The Movie what you really wanted to watch The Music which is your favorite The Photos which has your happy memories TV Drama which you would never miss Relax yourself wherever and whenever so far Ultimate Digital Multimedia Player Movie POT User Manual Guide Model QB-100
CONTENTS 1. Introduction... 3 2. Product Feature... 4 3. Product Specification... 5 4. Pre-Caution... 6 5. Installation (SATA)... 7 6. Partitioning and Formatting Hard Disk... 8 6-1 Setting and Formatting on Windows 98/ME... 8 6-2 Setting and Formatting on Windows 2000 / XP... 12 6-3 Setting and Formatting on VISTA... 16 6-4 Use on Linux (Available on Linux 2.4 or later)... 19 6-5 Use on Macintosh... 19 7. Installation & Connection... 20 7-1 Connection with Ordinary(Composite)TV output... 20 7-2 Connection with S-Video output... 20 7-3 Connection with Component Output... 21 7-4 Connection with 2CH of Normal TV... 21 7-5 Connection with Coaxial Output... 22 7-6 Connection with Optical Output... 22 7-7 Connection with Computer... 23 7-8 Connection with Mobile storage equipment... 23 8. Remote Controller... 24 9. Main Menu... 26 10. Setup Menu... 27 11. File Copy Function... 28 12. Firmware Upgrade... 29 13. USB Connection with PC... 30 14. Trouble shooting... 31 2
1. Introduction 3
2. 2 Product Feature 1. Enjoy Your Movies on TV! You can enjoy your favorite movie or home video files on TV, Since it can support many video files such as Divx, MPEG, VCD, AVI, VOB, DAT, MP4, MPG. 2. Digital Music Box A perfect companion for the music junkies, can play variety of audio files, like MP3, WMA can storage thousands pieces of songs 3. PHOTO Album QB100 can be used as a digital photo album, now you can enjoy your vacation photos and precious memories on big screen TV 4. Portable HDD Storage QB100 can be used as an external USB2.0 hard drive when you connect to your PC, and with high data transfer rate up to 480Mbps 5. Card Slot QB100 has 3 in 1 card reader slot, can play media files from memories card via both the USB host port and the card reader slot 6. Two USB Ports One is USB2.0 port which can be well recognized by PC, the other one is USB1.1 host port you can make a fun with media files from external USB device like a digital camera, USB flash driver, USB flash card reader, or MP3 player 7. F/W Upgradeable You can download latest F/W, which with the latest technology improved, from www.readyq.com website, and it is very easy to upgrade the firmware 4
3. Product Specification QB-100 Specification Supported File Formats Video Audio MPEG1/2/4, AVI(Dvix 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, xvid),dat,vob, Resolution: up to 800 x 600 [ QPEL, GMC ] MP3, WMA Photo JPEG (photo size up to 5120*3480) USB 2.0 slave port(data transfer rate:480mbps) Connections USB HOST 3 in 1 card slot(sd/mmc/ms, CF) AV in/out Subtitle OS Hard disk Memory Power Language Dimension Packing list Video: component, Composite, S-video Audio: Stereo RCA, Coaxial, S-PDIF Text Subtitle: smi, sub, srt, SSA, ASS, IDX Windows 98se,ME 2000.XP, Mac, Linux SATAII, FAT32, NTFS SDRAM :4bytes, Flash :1Mbyte External 12V/2.5A DC power adapter English, Simple Chinese, Germany, French, Spanish 51(W)X144(H)X217.5(L)mm The player, DC power adapter, AC power cable, CD driver, A/V cable, Remote control, Manual, USB2.0 cable 5
4. Pre-Caution We strongly recommend to read the below "Pre-Cautions" 1 2 3 If unformatted HDD is inserted into the Player, a PC can not detect the Player. Make sure that the HDD is formatted. For "How to format a HDD", contact HDD manufacturer or the seller. We strongly recommend you to back up the data to another safe media, We are responsible for the hardware of the Player only but don't have the responsibility for data damage or loss in a HDD. Don't power off while a file is playing. 4 Be careful of dropping or impact or shock. If a HDD is damaged by dropping.shocking, then contact manufacturer or the seller. Be away from water, heavy moisture.if the Player has a liquid,unplug the Player from a PC right 5 away. If you use the Player under this condition, the HDD may be fired or you may have electric shock 6 Be away from devices that transmit strong magnetic signal. It may cause data damage or loss the on HDD. 7 Don't touch the Player by wet hands. It may cause electric shock. 8 Don't disassemble as the user's own accord. It may cause the Player to be damaged or lose the data. 9 The socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible. 10 The equipment is to be supplied from an identified USB port complying with the requirements of Limited Power Source. 6
