limHD200i User Manual
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1. 16 9 Please use this setting if your display device is wide screen 4 3 Please use this setting if your display device is not wide screen Network Setup High Definition HDD Media Player TV Standard NTSC TV AO DLE 16 9 Ur 192 168 1 18 106 hom 1e tomacro if En i fs 4 23 4 56 7890 abc defghi lj Ki mno pa oo t u v wx yz dis E Back a i Enteri 42 1 SAMBA Setup Instructions 1 Setthe shared folder on your media PC 4 Make sure that your router supports DHCP function Make sure and note down your media PC s IP address such as 192 168 18 106 Rename the media shares folder in English or Number such as media Turn off the host firewall connect network port RJ45 which connect to your limHD200i to an other PC station and make sure it can visit shared folder such as media folder If you are using win2000 server or Windows XP you must enable Guest Account for accessing the shared folder Please follow the steps below Go to Start gt Control Panel Double click Administrative Tools Double click Computer Management Double click Local Users and Groups Double click Users Double click Guest The Guest Properties window appears Confirm that no 99245 checkmark appears in the box next to Account is Disabled If there is a checkmark click the box and the checkmark will disappear lt gt Click OK to save the change and close the Guest Properties w2. limHD 200i Crimi neem cy i The world s tst 1080p H 264 High Definition HDD Media Player limHD200 User Manual Version 1 02 Laking High Definition Entertainment Cujoying Splendid Digital Life limHD2Z200i The world s ist 1080p H 264 High Definition HDD Media Player limHD200i will bring you to the world of High Definition Important Safety Precautions To reduce the risk of fire electric shock or product damage do not expose the device to rain humidity or any spilling of liquid Do not place any water holding vessels such as vase on the device For the purpose of good conditions of ventilating do not set up the device or put it in bookcase internal inserted player cabinet or other airproof spaces Keep the curtain or any other things from blocking the airway in case that excessive heat of the device cause electric shock or fire by Never place any open flame devices such as the burning candles on the player Try to disuse and treat with the battery in a probable environment protecting way The device should be placed near the AC socket outlet The electricity pin should be placed easily accessible if any malfunctions occur The device might be interfered by the radio wave of mobile phone while using If the interference is obvious please keep the mobile phone away from the player Please read the instructions and methods of operation in the manual Keep this manual
3. for home entertainment systems thus keep you away from the troubles of changing CDs 6 Popular Media files formats are widely supported Video files HD formats above 480p WMV HD WMV9 VC 1 MPEG2 HD mpg tp ts H 264 SD formats 480p below MPEGI 2 4 DVD iso vob Music files WAV OGG MP3 WMA A ACTI Image files JPG BMP GIF formats and so on 7 Convenient push buttons You can operate limHD2001 easily without remote control 8 Dynamic color VFD helps you operate it more directly and efficiently Chapter 2 limHD200i Technical Specifications Main Technical Specifications of limHD200i High Definition Multi media HDD Player 2 1 Storage Devices gt HDD IDE 3 5 HDD 2 2 Files Systems Support NTFS and FAT32 Notes NTFS system is recommended as FAT32 system only supports files no larger than AGB while the size of HD video files usually excess this limited value 2 3 Interfaces gt 2 USB2 0 Host interfaces can be used to connect CD ROM DVD ROM External USB HDD Flash Disk and play stored media files One USB2 0 Device Connection which is used for PC connection and data transfer gt One 10 100Mbps Local Network Connection can be used to play shared video files 2 3 1 Audio Video Output Connection HDMI Digital Audio Signals embedded VGA interface Output YPbPr Analog Component Signals or RGB HV Analog VGA Signals S Video Output Standar
4. SB Modes C S Video QV j 1024x768x60 9 HD YPbPr 60Hz 480p 1024x768x85 HD DVI 60Hz 1080 1280x768 x60 1280x1024x60 1280x1024x75 Version Build1 61 070428 KIC TET GI 1920x1200x60 limHD200i VGA output supports the following resolutions 640x480x60 640x480 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 60Hz 800x600x60 800x600 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 60H7 800x600x85 800x600 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 85H7Z 1024x768x60 1024x768 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 60H7 1024x768x85 1024x768 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 85Hz 1280x768x60 1280x768 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 60H7 1280x1024x60 1280x1024 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 60HZ 1280x1024x75 1280x1024 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 75Hz 1360x768x60 1360x768 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 60H7 1920x1200x60 1920x1200 Progressive Scan Vertical Scan Frequency 60Hz HDMI 59 Vertical Scan Frequency 59 97H7 If you are using HDMI please select proper resolution settings according to your display device instructions The highest HDMI output Resolution that limHD200i can support is 1080p 1920x1080 Progressive Scan Auto EDID Extended Display Identification Data limHD200i automatically negotiates with display device through the HDMI and confirms its resolution If the resolution cannot be confirmed it will display with default video output 640x480
5. a Find a clean working area with enough light It must be dry no strong light no dust b Prepare 2 screwdrivers and HDD fix screws included in the gift box of limHD2001 c Prepare one IDE HDD formatted or unformatted Step 2 Make sure that you have disconnected all the cables including power cord with limHD2001 Step 3 Remove the screw marked by an arrow in the picture below from the bottom base Step 4 Off the bottom base from the player and expose the base board Step 5 Remove all the screws from the base board according to the picture below Step 6 Off the base board from the player and expose the HDD frisket step 7 Draw out the HDD frisket along with the internal lead rails of the player Step 8 Take out your HDD and make sure to set your HDD as MASTER or Cable Select mode by correct jumper setting Step 9 Mount the HDD with frisket in directions showed in the below picture and fix the SCICWS a IDE Data Cable Power Supply Connection Cable Step 10 Push the fixed HDD frisket along with the lead rails in directions showed in below picture 11 Step 11 Connect the power cable and IDE data cable properly to the HDD lis Step 12 Aline the screw holes of base board and screw poles of player Fix all the screws back Step 13 Fix the bottom base to the device with screw Now you can use the internal HDD If HDD is still unformatted please refer to the next part 4
6. 10 2 Play the Music Files Audio Formats Supported limHD2001 mainly supports two audio formats Lossless format WAV Lossy format MP3 OGG Ogg Vorbis WMA Windows Media Audio AAC Lossy format file removes sounds difficult for human to catch or even inaudible on the basis of audio psychology mode an extremely low tone follows an extremely high tone for e g MP3 belongs to such files INFO Screen When playing the music files a below Info Screen will be showed 49 HDD Media Player File Name File Size Elapsed Time Length Repeat Mode The screen shows the following information File Name File Size e Elapsed time already played time format AA mm ss e Length whole length format hh mm ss Repeat Mode Music Play Control 1 Press to play or pause Press to pause or continue B press to stop 2 Press in to forward rewind 3 Press to skip to next previous music file and r to tune the volume press to select Repeat Mode 4 Press off on the sound 5 Press 50 10 3 Browse the Photo Files Photo formats supported So far limHD200 supports popular image formats You are able to enjoy images with JPG and BMP formats INFO Screen While browsing the photos we can know the relevant image information by pressing INFO button such as file name file size image size Press 2 Press to enlarge reduce images p
7. Repeat the above step 3 and 4 Select Software Bak App About 10 minutes later the display will be turned off black screen no video signal output by system after the upgrade finished Then you can turn limHD200i off safely 10 Upgrade done Now you can use limHD200i as usual 46 HDD Media Player TV Standard NTSC TV Type 16 9 Set NetworkPath I Upgrade Are you sure to upgrade system Version Build1 61 070428 Safe Recoverary base on Version Build 070707 or later firmware In the future upgrade process if you fail to escalate due to power fault and other unexpected factors you can recover your limHD200i by the following step 4 Power on limHD200i by pressing the OK button on the top of limHD200 until all VFD lights are bright Release the OK button limHD200i upgrade firmware automatically After about 35 minutes all VFD lights black out the upgrade procedure is complete Reboot limHD200i you can use limHD200i as usual Select Menu Language limHD200i currently supports 2 Language options English and Chinese 4 Choose LANGUAGE in setup menu and select the Language Go back to main menu by pressing EXIT button reboot the system Your Select Language become effective More Languages will be supported by the future Firmware upgrade 47 Chapter 10 limHD2001 Media Playback 10 1 Play the Video Files Video Formats Supported limHD2001 supports all the popular v
