Media Center MR-1 User’s Manual
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Table of Content Before Using I. Checking the package contents II. Preparing the remote control III. Name and function Installation I. Connecting the antenna / CATV cable II. Connecting to TV or monitor III. Connecting to other video source IV. Connecting to audio equipment V. Plugging the AC power 5 5 6 7 1 0 10 11 14 15 16 Getting Started 1 7 Basic Operation 1 9 I. Watching TV, input video, and DV II. Playing recorded video and multimedia file III. Preparing for recording IV.
Before Using I. Checking the package contents A. MR1 media center 1 pc EN TER B.
II. RF Cable 1pc Stand User's Manual 1pc USB Cable 1pc Preparing the remote control 1. Open the back cover of 2. Put in the supplied the remote control AAA battery (Make sure the polarity is correct) Note: 3. Put on the cover Incorrect use of batteries may result in hazards such as leakage and bursting. 9 Do not use the new battery and old battery together. 9 Do not use different type of battery together. 9 Please follow the environmental regulation to process unused battery.
III. Name and function A. Front panel 1. LED 2. IR receiver 3. Power button 4. PLAY button 5. STOP button 6. MENU button 7. < > ∧ ∨ direction buttons 8. ENTER button 9. Stand 10. USB jack : USB Host port ENTER 11.
B. Back panel 1. RF IN/OUT : For CATV or TV Antenna 2. Fan 3. AV INPUT jack : Composite Video and Audio input, for other video source 4. YPbPr OUTPUT jack : Component video output to TV 5. AV OUTPUT jack : Composite Video and Audio output to TV 6. OPTICAL jack : Digital optical audio output 7. USB to PC jack : USB Device port 8. LAN jack : Ethernet port 9. Maintenance use. 10. HDMI jack : (for MR1H model) High-Definition Multimedia Interface port 11.
C. Remote control POWER TV/AV 1. POWER : Power on/off 2. TV/AV :TV program / AV input 3. HDD:Browse HDD 0~9 4. HDD USB NET MEDIA TYPE DELETE MENU RETURN ENTER REC PROGRAM CH VOL DISPALY MUTE N/P SETUP Number keys 5. DELETE :Delete an item 6. Menu: Go to Main MENU 7. Direction keys 8. REC : One Touch Record 9. DISPLAY : display the status 10. CH + / - : TV channel Up/Down 11. N/P: 12. TIME SHIFT : Pause / Time shifting 13. PLAY : Play 14. STOP : Stop 15.
Installation I. Connecting the antenna / CATV cable Remove the antenna / CATV cable plug from your TV and plug into the RF IN jack of MR1. Plug one end of the supplied RF cable into RF OUT jack of MR1 and the other end into antenna / CATV jack on your TV.
II. Connecting to TV or monitor There are 3 ways to connect MR1 with your TV or monitor. A. Composite video and audio output connection Use a composite AV cable to connect the AV OUTPUT jack of MR1 and AV input port on your TV or monitor. Be sure to match the color of the plug with color of the jack on TV or monitor. MR1 can only supports NTSC or PAL video signal from the AV OUTPUT jack.
B. Component (YPbPr) video and audio output connection Use a YPbPr (component) video cable (NOT supplied) to connect the YPbPr (component) video output jacks of MR1 and component (YPbPr) video input port on your TV or monitor. Be sure to match the color of the plug with color of the jack on TV or monitor. MR1 supports 480p, 576p, 720p, and 1080i component video output.
C. HDMI connection (For model with HDMI jack) Use a HDMI cable to connect the HDMI jack of MR1 and HDMI port of your TV. MR1 can support NTSC or PAL, 480p, 576p, 720p, and 1080i resolution through HDMI connection. Note: 9 9 Standard component video cable is NOT included. In order to have good video quality, to use a standard YPbPr component video cable is suggested. Only one of the three connections described above is required.
III. Connecting to other video source MR1 can play, time-shift, and record the input video from other video device, such as VCR, Set top box, and DVD player. MR1 can support both NTSC and PAL input video signal from AV INPUT jack. Use a composite AV cable to connect the AV INPUT jack of MR1 and audio/video output port on other device. Be sure to match the color of the plug with color of the jack (yellow, white, and red) on the device.
IV. Connecting to audio equipment If you would like to have better sound quality, you can connect MR1 to your Audio receiver. Use a digital optical audio cable (Not supplied) to connect the OPTICAL jack of MR1 and digital optical input port of an audio receiver.
