Kingwin KM-31BK manual

1 KM -31BK HD -Multimedia Player & Recorder www .kingwin.com[...]

2 1. Introduction 1.1 Preface Dear Custo mer, Thank y ou for purcha sing KM-31BK. In the dig ital age, this pro duct is a g reat home entertainment sy stem. You can en joy movies and music, view photos of prec ious moments, and recor d your favorite TV or movie program and v iew the m whene ver. The device can also bac kup the data from your digita[...]

3 1.3 Caution This player’s de sign and manufacture has you r safety in mind. In ord er to safely and effectively use this player, plea se read the following before usage. 1.3.1 Usage caut ions User should not modify this player . If a commercial hard disk i s being used, the environmental te mperature should be within +5 °C ~ +3 5 °C . 1.3.2 P[...]

4 The playe r uses an internal har d disk for data storag e, if y ou hav e a brand new hard d isk, please format first before procee d. You should car efully read the < Freq uently Asked Que stions > chapt er, and chec k our website for the late st infor mation before for matting the har d disk. If you need to for mat, please no te the follow[...]

5 1.4 Connection 1.4.1 Connecting to a Computer (1) Turn on the device (2) Plug in the type B connector of the USB cable to the KM - 31 BK ’ s USB DEVICE port. (3) Plug in the type A connector of the U SB cable to the computer.[...]

6 1.4.2 USB M ass Storage Device (Flash drive, M P3, USB HDD etc.) Co nnection (1) Turn on the device. (2) Plug in a Flash disk or USB HD D etc. to one o f the USB host po rts of thi s player. 1.4. 3 Reco rding using Comp osite cables 1. Composite IN (1) Connect one end of the compo site (Red, w hite, yellow) cable to the play er’s composite jack[...]

7 2. TV connectio n using composite ( Composite out ) (1) Connect one end of the co mposite (Red, w hite, yellow ) cable to the p layer’s composite jack . (2) Connect the o ther end to yo ur television ’s composite jac k. 3. TV connection using Comp onent (Y/Pb/Pr) (1) Connect one end of the component (Gr een, Blue, and Red ) cab le to the play[...]

8 In this wa y, you can also enjoy videos, mu sic, and pho tos in the play er on TV. 4. Receiving audio w hen using compon ent. Component connection does no t carry audio. There are two ways you can re c eive audio wh en using c omponen t connection. (1) Use the aud io output fro m the compo s ite cables (aud io is carried f rom the red and white c[...]

9 1.4. 4 Digital Audio Device conn ection (1) Plug one end of the c oaxial cable to the player’s coaxial jack. If you are using an optical cable, please plug in t he connector on to t he player’s S /PDIF Optical jack;(not supplied) (2) Plug in the other end of the conne c tor to your digital aud io device. Coaxial Jack C onnection Optical Jack [...]

10 1.4. 5 Pow er connection (1) Make sure the pow er switch is off. (2) Connect the small end of the AC ada ptor t o the player ’s DC IN ja c k . (3) Connect the big end of the AC adaptor to the pow er outlet. 1.4. 6 Netw ork connection (1) Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the play er’s Ethernet socke t . (2) Connect the other en d of t[...]

11 1.5 First T ime Usage 1.5.1 Format Hard di sc For users w ho bought the play er without a HDD inside, and wan t to install a SA TA HDD, please see ” For m at ting a hard driv e” on page 21 for details. 1.5.2 Remote Contro l Install the batteries before using the remote control . Installation i s show n below. 1.5.3 Power on/off , language co[...]

12 The syste m language of this player can b e set to English or other lan guages. This featur e is located w hen you first setup the media center. 2. A bout the Play er 2. 1 Front Panel[...]

13 2.2 Remote Control All procedures in this manual can be carried out using the remote control buttons. Cer t ain functions can also be carried out us ing the fron t panel. See the follow ing f or detail s on each button an d its func tion:[...]

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19 3. Getting Started 1. Power on the KM - 31 BK media c enter . The startup logo will appea r . 2. After a few s econd, the sy s tem will enter a gu ide menu. Y ou can also enter the guide menu by pres sing on t he remote c ont rol . 3.1 Video In T o select a re cording source , select the Video In i c on on the guide m enu page.[...]

