Olevia ZP-500 User Manual

Index

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 4

Package Contents ................................................................................................................................................... 4

Product Overview................................................................................................................................................... 5

Panel Front side.............................................................................................................................................. 5

Panel Back side............................................................................................................................................... 5

Remote Control .............................................................................................................................................. 6

Connect................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Setup....................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Initial setup..................................................................................................................................................... 8

Setup Menu..................................................................................................................................................... 9

Multimedia Jukebox............................................................................................................................................. 15

Playback the media files in the external DVD-ROM or USB storage.........................................................15

The first page........................................................................................................................................ 15

Movie.................................................................................................................................................... 16

Music.................................................................................................................................................... 18

Photo..................................................................................................................................................... 19

Thumbnail preview............................................................................................................................... 20

Slide show with Music ......................................................................................................................... 20

Zoom in and pan the focus ................................................................................................................... 20

Rotating the photo ................................................................................................................................ 21

All......................................................................................................................................................... 21

Edit the media files....................................................................................................................................... 22

Rename................................................................................................................................................. 22

Delete.................................................................................................................................................... 22

DVD-ROM........................................................................................................................................... 23

Network player.....................................................................................................................................................24

Setup the IP Address..................................................................................................................................... 25

Setup the IP Address for PC manually ................................................................................................. 25

Check the computer name and the workgroup for PC ................................................................................. 27

Setup the share folder on PC........................................................................................................................ 30

Browse and play the media on your PC ....................................................................................................... 31

My Shortcuts ................................................................................................................................................ 34

UPnP player.......................................................................................................................................................... 36

The setup for Windows XP .......................................................................................................................... 36

Windows Media Player 11 Setup (on Windows XP/Vista).......................................................................... 38

Import the media files on Windows Media Player 11..................................................................................40

Browse through UPnP..................................................................................................................................40

Maintenance ......................................................................................................................................................... 41

Reset the device............................................................................................................................................ 41

Power on/Standby time................................................................................................................................. 41

Battery .......................................................................................................................................................... 41

Black screen.................................................................................................................................................. 41

Can’t use Thumbnail function...................................................................................................................... 42

Can’t see subtitle through UPnP playback................................................................................................... 42

Can’t playback the video.............................................................................................................................. 42

Connect DVI to HDMI converter................................................................................................................. 42

Smooth playback through Ethernet/Wireless LAN......................................................................................42

TV Overscan issue........................................................................................................................................ 42

Video/Audio codec support for ZP-500 ....................................................................................................... 43

Specification................................................................................................................................................. 44

Important Safety Instruction................................................................................................................................. 46

Introduction

ZP-500 is a powerful media player which truly decodes, playback and outputs High Definition

1080p in the market. Through the USB 2.0 port and the HDMI interface, ZP-500 playbacks the HD

MPEG2, HD VC-1, HD AVC/H.264 movie or transport stream from the USB flash drive or hard disk

drive to HDTV screen. The Network function allows you to browse the video file in your PC, NAS

which is in your room and play it on TV in the living room.

Feature Highlight：

z Decode and output High Definition 1080p video and Photo.

z Support Mainstream formats of HD video including MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264/AVC and RMVB HD.

z Within the next generation interface—HDMI 1.3 output.

z Ethernet port supports Network player function.

z High performance video playback. Experience fluent playback control like Zoom out/in, Pan the

picture, Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, Slow-motion.

z Fully supports the subtitle format. Dynamically change the subtitle display by remote control.

z Photo playback via HD. Supports Up to 4 mega-pixel photo files, 16X Zoom in, 3-direction

rotation.

z Slide show mode with 8 kinds of transition effect. Background music playback is supported.

z Rich types of music file. The playback function includes Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, Repeat,

Shuffle and Shuffle Repeat.

z Within USB 2.0 port, plug-and-play the USB Flash Drive, USB Mobile Hard Disk Drive , USB Card

Reader, USB DVD-ROM, USB Wi-Fi Dongle.

z Supports all most all formats of HDD and has the most interchangeability.

z Easy to use and intuitive control. Change to setup menu at any time even in media playing to

provide the fluent control.

