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    EM7280 Eminen t HD Media Player Limited edition[...]

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    2 | ENGLISH EM7280 Eminen t HD Media Player Limited edition Table of contents 1.0 Introduction ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... 3 1.1 Functions and features ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... .. [...]

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    3 | ENGLISH 11.1 Buddy Lin k..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 19 12.0 Dow nloading using the media player ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... 19 12.1 Setting up the NZBget mod ule ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....[...]

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    4 | ENGLISH But that is not all ! You can al so dow nload your favorite media files using the EM7280. The media play er has a built-in NZBget and Torrent module w hich allow s you to down load your media files w ithout using your computer. 1.2 Packing con tents The following par ts need to be pre sent in the packing: • EM7280 HD media player • [...]

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    5 | ENGLISH 2.0 Explanat ion of the remote contr ol 1. On/off: button to turn on or tur n off the EM7280 2. Mute: Sound on /off 3. A udio: Select audio stream 4. GoTo: Used to select a specific timeframe 5. Sub-T: Select subtitle 6. Repeat: Repeat the current file 7. Info: Show s information about the played file 8. Option: Main ly used to select v[...]

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    6 | ENGLISH 3.0 Explanat ion of the con nections 1. Card reader : Used to read/play media files fro m a SD card 2. Power connecti on: Connection for the pow er supply 3. USB host connect ion: Used to conn ect USB devices such as a US B hard disk, USB memory sticks, EM4576 /EM4579 Wireles s USB adapter et c 4. USB 3.0: Used to connect to yo ur compu[...]

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    7 | ENGLISH 5.0 Connecting th e media play er 1. Connect the HDM I cable to the HDM I connection of the EM72 80 and conne ct the other side of the HD MI cable to a free HDM I connection on yo ur television. You can also make use of the co mposite connectio n when using an old er CRT television. 2. If desired, conne c t a network cable to the L AN c[...]

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    8 | ENGLISH 7.1 Formatting the hard drive 1. Use the naviga tion buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK ’ button after which the ‘System men u’ is selected by default. 2. Go to ‘Format’ and pr ess the ‘OK ’ button. 3. Select ‘Internal HDD ’ and pres s the ‘OK’ but ton. 4. Use the steps show n on screen. Hint: If a ?[...]

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    9 | ENGLISH Refer to the man ual of your HD MI receiver to make sure whi c h codecs ar e supported. The steps shown are default settings and are no rmally u s eable for a H DMI receiver. 1. Use the naviga tion buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK ’ button . 2. Select ‘Audio’. 3. If the media player will be used mainly during night[...]

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    10 | ENGLISH such as the EM4 576 or EM4579 to connect the media player w irelessly to your netw ork. During the nex t chapter we will explain how wired netw ork s ettings can be changed and how to setup a wireless conne c tion. 7.4.1 Wired connec tion-A utomaticall y using DHCP 1. Use the naviga tion buttons to go to ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK[...]

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    11 | ENGLISH 6. If your netw ork has been secur ed, you nee d to fill out your netw ork’s security key. If your security key uses one or more capital letters, you nee d to press the ‘Zoo m ’ button on the re m ote control for the Upper Case Alphab et. Press the ‘Zoo m’ button again to switch to the Low er Case Alphabet. 7. Once the key ha[...]

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    12 | ENGLISH 1. Make sure the media player i s completely started. 2. Take the supplied U SB 3.0 cable out of the pac k ing. 3. Connect the US B cable to the US B 3.0 connection of the media play er (blue USB connection). 4. Connect the other s ide of the U SB cable to your c omputer. 5. Your computer w il l automatically r ec ognize and in s tall [...]

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    13 | ENGLISH 8.3 Copying fi l es using ‘File Manager’ The media play er also has it’s own copy function . Using this fun ction, it is possible t o copy from USB dev ices, your ne twork and SD cards to the in t ernal har d disk of the media player. Al s o, it is possible to copy fro m the internal hard disk to USB dev ices, your netw ork and S[...]

