Home Multimedia Center Movie Cube V120H User’s Manual (Version 1.0.
Table of Contents 1. User Information .....................................................................................................................3 1.1 Caution ................................................................................................................................3 2. Product Introduction...............................................................................................................5 2.1 Product Overview........................................................
1. User Information 1.1 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. 1.1.1 Usage cautions User should not modify this player. If commercial hard disk is being used, the environmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35 . 1.1.2 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.
- Physical impact may create bad sector in the hard disk, you can use CHKDSK to fix the problem. - 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. 1.1.
2. Product Introduction 2.1 Product Overview Thank you very much for purchasing the Movie Cube V120H. In the digital era, this product is a great home entertainment partner. With the outstanding design, you can enjoy Full HD movies and music, view photos of precious moments. The editing function provides you with an easy way to save these. It’s easy to use this product as a portable external storage device with its built-in HDD and high-speed USB 2.0.
WMV/ASF/RM/RMVB/FLV Music Playback • Fast forward/rewind • Shuffle • Repeat • Music format: MP3/OGG/WMA/WAV/FLAC File Copy • Supports copying & moving files among USB, CARD, HDD, and Network Note: All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. However, as our engineers are always updating and improving the product, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this manual. 2.
2.3. Connection 2.3.1 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. 2.3.2 USB Mass Storage Device (like USB stick, MP3, USB HDD etc.) Connection (1) Make sure the player is powered on; (2) Plug in the USB stick or USB HDD etc. to one of the USB host ports of this player.
2.3.3 Connecting a Memory Card Memory card can be used by inserting to the card slot (1) Follow the picture to insert the memory card to the card slot properly; (2) Insert the card by following the arrow pointer in the picture. In this way, you can browse contents on the memory card. Removing a USB Device or Memory Card In order to prevent data loss, it is highly recommended you press EJECT button on the remote control before remove a USB device or Memory Card. To remove a USB Device or Memory Card: 1.
2.3.4.2 Y/Pb/Pr Component OUT (1) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s Y/Pb/Pr jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV’s Y/Pb/Pr jack. Audio Connection while using Y/Pb/Pr Video out: First method: use the audio output from the A/V OUT jack; Second method: use the audio output from the S/PDIF Coaxial or Optical jack. In this way, you can also enjoy videos, music, and photos in the player on TV. 2.3.4.
In this way, you can have the highest quality video and audio via a single cable. 2.3.5 Digital Audio Device connection (1) Follow the picture and plug in the RCA connector on your coaxial cable to the player’s S/PDIF Coaxial jack. Or if you use optical fiber, please plug in the Toslink connector on 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 coaxial cable or optical fiber to the digital audio device.(not supplied) 2.
2.3.7 Ethernet connection To connect to a LAN (Local Area Network) you require a cat5, cat5e or cat6 network cable (not supplied). (1) Connect one of the crystal plugs on the cable to the player’s RJ45 LAN socket; (2) Connect the other crystal plug on the cable to a RJ45 LAN port on your router, switch, or hub devices.
2.3.8 WLAN connection (1) Make sure the player is powered on; (2) Plug the Wireless LAN USB Adapter (i.e. Wi-Fi USB Dongle) to the USB HOST port of the player. 2.4 Front Panel 1. POWER / STANDBY indicator 2. VFD Screen 2.5 Side Panel 1. USB DEVICE port 2. USB HOST x2 port 3.
2.6 Back Panel 1.DC-IN jack 2. Y/Pb/Pr OUT jack 3. A/V OUT jack 4. HDMI jack 5. RJ45 LAN socket 6. S/PDIF COAXIAL jack 7. S/PDIF OPTICAL jack 2.7 Menu Language The system language of this player can be set to English or other languages. Change the language you wish in the setup menu, the selected language will take effect immediately. 2.
Note: This page can be also accessed via Setup->System->HDD Format menu. - Step 2: Select Format, press ENTER, and then hard disk format will start. The formatting procedure will be finished within a few minutes. And then you can use the hard disk properly on the player. Note: HDD format will remove all data stored on the hard disk drive.
2.9 Remote Control 1. MUTE 2. OPTION 3. SETUP 5. AUDIO 4. INFO 6. HOME 7. UP 9. OK 11. VOL13. SLOW 8. LEFT 10. DOWN 12.Numeric buttons 14. PAUSE 15. PLAY 16. FR 17. FF 18. A-B 19. REPEAT 20. HELP 21. EJECT 22. SELECT 23. SUBTITLE 24. PREV 25. NEXT 26. STOP 27. SEARCH 28. VOL+ 29. RIGHT 30. RETURN 31. ZOOM 32. COPY 33. TV SYS. 34. 35. POWER No. Button Function 1 2 MUTE OPTION Press to mute audio output, and press again to resume.
