JOBO GIGA Vu extreme User manual

GIGA Vu extreme
User Manual
English
Version 1.2
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Contents
1 Safety Instructions 4
2 Overview 5
2.1 Scope of Delivery 5
2.2 Features in Brief 5
2.3 First Use 5
2.4 Getting Familiar with the GVX 6
2.4.1 Operating Elements 6
2.4.2 Screen 7
2.4.3 Power supply / Charging the Battery 7
2.4.4 Rubber Protection Cover 7
2.4.5 Devices for Data Transfer 7
3 Quick Instruction for
Photo Download from
a CF Card 9
4 General Instructions 10
4.1 General Instructions 10
4.2 Buttons “Home”, “Back” and
“Settings” 10
4.3 How to Select Content 12
4.4 How to Use the Keyboard 13
4.5 Use external keyboard 14
5 Basic Settings 15
5.1 Device Info 15
5.2 Device Settings 15
5.3 Screen & Video Settings 16
5.4 WiFi & FTP Settings 17
5.5 Owner Info 18
5.6 Reset Functions 19
6 Data Import, Data Export
and Disk Management 19
6.1 Copy Data from or to a Memory Card 19
6.1.1 Import data from a Memory Card 19
6.1.2 Export Data to a Memory Card 21
6.1.3 Softkey 3, “Select”: 22
6.2 Copy Data from or to a Computer 23
6.2.1 Connect the Device to a Computer 23
6.2.2 Import Data from a Computer 23
6.2.3 Export Data to a Computer 24
6.3 Backup Data 25
6.4 Disk Management 25
7 Managing Photos 27
7.1 Some Remarks about File Formats 27
7.2 Previews 27
7.2.1 Generate Previews 27
7.2.2 Delete Previews 28
7.3 Select a Photo Album 28
7.4 View Pictures 29
7.4.1 View Picture Details 30
7.4.2 Show Info Data (EXIF) 32
7.4.3 Show Color Channels 33
7.4.4 Show Histogram 34
7.4.5 Rotate Pictures 34
7.4.6 Delete Single Pictures and Albums 35
7.5 Thumbnail View 35
7.6 File List View 36
7.7 View Slide Shows 36
7.8 Print Photos 37
7.9 Rename Photos 38
7.9.1 Rename Albums 38
7.9.2 Rename Pictures 38
7.10.1 Copy Pictures to another Album/CF 39
7.10.2 Add Comments 39
7.10.3 Manage Keywords 40
7.11 View Pictures with Photo Voice
Annotations 40
8 Dust Detection 41
9 Playing Music 41
9.1 Playing Music 41
9.2 Copy Sound Files 42
9.3 Delete an Album or a Single
Music File 42
9.4 Rename an Album 43

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10 Watching Movies 44
10.1 Watching Movies 44
10.2 Copy Movie Clips 45
10.3 Delete an Album or a Single
Movie Clip 45
10.4 Rename an Album 46
11 Firmware Upgrade 46
12 Available Accessories 47
13 Technical Specification 48
Addendum1 -
Add metadata and
keywords 50
New Features in
Firmware update 2.0.4 54
1. J.D. Loupe 54
1.1. General 54
1.2. How to get to the JD Loupe 54
1.3. Working with the JD loupe 54
2. Incremental Backup 54
2.1. General 54
2.2. How to get to the Incremental
Backup 55
2.3. Advices before you start the backup 55
2.4. Make your first (Incremental) Backup 55
2.5. Regular “Incremental Backup” 55
2.6. Remove Backup from External Disk 56
3. RAW Format
compatibility 57
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1 Safety Instructions
Turn off the device immediately in case of
smoke or unusual smell
Should you notice smoke or an unusual smell
coming from the device or its AC adapter,
unplug the AC adapter and turn off the device.
Do not disassemble the device
Do not disassemble or open the case. Only
qualified personnel shall repair the device. In
case the GIGA Vu extreme is broken because of
any accident or a fall, unplug the AC adapter.
Ask your local dealer or the JOBO customer
service to repair the device.
