Honeywell AutomationServer User manual

Honeywell

Automation

Server

With Digital Deck

Advanced Media

Manager

User Guide

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Title, Part, and Release Numbers

Title: Digital Deck Entertainment System User Guide

Part Number: DD000300-01010003

Release Number: v HW01

Information in this guide is subject to change without notice and does not

constitute a commitment on the part of Digital Deck, Inc. It is supplied on an “as

is” basis without any warranty of any kind, either explicit or implied. Information

may be changed or updated in this guide at any time.

This material was written and produced by Lasselle-Ramsay, Mountain View,

CA (www.lr.com).

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Table of Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-vii

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-viii

Chapter 1 Digital Deck Entertainment Sys-

tem Overview

System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

HAS Component Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

HAS (Honeywell Automation Server) . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

eDeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

How the HAS with AMM Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

“Connected Home” Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Digital Deck Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

“Whole Home” Digital Video Recorder . . . . . . . . 1-14

Chapter 2 Watching Television

Television Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Changing Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Surfing Channels Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Using the Channel Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Searching for Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Using the Transport Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

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Chapter 3 Recording Shows

Recording Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Recording a Live Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Scheduling a Show to be Recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Managing Your Scheduled Recordings . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Prioritize Your Scheduled Recordings . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Recording Function Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Watch Recorded Shows and Digital Video Files . 3-15

Chapter 4 Enjoying Your Entertainment Me-

dia Files

PC Files Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Managing Your Digital Entertainment Media Files . 4-2

Adding Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Deleting Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Creating Playlists and Slide Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Watching Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Viewing Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Viewing Slide Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

Chapter 5 Playing DVDs and Video Tapes

Playing DVDs and Video Tapes Overview . . . . . . . . 5-2

Watching Video Locally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Watching Video from a Video Device in Another Room

5-5

Controlling Devices Connected to an Deck . . . . . . 5-8

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Chapter 6 Searching for Media

Searching Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Searching for Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Network and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Glossary Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

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Preface

The Honeywell Automation Server (HAS) with Digital

Deck Advanced Media Manger (AMM) combines

leading-edge entertainment features, such as media

server and whole-home DVR, to deliver a wide range of

entertainment—including music, photography, TV, and

movies—throughout the home. AMM addresses the

individual entertainment preferences of every member of

your household.

With Digital Deck AMM you can watch, pause, and

rewind live TV, record your favorite shows with the

touch of a button, watch recorded shows in any room,

view slideshows of your digital photos from any TV,

listen to your digital music through any TV or stereo, and

watch movies from DVD players or VCRs anywhere in

the house. Now, live and recorded entertainment can be

enjoyed wherever and whenever you like.

This User Guide will show you how to take advantage of

these and other entertainment features of your HAS with

a simple click on your Digital Deck remote control.

Preface

About This Guide

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About This Guide 0

Each chapter in this User Guide contains a functionality

overview and step-by-step, illustrated procedures that

walk you through the individual features of the HAS

system.

Chapter 1: Digital Deck Entertainment Network

Overview—Learn more about your Digital Deck system,

its components, and its unique features.

Chapter 2: Watching Television—Learn how to use the

Digital Deck television features to find and view

programs.

Chapter 3: Recording Shows—Learn how to record,

prioritize recordings, and view recorded programs.

Chapter 4: Viewing Your Entertainment Media Files—

Learn how to manage and play your digital music, photo,

and video entertainment files.

Chapter 5: Playing DVDs and Video Tapes—Learn

how to access and control your VCR and DVD players on

Digital Deck from any room.

Chapter 6: Searching for Media—Find your favorite

shows and all of your digital music, photo, and video files

on the Digital Deck.

Chapter 7: Troubleshooting—Frequently Asked

Questions and customer support information.

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Digital Deck

Entertainment

System Overview

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

System Overview

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System Overview 1

HAS with AMM is a “whole-home” entertainment

system that enables you to place all of your home

entertainment devices on a single network. This allows

you to play any source of video or audio in your home on

any television or stereo receiver on your home network.

Not only can you play media from any room in your

home, you can also control all devices on the network,

regardless of the room in which they are located.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

System Overview

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Once your HAS has been installed and set up by an

installation specialist, you can take advantage of the

following functionality:

■Watch, record, pause, rewind, and foward live

television.

■Watch previously recorded shows.

■Listen to MP3s and music playlists.

■View digital photographs and slide shows.

■Enjoy entertainment from any VCR or DVD player in

any room, no matter where the devices are physically

located.

■Find any live or recorded media on the Digital Deck,

including stored digital media.

■Control all home entertainment devices that are

connected to the Digital Deck from any room.