8. The power state of the limHD200i can be judged by the bright dark of the power light Dark Power disconnected Bright Power connected 2 o lt lt A Physical Storage Device Light Show the chosen physical storage device at the same time only one of the lights could be lightened from left to right in the above picture follows ul When this light is lightened it shows that you select internal IDE HDD eS When this light 1s lightened it shows that you select USB devicel E When this light is lightened it shows that you select USB device2 d When this light is lightened it shows that you select LAN device DS Media Playback State Light Show the playback state of the media files from left to right in the above picture follows gt When this light is on it shows that the player is playing media files IJ When this light is on it shows that the media playback is paused 24 When this light is on it shows that the media playback is stopped When this light is on it shows that the player is in repeat mode REPEAT TRACK or REPEAT ALL 4 Eg Media Playback Disc The functional state of limHD200i can be judged by the rotation inaction of the disc Rotation Under media playback conditions Inaction Under menu or files browse conditions 5 ERER Video Output Mode Show the Video Output Mode of limHD200i Press VIDEO MODE button do not press the button too fast in case
9. press this button will unmount the CD DVD Drive then you can open the CD DVD Drive cabin to take out the disc Notice Along with Firmware upgrade some button functions of remote control might have been changed So please pay close attention to the related version descriptions when upgrading the Firmware 32 Chapter 8 Instructions of limHD200i buttons When the remote control gets lost or malfunctioned you might press the buttons on the top of limHD200i to meet an emergency In this case please contract the local agent to buy a new remote control EXIT A hA gt equal to V on the remote control OK button equal to Q on the remote control SETUP SETUP button equal to on the remote control VIDEO TV MODE button equal to MOBE on the remote control MEDIA FUNC button equal to on the remote control 33 on the remote control DEVICE INFO button equal to Notes Along with Firmware upgrade some button functions might have been changed So please pay close attention to the related version descriptions when upgrading the Firmware 34 Chapter 9 Setup and Adjustments of limHD200i When you finish the physical connection of limHD2001 you need to adjust the system properly to obtain the best image audio quality Connect limHD200i with power supply Enter the Main menu after the initialization finished on the remote control to enter setup menu Generally you only need to use V v lt 4 L4 and
10. PC through USB while the PC can not recognize limHD200i automatically cannot auto refresh to show the Drive Letter But it shows a USB device icon in the right down corner on the scree In such circumstances you need adjust manually Right click My Computer and select Manage entering a picture as below i Sai i ra sue F ti E x g 53 Select Disk Management LI The Disk0 Disk1 will appear depends on the number of physical disks find out a Disk not active right click it will show Convert to C or basic Disk notes this conversion will lead you to format HDD option not recommended you should select convert to C and double click My Computer then you will see the Drive Letter 54 Appendix High Definition Basics Appendix 1 Digital TV In order to know more about HDTV let s first take a look at DTV DTV Digital TV is a TV system that uses digital technique during the whole process of sending editing programming transmission and receiving means that the signals are all expressed by 0 and 1 It is divided into four levels by its definition from high to low HDTV EDTV SDTV and PDTV Between different definition levels of DTV it has a backward compatibility the high end products are compatible with the low end products That is to say you can use HDTV to watch EDTV SDTV and PDTV programs HDTV EDTV SDTV PDTV High Definition DTV Enhanced Definition DTV
11. Standard Definition DTV Popular DTV Movie image Image better than DVD DVD image VCD image Appendix 2 HDTV HDTV is the format of the best image quality in DTV HDTV is short for High Definition Television Established by usage most people name the HD Video as HDTV Here HDTV mentioned in the latter part of the manual refers to High Definition Video rather than High Definition Television Appendix 3 Definition It is generally believed that the display definition of HDTV video is at least tree times higher than the present TV With richer image details it can completely meet Video fans strict demands for TV program definition To reach this goal HDTV derived three resolution standard which are 720p 1280x720 Progressive Scan 10801 1920x1080 Interlace Scan and 1080p 1920x1080 Progressive Scan respectively According to the video quality 1080p resolution HDTV program has the best visual effects follows 10801 and 720p 1920x1080 Resolution supports Interlace Progressive Scan mode of 24Hz 30Hz and 60Hz 1280x720 resolution only supports 24Hz 30Hz 60Hz in Progressive Scan mode Refresh rate of 60Hz and 30Hz adapt to video playback while 24Hz adapts to Movie playback 55 Appendix 4 Scan Mode Interlace and Progressive Interlace scan such as 4801 10801 refers to display separately the whole picture into two interactive pictures of odd field and even field It helps to reduce the flicker degree of TV display Pr
12. it missed the matching video output mode until there is a normal display When you choose the video output mode VFD shows as the picture below dria umskE p 840 x 4B0 x 60 800 x 600 x 60 B00 x 800 x B5 1 1024 x 768 ix 60 14800 C S Video ABOp yu IN SO Modes Pug CIYFbPFr HD YPbPr i 720p RN EM i 4001 C RGB 40801 neer 1024 x 768 x 85 4280 x 768 x 60 PEEL LILLLLII 1280 x 1024 x 60 i i 1280 x 1024 x 75 1360 x 768 ix 60 1820 x 1200 x 60 E J Cutline Instructions Current Video Output Mode such as 1080i pu Video Output Mode displayed on VFD Panel Vertical resolution 1 VIDEO MODE Setup order of Video Output Mode while opearting Remote Controller 6 EESEEESES Play time of media files When playing files like Movies or Music the VFD shows the elapsed time of the media files When pressing INFO button the play time will also show 7 ET PC Connection Light The functional state of limHD2001 PC connection can be judged by the light Dark Has not been connected to PC Bright Has been connected to PC 25 8 m Select Movie Playback Under Movie Playback conditions 9 Fel Select Music Playback Under Music Playback conditions 10 9 Select Photos Browse Under Photo Browse conditions 26 Chapter 7 Remote Control of limHD2001 Using remote control is convenient for your operation In this manual we indicate all th
13. mode equal to PAGE DOWN button gt PLAY Play the selected media files Lu PAUSE Press one time to pause Press again to continue playing m STOP Stop playing the media files and back to the present directory P e VOLUME Tune up or tune down the volume J MUTE Press this button to mute the sound Press again to turn on the sound 3 ZOOM While watching the movies or browsing the images press to zoom in ol to zoom out ZOOM level 1 6 and OFF J ROTATE While browsing images press this button to rotate the showed image according to clockwise direction Press once the image will rotate 90 degrees FUNC Press this button to enter Function Menu Relative functional settings could be done such as load or unload of the subtitle function of SUBTITLE button Play Time Setup function of TIME button Repeat Mode Repeat Clean Repeat Track Repeat All function of REPEAT button aspect ratio function of IMAGE button 31 LJ INFO While playing MOVIE files press this button to show an information board which indicates the information of the playing file file name file size elapsed time total length repeat mode etc REPEAT While playing MOVIE or MUSIC files press this button to select the Repeat Mode REPEAT CLEAR REPEAT TRACK repeat the playing files and REPEAT ALL repeat all the files at the current directory UNMOUNT CD DVD DRIVE In the menu mode
14. operate the menu Any time you want to quit this Setup mode and back to the Main file EE again or just A2 browsing page you only need to press SETUP on the remote control to 9 1 Audio Setup HDD Media Player SPIF Out DPCM Speakers Out 2 Channels Version Build1 61 070428 35 9 1 1 SPDIF out SPDIF is a standard interface agreement short for SONY PHILIPS Digital Interface Format limHD2001 supports optical SPDIF and coaxial SPDIF SPDIF audio setup has 2 options DPCM and Encoded Digital DPCM Differential Pulse Code Modulation is a kind of digital stereo signal that can be recognized by most of the devices Please select this option if you do not have any devices such as decoders AV amplifiers for Dolby Digital and DTS signals decoding Encoded Digital Selecting this option you can directly output the digital streams from the media files without any conversion These digital streams later will be decoded by the outer decoders AV receivers amplifiers Notice This option has no effects to the Analog Audio Output 9 1 2 Speakers out Speaks Out setting has two options 2 Channels Left and Right Channel suit for relative Analog Audio Out 5 1 Channels Use 5 1 Channels will obtain high fidelity music quality if you connect the powerful stereo systems by AV receiver amplifier 9 2 Video Setup Press LLL button to enter the setup mode Press v on the remote control to highlight the Vide
15. set up relative items and upgrade the firmware you only need to operate Up Down Left Right and OK DISPLAY CONTROL Press SETUP button to adjust Brightness Contrast Saturation during moive playback 29 HU PHYSICAL STORAGE DEVICES SELECTING Press the DEVICE button to select effective physical storage devices such as IDE HDD USBI USB2 LAN VIRTUAL CD BUTTON Eenter the Virtual CD directory of selected physical devices and playing MUSIC files in repeat mode The Virtual CD directory is equal to one CD 41 MOVIE PLAYBACK It only shows MOVIE files in the file list You can select a file to play or repeat MUSIC PLAYBACK It only shows MUSIC files in the file list You can select a file to play or repeat PHOTO BROWSE It only shows PHOTO files in the file list You can select a file to browse or slide show V v lt 4 UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT Used for menu operation or files browsing o UP When the files are listed with many pages press PAGE UP button to browse the previous pages m PAGE DOWN When the files are not listed in one page press PAGE DOWN button to browse the next pages MENU Enter the main menu for relative operations A EXIT BACK Go back to previous level menu Q OK ENTER Used to confirm current settings or play selected media file in this case equal to PLAY button nsa IMAGE ADJUST THE ASPECT RATIO OF DISPLAY In the menu mode or while playin
