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    P opcorn Hour C -300 U s er M a n ua l[...]

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    T able of Cont ents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3 2. P ackage Cont ents ....................................................................................................... 3 3. Safety Notes .......................................................[...]

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    11.2 View Mode ......................................................................................................................... 38 11.3 File Manager ..................................................................................................................... 40 12. Movie Meta Data ...................................................[...]

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    3 ww w .popcornhour .com Popcor n Hour C- 30 0 NM J (H DD no t in cl uded ) HD MI ca bl e Po we r Cord SA TA Ca bl e SIZE AAA 1.5V SI Z E AAA 1.5V 2x AA A ba tt erie s RF An tenn a Scre ws Re mote co nt ro l ENTER 1. Intr oducon Thank you for purchasing the Popcorn Hour C-300 Network Media Juke- box. Powered by Syabas T echnology , the Popcorn H[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 4 All Rights Reser ved © 3. Saf ety Not es Read these oper ating instructions carefully bef ore using the unit. F ollow the safety instructions on the unit and the applicable safety instructions listed below . Keep these oper ating instructions hand y for future r efer ence. 1) K eep these instructions. 2) Heed[...]

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    5 ww w .popcornhour .com 4. T echnic al Specica ons Hardware Specication CPU Sigma Designs SMP8647, 800MHz CPU w/ L2 Cache Memory 512MB DDR2 DRAM, 256MB NAND Flash A V Outputs HDMI v1.3a, Component Video, Composite V ideo, Stereo Analog Audio, Digital Optical, Digital Coaxial Interface 4 x Host USB 2.0 (Front and Back) 2 x internal SA T A [...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 6 All Rights Reser ved © 5. Geng St arted 5.1 P opcorn Hour C-300 Ov erview Ri ng ligh t co lo rS ta tu s Whit e Ac ti ve Am be r Vi de o OF F Re d Standb y OF F (n o ligh t) Po we r OF F IR Sensor TFT In fo Display USB 2.0 Host Removable 3.5” Hard Disk Bay BD ROM Ba y RF Antenna 100~240 V, 50~60 Hz, max 2[...]

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    7 ww w .popcornhour .com 100~240 V, 50~60 Hz, max 2.5A U L C US LISTED OPTICAL COAX S/PDIF S-VIDEO ETHERNET USB 2.0 COMPONENT VIDEO POWER AUDIO OUT CVBS RL Y LNK ACT Pb Pr Networked Media Tank Model No.: C-200 Input : 100~240 V, 50~60 Hz, max 2.5A Typical Power : 13W Maximum Power : 70W Designed and developed by Syabas Technology in US and Malaysia[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 8 All Rights Reser ved © 100~240 V, 50~60 Hz, max 2.5A U L C US LISTED OPTICAL COAX S/PDIF S-VIDEO ETHERNET USB 2.0 COMPONENT VIDEO POWER AUDIO OUT CVBS RL Y LNK ACT Pb Pr Networked Media Tank Model No.: C-200 Input : 100~240 V, 50~60 Hz, max 2.5A Typical Power : 13W Maximum Power : 70W Designed and developed b[...]

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    9 ww w .popcornhour .com 100~240 V, 50~60 Hz, max 2.5A U L C US LISTED OPTICAL COAX S/PDIF S-VIDEO ETHERNET USB 2.0 COMPONENT VIDEO POWER AUDIO OUT CVBS RL Y LNK ACT Pb Pr Networked Media Tank Model No.: C-200 Input : 100~240 V, 50~60 Hz, max 2.5A Typical Power : 13W Maximum Power : 70W Designed and developed by Syabas Technology in US and Malaysia[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 10 All Rights Reser ved © 6. R emot e Con tr ol POWER Press once t o toggle the standb y mode for the de vice EJECT Ejects optical disc from disc dri ve if connected RED / VIDEO Conte xt sensitiv e; refer to the legend on the bottom of the user interf ace GREEN / MUSIC Conte xt sensitiv e; refer to the legend o[...]

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    11 ww w .popcornhour .com ENTER    INFO Bring up meta-data of selected media  STOP Stop media pla ying back A-B / HOME Press HOME t o return t o home menu In app, press t o [...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 12 All Rights Reser ved © REPEA T Repeat the curr ent media pla yback MUTE Mute audio TIME SEEK   MENU Bring up DVD or BD menu during pla y- back Opens menu in NMJ T[...]

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    13 ww w .popcornhour .com 7. Intr oducon to Home menu The HOME screen is the main hub f or accessing content fr om a local source (USB or int ernal hard dri ve), a netw ork shar e or from the apps mar ket. Y ou can also view the current time and w eather . W eather F orecast Know the weather without lea ving the comfort of your couch. Time and D[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 14 All Rights Reser ved © 8. Quick Setup Wiz ard Setting up your P opcorn Hour C-300 using the setup wizard is vital for pr oper operation of the media play er . F or adv ance users, you ma y skip to Chapter 9. Using your r emote control, na vigate t o the Setup Wizard icon and press ENTER . Choose y our desire[...]

