Freecom Technologies Media Player II manual

M E D I A P L A Y E R I I E XT E R NA L M U L TI M E D IA H AR D D R I V E / 3 . 5 " / L A N / U SB 2 .0 / A V Rev. 90 4 USER MANUAL[...]

2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN Dea r use r! Thank you for buy ing the Freec om Me dia Player I I , a b rand -n ew digit al mult imedia player that sup por t s dual data access mo de via 3. 5" HDD inside (not supp lied with "Dr ive I n K it "- mode l) and 1 0/ 1 00M bps Net wor k. W ith this Freecom Me diaPlayer I I yo u can easil y en[...]

3 EN User manual Gen eral Inf ormatio n ........................................................................................................... pag e 4 Impo r tant note .............................................................................................................. page 4 Speci f icatio n ..........................................[...]

4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN Gene ral Information Im por t ant n ot e: The Freecom device has not b ee n d evelop ed or conce ived for us e w ith d isregar d to copyri ghts o r othe r rig hts to i ntellec tua l pro per t y. The Freecom dev ice can only be used wi th mater ial which is th e l egal pro per t y of the user or whe re the us er has a l[...]

5 EN Mi nim um Syste m Req uir eme nt s PC: • Intel Pentium III / A MD Duro n 90 0 MHz or h igher • 256 MB R AM ( V ist a: 5 1 2 MB R AM) or high er • Availab le USB 2.0, 1 . 1 Por t (USB 2.0 re comme nded)* • Availab le 1 0/ 1 00 Ethe rnet L AN Por t, R J 45 ( 100 Mbps r ecomme nded ) or WL AN • L AN Cab le • For playb ack on T V, a TV[...]

6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN Prec aut io ns Please rea d the foll owing in this ma nual car efull y for pr oper us e. Copyri gh t • F reecom can not be he ld respo nsible fo r th e us e o f il lega l s of t ware, audio so urces, vide o so urces e tc. T he u ser a nd/or owner of th e Freeco m Me diaPlayer II is l egall y respo nsible f or the con[...]

7 EN Cau ti ons f or p oss ib il it y of c au si ng Ra di o Waves to cr oss • Free com MediaPlayer II may cause Radio W aves to cross, so it is recommen ded t o b e aler t when you keep devices near the F ree com MediaPlayer II. Espe cially c oncer ning your heal th. Dat a Bac ku p • W e strongl y recommend you to make a data backup to another [...]

8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN Warnin gs an d Safe ty I nst ruc t ion s Please read and foll ow the be low m ention ed instru cti ons. Th ey sh ould be obse r ved in orde r to p revent inj ur y to the user, d amage to the devi ce and damag e to p rop er t y , as well as to ensur e safe us e of the p roduc t . Not fo llowing these ins truc tions m ay[...]

9 Product O ver view EN 1 Chapter 1 : Produc t Overview 1 . 1 Fron t View Bu tt on d ef ini t ion But to n But to n def in iti on Des cri pt ion Power but ton Press shor tl y to switch on / of f the power. Please note: shut ting down the devi ce takes ca . 1 5 s econds! LED d ef in it io n LED LED d ef ini ti on Des cri pt ion HDD Read / Write LED [...]

1 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 1 1 . 2 Bac k View Por t de fi ni ti on Por t Por t de fi ni ti on De sc rip ti on Power Input Power por t Power inp ut ( 1 2V , 2A DC) Compo nent vide o outp ut YPbPr conne c tion P r o g r e s s i v e s c a n c o m p o n e n t v i d e o outpu t Composite audio o utput Audio conne c tion Composite aud io outpu t Com[...]

11 Product O ver view EN 1 1 . 3 Rem ote co nt rol BUT TON FU NC TIO N POWER T u rn device o n and of f (st andby mo de) MUTE T u rn on or o f f audio o utput T V SYST EM Press to s witch b et ween NTSC, P AL, 480 p, 57 6 p, 720p 50 Hz, 720p 60H z, 1 08 0i 50Hz a nd 1 080 i 60 Hz 0 -9 Press to input di gits GOTO Press to jump to a title, cha pter o[...]

