Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Preface.............................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Packing List ..................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Cautions ..............................................................................................
1. Introduction 1.1 Preface Thank you very much for purchasing our AC Ryan ACR-PV73200 Playon!HD Mini media player. We hope you will enjoy using it as a great home entertainment partner. This player has the following functionality. A/V Output • HDMI V1.
1.2 Packing List Part Quantity Player 1 A/V cable 1 Y/Pb/Pr cable 1 Remote Control 1 Remote Control Battery 2 AC/DC adaptor 1 User Manual (printed) 1 AC Ryan HDMI cable 1 (optional) Note: The actual contents in the package might be different from the packing list in this manual. 1.3 Cautions This player’s design and manufacture has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this player, please read the following before usage. 1.3.
1.3.4 Repair If the player has a problem, you should take it to an appointed repair center and let the specialists do the repair, never repair the player yourself, you might damage the player or endanger yourself or your data. 1.3.5 Disposing of the Player When you dispose of the player, be sure to dispose it appropriately. Some countries may regulate disposal of electrical device, please consult with your local authority. 1.3.
1.4 Connection 1.4.1 Connecting the Power Supply (1) Follow the picture and connect the AC adaptor to the player’s DC IN jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the AC adaptor to the power outlet. 1.4.2 Connecting a USB Device (1) Make sure the player is powered on; (2) Plug in the USB stick or USB HDD etc. to the USB HOST port of this player. In this way, you can browse contents on the USB device. 1.4.3 Connecting to a TV 1.4.3.
In this way, you can enjoy the content in the player on TV or other display devices. 1.4.3.2 Y/Pb/Pr Component OUT (1) Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector 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. Audio Connection while using Y/Pb/Pr Video out: First method: use the audio output from the A/V OUT jack; Second method: use the audio output from the S/PDIF Optical jack.
In this way, you can have the highest quality video and audio via a single cable. 1.4.4 Connecting to an Digital Amplifier (1) Follow the picture and plug in the Toslink connector on your optical fiber to the player’s S/PDIF Optical jack; (2) Follow the picture and plug in the other connector on your optical fiber to the digital audio device (digital amplifier or decoder). Note: Optical fiber is not supplied. In this way, you can enjoy powerful Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG sound. (Please refer to ‘3.
1.4.6 Connecting to a WLAN (1) Make sure the player is powered on; (2) Plug the Wireless LAN USB Adapter (i.e. Wi-Fi USB Dongle) to the USB HOST port of the player. Note: The Wi-Fi Dongle is an optional accessory sold separately. (Please refer to ‘3.3 Changing Network Settings’ for more details about wireless setup) 1.5 Power On / Off Power On After connecting the DC IN jack and press the power button on the front panel, the player will soon enter the home screen, and the power indicator will turn blue.
2. About the Player 2.1 Remote Control All procedures in this manual can be carried out using the remote control buttons. See the following for details on each button and its function: 1. STANDBY 2. MUTE 3. TV SYSTEM 4. BROWSER 5. Numeric buttons 6. REPEAT No. Button 7. FR 8. VOL- 9. FF 10. PLAY 11. HOME 12. Navigational buttons 13. MENU 14. PAUSE/STEP 15. SLOW 16. INS REPLAY 17. CM SKIP 18. SELECT 19. CONFIRM 20. AUDIO 21. SUBTITLE 22. ZOOM IN 23. ZOOM OUT 24. A-B 25. ANGLE 26.
5 Numeric buttons Press to enter numeric input when changing settings. 6 REPEAT Press to set repeat option: One, All, (and Shuffle). 7 FR Press to fast rewind the current playback. Press repeatedly to select speeds. 8 VOL- Press to decrease the volume. 9 FF Press to fast forward the current playback. Press repeatedly to select speeds. 10 PLAY Press to begin playback. 11 HOME Press to enter the home screen.
30 NEXT Press to view the next file / page down. 31 VOL+ Press to increase the volume. 32 PREV Press to view the previous file / page up. 33 GOTO Press to jump to a specific point on a title. Specify the point using Title, Chapter and Time. 34 COPY Press to enter the file copy menu. 35 MUSIC Reserved button. No function has been assigned to it yet. 36 INFO Press to hide or display the information bar during playback. 2.2 Front Panel 1. Infrared Receiver window 2. Power indicator 3.
