Diamond MP900 User Manual

HD Media Wonder

MP900

Preface

Thanks very much for choosing the Diamond HD Media Wonder

high-definition player. In order to make it more convenient for you

to use the player proficiently, we provide you with a user manual.

Please read it carefully before use and properly save it for reference.

Statements

Though Diamond Multimedia has checked and proofread this

manual, and because of the product firmware is occasionally updated,

there might be some situations in this manual inconsistent with the

real product, which are without prior notice, so please visit the

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The pictures in the manual are only for reference, and if some of

them are inconsistent with their actual appearances, please subject to

the actual ones.

Preface …………………………………………………………………………………
Statements ……………………………………………………………………………

1. Product Descriptions ……………………………………………………………..

1.1Product functional features …………………………………………………………

1.2 Product specifications ………………………………………………………………

1.3 Remote controller outline …………………………………………………………

1.4 Replace the batteries of remote controller………………………………………….

2.Connection between U6 and television……………………………………………….

2.1 AV connection………………………………………………………………………

2.2 High-definition YUV connection ………………………………………………..

2.3HDMI and coaxial connection………………………………………………………

2.4 Notes………………………………………………………………………………..

2.5 MP900 diagram…………………………………………………………………….

3.Instructions of operation………………………………………………………………

3.1Choose memory device……………………………………………………………..

3.2Descriptions of home menu…………………………………………………………

3.3Movie playing……………………………………………………………………….

3.4 Music, Pictures, TXT and FLASH playing ………………………………………

3.5 File browsing……………………………………………………………………….

3.6 System settings……………………………………………………………………...

4. FAQ …………………………………………………………………………………

5. Faults and solutions………………………………………………………………….

6.Accessory kits………………………………………………………………………..

7.Specifications…………………………………………………………………………

1. Product Descriptions

1.1Product functional features

support JPEG, M-JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF picture files
support MP3, WMA, APE ,OGG,FLAC music files
support REAL, MPEG1（VCD), MPEG2(DVD), MPEG4,
H.264 movie files, and the corresponding suffixal file names are:
.dat .avi .mpg .mpeg .mkv .rm .rmvb .vob .ts .m2ts .mp4 .swf
support TXT text files
support SD/MMC card reader including SDHC .support hot plug
support HDMI-1.3 high-definition digital interface (output 480P, 576P,
720P, 1080P)
support USB flash drive, USB mobile hard disk
support copy and delete function between USB devices, SD/MMC
cards and multi-partitions of hard disk
support coaxial digital audio output
clear and concise file management interface

1.2 Product specifications

Power: Input of adaptor is 100-240VAC（50Hz/60Hz), output of
adaptor is 9VDC-1A.
Host dimension: 120×30 mm (diameter×height )
Adapted environment：
Operations：temperature limited to 0-40℃, and humidity limited to
20%-80%
Storage：temperature limited to -20-45℃, and humidity limited to
10%-90%

1.3 Remote controller outline

F

unctions of remote controller's keys:

RESET: press it after powering on to restore it to NTSC composite video output.;
RATIO: switch the display ratio on the screen when playing movie files,.
VIDEO: press it to switch the video output resolutions between NTSC, PAL, 480I,
480P, 576I, 576P, 720P, 1080I and 1080P.
ZOOM: press it to zoom the playing pictures out;
SLIDE SHOW: Combine photos with background music automatically when the
current memory device play photo files and music files at the same time.
ROTATE: press it to rotate the pictures in four directions of 0°, 90°, 180°,270°;
AUDIO: press it to switch between channels and tracks when playing multi-channels
or multi-tracks movie files, ;
SUBTITLE: press it to switch between “close subtitle and “open subtitle” when
playing AVI movies with external subtitle files ;
SORT: press it to switch the sorting modes of the files such as sorting by time or file
names.
FOLDER: press it to switch the file display styles, between the folder & file structure
EDIT: press it to copy and delete the selected files in the file mode;
DEVICE: press it to switch the accessed memory devices, such as switch from a USB
device to memory cards.
EXIT: press it to exit the current playing state or back to the previous menu.
OSD: press it to open or close the operation menu and the currently playing file
information in playing state.

1.4 Replace the batteries of remote controller

Load and replace the batteries:

①pull out the battery from the rear;
②put 2025 battery into the slot, paying attention to the positive and

negative electrodes;
③make sure the battery lip is on.

2. Connection between U6 and television

2.1 AV connection

Connect the composite terminal of AV cable (tri-color RCA of red, white and yellow)
to AV output of U6, correspondingly connect another terminal of AV cable to AV input
of television.

2.2 High-definition YUV connection

Connect the composite terminal of YUV cable (tri-color RCA of green, blue and red)
to YUV output of U6, correspondingly connect another terminal of YUV cable to
YUV(YCbCr or YPb/Pr) input of television. In addition, connect with the AV cable as
above-mentioned 2.1 for audio connection, or connect the AV cable from coaxial
output of U6 to coaxial input of external amplifier.

