EP600 G2 WLAN Digital Media Player Owner’s Manual Thank you for purchasing a Micca product. Should you need any assistance, please contact our technical support before returning the product to the retailer. Email support@miccastore.com Product information, firmware updates, and common questions and answers can be found at: http://content.miccastore.com/ Copyright © 2009-2013 Micca, Ltd. All rights reserved.
1 Introduction 1.1 Preface Thank you very much for purchasing this media player. We hope you will enjoy using it as a great home entertainment device. This player has the following functionality: 1.1.1 A/V Output HDMI for high-definition video and digital audio Composite & component video and stereo audio for analog audio-visual connection S/PDIF optical interface for high-fidelity digital audio Adjustable video output resolution (NTSC, PAL, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) 1.1.
1.2 Packing List Part Player Remote Control AC/DC Adaptor User Manual (printed) Quantity 1 1 1 1 Note: The actual contents in the package might be different from the packing list in this manual. 1.3 Precautions This player’s design has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this player, please read the following before usage. 1.3.1 Usage Cautions Users should not modify this player.
regulate disposal of electrical device, please consult with your local authority. 1.3.6 Hard Disk Cautions The player uses a SATA hard disk for data storage. New hard drives need to be properly formatted prior to use. Users should carefully read the Frequently Asked Questions chapter and check our website for latest information before formatting the hard disk. Physical impact may damage the hard disk drive. When hard drive errors occur, please use CHKDSK to scan and fix problems.
2 Player and Remote Overview 2.1 Front Panel 1 2 Name On/Stand-By Button Power Indicator Description Turns the player on or places it into stand-by mode Glows blue when the player is turned on 2.2 Rear Panel Name 1 DC 12V 2 UPGRADE 3 HDMI 4 5 LAN Y/Pb/Pr 6 VIDEO/L/R 7 OPTICAL 8 WLAN Description DC power input, 12V. Only use the AC adapter provided with the player. Pin-hole button for performing firmware update in recovery mode. See ‘9.6.3 USB Upgrade’ for more information.
2.3 Remote Control All player functions can be controlled by using the remote control. See the following for details on the function of each button. 1. POWER 2. COLOR BUTTONS 3. EJECT 4. VFD 5. TIMER 6. SETUP 7. TV MODE 8. 16:9 9. BOOKMARK 10. ZOOM 11. REPEAT 12. MOVIE 13. MUSIC 14. PHOTO 15. AUDIO 16. SUBTITLE 17. MUTE 18. MENU 19. VOL+/VOL- 20. HOME 21. RETURN 22. DIRECTIONAL KEYS 23. OK/ENTER 24. INFO 25. SEARCH 26. PREV/NEXT 27. IMS 28. REWIND 29. PLAY/PAUSE 30. STOP 31.
BOOKMARK ZOOM REPEAT MOVIE MUSIC PHOTO AUDIO SUBTITLE MUTE MENU VOL+/VOLHOME RETURN DIRECTIONAL KEYS OK/ENTER INFO SEARCH PREV/NEXT IMS REWIND FAST FORWARD PLAY/PAUSE STOP Press to add the current playing video to the bookmark list. At the main menu, press to view the bookmark list. This feature is only available for media files on attached storage drives. Press to zoom when viewing photos or playing videos. Photo zoom levels: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x. Video zoom levels: 2x, 3x, 4x, 8x.
3 Connections 3.1 Basic Connections 3.1.1 Connecting the Power Supply To connect power to the player: 1) Connect the barrel connector of the AC adapter to the player’s DC IN jack 2) Connect the plug of the AC adapter to the power outlet 3.1.2 Installing an External Bare Hard Disk Drive The player has an external SATA connector connecting a bare hard disk drive. Media files can be stored on the hard drive for playback.
