Eminent EM7480 manual

EM7480/EM7485 3D Full HD Media Play er[...]

2 | ENGLISH EM7480/EM7485 – 3D Full HD Media Play er Table of contents 1.0 Introduction ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... . 3 1.1 Functions and features ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ..... 3 1.2 [...]

3 | ENGLISH 10.7 Play other vid eo for mats . ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....... .... 25 10.8 Dow nload additional Sub titles . ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ... 25 10.9 Playing music and other au dio files ....... ...... ...... ...... ....... .....[...]

4 | ENGLISH The EM7480/EM7 485 both suppor t 3D for mats like Side-by -Side, Top-Botto m and Frame packed. SRT- subtitles on 3 D will be conver ted auto matically. Classic formats like DivX, X viD, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 are also supported. The popular ISO file for mat for DVD -ROM has full menu, chapter s and subtitle suppor t. BD-ROM ISO fi les, for b[...]

5 | ENGLISH USB 3.0 super s peed for data tr ansfer from your computer to the EM7485 . Use the USB 3.0 connection on the EM748 5 to connect to you r computer equipped with an USB 3.0 por t and you w ill have all your data copied w ith an amazing speed to the internal har d disk. Did you kno w that by using USB 3.0 you will save a lot of time copyin[...]

6 | ENGLISH 2.0 Explanat ion of the remo te contr ol On/Off: button to turn on or turn off the media player. Menu: Opens a settings menu for the media file playing. Home: Return to the main me nu. Stop: Used to stop the playe d file. REW/FFWD: Used to rewind or fast forward the media file. Colored buttons : Mainly used while using the ‘File manag[...]

7 | ENGLISH 3.0 Explanat ion of the con nections 3.1 Connections o f the EM7480 • DC In: Connection for the pow er cable (5V). • Composite & A udio connect ions: Composite: U sed to connec t to an analog ue television. Audio connect the red and w hite connections to an analogue audio receiver. • Component : Used to connect to a HD televi [...]

8 | ENGLISH 3.2 Connections o f the EM7485 1. Composite & A udio connect ions: Composite: U sed to connec t to an analog ue television. Audio connect the red and w hite connections to an analogue audio receiver. 2. Component : Used to connect to a HD televi sion with componen t connection s. 3. HDMI connectio n: HDMI 1.4 also known as HDM I Hig[...]

9 | ENGLISH 4.0 Mounting a SATA hard disk (EM7 485) The following step s describe how to install a S ATA hard dis k into the media play er. The EM7485 use s a hard disk lo cking mechanis m which make s it very easy to mount a hard disk.[...]

10 | ENGLISH 5.0 Connecting th e media play er 1. Connect the HDM I cable to the HDMI connec tion of the EM74 80/EM 7485 and connect the other side of the HDM I cable to a fre e HDMI conne ction on you r television. In case you do not ha ve a free HDMI connection on your television, you can use the component conne ctions of the media player and tel[...]

11 | ENGLISH Note: There should be 2 red squa res displayed on your screen for calibration. If you only see 1 red squar e use the le ft and down bu tton until the second re d square is displayed. Note: Do not o versize the screen size as this could result the med ia played is no longer fully displa yed on the screen. 6. Then press the ‘OK’ butt[...]

12 | ENGLISH 7.0 Manual Set tings After using the wizard , the initial settings have be en set. Now , you can completely set the media playe r to your own preferen ces. 7.1 Formatting the hard disk 1. Use the naviga tion buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK ’ button after w hich the ‘System’ is sele cted by defaul t. 2. Go to ‘F[...]

13 | ENGLISH 7.3 Setting up sound Hint: If the HDMI Output is set to ‘Auto’ , the media player will au tomatically use the correct settings. When using the ‘ Auto’ function, ther e is no need for manual setting s. 7.3.1 If connect ed directly to your television : 1. Use the naviga tion buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK ’ bu[...]

14 | ENGLISH 7.3.3 If connect ed to a audio receiver usi ng the coaxia l or optica l connection: 1. Use the naviga tion buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK ’ button. 2. Select ‘Audio’. 3. The first option d isplayed is the ‘Preferred au dio language’ here you can set what audio languag e the EM7480/EM 7485 should star t to us[...]

