Verbatim MediaStation Network Multimedia Hard Drive User Manual

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MediaStation

Network Multimedia Hard Drive

User Guide

English

Contents

Introduction 3

Speciﬁ cations 3

Precautions 3

System Requirements 4

Package Content 4

Product Overview 4

1. Use as External USB HDD 4

1.1 Copy Data via USB 4

1.1.1 Windows 2000, XP, Vista 5

1.1.2 Linux 5

1.1.3 Mac 6

2. Access PC via Network 6

2.1 Connect LAN Cable 6

2.2 Set Network Conﬁ gurations 6

2.2.1 Windows 2000 6

2.2.2 Windows XP 9

2.2.3 Windows Vista 11

3. Use as Multimedia Player 13

3.1 Connect to External AV Device 13

3.1.1 Connect Video Cable 13

3.1.2 Connect Audio Cable 14

3.2 Basic Setup 14

3.2.1 Video Setup 14

3.2.2 Audio Setup 15

3.2.3 Network Setup 15

3.2.4 Screen Setup 17

3.2.5 Preview Setup 17

3.2.6 LED Setup 17

3.3 Basic Screen Menu 18

3.3.1 Mode Selection, Media Type Selection 18

3.3.2 File Selection 19

3.4 Play Video Files 20

3.5 Play DVD Files 21

3.6 Play Music Files 22

3.7 Play Photo Files 23

3.8 Make a Play-List 24

3.9 Remote Controls 25

3.10 Others 25

3.10.1 Music Slide Show 25

3.10.2 MP3 Quick Play 25

3.10.3 Change Background Image 25

3.10.4 Firmware Upgrade 26

Technical Support 26

Limited Warranty Terms 26

WEEE Notice 26

FCC Compliance 26

CE Declaration - EC Declaration of Conformity 27

RoHS Compliance 27

Introduction

Verbatim MediaStation is brand-new digital multimedia player supporting dual data access mode via 3.5” HDD inside and 10/100Mbps Network. Easily enjoy Digital Movie, Digital Music, Digital Photo data of 3.5” HDD inside and Networking PC’s hard disk drive on your TV.

• Dual Data Access Mode via 10/100Mbps LAN and 3.5” HDD inside

• Digital Multimedia Player via Home TV or Car TV

• USB 2.0 External Storage via PC (NTFS, FAT32)

• Audio - Stereo, Digital Coaxial & Optical 5.1ch. Sound

• Video - Composite, S-Video, HD Component 480p, 720p, 1080i

• DVD Manager - Playback of DVD File same as Original DVD Title

• Easy Firmware Upgrade.

Speciﬁ cations

Product Name Verbatim MediaStation

Power 12V 3A

Weight 1200g (including HDD) approx.

Dimension 47 x 150 x 210 mm

Available OS Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS 9.0 Higher, Linux 2.4 Higher

USB Interface 480Mbps USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) / Slave

Network Interface 10/100 Mbps LAN (RJ-45)

HDD Type 3.5” SATA HDD

HDD File System NTFS / FAT32 (Pre-formatted FAT 32)

TV Type NTSC / PAL

Supported Format Movie MPEG 1, 2, 4 (MPG, MPEG, AVI, M2V, DAT, VOB, IFO) DivX, XviD (except GMC, Qpel option applied)

Music MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA (except WMA9 pro.lossless)

Photo JPG(JPEG)

Video Output COMPOSITE / S-VIDEO / COMPONENT Y, Pb, Pr (480p, 720p, 1080i Progressive Scan)

Audio Output STEREO L-R / DIGITAL COAXIAL, OPTICAL (DTS Pass-Through Only)

Working Temperature 0˚C ~ 60˚C

Working Humidity 10% ~ 50%

Precautions

• It is important to regularly backup the content of any hard disk drive to an alternative medium. Verbatim is not responsible for any loss of data.

• It’s better to unplug the power adaptor when you do not use for a long time.

• MediaStation does not support the DivX, XviD codec of video ﬁ les that has GMC, Qpel option.

• MediaStation supports only “Pass-Through” for DTS Audio codec.

• Do not power off while a ﬁ le is playing.

• Do not use USB cables longer than 3m.

• If you have USB 1.1 Host Adapter, MediaStation is working at USB1.1 speed.

• Handle MediaStation with care. Do not drop or subject to impact or shock.

• We recommend you to use the all supplied cables or accessories that are customized for the best performance of MediaStation.

• Do not expose to liquids, this may cause an electrical shock hazard.

• Keep away from external heat sources.

• Keep away from devices that transmit strong magnetic signal. It may cause data damage or loss on the HDD.

• Do not disassemble MediaStation as you may cause damage and you will invalidate your warranty

System Requirements

• USB Requirements

- Windows 2000, XP, Vista / MAC OS 9.0 higher / Linux 2.4.x higher

- Available USB 2.0, 1.1 Port (Recommend USB 2.0)

• Network Requirements

- Windows 2000, XP, Vista

- Available 10/100 Ethernet LAN Port, RJ-45 (Recommend 100Mbps)

Package Content

• Mediastation network multimedia drive, Remote Control (+Battery), Stand, Composite video / Stereo audio cable, USB Cable, External AC

