EZCast Pro User manual

EZCast Pro
User’s Manual
Rev. 1.02

General
“EZCast Pro” is a new product based on successful wireless app EZCast,
and adds some new features for commercial/educational application. It
supports Multi-users Display under our new Host Control System and Content
Broadcasting function. There are still more new features to be added soon,
please download and enjoy our EZCast Pro features with your EZCast Pro
hardware!
Hardware Installation
The EZCast Pro dongle is compatible with MHL interface, so there are 2
ways to connect with EZCast Pro dongle with your receiver devices like TV,
Monitor or Projector. Use the switch to choose HDMI output or MHL output,
please be noted your MHL device must provide 900mA power, and if you use
HDMI out, you will need external 5V/1A DC power to bring up the dongle.
MHL
HDMI
Plug into MHL port directly to use it directly.
*Requires 900mA from MHL port
Use external DC power, and make sure
you're your USB DC power can provide 1A
current.

App (iOS/Android)
!iOS System requirements
iOS
iOS 7 and above
Device
All iPhone model after iPhone 4
All iPad model after iPad 2
All iPod touch after iPod touch 4th generation
Resolution
support
!iPhone: 480x320~1136x640
!iPad: 1024x768~2048x1536
Storage
At least 40MB free space needed
!Android OS System requirements
Phone/Pad
Android 4.0 ICS model with 1GB RAM
Resolution
WVGA ~1080p
Storage
At least 40MB free space needed
!Start up
1. After booting up successfully, you will see the main menu, it shows the
download & connect methods, SSID & password, and network link
status.
!Download
2. You can use QR code scanner app to scan the QR code on display,
then you will be redirected to download our app:
3. Or you can search the App name “EZCast Pro” in App Store or Google
Play.

!Device Connection
1. Before you start the app, please connect your iOS device’s WiFi with
EZCast Pro SSID (ex: EZCastPro_xxxxxxxx)
2. Once you’ve connected to EZCastPro, the on-screen link status will be
updated and show how many devices are linking to it directly.
!App starts (below photos are based on iOS version)
1. When you execute the app, if you are not linking to EZCast Pro, you
can only use several functions in offline mode.
2. Click “EZCastPro” icon, the device will be listed, you can select the
device you like to cast if there are more than one.
*Note: EZCast Pro app only works with EZCast Pro hardware now, it’s not
compatible with normal EZCast product.
3. In the first time of app launching, there will be a pop up WiFi router list
so that you can link with your WiFi router through EZCast Pro device to
keep internet surfing.

*Note: After setting up your internet, sometimes the connection between EZCast
Pro and your mobile phone might be disconnected because of different WiFi router
channel. Please remember to reconnect again.
4. There is another link mode, Infrastructure mode, which allows you to
link with EZCast Pro through router. However, the performance may
not as good as direct link, and you will need to enter the setting to
enable it if need it.
*Please be noted EZCast Pro app will only works with EZCast Pro
hardware device.

!App Features
Photo Viewer
"You will have to allow EZCast Pro to share your camera roll and
enable the location service before using Photo function.

"In Photo viewer, you can select photo and it will be displayed on
your TV. You can also use gesture control to zoom in/out or
change photos.
"We developed a practical tool called “Sketch”, you can draw
on the photo you picked, and save it if you like.
Document Viewer
"The document viewer can support MS-office, PDF, and Apple’s
iWorks. Before you start to cast, please remember to sync the
document files to your iOS device through iTunes.
"The document viewer supports sketch as well, that means you can
make some note on the document, and save the page to camera
roll.
＊ Please be noted some documents may not be displayed the same as shown
on PC.

