Fusion Research Genesis Movie Server User manual

FUSION RESEARCH
Genesis
Movie Server
Installation Guide
April 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1:
Before you get started... t
he basics
............................ 4
Chapter 2:
Setti
ng up your Genesis Movie Server
........................ 9
ng up your Genesis Movie Server ........................ 9ng up your Genesis Movie Server
Chapter 3:
Loading
movies
on
a Fusion server
.............................
18
Chapter 4:
Navigating your Fusion system ......
.
..........................
2
6
Chapter 5:
Managing you movie collection
.................................
38
Chapter 6:
Adding additional zone players
......
............................
4
3
Chapter 7:
Adding additional
storage capacity
.............................. 4
storage capacity .............................. 4storage capacity
4
Chapter 8:
Warranty
and repair
Warranty and repairWarranty
information
and repair information and repair
................................
4
5
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Chapter 1
Before you get started... the basics
THE BASICS:
Fusion’s Genesis Movie Server is as easy to install and use as a standard DVD
player. There are, however, a few ways to hook it up, depending on the
components you have in your entertainment system.
This movie server is an HDMI based product, which means that the HDMI
cable outputs both video and audio together, with up to 1080p stunning
resolution and HD surround sound. We’ll cover the following:
• Fusion’s HDMI requires two-way communication
•
Test your HDMI handshaking for errors
•
Setting up component for your system
(if necessary)
HDMI cables offer the highest quality sound and picture for getting movies
onto your television. These cables carry both the audio and the video mak-
ing them a great choice for simple and clean connections and up to 1080p
high defi nition resolution.
If your television or receiver doesn’t support HDMI, don’t worry, we’ll cover
that later.
(Your TV must support 720p or higher – older standard defi nition
TVs are not supported)

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CONNECTING
HDMI D
IRECTLY TO YOUR TV
:
You may c
onnect the HDMI cable directly from your movie server to the TV
for both sound & video. Sound will come from the speakers in the TV and
the audio output will be two-channel stereo.
Tech Tip:
In the Setup Menu, you will want to set the Audio Wizard
to output “HDMI - Stereo Output”
(see Chapter 2 for details)
as
most televisions cannot down-mix surround sound.
CONNECTING
HDMI
TO A RECEIVER
(
w
/HDMI INPUTS)
w/HDMI INPUTS)w
:
Connect the HDMI cable from the movie server to the receiver for both
sound and video. The receiver will take the audio from the HDMI cable and
send the video to the TV
.
send the video to the TV. send the video to the TV
Note:
If you are plugging into a receiver that is powering more than 2
speakers (surround sound), you will want to change your audio setting on
the movie server
to
“HDMI - Surround Sound”.
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Before you get started... the basics
CONNECTING
TO A RECEIVER
(
w
/out HDMI INPUTS)
w/out HDMI INPUTS)w
:
Connect the HDMI cable directly from the movie server to your television
for video. Connect an optical cable
(digital toslink)
directly from the
movie server to your receiver for audio.
Note which input you’ve plugged the optical cable into on the receiver so
you can select the appropriate input on the front of the receiver.
Using the same Audio Wizard we spoke of earlier, you must set the audio to
“Optical Digital Output”.
CONNECTING
USING COMPONENT VIDEO CABLES
:
Currently, CV cables are typically only used for component distribution or
for older displays or projectors that only support component video. To
connect a movie server to a display with component video, requires an ap-
proved HDMI to component adapter.
You can purchase one of these by calling Fusion Research at 925-217-1233
and asking for an FR-COM, if you require a composite or S-Video input,
please let us know, we also have an adapter for these as well.
HDMI cable
Optical cable