16. video output mode and resolution according to different display equipments such as TV Projectors Monitors and so on and select suitable A V cables 16 DV sd 1080p Pure digital signals HDMI 1080p Pure digital signals embedded audio EE VGA 192x1200 Analog signals signals 1 High Definition Connection 1 HDMI ee 0 HDMI Cable limHD2001 Rear Panel HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface provides a high bandwidth up to 5Gbps can transfer uncompressed audio signals and High resolution digital signals It can ensure audio video signals transferring with the highest quality The advantage of HDMI you can use only one HDMI cable to transfer the audio and video signals meanwhile as there is no signal attenuation and distortion in the transfer process you can obtain higher quality video audio transfer HDMI uses the same cable for both audio video and greatly simplifies the home theater system construction We recommend you to use this connection if HDMI is supported by your display device 17 2 DVI Cable not included CV MN L limHD200 Rear Panel DVI Digital Video Interface is a common connection of High Definition display devices Note that the main difference between DVI and HDMI is that DVI has no embedded audio signals DVI can transfer uncompressed pure digital video signals You can connect limHD200i by a HDMI DVI cable with your display devices
17. well for future references Placement Put the player on a flat surface away from the sunlit sunlight high temperature high humidity and frequent vibration Otherwise it will cause damages to the cabin and its internal parts thus lessen its service life Do not place any heavy loads Keep it in a distance more than 20 cm away from the wall In case of any personal accidents do consider the safety of infants or children while placing it Overload Do not overload or trample on the device Doing so may cause serious personal accidents and critical damage to the player Ventilating ventilation The groove joints and cooling holes are designed for ventilating avoiding overheat and working liability of the device Do not block or cover it Do not put the device on things like beds sofa and cloth in case the vent is blocked Areas that can not IH ventilate or places violating manufacturer s instructions like bookshelf frames etc are also not permitted Power sources Do not use voltage source over high Otherwise it will make the device overloaded and cause fire Connect the AC power cable properly and make sure there are no defects Poor connection or defected power cable will cause fire and electric shock Do not pull fold the power cable or make it heavy loaded Do not overload the power supply in the socket outlet Be careful when the power cable IC lead socket are lengthened as they may cause electric shock or fire Ho
18. 2 Format the Internal HDD If the HDD remains unformatted please format the HDD in the following procedures Step 1 Connect the limHD2001 to the power supply near your computer 12 Step 2 Press power button D on top of limHD2001 if the power signal on VDF does not light Step 3 Wait for the normal presentation of the disc icon Fg on VFD Step 4 Connect limHD2001 and PC by accessory USB link cable Step 5 when ET shows on VFD it indicates the computer has identified the Internal HDD of limHD2001 Step 6 Partition and format the HDD according to the recommended instructions and the requirements of your operating system USB link limHD200i Rear Panel Notes 1 limHD2001 supports multi partition while the first partition of HDD must be initialized as the Main Partition 2 limHD2001 supports FAT 32 and NTFS File Systems NTFS system is recommended for FAT 32 does not support files larger than 4 GB while the HD video Files often excess the limits 4 3 Transfer files to Internal HDD Using the same method in 4 2 connect the limHD200i to the computer by USB cable Copy or move files between limHD2001 and PC as if data transferred between 2 HDDs of PC itself Unnecessary to go into any more details here 13 Chapter 5 Physical Connection of limHD200i USB 2 0 device Interface S Video Output to PC Composite Video Output Analog Audio Output L R Optical Digital Audio Output Coaxial Digital Au
19. 2003 ITU and ISO MPEG International Organization for Standardization s Moving Picture Experts Group together issued an H 264 video compression standard It is formally named as MPEG 4 AVC Advanced Video Coding which is the chapter 10 of MPEG 4 H 264 has been authorized as one of the video formats of Blue Ray DVD and HD DVD by DVD Forum and Blue Ray Disk Association Now Japan adopts H 264 coding stream for its ISDB T Digital Broadcast while many satellite TV like BskyB DirecTV Dish Network Euro1080 Satl HD also adopt H 264 format Technically speaking H 264 represents the most advanced video compression technique in the video digital processing field It is able to provide high quality image transmission in the condition of low bandwidth within 2M According to the data analysis H 264 averagely saves 64 transmission bandwidth compared with its previous MPEG2 in the same video quality H 264 technique also has strong fault tolerance and better support to network transmission It introduces a coding format system apply to IP packet WMV9 WMYV HD VC 1 WMV Windows Media Video format upgrades and extends from Windows Media centered ASF Advanced Stream Format WMV is a kind of coding format through which multi media information like audio video image and control command script transfer in the form of network data packet to realize the issuance of stream style multi media contents WMV has a great advantage of low bit rate whic
20. Firmware 2 3 7 Firmware Upgrade Supported You can upgrade your Firmware with Internal HDD or Flash disk using the System Setup Menu The upgrade Firmware is provided by TOMACRO Chapter 3 Precautions before the Operation of limHD2001 In this chapter we will describe some problems you might have and demonstrate precautions when using the limHD200i Also some operating skills are covered 3 1 Buttons In case there are malfunctions of your remote control the device is designed with commonly used function buttons on the top Suggest using the remote control for operation in your daily time 3 2 Set the Video Output Mode When you use limHD200 for the first time The factory Default Video Output Mode Settings might do not match your display devices or when you need to change your display devices the Default Factory Video Output Mode Setup might not match the newly changed display devices if there is abnormal display please adjust the Video Output of limHD2001 IODE button and by selecting the Video Mode button on the remote control Press alter the Video Output to normal display Then press LJ button and enter the System Setup Manu adjust the Video Output Mode The system will automatically save your settings after exit from the Manu 3 3 Update when changing the newly connected USB devices When the limHD200 is in its normal operation and you need to change the USB devices For instance B J gt Disc
21. PbPr conversion connector following the display device instructions HDD Media Player NTSC Active Output HD YPbPr VGA 1024x 68x6U HDMI 59 97Hz 1080p sD Modes C S Video HD YPbPr 60Hz 480p HD DV 60Hz 1080i Version Build1 61 070428 limHD2001 YPbPr supports the following resolutions 480p 720x480 Progressive Scan Output 720p 1280x720 Progressive Scan Output 1080i 1920x1080 Interlace Scan Output 9 3 System Setup on the remote control to enter setup menu vi move the cursor to System Setup ico Then press L4 to enter the System Setup Sub Menu 40 High Definition HDD Media Player TV Standard NTSC TV Type 16 9 Set NetworkPath Factory Set Upgrade Application zi Upgrade Boot a u kY d e 1 g r f D AU i k f P ul x 7 Version Bujlqd1 6120 0528 idii m e TV System Select NTSC or PAL according to the standard of your display devices TV etc High Oetinition HDD Media Player TV Standard NTSC NTSC TV Type 16 9 FAL set NetworkPath Factory Set Upgrade Application Upgrade Boot Version Build1 61 070428 or a 41 e TV Shape First please confirm the shape of your display devices screen aspect ratio length width before you select the relevant settings High Definition HOD Media Player TV Standard NTSC TV Type 16 9 aet NetworkPath Factory Set Upgrade Application Upgrade Boot
22. USB devices or newly changed disc Such problems are probably caused by the following reasons gt You have not refreshed your USB devices At this time you need to go back to the main menu and refresh the USB devices select USB icon on main menu For more details please refer to 3 3 Refresh when changing the newly connected USB devices USB devices are not connected properly Please check carefully whether there are some problems with the power supply as some USB devices need outer power supply To check whether it is in normal operation the direct way is to connect the USB device to PC to check if there are disc damages problems the direct way is to put the disc in the CD DVD ROM of PC to see if it can work USB connection cable problems We suggest you use the accessory USB cable or other USB2 0 Standard cables Other reasons not found yet 52 11 3 Cannot find Internal HDD after turn on the player Probably caused by the following reasons gt Internal HDD has not been formatted Please format the Internal limHD200i HDD referring to 4 2 Format the Internal HDD gt First partition of limHD200i internal HDD has not been formatted as the Master Partition Please set first partition as master limHD200i Internal HDD has been damaged Please contact with HDD Manufacturer or change the Internal HDD Other reasons not found yet 11 4 PC cannot find Internal HDD of limHD200i Sometimes limHD200i is connected to the
