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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 1 - MD-270/WL-355 TV Media Player Full Manual[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 2 - User Manua l Revision 1.1 Table o f Contents 1 Key Features ............ ...... ...... ...... ...... ... ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... .... 4 2 Package Contents ........ ...... ...... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 5 3 Product Layout .. ...... ...... ...... ...... ....... .... [...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 3 - Introduction Congratul ations on your purchase of the Si tecom MD-270/WL-35 5 TV Media Pl ayer. The MD-270/ WL-355 TV Media Pl ayer supports pla yback of the most co mmon fil e formats of di git al video, audi o and photo medi a. Attach the m edia pl ayer via stan dard AV or HDM I cables to a standard o r high -defin[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 4 - 1 Key Features The key featu res of MD- 270/WL- 355 TV Medi a Pl ayer include: • HDMI interfac e for di gital au dio and high -definition vid eo. • Composit e interface (RC A, yell ow/whi te/red) for anal ogue AV conn ection. • Video outpu t resoluti on inclu des 480i (u sing the composite i nterface), o r 480p[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 5 - 2 Package Contents Open the packag e caref ully, an d make sure tha t none of the i tems li sted below are missing . Do not discard the packi ng materia ls, in case of return; th e unit m ust be shipp ed back in its orig inal package. The contents of the pac kage of th e MD-270/W L-35 5 TV Media Pl ayer are: • MD-2[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 6 - Ethernet LED Power LED 3 Product Layout Front Panel Item Description USB Port Use this to conn ect exte rnal USB storage to the Media Pl ayer. InfraRed Receiver Point th e Remote Contr ol at th e InfraRed Rec eiver. Ethernet LED The LED li ghts green wh en the MD-2 70 is conne cted to Ethernet. Power LED The LED ligh[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 7 - Power C onnector Ethernet Po rt USB Port Composite Out HDMI Out S/PDIF Out Back Panel Item Description Power Connector Connect th e 12V DC Ad apter to thi s port. Ethernet Po rt Connect a UTP cable to this port. USB Port Use this to conn ect exte rnal USB storage to the Media Pl ayer. Composite Out Use this to conn e[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 8 - Power Home Page Up Scroll Left Back to Prev ious Page Fast Reverse Pause /Play Play Previous File Search OK/Select Scroll Right Page Down Playback Options Stop Play Fast Forward Play Next File View Informat ion Remote Control[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 9 - Button Function or Descripti on Power Turn the MD- 270 on o r off. Home Go to the Hom epage. Menu Arrows Use these to s elect the f ile or menu option you want di splayed. Ok/Select Choo se the opti on/acti on/file that ’s currently hi ghlight ed. Back Return to th e previous m enu page. Option View opti ons for pl[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 10 - 4 Getting Started Before begi nnin g the installa tion, please read th rough the in stallati on procedure described i n this man ual. Installation R equire ments To begin using the MD-2 70/WL-355 TV Media P la yer, you will n eed: • A televisi on set (TV) wi th eit her a HDMI conn ecti on or availabl e AV composit[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 11 - • Composite Video Plug t he yellow pl ug of the video cabl e in to the Video connecto r on the rea r panel of the MD-270/ WL-355 and th e opposite end of the cable i nto the comp osite vi deo in connector on your TV . • HDMI Vide o Plug t he HDMI cabl e into the HDM I connect or on the back pa nel of th e MD- 27[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 12 - Audio Connect ions The MD-270/ WL-355 su pports S/PD IF opti cal digi tal and RCA an alogue connecti ons for the stereo au dio si gnal . Both connections can be used si mul taneousl y. • Analogue Audio (RC A) Plug t he supplied red an d whit e connectors in to the colour-cod ed Audi o connectors on the rear panel [...