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HoneyWld PowerZest HD-205 HD-207 HD-301 User Manual HoneyWld Technology Corp. Version v2.7 Honeywld Technology Corp Content Index CHAPTER 1 BASIC SETUP.................................................................................................................................. 7 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 7 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 7 HARDWARE OVERVIEW.......................................................................................................................................... 8 CONNECT POWERZEST HD-205........................................................................................................................... 10 Video, Audio & Network Connections............................................................................................................ 10 CONNECT POWERZEST HD-207........................................................................................................................... 11 CONNECT POWERZEST HD-301........................................................................................................................... 12 Video, Audio & Network Connections............................................................................................................ 12 NETWORKING DIAGRAM...................................................................................................................................... 13 USING REMOTE CONTROL ................................................................................................................................... 13 SET UP POWERZEST ............................................................................................................................................ 16 WIRED NETWORK SETUP ..................................................................................................................................... 17 WIRELESS NETWORK SETUP ................................................................................................................................ 18 When Wireless Network is hidden .................................................................................................................. 20 WIRELESS SETUP FOR PC .................................................................................................................................... 21 Windows XP Mode ......................................................................................................................................... 21 Windows Vista Mode ...................................................................................................................................... 22 USING THE HONEYWLD DIGITAL MEDIA SERVER (DMS)..................................................................................... 24 CONFIGURING YOUR HONEYWLD DMS ............................................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER 2 ADVANCED NETWORK SETUP................................................................................................ 27 CONNECT POWERZEST TO PC DIRECTLY .............................................................................................................. 27 WIRED NETWORK ................................................................................................................................................ 27 WIRELESS NETWORK ........................................................................................................................................... 27 WIRELESS CONFIGURATION UNDER WINDOWS XP.............................................................................................. 28 Wireless Network Configuration .................................................................................................................... 28 Ad-hoc Mode Settings .................................................................................................................................... 29 WIRELESS CONFIGURATION UNDER WINDOWS VISTA ......................................................................................... 31 Wireless Network Configuration .................................................................................................................... 31 Disable Firewall under Windows Vista .......................................................................................................... 32 CHAPTER 3 PLAY MEDIA WITH NETWORK PROTOCOLS..................................................................... 39 UPNP SERVER ..................................................................................................................................................... 39 HONEYWLD DIGITAL MEDIA SERVER................................................................................................................... 39 NFS PROTOCOL ................................................................................................................................................... 44 Honeywld Technology Corp 2 Through PowerZest Onscreen Menu.............................................................................................................. 44 Through Honeywld DMS software ................................................................................................................. 46 SAMBA CLIENT PROTOCOL .................................................................................................................................. 47 CHAPTER 4 : STORAGE CONFIGURATION & FILE MANAGEMENT. .................................................. 50 HARD DISK DRIVE INSTALLATION (FOR HD-301 ONLY)....................................................................................... 50 POWERZEST HDD FORMAT WIZARD (FOR HD-301 ONLY) .................................................................................. 52 COPY FILES FROM USB TO BUILT-IN HDD (FOR HD-301 ONLY)........................................................................... 53 IMPORTANT NOTES & CAUTION (FOR HD-205/207 ONLY) ................................................................................... 55 CONNECT HD-301-UX TO PC THROUGH USB CLIENT PORT(FOR HD-301-UX ONLY)......................................... 55 COPY/DELETE FILES FROM PC TO POWERZEST.................................................................................................... 56 Through Honeywld Media Server Software ................................................................................................... 56 Samba Server - My Network Place ................................................................................................................ 58 CHAPTER 5 PLAY MULTIMEDIA FILES ....................................................................................................... 62 MUSIC ................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Supported Music Format................................................................................................................................ 62 To Play Music................................................................................................................................................. 62 Supported Playlist .......................................................................................................................................... 69 PHOTOS ............................................................................................................................................................... 72 Supported Photo Format................................................................................................................................ 72 To Play Photos ............................................................................................................................................... 72 VIDEO .................................................................................................................................................................. 77 Supported Video Format ................................................................................................................................ 77 To Play Video................................................................................................................................................. 78 Search Video .................................................................................................................................................. 85 DVD Menu Navigation................................................................................................................................... 86 CHAPTER 6 WEB BROWSER ........................................................................................................................... 88 TO START THE WEB BROWSER ............................................................................................................................. 88 USING THE REMOTE CONTROL FOR NAVIGATING ................................................................................................. 88 TOOL BAR OF THE BROWSER ................................................................................................................................ 91 Go to a web page ........................................................................................................................................... 91 Tab function.................................................................................................................................................... 91 Previous, Next and Home Pages .................................................................................................................... 92 View of the pages............................................................................................................................................ 93 Bookmark function ......................................................................................................................................... 93 Exit ................................................................................................................................................................. 94 Honeywld Technology Corp 3 CHAPTER 7 INTERNET MEDIA & BIT TORRENT ...................................................................................... 95 PLAY INTERNET VIDEO - ZESTCHANNELTM .......................................................................................................... 95 PLAY INTERNET RADIO- LIVE 365™ ................................................................................................................... 96 MY IMEDIA - MY RADIO/VIDEO .......................................................................................................................... 