Gateway DVD Player User Manual

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Installing

Configuring

1 Checking Out Your Gateway D VD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Compatible discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Player overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Front controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Setting Up Your Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

About your home network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing Gateway D5 Streaming Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Computer requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting the player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting to your audio/video system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing the network card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing batteries into the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Turning on your player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Navigating the player’s setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Setting up the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Wired Ethernet setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Wireless access point setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Wireless peer-to-peer setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting the IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Changing the player name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Playing computer media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Entering Network mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Exiting Network mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Playing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Viewing pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Maintaining your player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3Customizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setup menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the remote control in Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Setting up languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Setting up video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Setting up digital audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Configuring Dolby Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuring MP3 audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Configuring CD audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring LPCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring for other formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Adjusting the speaker balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Setting up analog audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Configuring Pro Logic virtual surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Adjusting center delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Adjusting surround delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Defining the speaker set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Setting up parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

4 Using Gateway D5 Stre aming Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Starting the program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Importing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Importing media directly from your hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Importing media using plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Scheduling automatic scans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

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

Listing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Editing media file attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Deleting media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

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

Creating a new playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Editing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Renaming a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Deleting a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Importing a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Working with slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Creating a new slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Editing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Renaming a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Deleting a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

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

Playing photo CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

6 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Network troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

DVD troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

B Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Checking Out

Your Gateway

DVD Player

Features

With your Gateway Connec ted DVD P layer, you can play DVDs, CDs, and digital media files on your home network.

■ Fully compatible with DVD, CD, VCD/SVCD, Kodak

Picture CD, and MP3 files on CD-R/CD-RW discs.

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

Windows

■ Capable of streaming digital content from your

computer to your TV, including MPEG1/MPEG2 video, JPG photos, and MP3/WMA audio files

■ Dolby Digital decoding and o utput

■ Composite video, S-Video, and componen t video

outputs (including progressive scan)

■ Optical and coax ial digital audio jac ks

■ 5.1-channel audio jacks

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Compatible discs

This DVD player can play discs of the following formats:

■ DVD (Region 1, North America)

■ Dolby D igital 5.1

■ Audio CD (CDDA)

■ Video CD (VCD and SVCD)

■ MP3 files on CD-R and CD-RW

■ Kodak Picture CD

Play er overview

Front controls

ower button Sound controls DVD playback

MIC jacks

Menu control s

controls

Menu button

POWER butt on

Press to turn the player on and off. When this button is on, the yellow Power LED turns on and the play er enters

On (fully operational) mode. Press the to switch between On and Standby (low power) modes. When the player enters Standby mode, the red Power LED turns on. When the pla yer is off, the Power LED turns off.

POWER button on the re mote control

MIC jacks

Insert ¼-inch microphone plugs here for karaoke.

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Sound controls

VOL Rotate to adjust the microphone input volume. ECHO Rotate to adjust the echo ef fe ct f or the mi crophone input.

Menu controls

Player overview

Up button

(Left, Right, Up, and Down buttons)

ENTER

CONNECT

Connect button

Down button

Press to navigate the on-screen menus. You can use these butto ns as an alte rnat ive to the remo te contro l’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 alter native to the remote control’s CONNECT button.

Enter button

Right buttonLeft button

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DVD pla yback controls

pen/close button Menu button

Prev bu tto n Play bu tton

Next button Stop button

OPEN/CLOSE PREV

STOP

PLAY PAUSE

Press to open and close the disc tray. Press to skip to the pre viou s chapter or trac k w hile

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

playback mode. Press to stop playback, and press again to retur n

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

Press to star t 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

Player overview

Network card slot

Insert a network PC Card into this slot.

Audio jac ks

5.1 channel (surround sound) 2 channel (stereo)

5.1 channel (surround sound)

Connect to the analo g audio in puts of a 5 .1-chan nel ampli fier.

Video jacks

Coaxial (digital audio)

Optical digital audio

2 channel (stereo)

Coaxial (digital audio) Optical digital audio

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

Connect to the coaxial digi tal audio input of a 5.1-cha nnel amplifie r . Connect to the optical di gital au dio inp ut of a 5.1-c hannel ampli fier.

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Video jacks

Cb/Pb (component/ progressive blue)

Y (component black and white)

Video out (composite) Cr/Pr (component/

progressive red)

Cb/Pb

Cr/Pr

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

Connect to the Y video input of your TV.

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

Video out (composite

S-Video out

Connect to the S-Video input of your TV.

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Remote control

Player overview

Main controls

Networking

controls

POWER

TITLE SETUP

MUSIC

PHOTOS

VIDEOS

ZOOM VIDEO OUT REPEAT A-B

SLOW AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE

GHI JKL MNO

PQRS TUV WXYZ

CONNECT

ENTER

REV FWD PREV NEXT

OPEN/CLOSE

ABC

DEF

CLEAR

DISPLAYSEARCH

RETURN

PAG E

Numeric keypad

Menu controls

PAG E

Media playback controls

PAUSE/STEP STOP PLAY

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Main controls

POWER

TITLE

SETUP

OPEN/CLOSE

Networking controls

MY MUSIC

MY PHOTOS

Press to swit ch the pla ye r 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 stopp ed, press t o open the Welcome to Setup screen for adjusting DVD and Network settings.

Press to open and clos e 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 the Connect menu appears.

Press to display the play er’ 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 the Connect menu appears.

MY VIDEOS

CONNECT

Press to displa y the pla y er’ s My Videos folder on the TV, which lists the MPEG movie files available on your networked computers. If a computer has not been detected, only the Connect menu appears.

Press to search the network for shared media. A menu will show you 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 controls

Player overview

Arrow buttons

ENTER SEARCH

DISPLAY MENU RETURN

Press to navigate on-screen menus.

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

during di sc playback. Press to display c urrent disc time and sta tus inf ormation.

Press to view the DVD’s main menu. Press to return to the Welcome to Setup screen.

Media playbac k controls

REV FWD PREV NEXT ZOOM VIDEO OUT

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 v arious lev els of ma gnification. While playback i s stopped , press re peatedly until the

setting matches your video cable connection. For more information, see “Turning on your player” on page 19.

REPEAT

A-B

SLOW

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

Press to set special playback functions, including Repeat.

Press to repeat an audio or v ideo s egmen t betwe en tw o points (A and B). For more information, see “Repeating

a scene or segment” on page 74.

Press repeatedly for slow motion playback at variable speeds.

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

Press to select among available subtitle languages during DVD/SVCD playback.

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ANGLE

PAUSE/STEP

STOP

PLAY

Press to view alternate angles during DVD playback (if available).

Press once to pause playback, and press again to step forward one frame at a time.

Press once to stop playback (press PLAY to resume). Press twice to stop playback and reset to the beginning of the disc.

Press to start playback.

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Setting Up Your

Player

This chapter describes how to connect your Gateway Connected DVD Player to your TV , audio system, and home network. Y ou 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 D5 Streaming Media Server

program and start it for the first time.

3 Connect the player to your TV, audio sy stem, and

network.

Important Write your player’s order number

inside the front cover of your user’s guide. You will need the order n umber as proof of purchase if you contact Technic al Suppor t.

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About your home netw ork

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

■ Wired Ethernet

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

■ Wireless access point

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

■ 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.

If your Gateway Connected DVD Player came with a network card , the card is one of the following types:

■ PC Card to Ethernet adapter ca rd

■ Wireless 802.11b network PC Card

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

be sure to configure the access point according to the manufacturer's i nstruct ions before co ntinuing.

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Installing Gateway D5 Str eaming Media Serv er

Installing Gatewa y D5 Streaming 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.

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

home network is working correctly.

Computer requirements

■ Computer with Pentium processor, 700 MHz or faster

■ Network connection (wire d or wireless)

■ Hard drive with at least 20 MB of free space

■ 128 MB of memory

■ CD drive

■ Network PC Card (also known as PCMCIA). A wired Ethernet adapter card

or wireless network card may already be included with your player.

■ Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows XP

To install Media Server:

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

on your computer. The install wizard starts.

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

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

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

You are pro mpted to import media.

4 If you do not have any music, movies, or pict ures on your comp uter, click

No. Your first-time setup of Media Server is complete.

- OR If you have media on your computer , click

plugins.

Yes. You are prompted to select

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.

Tips & Tricks Select only one plugin f or each type o f media. F or example ,

to import MP3 files on a computer where you have both MusicMatch J ukebo x and Windo ws Media Pl ay er installed, select only one of the two plugins.

You can select only on e pl ug in a t a ti me. 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 D5

Streaming Media Se rver” on page 53.

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Connecting the play er

Y (component/ progressive

Connecting to your audio/video system

To connect your player to your audio/video system:

Connecting the player

Cb/Pb (component/ progressive blue)

Cr/Pr (component/ progressive red)

black and white)

Video out (composite)

S-Video out

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

■ Composite video

Connect one en d of t h e supp lie d ye llo w vi de o c ab le to t he jack on the back of the player, then connect the other end to the jack on your TV.

VIDEO OUT

■ S-Video

Connect one end of an S-Video cable (not included) to the

S-VIDEO OUT jack on the back of the player, then connect the other

end to the S-Video jack on your TV.

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5.1 channel front(R)

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■ Progressive/component video (best video quality)

Connect one end of each c omponent video cable (not includ ed) 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 you r TV.

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

5.1 channel sur.(R) (surround

5.1 channel center

surround sound center)

5.1 channel sub w. (surround sound subwoofer)

5.1 chan nel sur.(L) (sur round sound left)

■ 2-channel audio (stereo)

sound right)

5.1 channel front(L)

(surround sound front left)

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

2 CH. AUDIO R and L jacks on the back of the player, then connect

(surround sound front right)

2 Ch. R (right stereo)

Optical di gital audi o

Coaxial (digital audio)

2 Ch. L (left stereo)

the other ends to the right/left audio jacks on your TV, stereo, or 2-channel anal og amplifier.

■ 5.1-channel surround analog audio

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

5.1 CHANNEL CENTER, 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 of your 5.1-channel amplifier.

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■ Digital audio (coaxial)

Connect one end of a digital coaxial cable (not included) to the

COAXIAL jack on the back of the player, then connect the other end

to the coaxial digital audio jack of your amplifier.

■ Digital audio (optical)

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

DIGITAL AUDIO

end to the optical digital audio jack of your a mplifier.

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

jack on the back of the player, then connect the other

OPTICAL DIGIT AL AUDIO ), you must set th e audio output format to match the digital decoding capabilities of your amplifier. For more information, see “Setting up digital audio” on page 39.

Installing the network car d

Do not plug in the player’ s power cord or press the P OWER button on the front until you have installed the network car d.

To install the network card:

1 Make sure that the player is turned off. 2 Insert your network PC Card (one may have been provided with your

player) into the that the network card is pressed all the way in.

NETWORK CARD slot in the back of the player. Make sure

OPTICAL

Network card slot

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Important Do not remove the card while the player is tur ned on. If

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

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

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 t he network card,

configure your video by following the instructions in “Turning on your

player” on page 19.

Installing batteries into the remote control

To install the batteries:

1 Turn the rem ote 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.

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T urning 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 ar e 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 Power LED turns yellow.

3 Turn on your TV, then use its controls to set it to the audio/video input

type connected to the player.

4 Use your audio system’s controls to set th e audio system to the input type

connected to the player.

Connecting the player

5 Press VIDEO OUT repeatedly until the setting matches your video

connection. See the table below for combinations of video settings and connections that also work. The rows on the left name the type of cable connection your player and TV use, and the columns across the top na me the video setting you can select by pressing the VIDEO OUT button.

Audio jacks Composite

setting

Composit e jack S-Video jack Interlaced

component jacks Progressive

component jacks

Best Works Works Best Works Best

S-Video

setting

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Component

setting

Progressive

Component

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6 Go to “Setting up the network” on page 20 to complete the initial setup

of your player.

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 press ing SETUP.

SETUP Press to open and close the Welcome to Setup screen.

(up and

down arrows)

(left and

right arrows) ENTER Press to activate the current selection. RETURN Press to close the Welcome to Setup screen.

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

Press to highlight options within menus.

Press to change option settings within menus.

following procedures are buttons on the remote control.

Setting up the network

Setting the Network Setup options lets your player connect to your home network. Choose one of the three setup options depe nding on your network configuration:

■ For wired Ethernet setup, see “Wired Ethernet setup” on page 21.

■ For wireless access point setup, see “Wireless access point setup” on

page 22.

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■ For wireless peer-to-peer setup, see “Wireless peer-to-peer setup” on

page 25.

Important

■

Always have Media Server running on your computer before turning on the player.

■

For help during net work setup , highlight Help, then press ENTER.

Wired Ethernet setup

To configure the player for a wired Ethernet network:

1 Make sure that your computer is on an d Media Server is running.

The Media Server icon in the Windows taskbar shows that the program is running.

If the Media Server icon has a red “x” on it, Media Server is running but cannot conne ct to the network. See “Network troubleshooting” on

page 79.

2 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

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3 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Network, then press

ENTER. The message “Loading network settings” appears, and the player

automatically connects to the wired Ethernet network. If multiple networks are available, highlight the again to select the co rrect network from the network list.

The IP address appears in the lower-right corner of the screen. To change the way the IP address is selected, see “Setting the IP address” on page 28 .

To change the player name (as it appears to other players), see “Changing

the player name” on page 2 9.

Network setting, then press ENTER

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER. Network setup is complete. 5 Press SETUP or RETURN to close the We lc o m e t o S et u p screen. 6 Go to “Customizing” on page 35 for instructions on customizing your

player’s other settings.

Wireless access point setup

To configure the player for a wireless acces s point network:

1 Make sure that your compute r is on and Media Serv er is running.

The Media Server icon in the Windows taskbar shows that the program is running.

If the Media Server icon has a red “x” on it, Media Server is running but cannot connect to the network. See “Network troubleshooting” on

page 79.

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Setting up the network

2 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

3 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Network, then press

ENTER.

4 Highlight Network, then press ENTER to search for an available network.

A list of available networks opens. Names of networks using wireless access points end with “ACC PT.”

5 Highlight one of the detected networks, then press ENTER. The message

“Joining new network please wait” appe ars, then the message “Successfully joined [network name]” appears.

6 Press ENTER to continue. The main Network menu opens.

The IP address appears in the lower-right corner of the screen. To change the way the IP a ddress is selected, see “Setting the IP address” on page 28.

To change the player name (as it appears to other players), see “Changing

the player name” on page 2 9.

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7 Highlight Security: WEP Settings, then press ENTER. 8 Highlight Key Format, then press the buttons to select either Hex digits,

ASCII characters, o r Disabled.

9 Highlight Key Size, then press the buttons to select one of the

following: If you selected

■ 64/40 bits (10 digits)

■ 128/104 bits (26 digits)

Hex digits in Step 8:

If you selected ASCII characters in Step 8:

■ 64/40 bits (5 characters)

■ 128/104 bits (13 charac ters)

10 Highlight Key Index, then press the buttons to select the key index that

matches your network’s.

11 Highlight Ke y Data , then repeatedly press the number buttons on your

remote control to enter your network’ s encryption key. Press the button to set the next character, and press

If you selected

Hex digits in Step 8, enter the key according to the table

below:

Press: For:

11, A, B, C 22, D, E, F 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 00

CLEAR to erase a character.

- OR -

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If you selected ASCII characters in Step 8, enter the key according to the table below:

Press: For:

1 1 . @ / : ‘ , ? ! - _ # * \ " $ % & + ; = ( ) < > [ ] ‘ ~ ^ { } | 2 2, A, B, C, a, b, c 3 3, D, E, F, d, e, f 4 4, G, H, I, g, h, i 5 5, J, K, L, j, k, l 6 6, M, N, O, m, n, o 7 7, P, Q, R, S, p, q, r, s 8 8, T, U, V, t, u, v 9 9, W, X, Y, Z, w, x, y, z 00

12 Highlight OK, then press ENTER. 13 Highlight OK again, then press ENTER. Network setup is complete. 14 Press SETUP or RETURN to close the We lc o m e t o Se t u p screen. 15 Go to “Customizing” on page 35 for instructions on customizing your

player’s other settings.

