Verbatim MediaStation HD DVR User manual

1

MediaStation HD DVR

Network Multimedia Recorder / Wireless Network Multimedia Recorder

User Guide

English

2

Intr

oduc

ti

o

n

4

Media

S

tation Features 4

Pack

C

ontents 4

P

recautions

5

Har

d

Dis

k

Precautions

5

Media

S

tation Details

5

Front Panel

5

Rear Panel

6

Remote Contro

l

6

Connecting t

h

e Device 9

Getting Started 9

TV In 1

0

Fi

l

e Co

py

10

Browser 10

S

etup 1

1

Time RE

C

1

Setup Menu 12

p

Setting up your System 12

Setting the Video Settings 13

Settin

g

the Audio Settin

g

s 13

TV Tunin

g

an

d

Setu

p

(DTV / CTV / Vi

d

eo In) 13

TV Region 1

3

TV

I

n

p

ut

14

C

hannel

S

can 1

4

Manual

S

can 1

4

C

h

anne

l

Set 1

5

Recor

d

Settings 1

5

Network Settings 1

5

Wired LAN Setup 1

5

DHCP

(

Auto

)

15

Fixed IP

(

Manual

)

1

6

Wireless LAN Setu

p

1

6

MI

SC

S

etu

p

1

7

Recording and Playback 17

gy

RE

CO

RDED Media List 1

7

T

imer Record Menu 1

8

Creatin

g

a New Schedule 1

8

EPG Recor

d

in

g

(E

l

ectronic Pro

g

ram Gui

d

e 19

Editing Schedules 19

Deleting Schedules 20

Viewin

g

Sc

h

e

d

u

l

e Status 20

Viewin

g

Recor

d

e

d

Histor

y

2

1

One Touch Record 2

1

Time Shi

f

t Recording 2

1

C

ontents

3

Browser Menu

22

Creatin

g

a P

l

a

yl

ist 22

Browsin

g

ALL 22

Browsing Music 22

Browsing Photos 22

One Touch Co

py

button 2

2

Browsin

g

Movies

23

Browsin

g

content via t

h

e Networ

k

(NET) 23

My S

h

ort Cuts 2

3

Connecting to a Network Device 23

File Edit Menu 2

5

File Copy Menu 26

py

U

tilities 29

Transco

d

e Server 29

Step 1: 2

9

S

tep

2

: Next

30

Step 3: Browser

f

older 3

0

Step 4: Insta

ll

3

1

Step 5: Copying new

ﬁ

les 3

1

Step 6: Finish. You can start use the so

f

tware. 3

2

Run the software 3

2

Step 1: Double click to run the program. 3

2

Step 2: Transcode Status: Transcode in

f

ormation 3

2

Step 3: Net S

h

are Dia

l

og. 3

3

S

etting: Auto Run

S

ystem

S

tart-up Yes or No

33

Nero Move it Essentials So

f

tware 33

Speciﬁ cation / Video Recording Time and Capacity 34

pgpy

Formatting the hard disk 35

g

Step 1: Adjust the capacity

f

or time shi

f

t bu

ff

er accordingly 35

Ste

p

2: hard disk format 3

6

Ste

p

3: Con

g

ratulation

p

a

g

e 3

6

Technical Support 36

pp

Limited Warranty Terms 37

y

WEEE Notice 3

7

CE Dec

l

aration - EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 3

7

RoHS Compliance 37

p

4

I

ntr

o

du

c

ti

o

n

Thank you

f

or choosing the new Verbatim MediaStation HD DVR Network Multimedia Recorder. This device is an all round home entertainment

system enabling you to record, store, and play directly

f

rom the TV, cable/satellite set top box, DVD player or VHS player

.

E

n

j

o

y

our videos, music, and

p

hoto

g

ra

p

hs directl

y

from the built in hard drive, or connect an

y

external stora

g

e device that contains

y

ou’re

m

edia collection via one of the two USB Host

p

orts. The MediaStation has network streamin

g

functionalit

y

p

rovided b

y

the Ethernet

p

ort on

t

he rear panel o

f

the device, or alternatively make it a true wireless home theatre system via the USB Wireless Dongle * and connect wirelessly

t

o your home network.

