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TVisto
User Guide & Manual
Version 1.0
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August, 2005 Congratulations in buying your TVisto Multimedia Center. TVisto is a Digital Multimedia Player as well as Data Storage Solution that you can connect to any PC or Mac, either via USB 2.0 or Firewire (plug & play) in order to copy your favorite contents (music, movies, pictures, and/or data files). Once you have transferred your data to TVisto, you can connect it to any TV set to enjoy your movies, music, and photos. You can watch your favorite films in top quality vid
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Table of Contents FEATURES OF TVISTO ..........................................................................................................1 EXCLUSIVE DESIGN.................................................................................................................... 1 PC CONNECTION........................................................................................................................ 2 TV CONNECTION ..................................................................
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Features of TVisto Exclusive Design Everything you love about multimedia, movies, music, and photos is brought to you with TVisto. TVisto features an elegant, fashionable, and high quality case to protect your device. The buttons on the front panel of TVisto offer 15.2 cm quick access to basic functions for the Multimedia Player, even without remote control. Convenient power on/off switch located on the top, with following indicative colors: • TV mode: blue when power-on and re
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PC connection TVisto can be connected to any PC or Mac via USB or Firewire interface, supporting following file formats: FAT32, NTFS, HFS+. With high speed USB or Firewire connection, you can quickly move large multimedia files from your computer to TVisto. Please note that you will always need an external power adaptor. TV connection TVisto provides the optimum multimedia quality in both audio and video outputs when connected to your TV set and audio system. Audio features •
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Remote TVisto is equipped with an elegant infrared remote control, providing standard DVD functionality buttons and more. Please refer to the chapter “TV Connection” for a detailed description of the remote control. Firmware update You will be able to upgrade your device with new features and capabilities by following the 1 firmware upgrade procedure: • Get the latest update from your vendor’s web site. • Connect TVisto to your computer and copy the firmware file to the “firmwar
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Formatting the HDD Formatting on a PC (Win2000/XP) Use the Disk Management Utility • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Manage” • Select “Disk Management” • Choose the drive you want to format and right click on the Disk or drive field for further commands • Create a primary NTFS partition and format it • Follow the Wizard instructions You can also format TVisto using FAT32 but this will have the limitation of max disk being 32GB and max file size being 4GB. Note: To
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Creating the Directories For TVisto to be able to find the files on the hard drive, four (4) folders with the exact name shown below must be created first! ALL the prerequisite folders should have the READ ONLY attribute and should never be deleted or renamed, because your TVisto uses these exact names as a reference to locate the respective files. Under these directories you can have any directory structure that is convenient to you. Create the folders as shown below, now. “Firmware”
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PC/Mac Connection PC or Mac TVisto automatically operates as an external USB 2.0 or Firewire hard disk when connected to a PC or Macintosh. Use the included cables to connect your device to the computer system. Always connect the USB or USB or Firewire cable to your computer first, before Firewire cable you turn on the device. Your system will automatically recognize TVisto as an external hard disk in which you then can copy any file(s) you want (music, movie, picture, and/or data).
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Safe Removal In order to safely remove your TVisto from your system, please follow the same procedures as for any external Plug & Play disk drive. Specifically: PC: Double click on the taskbar icon to “Unplug or Eject hardware”. The adjacent dialogue box will appear, displaying the external Plug & Play devices. In the current example, you can see TVisto as a USB Mass Storage Device. In order to remove it, click the device in the list and then click Stop. Click O
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TV Connection TVisto provides high quality video and audio output when connected to your TV set and audio system. The TV connection is straightforward. Just connect TVisto to your TV set (NTSC or PAL) using the included AV cable, plug in the power supply and turn it on. When using the default AV Cable provided with TVisto, you have Composite video signal, S-Video, and stereo (Left/Right) analog audio out connected to your TV set. If your TV does not have Composite or S-Video, then u
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Analog Audio Setup The simplest configuration is when S-VIDEO TV the analog audio system on your TV or set is used. In this case, no matter Composite what type of AV cable you use (the or default providing Composite/S-Video Video Component YPbPr signal, one of the optional cables or SCART providing Video Component YPbPr, Analog L-R Audio or SCART), the analog audio is provided to the stereo input of your TV by the Left/Right RCA jacks. TVisto This configuration uses only one AV
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The Remote Control The TVisto remote has all the functional capabilities to fully control your device and enjoy your multimedia files. The next figure describes each button’s function. HOME, displays the main menu POWER On/Off PLAY PLAY ALL Files SHUFFLE, play all files randomly FAST FORWARD REVERSE PLAY PAUSE/STEP NEXT TRACK PREVIOUS TRACK STOP PLAYBACK NAVIGATION BUTTONS ROTATE picture DVD TITLE RETURN, to the previous menu DVD M
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Button Functionality Movies Music Pictures Settings HOME Displays the main menu Displays the main menu Displays the main menu Displays the main menu and saves new settings POWER POWER On/Off POWER On/Off POWER On/Off POWER On/Off (not during Firmware update) SHUFFLE Play all files randomly Play all files randomly Play all files randomly N/A PLAY/ENTER SELECT/PLAY movie SELECT/PLAY song SELECT/DISPLAY image SELECT PLAY ALL PLAY ALL Files PLAY ALL Files PLAY ALL Files N/A REVERSE PLAY
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Unique Control Keys TVisto’s Remote Control has a full set of buttons in order to provide the user with complete control of the device. The following paragraphs describe the functions of some important buttons; while in the previous table, there is a list of all the keys and their functions. This key toggles the video out format. You can switch between the individual video outputs pressing this button. The video output selected at any time will be shown on the screen. If you cann
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Menu Functions This paragraph presents the various menus and their functions when operating TVisto. Main Menu This is the menu (as shown in the adjacent figure) that appears when you turn on TVisto. You have four (4) main selections that you can access with the navigation buttons and by pressing PLAY/ENTER: • Movies • Music • Pictures • Settings Please look at the following paragraphs for a more detailed description of these menus. Movies Selecting the Movies menu will
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Music Selecting the Music menu will bring you to the adjacent image on your TV screen. On the right side you will see the directory list of the Music files organized in your device’s hard disk. Each directory is named under left/right brackets: “[“, “]”. You can make any directory you want with your desired name and store any music file you want in it. Please note that every directory can contain one or more subdirectories and that the directory organization is free to the user (Use
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Settings The TVisto Settings menu is extremely important in order to correctly configure your device and benefit from its advanced features. In the following paragraphs, there are detailed descriptions of the various settings and parameters. Languages TVisto provides the unique feature to support a multilingual audience. With sophisticated Unicode character handling, it supports most of the major languages used in the menu selection and the subtitle feature of movies. Refer to the “Font
