Technical description and operating instructions Gfn\i ?fd\ MediaStation 6 Multimedia player with internet access and DVB-T-TV 91691 GB A5 20110901.indd 1 01.09.
Contents General notes and information Notice Original packaging Complaints Contact Proper use 3 3 3 3 3 3 1. Introduction 1.1 Preface 1.2 Packing List 1.3 Cautions 1.4 Connection 1.5 Power On / Off 1.6 Menu Language 1.7 HDD-Format 4 4 5 5 6 10 10 11 2. About the Player 2.1 Remote Control 2.2 Front Panel 2.3 Rear Panel 2.4 Side Panel 12 12 15 15 15 3. Setup Menu 3.1 Changing TV Settings 3.2 Changing Audio Settings 3.3 Changing Video Settings 3.4 Changing Record Settings 3.
General notes and information Notice Contact The information in this document may be changed without prior notice and in no way constitutes any liability on the part of Lautsprecher Teufel GmbH. No part of these instructions may be reproduced in any form or be broadcasted in any way electronically, mechanically, by photocopy or recording without the written permission of Lautsprecher Teufel GmbH.
1.2 Packing List Teil Player A/V-cable USB-cable Remote control Remote control battery AC/DC adaptor AC/DC adaptor power cord User manual (printed) USB-adaptor for 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN DVB-T antenna Anzahl 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 optionally 1 Note: The actual contents in the package might be different from the packing list in this manual. 1.3 Cautions This player’s design and manufacture has your safety in mind. In order to safely and effectively use this player, please read the following before usage. 1.3.
• It is suggested to do defragment after a long period of usage. • Regularly backup the data in the hard disk so that it can be recovered in the event of data corruption or loss. Our company takes no responsibility for loss of data stored on the hard disk. 1.3.7 Others When using this player, please do not let the player come into contact with water or other liquid, if water is accidentally spilled on the player, please use a dry cloth to absorb the spillage.
Attention: The MS 6 itself can no longer be controlled since now only the internal hard-drive serves as a cache for the PC/ MAC! 4.This way, you can access the contents of the MS6 hard-drive and use the harddrive in the same manner as a standard external hard-drive. 5. For normal operation of the MS 6, the hard-drive must be disconnected from the PC/MAC as follows: a) MAC: Right click on “Partition 1” and then click “Eject partition”.
1.4.5 Connecting to a TV 1.4.5.3 Y/Pb/Pr Component OUT 1.4.5.1 A/V IN 1. Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s A/V IN jack; 2.Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the A/V OUT jack of the TV/IPTV In this way, you can record TV programs from the TV/IPTV Set-Top Box. 1.4.5.2 A/V OUT 1. Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the player’s Y/Pb/Pr jack; 2. Follow the picture and plug in the 3 color connector to the TV’s Y/Pb/Pr jack.
1.4.5.5 ANT. / RF IN 1.4.6 Connecting to an Digital Amplifier Follow the picture and plug a TV Aerial to the ANT. / RF IN socket; 1. Follow the picture and plug in the RCA connector on your coaxial cable to the player’s S/PDIF Coaxial jack. Or if you use optical fiber, please plug in the Toslink connector on your optical fiber to the player’s S/PDIF Optical jack; 1.4.5.6 ANT. / RF OUT 1. Make sure the player is connecting to power supply; 2.Make sure a TV Aerial is connecting to the ANT. / RF IN socket; 3.
1.4.7 Connecting to a LAN To connect to a LAN (Local Area Network) you require a cat5, cat5e or cat6 network cable (not supplied). 1. Connect one of the crystal plugs on the cable to the player’s RJ45 LAN socket; 2. Connect the other crystal plug on the cable to a RJ45 LAN port on your router, switch, or hub devices. 1.4.8 Connecting to a WLAN 1. Make sure the player is powered on; 2.(2) Plug the Wireless LAN USB Adapter (i.e. Wi-Fi USB Dongle) to the USB HOST port of the player. 1.
1.7 HDD-Format For users who wish to install a new SATA HDD into the player, please refer to the following procedures to format the hard disk on the player before usage. Note: HDD format will remove all data stored on the hard disc drive. Please take care and backup your data in advance! 1. Select OK on the Warning page, press ENTER to confirm. Warning 3.