* Wireless LAN (USB Don

g

le) available with Verbatim model numbers 47541/47543

M

edia

S

tation Features

L

isted below are

j

ust some o

f

the

f

unctions the Verbatim MediaStation HD DVR has to o

ff

er:

• Digital Analogue Tuner built in

f

or TV (DVB-T)

• High De

ﬁ

nition video playback up to 1080i

• Digita

ll

y recor

d

TV an

d

upsca

l

e to HD

d

uring p

l

ay

b

ac

k

• One Touc

h

Recor

d

in

g

• Sc

h

e

d

u

l

e

d

Recor

d

in

g

• E

l

ectronic Pro

g

ram Gui

d

e (EPG

)

• Time Shi

f

t – record/play/pause/

f

ast

f

orward/rewind live TV

• One Touch Copy button

f

or photo back up

f

rom the memory card slot

• SD/SDHC/MS Memory Card slot

• Movie p

l

ay

b

ac

k

• Music

pl

a

y

b

ac

k

• P

h

oto P

l

a

yb

ac

k

– s

l

i

d

e s

h

ow o

p

tions wit

h

or wit

h

out music

• H.264 ﬁ le

p

la

y

back via network or wireless network in con

j

unction with Transcode Serve

r

• Play back media

f

rom external storage devices (via USB Host ports

)

• Supports multilingual subtitle

s

• N

e

tw

o

rk

a

n

d

Wir

e

l

ess

N

e

tw

o

rk

fu

n

c

ti

o

n

s

• Stream me

d

ia p

l

ay

b

ac

k

via Et

h

ernet an

d

Wire

l

ess LA

N

• Data stora

ge

• Externa

l

d

ata stora

g

e via t

h

e USB Host connections

P

ac

k

Contents

Media

S

tation HD DV

R

F

connector – belling lee adapto

r

Remote control (+ batteries

)

P

ower adapto

r

HDMI cable

P

ower cord

C

om

p

onent video cable Quick

S

tart

G

uide

C

om

p

osite video/stereo audio cable Quick Installation

G

uid

e

Scart a

d

a

p

tor – switc

h

a

bl

e IN/OUT

N

ero MOVE IT software

(

CD ROM

)

U

SB Mini type B to USB type A ca

bl

e User Manua

l

s (CD ROM)

TV ca

bl

e F type to Be

ll

ing Lee type connecto

r

W

ire

l

ess USB Dong

l

e *

*C

ontained with Verbatim model numbers 47

5

41

/

47

5

4

3

5

P

r

ec

a

u

ti

o

n

s

1

. We recommend you use all the cables and accessories that are supplied in the pack

2

. We recommend you use the power adaptor and power cord supplied with is device. Using a di

ff

erent power adaptor and cord may

d

ama

g

e t

h

e

d

evice an

d

ma

k

e voi

d

t

h

e warrant

y

on t

h

is

p

ro

d

uct

.

3

. Kee

p

this e

q

ui

p

ment awa

y

from hi

g

h humidit

y

or an

y

t

yp

e of moisture

.

4

. Do not let water or an

y

other li

q

uid come into contact with the device. If li

q

uid is accidentall

y

s

p

illed on the

p

roduct use a dr

y

cloth to

s

oak up the liquid.

5. Do not drop or shake the device

.

6

. Do not press or put any weig

h

t on t

h

e

d

evice.

7

. Do not c

l

ean t

h

e

d

evice wit

h

a

l

co

h

o

l,

t

h

inner or

b

enzene.

8. Do not

p

ower off the device while a ﬁ le is

p

la

y

in

g

.

9

. Do not use the device if

y

our hands are we

t

10

. Do not disassemble as the user’s own accord.

H

ar

d

Di

sk

Pr

ec

a

u

ti

o

n

s

I

t is im

p

ortant to re

g

ularl

y

backu

p

the content of an

y

hard drive to an alternative stora

g

e medium. Verbatim is not res

p

onsible for an

y

loss

o

f

data. I

f

you encounter problems with the hard drive please contact technical support.

M

edia

S

tation Detail

s

F

ront Pane

l

1. LCD Display 8. Righ

t

2. IrDA R

ece

iv

e

r9. Up

3

.

S

D

/S

DH

C/

M

S

C

ard Reader slot

10

. Down

4. USB host

p

ort (USB 1)

1

1.

S

to

p

5

. Stan

dby

b

utto

n

1

2. One touc

h

co

py

6. P

l

a

y

/ Paus

e

1

3. Recor

d

7. L

e

f

t

1

4. Return / Home

6

Re

ar Pan

e

l

1

.

TV

ou

t

8

. Mini B

USB

2.

TV I

n

9. YP

b

Pr

3. Co-axia

l

Out

p

u

t

10

. D

C

-I

n

4. O

p

tica

l

out

p

u

t

1

1. AV Out

5

. LAN

1

2. AV In

6. USB Host (USB 2)

1

3. Coo

l

ing Fan

7. HDMI

1

4. Power

O

N

/O

F

R

emote

C

ontrol

All procedures in this manual can be carried out using the remote control buttons. Certain

f

unctions can also be carried out using the control

panel on the

f

ront o

f

the MediaStation. See the

f

ollowing

f

or details on each button and its

f

unction

:

1

. P

O

WER

18

. H

O

M

E

2

. Disp

l

a

y

19

. RE

C

3

. Audi

o

20

.

SU

BTITL

E

4

. Num

b

er Buttons

2

1. TIMER

5.

GO

T

O

22

. V

O

L +

/

-

6

. Setu

p

23

. M

U

T

E

7

.

