Netgear NTV350 User Manual

NeoTV 350 HD Media Player (NTV350)

User Manual

350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134

USA

December 2010 202-10672-01 v1.0

NeoTV 350 HD Media Player (NTV350)

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Statement of Conditions

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Revision History

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202-10672-01 v1.0 December 2010 First publication

2 |

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Chapter 2 Video

Chapter 3 Music

NeoTV 350 HD Media Player (NTV350). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

NeoTV 350 Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Navigating Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Digital Media File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Video File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Browsing or Searching for Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Watching Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Adjusting the Video You Are Watching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Video Playback Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Music File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Browsing or Searching for Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Listening to Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Music Playback Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Creating a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Chapter 4 Photos

Browsing or Searching for Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Viewing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Adjusting the Slide Show Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Playing Music during a Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Chapter 5 Internet Media

Accessing Internet Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Viewing Internet Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Viewing Weather and Stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Chapter 6 File Manager

Using File Manager to Copy Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Browsing or Searching for Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Accessing Files on a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

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Accessing Network Shares or a Media Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Chapter 7 Enabling Win7 File Sharing

File Sharing with Win7 Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

File Sharing without Win7 Password Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Chapter 8 Setup

System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

TV System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Chapter 9 Troubleshooting

FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Appendix A Supplemental Information

Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Appendix B Compliance Notification

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1. Getting Started

USB 1

Card reader/

On/Off

Power AV (composite)

Component

SPDIF

HDMI

Ethernet

USB 2

memory stick

and USB 3

button

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Figure 1. Front and rear panels

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NeoTV 350 HD Media Player (NTV350)

NeoTV 350

Power adapter

Ethernet cable

Router

HDMI (not included)

Component

AV (Composite)

NeoTV 350 Cabling

The NeoTV 350 is compatible with HDMI, component, or AV (composite) cables. You can play media from your USB devices, and you can also connect the NeoTV 350 to your home network.

Figure 2. NeoTV 350 cabled to a TV and to a router

For help with installation, see the NeoTV 350 Installation Guide that shipped with your product. In addition to the wired Ethernet connection shown here, the installation guide shows how to use add-on products for a wireless or Powerline connection.

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Power

Select/Play/Info

Left/Rewind,

Down

Back

Menu Up

Right/Fast Forward,

Options

Zoom

Eject

Volume Up

Previous/Page Up

Next/ Page Down

Play/Pause

Stop

Volume Down

Rotate photo

counter clockwise

clockwise

Remote Control

Figure 3. Remote control buttons

Navigating Menus

Press Menu on the remote control to go to the main menu. You can use the arrow buttons on the remote control to scroll through the icons on the main menu from left to right.

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Digital Media File Formats

The NeoTV 350 supports the media file formats shown in the following table.

Media File Format

Audio MP3, WAV, PCM, LPCM, WMA, WMA Pro, AAC, FLAC, MKA, OGG,

APE, Dolby® Digital (AC3), DTS Photos JPEG files up to 20 megapixels, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF Video Codec format + WMV 7/8/9

+ VC-1

+ H.263

+ H.264

+ MPEG 1/2/4

+ M-JPEG Video Container

format

VI, Xvid, MOV, MP4, MPEG2-PS, MPEG2-TS, DVD VOB, DVD ISO,

V, MKV, ASF, RM, RMVB

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2. Video

Video File Formats

The NeoTV 350 supports the following video file formats.

Video Codec format WMV 7/8/9, VC-1, H.263, H.264, MPEG 1/2/4, M-JPEG

Video Container format

Subtitle format

VI, Xvid, MOV, MP4, MPEG2-PS, MPEG2-TS, DVD VOB,

ISO, FLV, MKV, ASF, RM, RMVB

DVD

srt, sub, sub+idx, ssa, ass, smi, txt, and BD subtitle PGS

Browsing or Searching for Videos

You can use the Video Options menu to search for videos or to browse.

1. Pre

2. Select a location

3. Press Options on the remot

ss Menu on the remote control and select Video from the main menu.

(local, network, or media server).

e control. A pop-up menu displays:

The following menu selections are available:

• Search. Se

• Thum

arch for a video.

bnails. Display files in thumbnail view.

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• List. Display files as a list.

• Previe

w. Preview video files.

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• All V

• Show DVDs. V

• Fla

• Go to Fol

• Name. Sort files

• Size. Sort files by

• Most V

• Rece

4. Select an option

ideos. Display all video files.

iew DVD contents, such as DVD iso or files.

sh Animation. Display only flash animation files.

der. Go to File Manager to view folders.

by name.

size.

iewed. Sort files so that the most viewed display first.

ntly Added. Display recently added video files.

, and press Play to watch the video.

Watching Videos

1. Press Menu and select Video from the main menu.

The screen displays these choices:

• Local storag

NeoTV 350.

• Network. Y

• Media Serve

2. Select the locatio

3. Select

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the video, and it starts playing.

e. Your video files are on a USB device connected to a USB port on the

our video files are located the same Windows network as the NeoTV 350.

r. Your video files are on a UPnP DMA-compliant device.

n of the video that you want to watch.

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Adjusting the Video You Are Watching

• To exit a video, press Stop or Back.

• The a

• T

• Press OK to

• Y

spect ratio is set to 16:9. If you want to change it, press Home and select Setup >

Video > Aspect Ratio.

o adjust the screen size, press Zoom on the remote control. Each time you press Zoom,

the screen changes like this: 1x > 1.1x >1.2x > 2x > 0.5x > 0.8x > 0.9x.

show the video content information. ou can use >> to jump to next chapter, or << to jump to previous chapter. ou can use video playback options, as described in the next section.

Video Playback Options

While you are watching a video, you can press Options to display this pop-up menu:

The Options pop-up menu includes the following:

• Subtitle.

You can select a different subtitle format if the subtitles are not working correctly or if an error displays. Select Setup > encoding.

• Audio. Y

• Info. Sho

ime Seek. You can use this to go to a specific time within the video.

• T

Display subtitles for the video.

System > Text encoding, and select the correct

ou can choose a different audio output, such as Dolby 5.1 ch, 2 ch, or DTS.

w video content information.

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3. Music

Music File Formats

The NeoTV 350 supports the following audio file formats:

• AAC

• APE

• Dolby® Digital (AC3)

• DTS

• FLAC

• LPCM

• MKA

• MP3

• OGG

• PCM

• WAV

• WMA

• WMA Pro

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