20 3.2 File Cop y This feature allow s user to copy files fro m a variety of devices. Please view section 9 “File Copy Me nu” for more de t ails. 3.3 Brow ser This feature will ena ble you to brow s e through movies , photo , and mu sic files stored either on a har d drive, USB flash d rive, or your home ne twork. This can be accessed by select[...]

21 4. Formatting a Hard drive Please use KM-3 1BK direct hoo k up to you TV to format your har d drive for the first time. Y ou can use the KM - 31 BK f ormatting interface within the setup menu page . The hard dr ive can also be formatted t hrough a co m puter . F A T32 is req uired for the playe r to work pro perly with the recording feature. The[...]

Format Ha rd D isc 22 Use the naviga t ion button s on your re mote to adjust the Fat32 and NTFS partition. Once you have finished , select the “nex t” icon and press . Otherwise, select the back icon to return to the prev ious menu. 4.2 Formatt ing Y ou will now see the “H ard Disc Format” guide a s it is show n below . Select the “For m[...]

Format Ha rd D isc 23 Press to start formatting on the hard drive. Otherw is e, select the back i c on to return to the prev ious menu. *Formatting will erase the entire dri ve. Please Back -up your data before proceeding. 4.3 Congratulatio n page Once the formatting has been co mpleted, the “C ongratulation page” will be displayed. Select the [...]

24 5. My Recordings The KM - 31 BK m edia center comes w it h a recording function. Y ou simply pres s the b utton and a folder called “M y Recordings” will be crea ted on your hard dr ive. M ovies that have been re corded will be placed in this folder . The file name w ill be named according to your t imer setting s . 5.1 REC List M enu[...]

25 6. T imer Record Menu The T imer Re c ord menu allows yo u to create , edit and delete recording schedules. It can also display previous recording schedules . The “T im er Record ” page is located in the guide menu. 6.1 Creating a New Schedule (1) Navigate to the “Ti m er REC” pa ge. (2) Use the navigation button on the re m ote to selec[...]

Time r Rec ord M enu 26 (5) Use the navigation buttons on t he re m ote control to move b etw ee n fields an d to adjus t each setting. Start Time Enter the date and time of the recording Length Enter the length of the record ing Repeat Select how often you want the schedule to re cord. Choose from Once, Everyda y , Mon-Fri, Mon-Sat or for an indiv[...]

Time r Rec ord M enu 27 6.3 Deleting Schedules (1) Select the “Delete” tab on the menu bar . (2) Once you have s elected the s chedule to be deleted, press . (3) A confirmation mes s age will appe ar (see below for s creenshot). (4) Select “ CANCEL ” , i f you choose not to delete t he schedu le. S elect “ Delete the selected schedule ”[...]

Time r Rec ord M enu 28 (5) Press to confirm. 6.4 Schedul e Status (1) Select the “Statu s ” tab on the menu bar . (2) Select the schedule and press . The schedule sta tus will be displayed. (3) Sele ct Enable VPS, Disa ble VPS or Pause the selected schedule. (4) Press t o confirm.[...]

Time r Rec ord M enu 29 6.5 Histor y (1) Select the “Histor y” tab on the m enu bar . Here you can view a complete histor y of your recordings.[...]

30 7. Setup Menu The Setup Men u allows you to configure the KM - 31BK system setting s . T o enter the menu, sele ct “ Setup ” from the Gu ide menu. 7.1 System S ettings (1) Use the naviga t ion button s on the remote c ontrol to select the “ Syste m ” tab from the menu bar . (2) Select the set tings you w ant to revise. (Detail s of each [...]

Setup Men u 31 Menu Lang uage Select to choose t he OSD (On Screen Display) langua ge. Select the languag e you wish the KM - 31 BK to di splay . Press to confir m . T ext Encoding Choose the tex t encoding langu age. Press to confirm. Ti m e Sele ct “T ime.” T o configure the t ime. “Manua l” will be the default choi c e. Press to proceed [...]

Setup Men u 32 Use the naviga t ion buttons on the rem ote control t o adjust each setting. Press once you have finish. HDD (Hard drive ) Format Select “ HDD Format ” unde r the “Sy s tem” tab. Select “ Cancel ” if yo u wish not to format the dr ive. Select “HDD Format” to format t he drive. Press to confirm.[...]

Setup Men u 33 Restore Defaul t Select “Restore de faults”. Select “Ok” to restore to factory d efault. Select “Can c el” to return to the “Syste m” t ab. *Restoring to factory default w ill reset your custom syste m settings to its original man uf acture settings . 7.2 Video Settings The KM - 31 BK m edia center allows u sers to co[...]

