COMM-TEC ProPLAY HD High Definition Audio / Video Player User Manual Version 1.
Table Of Content 1. General .......................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Scope of Delivery .................................................................................... 3 1.3 Features...................................................................................................... 4 2. Hardware ...................
1. General 1.1 Introduction The ProPLAY HD is a digital media player that plays HD WMV9 and WMA from CF memory card without a computer. Easily control the unit by using the external play buttons. The ProPLAY HD supports High Definition movie hardware decode acceleration, presents for you the smoother and clearer picture, it supports high resolution video output such as 1080P / 1080i / 720P for movie theater quality video on a big screen. By connecting to Video, S-Video, Y.Pb.
1.3 n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n Features Supports multiple file formats: HD WMV9 and WMA. Supports Video, S-Video, Y.Pb.Pr, HDMI, VGA and Audio output. HD Y.Pb.Pr output supports resolution: NTSC Mode(60Hz): 480P/ 720P/ 1080i. PAL Mode(50Hz): 576P/ 720P/ 1080i. HDMI Output: 480P/ 720P/ 1080i/ 1080P. VGA output supports resolution: 640x480/ 800x600/ 1024x768/ 1280x1024/ 1360x768. Supports RS-232 port for computer control with ASCII command (play, stop, pause…etc).
2. Hardware n Power Switch: Toggle between main power on & off. n DC Input: For the power adapter. (DC 12V / 1.5A) n VGA Connector: Connects to devices that support VGA input. (LCD projector) n Y.Pb.Pr Connector: Connects to devices that support Y.Pb.Pr input. (HDTV projector) n HDMI Connector: Connects to devices that support HDMI input. n RS-232 Connector: Used for computer control with ASCII command. n RJ-45 Ethernet Connector: Connects to router or PC by RJ-45 Cable.
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3. n Getting started Power On l Insert the CF memory card that has Picture, Music, Movie or WMV9 files. l Press the “POWER” button to power on the ProPLAY HD, then press the “TV MODE” button to select the output mode. n Status After Power On l Status 1: If the “AUTOPLAY (Movie or Picture)” function is enabled and there are movie or picture files in the CF card, the ProPLAY HD will auto play movie or picture files on the CF card after power on.
4. n n n n n 4.1 Setup In the main menu, please using the “▼” button on remote control to select the “SETUP” item, then press the “ENTER” button. You will be presented with the ProPLAY HD settings screen. You can also press the “SETUP” button on remote control to directly open the settings screen. (If there is file that is being play, please stop first.) There are four groups of sub-menu in the main menu (“Network Setup”, “FTP Setup”, “Video Setup” and “Other Setup”).
Step 2: Assign IP Address, Mask (Subnet Mask) and Gateway (Default Gateway) for the ProPLAY HD. Enter the same values of the Subnet Mask and Gateway, and be careful not to enter the values of IP address that are already used by other devices on the network. n Media Player 11 Server: Enable/ disable the Media Player 11 server.
4.2 n n n n n n FTP Setup Local FTP Server: Turn on/ off the ProPLAY HD server. (If you use the ProPLAY HD server, please disable the DHCP function and input a fixed IP address, Mask, Gateway and DNS of the ProPLAY HD) Local FTP Server Setup: Set the “Port”, “User ID” and “Password” of the ProPLAY HD (The Default Port: 21, User ID: root, Password: admin) FTP Auto Download: Enable/ Disable the FTP auto download function.
Time Zone Region Time Zone Region (GMT-12:00) (GMT-11:00) Eniwetok, Quazalen Midway, Ireland, Samoa (GMT+02:00) (GMT+03:00) (GMT-10:00) Hawaii (GMT+03:00) (GMT-09:00) (GMT+03:00) (GMT+03:00) Kuwait, Raid (GMT+03:30) Tehran (GMT+04:00) (GMT+04:00) (GMT+04:30) Baku, Tbilisi, Ere van Abu Dhabi, Muscat Kabul (GMT+05:00) Yekaterinburg (GMT-06:00) Alaska Pacific GMT (U.S. & Canada); Tijuana Continental GMT (U.S. & Canada) Arizona Mexico city Saskatchewan Eastern Coast GMT (U.S.
4.2 Video Setup n TV Standard: Select the output TV video format (NTSC / PAL). n NTSC Active Output: Select the output mode. (HDMI/ SD Video/ VGA/ HD Y.Pb.Pr) You can also press directly the “TV MODE” button on the remote control to select output mode. n n n n n Aspecl-ratio: Select TV mode 4:3 or 16:9. HDMI: Select the HDMI output resolution among 480i / 480p/ 720p / 1080i/ 1080p.
