User Manual Based on Firmware V2.0.
INDEX page 1 Index page 2 Introduction page 3 General Overview page 4 Installing a Hard Drive page 5 Connections page 6 Connections continued page 7 TV Output Settings page 8 Formatting the Hard Drive page 9 Remote Functionality page10 Samba Network Setup page11 Home Network Samba Server page12 Wired Network Connection and Setup page13 Wireless Network Setup / Firmware Update / Web Browser page14 Home Page page15 Home Page Strip page16 Media Library page17 Media Library Cont
Thank you for purchasing the Mede8er Multimedia Player. The MED450X2 is the latest generation multimedia player specially developed by Sanji for today’s demanding media enthusiast. The Mede8er has some very unique features so we suggest you read this guide and visit the Mede8er forum for additional help and information. The firmware is always “work in progress” so we suggest you regularly check the Mede8er forum for updated firmware releases and updated User Manuals.
SD Card Slot 2 x USB Host Ports USB 3.
INSTALLING A HARD DRIVE OUT Y Pb Pr Unscrew 3 screw and lift cover off 2.5" Hard Drive Bay a) b) 2.5" SATA Hard Drive Heat Conductive pad c) d) OUT Y Pb Pr Make sure that the DC power cable is unplugged. Place the Mede8er on a flat surface and unscrew the 3x rear panel screws as indicated in figure 1. Lift the cover from the rear side and remove it. Plug the SATA Data and Power cables into a compatible 2.5" HDD as shown in figure b.
CONNECTIONS Analogue Audio and Composite Video connection to TV. Composite Video offers the most basic picture quality connection and should only be used if your TV does not have a HDMI input. Use RCA analogue audio outputs in the absence of HDMI or Digital Audio inputs on your TV or Home Theatre system. RCA analogue outputs will downmix and audio output signal to 2 ch stereo.
HDMI - RJ45 Network - Toslink Connection to a TV or Amplifier For digital audio connection to your Home Theatre System use the HDMI connector. If your amplifier does not have HDMI connector than you can use the TOSLINK Optical Digital output. The MED450X supports both Passthrough and Downmix for both Dolby Digital and DTS signals.
TV OUTPUT SETTINGS Connect the Mede8er to your TV by one of the connection options as shown on page 5 & 6 and change the input option on your TV to match the option you selected. If you do not get to see the Mede8er GUI on your TV you will need to toggle the Mede8er TV output until you get a picture. TV SYS Toggle Procedure The Mede8er has three video output options ie Composite Video (yellow RCA connectors, Component Video (Red - Green- Blue connectors) and HDMI.
FORMATTING THE HARD DRIVE The MED450X2 has a built in Hard Drive format feature that formats the hard drive with a main NTFS partition and other small internal partitions for propriety use. The Hard Drive should be formatted in the Mede8er MED450X2 to ensure full functionality. A pre formatted Hard Drive can be used but you may not be able to use all the internal features of the MED450X2. To Format the internal Hard Drive select SETUP menu and then HDD Format.
REMOTE FUNCTIONALITY DVD Angle On / Off TV System Audio Mute A-B Setup Media Library Shortcut Numbers Volume Up Fast Forward Fast Rewind Pause / Play Repeat Shuffle Volume Up/Down Fast Forward / Rewind Play / Pause Home Page *Navigation Left Search Bar - Video File Menu Edit Audio Selection / Audio Currently Playing Skip Forward/Back Web Browser Toggle Scroll Bars & Hyperlink select Web Browser Toggle Address Bar Start dBase Scan Volume Down Slow Next / Previous Stop Return Navigation Up - Volume U
SAMBA (Network Setup) If your PC or NAS has shares setup to specific users then you will need to setup a shortcut on the X2 to each machine and specify the IP, Username and Password Setting up Samba shortcuts on the Mede8er Select ‘Network’ and then select the ‘My_Shortcuts’ icon. Now press the ‘Menu’ button and select ‘Add New Shortcut’ option.