5. Installation (SATA) 1. Slide off the intermediate brackets 2. open the upper cover 3. Insert SATA HDD into player, make 4. Screw on the 4pcs screws. sure the HDD fit the HDD holder well. to fix the hard disk drive. 5. Put on the Led panel and slide 6. OK on the intermediate brackets. 7
6. 6 Partitioning and Formatting Hard Disk The copy file system between media player is only work on FAT32. When you use to copy function from HDD or USB, SD or CF, please check the below section. "Separate the Partition". As encouragement to use the partition work, first partition sets to FAT32, then rest of the partition sets to NTFS. 6-1 Setting and Formatting on Windows 98/ME Note Non-formatted hard disk are not detected by PC, if the hard disk not formatted, please take the following steps to format it. Newly purchased hard disk are not normally formatted. Caution In Windows 98/ME,install an exclusive driver before proceeding to partition and formatting. In Windows ME/2000/XP, there is no need to install exclusive drivers. You can download exclusive driver at www.readyq.com official support website. After downloading, decompress the driver and the execute SETUP.EXE to install automatically 1. Install exclusive driver and then connect QB100 to PC using USB cable 2. Select Window [Start>Program>MS-DOS] to open and MS-DOS window. 3. Type fdisk command in MS-Dos window and press the [Enter] key. 4. Say yes to enable large disk capacity by typing Y and then press the [Enter] key. 8
5. Among fdisk options, select options 5 [change current fixed disk drive]. 6. Type the hard disk number fro partitioning in [Enter Fixed Disk Number] and press the [Enter] key Caution In the pc with a lot of hard disk connected, hard disk number may be different. Select the number that is marked as % in(usage) 7. Select [1.creat DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive] in fdisk options by typing 1 and then press the enter key 8. Select [1.Creat Primary DOS Partition] in Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive by typing 1 and then press the enter key. 9
9. Wait for integrity check to be complete as below 10. After integrity check, say yes to the message Do you wish to use the maximum available Size for a primary DOS partition and make the Partition active( Y/N)? By typing Y and press the enter key 11. Type in [capacity or % you want] and press the enter key. If you want to use one disk without partitioning. Type 100%. 12. Integrity check is started again. After it is completed, A message saying Primary Dos Partition was created, drive letter was modified or added is displayed. Then, press [ESC] to return to fdisk options 13. In fdisk option screen, press [ESC]. Then a message is displayed, saying that your must restart your system. Press [ESC] again. 10
14. At the C:\WINDOWS> prompt, type exit and then press[ener] to return to window screen. 15. Disconnect QB100 from PC and then connect it again to PC. 16. Drive letter s created in [My Computer] of Windows Explorer. Right-click the created drive letter and select [Format]. 17. When formatting is completed, you can use QB100 as an external hard disk drive by connecting it to Computer.(I change it based on my comprehension) For some hard disks, power supply from USB port is not enough for operation, in this case, connect a separate power supply using the adapter supplied in the package. Then, no problem will be experienced in operating the device connected to a PC. Caution For recently released PCs, there is a USB port installed on the front side of the PC for users convenience. However, this expanded USB port sometimes fail to recognize devices sending and receiving data in high speed such as external hard disk. In this case, use the USB port in the rear side of the PC 11
6-2 Setting and Formatting on Windows 2000 / XP Non-formatted hard disks are not detected by PC. If the hard disk is not formatted, please take the following steps to format it. Newly purchased hard disks are not normally formatted 1. Connect QB100 to a PC using a USB cable 2. Select [Start> Control Panel>management Tool>Computer Management] and then [Disk Management] under Computer Management menu. 3. Click [Next] to continue when write Signature and Disk Upgrade Wizard appears 4. Select the disks you want to write a disk signature to and Click [Next] to continue 5. When Write Signature and Disk Upgrade Wizard is completed, Click [Finish] 6. Right-click an [Unallocated] drive in Drive Management and select [New Partition] from the menu that appears. 7. When the New partition Wizard is shown, Click [Next] to continue 12