2. About the Player 2.1 Remote Control All procedures in this manual can be carried out using the remote control buttons. See the following for details on each button and its function: 18 19 20 21 1 2 3 4 22 23 24 25 26 5 6 7 8 27 9 28 10 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 91691 GB A5 20110901.indd 12 No Taste Funktion Press to enter standby 1 STANDBY mode or wake up. Press to switch between NTSC, PAL, 480P, 2 TV SYSTEM 576P, 720P, 1080I, and 1080P.
No Taste 11 12 13 14 15 16 Funktion Press to activate tools menus: – Press to rename and delete files in the MENU browser menu. – Press to add shortcuts for network access in My_Shortcuts in NET of the browser menu. Press to activate the time shift function. Time shift function allows you to pause live TV and resume the program from the point you left it. While paused, the TIME SHIFT program is recorded to the internal HDD as long as the space is available.
No Taste 30 31 32 33 34 35 14 91691 GB A5 20110901.indd 14 Funktion Press to set the beginA-B ning and end points of a section to repeat. Press to jump to a specific point on a title. GOTO Specify the point using Title, Chapter and Time. Press to set subtitle opSUBTITLE tions. Press to change the view angle during DVD ANGLE (with multi-angle) playback. Press to activate sort Blue function in channel set in TV setup menu.
2.2 Front Panel 1 2 3 4 Gfn\i 2.4 Side Panel 5 6 1 2 3 ?fd\ 1 Power indicator 2 Power button & Standby button Home button, press to return to main 3 menu 4 Infrared receiver window 5 VFD Screen 6 Navigation buttons 1 Memory Card slot 2 USB HOST port (A-Type) x 2 3 USB DEVICE port (B-Type) 2.
3. Setup Menu The Setup menu allows you to personalize and configure the preferences for your player. 3.1.2 Channel Scan • Select to scan for available Digital Terrestrial TV channels To select a Setup option: 1. Select the Setup icon on the home screen, or press the SETUP button on the remote control. 3.1.2.1 AUTO SCAN 2.Use the LEFT/RIGHT navigational buttons to select an option, and then press ENTER. In AUTO SCAN mode, the system will automatically scan for available DVB-T TV channels. 3.1.2.
3.1.3 Channel Set • Select to edit channel information. 3.3 Changing Video Settings Use this menu to configure video settings. 3.3.1 Aspect Ratio In this menu, you can edit the Name, and sequence for the DVB-T TV channels. Use the navigational buttons to select and modify the settings,and press the ENTER button to confirm. You can also press the blue button to select Sort. 3.2 Changing Audio Settings Use this menu to configure audio settings 3.2.
3.3.7 1080P 24FPS Playback of commercially-available DVDs reaches 25 frames per second. If only 24 frames are available, the playback may appear somewhat choppy. If this is the case, turn the option “1080P 24FPS” ON. 3.4 Changing Record Settings 3.4.1 Quality Select to set the default recording quality setting. 3.3.8 Picture size If you confirm this menu item with the ENTER KEY, a red frame will appear on the television. Adjust the frame size with the arrow buttons so that the frame is just visible.
3.5 Changing Network Settings Use this menu to configure Ethernet and WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) settings. 3.5.1 Wired LAN Setup DHCP IP (Auto) Select to obtain IP address automatically. Typical situation: A household with an existing internet connection via a preconfigured DSL router. In this case, the DSL has an integrated DHCP service, which is pre-configured and working properly. In this case, you only need to select the item “DHCP Auto”, the required IP will be found automatically on the network.
7. Open the configuration page for the router’s network interface (in the example of a Netgear FVS124G, the item is called “LAN setup”). 8.Search for the section “DHCP” in the middle of the screen, see the figure on the right. 9. Enter the start and end IP address of the DHCP range (see frame on the right) in the form Please note: This concerns an IP address RANGE – which starts with the end number 100 and ends with 150. This range may be not be used for devices with fixed IP addresses. 10.
15. Once you have entered all addresses, press ENTER and confirm the save operation. The connection is then tested automatically and the MS 6 IP address you selected appears, if successful, as an entry on the right next to the item “LAN setup”. 3.5.2 WLAN network connection and setup If you have secured your wireless network twice (encryption AND MAC address filtering), you have to perform the following important steps (see MAC filtering below).
