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  • Page 1 Dune HD Center User manual This manual is suitable for firmware version: dune_firmware_hdcenter_sony_090424_0218_beta.dff or higher...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Transmission of analog 7.1 audio signal to an ● external amplifier(reciever) Connection to LAN and Internet ● 50. Firmware recovery procedure Connection of external USB drives ● 51. Specifications ● DUNE HD Center dimensions 19. System setup Setup menu ●...

  • Page 3: Key Features

    Key features of DUNE HD Center media player Chapter 1 Player features: Blu-Ray discs playback ● BD-ROM (Profile 1.1/2.0), as well as DVD and CD. Media content playback ● Video, Music and Pictures. Network drive operation ● NFS, SMB and some other HTTP clients.

  • Page 4: Graphics In The Menu Of Bd-Rom Disc

    Function description and Blu-ray disc partition contained in this manual are common and describe potential features of Blu-ray format. The menu configuration, functions set, as well as menu navigation are disc-dependent and may vary. Graphics in the menu of BD-ROM disc: Interactive Video elements...

  • Page 5: Operations With Hdd

    Operations with HDD How to tаke out the HDD 1. Shift the clamp upwards. 2. Keeping the clamp, turn the 3. Pull out the internal container handle outside from a player How to insert the HDD 1. Having convinced that the container 2.

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Package contents: 1. Dune HD Center media player 2. Remote control (batteries not included) 3. Power supply cord 4. AV cable 5. Quick start guide Notes on Discs The regional code of BD-DVD discs is shown on the rear panel of your player. Please refer to the end of this manual for description of regional codes of BD-DVD discs.

  • Page 7: Blu-Ray Regions

    Blu-Ray Regions А1 А1 Code Region 1 or A Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, USA 2 or B Europe, Oceania, Africa, Meadle East,, Greenlandia 3 or С Russia, PRC, Central and South Asia, Mongolia DVD Regions Code Region Canada, United States; U.S. territories; Bermuda Western and Central Europe;...

  • Page 8: Safety Measures

    To avoid electric shock, do not touch the plugged in device with wet hands and do not allow moisture within the case. If it happened, immediately unplug the device and contact an authorized Dune service center. Clean the device only with a dry soft cotton, or alike, cloth preventing accumulation of static discharges.

  • Page 9: Restrictions In Respect Of Content Playback

    Do not hinder the opening of the tray of the media player. If something hinders the tray opening, remove it and try again. Please remove the disc out of the player after viewing and turn off the player. Do not press the disc tray. Do not place any items on the tray. Voltage fluctuations in AC mains may result in improper operation of the device.

  • Page 10: Before Getting Started

    Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby DTS is a registered trademark & the DTS and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. logos and Symbol are trademarks of DTS, MODEL: HD Center lnc. 1996-2008 DTS, lnc. All Rights Reserved. AC~100-240V 50/60Hz, 27W min.

  • Page 11: Remote Control (Rc)

    Remote Control (RC) Chapter2 Command indicator (i.e. indicator of remote control response to button pressing) EJECT, MUTE, POWER – opening/closing of disk tray, sound on/off and standby mode on/off, respectively (Red) - INFO, (Green) - ZOOM, (Yelow) - MODE, (Blue) - SETUP –...

  • Page 12: Text Entry With Rc

    Text entry with RC 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: Entry of characters to a position pointed by the cursor. First pressing: entry of first character from a set of characters connected with the remote control. Each subsequent press- ing: you may change the entered character to the sequent one from the list.

  • Page 13: Menu

    Menu Chapter 3 Contextual menu MENU – show contextual menu with a list of available additional commands. Through contextual menu you can copy the edited text line to clipboard and paste the text line from the clipboard (into cursor position) STANDBY Mode Pressing of POWER button switches over the player to STANDBY mode.

  • Page 14: Connections

    10 sec. If after this time there is no picture (DUNE logo) on screen, it shall mean that there are connection errors. Please check Troubleshooting section in such a case.

  • Page 15: Connection To A Tv Set With Component Video

    Connection to a TV set with component video signal input (Component Video, Y, Cb, Cr) For this connection you should AUDIO IN use a 3RCA-3RCA video cable COMPONENT VIDEO IN and (optionally) a 2RCA- 2RCA audio cable for sound transmission to your TV set. Please note that video cable shall have an impedance of 75 Ohm, i.e.

  • Page 16: Transmission Of Digital Audio Signal To An Av

    If your AV receiver has a HDMI v1.3 input and decoders of up-to-date audio formats, you may enjoy a HD multi-channel sound in full. For this connection it is suggested to use an original DUNE HDMI-HDMI cable (not included, can be ordered separately).

