User manual
Table Of Contents
- WD TV™ HD Media Player
- Table of Contents
- Important User Information
- Important Safety Instructions
- WD Technical Support
- Important: Should you encounter any problem, please do not return this product to the store before carefully reading the user manual. You can also find answers to your technical support questions through our knowledge base or e-mail support service a...
- Accessing Online Support
- Contacting WD Technical Support
- Recording your WD Product Information
- Registering your WD Product
- Accessories
- Product Overview
- Features and Functions
- Features
- Audio/Video Interface
- Multiformat Content Playback
- Multiformat is a file type that groups other files of the same digital content but may be encoded in different digital formats. For example, a single video file may actually include a few components such as video, audio, and photo grouped together. W...
- Plug-n-Play USB 2.0 Support*
- USB Storage File System Support
- Connections
- LED Indicators
- Remote Control
- Features
- Getting Started
- Operating the HD Media Player
- Watching Video
- Playing Music
- Viewing Photos
- Settings and Advanced Features
- Settings Navigation Buttons
- Audio/Video
- Music
- Movie
- Photo
- System
- Media Library
- A note about metadata
- Editing metadata
- Enabling/Disabling the Media Library
- Media Library Categories
- You can manually search for a media file by navigating to the specific media section and browsing through the available file folders. This method is recommended if there are only a limited number of files to search through. Otherwise, it is better to...
- Locating Media Content
- System Maintenance
- Appendix
- Index
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WD TV HD Media Player
User Manual
PRODUCT OVERVIEW – 5
Product Overview
Thank you for purchasing the WD TV HD Media Player. This user manual provides
step-by-step instructions for installing and using your new media player. For the latest
WD product information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com.
The WD TV HD Media Player is an ultra-compact, high-definition (HD) USB 2.0
media player that attaches to an entertainment unit through a variety of audio/video
interfaces and supports playback of major audio, video, and image file formats. It
supports high-definition video playback of up to 1080p through an HDMI connection
or standard definition for TVs with lower capabilities. High-fidelity digital audio is
supported from an optical interface (Toslink).
Two USB ports are available to connect USB storage devices.
The included remote control lets you quickly browse through your media library and
configure settings.
Advanced Navigation Options Include:
• Thumbnail and list views – browse your content by filename or by thumbnails of
photos, album covers, and movie cover art.
• Automatic Media Library – lets you view all your media by media type in one menu
regardless of its location in folders or drives. You can filter by categories such as
genre, album, artist, and date.
• Search – search by genre, title, artist, filename, and partial filename.
Photo Viewing:
• Create custom slide shows with a variety of transitions and background music
• Zoom, pan, and rotate
Movie Viewing:
• Fast forward, rewind, pause, zoom, and pan
• View subtitles
Music Playback:
• Fast forward, rewind, pause, shuffle, and repeat
Additional Features:
• Up to full-HD 1080p video playback and navigation
• Dock-and-play convenience
• Popular media format support
• Metadata support
• Thumbnail support
• Aggregated music/photo/video view
• HDMI and composite video ports
• Toslink (optical) audio port
• Media conversion software included
• Supported USB device file systems: FAT32, NTFS, HFS+ (no journaling)
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