Power Adapter, User manual CD , Quick start guide

Product Overview

Back ViewFront View

④ NEXT / FF / RIGHT

⑤ STOP / DOWN

① POWER Power On, Off

② PLAY / PAUSE Play all ﬁ les from selected ﬁ le / Pause

③ PRE / REW / LEFT Go to the previous page or Rewind / Left key

④ NEXT / FF / RIGHT Go to the next page or Fast Forward / Right key

Front View

⑤ STOP / DOWN Stop / Scroll down key

⑥ IPWR Power LED

⑦ NET Network LED

⑧ HDD HDD running LED

⑨ IR IR Receiver

① POWER

② PLAY/PAUSE

③ PRE / REW / LEFT

⑥ PWR

⑦ NET

⑧ HDD

⑨ IR

⑩ STEREO L-R

Back View

① LAN

② USB

③ OPTICAL

⑪ CVBS

⑪ COAXIAL

① USB Connect USB cable

② OPTICAL Connect Optical cable for 5.1 ch. digital audio output

③ S-VIDEO Connect s-video for video output

④ COAXIAL Connect coaxial cable for 5.1 ch. digital audio output

⑤ Y, PB, PR Connect component Y, Pb, Pr cable for video output

⑥ LAN Connect Lan cable for networking

⑦ PWR Connect power cable

⑧ CVBS Connect composite cable for video output

⑨ STEREO L-R Connect stereo cable for audio output

⑤ S-VIDEO

⑦ Y, PB, PR

⑨ PWR

1. Use as External USB HDD

1.1 Copy Data via USB

Your MediaStation may be used an external hard drive for your PC once connected via USB port. Once connection via USB port is made video outputs will be disabled.

* When connecting PC, you have to connect power cable of MediaStation.

1.1.1 Windows 2000, XP, Vista

1. After connecting MEDIASTATION and plug power cable, Windows itself will install driver automatically. And then, check the driver installation at Windows [Start > Settings > Control panel > (switch to classic View on Windows XP) > system > Hardware > Device manager > Universal Serial Bus controllers > USB Mass Storage Device ].

2. Check ‘My Computer’ or ‘Explorer’, there should be a new volume. You can copy any data to this volume.

3. After copying data, remove MEDIASTATION with using remove icon at Windows right-down corner. If you don’t follow this procedure, data and MEDIASTATION may have damage.

✓ When you see ‘Non High-Speed USB Hub Message’ The message will be displayed On windows XP when you plug MEDIASTATION into USB

1.1 spec. Host adapter.

1.1.2 Linux

✓ Compatible with Linux 2.4 or higher.

[Automatic Mount]

After booting, do log-in.

Connect MEDIASTATION -> Power On MEDIASTATION -> Check the detection with [fdisk] -> make Mount Pointer (ex. mediatest) at Folder Mount(/mnt) -> Edit [/etc/fstab] -> add the following;

/dev/sda /mnt/mediatest vfat noauto, user 0 0 (in case of FAT32 HDD)

/dev/sda /mnt/mediatest ntfs noauto, user 0 0 (in case of NTFS HDD)

Do Log-in again.

✓ Above example “sda” is assumed that the MEDIASTATION will be detected as “sda” on your system. If not, you have to write the drive name which is detected as “USB Mass Storage”, not “sda”

[Manual Mount]

Connect MEDIASTATION -> Power On MEDIASTATION -> Check the detection with [fdisk] -> make Mount Pointer (ex. mediatest) at Folder Mount(/mnt) -> Edit [/etc/fstab] -> add the following;

mount –t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/mediatest (in case of FAT32 HDD)

mount –t ntfs /dev/sda /mnt/mediatest (in case of FAT32 HDD)

[How to stop using]

Do [unmount] at Device Control.

1.1.3 Mac

No need to install the installation driver at Mac OS 9.x version and the MEDIASTATION will be detected automatically. If the MEDIASTATION is detected correctly, an icon is appeared at a monitor.

When removing MEDIASTATION safely, drag the icon to a trash and unplug MEDIASTATION.

2. Access PC via Network

2.1 Connect LAN Cable

When connecting with IP Router or HubWhen connecting Computer to MEDIASTATION directly

Connect LAN cable to LAN port between MEDIASTATION and PC. In this case, you have to use Cross LAN cable type generally.

[TIP] If the computer’s LAN card was connected to Internet line, you can mount additional LAN card to your PC and connect that additional LAN card to MEDIASTATION.

Connect LAN cable to LAN port between IP Router or Hub.

In this case, you have to use Direct LAN Cable type generally.

2.2 Set Network Conﬁ gurations

After connecting LAN cable, you have to set network conﬁ gurations of Computer and MEDIASTATION.

You need to share a folder on Windows computer and use same ‘IP Address range’ and same ‘Subnet Mask ‘ between Windows computer and MEDIASTATION. For example,

Computer MEDIASTATION

IP Address 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3

Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0

*It is possible to assign IP address and Subnet Mask of MEDIASTATION as dynamic or static.

2.2.1 Windows 2000

1. Select a folder which you want to share. Right-click the folder and click ‘Sharing’ in pop menu.

2. Check ‘Share this folder’ and write ‘share name’.

For example, “My Movie”

✓ Make sure to write ‘share name’ within 12 characters in English.

4. After that, the shared folder will be displayed as following picture.

5. Move to [Settings>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer management>Local Users and Groups>Users], and double click ‘Guest’.

6. Check ‘User cannot change password’ and ‘Password never expires’.

3. Click ‘Permissions’ and check whether “Everyone” account is or not. If not, add “Everyone” account.

✓ Recommend only to use ‘Read>Allow’ at Permissions.

7. Move to [Control Panel>Network and Dial-up Connections], and select Properties of ‘Local Area Connections’ by right click of mouse.

