User`s manual

Alcorn McBride Digital Video Machine HD User’s Manual Rev 1.0
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Display and Menu Wheel
Note: The menu
wheel ‘clicks’ when
rotated to provide
tactile feedback
between selections.
The DVMHD is equipped with 2x16 character LCD Display. This display is primarily
used to indicate the current status of the DVMHD. Here’s an example of that status
display:
The current playback state is indicated at the top-left of this screen. This state can be
any one of the following:
Stopped – Not playing a file
Playing – Playing a file
Searched – File is searched and ready to play. 1
st
video frame on-screen.
Paused – Playback is paused, screen is black.
Stilled – Playback is paused, screen displays stilled image
Error – DVMHD has encountered an error (i.e. bad command)
When the DVMHD is Playing, Searched, Paused, or Stilled it is actively working
with a video or playlist file. Therefore, when in these states the status display also
shows the current file on the bottom half of the screen. In the example screen above,
the DVMHD is currently playing a file named VID00001.MPG. If the DVMHD were
playing a playlist, the screen would look something like this instead:
In addition to providing system status, the display can also be used in conjunction with
the nearby Menu Wheel to access both configuration settings and simple playback
controls for the DVMHD. To enter this menu, simply press in the menu wheel.
After you do this, you can navigate through the various menus of the DVMHD’s front-
panel interface by rotating the menu wheel to change the selection, and pressing it to
select the current item. For a full list of the available menu options, see the Front-
Panel Menu Map on the following page. When you are finished, simply browse to the
‘Exit’ selection and push the menu wheel to return to the status screen. If you don’t
select ‘Exit’, the menu interface will return to the Status screen automatically after 30
seconds of inactivity.