2.3 Rear Panel 1. DC IN jack 2. RJ45 LAN socket 3. HDMI jack 4. Y/Pb/Pr OUT jack 5. A/V OUT jack 6. USB HOST port (A-Type) x 2 7.
3. Setup Menu The Setup menu allows you to personalize and configure the preferences for your player. To select a Setup option: - Select the Setup icon on the home screen, or press the SETUP button on the remote control. - Use the LEFT/RIGHT navigational buttons to select an option, and then press ENTER. There are five Setup options, including Audio, Video, Network, System, and MISC. Use the UP/DOWN navigational buttons to select a menu. Press ENTER to confirm.
will be decreased to make you more comfortable. Digital Output - Choose between HDMI LPCM / HDMI LPCM MULTI CH / HDMI RAW / SPDIF LPCM / SPDIF RAW. In raw mode, Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG sound can be bypassed to the HDMI TV or Digital amplifier. 3.2 Changing Video Settings Use this menu to configure video settings. Aspect Ratio - Pan Scan 4:3: Display a wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the redundant portions. Select when a standard 4:3 TV is connected.
3.3 Changing Network Settings Use this menu to configure Ethernet and WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) settings. Wired LAN Setup - DHCP IP (AUTO) Select to obtain IP address automatically. - FIX IP (MANUAL) Select to manually input the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and DNS Server IP Address. Wireless Setup - Selecting a connection profile This player can store up to three wireless network connections. Press ENTER to go to next step, press RETURN to cancel, and press PLAY to connect.
Choose between Infrastructure (AP) and Peer to Peer (Ad Hoc). Press ENTER to go to next step, and press RETURN to cancel. - 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 from wireless router or access point. Get SSID Name Press ENTER to go to next step, press RETURN to cancel, and press SELECT to refresh the SSID list.
Encryption keys can be inputted via the virtual keyboard. Press the navigational buttons to select, ENTER to input, CAPS to switch between uppercase and lowercase, <- to delete a character, -> to insert a space, shift to make more symbols available, and OK to confirm. Test connection The testing process will take for a while, please be patient to wait. If the test is ok, the network information (Profile Name, IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, etc.) will be displayed on the screen.
Press ENTER to go to next step, press RETURN to cancel, and press PLAY to connect. 3.4 Changing System Settings Use this menu to configure system settings. Menu Language - Select to choose the OSD (On-Screen Display) language. Text Encoding - Select to set the text encoding option (subtitle display). System Update - Select to update the firmware via a USB stick. 1) Copy ‘install.img’ to the root directory of a USB stick, and connect it to the USB HOST port of the player.
Time - Select to synchronize system time with Internet Time Server System Info - Select to view system information (firmware version, boot loader version, Mac address, etc.) Restore Default - Select to restore factory defaults. 3.5 Miscellaneous Use this menu to adjust miscellaneous settings. Resume Playback - Select to turn on / off resume playback (auto-bookmarking) feature for movies. Slide Show Timing - Select to set the interval time for photo slide show.
Seamless Playback - Select to playback sequential .TS / .M2TS videos without delay. Background Music - Select to set the background music options while view pictures: Off / Folder. Screen Saver - Select to turn on / off screen saver. Movie Preview - Select to turn on / off movie preview in the browser menu.
4. Functions 4.1. Browser Menu The browser menu allows you to browse and play media files stored on USB devices, Network, and UPnP-server. To enter the menu, select the Browser icon on the home screen, or press the BROWSER button on the remote control. The following buttons can be used while navigating the browser menu. Button UP / DOWN Function Move cursor up / down to select devices, folders, or files. LEFT / RIGHT Select filter options: All, Music, Photos, and Movies.
• Muisc tracks might not be able to played continously under All filter, please switch to the Music filter instead. 4.1.2 Browsing Music In this mode, all folders and supported audio files in current directory will be displayed. The following buttons can be used to control music playback. Button Function PLAY Begin playback. PAUSE / STEP Pause playback. FR / FF REPEAT Fast rewind or fast forward. Press repeatedly to select the speed. Set repeat options: One, All, and Shuffle.
