Idea TV-Mate User manual

T TV-Mate
User’s Manual
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TV-MateTM --- for HDTV and TV
The TV-MateTM briefing :
● It playbacks the digital photo, music, and movie on Home TV.
● It is the Digital Media Player for the SD/SDHC/MMC/MS cards and USB disk.
●It supports the Home Gallery – Photo slideshow with background Music.
●Enjoy watching the digital camera Photo on larger TV/HDTV screen.
●It supports the HD-picture and HD-video on HDTV (720p scaler built-in).
●It’s the screen less DPF (Digital Photo Frame) that use the TV screen.
Package Contents:
(a) iDea TV-MateTM (x1)
(b) 3.5mm video/audio output cable (x1)
(c) Remote control unit w/battery (x1)
(d) Universal 100-240V A/C power adapter (x1)
Note: Media card and Y/Pb/Pr cable are not included.
(a) (b) (c) (d)

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Part Identification:
1 DC-in To connect the Power Adapter.
2 USB-Host port To connect to an USB thumb drive, USB card reader
3 Mini-USB charger port To connect to USB device (for power charge only)
4 Y (Component Video / Y ) To connect to HDTV Y-input port.
5 Pb (Component Video / Pb ) To connect to HDTV Pb-input port.
6 Pr (Component Video / Pr ) To connect to HDTV Pr-input port.
7 Video / Audio Output To connect to external A/V port
8 SD/SDHC/MMC/MS card slot Use the slot for SD, SDHC, MMC and MS media cards.
Getting Started:
(1) Plug the A/C power adapter into the DC-IN socket of the TV-Mate, and then connect the A/C
power adapter to the wall power socket.
(2) Pull out the battery isolation sheet in the battery compartment of the remote control unit.
(3) Connect the 3.5 mm video/audio output cable to your TV video and audio port. (480i for the
NTSC-TV, 576i for PAL-TV).
Note: Use the Remote Control Unit “TV/HDTV” key to setup the resolution 480i or 576i.
Refer to page. 4.【“TV/HDTV” button on the remote.】for more details.
(4) If you want to connect the HDTV, please connect the “Y/Pb/Pr” cable (buy it separately) to your
HDTV video (Y/Pb/Pr) output port. Please setup the 720P resolution for the HDTV. (page.4)

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Connect to the TV / HDTV:
Composite Video : TV
TV (Video and Audio): 480i or 576i
Y/Pb/Pr Video : HDTV
HDTV (Y/Pb/Pr): 720p (1280*720 resolution)
Turn ON the TV Mate (Press the remote control ‘‘Power” button). The IR indicator light turns
Green when the TV-Mate Power is on. The Start up menu screen should come on after a few
seconds as shown in Fig. 1. Use Left / Right keys to select the desired icon.
(1) When no media card is inserted, the “Setup” screen shown as in Fig.1.
(2) If one SD/SDHC/MMC/MS memory card is inserted, the “Photo” screen shown as in Fig.2.
(3) If more than one card/USB drive are inserted, the “Device” screen shown as in Fig. 6.
Fig. 1 Fig. 2

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“TV / HDTV” Key on the remote contro unit (Setup the TV resolution)
1. For TV, the TV-Mate default frequency is 480i output (or 576i (PAL) in Europe).
2. If a HDTV is used, use the “Home” key to get to the opening screen as Fig.1, remove all the
USB disk and Memory card, then press “TV / HDTV” button several times to scale up to
720p. (The sequence: 480i->576p->576i->720p(HDTV)->480p->480i).
1) If you connect the Y/Pb/Pr cables onto your TV and find shown images (Fig. 3 or 4), your TV set
doesn’t support 480p or higher resolution. Please replace it with the TV-Mate A/V cable, and
press “TV / HDTV” button as above sequence to get correct and clear images as Fig.1.
Fig. 3 Fig. 4
2) If you find shown image (Fig. 5), it means incorrect frequency match, i.e. 720p HDTV frequency
on the TV (it should be 480i or 576i), please press the “TV/HDTV” button several times to get
correct and clear images. If the problem remains, please refer to your TV/HDTV manual for
accurate setup information.
3). Only HDTV- ready television (1366*768 or 1920*1020) support the 720p mode.
TV/HDTV button sequence: 480i (NTSC TV)Æ576pÆ576i(PAL TV)Æ720p (HDTV) Æ480pÆ480i
The frequency info will be displayed on the TV screen.
4) Some TV can’t work with the “Progressive” Mode. If your TV shows nothing on the screen with
the 480p or 576p setup, please change the TV setup back to 480i, hook the A/V cable, and
press “TV / HDTV” button again to get correct and clear images as Fig.1.
Fig. 5 Fig. 6

