Honeywell AutomationServer User Manual

Honeywell

Automation

Server

With Digital Deck

Advanced Media

Manager

User Guide

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Title, Part, and Release Numbers

Title: Digital Deck Entertainment System User Guide
Part Number: DD000300-01010003
Release Number: v HW01
Information in this guide is subject to change without notice and does not

constitute a commitment on the part of Digital Deck, Inc. It is supplied on an “as
is” basis without any warranty of any kind, either explicit or implied. Information
may be changed or updated in this guide at any time.

This material was written and produced by Lasselle-Ramsay, Mountain View,
CA (www.lr.com).

Table of Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-vii

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-viii

Chapter 1 Digital Deck Entertainment Sys­tem Overview

System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

HAS Component Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

HAS (Honeywell Automation Server) . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

eDeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

How the HAS with AMM Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

“Connected Home” Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Digital Deck Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

“Whole Home” Digital Video Recorder . . . . . . . . 1-14

Chapter 2 Watching Television

Television Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Changing Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Surfing Channels Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Using the Channel Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Searching for Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Using the Transport Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

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Chapter 3 Recording Shows

Recording Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Recording a Live Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Scheduling a Show to be Recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Managing Your Scheduled Recordings . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Prioritize Your Scheduled Recordings . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Recording Function Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Watch Recorded Shows and Digital Video Files . 3-15

Chapter 4 Enjoying Your Entertainment Me­dia Files

PC Files Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Managing Your Digital Entertainment Media Files . 4-2

Adding Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Deleting Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Creating Playlists and Slide Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Watching Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Viewing Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Viewing Slide Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

Chapter 5 Playing DVDs and Video Tapes

Playing DVDs and Video Tapes Overview . . . . . . . . 5-2

Watching Video Locally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Watching Video from a Video Device in Another Room

5-5

Controlling Devices Connected to an Deck . . . . . . 5-8

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Chapter 6 Searching for Media

Searching Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Searching for Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Network and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Glossary Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

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Preface

The Honeywell Automation Server (HAS) with Digital
Deck Advanced Media Manger (AMM) combines
leading-edge entertainment features, such as media
server and whole-home DVR, to deliver a wide range of
entertainment—including music, photography, TV, and
movies—throughout the home. AMM addresses the
individual entertainment preferences of every member of
your household.

With Digital Deck AMM you can watch, pause, and
rewind live TV, record your favorite shows with the
touch of a button, watch recorded shows in any room,
view slideshows of your digital photos from any TV,
listen to your digital music through any TV or stereo, and
watch movies from DVD players or VCRs anywhere in
the house. Now, live and recorded entertainment can be
enjoyed wherever and whenever you like.

This User Guide will show you how to take advantage of
these and other entertainment features of your HAS with
a simple click on your Digital Deck remote control.

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About This Guide

About This Guide 0

Each chapter in this User Guide contains a functionality
overview and step-by-step, illustrated procedures that
walk you through the individual features of the HAS
system.

Chapter 1: Digital Deck Entertainment Network
Overview—Learn more about your Digital Deck system,

its components, and its unique features.

Chapter 2: Watching Television—Learn how to use the

Digital Deck television features to find and view
programs.

Chapter 3: Recording Shows—Learn how to record,

prioritize recordings, and view recorded programs.

Chapter 4: Viewing Your Entertainment Media F iles—

Learn how to manage and play your digital music, photo,
and video entertainment files.

Chapter 5: Playing DVDs and Video Tapes—Learn

how to access and control your VCR and DVD players on
Digital Deck from any room.

Chapter 6: Searching for Media—Find your favorite

shows and all of your digital music, photo, and video files
on the Digital Deck.

Chapter 7: Troubleshooting—Frequently Asked

Questions and customer support information.

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Digital Deck

Entertainment

System Overview

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Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

System Overview

System Overview 1

HAS with AMM is a “whole-home” entertainment
system that enables you to place all of your home
entertainment devices on a single network. This allows
you to play any source of video or audio in your home on
any television or stereo receiver on your home network.
Not only can you play media from any room in your
home, you can also control all devices on the network,
regardless of the room in which they are located.

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Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

System Overview

Once your HAS has been installed and set up by an
installation specialist, you can take advantage of the
following functionality:

■

Watch, record, pause, rewind, and foward live
television.

■

Watch previously recorded shows.

■

Listen to MP3s and music playlists.

■

View digital photographs and slide shows.

■

Enjoy entertainment from any VCR or DVD player in
any room, no matter where the devices are physically
located.

■

Find any live or recorded media on the Digital Deck,
including stored digital media.

■

Control all home entertainment devices that are
connected to the Digital Deck from any room.

NOTE The term device describes any home electronic

device installed on the HAS network such as a cable/
satellite receiver, DVD player, amplifier/receiver, and
VCR.