Wireless peer-to-peer setup

Important Wireless network cards used in a peer-to-peer network

must be set to ad hoc mode instea d of infrastructure m ode. For more information, see your network card’s documentation.

To configure the player for a wireless peer-to-peer network:

1 Make sure that your comp uter is on and Media Ser ver is running.

The Media Server icon in the Windows taskbar shows that the program is running.

If the Media Server icon has a red “x” on it, Media Server is running but cannot conne ct to the network. See “Network troubleshooting” on

page 79.

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2 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

3 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Network, then press

ENTER.

4 Highlight Network, then press ENTER. A list of available networks opens.

Names of peer-to-peer networks end with “P2P. ”

5 Highlight Create Peer-to-Peer Network, then press ENTER.

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6 Enter the name of the network by repeatedly pressing the remote control's

number buttons according to the following table. Press to set the next character, and press

CLEAR to erase a character.

Press: For:

11 2 2, A, B, C, a, b, c 3 3, D, E, F, d, e, f 4 4, G, H, I, g, h, i 5 5, J, K, L, j, k, l 6 6, M, N, O, m, n, o 7 7, P, Q, R, S, p, q, r, s 8 8, T, U, V, t, u, v 9 9, W, X, Y, Z, w, x, y, z 00

7 Highlight OK, then press ENTER. “Successfully created P2P network”

appears.

8 Press ENTER. 9 On your computer, c lick Start, Contr ol Panel, then click Network Connections.

10 Right-click Wireless Network Connection, then click View Available Wireless

Networks

11 Click the P2P network name you just created on the player, then click

Connect.

If you want to change the player name (as it appears to other players), see

“Changing the player name” on pa ge 29 .

12 On the player, highlight OK, then press ENTER on the remote control.

Network setup is complete.

13 Press SETUP or RETURN to cl ose the We lc o me t o Se t u p screen. 14 Go to “Customizing” on page 35 for instructions on customizing your

player’s other settings.

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Setting the IP address

While connecting to a network, networked devices are assigned a unique identifier known as an IP address. IP addresses are used to direct network traffic to the correct destination. An IP address is usually displayed as numbers separated by periods, such as 192.168.0.2.

To change the way the IP address is assigned:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Highlight Network, then press ENTER. 3 Highlight IP Address.

4 Press the buttons to choose one of the following:

■ DHCP (Auto) — Automatically assigns an IP address and provides other

configuration information (recommended)

Important DHCP (Dyanamic Host Configuration Protocol) is an

Internet protocol for automatically configuring computers that use TCP/IP. DHCP can be used to automatically assign IP ad dresses a nd to provid e other con figuration information.

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■ Auto I P — Lets the player obtain an IP address for itself.

■ Static (Manual) — Lets you set the IP address and Subnet Mask.

Important Static IP addresses are numeric addresses th at you assig n

to uniquely identify your network devices. Only experienced network users should manually set the IP address.

If you select Static (Manual), press the button to select “Set,” then manually enter the IP address and Subnet Mask with the 0 through 9 buttons. Highlight OK, then press ENTER to save and exit.

5 Highlight OK, then press ENTER. 6 Press SETUP or RETURN to close the We lc o m e t o S et u p screen.

Changing the player name

To change the name of the player on the network:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

Setting up the network

2 Highlight Network, then press ENTER. 3 Highlight Player Name, then use the following buttons to name the player:

■ — Press to move the text insertion point left and right.

■ 0-9 buttons — Press repeatedly to select the desired character, then

press the button to save the character and move to the next character.

■ CLEAR — Press to erase a character.

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER. 5 Press SETUP or RETURN to close the We lc o m e t o S et u p screen.

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Playing computer media files

You can play three types of computer media on your player:

■ Audio — MP3 and WMA files

■ Video — MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video files

■ Images — JPG/JPEG files

Entering Network mode

To play computer media files, your player must first enter Network mode.

To enter Network mode:

1 Make sure your computer is on and running Media Server. 2 Press the POWER button on the front of the player. If the player is in

Standby power mode, press player.

POWER on the remote control to turn on the

3 Turn on your TV, then set it to the audio/video input that is connected

to your player.

4 Turn o n your audio system if using an external amplifier or audio system,

then set it to the input connected to the player.

5 Press CONNECT on the remote control to enter Network mode. The player

connects to the network, then displays the Network main menu. Use the following remote control buttons to navigate in Network mode:

Button Function

NETWORK Press to switch between Network mode and DVD mode.

Press to move the cursor left, right, up, and down in the Network menu.

ENTER Press to make selections in the Network menu.

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Playing compu ter media files

Exiting Network mode

To exit Network mode and return to DVD mode:

■ Press the CONNECT button. The player exits Network mode and enters DVD

mode. If a DVD is in the disc tray, the DVD plays automatically.

Playing mu sic

You can play your computer’s MP3 and WMA audio files on your audio system.

To play music:

1 Enter Network mode. For more information, see page 30. 2 Highlight Audio, then press ENTER. 3 Highlight a category (for example, Artist), then press ENTER. 4 Highlight an artist, then press ENTER. 5 To play a song, highlight the song by the artist, then press ENTER.

- OR To play all songs in the current folder in a repeating loop, press

Playing a playlist

For information on creating a playlist, see “Working with playlists” on page 60.

To play a playlist:

1 Enter Network mode. For more information, see page 30. 2 Highlight Audio, then press ENTER. 3 Highlight Playlists, then press ENTER. 4 Highlight the playlist you want, then press PLAY to play the entire playlist.

- OR If you want to play only a certain song within playlist, highlight the

playlist, press

ENTER, then highlight the song and press PLAY.

PLAY

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Playin g movies

You can play MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video files from your computer on your TV.

To play a movie:

1 Enter Network mode. For more information, see page 30. 2 Highlight Video, then press ENTER. 3 To play on e movie, highlight the movie, then press ENTER.

- OR To play all movies in a repeating loop, highlight the first movie you want

to play, then press

Viewing pictures

To view a picture:

PLAY.

1 Enter Network mode. For more information, see page 30. 2 Highlight Images, then press ENTER. 3 Highlight a category, then press ENTER. 4 To view only one picture, highlight the picture you want to view, then

press

ENTER.

- OR To view all pictures in a repeating loop, press

Tips & Tricks If you view the first picture in the list, all of the remaining

pictures in the list will automatically display in a slideshow.

For information on creating a slideshow, see “Working w ith slideshows” on

page 63.

PLA Y.

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To view a slideshow:

1 Enter Network mode. For more information, see page 30. 2 Highlight Images, then press ENTER. 3 Highlight Slideshows, then press ENTER. 4 To play a slidesh ow, highlight the slideshow you w ant, then press PLAY.

- OR To display the list of pictures in the slideshow and the song for the

slideshow, highlight the slideshow you want, then press

To view thumbnails of your images:

■ While viewing an image or a slideshow, press ZOOM to view up to 16

thumbnails per screen.

Maintaining your pla yer

Maintaining your play er

ENTER.

■ Unplug the power before you clean the outside of the player. Use a damp

cloth for cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners.

■ Do not use this product near water or in damp environments, such as a

bathroom, and do not use this product near heat sources, s uch as radiators and stoves.

■ Never block the ventilation openings. Do not put the player o n a soft

surface such as a bed, couch, or carpet.

■ Do not place the power cord in a location where it can be pinched (such

as behind a hinge of a cabinet door) or step ped on, and plug the player into a surge protector instead of directly into a wall outlet. For extra protection during a lightning storm, unplug the player from the surge protector or wall outlet.

■ Do not try to service this product yourself. Opening or removing any

covers can expose you to dangerous voltages and will void the player’s warranty.

