User Guide
Version 1.4
unibrain
www.unibrain.com support@unibrain.com sales@unibrain.com
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iZak™ User Guide
November 2004
Congratulations of buying your iZak™ Portable Media Center.
iZak™ is a Portable Digital Multimedia Storage and Player device that you can connect to any PC or Mac via USB-2 (plug & play) in order to copy your favorite contents (music, movies, pictures, data files). Once you have transferred your data to iZak™, you can connect it to any TV to enjoy your movies, music and photos. You can watch your favorite films in HDTV quality Video and Dolby Digital or DTS quality Audio.
iZak™ has a pocket design that lets you take it wherever you go.
This document will provide you with full and comprehensive instructions on how to use your iZak™ and benefit of its unique features.
If you want a “fast start” then read the separate printed “Quick Start Guide” for a brief but explanatory introduction of your device’s usage. You will be impressed when realizing how easy it is to operate iZak™!
Please start reading the “iZak™ Features” chapter in order to have an overview of the enhanced capabilities of your device. A more technical description of these features is presented in the “Specifications” chapter
Before using the iZak™, be sure that you have received the complete set of accessories by checking the “Package Contents” section.
To have a detailed description of iZak™ functionality read the “PC Connection” and “TV Connection” chapters, in order to explore the full set of operations.
In order to maintain your iZak™ device in safe operation conditions and to guarantee life extension, please read the “Safety Information” section.
Important notice:
iZak™ is not designed or intended to, and may not be used to violate anyone’s copyright or other IP (Intellectual Property) rights. Each user of iZak™ may only use it in connection with materials legally owned or licensed by such user and only to the extend such ownership or license rights permit such use.
iZak™ is a registered trademark of Unibrain S.A. All rights reserved. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Macintosh, Mac, Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. DivX® Certified and DivX® Video are registered trademarks of DivXNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved. Dolby® and Dolby® Digital are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................... |
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION................................................................................ |
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FEATURES OF IZAK™ ........................................................................................................... |
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LIGHT DESIGN............................................................................................................................ |
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PC/MAC CONNECTION................................................................................................................ |
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TV CONNECTION ........................................................................................................................ |
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AUDIO FEATURES ....................................................................................................................... |
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VIDEO FEATURES ....................................................................................................................... |
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MULTILANGUAGE........................................................................................................................ |
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REMOTE .................................................................................................................................... |
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FIRMWARE UPDATE.................................................................................................................... |
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POWERFUL MEDIA PROCESSOR ................................................................................................. |
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AWARDS.................................................................................................................................... |
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ENJOY ....................................................................................................................................... |
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PACKAGE CONTENTS......................................................................................................... |
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CD CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... |
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PC/MAC CONNECTION ........................................................................................................ |
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USB SUPPORT FOR WIN98SE USERS....................................................................................... |
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SETUP INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................... |
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MANUAL INSTALLATION............................................................................................................. |
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TV CONNECTION.................................................................................................................. |
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ANALOGUE AUDIO SETUP ........................................................................................................ |
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DIGITAL AUDIO SETUP ............................................................................................................. |
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FONTS IN IZAK™.................................................................................................................. |
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TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................................................... |
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USER DEFINED FONTS ............................................................................................................. |
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FONT SUPPORT IN ASIA............................................................................................................ |
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THE REMOTE CONTROL ..................................................................................................... |
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REMOTE CONTROL KEYS ......................................................................................................... |
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REMOTE CONTROL BATTERY INSTALLATION............................................................................. |
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MENU FUNCTIONALITY....................................................................................................... |
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MAIN MENU ............................................................................................................................. |
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MOVIES ................................................................................................................................... |
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MUSIC ..................................................................................................................................... |
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PICTURES ................................................................................................................................ |
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SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................ |
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LANGUAGES............................................................................................................................. |
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AUDIO SETTINGS...................................................................................................................... |
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VIDEO SETTINGS...................................................................................................................... |
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TV TYPE.................................................................................................................................. |
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SCREEN SAVER ....................................................................................................................... |
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FIRMWARE UPDATE.................................................................................................................. |
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DIVX(R) VOD .......................................................................................................................... |
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.ISO COMPATIBILITY ........................................................................................................... |
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DIVX COMPATIBILITY .......................................................................................................... |
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DIVX® VOD COMPATIBILITY............................................................................................... |
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XVID COMPATIBILITY .......................................................................................................... |
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SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................. |
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RECOVERY PROCEDURE ................................................................................................... |
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VERIFY .................................................................................................................................... |
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FORMAT IZAK™ (PC) .............................................................................................................. |
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FORMAT IZAK™ (MAC) ............................................................................................................ |
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COPY FROM CD ....................................................................................................................... |
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SAFE REMOVAL ....................................................................................................................... |
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SAFETY INFORMATION....................................................................................................... |
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POWER ON/OFF PRECAUTIONS ................................................................................................. |
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LOCATION AND PLACING PRECAUTIONS .................................................................................... |
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ELECTRICITY AND POWER PLUG ............................................................................................... |
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CABLES................................................................................................................................... |
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USB BOOSTER ADAPTOR .................................................................................................. |
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PROCEDURE AND USAGE OF THE USB BOOSTER...................................................................... |
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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ...................................................................................... |
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Technical Support Information
All technical support questions should be directed to the following email address:
support@unibrain.com
This address is monitored throughout the day by Unibrain’s 1394 support team, who will respond quickly and with the required technical accuracy, to your questions.