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Chapter 1
Before you get started... the basics
C
ABLES REQ
UIRED F
OR COMPO
NENT VIDEO INSTALLATION
:
Component Video cables can support both 720p and 1080i video
resolution, but no sound. You will need to connect a separate
audio cable for the type of sound you need
(one of two types
shown below)
Digital Optical cable for your receiver, which supports 5.1 Dolby
surround sound.
Stereo analog cables, which typically connect directly to the
television.
CONNECTING VIA COMPONENT
,
CONNECTING VIA COMPONENT, CONNECTING VIA COMPONENT
USING A
TELEVISION
FOR
PIC
TURE AND SOUND
:
Connect the HDMI cable to the FR-COM component adapter. Then plug your
three component video RGB or red-green-blue cables into your TV. Connect
your audio cables
(red & white)
from the FR-COM
to the television for sound.
CONNECTING VIA COMPONENT
,
CONNECTING VIA COMPONENT, CONNECTING VIA COMPONENT
USING A
TELEVISION
FOR
PIC
TURE, A RECEIVER FOR SOUND
:
Connect the HDMI cable to the FR-COM component adapter. Then plug your
three component video RGB or red-green-blue cables into your TV. Connect
your optical audio cable from the server directly to the receiver.
Remember the input you selected for the server on the receiver.
Remember the input you selected for the server on the receiver.
Component cable
Stereo analog cable
HDMI
Component cable
HDMI
Optical cable
FR-COM
FR-COM

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Chapter 1
Before you get started... the basics
HDMI HANDSHAKING:
HDMI is by far the most effi c
ie
nt
(and in many cases the only
)
(and in many cases the only)(and in many cases the only
method of
transmitting audio
and video
from one compo
nent to an-
other. Unfortu
nately there
are many i
ssues that go along
with this performance and
convenience. The primary
one
is losing the
“handshake”
between two devices.
The fi rst important step is to determine if you even have an HDMI problem.
Movie servers are different from simpler devices like DVD players or cable
boxes; they require full two-way communication with the display device.
Step one is to run a quick and simple test during your installation. All Fu-
sion systems are designed to run 24/7 and typically are left powered on
(although this is not a requirement).
Every evening, the unit will reset
itself at approximately 4AM unless a movie is playing on the unit.
Some receivers or displays do
not maintain their EDID output
(or hand-
shake)
when powered off. When this happens the Fusion server will lose its
HDMI connection and no longer will have the correct and required EDID for
maintaining proper video output. This is very easy to check for and can be
remedied if discovered.
TESTING FOR HDMI HANDSHAKING ISSUES:
Turn your receiver and TV off, then power off and restart the Fusion server.
After the server has completely restarted
(one full minute)
, power on the
receiver and TV and check for correct video output. If your equipment
maintains its EDID properly the video will be fi ne. If however, you have a
black screen, the resolution is incorrect, or the picture has shifted, you
have an HDMI handshaking issue.
These types of problems are common enough that there are a number of
manufacturers that make and sell EDID learning devices to fi x this problem.
Gefen & Atlona both make EDID learning devices which are small adapt-
ers that can be used in-line to maintain EDID. Gefen’s HDMI detective is a
very popular solution, another simple solution is to use a small HDMI switch
which maintains EDID.
Be sure to remember NEVER to hot swap or plug
and unplug HDMI cables when equipment is powered up!

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g up your
Genesis Movie Server
g up your Genesis Movie Serverg up your
POWERING UP T
HE SYSTEM
:
Your Genesis system is a hard drive based server with the ability to store all
your DVD and Blu-rays as well as play them back.
When placing the system in your equipment rack or elsewhere, it is impor-
tant to provide adequate ventilation. All server based products will gener-
ate some heat and will require ventilation, failure to provide adequate
airfl ow may result in hard drive damage or other hardware issues.
To power the unit up or down, touch the front silver power button once
and release.
DO NOT hold the power button down to force the unit to
shutdown. Doing so may damage the operating system.
Tech Tip:
Great effort has been made to engineer this server to
be as quiet as possible; however it is important to understand that
this is both a player and a powerful server. The system will still
emit some fan noise, especially under load and thought must be given to
the placement of the unit to keep it cool and well ventilated.
CONNECTIONS ON THE
GENESIS MOV
IE SERVER
:
To begin setting up your server, pl
ug in the power
(
Note:
Fusion server
s
Fusion servers Fusion server
should always be plugged into a UPS device.
)
Connect the HDMI cable to
your display
,
your display, your display
conne
ct
to your
home’s internet service
(required for
i
mport-
ing movies)
a
nd ens
ure that the IR emitter is
plu
gged into a USB slot.