97 VIEWING YOUTUBE CONTENT ............................................................................................................................. 99 ADD/DELETE THE INTERNET RADIO/TV STATION LISTS .................................................................................... 101 Through PowerZest Onscreen Menu............................................................................................................ 101 Through Honeywld DMS Software............................................................................................................... 101 BITTORRENT DOWNLOADER ............................................................................................................................. 104 Enable BitTorrent Feature............................................................................................................................ 104 Add New Torrent Seed and Start Downloader.............................................................................................. 105 BitTorrent Management ............................................................................................................................... 107 CHAPTER 8 FIRMWARE UPGRADE AND RESET TO DEFAULT ........................................................... 110 UPGRADE BY DIRECT INTERNET ACCESS ........................................................................................................... 110 UPGRADE BY USING USB FLASH DISK .............................................................................................................. 111 RESET TO DEFAULT ............................................................................................................................................ 111 CHAPTER 9 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS................................................................................................ 112 SYSTEM SETUP .................................................................................................................................................. 112 Language...................................................................................................................................................... 113 TV Mode Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 114 Audio Setup .................................................................................................................................................. 115 Video Setup .................................................................................................................................................. 115 Other Settings............................................................................................................................................... 116 LCD Setting.................................................................................................................................................. 117 Auto Sync ..................................................................................................................................................... 117 Hard Disk Share Setup................................................................................................................................. 117 BIT TORRENT SETUP .......................................................................................................................................... 119 CHAPTER 10 TROUBLE SHOOTINGS ......................................................................................................... 120        NO TELEVISION DISPLAY OR POOR DISPLAY. ....................................................................................... 120 UNSTABLE DISPLAY WITH 1080P24 FILMS ........................................................................................... 120 NO AUDIO OUTPUT WITH FILMS WITH DTS ENCODED. ........................................................................ 120 POWERZEST DOES NOT FIND MY NETWORK. ........................................................................................ 121 POWERZEST DOES NOT FIND THE HONEYWLD DMS SERVER............................................................... 121 DIGITAL MEDIA SERVER CAN ONLY BE SEEN FOR A SHORT TIME........................................................... 121 POWERZEST DOES NOT RECEIVE A VALID IP ADDRESS ......................................................................... 121 Honeywld Technology Corp 4       NO SUBTITLE WHEN PLAYING “MPEG2” FILES ..................................................................................... 121 NO SUBTITLE WHEN PLAYING “MPEG2” FILES AFTER PRESSING “SUBTITLE” BUTTON .......................... 121 NO SUBTITLE WHEN PLAYING “MPEG2” FILES ..................................................................................... 122 FAST FORWARD OR SLOW FORWARD IS NOT WORKING .......................................................................... 122 CAN NOT ADD MUSIC FILES TO BGM LIST?.......................................................................................... 122 CAN NOT FIND FIRMWARE UPGRADE FILE IN THE USB DEVICE ........................................................... 122 CHAPTER 11 FAQ.............................................................................................................................................. 123 Q: PERFORMANCE OF VIDEO PLAYING IS NOT SO GOOD? .................................................................................... 123 Q: USB HDD EXTERNAL ENCLOSURE IS NOT SUPPORTED? ............................................................................... 123 Table/Diagram Index HD-205 FRONT VIEW ........................................................................................................................................... 8 HD-205 REAR VIEW .............................................................................................................................................. 8 HD-301 FRONT VIEW ........................................................................................................................................... 9 HD-301 REAR VIEW .............................................................................................................................................. 9 NETWORK DIAGRAM ......................................................................................................................................... 13 REMOTE CONTROL UNIT ................................................................................................................................. 14 REMOTE CONTROL KEY FUNCTION TABLE................................................................................................ 15 START UP PAGE .................................................................................................................................................. 16 CD INSTALLER AUTORUN MENU.................................................................................................................... 25 FRONT VIEW OF HD-301 CASE COVER........................................................................................................ 50 BOTTOM VIEW OF HD-301 CASE COVER .................................................................................................... 50 REMOTE CONTROL FOR WEB BROWSER .................................................................................................. 89 WEB BROWSER REMOTE CONTROL KEY TABLE...................................................................................... 90 SYSTEM SETUP TABLE ................................................................................................................................... 113 TABEL OF OTHER SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................ 116 Honeywld Technology Corp 5 About This Manual The Honeywld PowerZest User Manual gives you a step-by-step explanation of how to install PowerZest Media Player. Use this information to set up and configure PowerZest. This Manual is provided in PDF format on the Honeywld DMS CD-ROM. Your computer must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to view and print PDF files. Safety Information WARNING: Failure to follow these safety instructions could result in fire, electric shock, or other injury or damage. Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all Warnings Follow all instructions Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth Do not install near any hear sources such as radiators, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heart. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. WARNING: To reduce the risk of electronic shock, do not remove the cover. WARNING: The device can display static images, which can cause “burn in” of certain displays. Avoid leaving static images (such as photos or paused videos) onscreen for long periods of time. WARNING: This device should be used only indoors in well-ventilated areas. To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or interference, do not expose this appliance to rain, liquid, moisture, excessive hear, or naked flame. Technical Support For product updates and Web Support please go to www.honeywld.com Honeywld Technology Corp 6 Chapter 1 Basic Setup Package Contents The product package should contain the following items: PowerZest Unit Remote control Unit (2 AA batteries included) Power adapter Category 5 (CAT5) Ethernet cable HDMI Cable Composite (CVBS) Video cable and Audio cable PowerZest Installation CD, including Honeywld PowerZest User Manual in PDF format 4 Screws and power cord for 3.5” SATA HDD (for HD-301 only) USB A-type to A-type cable to connect to PC or laptop (for HD-301_UX only) System Requirements A TV set with HDMI or Composite video (CVBS) port and analogue audio or optical digital audio ports An HDMI or Composite cable and analog or optical digital audio cables An Ethernet or Wireless network and a broadband Internet connection (DSL/Cable/LAN) If you want to play a PC file from its original destination without having to copy it into another HDD, a Windows based computer is needed: Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista system software 500MHz Processor or better. 