V. Plugging the AC power Insert DC plug of the adaptor to DC IN jack on MR1. Connect one end of AC power cord to power adaptor and plug the AC plug to a power outlet.
Getting Started Turn on your TV or monitor. prompt to initialize. Plug the AC power cord into a power outlet, MR1 will Note: 9 If you can not see a stable display on your TV or monitor, you can press N/P key to switch the PAL and NTSC video output signal. Selecting Menu language Use i, j key to select a language and press ENTER to confirm. The available menu language may differ from the picture in the manual.
Selecting TV Region (for PAL version) Select the region of your TV broadcasting system. Scanning channels Make sure the antenna is connected, and select OK to start. MR1 will search for all TV channels automatically. It will store channels in the sequence they are found. Setting Time Press i, j key to change the value, press g, h key to move to other field, press ENTER to complete the setting. A confirmation dialog box will be shown on the screen, select OK to confirm the setting.
Basic Operation Turn on the power of MR1 and your TV or monitor. The main MENU will be shown on screen. Anytime you press MENU, MR1 will return to main MENU. There are 5 icons on main MENU. Press i, j, g, h key to select an icon and press ENTER to enter the selected menu. I. Watching TV, input video, and DV Enter TV/Video menu, there are video sources listed. A viewing window is shown on the right of the screen.
A. Watching and Recording TV program When Analog TV icon is selected, TV program will be shown on the viewing window. You can input the channel number directly or press CH UP or CH DOWN key to change channel. Press ENTER to show the TV program in full screen. 1. One Touch Recording When watching TV program, you can press REC key to record the on-screen video into HDD. You may select a recording quality in Record menu. You may press STOP key to stop recording.
on the top of the screen. Time shifting buffer indication bar will be shown on the bottom of the screen. When the " Live Pause: Preparing …" message disappear, you can use the PLAY CONTROL keys to operate time shifting function. Press STOP key to stop Time Shifting function.
B. Watching and recording input video When AV-Input is selected, video from AV input jack will be shown on the viewing window. Press ENTER to show the input video in full screen. You can press TV/AV key to select TV program or Input Video to be displayed. MR1 supports both One Touch Recording and Time-shifting function for input video. C. Watching and recording video from DV-input Use P1394 cable (Not supplied) to connect DV-In jack to DV-Out port of your DV device.
Select DV-Input icon and press ENTER key to enter DV mode. There is a DV control panel shown on the screen. You can press g, h key to select a control button and press ENTER to operate the camcorder. When watching video from DV device, you can press REC key to record DV program into HDD. Note: 9 If your DV device does not have a DV Out (i.Link or IEEE1394) jack, you may refer to "Connecting to other video source" section of the manual to connect your DV device.
II. Playing recorded video and multimedia file Select Media Play icon on main MENU and press ENTER key to enter Media Play menu. On Media Play menu, you can playback recorded video, browse multimedia files from HDD, USB device, or Network device. A. Playback recorded video Select Video Playback icon to enter recorded video playback submenu. An operation bar is shown on the top of the screen. All the recorded video titles are listed on the left.
Key Function PLAY Start to play Timeshift Pause FF Fast forward play REW Fast backward play PREV Jump to previous chapter mark NEXT Jump to next chapter mark STOP Stop the playing, a green indication displayed Slow Slow play When playback started, the selected video will display in full screen. MR1 supports 1.5x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x fast play and 3/4x, 1/2x, 1/4x, 1/8x, 1/16x slow play. 2. Delete : Delete the selected video A "Confirm to delete" message box will be shown.
4. Sorting : Change the sequence of video list An "Automatically sorting by:" dialog box will be shown. Use i, j keys to select and press ENTER key to change the sorting method. Video listing sequence can be sorted by Title Number, Recording Time, Title Name, or Fresh Titles. 5. Title Edit : Edit the selected video A Title Edit toolbox will be shown. Press i, j keys to select and press ENTER key to apply the editing tool.
a. Set Thumbnail : Change the thumbnail picture of the video title You can capture a video frame and use the picture as the thumbnail of the video title. The selected video is shown and ready to play. Use PLAY CONTROL keys to select the video frame. Use g, h keys to select CONFIRM icon on the tool bar and press ENTER key to capture the video frame. b. AB Erase Delete from point A to point B in the video. Point A and point B in the video should be set first. The selected video is shown and ready to play.
d. Merge Title Merge the select video and the following video into a new video title. e. Add Chapter Mark You may add more Chapter Mark in the select video. Use PLAY CONTROL keys to browse video. Select ADD icon and press ENTER key to add the mark. A red fmark will be added in the tool bar. f. Remove Chapter Mark You can delete Chapter Mark of the select video. Play the video, passing to a Chapter Mark, the mark will be shown in bright red.
