Philips PMC 7230 User Manual

User manual

PMC7230Philips portable media center

Need help?

For information on how to use and how to connect, view the video tutorials loaded on your Portable Media Center and also available on the CDROM.

Please visit

www.philips.com/usasupport

where you can have access to a full set of supporting materials such as user manual, flash tutorial, the latest software updates and answers to frequently asked questions.

Or call our Customer Care Helpline,

1-888-744-5477

where our professional support team will be pleased to assist you in solving any issues you may have with your player.

North America

Canada 1-800-661-6162 Free

(Francophone) 1-888-744-5477 (English / Spanish)

USA 1-888-744-5477 Free Date of Purchase, Model number and Serial number

Date of Purchase, Model number and Serial number

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2 Your new player

2 Accessories 2 Register your product

3 Getting started

3 Overview of controls and connections 4 Connection diagram

4 Record video 4 Playback on TV 4 Connect to PC 4 Connect to power

4 Main menu 5 Install 5 Charge 6 Enjoy

6 Power on and off / lock

7 Detailed operation

7 Videos

7 Controls 7TV 7 Play video files 8 Playback on TV 8 Video recording 9 Schedule a video recording

11 Music

11 Controls 11 Find your music 11 Album art 12 Music playback settings 12 Audio recording 12 Portable Playlist

13 Pictures

13 View picture 13 Picture playback settings

13 Settings

15 Transfer

15 Video transfer 16 Music transfer

16 Add songs to Windows Media Player Library 17 Manage your Windows Media Player Playlist 17 Synchronize Windows Media contents with your player 19 Manage your songs and playlists in Windows Media Player

20 Picture transfer

20 Enable picture support 20 Add pictures to Windows Media Player Library 20 Transfer pictures to your player

22 Use your player to store and carry data files

23 Delete Content

23 Delete Video Files 23 Delete Music 23 Delete Pictures

24 Recover your player 27 Troubleshooting 28 Important safety information 32 Technical data 33 Glossary

Contents

Register your product

We strongly recommend that you register your product in order to gain access to free upgrades. To register your product, please log on to www.philips.com/register or www.philips.com/usasupport (for US residents) so that we can inform you as soon as new updates become available.

Your new player

With your newly purchased Philips Portable Media Center, you can enjoy the following:

• Video playback and recording (WMV)

• Audio playback and recording(Mp3 and WMA)

• Picture viewing (JPEG)

Accessories

The following accessories are included with your player:

A/V cable

Power adapter

USB cable

Quick start guide

CD-ROM containing Windows Media Player 10, ArcSoft MediaConverter, user manual, video tutorials and frequently asked questions

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Philips media centre

Quick start guide

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PMC7230

Install

Charge

Enjoy

Getting started

Overview of controls and connections

On/Off/Lock

slider

(key lock)

Charging

socket

Menu navigator / OK

Back key

Main menu

Playback and volume control

Left side view

Headphone jack USB port

AV Out

AV In

Reset

Press

ON/OFF LOCK slider

Menu navigator / OK

Main menu

Back key

+/-

Slide up to power On/Off Slide down to lock all keys

Up and Down to navigate Menu lists / navigate through music list or pictures Left and Right to select different views in music and pictures mode OK to confirm your selection

Show main menu Go back to the previous operation Play/Pause songs, videos or slideshows Adjust volume Press: Move back to previous song or picture / Skip back in a video

Press and hold: Fast rewind a song or video Press: Move forward to next song or picture / Skip forward in a video

Press and hold: Fast forward a song or video

Select Menu item

my tv my music my pictures my videos recording

settings

View recorded TV programs (only those programs recorded on a Media Center PC) Playback your music and audio recordings View your pictures View your videos and video recordings Start a video or audio recording

Schedule a video recording Customize the settings of your player

Main menu

Playback on TV

Connect to PC

Connection diagram

Record video

TV DVD recorder / VCR Set top box /

cable box

Connect to power

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Install

System requirements:

• Windows XP (SP2 or above)

• Pentium III 800MHz processor or higher

• 256MB RAM

• 64MB hard disk space

• Internet connection (preferable)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

• CD-ROM drive

• USB port

1 Insert the CD supplied with your product into the CD ROM drive of your PC. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of Windows Media Player 10 and ArcSoft

MediaConverter.

3 If the installation program does not start automatically, browse the CD contents via Windows Explorer and run the program by

double clicking on the file ending with .exe.

Lost your CD? Don’t worry, you can download the CD contents from www.philips.com/support or www.philips.com/usasupport (for U.S. residents).

Charge

IMPORTANT Install the software in the by packed CD. You need this to transfer Pictures, Music and Videos to your Portable Media Center.

Charge the player for 4 hours before using it for the first time. 1 Connect the supplied power adapter to the charging socket on the bottom left side of the player. See Connection diagram

in this user manual for more details.

2 Plug the other end into a AC wall outlet. 3 It takes approximately 4** hours to fully charge your player.

** Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of

charge cycles vary by use and settings.

Your player automatically powers off in 10 minutes if there is no operation or music played. The last playback status and screen will be resumed the next time it is powered on unless the player has been powered off for a long period of time or the battery level was low when the player was powered off.