512 MB RAM 20MB available HDD space (For “Transcoding” media file, at least 2.0GHz P4 Processor is needed) Honeywld Technology Corp 7 Hardware Overview Power light Footstand HD-205 FRONT VIEW HDMI Power Ethernet S-Video/Component On/Off Button USB Host CVBS Audio out HD-205 REAR VIEW Note: The S-Video/Component cable is special cable. You need to use the S-Video/Component Cable provided by Honeywld. The cable is optional and is not shipped in standard package. Honeywld Technology Corp 8 Navigation Button LCD Window; 16x2 Characters USB Host Power On/Off Button LED Indicator (1) Power (2) HDD (3) Network HD-301 FRONT VIEW Wi-Fi Antenna (Optional) Power Adaptor Video Out/CVBS Ethernet USB Host HDMI SPDIF/Optical SPDIF/ Coaxial Audio Out/Stereo HD-301 REAR VIEW Honeywld Technology Corp 9 Connect PowerZest HD-205 Video, Audio & Network Connections Make sure you have the appropriate cables for connecting. Take care to watch the colors of the plugs on the cable. To connect with an HDMI port To connect with Composite (CVBS) video and analogue audio ports. CVBS-Video Out Audio Out To connect with S-Video or Component (Ypbpr) video out. The S-Video and Component is in the same port. You’ll have to have an S-Video/Component conversion cable (optionally provided by Honeywld) and a S-Video to S-Video cable or a Y-Pbpr to Y-Pbpr cable to connect to your TV. Honeywld Technology Corp 10 To connect with a S/PDIF decoder Note: If the audio output is to go through Coaxial output, check if you have changed the audio setup of PowerZest to Digital mode. Please go to Setup System Setup Audio Setup for configuration. Network Connections Connect PowerZest HD-207 For HD-207, the indicator light on the front panel and connection ports on the back panel are pretty much similar with HD-205, please check the picture below and refer to the description for HD-205. Honeywld Technology Corp 11 Connect PowerZest HD-301 Video, Audio & Network Connections Make sure you have the appropriate cables for connecting, and watch the colors of the plugs on the cable. To connect with an HDMI port To connect to the Composite (CVBS) video and analogue audio ports. CVBS-Video Out Audio Out To connect to an external AV receiver/decoder through optical or coaxial S/PDIF cable. Note: If the audio output is to go through Coaxial or Optical output, check if you have changed the audio setup of Power Zest to Digital mode. Please go to Setup System Setup Audio Setup for configuration. Honeywld Technology Corp 12 Network Connections You may have an Ethernet cable plugged into the unit and have the wireless antenna connected (Wi-Fi antenna is optional). Neither will interfere with the other, but only one network can be accessed at a time (wired or wireless). Wi-Fi antenna (optional) Ethernet port Networking Diagram Taking HD-205 for example, the following is a connection example with network and peripheral devices. NETWORK DIAGRAM Using Remote Control Use the remote control to navigate menus, and to select and watch videos, listen to music, or view photos on your television. For button function for web browser, please refer to the chapter named ‘Web Browser’. Honeywld Technology Corp 13 3 2 1 5 4 6 8 9 7 10 14 11 12 15 13 17 18 16 19 22,24 25 26 27 23 28 29 30 31 35 32 33 34 REMOTE CONTROL UNIT Honeywld Technology Corp 20,21, 14 The table below describes the function of the remote control unit. REMOTE CONTROL KEY FUNCTION TABLE No. 1 2 3 KEYPAD POWER HOME MUTE 4 OUTPUT 5 6 7 8 9 COPY MENU A-B SLOW ZOOM 10 REPEAT 11 STOP 12 DISPLAY 13 BACK FUNCTION DESCRIPTION Turn On/Off “PowerZest”. Hotkey to return to Main Menu. Mute audio output. Switch the video output type with CompositeYPbPrHDMI sequence. Copy files from USB devices to local HDD Go to the Menu of DVD films. Set/Cancel A-B repeat mode. Slow forward / backward the media with speed 1/2x, 1/4x,1/8x… Zoom video or photo. 1. Video & Music: Repeat current file or Repeat all files in this folder or cancel repeat function. 2. Photo: Repeat Background music. Stop the media playing. Display media info. Pressing twice will show more information about video. 1. Press to return to previous folder or setup page. 2. Save/cancel wireless setting in wireless setup page. 3. Escape from Web Browser. 14 PREV 15 NEXT 16 17 18 19 VIDEO MUSIC PICTURES iMedia 20,21, 22,24 DIRECTIONS 1. Skip to the previous page when browsing media files. 2. Skip to the previous file when playing media files. 1. Skip to the next page when browsing media files. 2. Skip to the next file when playing media files. Press to jump to VIDEO mode Press to jump to MUSIC mode Press to jump to PHOTO mode Press to jump to Internet Media mode 1. Press “LEFT” to stop current mode return to former layer; Press “RIGHT” to enter a selected folder or server. 2. Video Mode: Press “UP” or “DOWN” to choose other file 3. Photo Mode: Move picture in “zoom” mode or rotate picture in “rotate” mode 4. Music Mode: Press “UP” to skip to previous music file or press “DOWN” to skip to next music file. 5. In web browser mode, press to move screen cursor. 27 28 29 OK/Play Pause REWIND FAST FORWARD SUB LANG VOLUME+/- 30 BGM 31 NUMBERS 32 RECORD 23 25 26 Honeywld Technology Corp 1. Play or pause media files 2. Enter the highlight item. Fast backward the media file with speed 2x, 4x, 8x… Fast forward the media file with speed 2x, 4x, 8x… Select different subtitles Select different languages/audio tracks Increase/Decrease the volume. 1. Add/Remove a music file as background music. 2. Add/Remove a music station from “My Media” as background music. 1. Input number with the key value. 2. Go to 00%-99% progress of current video or music file. Record stream into HDD 15 33 :/ 34 SORT 35 SETUP Go to the specified time of current file. Sorting all the files in one folder and re-arrange in alphabetical order Hotkey to the main page of Setup. Set Up PowerZest Follow these steps to set up PowerZest Turn on the TV. Set the video sources selector on your TV to match the connection from your PowerZest. For example, if you use HDMI, set the TV to use “HDMI” Input 1. Turn on PowerZest. The LED on the front panel of the PowerZest will turn green to show that it is powered on. 2. Check the TV display. The default display of PowerZest is Composite (CVBS). If you use HDMI, use the remote control and push “Output” Key. You can cycle through the TV modes to get the correct display mode. 3. Wait few seconds for the start up page to show up, and it will turns into the Main Menu afterwards. START UP PAGE 4. The start up page will last for only few seconds, and then go to a black screen. Please wait few seconds and it will enter into the Main Menu. If there is still no video output after the start up page appears, please make sure the PowerZest and the TV are in the same mode. If not, please cycle through the Honeywld Technology Corp “Output” key on the remote control, wait few seconds during each cycle. 16 Note: When you cycle through the “Output” Key, the PowerZest will tell you which mode you are at. Below is an example of cycling to “HDMI” mode. Please press “OK” if HDMI mode is what you want to select. It will switch to the original mode automatically if idle for 15 seconds. 1. Select Wired or Wireless Network for PowerZest to set up. Wired Network Setup 1) Press “Setup” hotkey on the remote control or select “SETUP” mode from the Main Menu. 2) Select Network Wizard from set up main menu to start setup wizard Honeywld Technology Corp 17 3) Select “Wired” and follow the on screen instructions. Note: If you connect to a network using DHCP, PowerZest automatically detects your network. If you don’t connect using DHCP, go back to set up main menu and select Network Set Up. You may have to enter your IP address, net mask, gateway, and DNS addresses. Wireless Network Setup PowerZest supports wireless Ethernet with an USB Wi-Fi dongle. To enable wireless function, please make sure you PLUG THE Wi-Fi Dongle into USB Host Port before Powering on This Device. And please be noted that not all USB Wi-Fi dongle are supported. PowerZest can support USB Wi-Fi with Ralink RT2870 chipset. WARNING: HD-301 does NOT support external USB Wi-Fi dongle, but built-in Wi-Fi only. Honeywld Technology Corp 18 WARNING:  For video streaming, a wired connection between the computer and PowerZest is recommended. A wireless connection can work well f you want to play music or view photos. 1) Press “Setup” hotkey on the remote control or select “SETUP” mode from the Main Menu. 2) Select “Network Wizard” from set up main menu to start setup wizard 3) Select ‘Wireless” and follow the on screen instructions. 4) PowerZest displays all available networks, navigate on the menu and choose the one you want. 5) PowerZest detects the network type automatically; click “Next” and then “Save” to apply setting. 6) If the network you choose is locked by password, a “Lock” icon will be shown. And the signal strength is indicated by the red, yellow or green light. Honeywld Technology Corp 19 7) Select “Key Value”, and have your password ready to enter. 8) Input password and choose “Enter” to save. 9) Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setting. Note: With each network, there are signal strength indicators in 3 colors; red, yellow and green. It is recommended to play high-bit-rate video only when the signal turns into green. When Wireless Network is hidden If you can’t find the ESSID (Network Name) on the “ESSID Device List”, follow these steps to configure wireless network manually. 1. Select Wireless Setup. 2. Select Network type as “Infrastructure” mode. Honeywld Technology Corp 20 3. Press “Back” to accept the setting or press “OK” to change the setting. Enter a value of up to 32 characters for the SSID by on-screen keyboard. 4. Input other related information such like “Authentication”, “Key Format”, and proper “Key Value” of this hidden wireless network. 5. Press “Back” or “Left” buttons to leave the wireless setup page and save the configurations. Wireless Setup for PC When using wireless network, after PowerZest is set up, you have to ensure your PC is also linked with the same AP. See below to ensure the correct settings. Windows XP Mode 1. Click right button of the mouse on wireless icon, and choose “View Available Wireless Networks” 2. Choose a Wireless Network you want to use and click “Connect”. Honeywld Technology Corp 21 3. Input network key if necessary. 4. Network is successfully connected. Windows Vista Mode 1. Select “Control Panel”. Honeywld Technology Corp 22 2. Click on “Network and Internet” 3. Select “Network and Sharing Center” and click on “Connect to a network” Honeywld Technology Corp 23 4. Select the right Access Point and click on “Connect”. Using the Honeywld Digital Media Server (DMS) To share music, photo and video files from your computer, installing Honeywld Digital Media Sever (DMS) on the PC is a choice other than Samba, DFS or other UPnP server. The PowerZest can connect to more than one Media Server at a time and scan all the files you want to share in the same local network. Follow these steps to install the software: 1. Insert the Installer CD into the CD drive on the computer. The main CD page opens. Honeywld Technology Corp 24 CD INSTALLER AUTORUN MENU 2. Select “Install Honeywld DMS” on the main CD page. 3. Choose language from pop icon. 4. The Install Shield Wizard starts. Follow Install Shield Wizard steps to install the software. 