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W e l c o m e t o R o k u ™! In This Guide . . . 2 The Roku HD1000 Bring your HDTV to life with Roku. For the first time, you’ll enjoy viewing your favorite digital photos in high-definition on your HDTV. Simply snap in your digital camera’s memory card or use the easy network 4 Roku HD1000 Feature Summary connection between Roku and your home PC.
Package Contents The Roku HD1000 • Roku HD1000 • Component Video Cable Power the HD1000 on and off. • Remote Control • Two AAA Batteries The Roku Remote • Audio Cable Enjoying pictures, art and music involves just a few touches of a button. • Power Cable Optional Accessories • Rack Ears Make sure you install batteries in the remote before setting up your HD1000. Display the Main Menu. Select an on-screen item.
SD/MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, SmartMedia Slots Receive standard memory cards from digital cameras and MP3 players. Standby Put the HD1000 in Standby mode. Video connected to the HD1000 is passed through in this state. CompactFlash Slot Receive standard CompactFlash cards for viewing photos, art or MPEG2 video. The HD1000 can display a 1080i video stream along with 5.1 audio. Audio IN Connect to your A/V receiver for audio passthrough or to generate audio visualizer displays from your stereo.
Roku HD1000 Featur e sum m ary Personal Photos • • • The world’s first high-definition photo viewer. View digital photos in beautiful high resolution, with zoom, rotate, pan, and image data display functions. Browse images manually or play an image slideshow, with or without music. Inspiring Art • • • 4 Roku offers motion and still Art Packs by download or on CompactFlash memory cards so you can enjoy an inspiring home gallery in your living room.
Digital Music Video Playback • • • • • Play your PC or Mac library of MP3, WAV, and AIFF audio files and playlists (M3U and PLS formats) when you connect the Roku through your home network. View an HD photo slideshow accompanied by your favorite songs. Play HD ATSC-compliant MPEG2 transport stream video, which is the type of signal typically broadcast over the air by a local digital television station.
Hardware Optional Accessories • • • • • • • 6 The only digital media player designed specifically for your high-def TV. Memory card slots on the front give easy access to digital media on CompactFlash, SD, MMC, Memory Stick, and SmartMedia cards. XD cards can also be used with a simple adapter. Network ready with built-in Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapter. Supports a broad range of digital and analog AV connectors, allowing for seamless integration with any home entertainment system.
Connecting the HD1000 Connection Methods The HD1000 is designed to connect to your AV system in one of two ways. In the first method, you connect the HD1000 like you would a DVD player or any other normal audio-video source. An alternate method allows you to connect your HD1000 “in-line” as the last device between an AV source (such as an AV receiver) and your display device. Both of these options are discussed in more detail below.
*Note: Generally, the Roku HD1000 supports wide-screen resolutions (1280x720, 1920x1080), but it also supports 1024x768 in standard 4: 3 aspect ratio for certain (primarily commercial) applications. The HD1000 user interface was designed for use on wide-screen HDTV monitors. Therefore, when displayed 4:3 in this 1024x768 mode, the menus and buttons and so forth look slightly stretched vertically. However, images themselves (photos, art) are displayed in their proper aspect ratio without distortion.
3. Turn on the display and select the input to which you have just connected the cable. 4. Connect the power cable to the back of the HD1000 and plug it into an electrical outlet. 5. You’ll see a Busy light blinking, and a startup graphic will appear on your screen. Once the HD1000 is fully started up, the Busy light will stop, the Power light will begin to blink and you will see the initial setup screen. 6.
display may appear in black and white or green because the HD1000 is outputting a Component Video signal. This is normal. The following steps cover selecting the correct output signal. (Composite is normally a single yellow RCA jack on your TV. On the HD1000, the composite connector is shared with the “Y” component connector.) 1. Connect a composite video cable to the HD1000, making sure the cable is connected to the green output jack labeled “Y.
listed in the previous table. If you have pressed the right arrow button ten times without a picture appearing, check the “Troubleshooting” section. 6. Once the proper format has been selected, press Select. Then use the down arrow to move the yellow highlight to the Accept button, and press the Select key to confirm your choice. 7. Once the proper format has been selected, use the down arrow to move the yellow highlight to the OK button, and press the Select key to confirm your choices.
