to main menu w hile playi ng DVD. SLOW Playba ck Sl ow Play slow ly 1 /2x , 1 /4x, and 1/ 8x wh enever pressin g this but ton. RE PEA T Chap ter, Titl e Rep eat Set chapte r , title rep eat. A- B RE PEA T A- B r epe at S et the A- B rep eat. TITLE Go to T it le Me nu Move to title me [...]

9 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 4 .4 Pl ay Audi o File s Sel ec t a fi le and pre ss "OK". While viewi ng a f il e, you c an press "MENU " to enter the ' T o ol B ox Menu'. This ' T o ol B ox' has a det ailed p lay back fun ctio n.[...]

97 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 NE XT P layba ck Ne xt Fi le Play a nex t f ile af ter a cur rent playb ack f ile. Play mode must b e in P lay al l in orde r to use this func tio n. PRE V Playb ac k Previ ou s File Play a previous f il e af ter a curre nt playback f il e. Play mode must be in Play all in order to use this func tio n. Fast[...]

9 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 MP3 Su bt it le It is possib le to show MP3 subtitl es if the MP3 f ile supp or ts this f eature. The MP3 fi le which suppo r ts subtitle s is mad e in the 'driver captio n e ditor' pr ogram, it does n ' t supp or t the LDB pro gram . While viewi ng a f il e, you c an pre ss "MENU " to e nter [...]

99 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 Func ti on an d Bu tt on De sc rip tio ns Rem ote Cont rol Fun ct ion Descr iptions ME NU T ool B ox T o ol Box is displayed. For re turning to playba ck, press aga in. OK Playba ck Play f ile. Pause When pre ssi ng w hile pla ying a f ile, pau se t he p lay - back. F or r eturning to pla yback, pre ss a ga[...]

1 0 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 4 .6 M ake a Play Li st Y o u can create a pre ferre d play list . The p ref err ed p lay li st wi ll b e e ras ed a ft er re boo ti ng t he Fre eco m Me - di aPlaye r . 1 . S el ec t your pref erred f il es with "SELEC T " or "SELEC T ALL " . 2 . Press "MEN U" and se lec t 'Pla[...]

101 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 3. T he play list s creen ap pear s and displays th e followi ng: - Play: play the pre ferre d f iles - Cancel: cl ose the play lis t - Move up, down: chang e to another f ile - Shuf f le: p lay fil es rando mly - Del ete: dele te the sele cte d f ile - Del ete all: del ete all f iles in th e play list[...]

1 0 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 4 .7 Rem ote Co ntr ol In this chapter th e basic use o f the remote contro l is describ ed. Fo r a more de taile d de - scripti on we refer to chapters '6.4. 1 Basic Scre en Menu' , '6.4. 2 Pla y Vide o files' , ' 6.4. 3 Play DVD f iles' , '6.4.4 Play Audio f iles' , &apos[...]

103 Connect to E x ternal A V D evice EN 6 In ser t/Ch ang e Bat te r y 1 . Pull the bat ter y tray out o f the remote contro l comple tely. 2. Put the e nclose d bat ter y on the tray. 3. Ins er t the tray into the rem ote control 6. 4 .8 U SB Ho st How t o eje ct t he t ray of ex t ern al US B ODD (O pt ica l Di sk Dr ive)? St o p pl ayba ck and [...]

1 0 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 6 6. 4 .9 O th ers Cha nge B ackg rou nd I mag e Change the Backgro und Image on the Freecom MediaPlayer by sele ctin g a pic ture f ile and savin g it as 'mybg. jpg' in the ro ot dire ctor y o f the built-in H DD. (An image of 720x4 80 pi xels is recomm ende d). Firmw are Up gra de Downl oad an up grade f i[...]

105 T echnical Spe cifi cations EN 7 Chapter 7 : T ec hnical Spe cifi cations Produc t Nam e Freecom Me diaPlayer Power 5V 1 .5A /1 2V 1 . 5A Weight 564 g (witho ut HDD & wir eless antenna) Dime nsion 57 x 1 50 x 1 85 mm (withou t wirel ess antenna) Available OS USB Device Comp atible: Wi ndows 200 0/XP / V ista, Mac OS X v1 0. 3 highe r NDAS C[...]

1 0 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer EN 7 Audio Ou tput S TEREO L - R S/PDIF Di gital O utput (Coaxia l/Optical ) Working T emp erature 10˚ C ~ 3 5˚C Working H umidit y 1 0% ~ 50%[...]

W ARRANTY (valid in E urope/T urkey only) W e thank you for pur chasing this F reecom product and hope you will enjo y using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconv enience on your par t, we suggest reading the quick ins ta ll guid e , in st ruct ion ma nua l and any add iti on al elect ro ni c an d or pri nt ed man ua ls . W hen pro blems occur w[...]