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    15 ww w .popcornhour .com Choose y our network connection type accor ding to y our setup and press the GREEN button to con- tinue. 1) Wired (Ethernet cable) 2) Wireless (optional wir eless dongle needed) F or wireless connection onl y: Select your SSID listed and pr oceed.[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 16 All Rights Reser ved © F or wireless connection onl y: Enter your Wi-Fi passw or d for y our r outer . F or wireless connection onl y: If your passw ord is wr ong, an error message will be displa yed. Please check your pass wor d and re-ent er it.[...]

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    17 ww w .popcornhour .com Re view y our IP settings and press the GREEN butt on to continue. Optional: If you do not ha ve a pro xy serv er on y our network, y ou may proceed t o next st ep.[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 18 All Rights Reser ved © V erify your Internet and netw ork connection. If y ou recei ved the congratulations pr ompt, your net- work setup is complet e. Otherwise, please press the RETURN butt on to go back and check y our settings again. Choose y our time-zone and day light sa vings setting. This will affect[...]

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    19 ww w .popcornhour .com    [...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 20 All Rights Reser ved © 9. Setup Ad v anced settings such as video/audio output, color-space, subtitle languages, and parental controls can be setup here. Tips: If you have complet ed the setup wizard st eps, the corr esponding settings can be found and updat e here.[...]

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    21 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.1 Pre f erences Devic e Name A unique name to identify y our device on y our network. Only applicable if you inst all NMT apps Sy stem Language Display language f or the user interf ace Subtitle Language Default subtitle tr ack for video pla yback Photo T ransition T ransition setting for photo slidesho ws Photo Int erv [...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 22 All Rights Reser ved © 9.2 Audio HDMI A udio ON Enable audio signal output from HDMI cable connection OFF Disable audio signal output from HDMI cable connection A udio Codec Adjust how the media pla y er handles each audio codec to mat ch your ent ertainment syst em ’s capabili - ties. Only select P assthr[...]

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    23 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.3 Video Video Output     [...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 24 All Rights Reser ved © Video Zoom Setup how y ou like the media pla yer to handle y our video zoom lev el. Actual Size Disable video zooming. Fit to scr een ?[...]

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    25 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.4 Netw ork (Congur e IP) Mac Addr ess Y our unique NIC MAC addr ess. This is needed when eng aging support services or trouble shooting. Mode Wired Select this if your media pla y er is connected to the r outer via an ethernet cable. Wireless Select this if a wireless dong le is inserted and y ou ha ve a wir e- less n[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 26 All Rights Reser ved © 9.5 Netw ork Share Add Shar e Manually add a netw ork shar e on y our PC, MAC or netw ork attached stor age (NAS). If y ou frequently access a network shar e, it’s r ecommended that you add it so it will al way s appear at the top of y our network de vices list. Bro wse Share ?[...]

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    27 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.5.1 Add Share Prot ocol Samba Windows comput ers and most NA S devices uses Samba b y de- fault. It can also be used on MAC and linux based devices. NFS The NFS prot ocol offers f aster netw ork tr ansfer speeds how ev er not ev ery device supports it. Please ref er to y our devices’ net- work shar e settings. NFS T CP[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 28 All Rights Reser ved © 9.5.2 Brow se Share Under Network Br ow ser , select the workgr oup and then the device y ou w ant to access. Select the folder y ou would lik e to add.[...]

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    29 ww w .popcornhour .com The prot ocol, IP/host name and share f older information is aut omatically added f or y ou. If requir ed, you can add a username and pass wor d at this stage and then sa ve this shar e. 9.5.3 Edit Shar e Choose the share f older that y ou want t o edit or remo v e[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 30 All Rights Reser ved © 9.6 P ar ent al Contr ol Setup Lock OFF Default ON Lock the setup page to pr ev ent unauthorized changes to y our settings. The Default password is 4896. File Lock OFF Default ON   [...]

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    31 ww w .popcornhour .com Change P assw ord      ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 32 All Rights Reser ved © 9.8 Maint enance Firm w are Updat e      ?[...]

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    33 ww w .popcornhour .com 9.8.1 Firmw are Upda te IMPOR T ANT : Please restart y our device b y r emoving the pow er cor d from the w all outlet or pow er   ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 34 All Rights Reser ved © 10. Apps Mark e t Get access to the S y abas Apps mark et wher e you can get fr ee and premium apps for y our TV . Access instant video on demand services, online radio, social netw orking, games and much mor e. The apps mark et is updated fr equently so check back t o expand y our mul[...]