15 | ENGLISH 7.4.2 Wired connec tion - Manually In case your network does no t have a DHC P server, or you w ant to manual ly ad an IP- Address, you can u se the follow ing steps: 1. Use the naviga tion buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK ’ button. 2. Select ‘Netw ork’. 3. Select ‘Wired Lan Setup’ and pr ess the ‘OK’ bu t[...]

16 | ENGLISH 1. Go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘ OK’ button 2. Go to ‘Ne twork’, select ‘ Wireless Setup’ and press the ‘OK’ button. 3. Press the ‘ Time Seek’ (Magnifying glass symbo l) button on the re mote control after which the m edia player sear ches for avai lable SSID’ s. 4. Select the SS ID it has success fully connec[...]

17 | ENGLISH 8.1 Using the US B (3.0) slave connection (EM7 485) The media play er has a fast nex t generation USB 3.0 slave conne ction. Using thi s USB 3.0 slave connection, copyin g data w ill be done with incred ible speed. The highest possible transfer rate w ill be achieved if yo ur computer a lso has a U SB 3.0 connection and i f you are usi[...]

18 | ENGLISH Important infor mation: Since the media play er is intended to be used as a media play er with strea ming capabilities, the tran sfer rate w hen copying data using your network is not comparable to your computer. The media play er’s proces sing unit (CPU) and memory are specifically de signed for media capabilities, not for transferr[...]

19 | ENGLISH 8.4 Copying fi les using ‘File Manager’ The media play er also has its ow n copy function . Using this func tion, it is possible to copy from USB dev ices, your netw ork and SD cards to the hard disk of the media player. Also, it i s possible to copy from the intern al hard disk or ne twor k to USB devices, your netw ork and SD car[...]

20 | ENGLISH 8.5 Copying fi les using FTP The EM7480/EM7 485 has a FTP server. The FTP server is available if an internal hard disk, USB s tick or USB ha rd disk is conn ected to the EM7480/EM 7485. We recommend to u se a FTP progra m such as ‘FileZi lla’. The follow ing steps wer e done using ‘FileZilla’. 1. Use the naviga tion keys to sel[...]

21 | ENGLISH 3. If you want a libra ry of database to be created , you need to set the ‘M edia Library’ to ‘On’. 4. Howeve r, the default setting is ‘Off’. Please note: When ‘Media Libr ary’ is set to ‘ On’, the library or database will be created during a restar t. Creating the librar y or databa se can take a while, depen ding[...]

22 | ENGLISH 9.5 Default Audio This option make s sure the med ia player will start with the pre-se t languag e automatically, in stead of another languag e (When playing a DVD mov ie). 1. Go to ‘Setup’ and pr ess the ‘OK ’ button. 2. Go to ‘Audio’. 3. Go to ‘Preferred Audio language’. This option is set to ‘Dutch’ by default. 1[...]

23 | ENGLISH Repeat Title: Repeats the cur rent video file. Repeat Off: Repeating function set to off. 2D: Shows the available 2D video stre am. 3D: Shows the available 3D video stre ams Swap L & R : Swaps the 3D im age from the le ft to the right. 3D Depth : Used to create m ore depth in the 3D streams. Video Setting : Settings for chang ing t[...]

24 | ENGLISH Example of a 3D Side-by-Side file name: ‘ Eminent.3DSBS.mkv’ . Example of a 3D Top-Bottom file name: ‘Em inent.3DTAB.mkv’ . The EM7480/EM7 485 is also able to play other 3D video for mats such as 3D M KV files and 3D M2T S files. 1. Use the naviga tion keys to sele ct ‘Files Man ager’ and press the ‘OK’ button. 2. Selec[...]

25 | ENGLISH 10.4 Playing DVD The media play er is able to play D VD files and DVD ISO’s. DVD files made by y ourself can be played w ithout any pro blems. Also, the EM748 has full DVD menu support . The EM7480/E M7485 does not play comm ercial DVD’ s which have CSS se curity. However, DVD backups without security can be played. 10.5 DVD ISO 1.[...]

26 | ENGLISH 1. Start the movie yo u want to dow nload the subtitles from. 2. Press the ‘Menu ’ button on the re mote. 3. Select ‘Subtitle’ and press ‘OK’[...]

27 | ENGLISH 4. Select ‘Search’ an d press ‘OK’ 5. Check the Keyw ords of the movie[...]