1 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 1 SLOW Press f or slow moti on: (3/ 4, 1 /2, 1 / 4, 1 /8, 1 /1 6x) Press PLA Y to resume to regu lar play mo de. AUDIO Switch audio tra ck ZOOM Press to zoom w hen play ing back p hotos or V ideo: Photo zoom l evels:2 x, 4x , 8x , 1 6x Vid eo zoo m levels:2 x , 3x, 4x, 8 x ALL Press this key to show all f il es MUSIC[...]

13 Basic oper ation EN 2 Chapter 2: Basic ope ration 2. 1 First st ep s 1 . Power con nec t ion T ake o ut power a dapter fr om the pa ckage a nd conne ct i t to the device. 2. Co nne ct ion o f T V aud io ou tp ut The produc t is designe d with multi- output , including composite (A V ), component (Y PbPr ). and HDM I. Y ou can s ele ct dif fere n[...]

1 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 2 Coax ial o ut put co nne ct io n Coaxia l outpu t: Conne c t the pro duc t coa xial conn ec tor with th e coax ial conne c tor of your video or audio device by using a c oax ial cable. E nter the produc t 's audio setup and sele c t the Digital Outp ut option "SPDIF LPCM" or "SPDIF RAW". It[...]

15 Basic oper ation EN 2 2. 2 Net work S et up un der W ind ows XP and Wi nd ows Vist a 2. 2.1 Windows X P T wo con ditions a re necess ar y for a su ccessful se tup net wor k conne cti on: 1 . Fol der shar ing and s afet y se tup. 2. Set the sam e gateway and subn et addr ess. Procedur e of f ile shar ing und er Win dows XP: 1 . Se lec t the fol d[...]

1 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 2 3. Open Co ntrol Pane l - > Ad ministr ative T ools - > Computer Manageme nt - > Local Use rs and Gro ups" and click " Users" opti on. R ight click "Gu est " and s ele ct " Prop er ties" . 4. Selec t 'User s can n ot ch ange passwor d' and ' Password never [...]

17 Basic oper ation EN 2 6. Selec t ‘ Interne t Protocol ( TCP / IP)’ and click on "Pro per tie s" . 7 . Set up the re levant I P addre ss, sub net mask and gateway. T his ca n also b e do ne automatic ally (DH CP ). 8. Click on OK to compl ete the Ne two rk Sharin g proce dure.[...]

1 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 2 2. 2. 2 Win dows V ist a 1 . Pleas e make sure that you have admin istrator r ights o n your Vis ta s ystem . 2. Selec t Contro l Panel - > User Accounts and Family Safe t y . 3. Selec t "User Accounts" - > "Mana ge anoth er account ". Click on th e "Gues t " account and se lec t[...]

19 Basic oper ation EN 2 Follow the i nstru cti ons as shown in the a bove p ic ture and co nnec t the d evice to PC . Power on the PC and enter th e s ystem . T he PC de tec ts the dev ice au tomatical ly a nd then the device can be used as an ex ter nal U SB storage device. After data transfer is finishe d, pleas e rem ove the USB s torag e devi [...]

2 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 Chapter 3: Using the produc t 3. 1 B rowse a nd pl ay medi a fi les Power o n the HDD Player . The s ystem sh ows the main me nu af ter a few se conds. Fou r optio ns will be avai lable: . With th ese fu nc tions, yo u can br owse movi e, photo and music f ile s store d in HD D, net- work an d USB by pressin g the [...]

21 Using the product EN 3 File E di t me nu Sel ec t a f ile or f olde r by pressin g the navigati on but ton . Press OPT ION b ut ton on the remote contro l to rename o r dele te f iles and p ress the " ENTER " but ton to conf ir m. Retur n Sel ec t to return to th e f irs t menu Renam e Please ref er to the fo llowing p rocedu re to ren[...]