HOME NETWORK SAMBA SERVER The Mede8er has NAS (Network Attached Storage) functionality built in. And although it is limited in transfer speed compared to standalone NAS servers it performs very well if speed is not your major requirement. You can also use the MED450X2 as a Media Server and stream content to other Mede8er’s on your home network. The Samba function is enabled or disabled in the System menu under Network.
WIRED NETWORK CONNECTION AND SETUP The Mede8er MED450X2 can be connected to your local network by means of a RJ45 CAT5 cable. The Mede8er is supplied standard with a UPnP facility, Samba Client and NFS that allows connection to your local area network via a router or switch. You can share media files from your PC and stream media content to the Mede8er and you can use the Mede8er as a Media Server to stream media content to other Mede8er’s on your network.
WIRELESS NETWORK SETUP (basic) The Mede8er MED450X2 is only compatible with the Mede8er Wireless Dongle MED10WFB USB WiFI Dongle / MED20PCIe PCIe WiFi Kit. (Other brands will not work) Refer to User Instructions supplied with the Mede8er dongle for detailed wireless connection setup. Only use model MED10WFB WiFi Dongle as it is supplied together with the USB extension cable base. WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION Plug the MED10WFB into the USB extension base that was supplied with your Mede8er.
HOME PAGE The Mede8er Home is the central point where you can launch all the user applications. Press the Right/Left Navigation buttons on the remote to navigate the Home Page and press “Enter” to launch the selected page. FAVOURITES Create, manage, apply Genre cover art to local and network folder shortcuts. MEDIA LIBRARY In Media Library you can browse all your media content on your Hard Drive, SD Card, USB Devices and Network and launch the built in File Manager to manage and transfer your content.
HOME PAGE STRIP The Home Page can be accessed at any time by pressing the “Home Page” button on the remote. The Home Page Strip will appear at the bottom of the page and allow you to make your selection using the Left / Right Navigation buttons on the remote.
MEDIA LIBRARY The Mede8er Media Library has five built in standard views ie Movie View, Music View, Picture View, List View, List View and Preview View. The Media Library has been designed so that the view can be easily changed on the fly. In the Media Library you have the option of changing the Views Manually or you can enable the ‘Auto View’ option in the Setup Menu. If the ‘Auto View’ option is enabled the X2 will automatically save the View of the folder when you change the View manually.
MEDIA LIBRARY CONTINUED To change the View of the Media Library press the “View” button on the remote and the Media Library strip will light up. Press the ‘View’ button again and the focus will change to the next icon. Repeat pressing the ‘View’ button until the icon you require is selected and then wait and the X2 will automatically change the Media Library view to one one you have selected.
MEDIA LIBRARY METADATA DISPLAY The Media Library will display basic Movie Metadata in all ‘Views’. This unique Mede8er functionality will greatly enhance your Media Library browsing experience and make it real easy for the whole family to enjoy. In order to take advantage of the advanced functionality you will need to scan your movie collection with Y2M (YAMJ to Mede8er) or Thumbgen in order to create the required xml files.
ADDING CUSTOM BACKDROPS AND SKINS You can easily customise your X2 by adding your own backdrop image. Prepare the jpg image to size 1280 x 720 pixels with max size 500KB. In the X2 Media Library navigate to the image you require and press the ‘Menu’ button. Select the option ‘Set to Background’ and the x2 will load your new backdrop into flash memory and use it as its default.
XML SEARCH (JUKEBOX FUNCTION) The X2 has a built in XML Search facility that will allow you to sort and arrange your Video Files by pre defined xml filters. The XML Search can be used with content on the Internal Hard Drive, External USB Hard Drive, Samba Network and NFS Network. Library Preparation for XML Search operation The Media Library must conform to the Mede8er standard with all the relevant movie file information in its own folder. A typical folder will contain - Video File - Folder.jpg - About.
