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OMNICAST HDMI Str eaming D ongle Operatio n Manua l.
Gener al Informat ion Thank y ou for purchas ing iconBI T Omnicas t HDM I s tr eam i n g don gl e. Now you can take advantage of new technology that allows broadcas ting media from y our m obi l e devi ce or c ompu ter t o bi g HDTV screen.
Operation on Andr oid Androi d user s can g et EZ Cast a pp l ica tio n f or An droi d in Goog le Pl ay or using QR code o n the main page of Omnicast dongle.
When the connect ion is esta blished, you will see six main modes on your display: Photo , Office, Bro wser , Camera, Music and Vi deo . Photo Mode All ows mi rrori ng ph otos wirel essl y fr om An droi d d evi ce to t he TV sc reen by clicking the thumbnai ls.
Document Mode You can mi rror the documents from you r And roi d devi ce ont o th e TV screen wirel essl y. EZCa st supports PDF, DOC, PPT, a nd XL S f orma t s b y di rect tapping t he docu m ent n ame. The s ketch func tion also available for doc ument s presen tat ion .
You can also fling the video to the display directly by tapping th e vi deo in the br owser . The s ketch function a lso available for web brow s in g. Came ra Mo de You can mi rror t he c am era vi ew on to th e TV sc reen, change the quality setting s and switch betw een front and bac k cameras by tapping .
Music /Vid eo Mo de You can st ream you r own mus ic a nd vi deo wi rel essl y to th e TV sc reen . You c an select t he music and v ideo v ia y our favo rit e vi deo app li cati on (e.g. YouTub e). DLNA Omnicast dongle inte grates DLNA DMR (Digita l Media Reader ) for DLNA Applicat ion.
EZMirror EZMi rror mi rrors the d ata on to the TV scr een . Omn ica st dongl e also integrates Miracast functionality for smartphones and tablets , supporting Miraca st. Afte r you turn EZMi rr or on, EZCast wil l d ire c tly connect Omni cast do ngl e i f your An droi d d evice i s re cogn iz ed.
Settings Usin g EZCast r emote contr ol, y ou ca n con fi gure th e re solu ti on of EZCast : 1920x1080 24 P and 1280x720 60P (def ault). EZCast reboots after changing the resolut ion. You can chan ge p assword, choo se type of inter net co nnection, c hange language settings and update EZCast as we ll .
Operation on iO S iPh one/ iP ad us ers can get a pp l ica t ion EZCast for iOS in A pp S tore or using QR code on the main page of EZCast . Once you open iOS EZCast App, it automatically d etects if the connection to Omni cast i s corr ect and if not, the disc onnection s ign will sho w up.
Connecti on su ccessfu l ! Mode Selectio n When the conne ction is es tablished, you wil l see several mod es on you r dis pla y (including but not limited to) : Photo, O ffi ce, Browser , Ca mera , Musi c and Vi deo.
Photo Mode You can mi rror y our p h otos fr om i OS d evic e wi reles sl y to TV s cre en by tapping to select the thumbnails. In add ition, you c an use the pa int icon to sketch the photo. Use the save i con to save the result. Document Mode You can br oadcas t th e docu ment s fr om you r iO S devi ce wi rel essl y on to the TV sc reen .
Brows er Mode You can sur f the interne t and mirror the we b pages onto the TV s creen wirel essly . You can a lso fling the video to the display d irectly by clicking the video at th e si te, such a s You T ube. The s ketch func tion is als o available for w eb b rowsi n g.
Music /Vid eo Mo de You can st ream you r own mus ic a nd vi deo wi rel essl y to th e TV sc reen . You can sel ect r ecord e d vi deo vi a and iTune s and sync the video to EZCast App fro m your PC. DLNA Omni cast dongle integrates DLN A DMR (Digital Media Reader ) for DLNA Applicat ion.