Live Camera
"Live camera is a real object camera which allows you to stream
the image from mobile device’s camera, and take a snap shot to
edit.
"You can adjust image quality, switch from Front/Rear camera. You
can enable Sketch and save the current image to album.
Video Player
"There are 2 sources to video streaming. One is to sync the video
you like through iTunes (iTunes File Syncing), or you can select
video from your recorded video (Camera Roll)
"Please be noted iOS will compress the recorded video before
streaming to save the bandwidth, you can decide if you want to
save it in EZCast Pro app for future use.
"You can also sync subtitle file to EZCast Pro, just make sure the
filename is the same with your video and sync through iTunes, it
will be automatically shown with video playing.
＊ It only supports MPEG1/2/4/H.264, and RMVB video formats. For subtitle, we
support srt, smi, ssa and cdg formats with UTF-8 coding.
For subtitle support, please see demo video: http://goo.gl/0yq5Z8

Music Player
"The music player allows you to stream music through WiFi, and
we can support playlist.
"There are multiple music formats supporte: ape, flac, ogg, mp3,
wma, wav, rm, m4a, aac, ra, aif, aiff, mka
＊ Please be noted EZCast Pro can’t access your iTunes music library due to iOS
limitation, so you must use iTunes to sync the audio you like to our app.
Web Browser
"EZCast Pro comes with a built-in browser, and we also categorize
several popular websites for you.
"The web page will dynamically change with different country
setting in your device.
"Sketch function is also supported.
Cloud Storage
"We will link to your personal Dropbox and *Google Drive account
to let you access your cloud storage anywhere. All content will be

shown for you to download and display.
"You can enable sketch function if you download and decode a
document file.
*iOS version doesn’t support Google Drive yet.
Live TV
"We categorized different internet TV sites for you, so that you can
easily select the TV list and watch the program instantly.
"The list may vary with different country setting.
Cloud Media
"Cloud media is a shortcut for all major web video sites, you can
link to Youtube, Vimeo and other on-line video sites with the
existing shortcuts.
Comment
"We treasure your feedback either good or bad, so we created an
innovative way to communicate with you. You can send some
comments or suggestions to us directly, and all the inputs will be

the best way to drive us better.
!
Update
"Update function allows you to check the app version, history and
update it up to date.
Setting
"In setting function, you can setup EZCast Receiver’s
configurations including output resolution, change SSID password,
setup router connection for internet surfing, boot up mode priority
and update the latest FW over the air.
"We also added a new linking mode to allow you link with dongle
through router, however, please be noted the performance may be
impacted if you choose to link through router due to distance or
router performance.
!Special Features:
#AirPlay
"You can connect use iOS Airplay to discover our dongle under
single user (host) mode. Just simply swipe up and enable AirPlay.

#DLNA DMR
"DLNA is an industrial standard which allows you to stream
multimedia formats through WiFi/LAN
"In the main menu, you can also use DMLA app to push multimedia
files to EZCast Pro for streaming.
#Preferred Device
"We added a special mode “Preferred device” which will remember
your device ID. You can save the current hardware to preferred
device, and the app will find the preferred device and link to it
directly next time.

#Host control
"When you are the first user link to EZCast Pro and open the app,
you will become the “Host”.
"Host has the authority to control the display, that means Host role
can use all features without limitation
"The next or later coming users will be treated as “Guest”, some
functions will be disabled under Guest mode, and you will need to
get Host’s permission to display.

＊ Once the current host quits from app, the second user will become host
automatically.
!
AirView
"You can enable AirView function to see the current display content
on EZCast Pro hardware, this is a great tool for display sharing.
"This function will not need Host’s permission to enable.
＊ This feature doesn’t support video or audio streaming.
!
!
Preference
"Except Preferred device setting, you can also enable/disable the
inquiry from guests, or automatically allow all display requests
from guests without showing pop-up message.

!
Split Screen
"EZCast Pro device will allow max. 4 users to display on screen
together, but only Host can decide the position he wants, other
guest’s screens will be placed automatically after the request is
allowed.

EZMirror (Only for Windows and Android)
"EZMirror is fully compatible with Miracast, you can click the
EZMirror button in EZCast app, and the receiver will be switched
to Miracast mode.
"Once you turn it on, there will be a 60seconds countdown for your
mobile phone to connect with the receiver. Please select your
Miracast function in your mobile phone setting page.
"We also recommend you link your smart phone to your home
network at the same time to keep internet connection.