Gateway Connected DVD Player User Manual

User Guide

Gateway Connected DVD Player

Contents

1 Checking Out Your Gateway Connected DVD Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Player overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Front controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Setting Up Your Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

About your home network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing Gateway Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Computer requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting the player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting to your audio/video system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing batteries into the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Installing the network card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Turning on your player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Setting up digital audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Navigating the player’s setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuring Dolby Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuring MP3 audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuring CD audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuring LPCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Configuring for other formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting up analog audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Navigating the player’s setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Adjusting the speaker balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Configuring Pro Logic virtual surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Adjusting center delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Adjusting surround delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Defining the speaker set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting up the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Navigating the player’s setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Wireless access point setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Wireless peer-to-peer setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Wired Ethernet setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Setting the IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Changing the player name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3 Customizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Setup menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the remote control in Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Setting up languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting up video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Setting up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

4 Using Gateway Medi a Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Compatible file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Opening Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Importing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Importing media directly from your hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Importing media using plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Scheduling automatic scans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Working with media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Listing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Editing media file attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Deleting media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Working with playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Creating a new playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Editing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Renaming a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Deleting a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Importing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Working with slide shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Creating a new slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Editing a slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Renaming a slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Deleting a slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Viewing and changing network settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Changing the computer name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Selecting the network card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Changing the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

5 Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Accessing advanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Playing photo CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Playing computer media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Entering Network mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Exiting Network mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Playing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Playing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Viewing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

6 Maintaining and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Maintaining your player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2

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Network troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

DVD troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

A Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

B Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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Chapter 1

Checking Out Your Gateway

Connected DVD Player

■ Features

■ Controls

■ Connectors

Features

With your Gateway Connected DVD Player, you can play DVDs, CDs, and digital media files on your home network.

■ PC Card slot for wired or wireless access to a Microsoft Windows

■ Capable of streaming digital content from your computer to your TV, including

-based home network

MPEG1/MPEG2 video, JPG photos, and MP3/WMA audio files

■ Dolby Di gital de coding and output

■ Composite video, S-Video, and component video outputs (including progressive scan)

■ Optical and coax ial digital audio jacks

■ 5.1-channel audio jacks

Compa tible file fo rmats

Format Supported specification

Photo

Audio

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JPG/JPEG (at least 108 × 171 pixels)

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BMP

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PSD

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PCT

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TIFF

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MP3 (bit ra te great er than 8 0 kbps)

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WMA (bit rate greater than 48 kbps)

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M3U (playlist)

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PLS (playlist)

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Video

MPEG-1 and 2 (not greater than 3 MB/sec)

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AVI (most types)

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DVR-MS (better, good, and fair qualities)

Compa tib le dis cs

■ DVD (Region 1, North America)

■ Dolby D igita l 5.1

■ Audio CD (CDDA)

■ Video CD (VCD and SVCD)

■ MP3 files on CD-R and CD-RW

■ Kodak Picture CD

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Play er ov erview

Front controls

Power button Sound controls DVD playback

MIC jacks

Menu contro ls

controls

Menu button

POWER button

Press to turn the player on and off. When the button is pressed, the green Power LED turns on and the player enters On (fully

operational) mode. Press the and Standby (low power) modes. When the player enters Standby mode, the red Power LED turns on. When the player is off, the Power LED turns off.

POWER button on the remote control to switch between On

MIC jacks

Insert ¼-inch microphone plugs here for karaoke.

Sound con trol s

VOL Rotate to adjust the microphone input volume. ECHO Rotate to adjust the echo eff ec t f or the mic rophone i nput.

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Menu controls

Left, Right, Up, and Down buttons

ENTER

CONNECT

Up button

Down button

Right buttonLeft button

Press to navigate the on-screen menus. You can use these buttons as an alternative to the remote control’s arrow buttons.

Press to make on-screen selections. You can use this button as an alternative to the remote control’s ENTER button.

Press to connect the player to the network. You can use this button as an alternative to the remote control’s CONNECT button.

Connect button

Enter button

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DVD pla yback c ontr ols

Open/close button Menu button

Prev bu tto n Play bu tto n

Next button Stop button

OPEN/CLOSE PREV

STOP

PLAY PAUSE

Press to open and close the disc tray. Press to skip to the previous chapter or track whil e

in playback mode. Press to skip to the next chapter or track while in

playback mode. Press to stop playback, and press again to return

to the menu on the DVD. Press PLAY to resume playback.

Press to start playback. Press to pause playback and view the current

frame. Press PLAY to resume playback. Press to view the DVD menu.

Pause button

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Back

Audi o ja cks

Network card slot

Network card s lot

Insert a network PC Card into this slot.

