Dane-Elec So Road Movie manual

1 USER MANUAL PC Media Player Hard Disk Ultra Mobile www .danedigital.com[...]

2 T able of C onten ts 1) Important inf ormation 3 2) Safe ty & Precautions - Do’ s and Don’ ts 4 - Limitations and Usage Precautions 4 3) F eatur es 7 4) Specifications 8 5) Fr ont and R ear P anel 9 6) Remo te C ontr ol 10 7) Using the devic e 11 8) Installation and C onnection 15 - Connection with or dinary (C omposite) Tv ouput 15 - Co[...]

3 1. Important Inf ormation Congr atulations for having bought this product. W e are sure that you will be entirely satisfied with this multi-media player . Please take some time to re ad thoroughly this manual of Instruction so that you can use the unit to its best possibilities. Keep carefully this instruction manual and ref er to it any time wh[...]

4 2.Safe ty & Precautions Do’ s and Don’ ts Do’ s Unplug the play er during lightning storms or when unused for long periods o f time. Do not defe at the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other . The wide blade is pro vided f or y our safety . If the pro vided p[...]

5 2.Safe ty & Precautions Limitations and Usage Pr ecautions Please r ead the follo wing Limitations and Us age Precautions be fore using y our So Road Movie pla yer . While So Road Movie players support doz ens of file formats and c odec , they are not intended to work with every c odec -v ariation. So Road Movie play ers provide limited supp[...]

6 2.Safe ty & Precautions W e strongly rec ommend backing-up your data or media files stored on the So Road • Movie . Po wer surge, HDD-failur e, accidental deletions are common causes of data loss. Place your So Road Movie pla yer aw ay fr om magnetic sourc es. So Road Movie supports 2.5" Har d Disk Drives only . • When connect[...]

7 3. F eatur e Enjoy your Mo vie and Video Files on TV ! Supports a variety of digital video files like DivX® 3/4/5, Xvid, MPEG1, MPEG2 , MPEG4 , D VD(IFO , V OB), V CD(DA T). Ide ally suited for backing up all your DVD movies on a har d-Disk for eas y acc ess. Digital Music Bo x A perfect companion for the music junkies. Play variety of audio ?[...]

8 4. Specifications Supported File Forma ts Video MPEG1/2 , Div3.11, Div4.0, Div5.0 , Divx , Xvid, DVD(IFO , VOB), VCD(D A T), M2V , ISO Audio A C3, MP2, MP3 , DT S pass through, Ogg, WMA , MPGA , MP A Photo JPEG Supported Languages SMI, SRT , SUB , Multi-Subtitle Input & Output USB 2.0 A/V port HD TV : Component Video Audio : Coa xial, Optica[...]

9 5. Fr ont and R ear P anel Pow er St op OK Set up N av igat ion LED (Pow er/ U SB/ H D D ) Pow er port U SB port A/ V port C om ponent port Opt ic al port C oax ial port R em ot e Sens or www .danedigital.com[...]

10 1.P ow er 2. Se tup 3. C ha ng e the T V OU T m o d e 4. F un c ti o n Ke y 5 . M EDIA s w i tch f r o m M IXE D → V ID EO → A U D IO → P H OT O → M IX ED 6. Pa u s e 7 . S to p 8. En ter to con fi r m th e s el ecti on 9. N avi g ati on - Ar r o w Keys 10 . R etu r n to th e l as t fol de r 11 . Pl ay 12 . SU B - T s el ect the s ubti t[...]

11 7. Using the devic e By def ault your So Road Mo vie is set in the English language. T o change the language please follows the instructions belo w: - T urn on your So R oad Movie - Select the Setup button on the r emote www .danedigital.com[...]

12 7. Using the devic e - With the keys “Up , Do wn, Left, Right” on your remot e select “Misc” - With the keys “Up , Do wn, Left, Right” on your remot e select “language” www .danedigital.com[...]

13 7. Using the devic e - T o select your language in the list , pr ess ke y right - Select the desired language f or example : « F rench » in the list - Then select “ENTER” - Pres s “Set Up” to sav e the change www .danedigital.com[...]

14 7. Using the devic e - The language is amended www .danedigital.com[...]