23. changing of USB DVD DRIVE Press to unmount the USB DVD DRIVE change the disc gt External USB HDD changing After the above operations finished you need to back to the main page press u Or A2 Move the cursor to USB icon and press OK The system will research and refresh the USB device before you can visit it normally 3 4 Mega Capacity CD You can use limHD2001 as Mega Capacity CD Player Follow the instructions as below Select the physical device that stores MUSIC files Internal HDD external USB HDD or FLASH Disk and so on Enter the MUSIC directory Select Music Playback Mode by pressing button Select one MUSIC file to play Select REPEAT Mode Suggest using A V receiver amplifier to achieve high fidelity sound effects limHD2001 supports Coax Optical SPDIF in the convenience of building a perfect music hall for you 3 9 Turn on the player in suggested procedures Make sure that you have connected the limHD2001 to your display device such as TV and Audio device such as A V receiver with appropriate cables Connect the DC output of accessory AC DC adaptor to the power input of limHD2001 Insert the AC electric pin of the AC DC adaptor to your power supply socket outlet If the power light D on the VFD 1s off press the power button on top of limHD2001 to switch on Enter the Main Menu after system initialization Operate limHD2001 normally Now you can enjoy High Definition videos listen to music o
24. ctors just by AV cable connection Excellent Quality amp Performance High definition video with resolutions up to 1080p CD quality sound Crystal clear pictures Comparing with similar products limHD2001 has the following specific features 1 Support resolution up to 1080p perfect match for 1080p full HDTV realizing the real pixel for pixel reproduction to obtain the best image quality 2 Support H 264 amp VC 1 Video Decoding As H 264 amp VC 1 coded videos become more and more popular H 264 decoding is becoming a basic demand for players 3 Optional Internal HDD with any capacity Human based designs make the HDD mounting safe and much more convenient 4 Interface Variety It has all kinds of video interfaces varying from Analog Standard Definition Composite Video Output Analog High Definition YPbPr component output and VGA output to Digital High Definition DVI and HDMI 2 Channels analog stereo sounds output coaxial optical SPDIF digital 5 1 channels output for the audio interface An RJ45 provided to place limHD200i on your 10 100BASE T Ethernet network 100BASE T recommended One USB 2 0 device port which transfers data between limHD2001i and PC Two USB 2 0 Host interfaces which can be used to connect external USB HDD Flash disk USB CD DVD drive and digital products such as digital camera DV 5 Can work as a mega capacity CD player when connected to your A V amplifiers receivers
25. d Definition PAL NTSC Analog Video Signals Composite Video interface Output Standard Definition PAL NTSC Analog Video Signals Coaxial SPDIF OUT Optical SPDIF OUT Audio R L 24 bit 192khz sampling rate DAC supports Dolby Pro Logic and Pro Logic II 2 3 2 Digital Media formats Supported 1 Video Formats High Definition gt MPEG2 HD mpg tp ts avi gt WMV HD VC 1 Wmv ts avi H 264 Mpeg4 AVC mov m2ts ts avi Mpeg4 DivX HD Xvid HD avi Standard Definition gt MPEG 1 2 4 mpg mpeg mp4 m4p m2t m2p ml v m2v m4v trp dat gt MPEG2 DVD ISO VOB gt MPEG4 DivX amp XviD avi gt WMV wmv wmv9 asf 2 Audio Formats WAV MP3 MP2 MPA AAC Advanced Audio Coding WMA OGG gt RPCM 3 Image formats gt JPG gt BMP gt GIF VV VV WV 2 3 3 Subtitle Supported Supporting subtitles of srt and other formats of subtitle by later upgrading the Firmware 2 3 4 Display Devices Supported 1 For TV gt NTSC 480i 480p L gt PAL 5761 576p U gt HDTV 720p 10801 1080p gt Plasma TV 1366x768 1280x768 2 For PC gt PC Standard VGA SVGA XGA SXGAJ 2 3 5 Multinational language Supported Support Chines Simple complex English More other foreign languages can be supported by 4 later upgrading the
26. d as coaxial output marked with a COAXIAL on the backboard of the equipment The digital coaxial interface uses a coaxial cable as the transfer medium with its impedance 75Q It has a strong point of constant impedance and wide transfer frequency range The transfer frequency of high quality coaxial cable can reach to several hundreds Mhz As errors seldom occur in digital coaxial transferring this way of transfer has good performances in sound quality However when you use coaxial cable please notice its impedance match When using 75 coaxial cable the constant impedance and correct signal transfer are guaranteed Generally speaking coaxial and optical output the same quality digital 21 audio Therefore some A V devices are designed only with coaxial output instead of optical output 2 Optical Cable Optical Cable a A T gt cable not included 92001 Rear Panel Optical SPDIF also named as Toslink is a technical standard early developed by TOSHIBA It is named by Toshiba Link It has a mark of OPTICAL So far almost all the digital A V equipments are equipped such interface Once Toslink optical interface was widely used in media players such as CD LD MD DVD Toslink transfers digital audio signals by optical fibre Interfaces are mainly divided into two kinds one is standard interface for home appliances and another is mini Tosilink for portable devices such as CD player Optical transfer can reali
27. dio Output HDMI Digital A V Output VGA YPbPr Video Output USB 2 0 host Interface x2 for Mass Storage Devices 10 100M Network Interface RJ45 12VDC Power Input Rear Panel 5 1 DC Interface 12VDC 12V DC Interface is used for providing power for limHD200i Connect the power supply as picture instructed below LN i LU f Ta IT limHD2001 Rear Panel Warnings Do use the accessory 12VDC wide voltage power Adapter If not it might damage your player the power cord used must accord with the local country standards Please contact with local agents if you need to change the power Adaptor Step 1 Connect the power cord to accessory adaptor Step 2 Connect the AC pin of power cord to the power supply socket Step 2 Connect the 12VDC output of accessory adaptor to the player Step 4 Turn on the power You will notice that the green LED of the Adaptor is lightened If the green light of VFD o is off please press the power button on top of limHD200i 5 2 USB 2 0 Device Interface limHD2001 has 1 USB2 0 device interface which is used for the data transfer with USB2 0 host devices such as PC NAS and so on When connected to the PC limHD2001 is used as USB 2 0 device Its internal HDD can be used as mobile HDD for the PC and thus conveniently manage the files in HDD 15 5 3 USB 2 0 Host limHD200i has 2 USB2 0 host ports which can be conveniently linked to external USB devices for playing t
28. e functions of remote control buttons The reference picture of the remote control 1s as below as TOMACRO 27 7 1 Precautions before using the remote control Install the battery into the remote control before using it Then you can use it to control limHD200i1 1 Open the battery case 2 Install the R6 batteries 3 Close the battery case Precautions of using battery Incorrect usage of battery might lead to battery leak or erosion Please operate the instructions as below Do not upside the positive and negative pole of the remote control battery According to the and marks Do not dissect short circuited heat or charge the battery neither can throw it into fire Do not leave the waste or run out battery in the remote control Mix use of different batteries or the new and old battery prohibited 28 Take out the battery if you do not use the remote control for a long time in case that it might lead to damages caused by battery leak and erosion Please change all the batteries if the remote control does not work or has limited effective ranges If there is a battery leak please wipe clean the battery case on the remote control and replace the old battery Remote Control Precautions Aim the remote control at the infred sense window of limHD2001 then operate Do not drop the remote control Do not leave the remote control in places of high temperatures or humidit
29. e two formats are very popular as their Codec software used for video and audio compression is free of charge These two formats have a perfect quality comparable to MPEG 4 while their bit rates compressed enough to be able to spread the videos on the internet Thus it satisfies the practical demands of most users DVD ISO ISO image iso is an informal term of disk image of ISO 9660 file system The contents of CD DVD disc can be converted to an ISO file Generally playing video ISO file is similar to playing DVD disc in DVD player DVD VOB VOB DVD Video Object is a kind of DVD Video Media format which includes real time video audio subtitle and operation menus Single VOB file has the largest size of IGB Generally there will be many VOB files including IFO and BUP files IFO file is a DVD data file which stores relative information of DVD contents subtitles and audio tracks In the normal circumstances visiting VIDEO TS IFO files is similar to playing DVD discs in DVD player VOB files can be directly visited A6 2 Music formats WAV Microsoft and IBM developed this kind of format together which is also a most popular lossless audio coding format WAV files have flexible formats and can store many kinds of audio datum It is a good choice for saving original record data WAV is a format on the basis of RIFF file format RIFF format is similar to AIFF and IFF format 59 Now WAV has become a standard format of PC Whe