3.5.2.2 Performing WLAN settings 1. First plug the enclosed “Wireless USB adapter” into one of the USB ports on the side. 2.Under the item “Network” in setup, select the item “WLAN setup” and press ENTER. 3. Now select the profile “Connection1”. 3.5.2.3 Connection modes Three connection modes are available: – Infrastruktur (AP): In this mode, network devices such as the MediaStation 6 or notebooks (also referred to as WLAN clients) can be connected to a wireless radio receiver (WLAN access point).
– Manually: If you have configured your WLAN to not send its SSID (SSID broadcast is deactivated – the automatic search returns no result), you have to use the manual search. For this, select the entry “Manually” and confirm with ENTER. Then enter the SSID for your network with the onscreen keyboard (see figure on top of page 24 of the operating instructions – be sure to consider small/capital letters) and confirm with the OK button. 2.In the navigation pane on the left, click Change Adapter Settings. 3.
6.Confirm the entered key with OK (Open), NOT with OK (SKey). Now you can give the MS 6 an IP address of your choosing: 7. Under Host IP Address enter the desired address (in our example 192.168.46.2) and confirm with OK. 8.Save the network settings by pressing the Play/Pause button on the MS 6 remote control. After a few seconds the device will display the current network settings on the screen. 5. Confirm twice with OK, then click Close and also close the last 2 windows. 3.5.2.5.
are infrastructure networks (see section 3.5.2.4). Only the entry MS 6 is an AdHoc network. 3.5.2.5.3 Please follow the steps below to access the hard drive of your MS 6 1. Open Windows Explorer. 2.In the address line enter the IP address of the MS 6 (in our example 192.168.46.2) and confirm with ENTER. 3.5.2.6 WLAN Security There are four methods for securing your wireless network: – Open System: The wireless network is unprotected – the data transfer is not encrypted in any way.
ically or manually. A detailed description of this is provided in section LAN connection above. If you have configured all settings, they are verified and saved by the MS6. The network menu will appear on the screen again – the active network configuration is indicated with an asterisk “*”. 3.6 Changing System Settings Use this menu to configure system settings 3.5.3 Network Addresses MediaStation 6 IP-Adresse: Subnetzmaske: 255.255.255.
3.6.5 Time • Select to set the system time. 3.6.6.2 Region • Press the UP / DOWN button to select the region. Press the enter button to confirm. 3.6.6.3 Password • Press the numerical buttons to input and change the password. Press the enter button to confirm.. • Press the UP / DOWN button to select from Manual and Auto (via TV). Press the ENTER button to confirm. Manual 3.6.6.4 Block unrated TV • Press the UP / DOWN button to turn on or off. Press the enter button to confirm. 3.6.6.
3.6.10 System Info • Select to view system information (firmware version, HDD info, Mac address, etc.) 3.6.11 Restore Default • Select to restore factory defaults 3.7 Miscellaneous • Use this menu to adjust miscellaneous settings. 3.7.3 Transition Effect • Select to set the transition effect for photo slide show. 3.7.4 Ken Burns Set this menu item to “ON” to enable a smooth cross fading of images during a slide show (Ken Burns effect). 3.7.
4. MAIN Menu 4.1 DTV-Menu In this menu, you can watch and record Digital Terrestrial TV programs, or have the time shift function. To enter the DVB-T TV mode, select the DTV icon on the main menu (button HOME). The following are some functional buttons on the remote control available when watching Digital TV programs. Name ENTER UP / DOWN numeric buttons REC time shift subtitle EPG TTX zoom Function Press to view the program list menu. Press to switch channels.
4.1.1.3 Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) • Press the EPG button when watching DVB-T TV programs, the Electronic Programming Guide will be displayed. • Press the navigational and numeric buttons to view the content in the Teletext menu. 4.1.1.5 Subtitle List Menu • Press the subtitle button when watching DVB-T TV programs, the Subtitle List menu will be displayed. 1 Englisch • Press the PREV / NEXT button to change channels. • Press the left / right button to change date.
4.1.3 Time Shifting Time shift function allows you to pause live TV and resume the program from the point you left it. While paused, the program is recorded to the internal HDD as long as the space is available. 1. Press the TIME SHIFT button to active time shift function. 2.Press PLAY button to resume the program. Time shift mode remains active until you press the STOP button 3. Use the left / right button on the remote control to move between fields and press the UP / DOWN button to adjust each setting.