✓ If you see two or more ‘Local area connections’, select one that you will use for connecting to MEDIASTATION.

8. Double click ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’ that you want to use on your computer.

9 Check ‘Use the following IP address’, and write ‘IP address’ &

‘Subnet mask’ that you want to use.

For example,

IP address: 192.168.1.3

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

10. Set the network conﬁ gurations of Mediastation.

✓ You have to connect MEDIASTATION to TV set for this setup. See “3.1.1 Connect Video Cable”.

Press [SETUP] of remote control for moving to setup screen.

On that screen, select ‘DHCP off’ and write IP address & Subnet mask.

For example,

IP Address: 192.168.1.2

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

After writing, press [SETUP] again for saving conﬁ gurations.

✓ If you have already been provided dynamic IP address from DHCP Server or IP Router on your local area network, you don’t need to write static IP address absolutely. Use ‘DHCP on’ or write IP address & Subnet mask that DHCP Server or IP Router provide.

✓ Check ‘IP address obtained automatically’ When you use ‘DHCP On’, you can see the IP address in MENU screen after selecting ‘PC-Network’ icon in Mode Selection screen.

✓ If you have already been provided dynamic IP address from DHCP Server or IP Router on your local area network, you don’t need to input IP address.. Use ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’.

2.2.2 Windows XP

1. Select a folder which you want to share. Right-click the folder and click ‘Sharing and Security’ in pop menu.

2. Check ‘Share this folder on the network’ and write ‘Share name’.

For example, “My Movie”

✓ Make sure to write ‘Share name’ within 12 characters in English.

5. Check ‘User cannot change password’ and ‘Password never expires’.

3. After that, the shared folder will be displayed as following picture.

4. Move to [Settings>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer management>Local Users and Groups>Users], and double click ‘Guest’.

✓ This is for Windows XP Professional. Windows XP Home users can’t see this ﬁ gure. Go to next number 6).

✓ If you can’t ﬁ nd ‘Administrative Tools’ at Control Panel, click “Switch to classic view” in left-up corner on screen.

6. Move to [Control Panel>Network connections], and select ‘Local area connections’ properties by right click of mouse.

✓ If you can’t ﬁ nd ‘Administrative Tools’ at Control Panel, click “Switch to classic view” in left-up corner on screen.

✓ If you see two or more ‘Local area connections’, select one that you will use for connecting to MEDIASTATION.

7. Double click ‘Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)’ that you want to use on your computer.

8. Check ‘Use the following IP address’, and write ‘IP address’ & ‘Subnet mask’ that you want to use.

For example,

IP address: 192.168.1.3

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

9. At above number 7) ﬁ gure, click ‘Advanced’ Tab. Disable ‘Internet Connection Firewall’.

✓ If you use service pack 2, refer to the following ﬁ gures. Click ‘Settings’ at ‘Windows Firewall’

✓ If you have already been provided dynamic IP address from DHCP Server or IP Router on your local area network, you don’t need to write static IP address absolutely. Use ‘Obtain an IP address automatically on’ or write IP address & Subnet mask that DHCP Server or IP Router provide.

Check ‘Off’ and click ‘OK’

10. Set the network conﬁ gurations of MEDIASTATION.

✓ You have to connect MEDIASTATION to TV set for this setup. See “3.1.1 Connect Video Cable”.

Press [SETUP] of remote control for moving to setup screen.

On that screen, select ‘DHCP off’ and write IP address & Subnet mask.

For example,

IP Address: 192.168.1.2

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

After writing, press [SETUP] again for saving conﬁ gurations.

✓ Check ‘IP address obtained automatically’ When you use ‘DHCP On’, you can see the IP address in MENU screen after selecting ‘PC-Network’ icon in Mode Selection screen.

2.2.3 Windows Vista

Before you do “folder sharing”, you need to set up 3 things for Network sharing.

1. Setup of User Accounts and Family safety

a. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Users Accounts and Family safety

b. Make sure the account is “Guest”.

c. If the “Guest” account is off, then switch it to “On”.

2. Disable “Firewall”

a. Click Start > Setting > Control Panel > Security > Windows Firewall on / off

c. make a folder you want to share.

b. Click at ‘Off (not recommended)

3. Setup of Network and Sharing Center

a. Click Start > Setting > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center

d. You will get a popup “Choose people to share with” then select “Everyone (All users in this list) and press “Add” button.

e. After you register the user account, then click “Share” button.

b. Select “Password Protected sharing” and select “Turn off password protected sharing”.

3. Use as Multimedia Player

3.1 Connect to External AV Device

3.1.1 Connect Video Cable

MEDIASTATION supports 3 type of video output; “Composite, S-video, Component”. Use video connection that your TV supports. Normally, TV supports composite video connection, and this package is supplied with a composite video cable.

① Composite: Yellow RCA cable. (Supplied)

Yellow (CVBS)

② S-Video: Black rounded cable (not supplied)

S-VIDEO

③ Component: Y, Pb, Pr component cable (not supplied)

Red (Pr) Red (Pr) Connect Pr Jack of TV

Blue (Pb) Blue (Pb) Connect Pb Jack of TV

Green (Y) Green (Y) Connect Y Jack of TV

✓ When you can not see normal screen after connecting video cable, check followings,

1. “TV “– Switch to Video Input Mode: Turn on TV, and switch to video input mode same as video connection. See TV user manual.

2. “MG-35S” – Switch to Video Output Mode: Press [VIDEO] button repeatedly. Whenever press [VIDEO], video output signal is changed.