Setup Men u 34 Aspect Ratio Select the “Aspec t ratio” setting t o configure the a s pect ratio. Choose one of the following according to the type of television you have: (1) Pan Scan 4:3: Display a w ide picture on the entire screen and cu t s off the redundant portions. This setting is for a s tandard 4:3 television. (2) Letter Box 4: 3: Disp[...]

Setup Men u 35 Brightness Select the “B rightne ss ” setting under the “ Video” t ab to adju st the brightness levels. Press the up and dow n buttons on the remote contro l to adjust the brightness level. B rightness le vel can also be pre viewe d. Press to confirm the brigh tness adjustments. Contrast Select the “C ontrast ” setting un[...]

Setup Men u 36 TV System (1) Select the “ TV sys t em ” setting und er the “Vide o t ab” . (2) Choose “NTSC” or “P AL.” (3) Press to confirm your sele ct ion. *Select “NTSC” if you live in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, Sou th Am erica, etc… *Select “P AL” if you live in other countries. Please view your[...]

Setup Men u 37 (5) Press to confir m. *Please view your television manual to see w hat resolution your television support s. 7.3 Recording Settings The recording set t ings on the KM - 31 BK lets users con figure the reco rding quality , time shift, and the recording and time s hift device. T o access the recording settings, simply select the “Re[...]

Setup Men u 38 Quality (1) Select the “Q uality “se tting that is lo c ated under the “R ecord” tab. (2) Choose HQ to record in high qualit y . This requires more storage space . The other setting redu c es recording qua lity , but it uses less s t orage space. (3) Press to confirm. Permanent Time Shift (1) Select the “ Permanen t time sh[...]

Setup Men u 39 Recording Device (1) Select “REC d evice ” und er the “R ecord ” tab . (2) Select “HDD” if you a re recording your content to a h ard drive. Select “U SB” if you are reco rding to an external recording dev ice that is conn ec ted to media c enter via US B. (3) Press to confirm. Ti m eshift De vice (1) Select the “ t[...]

Setup Men u 40 7.4 Photos Sett ings The KM - 31 BK m edia center also allow s users to view a variety of digital picture s with their ow n c ustom setting s . T o access the photo settings, si m ply select to “Pho t o” tab in the setup m enu. Please view the nex t page with more details for each s etting.[...]

Setup Men u 41 Slide Show Time (1) Select the “Slide show timing” setting und er the “Photo” tab. (2) Choose a ti ming interval. (3) Press to confirm.[...]

Setup Men u 42 Tr ansition Effect (1) Select the “ tran s ition ef f ect ” setting under the “P hotos tab.” (2) Choose transition s for the slideshow . The transitions options are: Cross Fade – fade in and fade out Left to Right- fro m left to right T op to Bottom- from top to bottom Wate rfall- like a steep descent of water from a height[...]

Setup Men u 43 Background M us ic (1) Sel ect the “Bac k ground music” setting und er the “Photo” tab. (2) Select “Off” if no music will be play ed during the slideshow . Select “folder” if mus ic will be played fro m a folder . Select “Playli st” if music w ill be played from a customized playli st. (3) Press to confirm. 7.5 Ne[...]

Setup Men u 44 Wired Lan Se t up Before using the netw ork functions, please follow t hese steps fir s t: (1) Connect the KM - 31 BK media center to a rou ter or hub using the Ethern et cable. (2) On Window s XP please enable NetBIOS of TCP/IP for your PC’s networ k card. On OSX Leopard please enable file sharing in the s ystem pre ferences panel[...]

Setup Men u 45 DHCP DNS ( AUTO) – Th is s etting w ill automatically assign an I P address to the de vice. Press to automatically a ssign the IP addres s . FIX IP (MANU A L ) - This setting allows users to enter the IP addr ess manually . For further assistant , please conta ct your netwo rk administrator . *Please note that when acce s sing shar[...]

46 8. Bro w ser Menu The Browser m enu allow s users to brow se t hrough photo, music, and m ovie files stored on a HDD , external USB de vice, or on you r home netw ork. T o enter the men u, select Brow ser from the Guide m enu page . Once you have enter ed the guide you w ill see a list of devi ces. ( As shown below ). (1) Use the naviga t ion bu[...]