Name Funktion Select the recording quality. Choose from HQ, SLP, EP, LP and SP. The higher the quality, the more space required on the Quality hard drive. See HDD Free Space on the left of the screen for details of how long you can record for using each setting. This small preview window Preview will show the current program of the selected channel. 4.3.2 Edit Schedule 1. Press the left / right button on the remote control to select the Edit tab from the menu bar. 4.3.3 Delete Schedule 1.
4.3.5 Viewing Recording History • Press the left / right button on the remote control to select the History tab from the menu bar. Here you can view a complete history of all recordings that were set. Button UP / DOWN LEFT / RIGHT PREV / NEXT Function Move cursor UP / DOWN to select devices, folders, or files. Select filter options: All, Music, Photos, and Movies. Go to previous / next page. Enter or confirm the selected item. Select files under Browser -> RED HDD menu.
4.4.2 Browsing Music In this mode, all folders and supported audio files in current directory will be displayed. The following buttons can be used to control music playback. Button PLAY/PAUSE FR / FF REPEAT INFO STOP Function Begin/pause playback. Fast rewind or fast forward. Press repeatedly to select the speed. Set repeat options: One, All, (and Shuffle). Hide or display the information bar during playback. Stop playback. Button PLAY Function Begin playback. View the previous or next PREV / NEXT photo.
Button Function Fast rewind or fast forward. FR / FF Press repeatedly to select the speed. PREV / View the previous or next NEXT movie. Set repeat options: One, All, REPEAT Off. ZOOM Zoom the image. Hide or display the informatiINFO on bar during playback. Display playback search GOTO menu. Set the beginning and end A-B points of a section to repeat. Change the view angle during ANGLE DVD (with multi-angle) playback. Return to the root menu during MENU DVD playback.
(Linux), etc. Please install one of them on you computer. In the following chapters, we will take Windows Media Player 11 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for an example. 2.Select Add to open a popup menu where you can input Label, Net User ID, Net Password, Domain, Host Name, and Specific File Server IP. 3. Select OK to confirm, Cancel to cancel, and Simple / Detail to switch between simple and advanced options. 4.Select the shortcut you added and press the ENTER button to confirm.
4.4.6.3 Streaming Media on your Player 1. Connect your player to the home network (LAN or WLAN). 2.Visit Browser - > UPnP menu on the player, select the UPnP-server, and press ENTER. Music Photo Movie 4.Press the UP / DOWN buttons to select from Return, Rename, and Delete. 5. Press ENTER to confirm. 3. Then you can browse the media library shared by Windows Media Player 11. Music Photo Movie 4.4.
4.4.8.2 Browsing the playlist 1. Press the UP / DOWN buttons to select Play List in the browser menu. 2.Press the LEFT / RIGHT buttons to select between All, Music, Photos, and Movies. 3. Press the ENTER button to confirm. Then you will enter the playlist. 4.5 Media Library Owning to a powerful search engine, the library menu allows you to search and browse multimedia files stored on the internal HDD in most easy ways. To enter this menu, select the Library icon on the home screen. 4.5.1 Music library 1.
4.5.1.2 Search • Select to search for music files by their names. 1. Use the navigational buttons to select, and press the ENTER button to confirm. 2.Select OK and press the ENTER button, and then the files you desired will be displayed on the screen. 4.5.1.3 All • Select to list all the music files in the library. 4.5.1.4 Artist • Select to search for music files by artist. 4.5.1.6 Genre • Select to search for music files by genre. 1. Press the UP / DOWN button to select the genre. 2.
4.5.1.8 Quick-Search You can also press the right button to turn on a Quick-Search bar while browsing music files in the library. 1. Press the UP / DOWN button to select characters on the Quick-Search bar. 2.Press the ENTER button to confirm. And then music files with name starting with the specific characters will be displayed onto the top. 3. Press the left button to delete characters, and press the RETURN button to close the Quick-Search bar. 40 91691 GB A5 20110901.indd 40 4.5.
4.5.2.2 Search • Select to search for photos by their names. 1. Use the navigational buttons to select, 2.Press the ENTER button to confirm. 3. Select OK and press the ENTER button, and then the files you desired will be displayed on the screen. 4.5.2.3 All • Select to list all the photos in the library. 4.5.2.5 Quick-Search You can also press the right button to turn on a Quick-Search bar while previewing photos in the library. 1. Press the UP / DOWN button to select characters on the Quick-Search bar.