3. After you see normal screen, you have to save video conﬁ gurations of MEDIASTATION .See “3.2.1 Video Setup”.

Yellow (CVBS)

Connect S-Video Jack of TV

Connect to Composite (CVBS) Jack of TV

3.1.2 Connect Audio Cable

MEDIASTATION supports 3 type of audio output; “Stereo, Coaxial, Optical”. Use audio connection that your TV or Audio set supports. Normally, TV supports stereo audio connection, and this package supplies stereo audio cable

① Stereo: Red & White RCA Cable (supplied)

Red (STEREO-R) Red (STEREO-R)

Connect to Composite (CVBS) Jack of TV

White (STEREO-L) White (STEREO-L)

② Optical (): Optical Cable for Digital 5.1 ch. (not supplied)

OPTICAL ()

✓ Don’t connect optical and coaxial cable together at the same time.

③ Coaxial: Coaxial cable for Digital 5.1 ch. (not supplied)

COAXIAL

✓ When you can not hear sound after connecting Optical or Coaxial Cable, you have to change audio setup of MediaStation as Encoded Digital. See “3.2.2 Audio Setup”

Connect Optical Jack of Ampliﬁ er or Receiver

Connect Coaxial jack of Ampliﬁ er or Receiver.

Connect to Composite (CVBS) Jack of TV

3.2 Basic Setup

3.2.1 Video Setup

This is guide for setting video output of MEDIASTATION. You have to setup MEDIASTATION video output mode same as TV set’s video input mode.

✓ When you can not see normal screen after connecting video cable, check followings,

1. “TV “– Switch to Video Input Mode: Turn on TV, and switch to video input mode same as video connection. See TV user manual.

2. “MEDIASTATION” – Switch to Video Output Mode: Press [VIDEO] button repeatedly. Whenever press [VIDEO], video output signal is changed.

3. After you see normal screen, you have to save video conﬁ gurations of MEDIASTATION.

TV Video Input Mode MEDIASTATION Video Output Mode Connection Jack of TV, MEDIASTATION Video Cable Type

TV Out: NTSC C/S-Video

Normal Video

S-Video

Component 480i

Component 480p HD Component Out On 480p

Component 720p HD Component Out On 720p

Component 1080i HD Component Out On 1080i

✓ NTSC, PAL : Standard of TV Output. Select a proper one for using in your country.

(HD Component OFF)

TV Out: PAL C/S-Video (HD Component OFF)

TV Out: NTSC C/S-Video (HD Component OFF)

TV Out: PAL C/S-Video (HD Component OFF)

TV Out: NTSC C/YPbPr (HD Component OFF)

TV Out: PAL C/YPbPr (HD Component OFF)

CVBS or Composite Jack (Generally Yellow Jack)

S-Video Jack

Component 3 Jack * Y(Green), Pb(Blue), Pr(Red)

Yellow RCA Cable (Supplied)

S-Video Cable * Black rounded

Component Cable * Y(Green), Pb(Blue), Pr(Red)

Setup Procedure

① Turn on MediaStation and press [SETUP] on Mode Selection screen.

② Move to ‘TV Out’ icon and press [ENTER]. Setup box will be displayed under icon

menu.

③ Move to Video Output Mode that you want and press [ENTER]. ④ Finally, press [SETUP] again for saving conﬁ gurations.

3.2.2 Audio Setup

This is guide for setting audio output of MEDIASTATION. You can use Stereo or Digital 5.1 ch..

✓ Analogue/DCPM: Select when you connect the supplied audio cables (Red / White) to TV or Audio set directly. ✓ Encoded Digital: Select when you want to listen through 5.1Ch / DTS Dolby by connecting receiver (or ampliﬁ er) with Optical or Coaxial cable.

Setup Procedure

① Turn on MediaStation and press [SETUP] in Mode Selection screen.

② Move to ‘Audio’ icon and press [ENTER]. Setup box will be displayed under icon

menu.

③ Move to Audio Output Mode that you want and press [ENTER]. ④ Finally, press [SETUP] again for saving conﬁ gurations.

3.2.3 Network Setup

It is possible to obtain IP address automatically from DHCP Server or IP Router, or set the speciﬁ c IP address. Check your network environments.

✓ DHCP On: You can use this option when it is possible to obtain IP address automatically from DHCP Server or IP Router. ✓ DHCP Off: When it is not possible to obtain IP address automatically or you connect to your PC directly without DHCP Server or IP Router, you have to use this option. Just enter the

IP address and Subnet mask.

‘DHCP On’ Setup Procedure

② Move to ‘Network’ icon and press [ENTER]. Setup box will be displayed under icon menu.

① Turn on MediaStation and press [SETUP] in Mode Selection screen.

③ Move to DHCP On and press [ENTER]. ④ Finally, press [SETUP] again for saving configurations.

✓ Check ‘IP address obtained automatically’ When you use ‘DHCP On’, you can see the IP address in MENU screen after selecting ‘PC-Network] icon in Mode Selection screen.

① Turn on MediaStation and press [SETUP] in Mode Selection screen.

④ Move to ‘IP Addr’ and press [ENTER] IP address Input box will be displayed. Enter IP address with arrow and number button of remote control. And then, press [ENTER] again.

⑤ Move to ‘Subnet’ and press [ENTER]. Subnet mask Input box will be displayed. Enter Subnet mask with arrow and number button of remote control. And then, press [ENTER] again. ⑥ Finally, press [SETUP] again for saving configurations.