E

nte

r

2

4. EDIT

8

. Browser

2

5. Navigatio

n

9.

S

T

O

P

26

. RET

U

R

N

10

. PLAY

2

7. PAU

SE

11

.

. NEXT

1

2.

S

L

OW

2

9. FF

/

F

R

13

. Timeshif

t

30

. REPLAY

14

.

REPEAT

3

1.

C

M

S

KIP

15

. Z

OO

M

3

2. TV

S

Y

S

TE

M

16

.

SOU

R

C

E

33

.

CO

PY

1

7. EP

G

7

No. Butto

n

F

unction

1

P

O

WER button:

Press to POWER on or off

.

2

DI

S

PLAY button:

Press to dis

p

la

y

current status

.

Press

d

urin

g

pl

a

yb

ac

k

an

d

an on screen

d

is

pl

a

y

a

pp

ears s

h

owin

g

trac

k

num

b

er an

d

time e

l

a

p

se

d

.

Press during recording and an on screen display appears showing the recording quality setting and time elapsed

.

3

AU

DI

O

button:

Press to select an audio track on a HDD or USB ﬁ le

.

4

N

u

m

e

ri

c

bu

tt

o

n

s

:

Press to enter c

h

anne

l

num

b

ers or numeric input w

h

en c

h

anging settings

.

5

GO

T

O

button:

Press to

j

um

p

to a s

p

eciﬁ c

p

oint on the disc or title. S

p

ecif

y

the

p

oint usin

g

Title, Cha

p

ter and Time

.

6

S

ET

U

P button:

Press to access t

h

e Setu

p

Menu

d

irect

ly

to c

h

an

g

e s

y

stem settin

g

s.

7

ENTER

bu

tt

o

n:

Press to select conﬁ rm in the menus

.

8

BROWSER

b

utton:

Press to browse music, photo, and movie

ﬁ

les on the HDD and external devices

9

STOP button:

Press to sto

p

la

y

back

.

1

0

PLAY

bu

tt

o

n:

Press to be

g

in

p

la

y

back of movie ﬁ les or start a slide show.

11

PREVI

OUS

button:

Press to

p

a

g

e u

p

the File list under the Browser men

u

12

S

L

O

W M

O

TI

O

N button:

Press to play back in slow motion. Three motion settings are available.

Five s

l

ow motion

l

eve

l

s

(

3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16x

)

are avai

l

a

bl

e.

P

res

s

to resume regular playback.

1

3

TIME

S

HIFT button:

Press to activate the timeshift function, which allows

y

ou to

p

ause live TV and resume the

p

ro

g

ram from the

p

oint

y

ou

left it. While

p

aused, the

p

ro

g

ram is recorded to the HDD, as lon

g

as the s

p

ace is available.

Press to activate TIME SHIFT

f

unction and wait

f

or the PLAY arrow to appear on the screen.

Pr

ess

a

n

d

t

h

e

p

ro

g

ram is

p

ause

d

.

P

res

s

to resume viewing the program.

Timeshi

f

t mode remains active until you press the

b

utton

.

14

REPEAT

bu

tt

o

n

s

:

Press REPEAT 1 / ALL to set repeat option: Chapter, Title or O

ff

15

Z

OO

M button:

Press to zoom in/out w

h

en

pl

a

y

in

g

b

ac

k

ph

otos or Vi

d

eo

p

ro

g

rams.

Photo zoom levels: 2X,4X,8X,16X;

Video zoom levels: 2X

,

3X

,

4X

,

8X

.

8

16

SOU

R

C

E button:

Press Source to switc

h

t

h

e TV source

b

etween AV-In / Di

g

ita

l

TV / Ana

l

o

g

TV

17

EP

G

button:

Press EPG to show the Electronic Pro

g

ram Guide. Press PREV or NEXT for switchin

g

channels, and

p

ress PLAY to

co

n

ﬁ

rm

18

H

O

ME button:

Press to view the main menu

1

9

RECORD

b

utton:

Press to begin recording or to resume when recording has been paused.

Press re

p

eate

dly

to set OTR

l

en

g

t

h

(30 minutes / 60 minutes / 90 minutes / 120 minutes / 180 minutes / 240 minutes

/

O

ff

).

2

0

SU

BTITLE button:

Press to activate available subtitles when

p

la

y

the DIVX ﬁ le. DivX subtitle su

pp

orted: SRT,SMI ,SUB,SSA format ﬁ le

.

21

TIMER

bu

tt

o

n:

Press to enter t

h

e Timer Menu

d

irect

ly

to a

dd

, e

d

it an

d

e

l

ete recor

d

in

g

sc

h

e

d

u

l

es

22

VOL + / - buttons:

Pr

ess

t

o

in

c

r

ease

o

r

dec

r

ease

t

he

v

olu

m

e.

23

M

U

TE button:

Press to mute au

d

io out

p

ut, an

d

p

ress a

g

ain to resume

.

