Home Multimedia Center Movie Cube K800 User’s Manual (Version 1.0.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Preface ........................................................................................................ 3 1.2 Packing List ................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Caution ........................................................................................................ 4 1.
1. Introduction 1.1 Preface Dear Customer, Thank you very much for purchasing the product. In the digital era, this product is a great home entertainment partner. With the outstanding design, you can enjoy movies and music, and view photos of precious moments. It’s easy to use this product as a portable external storage device with its built-in HDD and high-speed USB 2.0. This player has the following functionality: Data Storage - supports 3.5” SATA HDD up to 1TB.
1.3 Caution This player’s design and manufacture has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this player, please read the following before usage. 1.3.1 Usage cautions User should not modify this player. If commercial hard disk is being used, the environmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35 . 1.3.2 Power The player’s power voltage: DC 12V. When using this player, please connect the supplied AC adapter or AC adapter cable to the player’s power jack.
- All data stored in the player may be lost due to physical impact, electrical shock, power lost, HDD format etc. Please backup your data. - It is suggested to do defragment after a long period of usage. - Regularly backup the data in the hard disk so that it can be recovered in the event of data corruption or loss. Our company takes no responsibility for loss of data stored on the hard disk. 1.3.
1.4 Connection 1.4.1 Connect to Computer (1) Make sure the player is powered on. (2) Plug in the squarish connector of the USB cable to this player’s USB DEVICE port. (3) Plug in the rectangular connector of the USB cable to computer. 1.4.2 USB Mass Storage Device (like USB Pen Drive, MP3, USB HDD etc.) Connection (1) Make sure the player is powered on. (2) Plug in the USB Pen Drive or USB HDD etc. to the USB host port of this player. 1.4.
1.4.4 TV connection 1.4.4.1 A/V OUT (1) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s A/V OUT jack. (2) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV’s A/V IN jack. In this way, you can enjoy the content in the player on TV or other display devices. In this way, you can also enjoy videos, music, and photos in the player on TV. 1.4.4.2 HDMI OUT (1) Follow the picture and plug one connector of your HDMI cable to the player’s HDMI jack.
In this way, you can have the highest quality video and audio via a single cable. 1.4.5 Digital Audio Device connection (1) Follow the picture and plug in the Toslink connector of your coaxial cable to the player’s S/PDIF Coaxial jack. Or if you use optical fiber, please plug in the Toslink connector of your optical fiber to the player’s S/PDIF Optical jack (not supplied). (2) Follow the picture and plug in the other connector on your optical fiber to the digital audio device (not supplied). 1.4.
1.4.7 Antenna / RF IN Follow the picture and plug a TV Aerial or analog TV cable to the ANT. / RF IN socket. 1.5 First Time Usage 1. Power on After connecting to power, the POWER button indicator on the front panel will turn on (red light). Press the POWER button to power on the player, then the indicator light will turn blue. 2. Power off In playback and other interface, press the POWER button to turn off the player, when power off the player will prompt you that the system is being shut down.
2. About the Player 2.1 Remote Control All procedures in this manual can be carried out using the remote control buttons. See the following for details on each button and its function: 1. POWER 2. TV SYS 3. SETUP 4. DEVICE 5. SLOW 6. DVD 7. ZOOM 8. SUBTITLE 9. REPEAT 10. FR 11. HOME 12. PLAY/PAUSE 13. UP 14. LEFT 15. OK 16. VOL+ 17. VOL- 18. NUMERIC buttons 19. RED 20. GREEN 21. YELLOW 22. BLUE 23. TIME SHIFT 24. RECORD 25. PREV 26. NEXT 27.DOWN 28. RIGHT 29. RETURN 30.
7 ZOOM Press to zoom out/zoom in the photo 8 SUBTITLE Turn on/off subtitle 9 REPEAT Setup the repeat mode. 10 FR During video/audio playback, press this button to fast rewind 11 HOME Press this button to return to the main interface. 12 PLAY/PAUSE Playback/Pause 13 UP Move cursor upward. Rotate the photo. 14 LEFT Move cursor to the left. Rotate the photo.
32 AUDIO Switch audio channels. 33 SLIDE Select to set photo+music slide show 34 OPTION Press to open tool bar 35 MUTE Press this button to turn on/off mute function 2.2 Front Panel 1. POWER button 2. REC indicator 2.3 Rear Panel 1. DC IN jack 2. HDMI jack 3. S/PDIF OPTICAL jack 4. S/PDIF COAXIAL jack 5. A/V OUT jack 6.
2.4 Side Panel 1. USB DEVICE port (B-Type) 2. USB HOST port (A-Type) 3.
3. Functions 3.1 Main Interface In the main interface, by default the cursor will stay on the photo function, when the cursor points to another function, the name of that function will be displayed. The main interface contains: PHOTO, MUSIC, MOVIE, BROWSER, MY RECORD and DVB-T. 3.2 Movie Playback Enter movie interface, only supported video files and folders will be displayed. This player supports DAT, VOB, AVI and MPG video files.
AUDIO: Press to switch the audio channel. Subtitle: Press to turn on/off the subtitle. OPTION: Press to open tool bar. STOP: Press to stop the playback and return to the video interface. 3.3 Photo Playback Enter photo interface, only supported image files and folder will be displayed. This player only supports JPEG files. Select an image file to open the file. You can set the slideshow mode in the Setup menu. Direction Button: Press UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT button to move the image.
Select an audio file to start playback. You can access the following functions during playback: PLAY/PAUSE: Press this button to play/pause the playback FR/FF: Press to fast reverse/fast forward the current playback. Press repeatedly to select speeds(2x/4x/6x/8x/16x/32x) REPEAT: Select to choose between TRACK, FOLDER and ALL. STOP: Press to stop the playback and return to the audio interface OPTION: Press to open tool bar. 3.