30. ed by Microsoft instead it becomes a video format that anyone can develop support and use MPEG 2 TS Different with DVD adopted MPEG 2 format HD video uses the MPEG 2 TS format It is a kind of video stream format mainly used for the real time programs transmission HD video with MPEG 2 TS format is very common on the broadcast network It generally uses suffixes of mpg tp ts HD video files using MPEG 2 TS format for compression are usually very large Take a 90 minute movie for instance its file size is usually above 8GB some even larger than 15GB It also has difficulty in playing the HD video files with suffixes of tp and ts The reason is that the files contain AC 3 audio information and MPEG 2 video information so they need a professional software to play MPEG 1 MPEG 1 standard was issued on August 1993 which is a generic term of a group of audio amp video coding system authorized by MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group It was used for transferring codes of motive pictures and its accompanying sound in digital media with a digital transmission rate of 1 5 Mbps Later the date rate was raised to 4 Mbps in order to obtain higher video quality MPEG 1 now is mainly applied to digital medium like CD ROM Video CD CD 1 etc MPEG 2 In 1994 MPEG organization issued MPEG 2 compression standard to realize the probability of mutual operation application and video audio services MPEG 2 standard aims at SDTV and HDTV compre
31. equipped with DVI interface 3 VGA RGB HV Cable not included limHD200i Rear Panel VGA connector is also called D Sub interface with 15 pins Analog signals are still transferred by VGA The digital images information is converted to R G B signals included H V synchronizing signals by color palette D A convertor and then transferred to display devices by VGA cable For the analog display devices such as CRT monitor signals are transferred to relative processing circuit then control the CRT to generate images for the digital display devices such as LCD DLP relative A D convertors are required to convert analog signals to digital signals again image distortion is unavoidable after the D A amp A D conversion Therefore VGA mode is more suitable to CRT display 18 You can connect limHD2001i to VGA display device by VGA cable You can use VGA RGBHYV cable if your display devices are equipped with separate R G B H Horizontal synchronization V Vertical synchronization plug Check to make sure that the plug required is BNC or RCA as both plugs are commonly used 4 High Definition YPbPr VGA breakout cable Standard Component cable not included Y s Pr E w limHD200i Rear Panel Use VGA connector for this connection One VGA YPbPr cable is required included in the accessories You only need to connect one end of VGA YPbPr cable with the VGA connector of limHD2001 the other end to a standa
32. g media files press this button will alter the aspect ratio display 16 9 4 3 nmm AUDIO AUDIO TRACK SELECTING While playing multi track MOVIE files use this button to alter different tracks mm SUBTITLE While playing MOVIE files this button is used to load or unload the subtitles Notice that the format of subtitle files must be srt and should be named the same with relative MOVIE files 30 ETI TIME SEARCH While playing MOVIE files you can use this button selecting a specified time to play the selected time starts from the very beginning Press this button and a frame will be showed You can use UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT to select time as you want in format of hh mm ss Press OK to Confirm J REW While playing MOVIE or MUSIC files press this button will rewind the playback Press it again will alter rewinding speed REW8x REW16x REW32x a relative ICON will be showed Press the PLAY button to return to normal playback FWD While playing MOVIE or MUSIC files press this button will forward the playback Press it again will alter forwarding speed FWD8x FWD16x FWD32x a relative ICON will be showed Press the PLAY button to return to normal playback PREV Press this button to play the previous media files or to show the previous page files in browse mode equal to PAGE UP button NEXT Press this button to play the next media files or to show the next page files in browse
33. h is suitable to network transmission WMYV O supports VBR coding which is short for Variable Bit Rate Still picture and motive picture of movie have different requirements of the Compression Sample Rate It will affect the movie quality if you always keep the fixed bit rate With the great popularization of WMV9 by 57 Microsoft AVI WMV9 conversion becomes a very popular way nowadays WMYV HD is a kind of video compression format founded by Microsoft Itis a new member of WMV series with its compression rate even higher than MPEG 2 standard For the same 2 hour High Definition video programs they can be compressed to 30GB if with MPEG 2 while with WMV HD such kind of high compression coding algorithm they can be compressed to about 15GB without any video quality losing Although WMV HD is an unique standard of Microsoft thanks to the wide propaganda by Microsoft WMV format now has been a most frequently used video format by HD videos Moreover WMV HD format is perfectly supported by Windows Media Player which brings much convenience to our users VC 1 is the informal name of SMPTE standard 421M Codec draft superset of WMV 9 and WMV HD VC l originates from WMV9 technique of Microsoft Microsoft submitted VC 1 technique to SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers for deliberation and formally issued as a standard named as SMPTE 421M on April 3 2006 From then on VC 1 coding technique is no longer exclusively own
34. he recommended accessories A product and trolley combination should be moved with care Quick stop excessive force and uneven surfaces may cause the product and trolley combination overturn Headphones Turn the volume up to the middle position when using the headphone It might cause hearing impairment if you listen to loud music by headphone for a long time Services Do not try to repair the device Repairing disassembling or remodeling the device by unskilled people might cause electric shock or damages to the device Unplug the electric pin of the AC supply and contact with the local agent or maintenance center if the followings happen or other malfunctions not showed in the manual occur a If there is abnormal sound picture guiding light or when the light of VFD panel go off and smoke occurs b When the power supply cord or plug is damaged c If liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the device d Ifthe device has been exposed to rain or water e If the device does not operate normally by following the operating instructions Adjust only those controls covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage It often requires extensive work by even a qualified technician to restore the device to its normal operation f Ifthe device has been dropped or damaged in anyway g When the device exhibits a distinct change in performance this indicates a need for
35. he stored multi media files The main functions of the USB2 0 host show as below Connect with USB devices Can directly play the media files such as HD movies Notice Can not use USB CD DVD drive to play DVD disc as normal DVD player Or you can convert single DVD disc to an ISO file limHD2001 can play ISO VOB files Connect with external USB HDD and play the stored multi media files Connect with Flash disk You can store digital music photo files etc Connect with digital products like digital camera DV and play the stored media files When the limHD 200 is connected with USB devices the light d on VFD will be on 5 4 10 100M LAN Interface RJ45 limHD200i has one RJ45 for fast Ethernet Network connection You can connect limHD200i to your LAN to play the shared high definition videos or other media files in media server or other computers connected to the network you can also use limHD2001 as VODI Video On Demand terminal when you link it to WAN limHD200i1 can visit the NAS drive on the network For IP setting please refer to 9 3 System Setup Notes Even in the 100M network environment High Definition video files with high bit rate stream may not be played smoothly if your network is congested 5 5 A V Interface 5 5 1 Video Connection limHD2001 supports 1080p resolution 1929x1080 progressive scan can realize real pixel to pixel needs support by video file encoding You can select the suitable
36. ideo formats High Definition video code stream includes H 264 avi ts mov MPEG2 HD ts tp avi WMV HD VC 1 Divx HD Xvid HD etc Standard Definition video code stream includes MPEG 1 2 4 DivX XviD DVD files ISO and VOB INFO Screen When entering the video playback we can get relative information of the playing video files by pressing INFO button The information includes File Name File Size length Elapsed time and Play Mode Info window shows as below E od Pe E LS File Size Elapsed fime Length Repeat Mode Video Playback Control 1 Press to play or pause Press u to pause or continue press to stop 48 to forward rewind for video playback or quick browse 3 Press to skip to next previous video files 4 Press ns to alter video display ratio 16 9 4 3 If the playing video has multi audio tracks you can use to change audio track If subtitle file alone with to its video file are available srt you can press mm to on off the subtitle Press ux to select time to play aL f r 5 Press and to tune the volume Press off on the sound 6 Press to zoom in out the image size 7 Press to setup relevant functions subtitle setting time search repeat mode etc 8 Press LLL to show the playing video information 9 Press LS ia to select Repeat Mode 10 Press Eas J to adjust Brightness Contrast Saturation of display image