  • Page 17: Transmission Of Analog Audio Signal To An

    Transmission of analog audio signal to external stereo amplifier (or TV set) An analog 2RCA-2RCA cable shall be used (not included). Connect audio output AUDIO L R of your play- AUDIO IN er with audio input of your stereo amplifier Select relevant input using INPUT SELEC- TOR switch.

  • Page 18: Connection To Lan And Internet

    Connection to LAN and Internet A standard Cat5 or Cat6 Ethernet cable with RJ45 connectors should be used (not included). Connection of external USB drives Your media player is equipped with a socket for connection of external data storage devices with USB interface. There are two standard A-type USB ports for this purpose.

  • Page 19: System Setup

    System setup Chapter 5 This chapter describes a list of settings of different functions of your media player. Setup menu Access to the setup menu only in file browser mode WARNING During playback of media files and DVDs any access to the setup menu is disabled.

  • Page 20: Menu: Settings

    Menu: Settings General In this menu section you may adjust general interface language and time of screensaver activation.

  • Page 21: Video

    Video In this section you will find settings of video output type (digital HDMI or analog) and adjusting of video resolution on selected output. Resolution value adjusted will be used by default for any file played with the media player. Read carefully your TV or projection set instructions.

  • Page 22: Audio

    Audio This section of settings allows setting of connection type of relevant audio equipment Digital audio output mode: you may switch the mode of digital output PCM (Pulse Code Modulation, forced conversion): a mode in which original track, i.e. Dolby Digital or DTS, is converted in Pulse Code form. It is supported by decoders of virtually any up-to-date audio equipment.
  • Page 23 HDMI audio: turn on and off transmition of audio signal via HDMI Blu-Ray audio When set to «Best quality» and «Digital audio output mode» set to «bitstream», the primary audiotrack is sent to S/PDIF and HDMI as bitstream not depending on the presence of secondary audiotrack;...

  • Page 24: Network

    Network. This section describes main parameters of functioning of media player in LAN or Internet. Connection. You may select a type of connection which will be used by default. It may be Wire (twisted-pair cable connection) or Wireless (Wi-Fi connection; optional). Or you may select a LAN-free use by selecting No.

  • Page 25: Information

    Information Includes all system information on your device. Others This section describes additional settings of your media player.

  • Page 26: Display View

    Display view You may select shape and type of the player menu which will be displayed by default. You may use the menu type that is most suitable for you. It may be icons, or text messages for displaying all functions of your media player.

  • Page 27: Iptv

    IPTV This section describes media player setting for reception of IPTV channels. You only need to choose the name of your IPTV provider from the list in Setup. All other steps will be made by the player automatically. • List of IPTV providers may vary depending on programming time. IPTV protocols: Multicast UDP (raw), RTP.

  • Page 28: Coding

    Coding Display of text information in the menu and submenus of media player.

  • Page 29: Playback

    Playback Chapter 6 Blu-ray operations Playing of a standard Blu-ray or normal DVD disc. Before playing any optical discs, we suggest you to refer to the ‘Settings. Other. Optical drive’. In this section you will need to select an operation that will be performed by the media player by default, after inserting of a BD-ROM or DVD-ROM disc, respectively.
  • Page 30 Vol+ / Vol- – volume control INFO – information on current status of media player. • current operation: PLAY, PAUSE, etc. • type of optical media used currently: BD-ROM, BD-R, etc. • type of sound track: Stream type DD, DD+, DTS, etc. •...

  • Page 31: Dvd-Video Playback

    DVD-Video playback After starting playback of a DVD disk from external optical drive or a material in a DVD-Video format from a folder on HDD, you will get to the DVD player. This interface is only intended for operation of DVD-Video. ●...

  • Page 32: Mediacenter

    Mediacenter Chapter 7 File browser File browser allows browsing of all files and folders available. Browsing starts from the Main page, which includes sub-divisions corresponding to connected drives, including network resources. select previous file/folder from the list. Move the cursor to the area of indication of the current path (in case of selection of the first element from the list).
  • Page 33 Page-Up: select a file from the top of the page displayed / move one page up. Page-Down: select a file from the end of the page displayed / move one page down. RETURN/Left: return to the main folder ENTER/Right: enter the folder (when selected). …or start playing of selected media file / showing of digital picture.

  • Page 34: Selection Of Files And Folders

    Selection of files and folders To execute operations with several files/folders at the same time, you may select these files/folders. Use SELECT button on your RC or commands of contextual menu. You may select files/folders only within the current folder. In case of switch to another folder, the information on selections will be reset.

