AC Ryan Playon!HD Essential manual

T able of Co ntent s 1. Introduction ................................... ................................................ ....................................... 2 1.1 Preface ......................................... ................................................ ............................... 2 1.2 Pack ing List ...............................[...]

2 / 43 1. Introduction 1.1 Preface Thank you very much f or purchasing our AC R yan ACR-PV7 3100 Pla yon!HD m edia player . We hope you will enjo y using it as a great hom e entertainment dev ice. This p layer has th e following funct ionality . A/V Output • HDMI V1.3 f or high-definition video and digital aud io • Compos ite & component vi[...]

3 / 43 1.2 Packing List Part Quantity Player 1 A/V cable 1 Y/Pb/Pr cable 1 USB cable 1 Remote Contro l 1 Remote Contro l Batter y 2 AC/DC adaptor 1 AC/DC adaptor Power Cor d 1 Quick Ins tall ation G uide 1 User Manual ( printed) 1 HDMI cable 1 (optional) 802.1 1b/g/n W ireless LAN USB ad apter 1 (optional) Note : The actual conte nts in the pack ag[...]

4 / 43 - The design of this pla yer has f ollowed the FCC/C E standard, and has f ollowed t he following rules: (1) This player ma y not cause harmf ul interference; (2) This player could acc ept som e interference rec eived including in terference th at m ay cause undesire d operation. 1.3.4 Repair If the player has a problem , you should take it [...]

5 / 43 perform ance next time it is po wered on. 1.4 Connection 1.4.1 Connecting the Power Supply (1) Follow the p icture and c onnect the A C adaptor to t he player ’s DC IN jack; (2) Follow the p icture and p lug in the A C adaptor to t he power out let. 1.4.2 Connecting to a PC (1) Make s ure the player is powered on; (2) Plug in the s quarish[...]

6 / 43 1.4.3 Connecting a USB D evice (1) Make s ure the player is powered on; (2) Plug in the U SB stick or USB HDD etc. to the USB HO ST port of this player . In this wa y , you can browse c ontents on the USB de vice. 1.4.4 Connecting a Memor y Card Memor y card can be used by inserting to th e card slot (1) Follow the p icture to inser t the me[...]

7 / 43 (2) Follow the p icture and p lug in the 3 col or connector to the TV’s A/V IN jack . In this wa y , you can enjoy the content in the pla yer on TV or other displa y devices. 1.4.5.2 Y/Pb/Pr Compone nt OUT (1) Follow the p icture and p lug in the 3 col or connector to the pla yer ’s Y /Pb/Pr j ack; (2) Follow the p icture and p lug in th[...]

8 / 43 In this wa y , you can have the highest quality vide o and audio via a single ca ble. 1.4.6 Connecting to an Di gital Amplifier (1) Follow the p icture and p lug in the RC A connector o n your coaxi al cable to the player ’s S/PDIF Coaxia l jack. O r if you use optical f iber , ple ase plug in th e T oslink c onnector on your optical fiber[...]

9 / 43 1.4.7 Connecting to a L AN T o connect to a LAN (Local Area Network) you require a cat5, cat5e or cat6 network cable (not supplied). (1) Connect on e of the cr ystal plugs on the cable to t he player ’ s RJ4 5 LAN sock et; (2) Connect the other cr y stal plug on the cable to a RJ 45 LAN p ort on your rou ter , switch, or hub devices. 1.4.8[...]

10 / 43 1.5 Power On / Off Power On After connecting the D C IN jack and press the pow er button on the f ront panel, the pla yer will soon enter the h ome s creen, and the po wer indicator will turn blue. Power Off Press the po wer button on t he front panel, the pla yer will soon e nter standby m ode, and the power indicator will turn red. Then u[...]

11 / 43 Note : This page can be als o accessed via Setu p -> System - > HDD Format m enu. - S tep 2: Select Form at , press ENT ER , and then h ard disk format will start. The form atting procedure will be finished within a few minutes. An d then you can use the hard disk properl y on the player . Note : HDD form at will rem ove all data stor[...]

