TViX M-6500A User Manual

User Manual

TViX HD M-6500A

All specifications and information are subject to changes without further notices.

Safety Notice

Do not disassemble the device. It may cause malfunction or fire

Magnetic material may erase the data in TViX. Keep any magnetic material away from TViX.

Do not expose TViX to oil, smoke, water, humidity and dust.

Do not touch power plug with wet hands or do not use defective power cable & loose outlet. It may cause electric shock or fire

Keep TViX away from heat or fire. Do not block any ventilation openings. Ensure that a free airflow is maintained around the appliance.

Be careful not to drop TViX from a height. It will damage the internal hard drive.

Do not take out the internal hard drive by yourself. The internal hard drive is very hot when it is

working. The warranty will be void if any other hard drive is inserted into TViX.

"Do not block any ventilation openings. Ensure that a free airflow is maintained around the appliance."

The socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.

Usage Precautions

Please read the following usage precautions before using your TViX HD.

Make sure the power is off when you connect the A/V cable between the TViX and the TV.

When cleaning the TViX product, pull out the power cord and then wipe it with a soft piece of dry cloth.

When connected to the computer through the USB cable the TViX HD acts as an external USB storage device (In this state, there is no video/audio output displayed on the TV Screen a USB ON icon will be displayed on the center of the TV screen and on the VFD. it will be display as USB ON). For normal TViX play mode, disconnect the USB cable connected between computer and TViX

When detaching the HDD, please let the heat out sufficiently.

The supplied cables and accessories are recommended for customized best performance of the TViX HD.

Using other cables or accessories may not provide best performance.

If you want to unplug the device, press the return button to 'Unplug or Eject Hardware'.

Windows 98 SE and Windows ME does not support NTFS file format. However, NTFS file format is

available on Windows 2000/XP. “Primary Partition” is recommended when creating two or more partitions with a single hard disk drive.

If you choose FAT32 file format on Windows 2000/XP, the drives maximum size will be limited to 32GBs.

If you want to use a single drive letter of 32GBs or more, you have to format on Windows 98SE/ME.

The certification sticker mark is on the bottom of the device.

You can insert the characters using remote-numeric key. Numeric key 1 when pressed successively

changes as @ Æ : Æ / Æ _ Æ -.

We don’t have any warranty or responsibility for broken hard disk. We recommend to backup periodically.

** Some functions will require you to update the latest firmware in first.

Safety Notice ........................................................................................................................................ 2

Usage Precautions ................................................................................................................................ 3

1 Introduction................................................................................................. 5

1.1 Multimedia Player .................................................................................................................. 5

1.2 Audio Player .......................................................................................................................... 6

1.3 External Storage .................................................................................................................... 6

1.4 Specifications ........................................................................................................................ 7

2 Name of Each Part ...................................................................................... 8

2.1 Control Panel ......................................................................................................................... 8

2.2 Cable Connection .................................................................................................................. 8

2.3 Package Contents ................................................................................................................. 8

3 Installation and Connection ....................................................................... 9

3.1 Video Connection .................................................................................................................. 9

3.2 Audio Connection ................................................................................................................ 11

3.3 HDD Installation/Exchange .................................................................................................. 12

3.4 Initial Setting ........................................................................................................................ 14

4 TViX HD Setup Menu ................................................................................ 15

4.1 Audio/Video Setting ............................................................................................................. 15

4.2 MISC Setting ....................................................................................................................... 17

4.3 Network Setting ................................................................................................................... 18

5 Easy Usage of TViX HD ............................................................................ 19

5.1 Making an HDD Folder ........................................................................................................ 19

5.2 Play Video Files ................................................................................................................... 20

5.3 Play Audio Files ................................................................................................................... 21

5.4 Play Image Files .................................................................................................................. 22

Using the remote control ......................................................................... 23

6.1 Basic Functions ................................................................................................................... 23

6.2 Descriptions of Each Buttons ............................................................................................... 24

6.3 Extra Features ..................................................................................................................... 31

6.4 Network Connection ............................................................................................................ 36

7 Firmware Upgrade .................................................................................... 53

8 Using USB Connection with the PC ........................................................ 55

8.1 Windows 98SE Driver Installation ........................................................................................ 55

8.2 Making a Partition and Formatting the HDDs under Windows 98SE / ME ............................. 58

8.3 Making a Partition and Formatting the HDDs under Windows 2000 / XP/VISTA .................... 60

8.4 Unplug or Eject Hardware .................................................................................................... 62

Appendix - Technical Terms .................................................................... 63

10 GNU General Public License ................................................................... 65

1 Introduction

1.1 Multimedia Player

TViX HD plays back DVD movies with the full functionality of DVD navigation. You can create your own virtual DVD library by storing your personal collection of DVDs in .ISO or .IFO format and watch them exactly as if they were running from the original DVDs (all original features included: Menu, Chapter, Audio Stream, Subtitle, Fast Forward, Rewind, Slow, Pause, Step Forward, Repeat, Search etc.).