4.4 Other Setup n Play OSD Display: Enable or disable the OSD display. n Auto Play - Movies: Auto play movie files on the CF card after power on. - Pictures: Auto play picture files on the CF card after power on. (slideshow function) - Off: Turn off the Auto Play function. n SlideShow Interval: Set the time each photo is shown to 10, 15, 30 or 60 seconds. n Speakers Out: Supports 2 channel amplifier output. n Lock Remote Controller: Enable/ disable the auto key lock function.
n Export Setting File: Press the “Enter” button to export the configuration value to the CF card. l Copy the file “HDPlayerSetting.txt” on CF card to your PC. Use the “Wordpad” to open the file, and you can see all the configuration value of ProPLAY HD. l You can modify directly the configuration value on your PC. Example. [AutoPlay] Off Options: Movies, Pictures, Off The “Auto Play” function is turned off, you can change directly the mode to Movies or Pictures.
5. Operation 5.1 Play media files on the CF-Card Step 1: Insert the CF card with media files (picture, music, movie), then turn on the ProPLAY HD and press the “ENTER” button on the remote control when “’mnt/CF” is highlighted to take you into the CF card. Step 2: Select the type of data (VIDEO/ AUDIO/ PICTURES) you want to play, and then press the “ENTER” button on remote control to take you into the “VIDEO LIBRARY”, “AUDIO LIBRARY” or “PICTURE LIBRARY”. RETURN PS.
5.1.1 Using the Remote Control When Media File Is Playing n SETUP: Press the button to adjust the brightness, contrast or saturation while the movie or picture is playing. With the “+ VOLUME –” button. - First Press: Adjust the brightness. - Second Press: Adjust the contrast. - Third Press: Adjust the saturation. Brightness n n n n n n n n Contrast Saturation MUTE: Mute the sound while the movie or music is playing. +/- VOLUME -: Increase/ decrease the volume while the movie or music is playing.
n PAUSE/STEP: Pause the playback or play frame by frame. n ZOOM: Zoom in/ out on the movie or picture. Original Size Second Press：ZOOM 02 5.2 First Press：ZOOM 01 Third Press：ZOOM 03 Download Function Before it downloading files from the FTP server, ProPLAY HD will delete all contents on CF card except the file on the CF card and the FTP server are the same. 5.2.1 Manual Download Function n n n n Please confirm that the ProPLAY HD is already connected to the network. (Refer to 7.
5.2.2 Auto Download Function n If there are more than one ProPLAY HD is, you can use ftp tools to divide them into different regional group. For example. - Use the ftp tool “Serv-U” to divide into three groups, and setup the “User name”, “Password” and “FTP port number” of three groups for login ftp server.
5.2.3 Download Pause / Resume ProPLAY HD supports download pause/resume. You can press the “STOP” button to pause downloading media files. The ProPLAY HD can continue unfinished downloads upon next session. NOTE：If the network connection is unstable or broken, a pop-up window will appear as shown below. The ProPLAY HD will attempt to resume downloading in 2 minutes. The user can terminate the download by pressing the “RETURN” button.
5.3 Play the media files on the PC n Using Windows Media Player Version 11 ( Windows XP/ Vista only ) Step 1: Please download and install Windows Media Player Version 11 on your PC first. Step 2: Launch the Windows Media Player Version 11 and the window below will appear. Step 3: Click the “Library” tab, and then click “Add to Library”. Step 4: Click “Add” and select the folder containing the media files you want to share, then click “OK”.
Step 6: Select the “Share my media”, and click “OK”. Step 7: In the Media Sharing dialog box, select the “Share my media” check box. Step 8: Confirm that the ProPLAY HD is connected to the network. In the list of devices below the “Share my media to” check box, select the device, and click “Allow” to share the media files. Step 9: The shared folder will appear on the screen of the ProPLAY HD. Select the folder and click the “ENTER” button on remote control to go into the folder.
Step 11: Select the file you want to play, and press “ENTER” or “PLAY” button on the remote control to play the file. NOTE: If the media files shared from PC are not listed on screen, restart your PC.
5.4 Download / Upload Media Files Method 1: Connect by IE Browser Step 1: Confirm the “IP Assigned by DHCP” has been disabled, then enter the “ProPLAY HD Network Setup” item, and type IP Address (example. 192.168.1.100), Mask and Gateway for the ProPLAY HD (refer to 7.1). Step 2: Confirm the “Local FTP Server” function has been enabled (refer to 7.1). Step 3: Please setup your router or firewall, and open a port 21 for the ProPLAY HD.
Step 5: Then type the “User Name” and “Password” and click “Log On” to log on to the ProPLAY HD Server. (Default User Name: root Default Password: admin) Step 6: After logging on, all the media files in the CF card on the ProPLAY HD will be listed. You can download and upload the media files between CF card and your PC. NOTE: After file being download/ upload will stop playing. After downloading files, the ProPLAY HD will display the movie files automatically.
Method 2: Connect by FTP Tools For example: - If there are multiple ProPLAY HD, you can use the “CuteFTP” tool to connect and manage files easily. CuteFTP - You can create all the ProPLAY HD, and only select the ProPLAY HD that you want to connect in the list.