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    14 | ENGLISH 4. Select the Blu-R ay ISO you w ant to play and pr ess the ‘OK’ button. 5. The ISO file will start to play. The media player will not be u sing the original BD JAVA menu ’s. Instea d, the EM7280 uses it’s own m enus for audio and s ubtitles. 9.2 DVD playbac k The media play er is able to play D VD files and DVD ISO’s. D VD f[...]

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    15 | ENGLISH subtitles can onl y be used withou t having the sub titles in the MK V itself. You can always put the SRT file into the MKV container using programs like ‘ MKV MERGE’ which you can do w nload from the internet. Ho wever, Eminen t can not suppo rt these program s . 9.6 Playing mus i c and o ther audio files 1. Use the naviga tion ke[...]

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    16 | ENGLISH 10.0 Play ing media through the networ k The media play er is equipped w ith a UPnP and Samba client. Thi s way, the med ia player w i ll be able to strea m media from a UPn P server or Samba s erver throug h your networ k. Windows XP and Vi sta are usually equippe d with W indows Med ia Player. Since Windows Media Player 11 is the lat[...]

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    17 | ENGLISH 9. Click the na me of your media play er. 10. Click ‘Allow’. 11. Click ‘Ok’. 12. Click ‘Ok’. 13. All files in the m edia library of W indow s Media Player w ill be shared w ith your media player fro m now on. The media library will be accessible using the remo te control and scree n of the media playe r. Note: Steps abov e [...]

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    18 | ENGLISH Note: Although U PnP is easy to use, it has som e f laws. If your video files are not recogniz ed or you want to play DVD’ s or video files with separate sub t itles files, it is recomm ended to make use of Samba, also known as shared folders . 10.4 Playing media throu gh your net work (Samba) 1. Use the naviga tion keys to sele ct ?[...]

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    19 | ENGLISH It is not necessar y to have the media on the sam e device as the c ontrol point. Your com puter or smart phone can also a ct as a control point even i f your media is stored on anothe r device such as a NAS and i s also conne cted within the sam e network. 11.0 Stream on l ine media us ing the (web)apps The media play er has the po ss[...]

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    20 | ENGLISH 1. Make sure you know your media playe r’s IP-Address. Thi s IP-Address can be found in the lower left par t of the m ain menu. 2. Open your co mputer’s we b browser. 3. Fill out the IP-add ress of the EM 7280 using the web br owsers addre ss bar following :8080 . For exa mple: http://192.168.1 .25:8080 or http://192.168.1.25:80 66[...]

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    21 | ENGLISH 6. Fill in the IP-add ress of the EM 7280 using the w eb browsers address bar following :9090. For ex am ple: http://192.168 .1.25:9090 7. Click ‘Open’. 8. Then click ‘Brow s e’ and brow s e to your torren t file. 9. Double-click the torrent file you w ant t o use. 10. Click ‘Upload’ after which the torr ent file will be tr[...]

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    22 | ENGLISH Using this function , you will be abl e to retrieve the c urrent fir mware version. This can be hand y since firmw are upgrad es can become availab le. Before up grading, you need to know which firmware is already in use. 1. Use the naviga tion keys to sele ct ‘Setup’ and press the ‘OK’ bu t ton. 2. Select ‘Misc’. 3. Select[...]

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    23 | ENGLISH 14.0 Frequen tly Asked Quest i ons and other related info rmation The latest Freque ntly asked que stions for yo ur product can be found on the support page of your pro duct. Eminent w il l update the se pages frequently to assure you hav e the most recent in f ormation. Vis it www .em inent-online.co m for more infor mation about your[...]

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    24 | ENGLISH could be prohibi ted. Contact your (local) gove rnment for mor e inform ation about this limitation s . Always follow up the instructions in the manua l, especially w here it concerns devices which need to be a ssembled. Warning: In most cases this con c erns an ele ctronic devi ce. Wrong/impr oper use may lead to (severe ) injuries ! [...]

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    25 | ENGLISH 17.0 Warranty conditions The five-year Eminent warr anty applies to all Em inent produc t s unless mentioned otherw ise before or during the moment of purcha s e. When having bough t a second- hand Eminent prod uct the re m aining period of w arranty is measured from the moment of purchase by the product’s fir st ow ner. The Eminent [...]