5. After the Install Shield Wizard finish, select Honeywld DMS Serve to begin service. Note: For more information on Honeywld DMS Server Software, please see Chapter 3. Honeywld Technology Corp 25 Configuring your Honeywld DMS 1. For the first time of using Honeywld DMS Server, click “Add” button on the screen to add new folder. Play Add 2. Select folder you want to share and add to the directories 3. After all are done, click “Play “button to begin service. 4. When you are finished, go to your TV. 5. Your PowerZest is ready to use. The Main Menu is displayed. Note: Honeywld will put new version of server on the website http://www.honeywld.com when it is released, please uninstall the old version of DMS everytime before you install a new one. Honeywld Technology Corp Chapter 2 Advanced Network Setup Connect PowerZest to PC directly This Chapter gives you a description on how to connect the PowerZest directly to your PC instead of getting involved in the local area network. Wired Network 1. Connect the LAN cable to the LAN port of both PowerZest and the PC. 2. Go to PowerZest, press Setup hotkey or select “Setup Main Menu”. 3. Follow on screens instructions to complete Wired Network settings. Note: In this case, use a crossover cable. Wireless Network Except for HD-301, PowerZest supports wireless Ethernet with an USB Wi-Fi dongle. To enable wireless function, please make sure you PLUG THE Wi-Fi Dongle into USB Host Port before Powering on This Device. And please be noted that not all USB Wi-Fi dongle are supported. This device support USB Wi-Fi with Ralink RT2870 chipset. 1. Press Setup hotkey or select “Setup Main Menu”. 2. Select “Wireless Network Setup”, and set ‘Network Type” as “Ad-hoc” mode. 3. Configure an ESSID with software as you wish. 4. You may choose to configure security settings for this connection or not. 5. Press “BACK” button on remote control to save the settings. 6. Go to your PC to configure your PC to wireless network. 7. Select your PC Windows OS based on XP or Vista according to below descriptions. Honeywld Technology Corp 27 Wireless Configuration Under Windows XP Wireless Network Configuration 1. Click right button of mouse on wireless icon and select “View Available Wireless Networks” 2. Choose the wireless network you want and click “Connect”. Honeywld Technology Corp 28 3. Peer-To- Peer network is successfully connected. Note: Some firewall and anti-Virus tools will forbid “UPnP” protocol. This will affect the connection between “Honeywld DMS” and PowerZest. It is suggested to allow “Honeywld DMS” pass through your firewall or temporarily turn off your firewall when you are using PowerZest. Ad-hoc Mode Settings If it still doesn’t work after above settings are configured, follow these steps to solve the problem. 1. Click right button of mouse on wireless icon and select “Open Network Connections” 2. Choose your wireless network and click “Properties” 3. Choose the “Wireless Networks” Tab, and click “Advanced” Honeywld Technology Corp 29 4. Select “Computer-to-compute (ad-hoc) mode” networks only and click on “Close” Note: Some firewall and anti-Virus tools will forbid “UPnP” protocol. This will affect the connection between “Honeywld DMS” and PowerZest. It is suggested to allow “Honeywld DMS” pass through your firewall or temporarily turn off your firewall when you are using PowerZest Honeywld Technology Corp 30 Wireless Configuration Under Windows Vista Wireless Network Configuration 1. Select “Control Panel” 2. Select “Network & Internet” Honeywld Technology Corp 31 3. Choose “Network and Sharing Center” and click on “Connect to a network” 4 Select the network you want and click “Connect” 5 Computer to Computer network is done. Disable Firewall under Windows Vista Some firewall and anti-Virus tools will forbid “UPnP” protocol. That will affect the connection between Honeywld Technology Corp 32 “Honeywld DMS” and PowerZest. It is suggested to allow “Honeywld DMS” pass through your firewall or temporarily turn off your firewall when you are using PowerZest. Follow these steps to disable firewall: 1. Select ‘Control Panel” 2. Select “Security” and click “Allow a program through Windows firewall”. 3. Choose “Exceptions” Tab, and click “Add program…” Honeywld Technology Corp 33 4. Click “Browse…” to browse for Honeywld DMS program Honeywld Technology Corp 34 Note: The default Honeywld DMS program files path is at: Computer Local Disk (C) Program Files Honeywld. Follow below steps 5~8 to search for Honeywld program files. 5. Click “Computer”. 6. Click “Program files” Honeywld Technology Corp 35 7. Click Folders “Honeywld” 8. Click “DMS Server vX.XX.XX” Honeywld Technology Corp 36 9. Select “DigitalMediaServer” 10. Honeywld DMS Server is successfully included to the exceptions. Click “OK” to finish. Honeywld Technology Corp 37 11. Click “Allow” to add this program. Honeywld Technology Corp 38 Chapter 3 Play Media with Network Protocols The PowerZest supports several network protocols for media streaming. Some popular usages are described in the following sections. UPnP Server The PowerZest will automatically detect all available UPnP AV compliant content severs on boot-up and list them on “My Media” page. No additional setup is necessary on the PowerZest itself. TM TVersity is popular and free UPnP server software, please refer to http://tversity.com for reference and downloading. UPnP Total 28 sources Honeywld Digital Media Server The PowerZest comes with Digital Media Server software that runs in a computer on your home network. To play media files on PC over LAN, Digital Media Server software is a choice to run. Digital Media Server software is easy to install from the Installer CD. After installation, it can be configured to automatically start when Windows system is started. You may use the Digital Media Server to scan for additional media at any time. Following is the detailed introduction for the Honeywld DMS. Media List Tab The Media list tab is where you select the types of files you want to share. Honeywld Technology Corp 39 Importing Media Follow these steps to import media: 1. Press “Add” button to invoke the Explore to choose folder. 2. Select the folder you want to share and press “OK” to start the files scanning. (1) Select folder you want to share (2) Click “OK”. Honeywld Technology Corp 40 3. The DMS will ignore those none supported files automatically and you can see which folders had been shared from “Shared Directory” column. 4. Press “Play” button to start the file sharing service, then you can choose this server from “My Media” of PowerZest. Service Started 5. If you want to add or remove any shared folder, press “Stop Service” first, then repeat step 1-4. 6. If there is any change in the folders that you shared, please also press “Stop Service” button first, and then press “Refresh” Honeywld Technology Corp button to refresh the file list. 41 Files refreshed 7. When all folders you shared are refreshed, Digital Media Server will restart automatically. System Tab The System Tab is where you can change the name of your Honeywld Server Software, delete/add iMedia list or browse/delete/add the local HDD content 2. Press “OK” 1. Enter new name for your Digital Media Server. Honeywld Technology Corp 42 DMA Setup The DMA Setup has two major functions. One is to help you to add/delete your favorite internet radio/video channel lists on iMedia. The other is to browse for each local HDD contents on the network and to copy/delete its files by using the Honeywld DMS Software installed on your PC. Note: For information on how to manage iMedia lists, please see the Chapter named Internet Media & BitTorrent. For information on how to copy/delete files of each local HDD, please see the Chapter named Storage Configuration & File Management. Options Tab The Options tab is where you can enable auto-run or trans-code settings. Follow below steps to configure your settings. 1. Click here to enable autorun. 2. Click here to 3. Click here to enable “Transcoding” function. minimized 5. Select “Transcoding” quality, Honeywld Technology Corp server at startup. 4. Language will appear in the pull down menu 43 1. Check the “Enable Auto Run” box and this Digital Media Server will auto run once the Window system is up. 2. Check the “Minimized at Startup” box and this Digital Media Server will minimize to system tray when the program is invoked. 3. Check “Enable Transcoding” box and press “APPLY” button to enable the Transcoding function. 4. Select your language. 5. When the “Transcoding” function is enabled, please also select the “Transcoding Quality” at the bottom column. Internet Media Tab Please refer to the chapter named Internet Media and Bit Torrent. NFS protocol The NFS protocol allows the PowerZest to access media files on NAS (Network Attached Storage) without the using of other UPnP server or Honeywld DMS server. Firstly, have the IP address and the subfolder name of your target source ready (for example, your NAS’ IP and the sub folder of the NAS), below are two options of approaching your target source by NFS protocol. Through PowerZest Onscreen Menu (1) Select and enter “iMedia” from the Main Page. Honeywld Technology Corp 44 (2) Select “My Media” and enter “Add New Entry”. Edit Dialogue will pop up. (3) Key in the nickname (for example “nfs”) and the URL of your target source. The url link must be in following arrangement. nfs://ip/export_directory (for example, nfs//192.168.2.112/mnt/hd_a2) The 192.168.2.112 is the IP address of the NAS you want to approach, and the mnt/hd_a2 is the sub folder name of your target source. (4) After the URL is saved, go back to the menu of “My Media”, and you will find the protocol at “My Media” list. Honeywld Technology Corp 45 (5) Enter into the menu, and select the files you want to play. In this case, you don’t need to put in any username or password. Through Honeywld DMS software Through the Honeywld DMS software, you can manage not only one PowerZest, but all the available PowerZest in the network. (1) Start up the Honeywld DMS server installed at your PC. Choose “System Tab” and click on “DMA Setup”. (2) Highlight the PowerZest url in the network which you want to get into, and click “OK”. Honeywld Technology Corp 46 (3) The browser will start after you get into the PowerZest, click on “New Station” (4) Key in the IP address. The URL link will appear, key in the IP address and sub-folder name which you have prepared, and click on “OK” after finish. The URL link must be in following arrangement. nfs://ip/export_directory for example, nfs//192.168.2.112/mnt/HD_a2 The 192.168.2.112 is the IP address of the NAS you want to approach, and the mnt/HD_a2 is the sub folder name of your target source. (5) Now you can go back to PowerZest to watch your media files on TV. Samba Client Protocol The Samba Client allows the PowerZest to access media files from samba shares on PCs on the network. Go to Setup -> System Setup -> Other Settings -> Network Option -> Samba Client to turn on this option. Honeywld Technology Corp 47 As long as the network is linked, there is no additional set up to enable this feature. Following steps show how to access media through the Samba Client Protocol. 