28 | ENGLISH 6. Choose the lang uage of the Subti tle you w ish to download 7. Select the ‘magn ifying glass’ and press ‘OK’ to start searching for the subtitles[...]

29 | ENGLISH 8. The EM7480/EM7 485 will display the search resul ts of all subtitle s for the selec ted language and movie that is found. 9. Select a sear ch result and pres s ‘OK’. 10. The subtitle w ill be downloa ded and displayed w hen finished.[...]

30 | ENGLISH Hint: if the subtitle is out of sync with the audio tr y a different search result . Note: The subtit le is downloaded to the movie s folder as .SRT 10.9 Playing music and other audio files 1. Use the naviga tion keys to sele ct ‘Files Man ager’ and press the ‘OK’ button. 2. Select the sour ce where you want to play fro m and p[...]

31 | ENGLISH Shuffle Loop: Shuffles the file s. When ‘ Shuffle Loop’ is selected and the ‘ Next’ button is selected , the available au dio files will be played randomly. 10.10 Playing photos an d other images 1. Use the naviga tion keys to sele ct ‘Files Man ager’ and press the ‘OK’ button. 2. Select the sour ce where you want to pl[...]

32 | ENGLISH ‘OK’ button. Selec t the music file you want to start with and press the ‘OK’ bu tton. Video Setting: When ‘Video Set ting’ is selected , you can change several video settings such ‘ Brightness’ , ‘Contrast’, ‘Saturation ’ and ‘Hu e’. 11.0 Using the Jukebox (Co ver art and Movie info) The EM7480/EM7 485 both[...]

33 | ENGLISH 3. Browse to the folder containing the movies you li ke to add to the Jukebox. 4. Press the ‘menu’ button on the re mote control .[...]

34 | ENGLISH 5. Select ‘Get Mov ie Info’ and pre ss the OK bu tton. 6. Check if the Mov ie info scraper plu gin is ‘tmdb’ and Movie info sea rch by is set to ‘byname’ (The movie search is ba sed on the filena me) or ‘byfolder (The movie search is based on the folderna me)[...]

35 | ENGLISH 7. The media play er will now search for the ‘movie info’ (this may ta ke a while depending on the amount of movi es stored in the selected folder). You can choose to pre ss ‘Continue in ba ckground’ Note: A databa se will be created on the hard drive .jukebox/movie .db. If you wish to reset the Jukebo x database plea se connec[...]

36 | ENGLISH 6. In this case, w e have selected a d utch database for retrieving the (d etailed) information and cover art. 7. Click ‘Option’ after which the Op tion page appe ars. On this option page you ne ed to select which in formation needs to be shown . We only w ant the thumbnail and the main movie sheet to be adde d, as show n in the fo[...]

37 | ENGLISH 8. Click ‘OK’ at the bo ttom of the page after which the main page w ill be shown again. 9. Click ‘Options’ again . 10. Click ‘Input/Output Naming’. At ‘Thumbnail’, yo u need to ma ke sure the output is ‘ $M$N ’. At ‘M ovieinfo import’, you need to make sure the output is ‘ $M$N’ A t ‘Main moviesheet’ [...]

38 | ENGLISH 12. Now click the ‘+’ at ‘Current Pro file’ after w hich the following image appear s: 13. Save the curren t profile. For ex ample: You can save this profile a s ‘Eminent’ as shown in the follow ing image:[...]

39 | ENGLISH 14. Click ‘Save’ after which the main page app ears. 15. At ‘Current Pro file’, the saved prof ile is presen t, as shown in the follow ing image:[...]

40 | ENGLISH 16. Now click ‘Proce ss Files/folders ’ after which a screen appears w ith the current drives. 17. Select the corr ect drive and then the folder (w ith the subfolder s) where the movies are stor ed. Click the na me of the folder. If correct, the subfolder s are selected automati cally. 18. Now click the ‘Se mi-Automatic M ode’ [...]

41 | ENGLISH thumbgen in the folder DVD_movi e/DVD_movie/ . Please move these files to the Folder ‘ DVD_movie/’ . 11.3 Showing Movie info using Jukebox APP 1. Make sure the media player i s started. 2. Select ‘Pre mium APPS’ and pres s the ‘OK’ but ton. 3. Select ‘Jukebox ’ and press the ‘O K’ button. 4. You will now get an over[...]