- Select the files you want upload to the ProPLAY HD, or download the files to your PC. NOTE: After file being download/ upload will stop playing. After downloading files, the ProPLAY HD will display the movie files automatically.
5.5 RS-232 Function (RS-232 cable is optional) Use the tool “Hyper Terminal” or other tools to control the ProPLAY HD with ASCII command. NOTE. 1.Baud Rates: - Firmware Updating: Set up the baud rate to 115200, 8,n,1. - ASCII Command: The available baud rates is 38400, 8,n,1. Commands end with a Carriage return (Hex 0D) Use a Null-Modem cable (Crossover, female-female) 2. The reaction time of ProPLAY HD is around three seconds.
6. HTTP Command Function n Confirm that the ProPLAY HD is already connected to the network. (Refer to 7.1) n Confirm the “Local HTTP Server” function has been enabled, and the “Local HTTP Server Setup” set has been completed (refer to 7.2). n Set your router or firewall, and open a port 80 for the ProPLAY HD. The following figure is an example, please refer to your user’s manual of router for opening ports. n Start IE on PC and type the HTTP site or IP： In the local PC, please type “http://192.168.
6.1 n n n n Player Control Button Control: Directly control the play button to execute the action (the file “playlist.ini” must be on the CF card). Power State: Turn on/ off the ProPLAY HD. Check State: Check the current state of ProPLAY HD. Playback Control: Control the ProPLAY HD to play file/ stop playback/ pause the playback/ play the previous file/ play the next file/ rewind movie/ forward movie. n Play File: Enter the file name that you want play, and click “Send” to play the file immediately.
6.2 Network Setup n Network Interface: Select your network connection Disable/ RJ45 n DHCP: Enable/ Disable the DHCP function. n IP Address: Enter the fixed IP address, Mask, Gateway and DNS for the ProPLAY HD. n FTP Server: Enable/ Disable the FTP Server function. You can also change the User ID, Password and port of the FTP Server. n HTTP Server: Enable/ Disable the HTTP Server function. You can also change the User n Media Player 11: Enable/ disable the Media Player 11 server.
6.3 Timer Setup n NTP Server: Set the NTP Server. n Auto Download: Set the auto download time. n Remote FTP: Set the Remote FTP Server. n Reboot System: After setting, click “Send” to reboot the ProPLAY HD.
7. Using the Play Buttons Important: To use the Button control, you must set the ProPLAY HD to "Auto Play: Movies" 7.1 Using the Playlist Software Double click the “playlist.exe” to run the program. It is consisted five control buttons (New, Open, Save, Save As and Exit), Default Setup and Button Setup. 7.1.1 Default Setup Action Select: Select the action when no button is pressed. n Play all clips: Play all the video files on the CF card automatically.
n Show logo: Display the picture file named “act_logo.jpg” (you have to put the picture file (JPG format) named “act_logo” on CF card). If the Show logo function is selected, but the “act_logo.jpg” file is not on the CF card, the ProPLAY HD will play the original background. n Show black screen: Display black screen. 7.1.2 Button Setup n Button Select: Select the play button (1~16). n Action Select: Set the action of the selected button from a drop down list. 7.
7.3 Pin-Assignment Sub-D 25 Connector Pin No.
8. CGI-Commands Function Power State Command /SetCGI?Power=On /SetCGI?Power=Off Playback Control Play /SetCGI?Playback=1 Stop /SetCGI?Playback=2 Pause/Step /SetCGI?Playback=3 Prev /SetCGI?Playback=4 Next /SetCGI?Playback=5 Rew /SetCGI?Playback=6 Fwd /SetCGI?Playback=7 Play File Input file /SetCGI?PlayFile=01_ name 4.
IP Address FTP Server HTTP Server Media Player 11 Wifi EncryptionMode WiFi SSID NTP Timer AutoDownload /SetCGI?IP=192.168.1 68.100&Mask=255.255 .255.0&Gateway=192. 168.168.254&DNS=16 8.95.1.
Remote FTP Reboot System /SetCGI?RemoteFTPI ip is your ip address P=ip&RemoteFTPID=i of Remote FTP; d&RemoteFTPPW=pw need to reboot &RemoteFTPPort=port &RemoteFTPPath=pat h id is your id of Remote FTP pw is your password of Remote FTP port is your port number of Remote FTP path is Remote FTP download path, ex: demo /SetCGI?Reboot=1 pw need equal router's Encryption 37 of 38
9. Troubleshooting Situation Check Point 1. Check power cable and power switches. 2. Ensure the video cables are connected between the player and the ProPLAY HD. No Picture 3. Press the “TV MODE” button on the remote control to select the correct output mode. 4. Make sure the file format on the CF card is correct. 5. Check if the display device is switched to correct video input source. 1.