② Move to ‘Network’ icon and press [ENTER]. Setup box will be displayed under icon menu. ③ Move to DHCP Off and press [ENTER].

✓ Check ‘The speciﬁ c IP address you wrote’ When you use ‘DHCP off’, you can see the IP address in MENU screen after selecting ‘PC-Network] icon in Mode Selection screen.

3.2.4 Screen Setup

This is guide for setting TV Type. You can use 4:3 Letter Box, 4:3 Pan Scan, and 16:9.

Setup Procedure

① Turn on MediaStation and press [SETUP] in Mode Selection Screen.

② Move to ‘Screen’ icon and press [ENTER]. Setup box will be displayed under icon menu. ③ Move to 4:3 Letter box, 4:3 Pan scan or 16:9 that you want and press [ENTER]. ④ Finally, press [SETUP] again for saving configurations.

3.2.5 Preview Setup

It is possible to enable or disable preview the photo ﬁ le as a thumbnail image before playing.

Setup Procedure

① Turn on MediaStation and press [SETUP] in Mode Selection screen.

② Move to ‘Preview’ icon and press [ENTER]. Setup box will be displayed under icon menu. ③ Move to Photo preview on or off that you want and press [ENTER]. ④ Finally, press [SETUP] again for saving configurations.

3.2.6 LED Setup

It is possible to turn on or off a backlight LED of arrow button on the front side. When the LED disturbs you in night, turn off the LED.

Setup Procedure

① Turn on MediaStation and press [SETUP] in Mode Selection screen.

② Move to ‘LED’ icon and press [ENTER]. Setup box will be displayed under icon menu. ③ Move to LED on or off that you want and press [ENTER]. ④ finally, press [SETUP] again for saving configurations.

3.3 Basic Screen Menu

3.3.1 Mode Selection, Media Type Selection

After turning on MEDIASTATION, you can see Mode Selection screen. In this screen, you can select Built-in HDD or Networking Computers. Just press [ENTER] after moving to the icon with WX arrow button.

✓ If there is no HDD or networking PC, the icons are not activated.

1. Use Built-in HDD

① [Mode Selection] Move to ‘MediaStation’ icon and press [ENTER] for playing built-in HDD’s files.

2. Use Networking Computer

① Turn on MediaStation and press [SETUP] in Mode Selection screen.

② [Media Type Selection] Select a media type which you want to play and press [ENTER].

- Movie: Select when playing Video files

- Music: Select when playing Music files

- Photo: Select when playing Photo files

- List: Select when making a play list including video, music, photo files

- Setup: Select when moving to setup screen.

② [Media Type Selection] Select a media type which you want to play and press [ENTER].

- Movie: Select when playing Video files

- Music: Select when playing Music files

- Photo: Select when playing Photo files

- List: Select when making a play list including video, music, photo files

- Setup: Select when moving to setup screen.

③ [Computer list on network] Computer list on network will be displayed. Move to a computer and press [ENTER].

3.3.2 File Selection

After selecting a Media type, ‘File Selection’ screen will be displayed. Move to a ﬁ le that you want to play and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/ PAUSE].

Icon Menu Tray

☞ [ENTER] button Play one ﬁ le that you select. After ﬁ nishing playback, return to ‘ﬁ le selection screen’.

☞ [PLAY/PAUSE] button After playing the ﬁ le that you select, play next all ﬁ les continuously.

☞ WX button Move to ﬁ les with pressing TS arrow buttons.

☞ W button Return to up directory with pressing W arrow button.

☞ X button Go to ‘Icon Menu Tray’ placed at the top of screen with pressing X button. In order to return to ﬁ le selection screen, press T

arrow button or select Exit icon.

☞ NEXT XXI, PREV IWW button Move to Next or Previous page when there are too many ﬁ les to list on one screen.

☞ Icon Menu Tray Descriptions

Go to ‘Icon Menu Tray’ placed at the top of screen with pressing X button. In order to return to ﬁ le selection, press T arrow button or select ‘Exit’ icon.

Back:

Allplay:

Menu:

Exit:

Return to directory

After the ﬁ le that you select has ﬁ nished all ﬁ les will be played continuously. It has the same action as pressing the [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

Return to Media Type screen

Exit Icon Menu Tray and return to ﬁ le selection screen.

3.4 Play Video Files

It is possible to play video ﬁ les like AVI, MPG, MPEG, DAT, M2V, and VOB.

Select ‘Movie’ icon in Media Type Selection screen. Video ﬁ le list will be displayed. Just move to a ﬁ le and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

Select ‘Movie’ icon in Media Type Selection screen.

Move to a file and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Press [ENTER] for playing just the file or [PLAY/PAUSE] for playing all files from the selected file.

Function and Button Descriptions

Remote Control Function Descriptions

AUDIO Dual Audio

Subtitle - Move & Size

Subtitle - Select or Hide

SUBTITLE

Subtitle - Language Select

Subtitle - Sync.

4, 5, 6 Number Button

Scr. SIZE

TIME SEARCH Jump to Preferable Playback Time Move to a selected time of a ﬁ le.

CANCEL Delete Input Numbers In time search box, this button deletes all numbers in 0.

Brt. CONT

FILE INFO Show File Information Show the ﬁ le information which is being played. In order to hide the information, press this button again.

FF XX

X arrow button

REW WW

W arrow button

VOLUME + Volume Up Volume up.

S arrow button

VOLUME - Volume Down Volume down.

T arrow button

MUTE Sound Off Mute the sound. In order to hear sound press this button again.