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Caring for D VDs and other discs

■ To keep the disc clean, always hold it by the edges. Do not touch the

surface. When the disc is not being played, store it in its case.

■ Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat sources. Leaving it in a

car parked in direct sunlight is likely to damage the disc because temperatures may rise considerably inside the car.

Cleaning discs

Clean discs by wiping from the center to the edge, not around in a circle, using a product, such as a soft cloth, made especially for cleaning CDs and DVDs. Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner, or anti-static spray made for vinyl records.

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Customizing

Setup menu overvie w

After the player’s audio and video cables are connected, you are ready to adjust audio , video, and parental control s.

■ For language settings, see page 36.

■ For video settings, see page 38.

■ For digital audio settings, see page 39.

■ For analog audio settings, see page 46.

■ For parental control settings, see page 51.

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Using the remote control in Setup men us

T o move through the player’ s Setup menus, press the following buttons on your remote control:

Remote Button Function

STOP Press before pre ssing SETUP.

SETUP Press to open and close the Welcome to Setup screen.

(up and

down arrows)

(left and

right arrows) ENTER Press to activate the current selection. RETURN Press to return to the Welcome to Setu p screen.

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

Press to highlight options within menus.

Press to change option settings within menus.

following procedures are buttons on the remote control.

Setting up languages

The Language menu lets you set your language preferences for DVD subtitles, DVD audio soundtracks, and DVD menu s.

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Setting up languag es

To set your language preferences:

1 On the player’s remote control, press ST OP, then press SETUP. The main

Setup menu opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Language, then press

ENTER. The Language setup menu opens.

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3 Press the buttons to highlight any of the following:

■ Subtitle

■ Audio

■ Disc Menu

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER. 5 Press SETUP or RETURN to close the We lc o m e t o S et u p screen.

Press the buttons to select English, French, Spanish, Auto, or

Off (default). Select Auto to always select the DVD’s default subtitle

language. Select subtitle selections vary among DVDs, the DVD itself may override your selection.

Press the buttons to select English (default), French, or Spanish. Because audio language selections vary among DVDs, the DVD itself may override your selection.

Press the buttons to select English (default), French, or Spanish. Because menu language selections vary among DVDs, the DVD itself may override your selection.

Off to alway s turn su btitles o ff (defau lt). Bec ause

Setting up video

The Video menu lets you set the aspect ratio (video format to match the shape of your TV screen) for DVD movies.

To set the aspect ratio:

1 On the player’s remote control, press ST OP, then press SETUP. The main

Setup menu opens.

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2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Video, then press

ENTER. The Video setup menu opens.

3 Press the buttons to select TV aspect. 4 Press the buttons to select:

■ Fullscreen (default)

Select if you have a standard 4:3 television and prefer to watch full-screen versions of DVD movies (if available).

■ Letterbox

Select if you have a standard 4:3 television and prefer to watch widescreen versions of DVD movies (if available).

■ Widescreen

Select if you have a widescreen 16:9 television.

5 Highlight OK, then press ENTER. 6 Press SETUP or RETURN to close the We lc o m e t o S et u p screen.

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 connected the player to an external amplifier that 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).

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Configuring Dolb y Digital

This setting configures the format of Dolby Digita l 5.1 output signals.

To set your Dolby Digital preferences:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Digital, then press

ENTER. The Digital audio setup menu opens.

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3 Highlight Dolby, then press the buttons to select:

■ Bitstream

Outputs raw 5.1-channel digital signals from the optical or coaxial digital audio jacks. Use this settin g when the player is connected to an external amplifier with a Dolby Digital decoder.

■ PCM

Outputs 2-channel digital audio from the optical or coax ial digital audio jacks.

■ Off

Turns off Dolby Digital output.

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

Configuring MP3 audio

This option sets the outgoing digital aud io format of MP3 tracks.

To set your MP3 output format:

Setting up digital audio

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Digital, then press

ENTER. The Digital audio setup menu appears.

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3 Highlight MP3, then press the buttons to select:

■ Bitstream

Outputs raw MP3 digital signals from the optical or coa xial digital audio jacks.

■ PCM

Outputs 2-channel digital audio from the optical or coaxial digital audio jacks.

■ Off

Turns off MP3 output.

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

Configuring CD audio

This option sets the outgoing digital aud io format of CD tracks.

To set your CD output format:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Digital, then press

ENTER. The Digital audio setup menu opens.

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3 Highlight CD, then press the buttons to select:

■ Origin (default)

Outputs CD digital audio from the optical or coaxial digital audio jacks in its original format.

■ PCM

Outputs 2-channel digital audio from the optical or coaxial digital audio jacks.

■ Off

Turns off CD audio output.

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

Configuring LPCM

This option sets the outgoing digital aud io format of LPCM tracks.

To set your LPCM output format:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

Setting up digital audio

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Digital, then press

ENTER. The Digital audio setup menu opens.

3 Highlight More, then press ENTER.

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4 Highlight LPCM, then press the buttons to select:

■ Origin (default)

Outputs the LPCM digital audio signals from the optical or co axial digital audio jacks in its original format.

■ PCM

Outputs 2-channel digital audio from the optical or coaxial digital audio jacks.

■ Off

Turns off LPCM audio output.

5 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

Configuring for other formats

This option sets the outgoing digital audio for formats not covered in the previous procedu res.

To set your digital output for other formats:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Digital, then press

ENTER. The Digital audio setup menu opens.

3 Highlight More, then press ENTER.

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4 Highlight Others, then press the buttons to select:

■ Bitstream (default)

Outputs digital audio signals from the optical or coaxial digital audio jacks.

■ PCM

Outputs 2-channel digital audio from the optical or coaxial digital audio jacks.

■ Off

Turns off a udio output for other formats.

5 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

Adjusting the speaker balance

This feature adjusts the sound balance of your 5.1-chan nel speakers system.

To run the speaker test:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Digital, then press

ENTER. The Digital audio setup menu opens.

3 Highlight More, then press ENTER. 4 Highlight Speaker Test, then press ENTER. A fiv e-second test tone is sent

to each of the six speakers in the following order: Left, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, Center, Subwoofer.

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5 Adjust the speaker levels on your amplifier as required. 6 Press STOP to cancel the test tone.

Setting up analog audio

The Analog Audio menu lets you set the format of the signal from the

5.1 cha nnel (surround) and 2 channel (stereo) audio jacks.

Configuring Pro L ogic virtual surround sound

The player has a built-in Dolby Pro Logic decode r to provide virtual surround sound for PCM (stereo) from the 5.1-channel analog audio jacks.

To adjust Pro Logic settings:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

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2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Analog, then press

ENTER. The Analog audio setup menu opens.

3 Highlight Pro Logic, then press the buttons to select:

■ Auto (D efault)

Outputs stereo audio soundtracks in Dolby Pro Logic mode.

■ On

Outputs all audio soundtracks in Dolby Pro Log ic mode.

■ Off

Turns off Dolby Pro Logic.

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

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Adjusting center delay

Use this setting to delay the sound from the center speaker so it arrives at your listening area at the same time as the left and right front speakers. Use this setting only if the center speaker is closer to your listening area than your front speakers are.

To adjust the center delay:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Analog, then press

ENTER. The Analog audio setup menu opens.

3 Highlight Ctr. Delay, then press the buttons to set the delay from

0 to 1.75 milliseconds. Assume one millisecond of delay for ever y one foot of difference in

distance. For example, if your center speaker is one foot closer than your front speakers, set the delay to 1 millisecond.

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

Adjusting surr ound delay

Use this setting to delay the sound from the surround left and right speakers so it arrives at your listening area at the same time as the left and right front speakers. Use this setting only if the surround speakers are closer to your primary listening area than your front speakers are.

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Setting up analog audio

To adjust the surround delay:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Analog, then press

ENTER. The Analog audio setup menu opens.

3 Highlight Surr. Delay, then press the buttons to set the delay from

0 to 5.25 milliseconds. Assume 1 millisecond of delay for every one foot of difference in distance.

For example, if your surround speakers are one foot closer than your front speakers, set the surround delay to 1 m illisecond.

