High Definition 3D Multimedia Player User Manual Firmware V2 High Definition Multimedia Player TM
INDEX page 1 Index page 2 Introduction page 3 Unpacking / Contents page 4 General Overview page 5 Installing a Hard Drive page 6 Connections page 7 Connections continued page 8 Power Up & Standby / Screen Calibration page 9 TV Output / Audio Settings page10 Formatting the Hard Drive / USB Connection to PC / Windows 8 page11 Remote Functionality page12 Placement / External IR Sensor page13 USB Keyboard / Wired Network page14 My Shortcuts (Password protected shares) page15 USB Wi
Thank you for purchasing the Mede8er Multimedia Player. Mede8er has achieved the ultimate balance in design and functionality with the new MED1000X3D High Definition 3D Multimedia Player. It may look like an alien spaceship but we can assure you that it was designed and developed by very passionate people right here on Earth. The Mede8er has some very unique features so we suggest you read this guide and visit the Mede8er forum for additional help and information.
UNPACKING / CONTENTS Contents: - X3 Remote, European Region only - AC/ DC Adapter 2 Pin Euro with slot in UK Plug, International Region - 2 Pin Euro AC/DC Adapter, USB3.0 Cable, HDMI 1.4 Cable, AV Cable, Zip Bag with Hard Drive Securing Screws, Spare X3 remote side buttons. θ USB 3.0 Cable AV Cable X3 Remote Hard Drive Securing Screws HDMI 1.4 Cable Spare X3 Remote Side Buttons AC/DC Adapter Remove 5.
2 x USB Host Ports * Y Pb Card Slot External IR Jack USB 3.
INSTALLING A HARD DRIVE A B 3.5" HDD C 2.5" HDD Most 3.5" or 2.5" SATA Hard Drive can be installed into the X3. If the unit is going to be moved around or transported we strongly suggest you use the supplied Hard Drive securing screws. Use the Silver screw for 3.5" Hard Drives and the Black screw for 2.5" Hard Drives. Screw them in as shown in ‘A’ then turn the Hard Drive around as shown in ‘B’. Press the lid opening release button as shown in ‘C’ and carefully lift the lid up to its maximum position.
CONNECTIONS HDMI 1.4 Cable HDMI offers the best picture quality and should be used in preference of any other connection. Use the supplied HDMI 1.4 Cable for use with the X3. The HDMI can be connected to a AV Amplifier or directly to a TV. Component YUV Component Video offers the next best picture quality to HDMI so if your system does not have a HDMI input we suggest you use the Component Video Connection.
CONNECTIONS CONTINUED SD Card Slot SD / SDHC / Sony Pro Due Memory Cards supported. DC Power Jack DC input is specified at 12 Volt 2 Amp DC. Important-- Only use the supplied AC DC Adapter. 2 X USB Host Ports Host up to two external ‘Type A’ connector USB Devices. Note - Many USB External drives require an independent power source and must be supplied power from there own power supplies. USB 3.0 You can transfer files to and from the X3’s internal hard drive via USB2.0 or USB3.0 transfer.
POWER UP AND STANDBY Plug the AC/DC adapter into the mains outlet and plug the DC Jack into the DC IN at the rear of the X3. DO NOT USE ANY AC/DC ADAPTER AND ONLY USE THE ONE SUPPLIED otherwise you may cause damage to the unit. The Navigation Pad LED will light up ‘RED’. Press the On/Off button on the X3 front panel and Navigation Pad will LED will turn to Blue. You can switch the X3 ‘Off’ by pressing the ‘On/Off’ button on the remote or by pressing the ‘On/Off’ button on the unit.
TV OUTPUT SETTINGS If you do not get to see the X3 GUI on your TV you will need to toggle the X3 TV output until you get a picture. TV SYS Toggle Procedure The X3 has three video output options ie Composite Video (yellow RCA connector, Component Video (Red Green- Blue connectors) and HDMI. Each output option offers different screen resolution settings and these will need to be adjusted to match the type of TV used. It is suggested to use the Setup Menu to change the TV Out resolution.
FORMATTING THE HARD DRIVE The X3 has a built in Hard Drive format feature that formats the internal hard drive with one main NTFS partition. A pre formatted NTFS or HFS+ Hard Drive can be used. To Format the internal Hard Drive select Setup menu and then HDD Format. The Hard Drive format function can be protected by the built in “Pin Code Lock” function. To enable Hard Drive Format protection you must enable “Pin Protection” option in the Setup menu.
REMOTE FUNCTIONALITY Remote Back Light The X3 remote uses active Back Light technology. The activation button is conveniently located on the right side of the remote for easy access in the dark. Press the Back Light button and the remote buttons will light up. The backlighting will auto switch ‘off’ after 15 seconds of no activity. Press the Back Light button to manually switch ‘off’ the Back Lighting. Remote Function Button You can assign any button on the remote to the ‘Function’ button.