TViX HD plays back high definition video (up to 1920x1080P) and still images. Prerecorded HDTV programs from a digital TV set-top box or personal digital video contents taken by a HDV™ camcorder can be played back with the TViX HD on a high definition display. The TViX HD features a HDMI connector and component, which will match the high resolution of HD level video contents.

TViX HD is a standalone, multimedia hard disk player which plays digital videos, digital music, digital still images and DVD files to a TV display and home entertainment system. You can enjoy digital contents in your living room without having to burn discs or having to play it back on a DVD or CD player anymore.

Using the latest SMP8635 processor, TViX HD supports the latest multimedia formats MKV, MPEG-4 AVC(H.264), VC-1( MP@HL, AP@L3), WMV9 & WMV HD as well as MPEG4 3.11,4.0 , 5.0. H.264 is a brand-new and superb compression technology today. It makes you more stunning HD movie with lower storage capacity.

HDMI provides unparalleled qualities to digital video and audio, while DVI only serves digital video. You don’t have to mess around with several AV cables. It provides single, pure and simple way to connect your display. It can deliver uncompressed digital video up to 1080p as well as multi-channel digital audio.

TViX HD supports DTS hardware decoder to mix DTS sound into 2 channels for a more dynamic sound quality.

The TViX HD can be networked with a PC system using its built-in LAN port. You are able to navigate to a PC file through TViX HD’s wired or wireless network and play the file from its original destination without having to copy it into the TViX first. We’re supporting the file copy via LAN.

With two USB2.0 host ports, you can now attach additional external USB hard drives to further extend the storage capacity. You can also playback files from a digital camera, USB flash driver, USB flash card reader, or a MP3 player.

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actured under license from Dolby Laboratories.

"Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

** For the further functions, please refer to following FAQ- http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/faq

1.2 Audio Player

TViX HD can play a variety of audio files such as FLAC, MP3, Ipod, M4A, Ogg Vorbis or WMA (Windows Media Audio) through the TV speaker and any other audio systems. You can listen to your favorite music files nonstop, by organizing a custom winamp playlist. Now you can enjoy music all day without changing CDs.

TViX supports the internet radio of shoutcast streaming format (.pls,.m3u).

You can watch picture slideshows with the option of background music (supports Simultaneous playback of Audio and picture images).

1.3 External Storage

If you connect to a USB 1.1 port, the TViX HD will work at USB 1.1 speed, so we strongly recommend that you use USB 2.0.

It can be used as an external device by connecting it to the System, to save video, audio, image files, data, program backups etc.

USB 2.0 enables TViX HD to become as an external storage device which supports speed up to 480Mbit/s.

It supports Plug & Play, so Windows will automatically recognize TViX HD the instant it is connected to the system

If you connect the USB Cable between the system and TVIX. During playback , then on VFD it will be displayed as USB ON. When you disconnect the USB, you do not have to reboot the TViX HD for continuous use.

If you are a Windows98SE user, you should download a USB storage driver from our website www.tvix.co.kr Windows ME/2000/XP.

You can download latest NetShare Software from our website www.tvix.co.kr/Eng before you configure

NFS network. If you select to NFS mode, you can play the TP or DVD jukebox without stutter.

before you connect your TViX HD with your system. You do not need to install a driver in

1.4 Specifications

Main Chipset

VFD Display

Video

Audio

Photo JPEG (Progressive JPEG not Support)

Connectivity

AV In / Out

Sigma Design SMP8635

7 Alpha-Numeric Character

5 Digit Numeric Display

Format :.wmv, .avi, .mpg, .vob, .mp4, .asf, .tp, .trp , .IFO, .ISO, .m2t,.m2ts ,.mov(H.264)

Codec : MPEG 1 / 2 / 4, AVI, XVID, WMV9(MP@HL), H.264/ AVC , VC-1(MP@HL, AP

@L3), MKV

Resolutions up to 1920*1080P

MP3, WMA, AAC, Ogg, PCM, AC3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, WAV(DTS), wave pack, .APE

