Honeywell AutomationServer User manual

Honeywell
Automation
Server
With Digital Deck
Advanced Media
Manager
User Guide

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Title: Digital Deck Entertainment System User Guide
Part Number: DD000300-01010003
Release Number: v HW01
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Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-vii
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-viii
Chapter 1 Digital Deck Entertainment Sys-
tem Overview
System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
HAS Component Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
HAS (Honeywell Automation Server) . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
eDeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
How the HAS with AMM Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
“Connected Home” Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Digital Deck Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
“Whole Home” Digital Video Recorder . . . . . . . . 1-14
Chapter 2 Watching Television
Television Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Changing Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Surfing Channels Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Using the Channel Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Searching for Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Using the Transport Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

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Chapter 3 Recording Shows
Recording Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Recording a Live Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Scheduling a Show to be Recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Managing Your Scheduled Recordings . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Prioritize Your Scheduled Recordings . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Recording Function Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Watch Recorded Shows and Digital Video Files . 3-15
Chapter 4 Enjoying Your Entertainment Me-
dia Files
PC Files Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Managing Your Digital Entertainment Media Files . 4-2
Adding Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Deleting Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Creating Playlists and Slide Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Watching Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Viewing Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Viewing Slide Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Chapter 5 Playing DVDs and Video Tapes
Playing DVDs and Video Tapes Overview . . . . . . . . 5-2
Watching Video Locally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Watching Video from a Video Device in Another Room
5-5
Controlling Devices Connected to an Deck . . . . . . 5-8

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Chapter 6 Searching for Media
Searching Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Searching for Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Network and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Glossary Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

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Preface
The Honeywell Automation Server (HAS) with Digital
Deck Advanced Media Manger (AMM) combines
leading-edge entertainment features, such as media
server and whole-home DVR, to deliver a wide range of
entertainment—including music, photography, TV, and
movies—throughout the home. AMM addresses the
individual entertainment preferences of every member of
your household.
With Digital Deck AMM you can watch, pause, and
rewind live TV, record your favorite shows with the
touch of a button, watch recorded shows in any room,
view slideshows of your digital photos from any TV,
listen to your digital music through any TV or stereo, and
watch movies from DVD players or VCRs anywhere in
the house. Now, live and recorded entertainment can be
enjoyed wherever and whenever you like.
This User Guide will show you how to take advantage of
these and other entertainment features of your HAS with
a simple click on your Digital Deck remote control.

Preface
About This Guide
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About This Guide 0
Each chapter in this User Guide contains a functionality
overview and step-by-step, illustrated procedures that
walk you through the individual features of the HAS
system.
Chapter 1: Digital Deck Entertainment Network
Overview—Learn more about your Digital Deck system,
its components, and its unique features.
Chapter 2: Watching Television—Learn how to use the
Digital Deck television features to find and view
programs.
Chapter 3: Recording Shows—Learn how to record,
prioritize recordings, and view recorded programs.
Chapter 4: Viewing Your Entertainment Media Files—
Learn how to manage and play your digital music, photo,
and video entertainment files.
Chapter 5: Playing DVDs and Video Tapes—Learn
how to access and control your VCR and DVD players on
Digital Deck from any room.
Chapter 6: Searching for Media—Find your favorite
shows and all of your digital music, photo, and video files
on the Digital Deck.
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting—Frequently Asked
Questions and customer support information.

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Digital Deck
Entertainment
System Overview

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview
System Overview
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System Overview 1
HAS with AMM is a “whole-home” entertainment
system that enables you to place all of your home
entertainment devices on a single network. This allows
you to play any source of video or audio in your home on
any television or stereo receiver on your home network.
Not only can you play media from any room in your
home, you can also control all devices on the network,
regardless of the room in which they are located.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview
System Overview
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Once your HAS has been installed and set up by an
installation specialist, you can take advantage of the
following functionality:
■Watch, record, pause, rewind, and foward live
television.
■Watch previously recorded shows.
■Listen to MP3s and music playlists.
■View digital photographs and slide shows.
■Enjoy entertainment from any VCR or DVD player in
any room, no matter where the devices are physically
located.
■Find any live or recorded media on the Digital Deck,
including stored digital media.
■Control all home entertainment devices that are
connected to the Digital Deck from any room.
NOTE The term device describes any home electronic
device installed on the HAS network such as a cable/
satellite receiver, DVD player, amplifier/receiver, and
VCR.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview
HAS Component Overview
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HAS Component Overview 1
The HAS network is made up of three primary
components:
■The HAS as a media server
■An eDeck located in each room where you have
entertainment sources (satellite/cable box, DVD
player, etc.) or TVs
■A Digital Deck remote control for each eDeck
HAS (Honeywell Automation Server) 1
HAS is a media server and whole-home DVR. It runs
Digital Deck’s Advance Media Manager (AMM) software
and stores recorded TV and personal content on its 250
GB hard drive. It is the “brains” of the HAS system. The
HAS is built into your wall much like the fuse box in your
home.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview
HAS Component Overview
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The HAS “talks” to the eDecks over the home Ethernet
network.
NOTE The HAS graphic shown here is used throughout
this User’s Guide to depict Honeywell’s HAS
NOTE Your HAS is connected to a live Internet
connection, which enables it to download the Electronic
Program Guide (EPG) software updates on a nightly
basis. This also ensures that you are always running the
latest release from your HAS.