1. Get into “My Media” in the main menu. 2. All available sources will be shown on the same menu list layer (including local HDD, USB storage, UPnP Server and folders at local area network (those you can find through your Windows PC at the path of “My neighborhood”) Local HDD UPnP Samba client Total 28 sources 3. Gets into the source you want to select. Note: Since sources from UPnP server or Samba client will be found at the same layer, you may have 2 different approaches of same sources at one menu list. You can compare the 2 approaches of Honeywld Technology Corp 48 Samba client and UPnP server to the same NAS as below. Samba client protocol 4. When access the NAS through Samba client, if there is request to key in user name and password, the dialogue will pop out. Key in User name and Password to login NAS 5. After input of username and password, you can get into your target source and select the media files you want to play. Remark: The performance of high bit rate files (>30 Mbps) will has some lag through Samba Protocol, therefore we don’t suggest to play high bit rate files with this protocol. Honeywld Technology Corp 49 Chapter 4 : Storage Configuration & File Management. Hard Disk Drive Installation (for HD-301 only) PowerZest HD-301 supports 3.5” SATA HDD as internal storage. Follow the instructions below to set up HDD. 1. Make sure PowerZest is turned off. 2. Use a screw driver to unscrew the 4 screws at the bottom. 3. Remove the Top cover case and Bottom Tray FRONT VIEW OF HD-301 CASE COVER BOTTOM VIEW OF HD-301 CASE COVER Honeywld Technology Corp 50 4. Insert the HDD into the Cover case as below direction. 5. Put the HDD on the cover and screw up the HDD firmly in the four holes. 6. Connect the SATA data cable with the PowerZest board. SATA data cable 7. Connect the HDD Power cable with the PowerZest board. Honeywld Technology Corp 51 HDD Power cable 8. Close the bottom and top case cover of the PowerZest by original 4 screws. PowerZest HDD Format Wizard (for HD-301 only) After HDD installation is completed, PowerZest will detect your HDD compatibility and perform formatting if necessary. Follow below steps to complete the format process. 1. Turn on PowerZest and your TV. 2. HDD Format Wizard will detect if your HDD is formatted for best compatibility. Click “Yes” if you want to format. 3. Make sure you want to start the formatting, the existing data will be lost. For HD-301_LX, the HDD will be formatted as EXT3 file system for the best performance with Honeywld Technology Corp 52 PowerZest. For HD-301_UX, the HDD will be formatted as NFTS file system to be compatible with Windows system when connecting to PC via USB client as an external HDD enclosure. WARNING: Please backup your files before you install the HDD into PowerZest. In case you install an HDD which was already formatted, PowerZest will check the format of the HDD if the HDD was initialized by Power Zest. PowerZest support FAT-32, NTFS and EXT3 file system. Data in the HDD, which is not initialized by PowerZest, may be able to be played by Power Zest. This way, functions like copy via USB and network will NOT be working. There is a setting option to avoid HDD format checking after power-on. Please go to Setup System Copy files from USB to built-in HDD (for HD-301 only) Once the PowerZest is installed with a local HDD, you can copy files from USB storage device through USB hosts, but deleting files is NOT allowed. Follow below steps to copy files from USB storage device. 1. Go to “My Media” at Set Up Main Page 2. Select the name of your USB Storage device from the server list. Honeywld Technology Corp 53 USB Flash Stick 3. Highlight the file you want to copy, and then press “COPY” key on the remote control. 4. The PowerZest will ensure you whether you want to copy, press “Yes” if you want to move on. Honeywld Technology Corp 54 Important Notes & Caution (for HD-205/207 only) An external USB HDD enclosure can be used like an internally ‘fixed’ HDD with HD-205 & HD-207 for BT (BitTorrent) and Samba server function to be introduced in later chapter. But HD-301 supports BT & Samba server only when an built-in HDD is installed. Please note that: 1. PowerZest support NTFS, FAT & EXT3 file systems. 2. The related functions are only enabled when the external USB HDD is attached before power-on. If you attach USB HDD after power on, the relevant functions won't be enabled. 3. The relevant functions only work in NTFS or Ext3 file system. FAT or FAT-32 file system will NOT be accepted. Please format your USB HDD as NTFS or Ext3 file system if you want to use the related functions. 4. Before removing the USB HDD, please make sure BT (BitTorrent) function is disabled or system is in power-off mode. If you remove the external USB HDD when BT function is enable, all BT download status will be cleared next time when you plug USB HDD. Connect HD-301-UX to PC through USB client port(for HD-301-UX only) The HD-301_UX has USB client function which allows you to see HD-301_UX as an external HDD enclosure itself. Please refer to the following picture to connect HD-301_UX to PC through USB client port, the performance/throughput of copying or deleting file is much better than any other way. USB Host USB Client connecting to PC WARNING: For HD-301_UX user, please format your HDD with NTFS file system to be well recognized by Widows platform. Honeywld Technology Corp 55 Copy/Delete files from PC to PowerZest PowerZest supports Samba protocol. You can copy/delete files on each PowerZest internal HDD available in your local network by using your PC. The followings are several different methods to do copy/delete files. Through Honeywld Media Server Software To use this feature, you have to install Honeywld Media software to your PC first. Please make reference to Chapter 3 on how to install the Honeywld Media software. After installation is completed, follow below steps to copy/delete files from your PC to local HDD or vice versa. 1. Select “System” Tab of Honeywld DMS Server. The System Tab 2. Double click “DMA Setup” icon. Click “DMA Setup” Honeywld Technology Corp 56 3. The “DMA List” menu pops up, and shows the all available PowerZest on the local network. The following screenshot is an example with 2 PowerZest connected to the Network. 4. Choose the one you want and double click “File Browser” icon 5. A log in icon pops up. Input the user name and password as defaulted “admin” 6. Browser connects to local HDD successfully. Honeywld Technology Corp 57 7. By opening second browser, you can copy/ delete files between your PC and the local HDD via PC mouse. 8. Repeat step 3~6 if you want to manage the files of other PowerZest local HDD. Samba Server - My Network Place PowerZest supports Samba server function which shares your local storage space with client PC Honeywld Technology Corp 58 over the network. For PC with Windows OS, it’s well known as My Network Places. The following is an example on how to do this through Microsoft Windows XP. 1. Click “My Network Place” icon on your PC. My Network Place 2. Click “Entire Network” Honeywld Technology Corp 59 3. Click “Microsoft Windows Network” “MShome” 4. The default PowerZest Local HDD location is “MShome”, double click it and you will see the PowerZest (ShareHDD) icon. 5. Double click the PowerZest(Sharehdd) icon, a login menu pops up. Honeywld Technology Corp 60 Input the default user name and password “admin” 6. Log in is successful. Now you can copy/delete media files between your PC to PowerZest local HDD by using PC mouse. Honeywld Technology Corp 61 Chapter 5 Play Multimedia Files Music Supported Music Format The following music formats are supported: Format File Extension AAC+ AAC, MP4, M4A AAC-LC AAC, MP4, M4A AC3 / Dolby Digital 5.1 Down mixing AC3 AC3 Pass through AC3 DTS Pass through DTS LPCM WAV, PCM MP3 MP3 MP3Pro MP3 OGG Vorbis OGG WMA WMA, ASF WMA Lossless WMA, ASF WMA Voice WMA, ASF WMA Pro WMA, ASF FLAC FLAC (ID3 tag supported) To Play Music 1. Select “My Media” from Main Menu to enter server list, or press “Music” hotkey on remote control. . Honeywld Technology Corp 62 2. All available file sources will be listed including files stored at Honeywld DMS in your PC, in USB flash stick, USB external HDD, local HDD, Samba client shares or other UPnP servers. Please select the media server/source you want to use and press “OK” button on remote control. Files stored at local hard disk drive. Files stored at Honeywld DMS server Files stored at other UPnP server Remark: When you want to play music on other UPnP Servers, please make sure the UPnP function for each device is enabled correctly. 3. Select MUSIC mode and press “OK” to enter music mode. 4. If you select “Honeywld DMS”, the music files will organize by “Album”, “Artist”, or “Genre” automatically for your convenient; or you can select “All Music” to see all music files. You may also select “My Folder” to view the music files that organized in several subfolders as on your PC. Please use “Up” and “Down” buttons on the remote control to navigate those folders, and Honeywld Technology Corp 63 select the option by press “OK” or “Right” button on the remote control. 5. Select the folder that contains the music files or the subfolders you want, and press “OK”, “Play”, or “Left” button on the remote control to play it. Note: icon is stand for a folder; icon is stand for a file. 6. On the screen, you can see related information about ID3 data of the music such as “Artist”, “Album”, “Title”, and “Genre”. If it contain the photo of the Album, it will also be shown like the following screen. Honeywld Technology Corp 64 Controlling Music Playback Use the remote to PLAY, PAUSE, or STOPV music. Controlling the music playback will be as easy as controlling your TV set. Play and Pause Press “PLAY” button while music is playing you can pause the music by pressing “PLAY” button again can resume the music Pause Music Play Music Volume Control: Press “Vol+” or “Vol-” buttons to control the volume Mute: Press “Mute” button to mute or un-mute the music. mute music un-mute music Skip to Next or Previous File: Press “Next” or “Down” buttons to skip to next music file. Press “PREV” or “UP” buttons to skip to previous music file. Honeywld Technology Corp 65 Fast Forward: Press “>>(FF)” button to fast forward the music file. Press several times to switch the speed. Rewind: Press “<<(REW)” button to fast backward the music file. Press several times to switch the speed. Repeat and Repeat All You can turn on the repeat function to continuously play individual music or music within a folder. Repeat Once: Press “Repeat” button once to repeat playing current music file. Repeat All: Press “Repeat” button twice to repeat all music files in current folder. Repeat Off: Press “Repeat” button for three times to disable the repeat mode. Viewing Photos While Music is Playing (Back Ground Music) Honeywld Technology Corp 66 The PowerZest is capable of displaying photos and playing background music simultaneously. . Follow below steps to add music to “BGM” (Back Ground Music) list. 1. Enter music files list 2. Please use “Up” and “Down” buttons on the remote control to navigate music files, and press on remote control to invoke “BGM” tool bar. “BGM” hotkey 3. Please use “Right” and “Left” buttons to select options on “BGM” tool bar, and press “OK” button on “ ” icon to add current music files to “BGM” list. 4. You can also select “ ” icon to add all music files in current folder. The music files that been added to “BGM” list will display with “ Honeywld Technology Corp ” icon. 67 Add music to BGM list Music added successfully 5. To play BGM files, please select “ select “ ”button on “BGM” tool bar; to stop playing BGM, please ” button. 