CeeNee miniPlus USER MANUAL 2013 Hello, my name is CeeNee miniPlus! Thank you for taking me home, it's nice to meet you. I am a network media player that is capable of playing Full 1080P high definition content. I can play streamed media contents over the Local Area Network (LAN) or online sources. Connect a hard drive and I can play your movies, music, karaoke, view photos and flash applications. Let's get set up, so we can start enjoying media! Copyright© 2013 All rights reserved CeeNee, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Disclaimer ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Product Safety ................................................................................................................................. 3 Recording your CeeNee Product Information ................................................................................ 4 Product Overview ........................................................
Product Safety Follow all instructions. Heed all warnings. Do not throw, shake, or drop the device, otherwise damage may occur. Avoid exposing the product to moisture, high humidity, or dust. Do not attempt to repair or service the product yourself. Opening or removing the covers may expose you to the risk of high voltages, electric shock and other hazards. If repair is required, please contact your dealer and refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Do not touch the power cord during lightning.
Recording your CeeNee Product Information In the following table, please write the serial and model numbers of your new CeeNee miniPlus product. You can find this information on the label at the bottom of the device. You should also note the date of purchase. This information may be required when requesting technical support.
Product Overview This user manual provides step-by-step instructions for installing and using your new media player. For the latest CeeNee product information and news, please visit us at www.ceenee.com. The CeeNee miniPlus HD Karaoke Network Media Player is an ultra-compact, highdefinition (HD) USB 2.0 media player that connects to an entertainment unit through a variety of audio/video interfaces and supports playback of major audio, video and image file formats.
Connections Figure 1: CeeNee miniPlus Front Panel 1. USB Port 2. USB LED Light 3. SD Card LED Light 4. Power LED Light 5. Infrared Receiver 6. SD Card Slot Figure 2: CeeNee miniPlus Back Panel 1. Composite AV 2. HDMI Port 3. Ethernet Interface Connector 4. Optical Digital Connector 5. AC Power Jack 6. USB Mini-B port 7.
Connecting devices (not included with the package) 1. USB external drive 2. SD/SDHC Card 3. Network storage devices Getting Started Quick Start Connect the CeeNee miniPlus media player to your TV or entertainment unit through the desired interface option. Step 1: Insert the Network cable or USB WiFi dongle or USB 3G/4G dongle if applicable. Step 2: Connect the optical digital cable if applicable. Step 3: Connect the AC adapter. Step 4: Insert two AAA batteries into the remote control device.
Figure 3: HDMI connection vs. Composite connection Standard Definition TV High Definition TV Step 2: To connect the player to the Internet/Network: Connect the Ethernet cable (not included) to the CeeNee miniPlus Ethernet connector. Or connect an optional WiFi USB dongle to the USB connector. Or connect an optional 3G/4G USB dongle to the USB connector.
Step 3: To utilize the optical digital sound: Connect the optical cable to CeeNee miniPlus optical connector (Optical digital cable is not included). Figure 5: Connect the optical cable to CeeNee miniPlus Step 4: Connect the AC adapter between the wall unit and CeeNee miniPlus. Figure 6: Connect the AC adapter between the wall unit and CeeNee miniPlus.
Step 5: Connect USB Hard Drive and/or SD card, and/or USB Flash drive (not included) to CeeNee miniPlus media player. Figure 7: Connect external hard drives to CeeNee miniPlus To connect the second external hard drive to the player, an optional USB Mini-B Host Adapter is required. Connect Mini-B type connector end of the USB Mini-B Host. Adapter (optional) to the USB Mini-B port of the CeeNee miniPlus. Connect the external hard drive to the adapter.
Typical connection diagram for Karaoke Figure 8: Typical connection diagram for Karaoke 11
Using the CeeNee miniPlus HD Karaoke/Network media player Using the Remote Control The CeeNee miniPlus remote control lets you navigate the Home screen, browse for media files, enable playback options and customize the system settings. The infrared sensor detects infrared signals from the remote. Insert Remote Control Batteries Step 1: Remove the battery cover. Step 2: Insert the batteries corresponding to the (+) and (-) marks on the battery compartment. Step 3: Re-attach the battery cover.