4 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

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Defining the speaker set

Use this setting to identify the type of speakers in yo ur audio setup.

To define your speaker setup:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s arrow buttons to highlight Analog, then press

ENTER. The Analog audio setup menu opens.

3 Highlight Speaker Set, then press ENTER. The active speakers are listed. 4 Highlight each of the following speakers, then press the buttons to

turn them on or off:

■ Subwoofer

Turns subwoofer output on or off.

■ Surround

Turns left/right surround speaker output on or off.

■ Center

Turns center speaker output on or off.

5 Highlight Ctr Spkr Size, then press the buttons to select Large or Small

to indicate the relative size of the center speaker.

6 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

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Setting up parental controls

The Rating menu lets you block playback of DVDs by using a password-protected rating system. Not all DVDs are rated.

To set parental controls:

1 On the player’ s remote co ntrol, press STOP, then press SETUP. The Welcome

to Setup screen opens.

2 Use your remote control’s a rrow buttons to highlight Parental, then p ress

ENTER. The Password menu opens.

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3 Highlight Password, then press the following buttons to enter a

four-character password:

■ — Move the text insertion point left and right.

■ 0-9 buttons — Press repeatedly to select the desired character, then

■ CLEAR — Press to erase a character.

■ ENTER — Press to save the password.

4 Highlight Rating, then press the button to change the rating level. DVDs

that are rated higher than the level you select will not play without entering the correct password.

press the button to save the character and move to the next character.

If a password has already been set, you will not be able to select until you enter the correct password.

5 Highlight OK, then press ENTER.

Tips & Tricks If you f orget the Ratin g passw ord, enter 0106 to un lock the

parental control setting. Keep this password out of reach of children.

Rating

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D5 Streaming

Media Server

The Gateway D5 Streaming Media Server program lets you make the media files on your computer available to the Gateway Connected DVD Player. Media Server must be running on your computer for the DVD player to communicate with your computer.

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Compatible file formats

Media Server supports the following media formats:

Format Supported specification

Photo (at least 108 × 171 pixels)

Audio

Video (not greater th an 3 MB/sec)

■

JPG/JPEG

■

BMP

■

PSD

■

PCT

■

TIFF

■

MP3 (bit rat e at leas t 80 kbps )

■

WMA (bit rat e at leas t 48 kbps )

■

MPEG-1 an d 2

■

AVI

■

DVR-MS

Starting the program

During installation, Media Server was adde d to your Startup menu so it loads automatically when your computer starts.

To start Media Server:

1 Click the Gatew ay D5 Streami ng Media Server icon in the W indows system

tray. Media Server opens.

- OR -

Start, Programs, Gateway D5 Streaming Media Server, then click Gateway

Click

D5 Streaming Media Server

. Media Server opens.

2 For information about:

■ Importing media files, see page 55.

■ Working with media files, see page 58.

■ Working with playlists, see page 60.

■ Working with slideshows, see page 63.

■ Viewing and changing network settings, see page 66.

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Importing media fil es

Importing media files

You can import audio , video, and image files into Media Server so the DVD player can display or play them. You can import files from media programs (such as Windows Media Player) or directly from your hard drive.

Important You can import files only from hard drives, not from

mapped drives o r removab le media driv es. If you have da ta on mapped or removable drives that you want to play through the DVD player, copy the files to your hard drive and import them from the hard drive.

Importing media directly fr om your hard drive

To import media:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Options tab.

2 In the File types to scan option area, click the check boxes for the media

types you want to import.

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3 Click the Media Import tab.

4 Click the folder containing the media files you want to import.

5 Click Scan. Media files from the selected folder are imported into Media

Server. To stop the scan before it completes, click

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Importing media fil es

Importing media using plugins

Y ou can import files that are associated with a media player program into Media Server. This method of importing uses a part of the media player’s program (called a plugin) to import the files.

To import files using plugins:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Import tab.

2 Click Plugin Import. The Plugins dialog box opens.

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3 Click the plugin you want to use (for example, MusicMatch Jukebox Scanner

Windows Medi a Player Sca nner), then click Scan. Media files for the

selected plugin are imported into Media Server.

Tips & Tricks To import files using more than one plugin, do a separate

import for each plugin.

Scheduling automatic scans

You can schedule automatic scans for importing media files, or you can set a time interval for periodic scans.

To schedule automatic scans:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Import tab. 2 Click Scheduler. The Time Scheduler Options dialog box o pens. 3 Click Plugin Selector. The Plugins Time Scheduler dialog box opens. 4 From the Plugin list, click the plugin you want to use. 5 Click the Update Period you want to use:

■ Manual Only (default) — Scans will not be automatic.

■ Every — Select a preset interval to scan, from every h our to every

12 hours.

■ Time — Define a time of day to start the scan.

6 Click OK, then click OK again. The scan will occur automatically at the time

you specified, but only while the computer is on and Media Server is running.

W orking with media files

The Media Files tab in Media Server d isplays the audio, video, and p hoto files that have been imported from your hard drive into Media Server. You can list, hide, reveal, delete, and edit file attributes for each file.

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Listing media files

To list the media files on your hard drive:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Click the button for the media type you want to view in the Albums, Artists,

and

Media lists.

(All) (Audio) (Video) (Photo)

If you have not imported any media files yet, the Artist, Album, and Name panes are blank. For inst ructions on importing media, see “Importing

media files” on page 55.

Editing media file attrib utes

You can edit the attributes for all media files.

To edit media file attributes:

Working with me dia files

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Click the button for the media type you want to view in the Albums, Artists,

and

Media lists.

(All) (Audio) (Video) (Photo)

3 In the Media list, right-c lick the file you want to edit the attributes for , then

click

Edit Media details. Only one file can be edited at a time.

4 Click Edit. The Edit Media Details dialog box opens. 5 Type your changes in the Filename, Title, Artist, Album, or Genre boxes, then

click

Update.

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Deleting media files

You can delete media files from Media Server.

To delete media files:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Click the button for the media type you want to view in the Albums, Artists,

Media lists.

and

(All) (Audio) (Video) (Photo)

3 In the Media pane, right-click the file you want to delete, then click Delete

from library

TRL while clicking the file names.

4 Click Yes. The file is deleted.

or Delete From HardDrive. To select multiple files, press and hold

Important

■

Subsequent scans of your hard drive will find files that were only delted from the library.

■

T o pre vent m edia files from reappe aring in Media Server , delete them from your hard drive.

W orking with playlists

You can create, edit, rename, or delete music playlists that can be played through your DVD player. Y ou can also import playlists from other media player programs.

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Creating a ne w playlist

To create a new playlist:

1 To create a new playlist, you should first import media. For instructions,

see “Importing media files” on page 55.

2 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab.

Working with playlists

3 Click New Playlist. The Create New Playlist dialog box opens. 4 Click Music Playlists, then type a name for a list in the List name box. 5 Click OK. The new playlist appears in the Playlists list. 6 T o add album or artist tracks, click and drag the albums you want to include

in the playlist from the drag the artists you want to include in the playlist from the the playlist. The tracks are added to the playlist.

Albums list to the playlist you created, or click and

Artists list to

7 To add separate tra cks to the playlist, click the button, then click Add

Files From HardDrive

to add, click the files (hold down the C then click

Open. The tracks are added to the playlist.

. Navigate to the folder containing the files you want

TRL key to select multiple files),

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Editing a pla ylist

To edit an existing playlist:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Click the button to display only audio media. 3 In the Playlists list, click the playlist you want to edit. The files contained

in the playlist appe ar in the Media list on the right side of the dialog box.

4 Click and drag the files to change their order in the list. 5 To delete a file from the list, click the file you want to delete, then click

the button. T o select multi ple files, press a nd hold C the file names.

- OR -

TRL while clicking

Right-click the file you want to delete, then click

From HardDrive

the file names.

. T o select multiple files, press and hold CTRL while clicking

Renaming a playlist

To rename a playlist:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Right-click the playlist you want to rename, then click Rename. 3 Type the new name, then press ENTER. The name is changed.