Audio jacks

5.1 channel (surround sound) 2 channel (stereo)

Video jacks

Coaxial (digital audio)

Optical digital audio

5.1 channel (surround

Connect to the analog audio inputs of a 5.1-channel amplifier.

sound) 2 channel (stereo)

Coaxial (di gital audi o) Optical digital audio

Connect to the left/right analog audio inputs of a TV, stereo, or 2-channel amplifier.

Connect to the c oaxial dig ital audi o input o f a 5. 1-channel am plifier. Connect to the optica l digita l audio i nput of a 5.1 -ch annel am plifi er.

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Audio connection qualities

Video jacks

Audio connection Quality

2 channel (stereo) Fair

5.1 channel (surround sound) Good Coaxial (digital audio) Better Optical digital audio Best

Cb/Pb (component/ progressive blue)

Y (component black and white)

Cb/Pb

Cr/Pr

Connect to the Pb/Cb video inputs of your TV.

Connect to the Y video input of your TV.

Video out (composite)

S-Video out

Video out (comp osite) Cr/Pr (component/

progressive red) S-Video out

Connect to the Composite Video input of your TV. Connect to the Pr/Cr video inputs of your TV.

Connect to the S-Video input of your TV.

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Video connection qualities

Video connection Quality

Video out (composite) Good S-Video out Better Component/progressive Best

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Remote control

Main controls

Networking

controls

POWER

TITLE SETUP

MUSIC

PHOTOS

VIDEOS

REV FWD PREV NEXT

ZOOM VIDEO OUT REPEA T A-B

GHI JKL MNO

PQRS TUV WXYZ

CONNECT

ENTER

OPEN/CLOSE

ABC

8 9

CLEAR

DISPLAYSEARCH

RETURN

PAGE

DEF

Numeric keypad

Menu controls

PAGE

SLOW AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE

P A USE/STEP STOP PLAY

Media playback controls

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Main con trols

POWER

TITLE

SETUP

OPEN/CLOSE

Networking c ontrols

MY MUSIC

Press to s witch the pla yer between Standby (low power) and On (fully operational) modes.

The blue LED behind the front arrow buttons on the player lights when the unit is On.

This button works only when the POWER button on the front of the player is pressed.

Press to display DVD title menus for discs with multiple titles. If a disc has a single title, TITLE functions like MENU.

While disc playback is stopped, press to open the

Welcome to Setup

Network settings. Press to open and close the disc tray.

Press to display the player’s My Music folder on the TV, which lists the music media files available on your networked computers. If a computer has not been detected , only th e Connec t menu appe ars.

screen for adjusting DVD and

MY PHOTOS

MY VIDEOS

CONNECT

Press to displa y the pla yer’ s My Photos folder on the TV, which lists the JPG image files available on your networked computers. If a computer has not been detected , only th e Connec t menu appe ars.

Press to display the player’s My Videos f older o n the TV, which list s the MPEG movi e files available o n your networked computers. If a computer has not been detected , only th e Connec t menu appe ars.

Press to search the network for shared media. A menu will show y ou the My Music, My Photos, and My Videos folders.

Numeric keypad

Press these buttons to input numbers (such as the chapter, track, or time) in on-screen menus.

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Menu contr ols

Arrow buttons

ENTER SEARCH

DISPLAY MENU RETURN

Media playback controls

REV FWD PREV NEXT ZOOM

Press repeatedly to scan backward at variable speeds. Press repeatedly to scan forward at variable speeds. Press to skip to the previous chapter or track. Press to skip to the next chapter or track. Press to zoom in or out at various levels of magnification.

Press to navi gate on-scre en menus.

Press to conf irm menu settings. Press to jump to a specific time, title, chapter, or track

during disc playback. Press to display current disc time and status information.

Press to view the DVD’s mai n menu. Press to return to the

Welcome to Setup

screen.

VIDEO OUT

REPEAT A-B

SLOW AUDIO

SUBTITLE ANGLE PAUSE/STEP STOP

PLAY

While playback is stopped, press repeatedly until the setting matches your video cable connection. For more information, see “Turning on your player” on page 22.

Press to set special playback functions, including Repeat. Press to repeat a n aud io or video segmen t betw ee n two poin ts (A and B). F or m ore

information, see “Repeating a scene or segment” on page 73. Press repeatedly for slow motion playback at variable speeds.

Press to select among available audio tracks/formats/channels during DVD/SVCD/VCD playback.

Press to select among available subtitle languages during DVD/SVCD playback. Press to view alternate angles during DVD playback (if available). Press once to pause pla ybac k, then pres s again to step f orw ard one frame at a time. Press once to s top playback (press PLAY to resume). Press twice to s to p pl ayback

and reset to the beginning of the disc. Press to start playback.