Package Contents

Please check the parts in the package. Contact the distributor if something is missing.

1. One ZP-500 HD Media Player

2. One power adapter (Model: SYS1308-2412-W3U)

3. One remote control unit

4. Two AAA batteries

5. One mini jack to RCA YPbPr cable

6. One RCA cable

7. One quick installation guide

8. One user’s manual

9. One warranty card

Product Overview

Panel Front side

LED/button/connector:

(1) USB port: These two USB 2.0 type A sockets are for the external USB Flash Disk, USB Mass

Storage, USB DVD-ROM or USB Wi-Fi Dongle.

(2) IR sensor: It receives the command from remote control unit. Do not block the port. (3) Power indicator: It lights on when the power is plugged in. (4) USB indicator: It lights when the USB Storage is plugged in and ready. It may take 5 seconds to

ready when the USB storage is plugged in.

(5) POWER STANDBY: Press it to standby or wake up this player.

3. 4.

Panel Back side

Video connection: Please select one below to connect the TV set. HDMI output: This port is to connect with HDMI receiver or HDMI TV set. YPbPr: This port is for the YPbPr input of TV set. Us the bundled phone jack to RCA jack cable to

connect.

VIDEO (CVBS): This port is for the CVBS input of TV set. AUDIO L/R: These ports are the analog stereo audio channels to the input of TV set. If the HDMI is

connected, then you don’t need to connect AUDIO L/R.

S/PDIF: This is the TOSLINK digital output for audio. Ethernet port: This is the Ethernet port for the sharing through Local Network. DC IN: It connects the DC input of the Power Adapter. The power requirement is 12Vdc, 1.5 A.

Remote Control

MUTE: Mute POWER: Power on/Suspend MUSIC: Hotkey to view the music file PHOTO: Hotkey to view the photo file MOVIE: Hotkey to view the movie file RED / GREEN / YELLOW / BLUE: Special function

Function

key

Red Open DVD Menu None Refresh

Green Toggle audio track Edit Edit

Yellow Switch the subtitle Switch to

Blue Change the Angle Back to home Back to home

Video playback DVD Menu

File browser Network

function

None

Thumbnail

c: UP e: LEFT f: RIGHT d: DOWN

ENTER: ENTER RETURN: go up one folder/Exit the current menu MENU: open System Setup page EDIT: Delete, Rename the folders and the files. INFO: Display the information during playback 1 PAUSE/STEP: Number key 1, Pause and step in frame by frame 2 PLAY: Number key 2, Playback 3 STOP: Number key 3, Stop 4 SLOW: Number key 4, Slow motion 5 PREV: Number key 5, Previous file/section 6 NEXT: Number key 6, Next file/section 7 REPEAT: Number key 7, 1/ALL repeat 8 FR: Number key 8, Fast Reverse 9 FF: Number key 9, Fast Forward 0 ZOOM +/-: Number key 0, Zoon In/Fit Resolution: Change resolution for the video output. VOLUME +/-: increase/decrease volume

Connect

There are three ways shown below to connect this player to your TV set. Please choose one to apply.

Basic connection:

Power Cord: Connect the DC input in the device. Audio cable output: Connect the cables to TV set. CVBS video output (NTSC or PAL): Connect to TV set.

Advanced connection:

Power Cord: Connect the DC input in the device. Audio cable output: Connect the cables to TV set. Component video cable for HD video output (720p, 1080i): Connect the phone jack to RCA cable

and then connect the RCA cable to

the YPbPr input of TV set.

HDMI connection:

Power Cord: Connect the DC input in the device. HDMI output (Up to 1080p): Connect to HDMI input of TV set. The HDMI port sends digital video

and audio signal through the cable. In this configuration, the audio

output must be set to LPCM 2CH. Please refer to the section of Audio

setting.

*HDMI output to HDMI receiver: Connect HDMI input to the HDMI receiver, and then connects

another HDMI cable from the receiver to TV set like ZP-500 -Æ

HDMI receiver ----Æ HDMI TV set. In this configuration, the

multichannel audio can be enabled and decoded by the HDMI

receiver. Please set the audio output to HDMI+SPDIF (RAW).