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INI
TIAL SETUP
:
Once you have all the connecti
ons
in place,
p
ower the system on and you
should see the screen below.
Note:
Fusion may have pre-installed 1 or 2 movies in its prep for shipment
To complete the setup of the system, use the supplied IR remote and hit
the i button [Menu] to bring up the following screen. From here you will
be able to complete the setup of the system using the remote.
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REMO
TE CONTROL FUNCTIONS
:
Fusion servers and players ship with supplied generic media center IR re-
motes. Fusion is not a media center product, we’ve merely shared the IR
codes, making the use of many types of remotes possible.
These remotes can be used for controlli
ng the system, however their
main purpose
is to help you set
up a univer
sal-type IR remote or IP
control system. Here are some
of the functions available on t
he remote
:
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Navigation buttons
:
Up
, Down, Left &
Right.
The
[OK
] button
selects the
various
on
screen options.
Menu Button:
Brings up system
menus as well as
disc menus when in
playback mode.
Transport
buttons
:
All the standard
m
ovie playback
functions
Exit Button
Disc M
enu Button
(When playing a movie
)
P
age Up & Down
Sidebar
M
enu
(in GUI)
OSD Menu
(When
playing a movie
)
Sort Movies
Filter
Movies
%
Button:
Allows you to sk
ip to
a percentage of the
movie collection or
i
nto the mov
ie i
t
s
elf
.
i.
e. 3 = 30%, 6 = 6
0%

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REQUIRED SOFTWARE
:
This Fusion system has been designed to store home movies and unencrypted
DVD & Blu-ray movies. Fusion does not condone any other use for this prod-
uct and suggests owners should respect the copyrights of others.
If you are going to store your own commercially encrypted DVDs or Blu-
ray you will fi rst need to purchase a license of AnyDVD HD. Once you have
purchased a license you will need to take the registration key they email to
you and put it on a USB key. Insert that USB key into an available USB slot on
your server.
Once you’ve done that, push the i button on the remote to bring up the
[Main Menu], select [Setup Menu] and then [Disc]. You will then navigate
down to the Manage AnyDVD utility, click [Manage], then [Install].
Once the A
nyDVD
HD
has fi nished installing, it will automatically reboot
the
system. When the GUI comes back up you will now be able
to
insert a DVD
or Blu-ray into the drive and the system will automatically fi nd the
movie
information and begin the import process.

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COMMERCIALLY ENCRYPTED
MOVIES
:
Fusion fully respects the rights of IP and media copyright holders. Fusion does not
condone illegal copying or distribution of any copyrighted materials. No Fusion
product ships with decryption software that may be used to violate copyright laws.
Any use of Fusion products for any illegal purpose is strictly prohibited. All users of
Fusion products should own all content stored on the product including, music and
videos. All other content license rules and regulations as defi ned by the copyright
holder shall be adhered to including but not limited to the prohibition of any il-
legal distribution or copying of any content that has been loaded onto the server.
In no event shall Fusion or its resellers be liable for any losses dues to illegal use
of this product or any incidental, exemplary, special, or consequential damages
regardless of whether Fusion was advised of the possibility of such damages.
V
IDEO
RESOLUTION SETUP
:
If connecting via HDMI, the system may set
the correct resoluti
on for the
display automatically. If it does not, it’s easy to set in the menu.
Go to
[Main Menu], select [Setup Menu]/[Machine]
/
[Set
Up
Video
]
. You
should be looking
at the
screen below.