24

EDIT

b

utton:

Press to edit

ﬁ

le name or delete the

ﬁ

le. In EPG mode, press EDIT button to add a program to the scheduled record

l

i

s

t

25

Navigational buttons:

Press t

h

e arrow

b

uttons to navi

g

ate t

h

e menus.

26

RET

U

RN button:

Press to return to t

h

e

p

revious screen w

h

en navi

g

atin

g

t

h

e menus

.

27

PAUSE

b

utton:

Press to pause current p

l

ay

b

ac

k

.

Press again to step to the next

f

rame

.

Pr

ess

to resume p

l

ay

b

ac

k

.

28

tt

o

n:

Press to

p

a

g

e down the File list under the Browser menu.

2

9

FAST REWIND

/

FAST FORWARD buttons:

Press to fast rewind or fast forward the current

p

la

y

back. Press re

p

eatedl

y

to select faster rewind or fast forward

speeds.

30

INSTANT REPLAY

b

utton.

Press to rewind 10 seconds o

f

the current playback. Suitable

f

or sport programs.

9

31

CM SKIP

b

utton:

Press to advance 30 seconds when in playback or record mode.

32

TV SYSTEM button:

Press to switch between NTSC Interlaced, NTSC Progressive, PAL Interlaced, and PAL Progressive

.

33

COPY

b

utton:

Press to enter t

h

e Copy Fi

l

e menu

Connectin

g

t

h

e Device

T

o switch on the MediaStation

p

ress the rocker switch on the back of the device to

O

n

.

I

nside the box

y

ou will ﬁ nd an Installation Guide that will hel

p

y

ou connect the MediaStation to

y

our television, other AV devices, and

y

our

PC

or Notebook.

Gettin

g

Starte

d

T

his section gives a short summary o

f

the main menu options once you’ve connected the MediaStation to your television

.

W

hen you

ﬁ

rst connect the MediaStation to the TV and switch it on the initial start up page will appear on screen:

W

ithin a

f

ew seconds the main menu o

f

the User Inter

f

ace will appear. There are 5 options to select

f

rom on the main menu as

f

ollows:

1

. TV In

2

. Fi

l

e Copy

3

. Browser

4

.

S

etu

p

5

. Timer RE

C

T

hese are highlighted below.

10

TV In

T

o select an input source (e.g. DTV, ATV or AV-In), select

TV in

f

rom the main menu

f

rom where you will enter the AV-in Page.

P

r

ess

Sourc

e

on Remote Control

f

or selecting DTV, ATV or AV-in

.

F

i

l

e Copy

F

i

l

e copy lets you copy and paste

ﬁ

les and

f

olders between USB/Card/HDD/NET. For example you can copy data between a storage device

pl

u

gg

e

d

into t

h

e USB

p

ort an

d

a memor

y

car

d

t

h

at’s

b

een a

dd

e

d

into t

h

e memor

y

car

d

s

l

ot

.

B

rowse

r

S

e

l

ect

B

rowser from the main menu

p

a

g

e to browse the content on the hard drive, or an

y

other stora

g

e device connected to the MediaStation.

You can browse by Movie

,

Photo

,

Musi

c

or

All

ﬁ

les stored on either a USB Device, Card Reader, HDD, or NET.

11

S

etu

p

T

o enter the setup menu, press Setu

p

o

n th

e

r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

o

l

o

r

se

l

ec

t

S

etup

f

r

o

m th

e

m

a

in m

e

n

u

. Ent

e

r th

e

Setu

p

menu

f

or setting TV, Audio,

V

i

d

eo, REC, Networ

k

, S

y

stem an

d

MISC settin

gs

Timer REC

T

o enter the Time Recordin

g

functions select

T

imer REC fr

o

m th

e

m

a

in m

e

n

u

o

r

se

l

ec

t Tim

e

r

o

n t

he

r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

ol

. T

he

T

ime RE

C

m

e

n

u

a

ll

ows

y

ou to create, e

d

it, an

d

e

l

ete recor

d

in

g

sc

h

e

d

u

l

es an

d

view a

ll

sc

h

e

d

u

l

e status an

d

h

istor

y.

12

S

etup Menu

The Setup Menu allows you to set up the system to your local requirements and tune in the TV channels that available in your region.

S

e

l

ect

S

etu

p

f

rom the main menu or press the

S

etup

bu

tt

o

n

o

n t

he

r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

ol.

S

etting up your System

1

.