JukeBox View In Setup under ‘Misc Options’ you can select JukeBox View -- on/off JukeBox View ‘off’ - Favourite Links to a Jukebox will be presented in a normal structure and you can navigate the scanned Folders and Sub Folders folder as you normally would in the Media Library. JukeBox View ‘on’ - Favourite Links to Jukebox will be presented in JukeBox View ie 16 Covers in a flat display. The internal folder structure of the folder will be ignored.
MEDIA LIBRARY - MUSIC PLAYER Select any supported music file and the Music Player Screen will launch. If the music file has embedded information tags and images then these will be displayed on the right hand side in the preview window area. If you do not want to use embedded mp3 art or you are using .m4a, ape or flac files you can save the Album Cover as a jpg file named ‘folder.jpg’ to the Music Album Folder and the X2 will use it if it does not find any embedded art in the music files.
COVER ART PREVIEW IN MEDIA LIBRARY The Mede8er has a built in facility to preview cover art and it will automatically read the folder.jpg and the about.jpg inside the movie folders. All you need to do in order to use this very useful feature is to arrange your collection with each video, in its own folder. Place a JPEG picture together with each movie in the folder and you will be ready to go.
PLAY FOLDER Mede8er allows you to play a video file within a folder without the need to open the folder. Just focus on the required folder and press the ‘Play’ or ‘FF’ button. The first video file found in the folder will be played. The folder play will only work with video files. PLAY VIDEO FROM COVER ART With Mede8er you can play the video directly from the cover art. Zoom the about.jpg by pressing the ‘Info / About’ button then press ‘Play’ or ‘FF’ or ‘Enter’ to play the video.
MEDIA SCANNER The Mede8er has a built in Media Scanner that will scan your Media Files on your internal Hard Drive or USB drive and allow user functionality such as Search, Genre, Last Played etc. You can select “Auto Scan” options in the Setup menu. The Media Scanner will automatically update the database when the Mede8er is powered “on” or when an external USB Hard Drive is connected. It is important to let the scanner complete the scan if you intend to use this function.
LOCK FACILITY Mede8er has a built in Lock facility designed to restrict access to certain folders. Lock facility functions a. System access areas such as Hard Drive Format screen and File Manager. (Pin Protection) b. User Folders (Folder Protection) You can enable or disable these options in the Setup menu CHANGE PIN CODE The default 4 digit Pin Code is 0000. To change the Pin Code go to Setup -- Misc -- Password -- You will be prompted to enter the existing pin code.
FAVOURITES MANAGER The MED450X2 is equipped with a powerful function that we call Favourites. Basically it is a list of Shortcuts that you the user easily create yourself. The Favourite Link will work as a shortcut link to shared folder on your Local Hard Drive, hosted USB Drive, Samba and NFS Network Share. Our Favourites Manager will consolidate all your paths and links them into one Favourites page no matter where the folders reside.
ADDING GENRE ARTWORK TO FAVOURITES You can easily add Genre artwork to each Favourite link. To add the cover artwork just focus on the Favourite thumbnail and press the “Menu” button on the remote control. The menu dialogue screen will open and now you can select the “Genre” option. A new screen will open with a list of cover options. Navigate up or down to select the cover you require and press the “Enter” button to select the cover. You can also use the Alpha Jump facility to jump to covers down the list.
VIDEO INFO SEARCH The Info Search allows you to easily jump to any part of the video. While viewing a Video File press the Left/Right Navigation button and the Info Screen will appear on the top of the screen. Now press the Left/Right Nav and a red bar will move left or right and with the corresponding Time position displayed in number text on the left side. Once you have reached the time search you require juts press the “Enter” button and the Mede8er will jump to the time you selected in the Video.
SCREEN CALIBRATION For more accurate Zoom functionality we suggest you calibrate your TV screen. Go to System Setup then Video and select Screen Size. Press Enter to save Using the left, right, up and down navigation buttons you can adjust the red rectangle to fit the outer frame of your TV screen. You can then do a fine adjustment to move the red rectangle so that it is just not visible.