Deleting a play list

To delete a playlist:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Right-click the playlist you want to delete, then click Delete. The playlist

is deleted.

Delete from library or Delete

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Importing a playli st

To import a playlist:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Options tab. 2 In the File types to scan option area, click the PLS playlist checkbox

(Windows Media Player playlists) or the (MusicMatch Jukebox playlists).

3 Click the Media Import tab. 4 Click Plugin Import. The Plugins dialog box opens.

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M3U playlist che ckbox

5 Click the plugin you want to use (MusicMatch Jukebox Scanner or Windows

Media Player Scanner

imported into Media Server and appear in the Media Files tab’s Playlists list.

), then click Scan. Playlists for the selected plugin are

W orking with slideshows

You can create slideshows containing images and background music. You can even import and play slideshows created in ot her media player programs.

Creating a ne w slideshow

When you create a new slideshow in Media Server, each image is displayed for five seconds, and the image list starts over again if the music has not completed by the time the last picture is finished displaying.

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To create a new slideshow:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab.

2 Click New Playlist. The Create New Playlist dialog box opens. 3 Click Slide Shows, then type a name for the slideshow in the List name box. 4 Click OK. The new slideshow appears in the Playlists list. 5 Click the button to display only photo media. 6 To add entire albums to the slideshow, click and drag the phot o albums

you want to include in the slideshow from the you created. The photos are added to the slideshow.

Albums list to the slideshow

7 To add separate photos to the slideshow, click the button, then click

Add Files From HardDrive. Navigate to the folder containing the files you

want to add, click the files (hold down the C then click

Open. The photos are add ed to the slideshow.

TRL key to select multiple files),

8 To add background music to a slideshow, click the button to display

only audio media, click the button, then click Navigate to the folder containing the music file you want to add, click the file, then click

Open. The music is added to the slideshow.

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Editing a slideshow

To edit an existing slideshow:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Click the button to display only photo media. 3 In the Playlists list, click the slideshow you want to edit. The files contained

in the slideshow appear in the Media list on the right side of the dialog box.

4 Click and drag the files to change their order in the list. 5 To delete a file from the list, click the file you want to delete, then click

the button. T o select multi ple files, press a nd hold C the file names.

- OR -

Working with slideshows

TRL while clicking

Right-click the file you want to delete, then click

From HardDrive

the file names.

. T o select multiple files, press and hold CTRL while clicking

Renaming a slideshow

To rename a slideshow:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Right-click the slideshow you want to rename, then click Rename. 3 Type the new name, then press ENTER. The name is changed.

Deleting a slideshow

To delete a slideshow:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Media Files tab. 2 Right-click the slideshow you want to delete, then click Delete. The

slideshow is deleted.

Delete from library or Delete

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Viewing and c hanging network settings

You can view and change the following information about your computer’s network settings:

■ Network information

■ Network status

■ Network adapter status

■ Language

Changing the computer name

You can change the co mputer’s name as it appea rs on the D VD play er men us.

To change the computer name:

1 On the computer you want to change the name for, open Media Server,

then click the

System tab.

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2 Click Change. The New - Server Name dialog box opens. 3 Type the name you want, then c lick Update Name. 4 Restart your computer for the new name to take affect.

Selecting the netw ork card

If your computer has more than one network adapter card installed, you must select the card to use for the network connected to your DVD player.

To select the network card:

1 Open Media Server, click the System tab, then click Cha nge Adapter. The

Network Adapters dialog box opens.

2 Click the appropriate network adapter card, then click OK.

Changing the language

You can change the language for the Media Server program.

To change the language:

1 Open Media Server, then click the Options tab. 2 Click the Change Language list, then click the language you want from the

list.

3 Click Apply. The change in language takes effect the next time you start

the Media Server program .

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Playing Media

Playing discs

Before you begin:

1 Turn on the player using the POWER button on the

front of the player. If the player is in Standby power mode, press LED turns yellow.

2 Turn on your TV, then set it to the audio/video input

connected to the DVD player.

3 Turn on your audio system (if using an external

amplifier or audio system), then set it to the audio input connected to the DVD player.

POWER on the remote control. Th e Power

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To play a disc:

1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the remote control or on the front of the player . Th e

disc tray opens.

2 Place the disc in the tray with the label side fac ing up. If the disc has no

label and both sides are playable, make sure that the playback side you want is facing down.

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3 Press OPEN/CLOSE to close the d isc tray. The disc begins playing. If the disc

is scratched, dirty, or if the DVD is not encoded for Region 1, the disc will not play.

4 If the disc does not automatically begin playing, press PLAY on the

remote control or on the front of the player.

Warning Always press STOP to stop playback of a disc before

turning off the player.

5 Press the following remote control buttons for other playback features:

Button Function PAUSE/STEP

PREV/NEXT REV/FWD

SLOW

STOP

Press to freeze at the current frame during playback. Press again to advance one frame at a time. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.

Press to skip to the previous or next chapter or track. Press repeatedly to scan backward or f orward at variab le

speeds during playback. Press repeatedly to play in slow motion at variable

speeds. Press to stop playback, then press PLAY to resume

playback. Press STOP twice to stop playback and start over at the main menu.

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6 Press the following remote control buttons to navigate within disc menus:

Button Function MENU

ENTER 0-9 RETURN

CLEAR

Press to display the disc menu for the currently loaded disc.

Press to move the cursor left, right, up, and down in the disc menu.

Press to make se lections in the disc m enu. Press to make direct selections in some disc menus. Press to display the previous menu or to close the disc

menu. Press to erase a chara cter when entering names in some

menus.

Playing MP3 CDs

You can play MP3 files that have been burned (recorded) onto a CD-R or CD-RW.

Important To ensure proper playb ack of d iscs b urned from MP3 fi les,

make sure that the files on the MP3 CD have been recorded at a bit rate of at least 128 kbps.

If there are any gaps (blank data) on multi-session discs, you may experience playback problems.

To play an MP3 CD:

1 Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc containing MP3 files into the disc tray. The

MP3 main menu opens.

Important Depending on the number of tracks or folders on the CD,

2 To select a different folder, use the arrow buttons to highlight the name

of the folder you want, then press

the player may take up to one minute to read the CD. If the CD contains multiple folders, only the first folder’s

contents are displ ayed. Folder track names are abbreviated to twelve characters.

ENTER.

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3 To play a track, use the arrow buttons to navigate to the track you want,

then press

■ To move up and down the track list, press the buttons.

■ To move to the previous or next page, press the buttons.

■ To skip to the previous or next track, press PREV or NEXT .

ENTER.

4 To st o p p l a y b a c k , p r e s s STOP .

To create a custom playlist for an MP3 CD:

1 Highlight Browse Disc, then press EN TER. 2 Highlight a track you want to add to the playlist, then press ENTER. Repeat

for each track you want to a dd.

3 When you are finished, highlight Create Pro g, then press ENTER. The tracks

you selected are displayed.

4 Highlight the first track, then press PLAY to play the playlist.

Accessing advanced features

Playing discs

Selecting a title

When you play a DVD that contains more than one title, y ou can select the title you want.

To select the title:

1 Press TITLE. The DVD’s Title menu opens. If no Title menu opens, the DVD

does not contain multiple titles.

2 Press the or 0-9 buttons to select a title, then press ENTER to start

playback.

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Repeating a scene or segment

You can repe at any segment of a DVD or C D indefinitely.

To repeat a disc segment:

1 Press A-B during playback to select the starting point (point A). 2 Press A-B again to select the ending point (point B). The segment repeats

in a continuous loop.

3 Press A-B again to cancel.

Adjusting the zoom of the image

You can adjust the zoo m (scale) of the on-screen imag e during DVD pl ayback.

To adjust the zoom of the DVD image:

■ Press ZOOM repeatedly. The size of the on-screen image is progressively

increased, then zoom turns off.

Changing angles

Some DVDs contain scenes filmed from multiple angles. If additional angles are available for a scene, the Angle icon is displayed during playback.

To change the selected angle:

1 Press ANGLE when you see the Angle icon appear on screen during DVD

playback.