EZ Air EZAir is similar to DLNA, allo ws sh ar ing multimedia from Mac and iOS devi ces t o TV screen . Once you tu rn EZA ir on , rela ted i OS EZA i r a pp licat ion s pop out for y our refe rence. You c an use t he sup port ed EZA ir a pplication to m irror t he multimedia to the disp lay.
Updat ing EZCast supp orts ove r -t he -a ir update. Yo u can update EZCas t t o the latest vers ion by selecting “ Up gra de” . Omni cast dongle wi ll check and compare the firmware version and update , if newe r ve rsion exi st s. D o not tu rn off during updating and make sure the internet connection is stable .
Operation und er OS Windows Win dows use rs can download EZCast application from www.iezvu.com/downl oad . Th en, execute EZcas t and fol low the in structi ons.
After installat ion and re booting find EZCast on desktop and in application list. After turning on, the front page of Omnicast do ngle shows the following : EZCast SSID: EZCast - xxxxxxx x, passwo rd: xxxxxxxx. After pres sing "ON" on EZCast p age, you r W indows PC mirrors the scree n onto the TV screen.
Vi deo mod e is u sed for dy nami c c ont ents, such as i nt ernet vi d eo playing to obtain bette r frame rates. Audi o O N /OFF is used for turning on and off the audi o tran smissi on. Windows EZC ast provide s Video/M usic streaming to TV scr een.
EZMirror EZMi rror mi rrors the d ata on to the TV screen . Omn icast dongl e also integrates Miracast functionality for smartphones and tablets , supporting Miraca st. Afte r you turn EZMi rr or on, EZCast wil l d ire c tly connect Omni cast don gl e i f y our dev i ce i s recog ni zed.
Settings Usin g EZCast r emote contr ol, y ou ca n con fi gure th e resol uti on of EZCast : 1920x1080 24 P and 1280x720 60P (def ault). EZCast reboots after changing the resolut ion. You can chan ge p assword, choo se type of inter net co nnection, cho ose langua ge and upda te EZC ast as w el l .
Operation und er Mac OS Mac OS users can download EZCast appli cation s from www.iezvu.com/downl oad . Af ter downl oad in g , please ex ecute E Zcast setup file and foll ow th e i nstall ati on process . Inst a l l EZCast soft wa re on th e dri ve Macintosh HD a nd press Next.
Continue ins tal lation. Type name and pass word to allow this installation. After EZCas t installation, instal l Soundflower to tr ansmit audio from Mac to Om ni cast d ongl e.
You will be aske d to restart your computer, please continue installation . When i n stal led , pl ease resta rt y our com pu ter. Aft er c ompleting ins ta lla t ion pr oc es s and reb oot i ng, start EZCast.
Enter the p as sword , shown in th e upp er part of EZCast u ser i nt erfac e . Now you can mirr or the data from your scr een o nt o the TV sc reen. Mode Selectio n EZCast su ppo rt s evera l m ode s for you r sel ecti on: Graphi c m ode i s us ed to di spl ay stil l con tents, such a s Po werP oin t presentation and w eb browsing.
DLNA Omnicast dongle inte grates DLNA DMR (Digita l Media Reader ) for DLNA Application. Yo u can turn on DMR by clicking “ON” on DLNA page of EZCast . Click , the devi ce will au toma ti call y search al l D LNA r elat ed applications in your device and pop them up as a support list.
Settings Usin g EZCast r emote contr ol, y ou ca n con fi gure th e resol uti on of EZCast : 1920x1080 24 P and 1280x720 60P (def ault). EZCast reboots after changing the reso lution. You c an change password, choose type of interne t co nnection, c hoose language and update EZ cast as wel l .
Updat ing EZCast app lica tio n suppo rt s on - li ne updating, you can upg date EZCast to the lates t version by s electing “Check for updates”, E ZCast will chec k and comp are t h e so ftwar e ve rsi on an d update, i f new er versi on exists.
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