Wintal micro 4 User Manual

User Manual

VER1.0

Table of Contents

1.SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS............................................................................................................4

2.BOXED CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................5

3.PRODUCT REVIEW.....................................................................................................................5

4.HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................................................8

5.BASIC SETUP..............................................................................................................................9

5.1

AV CABLE ............................................................................................................................10

5.2

HD CABLE............................................................................................................................11

5.3

NETWORK/RJ45/ WIFI CONNECTION ......................................................................................12

5.4

USB HOST INTERFACE ..........................................................................................................13

6.USER INTERFACE ....................................................................................................................14

6.1

MAIN MENU...........................................................................................................................14

6.2

VIDEO ..................................................................................................................................15

6.3

FILE EDIT..............................................................................................................................17

6.4

NETWORK ............................................................................................................................19

6.5

WI-FI ..................................................................................................................................19

6.6

AUDIO..................................................................................................................................21

6.7

SUBTITLE .............................................................................................................................22

6.8

GO TO FUNCTION ..................................................................................................................22

6.9

MUSIC..................................................................................................................................23

6.10

LOOP MODE .......................................................................................................................25

7.MIRACAST.................................................................................................................................28

8.SETUP........................................................................................................................................30

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1.Safety Instructions

This user manual contains important safety instructions and information for proper
use of the media player. Please read and follow the instructions in this manual
carefully.

• Don’t put the media player near water or liquids.

• Do not touch the power cords with wet hands, or disconnect the power adapter.

• Don’t bend or damage the power cord.

• Avoid using this product in the following environments: High and low
temperatures, humid conditions, areas with strong magnetic fields and do not

leave it in long te rm exposure to the sun.

• Avoid blocking the air vents to prevent heat build. A minimum of 5cm
distance is recommended to maintain free air flow.

• Avoid shocks and do not let the player fall, otherwise it may cause damage to the

device.

• We are not liable in any way for any damage or data loss oc curred when

attaching any other external storage device e.g. USB pen drive or external hard
drive.

• Customers are advised to backup data before using with this device.

• Do not attempt to repair or othe rwise disassemble the device yourse lf, as this

would be breach of warranty regulations and may cause serious harm.

• Under normal working conditions the power adaptor may get warm. This is

normal and make sure the power adaptor is kept in a well-ventilated area.

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2.Boxed contents

 Media Player
 Power adapter
 User Manual
 Av cable
 Remote control

3.Product review

Power-in socket  HD out
 RJ-45 network output  AV out

 USB connector  USB connector
 TF/micro SD slot  power adaptor indicator
 infrared remote control receiving window

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Power button

Mute

VIDEO Video menu

MUSIC Music menu

PHOTO Photo menu

MENU

Changes display GUI in video /music /photo
/explorer

PLAYLIST Explorer menu

MRACAST Miracast mode

SETTING Settings

Zoom in on video/images
Volume down
Volume up

Direction key Navigation buttons

Enter button

Home

Returns to previous menu

Play/ pause button

Stop

Slow

Previous track/video

Next track/video

Rewind music/videos

Fast forward music/videos

SUBTITLE Subtitle on/off

AUDIO Select different audio tracks on videos

GOTO

Use this to select specific times/chapters/title of
a media file

DISPALY Shows file informatio n

REPEAT Changes loop settings

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4.Hardware specifications

Video out HD1.3 interface up to 1080p, composite audio/video
Audio out AV OUT

Video codecs

H.264,VC1,WMV, MPEG 1/2/4, Xvid, BD- ISO,
MKV,MOV,WMV

Video mode

PAL, NTSC, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p/50hz,

1080p/60Hz
Audio format MP3, OGG WMA, WAV
Media cards Micro SD
Miracast Yes
DLNA support Yes
USB 2 x USB 2.0 host port

Network

RJ-45 LAN 10/100 Mbps

WIFI 802.11b/g/n 150MBPS
Subtitles format SRT, SUB, idx +SUB,SSA,SMI,PGS subtitle

Subtitles code

Unicode(UFT8),ANSI,BIG5(traditional Chinese),

simplified Chinese, Western, Turkish, Central European,

Greek, Cyrillic, SE European Russian,

Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese, Thai
Image format HD JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, GIF

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5.Basic Setup

To setup up your media player you will need to fir s t connect the power su pply to the
media player then connect it to yo ur TV set. You can choose between connecting a
HD port or AV port.

First of all examine the back of your TV set and locate its ports. Please make sure
you have the correct cables for your chosen setup.

There are two different video outputs you can use on the media player. You can use
either HD output or AV output.

