Digitech HDX 1000 User’s Guide
Networked Media Tank (NMT) Player
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Table of Contents
Preface .......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Inspect Your New HDX 1000 .................................................................................................................. 5
Product Specifications .............................................................................................................................. 5
Remote Control Functions ........................................................................................................................ 6
Assembling the HDX 1000 ........................................................................................................................... 8
Installing an internal hard disk drive (Optional) ....................................................................................... 8
Connecting to your entertainment system ................................................................................................ 9
Configure your HDX 1000 ......................................................................................................................... 10
Update the firmware version .................................................................................................................. 10
Install NMT applications (Optional) ...................................................................................................... 10
Language and Play Mode Preferences .................................................................................................... 12
Configure Audio and Video settings ...................................................................................................... 13
Wireless Network Configuration (Optional) .......................................................................................... 14
NMT Applications .................................................................................................................................. 15
Playback Files on Your PC ......................................................................................................................... 16
Browse your digital content library on your PC ..................................................................................... 16
How to add folders on your PC to Network Share ................................................................................. 19
HDX1000 as Network Attached Storage .................................................................................................... 22
Access by IP address from your computer ............................................................................................. 22
Map as your network drive ..................................................................................................................... 22
Access using an FTP Service (FileZilla) ................................................................................................ 23
Playing Media ............................................................................................................................................. 25
Web Services .............................................................................................................................................. 25
BitTorrent .................................................................................................................................................... 27
Download Bit torrent file ........................................................................................................................ 27
View Bit torrent Progress ....................................................................................................................... 28
Trouble Shooting ........................................................................................................................................ 29
My Slave USB port on HDX 1000 does not work ................................................................................. 29
The USB port doesn’t work .................................................................................................................... 29
Why can’t I watch specific videos from a supported website? ............................................................... 29
The video / audio is lagging! .................................................................................................................. 29
The subtitles are not showing up ............................................................................................................ 30
Part of the subtitles are cut off ................................................................................................................ 30
Why doesn’t my file play when it’s supported on the Audio & Video Compatibility list? ................... 30
Appendix ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
Audio and Video Compatibility List ...................................................................................................... 31
Additional Resources .............................................................................................................................. 32
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Preface
Dear HDX 1000 Owner,
Congratulations on the purchase of your new HDX 1000! I’ve created this user’s guide to help
you learn more about its capabilities and to enhance your user experience. This guide is by no
means an exhaustive ‘Bible’ that explains every detail and feature, but rather my own
interpretations and discoveries as an HDX 1000 user. I’ve really enjoyed the ability to sit on my
couch and watch downloaded videos without having to get up and manipulate the files on a
laptop! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Yours truly,
Abby
P.S. Please send your comments and feedback to support@amperordirect.com!
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Introduction
The HDX 1000 is a playback device that allows you to view your digital movies stored in the computer
on your TV. It is also powerful enough to support the most demanding high definition video codec
available today.
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Inspect Your New HDX 1000
Remove the HDX 100 and the accessories from the box and confirm that you have the items listed below:
• HDX 1000
• Remote Control Unit
• Battery for the Remote Control Unit
• One HDMI 1.3 Cable
• One USB Cable
• One Universal AC Power Adapter w US Power Cord
• Four rubber feet for the HDX 1000
• Six screws (for mounting HDD)
• Quick Guide
Product Specifications
Audio/Video outputs (gold-plated connectors)
HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p)
Component video (up to 1080p)
Composite video
Stereo analog audio
S/PDIF Coaxial Digital Audio
Optical digital audio
Hardware Connectivity
2 – USB 2.0 host (plug-and-play)
1 – USB 2.0 slave
1 – Serial ATA drive 3.5” or 2.5”
1 – Ethernet 10/1000
Case
Solid aluminum alloy case
SDHC, MS and MMC Card Reader
Compatible with 3.5" and 2.5" SATA HDD
Hardware Power ON/OFF Switch
Supports vertical or horizontal placement
CPU
Sigma Designs SMP8635 Rev. C
Memory
DDR DRAM : 64-bit 512Mb
External NOR Flash : 16-bit 256Mbit
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Remote Control Functions
The following list describes the most frequently used remote control functions. For the complete list,
please visit the NMTwiki remote control page
(http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/index.php/Remote_Control).
