Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ME3 Emprex
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Enhance Y our Digit al Lifestyle Enhance Y our Digit al Lifestyle User's Manual Multimedia Enclosure English (GB).
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Copyr ig ht S ta te ment I t is a c rim ina l o f f enc e, un de r ap pl icab le c o py rig ht law s, to m ake u nau tho rized c o pies o f c o pyrig ht- pro tec ted ma te ri al , inc ludin g c om pute r pro gram s, f ilms , broadc asts and sound recording s.
CAUTION Change s or mo dif icatio ns not e xpressly approved by the party re sponsible f or co mpliance could vo id the user’ s authority t o o p erate the equipme nt. FOR EUROPE “T he driv e is in co nfo rmity with the EMC directive and lo w-vo ltage direc ti v e.
T able of Contents Bef ore Using ................................................................. 1 Pr epar ation............................................................. ....... 6 In stalli ng the HDD i nto ME3 ..................................
A dvanced opera tion .................................................... 25 I. Pl ay ph oto wi th bac kgroun d m usi c .......................................... 25 II. Rep ea t pl ayi ng ..............................................................
1 Befo re U sin g I. Checki ng the package cont ents A. ME3 Mu lti med ia En c losu re 1 p c B. Accessory R em ot e C on tr ol 1pc (W ith Batte ry) C ompos ite A V cable 1pc C ompos ite A V ext ens i .
2 C. Preparing the remote control 1. Pull out t he isolator 2. R ead y to use Pu l l o ut a pi ec e o f i sol at or, t h en remote con trol can be used. D. Ho w to rep lac e ba ttery of r em ot e c o n tr ol W hen the remote con trol runs out of batt e ry , you may fo ll ow the instructions to re place the battery .
3 II. Name and func tio n A . Front Pan el 1. LED cov er 2. I R receiv e r (For rem ot e c ontr ol) 3. P ower button 4. S tand.
4 B. Back Panel 1. PC to USB port (USB Device) T o c onnect w it h PC 2. USB port (USB Hos t) T o c onnect w it h USB stor age dev ice, or USB car d reader 3. (Comp osite) A V IN Jack 4. (Component ) YPbPr OUT Jack 5. (Comp osite) A V OU T Jack 6. LAN Jack 7.
5 C. Remote Control 1. POWER : Pow er on/o ff 2. M E NU : G o to the main m en u 3. 0 ~9 : Nu me ric key s 4. Tit le : G o to DVD titl e m enu 5. Navigat ion k ey s 6. ENTER 7. GOT O : Pla yba c k s earch 8 . AU D IO : A ud io s e l ecti on 9 . SU BTI TLE : Subt itl e s electi on 10.
6 Prep arati on I nstalling th e HDD in to ME 3 1. R em ove r emot e c ontr ol 4. C on n ect t he dat a c ab l e an d p ow er ca ble to HDD 2. Unscre w the HDD frame from the botto m (2 scre ws) 5. Pu t HDD i n the frame 3. Pul l ou t front p anel wi t h HDD fra m e 6.
7 7. Sli de the HDD frame i n 9. S cr e w HDD fra me fr om the Bottom 8. Fr am e w ith h ol es s h ou l d b e on the bo ttom si de.
8 Con nect ion Connecting M E3 with TV or monitor A. Co mposite audio and video out put conne ct io n Us e t h e su p pli ed c om p osi t e A V ca bl e to conne ct the A V O UT jack and A V input port on y our TV o r monitor . Be sure to matc h the co lor o f the p lug with color of the jack on TV or mon itor .
9 B. Co m ponent (YPbPr) video and audio output connection (T o have be tt er vid eo qu a lity ) Plug the black mini p l ug of the supp l ied Co m pone nt video ex t ension cable into the YPbPr jack on the M E3 .
10 C. Con nectin g with othe r v ideo sou rce ME3 can play , tim e -shift and record the input vi deo from other de vi ce, s u c h a s V C R , S e t t o p b o x , D V D player , and Ca mcorder . ME3 can support both NTSC and P AL i npu t video s ignal f rom A V IN jack.
11 Plu gging t he A C p ower Inse rt D C p lug o f the ad ap to r to DC IN jack on ME3 . Connect one end of AC powe r cord to powe r adap tor and plug the AC p lug to a pow er o ut let.
12 Gett ing sta rted T urn on you r TV or monit o r and M E3 . I f yo u r TV or m o ni t or c an no t di spl a y correct ly , pre ss RE SOLU TI ON k e y t o change the v i de o output resolution.
13 Init ial setup Once the H DD is ini tiali ze d, y ou ca n sta rt the M E3 i ni ti al s et u p pr oc es s . Note: ME3 can operate w ithout HD D installe d. En t er Setup m en u fr om the T op Menu. Figur e: T op M enu En t er V ideo set u p t o c han g e t h e set ti ng t o match your TV or monito r spe cification .
14 Bas ic op er ati on W he n you turn on the power o f M E3 , the top MENU will be shown. W he neve r the MENU k ey i s pr ess ed , t h e t op M ENU will be shown on top of the p revious scree n.
15 W he n i np ut video is played, in V ideo In mod e, press (P AUSE/ TIME SHIFT) k ey t o star t t he T im e Shifti ng function. " L ive Pause: Prep aring …" m essage will be shown on the top of the scree n. T im e shifti ng buffer ind i cation ba r will be shown on the bottom of the s cree n.