Refer to the section of Audio setting for the further instruction.

SPDIF connection:

Either Basic/Advanced connection or HDMI connection can apply SPDIF connection. This

connection provides 5.1 audio data to the SPDIF receiver, and then the receiver decodes it into 5.1

audio outputs.

TOSLINK cable: Connect the optical cable from this port to the SPDIF input of the audio receiver.

When connecting SPDIF, the connection of AUDIO R/L isn’t required.

Multichannel audio setting: To obtain the multichannel audio via SPDIF, setup the audio output to

SPDIF Only (RAW).

Network connection:

Choose either Ethernet cable or USB Wi-Fi dongle for the network connection.

Setup

Please check the battery of Remote Control first, and then start the initial setup.

Initial setup

When plugged in the power at the first time, after the booting logo, the setup page should display

to start the initial setting. The first item is the menu language. Please setup the menu language for OSD. Use ▲▼ button to select the language and press “ENTER” to confirm.

Note: Before beginning this process, if you want to connect HDMI, please connect it first and then

start the configuration.

The second item is to choose the resolution of the video output according to your TV set and the

connection between this play and TV set.

z For HDMI TV set, the device detects the available resolution of your TV set and lists them on

screen. In the list of resolution, the available option is in white characters and the unsupported

one is in dark characters. We recommend you to select the option “HDMI Auto” which enables the

maximum resolution on your TV set.

z For YPbPr output, the supported resolution is up to 1080i so select “1080i 50Hz” for PAL TV set or

“1080i 60Hz” for NTSC TV set for the maximum resolution. For TV set that doesn’t support HD

input, select “NTSC” or “PAL” for the SD video.

z For CVBS output, choose “NTSC” for NTSC TV set or “PAL” for PAL TV set.

Note: The CVBS is always output SD video no matter which resolution is chosen.

The final item is to setup the aspect ratio for your TV set. If your TV set is 4:3 then you can choose

Pan Scan 4:3 or Letter Box 4:3. If you have wide-screen TV then you can choose 16:9. Use ▲▼

button to select one and press “ENTER” to confirm.

The initial setting can be configured anytime in the setup menu. Please refer to the setup menu.

Setup Menu

You can press “MENU” to open the setup menu. Use ◄► key to select different pages among

“System”, “Video”, “Audio”, “Photo” and “NET”. Use ▲▼ key to select different item to setup. Press

“ENTER” to open detail setting for configuration.

The menu structure and options are listed below.

1.System

Select this option to open the detail setting for the system.

Menu Language: Select the OSD language among English, Chinese Traditional, Español, Franҫais,

Deutsch, Italiano, Dutch, Pyccкий and Chinese Simplified.

Subtitle Encoding: Select the encoding for subtitle file, file name and folder name display from

Unicode (UTF8), Chinese Simplified (GBK), and Chinese Traditional (BIG5).

Please select the right code to display or the garbage characters may appear on

OSD.

Subtitle Font Size: Select the Font size for the subtitle. The available options are “Big, Middle, and

Small”. The default setting is “Middle”. If the format of font is “idx + sub” or it is

the subtitle in DVD Video/ISO/IFO, the font size option here won’t be applied.

Screen Saver: Select to turn off/no the screen saver. The default setting is on which displays icon

randomly on screen after 5 minutes idle. When using the device on the plasma TV, it

is recommended to turn on screen saver

Restore Default: Select this option to reset the setting to factory default. Firmware Update: Select this option to apply the new firmware. For latest firmware, please contact

OLEVIA service department.

Please check the “System Info” for current firmware vision to see if the device

needs to upgrade. The upgrade procedure is below.

1. Prepare an empty flash disk. Plug it into PC and copy all firmware files to its root directory.

2. Plug it into this device.

3. Open the “Firmware Update” option in the configure menu. Press it and select “OK” to

continue.

4. Wait for 5 minutes. Do not unplug the power during the upgrade procedure. When the

upgrade is completed, it will reboot and return to the main screen.

System Info: It displays the firmware version including system version, audio-firmware version

video-firmware version and the TV system of this device.

2.Video

Select this option to open the detail setting for video display.