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To adjust the resolution, select the resolution option and adjust to the
desired setting.
NOTE:
Once you hit apply, you will need to reboot the system for the settings
to take affect
.
Along with the resolution you can adjust the screen saver timer
(by min-
ute)
or turn it off completely.
FUSION
INTERFACE ADJUSTMENTS
:
You can also adjust the graphic user interface or GUI overscan settings.
You’ll want to do this when the GUI is larger th
an the display it
self,
(i.e.
a Plasma
display)
.
TechTip:
Fusion does so
methi
ng unique by decoupling the GUI
(the movie interface)
from the
video playback engine
(the movie
itself)
.
This enables the user to set the
GUI
separately
.
separately. separately
Y
ou’d
You’d Y
want to use this when sett
ing up a
server in
a projector system with an
anamorphic
lens and a 2.3
5-1 ratio scree
n. The GUI will be full screen but
the movie will still be untouched and ready for an anamorphic lens.

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An example
of a Fusion GUI stre
tched for a 2.35-1 screen
VIDEO PLAYBACK ADJUSTMENTS:
It is rare to need to adjust the unders
can of the actual video
playback
engine, but should you re
quire it,
navigate
to
[Main Menu]/[Set Up Menu]/
[Set Up Video]
.
Here you will be able to adjust the playback engine simi-
la
rly to how you adjusted the GUI
previously.
While you are in th
is screen you may also adjust the
rows of movie tit
les
you will see on the screen
(default is
three)
. You can a
lso
show
or hide the
advanced tab
that appears on t
h
e movie detail
screen.
The advanced tab allows the user to
update the c
over art and meta data of
a movie or delete a mov
ie, right from t
he main detail screen.

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AUDIO SETUP
:
You
may set the
audio outputs for DVD
and Blu-ray play
back
separately
.
separately. separately
However, a simple
“audio wizard” has been created to allow you to set
everything at once.
Go to
[Main Menu], select [Set Up Menu]/[Machine]
/
[
Set
Up
Audio
]
.
Simply select the appropriate output setting and click apply. All audio
settings will be confi gured. Any audio output changes will take effect
immediately, no rebooting is required.
NOTE:
If you require digital surround and analog output to be hot at the same
time, you will need an adaptor to decode the digital surround to stereo
two-channel. This will be an adaptor similar to the Gefen GTV-DD-2-AA. It’s
important to make sure that the adaptor support digital surround sound.
You will not be able to run HDMI output and analog output at the same time.
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SETTING THE
IP ADD
RESS
:
Your Fusi
on server has shipped wit
h a Dynamic IP setting. Every
t
ime the
system is powered on
, it will acquire an available IP address. If you are us-
ing
only
one
server
(no additional zone players)
and
an IR remote to control
the
server, you may leave it on dynami
c.
I
f, however, you are installing se
veral Fusion zones, using additional NAS
storage devices or are control
lin
g the system
with a
n
IP
-based home aut
o-
mation control system, you will want to set a
static IP
address. This will
ensur
e that the machines will
ALWA
YS communic
ALWAYS communic ALWA
ate with each other cor-
rectly. You will also want to copy the Gateway and DNS from your router to
make sure that our system can contact our database during importation.
T
ec
TecT
hTip
:
When setting a
static IP, you should always set it outside
the n
ormal
dy
namic range of your router
(i
.e. x.x.x.5
0 - x.x.x.100)
.
This
ensures that you’ll never get an IP confl ic
t when another
de-
vice is turned on
that accesses the network.
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Chapter 3
Loading movies onto a Fusion server
TWO WAYS TO LOAD MOVIES ONTO A FUSION
SYSTEM
:
There are two primary ways to load movies on
to a
Fusion server.
1. Load
ing a DVD or Blu-ray directly in the front of the server
2.
Loading a DVD or Blu-ray through a PC on the home network
TechTip:
DVDs and Blu-ray don’t actually have any movie infor-
mation or cover art on the discs themselves; they only have a
numerical identifi cation code. Fusion servers are able to catalog
and provide this movie information by contacting the Fusion online
database when the disc is loaded. Once loaded, the information is perma-
nently saved and stored onto your system.
Y
OU MUST BE CON
NECTE
D TO THE INTER
NET TO LOAD MOVIES!
LOADING VIA THE FRONT TRAY ON THE SERVER
:
This is probably t
he easi
est method to load a DVD or
Blu-ray onto the sys-
te
m. Simply insert the
disc into the
tr
ay on the front of the machine and
allow it app
roximately a minute to spool
and identify the
disc.
(
Note
:
As
disc
ussed pre
viou
sly in th
is manual
, to load a commercially en-
crypted disc, you’ll have already needed to purchase AnyDVD HD software
and re
gistered it on our server. For home movies, this is not req
uired.)
When importing from
the front tr
ay you may
physically scro
ll over and cli
c
k [import] o
r if
you do nothing, the disc will automatically
begin to imp
ort after 30 seconds. This auto-
matic import s
ervice
f
or both DVD & Blu-ray
is called EasyLoad
™.