Brows er Me nu 47 M y Neighbors: When you are brow sing through NET , you can c hoose the PC na m e fro m the menu or you can s elect “My Neighbors” t o access it. The transcode server softwar e m ust be installed on the c omputer yo u are trying to access through the netw ork in order for i t to show unde r t he “My Neigh bors” folders .* [...]

Brows er Me nu 48 8.1 Brow sing Music (1) Use the left and righ t navigation buttons to sele ct the “ Music ” tab . (2) Select the folder containing you r audio file s . The song infor m ation will appe ar on the botto m . Press or the play butt on to start the s ong. The KM - 31 BK suppor ts MP3, WMA, W A V and OGG format Play back. 8.2 Browsi[...]

Brows er Me nu 49 (2 ) Select the folde r c ontaining t he photos you wish to view . (3 ) Press to view the photo in full screen . Note: 1. When the photo is displayed in full screen mode, the slide show sta rts automatically . 2. Y ou can browse photos and li sten to musi c at the sa me time. Y ou can also use the lef t or right buttons on the re [...]

Brows er Me nu 50 The KM - 31 BK supports stand ard definition and High Definition Video ( 720P , 1080i ) Playback. For ex am ple: MPEG1 (DA T , MPG) MPEG2 (VOB, MPG , TS) MPEG4 (A VI, DIVX, X VI D) Note: When viewing HD content, yo u can adjust the HD output reso lution . See “HD Output of SETU P menu” for more de tails. 8.4 Brow sing A ll Thi[...]

Brows er Me nu 51 (2)P ress t o display the Edit tab. Return Return ’s to the main screen. Rename 1. Use the lef t and right buttons on t he remote c ontrol to sele ct t he “ Rename ” tab fro m the menu bar . 2. Press on the re m ote control. An onscreen keyboard w ill appears. 3. Use the lef t and right buttons to browse through letters and [...]

Brows er Me nu 52 If you want to c ancel the na ming during the process, pr es s Delete 1.Use the left an d right button s on the remote con trol to select the “ Delete ” tab fro m the menu bar . 2. Press to confir m and delete th e f ile. 3. A confirmation me ssage appear s . 4. Press to delete the sele ct ed file. T o cancel, select Return .[...]

File Copy Menu 53 9. File Copy M enu This feature allow s users to copy f iles fro m NET , USB, and HDD vice versa . T o enter the menu, sele ct File Cop y from the Guide m enu or select on the remote control. Please follow the s e steps: (1) Select the s ource device by u s ing the up and down buttons on your remote. (2) Select the destina t ion s[...]

File Copy Menu 54 (3) Once you have selected the sourc e and destination, you will then enter the file directory . Select a folder under the “Source” c olumn. On ce selected, th e file or folder name will display .[...]

File Copy Menu 55 (4) Now pre s s the right navigatio n button in order to selec t the “Destination” column. Select the director y t he files w ill be transfer red to. Once selected, press the right navigation button t o proceed t o the nex t step. (5) A confirmation w indow will appear . S elect “OK” to copy or select “ No ” to cancel.[...]

File Copy Menu 56 Once the files hav e been copied, the system will display “File Copy Completed!” I f it fails , the system w ill display “File Copy failed ! ” S elect “OK” t o brow se files or select “N o” return the main menu .[...]

File Copy Menu 57 10. Specificat ions USB SUPPORTED (R ead Only) USB HDD USB Card reader VIDEO CODEC SUPPORTED : VOB (DVD), IFO (DVD), M PG (MPEG-2/1), AVI (M PEG-4 ASP: X V ID, DIVX ), DAT (VCD), and MP EG2 TS files; resolution up t o 1080i for HD C ontent. MUSIC CODEC S UPPORT ED: MP3, OGG, WAV and W MA. Maximum nu m ber of files recogn izable: 9[...]

File Copy Menu 58 Signal-Noise (1kHZ) ≥ 95dB Dynamic Range ≥90dB (1kHZ) Channel ≥95dB Separation T otal Harmonic Distortion (1kHZ) ≤ - 85dB CONNECT I ONS FRONT P ANEL USB Port BACK P ANEL Video Ou tput Audio L/R Output Video Inp ut Audio L/R Output Component / Progr essive USB Port Networ k Port Coaxial input SPIF/Optical DC Jack T ype A x [...]