6. To remove music files from BGM list, please select “ or select “ ” icon on the file you want to remove; ” to remove all files from BGM list. 7. To check the “BGM” list, please select “ ” icon to view all music files in the list. BGM music playing Honeywld Technology Corp 68 8. After BGM setting is complete, you can go to “Photo” folder to view photo, and press “BGM” hotkey to evoke the BGM function. Supported Playlist The PowerZest is capable of supporting playlist files of .m3u and .pls file extension, in which you collect your favorite songs. Please see the following example and description. Prepare the songs and playlist below In current example, the songs are under folder “songs” Honeywld Technology Corp 69 And the playlist are under folder “Playlist” The content of M3U file format example is like: #EXTM3U #EXTINF:0,All RISE ../songs/01.ALL RISE.mp3 #EXTINF:0,Can't Fight The Moonlight ../songs/01.Can't Fight The Moonlight (Latino Mix).mp3 Note: please use related path to describe the file location. Ex. ../songs/xxxx Honeywld Technology Corp 70 The content of PLS file format example is like: [playlist] File1=../songs/01.ALL RISE.mp3 Title1=All RISE Length1=50 File2=../songs/01.Can't Fight The Moonlight (Latino Mix).mp3 Title2=Can't Fight The Moonlight Length2=50 NumberOfEntries=2 Version=2 Note: please use related path to describe the file location. Ex. ../songs/xxxx Select the playlist file and press OK button. Then all songs in playlist will be shown as below: Select the song to play as below: Honeywld Technology Corp 71 Photos Supported Photo Format The following photo formats are supported: Format File Extension BMP BMP EXIF SUPPORT JPEG, JPEG, JPE, TIFF, TIF GIF GIF JPEG JPEG, JPG JPEG2000 JPG, JPEG, JPE PNG PNG TIFF TIFF, TIFF Windows Media Photo WDP, HDP To Play Photos 1. Select “My Media” from Main Menu to enter server list, or press “PHOTO” hotkey on remote control. 2. All available file sources will be listed on the list. Please select one media server/source Honeywld Technology Corp 72 you want to use and press “OK” button on remote control. Files stored at local hard disk drive. Files stored at Honeywld DMS server Files stored at UPnP NAS device 3. Select “PHOTO” mode and press “OK”, or press “PHOTO” hotkey to enter photo mode. 4 If you select “Honeywld DMS”, you may select “My Folders” to view the image files that organized in several subfolders as on your PC, or select “All Images” to see all shared image files. Please use “Up” and “Down” buttons on the remote control to navigate those folders, and select the option by press “OK” or “Right” button on the remote control. Honeywld Technology Corp 73 5 Select the folder that contains the image files or the subfolders you want, and press “OK”, or “Left” button on the remote control to play it. Note: icon is stand for a folder; icon is stand for a file. Playing a Photo Slideshow To start playing a photo slideshow (all photos in one folder), you need to press “PLAY” Button twice on the remote to enable this function. (1) Navigate to the first photo of each folder and press ‘Play” button to view this photo. (2) Press again the “Play” button if you want to enable Photo Slide Show feature. Honeywld Technology Corp 74 The mark will display when the Photo Slide Show is enabled. Press “Stop” to stop the function. The mark will be displayed when the Photo Slide Show is stopped. Controlling Photo Playback Play, Pause and Stop Press “PLAY” button on the image files list to enable slideshow playing. Press “STOP” button to stop it. Skip to Next or Previous File: Press “Next” or “Down” buttons to skip to next video file. Press “PREV” or “UP” buttons to skip to previous music file. Viewing Photo Information Press “Info” button to get image information. Photo Viewing Effect Zoom in and Zoom Out Honeywld Technology Corp 75 Press “ZOOM” button while viewing the photo that you want to manipulate 1. Press “Zoom” button and press “Left” button to enlarge the image. 2. When the image screen is larger than TV screen, press “Zoom” again and press “directions” buttons to move the image. 3. Press “Zoom” button and press “Right” button to shrink the image Rotate: Keep pressing ‘Zoom’ button while viewing the photo to enable rotate function. View Photo in Thumbnails Mode Honeywld Technology Corp 76 You can view thumbnails of several photos at a time. To enable the thumbnail mode, please do the following steps: 1. Go to “Setup Main Menu”. 2. Select “Other Settings”, then “Photo Display Option”. 3. Choose “Thumbnail” on “Photo Display Setup” Menu. 4. After go back to the folder, you will now view several photos displayed at a time. Video Supported Video Format The following movie format are supported Format File Extensions DivX 3 AVI, DivX Honeywld Technology Corp 77 DivX 4 AVI, DivX DivX 5 HD AVI, DivX DiVX 5 SD AVI, DivX DivX 6 HD AVI, DivX DivX 6 SD AVI, DivX H. 264 AVC MPEG4 part 10 (HD) MPG, MP4, MOV, AVI H. 264 AVC MPEG4 part 10 (SD) MPG, MP4, MOV, AVI Matroska MKV MJPEG AVI MPEG-1 MPG, MPEG, DAT MPEG-2 HD MPG, MPEG MPEG-2 SD MPG, MPEG MPEG-2 VOB MPG, MPEG, VOB MPEG-4 part 2 ASP MP4, AVI VC-1 HD 1080i WMV VC-1 HD 720p WMV WMV 9 WMV, ASF WMV HD 1080i WMV, ASF WMV HD 720p WMV, ASF WMVPro WMV, ASF XviD AVI, MP4 HD 1080i/p AVI, MP4, MOV DVD ISO, IFO To Play Video 1. Select “My Media” from Main Menu to enter server list, or press “VIDEO” hotkey on remote control. 2. All available file sources will be listed on the list. Please select one media server/source you want to use and press “OK” button on remote control. Honeywld Technology Corp 78 Files stored at local hard disk drive. Files stored at Honeywld DMS server Files stored at UPnP NAS 3. Select VIDEO mode and press “OK”, or press “VIDEO” hotkey to enter video mode. 4. If you select “Honeywld DMS”, you may select “My Folder” to view the video files that organized in several subfolders as on your PC, or select “All Videos” to see all shared video files. Please use “Up” and “Down” buttons on the remote control to navigate those folders, and select the option by press “OK” or “Right” button on the remote control. Honeywld Technology Corp 79 5. Select the folder that contains the music files or the subfolders you want, and press “OK”, “Play”, or “Left” button on the remote control to play it. Note: icon stands for a folder; icon stands for a file. Control Video Playback Volume Control: Press “Vole+” or “Vole-” buttons to control the volume Mute: Press “Mute” button to mute or un-mute the video. mute video un-mute video Pause and Play: Press “PLAY” button while video is playing you can pause the music by pressing “PLAY” button again can resume the music Honeywld Technology Corp 80 Pause Video Play Video Skip to Next or Previous File Press “Next” or “Down” buttons to skip to next video file. Press “PREV” or “UP” buttons to skip to previous music file. Fast Forward: Press “>>(FF)” button to fast forward the video file. Press several times to switch the speed. Fast Forward Video Rewind: Press “<<(REW)” button to fast backward the video file. Press several times to switch the speed. Rewind Video Slow Forward Press “Slow” button to slow forward the video file. Press several times to switch the speed. Slow Forward Video Slow backward Press “Slow” button and press “Left” button to slow backward the video file. Press “Left” button several times to switch the speed. Honeywld Technology Corp 81 Slow Backward Video Viewing Video Information Press “Info” button to get video information; press again to see more info. Video Viewing Effect Zoom in and Zoom Out: While video is playing, press “ZOOM” button to enable zoom in/ zoom out function. Honeywld Technology Corp 82 1. Press “Zoom” button and press “Left” button to enlarge the video screen. 2. When the video screen is larger than TV screen, press “Zoom” again and press “directions” buttons to move the video screen. 3. Press “Zoom” button and press “Right” button to shrink the video screen Repeat and Repeat All You can turn on the repeat function to continuously play individual video or video within a folder. Repeat Once Press “Repeat” button once to repeat playing current video file. Repeat All Press “Repeat” button twice to repeat all video files in current folder. Honeywld Technology Corp 83 Repeat Off: Press “Repeat” button for three times to disable the repeat mode. Subtitles and Languages If you are playing files with several subtitles and audio tracks, “SUB” button and “LANG” button are available for the subtitle and audio track switching. Note: To use it, make sure that it is in the same folder as your video file and that they are both named exactly the same. Video Resume Playing The PowerZest supports resume video playing to the previous point where the video is interrupted. The device needs to be kept powered on to enable this function. The default setting is that you’ll be “Always” asked for resume. If you want to change the setting, please follow the steps below: Honeywld Technology Corp 84 Go to “System Set Up “ →“Other Settings” → “Video Playing Option” Play Next Video Automatically The default setting is the all the video files in one folder will be Played continuously until the last file and then return to the main menu. If you want to play only the selected file and then return to the main menu, please go to “Other Settings” ‘Play Next Video” to disable the function. Search Video The PowerZest provides two options to seek the video frame. One is to seek by percentage of total file length; and the other is to seek by time. Seek by Percentage While video is playing, you can press the numeric keys on the remote control to Honeywld Technology Corp 85 Jump to your destination. For example, when you press “7” + “0”, you will jump to 70% of the total file length. Numeric keys on the remote control Start playing from 70% of the file length Seek by Time Firstly, press “0” of the numeric keys on the remote control to enter into time seek mode. Then you can input the time frame you want to search. Input the time by numeric key The total time length of the file DVD Menu Navigation The PowerZest support viewing DVD files as you are playing a DVD menu. Follow below steps to enable DVD menu navigation feature. 