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    35 ww w .popcornhour .com Install by pr essing ENTER on y our remot e or exit b y press the INF O button. The installed apps will appear in the My Apps category . Tips: T o uninstall an y app, press the INFO butt on on your remote.[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 36 All Rights Reser ved © 10.1 Login to App s Mark et Login to the Apps Mark et to pur chase premium apps or access a pri vate st ore pr o vided by y our con- tent pr ovider . 1. On the left navig ation pane, choose LOGIN . 2. If you alr eady hav e an account , please enter y our email address and passw ord. 3.[...]

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    37 ww w .popcornhour .com 11. File Br owser      ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 38 All Rights Reser ved © 11.2 View Mode View Mode This will allow y ou to switch betw een list view and thumnail view . Listing   Thumbnail This view di[...]

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    39 ww w .popcornhour .com File Listing Info None   Au to A utomatically displa ys dat e or size when using the sort op- tions Size Onl y  ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 40 All Rights Reser ved © 11.3 File Manager       ?[...]

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    41 ww w .popcornhour .com 12. Movie Met a Dat a One of the main featur es of the P opcorn Hour C-300 is the ability to download and manage mo vie   ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 42 All Rights Reser ved © 12.1 Movie Inf o Pag e W alk -thr ough Press the INF O button on y our remot e to bring up the mo vie info page. 1. Movie F an-Art 2. Movie P oster or thumbnail 3. 4 options are a vailable here. Synopsis Movie s ynopsis giv es you an ov erview of the movie. Including parental r atings,[...]

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    43 ww w .popcornhour .com 12.2 Download Movie Thumbnail and Me ta-Da ta      [...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 44 All Rights Reser ved © Navig ate to the Do wnload option on the bottom right and press ENTER on y our remote.     [...]

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    45 ww w .popcornhour .com 12.3 E dit or Updat e Movie Informa on   ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 46 All Rights Reser ved © Change info Under the Change info section, select the correct title f or y our video. Y ou can press INFO on y our re- mote to see the s ynopsis befor e selecting that particular entry . Change fanart Under the Change fanart section you can select fr om a number of photos that can be u[...]

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    47 ww w .popcornhour .com Change poster In the Change poster section y ou can choose the mo vie poster y ou would lik e to use. Afterw ards, r emember to download the data that wa y the changes y ou selected will al wa ys be used when y ou press the INF O button on y our video. Tips: In order to do wnload meta-data, you must c onnect your Popc orn [...]

  • Page 49

    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 48 All Rights Reser ved © 12.4 Download Subtles On the movie inf o page, na vigate t o the F etch online subtitle option and press ENTER on y our re- mote. A list of results will come up. Choose the subtitle that best matches y our movie.[...]

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    49 ww w .popcornhour .com If you need t o get subtitles in a differ ent language than y our default, press the GREEN button on y our      ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 50 All Rights Reser ved © 13. Netw ork ed Media Juk ebo x Inter ested in downloading inf ormation for all y our movies and TV shows in one go? Do y ou w ant to brow se y our video collection based on the movie post er? With the Network Media Juk ebox you can! Without the need of additional PC softwar e, the P o[...]

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    51 ww w .popcornhour .com 13.1 Conguring NMJ The Network Media Juk ebox, or NMJ, softwar e wor ks by cr eating a database for your stor age device. This databse contains all the info, posters and f anart f or your entir e mo vie and TV show libr ary as well as any other media y ou scan in.  ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 52 All Rights Reser ved ©  Scan Entire F older NMJ will automaticall y scan the entire folder for support ed media and add it to the NMJ database.   Allows y ou to spec[...]

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    53 ww w .popcornhour .com      will be[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 54 All Rights Reser ved ©      ?[...]

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    55 ww w .popcornhour .com While your database is being cr eated, y ou can view the onscreen NMJ help guide and learn valuable information f or organizing y our media library , navig ating inside the NMJ softwar e and pla ying back your media.[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 56 All Rights Reser ved © 13.2 Na vig ang in NMJ Press the MENU butt on on your r emote t o bring up the NMJ menu. This will help you na vigate and sort your cont ent in the NMJ softw are. MO VIES By Mo vie This will displa y all of your movies By TV Series This will displa y all of y our TV shows By Genr e [...]

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    57 ww w .popcornhour .com MUSIC By Album This will display all y our music by album By Pla ylist Display s a list of pla ylists in y our NMJ database By Song Display s music tr acks alphabeticall y in a list By Genr e Display s albums based on Genre By Artist Display s a list of artists, once selected their albums are displa yed By Y ear Display s [...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 58 All Rights Reser ved © PHO T O By Dat e Display s a list of y ears, once selected all photos taken in that y ear are dispaly ed By Album Display s a list of albums, once selected all phot os in that album are displa y ed (photo albums ar e folders) Slide show setting  ?[...]