42 | ENGLISH 5. Press the ‘INFO’ bu tton on you r remote to display the Movie Info . 6. If the infor mation is not correct you can use the Search button s to let the EM748 0 / EM7485 search for the corre ct Information an d/or cover. 7. Select ‘Close & Re turn’ to go ba ck to the Jukebox overview . 8. Select the movie you wish to play a[...]

43 | ENGLISH 12.1 Setting up Windo ws Media Playe r 11 as UPnP server (Windows XP/Vis ta) Your computer doe s not share media by default . You will have to install a U PnP media server on your computer to add th is functiona lity. When using M edia Player 11, you can use the built-in UPnP media service of this program. If you enable this opt ion, y[...]

44 | ENGLISH 12.2 Setting up Windo ws Media Playe r 12 as UPnP server (Windows 7/8 /8.1) Windows 7/8/8.1 is usually equipp ed w ith Windows Media Player 12. If strea ming does not succee d directly, you can refer to the help function in Window s Media Player 12. Window s Media Player 12 has an ex tensive help function w hich can be u sed as a guide[...]

45 | ENGLISH 12.4 Playing media throu gh your network (Samba) 1. Use the naviga tion keys to sele ct ‘Mana ger’ and press the ‘OK’ button. 2. Press the ‘Menu ’ button and sele ct the category. If you wa nt to play a vide o file using Samba, se lect ‘Movies’ and press the ‘OK’ button 3. Select ‘Netw ork’ and press the ‘O K?[...]

46 | ENGLISH It is not necessar y to have the media on the sam e device as the control point. Your computer or smar t phone can also act as a control point even if your m edia is stored on another device such as a NAS and is also conne cted within the sam e network. 12.6 Play media through your ne twork using iMediaShare/Fl ipps You can also play m[...]

47 | ENGLISH 13.0 Stream on line media usin g the (web)apps The EM7480/EM7 485 has a fully functional web brow ser with HTML 5 suppor t and fully functional vide o and audio tags. Hint: We recomm end to use the EM3140 Wireless Mini Keyboard with built-in Touchpad and La ser Pointer to control the apps for optim um usability. 1. Use the naviga tion [...]

48 | ENGLISH 3. Select ‘Trans mission’ and pres s the ‘OK’ but ton. Set ‘Tran smission’ to ‘On’ and write down the URL displayed on the screen. 4. press the ‘OK’ bu tton after w hich the ‘Netwo rk’ menu is shown again. 5. If you don’t have the URL any more mentioned in step 3 plea se request the media player’s IP-Addres [...]

49 | ENGLISH Network Info: Using this function , you will be abl e to retrieve more specific netw ork informa tion such as wired and w ireless Mac-Addre sses. This could be of impor tance if your router needs to have this information for security pur poses. Also, the IP-Addr ess will be shown. 1. Use the naviga tion keys to sele ct ‘Setup’ and [...]

50 | ENGLISH 16.0 Frequen tly Asked Quest ions and other related informat ion The latest Freque ntly asked que stions for yo ur product can be found on the supp ort page of your pro duct. Eminent w ill update the se pages frequently to assure you hav e the most recent in formation. Vis it www .eminent-online.co m for more information about your pro[...]

51 | ENGLISH 18.0 Warning and po ints of attention Due to laws, dire ctives and regu lations set out by the Europe an parliamen t, some (wire less) devices could be subjec t to limitations concerning it s use in certain European member states. In certai n European member states the use of su ch devices could be prohibi ted. Contact your (local) gov[...]

52 | ENGLISH 19.0 Warranty conditions The five-year Eminent warr anty applies to all Eminent produc ts, unless men tioned otherw ise before or during the moment of purcha se. After buying a second -hand Eminent produc t the remaining per iod of warr anty is measured from the moment of purchase by the pr oduct’s initial owner. Eminent w arranty ap[...]

53 | ENGLISH 20.0 Declarat ion of Confo rmit y Application of Coun cil Directive s: Manufacturer’s Name: Eminent Type of Equip ment: High Definition M edia Player Equipment Clas s: Commercial, Ligh t Industrial, Co nsumer PRODUCTNU MBER: EM7480/EM74 85 3D Full HD M edia Player Conforms to the following standar ds: EN550 13 ： 2001+A1:200 3+A2:20[...]