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HAS Component Overview

HAS Component Overview 1

The HAS network is made up of three primary
components:

■

The HAS as a media server

■

An eDeck located in each room where you have
entertainment sources (satellite/cable box, DVD
player, etc.) or TVs

■

A Digital Deck remote control for each eDeck

HAS (Honeywell Automation Server) 1

HAS is a media server and whole-home DVR. It runs
Digital Deck’s Advance Media Manager (AMM) software
and stores recorded TV and personal content on its 250
GB hard drive. It is the “brains” of the HAS system. The
HAS is built into your wall much like the fuse box in your
home.

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HAS Component Overview

The HAS “talks” to the eDecks over the home Ethernet
network.

NOTE The HAS graphic shown here is used throughout

this User’s Guide to depict Honeywell’s HAS

NOTE Your HAS is connected to a live Internet

connection, which enables it to download the Electronic
Program Guide (EPG) software updates on a nightly
basis. This also ensures that you are always running the
latest release from your HAS.

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HAS Component Overview

eDeck 1

eDeck units allow you to place “analog devices” (such as
your satellite/cable box, DVD player, and VCR) on your
home Ethernet network. eDecks are located in any room
where you have audio or video sources with content you
want to share across your entertainment system.

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Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

The eDeck performs the following functions:

■

Receives entertainment content from connected cable
and/or satellite receivers, DVD players, VCRs, or
other devices and sends the entertainment content to
the HAS.

■

Receives entertainment content from the HAS.

An eDeck also communicates IR codes to the HAS, which
relays the IR codes to the connected devices. This enables
you to control connected devices from any room on the
Digital Deck entertainment system.

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Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

The eDeck receives digital input from devices such as a
DVD player, or a cable or satellite receiver, and converts
that input into digital signals that are sent to the HAS.
The eDeck also converts digital signals received from the
HAS, converts them to analog, and outputs the converted
signals to your television and/or stereo receiver.

Ethernet

Amplifier/Receiver

Cable/Satellite Receiver

eDeck

DVD Player/VCR

Television

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HAS Component Overview

Remote Control 1

The Digital Deck remote control replaces the remote
controls for all devices on your HAS system. You can use
the Digital Deck remote control to control all devices that
are connected to your entertainment system. The remote
control will enable you to perform network functions
such as:

■

Change channels.

■

Adjust volume and mute sound.

■

Select and navigate Digital Deck menus.

■

Search for media on Digital Deck.

■

Record live television.

■

Operate the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) functions.

■

Turn on/off power to devices on the Digital Deck
entertainment system.

■

Control functions of devices on the Digital Deck
entertainment system.

■

Access Help guidelines for Digital Deck functions.

See the illustration on the following page for a detailed
description of the remote control functions.

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HAS Component Overview

Digital Deck Remote Control Functions

Power on/off

- Photo Guide

- Music Guide

- Info Header

- Schedule
record

- Main Menu

- Guide
navigator

Navigation
arrows

Help - Provides on­screen help options

- Return to Live

- OK an action

Channel
controls

Search

Previous

Previous
channel

channel

Select

Alpha­numeric
buttons

Mute
Digital Deck and

manual network
mode control

- Video Guide

- Channel Guide
Volume controls
Option - Provides

on-screen function­specific options

- Page up

- Page down

- Stop for DVR

- Cancel out of a
functional screen

Record

Transport controls:

- Previous

- Next

- Jump Back/Fwd

- Pause

- Rewind

- Fast Forward

- Play

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How the HAS with AMM Works

How the HAS with AMM Works 1

The HAS is the backbone of the network and acts as a
“traffic cop” to manage the content on the HAS network.
It runs the AMM and controls the eDecks. The eDecks
connect your television and home entertainment devices
in each room to the HAS using an Ethernet connection.
And because all of the rooms are on the same network,
you have the ability to control all of the connected
devices, throughout your home, using a single remote
control.

This is an example of a multiple-room Digital Deck
system:

PC

eDeck

Cable/Satellite Receiver

Television Television

Ethernet Router

eDeck

DVD/VCR

Amplifier/Receiver

Cable/Satellite Receiver

HAS

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Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

“Connected Home” Entertainment

“Connected Home”
Entertainment 1

HAS with AMM is an amazingly flexible and powerful
“connected home” entertainment system. Each room can
be connected to the HAS entertainment system, and the
devices in each room are accessible from any room on the
network. This gives you options that enhance your
entertainment experience:

■

View DVDs and video tapes playing in another room.

■

Record live shows while watching a DVD or video.

■

Pause live shows and resume the show in another
room.

■

Listen to MP3s and view digital photos and home
videos that are stored on the HAS.

NOTE Many of the advanced viewing functions

require that your HAS is set up with multiple cable or
satellite receivers in multiple rooms.