nect the cable from the existing display device and connect it to your HD1000 inputs. Otherwise, select your source device and connect it to the appropriate Video-In connector(s) on the back of the HD1000. This cable/source type must match the cable/type you will use to connect the HD1000 video output. When the HD1000 is in Standby mode, this source will be “passed through” the HD1000 “as-is” — no conversion or transformation is applied to the signal. 2.
using the HD1000 Main Menu Media Sources. Your various media sources will be displayed vertically on the left side of the screen. At the top, you’ll see an icon for Built-In Storage. (This internal memory can be used to store a limited number of photos or small applications.) Below the BuiltIn Storage icon, you’ll see icons representing inserted memory cards and/or connected network shares containing photos, art, video, music, or Roku applications.
Viewing Pictures, Art and LiveArt™ Press the Menu button on your remote control to view your media sources, if you don’t see them already. Your screen should look similar to the one below. If you have more than one media source to choose from . . . 1. In the Main Menu, move the yellow highlight into the left-hand column. 2. Use the up and down arrows to highlight each of the media sources. Notice that the options shown on the right of the screen change as you highlight each media source. 3.
Shortcuts • Press the Play button to start a slideshow beginning with the highlighted image. • If there are more thumbnails than can fit on the screen, press Zoom In to page up; press Zoom Out to page down. • To rotate an image to the proper orientation before viewing, highlight the image and press the Rotate button. This is quicker than rotating in the full-screen view. • To exit the Image Viewer and return to the Main Menu, press Menu or Exit on your remote control. Exit takes you to the prior screen.
playlist formats; iTunes playlists are currently not supported. Play, Pause, Next and Previous track controls are available on the remote. Refer to “The Roku Remote” on page 2 to learn how to control music playback. Playing Music During a Slideshow It is easy to listen to music during your slideshow. Simply start playing music as described above. Then press Menu to return to the Main Menu and navigate to your image files. Press Play inside the desired folder to begin your slideshow.
Sharing photos, video and music from your PC requires: • Wired or wireless Ethernet network (Networked HD video playback requires a wired network; wireless networks require an optional adapter); • PC with Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP Home Edition or Professional, with Windows File Sharing enabled; or • Mac OS X 10.2 or later (10.2.6 or later recommended) is required for music and photos.
You may notice that once you begin browsing images, you enter Image Viewer mode (or Music Player mode if you began by browsing music). Any browsing will be confined to that media type until you exit to the Main Menu by pressing Menu or Exit. From the Main Menu, you once again have the option to access both image and music files. Memory Card Specifications CompactFlash cards must have a sustained read speed of 3 MBps or more for viewing high-definition MPEG2 video and LiveArt.
Photo Viewing Tips Tip #1: The basics Your HD1000’s image viewer has several user-configurable options: * Fit/fill mode * Delay between images in a slideshow Highlight the Options button and press Select on the remote to bring up the Options dialog. While looking at pictures full-screen, just press the Select button on the remote. (Note that bringing up the Options window with a slideshow playing will pause the slideshow. Press Play/Pause on the remote once you’ve closed the window.
Tip #2: To play or not to play When you press the Slideshow button on the Main Menu, insert an image card, or launch an Art Pack, your HD1000 automatically advances through the images on the selected media source. Sometimes, you may want to linger over a particular image. This is easy: just press the Play/Pause button on the remote. Notice that a pause icon appears momentarily in the lower right corner of the screen. The image will now stay on screen until you manually change it.
Next is “Fill.” Fill mode zooms in on the image until it fills the entire screen. If the image isn’t the same shape as the screen, then part of the image will be cropped. in a given image that you want to look at more closely. Or maybe you’ve selected Fill mode, and something interesting is being cropped on a particular image. No worries. The Zoom rocker on the remote control allows you to zoom out until the entire image is visible on the screen, or zoom in to several levels of magnification.