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After the movie
has been found in Fusion’s database, the following screen
will offer you
several options:
1.
Play t
he p
hysical disc
2.
Import
3. Eject the disc
As menti
oned earlier, if
no command has been issued after 30 seconds, the
system will automatically import t
he disc
.
IF THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE MOV
IE INFORMATION
:
Fusion
’s database system currently
has over 1
20,000 cataloged tit
les and
grows
every
day. If a
movie cannot be
found, a keyboard screen will pop
up and allow you to put the
tit
le of the
movie in yourself.
It
is very important
to
type o
ut the complete titl
e of the movie
exactly as it appea
rs on t
he disc itself, you only get one
opportunity to tit
le t
he disc
.
Chapter 3
Loading movies onto a Fusion server

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Chapter 3
Loading movies onto a Fusion server
(
Note:
It is normal for the system to t
ake se
veral min
utes of searching
before it gives up and allows you to p
ut in the title manually.)
Once you’ve entered t
he title in
formati
on
, the system will do a smart
search to try and fi nd the
correct cover
art and me
correct cover art and mecorrect cover
ta data information. It
will then repeat the opportunity to ei
ther import manually or automatically
after 30 seconds.
If you’ve loaded a disc an
d no
cover art or meta
dat
a is found, a report is
sent Fusion’s headquarters. We have a team of people who correct the
movie information in the d
atabase. A general rul
e of thumb is to give
us 3-5 business days to c
orrect the information. Then select the movie,
navigate over to the [
Advanced] tab
(if enable
d f
rom the setup menu
d from the setup menud f
)
a
nd
select the [Update Metadata] option. This will research our database and
correct any
movie information that is missing or inaccurate.
TechTip:
Y
ou also have the opportunity to correct the movie
You also have the opportunity to correct the movie Y
data yourself using the Fusion Media Manager
software on
a PC
on your
home network. Alternatively, you can email us at
on your home network. Alternatively, you can email us at on your
dvd_
m
[email protected]
to alert us to the fact that you’ve loaded this title.
We can then fi x it for you
and even change it on your s
ystem!
LOADING TI
MES
:
Loading times o
f
movies can vary greatly. There are a number of factors
to be taken into
account. Obviously the size of the
disc is the fi
rst consid-
eration.
(A DVD
averages around 6.5GB, a Blu-ray can be anywhere from
25GB
-50
GB
.)
Scratches
, fi ngerprints and
manufactur
ing imperfections can
also
cause the loading process to take much longer as the system tries to
correct for the
se defi
ciencies
that may push the process over an hour.
Look for between 20-40 m
in
utes as an average load time.