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CONGRATULATIONS On your purchase of So Smart HDMI, Wifi Hi-Definition Multimedia Player and Welcome to the So Smart HDMI Family ! The So Smart HDMI HD Multimedia Player is a player that allows vivid and crisp playback of dozens of multimedia files. You can now enjoy your favorite movies, home videos, digital music and digital photos on TV or Home-theater System.
table of contents : Chapter 1 1.1 1.2 Chapter 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 5 5.1 Chapter 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Chapter 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Safety & Precautions Do’s and Dont’s Limitations and Usage Precautions Introduction Introducing the Wireless So Smart Hi-Def Multimedia Player Technical Specifications Package Contents Getting Familiar with your Unit Basic Set Up Connections 3.
Chapter 1 : Safety & Precautions 1.1 Do’s and Dont’s Do’s • Unplug the player during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. • Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. The wide blade is provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.
Chapter 1 : Safety & Precautions 1.2 Limitations and Usage Precautions Please read the following Limitations and Usage Precautions before using your So Smart player. 6 • While So Smart players support dozens of file formats and codec, they are not intended to work with every codec-variation. So Smart players provide limited support to standardized versions of codec as stated in the Technical Specifications of this manual. • Turn off your So Smart player when connecting or disconnecting USB devices.
Chapter 2 : Introduction 2.1 Introducing the So Smart HDMI Multimedia Player 7 • HD Playback: The So Smart player supports a max resolution of 1920 x 1080 Progressive Scan video output providing Hi-Definition display of clear and crisp picture quality. • Video / Movie File Player: Supports various video file formats, including DivX® (3/4/5/6), Xvid, MPEG, WMV-9, ASF(WMV9), DAT, DVD(IFO, VOB), ISO as well as HD-level TP, TS, TRP etc.
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Chapter 2 : Introduction 2.3 Packaging Contents OR SO SMART HDMI WIFI A/V Cable Remote Control 5dBl Antenna Power Adaptator Power Cable Driver CD HDMI Cable USB Cable User Guide Wifi 802.
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Chapter 2 : Introduction Rear View 13 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 8 10 Wireless Antenna Jack optical (Audio) Port 10/100 Mbps (RJ45) LAN USB 2.0 Host A-Type 2 Video Composite Port Video Component Port 7 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Composite Port Coaxial Cable Jack S-video Port HDMI Port High Velocity Fan USB 2.
Chapter 2 : Introduction So Smart Remote Control POWER Toggle Unit Power (ON / OFF) SETUP Enter Setup Menu, Apply/Confirm Setup Settings TV OUT Toggle Video Output Modes FUNC Display Control Options (Vol, Contrast, Subtitle etc..
Chapter 3 : Basic Setup 3.1 Connection 3.11 Audio & Video Connection Setup So Smart to TV : Video Connections So Smart TV Y/Pb/Pr Y/Pb/Pr Video Video S-Video S-Video R/L R/L HDMI HDMI Audio Connection Options Video Connection Options So Smart to Home Theater : Audio Connections So Smart Home Theater Coaxial Coaxial Optical Optical R/L R/L Rq : By default, your So Smart is set to detect the HDMI connection (720p PAL).
The default language setting on your So Smart is English.
The language selected appear now on the OSD Menu Select Set Up button on the remote control to registered the change Now your So Smart is in French 15
Chapter 3 : Basic Setup 3.2 Transferring files to the Hard Disk Drive through USB When connected to your PC, the So Smart works exactly like an external storage device (e.g. USB Flash drive). 1. Power OFF the So Smart Media Player 2. Connect the USB2.0 Slave Port to the USB Port of your PC via a USB2.0 A-B Cable. 3. Power ON the So Smart Media Player. 4. Your PC will recognize the new external USB drive. 5. Simply drag and drop your media files from your PC to the So Smart Multimedia Player.
Chapter 3 : Basic Setup 3.3 The SETUP Menu First time No image on screen if your TV don’t have HDMI port. If you don’t see any picture on screen, while your player is connected to your TV, please press several times the “TVOUT” button on the top left of the remote control. Please wait a few seconds between each push on the button. Image should appear after some pushes (location of the right video out). Use the navigation button on the So Smart Remote to select the TV icon/option.