8. Select [Primary Partition(P)] and Click [Next] to continue 9. Enter the desired partition size in [Partition size in MB] and Click [Next] to continue. 10. When the [driver letter] is assigned, Click [Next] 11. In the format partition windows, select [format this partition with the following settings] and FAT32, and then check [Perform a quick format] box. Click [Next] to continue. 12. When [Completing the New Partition Wizard] appears, Click [Finish] 13
13. A new NTFS partition was created. 14. Right-click an [Unallocated] drive in Drive Management and select [New Partition] from the menu that appears. 15. When the New partition wizard is shown Click [Next] to continue. 16. Select [Primary Partition(p) and Click [Next] to continue. 17. Leave the value for [Partition size in MB] as if appears and Click [Next] to continue. (The partition size shown is the remaining hard disk size unallocated.) 18. When the [drive letter] is assigned, Click [Next] 14
19. In the format partition windows select [Format this partition with the following settings] and NTFS, and then check [Perform a quick format] box, Click [Next] to continue. 20. When [Completing the New Partition Wizard] appears, Click [Finish]. Drives formatted with NTFS file system are detected on windows 2000/XP, but not detected on Windows 98/ME. Caution Do not select to use [Compressing Files and Folder] option. If the specification file system is FAT32 on windows 2000/XP, it is not possible to have one drive letter on large hard disk over 32GB. In order to have one partition, please perform partitioning and formatting on windows 98/ME. Also, select [Primary Partition] to have multiple partitions on large hard disk over 40GB. If [Extended Partition] is selected, drives may not be detected. 15
6-3 Setting and Formatting on VISTA Non-formatted hard disks are not detected by PC. If the hard disk is not formatted, please take the following steps to format it. Newly purchased hard disks are not normally formatted Under VISTA, you can create a partition and format the hard disk using the disk manager. 1. Right click the Window icon located on the right hand side of the task bar. Please do me a fav our to insert the icon, thank you. The following menu will be displayed. Right click on computer then select Manage 2. You access the Computer Management software. Select Service and Application in the left column. The following window will be displayed. 3. The QB100 hard disk can be viewed on the right hand side window. If the indication is not given. this means that the disk has not been formatted. 16
4. Right click the hard disk bar and select New Simple Volume (See the left figure) 5. The wizard- Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard will be displayed (Partition), Click on Next 6. Specify here the maximum size of the desired partition 7. In this window, tick the box Assign the following drive letter and let window name the letter, here it is D then click on Next. 17
8. In this window, leave all the default parameters but select Format this volume with the following settings then Click on Next 9. In the right hand side window Click on Finish to close the window then start to format your hard disk. 10. Healthy (Primary Partition) will be displayed. When Healthy (Primary Partition) is displayed, this means that your QB100 hard disk is formatted and ready for use. You can now close the disk management window. 18
6-4 Use on Linux (Available on Linux 2.4 or later) [Auto Mount] After booting, log in as a root user. Connect this product and turn the power on.confirm whether this product's partition is detected using the partition tool, fdisk. Make a mount pointer, for example, QB100, in folder mount ( / mnt)and edit / etc / fstab / to add the following: / dev / sda1 / mnt / QB100 vfat nosuto, user 0 0 -> for HDD formatted with FAT32 / dev / sda1 / mnt / QB100 ntfs nosuto, user 0 0 -> for HDD formatted with NTFS You can use after log in again. [Manual Mount] Create mount pointer in the same way as above and then mount this product by typing as follows: Mount -t vfat / dev / sda / mnt / QB100 -> for HDD formatted with FAT32 Mount -t ntfs / dev / sda / mnt / QB100 -> for HDD formatted with NTFS Note it is assumed that QB-100 is detected as sda in the example above.drive name may subject to change depending on user environment.please type the name of drive detected by USB Mass Storage. 6-5 Use on Macintosh As this product is automatically detected on Macintosh O/S 9.X or later, there is no need extra drivers. When stop using this product on Macintosh, discard the corresponding Desktop icon into Trash Bin and disconnected this product from USB port.. 19