37. indow l 3 lt To confirm the change look for the Guest Account icon Si Guest in the Computer Management window the small x on it Eicuest disappears Close the Computer Management window After the above steps then you can let your limHD200i share the folder you want 2 LimHD2001 Samba Setup t Choose Networkpath SAMBA in setup menu It will pop up a soft keyboard set the IP address of your shared PC and the path of the shared folder such as 192 168 18 106 media You can delete the default IP and Path by selecting Back on the screen Input the IP address and path by selecting numbers or letters using UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT buttons Press ENTER to confirm and exit Choose Networkpath Static IP to set your IP address of your limHD200i such as 192 168 18 108 or Networkpath DHCP to get an IP address automatically 43 d Go back to main menu by pressing EXIT button reboot the system Choose NETWORK Samba on the main screen then you can visit shared media files on your shared PC NFS Setup Instructions Network File System NFS is a network file system protocol allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network as easily as 1f the network devices were attached to its local disks NES Server and Client limHD2001 Configuration 1 How to setup NFS server login Linux server as root edit the configuration file etc exports specify the shared directory and access permissi
38. ke iptables ipchains of linux server and the files etc hosts deny etc hosts allow loop test NFS server on linux server check if shares directory can be visited or not Run the following command on Linux server mount t nfs 192 168 18 106 home user nfs mnt nfs need to creat a new nfs directory under mnt ls mnt The command will export and mount nfs directory onto to mnt directory Therefore if NFS works normally you can view the files of home user nfs shared directory under mnt 2 LimHD2001 NFS client Setup Choose Networkpath NFS in setup menu It will pop up a soft keyboard set the IP address of your linux server and the path of the shared folder such as 192 168 18 106 home user nfs You can delete the default IP and Path by selecting Back on the screen Input the IP address and path by selecting numbers or letters using UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT buttons Press enter to confirm and exit Choose Networkpath Static IP to set your IP address of your limHD2001 or Networkpath DHCP to get an IP address automatically Go back to main menu by pressing EXIT button reboot the system Choose NETWORK NFS on the main screen then you can visit shared movie files on your NFS server Restore to the Default Settings If there is a malfunction or if you want to restore the device to original factory default settings please enter the System Setup Menu and move the cursor to Factory Set and pres
39. ld the plug to disconnect the AC supply Do not plug in or unplug the pin with wet hands Otherwise it might cause electric shock Unplug the device from the socket outlet to avoid damages caused by thunder or when you do not use the device for a long time Doing so may keep it from damages caused by thunder or electric fluctuations efficiently Heat sources The device should be kept away from heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves and other heat producers including amplifiers Water and Moisture Do not use the device near water such as bathtub wash bowl kitchen sink or laundry tub and etc also avoid places like moist basement or near swimming pool Dew Humidity and dews cause damages to the device Therefore read it carefully Humidity and dews always happen For instance in summer you will find globs outside the glass if you pour iced drinks into it Similarly dews might appear in IV top cap of the device which is the most sensible part in the player Dews easily appear in the following conditions When you suddenly move the device from warm places to cold places When you use the device in the room where you just open the heater or the device is right under the cooling areas of air conditioner e When you move the device from air conditioner room and use it in places of high temperature and humidity in hot summer Do not use the device if dew appears Doing so might damage the internal par
40. o setting icon Then press L4 to enter the video output mode setting 36 High Definition HDD Media Player NTSC Active Output HDMIS3 VGA 1280x1024x60 HDMI 59 97Hz 1080p SD Modes C S Video HD YPbPr 60Hz 480p d HD DVI 60Hz 1080i i ae NM V AU FI Ju 3 1 im a Version Build1 61 070428 According to your display devices select the Active Output interface of the limHD2001 to output video signals For the instructions of video output interface connection please refer to 5 5 1 High Definition MOB Media Player NTSC Active Output HDMIS9 VGA VGA 1280x1024x60 HDMI 59 HDMI 59 97Hz 1080p sD SD Modes C S Video HD YPbPr HD YPbPr 60Hz 4680p HD DVI HD DVI 60Hz 1080i VGA Output RGBHV analog video signal HDMI Output pure digital video signal with embedded digital audio signal SD Output standard definition analog video signals with S Video or Composite Video Interface HD YPbPr Output analog component video signal with VGA YPbPr conversion connector DVI Output pure digital video signal with HDMI DVI conversion cable 37 e VGA If you are using VGA as Active Output please select the proper resolution settings according to your display device instructions The highest resolution that limHD2001 can support is 1920x1200 with 60HZ Vertical Frequency HDD Media Player NTSC Active Output VGA VGA 1024x768x60 640x480x60 800x600x60 B O0x600xB5 HDMI 59 97Hz 1080p
41. ogressive scan such as 480p 720p 1080p means to scan a whole picture line by line Progressive scan picture is more stable than interlace scan picture To divide the scan mode into Progressive and interlace are mainly for the purpose of giving attention to the traditional display device such as TV Generally Interlace scan does good to those motive images changing so fast while Progressive scan adapts to displaying still images with high resolution In the long run Progressive scan has a brighter future in its application Appendix 5 HDMI Introduction HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface is the first digital interface that supports transferring uncompressed digital HD Video Multi track Audio intellective format and control command data in single cable in the industry HDMI has already been the most advanced multi media interface standard internationally HDMI represents the direction of digital transmission development and intends to have greater influences HDMI originates from DVI standard and both of them center on the TMDS signal transmission technique of Silicon Image Three groups of TMDS channels transfer the 24 bits pixel video data by R G B or Y Cb Cr formats with the highest frequency of 165MHz The actual video transmission has a bandwidth near 4Gbps Based on that HDTV can easily deal with the HD Video system Actually the superior high HDMI standard is more than sufficient compared to the highest 1080
42. oming a competitor to MP3 format Itis compatible to the ID3 tag and supports extra tag at the same time In addition generally for WMA and MP3 audios with the same sound quality the former has smaller sizes in conditions of sound quality less than 192kbps Windows Media Audio is a kind of audio coding format similar to MP3 and AAC is a lossy audio format AAC AAC is the abbreviation of Advanced Audio Coding also named as MPEG 2 AAC or MPEG 2 NBC AAC is a kind of audio format developed together by Fraunhofer IIS A Dolby and AT amp T It is a part of MPEG 2 standard AAC adopts a different algorithm compared with MP3 AAC raises the coding efficiency by combining other functions In its compression capability the audio algorithm is much superior to former compression algorithm such as MP3 etc It at the same time supports up to 48 tracks and 15 low frequency tone tracks more varieties of Sampling Rate and Bit Rate Multi language Compatibility and more efficient decoding capability In all AAC can provide higher sound quality on the premise that it is 30 smaller than MP3 files After Apple declared to take AAC as the main format of the downloading digital music sold in its 60 iTunes Music Shop AAC Codec has entered a mainstream world of music playback OGG OGG format is short for OGG Vobis It is a new audio compression format Similar to existing MP3 formats OGG has a unique feature It is totally free open and has no
43. on The audio output mode is divided into two kinds Analog Stereo and Digital Output Please select appropriate connection cables 20 Audio cables Max No of Notes Channels L R Audio Analog Audio cable the left and right channels Coax SPDIF 3 1 Digital signals need to be connected with digital decoder such as A V receiver Optical SPDIF 5 1 Digital signals need to be connected with digital decoder such as A V receiver 1 Digital Audio You can use A V receiver to decode the digital audio stream such as DTS by connecting it to your limHD200i with appropriate cable In such circumstances the audio D A conversion will be performed outside limHD2001 All the three digital audio output modes of limHD2001 have the same sound effects Please choose the appropriate mode according to practical situations SPDIF output standard should be familiar to most of the music lovers It shorts for Sony Philips Digital Interface It can output compressed audio signals like LPCM Dolby Digital and DTS SPDIF is divided into Coaxial and Optical according to different transfer medium actually the signals they transfer are the same However the optical signal transfer will be a popular trend without considering the signal level resistance and with stronger flexibility and anti interference capability 1 Coaxial Cable Coaxial Cable cq j cable not included HD200i Rear Panel Coaxial SPDIF is generally name