PLACEMENT A B The X3 is designed to be placed on the top of a TV cabinet so that the IR Receiver can receive reflected IR signals from the ceiling and walls - ‘A’ diagram above. The X3 should not be placed to close to the front edge as it uses the front surface to receive the reflected signals. If the top shelf of the cabinet is glass or perspex then we suggest you place a solid material matt underneath the X3 protruding approximately 40mm to the front.
USB Keyboard Function Keys (based on MEDX2KEY) Optional Extra ESC: RETURN SPACE: PLAY ENTER: SELECT(ENTER) '0': 0 '1': 1 '2': 2 '3': 3 '4': 4 '5': 5 '6': 6 '7': 7 '8': 8 '9': 9 '-': VOL_DOWN '+': VOL_UP 'P' + 'SHIFT' : POWER OFF 'R(r)': REPEAT 'T(t)': SUBTITLE 'I(i)': INFO 'A(a)': AUDIO 'G(g)': GOTO 'H(h)': HOME 'Z(z)': ZOOM '/(?)': Info / About ‘’Ctrl’ : ZOOM YouTube, Internet Browser ',(<)': FRWD '.
SAMBA (Network Setup) If your PC or NAS has Share’s setup to specific users then you will need to setup a shortcut on the X3 to each User Share and specify the IP, Username and Password Setting up Samba shortcuts on the X3 Select ‘Network’ and then select the ‘My_Shortcuts’ icon. Now press the ‘Menu’ button and select ‘Add New Shortcut’.
WIRELESS USB DONGLE INSTALLATION (After Market) The X3 is only compatible with the optional (unless otherwise stated on the packaging) Mede8er Wireless Dongle MED10WFB. (Other brands will not work) Refer to User Instructions supplied with the Mede8er dongle for detailed wireless connection setup. WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION Plug the WiFi Dongle into the USB extension base that was supplied with the MED10WFB. Plug the USB cable into one of the USB host ports on the side of the X3.
WIRELESS SETUP Open Setup Menu then ‘Wireless Setup’ and you should see a list of available SSID’s with signal strength info. Press the ‘Zoom button to refresh the list. Select the SSID you want to connect to and press ‘Enter’ 1 If the WiFi Router has password protection enabled then you will be required to enter the security key of your WiFi router. Enter the key int the virtual keyboard. 2 Select DHCP IP (AUTO) if you want your router to assign a dynamic IP address to the X3.
FIRMWARE UPDATE Download the latest X3 Firmware from www.mede8erforum.com. UnZIP or UnRAR or join with HJ Split and will find a file named install.img. Copy this file to the root directory of a Flash Drive. Plug the USB Flash drive into one of the USB Host Ports on the X3. DO NOT REMOVE POWER DURING THE EMERGENCY RECOVERY PROCEDURE. Setup Menu Update with Auto Configuration Restore Open the Setup Menu and select the “Misc” tab. Now select USB upgrade option.
HOME NETWORK SAMBA SERVER The X3 has NAS (Network Attached Storage) functionality built in. And although it is limited in transfer speed compared to standalone NAS servers it performs well if speed is not your major requirement. You can also use the X3 as a Media Server and stream content to other Mede8er’s on your home network. The Samba function is enabled or disabled in the ‘Network’ menu under ‘Samba Process’.
HOME PAGE The X3 Home Page is the central point where you can launch all the user applications. Press the Right/Left/Up/Down Navigation buttons on the remote to navigate the Home Page and press “Enter” to launch the selected page. FAVOURITES Create, manage, apply Genre cover art to local and network folder shortcuts.
MEDIA LIBRARY The X3 Media Library has five built in standard views ie Movie, Music, Picture, List, and Preview. The Media Library has been designed so that the view can be easily changed on the fly. In the Media Library you have the option of changing the Views Manually or you can enable the ‘Auto View’ option in the Setup Menu. If the ‘Auto View’ option is enabled the X3 will automatically save the last used ‘View’ of the folder.
MEDIA LIBRARY CONTINUED To change the View of the Media Library press the “View” button on the remote and the View Icons will show. Press the ‘View’ button again and the focus will change to the next View Icon. Repeat pressing the ‘View’ button until the icon you require is selected and then after a short pause the on-screen View will be updated.
MEDIA LIBRARY METADATA DISPLAY The Media Library will display basic Movie Metadata in all ‘Views’. This unique X3 functionality will greatly enhance your Media Library browsing experience. In order to take advantage of this advanced functionality you will need to scan your movie collection to make the required xml files. To create the xml files with Windows use Y2M (YAMJ to Mede8er) or Thumbgen and for Apple Mac we suggest you use DunX2Mede8er.