DTS Pass Through and Down Mixing

USB2.0 Host 2 Ports USB2.0 Target 1 Port

LAN

Video

HDMI 1.3(Video 24 bit), Component, S-Video, Composite

Audio

Digital : Coaxial, Optical , Analog: Stereo

Optional DTV Tuner Port

File Formats

Subtitle

Hard Disk SATA HDD only (SATA I, SATA II HDD)

ODD Support

Language

FAN 40mm Brushless FAN

FAN Control Temperature Sensing, Variable Speed

RAM 256 Mbyte

Internal Power

Size 183x139x75 mm

Weight 1.3Kg (HDD included)

NTFS, FAT32(S-ATA HDD only, supports S- ATA 1,2) DTV Recording : 7200rpm, NTFS

Text Subtitle : smi, sub, srt, lrc, txt Image Subtitle : sub (with idx)

Through USB 2.0 Host

English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Czech, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean

90~250V Free Voltage, , 50/60Hz, 50W

2 Name of Each Part

2.1 Control Panel

Basic functions can be done without the remote control.

2.2 Cable Connection

You can connect the TViX to a TV display or audio Amplifier using the A/V cable. There is a detail instruction for tuner box on the quick guide of optional tuner box package.

HDMI OUT

POWER

USB HOST

LAN

Composite/S-video

COMPONENT

Coaxial

Stereo

USB PORT

Optical Out

HD Tuner port

Cooling FAN

2.3 Package Contents

TViX main unit Power cable A/V cable USB Cable Manual TViX Remote

HDMI cable is enclosed.

3 Installation and Connection

3.1 Video Connection

We support HDMI, Component, S-Video, Composite video output for connecting to the TV and each output needed to be changed on the settings menu depending on the cable used.

The highest quality expected by the components used is in the following order:

HDMI > Component > S-Video > Composite.

Connection with an Ordinary (Composite cable) TV Output

Connection to HDMI Output

Connect the TViX Kit HD and your TV. Using the Composite (yellow) video cable. Turn on the TViX kit and the TV. Select Video input mode as composite on your TV display, until you get the initial TViX HD screen. For the Audio, please connect the stereo cable (red,White cable).

Connect the TViX kit along with the HD and your TV.

By using the HDMI cables. TViX plays back high definition video (up to 1920x1080P) by using HDMI cables. HDMI cable can transmit uncompressed audio and Video signals together. No additional cables required for audio

Connection to S-Video Output Connection to Component Output

Connect the TViX kit and your TV .using the S-Video

cable.

Turn on the TViX Kit and the TV. Select video input

mode as S-Video on your TV display until you get

the initial TViX HD screen. Additional cables required for audio. (The S-Video cable is not included and has to be purchased separately.)

Connect the TViX kit and your TV. By using the

component cables. Turn on the TViX Kit and the TV. Select video input mode as Component on your TV display by changing setup menu (in this case, the Component input mode) Additional cables required for audio.

CAUTION

After you connect the video cable to your TV, press the TV Out button repeatedly on your remote control until you get the initial TViX screen.

The component or S-Video cable is not included in the TViX and must be purchased separately.

3.2 Audio Connection

Connection to 2 CH Normal TV Connection to 5.1CH Amplifier (Digital)

Connect the audio cables from the left (white) and right (red) of TViX to the appropriate terminal of your TV or Hi - Fi system for sound output.

If you have a multi-channel decoder/amplifier with an optical/coaxial input, you can enjoy 5.1 CH high quality sound through the coaxial or optical cables. The illustration in Below shows where to connect the coaxial cable. Optical cable connection is also done in a similar method as shown below. (These cables are not included in the package and must be purchased separately.)

CAUTION

If no sound is audible after connecting the Optical or Coaxial Cable, you have to change the audio setup of TViX to Digital.

3.3 HDD Installation/Exchange

Warning: If you change the HDD of a TViX with another HDD, the warranty will be voided.

Assembling the TViX HD is very easy. Just follow the instructions below:

Use a Screwdriver and Tighten the Bolts by attaching the guide board to the Hard disk

Open the lid of the TViX by sliding as shown in below pictures.

Connect power cable and DATA cable

Put the HDD into the TViX after spreading the cable to avoid damage. Connect the cable to cross

direction.

Close the lid of TViX.

To change the hard disk, pull the hdd’s guide board while pressing the lock button.