7. 7 Installation & Connection 7-1 Connection with Ordinary(Composite)TV output Connect Player and your TV using the yellow video cable. Turn on the player and TV. Select appropriate video input mode on your TV until you can get the initial player screen 7-2 Connection with S-Video output Connect player and your TV using the S-video cable. Turn on the player and TV. Select appropriate video input mode on your TV until you can get the initial player screen. 20
7-3 Connection with Component Output Connect player and your TV with component cable as instructed. Turn on the player and TV, select appropriate video input mode on your TV (in this case, Component input mode) 7-4 Connection with 2CH of Normal TV Connect left(white), right(red) sound output to the appropriate terminal of your TV or Hi-Fi. 21
7-5 Connection with Coaxial Output When you have a multi channel decoder/amplifier with coaxial input, you can enjoy 5.1CH high quality sound through coaxial cable. The illustration on the top shows how to connect with coaxial cable 7-6 Connection with Optical Output "When you have a multi channel Decoder /amplifier with optical input, you can enjoy 5.1CH high quality sound through optical cable. The illustration on the top shows how to connect with optical cable" 22
7-7 Connection with Computer Connect Player with your computer by USB cable, data will be transferred from pc to Player,(Player should be power on)and then can check new drive at pc without installation drive at Windows ME/2000/XP.(Windows 98se should install driver with enveloped cd) 7-8 Connection with Mobile storage equipment Connect Player with your mobile storage equipment by USB cable. Data will be transferred from equipment to Player.(Player should be power on) and then can check new drive at Player without installing driver 23
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1 Power press the button to power on/off. 2 Mute Mute and sound 3 Movie Indicate the movie file in the frame 4 Music Indicate the music file in the frame 5 Photo Show only photo file in the frame 6 Home Move to main frame 7 Disk Move to chosen frame HDD, USB, CF, SD 8 All Media Indicate all the files movie, music, photo 9 Subtitle Change among Multi-subtitle 10 Audio Choose Audio Function when playing 11 Zoom Expend size to double 12 Info Set the down count the left time from Osec to backward 13 Copy/Target 1st press pick copy 14 Page up File list page moves to next 15 Page down File list page moves to forward 16 Vol + Volume up 17 Vol - Volume down 18 up 19 down 20 left 21 right 22 OK OK 23 Stop the play 24 Fast Reverse 25 Fast Forward 26 Seek Next 27 Pause 28 Seek last 29 BGM /Go to At all media, when Photo file and Music file is in equal line, pressing button can play back the Photo and Music together 30 Slide Type This Button is effect for changing the direction Photo play 31 A-B Repeat in section 32 Setup Setup 33 TV out Component/You can set in567i,567p video output 34 Repeat Set the title, file, folder repeat 25
9. Main Menu 1. Home Playback Movie / Audio / Photo / Select / Setup 2. Video Files Playback Select[Media]->Movie->Then you will see video files you saved into the player. Select a file you would prefer and press[ok]button then the file will be played. 3. Audio Files Playback Select[Media]->Audio->Then you will see video files you saved into the player. Select a file you would prefer and press[ok]button then the file will be played. 4. Photo Files Playback Select[Media]->Photo->Then you will see video files you saved into the player. Select a file you would prefer and press[ok]button then the file will be played. 5. Select Playback Select [Media]->Select->Then you will select one SD CARD device. 6. Select Playback Select ->ALL->Then you will see all type of files. 26
10. Setup Menu 1. SYSTEM Setup TV Type You can select Audio, NTSC,PAL TV Display Support 4:3PS, Letter Box 16:9 Resolution You can select Auto, NTSC,PAL Audio Output Analog, Digital, both Defaults You can change the setting of the sys default 2. PROGRAM Setup OSD Language Language: Multilingual Screen Saver You can turn On/OFF Slideshow Time You can set slideshow time Slideshow Mode You can set slideshow mode 3. EXIT Setup Menu Exit 27
11. 1 File Copy Function We can search what is the copy function with example below EX) It shows when MP3 file in SD card is copy target folder in HDD 1. When it needs to copy to the copy target folder among first partition(fat32) choose where you want to copy Then press the "copy/target "button and then it shows the message "TARGET DRIVE/DIR SET" It means we'd chosen the Target Drive or Target folder. 2. Choose the file you want to copy in SD card. The copy starts after press the "Copy / Target" button on the file For example, in the picture above, choose "New inter change Bk 2",and press the "Copy / Target" button in remote controller You can choose the folder and file whatever you want to copy 3. When the copy is done,you will see the 'Finish' sign If you want to stop the copy during copy, you can press "Stop" button in remote controller When the copy is not work because of capacity shortage of file system problem, It will show the "Failed" message 28