SUBTITLES Mede8er supports various types of subtitle files. If the subtitle is embedded into the video file it will automatically be available on the Subtitle Dialogue Screen. External Subtitles must be placed into the same folder as the video file and must be named to be exactly the same name as the video file eg Cloudy.With.A.Chance.Of.Meatballs.2009.720p.BluRay.HebDub.x264-WiKi.mkv Cloudy.With.A.Chance.Of.Meatballs.2009.720p.BluRay.HebDub.x264-WiKi.
MUSIC PLAYLISTS To make music .M3u playlists on your mede8er follow the steps in FILE MANAGER - MULTIPLE FILES section and select the playlists option. FILE MANAGER The Mede8er has a built in File Manager to manage and transfer files between your media sources. The File Manager is launched by pressing the “Edit” button on the remote Control while you are Media Library.
FILE MANAGER - MULTIPLE FILES To Copy, Delete, Move or Rename multiple files just press the “Edit” button on the remote control while you are in Media Library view. Select “Multiple Select” and a new dialogue screen will open. Navigate to the files or folders on the left screen “A” that you want to perform the action on and press the “Play/Pause” button to select and add the files to the File List “B”. A A B B Once you have selected all the files you require then press the “Right Navigation” button.
PICTURES Press the “View” button on the remote and the Icon strip will light up. Now select the Picture Icon. The page will re-arrange into a image grid that is optimized for image thumbnail viewing. The X2 supports full Slideshow functions and you must enable the ‘Slideshow’ option in the Setup Menu. You can now navigate your pictures as normal and zoom the images to full screen by pressing the “Enter” button on the Remote Control.
PLASMA MODE / VIDEO SCREEN TRANSPARENCY The Plasma Mode has been designed for use with Plasma TV’s that are susceptible to still image “burn in”. The Plasma control will change the transparency level of the GUI screens and will not have any effect on the screens during Video Play. The Video Screen Transparency controls the transparency level of all video menus during Video Play. You have a choice of settings Off, Low or High.
NFS (Network File System) Mede8er by default uses Samba to stream content on a local network and this should be more than sufficient for all users. NFS can be used when streaming on a local network but you may need take care of ‘Flow Control problems by using a managed switch. If you are streaming from a Windows PC you will require a NFS client to be running on the host PC. The Mede8er has been tested and verified with HaneWin but other NFS Servers should work equally as well.
Transmission BT Downloader WARNING: BT Downloader can use a lot of system resources we suggest you switch it off while using the Mede8er. In order to use the Transmission BT downloader you will require as foll 1) Internal hard drive that have been formatted in the Mede8er. 2) Valid Internet Connection 3) PC or Mac with Wired / Wireless Network connection to the Mede8er Navigate to the Mede8er Setup and select the “Network” tab.
Setup Setup Main Page Menu Language Text Encoding Time DVD Auto-Play Screen Saver DLNA-DMR DLNA Device name MiniKBD Language Keyboard Layout Scan Storage Resume Play Format BD Menu Restore Default Auto Detect Encoding ---------------- Audio Audio Night Mode HDMI Output SPDIF Output Surround Sound ----- Picture Picture Aspect Ratio TV System 1080p 24HZ Plasma Mode Deep Color Screen Size ------- Network Network Wired Lan Setup Wireless Setup PPPoe Setup Transmission BT NAS Mode UPnP Server Web R
Mede8er_med450x2_user_rev1.0.4 High Definition Multimedia Player MED450X2 www.mede8erforum.com www.mede8er.com www.mede8er.eu For more information or support please visit www.mede8er.eu/support/ or call +31(0)10-7142861 during business hours. Europe: IBDL BV. Fermiweg 9-11, 3208KT Spijkenisse, Netherlands. Tel: +31(10)7142861. Trade: sales@mede8er.eu Warranty and support: support@mede8er.eu Sanji Electronics (Pty) Ltd 68 Kyalami Boulevard, Kyalami Business Park, Kyalami, Gauteng, South Africa.