Chapter 3 : Basic Setup Use the left-arrow button on the So Smart remote to navigate back to the left-side column. From the left-side navigation column, select PLAYBACK Setup. Use the arrow keys and press ENTER / SELECT on the So Smart Remote.
Chapter 3 : Basic Setup PASSWORD FUNCTIONS: In order to password-protect folders, you will first need to setup Admin Password. Default Admin Password: 0000 (4-zeros) Recommended: Change Admin Password when installing the So Smart Unit. ADMIN PASSWORD: _________________ (Use this space to write/safekeep new admin password) Admin Password is also required for Factory Reset operation. Perform a Hardware Reboot if Admin Password is lost In order to password-protect individual folders: 1.
Chapter 3 : Basic Setup To access a password-protected folder: 1. Using the arrow-buttons on the So Smart Remote, navigate to the folder and press ENTER / SELECT. 2. An Enter-Password prompt will popup. Enter the folder password to access the folder contents. 3.Inputting an incorrect password displays the warning as shown. NOTE: Folder Passwords are CASE SENSITIVE MODIFY BACKGROUND WALLPAPER: Background wallpaper of the setup menu and playback screens can be changed as per user preference.
Chapter 3 : Basic Setup CAUTION: Avoid Choosing a “bright” image as the Background Wallpaper. Menu items may not be visible on a bright background. If a bright image is accidentally chosen, perform a Hardware Reset to revert to original, Factory-Default Background. FACTORY RESET FUNCTION: The Factory Reset function is provided under the MISC setup menu to revert setup settings to Factory-Default condition. To perform Factory Reset: 1.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network 4.1 Setting Network Sharing using Windows XP on your PC In order to connect your So Smart Player to your local area network or to an individual PC, we need to configure the Internet Protocol on your PC: • • • On your Win-XP PC, Click START. Right-click on MY NETWORK PLACES, and Select PROPERTIES Alternatively, if the “MY NETWORK PLACES” icon is visible on your Desktop, simply right click on the Icon and Select Properties. Navigate to Local Area Connection.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network Setting Up Folder / Drive Sharing on Win-XP PC: • Right-click the folder or drive that you want to share, and then click SHARING AND SECURITY. Tip: If you want to share your entire My Documents folder, open My Documents, and then click the UP button on the toolbar. You can then select the My Documents folder. Under Network Sharing and Security Section: If you see a message that reads, As a security measure, Windows has disabled remote access to this computer.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network Under the Sharing tab, as shown in the picture, you can do one of the following: • Share this folder on the network - This allows you to share the contents of the drive or folder available to other users on the network. Choose a Sharing name that you will like to see on your TV Display. • Allow network users to change my files - This allows network users to change files over the network.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network Disabling Windows Firewall: Network Sharing makes it possible for home and small office users to share the Local Area Network (LAN). In order to prevent unsolicited network traffic on this LAN, Windows XP protects the connections via the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). ICF is automatically turned on in Win-XP (SP2). If the ICF is turned on on your PC, your So Smart player may not be able to access files residing on your PC.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network 4.2 Wired (via 10/100 LAN, RJ45 port) Network Connections For Sharing and Accessing media files / folders and drives residing on your PC Use LAN (Ethernet, RJ-45) cables to connect to your network Switch / Hub / Router to share the media files residing within folders or drives on your (wired-networked) PC. So Smart HDMI Use the left -arrow button on the So Smart Remote to navigate back to the left-side column.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network 4.3 Wireless Network So Smart player is equipped to be connected to your Wireless Network and is capable of streaming media files directly from your PC. Upon completing the setup as described below, the So Smart player will acquire the IP address automatically from your router. So Smart HDMI NOTE: Try to use Wireless setup in an environment with minimal interference. Avoid Wireless setup if streaming hi-def video files. Under SETUP menu, select “NETWORK”.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network If the version of your firmware include the autoscan ESSID (you can upgrade your firmware on www.danedigital.com) then follow this process: Select Set Up on the main menu with the remote control arrow button. Select Network On Network menu select Enable to choose the kind of network you want to use (Wire or Wireless) and follow step by step the next images.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network Your Wireless option network is now select. Select wireless Apply then ENTER. Select Scan ESSID then ENTER.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network The Automatic scan is going to find all the wireless network available close to your So Smart. Select on the list your Network (in our example : Dane-Elec) then ENTER. Normally your Wireless Network is secure by a code. There is different possibility to secure it (WEP or WPA encryption). You have to choose now the correct encryption. In our example it is WPA (In WPA case you have to find the password already created by you for your Router).