Press the navigational buttons to select options while navigating in the DVD root menu. You can access the following functions during playback: HOME: Press to return to the root menu during playback. OPTION: Press to activate/hide the tool bar during playback. PREV/NEXT: Press to go to previous/next chapter. STOP: Press to stop the playback. You can switch the audio languages, subtitle, etc… thanks to the buttons in the tool bar.
the remote control. 3.7.1 Language setup Select Language setup and you can setup OSD Language, Encoding, etc. OSD language To select and change the system language. It supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, etc. Encoding Select to set text encoding. Slide time Select to set the interval time of photo slide show: 5S, 10S, or 15S. Slide mode Select to set the transitional effect of photo slide show. Defaults Restore the unit to factory settings. 3.7.
3.7.3 Photo setup Select Photo setup and you can setup interval time, transition effect, show type, color tone and browse. INTERVAL TIME Interval time 5 Sec, 10 Sec, 15 Sec, 30 Sec, 1 Min, 3 Min, Off Transition effect Select to set the transition effect for photo slide show. Show type Fit Screen, Full Screen Color tone Normal, Black & White, Classic Browse Thumbnail, File Manager 3.7.
3.7.5 Auto play setup Select auto play setup and you can setup auto play in photo, music and movie. PHOTO Photo ON, OFF Music ON, OFF Movie ON, OFF 3.7.6 DVB-T SETUP In the DVB-T interface, press SETUP to enter the DVB-T setup menu (only possible in the DVB-T interface). In this menu, you can setup the Country, Language, GMT Usage, Time Zone, PVR Setup, Sort, Automatic Search and Manual Search.
Manual Search Enter the Manual Search menu 3.8 My Record In the menu My Record, you can playback the recorded TV programs. To start the playback: 1. Press the up / down button on the remote control to select the title you want to play. 2. Press the OK button on the remote control to play the file. 3. Press the stop or the back button on the remote control to stop playback and return to the Title List menu screen. 3.9 DVB-T Select the DVB-T icon on the main interface to enter this menu.
The first time you enter the DVB-T menu, an installation interface will appear. Follow the Assistant wizard and the system will automatically scan for available DVB-T channels. When you are in the DVB-T menu, press the SETUP button on the remote control to enter the DVB-T setup menu. Select the Country, Language and Time Zone in this menu, then press the up / down button to select between AUTOMATIC SEARCH and MANUAL SEARCH, and press the enter button to confirm.
up / down, prev / next: press to switch channels (Channels cannot be switched in the recording mode). numeric buttons: press to input channel numbers. Press the ok button to confirm. record: press to start recording the current TV program. time shift: press to activate the time shift function. EPG: press to activate the EPG menu if available. TTX: press to activate the Teletext menu if available. blue button: press to edit scheduled recordings.
add / delete scheduled recording. 3.9.2.3 Teletext Menu If the broadcasted stream supports Teletext, press the TTX button to enter the Teletext menu. 3.9.2.4 Record Order Menu When watching DVB-T TV programs, press the blue button to enter the Record Order Menu. Prior to scheduling a recording in the EPG or Record Order menu, please make sure the time is well synchronised (5 to 10 sec*). If the time is not synchronised properly, the recording will not start.
3.9.2.5 Time Shift While in the DVB-T mode, press the Timeshift button to activate the Yime shift function, which allows you to pause live TV and resume the program from the point you left it.
4. Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system (OS) installed on the device. Firmware upgrades can bring new features, improvements and bug fixes. Download the latest firmware from our official website. Step 1: Prepare the Memory Card or USB Key You will need a Memory Card or USB Key for firmware upgrade. Make sure there is no files in the Memory Card or USB Key. Copy the file "UPG956M.AP" to the root directory of a Memory Card or USB Key. No change the file name.
5. Appendixes 5.1 Specifications Technical Specifications Format: AVI, VOB, MPG,DAT, MP4, TS Video Codec: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 Resolution: Up to 720x576 (PAL), 720x480 (NTSC) Subtitle: SRT, SSA, SMI Format: MP3, WMA, OGG (DRM, Pro and Advanced Profile not supported) Audio Codec: MP2, MP3, PCM, LPCM Compression rate: MP3: 32 Kbps~320 Kbps; WMA: 32 Kbps~192 Kbps Photo A/V Output TV System USB Interface JPG/JPEG, BMP (720p/1080i) Slide Show and zoom support Video: Composite, Component, HDM I (Version 1.
5.2 Frequently Asked Questions Question 1. My computer does not recognize my player. Answer: (1) Make sure the player is powered on. If it is off, the computer will not be able to find the player. (2) Make sure the player is connected to computer. (Refer to 1.4.1 for connecting player to computer). (3) When using Windows 98SE, install the USB driver first. After installation, restart the computer. Then reconnect the player to the computer. (Refer to 1.4.1 for connecting player to computer).
filtered views such as Photos, Music, or Movies. Question 6. Why do some supported photo formats, can not be shown in the photo function? Answer: In the JPEG format there are different modes. The player doesn’t support all the modes. So you have to change your photo format first as follow: (1) Use Photoshop to open the photo. (2) Choose ”File” then “save as” from the menu, as the picture on the left hand side shows, select the picture format as JPEG, input the file name and click the “save” icon.
- Acts of nature, such as fire, static discharge. - Damage from unauthorized repair, alteration or accident. - Damage from misuse or neglect. - A unit that has been modified or incorporated into other products or is used for institutional or other commercial purposes. - Loss of customer’s software, firmware, information, or memory data. - Improper handling or installation. For complete information regarding EMTEC Movie Cube warranty and customer support please visit our website: www.emtec-international.
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