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 13 - Connect power to the MD-270/WL-355 Connect th e suppli ed 12V 2A DC ada pter to a free wall socket. Connect the other en d to the desig nated port o n the back of the TV M edi a Player. Connect USB storage to the MD-270/WL-355 Connect th e USB mem ory device t o the TV M edia Pl ayer. The TV Medi a Pl ayer automatic[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 14 - Connect Ethernet to the MD-270/WL-355 (Optiona l) The MD-270/ WL-355 i nclu des an Ethernet p ort to c onnect the TV Medi a Pl ayer to a local network in order t o use di gital medi a stored on s ervers connect ed to the network. Conn ect a Cat 5 or hig her certifi ed cable to the desi gnated port on t he TV Media P[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 15 - 5 Navigating the menu Once the TV M edia Pl ayer is connected t o a USB hard disk contai nin g digital media files it a utomaticall y begin s searching for supp orted m edia. The TV Medi a Player can be used whi le it is still scanni ng for content. Tu rn on th e TV and di rect it to the inp ut used for the TV Medi [...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 16 - 6 Playing Videos Select the Video opti on in th e main menu an d scroll down to the video men u option you want. Th e avail able options for video sel ecti on are All Vid eo, By Date (sel ect by date added), Folders (s elect by fol der on the U SB memory d evice), R ecent (sel ect from a li st of recentl y played vi[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 17 - Video Playb ack Optio ns To view the vi deo contr ol i cons, press the Opt ion button on the remot e control unit. Use the left/right navigat ion bu ttons on the remot e control to move the selector and p ress the O K button to select th e functi on you want t o use. Pr ess the Option button aga in to hi de the vi d[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 18 - 7 Playing Music Select the M usic option in th e main menu and scroll down to the music menu opti on you want. Th e avail able options for mu sic sel ection are Al l, Arti sts, Genres, Alb ums, Artist Al bum, By Date (s elect by dat e added), Fo lders (sel ect by folder o n the USB memory devi ce) and Re cent (sel e[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 19 - Music Playback Options During playback of a so ng, you can change th e pl ayback options. Press the Opt ion button on the remot e control, y ou should se e the opti on menu appear on the top of th e page. Press OK to chang e the pl ayback mode. Lo ok for th e playback mode icon on the right of the pl ayback p rogres[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 20 - 8 Showing Photos Select the Phot os opti on i n the main men u and scrol l down to th e photo menu option you want. Th e avail able options for ph oto sel ection are Al l, By Date (sel ect by date added), Fold ers (select by folder on th e USB m emory device), R ecent (sel ect from a list of recentl y shown p hotos)[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 21 - Photo Cont rol Option s To view the ph oto contr ol tool i cons, press the O ption button on th e remote control u nit. Use the lef t/right navi gati on buttons on the remot e control to move the sel ector and p ress th e OK button to sel ect the tool you want to us e. Press the Opt ion button again to hide the phot[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 22 - 9 Network Media Once your TV Media Player is conn ected to you r network, an d you hav e made th e correct netwo rk setti ngs, you can pl ay media files through you r networ k. If you want to sh are media fil es on your compu ter in orde r to let the medi a player play th ese fil es, you have to s etup your computer[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 23 - Play media t hough yo ur network (UPnP) 1. Make sur e the TV Me dia Player is turned on. 2. Use the ar row keys t o navig ate to ‘Netwo rk Medi a’ in the associ ated Menu (V ideos, Music or Photo s) and cl ick OK . 3. In the n ext screen y ou will see ’UPNP’ and ‘S AMBA’. 4. If there i s a UPNP (m edia) [...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 24 - 10 Online content Select the On line opti on in the main menu t o view onli ne photo-al bums placed on Flickr. Before connecti ng to Fl ickr, make su re the network sett ing s of the MD- 270/WL-355 a re properl y config ured. More in formati on on Flickr: www.fli ckr.com . Flickr Settin gs Choose betw een Recent ly [...