S

elect the System tab

f

rom the menu using the arrow buttons (Navigation buttons)

2

. Use t

h

e arrow

b

uttons to move

b

etween t

h

e su

b

menus

,

as

l

iste

d

b

e

l

ow. Press t

h

e

E

nte

r

b

utton once t

h

e su

b

menu is

h

i

ghl

i

gh

te

d

T

he sub menu details are as follow

s

M

enu Languag

e

S

elect your OSD (On Screen Display) language. There are 12 languages

f

or you to choose

f

rom: English,

F

renc

h

, Ita

l

ian, German, S

p

anis

h

, Portu

g

uese, Po

l

is

h

, Swe

d

is

h

, Danis

h

, Russian, Czec

h

, an

d

Hun

g

aria

n

T

ext Enco

d

in

g

S

e

l

ect to c

h

oose t

h

e text enco

d

ing

l

anguages

b

etween Unico

d

e (UTF8), Western, Tur

k

is

h

, Centra

l

Europe,

Gree

k

, C

y

ri

ll

ic, He

b

rew, SE Euro

p

e

Ti

me

S

e

l

ect to set t

h

e system time

b

etween manua

l

, Auto (via TV) or Auto (DTV

)

M

anual: Press the Left and Ri

g

ht buttons to select each ﬁ eld and then U

p

and Down to ad

j

ust each settin

g.

A

uto

(

via TV

)

: Select the time ad

j

ustment b

y

TV

A

uto

(

via DTV

)

: Select the time adjustment by DTV.

P

ress “Enter” when

ﬁ

nish the setting.

P

arenta

l

Contro

l

S

elect to set the parental control between Lock system, Region, Password, Block Unrated TV and TV Rating. This

function is for DTV onl

y

.

The default

p

assword is 0000

HDD

Fo

rma

t

S

elect to Format HDD. The hard drive is

p

reformatted NTFS. Note: Please back u

p

y

our HDD content before

r

e-formattin

g

S

W U

pg

rade from HDD

P

ress to u

pg

rade ﬁ rmware.

P

lease store the *.im

g

ﬁ le in root director

y

ﬁ rst.

(

Firmware upgrades may be available

f

rom time to time

f

rom Verbatim Technical Support)

R

estore De

f

ault

S

elect to restore to

f

actory de

f

aults.

Only the Time & Date, Language and Parental Control in the System setup page will not be restored

13

S

etting the Video Setting

s

1

.

S

elect the Vide

o

tab

f

rom the menu using the arrow buttons (Navigation buttons). Use the arrow buttons to move between the sub

m

enus

,

as

l

iste

d

b

e

l

ow. Press t

h

e Ent

e

r

b

utton once t

h

e su

b

menu is

h

ig

hl

ig

h

te

d

Aspect Ratio

Select to set as

p

ect ratio

.

Pan

S

can 4:

3

: Display a wide picture on the entire screen and cuts o

ff

the redundant portions. Select

w

hen a standard 4:

3

TV is connected.

Letter Box 4:3

:

Display a wide picture with two black borders on the top and bottom o

f

4:3 screen.

Se

l

ect w

h

en a stan

d

ar

d

4:3 TV is connecte

d.

16

:

9

:

C

om

p

ress the ima

g

e to convert the whole ima

g

e. Select when a 16:9 TV is connected.

B

rightness

Select to set bri

g

htness levels

.

1

.

P

ress

W

and

X

to adjust brightness

.

Pr

ess

ENTER

t

o

co

n

ﬁ

rm

.

C

ontras

t

S

elect to set contrast levels.

1

. Pr

ess

W

a

n

d

X

to a

d

just contrast.

Pr

ess

ENTER t

o

co

nﬁ rm

.

D

NR

(Di

g

ita

l

Noise Re

d

uction)

Se

l

ect DNR an

d

p

ress Enter.

Se

l

ect OFF or Auto an

d

p

ress Ente

r

T

V

Sy

ste

m

Se

l

ect to a

dj

ust TV s

y

stem.

With an HDMI cable connected the TV S

y

stem will onl

y

choose HDMI Auto

T

here are other o

p

tions

f

or 480P, 576P, 720P 50HZ, 720P 60HZ, 1080i 50Hz, 1080i 60HZ

.

1080

P

2

4HZ

Select to turn on/off for 1080P 24Hz out

p

ut

.

Please note that i

f

your TV system doesn’t support 1080P 24Hz, you will not be able to see anything

w

hen you turn on the device

.

S

ettin

g

t

h

e Au

d

io Settin

g

s

1

. Se

l

ect t

h

e A

ud

i

o

tab from the menu usin

g

the arrow buttons (Navi

g

ation buttons). Use the arrow buttons to move between the sub

m

enus, as listed below. Press the

E

nter button once the sub menu is hi

g

hli

g

hte

d

N

i

gh

t Mo

d

e

Select to choose Night Mode on or o

ff

. This

f

unction reduces the maximum dynamic audio range

.

Select ON/OFF/Comfort.

P

ress

E

nt

er

to conﬁ rm.

D

i

g

ita

l

Out

p

u

t

Select to set Di

g

ital out

p

ut t

yp

es of HDMI LPCM, HDMI RAW, SPDIF LPAM, and SPDIF RAW

.

RAW

d

ata is t

h

e ori

g

ina

l

b

it stream an

d

wi

ll

p

rovi

d

e a

b

etter au

d

io out

p

ut

q

ua

l

it

y.