ENTER Playback a File Play a ﬁ le. After ﬁ nishing playback return to ﬁ le selections screen.

PLAY / PAUSE XII

PREV IWW

Subtitle - Colour Change

Zoom Vertical Zoom screen vertically.

Zoom Full Enlarge the overall screen.

Custom

Default Return to original screen size and position.

Screen Position

Control luminosity, colour depth, brightness

Fast Forward Whenever pressing this button, play speed is changed with 8x, 16x, 32x in forward.

Rewind Whenever pressing this button, play speed is changed with 8x, 16x, 32x in backward.

Playback Next All Files After the ﬁ le that you select has ﬁ nished all ﬁ les will be played continuously

Pause Pause playback, if pressing this button when a ﬁ le is being played. In order to play again, press this button again.

Playback Previous File

It is possible to switch each audio language when the audio format is dual-audio, for example, including a local language and English.

It is possible to change subtitle size and location. WX arrow button changes size and TS arrow button changes location. To conﬁ rm press [ENTER].

The subtitle name same as video ﬁ le is displayed on screen automatically. However, it is possible to open the other preferable subtitle ﬁ les or hide.

It is possible to switch each subtitle language when the subtitle is dual language format, for example, including a local language and English. * When selecting ‘Discriminating subtitle language’, ﬁ rst subtitle language will be displayed.

It is possible to set the subtitle sync. with WX(one second) TS(60 second) when motion and subtitle sync are not matched.

Subtitle colour is changed by pressing number 4 or 6 button. In order to return default colour (white), press number 5.

Enlarge or reduce the screen by STWX arrow buttons.

Move the screen to the direction with STWX arrow buttons. Press [Brt.Cont] key to return to the original screen position when applying Screen position.

When pressing this button, 3 modes switch. After selecting a mode change settings with TS arrow buttons.

Play a previous ﬁ le before a current playback ﬁ le. If you used [ENTER] for playback, you can not use this function. This is available in playing all ﬁ les as using [PLAY/PAUSE] button or ‘ALLPLAY’ icon.

NEXT XXI

0 Number button Screen Reset If a frame of a video ﬁ le is broken, green colour runs on a overall screen. Press number [o “Zero”] for screen reset.

MENU Menu Icon Popup

Playback Next File

Play a next ﬁ le after a current playback ﬁ le. If you used [ENTER] for playback, you cannot use this function. This is available in playing all ﬁ les as using [PLAY/PAUSE] button or ‘ALLPLAY’ icon.

Popup menu will appear including ‘File Info, Time Search, Subtitle, Scr.Size’ functions. In order to hide the popup, press this button again.

3.5 Play DVD Files

DVD manager function supports the playback of backed up DVD Files in the same way as the original DVD.

Make a folder and then save all the DVD ﬁ les into the folder. After connecting TV(or Monitor), select VIDEO_TS.IFO ﬁ le at the folder. Make sure that all the DVD backup ﬁ les including VIDEO_TS.IFO from one DVD title will be located in one folder.

✓ If you can not ﬁ nd VIDEO_TS.IFO ﬁ le among all the backed up ﬁ les from an original DVD title, DVD manager function will not work. ✓ When you play DVD ﬁ le in networking computer, playback time might be delayed, so it’s not possible to play DVD ﬁ les on networks. It is recommended to use the built-in HDD.

Select ‘Movie’ icon in Media Type Selection screen.

Move to the folder including DVD backup files and select ‘video_ts.ifo’ file and press [ENTER] button.

Function and Button Descriptions

Remote Control Function Description

AUDIO Select Audio Type Audio type will be changed whenever pressing this button.

SUBTITLE Select Subtitle Type Subtitle type will be changed whenever pressing this button.

Scr. SIZE Screen Size Screen size will be changed when press the button.

MENU Go to Menu Move to main menu while playing DVD.

SLOW Playback Slow Play slowly 1/2x, 1/4x, and 1/8x whenever pressing this button.

REPEAT Chapter, Title Repeat Set chapter, title repeat.

A-B REPEAT A-B repeat Set the A-B repeat.

TITLE Go to Title Menu Move to title menu while playing DVD.

ANGLE Angle Apply angle function.

FILE INFO Show File Information Show the ﬁ le information which is being played. In order to hide the information, press this button again.

TIME SEARCH Jump to Preferable Playback Time Move to a selected time of a ﬁ le.

CANCEL Delete Input Numbers In time search box, this button deletes all numbers in 0.

Brt. CONT

PREV IWW

NEXT XXI

FF XX

REW WW

ENTER Playback Play selected ‘Video_ts.ifo’ ﬁ le.

PLAY / PAUSE XII

VOLUME + Volume Up Volume up.

VOLUME - Volume Down Volume down.

Control luminosity, colour depth, brightness

Playback Previous Chapter Play a previous chapter.

Playback Next Chapter Play a next chapter.

Fast Forward Whenever pressing this button, play speed is changed with 8x, 16x, 32x, 48x in forward.

Rewind Whenever pressing this button, play speed is changed with 8x, 16x, 32x, 48x in backward.

Pause Pause playback, if pressing this button when a ﬁ le is being

When pressing this button, 3 modes switch. After selecting a mode, change settings with TS arrow buttons.

3.6 Play Music Files

It is possible to play music ﬁ les like MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA.

Select Music icon in Media Type Selection screen. Music ﬁ le list will be displayed. Just move to a ﬁ le and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

Select ‘Movie’ icon in Media Type Selection screen.

