Plextor PX-MX1000WL manual

1 of 63 PX-MXxxxL User s Guide[...]

2 of 63 Table of Content s Before You Start 4 What’s in the box 4 Puttin g the batt eries in th e remote control 5 Front Panel 6 Rear Panel 7 Getting Connected 8 1.0 Connecting to TV 8 1.1 HDMI 8 1.2 SCART 8 1.3 A/V (Composite Video & 2c h Audio) 9 1.4 Component Video & 2ch Audio 9 2.0 Connecting to AV Input with an AV device 10 2.1 SCART[...]

3 of 63 Editing 34 1.0 Editing recorde d content stor ed in REC List section 34 2.0 Delete 34 3.0 Rename 35 4.0 Sorting 35 5.0 Title Edit 36 6.0 AB Erase 37 7.0 Split Title 37 8.0 Title Merge 38 9.0 Add Chapter Mark 38 10.0 Remove Chapter Mark 38 11.0 Copy to FAT 32 par tition 39 12.0 Tools 40 13.0 Editing AV files stored in FAT 32 41 Time Shif t 4[...]

4 of 63 Before You Start What’s in the box Congratulations on pu rchasing your PleXtor Media X home media centre. Please confir m that the following access ories are in the box when y ou open it.[...]

5 of 63 Putting the batteries in the remote control 1. Open the battery cover 2. Insert two AAA/R03 batteries follow the +, – indications inside compartment 3. Close Cov er Incorrect use of batte ries can result in hazards suc h as leakage and bursting. P lease observe the followi ng: • Don’t mix new and old batteries together. • Don’t u [...]

6 of 63 Front Panel Power LED Area that receives signal from remote control Guide To display Guide Menu Arrow Butt on’s To navigate ◄►▲▼ Ok / Enter To execut e a selected function Power O n / Stand-by Record LED[...]

7 of 63 Rear Pa nel 1. EXT. IR For extension IR cable 2. DV I n Digital input jac k for digital camcorders 3. USB HOST USB input for external HDD or USB memory sti ck 4. USB PC To connect your Plextor Medi aX to your PC and trans fer or play file s as an external HDD 5. LAN To connect to your Local Area Ne twork 6. HDMI OUT To connect to the HDMI i[...]

8 of 63 Getting Co nnected 1.0 Connecting to TV 1.1 HDMI 1.2 SCART HDMI Cable Note: Some HDMI TV’s do not support interlaced sig nal (567i/480 i) which is the default video out put setting of your PleXtor M ediaX. Plea se press the TV system button on your P leXtor MediaX remote control in order to get the right signal when you connect t o a TV w[...]

9 of 63 1.3 A/V (Composite Video & 2ch Audio) 1.4 Component Video & 2ch Audio[...]

10 of 63 2.0 Connecting to AV Inpu t with an AV dev ice (Sat ellit e, Digi tal Te rrest rial or Cable Set Top B ox, VCR etc) 2.1 SCART Input 2.2 AV Input (Composite Video& 2ch Audio)[...]

11 of 63 3.0 Connecting to a Digital Amplifier 3.1 Coaxial Audio Out 3.2 Optical Audio out[...]

12 of 63 4.0 Connecting to a Com puter 5.0 Connecting to USB ext ernal HDD or USB memory Please connect your PleX tor MediaX to USB 2.0 port in or der to get the high speed (up to 480Mps) file transfer. Your PleXtor MediaX will onl y work at USB 1.1 if connect ed to a USB 1.1 p ort on y our com p ute r[...]

13 of 63 6.0 Connecting to a Cam corder 7.0 Connecting to Local Ar ea Network (LAN) 8.0 Power Connectio n Camcorder[...]

14 of 63 Remote Control POWE R . To turn On or Of f from standb y mode Toggles between TV & PleX tor MediaX When TV is connected with Scart cab le Numeric ( 0-9 ) Select or t yp e numbe r GOTO To g o back or forward to a s p ecific p oint MUTE To turn off sound PREV / NEXT Jum p to cha p te r SCAN FWD / REV Fast forward o r rewind REC Start rec[...]

15 of 63 Initia l Settin gs When you switch on your PleXtor MediaX fo r the first time you can set your language, Time and Local Area Netw ork (LAN) 1.0 Language The following on screen display will show up 2.0 Date & Time Set the current date and time Select your language by pressing ▲▼ buttons then Enter to execute Set date & time by [...]

16 of 63 3.0 LAN (Local Area Network) Select CANCEL if you do not have a network available or if you want to set it up later Select DHCP IP (Auto) or FIX IP (Manual) Acco rding to your IP stat us by press ing ▲▼ button then p ress Enter to execute. If you select DHCP IP (Auto) The IP address will be set ac cording to DHCP in your network. If yo[...]

17 of 63 Format your Hard Disc Drive When you format your hard disc, you are given two options Auto format or Manual format. If you choose Auto format your PleXtor MediaX will format the hard disc to its default settings, if you choos e Manual format you can choose the amount of hard disc spac e given to each partition. For your understanding, belo[...]

18 of 63 In order to enjoy your PleXtor MediaX fully, it is important that you understand what formatting the hard disc means . Below is some further info rmat ion. Re-formatting th e hard disc at a later date will overwrite a ll your files and folders (you will lo se all your d ata) so if you re- format at a later date please b ack up your files f[...]

19 of 63 After the initial setup the format screen appears[...]

20 of 63 1.0 Auto Format If you select Auto this screen appears Your PleX tor Medi aX will form at the HDD. When it has finished this screen will appear Please scroll down to pa ge 23 (Guide Menu Section) Press ► button to select format then press E nter to execute Select OK by pressing the Enter button[...]

21 of 63 2.0 Manual Format If you select Manual, this screen appears Time Sh ift Bu ffer Capac ity Recording & Mu ltimedia disc Capacity Multimedia Section Press ▲▼ buttons to set from 1 hour to 4 hours Press ► button to select Next then press En ter Press ▲▼ button s to se lect the capacity of Recording & Multim edia, the m inimu[...]

22 of 63 Start Format Your PleX tor Medi aX will form at the HDD. When it has finished this screen will appear Congratulations you h ave now manuall y formatted your Pl eXtor MediaX PleXtor MediaX Supported AV File Format Your PleXtor Me diaX can playback the following AV f ile types • HD Video: M PEG2 HD Video (M2ts, ts, tp), HD DivX (avi), HD X[...]

23 of 63 Guide Menu The Guide Menu is the front page of your PleXtor MediaX and you can return to this screen from anywhere within your PleXtor MediaX by simply pressing the Guide button on your remote control, or pressing the touch sensitive Home button on the front of your PleXtor MediaX. Browser In this area you can play and edit medi a files st[...]

24 of 63 Getting Me dia Files o nto Your Pl eXtor MediaX There are various ways of getting your me dia files on to your PleXtor MediaX 1.0 As an external HDD Connecting your PleXtor MediaX to PC through USB target port Before you connect your PleXtor MediaX to your computer, it is recommended that you stop all functions and turn the power off. 1. C[...]

25 of 63 5. Once you have finished transferring your files and are finished on the computer, please turn off your PleX tor MediaX po wer and turn it on again after you have connected to your TV. You can connect the USB cable while yo ur PleXtor MediaX is running. The following OSD will appear on your TV When your PleXtor MediaX goes into USB mode t[...]

26 of 63 Curser will jump back to the Source table so you can choose which file or files you want to copy. Once you have highlighted your selection press the ► button to jump to the Destination table Once you have selected the Destination Press the ► button to execute the copy A confor mation window will a ppear. Select OK t o start copy or NO [...]

27 of 63 Recording to Your PleXtor MediaX You can record Au dio Visual (AV) co ntent from a variety of de vices such as, TV, Set Top Box, Camcor der, DVD Player and VC R. The default area for storing your recorded titl es is in the REC List section, but if you have an attache d USB drive y ou can choose to store your AV titles there ( go to Setup, [...]

28 of 63 1.0 Basic Recording Press the Source button on the remote control (each time you press the Source button your PleXtor MediaX will toggle throug h SCART and Video1). Each source is shown on the top right hand of the screen (for 2 seconds) Once you have chosen the source you want to record from. Press REC to start recording (recording indica[...]

29 of 63 Press the PAUSE button if you want to pause the recording. Press the PAUSE button a gain to recommence recor ding. Press STOP button to stop recording[...]

30 of 63 2.0 Recording from TV You may record a nd enjoy time shift directly from TV. These functions are only available from a TV that offers an AV output function through SCART. Connect SCART cable from TV to your Pl eXtor MediaX EURO AV OUT (TV) socket If Audio or Video is distorted it is like ly that you r TV does not support the AV out functio[...]

31 of 63 3.0 OTR (One Touch Recording) During basic recording you can set a recording time. Pressing the REC toggles the recording time, each time you press, th e recor ding tim e will change 30 min, 60 min, 90 min, 120 min, 180 min, 240 min and off. 4.0 Simultaneous recording and Playback While recordin g, you can pla yback recorded content of mos[...]

32 of 63 5.0 Recording from Digital Camcorder You can record from a Digital Camcorder and playback using your PleXtor Med iaX remote control (when connected to the DV input). 1. Connect yo ur digital camc order to th e D V input of your PleXtor MediaX 2. Power up the camcorder. 3. Press the DV butto n on yo ur PleX tor Med iaX remo te con trol. 4. [...]

33 of 63 6.0 How to see the reco rded conten ts Playing Back from Your PleXtor MediaX HDD By default everything you record w ill be st ored on your PleXtor MediaX hard drive. You can find the recorded content by going t o REC List on t he Guide menu. 1. Press Guide button on remote cont rol 2. Press ► to REC List, press enter 3. In REC List you w[...]

34 of 63 Editing 1.0 Editing recorded content stored in REC List section 2.0 Delete Press ◄► until Delete is highlighted in the top bar Press ▲▼ until the title you want to delete is highlighted Press Enter Enter REC List se ction If you want to delete Use ▲▼ buttons to select OK Then press Enter to exe cute If you do not want to delete[...]

35 of 63 3.0 Rename Press ◄► until Rename is highlight ed in the top bar Press ▲▼ until the title you want to rename is highlighted Press Enter The Virtual Keyboard will show up 4.0 Sorting You can sort the re corded titles based on Title Number, Recording Time, Title Name and Fresh title. Press ◄► until Sorting is highlighte d in the t[...]

36 of 63 5.0 Title Edit You can edit each recorded title in various ways. Press ◄► until Title Edit is highlighted Press ▲▼ until the title you want to edit is highlighted Press Enter • Retu rn: Go back wi thou t ed iti ng th e ti tle • Set Thumbnail You may have noticed that your re corded ti tles in the list have a little picture, thi[...]

37 of 63 6.0 AB Erase Here you can delete a part of you recording (cut out the parts you don’t want). SET A SET B 1. Choose the starting point at which you wa nt to start erasing from by pressing Enter button on SET A while watchi ng the title (or by pressing Play, ►► ◄◄ and Pause until you find the point at which you want to start erasin[...]

38 of 63 8.0 Title Merge Here you can merge a title wi th the title below it in the list 1. Before you bring up the T itle Edit menu, select the title you want to merge with the title below it 2. Make sure Title Edit is h ighlighted in the top bar and press Ente r 3. Press ▲▼ to select Merge Tit le and pr ess En ter 4. Press ▲▼ to Confirm o[...]

39 of 63 11.0 Copy to FAT 32 partition Here you can save your recorded titl es to the FAT 32 partition of your PleXtor MediaX. They will be saved as MPG files. Once the files are in FAT 32 pa rtition and you connect your PleXto r MediaX to your PC, you can manipulat e these files as you would any file on your PC (make a CD or DVD etc). 1. Select th[...]

40 of 63 12.0 Tools Here you can delete all the titles in your R EC List Press ◄► buttons until Tools is highlighted in the top bar, then press Enter Press Enter to return without deleting Pres s ▼ button to sele ct Delete All Titles then press Enter to delet e. A Confirmation window will appear Select Return to cancel delete or OK to confirm[...]

41 of 63 13.0 Editi ng AV files st ored in FAT 32 You can edit your AV files stored on your Pl eXtor Me diaX hard d rive, ex ternal USB hard drive and USB memory (F AT 32 file system only). 1. In the Browser section, select the type of AV file you want to edit Music, Movies and Photos by pre ssing ◄► button. . 2. Select the device where the req[...]

42 of 63 4. Highlight the file you want to edit by pressing ◄► buttons, then press EDIT on you remote control. • Retur n :Go back wi thou t editi ng • Rename: Change file name The Virtual Keyboard will show up • Delete: Delete highlighted file Select letters& nu mbers by pressing ◄►▲▼ buttons. When a number or letter is highli[...]

43 of 63 Time Shift When a Set Top box (Terrestrial, Sate llite or Cable) is connected to the AV input on your PleXtor MediaX, you can e njoy the Time Shift function. 1. Press th e Sourc e butto n on your remote, s electi ng your ch osen AV in put 2. Press th e Time Shift bu tton on yo ur remote contro l at the poi nt you want to start. Live TV wil[...]

44 of 63 • Display : Show and hide Time Shift bar • Stop : Stop Time Shift You can set the Permanent Time Shift On in the Setup section ( Please refer to the record section in the Set Up menu) in this case, Time Shift will start automatically when y ou enter th e Video In mode. Note: If y ou are at the end of the Time Shift section the Time Shi[...]

45 of 63 Playback 1.0 AV File Playba ck You can pl ayback vari ous Audio, Vi deo and Photo files form the In stalled Disc Drive, USB Storage and Network. Please check the supported media format guide before you start this section. In the Browser sec tion, select th e type of AV file you want to pla yback Musi c, Movies and Photos by pressing ◄►[...]

46 of 63 Select the device where the files you w ant to playback are located. Highlight by pressing the ▲▼ , then Enter • USB • HDD • NET (See playback AV files in network co mputers) Highlight the directory where the files are located by pressing ▲▼ buttons, then Enter to select. Highlight the required file by pressing ◄► , then [...]

47 of 63 2.0 Playback AV files in network computers You can playback AV files stored on you network computer without copy ing them to your PleXtor MediaX. Here are a some tips before you start • The folders you want to be seen by your PleXtor MediaX must be public or shared • The files you want to playback must be compatible with your PleXtor M[...]

48 of 63 On your PleXtor MediaX, select the WORKGROUP name that you want and press Enter You will now find the sa me name you set in your computer (full computer name) Select the folder you shared in your computer and enjoy the A V files on your TV Note: Transcode Server (see CD provided) You may enjoy some AV files that yo ur PleXtor MediaX d oes [...]

49 of 63 3.0 Setting a LAN connection i n My Shortcuts You can co nnect to a numb er of computers on a LA N via a router. If your LAN is connected to an intranet, then more than on e IP address can be added and you can easily enjoy t he files you want to play back in the sharing folder of all the computers co nnected through the LAN. SET UP i n MY [...]

50 of 63 Select Add, then press Enter The Network Browser window appe ars • Net User ID Enter and then type your user ID (if assigned) or you can skip this without typing anything. • NET Password Enter and then type your password (if registered) or you can skip this without typing anything. • Specific File Server IP Type the IP address of the[...]

51 of 63 4.0 Playback your Recorded Titles Enter the REC List section on the front Guide menu The following are descriptions explain the On Screen Display Display Description Picture Thumbnail Picture TITLE : 03 Title Number is 03 LENGTH : 00:00:03 Title Length is 0 hour 0 minutes 3 seconds Video 1 Recording Source is video 1 05/30/2007 Recorded da[...]

52 of 63 5.0 Subtitle File Your PleXtor MediaX supports subtit le files such as smi, ssa and srt • Subtitle On or OFF Press SUBTITLE button on the remote control during playback to set subtitle On or OFF (default setting is On) • Subtitle Size During the playback, you can ad just the size of the subtitle by pressing ► button for b igger size [...]

53 of 63 6.0 Advanced Playback You can enjoy t he following advanced playba ck funct ion on your re mote control. 7.0 Slide Show with Background Music • Select and play your chosen music fo lder / files • Press the Return button on your remote control • Enter and pl ay your Phot o’s The music will pla y in the background whi le your photos [...]

54 of 63 Using Set Up Menu On the front scre en guide menu highlight Setup a nd press the ENTER button 1.0 Video 2.0 Aspect Ratio 3.0 TV Input Use ▲▼ to highlight • Aspect Ratio • TV Input • Decoder • Video Output Then ENTER to change selection If you have a wide screen TV, select the “16:9 wide” setting. If you have a conventional [...]

55 of 63 4.0 Decoder 5.0 Video Output * Composite Video is a lways available in both settings You can select On or OFF. Only set to On if you are connected to a decoding box Euro AV In/Out Component Change to component if you connect to your PleXtor MediaX to a TV with Component Cable (Y. Cb.Cr) Scart Change to SCART if y ou connect your Plextor Me[...]

56 of 63 6.0 Record 7.0 Quality 8.0 Auto Chapter Use ▲▼ to highlight • Quality • Auto Chapter • Permanent Timeshift • Recording Device • Timeshift device Then ENTER to chan g e selection You can change the default recording qua lity to HQ, SP, LP, EP and SLP (Please refer to the recording section for explanation) You can change the le[...]

57 of 63 9.0 Permanent Tim e Shift You can set the Time Shift function to On or OFF (Please refer to the Time Shift section for further explanation). 10.0 Recording Device 11.0 Time Shift Device You can select the recording device as HDD or USB (Please refer to the recording section for further explanation) HDD: Time Shift will be done on y our Har[...]

58 of 63 12.0 Network 13.0 DHCP IP (AUTO) Select this option if you are getting IP addresses automatically using DHCP (most modern routers automatically assign new devices connected to them with an IP address) 14.0 FIX IP (MANUAL) If you can not get LAN connection in DHCP IP setting, you may get it by changing to F ixed IP Press ENTER then use ▲?[...]

59 of 63 • Select Control panel then Network connections. Right click on Loca l Area Connection, then Properties., Under General tab select Internet Pr otocall (TCP /IP) then Properties Select Use the Following IP Address and enter IP Adress (e.g. 192.168.16.3) Subnet Mask will be ass igned aoutomaticaly You can leave Default Gateway blank In Det[...]

60 of 63 • In your PleXtor MediaX Set Up Menu, select Fix IP (Manual). • Type the IP address of your compute r in the cells 1 through 3 and type a random number in the 4 th cell (e.g. 192.168.16.1) • Type in the Subnet Mask • Press Enter button and save current settings. Check firewall settings are not block ing network access t o your PleX[...]

61 of 63 Firm ware Upgrad e You can up grade your PleX tor MediaX Fi rmware as and when new firmwa re is released. 1. Unzip the firmware upgrade file 2. Copy unzipped file to a USB memor y stick 3. Turn Of f your PleXtor MediaX 4. Insert USB memory stick 5. While pressing the Guide button (home butto n) on the f ront pa nel, swi tch your PleXtor Me[...]

62 of 63 Additi onal Inform ation Specifications HDD T ype SA T A up t o 1TB File Format Recording P artition: UDF File Partition: F AT32/NTFS User’s Selection Copy from UDF to FAT 3 2 Pow er Ad ap te r Input: A C 100V-240 V , 50/60H z Output: DC 1 2V , 3.5A Pow e r Consum ption 3 W (Standby), 45 W (R ecording) Mechanical S/W Compatible OS XP , V[...]

63 of 63 Trouble Shooting Incorrect op eration is most oft en mistaken for a prob lem or malfunct ion. If you think there is something wrong with your PleXtor MediaX, check the poin ts below. TV System Issue • Please check that your TV system is set up correctly • Please Press the TV System button on your PleXtor MediaX Remote Control slowly un[...]