NOTE The term device describes any home electronic

device installed on the HAS network such as a cable/

satellite receiver, DVD player, amplifier/receiver, and

VCR.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

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HAS Component Overview 1

The HAS network is made up of three primary

components:

■The HAS as a media server

■An eDeck located in each room where you have

entertainment sources (satellite/cable box, DVD

player, etc.) or TVs

■A Digital Deck remote control for each eDeck

HAS (Honeywell Automation Server) 1

HAS is a media server and whole-home DVR. It runs

Digital Deck’s Advance Media Manager (AMM) software

and stores recorded TV and personal content on its 250

GB hard drive. It is the “brains” of the HAS system. The

HAS is built into your wall much like the fuse box in your

home.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

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The HAS “talks” to the eDecks over the home Ethernet

network.

NOTE The HAS graphic shown here is used throughout

this User’s Guide to depict Honeywell’s HAS

NOTE Your HAS is connected to a live Internet

connection, which enables it to download the Electronic

Program Guide (EPG) software updates on a nightly

basis. This also ensures that you are always running the

latest release from your HAS.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

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eDeck 1

eDeck units allow you to place “analog devices” (such as

your satellite/cable box, DVD player, and VCR) on your

home Ethernet network. eDecks are located in any room

where you have audio or video sources with content you

want to share across your entertainment system.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

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The eDeck performs the following functions:

■Receives entertainment content from connected cable

and/or satellite receivers, DVD players, VCRs, or

other devices and sends the entertainment content to

the HAS.

■Receives entertainment content from the HAS.

An eDeck also communicates IR codes to the HAS, which

relays the IR codes to the connected devices. This enables

you to control connected devices from any room on the

Digital Deck entertainment system.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

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The eDeck receives digital input from devices such as a

DVD player, or a cable or satellite receiver, and converts

that input into digital signals that are sent to the HAS.

The eDeck also converts digital signals received from the

HAS, converts them to analog, and outputs the converted

signals to your television and/or stereo receiver.

Cable/Satellite Receiver

eDeck

Television

Amplifier/Receiver

Ethernet

DVD Player/VCR

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

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Remote Control 1

The Digital Deck remote control replaces the remote

controls for all devices on your HAS system. You can use

the Digital Deck remote control to control all devices that

are connected to your entertainment system. The remote

control will enable you to perform network functions

such as:

■Change channels.

■Adjust volume and mute sound.

■Select and navigate Digital Deck menus.

■Search for media on Digital Deck.

■Record live television.

■Operate the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) functions.

■Turn on/off power to devices on the Digital Deck

entertainment system.

■Control functions of devices on the Digital Deck

entertainment system.

■Access Help guidelines for Digital Deck functions.

See the illustration on the following page for a detailed

description of the remote control functions.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

HAS Component Overview

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Digital Deck Remote Control Functions

Mute

Digital Deck and

manual network

mode control

Volume controls

- Page up

- Page down

- Stop for DVR

- Cancel out of a

functional screen

Record

Transport controls:

- Previous

- Next

- Jump Back/Fwd

- Pause

- Rewind

- Fast Forward

- Play

Option - Provides

on-screen function-

specific options

Power on/off

Channel

controls

Alpha-

numeric

buttons

- Photo Guide

- Music Guide

- Info Header

- Schedule

record

- Main Menu

- Guide

navigator

- Video Guide

- Channel Guide

Search

Navigation

arrows Select

- Return to Live

- OK an action

Help - Provides on-

screen help options

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

How the HAS with AMM Works

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How the HAS with AMM Works 1

The HAS is the backbone of the network and acts as a

“traffic cop” to manage the content on the HAS network.

It runs the AMM and controls the eDecks. The eDecks

connect your television and home entertainment devices

in each room to the HAS using an Ethernet connection.

And because all of the rooms are on the same network,

you have the ability to control all of the connected

devices, throughout your home, using a single remote

control.

This is an example of a multiple-room Digital Deck

system:

PC

Ethernet Router

eDeck

HAS

Cable/Satellite Receiver

Television Television

eDeck

DVD/VCR

Amplifier/Receiver

Cable/Satellite Receiver

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview

“Connected Home” Entertainment

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“Connected Home”

Entertainment 1

HAS with AMM is an amazingly flexible and powerful

“connected home” entertainment system. Each room can

be connected to the HAS entertainment system, and the

devices in each room are accessible from any room on the

network. This gives you options that enhance your

entertainment experience:

■View DVDs and video tapes playing in another room.

■Record live shows while watching a DVD or video.

■Pause live shows and resume the show in another

room.

■Listen to MP3s and view digital photos and home

videos that are stored on the HAS.

NOTE Many of the advanced viewing functions

require that your HAS is set up with multiple cable or

satellite receivers in multiple rooms.

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