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“Connected Home” Entertainment

Digital Deck Main Menu 1

Every function on HAS can be accessed via the Main
Menu. By using the navigation arrow buttons on your
remote control, you can access function-specific menus
on the Main Menu:

■

Find shows in the Channel Guide.

■

Find and play recorded shows, video content, and
home videos.

■

Schedule shows to be recorded.

■

Find and play MP3 music.

■

Find and view digital photos and slide shows.

■

Search for live and recorded digital media.

NOTE Quick access buttons for each of these functions are

also provided on the remote control.

See Digital Deck

Remote Control Functions, on page 1-10.

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“Connected Home” Entertainment

“Whole Home” Digital Video Recorder 1

Digital Deck features an integrated Digital Video
Recorder (DVR) that gives you the ability to record,
pause, rewind, foward, and skip live and recorded video
from any room on the Digital Deck. This provides you
with many viewing options.

A single cable/satellite receiver on a multi room Digital
Deck provides the following features:

■

Watch live television in multiple rooms.

■

Record, pause, rewind, foward, or skip a live or
recorded show.

■

Schedule a show to be recorded at a later date.

■

Watch live television in one room while watching a
recorded show in another room.

■

Pause live television in one room and resume
watching the show in another room.

By adding at least one more satellite/cable receiver to
your Digital Deck, you can expand the available features:

■

Watch two or more live shows in different rooms.

■

Watch a live television show while recording a
different show in the same room.

■

Record two shows at the same time.

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Watching Television

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Watching Television

Television Overview

Television Overview 2

Finding and watching your favorite shows is easy and
intuitive with Digital Deck. You can leisurely surf
channels, search the Channel Guide for your favorite
shows, find a show by name using Search, or use the
Digital Video Recorder (DVR) features to record, pause,
rewind, or forward any show at any time.

NOTE The term device describes any home electronic

devices installed on the Digital Deck entertainment
system such as a cable/satellite receiver, DVD player,
amplifier/receiver, and VCR.

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Watching Television

Getting Started

Getting Started 2

Press the Power button and it turns on your television
and amplifier/receiver (if installed) that are connected to
the eDeck in that room. When the television screen comes
on, it will display the last channel viewed and the Info
Header across the top of the screen.

The Info Header is your quick information guide to the
show you are currently viewing. It comes up each time
you turn on the system and change channels.

■

Press the Info button at any time to display the Info
Header.

■

Press the Info button a second time to open a
description of the show.

■

Press the Info button again to close the Info Header.

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Watching Television

Changing Channels

Changing Channels 2

There are multiple ways you can change channels and
find shows:

■

Surf channels manually using the remote control.

■

Search for shows in the Channel Guide.

Surfing Channels Manually 2

Use the remote control to surf channels in multiple ways:

■

Change channels, one at a time, with the Channel
control buttons.

■

Press the Last button to return to the previous show.

■

Enter a channel number using the alphanumeric
buttons

Channel
controls +/-

Previous
channel

and press the Select button.

Alphanumeric
buttons

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Watching Television

Changing Channels

Using the Channel Guide 2

The Channel Guide lists all of the channels provided by
your cable or satellite tuner.

To find shows using the Channel Guide

1 Press the Chan button to open the Channel Guide.

NOTE You can also find the Channel Guide in the

Main Menu by pressing the Menu button.

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Watching Television

Changing Channels

2 Navigate the Channel Guide to locate your show:

– Press the Up/Down arrow buttons to scroll up

or down the show listings, one listing at a time.

– Press the Page Up and Page Down buttons

to move from page to page.

– Enter the channel number using the alphanumeric

buttons on the remote control.

– Press the Left/Right arrow buttons to view

shows that precede or follow a show on a given
channel.

3 Press the Select button to view your show.

NOTE Unlike conventional channel guides, which

only allow you to see two-hour blocks, the Digital
Deck Channel Guide always displays the current
show and the previous and next shows.

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Watching Television

Searching for Shows

Searching for Shows 3

Another way to find a show is to use the search function.
This is useful when you want to find a show without
roaming the Channel Guide, or when you want to see all
occurrences of a show.

To search for shows

1 Press the Find button to open the Search menu.

NOTE You can also find Search in the Main Menu by

pressing the Menu button.

2 Highlight the Video option and press the Select

button to open the on-screen keypad.

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Watching Television

Searching for Shows

3 Enter a full or partial name of the show:

a Press the Up/Down and Left/Right arrow

buttons to move the cursor to the desired letter.

b Press the Select button to add the selected letter.

NOTE You can also enter the name using the

alphanumeric buttons on the remote control.

4 Press the Right arrow button to move to the

commands on the right side of the screen.

5 Press the Down arrow button to select Done.

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