2 Press ANGLE repeatedly to select from all available angles on the disc. You

cannot change the angle setting during VCD playback.

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Displaying subtitles

On some DVDs, you can select subtitles in various languages.

To change subtitles:

1 Press SUBTITLE during DVD playback. Subtitles appear on the bottom of

the TV screen.

2 Press SUBTITLE repeatedly to select from all available subtitle languages,

or to turn subtitles off.

Selecting audio format

On some DVDs, you can select from multiple audio formats, such as Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2-channel ste reo. You may also be able to select soundtracks in multiple languages.

To select the audio format or soundtrack:

1 Press AUDIO during DVD playback. The selected audio format or soundtrack

changes.

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2 Press AUDIO repeatedly to select from all available audio formats or

soundtracks.

Searching for a location on the disc

You can jump to a specific time, title, chapter, or track on the disc.

To search for a specific location on the disc:

1 Press SEARCH during disc playback. The Search menu opens. 2 Press the buttons to select Time, Title/Chapter, or Track. 3 Press 0-9 to enter the time, title/chapter, or track you want. Press CLEAR

to delete a character.

4 Press ENTER to start playback at the location you specifi ed.

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T urning on progressive scan

If you connected the player to your TV using the Component Out jacks, you can change the video output to Progressive Scan for superior video quality.

To turn on progres sive scan:

■ While playback is stopped, press VIDEO OUT repeatedly to cycle through

the vide o setti ngs un til “Prog ress ive Sca n” app ears o n the s creen . You need to set this only once.

Displaying disc information on the screen

You can select the type of information to display on the TV screen during DVD playback.

To select the information to display:

1 Press DISPLAY to view information about the disc being played. 2 Press DISPLAY once to view elapsed/remaining time. 3 Press DISPLAY again for deta iled disc information such as disc type, title

number, chapter number, angle number, audio soundtrack, and subtitle language.

4 Press DISPLAY again to turn off the display.

Selecting audio channels

You can select a specific audio channel from all the available audio channels.

To select an audio channel:

1 Press AUDIO during VCD playback. 2 Press AUDIO repeatedly to select the audio channel you want to hear, such

STEREO, LEFT, and RIGHT.

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Playing pho to CDs

Photo CDs contain JPG images that you can view on your TV.

To view images on a photo CD:

1 Insert a photo CD into the disc tray. The first image on the disc displays

on the TV screen.

2 To display the previous or next image, press PREV or NEXT . 3 To display a specific image, press the 0-9 buttons to enter the image

number, then press

4 To see the nu mber of the current image, press DISPLAY. 5 To view up to 16 thumbnails of the pictures per page, press TITLE, press

the arrow buttons to highlight the image you want to display, then press

ENTER.

To manipulate the displayed image:

ENTER.

Playing discs

1 To rotate a picture 180°, press the button. 2 To rotate a picture in 90° increments, press the ANGLE button. 3 To magnify an ima ge, pres s ZOOM. While an image is magnified, press

the buttons to scroll the image.

4 To return to normal, press the button.

To create a slideshow of images on a photo CD:

1 Press the buttons to highlight Browse Disc, then press ENTER. 2 Highlight an image you want to add to the slideshow, then press ENTER.

Repeat for each image you want to add .

3 When you are finished, highlight Create Prog, then press ENTER. A list of

the pictures you selected is displayed.

4 Highlight the first image, then press PLAY. The slideshow plays. 5 To stop the slideshow a nd re-open the menu, press STOP.

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Troubleshooting

This chapter provides some solutions to common networking and DVD problems. If the suggestions in this chapter do not correct the problem, see “Getting help” on

page 84.

Network tr oubleshooting

The DVD play er cannot connect to the netw ork.

■ Make sure that Gateway D5 Streaming Media Server is

installed and running on the computer.

■ Make sure that you have selected a network card in the

Media Server program. For more information, see

“Selecting the network card” on page 67.

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■ Make sure that your computer has an IP address assigned to it. To check,

open Media Server, then click the

■ Make sure that you do not have a software firewall activated, such as

Norton Antivirus or the Windows XP firewall.

When I try to set up a network connection at the pla yer , I get the message “No Network Card. Please insert a supported card and restart.”

■ Make sure that the network PC Card is installed correctly. For more

information, see “Installing the network card” on page 17.

■ Make sure that the PC Card you are using is a supported card. View a list

of supported PC Cards at support.gateway.com

The DVD pla yer searches for a computer , but cannot fi nd one.

■ Make sure that the network PC Card is installed correctly. For more

information, see “Installing the network card” on page 17.

■ Make sure that Gateway D5 St reaming Media Ser ver is running on the

computer.

■ Turn the DVD player off, then turn it back on again.

About tab.

■ Restart the computer.

No songs are found when I try to import the files into Media Server .

■ Open music files in a media player program such as Windows Media Player ,

then import music files into the Gateway D5 Streaming Media Server program us ing the a ppropriat e plugin. For more information, see

“Importing media using plugins” on page 57.

A song starts playing, then it stops fo r no reason.

■ Try to play the song again. If the song still does not start, make sure that

your network connection is working.

■ If your network uses a wireless access point, restart the access po int, then

restart the switch or router.

Media Server cannot find music files that I know are th ere.

■ Make sure that Media Server is installed and running on the computer that

has the music files.

■ Make sure that the songs are supported formats (MP3 and WMA).

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■ Songs must meet the bit rate requirements (at least 80 kbps for MP3, at

least 48 kbps for WMA). If the media file does not meet the bit rate requirements of the DVD player, the file is not displayed.

Media Server cannot find pict ure files that I know are t here.

■ Make sure that Media Server is installed and running on the computer that

has the picture files.

■ Place all pictures within a single folder on your computer , then import the

images into Media Server. For more information, see “Importing media

directly from your hard drive” on page 55

Media Server cannot find all of my pictures.

■ Make sure that the pictures are JPEG or JPG format.

■ Pictures must be at least 171 pixels in width and 108 pixels in height.

Media Server cannot find the movies on my har d drive.

■ Make sure that Media Server is installed and running on the computer that

has the movie files.

■ Open movie files in a media player program such as Windows Media Player,

then import them into Media Server. For more information, see “Importing

media using plugins” on page 57.

■ Make sure that they are supported movie formats (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2).

AVI files are not supported.

■ MPEGs must not have a display rate greater than 3 MB/sec.

D VD troubleshooting

The player does not hav e power .

■ Make sure that the AC power cord is securely plugged into the wall outlet.

■ Make sure that the POWER button on the front of the player is pressed in.

■ Make sure that the player is not in sleep mode (press POWER on the remo te

control).

No picture appears on my TV.

■ Make sure that the video cables are securely plugged into the player and

the TV.

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■ If the video cables are damaged, replace them.

■ Make sure that the player is connected to the correct TV input.

■ Make sure that the video input on the TV is set to view the DVD player.

■ Make sure that video is set to the correct mode. Press the VIDEO OUT button

on the remote control until a picture is visible.

The picture on my TV has a lot of static, or “noi se”

■ Make sure that the DVD is not dirty or flawed.

■ If the picture output from your player goes through your VCR to get to

your TV, the copy-protection signal used on some DVDs could diminish the picture quality . Try connecting the player directly to the TV. If you still experience problems, try connecting your player to your TV’s S-Video input.

The DVD picture does not fi ll the screen on my standar d television.

■ Change the aspect ratio. For more information, see “T o set the aspect ratio:”

on page 38.

■ If the picture does not change, the DVD’s aspect ratio may be fixed and

cannot be adjusted.

No sound plays while playing media thr ough the player .

■ Make sure that all aud io cables are securely plugg ed in.

■ If any audio or speaker cabl es are damaged, replace them.

■ Make sure that the volume is turned up on your TV.

■ Make sure that the player’s audio settings match your TV and audio system

settings.

■ The player may be in Pause, Slow Motion, or Forward/Reverse Scan mode.

Press

PLAY on the remote control to return to normal playback mode.

There is no surround effect duri ng playback of Dolb y Digital soundtrack.

