User manual SEAGATE FREEAGENT THEATER

[. . . ] FreeAgent® | TheaterTM User Guide FreeAgent® | TheaterTM User Guide © 2008 Seagate Technology LLC. Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Wave logo, and FreeAgent are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC, or one of its affiliates. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. [. . . ] You have access to the same video menus and features as those available when you watch a video on your computer. You can also drag media files from your computer onto any NTFS- or FAT32formatted USB storage device and use the USB port on the front of the media player to connect that device to your TV. Note: Use the remote control to move among your videos and select viewing options. To play a video, Step 1. On the main menu, select the device (FreeAgent Go or External Storage) containing the video you want to play. The Videos window lists the videos stored in the selected folder: VIDEOS Drive Name /. . / Video File 1 Video File 2 Video File 3 PHOTOS MUSIC ALL Preview Selected file name File Size Page Number Figure 16: Videos Window Step 3. A preview of the selected video is displayed. FreeAgent® | TheaterTM User Guide 24 4. Playing Videos Supported Video File Types Step 4. Press Select or Play/Pause to display the video menu or start the video, depending upon the format in which the video was copied to the drive. Note: If your video content is stored in a Video_TS folder, you can press Select or Play/Pause at the folder level to play the proper file inside the folder. Step 5. Press Stop to stop the video and Return to return to the Video window. Supported Video File Types The media player supports these video file types: · MPEG1: ­ MPG/MPEG ­ DAT · MPEG2: ­ MPG/MPEG ­ VOB/ISO/IFO ­ TS ­ MKV · DivX® files: ­ AVI ­ MOV (through DivX converter) ­ MP4 ­ DivX · XVID: ­ AVI Video Display The media player supports a variety of subtitle formats and provides all common video control functions. Subtitle Formats The media player plays supported subtitle formats with a video. The subtitle file name must be the same as the video file name and the subtitle file and video file must reside in the same folder. FreeAgent® | TheaterTM User Guide 25 4. Playing Videos Video Display The media player supports these subtitle formats: · · · SMI/SAMI SRT SUB Video Playback Features The media player remote control provides all common video control functions: · · Main Menu Forward/Reverse (< / >): 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x: ­ Press repeatedly to fast forward or fast reverse the video at increasingly greater speeds. · Slow motion (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16): ­ Press PLAY/PAUSE to pause the video. ­ Press FORWARD for play in slow motion. Press repeatedly for increasingly slow play. ­ Press PLAY/PAUSE again to resume normal play. · A - B Repeat: ­ Set point A and point B and replay that portion of the video. · · · · · · Play/Stop/Pause Chapter forward/backward (<< / >>) Subtitles Repeat Zoom (2x, 4x, 8x) Angle Mark: ­ If a scene has been shot from more than one angle, switch the video angle. FreeAgent® | TheaterTM User Guide 26 5. Viewing Photos Viewing Individual Photos 5. Viewing Photos The FreeAgent | Theater media player allows you manage and display photos in a variety of ways: · · · · Display photos in a list view or a thumbnail view Rotate images Play photos and videos directly from compatible digital cameras on your TV Play a folder of photos as a slideshow complete with background music and transition effects The media player displays images in the JPG/JPEG format up to 20 megapixels in size. Note: Use the remote control to move among your photos and select viewing options. Viewing Individual Photos You can browse through your photos by scrolling through them in the Photos window. You don't have to create a slideshow to view your photos; you can open a full-screen view of an individual picture. On the main menu, select the device (FreeAgent Go or External Storage) containing the photos you want to view. Select Photos in the menu bar. FreeAgent® | TheaterTM User Guide 27 5. Viewing Photos Browsing Photo Thumbnails The Photos window displays a list of the photo folders stored in the selected folder: PHOTOS Drive Name /. . / Photo File 1 Photo File 2 Photo File 3 MUSIC ALL VIDEOS Preview Selected file name File Size Page Number Figure 17: Photos Window Step 3. Navigate to the desired folder of photos and select a photo to view. [. . . ] In the Media Sync window, click Edit Sync Settings, Step 2. Use the Media Sync windows to add or remove folders from sync and change your file type and Sync Rules selections. Checking Sync Status To check the status of a sync, Step 1. In the Media Sync window, click Check Sync Status. Listed are the names of the computers on which sync was set up, the date of the last sync, and the Automatic Sync setting (On or Off). [. . . ]