Seagate STCEA201-RK - FreeAgent Theater+ - Digital Multimedia Receiver User's Guide

FreeAgent Theater+ HD Media Player User Guide

10 The Home Screen To go to the Home screen from any other screen, press Home on the remote. The Home screen is divided into three parts: • Links t

11 Figure 7: Picture Menu (Example Only) Following Many Paths to the Same Screen The media player UI includes many ways of getting to the same scr

12 Using the Remote The only way to navigate the media player screens is with the included remote. This section describes the functions of all of it

13 Adding a WiFi Adapter If your network is wireless, you can connect a Seagate WiFi adapter to your media player so that you can wirelessly access

14 • Access Web-based media content (see page 25). • Sync your media files between your computer(s) and your FreeAgent drive or external USB drive (

15 .AVI .IFO .MinusVR .MPEG .RMVB .VOB .DAT .ISO .MKV .MPG .TP .WMV .DivX® .M2TS .MOV .MTS .TRP .XVID H.264 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 .SMI/SAMI .SRT .SUB P

16 Adjusting Subtitle Size and Position If you are playing an .MKV file with subtitles, press Pause, then use the arrow buttons to adjust the size

17 TIP: Connect a USB keyboard to your media player to make searching faster. See page 42 for more information. 7. Select Done, then press OK. Y

18 The camcorder appears as a device in the shortcuts list on the Home screen, and the media player indexes its contents. (If your camcorder doesn’t

19 On any screen, press Menu, select Pictures, then press OK. 2. The Pictures screen opens. The Pictures screen lists all the picture folders disc

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20 Viewing Pictures in a Slideshow Your media player can play your photos in a slideshow. You can customize the slideshow by adjusting the timing a

21 Finding Pictures To find the pictures you’re looking for, you can search your media files three ways: 1. By browsing through the list of picture

22 Viewing Pictures from a Digital Camera If you have a digital camera, you may be able to view your pictures by connecting your camera to the medi

23 Supported Playlist Formats Your media player supports playlists in these formats: M3U .PLS Playing Music To select and play music: 1. On the H

24 •••• To repeat the same song, select Repeat One, then press OK. Finding Music To find the music you’re looking for, you can search your media

25 Your media player lists all songs with matching titles. If no songs appear in the list, no title matched the word(s) you entered. 6. Select the

26 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to find what you’re looking for. Note: For help using a particular Internet service, please refer to its on

27 To create and activate a Paramount account for your FreeAgent Theater+ so that you can view the Paramount films in the comfort of your living roo

28 To create and activate your existing Netflix account on your media player: 1. On the Home screen, press Netflix and select “Yes” to-activate

29 This chapter explains how to install Seagate Media and use its Media Sync feature to synchronize your movie, picture, and music files between de

3 Contents 1. About Your Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 This is Your Media Player . . . . . . .

30 Installing on Macintosh To install Seagate Media on a computer running Macintosh: 1. Insert the Installation CD into your computer. A Sea

31 The Seagate Media window opens. A registration window also opens. 4. Follow the online instructions register your media player, or click Cancel

32 • “Deleting Your Custom Media Sync Settings” on page 35 Selecting Your Sync Settings You can set up Media Sync using either the default setting

33 The File Types window opens. 7. Select the media file formats you want to sync, then click Next. The Media Sync Rules window opens. 8. Select

34 Figure 11: Seagate Media for Windows: Media Sync Screen 3. Click Sync Now. The sync job starts. The job may take some time depending on how m

35 Checking the Media Sync Status of Your Computers If you have a LAN or WLAN, you can check which of your computers are set up to sync files, when

36 1. In the Media Sync window, click Delete Sync Settings. The Delete Sync Settings Confirmation window opens. 2. Click Delete. The ori

37 Customizing Your Sync Settings To set up a custom sync: 1. Connect a FreeAgent drive or other external USB drive to your computer. Ensure that i

38 8. Managing Your Media Player and Connected Devices This chapter explains how to manage and maintain your media player and its included software

39 Checking the Current Firmware Version To see what firmware is currently running on the media player: 1. On the Home screen, press Menu, select

4 7. Syncing Your Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Installing Seagate Media . . . . . . . . . . . .

40 3. Copy the new firmware to a external USB drive, then properly disconnect the USB drive from your computer. 4. Plug the USB drive into the USB

41 • (Optional) The label, domain, and host name of the computer on which you’ve created the shared folder—required only if you’re connecting to a

42 5. Select Net User ID, then press OK. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter your user name, select Done, then press OK. TIP: Connect a USB keyboar

43 Managing FreeAgent Drives with Seagate Media The CD that came with your media player includes the Seagate Media software. On computers running W

44 2. Click Adjust Power Setting. The Adjust Power Setting window opens. 3. From the drop-down menu, select a time interval after which the drive

45 Testing a Drive You can use Seagate Media to check the health of your FreeAgent drive. (Testing a drive doesn’t affect your files.) To test a dr

46 Icon Color Status Blue Drive connected Green Drive connected; sync idle Gray No drive connected Yellow Sync in progress Red Sy

47 Finding Help For more help using Seagate Media, click the blue Help ? button. Removing a FreeAgent Drive To remove a FreeAgent drive from your m

48 Resetting the Media Player On-Screen To reset the media player to its factory default settings: 1. On the Home screen, press Menu, select Setti

49 the on-screen menus, change the aspect ratio of the picture to wide screen, or set up a night mode for the sound. Follow the instructions in the

5 1. About Your Media Player The FreeAgent Theater+™ media player is a home theater solution that makes it simple for you to move your multimedia

50 3. Press OK. Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast To adjust the picture brightness: 1. On the Video screen, select Brightness, then press OK.

51 Customizing the Audio Settings To customize your media player’s audio settings: 1. On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press

52 • Use this setting when only two speakers are available. • HDMI LPCM Multi CH—Supports multiple audio channels. Use this setting for surround s

53 Turning Off a FreeAgent Drive LED If you have a FreeAgent drive in your media player and find the flashing of its LED distracting, you can disab

54 Setting a Static IP Address Note: Only advanced network users should set a static IP address for the media player. If you have connected your m

55 Adding Your Media Player to a WLAN Follow the instructions in this section to add your media player to a WLAN, or update the media player’s wire

56 Setting a Language for Information Screens You can press Information to see more details about the movie you’re watching. If the information app

57 Finding the Deactivation Code To find the DivX deactivation code: 1. On the Home screen, press Menu, select Settings, then press OK. 2. Press

58 Common Problems and Solutions This section provides solutions to some common problems you may encounter while using your media player. Subtitle

59 • Supported audio file formats: .AAC .MP3 .RA .WAV .ASF .MP4 .RM .WMA .FLAC .OGG .RMVB • Supported music playlist file formats: .M3U .PLS

6 What You Can Do With Your Media Player Your media player is an easy-to-use home theater solution that lets you enjoy your digital movies, pictures

60 The thumbnail view of my song doesn’t show the album art. For album art to display as a thumbnail, the image has to be stored in the album folde

61 Resetting the Media Player Manually As a last resort, try resetting the media player to its factory default settings. See “Resetting the Media P

7 • Composite audio/video cable • Component video cable • Ethernet cable • AC power adapter • Installation CD, including Seagate Media software

8 2. Getting Started This chapter explains how to set up your media player after you’ve completed the steps in the printed Quick Start Guide, and de

9 Connecting a FreeAgent Drive or External USB Drive If you haven’t done so already, insert a FreeAgent drive containing your movie, picture, and m