E2133 / Jul 2005
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Notebook PC Audio Video Option Mobile Theater Mobile Theater allows you to maximize the multimedia features. The following sections provide information on installing and using Mobile Theater. 4 1. Click Next after reading the Welcome page. 2. Select “I accept...” and click Next after reading the License Agreement. 3. Enter the “User Name” and “Company Name” (if available). 4. Click Next to use the default destination folder, or click Browse to set a different location.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option 5. Select an installation language and click Next. 6. Click Install to install the files to your system. 7. Click Finish to exit the setup wizard when setup is complete. Icons will be placed on your taskbar for quick access to “Scheduling” and “Remote Control Center”.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Introduction Welcome to Mobile Theater, the complete multimedia entertainment software for your digital life-style. With its simple user interface, Mobile Theater lets you enjoy viewing your photos, listening to music, and watching movies without the hassle of switching between programs. Mobile Theater’s remote control support makes digital entertainment more convenient and fun.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option System requirements • • • • Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 Intel® Pentium® M or Pentium® 4 (1.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Getting Started This section introduces you to the basics of Mobile Theater. Once you know how to use the software’s features and functions, multimedia entertainment will become that much more enjoyable. Using the Remote Control One of Mobile Theater’s main features is a remote control support. This allows you to control your PC from a distance. • • • • • • 8 Enter Activates an option or plays a video/audio file. Arrows Navigates through the user interface.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option The User Interface Mobile Theater’s simple user interface allows you to control the program with ease. This makes viewing and listening to your media files more relaxing because you do not have to worry about the technical aspects of the program. Restore Menu Minimize Close Drag here to resize window The System Panel When you are using a mouse instead of the remote control, the System Panel appears.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option The Navigation Panel The Navigation Panel contains buttons that you can use to play back video. It also includes volume control buttons that allow you to adjust the volume level of the media you are currently playing. Just like the System Panel, the Navigation Panel only appears when you are using a mouse instead of the remote control. The Navigation Panel contains the following buttons: Play/Pause Pauses or resumes video, audio, or slideshow playback.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option The Selection Menu The Selection Menu contains options and functions for each program section or “page”. In the Menu Page, the Selection Menu allows you to go to the pages where you can view images, play audio and video, as well as specify settings. Note: The contents of the Selection Menu vary depending on the page you are in.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Settings The Settings page is where you can view information about Mobile Theater. You can also specify the settings for viewing images in the Photo page.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option The Menu page The Menu page is where you select a function to use in Mobile Theater. It also displays the current date and time as well as your login name. The Menu page’s Selection Menu contains the following functions: • • • • • • • • • • Photo - Goes to the Photo page where you can browse and view archived photos. You can also display photos as a slideshow with background music and transition effects.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Photo The Photo page allows you to easily browse and view your favorite photos and other image files. To view an image, select a thumbnail from the image file list and then press Enter. Viewing images as a slideshow A more entertaining way of viewing your image files is to watch them in a slideshow. Select Play Slideshow in the Selection Menu and then press Enter. All image files in the current folder and sub-folders are included in the slideshow.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Using the Calendar View In Calendar View, the Selection Menu lists the dates on which the images were taken. To go to Calendar View, select Calendar View in the Selection Menu and then press Enter. In Calendar View, dates when the images were taken are listed in the Selection Menu. Select a specific year, month, or day to list all images that were taken during that time period in the image list.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Photo Settings The Photo Settings page contains the following options: • Slide duration - Specify how long each image is displayed in the slideshow. • Transition effects - Specify a transition effect to use in the slideshow. • Enable Animation - Specify whether or not to add motion attributes to each image when viewing them as a slideshow. • Show image in random order - Specify whether or not to display the images in random sequence.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Music Listen to your favorite audio files or audio CD in the Music page. This page also provides the following options for playing your audio files: • • • Randomly play back audio files in a playlist. Loop a single audio file or an entire playlist. Select a visual representation for the active audio file. (Just a few of the many visualizations.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Playing back audio files To playback audio files, select an audio file from the audio file list and then press Enter. You can also sort audio files based on their audio text such as song name, playlist, artist, and album. Playing back an audio CD When you insert an audio CD into your disc drive, you automatically go the Music page and the CD starts to play. The CD’s audio tracks are displayed in the audio track list.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Video Click here Watch video files that are stored in your hard drive in the Video page. Select a video file from the video file list and then press Enter. To display the selected video in full screen, hold and press or click the border of the preview window. When using a mouse, you can use the Navigation Panel as well. Using the Calendar View The Video page’s Calendar View is the same as the Photo page’s.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Movie Play your DVDs, VCDs, or SVCDs using Mobile Theater just as you would play them on a normal DVD player. You can also use the remote control the same way to control video playback. Button descriptions: Main Menu - Goes to the main menu of a DVD. Audio - Switches to another audio stream of a DVD. Subtitle - Switches to another subtitle stream of a DVD. Angle - Switches to another angle property of a DVD.