3.4 Initial Setting

Connect the TViX HD to your TV and then turn on the TViX HD.

Press OK button when you can see this TViX Logo.

Select your language preference.(English)

Appear the TViX screen.

4 TViX HD Setup Menu

4.1 Audio/Video Setting

This section indicates the Audio/Video settings.

You can set password to enter into setup menu. Setup password protection is available. on MISC menu Within SET UP menu. Safety lock feature need to be enabled. This will block children changing setup accidentally.

The password is 1111

udio : Digital Analog(PCM)

Digital DTS Audio : Digita l WMA A udio : Analog(PCM) AAC Audio: Analog(PCM) TV Standard : NTSC NTSC

PAL

-> Auto Switch Off TV Type : 4:3 letter Box 4:3 letter Box

4:3 Pan-Scan

16:9 Video Port : Composite/S-video Composite/S-video

Component

HDMI/DVI HDMI Audio : OFF

Video Out Mode : 480i/576i 480i/576i Luminance Level : Auto Apply Now

* Audio : You can set the mode of audio output depending on audio codec used.

- If you set Audio to Digital, you can set DTS and WMA to digital or analog.

- Please set this according to the audio format your receiver supports.

* Analog : Select this when you connect the audio with a stereo RCA cable (the RED and WHITE cable)

You can set the mode of audio output by each audio codec used. If you set Audio to Digital, you can set DTS and WMA to digital or analog. Please set this according to the audio format your receiver supports.

* Digital : Select this when you connect the audio with an optical or coaxial cable for digital audio connection

to the Decoder/Amplifier. There will be no analog audio out from the analog audio port of the TViX HD.

* TV Standard : The default video setting of the TViX HD is COMPOSITE (NTSC/S-VIDEO or PAL C/S-

VIDEO). This is the most general setting and works with almost all TVs.

* Auto Switch : is used when the video out is changed according to the NTSC , PAL or 24Hz format. * TV Type : 4:3 Letter Box / 4:3 Pan & Scan for ordinary TVs / 16:9 for Wide TVs like HDTV or Plasma TV.

If the ratio of the TV is 4:3, select the 4:3 letter box or 4:3 Pan & Scan. If the ratio is 16:9, select 16:9.

* The 4:3 Letter box can show the original ratio of the multimedia file in 16:9.

* The 4:3 Pan & Scan will adjust the image of the 16:9 multimedia file to the 4:3 of the TV screen by scaling the image. (Currently, not support this mode)

* 16:9 can adjust any ratio of the multimedia file to the TV screen with the original image.

* Video Port : If you fail to see the initial TViX HD screen after turning the unit and TV on, make sure you

have chosen the right TV out option by repeatedly pressing the TV Out button on the remote control.

Composite/S-Video is a default. * HDMI Audio Auto/Manual : Select Off when you use audio Amplifier or external sound with HDMI. * Video Out Mode : Select this when you connect the video through a component (YPbPr) or HDMI cable.

With HDMI setting, you can select the output resolution among Auto EDID/480P/720P/1080i/1080P. Setting it to 1080i will work on all HD grade TVs.

HDMI : Auto EDID/,480i/576i, 480P/576P, 720P, 1080i,1080P

Component/DVI : 480i/576i, 480P/576P, 720P, 1080i,1080P

* Luminance Level : Auto / 0-255 / 16-235, This option is enabled with HDMI or DVI Video out. (Auto EDID

is not used)

* Apply Now : After configuration, please press ‘Apply Now’ to save the Video out state.

If you want to exit the Setting, Select the EXIT button(

) and then press OK on the remote control.

4.2 MISC Setting

This section indicates the MISC settings.

Slide Show Effect : Fade In/Out

Slide Show Delay : Date / Time Setting : FAN Speed : Language :

Korean

Autorun : ON OSD Display : Normal Safety Lock: Disable Enable Subtitle/Outline: White/Black Screen Saver Disable Enable

Remote Controller: Common Smart Navigation: Smart Font : Load Factory Setup

SYSTEM FONT

Normal

English English

Disable

* Slideshow Effect : This is used when playing background music while watching picture slideshows.

(Currently, not supported)

* Slideshow Delay : Set the slide show time interval (0 sec – 60 sec) * Date / Time Setting : Adjust the clock on the VFD by using the

arrow and numeric keys.

* FAN Speed : Select your Fan Speed. We recommend the Normal

setting.

* Language : Select your language preference from the options. * Auto r u n : You can listen to music(audio files) without display(TV). If you select “random”, it plays randomly.