Remote Control 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. POWER: Switch the power on/off EJECT: Eject safely an attached folder from shared network: from a USB or a SD card NUMBER PAD: Searches by video/song/photo/application name by alphanumeric keys. Press multiple times on the numeric key cycles through numbers and letters.
Usage & Navigation Menus Use the 4-way arrows on the remote control to navigate through the menu. Press the “OK” button to select a feature, and then press the “RETURN” button to go back. Turning on the CeeNee miniPlus Player for the first time may take a few moments for the Navigation Home to display. Users will be prompted to select the default langue. We currently support English, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and Korean. Ejecting a Disk: Press the “EJECT” button on the remote control.
Video 1. Two methods to go to Video interface: Select the “Video” tab on the CeeNee miniPlus homepage, and then press the “OK” button on the remote. Press the “VIDEO (RED)” button on the remote when you are viewing the interfaces such as Home page, Music list, Photo list, Application list, Karaoke, Settings. 2. Organizing videos: Folder, All Videos and Search 3. In the video browser screen: a.
4. In the video player screen: a. When playing a video, if the program displays “Resume?” message: Press “YES” to start playing the video again after being interrupted. Press “NO” to play the video from the beginning. b. Press the “INFO” button to bring up the playback options such as fast forward, pause, play and stop. c. Press the “MENU” button to bring up the selections such as Audio Channel, Subtitles, Zoom in, Zoom out, Move, Restore and Repeat. d. Press the button to play the next video. e.
m. Press the “VOL+/- ” to adjust volume up/down. n. Press the “SUBTITLE” button, a dialog will show and you can change the values to get a suitable subtitle. o. Press the “REPEAT” button and use the “LEFT or RIGHT ARROW” button to switch modes: Normal, Repeat One and Repeat All. p. Press the “ZOOM” and “UP ARROW” button to zoom in the frame or “DOWN ARROW” button to zoom out the frame. q. Press “16:9” button to switch Aspect ratio: Normal/Widescreen. r.
b. Searching: Use the NUMBER PAD and press “OK” to search. Press “DELETE” button if you need to delete a character in the search box. c. Press the or button to display the next/previous page in the music list d. Browse to the music to play and select the song by pressing “OK”, “PLAY” or “RIGHT ARROW” button on the remote. e. Press the “VIDEO (RED)” button to go to VIDEO interface. f. Press the “PHOTO (GREEN)” button to go to PHOTO interface. g.
j. Press the “SETUP” button to go to SETTINGS interface. k. Press the “RETURN” button to get back to the previous screen. l. Press the “HOME” button to get back to the home page. * Note: - You still can continue to listen to music if you return to HOME page, browse video list or view a photo. - When pressing the STOP button, opening a video, applications, going to Karaoke, Web browser, YouTube or Settings, the music will be stopped. Photo 1.
c. Press the or button to display the next/previous page in the photo list. d. Browse to the photo to view and select the photo by pressing “OK” or “RIGHT ARROW” button on the remote e. Select the photo on the list and press the “PLAY” button on the remote to view photo slides f. Press the “VIDEO (RED)” button to go to VIDEO interface. g. Press the “KARAOKE (YELLOW)” button to go to KARAOKE interface. h. Press the “TV (BLUE)” button to go to MUSIC interface. i.
g. Press the “MUTE” button to turn the sound on/off (if user view photo and listen to music concurrently). h. Press the “VOL+/-” to adjust the volume up/down (if user view photo and listen to music concurrently). i. Press the “REPEAT” button and use the “LEFT, RIGHT, UP or DOWN ARROW” button to switch modes: Normal, Repeat All, Shuffle, Shuffle and Repeat All. j. Press the “ZOOM” button then the “UP ARROW” button to zoom in the photo, or the “DOWN ARROW” button to zoom out the photo. k.