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Specifying DVD settings A DVD video may contain several audio and subtitle tracks. These features are often used as translations for different languages, captions, or aid for the hearing/ visually impaired. You can change the DVD-Video’s audio and subtitle settings by selecting Audio Language or Subtitle in the Selection Menu. Another unique feature of DVD-Videos is that they have multi-video angle streams.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Make Disc Burn your data, favorite home videos or TV programs you captured onto a disc that you can back up or share with your family and friends. Mobile Theater’s Make Disc feature allows you to create data CD, data DVD, VCDs, SVCDs, and DVDs in just a few simple steps.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option To create a data disc: 1. 2. 3. 4. Select Data Disc, and then press Enter. Select Step 1: Select Folder, and then press Enter. Select the files to include in your disc. Select Step 2: Start to begin burning the disc. To create a VCD, SVCD, or DVD: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Select DVD/VCD. Select Step 1: Select Video File, and then press Enter. Select the video files to include in your disc. Select Back and then press Enter.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option DV Archive your home videos using the DV page. This page allows you to capture videos from your DV camcorder and save them in your hard drive or burn them to a disc. A USB, 1394, or PCMCIA capture card must be installed for you to be able to connect your DV camcorder to your computer. To capture video from a DV camcorder: 1. Connect your DV camcorder to your computer, and then set it to VCR/Play mode. 2.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option TV Watch your favorite sitcoms, game shows, sport events, and news programs using Mobile Theater’s TV feature. Mobile Theater also provides special features such as pausing and recording video feeds. You can also link to an electronic program guide that displays of TV program listings in your area. Before you can use Mobile Theater’s TV feature, you must first install a TV tuner in your computer.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Setting up TV channels Just like a regular TV set, to be able to browse TV channels using the remote control’s channel buttons, you must first scan for available networks and save them in the system. To set up TV channels: 1. Select Settings. 2. Select the correct Input and Country/Region. 3. Select Auto Scan. Mobile Theater automatically detects available network channels in your area and then saves them in the program.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Hybrid TV tuner (Analog and Digital TV) Mobile Theater allows you to switch between analog and digital TV if you have a hybrid TV tuner installed in your Notebook PC. Hybrid TV tuners are equipped with receivers that can pick up and interpret both analog and digital television signals. Analog is the conventional form of television that uses the standard NTSC or PAL formats and receives analog signals.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Viewing the last recorded video Selecting Watch Now allows you to instantly view the video file you recorded last time. Channel Selecting Channel allows you to quickly jump to a TV channel and preview it. TV settings • Input: Select whether to receive video feed from an antenna, CATV provider, or analog device connected through a composite or S-video cable. • Country: Select the country you are in.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Recording TV programs Mobile Theater allows you to capture TV footage using a TV tuner. Capture a segment of your favorite television show from a regular TV or cable network then save it on your hard drive in MPEG2 format. To record a TV program, select To Hard Disk or To Disc in the Settings page to choose between recording the program to your hard drive or directly to disc. Select Record and then press Enter to start capturing the video feed.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Receiving alternative broadcast audio Just like most modern stereo television sets, Mobile Theater has MTS (Multichannel Television Sound) feature, which allows the reception of sound other than the main audio of a broadcast feed. Broadcast stations can transmit other information to the viewer through audio reception. These other information could be the same TV program audio but in another language or voiceprints that aid viewers who may have vision problems.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Radio TV tuners that have a built in FM radio tuner can pick up radio broadcast signals and play them back in Mobile Theater. In the Radio page, you can listen to your favorite FM stations by pressing Play on the remote control. You can then fine tune the radio frequency using Fast Forward and Rewind. While listening to a radio station, you can press Left or Right on the remote control to change to another audio visualization. Press Stop to end receiving radio signals.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Storing radio stations You can store your favorite radio stations in the Radio page. This allows you to switch between stations with ease. To store a radio station, tune in to a radio station using Fast Forward and Rewind. Select Save in the Radio page and then press Enter. The stored station is now displayed in the Stations list. Save Notice that the stored radio stations are have corresponding numbers beside them.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Game You can enjoy using Mobile Theater with its easy-to-play flash games. Ultimate PK Soccer The object of this game is to score a goal and preventing your opponent from scoring one. You and your opponent each have five opportunities to score as many goals as you can. Trying to score a goal involves three steps. The first two steps are to specify where you want the ball to go inside the net. The last step is how powerful you want to hit the ball.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option goal. Simply press Enter on each step to specify your preferences. When defending, your opponent tries to score a goal and you have to prevent him from doing so. Simply press Enter to try to block his shot. Your timing must be good in order to successfully block the ball. Jump! Watermelon In this game, you are Watermelon-Man who tries to save the Watermelon Princess that has been kidnapped. To do this, you have to cross a river by jumping from one platform to another.
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Card-Sized Wireless Remote Controller (included) Battery compartment (3V CR1225 button type) Opens/Closes Mobile Theater application Changes arrow keys to # keys in TV mode Changes to full screen or windowed display Starts or stops recording Changes channel up or down Arrow keys: Changes selected button Executes selection and zooms viewing Arrow keys: Changes selected button Increases or decreases audio volume Jumps between two channels in TV mode / Opens menu in DVD
Notebook PC Audio Video Option Large Wireless Remote Controller (optional) Opens/Closes Mobile Theater SW in Windows & Opens/Closes Instant Fun SW when NB is OFF ON/OFF TV MUSIC DVD/MENU Starts the DVD player application or opens menu in DVD mode Opens TV viewing application Opens picture viewer application Opens video viewer application Starts the music player application PICTURES VIDEO RADIO SETUP MENU Controller transmission activity LED Launch the setup menu Starts the radio listening app