12 / 43 2. A bout AC Ryan PL A YON !HD 2.1 Remote Control All procedures i n this m anual can be carried out using the remote contro l buttons. See the followin g for detai ls on each button an d its func tion: 1. ST ANDBY 2. MUTE 3. TV S YSTEM 4. BROW SER 5. Numeric butto ns 6. REPEA T 7. FR 8. VOL- 9. FF 10. PLA Y 1 1. HOM E 12. Navigationa l but[...]

13 / 43 5 Numeric butt ons Press to enter n umeric input when changing s ettings. 6 REPE A T Press to set re peat option: One, All, (and S huffle). 7 FR Press to fast r ewind the cur rent pla yback. Press repeatedl y to select speeds. 8 VOL- Press to decr ease the volu me. 9 FF Press to fast f orward the cur rent playback . Press repeatedl y to sel[...]

14 / 43 30 VOL+ Press to increas e the volu me. 31 PREV Press to view th e previous f ile / page up. 32 GOTO Press to jum p to a specific point on a title. Specif y the point using Title, Chap ter and T ime. 33 COPY Press to enter th e file cop y menu. 34 MUSIC Press to start pla ying music in the m usic pla ylist. 35 INFO Press to hide or display [...]

15 / 43 1. Memor y Card slot 2. USB HOST port (A-Ty pe) x 2 3. USB DEVICE port (B-Ty pe)[...]

16 / 43 3. Setup Men u The Setup m enu allows you to personalize and configur e the preferences for you r player. To select a Setu p option: - Select the Setu p icon on th e home sc reen, or press the S ETUP button on t he rem ote control. - Use the LEFT / RIGHT navigational buttons to s elect an option, and then pres s ENT ER . There are f ive Set[...]

17 / 43 will be decreas ed to m ake you m ore comfortable. Digital Output - Choose between HDM I LPCM / HDM I RA W / SPDIF L PCM / SPDIF RA W . In raw m ode, Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG s ound can be b ypassed to the HDMI TV or Digital am plifier . 3.2 Changing Video Settings Use this m enu to configure video s ettings. Aspect Ratio - Pan Scan 4:3 [...]

18 / 43 Use this m enu to configure Ether net and W LAN (W ireless Local Area Net work) settings. Wired LAN Setup - DHCP IP ( AUT O) Select to obtain I P address automatical ly . - FIX IP (MANUAL) Select to m anually input the I P Ad dress, Subnet Mask, Def ault Gatewa y , and DN S Server IP Addr ess. Wireless Setup - Selecting a co nnection pro fi[...]

19 / 43 Choose between Infrastru cture ( AP) and Peer to Pe er (Ad Hoc) . Press ENTER to g o to next step, and pr ess RETU RN to cancel. - Infrastructure ( AP) Infrastruc ture mode is used to connect com puters with wirel ess network adapters, also known as wire less clients, to an ex isting wired net work with the help from wireless router or acce[...]

20 / 43 Encryption k eys can be inputted via th e virtual k eyboard. Press the navig ational buttons to select, ENT ER to input, C APS to switch betwee n uppercas e and lowercase, <- to delete a character , - > to insert a s pace, shift to make more s ymbols available, and OK to conf irm. T est connectio n The testing proc ess will take for a[...]

21 / 43 Press ENTER to go to next s tep, press RET URN to cancel, and press PL A Y to connect. 3.4 Changing System Settings Use this m enu to configure s ystem s ettings. Men u Language - Select to choose t he OSD ( On-Screen Dis play) langua ge. T ext Encoding - Select to set th e text encoding option (subtitle displa y). Login Cont rol - Select t[...]