6. Tools Select Delete All Title to delete all the recorded videos. A "Confirm to Delete" message box will be shown. Select Confirm to proceed to deletion, or select Cancel to abort. B. Browsing file in HDD MR1 can play music, high-resolution photo, and HD quality of video files. The multimedia files can be copied from PC to HDD of MR1. (Please refer to Exchange files with PC section in Advanced operation chapter in the manual). MR1 supports various multimedia file formats.
Only selected file type is highlighted on the left of the media type bar. The folder name and its sub-folder are listed on the left window. The thumbnail picture of the files, with the selected file type, is listed on the bottom. Only the files, with selected file type, are listed. Press g, h key to select a file to preview. A preview window, shown on the right, shows the information of the selected file. Press ENTER key to play the selected file.
C. Browsing file from USB port You may store your multimedia files in USB flash drive, USB hard disk drive, or memory card. MR1 can browse the files from USB flash drive, USB hard disk drive, and USB card reader directly. You need to have a USB card reader (Not supplied) to read the files in memory card. Plug USB storage device or USB card reader to USB Host port of MR1. Note: 9 9 If your multimedia files are stored in memory card, you need to have a USB card reader, which can read the type of memory card.
When the devices list is shown, there will be a /My shortcuts/ item listed. /My shortcuts/ can store IP address of the frequently used network device. Select /My shortcuts/ and press ENTER to list all the IP addresses defined in /My shortcuts/. Press key, a dialog box will be shown. and Delete an IP address. You can Add, Rename, Note: 9 You need to check the IP address of the networked device, which you would like to browse.
Choose Add to add an IP address. A dialog box will be shown as follow. After input all the data, press ENTER and confirm to save the shortcut.
III. Preparing for recording When you are watching TV or Video, you can press REC key to record the video. (Please refer to Watching TV/Video section in the manual) You can change the record quality, edit schedule for scheduled record, and record DV to HDD on Record menu. A. Record Quality Set There are 5 different recording quality can be chosen, HQ, SP, LP, EP, and SLP. The equivalent recording time for each type of quality is shown. Press i, j key to select and press ENTER to change.
1. Edit a schedule You can add or edit a schedule for recording. Select the "Add a new schedule" item or an exist schedule to add or edit the schedule. The schedule-editing screen will be shown. The editing box is shown on the bottom. The information of available HDD space is shown on the left. A recording source will be shown on a viewing window. Press g, h key to move to a field, press i, j key to change value of the field. You have to select a TV channel or AV-IN as the source for recording.
Press ENTER to complete the editing. A confirm dialog box will be popped up. 2. Delete schedule You can delete the selected schedule or delete all the schedules. 3. Status : Change the schedule status There are 3 choices. a. Enable the timer by VPS b. Enable the timer by user's setting Enable the selected schedule. c. Pause the selected schedule Pause the selected schedule Press RETURN to return to the schedule list menu. 4.
C. DV to HDD Select DV to HDD icon and press ENTER to enter. A DV control panel is shown on the bottom of the screen. Use g, h key to select a control button and press ENTER to operate the camcorder. When DV is playing, the video will be recorded into HDD automatically.
IV. Copying file You can copy files from a USB storage device or a NET device to HDD of MR1 or copy files in HDD to a USB device. You can also delete a folder or file in USB device and HDD. Please follow the steps described. 1. Select a source device, either USB device, HDD, or NET device in MR1, which will be displayed on a yellow bar. Press h to move to destination device selection box. 2. Select a destination device. The device can be USB, HDD, or Delete.
V. Easy Setting Select Easy Setting and enter Easy Setting menu. Press i, j key to select a setting, and press ENTER to apply the setting. A. Resolution Set You can change the resolution for playing video, and photo. The available selections will be shown. Move the cursor and press ENTER to select. There will be a confirmation dialog box popped up. If the resolution is displayed correctly, select CONFIRM to save the resolution setting. Otherwise, select CANCEL and MR1 will restore the previous setting.
A confirmation dialog will be popped up. D. Network setup Select DHCP IP (AUTO) or STATIC IP (MANUAL) according to your LAN configuration. If your LAN supports DHCP IP (AUTO) function, you can select DHCP IP (AUTO) setting. MR1 will get the IP address automatically. Otherwise, you have to select STATIC IP (MANUAL) and set the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway parameters manually. E. Advanced Setup Menu Select Advanced Setup Menu and press ENTER to enter Setup Menu.