Move to the folder including DVD backup files and select ‘video_ts.ifo’ file and press [ENTER] button.

Function and Button Descriptions

Remote Control Function Description

FILE INFO Show File Information Show the ﬁ le information which is being played. In order to hide the information, press this button again.

TIME SEARCH Jump to Preferable Playback Time Move to a selected time of a ﬁ le.

CANCEL Delete Input Numbers In time search box, this button deletes all numbers in 0.

Brt. CONT

PREV IWW

NEXT XXI

FF XX

REW WW

ENTER Playback a File Play a ﬁ le. After ﬁ nishing playback, return to ﬁ le selections screen.

PLAY / PAUSE XII

VOLUME + Volume Up Volume up.

VOLUME - Volume Down Volume down.

MUTE Sound Off Mute the sound. In order to hear sound, press this button again.

SUBTITLE Hide Mp3 Subtitle

Control luminosity, colour depth, brightness

Playback Previous File

Playback

Go to 10 Sec. in Forward Go to 10 sec. in forward and play when a ﬁ le is being played.

Go to 10 Sec. in Backward Go to 10 sec. in backward and play when a ﬁ le is being played.

Playback Next All Files After the ﬁ le that you select, play next all ﬁ les continuously. It is same as [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

Pause Pause playback, if pressing this button when a ﬁ le is being played. In order to play again, press this button again.

When pressing this button, 3 modes switch. After selecting a mode, change settings with TS arrow buttons.

Play a next ﬁ le after a current playback ﬁ le. If you used [ENTER] for playback, you can not use this function. This is available in playing all ﬁ les as using [PLAY/PAUSE] button or ‘ALLPLAY’ icon.

It is possible to show mp3 subtitle which the mp3 ﬁ le supports subtitle. In that case, this button will hide the subtitle. * mp3 subtitle supported ﬁ le must be made by iriver caption editior program, not support LDB program.

✓ How to Play MP3 without using TV display. MP3 Quick Play Make a ‘music’ folder (in lower case) at root directory of built-in HDD and save MP3 ﬁ les at the folder. Turn on MEDIASTATION and just press [PLAY/PAUSE] button. MP3 ﬁ les in the ‘music’ folder will be played automatically. Additionally, after rebooting MEDIASTATION, playback will recommence with the last ﬁ le played.

3.7 Play Photo Files

It is possible to play photo ﬁ les like JPG(JPEG).

Select Picture icon in Media Type Selection screen. The Photo ﬁ le list (or folder list) will be displayed. Just move to a ﬁ le and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

Select Picture icon in Media Type Selection screen.

Move to a file and press [ENTER] or [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Press [ENTER] for playing just the file or [PLAY/PAUSE] for playing all files from the selected folder.

Function and Button Descriptions

Remote Control Function Description

FILE INFO Show File Information Show the ﬁ le information for the ﬁ le which is being played. In order to hide the information, press this button again.

PREV IWW

NEXT XXI

ENTER Playback a File Play a ﬁ le. After ﬁ nishing playback, return to ﬁ le selections screen.

PLAY / PAUSE XII

FF XX

REW XX

ANGLE Rotation Rotate a photo.

방향키 TSWX

ENTER Return to Original Photo Return to original photo.

Brt. CONT Control luminosity, colour depth,

Playback Previous File Play a previous ﬁ le before a current playback ﬁ le. If you used [ENTER] for playback, you can not use this function.

Playback Next File Play a next ﬁ le after a current playback ﬁ le. If you used [ENTER] for playback, you can not use this function. This is

Playback Next All Files After the ﬁ le that you select, play next all ﬁ les continuously. It is same as [PLAY/PAUSE] button.

Pause Pause playback, if pressing this button when a ﬁ le is being played. In order to play again, press this button again.

Zoom In Enlarge a photo.

Zoom Out Reduce a photo.

Panning Move the position of photo.

brightness

This is available in playing all ﬁ les as using [PLAY/PAUSE] button or ‘ALLPLAY’ icon.

available in playing all ﬁ les as using [PLAY/PAUSE] button or ‘ALLPLAY’ icon.

When pressing this button, 3 modes switch. After selecting a mode, change settings with TS arrow buttons.

✓ Photo Slide Show If you play all ﬁ les with 'PLAYALL' icon or [PLAY/PAUSE], photo slide shows will be started.

✓ Music Slide Show Make a 'music' folder (in lower case at root directory) of built-in HDD and save MP3 ﬁ les at the folder. When you play one or all photo ﬁ les, you can listen mp3 and see photo slide show together.

✓ Photo Preview On, Off It is possible to enable or disable preview the photo ﬁ le as a thumbnail image before playing at SETUP screen.

3.8 Make a Play-List

User can register all media ﬁ les such as video, music and photo to a play-list.

✓ It is not possible to play each registered ﬁ les independently. Use 'Random, PLAY all' icon or [PLAY/PAUSE] button. Additionally, registered play-list will be deleted after rebooting.

① Select Play List icon in Media Type Selection screen.

③ Play-List screen appears showing added files. Play as follows

- Random icon: play in random.

- Allplay icon: play in order from selected file.

- Play/Pause button: play in order from selected file.

② Move to a file and press [ENTER] for adding to Play-List. After adding, press [▶] for moving to 'Menu Icon tray'. Move to 'List' icon and press [ENTER].

* In order to move up to Menu Icon Tray, press [X] button.

* Highlighting Delete(X) and pressing Enter deletes all the added ﬁ les.