1. When you select a DVD file, choose the item with Honeywld Technology Corp and press “Play” 86 2. The Menu will appear. Use the navigation button on the remote control to select the item you want. Honeywld Technology Corp 87 Chapter 6 Web Browser To start the Web Browser Wherever you stay in the user interface, press ‘Home’ button on the remote control to return to the main menu as shown below. Select the icon which shows ‘Web Browser’ and press ‘ok’. The homepage of the web browser will be displayed, then you can surf the web using the remote control or keyboard and mouse. Using the Remote Control for navigating An USB keyboard and mouse can be plugged to facilitate the web surfing. While using the remote control, the key definition is as follows: Honeywld Technology Corp 88 3 2 1 5 4 6 8 9 7 11 12 10 14 15 13 17 18 16 19 20,21, 25 22,24 26 27 23 28 29 30 31 35 32 33 34 REMOTE CONTROL FOR WEB BROWSER Honeywld Technology Corp 89 WEB BROWSER REMOTE CONTROL KEY TABLE No. 2 3 6 7 9 10 11 KEYPAD HOME * MUTE * MENU * A-B * ZOOM * REPEAT * STOP 13 BACK 14 15 16 PREV NEXT VIDEO 17 MUSIC 19 20,21, 22,24 iMedia DIRECTIONS 27 28 29 30 OK/Play Pause * SUB * LANG VOLUME+/* BGM 31 * NUMBERS 23 FUNCTION DESCRIPTION Back to Home Page Mute current Video/Music Invoke Bookmark List Stop loading web page Toggle current video on web to full screen/normal Reload Stop playing current Video/Music 1. Escape from the browser and return to the main menu 2. Back Space when software keyboard invoked. Back to previous page in the same tag Go to next page in the same tag Left-click of the mouse Press to enter keyboard mode and press again to be back to mouse mode Right-click the mouse To move the cursor Left-click or Enter Increase font size by 1 unit Decrease font size by 1 unit Increase/Decrease the volume of current Video/Music Caps Lock when software keyboard invoked. Caps Lock Mode: 1: 1@._# 2: 2ABC 3: 3DEF 4: 4GHI 5: 5JKL 6: 6MNO 7: 7PQRS 8: 8TUV 9: 9WXYZ 0: 0:/ Small: 1: 1@.?& 5: 5jkl 9: 9wxyz 32 * RECORD 34 * SORT Honeywld Technology Corp 2: 2abc 6: 6mno 3: 3def 7: 7pqrs 4: 4ghi 8: 8tuv 0: 0:/ Save current page to bookmark Reset font size to normal 90 Tool bar of the browser Go to a web page ‘File’ → ’Move page’ → Enter the web address you like to go. Tab function Tabs can be opened and switched when you like to look at different web pages more efficiently. Honeywld Technology Corp 91 ‘File’ → ’Switch tab’ → Select a tab which has been opened. Previous, Next and Home Pages ‘History’ → ’ Back’ or ‘Forward’ or ‘Home’. Honeywld Technology Corp 92 View of the pages The web page being loaded can be stopped or reloaded by choosing the icon from ‘View’. Text size can be changed, and the whole page can be zoom in or out for more convenient view by the users. Bookmark function Bookmarks can be added, loaded and deleted by using ‘Bookmark’. Honeywld Technology Corp 93 Exit Exit from the web browser by selecting ‘Exit’ or pressing ‘Back’ button on the remote control. Honeywld Technology Corp 94 Chapter 7 Internet Media & Bit Torrent Play Internet Video - ZestChannelTM TM ZestChannel is an Internet video service that provides free TV channels. The video is streamed directly over the Internet. Follow below steps to access the video channels: 1. Make sure your network setting is correct and be able to access internet. 2. Select “iMedia” from main menu or press “iMedia” button on the remote control. 3. Select “ZestChannel” and press “OK” button on remote control. 4. Select a category you prefer from list and navigate for a channel. Honeywld Technology Corp 95 Play Internet Radio- Live 365™ Live365™ is an Internet radio service that provides unlimited on-demand access to thousands of radio stations. The audio is streamed directly over the Internet. Follow below steps to access the radio stations: 1. Make sure your network setting is correct and be able to access internet. 2. Select “iMedia” from main menu or press “iMedia” button on the remote control. 3. Select “Live 365” and press “OK” button on remote control. 4. Select a catalog you prefer from list, or select “All Broadcasts” to browse all radio stations. 5. Select a radio station from list, and press “OK”, “Play”, or “Left” button to play it. Honeywld Technology Corp 96 Note: stands for a radio station. Note: Press “BGM” hotkey on the remote control to add the station into background music list. My iMedia - My Radio/Video 1. Make sure your network setting is correct and be able to access internet. 2. Select “iMedia” from main menu or press “iMedia” button on the remote control. 3. Select “My iMedia” and press “OK” button on remote control. 4. Select “My Radio” or “My Video”, and press “OK” to enter. 5. There’re some radio and video stations listed as default; you can select one of the stations from Honeywld Technology Corp 97 list and play it. 6. You can also add your favorite radio station manually by select “Add New Entry”. Note: stands for a video station. 7. Select “Add New Station” or “Add New Folder” to configure a new radio station or Folder; then enter related information of this new radio station or Folder. Add New Station Add New Folder Adjust the Screen Size You can press the Zoom key on the remote, and zoon in/out icon will show up. Press “right” or “left” on the navigation button to enlarge or reduce the screen Honeywld Technology Corp 98 . Screen enlarged Screen reduced Viewing Youtube Content You can use the PowerZest to view Youtube content. The Youtube content is transcoded by Honeywld DMS, and you must have a PC running the Honeywld DMS for Windows software to use this feature. To view YouTube content, follow these steps: 1. Go to the Main Page and select “My Media” Honeywld Technology Corp 99 2. Select one Honeywld DMS server. Files stored at Honeywld DMS server 3. Select “Video” → “Internet Videos” → “Youtube” 4. The PowerZest list the Youtube content in 7 categories; choose the item you like to view and press “OK”. Note: The Youtube content on PowerZest is streamed directly from www.youtube.com , make sure PowerZest is connected to the Internet beforehand. Honeywld Technology Corp 100 Add/Delete the Internet Radio/TV Station Lists You can manager the iMedia list at the PowerZest onscreen menu or through your computer by operating Honeywld DMS software. Through PowerZest Onscreen Menu 1) Gets into “My Video”. 2) Press the MENU key on the remote control, the Menu list will pop up. You can now add. Modify, delete and backup your list iMedia list. Through Honeywld DMS Software You have to install Honeywld Media software to your PC first. Please make reference to Chapter 3 on how to install the DMS software. After installation is completed, follow below steps to add or delete your favorite internet radio/tv lists. You can manage not only one PowerZest but all available PowerZest available in the network. 1. Select “System” tab from Honeywld Media Server. Honeywld Technology Corp 101 The System tab 2. Double click “DMA Setup” icon. Click “DMA Setup” 3. The “DMA List” menu pops up, and shows all available PowerZest on the local network. Following is the example with 2 PowerZest connected to the same local network. Honeywld Technology Corp 102 4. Choose the one you want and double click “OK” icon. 5. The browser links automatically to the IP of PowerZest you select. This may takes few seconds based on your computer performance. Honeywld Technology Corp 103 6. You can edit/delete list from the browser via your PC now. Go to step 3~5 if you want to manage other PowerZest iMedia lists on the network. BitTorrent Downloader BitTorrent downloader is supported by this device. For HD-207 & HD-301 users, please attached an external USB HDD before power-on. The downloaded files will be stored in the external USB HDD or built-in HDD. Please note that HD-301 does NOT support external USB HDD for this function, only built-in HDD will work. To enable and use this function, please note: 1. The function is only enabled when the external USB HDD is attached before power-on. If you attach USB HDD after power on, this function won't be enabled. 2. This function only works in NTFS or Ext3 file system. FAT or FAT-32 file system will NOT be accepted. Please format your USB HDD as NTFS or Ext3 file system if you want to use this function. 3. Before removing the USB HDD, please make sure BT (BitTorrent) function is disabled or system is in power-off mode. If you remove the external USB HDD when BT function is enable, all BT download status will be cleared next time when you plug USB HDD. Enable BitTorrent Feature After the HDD is installed, follow below steps to start the download. 1. Go to the “Setup Main Menu”, and highlight “BitTorrent Setup” 2. Select “Enable BitTorrent”. Honeywld Technology Corp 104 3. The option, Max Upload Connection, is to prevent the traffic of your outgoing network from being too heavy, and keep a high CPU efficiency of the device. 4. The option, Max Upload Rate and Max Download Rate, is for users to utilize available bandwidth according to individual network management. 5. The option, Listen Port and DHT Port, is for users to configure the maximum network efficiency, which are correspondent to the configuration of local NAT and Routers. Add New Torrent Seed and Start Downloader 1. Go to “iMedia” and select “BitTorrent” 2. Have your .torrent seed file ready at USB storage or local HDD. Insert your USB storage to the PowerZest, Enter into “BitTorrent”. Select “Add New Torrent” and press “OK” Honeywld Technology Corp 105 3. Enter into the location where the .torrent file to be selected is stored. 4. Select the torrent files and press “OK” . 5. New downloading activity will appear on the menu. Make sure that PowerZest is connected to Internet to keep Bit Torrent active. The downloaded files will be stored in the path: MyMedia\HDD Disk 1\bt, please refer to the following screenshots. Honeywld Technology Corp 106 BitTorrent Management The BitTorrent Control Menu offers you the ability to start, stop, set priority and remove the files. You can press “MENU” key on the remote control to enter the control menu. (1) Use Navigation key to select the torrent files you want to manage. (2) Press “MENU” key in the remote control, the “BT Control” Menu will appear. (3) Use Navigation key on the remote to select the function you want to perform. Remove Torrent files On the “BT Control” Menu, you can highlight the torrent files and select “Remove Torrent” to remove the torrent files which are downloading. Honeywld Technology Corp 107 Remove Download Completed Files If the files have been downloaded complete, there may be some other data along with the main torrent files. You can highlight the files and press “OK” to view all the data contents. Highlight the download completed files Press “OK” to view all the data contents. Honeywld Technology Corp 108 If you want to remove all the data, you can highlight the files and select “Remove BT” and remove all the data which have been stored at local HDD. . Display Files Info You can press “Display” key on the remote to view the files info. Files info Honeywld Technology Corp 109 Chapter 8 Firmware Upgrade and Reset to Default Upgrade by Direct Internet Access You can view the firmware version and check for updates, even if your computer is not running. PowerZest uses your network router to access Internet. Follow the steps below to check for product updates. 