3. Select a song from the karaoke song list and press the “OK” button to play. 4. Searching: a. Quick search: Before finding a song, you must turn off the main menu by pressing the “MENU” button.
b. Normal search: Press the “MENU” button to display the main menu. Next, select the “Choose Song” tab and press the “RIGHT ARROW” button. Then use the NUMBER PAD and press “OK” to search. If you need to delete the input text in search box, press “DELETE” button. 5. Create Book: a. Press the “MENU” button, and then press the “DOWN ARROW” button to select the “Create Book” tab.
songs while others are singing. A song book only includes all songs in the active devices. 6. Create Playlist: a. Press the “MENU” button and then the “DOWN ARROW” button to select the “Create Playlist” tab. b. Press the “OK or RIGHT ARROW” button to go to the create playlist menu. Select the “Create New Playlist” and press “OK” button. Type the desired playlist name and press the “RIGHT ARROW” button to go to the songs. Select the song and press “OK” to add to the playlist.
9. Karaoke Playback Menu a. Press the “MENU” button to toggle on/off the main menu. b. Press the “MUTE” button to turn the sound on/off. c. Press the “VOL+/-” to adjust the volume up/down. d. Press the “AUDIO” button to select an Audio Channel. e. Press the f. Press the “PLAY” button to play/pause the current song. g. Press the “STOP” button to stop playback. h. Press the “FWD” button to fast forward the current song. i. Press the “REV” button to backward the current song. j.
- The Applications folder allows users to access flash games that they downloaded from “Game” menu on http://www.ceenee.com. To access the games, please do the following: 1. Select the “Applications” tab on the CeeNee miniPlus homepage. Next, choose the “Applications” button and press the “OK” button on the remote. 2. Organizing application: Folder, All and Search. 3. In the application browser screen: a.
Settings Two methods of Settings interface: Select the “Settings” button on the CeeNee miniPlus homepage and press the “OK” button on the remote control Press the “SETUP” button anywhere except when you are viewing the Applications, Web browser, and YouTube. The “Settings” menu has options to change features and settings in the CeeNee miniPlus. 1. Video-Audio The menu and submenu can change the output of Video and Audio.
b. Resolution: Change the size of the screen from 480i all the way to 1080p60Hz. Default is "Auto". c. Aspect Ratio: Change the screen format to either 4:3 “Normal” or to 16:9 “Widescreen”. Default is “Widescreen”.
d. NTSC/PAL: American Television is displayed in NTSC format - this is a default standard if the CeeNee miniPlus is purchased in the U.S. PAL is a default standard for Asian and European countries. e. Digital Audio Output: includes two parts - HDMI Audio: change the audio format to either PCM or Bit Stream. PCM is for stereo sound, and Bit Stream is to pass through digital audio, especially for DTS movies and/or Dolby digital movies. Default is “PCM”.
- S/PDIF Audio: (Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format) is for optical sound. It is used for transporting high quality digital audio signals to transmit or receive. You have two options when you select S/PDIF: PCM or Bit Stream. PCM is for stereo sound; Bit Stream is to pass through digital audio, especially for DTS movies and/or Dolby digital movies. Default is “PCM”. The Video, Music and Photo menus change the way how the content is played back. 2. Video a.
3. Music a. Music Sequence: Adjust the frequency of music playback to Normal, Repeat One, Repeat All, Shuffle, Repeat All and Shuffle. Default is “Normal”. 4. Photo a. Photo Sequence: Adjust the frequency of photo playback to Normal, Shuffle, Repeat All, Repeat All and Shuffle. The default is set to "Normal".
b. Photo Scale: Option to enlarge photo to fill the screen. The default setting is “Fit to screen”. c. Photo effect: Enable fade-out between photos during photo slideshow playback. The default setting is “Normal”. d. Interval: Define the amount of time between playbacks of photos from 3 seconds to 30 minutes. The default setting is “5 seconds”.
5. Karaoke a. Karaoke Type CeeNee requests every user to create a folder with the name called "Karaoke" on the external HDD and put all the karaoke songs in this folder. CeeNee firmware can play karaoke songs directly from this folder without any extra effort. If at all users want to have a separate folder for the karaoke songs other than the name mentioned above. It’s very simple to setup your karaoke source: b.
c. HD Karaoke i. Select Folder: You can view the folders on your attached HDD and you can select the folder that contains karaoke songs. Go to the Karaoke folder and the player will display the songs from the selected resource.
ii. Deselect Folder: You can view the folders on your attached HDD and you can deselect the folder that contains karaoke songs.
d. i. MP3 Karaoke: Select the Background: User has freedom to play any video or photo background while playing Mp3 karaoke. Select the Background mode as "Photo" or "Video" or “Keeping Original Background”.
