Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
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This product is manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
This product is manufactured under license under U. S. Patent #s: 5, 451, 942; 5, 956, 674; 5, 974, 380; 5, 978, 762; 6, 487, 535 & other U. S. DTS and the Symbol are registered trademarks, & DTS 2. 0+ Digital Out and the DTS logos are trademarks of DTS, Inc.
ViewSonic Network Media Player ViewSonic Network Media Player are warranted for 1 year for labor from the date of the first customer purchase.
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Safety Information
WARNING: Failure to follow these safety instructions could result in fire, electric shock, or other injury or damage. [. . . ] At first, check the IP address number of your Media Player in the "Network Setup" item under "Setup" menu. Then key in this IP address (for example, \\192. 168. 1. 5) on the address bar of client PC's My Network Places. After successful connection, type "admin" for both default user name and password to log in. Or see the following example as an alternative method based on Microsoft Windows XP platform. Please note that when both eSATA HDD and USB disk exist, the eSATA one will be the sole storage device for this function
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1. Click "My Network Place" icon on your PC.
My Network Place
2. The default Media Player Local HDD location is "Workgroup", double click it and you will see the Media Player (ShareHDD) icon.
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4. Manage your media files between your PC to Media Player local HDD by using PC mouse.
Netflix
REMOTE CONTROL KEY FUNCTION TABLE FOR NETFLIX No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IR Key Home Back Prev Next 0 Stop Up Down Left Right OK Netflix key Exit Netflix, return to main menu Netflix main menu Rewind Fast Forward Play/Pause Stop Up Down Left Right Enter
Here is the process of watching content on Netflix: Step 1: Create an Account When first started, an un-activated Netflix Ready Devices (NRDs) will display a screen asking if the viewer is already a Netflix member. Step 6: Palyback and Trickplay When a member chooses to playback a movie or TV Show, the NRD buffers, then begins playback.
Playing Music, Photo and Video files
For the supported file format and container in detail, please refer to the relevant section in the user manual. Viewing Video Information: Press "Info" button to get video information; press again to see more info.
2. Searching elapsed time and percentage of a music or video playing: Press "0(GOTO)" button on the remote control unit to enter time seek mode, and press the numeric buttons directly for a certain percentage of the file being played.
3. Photo Slide Show: Press `OK' for the selected photo in thumbnail for full-screen display and press again to start the slide show.
4. Location Directory Navigation: Press "MENU"
button to go to the `directory' bar on the top
of the screen. By pressing the numerical buttons on the remote control unit during navigation will sort
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the file names by the first letter of the key pressed. If you would like to use some functions (like iMEDIA or audio settings etc) while you're
navigating directories and files, always press hot keys such as `HOME', `SETUP'. . . on the remote control unit instead of just pressing `BACK' button numerous time. Then it will be easy to go back to where you were in a long directory path by pressing `VIDEO', `MUSIC' or `PICTURE' hot keys.
Web Browser & RSS
Wherever you are in the user interface, press `Home' button on the remote control to return to the main menu as shown below. Select the icon which shows `Web Browser' and press `ok'.
The homepage of the web browser will be displayed, then you can surf the web using the remote control or keyboard and mouse. An USB keyboard and mouse can be plugged to facilitate the web surfing. Make sure you plug it before you enter the Web Browser.
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A virtual keyboard is also available there by pressing
to facilitate input. Press the yellow
button for help; you'll get instructions of all function hot keys as below.
When there's an RSS(Really Simple Syndication) icon like
on a webpage, that means the page
can be viewed with RSS format used to publish frequently updated works--such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed" or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. [. . . ] You can select, configure or adjust Language, TV mode, Audio, Video, HDD sharing and other settings here.
System Setup main page
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Below table is a brief description for the System Setup selection. Item Name Language TV Mode Setup Value Language TV System/ Video Output/ Video Scale Digital Audio Output/Analog Audio Output Brightness/ Contrast/ HUE/ Saturation Music, Photo & Video Display Option /Advance Setting User Name / Password SYSTEM SETUP TABLE Use Selecct Configure
Audio Setup
Configure
Video Setup
Adjust
Other Setting HardDisk Share Set Up
Configure Configure
Language
Language Table
Item Name Language Value Use Chinese Simp. / Chinese Tradi. /Czech /English / French/ German/ Greek/ Hebrew/ Italian /Japan Select /Netherlandish/ Polish/ Portugese /Russia /Serbian/ Spanish/ Swedish / Turkish
TV Mode Setup
You can go to the "System Setup" menu to change the TV mode setting, including the Video output, TV system and aspect ratio.
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TV Mode Setup Table Item Name Video Output TV System Aspect Ratio HDMI EDID Value P-SCAN Composite/ HDMI NTSC/480p/720p60/1080i60/1080p24/1080p60 4:3 PS/ 16:9/ 4:3 LB Enable/Disable Use Select Select Select Switch
Audio Setup
For DTS (Digital Theater System) audio tracks, the device passes it through digital audio output port (Optical or Coaxial cable) to an external decoder. Please make sure the Digital Audio Output mode (SPDIF-PCM / SPDIF-RAW) is turned on, if you are connecting the Optical/Coaxial cable.
Audio Setup Table
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Item Name Digital Audio Output Analog Audio Output DTS AAC AC3 WMA PRO
Value On/Off MONO R/ MONO L/ MIX MONO/ STEREO SPDIF/RAW PCM SPDIF/RAW PCM SPDIF/RAW PCM SPDIF/RAW PCM
Use Switch Select Select Select Select Select
Video Setup
Video Setup Table
Item Name Brightness Contrast HUE Saturation
Value 0 ~ 32 0 ~ 32 0 ~ 32 0 ~ 32
Use Adjust Adjust Adjust Adjust
Location Setup
You can setup whatever location/weather your favoured country, city shown on the main page.
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Other Settings
You can set the screen saver time as well as time shown on the main page.
Network Setup
This section contains the following items:
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Media Setup
This section contains the following items, description in detail is below the table.
TABEL OF MEDIA SETTINGS Category Photo Display Opton Item Name Slide Show Time Orientation Correction Transition Effect Music Playing Option Video Playing Option Music Auto Play Video Playing Videos Play Next Video Video Subtitle Auto Sync DVD Settings Preferred Subtitle Value 1 sec ~ 3 min Enable/Disable Enable/Disable Off/ Repeat One/ Repeat All/ Random Ask/On/Off Enable/Disable Enable/Disable Enable/Disable English/ German/ French/ Italian/ Spanish/ Portugal/ Turkish/ Dutch/ Russian English/ German/ French/ Italian/ Spanish/ Portugal/ Turkish/ Dutch/ Russian Use Select Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Select
Preferred Audio
Select
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Auto Sync
For some video film with 24 frames per second, you may see poor quality on the display due to frame rate conversion. [. . . ]