3.2 Audio and Video Connections The player can be connected to a TV/HDTV or home theater system in a variety of methods. For best results, always use the best method available for connection: Results Video Best HDMI Audio HDMI Better HDMI Digital optical Good Component (YPbPr) Composite Video Digital optical Okay Analog L/R Requirement TV with HDMI input and home theater receiver that can decode Audio over HDMI. TV with HDMI input and home theater receiver with Optical input.
component video output can be used. 1) Plug one end of the red/blue/green component video cable to the player’s component (YPbPr) video jacks. 2) Plug the other end of the red/blue/green component cable to an available component video input on the TV. 3) Please refer to ‘9.3.2 TV System’ for more details on configuring the player’s video output. 4) Consult the TV’s manual for configuring its component video inputs. Note: Component video connection only carries video signal.
Note: A/V streaming performance over WLAN is highly dependent on location, distance to router, the number of floors and walls in the signal path, other 2.4GHz devices in the area, and other such variables that differ on a case by case basis. It may be difficult to reliably stream HD quality (720p and 1080p) videos over a WLAN connection even if the signal strength appears to be strong. Always use a wired Ethernet connection when available.
4 First Time Startup 4.1 Power On After connecting the AC power adapter to the player’s DC IN jack, turn on the player by press the POWER button on the front of the player or on the remote control. To turn the player off, press the POWER button on the front of the player or on the remote control again. 4.2 Initial Setup When turning on the player for the first time, it will prompt the user to select the menu language, time, and wired LAN settings. 4.2.1 Menu Language Choose the desired language.
4.3 Main Menu When the initial setup is complete, the player will display the main menu. The main menu contains a row of menu items that represents functions available for access. The main menu items have the following functionality: Menu Item Movies Music Photos File Manager Favorites Internet Apps Web Browser Setup Description Browse and play video files on attached storage devices through the media library feature.
5 File Manager The file manager is the default method for browse media files on hard drives, USB drives, flash memory cards, network folder shares, or UPnP servers. Media files will be organized in their original folder structure. The file manager can also be used to copy/move/rename/delete files. To access the file manager, select the File Manager icon from the main menu and press OK/ENTER on the remote control. All available storage devices and network connections will be listed.
are available: Thumbnail, List, and Preview. To change the display mode, press the MENU button on the remote to bring up the options menu and select the desired display mode 5.1.1 Thumbnail View Thumbnail view displays folders and media files as thumbnails on the screen with a partial file name underneath. This is useful for browsing photos and movies with associated cover art. 5.1.2 List View The list view displays folder and media files as a simple list with the full file name displayed.
5.1.3 Preview In preview mode, folders and media files are displayed as a list on the right side of the screen and a preview window on the left side. When a folder or media file is highlighted in the list, the preview window displays a thumbnail or video preview. 5.2 Browsing Network Folder Shares The player has the ability to browse and play media files from folder and file shares on the local area network, such as Windows PCs, NAS devices, or Linux computers with SAMBA server enabled.
at the following URL: http://content.miccastore.com/node/230 To browse for media files in shared folders on the local area network, elect “Network” from the file manager device list. On the next screen, select WORKGROUP and a list of available host names will be shown. Select one of the host names and all available folder shares from that host will be displayed. If the host requires a username and password for accessing a folder share, a login box will be displayed.
Use the directional LEFT/RIGHT and UP/DOWN buttons on the remote control to select folders or files and press OK/ENTER to enter a folder. To exit from a folder, press the RETURN button. To play a media file, highlight it and press the OK/ENTER button. Because UPnP servers acts as a streaming server and not provide direct access to the underlying media files, some playback features may not be available depending on the UPnP server.
5.5.2 Accessing Favorites To access the list of previously tagged files or folders, select the Favorites icon from the main menu and press OK/ENTER on the remote control. All files and folders previously tagged as favorite will be listed. Select the desired file or folder to play and press OK/ENTER on the remote control. 5.5.3 Deleting Favorites To delete a file or folder from the favorites list, highlight the file or folder from the Favorites screen and press the RED button on the remote control.