POWER BUTTON:
• Power = standby mode
• Power, EJECT (in sequence) = Soft reboot
• Power, Delete (in sequence) = shutdown
Note: Please wait 1-2 seconds between pressing keys!
SETUP: setup page
PgUp/Vol+: increase the audio volume, scroll to the previous page on a menu
screen
PgDn/Vol-: decrease the audio volume, scroll to the next page on a menu screen
EJECT: eject an external storage device or CD/DVD player
TV MODE:
TV MODE + 0 = Auto TV mode
TV MODE + 1 = Component/Composite NTSC 480i
TV MODE + 2 = Component/Composite PAL 576i
TV MODE + 3 = reserved
TV MODE + 4 = HDMI/Component 720p 60
TV MODE + 5 = HDMI/Component 1080i 60Hz
TV MODE + 6 = HDMI/Component 1080p 50
TV MODE + 7 = HDMI/Component 720p 60
TV MODE + 8 = HDMI/Component 1080i 60
TV MODE + 9 = HDMI/Component 1080p 60
Note: Please wait 1-2 seconds between pressing keys!
MUTE: no audio
DELETE: backspace, delete
CAPS/NUM: turn on caps lock or num lock
RETURN: return to the previous screen
Note: this does not work during playback.
Left Arrow: a navigation button that also allows you to rewind the file to an
exact time stamp
Right Arrow: a navigation button that also allows you to fast forward the file to
an exact time frame
Up Arrow: a navigation button that allows you to move the cursor up
Down Arrow: a navigation button that allows you to move the cursor down
ENTER: confirm your selection
INFO: display information on the current playback file
HOME: return to the Home screen
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MENU: view DVD disc menu
PREV: go to the previous chapter on a DVD
PLAY: play file
NEXT: go to the next chapter on a DVD
STOP: stop the playback function or stop the media from playing
FWD: fast forward to quickly navigate the video or audio clip to a later part of
the file
REV: quickly navigate the video or audio clip to an earlier part of the file
REPEAT: repeat / refresh the current playback file
PAUSE: temporarily stop playback without exiting the file
SLOW: Step through frames of movie
AUDIO: change the audio language, Stereo, Mono Left, Mono Right, Dual
Mono
SUBTITLE: display or change subtitles, adjust subtitle language, position, color,
size, and timing
ZOOM: Toggle between, Actual Size, Fit Best or Full Screen during DVD
playback, allow ZOOM function. During playback of DVD files, Zoom + FWD
to zoom in, REV to zoom out.
VIDEO: display video files
MUSIC: display music files
PHOTO: display image files
FILE: display all other files (e.g. torrent files)
The buttons glow in the dark!
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Assembling the HDX 1000
Installing an internal hard disk drive (Optional)
If you don’t plan to install an internal hard disk drive, please skip to the next page.
Do not connect any wires to the HDX 1000, before installing the internal hard disk.
1. Remove the 4 screws (circled in red) on the back plate of the HDX 1000 using a Phillips head
screwdriver.
2. Remove the back plate and attach the hard disk to the cable.
Note: HDX 1000 only supports SATA.
3. Take the screws out of the small plastic bag and secure the hard disk by screwing the hard disk on
to the back plate.
Note: The 4 screw holes circled in blue are for installing the 3.5” hard drive.
4. Place the back plate back onto the HDX box and screw it back in place with the original four
screws.
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Connecting to your entertainment system
1. Connect the video cables (HDMI, component, or composite) from the HDX 1000 to the TV.
2. If you are using a component video cable, attach the audio cable from the HDX 1000 to the TV.
3. Assemble the power cord and plug it into the HDX 1000 and the wall.
4. Connect the Ethernet cable to the HDX 1000.
5. Install batteries into remote control.
6. Press the power button at the back of the box to turn it on.
Press the Power button on the remote control if the light on the box is not blue. A loading screen
will be displayed for about 90 seconds. The HDX 1000 is activating many components during the
turn-on sequence so don’t panic if you wait longer than expected.
