Emprex BPR-101 User Manual

Dear Customers:

Thanks for purchasing our HDD TV Recorder product. Before starting to

use this product, please read this manual carefully so that you will know some

tips to enjoy the fantastic functions this product brings to you and some
security notices. Please keep this manual for future reference.

Introduction

Notices ..................................................................................................................2

Accessories..........................................................................................................3

Appearance..........................................................................................................4

Features................................................................................................................5

BPR-101 / Remote Control Keys and Operations .........................................6

BPR-101 Summary .............................................................................................9

Hard disk format ................................................................................................12

Import media files and other files....................................................................14

BPR-101 Setting................................................................................................16

BPR-101 User Interface ...................................................................................18

Specifications.....................................................................................................24

Tips and Trouble shootings..............................................................................25

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Notices

■ Do not unclench the bundled adapter. Contact maintenance technicians if you want

to have it repaired.

■ Avoid shock and damage to the device and keep your device away from any fluid.

■ Unplug the AC adapter if you are not using the device for safety issue.

■ Do not place the device close to any inflammable substances.

■ The battery for remote control is standard disposable CR2025 battery. When the

battery runs out, please make sure that you replace the battery with the correct

standard one and dispose the used battery with caution.

■ Please note that the device surface becoming hot during operation is normal and

please do not cover anything over the device in operation.

■ Before unplugging power, you should stop playing first, and then press the

BPR-101 keypad’s POWER button(not remote control’s POWER button) to turn off

BPR-101’s power, in which the power LED will switch off. Do not unplug power when

playing because such abnormal operation will harm the device.

■ The power LED will usually flash in the operation indicating that the device is still

processing. Please wait until LED stops flashing for next operation order.

■ As a storage device, the device supports both FAT16/FAT32 and NTFS format. But

as a HDD player, the device supports only FAT16/FAT32 format (rather than NTFS

format) in the file systems in primary disk-partition (there should be no extended

partitions).

■ The USB-OTG adapter is tailor-made. You can only plug USB-OTG adapter into

our products. Please do not plug USB-OTG adapter into other devices, such as

digital cameras.

■ Please always backup your data in HDD. We make no warranties with respect to

data losses and HDD damage.

■ The product has been tested widely on other corresponding devices, such as the

computer hardware and OS, HDD type, camera, card reader, media file format, and

so on. But we do not assure that it is compatible with all kinds of hardware in all

situations.

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Accessories

1. Remote Control (with battery) 2. USB Cable 3. USB-OTG Adapter

4. AV Cable (two pieces) 5. AC Adapter 6. User manual CD

7. Quick Installation Guide

Notice: If your TV does not have AV/ RCA jack, you have to prepare a SCART cable to

connect BPR-101 to your TV.

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Main Body

Front Panel View

Appearance

1. USB JACK 2. OTG LED 3. ERR LED

4. HDD/REC LED 5. POWER LED

Back Panel View

1. AV-IN 2. Power Jack 3.AV- OUT

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Features

■ Just one touch to convert DV format.

■ Support superior video recording

Provide a “high”, “medium”, and “low” Compression ratio. The users can modify

various recording parameters to obtain superior video recording results.

■ Support special memory function that you can play the movie from the point you

shut down in the previous time. So you can continue the film from previous shut

down point.

■ Support USB2.0-OTG:

--You can copy the media files from the USB device, such as digital camera, USB

flash memory, MP3, and card reader, to your HDD directly.

--You can quickly download and save multimedia files in HDD directly from and to

your computer.

■ Support HDD protection: Intelligent power management for HDD.

■ The device is compliant with USB2.0 and USB1.1 and supports plug and play

function with up to 480M bit /s transfer rate high speed.

■ You can preview detailed information, including file format, from the directory in

HDD with graphic user interface.

■ Support multi languages external text subtitles (.SRT).

■ Support FAT16/FAT32 file systems (up to 4 multiple partitions of HDD).

■ Support audio files formats MP3 / WAV / AAC and the real-time mp3 lyrics with

other detailed information, including the headline, author, baud rate, sampling rate,

and etc.

■ Support video files formats:

MPEG-1(VCD), MPEG-2 (DVD), MPEG-4.

Support video file extension: mpg, mpeg, dat (for MPEG-1); vob (for MPEG-2)

avi (for MPEG-4)

■ Support JPG images and motion JPG (15 / 30 fps).

■ Support special graphic effects, including mono, gray, reminiscence, dawn,

negative, mirror and so on. Users can choose among those effects easily.

■ Support NTSC / PAL video output and interchangeable formats.

■ Support superior browsing functions: Slideshow with background music; zoom in /

out, and circumrotate pictures.

■ Users could update the firmware expediently for the latest function at any time.

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BPR-101 / Remote Control Keys and Operations

1. CLEAR: Hide or show the information of the screen.

2. L/R: Change the track to left or right.

3. P/N: Change the display signal mode to PAL or NTSC.

4. POWER:

For BPR-101 keypad’s power button: Turn on/off main power of BPR-101.

For remote control’s power button: While in power on state, enter or exit

standby state.

Notice: You can not use remote control to turn on/off main power

5. ZOOM: Zoom photos.

6. ROTATE: Rotate photos.

7. THUMB: Enter the photo 3x3 Browse Mode.

8. SLIDE: Enter Music/photo-slide-show mode.

9. REC: Record the movie, press this key can enter recording mode directly.

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10. EQ: Enter the equalizer menu.

11. EFFECT: Enter the selection list of special effect.

12. INTERVAL: Select the interval time for slideshow, including music-slide-show.

13. MENU: Show function list of current status of user interface.

14. DIRECTION: Move cursor or move the photo in the Zoom mode.

15. EXIT: Stop the current playing program to back to previous browse directory or

exit browse mode to show MAIN MENU.

16. BROWSER: Back to root directory

17. ENTER/PLAY: Confirm your selection.

18. VOLUME+: Increase volume (0-30).

19. INFO: Show or close a floating menu of file operation.

20. SUBTITLE: Select movie subtitle.

21. VOLUME-: Decease volume (0-30).

22. PREV: Switch to previous file or turn a page up.

23. PAUSE: Pause the current playing program or resume the paused program.

24. NEXT: Switch to next file or turn a page down.

25. MUTE: Mute or cancel mute.

26. FR: Play fast backward (1- 4).

27. STOP: Stop playing and back to the directory.

28. FF: Play fast forward (1- 4).

29. REPEAT: Select repeat mode.

30. COPY: Copy files when BPR-101 acts as an USB host.

Notice:

■ When using the remote control, you should point the infrared emitter to the

receiver on BPR-101’s front panel. The receiving angle is about ±30 degrees in

the range of 5 meters.

■ Do not drop the remote control to ground or damp it.

■ Do not expose the remote control directly to intense sunlight.

■ Disconnect the device from power if you don’t need to use BPR-101 for a long

time.

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Getting started

■ Connected BPR-101 to power adapter, then press the BPR-101 keypad's

POWER button (not the remote control's POWER button), the power LED will turn

green and BPR-101 will boot up.

■ When BPR-101 is booting up, MAIN MENU will be shown on the screen. If there

are more than one partition on your HDD, PARTITION LIST will be shown on the

screen instead of MAIN MENU.

■ Please pull out the insulated film in the bottom of the remote control before the

first time usage.

Replace the battery when the electricity runs out

■ Use your forefinger to lock the groove of the battery-box cover, and pull it out.

■ Place the battery into the hole of the cover with positive side up according to the

indication.

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Put the battery-box cover back.

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