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    59 ww w .popcornhour .com NMJ Media Menu T o bring up the Media Menu, simply pr ess LEFT on the D-pad. Video Switch t o the video section of NMJ Music Switch t o the music section of NMJ Photo Switch t o the photo section of NMJ Jukebo x Manager Launch the Network Media Juk ebox Manager File bro wser [...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 60 All Rights Reser ved © 13.3 Updang NMJ In f ormaon     ?[...]

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    61 ww w .popcornhour .com In this ex ample we r emov ed the subtitle and tried to simplify the search mor e. Once you ar e done typing in the title of the video, navigate down t o the search icon and pr ess ENTER on your r emote.[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 62 All Rights Reser ved © Depending on the movie title, multiple r esult ma y be shown. Choose the correct r esult and press EN- TER on remot e. The new poster , fanart and meta-data will be downloaded and y our database will be updated.[...]

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    63 ww w .popcornhour .com 13.4 Netw ork ed Media Juk ebo x Manager  Add additional directories f or the NMJ to moni- tor and add to the NMJ database Scan All   monitor ed folde[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 64 All Rights Reser ved © Scan Option A uto do wnload fanart Enable or disable automatic download of fanart f or videos Scan Language   data in (if not av ailable, will default to English) Add[...]

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    65 ww w .popcornhour .com 14. NMT Apps NMT Apps turn your P opcorn Hour C-300 into a network attached stor age device, T orrent Client and UseNet Client. An internal hard dri v e or ext ernal stor age device is r equired t o install the NMT apps.   ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 66 All Rights Reser ved © 14.1 Inst alling the NMT Applic aons In the Setup menu, select Maintenance and then NMT Setup Wizar d . Tips: The option is only visible if you have a stor age device installed. Select the Fr esh Setup option and press the GREEN button the remot e to pr oceed.[...]

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    67 ww w .popcornhour .com Select the stor age device that y ou w ant to install the NMT applications on. Please note that y ou can install the NMT applications on a external USB de vice, howe v er it will need to r emain attached for the NMT applications to wor k, Once you ha ve selected the st orage de vice press the GREEN butt on on the remot e t[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 68 All Rights Reser ved ©    ?[...]

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    69 ww w .popcornhour .com The formatting and installation pr ocess then begins. Depending on the size of y our stor age devices, it may tak e sever al minutes t o complete. Once the NMT applications are installed, the P opcorn Hour C-300 will restart. Once the NMT applications are installed, y ou see a new option in the Setup menu titled NMT Applic[...]

  • Page 71

    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 70 All Rights Reser ved © 14.2 Using the FTP Server     ?[...]

  • Page 72

    71 ww w .popcornhour .com 14.4 Using T orren t Client    ?[...]

  • Page 73

    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 72 All Rights Reser ved © 14.5 Using Usenet Clien t  ?[...]

  • Page 74

    73 ww w .popcornhour .com 14.5.1 Seng up NZBGET    .nzbget  ?[...]

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    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 74 All Rights Reser ved © 14.5.2 Accessing NZBGET client T o access the NZBget client , type the following int o the address bar of y our computer’s web bro wser: http://NMT -IP:8066 Where NMT -IP is the IP address or host name of your P ocporn Hour C-300. F or ex ample; 192.168.1.101 or A300. T o log in, use[...]

  • Page 76

    75 ww w .popcornhour .com    Choose ... button and br owsing t o the  Next, click the Upload File button and begin the download. ?[...]

  • Page 77

    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 76 All Rights Reser ved © 15. Upda ng rmw ar e     [...]

  • Page 78

    77 ww w .popcornhour .com Manual Update:      Maintenanc e section in Setup. Navig ate to Setup -> Maint enance -> Firmw are Update and press ENTER on the r emote. Choose th[...]

  • Page 79

    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 78 All Rights Reser ved ©       ?[...]

  • Page 80

    79 ww w .popcornhour .com 16. BD-R om Inst alla on IR OPTICAL COAX S/PDIF S-VIDEO ETHERNET USB 2.0 COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUT CVBS RL Y LNK ACT Pb Pr RoHS SA TA SA TA 1 SA TA 2 Step 1: Remove the back screw and remove the top cove r. Step 2: Slot in the BD rom by removing the cover on the HDD rack . Step 3: Secure the BD -rom by screwing at the s[...]

  • Page 81

    P opcorn H our C-300 U s er Ma n ual 80 All Rights Reser ved © 17. T roubleshoong My P opcorn Hour C-300 doesn ’t start – no red LED on the pla y er . Please check that the power cor d is plugged in and the pow er-lead is inserted full y into the pow er terminal. P opcorn Hour C-300 stuck on the splash screen Unplug the play er for a few mi[...]