(Off-on-Random-Repeat-Random/Repeat)

* OSD Display : Select the type of OSD display. We recommend the Normal mode. * Safety Lock : Default password assigned is (“1111”) .When safety Lock is enabled.

* Subtitle/Outline: Change the color of the subtitle and its outline. * Screen Saver : If there is tvix_ss.jpg on the root directory, you can see this image(160*160 pixel) after 5

minutes. When the pause status or playback of audio(without slide show), Screen saver will work.

* Remote Controller : You can select your remote type. We recommend the common setting. If there is

collusion between other device and TViX remote, you’d better Choose A or B type referring to remote image displayed.

* Smart Navigation : If there is VIDEO_TS.IFO file in the folder, Clicking on the DVD folder will

automatically playback .VOB content.

* Font : Show current font. * Load Factory Setup : Recover to the factory setting, after rebooting, select the video out or language

again.

4.3 Network Setting

This section indicates the Network settings.

Default Network : Wi-Fi Wired IP Setting : DHCP Wi-Fi IP Setting : DHCP Search Wi-Fi Network TViX Network Info Network Disk1 : Normal(NFS) Slow(SAMBA)

Network Disk2 : Slow(SAMBA) Network Disk3 : Slow(SAMBA) Network Disk4 : Slow(SAMBA) Restart FTP server

FTP: ID - tvixftp, PW – 800510

Lan Speed : 10/100 Mbps

Normal(NFS)

* IP setting : Default setting is DHCP. If you cannot access via LAN with DHCP setting, use the Static IP

setting. Please refer to Setting Network Configurations in TViX HD.

* Network Disk : Write the PC’s IP address in the Server IP. (ex: 192.168.001.128)

Supports up to 4 Network disk server.

There are two network method in the TViX model. One is SAMBA mode another is NFS mode.

- SAMBA mode : You can play the file via network without special program, but the speed is lower than NFS mode.

- NFS mode : You must install the TViX NetShare utility in to your PC, and you can play the TP or

DVD jukebox without stutter. We recommend to share the NTFS file system. FAT32 file system does not contain enough information to create a lasting file name, so TViX doesn’t load the file after changing the file name.

For the detail instruction, you can download the NetShare installer and NetShare manual from our homepage.

(www.TViX.co.kr/Eng

When several TViX Kit accesses the content from single PC, then user must prefer SAMBA setting.

* TViX Network Info : You can see the information of TViX’s Network. * FTP : If you want to use FTP function, you must use ID & password displayed on Network Menu within SET

UP. For the detail instruction, please refer to following FAQ. - http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/faq

* Lan Speed : To use 1000 Mbps speed, please connect CAT6 cable.

** Number 1 key is changed as @Æ : Æ / Æ _ Æ - when this key is pressed.

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5 Easy Usage of TViX HD

5.1 Making an HDD Folder

As shown in the picture below, one end of the USB cable should be connected to the USB connector of

the TViX and the other end to the computer.

CAUTION!

The USB cable has a different shape on both ends. We use a USB 2.0 type "A" Plug(male) to "B" Plug(male).

After connecting to the PC, turn

on the power of the TViX.

Double click the icon ‘My

Computer’ on your monitor and you will see a newly created drive; TViX as shown in picture ‘A’.

( The name of the drive can be changed.)

For easy usage, double click

TVIX and make separate folders named video, audio, and photo. Then store all your files accordingly to each folder.

5.2 Play Video Files

When installation is successfully finished, you will see screen A. You can copy a video file into the VIDEO folder in advance.

SETUP, VIDEO, AUDIO, PHOTO icons

is shown.

Select the Video menu by using the

Left/Right arrow button. If you want to change the partition of the HDD, press the Jump/Repeat button.

TIPS

If you want to play the next video, press the NEXT( |) button.▶▶

If you want to play the previous video, press The previous(

|◄◄) button.

After selecting the icon, press the OK

button.

You will see 2 files in the Video folder.

Using the up/down button, select the

Video file content. By pressing the OK button, you will be able to playback the video file.

5.3 Play Audio Files

You can copy an audio file into the AUDIO folder in advance and play music files.

If you cannot see screen A, press

the MENU button on the remote control.

Select the Audio menu on screen A

and press the OK button.

You will see the audio file content

that you have just copied.

Select the audio file content using

the up/down button. Then by pressing the OK button on the content

highlighted you are able to playback the audio file.