ADDING CUSTOM BACKDROPS AND SKINS You can customise your X3 by adding your own backdrop image. Prepare the jpg image to size 1280 x 720 pixels with max size 500KB. In the X3 Media Library navigate to the image and press the ‘Menu’ button. Select the option ‘Set to Background’ and the X3 will load your new backdrop into flash memory and use it as its default background.
MOVIE JUKEBOX - XML SEARCH FUNCTION The X3 has a built in XML Search facility that will allow you to sort and arrange your Movie Collection by pre defined xml filters. The XML Search can be used with content on the internal Hard Drive, external USB Hard Drives, Samba and NFS Network shares. Library Preparation for XML Search operation The Media Library must conform to the Mede8er standard with all the relevant movie file information in it’s own folder. A typical folder will contain - Video File - Folder.
JukeBox View In the Setup menu under ‘Misc Options’ you can select JukeBox View -- on/off JukeBox View ‘off’ - Favourite Links to a Jukebox will be presented in a normal structure and you can navigate the scanned Folders and Sub Folders folder as you normally would in the Media Library. JukeBox View ‘on’ - Favourite Links to Jukebox will be presented in JukeBox View ie 16 Covers in a flat display. The internal folder structure of the folders will be ignored.
MEDIA LIBRARY - MUSIC PLAYER Select any supported music file and the Music Player Screen will launch. If the music file has embedded information tags and images then these will be displayed on the right hand side in the preview window area. If you do not want to use embedded mp3 art or you are using .m4a, ape or flac files you can save the Album Cover as a jpg file named ‘folder.jpg’ to the Music Album Folder. The X3 will use the ‘folder.jpg’ it if it does not find any embedded art in the music files.
MUSIC JUKEBOX The X3 Jukebox relies on the embedded Music files 'Tag' information and correct image sizing for its functionality, so it is critical that you spend the time to correctly Tag your music collection. Music Jukebox Features Direct MP3 Scan * Supports Mp3, OGG, Monkey's Audio, Flac, AAC, wma, m4a -- when scanned with Tagscanner * Works on local drives and Network shares * Displays Tag information in the Music Player Screensaver with Album Artwork * Supports .
MUSIC JUKEBOX - Continued Root of Collection The 'Root' of the music collection is the folder that will be scanned and linked to the Favourites Page The music collection 'Root' will contain the Tracklist.xml (if used), Music.db and m3u files eg Music Collection <------------------ Root Folder Music Collection/Music Folder1 Music Collection/Music Folder2 Music Collection/Music Folder3 etc Music Collection/TrackList.xml Music Collection/Music.db Music Collection/Playlist1.m3u Music Collection/Playlist2.
MUSIC JUKEBOX - Continued Arranging your collection Your collection can be located on your local Hard Drive, USB Drive or Network Share. The advantage of using a Network share is that you can access one central collection with multiple Mede8er's thus making it ideal for a Multi-Room setup. If you have a big music collection it makes sense to split it up into main categories.
MUSIC JUKEBOX - Continued Saved Playlists 'Saved Play List' is a easy way to make a Playlist via the GUI and save it so that it can be played at any time. Focus on a Album or Track in the order you want them saved and press the 'Green' button on the Remote Control and the QPL icon will be added to the Album or Track. To remove a QPL just focus on the Album or Track and press the 'Green' button and the QPL icon will be removed.
COVER ART PREVIEW IN MEDIA LIBRARY The X3 has a built in facility to preview cover art and display it in the Thumbnail or Preview View. To use this functionality you need to arrange your collection with each video in its own folder and copy a jpeg image named ‘folder.jpg’ size 160 x 237 pixels to each folder. You can download Movie / DVD cover art directly from the Internet or can use a free program like YAMJ to Mede8er. Y2M will additionally make the movie sheet image named ‘about.
PLAY FOLDER X3 allows you to play a video file within a folder without the need to open the folder. Just focus on the folder and press the ‘Play’ button. The first video file found in the folder will be played. The folder play will only work with video files. PLAY VIDEO FROM COVER ART With the X3 you can play the video directly from the cover art. Zoom the about.jpg by pressing the ‘Info’ button and then press ‘Play’ or ‘Enter’ to play the video.
LOCK FACILITY X3 has a built in Lock facility designed to restrict access. Pin Protection - Hard Drive Format / File Manager. Folder Protection - User Folders You can enable or disable these options in the Setup menu CHANGE PIN CODE - The default 4 digit Pin Code is 0000 To change the Pin Code go to Setup -- Misc -- Password -- You will be prompted to enter the existing pin code. For first time use you must enter the default factory pin ‘0000' and then the Pin Code change screen will open.