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 25 - 11 Search Use the Sea rch functi on to locate media fil es on the USB h ard drive. Use th e remote control to go t o any me dia di rectory and press the Search but ton on th e remote control. The avail able Media t ypes for searchi ng are Al l, Photo, Video and Musi c. There are two search m odes to ch oose from: Co[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 26 - 12 Settings Use the Settin gs menu t o change vi ewing an d pla yback options for the MD-270/WL- 355 TV Medi a Pla yer interface. Use th e naviga tion buttons on the remo te control to select System , Networ k, Playb ack, Sli deshow and Audi o/Video menus. System Use the System menus to config ure the general functi[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 27 - View as Thum bnail s: This shows thu mbnail s of cover art fo r Musi c and Vi deos. For photos, a thu mbnail of the actual photo is show n. View as Cove r Flow: Thi s shows thum bnail s in a Cover Fl ow style.[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 28 - Note: In orde r to show t humbn ails correctly, t he following policy is us ed: For music: 1. Display thu mbnail if t here's a JP G picture with the sam e name as th e current t rack. 2. Display folde r.jpg if t here's no album art fr om 1. 3. Display albu m art if t here's embedd ed albu m art in the[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 29 - 1. Go t o www.si tecom.com an d download the lates t firmware up date. 2. Unzip th e firmware pack age. Make su re you see two files: the fi rmware file and a SITECOM-V erInfo.txt. 3. Copy b oth the firmware files to a US B drive’s root fol der. 4. Conn ect the USB d rive t o the HD medi a pl ayer's USB port.[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 30 - Network Use the Netwo rk menu to view the current net work status of the MD-2 70/WL-3 55. You can vi ew the assig ned IP add ress and oth er IP setti ngs. The Network m enu i s also used t o set how the devi ce will obtai n an IP address so that it can fun ction on the l ocal n etwork. If your n etwork has a functi [...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 31 - 7. Use the r emote contr ol to move th e selector to the desired n umeral 0-9, press OK to choose a nu meral and it appears li sted in the spaces pr ovided. Mov e the selector to the right or left arrow butt on on the screen to move t o the next entry space for th e IP addres s. When th e full IP address is ent ered[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 32 - Slideshow Use the sli deshow menu to confi gure the sli deshow setti ngs for photo s. Slideshow De lay Use this sett ing to set how long a p hoto wi ll be di splayed on the sc reen, befo re jumpin g to the next ph oto. The d efault is 3 secon ds. Photo Displ ay Mode Use this sett ing to choose how the p hoto wi ll b[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 33 - Audio/Video Use the Audi o/Vi deo menu to con figure the setting s for the output to your Hom e Entertainm ent System. Aspect Rat io Use this sett ing to set the aspect ratio used on your TV. The d efault setting i s Widescreen. Avai l able options are: • Normal ( 4:3) • Widescreen ( 16:9) Video Output Use this [...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 34 - • Stereo - Recomm ended i f you are using a 2- or 4-speaker entertai nment uni t. • Digit al - Select thi s option if you a re usin g an S/PDIF (opti cal) connection to output surrou nd soun d to your H ome Cin ema receiver.[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 35 - Parts of the firmware of the MD-270/WL-355 T V Media Pl ayer are subject to the GNU gener al public license. A ppendix A : Licensing I nformation This product includes thir d-party software licensed under the te rms of the GNU Gene ral Public License. . You can modify or redi stribute this free software under the te[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 36 - The licenses for most softwar e are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General P ublic License is i ntended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the software i s free for all its users. This General Public License appli es to most of t[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 37 - who wrote it. Thus, it is not the i ntent of this section to claim ri ghts or contest your rights to wor k written entirely by you; rather, the i ntent is to exerci se the right to control the distribution of de rivative or collective works based on the Program. In addition, mere aggregation of another work not base[...]

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    Full Manual MD-270/WL-355 - 38 - 9. The Free Software Foundation may publ ish revised and /or new versions of the Gener al Public License from time to time. Such new ver sions will be similar i n spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new pro blems or concerns. Each versio n is given a distingui shing version number. If [...]