44. ons etc Run the following command to edit etc exports vi etc exports Add the following content home user nfs 192 168 rw sync no root squash user is a linux user directory need to create a new nfs directory under the user directory Save and exit The added content stands for limHD2001 IP address in the range of 192 168 can access the directory home work with read write permissions home user nfs is also named as server export shared directory Parameters in the blanket are described as below rw read write access permissions ro read only sync synchronous write in cache memory and Disk you can also use async in the case of using async data will be stored temporarily in cache memory rather than written in the disk immediately no root squash user property of NFS server shared directory If the user is root the shared directory can be treated as local root run the following commend to start portmap letc rc d init d portmap start run the following command to start NFS service NFS will then activate finger daemon and monitor the client requirements etc rc d init d nfs start User can reboot Linux server and start NFS service automatically 44 After NFS server started you need to check the firewall settings of Linux server firewall service usually need to be turned off Make sure that the using NFS port and communicating host are not masked Mainly check option settings li
45. p standard of HD video system 1080p needs a bandwidth of 2 2Gbps HDMI has enough bandwidth being able to offer supports to higher standard video system in a long period of time in the future Furthermore HDMI also offers supports to high quality audio signal transmission with the highest 8 channel and each channel reaches up to 192 KHz note DVI does not include audio signals the systematic audio signals must be transferred by other interfaces but all these are done only in one cable 56 Appendix 6 Media Formats A6 1 Moive formats High resolution movie programs will meet a lot of difficulties in both storage and transferring The only solution is digital compression of signals HDTV video usually adopts many coding formats such as MPEG2 TS WMV HD and H 264 The most common one is MPEG2 TS Code Standard HDTV program These video files are usually video stream files with suffixes of tp ts mpg H 264 has an advantage of excellent structure originating from MPEG 4 It also has a technical advantage of 2 3 times higher than MPEG 2 digital compression rate and 1 5 times higher than that of MPEG 4 Based on that it is greatly inclined to replace MPEF 2 4 code standard Muicrosoft dominant WMV HD however becomes the most familiar coding mode among recent 1080p programs on the internet as a result of its extremely high compression ratio and perfect support to PC platform Usually its suffix 1s wmv H 264 On May
46. patent limits OGG Vobis also has a specific advantage it supports multi channels When it is becoming popular OGG can be used to code DTS multi channels audio A6 3 Photo formats JPEG JPEG is the widest used compression image format it is a lossy compression format Over compressed files might bring negative effects blur sots and Mosaic This situation is similar to the phenomenon of image distortion discovered in DVD and VCD of low Bit Rate BMP It is a name short for bitmap This kind of files can be saved using different color depth expressed by number of bit per sample image dot with value of 1 2 4 8 16 24 It is relative to the color amount displayed in the images BMP files with 24 bits the real color are lossless but larger than JPEG files Microsoft Windows GDI usually uses this format 61
47. r 7 Remote Control of limHD200i VII Un aA aA A A WwW oU Q N Se oO 1 Nl NA AAA a mo ee jm A A Un A HR N N m O o0 A N N N A 7 1 Precautions before using the remote control 7 2 Functions of the Remote Control Buttons Chapter 8 Instructions of limHD200i Buttons Chapter 9 Setup and Adjustments of limHD200i 9 1 Audio Setup 9 1 1 SPDIF out 9 1 2 Speakers out 9 2 Video Setup 9 3 System Setup Chapter 10 limHD200i Media Playback 10 1 Play the Video Files 10 2 Play the Music Files 10 3 Browse the Photo Files Chapter 11 limHD200i FAQ 11 1 Choppy while playing with USB CD DVD drive 11 2 Cannot find the USB devices newly connected 11 3 Cannot find Internal HDD after turn on the player 11 4 PC cannot find Internal HDD of limHD200i Appendix High Definition Basics Appendix 1 Digital TV Appendix 2 HDTV Appendix 3 Definition Appendix 4 Scan Mode Interlace and Progressive Appendix 5 HDMI Introduction Appendix 6 Media Formats A6 1 Moive formats A6 2 Music formats A6 3 Photo formats VIII 28 29 33 35 35 36 36 36 40 46 48 49 51 52 52 52 53 53 55 55 55 55 56 56 57 57 59 61 Chapter 1 limHD200i Brief Introduction limHD200i is a kind of High end High Definition Multi media HDD Player It is a perfect match for your HDTV You can enjoy HD movies listen to music or browse digital photos by connecting limHD2001 and HDTV or other display devices such as High Definition Proje
48. r browse the pictures on your demand 3 6 Turn off the Player in suggested procedures Stop playing the media files Do not power off while playing the media files doing so might damage your HDD or the device itself e n WB on the remote control or A to go back to main Manu If you have connected the device to USB CD DVD drive and there is disc in the drive ali press u a UNMOUNT on the remote control then take out the disc Press to back to main menu Press Stand by and let the device in sleeping state Press the power button on top of the device and switch power off Unplug the AC electric pin if you do not use the device for a long time 3 Website Suggest visiting our website http www tomacro com often Notice the new Firmware version announcement Often upgrade your limHD2001 to keep it in the best performances Chapter 4 Installation of Internal HDD of limHD200i limHD2001 supports a internal IDE HDD General Hard Disk Drive for PC Windows format Please refer to the technical specs provided by the HDD manufacturer for more details limHD200i supports FAT32 and NTFS File Systems Suggest using NTFS as FAT32 does not support files larger than 4GB while High Definition Files are usually larger than 4GB 4 1 Install the Internal HDD Follow the simple procedures below and install your IDE HDD Step 1 At the beginning make sure that you have done the following preparations
49. rd YPbPr cable then connect standard YPbPr cable to your display device 2 Standard Definition Connection 1 Component Video YPbPr Standard Component cable not included Y F Use VGA connector for this connection One VGA YPbPr cable is required included in the accessories You only need to connect one end of VGA YPbPr cable with the VGA connector of limHD2001 the other end to a standard YPbPr cable then connect standard YPbPr cable to your display device 19 2 S VIDEO S Video Cable C ii 7 cable not included IDp200i Rear Panel S Video is one of the video interfaces most commonly used Its full name is Separate Video It transfers Luminance and Chroma signals separately To a greater extent it avoids image distortion caused by signal to crosstalk and higher image quality can be provided S video is combined by five signals two Y signals two C signals and one common shield ground 3 Composite Video Composite Video Cable e cable not included 4D200i Rear Panel The interface of composite Video is a standard yellow RCA plug which is the most commonly used so far Almost all the products like TV sets Video Players are equipped with this kind of interface Composite Video composite by Y C is a kind of video signal that supports low quality image Generally the resolution can only reach to 350 450 scan lines and therefore is not recommended 5 5 2 Audio Connecti
50. reas due to great demand of large storage capacity size of music files per minute is 10M in most circumstances people choose to convert it to compression formats MP3 WMA etc If the original sound quality of the music is required you should choose lossless Audio Codec MP3 MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 normally named as MP3 was developed by Moving Picture Experts Group MPEG Itis a popular digital audio coding and lossy compression format It is designed to greatly reduce the audio data To most users there is no apparent decline of the sound quality compared with the original uncompressed audio It was created and standardized by an engineering group from Germany Erlangen Research Organization Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in 1991 MP3 is a compression format It removes unimportant audio component to human in PCM digital audio therefore it yields a much smaller file size Many techniques are applied in MP3 including audio psychology to confirm which part of audio could be removed MP3 audio can be compressed according to bit rate It provides a middle solution both considering data size and sound quality WMA WMA Windows Media Audio is a kind of digital audio compression format opened by Microsoft Some pure audio ASF which adopts Windows Media Audio coding format to code its whole content also use WMA as its extended name WMA format is primarily privately owned by Microsoft However with Apple iTunes surport this format is bec
51. resolution At this time you need setup proper resolution manually 480i 720x480 Interlace Scan 38 480p 720x480 Progressive Scan 720p 1280x720 Progressive Scan 1080i 1920x1080 Interlace Scan 1080p 1920x1080 Progressive Scan High Definition HDD Media Player NTSC Active Output HDMI59 VGA 1280x1024x60 HDMI 59 97Hz 1080p Auto EDID 480i 480p rn HD DVI 60Hz 10800 4080i 1080p SD Modes C S Video HD YPbPr 60Hz 480p ji _ amp s M e ba f ___ Version Build1 61 070428 og i SD Mode If you are using SD Modes please connect your display device to limHD2001 by S Video or composite video cable according to the display device instructions P 2 0 T p High Definition HDD Media Player NTSC Active Output SD VGA 1024x768x60 HOM 59 97Hz 1080p SD Modes C S Video C S Video HD YPbPr 60Hz 480p 4 CI YPbPr HD DVI 60Hz 1080 CIRGB 1 x A E z n my ret Version ARI 39 If your TV standard is NTSC SD output will be set to 4801 automatically if your TV standard is PAL SD output will be set to 5761 automatically Select SD Mode and press P you may select C S Video C YPbPr C RGB etc in specific circumstances Please coordinate it with your video connection e HD YPbPr If you select HD YPbPr please connect the display device to your limHD200i by YPbPr cable with the accessory VGA Y