FAVOURITES MANAGER The MED1000X3D is equipped with a desktop function called Favourites. The Favourite screen is a list of ‘Shortcuts’ created by the user. The Favourite Link will work as a shortcut link to shared folders on the internal Hard Drive, USB Drives, Samba and NFS Network Shares. The X3 will show all the shortcut links on the Favourite screen. You can add or remove a Favourite Link at any time.
ADDING GENRE ARTWORK TO FAVOURITES Genre thumbnail artwork can be applied to a Favourite link. To add the cover artwork, focus on the Favourite thumbnail and press the “Menu” button on the remote control. The menu dialogue screen will open and select the “Genre” option. A new screen will open with a thumbnail view of Genre cover options. Navigate to the cover you require and press the “Enter” button to make your selection. You can also use the Alpha Jump facility to jump to covers.
JUKEBOX + (Aggregated JukeBox) JukeBox + allows you to Aggregate your Movie JukeBoxe’s across different sources such as internal Hard Drive, USB Drives and Network shares both Samba and NFS. There is no limitation to the amount of Movie JukeBox's that can be added to JukeBox Plus and just remember that the source shares must have the required Mede8er folder structure with the correct images and xml files.
VIDEO INFO SEARCH The Info Search allows you to easily jump to any part of the video. While viewing a Video File press the Left/Right Navigation button and the Info Screen will appear on the top of the screen. Now press the Left/Right Nav and a red bar will move left or right and with the corresponding Time position displayed in number text on the left side. Once you have reached the time search you require juts press the “Enter” button and the X3 will jump to the time you selected in the Video.
3D MENUS The X3 supports 3D BSISO, Side by Side, Top & Bottom, Frame Sequential, Frame Packing (3D BDISO Menus are not supported). Enable 3D playback on your TV. Select a 3D Video and Play it and then press the Menu button on the X3 remote for more 3D setting options. You can force the X3 to play a 3D file automatically in 3D by adding some extra characters to the file name. eg file_name.TB.mkv or file_name.SBS.mkv In this case the X3 will open the file and select ‘TB’ or ‘SBS’ automatically.
SUBTITLES X3 supports various types of subtitle files. If the subtitle is embedded into the video file it will automatically be available on the Subtitle Dialogue Screen. External Subtitles must be placed into the same folder as the video file and must be named to be exactly the same name as the video file eg Cloudy.With.A.Chance.Of.Meatballs.2009.720p.mkv Cloudy.With.A.Chance.Of.Meatballs.2009.720p.srt Cloudy.With.A.Chance.Of.Meatballs.2009.720p - NL.srt Cloudy.With.A.Chance.Of.Meatballs.2009.720p - ENG.
MUSIC PLAYLISTS To make music .M3u playlists on your X3 follow the steps in FILE MANAGER - MULTIPLE FILES section and select the playlists option. Only individual tracks can be added to a music playlist. FILE MANAGER NTFS Check/Fix - Before you perform any File Manager functions it is suggested to use the built in NTFS check/ fix functionality. Open the ‘Devices’ screen and press ‘F1' button on the remote and select a Drive to check/fix. X3 will scan and fix the NTFS drive.
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PICTURES Press the “View” button on the remote and the Icon strip will light up. Now select the Picture Icon. The page will re-arrange into a image grid that is optimized for image thumbnail viewing. The X3 supports full Slideshow functions and you must enable the ‘Slideshow’ option in the Setup Menu. You can now navigate your pictures as normal and zoom the images to full screen by pressing the “Enter” button on the Remote Control.
‘F2’ = Menu Internet Browser θ TM Back Light Play/ Pause Return Enter Info/ About ‘F3’ = Virtual KeyBoard Internet Browser ‘Ctrl’ = Zoom Internet Browser Page43
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NET API The Mede8er NET API allows external devices like phones, tablets and pc’s to take control over the X3D for Movies, Music, TV Series and Remote Control functions. The NET API is open to any external developer and you will find Apps for IOS, Andriod and Windows 8 appearing on the App Stores. Check the Mede8er Forum and Website for more information and user guides.
Setup Main Page Menu Language Text Encoding Time DVD Auto-Play Screen Saver MiniKBD Language Keyboard Layout Resume Play Format BD Menu CEC Default Application Reset JukeBox+ Restore Default --------------- Menu Language. Text Encoding for Subtitles. Set the Time / Time Zone and daylight saving. Option for USB DVD drive. If enabled the DVD will Auto Play when inserted. Set the Screen Saver time period and type of Screen Saver. Keyboard Language. Default US English other option for possible future update.
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