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network Select WPA PSK Select in WPA the kind of encryption (in our example TKIP) We are going now to enter your password or pass phrase Select WPA PSK Key then ENTER 31
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network With the arrow button select each letter or number of your Password, validate each with ENTER To change Small to Caps letter select on the screen “>>” button When your password is written, select OK on the screen, then ENTER (in our example the password is DANE1ec).
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network Select Wireless Apply then ENTER. When SUCCESS appear instaed of Stop, your Wireless Network is configurated and ready to be used. Select SetUp on the remove control to save your configuration.
Chapter 4: Connecting So Smart to a Network Using the So Smart Remote, navigate to your ESSID and press ENTER/SELECT. SETTING ENCRYPTION OPTIONS: Encryption (WEP): • Using the So Smart Remote, navigate to Encryption (WEP) and press ENTER/SELECT. • Select, choose and apply the encryption (WEP) settings used by the network. If you choose WEP option, ensure that the WEP key (to be entered in the next option) correctly matches the WEP-key set on the network router.
• Once done, navigate to OK and press ENTER / SELECT. Select “Apply” to apply wireless network settings and press SETUP button on the Remote to apply your changed settings. NOTE: Under Wireless Network connection, media streaming may experience lag or jitters for some HD video files. Such problems are caused primarily due to insufficient bandwidth available via common home-based wireless routers. Wired 10/100 LAN connections are recommended for streaming of HDvideo.
Chapter 5 : NDAS Basic Set Up 5.1 How to setup NDAS in So Smart What is NDAS (Network Direct Attached Storage)? It is useful technology that makes your PC recognize Internal HDD inside So Smart which is connected to your wired or wireless home network. >> For use of NDAS, you should << 1. Setup NDAS in So Smart 2. Install NDAS software in PC First, So Smart must be connected to wired or wireless network. >> Caution << • • • • • • NDAS is not working when USB slave cable is used.
We will therefore undertake the following pages in order to: -- The activation of the function in your NDAS So Smart, -- The installation of NDAS software on your computer, -- The wired network settings, -- Setting wireless (WiFi) Activation of the function in your NDAS So Smart, 1) Turn on your So Smart 2) Press the button on the remote SETUP 3) Select with the direction of arrows on your remote option «Miscellaneous» 4) Press «Enter» 5) Select the line «NDAS - Stop» 6) Select «Start» 7) Press «Enter» 8) P
3) Select «Register a New Device» with the left mouse button 4) Click on Next 5) Leave «NDAS Device No» or entry the name you want (for example: So Smart). 6) Enter on the first line code «NDAS Device ID» which is under your So Smart or the label pasted on the cover of the CD ROM So Util (NB: The code to grasp is that which appears under «WIRED MAC and has 20 characters per block 5).
7) If you want to be able to write information on the hard drive of your So Smart you must also enter the code «Write Key” which includes 5 characters otherwise leave this line blank, click on «NEXT». 8) Click «Next» 9) Select the option that you are: A. Read / Write B.
15) The disk of So Smart will be automatically detected and the menu (below) will appear. Click on «Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer. 16) You can now move / rename / delete files So Smart through Windows Explorer Your So Smart is now set for the function NDAS mode wired network, a function which will allow you to make streaming from your PC ie read data stored in your So Smart (films, photos, videos, music, documents…).
Chapter 6 : Media Playback 6.1 Video Playback When the So Smart player boots up, a list of all recently-played video files is displayed on the main panel. The displayed list (icons) consists of the last SIX recently-played video files. Using the Remote, navigate to one of these files and press ENTER / SELECT. Playback will resume from the last PAUSED / STOPPED position of that file.
Chapter 6 : Media Playback During Video playback, Press VOLUME button on the Remote to display the video settings float box. Use UP/DOWN arrow keys to select Volume, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Subtitle settings options, ENTER / SELECT to change settings.
Changing Subtitle Display Position Choosing Subtitle Language Choosing Subtitle File INFO BUTTON: Display Basic File Information 43 GOTO BUTTON: Jump to desired time stamp.