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On Screen Help Bar
The On Screen Help Bar will show up for 5 seconds each time when entering display mode.
Use “Left/Right” keys to choose a function and press “Enter” button to activate it.
Information Key

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(1) Photo
●When “Photo” icon is highlighted (see Fig. 2), press “Enter” button, and a preview screen will show
up as in Fig. 7
Fig. 7 Fig. 8
●Keep pressing “S“ (single photo screen) or “W” (thumbnail screen) key to enter the “Help Bar”, the
function corresponding to each icon is shown as below:
●“Music + Photo Slideshow”: The music and photo files need to be saved in the same folder.
: Next Photo : Previous Photo
: Viewing photos with background music (Music + photo slideshow)
: Repeat : Return to previous menu
●Press “Enter” button to start the slide show (e.g. Fig. 8). The slide show will stop at the end of
picture file.
●Press “Enter” button again to display on screen “Help Bar”. Use “Left/Right” keys to choose a
function as listed below, and press “Enter” button to activate it.
: Next page/file : Previous page/file : Play/Pause
: Rotation : Zoom mode : Information On/Off
Zoom and Pan Mode:
While viewing a photo, press “Enter” button to get the “Help Bar”. Find the “ “icon (ZOOM
mode) and press “Enter” button to zoom out the picture as shown in Fig. 9.
●Find the “ “icon and press “Enter” button to activate “Pan Mode”.
●Press “Up/Down/Left/Right” key to move the picture accordingly as shown in Fig 10.

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Fig. 9 Fig. 10
While pressing the keys on the remote control unit enables the following functions:
W:Previous picture X: Next Picture S: Activate “Help Bar” T: Rotate 90 degree
(2) Music
●When “Music” icon is highlighted (Fig.22), press “Enter” button, and a song list will be shown as in
Fig. 11. The music will start playing automatically.
Fig. 11 Fig. 12
●The function corresponding to each icon in the “Help Bar” is shown as below:
: Next page : Previous page
: Music + photo slide show : Repeat
: Show/Hide graphics EQ : Return to previous menu
●Select the “Show/Hide graphics EQ” icon and press “Enter” button you will see the equalizer
graphics as shown in Fig.18 while listening to the music.
●Sound Effect Select: Rock / PoPs / Ballad / Dance / Standard and Classic. (Press EQ+S+Xto
process, and press the “X” key to select.

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(3) Video
●When “Video” icon is highlighted (see Fig. 13), press “Enter” button, and a preview screen will show
up as in Fig. 14
Fig. 13 Fig. 14
●Keep pressing “S“ (or “W”) key to enter the “Help Bar”, the function is shown as below:
: Next pagee/file : Previous page/file
: Repeat : Return to previous menu
●Use Left/Right keys to choose one of the pre-stored movies then press the “Enter” button to start
playing the movie (e.g. Fig 15).
Fig. 15 Fig. 16
●Press “Enter” button to get “Help Bar”
●The function corresponding to each icon is shown as below:
: Next page/file : Previous page/file
: Play/Pause : Fast forward
: Fast backward : Information On/Off
: Return to previous menu

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(4) Setup
●When “Setup” icon is highlighted (see Fig. 17), press “Enter” button, and a setup menu will be
shown as in Fig. 18. Use “Up/Down” keys to select the desired item.
Fig. 17 Fig. 18
A. Photo Setup
When “Photo Setup” icon is highlighted, press “Enter” button, and a setup menu will be shown.
The options under each icon are listed in the following table.
Thumbnail Digest On, Best fit, Off *(default value use the boldface characters)
Photo Display Size Best Fit, Default
Interval Time 1 Second, 3 Seconds, 5 Second, 10 Seconds
B. Video Setup
When “Video Setup” icon is highlighted, press “ENTER” button, and a setup menu will be shown.
The options under each icon are listed in the following table.
TV Mode Wide Screen TV (16:9), Normal TV (4:3)
Video Full Screen Wide (16:9) / 720p*, Normal (4 :3) / 480p
DIVX (MPEG4) Subtitle On, Off
Subtitle Language English, Francis, Deutsch, Italia no, Portuguese, Spanish,
Polski, Turkish, Greek.
(1) Note: with 720p HD-Video, If video file is VBR or with higher bit rate, it might be lag or tag.
(2) If video file is in slower device, it might be lag or tag.
(3) Parser in UI decides support or not is based on file format and video format. If audio is not
Supported, it still can playback video but no audio.