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Chapter 2

Setting Up Your Player

■ Installing Media Server

■ Connecting the player to your

audio/video system

■ Setting up your network

Overview

This chapter describes how to connect your Gateway Connected DVD Player to your TV, audio system, and home network. You need to complete these steps in the following order:

1 Set up your network and make sure that your home network is working correctly. 2 Install the Gateway Media Server program and start it for the first time. 3 Connect the player to your TV, audio system, and network.

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About your home network

Before you begin, you must have a Microsoft Windo ws-based ho me network set up . If y ou do not already have a network installed, you need to purchase the network components and follow the installation instructions provided by the manufacturer. The Gatew ay Connected DVD Player supports all major types of home networks, including:

■ Wireless access point

A Wireless access point network uses radio waves to link devices using a wireless network card, an access p oint, and a wired Ethernet netw ork.

■ Wireless peer-to-peer

A wireless peer-to-peer network consists of two or more wireless Ethernet computers that communicate with each other without a wireless access point.

■ Wired Ethernet

A wired Ethernet network consists of two or more devices conn ected through an Ethernet cable.

Your Gateway Connected DVD Player came with a wireless 802.11g network PC Card.

Important If you are using a wireless network with an access point, be sure to

configur e the access point acc ording to t he manufacturer 's instru ctions before c ontinuing.

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Installing Gateway Media Server

After you make sure that your home network is working correctly, install the Media Server program onto each computer that has media files you want to access. For instructions on running Media Server, see “Using Gateway Media Server” on page 51.

Important Do not install Media Server until you make sure that your home

network is working correctly.

Computer requir ements

■ Computer with Pentium processor, 700 MHz or faster

■ Network connection (wired or wireless)

■ Hard drive with at least 20 MB of free space

■ 128 MB of memo ry

■ CD drive

■ Network PC Card (also known as PCMCIA). A wireless network card is included with

your player.

■ Microsoft

Win dow s®98 SE, Windows®Me, Windows®2000, or Windows®XP

To install Media Server:

1 Turn on the computer, then close all open programs. 2 Insert the Gateway Connected DVD Player Installation CD into the CD drive on your

computer. The install wizard starts. If you are prompted to enter the CD key, you can find it printed on the CD insert.

3 Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.

If you are prompted to select your computer’s network card, click the network card you want to use, then click

Media Server opens after the install program is finished, and o pens automatically whenever your computer is started. The Media Server icon in the Windows taskbar shows that Media Server is running.

You are pro mpted to import media.

Next.

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4 If you do not have any music, movies, or pictures on your computer, click No. Your

first-time setup of Media Server is complete. Go to Step 6.

- OR If you have media on your computer, click

Yes. You are prompted to select plugins.

5 Click the plugin you want to use, then click Scan. Your files are imported into Media

Server. Your first-time setup of Media Server is complete. Go to Step 6.

Tips & Tricks Select only one plugin f or each type of m edia . F or e xam ple , to impo rt

MP3 files o n a c o mput e r w h ere you have both Mu si cM atc h Jukebox and Windows Media Player installed, select only one of the two plugins.

You can select only one plugin at a time. If you have more than one media type, select one plugin and import the media for that plugin. Then select another plugin and import the media for that plugin.

6 Repeat Steps 1-5 on each computer you want to access from the player. For more

information on using Media Server, see “Using Gateway Media Server” on page 51.

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Connecting the pla yer

Connecting to your audio/video system

Important Write your player’s order number inside the front cover of your user’s

guide. You will need the order number as proof of purchase if you contact Technical Support.

To connect your player to your audio/video system:

1 Make sure that all video components are turned off. 2 Connect the player to your TV or other video device in one of three ways:

Video connection Quality

Video out (composite) Good S-Video out Better Component/progressive Best

■ Video out (composite)

Connect one end of the supplied yellow video cable to the back of the player, then connect the other end to the jack on your TV or other video device.

■ S-Video out

Connect one end of an S-Video cable (not included ) to the the back of the player, then connect the other end to the S-Video jack on your TV or other video device.

■ Component/Progressive video (best vide o quality)

Connect one end of each co mponent video cable (not inc luded) to the

PROGRESSIVE/COMPONENT Cb/Pb, Y, and Cr/Pr jacks on the back of the player, then

connect the other ends to the corresponding color-coded jacks on your TV or other video device.

VIDEO OUT jack on the

S-VIDEO OUT jack on

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Cb/Pb (c omponent/ progressive blue)

Y (component/progressive black and white)

Video out (composite)

Cr/Pr (component/ progressive red)

S-Video out

3 Connect your player to your audio system in one of four ways:

Audio connection Quality

2 channel (stereo) Fair

5.1 channel (surround sound) Good Coaxial (digital audio) Better Optical digital audio Best

■ 2 channel (stereo)

Connect one end of the included red an d white audio/video cables to the

AUDIO

R and L jacks on the back of the player, then connect the other ends to the right/left audio jacks on your TV, stereo, or 2-channel analog amplifier or other audio device.