12. 1 Firmware Upgrade 1. Download the latest f/w www.readyq.com or www.zioncom.net to your local(portable) or storage. 2. QB100 find the f/w automatically. For example, copy the f/w into HDD or USB storage, then QB100 can find the f/w when it connected to HDD or USB storage automatically After copy the downloaded files to hard disk or USB host or SD or CF, and connect the media to the player, then power on. 3. After power on, it finds the firmware, then moves to the firmware upgrade screen automatically. 4. Then the warning sign shows up for confirmation of firmware, then press "YES" works for upgrading, press "NO" works for give up the upgrading and power off. 5. Once you selected the upgrade "YES", it works to upgrade the firmware automatically. when the upgrading is completely done, the power turns off automatically. 6. Once you upgraded the f/w, the upgraded file has to remove from the player, then play again Because if the upgraded file exists, it will always moves to upgrade screen automatically when you turn power on. It is more comfortable to use after f/w is removed. 29
13. USB Connection with PC Windows 98SE Drive Installation 1. Please run setup.exe file before connecting the player. 2. Please reboot after finishing installation. 3. After reboot the system. Please connect Player, Add New Hardware 4. You will be able to see the new HDD disk drive inside the player on the "Device Manager tab" Windows ME/XP/2000 Driver Installation 1. Windows ME / XP / 2000 offer driver by itself. so you don't need install software 2. If connect player with PC run plug & play 3. You will be able to see the new HDD disk drive inside the player on the "Device Manager tab " 30
14. Trouble shooting For more details, visit our website at www.readyq.com A. Player doesn't respond to the remote controller 1. Make sure to have the remote controller towards the player receiver on the front panel 2. Reduce the distance between remote controller and player 3. Replace the batteries of the remote controller B. No display on the TV 1. Make sure the video cable connection is correct 2. Choose the right mode to match with your TV by pressing TV Out button on the player remote controller, (PAL or NTSC) 3. Make sure your TV is set properly, then set the player by pressing TV Out button of the remote controller several times until the picture appears. Player default setting is NTSC/S-VIDEO C. Upgrade fail 1. Make sure the upgrade firmware is correct 2. Check Page 25 for upgrade detail.. D. Displays pictures or video or audio file only. 1. Press "Media" button of the remote controller and select "All type" among the media options of "All type" "Music" "Photo "Video" 31
Warranty Warranty Regulations The ZIONCOM Technologies Co., Ltd. Provides the following limited warranty based on the consumer protection policy. Limited warranty period starts form the date of purchase. The purchase date must be stated when the product is purchased. When the purchase date is not stated, the limited warranty ends after one year and six months form the manufacturing date. 1. Product Warranty Period QB-100 1 year form the data of purchase Accessories 3 months: adapter, USB cable 2 months : user s manual Everything else for 3 months 2. Warranty Contents During the limited warranty period, the ZIONCOM Technologies Co., Ltd. or designated A/S center will provide warranty service according to the customer protection policy if and only if the product is used in proper condition. Although the product is within warranty period, repair fees may be charged if the product is Used in one or more of the following conditions. - Damaged by accident, misuse, abuse, neglect and / or improper maintenance - Damaged by any improper use of the product such as disassembly or modification - Damaged by outside impact or shock - Damaged by soaked in any liquid, or rusted by any foreign substances - Damaged by using accessories or parts not supplied by the ZIONCOM Technologies. - Damaged by any natural disaster such as fire, lightening,flooding, etc - Damaged by any other misuse of the product by the user 3. Recording Items Product name : QB-100 Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: Serial Number: (Printed barcode on the bottom of the product) 32
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