2 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 3. 1 . 1 N et wo rk My sh or tc ut Sel ec t a PC in the menu or add one a vailab le IP address to access media file s in net work throug h My_Sho r tcuts . 3. 2 File Copy The File Copy f unc tio n allows copying f iles b et wee n HDD, USB or Net wor k. Press the COPY button o n the remote contr ol to copy f iles f [...]

23 Using the product EN 3 Ste p 4: S el ec t t he de st i nat io n fol de r Press or t o sele c t a targe t folde r in the destination sec tor . Press fo r the nex t step or press to return . Ste p 5: Copy St at us In the m enu, se lec t EN TER to copy or sele c t NO to ca ncel. Af ter f ile copy is f inis hed, the sys tem wil l displ ay "File[...]

2 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 Cha ngi ng Au di o Set t in gs Night Mo de "On" "Of f " and "Comfo r t mod e" are availabl e In comfor t mo de, the volum e is res tric ted auto maticall y so that it would n ot af fe ct ot her pe opl e fro m rest or wo rk ing. Digit al outp ut The fo llowin g optio ns are availabl e: [...]

25 Using the product EN 3 Cha ngi ng N et wor k Se tt in gs Not e: A WL AN U SB St ic k is o pt io nal ly ava il abl e on w w w.f ree co m. com . Wire d LAN S etup and Wire less L AN Setup Wir ele ss L AN Se tup: Check the f ollowi ng items b efore usi ng this fun ct ion: - C onnec tio n bet wee n pro duc t and net wo rk - Net work p rotocol is ava[...]

2 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 Wir el es s Set u p Enter the SE TUP by pr essing the SE TU P but ton on th e remote contro l. Se lec t NE T - > Wire less Set up and pre ss OK to enter. Wh en u s in g t hi s f e at ur e f or th e fi rst ti me , s el ect M OD IFY an d f oll o w t he set u p st e p-by- st ep . Sel ec t INFRA ST RUC TUR E or PEER[...]

27 Using the product EN 3 Wir el es s LA N Conn ec ti on Freecom Media Player II su ppo r ts two t yp es o f wir eless stru c ture m odes: Inf rastr uc ture mode & Ad - Hoc m ode (Peer-to -p ee r) . Ad - Ho c Mo de Inf rast ruc t ure M ode (AP) Ad - Hoc M od e (Pee r- to -p ee r) 1 : 1 wire less L AN con nec tio n t y pe be t ween wire less ada[...]

2 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 Inf rast ruc t ure M ode Y ou can inser t a USB wireless n et work c ard to the USB HOST inter face on s tar tu p of the device or you can inser t a USB wire less net wor k c ard at this time. Th e s creen wi ll sh ow WIFI PLUG- IN. " Auto " allows to automati cally s earch for W irel ess SSID.[...]

29 Using the product EN 3 Sel ec t the encr yptio n mod e of your Access Point: - O pen System - Sha red Key ( WEP) - WPA/ WP A2 Key and pre ss ENTER on th e remote contro l. Enter your pass word, i f requi red.[...]

3 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 Y ou can choo se D HCP I P (AUTO ) to obt ain a dy namic IP or ch oose FIX IP (MANUAL) to set a f ixe d IP . The p arame ters are sh own in the SE T T ING LIST a s follows : Press ENTER o n the rem ote contr ol. Af ter th e conne cti on was es tabl ished su ccessfull y , you will see a summar y where IP add ress, s[...]

31 Using the product EN 3 Sel ec t "N ET WORK " in the ma in menu . Y ou will se e not o nly "My_ Shor tcuts" and "My_ Neig hbor s" , but also all share d folder s in your net wor k. This indic ates th e success of your wirel ess conne cti on set up.[...]

3 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 Pee r- to -p ee r mo de (Ad - ho c mod e) Use "Peer-to -p ee r" t o create a w irele ss net work bet ween your Med iaplayer and another computer witho ut usin g a W LAN router. Such net wo rk s are som etimes also refer red to as ad- ho c net work s . T o esta blish a peer-to -p ee r net work a USB WLAN s[...]