5.6 File Operations, Playlists, Photo Albums The file manager contains additional functionalities, such as file copying/deleting/renaming, and creation of playlists and photo albums. 5.6.1 Single File Operations To access the file operations menu, highlight a file or folder and press the GREEN button on the remote control.
menu. The multi-file operations menu will display: The multi-file operations menu has two sections, the right section is a file/folder browser box, and the left section shows files and folders that have been selected.
Setting Description Copy Copy the list of files or folders – the user will be prompted to select the destination location Delete Delete the list of files or folders Move Move the list of files or folders – the user will be prompted to select the destination location Save Playlist If the list of files or folders contains music files, they can be added together into a new playlist. The user will be prompted to enter a name for the playlist.
6 Media Library The player has a media library feature for organizing media files on storage devices attached to the player. Within the media library, all media files are organized by type (video, music, or photo), and a search function is available for quickly locating specific files or groups of files, even when there are tens of thousands of files. The media library feature does not work with network folder/file shares.
select certain media library optimization features, such as skipping hidden directories. It is recommended that all boxes should be checked. Next, the player will begin scanning and indexing the media files on the selected storage devices. When finished, the main menu will be displayed. The media library is now ready for use. You may now select Movies, Music, or Photos from the main menu to access media files. 6.
6.4 Media Library – Movies After selecting the Movies icon from the main menu, the media library screen will show all movies found on attached storage devices. For example, if the SATA hard disk drive contains 20 movies and an attached external USB drive contains 10 movies, all 30 movies will be shown together on the same screen if both drives were selected when setting up the media library. Press the MENU button on the remote control to bring up the option menu to adjust how movie files are displayed.
6.5 Media Library – Music After selecting the Music icon from the main menu, the media library screen will show all music files found on attached storage devices. For example, if the SATA hard disk drive contains 20 music files and an attached external USB drive contains 10 music files, all 30 music files will be shown together if both drives were selected when setting up the media library. Press the MENU button on the remote control to bring up the option menu to adjust how music files are displayed.
Name Sort music files by name 6.6 Media Library – Photos After selecting the Photos icon from the main menu, the media library screen will be shown. By default, photos will be shown in Leaf Folder View mode, where folders are arranged based on their folder. Selecting a folder brings up all photos within that folder. Press the MENU button on the remote control to bring up the option menu to adjust how photo files are displayed.
7 Playing Movies, Music, and Viewing Photos After finding a media file to play using the file manager or media library, a variety of convenient playback controls are available. 7.1 Playing Movies 7.1.1 Playback Controls During video playback, the following remote control commands are available: Button PLAY/PAUSE STOP LEFT & RIGHT FAST FORWARD REWIND PREV/NEXT MENU 16:9 BOOKMARK ZOOM REPEAT AUDIO SUBTITLE MUTE VOL+/VOL- RETURN INFO SEARCH Description Press to play or pause the current video.
7.1.2 Movies Settings Menu During video playback, additional controls are available through the movie settings menu. To access the settings menu, press the MENU button while a video is playing. The available settings have the following functionality: Setting BD Navigation Subtitle Audio GOTO Title Menu Root Menu Repeat Video Settings 2D/3D Description Access the BD navigation menu. This setting is only available when playing a BD-ISO or BD Folder video. Access the subtitle settings menu. See ‘7.1.
• • Swap L&R – Swap the left and right frames for current 3D video. Depth – Adjust the 3D effect depth for 3D Simulated playback. 7.1.3 Subtitles When subtitles are available for the currently playing video, pressing the SUBTITLE button on the remote control will cycle through the available subtitle tracks. By default, subtitles will be displayed when available. To change the default subtitle On/Off behavior, please see ‘9.5.9 Subtitle Default Load’ for more information.
Setting Subtitle I/II Subtitle Track Size Text Encoding Color Font Offset Time Sync Description The player can display two different subtitles at the same time. For example, both the English and Spanish subtitles can be displayed at the same time. Therefore two subtitle settings menus are available. Displays a list of available subtitles for the current video. The current subtitle is highlighted in yellow. Changes the size of the subtitle text.