Chapter 6 : Media Playback 6.2 Audio Playback So smart provides playback of audio files residing on your PC(via network streaming), external storage device (via USB-Host) or local HDD (installed inside the So Smart player) A list of available devices is as depicted in this image. If the device or folder does not appear or cannot be located, navigate to the left menu (see screen), select REFRESH and press ENTER / SELECT.
Chapter 6 : Media Playback Use the RND / SEQ button on the So Smart Remote Control to toggle between Random vs Sequential playback of Audio files in JUKEBOX list. This feature can also be used for IMAGE playback. Use the REPEAT button on the So Smart Remote Control to play an audio (music) file repeatedly. Toggle the button to remove repetition. This is a easy way to play a audio/ image file in LOOP. To adjust volume, click the VOLUME button on the So Smart Remote Control. A vertical slider is displayed.
Chapter 6 : Media Playback 6.3 Internet radio Playback When the So Smart player boots up, a list of all available locations where files are stored is displayed on the main panel. So Smart provides playback of video files residing on your PC, on the internet (via network streaming), external storage device (via USB-Host) or local HDD (installed inside the So Smart).
Chapter 6 : Media Playback 6.4 Image Playback So Smart provides playback of digital image files residing on your PC (via network streaming), external storage device (via USB-Host) or local HDD (installed inside the So Smart player) A list of available devices is as depicted in this image. If the device or folder does not appear or cannot be located, navigate to the left menu (see screen), select REFRESH and press ENTER / SELECT.
Chapter 6 : Media Playback 6.5 Mixed-Media Playback When the So Smart player boots up, a list of all recently-played media files is displayed on the main panel. In case of video files, you can resume playback (from the point it was last stopped). The list contains six files of each media type: video, audio and image i.e. a total of 18 files. Select MIXED media list from the left navigation column.
Chapter 6 : Media Playback 6.6 Using MY LIST for Media Playback The MY LIST feature allows the creation of a list of your favorite files and folders. This feature enables you to bookmark and keep a list of commonly-used media files separately for easy and quick access and playback. Select the file(s) and/or folder(s) that you will like to include in MY LIST and press the ADD button on the So Smart Remote. The file / folder will be added to MY LIST.
Chapter 7: How do I… 7.1 … play music files randomly or in Shuffle Mode? • • • • Using the So Smart Remote, navigate to the folder containing music files. Using the So Smart Remote, navigate, and Press ENTER button to select and add all audio files that you intend to randomize. these files will be in a JUKEBOX list. (Refer Page 36 – AUDIO PLAYBACK). Press JUKE BOX button on the So Smart Remote, and then Press RND/SEQ button. All selected files will play in Shuffle mode.
Chapter 8: Firmware Upgrade Firmware version check 1) Connect your So Smart Hi-Def Multimedia Player to your TV and power-on the player. 2) Press the SETUP button on the Remote Control. Using the So Smart Remote, navigate (arrow buttons), scroll down and Select ‘MISC’. Then use the RIGHT ARROW button on the So Smart Remote to scroll down and select “SHOW FIRMWARE VER” 3) Check the latest firmware version of your So Smart Player. How to Upgrade Firmware: 1) Press the SETUP button on the SO SMART remote.
Troubleshooting Under no circumstances should you try to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the warranty. Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points listed below before taking the system for repair. No Screen Display. Video Output not working. 1. Press the TVOUT button on So Smart remote to toggle between TVOUT settings. 2.
Limited Warranty Your So Smart Wireless Hi-Definition Multimedia Player comes with a full 2-yr manufacturer’s warranty on parts and labor. The Warranty coverage on this player begins the day you buy your product. This warranty covers defects in manufacturing only, and expressly excludes coverage for excessive wear and tear, physical or accidental abuse, loss and theft. Kindly contact your local distributor for the warranty and service procedures.
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Glossary Aspect Ratio Used to describe the distribution of pixels in MP3 a digital image. Increasing the aspect ratio of an image lowers the efficiency of the use of the pixels. The resulting image will have less detail than an image with the same amount of pixels, but with a lower aspect ratio. Also known as MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. A popular digital audio format that was designed to reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, without compromising the audio quality.
R&TTE Certification Česky [Czech] : Dane-Elec tímto prohlašuje, že tento So Smart je ve shodě se základními požadavky a dalšími příslušnými ustanoveními směrnice 1999/5/ES. Dansk [Danish] : Undertegnede Dane-Elec erklærer herved, at følgende udstyr So Smart overholder de væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999/5/EF.