Aspect Ratio: Select one among these options “Pan Scan 4:3, Letter Box 4:3, 16:9”. Pan Scan 4:3: Select for a full-height picture with both sides cut. Letter Box 4:3: Select for the “wide screen” display with black bands on the upper and lower parts of

the TV screen.

16:9: Select this for a wide screen 16:9 TV. TV System: Select the resolution for the TV picture. This page is the same as the one in the initial

setup.

Entering this page and you can see the available resolution. Choose one to change the resolution.

The possible resolution for each TV system is listed below. Select the right resolution according to the

capability of your TV set.

TV System & Resolution Standard Definition High Definition NTSC PAL

NTSC, 480p 720p@60Hz, 1080i@60Hz, 1080p@60Hz

PAL, 576p 720p@50Hz, 1080i@50Hz, 1080p@50Hz

Only HDMI and YPbPr connection can output HD TV picture. Refer to the details below.

HDMI Connection: When the HDMI is connected, this device can detect the available resolution of TV

set. After entering the video setup page, the available resolution will be shown in

white character and the negative one will be in dark character.

HDMI Auto: When HDMI is connected, you can choose this option to use the maximum resolution of

TV set. If it is in dark character and can’t be selected, re-plug the HDMI cable and re-enter

this page to try again.

YPbPr: The maximum resolution of YPbPr is 1080i. Select 50 Hz or 60 Hz according to TV system. CVBS: The SD video will always output from this port no matter what resolution you selected. Note: When connecting LCD monitor via DVI to HDMI converter, the player will detect the support

resolution of LCD monitor. Only the supported resolution (white characters) can be selected.

3.Photo

Select this option to open the detail setting for the photo display.

Slide Show Timing: Choose from these options “Off, 2 Seconds, 5 Seconds, 10 Seconds, 30

Seconds, 1 Minutes and 2 Minutes”. It decides the waiting time before changing

to the next photo while viewing photos.

T ransition Effect: Choose from these options “Off, Cross Fade, Left to Right, Top to Bottom, Waterfall,

Snake, Dissolve, Strip Left Down and All Effect Shuffle”. It decides the transition

effect for changing photos.

4.Audio

Select this option to open the detail setting for the audio playback. There are four kinds of digital

audio output, and can be roughly divided into two categories “HDMI+SPDIF” and “SPDIF”. For the

HDMI+SPDIF, it is recommended to connect HDMI output to HDMI receiver or TV set. For the SPDIF

Only, it is recommended to connect SPDIF receiver.

HDMI+SPDIF (LPCM 2CH): When connecting the HDMI to TV set directly, select this option for the

correct audio. The audio will be encoded to LPCM format and sent to the

TV set.

HDMI+SPDIF (RAW): When connecting to the HDMI receiver, select this option for the multichannel

audio. The RAW data of the audio will be sent to the HDMI receiver for

decoding.

SPDIF Only (LPCM 2CH): When connecting to the SPDIF receiver, select this option to output the

LPCM 2CH audio.

SPDIF Only (RA W): Select this option for the multichannel audio. The RAW data of audio will be sent

through SPDIF.

Note: For HDMI TV Set + HDMI receiver: Select HDMI+SPDIF (LPCM 2CH) or HDMI+SPDIF (RAW).

For HDMI TV set + SPDIF receiver: Select SPDIF Only (LPCM 2CH) or SPDIF Only (RAW).

For HDMI TV set only: Select HDMI+SPDIF (LPCM 2CH) to output the correct sound.

5.Net

Setup the IP Address of the player for the network sharing.

Connection: Choose to use either onboard Ethernet or external Wireless LAN to connect the network.

Only one interface is enabled at the same time. Both kinds of connection can use the

network function on this player.

Wired LAN setup: the available options are “Cancel”, “DHCP IP (AUTO)” and “FIX IP (MANUAL)”.

Select “Cancel” to discard the changes, “DHCP IP (AUTO)” to get the IP Address,

or “FIX IP (MANUAL)” to setup the IP Address manually. For selecting the DHCP IP,

the IP Address should show in the field after DHCP Renew window. For the FIX IP,

the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS server IP Address fields

are required filling in.