2.3 HDMI and coaxial connection

Please refer to the connection diagram

2.4 Notes:

①after connecting the player with the television, make sure a correct
connection between the player and television .
②when connecting with the television, make sure a correct selection of
television signal source, if no image under the right selection,
please press the video key on the remote controller to switch output
signals of the product till matching with the television signals.
③when your television supports high-definition input, it is
recommended to choose "720P or 1080P" mode to watch.
④coaxial(SPDIF) connection : connect the yellow terminal to amplifier
with AV cable, or connect the blue terminal to amplifier with YUV( the
high-definition video signal) cable.

2.5 Diagram of U6 and the peripheral device

3. Instructions of operation

The default setting is power on after the player is plugged in with the blue
light on. Turn off the player by pressing "POWER" key on IR remote controller.

3.1Choose memory device：

Press “DEVICE” key on the remote controller, you can see the icon on the
upper right corner is switching, the bright icon is the currently selected
memory device.
Indication of the icon status:
Dark gray color: there is no this type device plugged on the player
White color: there is a device plugged on the player but being un-selected
Bright blue color: there is a device plugged on the player and being selected

3.2Descriptions of home menu:

3.3Movie playing:

In the home menu, move the cursor through the arrow keys to press
“OK” to enter Movie mode, if the selected device is USB device with
multi-partitions (such as USB mobile hard disk), the following screen appears, and
this screen prompts the users to select preferred partition.

Use the “UP/DOWN” arrow keys to move the cursor, then press “OK” to enter
corresponding partition, at this time, you can see some movie files or folders.

Move the cursor to the folders, press “OK” to enter this directory, and press “Exit”
key to exit this directory, if move the cursor files to the movie files, press “OK” to
play it; when playing, you can press “FAST FORWARD, FAST BACKWARD,
PAUSE” key to achieve what you want; press “AUDIO” key to switch left and right
channel or audio track to select different languages (if the file itself supports); press
“SUBTITLE” key to open or close the subtitle (available if the subtitle file exists);
press “OSD” key, a function menu and the time information of this video file will be
popped up from the bottom of the screen, the function menu icon is shown as
followed:

Note: proper application of the subtitles

1: the subtitle is consistent with the movie file name for example, if the movie file
name is ABC123.avi , the subtitle must be: ABC123.srt or ABC123.en.srt (The .en is
the subtitle language, it can be .tr .de .fr etc..)
(The .str is the format of the subtitle file, it can be .srt .ssa .sub etc..)
2: the subtitle cannot be too long or contain complex symbols (it is suggested to
change the subtitle into a short name consistent with the movie title)
3: the movie and caption files must be put under the same directory.

3.4 Music, Pictures, TXT and FLASH playing

Pictures, music, text, and flash playing can be selected as the similar operation mode
of movie playing.

The function menu icon of playing mode is shown as followed:

3.5 File browsing

Select the file browsing mode, all movie,picture,music, text and swf flash files will be
displayed. Move the cursor to the corresponding files, press “OK” to play; In the file
browsing mode, you can copy and delete these files. Move the cursor to the desired
files, press “edit” to pop up copy and delete options, through left and right arrows to
select the desired options, then press “√”to edit the corresponding files. This mode
is similar to the computer resource management operation.

3.6 System settings

Select the system setting items by using arrow keys, press "OK" to confirm the setting
changes, press "back" to exit system setting
Please refer to the below table for details.

Setting items Detail setting menu Memo

Display NTSC composite video

PAL composite video
NTSC interlaced(480I)
NTSC progressive(480P)
PAL interlaced(576I)
PAL progressive(576P)

720P,1080I,1080P
Display-Mode 16:9,4:3 Set TV display ratio
Language English Chinese Set the display language

Picture setting View-set picture folder display method

Sort-set film arrangement method

Directory-set whether to display based on

the folder directory method

Repeat-set whether to repeatedly display

Picture clip-set the display method of the

pictures

Picture playing interval-set the duration

time of each picture when playing in

slideshow

Picture effect-set the replacement effect

when playing pictures in slideshow
Movie setting View-set movie folder display method

Sort-set file arrangement method

Directory-set based on the folder directory

mode.

Recommendation: if your
television supports
high-definition display,
please select 720P or
1080P to watch.

of the menu
The parameter settings
relevant to picture
displaying

The parameter settings
relevant to picture
displaying

method

Repeat-set whether to repeatedly display

Caption-set display method of the caption

(referring to the extension caption).

Resume play-exit when playing the

movie, whether to continue playing in

next playing

Caption code-set the code format of

extension caption

Music setting View-set music folder display method

Sort-set file arrangement method

Directory-set based on the folder directory

method

Repeat-set whether to repeatedly display

Lyrics-extension lyrics
Text setting Sort-set file arrangement method

Directory-set whether to display based on

the folder directory method

Font color-set character colors

Automatic browsing speed-set playing

speed

Resume play-exit when playing the

movie, whether to continue playing in

next playing
Default Set to the factory-default settings Factory-default settings

About Display the software version information
Upgrade Software updates Please make sure no

The parameter settings
relevant to picture
displaying

The parameter settings
relevant to text displaying

are usually composite
video outputting and
Chinese display.

power off during software
upgrading, the third party
software upgrading is
prohibited.