1. Go to “Set Up Main Menu”, Select “Version”, and choose ‘Firmware upgrade”. 2. Choose “Internet Upgrade”, the system will automatically search available firmware code. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the upgrade. 4. When the upgrade is successfully finished, PowerZest will reboot automatically. Honeywld Technology Corp 110 Upgrade by Using USB Flash Disk As an option, PowerZest provides you the other choice for using USB flash for updates. Follow the steps below to check for product updates: 1. The latest firmware binary file is compressed and located on http://www.honeywld.com. Download the firmware file and store it in your USB flash disk and uncompress it. 2. Insert the USB flash to the USB port of PowerZest. 3. Go to “Set Up Main Menu”, Select “Version”, and choose ‘Firmware upgrade” 4. Choose “USB Upgrade”, the system will automatically search available firmware code. 5. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the upgrade. 6. When the upgrade is successfully finished, PowerZest will reboot automatically. WARNING: Do not power off the system or remove the USB flash while the upgrade process is running. Reset to Default You can restore all configurations to factory default settings by following below steps: 1. Go to “Set Up Main Menu”, Select “Version”, and choose “Reset to Default”. 2. Make sure you want to do so, then press “OK” button to restore system to default settings. WARNING: Restoring PowerZest to its default settings will erase the network set up and media sever configuration. You will need to set up PowerZest again to run on your network and to access media files. Honeywld Technology Corp 111 Chapter 9 Miscellaneous Settings System Language and other settings apply on system are configured in the “System Setup” of the Setup Main Menu”. Please select the item that you want to configure and press “OK” button or “Right” button on remote control to enter sub page. After configuration, please press “Back” button or “Left” button to leave the setup menu and save the configurations that you’ve changed. System Setup If you want to change the configuration of your setup, you can select the “Setup” from Main Page, and select “System Setup” from Setup Main Menu. You can select, configure or adjust Language, TV mode, Audio, Video, HDD sharing and other settings here. Honeywld Technology Corp 112 System Setup main page Below table is a brief description for the System Setup selection. Item Name Language TV Mode Setup Audio Setup Video Setup Other Setting HardDisk Share Set Up Value Use Language Selecct TV System/ Video Output/ Video Scale Digital Audio Output/Analog Audio Output Brightness/ Contrast/ HUE/ Saturation Music, Photo & Video Display Option /Advance Setting User Name / Password Configure Configure Adjust Configure Configure SYSTEM SETUP TABLE Language Honeywld Technology Corp 113 Language Table Item Name Value Use English/German/French/Italian/Spanish/Portugese /Turkish/Netherlandish/Serbian/Hewbrew/Traditonal Select Chinese Language TV Mode Setup You can go to the “System Setup” menu to change the TV mode setting, including the Video output, TV system and aspect ratio. TV Mode Setup Table Item Name Value Use Video Output P-SCAN YPbPr/ S-Video/ HDMI Select TV System NTSC/480p/720p60/1080i60/1080p24/1080p60 Select Aspect Ratio 4:3 PS/ 16:9/ 4:3 LB Select HDMI EDID Enable/Disable Switch Honeywld Technology Corp 114 Audio Setup For DTS (Digital Theater System) audio tracks, the device passes it through digital audio output port (Optical or Coaxial cable) to an external decoder. Please make sure the Digital Audio Output mode (SPDIF-PCM / SPDIF-RAW) is turned on, if you are connecting the Optical/Coaxial cable. Audio Setup Table Item Name Digital Audio Output Analog Audio Output Value SPDIF-PCM/ SPDIF-RAW/ SPDIF-OFF MONO R/ MONO L/ MIX MONO/ STEREO Use Select Select Video Setup Video Setup Table Item Name Value Use Brightness 0 ~ 32 Adjust Contrast 0 ~ 32 Adjust HUE 0 ~ 32 Adjust Saturation 0 ~ 32 Adjust Honeywld Technology Corp 115 Other Settings This section contains the following items, description in detail is below the table. TABEL OF OTHER SETTINGS Category Item Name Value Use Photo Display Opton Photo Display Setup List / Thumbnail Switch Slide Show Time 1 sec ~ 3 min Select Orientation Correction Enable/Disable Switch Music Playing Option Music Auto Play One Time/Repeat Switch Video Playing Option Video Resume Playing Ask/Always/Off Switch Play Next Video Enable/Disable Switch Video Subtitle Enable/Disable Switch DVD Settings Preferred Subtitle/Audio Select Auto Sync Enable/Disable Switch Network LED On/Off Switch Samba Client On/Off Switch Screen Saver OFF/ 1 min~30 min Select LCD Tone Level 0 ~ 40 Select Network Option Advance Setting Honeywld Technology Corp 116 LCD Setting The lightness of LCD panel can be adjusted. Please go to Setup Settings → System Setup → Other → Advanced Setting → LCD Setting → LCD Tone Level to adjust it. Auto Sync For some video film with 24 frames per second, you may see poor quality on the display due to frame rate conversion. Please turn on Auto Sync, then the TV output will be adjusted automatically to the correct mode. Make sure the HDMI EDID is turned on at the same time. Hard Disk Share Setup If you have installed a Hard Disk Drive into your PowerZest, You can see the “Hard Disk Share Setup” here to configure your HDD Settings. You can rename the default Share Name, Group Name, User Name and Password by onscreen keyboard. Honeywld Technology Corp 117 To format the HDD, select the function below. The device will check the HDD format every time it is powered on. This can be disabled by selecting the option below. Honeywld Technology Corp 118 Bit Torrent Setup Please refer to the chapter named “Internet Media & Bit Torrent” for the detail. Honeywld Technology Corp 119 Chapter 10 Trouble Shootings No Television display or Poor Display. 1. Make sure your TV is turned on and switched to the correct input. 2. Make sure PowerZest is turned on and switched to the correct TV mode. If the TV Mode that you are using is not the right one for your television, you may not be able to see the display on television. To fix this problem, push “Output” key on the remote control. You can cycle through each of the possible TV modes to find and select the correct one. 3. Make sure you are using the correct video cables and that they are connected firmly to PowerZest and to your TV. 4. The Power cords for PowerZest and your TV are securely connected to a working power source. Unstable Display with 1080p24 films For some video film which is with 24 frames per second, you may see poor quality on the display. Please select 1080p24 as the TV output mode, or turn on “Auto Sync” function. No Audio Output with films with DTS encoded. PowerZest does not decode audio with DTS format, but pass through to S/PDIF for external AV amplifier. For the films with DTS sound tracks, pls enable ‘Digital Audio Output’ and use an external decoder. Honeywld Technology Corp 120 PowerZest does not find my network. If you use wireless networks, make sure that the Wireless Network Name (SSID) and the security settings of PowerZest and media server match exactly. If you use wired network, make sure the cable hooked correctly. PowerZest does not find the Honeywld DMS Server. 1. Verify that the Honeywld DMS Server software was installed on your PC. 2. Verify that PowerZest and the PC running the software are on the same subnet and that they can communicate with each other. In most cases, this means that the first three fields of the two IP address should be the same. 3. Make sure you have pressed the “Start Service” button on Honeywld DMS Server after importing media files. Digital Media Server can only be seen for a short time Some firewall or antivirus software may cause failures of the UPnP communications between PowerZest and Digital Media Server. Please configure your firewall setting to allow the access of “UPnP” and Digital Media Server. Or you may disable the firewall or antivirus applications while using Digital Media Server! PowerZest does not receive a valid IP Address 1. Verify that a working DHCP server is on your network. PCs on the network should get IP addresses in the correct range. 2. You can use a Static IP Address of there is a problem connecting to the server. 3. If you are using a wireless network, verify that PowerZest is associated with the correct SSID, and that the WEP settings on PowerZest match the setting on your access point. No Subtitle when playing “mpeg2” files Please make sure to enable the “subtitle” function by press “subtitle button” every time when you are watching mpeg2 video files; also please enable this function with each mpeg2 video file that has subtitle file with it. No Subtitle when playing “mpeg2” files after pressing “subtitle” Honeywld Technology Corp 121 button Please make sure the conversation of the mpeg2 video file has begun before pressing “subtitle” button. No Subtitle when playing “mpeg2” files Please note if you have enabled the “Transcoding” function, the subtitle function might not work for some video files. Fast forward or slow forward is not working Please note if you have enabled the “Transcoding” function, the “fast forward”, “fast backward”, “slow forward”, and “slow backward” functions will not work due to limitation. Can not add music files to BGM list? Please make sure you did not add more than 500 music files to BGM list since the capacity of BGM list is 500 files. Can not find Firmware Upgrade file in the USB device Please check if you put the latest firmware file under root directory of USB device, or PowerZest system can not find it. Honeywld Technology Corp 122 Chapter 11 FAQ Q: Performance of video playing is not so good? Answer: If you use wireless connection, the playing performance can be affected by the wireless environment, you may try to enable the “Transcoding” function to make the video playing smoother. Q: USB HDD External Enclosure is not supported? Answer: Please use external power supply for USB HDD External Enclosure. Honeywld Technology Corp 123

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