You can choose to connect an extern al hard drive or plug in a pen drive as your
source of media.

Connection of TV audio and video output
The media player i s design ed with m ulti ple outp uts, in cluding compo site ( AV) and HD
output

Connecting the power supply

As a safety precauti on pl ease ensure the power socket is switched off before
plugging the power adapter to the wall.

Connect the power adapter (suppl ied) to the back of your media player. You will
notice the standby LED is now lit.

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5.1 A V Cable

Connecting the media player to your TV will allow you to view multimedia in standard
definition.
Using the AV lead (supplied), connect the 3.5mm jack into the 3.5mm composite port
on the back of the media player. On the other end of the cable plug the red, yellow
and white connectors into the corresponding input ports of your TV.
Switch on your TV and select AV mode, if required.
Press the STANDBY button on the remote control to switch on the media player.
*Note* you must select PAL/NTSC output if there isn’t any video output by AV

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5.2 HD Cable

Connecting your media player to your TV via HD output provides the highest quality
of visual output and high quality audio in a single cable. HD output can provide video
resolutions of up to 1080p.
Connect the HD cable to the HD output interface on the back of the media player.
Connect the other end of the cable to your TV HD input port.
Switch on your TV and select HD mode, if required.
Press the STANDBY button on the remote control to switch on the media player.
* Please note HD cable is not included with this product.
* Please note that the device can display 720p / 1080i and 1080p resolutions,
however not all H DTV s are able to dis pla y highe r r esolut ions. Ple ase cons ult TV us e r
manual.

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5.3 Network/RJ45/ WIFI connection

RJ45 connection

You can connect to any other device network device by WI FI or RJ45 cable using
either UPNP or DLNA standards. Configuration for the network is done in the setup
menu.
You can connect the media player to other devices through a r outer.
Once physically connected you can proceed to turn on the network settings by going
to SETUP and then the network sub menu. Here you can choose to have either a
dynamic or fixed IP, routers usually assign one automatically so most of the time it
can be left on dynamic. You can manually type in the information on the manual
setting.
If DHCP (Auto) has been selected you’ll be taken to a new sub menu whe re you can
choose to ty pe in the DNS server manually, by default AUTO wil l be selected .

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WIFI

You can also connect to the network via WI- FI; to enable Wi-Fi go to SETUP –
network – Wi-Fi connecti on.
*Note* Make sure Wi-Fi is turned on and the wired connection is switched off.
Once connected you can now connect to any other device on the same WI- Fi
network.

5.4 USB Host interface

The media player comes with a single USB Host port which allows you to connect
various external USB devices including standard external hard disk drives, flash
drives, card readers an d oth er dat a sto ra ge de vices.
To connect your external hard disk dri ve to your media player, please turn off the
media player. Connect the USB cable to the USB port on the extern al hard disk drive
and the media player.

Memory Card Interface

The media player i s a lso capable of reading memory cards with i ts built-in card slot.
The built-in card slot is capable of supporting Micro SD/TF cards.
To view media stored in the memory card, switch the media player on.
Insert the me mory card gently into the card slot, and select the media type you wish
to view.
It may take a moment for the media player to detect the memory card.

** Please note that the media player will only recognize memory cards with NTFS,
FAT or FAT32 file sys tems. **
** Please note memory card not supplied with this product. **

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6.User interface

6.1 Main menu

The media player features a simplified GUI on the main menu allowing users ease of
navigation.

When booting up the media player you’ll come across a splash screen, once this has
finished you’ll be taken to the main menu, please wait about 20 seconds for the
media player to configure its network settings before attempting navigation.
The media player main menu is divided into six different categories:
Video
This give you access to any video file formats within different storage devices.
Music
This gives you access to any image file formats within diff erent storage devices.
Photos
This gives you access to any image file formats within differ ent storage mediums.

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Explorer
This shows all file formats within a selecte d sto ra ge device.
Miracast
This enables Mir acast/screen mode which allo ws you to connect to any device that
also has Miracast support.
Setup
Allows you to adjust various settings for the media player.

6.2 Video

Playing movies using the media player is very easy, the player supports a wide
variety of movie formats. These include, but are not limited to: MKV, FLV, AVI and
WMV.