For pricing and marketing information, please e-mail at: sales@unibrain.com
For ordering any Unibrain product please visit:
http://www.unibrain.com/
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Features of iZak™
Light Design
Everything you love about multimedia, movies, |
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of up to 80Gbytes or up to 1,000,000 Photos in |
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VGA, or 20,000 MP3 songs, or 80 MPEG4 |
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With compact and smart interface design, iZak™ requires only three (3) external ports to provide all its features. In the rear panel there are the following interfaces:
•SPDIF: Digital audio output with either copper coaxial or optical cable
•TV: Multi Connector for Analog Audio/Video. This multi-pin connector provides all the video and analogue audio signal to your TV set
•USB2: This port has dual functionality depending on the operation mode of iZak™. When connected to a PC or Mac, it is the USB-2 port providing power and data. When operating as media player connected to a TV, it is the power supply input connected to the electrical mains with the power adaptor.
The front panel of iZak™ is light and elegant. It has the infrared receiver and two indicative LEDs:
•PC mode LED: green when power and green-yellow during disk activity
•TV mode LED: green when power and yellow when in stand-by mode. It “blinks”
(yellow intervals) when pressed any button of the remote control.
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SPDIF USB-2
TV Multi-connector
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PC/Mac connection
iZak™ can be connected to any PC or Mac via USB interface supporting all file formats: FAT32, NTFS, HFS+ (Mac OS extended). With up to 480 Mbps transfer rate (in USB-2 connections) you can quickly move large multimedia files from your host to iZak™. Please notice that you don’t need external power adaptor because iZak™ is powered by the USB bus power.
TV connection
When connecting iZak™ to your TV set and audio system you get the optimum multimedia quality in both audio and video outputs.
Audio features
•Audio files formats supported: WMA, WAV, MP3, AAC, AC3, OGG Vorbis.
•Audio Outputs Formats: Dual Stereo analog audio, Coaxial S/PDIF digital Audio (supports compressed Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS pass through).
Video features
•Video files formats supported: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI, VOB, ISO), MPEG-4(AVI, DivX, XviD).
•Video Outputs Formats: NTSC/PAL composite and S-video, Analog YPbPr video (progressive or interlaced) scalable up to 1920x1080i or 1280x720p. RGB via SCART. VGA scalable up to 1024x768
DivX compatibility
Supports DivX 3.11, 4.x, 5.x
Supports external text subtitle (.srt, .sub)
Supports any language text subtitle
Please refer to the “DivX Compatibility” chapter for more details.
XviD compatibility
Please refer to the “XviD Compatibility” chapter for more details.
DVD (.ISO) compatibility
ISO=One Image file backup of the complete DVD
iZak™ will play the ISO file exactly the same as if it was running from the original DVD. Backup the DVD to .ISO using Internet Freeware
Supports .ISO of any size (FAT32/up to 4GB, NTFS/unlimited, HFS+/unlimited) Supports external text subtitle (.srt, .sub)
Supports any language text subtitle
Only with iZak™ you can create your own Virtual DVD Library, by storing your private collection of DVDs (.ISO format) and watch them as if they were running from the original DVDs. Please refer to the “.ISO Compatibility” chapter for more details.
Multilanguage
IZak™ has been designed for the entire globe. With sophisticated Unicode character handling, it supports most of the major languages, used in the menu selection and the subtitle feature.
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Remote
iZak™ is equipped with an elegant infrared remote control providing standard DVD functionality buttons. It is small in design (just 150 x 50 mm) and as thinnest possible (8mm). Please refer to the chapter “TV Connection” for a detailed description of the remote functionality.