15 Video and Audio C onnections Y our So Road Movie multimedia pla yer supports Composit e, S- Video or Component c onnections. Depending on the capabilities of your TV , you only need to make one video c onnection from these options. T o he ar sound through your TV , use audio c onnectors (RCA 2 -CH) to connect the So Road Movie multimedia pla yer[...]

16 When you have a multi channel decoder/ amplifier with c oaxial input , you can en joy 5.1CH high quality sound through coaxial cable. The above illustr ation shows how to c onnect with c oaxial cable (cable not supplied). When you ha ve a multi channel dec oder/ amplifier with optical input , you can en joy 5.1CH high quality sound via optical[...]

17 9. So Road Mo vie Setup Menu 1) Video Out : Supports NTSC/S- Video , YPbPr/480i, YPbPr/480p , YPbPr/720p , YPbPr/1080i, P AL/S- Video , YPbPr/P AL 2) TV T ype : Supports 4 X 3 Lett er Box (Or dinary TV), 16:9 (HDTV s) 3) Audio Out : Supports Analog , or Digital Audio 4) V olume : Y ou can contr ol the volume in the r ange 0~100 5) V olume B al :[...]

18 S e t u p / V a r i o us 1) Subtitle Siz e : Y ou can select the subtitle fon t size (Normal/Lar ge) 2) Subtitle C olor : Y ou can change the color of the subtitle and its outline (Black/White, Black/Y ellow , White/Y ellow) 3) Slide Period : Y ou can set the slide sho w time interv al (3 ~100sec) 4) Bookmark : Y ou can turn On/Off bookmark whil[...]

19 F i r mwar e Setu p 1) Connect y our So Road Movie t o your PC with the USB cable and turn it on. 2) Y our PC rec ognizes y our So Road Movie as an e xternal hard disk. 3) Cre ate a folder ‘UPGRAD’ a t the root of the har d disk . 4) Download the ne w firmwar e (on www .danedigital.c om) 5) Cop y the new firmw are that y ou just have do wn[...]

20 D r iv e r in s t a ll a t io n for Wi nd ow s M E /XP /2 0 0 0 1) Windows ME/XP/2000 alr eady hav e a preinstalled version of the USB driv er . 2) Y our PC will automatically recognise your So Road Movie as soon as you have plugged in the USB cable (check if your So Road Mo vie is on during its plug in). 3) Y ou should have the ne w hard disk i[...]

21 Pres s sever al times on “Media” key on the remo te c ontrol to choose multimedia files Acc ording to the type of media (Video , Audio , Picture, Mix). On Video mode, only Video Files will be visible in the curr ent directory . 1) Select “ Video” with “MEDIA” key on your remote contr ol. Y ou will see the list of your Video files d[...]

22 Pres s sever al times on “Media” key on the r emote c ontrol t o choose multimedia files Acc ording t o the type of media (Video , Audio , Picture , Mix). On Audio mode, only Audio Files will be visible in the curr ent directory . A udi o F il e s Pla y ba c k 1) Select “ Audio” with “MEDIA” key on your remote control. Y ou will see[...]

23 Pres s sever al times on “Media” key on the r emote c ontrol t o choose multimedia files Acc ording t o the type of media (Video , Audio , Picture , Mix). On Photo mode , only Photo Files will be visible in the curr ent directory . 1) Select “ Photo” with “MEDIA” key on your remote control. Y ou will see the list of your Photo file[...]

24 Pres s sever al times on “Media” key on the r emote c ontrol t o choose multimedia files Acc ording t o the type of media (Video , Audio , Picture , Mix). On Mix mode, only Audio Files will be visible in the curr ent directory . 1) Select “ Mix” with “MEDIA” key on your remot e c ontrol. Y ou will see the list of your all your file[...]

25 With your So Road Mo vie, it is pos sible to cre ate a playlis t . Crea tion of your playlis t P la y lis t 1) Press bro wser key on the remo te contr ol, so that you position y ourself on the left menu. 2) Pres s twice on key on the remo te contr ol to select “ Playlist” then “ENTER”. 3) The scr een displa ys “MIX”. All the media ?[...]

26 10. T r oubleshooting Under no circumstanc es should you try to repair the syst em yourself , as this will inv alidate the warr anty . Do not open the s ystem as there is a risk of electric shock . If a fault occurs, first check the points list ed belo w befor e taking the syst em for repair . No Screen Displa y . Video Output not working. 1. P[...]