When you have a ttached an external storage device that contains movie files,
I.e. External hard d rive, USB pen drive etc, the media player may require a few
moments to detect all th e fi les.
Using the media player’s remote control, navigate to “Video” and press ENTER to

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select it. This will activate the movie filter and take you to the device list.
Once in the devi ce li st , use the navi gation b utton s to sele ct th e de vice type the media
is located in. Depending on the size of the hard drive and the number of files it
contains, it may take a few moments to detect.
E.g., if you want to view movies that are stored on an attached USB hard drive, select
USB Disk.
When the device type has been selected, use the navigation buttons on the remote
control to select the partition for the media player to access. The default letter usually
given to the primary partition is “C:”
After you have selected the partition, use the navigation butt ons on the remote
control to navigate to the folder or partition file the movie is located in.

When you have found the movie you wish to view, navigate to it.
To play the highlighted movie press ENTER on the remote control.

PLEASE NOTE: To playback MTS (AVCHD) files, please rename the M TS extension
file type to M2TS.

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6.3 File edit

When accessing a storage ca pacity press the music/green button to access the file
editing function on the remote via the green button/ or music button.
Once this is selected you’ll see a menu pop up (example can be seen below).
The various option are as follows: Copy, delete, move, rename, edit playlist and edit
photo album and multi ple sel e ct.

Copy

You can copy the file you highlighted onto a new destination, first you select copy
which will then take you into a new menu which allows you to pick your destination.
Once you select yo ur destination; proceed to press the ‘play’ button to confirm and
transfer the file.

*Note* The procedure is the same when using the move function.

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Delete

Select this to delete the selected files .

Move

Procedur e is the same as copy except this will move the file not duplicate it.

Rename

This will change the name of the file.

Multiple select

If multiple select has been chosen you’ll be taken into another menu, this menu
allows you to select multiple files to edit. To select the file press the

button to add

it onto the file list. Press right on the navi gation button and press

to remove files

from the list.

Once finished selectin g the files you want to edit press the green button or ‘Music’ to
access another menu. Thi s brings up several other options which include: copy,
delete, move and save photo album / save playlist (depends on whether Photo or
Music is selected respectively.

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6.4 Network

You can connect to any other device network device by WI FI or RJ45 cable using
either UPNP or DLNA standards. Configuration for ne two r k s i s do ne i n the settings.

To select videos from this simply either ‘UPNP’ or ‘network’ and choose which server
or device you want to access.
If you select a device on the netwo rk, it may ask for a username and password; this
will be set to whatever username or password you’ve assigned to the source network
device.

6.5 WI-FI

To use Wi-Fi you’ll need to go the SETUP - network – Wi-Fi connection.
Next you see a list of devices that the media player can detect. As seen on the
example below.

Select the Wi-Fi device you want to connect to, next you’ll be taken to a new screen

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with a virtual keyboard.

Using the navi gati on bu tton s to se le ct diffe rent l etter s or symbols, once t he pass word
has been type d in proceed to select “OK” to confirm your cho ice
Once connected a pop up will display the Wi-Fi setting details.

You can now access any devices that are connected to the Wi-Fi device by selecting
network from any of the main menus.
Movie Playback Options
During movie play bac k, there are a number of functions to choose from.

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Pressing will pause the movie. Pressing will resume movie playback.
Pressing

will fast forward m ovi e pl ayback.

Pressing

will rewind movie playback.

Pressing

will switch off sound from movie playback. Pressing it again will switch on
sound again.
Pressing the

button twice will play the next file on the list.

Pressing the

button twice will play the previous file on the list.

Pressing the

button will slow down the playback

To get to the advanced video settings press the ‘menu’ button on the remote control
whilst playing a movie.
This will bring up a window in the center of the screen. From this screen are a
number of available options.

6.6 Audio

If the movie currently pl aying has mo re than o ne audio t rack, thi s opti on will allow you
to select different ones.
To select an alternative audio track, select ‘audio’ and pick the available options that
are displayed on the audio list.

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6.7 Subtitle

This option allows you to switch between different language subtitles, if available.
To select a different language subtitle, use the left and right navigation buttons on the
remote control. Press

on the remote control to confirm the selection.

6.8 Go to Function

After pressing the GOTO bu tton you will be able to jump to any part of the movie by
typing the desired time into the given fields.
To select the de sired time select the field and using the navigation buttons, scroll UP
or DOWN until the correct digit becomes available. Pres s the LEFT and RIGHT
NAVIGATION buttons to select the hour, minute or seconds fields. The time format is
HH:MM: SS.

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6.9 Music

Playing audio media using the media player is very simple. It supports a variety of
audio formats including MP3, WMA, AAC and OGG.