MAC Address: The MAC Address of this player is showed in this field.

Wireless LAN setup: Before configuring the WLAN network, insert the USB 802.11n Wi-Fi Dongle.

To setup the WLAN connection, you will go through the steps below. In each step, setup and press

“ENTER” to continue or press “RETURN” to previous step.

WLAN mode WLAN Setup

Security Setup

IP Setup Profile

Connection

Profile

Infra AP

Peer to Peer

Ad Hoc

Get SSID

(Scan WLAN)

1. Setup SSID

2. Security

Enter the key

DHCP

FIX IP

Profile: Choose one profile to edit or apply. The saved profile can be applied later. To apply the

profile, choose it and press blue key to apply. In the first setting, choose “Connection 1” and

press “ENTER” key to continue.

Connection: Select either to use “Infrastructure (AP)” or “Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc)”. The Infrastructure

mode requires an Access Point to access and the Ad Hoc mode is for the dongle to

dongle network.

The procedure divides into two ways here.

Infrastructure AP Mode:

Get SSID: select one SSID which is the network name for AP and then press “Enter” to continue. Signal Strength: in this page, you can find the signal strength for every SSID. Adjust the position,

angle of the dongle or AP to get the high signal strength.

Security setup: If the key is required for accessing AP, use the virtual keyboard on the monitor to

input the key. The key must be the same as the setting on your AP.

IP Setup: Choose to use DHCP IP or FIX IP. Generally, you select DHCP IP. If FIX IP is required, use

the virtual keyboard to input the IP Address.

Test Connection: In the final step, press “ENTER” to save the setting. The player will try this

connection and report the status. If it works then the setup is completed.

Peer to Peer Ad Hoc mode:

SSID: Use the default SSID or enter a new SSID. Security: Select “None” for No encryption or “WEP” for WEP encryption. Press blue key to continue. Enter the key: If choose WEP, use virtual keyboard to input the key. For WEP key, the length of

password could be 10 or 26 hex digits. The other Dongle associating to this

Peer-to-Peer network must use the same key.

Note: Only the personal encryption modes are supported including WEP-Open, WPA-PSK, and

WPA2-PSK.

Note: For the security season, this dongle only supports 11n data rate (Phy 300 Mbps) with no

wireless encryption or AES encryption. In the other encryption like WEP-Open,

WPA-PSK-TKIP or WPA2-PSK-TKIP mode, the data rate could only reach 11g (54 Mbps)

mode. We recommend setting AES algorithm like WPA-PSK-AES or WPA2-PSK-AES to

encrypt the WLAN.

Note: For the Ad Hoc wireless network, the dongle supports 11 b/g modes (Phy 54 Mbps Max.). Support Dongle: ZW-N290 1T2R 802.11n USB dongle.

Multimedia Jukebox

Playback the media files in the external DVD-ROM or USB storage

You can playback the movies, music and photos in the connected USB storage via this device.

Plug in the USB storage, and then press the three buttons “MUSIC, PHOTO, MOVIE” to enter the

interface and playback the media files. In the interface, select “USB” and then press “ENTER” to

browse the media files.

When plugging in the USB Mass Storage device, USB card reader or USB flash disk into this

device, wait for 5 seconds, and you can see the message on screen “USB detected You can browse

this device now.” Then you can continue to browse the USB device.

If the USB storage device is unplugged, the USB LED on the player will be off, and the following

message will show on screen: “USB Removed: The USB device has been removed. You cannot

browse it anymore.”

When selecting “USB”, the following message may pop up. Please follow the instructions to

continue. “USB Storage is not detected. Please plug in the USB Storage and try again. Please wait

about 5 seconds till the USB indicator lights if you already plug in the USB Storage.”

The first page

When powering on the player at the first time, the browser window with three options will be

always there for you to choose. Select “DVD” to browse or playback the external DVD-ROM, “USB” to

browse and play the USB storage, “NET” or “UPNP” to browse the folders in PC. Select “Setup” for

system setup of the player. The tab in the top will filter the files such as “All” for all files, “Movies” for

movie files, “Photo” for picture files and “Music” for music files.

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