4.5.3.1 Update • Select to update and synchronize all the movies stored on the internal HDD to the library. 4.5.3.4 Actor • Select to search for movies by actor. Amy Adams Jeff Bridges Johnny Depp Mike Myers Edward Norton Naomi Watts 4.5.3.2 Search • Select to search for movies by their names. 1. Press the UP / DOWN button to select the actor. 2.Press the ENTER button to confirm. 4.5.3.5 Genre • Select to search for movies by genre. Action Adventure Cartoon Comic Sci-Fi 1.
4.5.3.7 Quick-Search You can also press the right button to turn on a Quick-Search bar while previewing movies in the library. 1. Press the UP / DOWN button to select characters on the Quick-Search bar, and press the ENTER button to confirm. And then movies with name starting with the specific characters will be displayed onto the top. 2.Press the left button to delete characters, and press the RETURN button to close the Quick-Search bar.
4.7 P2P Share Menu Select the P2P Share icon on the main menu. You can see the status of torrents download progress and configure the BT download settings in this menu. Press LEFT/RIGHT button to enter into download menu and BT setup menu. 4.7.1 Add a torrent Locate your torrent file in Browser menu, then press MENU button to add the torrent to start downloading. 4.7.2 Download Menu After add the BT torrent files, the download progress can be displayed in this menu.
4.7.3 BT Setup Menu In the BT Setup menu, you can configure the following settings. Use UP/DOWN and ENTER to change the settings. – Set the maximum download rate. – Set the maximum upload rate. – Set the idle hours to start the next download automatically. – Set the seeding hours. – Set to delete the finished torrent files automatically or not. – Set the maximum number of simultaneous download tasks. 4.7.
4.8 IMS (Internet Multimedia Service) Menu This feature is additional function. All contents and services under this feature are provided by third-party service providers, our company does not offer any contents and services of this feature and it not responsible for any contents and services provided under this feature.
4.10 Host-Name Here, you enter a name for the MS6 that makes the device visible on the network. This way, you can also enter the host name instead of the IP address when accessing the internal hard-drive: e.g. “\\MS6\” in Windows Explorer or “http://MS6/” in Internet Explorer. Under windows vista and windows 7,pls type:\\192.168.0.9 on search bar, then press the Enter button on the keyboard. Then you can view, and edit the files stored on the hard disk installed on the player.
5. Upgrading the Firmware The firmware is the operating system (OS) installed on the device. Firmware upgrades can bring new features, improvements and bug fixes. 3. Plug the power cable into the DC IN jack, wait for about 5 seconds or more, and then loosen your finger on the power / standby button; 1. Copy ‘install.img’ or extension files to the root directory of a USB stick, and connect it to the USB HOST port of the player. 2.Press and hold the power / standby button on the front panel, and do not loosen.
6.2 Frequently Asked Questions Question 1. When I try to disconnect the USB device, I keep on getting “The device ‘Generic volume’ cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later.” message, what should I do? Answer: Close any program that might be accessing data on the player, including Windows® Explorer. If it does not work, close all programs and wait for another 20 seconds, then try the green arrow icon again.
Question 8. I cannot get SSID name, the screen always displays: ‘Can’t get any SSID!!’ Answer: When the WLAN USB Adapter is connected to the player, it needs some time to get initialized. Please wait for about 1~2 minutes and try refreshing the SSID list again. Question 9. I cannot see files shared on my computer via Browser->Network menu. Answer: Please check following items: 1. Connect the player to network and obtain an IP address first; 2.Please enable NetBIOS of TCP/IP on computer; 3.
Question 14. Some functions like recording, time shift etc. do not work. What should I do? Answer: If you find some functions do not work properly on the player, please change system settings to the default (Refer to 3.6 for changing system settings). 6.3 Copyrights and Trademarks Copyrights All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether by electronically or mechanically, without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Disposing of the unit Used units must not be disposed of with household waste If the unit is no longer operational, every consumer is required by law to dispose of used devices separate from household waste, e. g. at a collection point run by the communal authority borough. In this way, used devices can be recycled and waste materials disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner.