Tip #7: Which way is up? If you take a picture holding the camera right side up, you get what’s called a “landscape” picture — one wider than it is tall. Sometimes, though, the subject calls for a “portrait” picture — one taken with the camera rotated 90 degrees to the left or right so that the resulting image is taller than it is wide. Some cameras actually have a built-in sensor which records whether the camera was rotated for a given picture.
media sources or exited back to the Main Menu. That feature is in the works for a later software upgrade. Tip #8: Just the facts about this picture, Ma’am Photography buffs may want even more information about the picture: What was the f-stop? What was the shutter speed? Did I use a flash? Well, take heart, photo buffs. Press Info a second time to show exposure and flash information, as well as the dimensions of the image. If you’re like a lot of digital camera owners, you have lots and lots of pictures.
Tip #9: Tiptoeing through the Thumbnail Browser If you are in the Browse feature looking at your image thumbnails, there are lots of ways to get around. The four directional arrow buttons on the remote control move the highlight one item at a time. The Next and Previous buttons advance the highlight sequentially through the images, as you would advance through a slideshow. And the Zoom In/Zoom Out rocker does double duty here to allow you to scroll a page at a time.
Set up a nd Pr efer ences The HD1000 maintains a set of general user preferences that apply to all features. Additionally, some features (such as the image viewer) have their own user preferences. Setup The general user preferences that apply to all features are configured in the Setup screen, accessed from the Main Menu. Press the Menu key on your remote to reach the Main Menu, then use the arrow keys to move the yellow highlight to the Setup button. Press the Select key to open the Setup window.
Screen Saver This panel allows you to modify default screen saver settings. video placement of the output signal the HD1000 sends to your television. Video Format This setup panel allows you to adjust the video output format of your HD1000. For detailed information regarding adjusting the video output format, consult the “Connecting the HD1000” section in this manual. First you will be asked to adjust the top left corner of your display using the directional arrow keys.
stretched to a 16:9 aspect ratio, and the circle will appear round. Use of a 480i video format on a 16:9 display is not recommended, but in the event you choose to do so, it is recommended that you use your television’s Fill mode to stretch the 4:3 480i image to a 16: 9 aspect ratio. You may then make video placement adjustments to fit the Roku HD1000’s video output to the full screen and use the circle as a guide to maintaining a true 16:9 aspect ratio.
Wireless If you have a supported wireless adapter, you can connect your Roku HD1000 to a wireless network. First, make sure the wireless receiver is properly connected to the Roku HD1000’s USB port. See www.rokulabs.com/support/HD1000WiFi for a list of supported devices. To complete the connection, you must enter the wireless network’s name (ESSID) and password (if any) in the Wireless setup panel. You only need to enter this information once.
TROUBLESHOOTING If your question isn’t answered here, please visit the support section of our website for more troubleshooting hints, information and software updates. Connection troubleshooting Symptom: No picture 1. Check that the HD1000 and the display device are connected to active AC power outlets and turned on. The Power LED on the HD1000 should be blinking or steadily lit. If the Power LED is blinking, you are in initial setup mode.
Symptom: Picture Appears, But Colors Are Wrong 1. If using an S-Video or a VGA connection, ensure that the cables are firmly connected to both the HD1000 and the display. 2. If using a Component connection, un-plug each of the three (red, green, blue) connectors from the HD1000 and verify that the color of the plug matches the color of the connector on the HD1000. Swapping the red and blue connectors accidentally will result in improper color display.
Symptom: Images won’t display The HD1000 supports JPEG images with standard (not progressive) JPEG compression only. Make sure that your image uses the extension .JPG or .JPEG (not .JPE). Images with EXIF data are supported. Symptom: Video files won’t play The HD1000 supports MPEG2 Transport Stream files only. First, make sure the video file has one of the following extensions .MPG, .MPEG, .TS, .TP, and .TSP. Then, make sure that your video is a transport stream file.
Need help? Go to www.rokulabs.com/support or contact support@rokulabs.com. Note: The Roku software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. © 2004 Roku, LLC. All rights reserved. ROKU, the ROKU logo, and LiveArt are trademarks of Roku, LLC in the United States and other countries. Software Version 1.5.
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