4. FAQ

Questions Answers

If this player is You should buy an adapter that can be compatible with

incompatible with
memory card, what can l
do?

Does this player have
built-in memory?

the memory card. For example ,if you have an XD card,
you can buy an adapter compatible with the memory
card, and connect the player with XD card. By using this
memory card adapter.
No, It doesn’t have the built-in memory to store
multi-media files. You should use compatible memory
card, USB flash disk or USB hard disk.

5. Faults and Solutions

Faults Reasons and solutions
No power or cannot power
on

IF you still cannot play the media product when the

When you insert a
memory card or USB flash
disk, the file can not play

There is no picture on the
television

No sound The audio cable is not well inserted or wrongly

The plug of the power adapter is inserted completely
into the host socket, and the other terminal is connected
with mains socket (some models might use the power
adapter), after the right connection, press the “POWER”
key on the IR remote controller.

above operations are checked correctly, please contact
our customer service department for maintenance
Non-supported file format
No files in the memory device
Make sure at least one file in the memory card
Make sure the file formats compatible with the
specification table of U6
The video cable is not well inserted or wrongly inserted.
Please insert the video cable properly and make sure the
correct and good connection between the video cable
and the television. Any more questions, please contact
our customer service department for settlement.
If the player signal inputting mode can not match with
the TV signal source, Press ”video” on the remote
controller. If there is still no display on television, please
contact our customer service department for
maintenance.

inserted-please insert the audio cable properly and make
sure the correct and good connection between the audio
cable and the television (it is supposed to connect the
audio base on the television being the same group as the
video), and turn up the remote controller volume of both
the television and the remote controller. Any more
questions, please contact our customer service
department for settlement.

6. Accessory kits

Remote Controller 1

Power Adaptor 1

7. Specifications

Accessories Quantity

AV C a b l e 1
YPbPr Cable 1
User Manual 1

Parameter
item

System Format Audio Format PCM,MPEG,LAYER//,RealAudio,MP3,WAM

Input interface Memory Card SD/SDHC/MMC

Output interface Audio

Other interface Remote

Electronic
parameter

MP900

A,OGG,DOLBY AC3,DTS,AAC,FLAC,and APE
Photo Format JPG,BMP,GIF,TIFF
Txt Format TEXT
Video Format Real Video 8/9/10:Video file package RM /RMVB,

resolution up to1280*720,bit rate up to 30Mbps.

Mpeg-1:Video file package DAT/ MPG/ MPEG,

resolution up to 1920*1080,bit rate up to 80Mbps.

MPEG-4:Video file package AVI/ DivX/ XviD,

resolution up to 1920*1080,bit rate up 35Mbps.

H.264:Video file package AVI/2TS/MKV,resolution

up to1920*1080,bit rate up to 35Mbps.

M-JPEG: resolution up to 640x480,30fps
Subtitle
Format
File System FAT16.FAT32.NTFS

USB Two ways of USB2.0Host the max output current of

interface
Video
interface

Sensor
Video 1.0V±0.1V(75Ω load):S/N≥55dB
audio 2.0V±0.2V(10KΩ load):S/N≥85dB
power 9VDC,1A(support 7-12VDC)

*.SRT,*.SMI,*.ASS,*.SSA

USB2.0Host is 1A/5V which can directly connected

to a variety of mobile hard disk and no need for

additional power supply. Support hot plug.

Stereo output with 3.5mm socket; Coaxial output:

CVBS output; YCbCr/YPbPr output; HDMI1.3.

Effective range is more than 6m

Technical Support

Diamond Technical Support staff is here to help resolve any issues that you
may be experiencing. Prior to contacting technical support please make sure
you have the following information available.

1. Model #: (Printed on the bar code, located on the box)

2. Installation CD Version: (printed on the CD label)

3. The version of Windows that your system is running.

4. The manufacturer and model # of your computer.

5. CPU type and speed (example: Intel Pentium4 2.4GHZ)

6. A complete description of the problem that you are
experiencing including any steps that you have taken to try
to resolve the issue.

Technical Support Options
Free Telephone Support

818-357-5165
(long distance rates may apply)
Mon - Fri, 8 - 4:30 PST

http://www.diamondmm.com

SHIPPING

Starting June 1st 2009 Diamond Multimedia will pay for shipping cost from Diamond back to US and Canadian customers
provided the product is indeed under warranty and there is no damage caused by improper installation or modification of the
merchandise. Customers located outside of the United States and Canada or using military addresses (APO,etc) will be
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Shipments made outside the US may take longer to deliver.
Diamond Multimedia reserves the right to claim for shipping fees along with service charges for any product that is returned
incomplete or not under warranty. Return Authorization ( RMA ) is required for all warranty return products.

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