52. ressk to rotate images 3 Press J to show the photo file information 4 Press to set relevant functions such as Slide Show 51 Chapter 11 limHD200i FAQ 11 1 Choppy while playing with USB CD DVD drive Probably caused by the following reasons Videos have too high Bit rate USB CD DVD drive generally supports an average bit rate of about 20Mbps peak value is certainly higher than this value We suggest you to copy the videos with high bit rate to the internal HDD to play The video data has big BER which also affects the smoothness A big BER is usually caused by disc distortion or dirtiness It is also caused by poor error correcting capability of the USB CD DVD drive including the original data error We suggest you not use discs with problems neither can you use the USB CD DVD drive with poor error correcting capability to play the movies The USB interface cannot work under USB2 0 The reason is that the USB interface chip used by USB IDE ADAPTER does not accord with the USB2 0 Standard Or using a USB connection cable ill of rapid transmission capability We suggest you to use the USB CD DVD drive or USB IDE ADAPTER allowed by USB2 0 standard and use the accessory USB connection cable Other reasons not found yet 11 2 Cannot find the USB devices newly connected When you just connect the USB devices like USB Mobile HDD USB CD DVD drive or need to change the disc it displays empty and you can not visit the
53. s RIGHT button on the remote control When the following picture shows press OK and the default settings will be restored 45 HDD Media Player TV Standard TV Type set NetworkPath Factory Set Upgrade Application Upgrade Boot Version Build1 61 070428 Upgrade the Firmware When the new software is issued upgrade will make system of limHD200i in the best conditions and some functions optimized You can save the files of firmware under the Update folder limHD200i will search the firmware files from the folder When the new Firmware is issued please download the latest version Probably some system functions are enhanced or optimized Here is a brief upgrade instruction I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Download the latest version of Firmware decompress and copy it to the Update folder in the first partition of limHD200i internal HDD Connect limHD200i to your display device Turn limHD200i on and wait Enter System Setup Menu using the SETUP button on remote control Select Software Upgrade Boot About 5 minutes later the display will be turned off black screen no video signal output by system when the upgrade finished Then you can turn limHD200i off safely Repeat the above step 3 and 4 Select Software Upgrade App About 35 minutes later the display will be turned off black screen no video signal output by system after the upgrade finished Then you can turn limHD200i off safely
54. service When parts replacement is required make sure that the service technician has used the replacement parts specified by the manufacture or have the same characteristics as the original part Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire electric shock or other hazards After any service and repair to the device ask the technician to perform safety checks to make sure that the device is in proper operating conditions VI Contents Chapter 1 limHD200i Brief Introduction Chapter 2 limHD200i Technical Specifications 2 1 Storage Devices 2 2 Files Systems 2 3 Interfaces 2 3 2 Digital Media formats Supported 2 3 3 Subtitle Supported 2 3 4 Display Devices Supported 2 3 5 Multinational language Supported 2 3 7 Firmware Upgrade Supported Chapter 3 Precautions before the Operation of limHD200i 3 1 Buttons 3 2 Set the Video Output Mode 3 3 Update when changing the newly connected USB devices 3 4 Mega Capacity CD 3 5 Turn on the player in suggested procedures 3 6 Turn off the Player in suggested procedures 3 7 Website Chapter 4 Installation of Internal HDD of limHD200i 4 1 Install the Internal HDD 4 2 Format the Internal HDD 4 3 Transfer files to Internal HDD Chapter 5 Physical Connection of limHD200i 5 1 DC Interface 12VDC 5 2 USB 2 0 Device Interface 5 3 USB 2 0 Host 5 4 10 100M LAN Interface RJ45 5 5 A V Interface 5 5 Video Connection 5 5 2 Audio Connection Chapter 6 VFD Panel of limHD200i Chapte
55. ssion proposal and detailed stipulation of system level in their various applications The bit rate varies from 3 Mbps to 100 Mbps The standard norms are in ISO I EC13818 MPEG 2 is not a simple upgrade of MPEG 1 instead MPEG 2 developed more detailed standards and further complete in its aspects of system and transmission MPEG 2 especially adapts to digital TV coding broadcasting and transmission is recognized as the coding standard of SDTV 58 and HDTV MPEG 4 On February 1999 MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group formally issued the first version of MPEG 4 ISO IEC14496 Standard It became the formal international standard in 2000 MPEG 4 is greatly different from MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 MPEG 4 is not only detailed compression algorithm but also a international standard established according to the requirements of conformity and compression technique such as Digital TV interactive graphics application video audio synthesis interactive multi media WWW information retrieving and dispersion and so on MPEG 4 standard concentrates numerous multi media applications into a whole structure with its purpose to provide a standard algorithm and tools for the multi media communication and application environment Thereby to build up a united digital format that can be commonly used in application fields like multi media transmission storage and search DivX M amp XviD DivX and XviD use the compression method of second part of MPEG 4 Thes
56. ts Plug the electric pin into the socket outlet and press the power button After 2 to 3 hours the device will be heated and make dews evaporated Object and liquid Entry Do not push any metal objects or liquid into the device Otherwise it might lead to short circuit and cause electric shock fire or malfunctions Unplug the electric pin and contact with the local agent if you carelessly drop any liquid into the device Do not spray pesticide to the surface or the internal part of the device The sprinkler pesticide contains combustible gas that might cause fire if it enters inside the device Cleaning Unplug the electric pin of AC supply before cleaning Do not use any liquid cleaning solvent or aerosol detergent Use soft damp cloth for cleaning When cleaning the stains difficult to clean immerse the soft cloth with liquid detergent and wring out the cloth before cleaning Then wipe the device dry with soft dry cloth Do not use any dissolvent like retarder thinternal and synasol as they will damage the surface of the device Follow the instructions if you use the cloth after chemical water treatment while cleaning Attachments Do not use attachments not recommended by the manufacturer as it might cause danger Accessories Do not place the device on an unstable trolley stand tripod bracket or desk The device might fall causing injuries to child or adult Fix the device following the manufacturer s instructions and use t
57. y Do not spill water or any other liquid to the remote control Do not expound the remote control infred sense window to direct sunshine Do not dissect the remote control 7 2 Functions of the Remote Control Buttons SLEEP WAKEUP BUTTON When limHD2001 is under normal working conditions press this button will let it enter the sleep mode while press again it will return to normal working In the sleep status limHD2001 consumes little power VFD ON OFF Select VFD ON OFF G5 VIDEO MODE SELECTING Select the video output mode of limHD200i to match with the display mode resolution etc of the TV or other display devices The default video output mode of limHD200i might not match with your display devices At this time your display devices might not have normal performance or do not show In such circumstances please press the VIDEO MODE button do not press too fast or you will miss the matching video mode until your display devices have normal display After that please use SETUP button and enter the setup menu to adjust the video output mode right and press EXIT button to exit So your settings will be then memorized and it will show normally next time when you turn on limHD200i You can also adjust the video output mode by press this button during media playing however it will not be autosaved SYSTEM SETUP Press SETUP button then you can enter the system setup menu from the browsing mode To
58. ze electric isolation prevent the digital noises from ground and help increase the SNR of DAC The time base error however is an important factor that affects the timbre As the optical signals needs two conversion between emitter and receiver it will produce serious time base jitter Therefore such kind of optical transfer though obtains clear sound it seems to be lack of lingering charm and vitality because of a heavy digital sense 3 HDMI embedded Digital Audio TR dm 12 3 tc HDMI Cable 4 limHD200i Rear Panel 2 2 Analog Audio Analog Audio R L Cable po cable not included limHD200i Rear Panel Analog audio has 2 channels supports Dolby Pro Logic and Pro Logic II coding signals to provide stereo sound effects When using analog audio output D A conversion will be processed by high quality DAC and low noise amplifier of limHD200i In some cases 2 channels analog audio output is connected to headphone 23 Chapter 6 VFD Panel of limHD200i limHD2001 has one VFD panel which totally shows the functional state of the player making your operation more directly and efficiently T Computer Connection I 1 Power Light Light 2 Physical Storage Device Light 3 Play Mode Light ove maa 4 Media Playback Disc 9 Music ICOM 10 Photo Icon 5 Video Output Mode 6 Play Time 1 D Power light
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