LP

CM

is the de

f

ault setting, and provides 2 channels audio output.

TV Tuning and Setup (DTV/CTV/Video In

)

B

efore tuning in the device, make sure you have followed the procedure in the Setting up Your System section ear

l

ier in t

h

e User Manua

l.

S

e

l

ect

S

etu

p

from the main menu or

p

ress the

S

etu

p

bu

tt

o

n

o

n t

he

r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

ol.

S

e

l

ect t

h

e

TV

tab from the menu using the arrow buttons (Navigation buttons). Use the arrow buttons to move between the sub menus, as

V

listed below. Press the

E

nter button once the sub menu is hi

g

hli

g

hted

T

V Reg

i

on

S

e

l

ect TV Re

g

io

n

usin

g

the navi

g

ation buttons on the remote control and

p

ress enter. Select

y

our TV re

g

ion from the list and

p

ress Ente

r

14

TV

I

npu

t

S

elect

T

V Inpu

t

using the navigation buttons on the remote control and press enter. There are two types o

f

TV input in the list, Antenna

(

Digita

l

TV), an

d

CATV (Ana

l

og TV). C

h

oose Antenna to tune in DTV (Digita

l

TV) an

d

ATV (Ana

l

ogue TV)

.

Ch

anne

l

Sca

n

After settin

g

u

p

the TV re

g

ion and the TV in

p

ut t

yp

e

y

ou are now read

y

to tune in the TV channel

s

S

elect

C

hannel

S

ca

n

using the navigation buttons on the remote control and press enter. You can activate either an

A

uto

S

can

or

a

M

anual

S

can

.

S

e

l

ectin

g

A

uto

S

ca

n

will scan the ATV and DTV channels. The ATV channels were scan ﬁ rst followed b

y

the DTV channels

Once scannin

g

has ﬁ nished the screen will show how man

y

TV and DTV channels were found. The OK o

p

tion on the screen will be hi

g

hli

g

hted,

p

ress

E

nter to com

p

lete the

p

rocess.

Manua

l

Scannin

g

T

his function is

g

enerall

y

for advanced users onl

y

who have access to the fre

q

uenc

y

data for certain channels.

S

elect the

c

hannel numbe

r

you want to scan using the arrow buttons

W

X

on the remote control. (The Bandwidth and Frequency will be

selected automatically once the channel number is entered. You can manually adjust both

ﬁ

elds i

f

required

)

T

he system will scan

f

or the

f

requency

f

or the channel.

15

C

hannel

S

et

T

he MediaStation lets you rename all TV program names as your wish. Please note that you can only rename in English.

S

e

l

ect C

h

anne

l

Set an

d

press Enter. Using t

h

e arrow

b

uttons se

l

ect Cance

l

, TV, or DTV an

d

press Ente

r

P

r

ess

S

o

r

T

to c

h

oose t

h

e c

h

anne

l

an

d

t

h

en

p

ress Enter. T

h

is wi

ll

ta

k

e

y

ou t

h

e C

h

anne

l

E

d

it win

d

ow. Use t

h

e

ST

bu

tt

o

n

s

t

o

t

ab

be

tw

ee

n

t

he o

p

tions.

N

ame: Hi

g

hli

g

ht

N

ame and

p

ress Enter

.

Use the remote control to key in the characters or numerals. Move to

OK

and press

K

E

nte

r

to complete. The program name will have

changed

.

Dele

t

e:

Pr

ess

X

or

W

t

o

choose

Yes

or

N

o

to hide the channel when you are switching different channels. Please note that it will not actually

d

e

l

ete t

h

e c

h

anne

l

.

Swa

p

Wit

h

:

P

ress

X

or

W

to c

h

an

g

e t

h

e c

h

anne

l

se

q

uence.

R

ecor

d

Settin

gs

1

. Se

l

ect t

h

e

R

E

C

tab from the menu usin

g

the arrow buttons (Navi

g

ation buttons). Use the arrow buttons to move between the sub menus,

as listed below. Press the

E

nte

r

button once the sub menu is hi

g

hli

g

hted

Qualit

y

S

elect to set the de

f

ault recording quality between HQ/SP/LP/EP/SLP

.

H

Q: Hi

gh

Qua

l

it

y

wit

h

720x480 reso

l

ution

S

P: Stan

d

P

l

a

y

640x470 reso

l

utio

n

L

P: Lon

g

Pla

y

352x480 resolution

E

P: Extended Play: 352x480 resolutio

n

S

LP: Super Long P

l

ay: 352x240 reso

l

utio

n

P

ermanent Time shi

f

t

S

elect to set the permanent time shi

f

t On or O

ff

. This

f

unction is only

f

or Video-In/DTV/CTV.

The length o

f

Time Shi

f

t

f

unction has been preset to 1 hour.