Select the resource for the background (video/photo): Choose the folder that contains the photos or the videos that you want to play in the background while playing the MP3 karaoke songs. Go to the Karaoke and the player will display the MP3 karaoke songs from the "Karaoke folder”. It will start playing the user selected background. * Note: If the user selected background is very big in size and contents then CeeNee will switch to its default background to guarantee the smooth karaoke playback.
6. System a. Language: Option to change the user interface languages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. b. Screensaver Delay: Set the amount of time before the screensaver is turned on. The default setting is “10 minutes”.
c. Update firmware: Download the firmware and upgrade the device to the most current firmware. d.
e. 7. About: Describe the product, firmware, and Linux version. Network a. Wired: To change the method of IP addresses retrieval to either “On” (DHCP) or “Off” (Static). First, select “IP Mode: Auto” and then press the “OK” button on the remote to switch between “On” and “Off.” To change the “IP Address” and other settings, select the settings, press “OK,” and then use the onscreen keyboard to enter the numbers.
b. Wi-Fi: In the Settings, select Network press “OK” to turn on Wi-Fi. When it is on, it will scan all the available Wi-Fi networks automatically.
Use the “DOWN ARROW” button to select the network. With Wi-Fi including password, user must enter password. While enter password, to switch character groups (abc, ABC, 123), user need to focus cursor on “Password” textbox and press MENU button on remote control. After finish to enter password, select “Connect” button to connect. If Wi-Fi is connected successfully, a tick icon will be displayed on this Wi-Fi. c.
d. 3G: Select the correct country and then the service provider. Choose the correct APN and then press Connect. e. Time: Adjust the “Time Zone” to match the user’s local time. “Time Server” is the location the time is updated from. f. Stock: Information about stock index will be displayed on the Home page. To change stocks index, press the “OK” button and enter the stock index that you wish to replace.
8. Shared network a. Requirement: enable windows file sharing over the network. b. There are two ways to get directory from shared network: Way 1: Enter location, username and password directly. Way 2: Browse through your network to your shared computer to share a folder. Enter the Username and Password for your shared folder.
Step 2: Select a Computer/NAS and press “OK” Step 3: Select a directory, enter Username and Password (optional) and select the + icon to add it.
Codec support Video Containers MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V) MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG, DAT, VOB) MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS) AVI, ASF, WMV Matroska (MKV) MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4 FLV (only support H264) MP3+G, CD+G, MP3+XML Video Code Format XVID SD/HD MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MP@HL MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC MPEG-4.10 (H.264) BP@L3 MP@L4.0 HP@L4.0 HP@L4.
Audio Containers AAC, M4A MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA) WAV FLAC OGG Audio Codec Format DTS Dolby Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus Dolby TrueHD MPEG AAC, HE-AAC DRA FLAC Photo Containers JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF 47
CeeNee Technical Support Important: Should you encounter any problem, please do not return this product to the store before carefully reading the user manual. You can also find answers for your technical support questions through e-mail support service at support@ceenee.com. Besides, we also provide the page http://support.ceenee.com/create-new-ticket/ so you can create new ticket. If you still need assistance, please visit us at www.ceenee.
Troubleshooting Problem Solution DISPLAY The TV screen is blank and the • Make sure the TV is on. CeeNee player power LED remains • Make sure that the power adapter and power outlet off. are okay. • Make sure that the power adapter is properly attached to both the CeeNee player and the power outlet. The TV screen is blank and the • Make sure the TV is turned on. CeeNee player power LED is ON. • Make sure that the interface cable is properly attached to both the TV and the CeeNee player.
AUDIO • There is no sound. Make sure the volume on the entertainment unit is not muted. • Make sure the correct audio output setting is selected. • If you are using an optical and/or HDMI connection, make sure the entertainment unit is capable of processing bit streams otherwise PCM setting should be selected. USB DEVICE The attached USB device is not • visible on the Home screen. CeeNee Network Media Player only supports mass USB storage mode.
HISTORY Created/Modified By K.D HMHT Date 04/09/2012 06/24/2013 Revision 1.0 2.