LEFT / RIGHT ZOOM IN / OUT Rotate a photo in any angle. Zoom in / out the image. INFO Hide or display the information bar during playback. STOP Stop playback. You can view photos in slide show mode with background music. When it is enabled, the slide show starts automatically once you press PLAY button. (Please refer to Slide Show Timing, Transition Effect, and Background Music in chapter ‘3.5 Miscellaneous’ for more details) 4.1.
4.1.5 A/V Streaming via Network You can stream the media files shared on the home network (Ethernet or WLAN). Please refer to ’3.3 Changing Network Settings’ for details about 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’. 4.1.5.
- Press the MENU button and a popup menu appears. - 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 added and press the ENTER button to confirm. Then you can select and play the shared media files on the destination computer. 4.1.
media files from them. 4.1.6.1 Installing UPnP Media Server on your PC There’re a lot of free and commercial UPnP Media Server software, such as Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player 11, XBMC Media Center (Linux/Mac/Windows), MediaTomb (Linux), etc. Please install one of them on you computer. In the following chapters, we will take Windows Media Player 11 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for an example. 4.1.6.
4.1.6.3 Streaming Media on your Player - Connect your player to the home network (LAN or WLAN). - Visit Browser - > UPnP menu on the player, select the UPnP-server, and press ENTER. - Then you can browse the media library shared by Windows Media Player 11. 4.1.
This system enables you to browser the media files shared on NFS Server(Ethernet or WLAN). Please refer to ’3.3 Changing Network Settings’ for details about network settings. - Press the MENU button and a popup menu appears.Then you can input/modify/delete a NFS server’s shortcut. - Select Add to open a popup menu where you can input NFS Server’s IP and the destination. Select OK to confirm, Cancel to cancel. - Select the shortcut you added and press the ENTER button to confirm.
Note: • Make sure your player and your computer are on the same local area network and subnet. • Firewalls may prevent your player to communicating with your computer. Please open the ports manually and add your player to the ‘trusted’ list, or disable the firewall temporarily. 4.1.8 Renaming / Deleting Files When navigating in the browser menu, you can press the MENU button to activate a popup menu where you can rename and delete files or folders.
STOP ENTER Cancel all selections. Confirm the selected options. Please refer to the following operations to copy / move folders / files between devices. - Step 1: Select the source device and destination device. - Step 2: Select the source files you want to copy. - Step 3: Select the destination folder to store the above files. - Step 4: Select Copy or Move to proceed. 4.3 Internet Radio This player integrates the SHOUTcast free Internet radio function.
Station - All downloaded stations will be listed under this menu. Genre - You can search for stations by genre (pop, rock, jazz, etc.) under this menu. Favorite - Your favorite stations can be kept under this menu. 4.4 Internet Feeds This is an additional feature and all contents and services are provided by third-party service providers, our company does not offer any contents and services in this feature and is not responsible for any contents and services provided.
5. Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system (OS) installed on the device. Firmware upgrades can bring new features, improvements and bug fixes. Please refer to System Update in chapter ‘3.4 Changing System Settings’ for more details. You can also use the following method to upgrade the firmware: - Copy ‘install.
6. Appendixes 6.1 Specifications I/O INTERFACES SUPORTED: USB 2.0 HOST port x 2 (compatible to USB 1.1) Composite (CVBS) A/V jack Component Y/Pb/Pr jack HDMI V1.
6.2 Frequently Asked Questions Question 1. I find new file names and folder names that I never created before or they have strange gibberish names. Answer: Most likely, the player’s file allocation table (FAT) has been corrupted. This might be due to the player shutting down (due to low battery power) while reading or writing to your computer by the USB connection. Windows and Macintosh often write extra files to the hard disk such as finder.def or System volume info.
1) Connect the player to network and obtain an IP address first; 2) Please enable NetBIOS of TCP/IP on computer; 3) Please check your PC’s firewall settings; 4) Please enable your PC’s ‘Guest’ account; 5) Please share the folders which you wish to browse on your PC, and make sure that ‘Everyone’ or ‘Guest’ has the right to access. Question 8. I configured everything correctly, but still cannot get the wireless network or UPnP function to work.
Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,487,535 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS and the Symbol are registered trademarks, & DTS 2.0+ Digital Out and the DTS logos are trademarks of DTS, Inc. Product includes software. © DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. 6.