R

ecor

d

Device

S

elect to choose the device to store the recorded

ﬁ

les to: HDD, USB, and Memory Car

d

N

etwor

k

Settin

gs

S

e

l

ect t

h

e NETW

O

R

K

tab from the menu using the arrow buttons (Navigation buttons). Use the arrow buttons to move between the sub

K

m

enus to select either

W

ired LAN Setu

p

or Wireless Setu

p

as listed below.

P

ress the

E

nter button once the sub menu is highlighted

W

ire

d

LAN Setu

p

1

. Select Wired Lan Setu

p

and

p

ress Ente

r

2

. Select either DHCP (AUTO) or Fixed IP (Manual) and press Ente

r

DHCP

(

AUTO

)

3

. Press O

K

to get the IP from your AP automatically. Please leave the DNS IP address as default if you have no alternative

K

16

Fixed IP (Manual)

4

. I

f

using a Fixed IP you need to enter the IP address, Subnet Mask, De

f

ault Gateway. For

f

urther assistant to the above settings you may

n

ee

d

to contact

y

our networ

k

a

d

ministrator

W

ireless LAN Setu

p

N

ote: Wireless LAN is onl

y

available with Verbatim model No’s 47541/47543

1

. Plug-in the Wi-Fi USB Dongle into either o

f

the 2 USB ports. The player will detect the dongle automatically

2

. Select Wireless Setup and press Enter

3

. Choose a

p

roﬁ le name. For exam

p

le:

C

onnection 1

,

p

ress Ent

e

r

4

. Connection mo

d

e: se

l

ect eit

h

er

I

nfrastructure

(

AP

)

o

r

P

eer to Peer

(

A

d

Hoc

)

and

p

ress Enter. Infrastructure (AP) will detect an

y

wireless

n

etwor

k

s avai

l

a

bl

e

.

5. The available networks will a

pp

ear in a list. Select

y

our network and

p

ress

E

nter to

p

roceed.

6

. Enter the WEP key or WPA key

f

or the network

7

. Press OK to

ﬁ

nish the setting. The Wi-Fi signal strength is shown on the right hand side

.

N

ote: The

p

la

y

er with Wi-Fi don

g

le will onl

y

be able to reco

g

nise the WEP with O

p

en s

y

stem, and onl

y

the Ke

y

1 will be reco

g

nisable. Also, onl

y

WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal and WPA

-

A

UTO Personal are recognisable

f

or the player

.

17

M

I

SC

S

ettings

1

.

S

elect the

M

I

SCE

tab

f

rom the menu using the arrow buttons (Navigation buttons). Use the arrow buttons to move between the sub

m

enus

,

as

l

iste

d

b

e

l

ow. Press t

h

e Ent

e

r

b

utton once t

h

e su

b

menu is

h

ig

hl

ig

h

te

d

S

lide Show Timin

g

Select to set the fre

q

uenc

y

of chan

g

es between

p

hotos for a slide show between 2, 5, 10, 30

seconds or 1 or 2 minutes

.

T

ran

s

iti

o

n Eff

ec

t

Select to set the transition effect of

p

hotos

.

1

.

C

ross Fade -

f

ade in and

f

ade ou

t

2

. Le

f

t to Right-

f

rom le

f

t to righ

t

3. To

p

to Bottom- from to

p

to botto

m

4

. Waterfall - like a stee

p

descent of water from a hei

g

ht

5

.

S

nake – like snake motio

n

6

. Dissolve – like water dissolve

7

. Strip Left Down – like strip cover from top of left to bottom of right

All Effect Shufﬂ e – shufﬂ e in and out

B

ackground Musi

c

To

p

la

y

a slide show with music the music ﬁ les have to be located in either the same folder as the

p

hoto ﬁ les, or as a

p

la

y

list

.

The

f

ollowin

g

o

p

tions are available

f

or Back

g

round musi

c

Off

: Music will not be played during a slide show

.

F

olde

r

:

Select if your photos and music ﬁ les are in the same folder.

P

l

a

yl

ist: Select if

y

ou want to

p

la

y

the music from the Pla

y

list. (To create a Pla

y

list

p

lease refer to the

B

rowser

M

enu section

)

S

creen

S

ave

r

Se

l

ect to ena

bl

e or

d

isa

bl

e t

h

e

S

creen

S

aver

.

S

creen

S

aver will activate i

f

there is no action

f

or

5

minutes

.

Mo

v

ie

Pr

e

v

ie

w

S

elect to turn

O

N

/O

FF

M

ovie

P

review

.

R

esume P

l

a

y

Select to turn ON/OFF to resume

p

la

y

back of the video once

y

ou STOP the movi

e

R

ecording and Playbac

k

R

ECORDED Media List

W

hen

y

ou record somethin

g

for the ﬁ rst time a recorded media list is created on the stora

g

e device that

y

ou are recordin

g

to.