7. The home page is displayed as shown below.
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Configure your HDX 1000
Update the firmware version
After the HDX 1000 successfully boots up, the first thing you need to do is to perform a firmware update.
1. Setup > Maintenance.
2. Select check for firmware update and follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Press ENTER to select HDX 1000 Player.
Please note that the HDX 1000 needs to be connected to the internet to download the updates during the
process. Although the HDX 1000 offers wireless connection option, we strongly suggest that you connect
the machine to internet via an Ethernet cable because the wireless connection mode is not stable in the old
firmware version.
Install NMT applications (Optional)
If you have an internal HDD installed, you need to install the NMT applications onto the HDD. If you
don’t have an internal HDD installed, please skip to the next section.
1. Setup > Maintenance.
2. Select NMT setup wizard.
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3. Select Typical Setup or Fresh Setup.
Typical Setup will keep the content files already on the hard drive. Fresh Setup will do a
clean format and erase everything on the disk. Both options will install the NMT application.
a. Typical Setup
i. Select next after you have read the warning.
ii. Select Online for the NMT setup source.
If you have difficulties connecting to the online server, you will need to first
download the NMT application setup file from here
(http://www.hdx1080.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid
=51&Itemid=136) to the ROOT directory of a USB drive. Make sure you
rename the downloaded file to “syb8634.nmt” or the HDX 1000 will not
recognize the setup file. Insert the USB drive in the HDX 1000 and run the NMT
setup wizard again with USB as the NMT setup source.
iii. Select next to continue.
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iv. Press ENTER on the remote to install the NMT applications.
b. Fresh Setup
i. Select the hard disk to install NMT and select next.
ii. Select next to set ext3 as the hard disk format.
After your HDX 1000 has been re-booted, you will see the “HARD_DISK” folder in the “Media Source”
page. You can navigate to the content you want to playback in the HDD from this screen.
Language and Play Mode Preferences
1. Setup > Preferences
2. Press the Right Arrow button to move the cursor to the Language drop down menu.
3. Press the ENTER button to display the drop-down menu.
4. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow to select the desired language.
5. Press the ENTER button to confirm your selection.
6. Use the Arrow buttons to select save.
You can also configure the Subtitle Language, Play Mode, Photo Transition, Photo Interval, Screen
Saver and the RC Key Repeat settings on this screen.
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Configure Audio and Video settings
1. Setup > Audio/Video
2. Use the Arrow buttons on the remote to select the Video Output that best matches your TV and
video output settings.
3. Configure the other settings as necessary (Framerate Sync, Video Zoom, TV Type, etc…).
4. Use the arrows to select save to save your settings when you are done.
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Wireless Network Configuration (Optional)
The default network mode is Wired Auto IP. You can connect a wireless adapter such as the TP-Link
TL-WN821N wireless N adapter to the USB port on the back of the HDX 1000 to enable the wireless
connection. You can manually set the IP address for wired or wireless connections using the configure IP
button on the screen.
1. Setup > Network.
2. Change Mode to Wireless Auto IP or Wireless Manual IP.
3. Select the Time Zone that matches your region.
4. Select On or Off for Day Light Savings.
These time settings are for configuring bit torrent preferences.
5. Select save.
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6. If your SSID does not automatically appear, select SCAN to bring up the list of available
networks.
If your SSID still does not appear, use the number pad to enter the name of your SSID and your
Security information.
7. Press the Up and Down Arrows to browse for the desired network.
8. Press the ENTER button on the remote to confirm.
9. Select the Select button to confirm.
10. Configure the Security and Key information if necessary.
11. Press the Save button to save the changes.
Note: If the wireless adapter is removed and then reinserted, you will need to reconfigure wireless.
NMT Applications
The majority of the HDX 1000 functions are application based. You will need to start the applications in
Setup in order to use services such as FTP, torrents, and myiHome Server. I recommend that you start all
available applications. However, before you start running the applications you may want to change the
Device Name, Samba Workgroup, and password to make the HDX easier to access over the network.
You will need to change the Samba Workgroup to the same name as Workgroup associated with your
other networked devices.