11 12 VOLNumeric buttons 13 SLOW 14 PAUSE 15 PLAY 16 FR 17 FF 18 A-B 19 20 21 22 23 REPEAT HELP EJECT SELECT SUBTITLE 24 25 26 PREV NEXT STOP 27 SEARCH 28 29 VOL+ RIGHT 30 31 32 33 RETURN ZOOM COPY TV SYS. 34 35 POWER Press to decrease the volume. Press to enter channel numbers or numeric input when changing settings. Press to play back in slow motion. Press the PLAY button to resume regular playback.
3. Main Menu 3.1 Setup Menu The Setup menu allows you to personalize and configure the preferences for your player. To select a Setup option: - Select the Setup icon on the home screen - Use the UP/DOWN navigational buttons to select an option, and then press ENTER. There are seven Setup options, including Audio, Video, Photo, Network, System, MISC and Media Library. Use the UP/DOWN navigational buttons to select a menu. Press ENTER to confirm.
Night Mode - Choose between Off / On / Comfort. If the option is turned on, the audio output volume will be decreased to make you more comfortable. Digital Output - Select to set Digital Output (S/PDIF) mode. Note: In raw mode, Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG sound can be by passed to the HDMI TV or Digital amplifier. 3.1.2 Changing Video Settings Use this menu to configure video settings. Aspect Ratio - Pan Scan 4:3: Display a wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the redundant portions.
PAL – Europe, Greenland, parts of Africa and South America, the Mideast, China, India, Australia, and Indonesia. Resolution - video output resolution 3.1.3 Changing Photo Settings Use this menu to configure photo settings Slide Show Timing - Select to set the interval time for photo slide show. Transition Effect - Select to set the transition effect for photo slide show. Background Music - Select to set the background music options while view pictures. 3.1.
Wired LAN Setup - DHCP IP (AUTO) Select to obtain IP address automatically. - FIX IP (MANUAL) Select to manually input the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and DNS Server IP Address. Wireless Setup - Selecting a connection profile This player can store up to three wireless network connections. Press ENTER to go to next step, press RETURN to cancel, and press PLAY to connect. - Get Connection Mode Choose between Infrastructure (AP) and Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc).
Get SSID Name Press ENTER to go to next step, press RETURN to cancel, and press OPTION to refresh the SSID list. Note: In the Security list, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) means the network is encrypted, i.e. an encryption key is needed to access the network. NONE means it is an open system network. Input WEP / WPA Key Encryption keys can be inputted via the virtual keyboard.
Test connection The testing process will take for a while, please be patient to wait. If the test is ok, the network information (Profile Name, IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, etc.) will be displayed on the screen. - Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc) Peer to Peer mode, which is also called Ad Hoc mode or computer-to-computer mode, is used to connect wireless clients directly together, without the need for a wireless router or access point.
3.1.5 Changing System Settings Use this menu to configure system settings. Menu Language - Select to choose the OSD (On-Screen Display) language. Text Encoding - Select to set the text encoding option (subtitle display) System Info - This tab gives you information about the software installed and about the material components of your player. System Update - Select to update the firmware or extension package via a USB stick. 1) Copy ‘install.
Resume Play - Select to turn on / off resume playback (auto-bookmarking) feature for movies. Screen Saver - Select to turn on / off screen saver. Movie Preview - Select to turn on / off movie preview in the browser menu. 3.1.7 Changing Media library Settings Use this menu to set the scan folder, update media library and media library mode. Select Scan Folder - Select the scan folders from HDD or external USB device. Update Media Library - Press to update media library.
update by manual. Note: System only scan the folders what you have selected. System default to scan all of the folders. It will take some time to scan all of the folders. 3.2 Music Playback Enter music interface, only supported audio files and folder will be displayed. This player supports MP3, WMA, and OGG audio files.
The music toolbar has several command icons to customize the way you play music. The functions from left to right are repeat, shuffle mode, info. 3.2.3 Quick-Search You can search for a media file by filter current folder to locate the specific media file. Press SEARCH button while browsing music files in the music library. 3.3 Photo Playback Enter into photo interface, only supported image files and folder will be displayed. This player supports JPG/JPEG/BMP/files.
3.3.1 Photo Playback Control Button Function PREV / NEXT View the previous or next photo. LEFT / RIGHT Rotate a photo in any angle. OPTION Hide or display the Photo toolbar during playback. STOP Stop playback. ZOOM Zoom in and out the photo 3.3.2 Photo Playback Options During photo playback, press OPTION button. The photo toolbar opens at the bottom of the screen. The photo toolbar has several command icons to customize the way you play photo.
3.4 Movie Playback Enter into movie interface, only supported image files and folder will be displayed. This player supports AVI, MKV, MOV, MPG files. You can navigate using a filter option (Date, Folder, Recent, Playlist, or All movie) by selecting the photo icon and using UP and DOWN button to scroll through the options listed. 3.4.1 Movie Playback Control Button Function PLAY/PAUSE Begin/Pause playback. PREV / NEXT View the previous or next file/chapter. FR/FF OPTION Fast rewind or fast forward.