33 Using the product EN 3 Set th e name o f pro duc t in w irele ss net work as wire less SSID. Set the host I P addr ess and make sure that the IP addr ess does not conf li ct wi th the USB wireless net wor k card IP addr esses of you r computer. Save set tings an d test. Af te r successful tes t, ne two rk info rmation w ill be sh own. Press ENTE[...]

3 4 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 In the main i nter face of the " N ET WORK " , sel ec t "MY _ SHOR TCUTS" .[...]

35 Using the product EN 3 Press the "Optio n" button o n the remote control. I n the pop - up wind ow sele ct "add" to add a n ew shor tcut . The user will be GUEST , as I P address the IP address of the computer in your p eer-to -p eer n et work has to b e entered . Save set tings and selec t the shor tcut to enter. You w ill n[...]

3 6 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 3 Cha ngi ng Syst em S et t ing s Menu L angua ge Choose the OSD (On Scre en Disp lay) language. T e x t Encodin g Change char ac ter encod ing. Login Contro l Activ ate login contr ol (pass word) fo r the devi ce web inter face. System Info Star t, sto p, upgra de or uni nstal l sys tem ser v ices.[...]

37 Using the product EN 3 System Update Up grade yo ur sys tem here . HDD For mat Use this o ption to fo rmat the b uilt-in HDD. A T TENT ION ! Th e inter nal har d disk will be f ormat ted in N TFS format . Mac user s have read - onl y access wh en connec tin g t he device via USB to the ir Mac . T o co py d ata fro m Mac to the M e - diaplayer, n[...]

3 8 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 4 Chapter 4: Inst alling BT _ SAMBA BT Player is a s yste m sof t ware, it cons ists o f th e ope rating s ystem (Linu x+ AP ) and the appli cation s of t ware (BT_ SAMBA). 4. 1 Initia l inst allat ion When inser ti ng a hard disk to the system for the fi rst time, the system will st ar t with the hard disk fo rmat i[...]

39 Install BT _ SAMBA EN 4 Step 4 : Congratu lation p age When fo rmat ting is f inish ed, the s yste m w ill display a congr atulatio n p age. Se lec t OK but ton and Press " ENT ER" to ex it. T he sy stem will b oot up au tomatica lly. 4. 2 N ei ghb or Web in ter fac e When the Mediaplay er has a network connection, you can use the play[...]

4 0 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 4 4. 4 Add n ew tor rent Sel ec t to add a n ew torrent dow nloa d. On the " Add n ew to rrent " page, click th e " Brows e" bu tto n to cho ose a torrent f ile p ath from l oca l PC. W hen you s ele ct a to rrent f ile, p ress "Op en" but ton to add . Nex t , click "Y es" to c[...]

41 Install BT _ SAMBA EN 4 1 . Dow nlo ad Pa ge When cli ckin g o n a torrent f il e n ame, at the bot tom of th e p age the tor rent f ile inf or- mation will be displ ayed. W hen the box o n th e le f t si de o f the f ile name is checked , it means that th e f ile is se lec ted . Y ou ca now se lec t " Star t " ,"Stop" , &quo[...]

4 2 Fr eecom MediaPla yer II EN 4 4. 5 " Vi si t ne igh bor " fu nc ti on On the dev ice hom e page, se lec t " V isit nei ghbo r" to brows e the HDD f il es. A TTE NTI ON : Th is fe atu re is onl y avail ab le whe n u si ng t he Int er net E x- pl ore r! I t wi ll no t wor k wit h ot h er b rowse rs , e. g. Fi ref ox or O pe ra[...]

W ARRANTY (valid in E urope/T urke y only) W e thank you f or purchasing this F reecom pr oduct and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience on your par t, we suggest reading the quick ins ta ll guid e , i nst ru ctio n manu al and an y addit io nal ele ctr on ic and or prin te d ma nua ls . Wh en pro blems occur we[...]