  • Page 35: File Player

    To copy or relocate several files/folders at once, you should select these files/ ● folders. In case of moving of files/folders within one section of a drive, there is no physical copying thereof (only the drive catalog is refreshed), files/folders are moved to the new location instantly.
  • Page 36 Left/Right/Up/Down Page-Up/Page-Down. First pressing: switch to playback item change mode. Subsequent pressings: change desired playback item: ● Left/Right: backward/forward by 10 sec. Up/Down: backward/forward by 1 min. Page-Up/Page-Down: backward/forward by 10 min. To exit the item selection mode and switch over to selected ●...

  • Page 37: Photo Viever

    Photo viever The media player have a Photo viewing function. Supported formats: JPG, PNG, BMP. In options of a mode of a Photo viewing it is possible to adjust the time of display of pictures with an interval of a delay from 3 seconds till 1 day. As it is possible to set the type of effect which will be used from one picture to another.
  • Page 38 RC usage: INFO: show \ hide info about current Photo file: format – file type, width – quantity of horizontal dots, Height - quantity of vertical dots, Bit Depth. MENU: show\hide Playlist of Photos ● [7] – Slideshow on/of. ● [8] –...
  • Page 39 Following RC buttons are enabled in the mode of picture parameters setting: Up/Down: select previous/subsequent proportion parameter. Left/Right: decrease/increase parameter value (proportionate). CLEAR: reset to default value. To exit from picture parameter setting mode, press ENTER (or wait until automatic ●...
  • Page 40 In case of Special setting selection, following RC buttons are enabled: Left/Right: decrease/increase picture size (proportionate change of frame size). Up/Down: increase/decrease vertical stretching (propor- tion adjustment). Page-Up/Page-Down: increase/decrease overscan area (equalizing of picture cropping by TV set). To exit ZOOM mode, press ENTER...

  • Page 41: Network Disks Operation

    Network disks operation Chapter 8 You may connect to your player network disks with SMB and NFS protocols. ВIt is possible to connect any number of network disks. Each network disk con- nected is displayed in root directory of the file browser (Main page) as a special folder or an icon.

  • Page 42: Connection Through Smb Protocol

    Execute the Create a network folder command using the contextual menu (MENU button of the RC). In pop-up dialog box adjust network folder parameters. In Name area enter any name which you like. This name will be displayed in the file browser for this external resource.

  • Page 43: Connection With Nfs Protocol

    Start Windows Explorer and enter in address line \\IP-address-of-the-player\inter- nal_hard_disk (e.g.: \\10.0.0.3\internal_hard_disk). ● You can also address to your player as follows: \\IP-address-of-the player\\dune\ internal_hard_disk and \\dune. If you fail to get access to the player from the network, please refer to Trouble-...

  • Page 44: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Chapter 9 General TROUBLE: the device does not switch on. SOLUTION: check, if the media player is connected to AC mains. TROUBLE: the device is properly connected to the mains, but works improperly. SOLUTION: 1. it is possible that the temperature requirements were not observed, and there is condensate on internal parts.
  • Page 45 1. HDMI-connection is not available at all, although everything is duly connected and ad- justed. 2. Recurrent failure or jumping of picture during video playback or operation of file browser. 3. Recurrent warning on TV screen about change of video mode during video play- back or operation of file browser.

  • Page 46: Bd-Rom Player

    Please refer to ‘Key features of DUNE HD Center’ and ‘Notes on discs’ sections for full list of discs and AV codec types.
  • Page 47 PC players, the DUNE player may not do this (since the HW decoder of the player and/or player software are not designed for playback of such...
  • Page 48 Player software or hardware limitations or errors. These limitations or errors may be potentially eliminated in future firmware updates. Please watch for updates. * If you think that a file is not played back by the player by mistake (or is played back improperly) and wish to draw attention of program developers, you may inform HDI about it by e-mail.
  • Page 49 To change network folder settings: select the network folder in the file browser. Execute ● the “Change the network folder” command using the contextual menu. In pop-up dia- logbox modify network folder parameters. Press OK. To delete the network folder: select the network folder in file browser. Execute the “De- ●...

  • Page 50: Firmware Recovery Procedure

    Firmware recovery procedure Chapter 10 In a case of firmware upgrade crashed (e.g. the player is switched off dur- ing firmware upgrade), firmware recovery is possible in most cases (except the case when the new firmware version has a modified “kernel” part and the upgrade crashes exactly when rewriting this “kernel”...

  • Page 51: Specifications

    3 x USB Host LAN connection LAN Ethernet 100 Mbit/sec Wi-Fi Size, mm 435,5mm (width) x 301,5mm (depth) x 81mm (height) DUNE HD Center dimensions 301,5mm 81,1mm 435,5mm * Note: Files with specific coding features or specific combinations of containers/ codecs may not be played, or played with limitations or improperly.
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