3.4.2 Movie Playback Options During movie playback, press OPTION button. The photo toolbar opens at the bottom of the screen. The movie toolbar has several command icons to customize the way you play photo. The functions from left to right are zoom in, zoom out, repeat, subtitle, info, audio, dvd. 3.4.3 Quick-Search You can search for a media file by filter current folder to locate the specific media file. Press SEARCH button while browsing movie files in the movie library. 3.
3.6 Net Service This player integrates the SHOUTcast free Internet radio function. Select the Net Service icon and press UP/DOWN to enter into internet radio Note: • Make sure the player is connected properly to a LAN or WLAN with Internet access, please refer to ‘3.1.
Station - All downloaded stations will be listed under this menu. Genre - You can search for stations by genre (pop, rock, jazz, etc.) under this menu. Favorite - Your favorite stations can be kept under this menu. 3.7 Help Function In this menu, you can get helpful information about this product.
4. Web Server & BitTorrent 4.1 Web Server (unicgi) A Web server called ‘Neighbor Web’ has been integrated into the player. - Connect the player to your home network (LAN or WLAN). - Get the IP address of the player under SETUP -> NETWORK menu. - Type the IP address (e.g., 192.168.3.15) in the address bar of Internet Explore on your PC. Then you can access the Web server on your PC. Note: Please select ON in BT and Samba interface to turn on the BT function. 4.
- This page allows you to set a password for accessing Neighbor Web. Note: • Password will become effective when Login Control is turned on. (Please refer to Login Control in chapter ‘3.1.4 Changing Network Settings’ for more details) • The default user name is ‘admin’, and the default password is ‘123’. • When login control is turned off, and then turned on again, the password will be restored to default. • When login control is turned off, this menu is not able to be accessed. 4.
4.4.1 Add new torrent - Click Add new torrent on the BitTorrent Download page. - Click Browse to upload a torrent file, and click Yes to confirm. 4.4.2 Managing the downloads The BitTorrent Download page also allows you to start, stop, delete torrents, and set priorities for torrents, as well as view the status of current torrents.
- Click Start to begin download. - Click Stop to stop download. - Click Delete to delete the selected torrent. - Click Refresh to refresh the current status. - Click Down arrow to decrease the priority for the selected torrent. - Click Up arrow to increase the priority for the selected torrent. 4.4.3 Settings - Click Setting on the BitTorrent Download page to enter the BitTorrent Setting page. In the BitTorrent Setting page, you can configure the following settings.
- Set the idle hours to start the next download automatically. - Set the seeding hours. - Set to delete the finished torrent files automatically or not. - Set the maximum number of simultaneous download tasks.
5. Media Library Thanks to a powerful search engine, the library menu allows you to search and browse multimedia files stored on an internal HDD or external USB HOST device in most easy ways.
Recent Select to search for movie files that have been played recently Playlist Select to search for movie files by playlist 6. Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system (OS) installed on the device. Firmware upgrades can bring new features, improvements and bug fixes. Please refer to System Update in chapter ‘3.1.5 Changing System Settings’ for more details.
7. Appendixes 7.1 Specifications I/O INTERFACES SUPPORTED: 3.5’’ SATA HDD USB 2.0 HOST port x 2 (compatible to USB 1.1) USB Device port Supports SD/SDHC/MMC/MS Card Composite (CVBS) A/V jack Component Y/Pb/Pr jackt HDMI V1.
7.2 Frequently Asked Questions Question 1. When I try to disconnect the USB device, I keep on getting “The device ‘Generic volume’ cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later.” message, what should I do? Answer: Close any program that might be accessing data on the player, including Windows® Explorer. If it does not work, close all programs and wait for another 20 seconds, then try the green arrow icon again.
TV does not support, please use the A/V signal display instead, press the TV SYSYEM button on the remote control, then switch the TV’s video input to NTSC or PAL. Question 7. Why is there no sound on movie or music playback when using Y/Pb/Pr component output? Answer: Y/Pb/Pr output is a video output only, and does not include sound signals. When using Y/Pb/Pr output, please plug the A/V OUT or the S/PDIF jack to output sound. Question 8.
drop to 54 Mbps. You may contact the Access Point or router manufacturer to download the latest firmware, or try other encryption methods (WPA2-AES or WPA2-TKIP), or choose to configure an unsecured profile, but this option is not recommended. Question12. Why couldn’t the player find the hard disc? Answer: Make sure the firmware is installed correctly, and no system partitions on the HDD were deleted. If hard disc failure occurs, please backup your data and reinstall the firmware. 8.
-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. 10. License information This product contains Free Software which is licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 2 (GPL). You will find hereinafter a copy of the GPL license text.
may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. 2.
source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.) The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it.
by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program. If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances.
LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 12.