7.2 Playing Music During music playback, the following remote control commands are available: Button PLAY/PAUSE STOP FAST FORWARD Description Press to begin playback, press again to pause. Press to stop playback. Press to fast forward the current playback. Press repeatedly to change fast forward speed. Press to fast rewind the current playback. Press repeatedly to change fast rewind speed. Press to go to the previous song. Press to go to the next song.
NEXT ZOOM DISPLAY Press to go to the next photo. When not viewing a slideshow, press to zoom in or out the image. Press to display information about the current photo. The photo settings menu provides on-screen access to additional photo viewing options. To use the photo settings menu, press the MENU button while viewing a photo full screen.
8 Additional Features 8.1 DLNA Playback The player functions as a DLNA Digital Media Renderer (DMR) device, allowing media content to be pushed to it using DLNA Controller devices such as Windows PCs and popular smartphone/tablet devices running DLNA Controller software. To use this feature, first set a DLNA device name (see ‘9.1.7 DLNA Device Name’), and then turn on the player’s DLNA DMR function (see ‘9.1.6 DLNA DMR’).
The selected video will begin playing on the player after a short delay. A DLNA Controller window will be shown on the Windows 7 computer that can be used to control playback of the media file. 8.1.2 DLNA Controller – Smartphones and Tablets Popular smartphone and tablet platforms including iOS and Android can function as DLNA Controllers when running an appropriate app.
a. User Name: admin b. Password: 123 5) Click on the “BitTorrent Download link. 6) The BitTorrent screen will be displayed. 7) Click “Add new torrent” to add a new torrent file for downloading. 8) Click “Browse” and locate the torrent file on the computer. 9) Select the Device/Partition to save the downloaded files to. 10) Click “Yes” to confirm upload and begin downloading the torrent. The BitTorrent screen contains several controls for managing torrents.
Setting Add new torrent Access the BitTorrent client settings menu Add a new torrent file for download The BitTorrent client settings menu provides configurations for how the client functions when downloading torrents. The available settings are as follows: Setting Max download rate Max upload rate If withinB Seeding time Delete torrent file automatically Max simultaneous downloads Description The maximum download rate in KB/s. Enter 0 for no limit. The maximum upload rate in KB/s. Enter 0 for no limit.
To input text, first click on the text box using the mouse, then press OK/ENTER on the remote control to bring up the mini on-screen keyboard. Use the remote control to enter characters. If a USB keyboard is attached to the player, text can be typed in from the keyboard while the mini on-screen keyboard is displayed. The USB keyboard will not work for entering text when the mini on-screen keyboard is not displayed. The web browser’s menu bar can be accessed by pressing the MENU button on the remote control.
Use the UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT and ENTER buttons on the remote to browse different content providers. Note: The availability of Internet media content depends on providers, their policy, state of their equipment, and their network interface. There are no guarantees that the Internet media content provider links will play or will continue to play in the future. This part of the player’s capability is provide as-is without any guarantee.
9 Settings The Setup menu allows users to personalize and configure usage preferences for the player. To go into the setup menu, select the Setup icon on the main menu, or press the SETUP button on the remote control. Use the directional LEFT/RIGHT and UP/DOWN buttons on the remote control to select options and press OK/ENTER to confirm. To cancel a setting change, press the RETURN button. IMPORTANT: Settings are not saved until you exit from the Setup menu.
Japanese (S-JIS), Korean (EUC-KR), Western, Turkish, Central European, South-East European, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic (MS-1256), Thai (MS-874). 9.1.3 Time This setting configures the time zone, date, and time of the player’s internal clock. Setting Manual Time Zone Auto (via NET) Description Manually set the date and time of the player’s internal clock. Sets the time zone relative to GMT. Set the time using time servers on the Internet. Requires an active Internet connection.
9.1.9 Resume Play This setting configures whether the player will offer to resume playback at the last stop point when the user plays a video that was partially played previously. When turned on, the player will prompt the user to resume play back or cancel and start playing from the beginning of the video. Available settings: On, Off 9.1.10 Safety Poweroff This setting configures whether the player will use safe power-off mode. Safe power-off mode terminates all tasks before powering off the player.