To turn on the player, slide ON/OFF LOCK slider up towards y1 and hold until Philips appears on the screen.

To turn off the player, slide ON/OFF LOCK slider up towards y1 and hold until the screen turn black. When on, your player can be put into a standby mode (rather than shutting down fully) by sliding the ON/OFF LOCK slider to

ON/OFF position and releasing the slider immediately. This is useful when you want to want to turn off you player for a short

while. To prevent accidental activation of the buttons on the player, move the ON/OFF LOCK slider down to the LOCK position to

lock the buttons.

Enjoy

Power on and off / lock

Detailed operation

Videos

Controls

During video playback, you can do the following:

To Do this

Play / Pause video Press 2; Skip forward 27 secs Press )K Skip back 7 secs Press J( Forward search Press and hold )K Backward search Press and hold J( Adjust volume Press +/- Go back to previous operation Press Go back to main menu Press

If you have a Media Center PC, you can use your PC to record television programs. The files will be saved with a dvr-ms extension. You can sync these files to your player using Windows Media Player 10. The files will be automatically saved under the my tv menu in the main menu.

TIP If you do not finish watching a video, you can always resume watching from where you left off using the resume function.

Play video files

Your player can playback digital video files that you have purchased from the internet or recorded from your cable box, satellite tuner or the tuner in a VCR or DVD recorder. You can even record the video you have created with your video camera.

You can convert and transfer video files from your PC to your player with ArcSoft MediaConverter. For more information on how to transfer videos, see Video transfer in this manual for details.

To play video files: 1 Press

2 Press 3/4 to highlight my videos and press OK. 3 You can browse your videos by date, by source or by file name. Press 1 or 2 to switch between the different modes. 4 Select the video of your choice and press OK. 5 You can choose to start playback from the beginning of the file or resume playback from where you last stopped.

About Digital Rights Management (DRM) If you have songs that were bought online stored on your player, from time to time you may see a Licence problem pop up message. This means the license for the song on your player may have expired. To update the license with the latest information, synchronize your player with your computer.

Visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx in case you want to know more about synchronizing your PMC with your Media Center PC.

Video recording

Your player can record your favorite TV programs. See Connection diagram in this user manual for connection details. 1 Plug in the AC adaptor to the charging socket and plug the other end into AC wall outlet. 2 Connect the supplied A/V cable to the A/V in socket of your player. 3 Connect the other end, with the yellow, white and red plugs to the matching colored A/V output jacks on your TV, VCR, cable

box, satellite tuner or DVD recorder.

4 From the main menu, highlight Recording and press OK. 5 Highlight Video and press OK.

> The player will search for the TV signal. Once detected, it will display the same TV signal on your player.

If no signal is detected, check the Connection diagram in this user manual. Make sure all the cable connections are connected to the input and output correctly. See Troubleshooting in this manual for details.

6 Press OK to start recording. 7 Press OK again to stop recording.

> The recording will be saved under my videos.

Video files you have recorded on the player are named - Rec June 28,2006 10.24pm.avi (Rec Month Day, Year HH:MMam/pm)

Playback on TV

You can play music, videos, and view pictures on your TV.

1 Connect the supplied A/V cable to the A/V Out socket of your player. 2 Connect the other end, with the yellow, white and red plugs to the matching colored A/V input jacks on your TV. 3 On your player, press to enter the main menu 4 Press 3/4 to highlight settings and press OK to select. 5 Highlight Display from the settings menu and press OK to select. 6 Highlight TV out. 7 Highlight On and press OK.

> A message will appear: To return display to the Portable Media center, turn power off and then on.

8 Press OK to enable TV out.

> Player screen will turn off.

9 On your TV, select the A/V input channel.

Refer to your TV manual to see how to select A/V input.

> You should see the menu of your players on your TV screen.

Before you disconnect the player from the TV, go to the settings menu to switch TV out off. If you already disconnected the player from the TV, switch the player OFF and ON again to return the display to your player.

Schedule a video recording

You can schedule a recording to take place later.

1 Enter the main menu by pressing .

2 Use the 3 and 4 buttons to highlight recording and press OK.

3 Highlight timer recording and press OK.

Make sure to set the timer clock of your player correctly.

4 Adjust the required start date using 1 and 2. 5 Then use 3 and 4 to move down to start time and stop time. Adjust the time using 1 and 2. The time is changed in 5

minute increments.

6 Move down to timer recording on and press OK to turn it on. If you want to turn off the timer then simply press OK again.

> When scheduled time and date take place, the video recording will begin automatically.

Make sure your player is connected to the video source (see Connection diagram in Getting started for details). To avoid low battery, plug in the AC adaptor to the charging socket and plug the other end into AC wall outlet. Timer recording is limited based on the recording quality, the storage space available and the file system (this determines the

size of the file created) on your player. This relationship between recording quality and the time you can record for is given below.

The storage space available is based on the number of files you have already stored on your player. The recording time may be less in cases where your player already is close to being full.

While using timer recording, the Portable Media Center interface will automatically limit your recording time based on the settings you have chosen & the available space.

In case of manual recording, if the limit is reached , the Portable Media Center will automatically stop recording and save the file for you.

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