■ Make sure your audio cables are correctly connect ed. For more

information, see “Connec ting the player” o n page 15.

■ Depending on the DVD, the audio output may not use all 5.1 channels,

but instead output mono or stereo sound, even if the soundtrack is recorded in Dolby Digital format.

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I keep hearing a loud hu m or noise.

■ Make sure that all components in your audio system are securely

plugged in.

■ Make sure that you ke ep your audio system’s cables away from a

transformer or motor, and that you keep them at least 10 feet away from a TV or fluorescent lights.

■ Move your TV away from your audio components.

■ The plugs and jacks may be dirty . Unplug them, then wipe them clean with

a cloth slightly moistened with isopropyl alcohol.

■ Clean the DVD.

The remote control does not wo rk.

■ Point the remote control directly at the sensor on the front of the player.

■ Remove any obstacles between the remote control and the player.

■ Move closer to the player when using the remote control.

■ Replace the batteries.

The DVD does not play.

■ Make sure that there is a DVD in the tray.

■ If the DVD has two playable sides, make sure that the side you want to

play is facing down in the tray.

■ The DVD may be warped and unplayable.

■ The region code on the DVD may not be Region 1.

■ Moisture may have condensed inside the player. Remove the DVD and

leave the player turned on for about half an hour to dry the condensation.

The DVD does not start playi ng from the beginning.

■ Resume Play is active. Press STOP twice, then restart DVD playback.

When I play a DVD , the v oice audio is really quiet, b ut the music is really loud.

■ Y our player may be outputting a 5.1-channel sound signal, while you have

only stereo speakers connected. Check your audio settings and speaker connections.

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Chapter 6: Troubleshoo ting

Getting help

If the troubleshooting information in this chapter does not solve your problem, contact Gateway Technical Support at 800-846-2301, Monday through Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Central Time.

TDD technical support (for the hearing impaired) is available weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Central Time, and weekends from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time .

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Specifications

Video

Video Out 1.0Vp-p 75Ω sync, negative polarity, RCA pin

jack (1)

S-Video Out (separate Y and C signal output)

Component Video Out (progressi ve/ interlace scan modes)

Supported video and image formats

Audio

Analog Out 1.85V(rms)/10kΩ RCA L/R pin jack (1) Coaxial Out 0.5Vp-p 75

Y: 1.0Vp-p 75 C: 0.286Vp-p 75

Y: 1.0Vp-p 75Ω Cb: 0.7Vp-p 75Ω Cr: 0.7Vp-p 75Ω

MPEG1: <3 Mbps MPEG2: <3 Mbps JPEG/JPG: >25 Kbps

Ω sync, negative polarity

Ω

Ω; RCA pin jack (1)

Chapter A: Specifications

Optical Out Optical fiber transmitter Frequency response 20 Hz to 20 kHz Signal-to-noise ratio 90 dB Total harmonic

distortion Supported audio

formats

Less than 0.05%

WMA: >48 Kbps MP3: >80 Kbps

General

Power requirements 120 VAC, 60 Hz Power consumption <25 W Video standard NTSC Weight (approximate) 5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg) Dimensions

(approximate)

DVD player: 16.9 × 11.6 × 2.2 inches (430 × 295 × 55 mm) Remote cont rol: 7.3 × 1.8 × 1 inches (185 × 45 × 25 mm)

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Safety,

Regulatory , and

Legal Information

Regulatory compliance statements

United States of America

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Unintentional emitter per FCC Part 15

This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a r esidential installation.

Appendix A: Safety, Reg ulatory, and Legal I nformation

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may caus e harmful interference to radi o or television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television recept ion, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

■

Reorient or relocate the receiving an tenna

■

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver

■

Connect the equipment to an outlet on a different circuit from that to which the receiver is connected

■

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Compliance Accessories: The accessories associated with this equipment are: shielded video cable. These accessories are required to be used in order to ensure compliance with FCC rules.

Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by

Gateway could void the FCC c om pli anc e and ne gate your authority to operate the product.

Canada

Industry Canada (IC) Unintentional emitter per ICES-003

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the radio interferenc e regulations of Industry Canada.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans le règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par Industrie Canada.

Laser safety statement

All Gateway systems equipped with CD and DVD drives comply with the appropriate safety standards, including IEC 825. The laser devices in these components are classified as “Class 1 Laser Products” under a US Department of Health and Human Services ( DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard. Should the unit ever need servicing, contact an authorized service location.

Warning Use of controls or adjustments or performance of

procedures other than those specified in this manual may result in hazardous radiation exposure. To prevent exposure to lase r beams , do n ot try to open the enc losure of a CD or DVD drive.

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Macro vision statement

If your computer has a DVD drive and an analog TV Out port, the following paragraph applies:

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovisi on Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Rev erse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

California Pr oposition 65 W arning

Warning This product co ntai ns ch em ic als, including lead, known to

the State of Calif ornia to cause cancer and/ or birth defects or reproductive harm.

Notices

This publication is protected by copyright and all rights are reserved. No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or in any f orm, without prior consent in writing from Gateway.

The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is belie ved t o be accurate. Howe ver , changes are made periodically. These changes are incorporated in newer publication editions. Gateway ma y improve and/or change products described in this publication at any time. Due to continuing system improvements, Gatewa y is not responsible for inaccurate information which may appear in this manual. F or the latest product updates, consult the Gateway W eb site at www.gateway.com exemplary, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect or omission in this manual, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

In the interest of continued product development, Gatew ay reserves the right to make improv ements in this manual and the products it describes at any time, without notices or obligation.

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. In no event will Gate way be liab le for di rect, indirect, special,

Notices

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Professional PCs, Gateway Profile, Gatewa y Solo, green stylized GATEWAY , green stylized Gate wa y logo, Gateway Teacher:)Ware, Gateway Video:)W are, HelpSpot, Inf orManager, J ust click it!, Learn@Gatewa y, Kids BackPack, SER VE-T O-ORDER, Server Watchdog, the Spotted G Gatewa y Logo and the Spotted G Logo , SpotShop, Spotshop.com, and Your:)Ware are trademarks of Gateway, Inc. Intel, Intel Inside logo, and P entium are registered trademarks and MMX is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS, and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only , and may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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MAN CONNECT DVD PLAYER GDE R2 8/03

Gateway DVD Player User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Features

Compatible discs

Play er overview

Front controls

Back

Audi o ja cks

Network card slot

Video jacks

Remote control

Main controls

Networking controls

Numeric keypad

Menu controls

Media playbac k controls

About your home netw ork

Installing Gateway D5 Str eaming Media Serv er

Computer requirements

To install Media Server:

Connecting the play er

Connecting to your audio/video system

To connect your player to your audio/video system:

Installing the network car d

To install the network card:

Installing batteries into the remote control

To install the batteries:

T urning on your player

To turn on your player:

Navigating the pla yer’ s setup menus

Setting up the network

Wired Ethernet setup

To configure the player for a wired Ethernet network:

Wireless access point setup

To configure the player for a wireless acces s point network:

Wireless peer-to-peer setup

To configure the player for a wireless peer-to-peer network:

Setting the IP address

To change the way the IP address is assigned:

Changing the player name

To change the name of the player on the network:

Playing computer media files

Entering Network mode

To enter Network mode:

Exiting Network mode

To exit Network mode and return to DVD mode:

Playing mu sic

To play music:

Playing a playlist

To play a playlist:

Playin g movies

To play a movie:

Viewing pictures

To view a picture:

To view a slideshow:

To view thumbnails of your images:

Maintaining your pla yer

Caring for D VDs and other discs

Cleaning discs

Customizing

Setup menu overvie w

Using the remote control in Setup men us

Setting up languages

To set your language preferences:

Setting up video

To set the aspect ratio:

Setting up digital audio

Configuring Dolb y Digital

To set your Dolby Digital preferences:

Configuring MP3 audio

To set your MP3 output format:

Configuring CD audio

To set your CD output format:

Configuring LPCM

To set your LPCM output format:

Configuring for other formats

To set your digital output for other formats: