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Table of Contents 12 2 Click on the section’s title for a faster navigation. 1 User Information 3 1.1 Caution 3 2 Product Introduction 5 2.1 Product Overview 5 2.2 Package Contents 6 2.3 Connection 7 2.4 Front Panel 11 2.5 Back Panel 12 2.6 First Time Usage 12 2.7 Remote Control 14 3 Main Functions 16 3.1 Setup Menu 16 3.2 Movie Library 29 3.3 Photo Library 33 3.4 Music Library 36 3.5 File Manager 38 3.6 Playlist management 43 3.7 Files operation 44 3.
1 User Information 1.1 Caution This player is designed and manufactured with safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this player, please read the following before usage. 1.1.1 Usage cautions User should not modify this player. If commercial hard disk is being used, the environmental temperature should be within +5 ~ +35. 1.1.2 Power The player’s power voltage: DC 5V. When using this player, please connect the supplied AC adapter or AC adapter cable to the player’s power jack.
1.1.6 Others When using this player, please do not let the player come into contact with water or other liquid, if water is accidentally spilled on the player, please use a dry cloth to absorb the spillage. Electronic products are vulnerable, when using please avoid the following: • Do not let the player come into contact with water or other liquid. • Do not disassemble the player, repair the player or change the design of the player, any damage done will not be included in the repair policy.
2 Product Introduction 2.1 Product Overview Thank you for purchasing an AC Ryan Playon!HD Mini 3 Media Player. Store, stream and play your entire media collection in 3D Full HD. The ultimate in home entertainment, this player has the following functionality: Network Feature • • • • • • • A/V streaming/transmission via Ethernet(10M/100M/1000M) & built-in Wi-Fi (802.
Photo Viewing • • • You can view photos in slide show mode with background music and/or transition effects. Zoom in/out, Rotate Photo format: JPEG/HD JPEG/BMP/GIF/TIF/PNG USB 3.0 & 2.0 Support • • 1x USB 3.0 HOST port (for Super-Speed USB storage devices) 1x USB 2.0 HOST port (for USB storage devices) File Copy • Supports copying & moving files from external USB drive and Network. Note: All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication.
2.3 Connection 2.3.1 Power connection 1. 2. Follow the picture and connect the AC adaptor to the player’s DC IN jack; Follow the picture and plug in the AC adaptor to the power outlet 2.3.2 USB Mass Storage Device (USB stick, USB HDD etc.) Connection 1. 2. 3. Make sure the player is powered on; Plug in the USB stick or USB HDD etc. to one of the USB host ports of this player. To safely remove the USB device use the EJECT button on the remote control.
2.3.3 TV connection 2.3.3.1 A/V OUT 1. Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s A/V OUT jack; 2. Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV’s A/V IN jack. This allows you to connect the content in the player to your TV or other display devices. 2.3.3.2 Y/Pb/Pr Component OUT 1. Follow the picture and plug in the connector of the YUV cable to the player’s Y/ Pb/Pr jack; 2. Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV’s Y/Pb/Pr jack.
2.3.3.3 HDMI OUT 1. Follow the picture and plug one connector on your HDMI cable to the player’s HDMI jack; 2. Follow the picture and plug the other connector on your HDMI cable to the TV’s HDMI jack. This allows you to enjoy your media content in the player, on your TV.
2.3.4 Digital Audio Device connection 1. 2. 10 Follow the picture and plug in the RCA connector on your coaxial cable to the player’s S/PDIF Coaxial jack. Or if you use optical fiber, please plug in the Toslink connector on your optical fiber to the player’s S/PDIF Optical jack; (not supplied) Follow the picture and plug in the other connector on your coaxial cable or optical fiber to the digital audio device.
2.3.5 Connecting to a LAN To connect to a LAN (Local Area Network) you require a cat5, cat5e or cat6 network cable (not supplied). 1. Connect one of the crystal plugs on the cable to the player’s RJ45 LAN socket; 2. Connect the other crystal plug on the cable to a RJ45 LAN port on your router, switch, or hub devices. 2.3.6 Connecting to a WLAN 1. 2. Make sure the player is powered on; Search for your router’s SSID and then key in the correct security key if necessary. Note: (Please refer to ‘3.1.
2.5 Back Panel 1. 2. 3. 4. DC-IN jack Y/Pb/Pr OUT jack A/V OUT jack HDMI jack 5. 6. 7. RJ45 LAN socket USB 3.0/2.0 HOST port S/PDIF Optical jack 2.6 First Time Usage 2.6.1 Power On / Off Power On After connecting the DC IN jack, press the power button on the front panel. The indicator will gradually turn to white. And the player will enter the home screen soon. Power Off Press the power button on the front panel, the player will soon enter standby mode.
2.6.2 Menu language The system language of this player can be set to English or other languages. Change the language you wish in the setup menu, the selected language will take effect immediately.
2.7 Remote Control 1. Power 2. Numeric buttons 4. Red/Select 6. VOL+ 3. Zoom 5. Green/ Confirm 7. VOL- 8. Home 9. OK /Enter 10. Navigational buttons 12. FRWD 14. Slow 16. Repeat 18. A-B 20. TV Sys. 22. Files 24. Blue 26. Prev 28. Next 30. Return 32. FFWD 34. Subtitle 36. CM skip 11. Menu 13. Play 15. Pause 17.Goto 19. Angle 21. Eject 23. Edit 25. Yellow 27. Info 29. Mute 31. Setup 33. Stop 35. Audio 37.
No. Button Function 1 Power 2 Numeric buttons Press to enter standby mode or wake up. 3 Zoom Press to zoom the image (photo or video). 4 Red/Select Press to select files in file selecting menu. Press to enter channel numbers or numeric input when changing settings. 5 Green/Confirm 6 VOL+ Function is available in virtual keyboard. Press to increase the volume. 7 VOL- Press to decrease the volume. 8 Home Press to enter the home screen.
3 Main Functions 3.1 Setup Menu The Setup menu allows you to personalize and configure the preferences for your player. Select the Setup icon on the home screen or press Setup button on the remote control. There are five setup options, including System, Audio, Video, Network and Misc. Use the Prev/Next (Chapter) buttons to switch categories. 3.1.1 Changing System Settings Use this menu to configure system settings. Menu Language • Select to choose the OSD (On-Screen Display) language.
• Create a folder named “Resource” in the root directory of your USB or HDD, rename your photo as ‘desktop.png ‘and then copy it to the folder. DVD Auto-Play • Select to turn on/off DVD auto-play. Show all files • Select to display all hidden files (non-media files). Screen Saver • Timing Select to change timing of screen saver. • Options Select to change screen saver.
3.1.2 Changing Audio Settings Use this menu to configure audio settings. Night Mode • Choose among Off / On / Auto. If the option is turned on, the audio output volume will be decreased or choose auto to auto-adjust dialogues and background audio at a normalised level. HDMI Output • Choose among RAW, LPCM and Auto. SPDIF Output • Choose among LPCM, RAW. Note: In pass-through mode, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus , Dolby Digital and DTS sound can be bypassed to the HDMI TV or Digital amplifier.
3.1.3 Changing Video Settings Use this menu to configure video settings. Aspect Ratio • Pan Scan 4:3: Displays a wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the redundant portions. Select when a standard 4:3 TV is connected. • Letter Box 4:3: Displays a wide picture with two black borders on the top and bottom of 4:3 screen. Select when a standard 4:3 TV is connected. • 16:9: Compress the image to convert the whole image. Select when a 16:9 TV is connected. • 16:10: Select when a 16:10 TV is connected.
1080p 24Hz • Choose this option to enable or disable 1080P 24Hz support. A TV display that supports 1080P 24Hz (24P) mode is required for this to function correctly. Plasma Mode • 20 Help to protect your plasma TV by reducing the level of brightness. Choose between Dark / Dim / Light for the best results.
Deep Color • Provides more detailed level of color depth, and makes continuous color change smoother. You can get more vivid color effects with this setting. A TV display with deep color support is required for the best results. Screen Size • Adjust the video output size according to the size of your display screen. And press Zoom button to Fit the screen size you have set during video playback.
3.1.4 Network Use this menu to configure your local network settings. Wired Lan Setup • DHCP IP (AUTO) Select to obtain IP address automatically (DHCP must be enabled on your Router). • FIX IP (MANUAL) Select to manually input the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and DNS Server IP Address. Wireless Setup There are 3 modes for you to select, Infrastructure (AP) and Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc) and WPS (AP) mode.
This player can store up to three wireless network connections. Press OK to connect, press Return to cancel, press Zoom to rescan the AP’s and press Play button to choose Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc) or WPS (AP). Infrastructure (AP) • Infrastructure mode is used to connect computers with wireless network adapters. Also known as wireless clients to an existing wired network with the help of a wireless router or access point. Please take the following steps to configure your wireless network.
Step 2, Input WEP / WPA key Press OK to input encryption keys via the virtual keyboard. Press the navigational buttons to select, OK to input, FFWD to move cursor left, FRWD to move cursor right, Zoom to switch between uppercase and lowercase, Stop to delete a character, Play to make more symbols available, Green to change the language of the virtual keyboard, OK to confirm and to start testing the connection. The testing process will take a while, please be patient.
Step 1, Specify your SSID name Step 2, Specify your host IP WPS (AP) • WPS, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, is used to connect a wireless router directly, without searching SSID and inputting password. In this mode, you just need to configure the parameters of your router which support WPS function. There are two modes for you to select, PBC mode and PIN mode.
PBC First press the WPS button on the router or select the button mode in the configuration menu of the router, then select the PBC mode, the connection process will take a while, please be patient. PIN Input the pin code when you configure your router, then select the PIN mode, the connection process will take a while, please be patient. PPPOE Setup • Input the ADSL account and password in this menu, system will obtain IP address automatically from the server based on PPPOE protocol.
Step 2, press Right button to input your ADSL account Step 3, press Right button to input your password and start to test the connection.
SAMBA Process • Select to turn NAS function to On/Off. Please refer to ’SAMBA Server’ for more details on NAS function of this product. Transmission • Select to turn Transmission Torrent Client On/Off. Please refer to ‘Transmission Download’ for more details on this feature. FTP • Select to turn on / off FTP services and to configure your desired login User Name and Password. Please refer to ‘FTP Server’ for more details on this feature.
Network Info • This tab shows you information about your network, MAC Address, IP address Gateway, Subnet. USB Upgrade • Select to update the firmware via a USB stick. 1. Copy ‘install.img’ or extension files to the root directory of a FAT32 formatted USB stick, and connect it to the USB HOST port of the player. 2. Press OK to confirm. Edit Protection • To prevent deleting files and formatting HDD by asking for a password. The default password is ‘0000’.
3.2.1 Movie Library Options In movie library, press the Menu button to display the option menu, the following functions are available through the option menu. Quick-Search • Choose the Search option in the option menu, you can search for a media file by filter media library to locate the specific media file. Layout Mode • Choose a layout mode by Thumbnails, List and Preview from option menu. Sorting Mode • Choose to sort by Name, Size, Most Viewed or Recently Added from option menu.
3.2.2 Movie Playback Control You can access the following functions during playback. Button Play Pause Prev/Next FRWD/FFWD Function Start or resume the playback. Pause the current playback. View the previous or next file/chapter. Fast rewind or fast forward. Press repeatedly to select the speed. Slow Play back in slow motion. Goto Jump to a specific point on a title. Specify the point using Title, Chapter and Time. Menu Display or hide the option menu during playback. Stop Stop playback.
3.2.3 Movie Playback Options During movie playback, press Menu button to display or hide the option menu at the side of the screen. You can also access functions such as audio track, subtitle and repeat mode through the Option Menu during video playback. DVD Menu • Select to return to the navigation menu during DVD IFO or ISO playback. • Title Menu / Root Menu return to the main menu of entire disc during DVD playback.
3.3 Photo Library Enter the photo interface, only supported image files will be displayed. This player supports JPEG/HD JPEG/BMP/GIF/TIF/PNG files. 3.3.1 Photo Library Options In photo library, press Menu button to display the option menu, you can access the following functions trought the option menu. Quick-Search • Choose the Search option in the option menu, you can search for a photo by filter photo library to locate the specific photo.
Sorting Mode • Choose to sort by Name, Recently Added or Recently Played from option menu. Folder Directory • Choose to show all folders. Leaf Folder View • Choose to show all folders that included photo. Date View • Choose to view photo by date. 3.3.2 Photo Playback Control You can access the following functions during photo playback. Button Function Prev / Next View the previous or next photo. Up / Down Rotate a photo in any angle. Menu View the previous or next file/chapter. Stop Stop playback.
3.3.3 Photo Playback Options During photo playback, press Menu button to display or hide the option menu at the bottom of the screen. The following functions are available through the Option menu during photo playback. Slide Timing • Select to choose the Interval and start a slideshow. Slide Transition • Select to choose the Transition effects Repeat Mode • Choose a repeat mode among Repeat off, Repeat all and Shuffle Loop from option menu.
3.4 Music Library Enter music interface, only supported audio files will be displayed. This player supports AAC/LC-AAC/HE-AAC/MP2/MP3/FLAC/WAV/MS-ADPCM/OGG/Vorbis/PCM/LPCM/ COOK/RA-Lossless/WMA Standard audio files.Vorbis/PCM/LPCM/ COOK/RA-Lossless/ WMA Standard audio files. 3.4.1 Music Library Options In music library, press Menu button to display the option menu, the following functions are available throught the option menu.
Layout Mode • Choose a layout mode by Thumbnails, List and Preview from option menu. Filter options • Choose Albums to search for music files by album. • Choose Artists to search for music files by artist. • Choose Genres to search for music files by genre. • Choose Years to search for music files by year. • Choose Playlists to search for playlists. Sorting Mode • Sort your music by Name, Recently Added or Recently Played from option menu. Go to Folder • Choose to locate the file in file manager. 3.4.
3.4.3 Music Playback Options During music playback, press Menu button to display or hide the option menu at the side of the screen. Access the following functions trought the Option menu during music playback. Repeat Mode • Choose a repeat mode among Repeat off, Repeat one, Repeat all and Shuffle Loop from option menu. 3.5 File Manager The file manager allows you to browse and play music, photo and movie files stored on an external USB device or network.
3.5.1 File Manager Options In file manager, press Menu button to display the option menu and access the following functions trought the option menu. Layout Mode • Choose a layout mode by Thumbnails, List and Preview from option menu. Filter options • Choose All Media to display all the supported media files in current directory. • Choose Movies to display all the the supported video files in current directory. • Choose Photos to display all the supported image files in the current directory.
3.5.2 A/V Streaming via Network In file manager, go to the Network selection to start searching for available network host names in your local network setup. You can stream your media files shared on the home network. Please refer to ’3.1.4 Changing Network Settings’ for more details on network settings. There are two ways to locate media files shared on your local network in the Network menu. One is to browse through Workgroup; the other way is to browse through ‘My Shortcuts’. 3.5.2.
• Select Add to open a popup menu where you can input Label, Net User ID, Net Password, Domain, Host Name, and Specific File Server IP. Select OK to confirm, Cancel to cancel, and Simple / Detail to switch between simple and advanced options. • Select the shortcut you have added and press the OK button to confirm. Then you can select and play the shared media files on the destination computer. 3.5.
3.5.3.2 Sharing Media on your PC The Media Sharing feature of Windows Media Player lets you enjoy the contents of your Windows Media Player library from anywhere in your home. • Open Windows Media Player, click Organize -> Manage libraries to add or remove media files from the library.as an example. • Click Stream -> More streaming options, then you can allow or deny devices to access the media library. Click Allow to authorize your player. 3.5.3.
Note: • Make sure your player and your computer are on the same local area network and subnet. • Firewalls may prevent your player communicating with your computer. Please open the ports manually and add your player to the ‘trusted’ list, or disable the firewall temporarily. 3.6 Playlist management The file manager allows you to browse and play music, photo and movie files stored in the external USB device or network. 3.6.
Enter photo library, press Menu button and choose Albums to show your photo albums available on your external USB devices. 3.7 Files operation 44 • On a file or folder, press the Edit button and select Multiple Select. • Press Red button to select file or folder which you want to copy to the list.
• • When you are done selecting, press Green button to confirm. Select mode of operation, and then follow the prompt on screen to finish the process. 3.7.1 Single file operation On a file or folder, press the Edit button to display the file editing menu, choose Copy and follow the prompt on screen to finish the process. If you want to select more files and folders, please choose Multiple Select to enter the file selecting menu as explained earlier.
3.8 Internet Media This feature is an additional function. All content and services provided through this feature are from third-party service providers, our company does not offer any content and services of this feature and therefore is not responsible for any content and services provided under this feature.
3.9 Torrent function (using Transmission client) Once Transmission is enabled in SETUP -> NETWORK -> Transmission ‘On’ you are able to access the Transmission web control via your favorite browser on port 9091. For example: 192.168.1.20:9091 (where 192.168.1.20 is the IP address of your player connected to your router) Here you can add / remove / pause / start your torrent downloads.
3.10 Jukebox (YetAnother) MovieJukebox is a command line tool, written in Java, which recursively scans your video library for video files (AVI, MKV, VIDEO_TS, BluRay, etc.) and analyzes these files in order to extract information like: year, language, subtitles, container, part, fps, audio and video codecs. Other movie and television information like, director, rating, etc. are collected using various plugins for online databases such as IMDb, TheMovieDB, TheTVDB, Allocine, FilmAffinity, FilmWeb, etc.
2. Running YAMJ for AC Ryan 2.1 Select the directory of your stored movies on any external USB storage device or network attached storage (NAS) which you will use to run the Movie Jukebox on the player. Note: Generating the necessary information to a network device may take a longer time than doing the same via USB. 2.2 Press the Save button to save the directory information. Press Ok to close the dialog box. 2.3 Press Run/Update to start generating the Jukebox.
3 Updating existing Jukebox You can update the existing Jukebox if you have add/remove movies to the previously saved directory. Launch Run or Update YAMJ by double clicking on the icon on your desktop or from the Start Menu, AC Ryan Movie Jukebox Running Movie Jukebox From the Home menu screen, select Jukebox icon to enter the Movie Jukebox menu. Go to the location of your Jukebox where it was generated with YAMJ for AC Ryan.
If you have added/removed any new contents to your current Jukebox, please generate again with Run or Update YAMJ and then select Yes to update and load with the new Jukebox information. Choosing Yes is also required for loading Jukebox for the first time. Selecting Other – All from the category page will display all cover arts in the Jukebox in a thumbnail layout. You can also use the category page to sort and display your movies according to Genres, Title, Rating, Year, etc.
Under Windows Vista and Windows 7, please type in at the search bar: \\192.168.0.9 Then press the Enter button on the keyboard. You can then manage the files stored on the internal hard disk of the product. In this way, you can also playback and copy files via network between your PC and the internal hard disk of this product. Note: • Make sure the player is connected properly to your network, please refer to ‘3.1.4 Changing Network Settings’ for more details; 3.
On your router, • Configure FTP Server within your router’s Virtual Server setting and key in the above IP address in example, 192.168.0.9 and change the public port to 21 and private port to 21 which is by default. • For your convenience, you can also choose to enable Dynamic DNS and sign up for a free DDNS domain at any of the website providing such free services. An example would be www.dyndns.
FTP Address: User ID: Password: Your DDNS host name The User Name which was set under FTP, ’3.1.4 Network’ The Password which was set under FTP, ’ 3.1.4 Network’ After login is successful, you will be able to upload/download files via FTP Server.
4 Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system (OS) installed on the device. Firmware upgrades can bring new features, improvements and bug fixes. • Step 1, download the firmware from our website www.acryan.com and extract it. • Step 2, Copy ‘install.
5 Appendixes 5.1 SPECIFICATIONS • I/O INTERFACES SUPPORTED: • Gigabit Network Adapter • 2x USB HOST port (1x USB 2.0 / 1x USB 3.0) • Composite (CVBS) A/V jack • Component Y/Pb/Pr jack • HDMI V1.4 interface • S/PDIF Optical jack • DC-IN 5V 2.4A NETWORK FEATURE • 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-Negotiation Ethernet (for high performance Full HD streaming, 10/100Mbps for data transfer) • Built-in 802.
5.2 Frequently Asked Questions Question 1. Why is the Torrent Option in the Player not working? Answer: The torrent client (Transmission) requires available storage space on an attached USB storage device such as a flash drive or an external HDD device. Question 2. Why can’t I see my network workgroup and/or other PC’s on the network? Answer: Make sure you have your player properly connected to your network and put the right settings in the Setup menu under ‘Network’.
Question 6. Why is my subtitle that is auto searched by the player not in sync with my video? Answer: The player queries a third party subtitle hosting website and provides you with results that are available for your video title. Please make sure that you have selected the correct subtitles that matches the same frame rates as your video file. For example if your video framerate is 23.976fps, this will get out of sync if you have selected subtitles that are not of the same framerate. Question7.
6 Copyrights and Trademarks Copyrights All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether by electronically or mechanically, without the express written permission from the copyright holder. Copyrighted materials, such as software, music files, or movies, are protected by local law, and may not be illegally copied or used without permission from the copyright owner.
7 Warranty What your warranty does not cover: -Acts of nature, such as fire, static discharge. -Damage from unauthorized repair, alteration or accident. -Damage from misuse or neglect. -A unit that has been modified or incorporated into other products or is used for institutional or other commercial purposes. -Loss of customer’s software, firmware, information, or memory data. -Improper handling or installation.
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