■ 5.1 channel (surround sound)

2 CH.

Connect one end of the six audio cables (not included) to the

SUR.(R), FRONT(R), SUB W., SUR(L), and FRONT(L) jacks on the back of the player,

then connect the other ends to the corresponding analog audio jacks on your

5.1-channel amplifier or other audio device.

■ Coaxial (digital audio)

Connect one end of a digital coaxial cable (not included) to the the back of the player, then connect the other end to the coaxial digital audio jack on your amplifier or other audio device.

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5.1 CHANNEL CENTER,

COAXIAL jack on

■ Optical Digital Audio

Connect one end of an optical cable (not included) to the

OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO

jack on the back of the player, then connect the other end to the optical digital audio jack on your amplifier or oth er audio device.

Tips & Tricks If you are using a digital audio connection (COAXIAL or OPTICAL

DIGIT AL A UDIO ), you must set the audio output format on the player

to match the digital de coding capab ilities of your amplifier or alternate audio device. For more information, see “Setting up digital audio” on

page 24.

5.1 channel front (R)

5.1 channel sur. (R) (surround sound right)

5.1 channel center

(surround sound center)

2 Ch. R (right stereo)

5.1 channel sub w. (surround sound subwoofer)

5.1 channel sur. (L) (surround sound left)

5.1 channel front (L) 2 Ch. L (left stereo)

Optical di gital au dio

Coaxial (digital audio)

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Installing batteries into the remote control

To install the batteries:

1 Turn the remote control over, then remove the battery cover.

2 Insert two AAA batteries into the battery bay. Make sure that the batteries are oriented

according to the diagram inside the battery bay.

3 Replace the battery cover.

Installing the network card

Do not plug in the player’s power cord or press the POWER button on the front until you have installed the network card.

To install the network card:

1 Make sure that the player is turned off. 2 Insert your wireless network PC Card into the NETWORK CARD slot in the back of the

player. Make sure that the network card is pressed all the way in.

Network card slot

Important Do not remove the card while the player is turned on. If you remove

the card while the player is on, all playback of networked media will stop.

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3 If the player’s network card is a wired Ethernet card, connect one end of an Ethernet

cable to the network card, then connect the other end to an Ethernet jack on your existing network.

4 After you connect video and audio cables and install the network card, configure your

video by following the instructions in “Turning on your player” on page 22.

Turning on your player

To turn on your player:

1 Make sure that your computer is on and running Media Server, your home network

is set up, and all audio and video devices are turned on.

2 Connect the player’s power cord to a wall outlet, then press the POWER button on

the front of the player. The LED in the POWER button turns green.

3 Turn on your TV. 4 Tu rn on any video device the DVD player is connected to, then use the video device’s

controls to set it to the audio/video input type connected to the player.

5 Tu rn on any audio devic e the DVD pl ayer is connected to , then use th e audio device’s

controls to set it to the audio input type connected to the player.

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6 Press VIDEO OUT on the player’s remote control repeatedly until the setting matches

your video connection. Se e the table below for combinations of video settings an d connections that also work. The column on the left identifies the type of cable connection your player and TV use, and the row across the top identifies the video setting you can select by pressing the VIDEO OUT button.

Audio jacks Composite

setting

Composite jack S-Video jack Interlaced

Best Works Works Best Works Best

S-Video

setting

Interlaced

Component

setting

Progressive

Component

setting

component jacks Progressive

Best

component jacks

Tips & Tricks T o determine whether y our player’s audi o a nd vi deo are correctly set

up, press the player’s OPEN/CLOSE button to open the DVD tray, insert a DVD, then press OPEN/CLOSE again to close the tray. The DVD begins playing.

7 Go to “Setting up the networ k” on page 36 to complete the initial setup of your player .

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Setting up digital audio

The Digital menu lets you set the signal format for the coaxial and optical digital audio jacks. For example, if you c onnected the p layer to an externa l amplifier th at has a Dolby Digital decoder, you should set the Dolby Digital settings to Bitstream (to let your amplifier’s Dolby Digital decoder work with the player’s audio signal).

Navigating the pla yer’s setup menus

To navigate the player’s setup menus, press the following buttons on your remote control:

Remote Button Function

STOP Press before pressing SETUP.

SETUP Press to open and close the

(up and

down arrows)

(left and

right arrows) ENTER Press to activate the current selection.

Tips & Tricks Unless specified otherwise, all buttons mentioned in the following

Press to hi ghlight op tions wit hin menus.

Press to change option settings within menus.

procedures are buttons on the remote control.

Welcome to Setup

screen.

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