Using the media player’s remote control, navigate to “Music” and press
ENTER to select it. This will enable the music filter and take you to the device list.
Once in the devi ce li st , use the navi gation b utton s to sele ct th e de vice type the media
is located in. Depending on the size of the hard drive and the number of files it
contains, it may take a few moments to detect.
E.g. If you want to view music that is stored on an attached USB hard drive, select
USB disk.
When the device type has been selected, use the navigation buttons on the remote
control to select the par tition for the media player to access.
After the partition has been selected, use the navigation buttons on the remo te
control to navigate to the folder or directory the audio files are located in.
When you have located the audio file you wish to play, highlight it and press ENTER

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on the remote control to play the file.

Audio Playback Options
During playback, there are a number of options to choose from
Pressing

will pause the audio file

Pressing

will resume audio playback

Pressing the

button will fast forward audio playback.

Pressing the

button will rewind audio playback. Press the enter button to resume

Pressing the

button will switch off sound from audio playback. Pressing it again
will switch on sound again
Pressing

will jump to the next page on the list

Pressing the

button will jump to the previous page on the list.

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6.10 Loop Mode

To change the play mode press the ‘REPEAT’ button on the remote to change
between four modes :
No repeat: This would play the fo lder of music once
Repeat once: This would loop one song
Repeat all: This wo uld play all song chr o n ologically and loops.
Shuffle: Shuffle the play order of the songs and loops

6.11 Photo

Playing image files using the media player is very simple and supports a variety of
image formats.
Using the media player’s remote control, navigate to “Photo” and press

to select it. This will activate the picture filter and take you to the device list.
Once in the devi ce li st , use the navi gation b utton s to sele ct th e de vice type the media
is located in. Depending on the size of the hard drive and the number of files it
contains, it may take a few moments to detect. e.g. if you want to view pictures that
are stored o n an attached USB hard drive, selec t USB Disk.
When the device type has been selected, use the navigation buttons on the remote
control to select the par tition for the media player to access.
After you have loc ated t he ima ge fil e you wi sh to vie w, hig hlight it . You wi ll noti ce th at
a small preview of the image file in place of the picture icon.
To view the highli ght ed im age in full screen, press

on the remote control.

Please note that it ma y take a moment to display an image depending on its size.

6.12 Slide timing

The time slot setting allows you to select the time duration before the player disp lays
the next image in a slide show.

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Available timing s:
Off
2 seconds
5 seconds
10 seconds
30 seconds
To adjust the timing , use the NAVIGATION buttons to select the required time
duration. Press

on the remote control to confirm the selection.
Slide transition
This setting allows you to ch ang e th e im a ge transition effe ct s.
None Default setting for slide show.
Persian Blinds H I mage is split into horizontal lines th at get bigger to reveal complete
image.
Persian Blinds V Image is split into verti cal lines that get bi gger to reveal complete
image.
Random this settin g randomizes the transition effects.

6.13 Video setting

Let’s you change the visual settings for the media player image settings these
include: Brightness, contrast, saturation and hue.
Slideshow Viewing with Background Music
The media play er has the ca pabil it y to play musi c in th e ba ck grou nd whil st displ ayi ng
a picture slideshow.
To play a picture slide show with background music, use the NAVIGATION buttons
on the remote control to enter either Music or the menu.
On the file menu navi gate to the location where the audio files you wish to use as
background music are stored.

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Select the file to start audio playba ck.
Once music has started to play, press the

button on the remote control. This will
take you back to the previous menu.
You will notice that the audio file will still be playin g i n th e background. Using the
remote control, navigate to the location where the appropriate image files are stored.
Select one of the image files by pressing

on the remote control to display it on
full screen.
The media player will now cycle through all the pictures inside the directory.
*Note* It is re commended to set all the audio repeat and image tran sition effects
before initiating a slide show with background music.

6.14 Explorer

By selecting the File Menu, the media player is able to list all the files formats
currently stored any external storage device.
Using the media player’s remote control, navigate to “Explorer” and press

to
select it. This will take you to the device list.
Once in the device list, use th e navigation buttons to select the appropriat e device
type.
Depending on the size of the device and the number of files it contains, it may take a
few moments to detect.
E.g. if the exte rnal storage device attached is a USB hard drive, select USB Disk.
When the device type has been selected, use the navigation buttons on the remote
control to select the par tition for the media player to access.
After you have located t he med ia file you want to display, highlight it and press
ENTER on the remote control to play it.

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7.Miracast

A screen casting formed via Wi-Fi connection, this function gives a wireless
projection of audio and vi d eo from tablets, mobile phones and many other Android

4.2 or later devices that support screen casting.