22 / 43 1) Copy the .ipk files (e.g., btp d_0.0.1_mipsel. ipk, sam ba_3.0.23c_m ipsel.ipk, and unicgi_0.0.1_m ipsel.ipk ) to the root director y of a USB stick, and insert it to the USB HOST port on t he player. 2) Select Install / Upg rade an d press ENTER t o confirm . - Uninstall Select Uninsta ll and press ENTER to conf irm. Note : W hen the pa[...]

23 / 43 Slide Show Timing - Select to set th e interval tim e for photo slide s how . T ransitio n Effect - Select to set th e transition effec t for photo slide sho w . Background M usic - Select to set th e backgroun d music options while vie w pictures: Off / Fold er / Playlist . Screen Saver - Select to turn on / off screen saver . Mov ie Previ[...]

24 / 43 4. Brow ser Menu The browser m enu allows you to browse and play media f iles stored on Rem ovable De vices (USB, Card), HD D, Networ k, UPnP-server, and Pla ylist. To enter the m enu, select the Browser icon on the hom e screen, or press the BROW SER button on th e remote c ontrol. The following buttons can b e used while navigating the br[...]

25 / 43 Music filter ins tead. 4.2 Browsing Music In this m ode, all folders and supported aud io files in curr ent directory wi ll be displayed . The following buttons can b e used to con trol music pla yback. Button Function PLAY Begin pla yback. PAUSE / STEP Pause pla yback. FR / FF Fast rewind or f ast forward. Press repeated ly to select the s[...]

26 / 43 REPE A T Set repeat optio ns: One , All , (and Shuffle ). ZOOM IN / OUT Zoom in / out the image. INFO Hide or displa y the inform ation bar during p layback. STOP Stop playback . Y o u can vie w photos in slid e show m ode with back ground mus ic. When it is ena bled, the slide show starts automaticall y once you press PLA Y button. (Pl eas[...]

27 / 43 4.5 A /V Streaming via Netw ork Y o u can stream the media files shar ed on the hom e network (Ethernet or W LAN). Please refer to ’ 3.3 Changin g Network Settings ’ for details ab out network settings. There are t wo ways to locat e media files share d on your local network in the Netw ork menu. One is to bro wse through wor kgroup; th[...]

28 / 43 - Select Add to open a popu p menu where you can inp ut Label , Net U ser ID , Net Passwo rd , Domai n, Host Name , and Spe cific File S erver IP . Se lect OK to conf irm, Cancel to cance l, and Simp le / Detail to switch between s imple and adv anced options. - Select the shortc ut you add ed and press the ENTER b utton to conf irm. Then y[...]

29 / 43 4.6.1 Installing UPnP Media Server on your PC There’re a lot of free and com mercial UPn P Media Server software, suc h as W indows Media Connect, W indows Media Player 1 1, XBMC Med ia Center (Li nux/Mac/W indows), Med iaT om b (Linux), etc. Pleas e install one of them on you computer . In the following chap ters, we will take W indows M[...]

30 / 43 4.6.2 Streaming M edia on your Pla yer - Connect your p layer to the home net work (LAN or W LAN). - Visit Browse r - > UPnP m enu on the p layer , se lect the UPnP- server , an d press ENT ER . - Then you can browse the media librar y shared by W indows Media Player 1 1. Note : • Make sure your player and your computer are on the sam [...]

31 / 43 Press the UP / DOWN buttons to select from Return , Rename , and Delete . And p r ess ENTER to confirm . 4.8 Managing the Playlist This player supp orts the playlist f unction, which a llows you to add your f avorite contents on local HDD to th e playlists (All, Music , Photos, and M ovies), and enjo y them at any tim e. 4.8.1 A d ding f il[...]

32 / 43 If you wish to delete a file f rom the playlist, press the SELECT button to select, and then press the CONFIRM button to co nfirm.[...]

33 / 43 5. File Cop y Menu Select the File Copy icon fr om the hom e screen to enter the Fil e Copy m enu, which allo ws you to cop y files between R emovable De vices (Card, U SB), HDD, and N etwork . The following buttons can b e used under the file cop y m enu. Button Function UP / DOWN Move cursor up / down to s elect devices, f olders RIGHT Go[...]

34 / 43 6. Internet Radi o This player integr ates the SHO UT cast free Internet radi o function. Sel ect the Intern et Radio icon on the m ain interface t o enter this m enu. Note : • Make sure the player is con nected properl y to a LAN or W LAN with Inter net acces s, please refer to ‘ 3.3 Changi ng Network Settings ’ for more details; •[...]

35 / 43 7. Web Ser ver & BitTorrent 7.1 Web Server (unicgi) A Web ser ver called ‘Neighbor W eb’ has been integrat ed into the pl ayer . - Connect the pl ayer to your home net work (LAN or W LAN). - Get the IP address of the player under SETUP -> N ETWORK m enu. - T y pe the IP address (e.g., 192.168.3.15) in the address bar of Int ernet[...]

36 / 43 - This page allows you to set a password for ac cessing Neig hbor Web. Note : • Password will b ecom e effectiv e when Login Contro l is turned on. ( Please refer to Login Control in chapt er ‘ 3.4 Chan ging System Settings ’ for m ore details) • The default us er name is ‘a dmin’, and the def ault password is ‘123’. 7.3 Vis[...]

37 / 43 - Click Brow se to upload a t orrent file, and c lick Y es to conf irm. 7.4.2 M anaging the dow nloads The BitT orrent Download page also allo ws you to start, stop, d elete torrents, and s et priorities for torrents, as well as view the status of current torrents. - Click Start to b egi n download. - Click Stop to stop do wnload. - Click D[...]

38 / 43 In the BitT orrent Setting pa ge, you can conf igure the follo wing settings. - Set the max imum download rate. - Set the max imum upload rate. - Set the idle hours to start the next download autom atically . - Set the seeding hours. - Set to delete t he finished to rrent files autom atically or n ot. - Set the max imum number of simultaneo[...]

39 / 43 8. Upgrading t he Firmw are The firm ware is the operat ing system (OS) installed on the de vice. Firm ware upgrades can bring new f eatures, improv ements and bug fixes . Please refer to System Update and Ext ension Info in chapter ‘ 3.4 Ch anging Sy stem Settings ’ for m ore details.[...]

40 / 43 9. A ppendixe s 9.1 Specifications I/O INTERFA CES SUPOR TED:  3.5’’ SA T A H DD  USB 2.0 HOST port x 2 (co mpatible to USB 1.1)  Mem ory Card slot (s upports SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)  USB 2.0 DEVICE port ( connecting to PC)  Com posite (CVBS) A/V jac k  Com ponent Y/Pb/Pr jack  HDMI V1.3 interface  S/PDIF c oaxial &[...]

41 / 43 Question 1. When I try to disconnect the U SB device, I k eep on getting “ The device ‘Generic volume ’ cannot b e stopped right no w . Try stopping th e device agai n later .” message, what sho uld I d o? Answer: Close an y program that m ight be accessing data on the player , including W indows ® Explorer . If it does not w ork, [...]

42 / 43 Question 7. Why is there no sound on movie or mu sic playback w hen using Y/Pb/ Pr component o utput? Answer: Y/Pb/Pr output is a video output only, and does no t include sound s ignals. W hen using Y/Pb/Pr output, please p lug the A/V OUT or the S/ PDIF jack to output sound. Question 8. I can not get SSID nam e, the scr een always disp lay[...]

43 / 43 Question 12. Wh ere can I f ind .torrent files f or BitTorrent d ownload? Answer: A lot of torrent s ites can be f ound on the Inter net, such as The Pirate Ba y, Isohunt.com , TorrentPortal.com , Mininova.org, etc. Please take care of the c ontents you’re downloadi ng and their usage, which might ca use cop y rig ht infringem ents and vi[...]