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HAS Component Overview
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eDeck 1
eDeck units allow you to place “analog devices” (such as
your satellite/cable box, DVD player, and VCR) on your
home Ethernet network. eDecks are located in any room
where you have audio or video sources with content you
want to share across your entertainment system.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview
HAS Component Overview
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The eDeck performs the following functions:
■Receives entertainment content from connected cable
and/or satellite receivers, DVD players, VCRs, or
other devices and sends the entertainment content to
the HAS.
■Receives entertainment content from the HAS.
An eDeck also communicates IR codes to the HAS, which
relays the IR codes to the connected devices. This enables
you to control connected devices from any room on the
Digital Deck entertainment system.

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview
HAS Component Overview
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The eDeck receives digital input from devices such as a
DVD player, or a cable or satellite receiver, and converts
that input into digital signals that are sent to the HAS.
The eDeck also converts digital signals received from the
HAS, converts them to analog, and outputs the converted
signals to your television and/or stereo receiver.
Cable/Satellite Receiver
eDeck
Television
Amplifier/Receiver
Ethernet
DVD Player/VCR

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HAS Component Overview
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Remote Control 1
The Digital Deck remote control replaces the remote
controls for all devices on your HAS system. You can use
the Digital Deck remote control to control all devices that
are connected to your entertainment system. The remote
control will enable you to perform network functions
such as:
■Change channels.
■Adjust volume and mute sound.
■Select and navigate Digital Deck menus.
■Search for media on Digital Deck.
■Record live television.
■Operate the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) functions.
■Turn on/off power to devices on the Digital Deck
entertainment system.
■Control functions of devices on the Digital Deck
entertainment system.
■Access Help guidelines for Digital Deck functions.
See the illustration on the following page for a detailed
description of the remote control functions.

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HAS Component Overview
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Digital Deck Remote Control Functions
Mute
Digital Deck and
manual network
mode control
Volume controls
- Page up
- Page down
- Stop for DVR
- Cancel out of a
functional screen
Record
Transport controls:
- Previous
- Next
- Jump Back/Fwd
- Pause
- Rewind
- Fast Forward
- Play
Option - Provides
on-screen function-
specific options
Power on/off
Channel
controls
Alpha-
numeric
buttons
- Photo Guide
- Music Guide
- Info Header
- Schedule
record
- Main Menu
- Guide
navigator
- Video Guide
- Channel Guide
Search
Previous
channel
Navigation
arrows Select
- Return to Live
- OK an action
Help - Provides on-
screen help options
Previous
channel

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview
How the HAS with AMM Works
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The HAS is the backbone of the network and acts as a
“traffic cop” to manage the content on the HAS network.
It runs the AMM and controls the eDecks. The eDecks
connect your television and home entertainment devices
in each room to the HAS using an Ethernet connection.
And because all of the rooms are on the same network,
you have the ability to control all of the connected
devices, throughout your home, using a single remote
control.
This is an example of a multiple-room Digital Deck
system:
PC
Ethernet Router
eDeck
HAS
Cable/Satellite Receiver
Television Television
eDeck
DVD/VCR
Amplifier/Receiver
Cable/Satellite Receiver

Digital Deck Entertainment System Overview
“Connected Home” Entertainment
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“Connected Home”
Entertainment 1
HAS with AMM is an amazingly flexible and powerful
“connected home” entertainment system. Each room can
be connected to the HAS entertainment system, and the
devices in each room are accessible from any room on the
network. This gives you options that enhance your
entertainment experience:
■View DVDs and video tapes playing in another room.
■Record live shows while watching a DVD or video.
■Pause live shows and resume the show in another
room.
■Listen to MP3s and view digital photos and home
videos that are stored on the HAS.
NOTE Many of the advanced viewing functions
require that your HAS is set up with multiple cable or
satellite receivers in multiple rooms.