Before you can use this mode you must first make sure the Wi-fi is turned on as
Miracast requires Wi-fi to work.
Once the mode has been enabled you must next switch on Miracast /screencast on
your source device and locate the Wi-Fi ‘ID’ of the media player (the name can be
located on the TV screen when Mira cast mode is active.)
This is usually done by going to settings – display and then cast screen/w ireless
display. Then finding the ID of the media player.
*note* If this doesn’t work plea se refer to the manu al for your source device on how
to access screencast /m iracst.

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Once you link up the media player the screen will display ‘co nnecting’, this means the
two devices are connecti ng to each other.
After a while the TV screen will chan ge to display whatever your source device is
showing.

An example screenshot of a device successfully connected via Miracast
To exit from this mode simply disconnect the source device by manually
disconnecting the device, this is done the same way as connecting to the device.
To disconnect simply access the settings – display – screencast/wireless display and

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disconnect from the media player.

8.Setup

This menu provides access t o the media player’s system configuration set tings.
This is spli t into further 5 sub menus:

System

Language – Changes the language for the text displayed on the player
Text encoding- Chang es the encoding f or different languages for subtitles .
Time- Changes the clock time for the media player.
Daylight savi ng - W h ether or not Daylight saving is turned on or off for time.
Screensaver - Set the timer and screensaver type for the me dia player
Soft keyboard language – Change the language for the virtual keypad
Resume playback – Opt ion to save the track pos ition of the previous video watched.
Format storage – Formats any devices connected to the media player
Auto standby in 3 hours - Set whet her or not the medi a pla yer wi ll go on sta ndby afte r
3 hours.
CEC –Consumer elec tronics control, this allows you to control several other CEC
enabled devices that are connected via HD using o ne remote control.

Audio

Night mode – aka Dynamic range control is a digital audio feature that reduce s
intensity o f loud noises and increases volume of soft sounds.
HD output – This will c hange the HD audio output to either RAW or LPCM
Surround sound – Give s yo u the option to pick between HD audio and surr ou nd
sound.
Lip Sync (HD A/V Sync) - This synchronizes audio and video when using HD output

Video

Aspect ratio – changes aspect ratio output: pan scan 4:3, letterbox 4:3, 16:9, 16:10.

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TV system - This setting allows you to change the video output of the media player.
To select a video output, use NAVIGATION buttons on
Press the

button to confirm.

PAL

Select this option when connected to a standard analogue
TV system.
For European countries.

NTSC

Select this option when connected to a standard analogue
TV system.
For Am erica and Pacific countries.

720p 60Hz

Select this option for an o utput res olution of 1080 x 720 with a frame rate of
60 Hertz.

1080p
60Hz

Select this option for an output resolution of 1920 x 1080 with a frame rate of
60 hertz. This option uses progressive scanning.

Scale video output to 90%- Scales videos to be 90% of their full size on screen.
1080p 24Hz – Sets the display to 1080p on 24Hz.

Network

Wired connection – You can select between static and dynamic IP.
WIFI connection – Select available WIFI connections.
Device name – The name of the device for network use.

MISC

Version info - System info
Network info – Network information
USB Upgrade – update firmware by USB
Online upgrade – update firmware online (when service is provided in the future)
Key tone volume – Turn key tone on or off
Factory default – Se t the media player to default settings.
Factory Defa ult
To return the media player to its original default factory settings, press the

button on the remote control.

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Important Notice: P l eas e note that selecting the restore default function will erase
any saved settings.

Version info

This function allows you to display information regarding the firmware ve rsion
Of the media player.

6. Firmware Upgrade

We may periodically release new firmware updates to improve the media player’s
functionality, add new features or fix any re ported bugs that may have been missed
during testing.
Caution: Please do not turn off the power when upgrading the firmware.
Extract the files from the archive.

Transfer all the e xtra cted fi les to an empt y USB pen d ri ve. It i s advi sed to transf er t he
files into the USB pen drive’s root directory and not in a folder as this may cause the
player to not detect the update.
Insert the pen drive containing the update into the media player.
Switch on the media player and from the main menu, select File to navigate to the
device list.
From this device li st select the device type.
Once the device type has been selected, navigate to the firmware update and select
it by pressing on the remote control.
A confirmation box wil l ap pear asking whether to upgrade the system .
Select “YES” to initialize the firmware upgrade.
The media player will now begin upgrading the firmware. You will notice the player
reboot and display the firmware upgrading animation.
The screen may go blank for a few moments. Do not turn off the power unti l the main
menu appears again.
Important Notice: It is advised to backup all important data befo re performing a
system upgrade.