T

he s

y

stem will automaticall

y

create a folder called REC on the HDD or the USB device. The recorded media list is saved in this folder and

can be entered b

y

selectin

g

the

B

R

O

W

S

ER o

p

tion in the main menu or

p

ressin

g

the BR

O

W

S

ER button the remote control. The ﬁ le names

are automatically allocated according to the system time

.

18

Tim

e

r R

eco

rd M

e

n

u

T

h

e

T

imer RE

C

menu allows you to create, edit and delete recording schedules and view all schedule status and history. Select the

T

imer

R

E

C

option

f

rom the main menu or press the

T

IME

R

bu

tt

o

n

o

n t

he

r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

ol

.

Creating a New Schedule

1

.

S

e

l

ect

Ed

i

t

f

r

o

m th

e

m

e

n

u

ba

r t

o

Add

a New

S

c

h

e

d

u

le

an

d

press Enter

.

T

h

e sc

h

e

d

u

l

e setting page wi

ll

appear.

2

. Press

W

and

X

to move the between

ﬁ

elds and press

S

and

T

to adjust each settings.

19

S

ource Press the arrow buttons to select sources. Video-IN

/

DTV

/

AT

V

S

tart Tim

e

Enter the date and time o

f

the recording.

L

en

g

th Enter the len

g

th of the recordin

g

R

e

p

ea

t

Select how often

y

ou want the schedule to record. Choose from

O

nce, Everyday, Mon-Fri, Mon-Sat or

f

or an individual day o

f

the week.

D

ev

i

ce

C

hoose the device that

y

ou want to record to. HDD/USB/USB1/USB2/CARD

Quality

Select the recordin

g

q

ualit

y

. Choose from HQ, SLP, EP, LP and SP.

T

he higher the quality the more storage space is used on the hard drive.

See HDD/USB Free Space on the le

f

t o

f

the screen giving details o

f

how long you can record

f

or using

e

ac

h

setting

.

N

i

c

a

m

Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex. Select this

f

unction on/o

ff

f

or multiplex audio

cha

nn

els

.

N

ote: the hi

g

hest

q

ualit

y

recordin

g

o

p

tion

f

or DVT is

SP

. DVT si

g

nal are MPEG-2

f

ormat which have a

q

ualit

y

o

f

SP. The hi

g

hest

q

ualit

y

is available via ATV and Video Modes

E

PG Recording (Electronic Program Guide)

You can set programs to record through the EPG (Electronic Program Guide). Enter DTV and press the EPG button on the remote control.

On screen you wi

ll

see t

h

e EPG. T

h

e

Ch

anne

l

Listing an

d

Date/Tim

e

listing will appear across the top section o

f

the screen. The program

an

d

time

l

istin

g

wi

ll

a

pp

ear

b

e

l

ow t

h

is

.

S

e

l

ect t

h

e c

h

anne

l

by

usin

g

t

h

e

N

EXT

/

BAC

K

buttons on the remote control. The preview screen will show the current program showing

K

on that channel.

S

elect the date/day and the progra

m

you want to record using the NAVI

G

ATI

ON

buttons on the remote control

.

Once you have highlighted the correct program press the

EDIT

bu

tt

o

n

o

n th

e

r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

ol

A

f

ter pressing the EDIT button the

f

ollowing message will appear on screen

Add

a new Sc

h

e

d

u

l

e. T

h

is s

h

ows t

h

at t

h

e program

h

as

b

een set

f

or recordin

g

. The

p

ro

g

ram will automaticall

y

record to the hard drive however

y

ou can chan

g

e the destination b

y

usin

g

the

Ed

it Sc

h

e

d

u

l

es

o

p

tion under the Time

R

E

C

menu

(

See details below

)

N

ote: If you switch the MediaStation off via the rocker switch on the back of the device programmed recordings will not work

E

diting Schedules

1

. Se

l

ect

Ed

it

f

rom the menu bar and then select the schedule

f

rom the list which you want to change. Press ENTER on the remote

co

ntr

ol

2

. Modi

f

y the schedule as described in Creating a New Schedul

e

in the section above.

20

D

eleting Schedule

s

1

.

S

elect the

De

l

e

t

e

t

ab

f

r

o

m th

e

m

e

n

u

ba

r

2

. Se

l

ect t

h

e sc

h

e

d

u

l

e w

h

ic

h

you want to

d

e

l

ete an

d

press

E

nt

e

r on remote control. A con

ﬁ

rmation message appears

3

.

S

elect

C

AN

C

E

L

or

Delete the selected schedul

e

or

D

elete all schedules

4

. Pr

ess

Enter t

o

co

n

ﬁ

r

m

Viewing Schedule Statu

s

1

.

S

elect the

S

tatus tab

f

rom the menu bar. The schedule list is displaye

d

2

. Select a schedule

f

rom the list and press Ente

r

3

.

S

elect Enable the selected schedul

e

or

Pause the selected schedul

e

4

. Pr

ess

Enter t

o

co

n

ﬁ

rm

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