* In order to delete a added ﬁ le, move to a ﬁ le on Play-List screen and press [ENTER] twice.

* In order to change location among added ﬁ les, move to a ﬁ le which you want to move and press [ENTER] and then move to the other ﬁ le where you want to add and press [ENTER].

3.9 Remote Controls

This is guide for basic use of remote control. For more details see section ‘3.3 Basic Screen Menu’, ‘3.4 Play Video Files’, ‘3.5 Play DVD Files’, ‘3.6 Play Music Files’, ‘3.7 Play Photo Files’, ‘3.8 Make a Play-List’.

POWER Turn On / Off SETUP Go to Setup Screen

MENU Go to DVD Main Menu, Display Menu Icon When Playing

Video File

TITLE Go to DVD Title Menu ANGLE DVD Angle, Photo Rotation

REPEAT Set DVD Chapter, Title Repeat

A-B REPEAT Set DVD A-B Repeat

SLOW Play DVD Slowly

MAIN PAGE Go to Mode Selection Screen

PLAY/PAUSE Play next all ﬁ les Pause

STOP Stop Play

REW Rewind (8x 16x 32x 48x)

FF Fast Forward (8x 16x 32x 48x)

PREV Go to Previous PagePlay Previous File in Play All

NEXT Go to Next PagePlay Next File in Play All

VIDEO Change Video Output Mode

AUDIO Change Audio Type of Video, DVD ﬁ le

SUBTITLE Subtitle Settings

Scr. SIZE Screen Size Settings

ENTER Play a File

TSWX Arrow Key (W: Return to Up Directory)

FILE INFO Show File Info

TIME SEARCH Jump to Speciﬁ c play time

Brt.CONT Set Luminosity, Colour Depth, Brightness

MEDIA TYPE Go to Media Type Selection Screen

3.10 Others

3.10.1 Music Slide Show

Make a 'music' folder (in lower case at root directory) of built-in HDD and save MP3 ﬁ les at the folder.

When you play one or all photo ﬁ les, you can listen mp3 and see photo slide show together.

3.10.2 MP3 Quick Play

Make a 'music' folder (in lower case) at root directory of built-in HDD and save MP3 ﬁ les at the folder.

Turn on MEDIASTATION and just press [PLAY/PAUSE] button. MP3 ﬁ les in the 'music' folder will be played automatically. Additionally, after rebooting MEDIASTATION, playback will recommence with the last ﬁ le played.

3.10.3 Change Background Image

It is possible to change a background image on MEDIASTATION. Save ‘mybg.jpg’ at root directory of built-in HDD. Background image will be changed as ‘mybg.jpg’.

* Recommend to use 720x480 pixels image.

3.10.4 Firmware Upgrade

Download an upgrade ﬁ le from the support pages of www.verbatim-europe.com.

After connecting TV display, select the upgrade ﬁ le and press [ENTER]. Upgrade is progressed automatically.

After ﬁ nishing upgrade, you can check ﬁ rmware version on Setup screen. Press [SETUP] button.

Technical Support

If you are experiencing difﬁ culty installing or using your Verbatim product, please visit the main Verbatim Technical Support website at www. verbatim-europe.com. From this page you can access our library of user documentation, read answers to frequently asked questions, and download available software updates. Although most of our customers ﬁ nd this content sufﬁ cient to put them back on the right track, this page also lists ways in which you can contact the Verbatim Technical Support Team directly.

Europe: For technical support in Europe e-mail drivesupport@verbatim-europe.com or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. All other countries call +353 61 226586.

Limited Warranty Terms

Verbatim Limited warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 2 years from date of purchase. This warranty excludes batteries. If this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, it will be replaced at no cost to you. You may return it with your original cash register receipt to the place of purchase or contact Verbatim.

In the following European countries, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom call 00 800 3883 2222. All other European countries call +353 61 226586. You can email drivesupport@verbatim-europe.com.

Product replacement is your sole remedy under this warranty, and this warranty does not apply to normal wear or to damage resulting from abnormal use, misuse, abuse, neglect or accident, or to any incompatibility or poor performance due to the speciﬁ c computer software or hardware used. VERBATIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, FOR BREACH OF WARRANTIES OR OTHERWISE. This warranty gives you speciﬁ c legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state or country to country

WEEE Notice

The Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which entered into force as European law on 13th February 2003, resulted in a major change in the treatment of electrical equipment at end-of-life.

The WEEE logo (shown at the left) on the product or on its box indicates that this product must not be disposed of or

dumped with your other household waste. For more information about electronic and electrical waste equipment disposal, recovery, and collection points, please contact your local municipal household waste disposal service or shop from where you purchased the equipment.

FCC Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

CE Declaration EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

It is hereby declared that this product complied with the essential protection requirements of Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its amendments on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.

This declaration applies to all specimens manufactured identical to the model submitted for testing/evaluation.

EN 55022: 1998 + A1: 2000 +A2: 2003

EN 61000-3-3:1995 + A1: 2001

EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 2003

IEC 61000-4-2: 1995 + A1: 1998 + A2: 2000

IEC 61000-4-3: 2002 + A1: 2002

IEC 61000-4-4: 1995 + A1: 2000 + A2: 2001

IEC 61000-4-5: 1995 + A1: 2000

IEC 61000-4-6: 1996 + A1: 2000

IEC 61000-4-8: 1993 + A1: 2000

IEC 61000-4-11: 1994 + A1: 2000

RoHS Compliance

This product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003, on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) and its amendments.

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

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