Firmware update
You will be able to upgrade your device with new features and capabilities by just following the firmware1 upgrade procedure:
•Get the latest update from Unibrain’s web site (http://www.unibrain.com/1394_products/iZak/iZak_Firmware_Update.htm)
•Connect to computer and copy the firmware file to iZak™ “firmware” folder
•Connect to TV and choose “Firmware Update” from Settings
•You are updated . . .
Powerful Media Processor
The heart of your iZak™ device is a powerful media processor supporting the demanding MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI, VOB, ISO) and MPEG-4(AVI, DivX, XviD) decoding.
1 Firmware is the software stored in iZak’s Flash memory that contains the programs running in your device. These programs remain stored even when the system is switched off.
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Awards
Unibrain Awarded Top Honors for iZak™ as the winner of “The Best of RetailVision Awards”™ for Hardware products at the 2004 RetailVision Europe, held September 21-23 in Munich, Germany.
The RetailVision is the premier global event for the retail channel. “The Best of RetailVision Awards”™ honours excellence in innovation, channel strategy, and presentation for products. The awards are selected by the Top 100-Level Retailers who attend RetailVision and buy €60 billion worth of products each year.
Please refer for more details at:
http://www.retailvision.com/europe/awards.php
Enjoy
iZak™ is the ultimate Portable Digital Multimedia Storage and Player that can be addressed to a huge variety of users:
•Home users who want to build a state-of-the-art, versatile home theatre.
•Stores, Agencies, Exhibitors, Companies that want audio/visual promotion of their products (indoor advertising).
•Car Holiday travelers with kids (the “keep’em-quiet kit”).
•Business people on the road who want some entertainment.
•Parents who want to back-up and replay their family videos.
•Movie and music lovers who want to enjoy their favorites at all times.
•People downloading large number of movies and music from the internet.
•Everyone who normally takes a stack of CDs & DVDs with him wherever he goes.
•Parents who want to create a “DVD/CD-safe” environment.
•DivX enthusiasts that want to enjoy their DivX/MPEG4 videos with exceptional Dolby Digital (AC3) sound.
•Every computer fan owning a TV, home theatre or other A/V equipment.
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Package Contents
Before proceeding with the product installation and usage, please verify that you received the following:
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Left/Right Analogue Audio
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Digital Audio Cable SPDIF
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USB 2 Cable (A to mini B).
In order to have
7 maximum transfer rate and reliability please use only the cable provide in the package by Unibrain.
CD with documentation and directory structure for the
8 Recovery Procedure. Please refer to the next
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Moreover you can buy from Unibrain optional cables that provide better video signal quality:
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CD Contents
iZak™ is accompanied with the required CD that has this manual in Acrobat PDF format. The folder structure “Firmware”, “Music”, “Pictures”, “Movies”, is the same as the iZak™ device and can be used as backup in case you format the disk of iZak™. In detail:
“Acrobat”: contains Adobe Acrobat Reader. Install it in case you don’t have, in order to read the iZak™ manuals that are in .pdf format.
“Firmware”: this is the folder that contains the iZak™ firmware files. Inside this folder there are two (2) subfolders:
•“Font”….for Europe and US this is an empty directory.
•“Settings” that contains the “Settings.txt” file. This file is a Unicode text file with two strings. The first line string is the default TV mode (PAL or NTSC) in which iZak™ should start before the user applies his settings. The second line string is the string used from the iZak™ screen saver. This string is user editable and should not be more than 16 characters.
“Manuals”: this folder contains the complete user manual of the product and the Quick Start Guide. All are in .pdf format.
“Movies”: this is the folder containing an .ISO format demo movie file, the “2trailers.ISO”. Moreover contains, in the subfolder “DivX_Trailers” various movie trailers in DivX format.
“Music”: this is the folder containing 5 free music files, from Makemusic.gr.
Makemusic.gr voices the independent Greek music on the Internet. Its purpose is to host the works and web pages of composers who are members of this site. After many pleasant hours of listening, we were able to choose five songs, which represent the variety and high quality standards of these composers and their compositions. They all are members of the Makemusic.gr community:
1.Antonios Plessas - As the night falls
Composed by Antonios Plessas
2.Aris Kalogeropoulos - Where to hide
Music and lyrics by Aris Kalogeropoulos
3.Dimitris Papathanasiou - Bad dream
Μusic, Arrangement and Lyrics by Dimitris Papathanasiou. Arrangenet & Mix by Aris Kalogeropoulos.
Vocals by Fani Kalogeropoulou.
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