Advanced operation I. Advanced Setup Menu When you are watching TV or input video, browsing Photo or video, you can press SETUP key to enter Advanced Setup Menu. The TV program and input video will keep playing on the background. The photo and video browsing will be paused. After setting, you can press SETUP key again to exit the setup menu. MR1 will resume the playing of TV or input video, and browsing of photo or video.
B. TV setting 1. TV Input (for NTSC version) Your TV set may use Antenna or CATV as its RF signal source. Please select the one as your TV set used. TV Region (for PAL version) Select the region or type of your TV broadcasting system. Types of supported PAL system are listed in the end of the selection. 2. Channel Scan Scan all the available TV channels. Every channel will be displayed on the screen. 3. Channel Set There will be a list of all the channels shown on the screen.
C. Audio setting 1. Night Mode : Select a night mode, off, on or comfort. 2. S/PDIF : Select the type of S/PDIF output, RAW or LPCM. This will only affect the audio data from optical jack. If RAW is selected, MR1 will send out the RAW audio data. If LPCM is selected, MR1 will convert the audio data to LPCM and send it out through optical jack. D. Video setting 1. Aspect Ratio Select an aspect ratio setting to match the connected TV or monitor. a.
3. Contrast Adjust the contrast of the output video. Press g, h key to adjust and press ENTER key to confirm. 4. Video System Display the resolution or the video system selected. This field can not be modified. You can change the resolution setting in Easy Setting / Resolution Set submenu. E. Record setting 1. Quality Change the recording quality. There are 5 different type of recording quality to be chosen. Different quality affects the file size of the recorded video. 2.
2. Restore Default MR1 will restore all the default settings. Please follow the display to select menu language, set time, and set network parameters. II. Playing photo with background music Enter Browser mode, select a music file in a folder to play. All the music files in the same folder will play sequentially. The music will keep playing in the background. Change to Photo media type, select a photo file folder, and select a photo file to start playing.
IV. Zoom in You can ZOOM in the display when MR1 is playing photo, video, or recorded video. Press ZOOM key to zoom in the display, and ZOOM factor will change from 2x, 3x, 4x, 8x, and 1x sequentially. V. Exchange files with PC MR1 can serve as an external HDD of PC. When MR1 is powered on, use supplied USB cable to connect USB Host port of PC and USB Device port of MR1. Windows operating system of PC will detect HDD of MR1 automatically. You can use file explorer to manipulate the files in HDD of MR1.
VII. Key definition for playing DVD files 1. 2. POWER TV/AV HDD USB NET 3. 4. 0~9 5. Number keys DVD Menu: Go to DVD menu screen 6. 7. Direction keys 8. MEDIA TYPE DELETE MENU RETURN ENTER REC PROGRAM CH VOL DISPALY MUTE N/P SETUP TIME SHIFT PLAY REW FF STOP SLOW PREV NEXT F1 ZOOM REPEAT AB 9. 10. CH + / - : Subtitle / Angle selection 11. Search: Go to a specified title/chapter/Time 12. Pause : Pause 13. PLAY : Play 14. STOP : Stop 15. SLOW : Slow play 16.
Note on DVD Playback 1. Back up a DVD video Disc into a folder in HDD, USB or NET storage device. Some DVD Discs can not be copied because of copy protection. The backup operation must obey your local raw of copyright. Please do not copy or distribute media with copyright. 2. Browse the folder and Open the video_ts subfolder. 3. 4. Play the video_ts.ifo file. Usually, the video_ts.ifo is the first file in the subfolder.
FAQ Q1: There is no display when playing recorded video, browsing video and photo. You might use composite AV OUT connection and select NTSC/PAL progressive scan, 720p, or 1080i resolution. MR1 display the Menu in NTSC/PAL resolution, and play recorded video, photo, and video in selected resolution. Composite AV OUT only supports NTSC/PAL system. Please change the resolution setting to NTSC/PAL system. Q2: When a video is played on screen, but can not be recorded.
Technical Specifications Physical Dimension Height: 225 mm x Depth: 204 mm x Width: 66 mm Weight 3.0 Kg (without Hard disk drive) Operation Temperature 0℃ - 45℃ Playback Format Audio: MP3, WMA , PLM, OGE, WAV Video: MPEG 1/2, DivX HD, DivX 3.11, 4.
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