16 Note: The buffe r l e ngth of tim e s hi ft in g i s sel ec t ed i n HD D ini tia liz at ion . W hen REC ke y is p resse d, ME3 will start the recording and the time s hifting fun ction will st op automatica ll y . ME3 supports 1.5x , 2x , 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x fast p l ay .
17 O nl y sel ec t ed fi l e t yp e i s hi ghl i gh t ed on the left of the m edia type bar . The folde r nam e and its sub-folde r are list ed on the l e ft w i ndow . The t hum b n ai l pi ct ur e o f th e fi l es, wi th t he s el ec t ed f i le ty pe, a r e li st ed on the bott om.
18 B. USB port Y o u m ay s to r e yo u r m ul ti m edi a f il es in USB fl ash dr i ve, USB hard disk dri ve , or me mory c ard . M E3 can browse the fi l es fro m USB flash drive, USB hard disk drive, and USB card reade r directl y . Y ou need to have a USB ca rd reade r (Not supplie d) to read the files in me mory c ard .
19 Sel ec t [ USB ] icon a nd p ress ENTER k ey t o br o ws e th e d ev i ce connecte d to USB Host port . Pre ss , key t o sel ect m edia t y pe, pr es s , ke y to se lect the f ol der, a n d pr ess ENTER k e y t o open the folder . C.
20 Sel ec t Add to add an IP address. A dialog box w ill be shown as follow . Aft er i n put all t h e d ata, p r ess ENTER ke y to conf ir m an d sa ve the shor tcu t. III. Playbac k t he recorded v ideo Sel ec t [ Play back ] i c on t o ent er r ec or d ed v i deo pl a yba c k m en u.
21 Key Function P L AY S tar t to play P AUSE Pause FF Fast forward p lay REW Fast backw ard p lay PREV Jump to p revious chapter mar k NEXT J um p to n ext c hap t er m ar k .
22 Figur e Title E dit t ool b ox 1. Set Thu m bnail : Ch ange the thu mbn ail p ic ture o f the vid eo title Y o u c an c apt ur e a vi deo fr am e and use the picture as the thumbnail of t he v i deo ti tl e. T he s el ec t ed vi d eo is shown and ready to p lay .
23 A r ed mark will be a dde d in the t ool b ar . Figur e A dd cha pter M ark t ool b ar 6. Re m ove Chapter Mark Y ou can delete Chapter Mark of the se lect video. P lay the video, pas s i n g to a Chapte r Mar k , the mark will be show n in br ight red .
24 3. Pre ss , keys to choose a folder or fil e in the source device. Use ENTER k ey to op en a f ol der. Use SET k ey t o s el ec t a ll t h e f i l es and folders to be cop i e d.
25 Ad van ced ope rat ion I. Play photo with backgr ound m usic En t er Br o ws er mo d e, s el ec t a m usi c f il e i n a f ol der t o pl a y . Al l t he m usi c fi l es in t h e same folde r will p l ay se quentially . The music wil l kee p pl aying i n the ba ckground.
26 III. HD video output ME3 supports HD vide o output, 720p or 1080i, when pla ying Photo, and V ideo. Fr om Setup/Video m enu, you can change the HD outpu t . I f y o u s e l e c t 7 2 0 p o r 1080I, M E3 wil l pl ay Pho t o an d Vi deo f i l e wi t h t he s el ec t ed vi deo r es ol uti on .
27 Na v iga tio n func ti ons A. AUDIO se le ction Se lect di ffere nt audio o r language s et ti ng. B. SUBTITLE se le ct ion Sel ec t a su b ti tl e. C. ANGLE se le ction Sel ec t a vi ewi n g a ngl e D. BOOKM ARK SET Se t a book mar k. E. BO OK M AR K G OT O Go to the bookmark.
28 VII. Setup Sel ec t [ Setup ] icon on the top M ENU to ent er Setup m enu.. Pre ss , k ey t o sel ec t s et u p ty p e. Pre ss , key t o s el ect a n it em an d press ENTER key t o s et up. W hen se tting up an ite m, the choice of the item display on the right side of the m e nu.
29 B. Record setup 1. Q ualit y Change the recording qua lit y . Th er e a re 5 d iff er ent t y pes of recording quali ty to be ch osen. Di ff eren t q ual i ty aff ec ts t he fi l e size of the recorde d video. 2. Auto Chap ter Change the pe ri od of chap ter mar k or turn of f the au to ch ap te r function.
30 3. Browser Preview Y o u c an t ur n t h e pr ev i ew function on or off , whe n br o wsi ng m ul t im edi a fi l es. 4. HDD Format Format the HDD i n the ME 3. Pl ea s e r ef er t o t h e " Gett ing S tarted" chapter in the manual and follow the Ini tializ e t he HDD procedure s.
31 FAQ Q1: When a video is p layed on screen, but can no t be recorded . So m e DVD v i de o disc, wi th copy protection, can not be re corded. Q2: No sou nd in co mpon en t vid eo connection Co m pone nt vi deo on l y deliver v i deo signal.
32 Technical Specifi cations Ph y s ic al D i mens ion H e ight : 136 .6 m m x D ep th: 2 07.5 mm x W idth: 44.3 mm W eight 0.65 K g (wit h out H ard d isk drive) Ope rat io n T e mpe rat ure 0 - 40 Pl ayb ac k F orm at Aud i o: MP3 , W MA Video: MPEG 1/ 2, D ivX HD , Di vX 3.
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3100554280 V ersion 1.0 May 2008 Emprex website: www .emprex.com T echnical support: http://tech.emprex.com Service Center: Email: Emprex@RepairT ech.co.
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