9.1.13 Clear All Media Library Clears the media library database for all attached storage devices. Use this to fix corrupted media library database features. After clearing the database, generate the database again by following the directions in ‘6.1 Media Library – Setup’. In rare cases, clearing the media library database is not enough to fix corrupted database errors. In this case, the database must be manually deleted using a computer. To do so, attach the storage device to a computer and delete the “.
LPCM Multi-Ch RAW The player preserves multi-channel LPCM sound tracks instead of down-mixing to stereo. Audio is sent without being decoded by the player. The TV or home theater receiver must be able to decode the audio; otherwise there will be no audio playback. 9.2.3 SPDIF Output SPDIF Output sets the format of the digital audio carried over the player’s SPDIF optical outputs. Setting LPCM RAW Description Audio is decoded by the player and down-mixed into two channels for output over optical output.
RAW Audio is sent without being decoded by the player. The home theater receiver must be able to decode the audio; otherwise there will be no audio playback. 9.2.7 AAC Output This setting specifies the audio output format for AAC audio tracks. Setting LPCM RAW Description Audio is decoded by the player and down-mixed into two channels. Use this setting if the TV or home theater receiver cannot decode AAC audio. Audio is sent without being decoded by the player.
configure the player’s Video System setting to match the highest quality setting supported by the TV/HDTV. “HDMI Auto” is recommended when the player is connected to the TV using an HDMI cable. Available settings: NTSC / PAL / 480P / 576P / 720P 50HZ / 720P 60HZ / 1080I 50HZ / 1080I 60HZ / 1080P 50HZ / 1080P 60HZ 9.3.3 Video Zoom This setting applies a slight zoom-out to compensate for the over-scan behavior of certain TV types.
network capabilities function. 9.4.1 Wired LAN Setup If the player is connected to a LAN/Internet with an Ethernet cable, there typically is no need for making any settings changes as the player will automatically detect and use the network connection. However, advanced users can use these settings to adjust the player’s network settings.
4) If the WPA/WEP key was entered correctly, the player will receive an IP address and connection settings from the access point router. These settings will be displayed on the screen; press the OK/ENTER key on the remote control to continue. 5) Once the WLAN setup has been completed successfully, press the RETURN button on the remote control to go back to the Network Settings screen. The WLAN settings will be remembered and used each time the player turns on.
To delete WLAN settings, reset the player to factory default through the System Settings menu. 9.4.3 PPPoE Setup If the player is connected directly to a PPPoE connection, such as DSL modem, the player can be configured with the PPPoE user name and password. Setting Wired or Wireless User ID Password Description Select which connection should the player attempt to access the PPPoE network.
shared drives and folders to be visible on the network. 9.4.9 SMB Workgroup Configures the workgroup name for the player’s SAMBA file server. This should be configured as “workgroup” for most home based networks. 9.5 Intelligent Setup The intelligent setup menu contains advanced configuration items that can be used to further customize the player’s settings. 9.5.1 Function of navigation key This setting configures the behavior of the LEFT/RIGHT directional keys on the remote control during video playback.
9.5.4 BDMV Folder Auto-Play When turned on, the player will automatically begin playing a BD Folder when it is selected. When turned off, the player will navigate into the BD Folder instead. Available settings: On, Off 9.5.5 BDMV Default Subtitle This setting configures the default subtitle language for BD-ISO and BD Folder videos.
9.6 MISC Settings The MISC settings menu contains items for player information and firmware update. 9.6.1 Version Info This setting displays the current firmware version. 9.6.2 Kernel Info This setting displays the current firmware kernel version. 9.6.3 USB Upgrade When new firmware becomes available, the player can be updated with this setting. To update the firmware, follow these steps: 1) Download the firmware and place the “install.img” file onto the root directory (i.e.
Do not interrupt the process or power off the player. 7) When finished, the player will show the initial setup screen (refer to ‘4.
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