1. Setup > NMT Applications
2. Using the Arrow buttons, navigate to each start button for each application.
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Playback Files on Your PC
The HDX 1000 can access shared files stored on computers and other file sharing devices.
Browse your digital content library on your PC
This section describes how to access your digital content library stored in your My Documents folder and
other folders. Please leave the HDX 1000 on during this process.
1. Install the Window Media Player 11, if it is not already installed on your PC.
2. Open Windows Media Player 11.
3. Click the Library button on the WMP11 tool bar.
4. Click to select More Options from the drop-down menu.
5. Click the Configure Sharing button in the Library tab.
6. In the Media Sharing pop-up window, click to place a checkmark in the box for “Share my
media”.
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7. Click the OK button to confirm.
8. You should now be able to see the HDX along with the other active devices in your network.
Click on the icon for the HDX 1000 (make sure the MAC Address is correct).
9. Click the Allow button. Notice that there is now a green check mark on the icon.
10. Click the OK button to close the Media Sharing window.
11. Click the Monitor Folders button in the Options window.
12. Click the Advanced Options >> button.
13. Add or Remove folders that you would like to share with the HDX 1000 by selecting the folders
from the Monitored Folders list and clicking the Add or Remove button.
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14. Click the OK button when you are finished.
15. Click the Close button when the message “Search completed” appears.
16. Click the OK button to close the Options window.
17. Return to your HDX 1000 and use the Arrow buttons on the remote to select Media Source on
the left-hand side of the screen. You should be able to see your computer’s label appear on the
media source menu.
18. Select your computer’s name with the WMP icon.
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19. Select the desired media file type (VIDEO / MUSIC / PHOTO / FILE) by using the arrow keys
to select the respective icon on the screen or by pressing one of the colored buttons on the remote
control.
20. Browse your content library using the remote.
How to add folders on your PC to Network Share
You can setup frequently visited folders on the PC as the Network Shares on your HDX 1000. The
Network Shares will be displayed as shortcuts under the Media Source screen. Make sure that the
folders on your PC are shared before attempting to access them from the HDX 1000.
1. Setup > Network Share
2. Select Browse.
3. Select the name of your workgroup.
4. Select the desired PC to network.
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5. Select the desired folder to add as a shared place.
6. Enter the desired Share Name using the number pad on the remote.
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7. Enter the User Name and Password if necessary.
8. Select add.
The networked place should now appear on the Network Share list.
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HDX1000 as Network Attached Storage
You can setup your HDX 1000 (with the internal SATA HDD installed) as a networked attached storage
(NAS) device and move contents in or out of the HDX 1000 from your Computer
Access by IP address from your computer
1. Setup > Network
2. Record the IP address of the HDX 1000.
3. On Windows XP / Vista, Go to Start > Run.
4. Type “\\(Your HDX 1000 IP address)\”.
5. Enter the User name and Password.
o Default username = nmt
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1. On your computer, go to Start > My Network Places.
2. Under Network Tasks on the left hand side, click on Ad
3. Click the Next button to c
4. Select Choose another network lo
5. Click Next to continue.
6. Type “\\(Your HDX 100
o Default password = 1234
Network Place Wizard.
ontinue.
cation.
0 IP address)\share” in the Internet or network address field.
d a network place, to start the Add
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7. Click the Next button to continue.
8. Type in the desired name for the network place and click the Next button to continue.
9. Click the Finish button to close the wizard once the network place has been successfully created.
Access using an FTP Service (FileZilla)
When you install the NMT application package on the internal hard drive, you also install an FTP server.
Before you can use the FTP server on the HDX 100, you will need a FTP client application installed on
your PC. I recommend using FileZilla (http://filezilla-project.org/
1. Open FileZilla after you have installed the application.
2. Type the following server / login information into FileZilla Site Manager:
• Host: “HDX 1000 IP address”
• Username: ftpuser
• Port: 21
• Password: 1234
3. Click the Connect button. You should now be able to access your HDX 1000.
) to make the ftp tasks easier.
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Refer to Filezilla documentation and help for further instructions on FTP use.
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