Use suitable cables only
For charging the battery, only use the original
JOBO cables delivered with the device resp.
available as additional accessories. JOBO will
not be held liable for any damages resulting
from the use of other cables than those
mentioned before.
Prevent the device from any contact with
water
Take care that the GIGA Vu extreme will not get
in contact with any water. The device is not
water proof and may get damaged when water
enters the case. In case the device gets into
contact with water, rub down the case with a
smooth and absorbent cloth.
Do never touch the AC adapter with wet or
damp hands
Do never touch the AC adapter with wet or
damp hands. You might get an electric shock.
Whenever you pull the plug, always pull the
jack, never pull the cable. Pulling the cable
might result in bare cables without insulation.
This could lead to burns or electrical shock.
Avoid magnetic fields
Avoid to keep the GIGA Vu extreme in the
environment of magnetic fields. Keep the GIGA
Vu extreme away from electric motors or other
equipment generating powerful electromagnetic
fields. They can effect malfunction or loss of
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2 Overview
On the next pages we will explain all functions
of the GIGA Vu extreme. In the following
description the device will be abbreviated as
GVX.
2.1 Scope of Delivery
The GVX is delivered with the following
equipment:
- GVX, covered with a rubber protection
cover
- AC power supply
- USB cable (USB 2)
- Operating manual
- Analogue audio-video cable
- Earphones
- Remote control
There are several accessories available:
- External PowerPack
- Power supply for 12 V socket (e.g. in a car‘s
cigarette lighter)
- WiFi interface card
- Multi Card Adapter
See chapter 12, “Available Accessories” for
more information.
2.2 Features in Brief
The GVX can be used for the following
actions:
1 Transferring data from and to various data
carriers
2 Intermediate storage of photos
3 View and select photos
4 Print photos
5 Prepare slide shows
6 Present slide shows
7 Dust detection on the camera chip
8 Intermediate storage of MP3 music files
9 Playing music
10 Intermediate storage of MPEG2 and MPEG4
video files
11 Watching movies
The data can be transferred via numerous types
of memory cards, USB connections or WiFi to a
camera, a printer or a computer.
2.3 First Use
Opening the device
The GVX is equipped with a rubber cover. It
protects the screen and covers all interface
ports to prevent dust from entering into the
device. For using the GVX take off the rubber
cover, turn it around and attach it to the
bottom of the unit.
Fig. 2.2: Opening the device.
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First charge
Please read this instruction carefully before the
first use of GVX!
The GVX will be delivered with a completely
discharged battery.
Please charge the battery for 9 hours before
first use of GVX.
Then use the battery until it is completely
discharged. Only then will the battery report
correct levels to the software. The correct
battery level in percent will only be displayed
reliably after the battery has gone through
three full charge and discharge cycles. This
is a limitation that exists with all lithium ion
batteries.
2.4 Getting Familiar with the
GVX
Fig. 2.3: Function elements
1 Infra-red receiver
2 Analogue audio/video out
3 Slot for CompactFlash memory card
4 On/off switch
5 Microphone
6 USB2 high speed interface for data transfer
to a computer
7 USB2 OTG interface for data transfer to a
printer, camera or external hard disk
8 “Home” button (always returns to the main
menu)
9 “Back” button (always takes you one step
back)
10 “Settings” button with LED
11 Digital video out
12 5 softkeys with different functions
depending on the actual menu
13 Power supply socket
14 Loudspeaker
15 Combined “Enter” button and 4-way
joystick to navigate in the screen menus
2.4.1 Operating Elements
Joystick
The 4-way joystick is used for navigating and
selecting.
Navigating:
The joystick can be used to scroll trough a
list of possible options. For this purpose the
joystick has to be moved up or down, resp.
to the left or right. The possible options will
highlight as you scroll.
Selecting:
Pressing the joystick will confirm a selection,
it acts as an “Enter” button.
Softkeys
Below the screen there are 5 buttons, the so
called softkeys. Depending on the actual menu
on the screen they have different functions.
The corresponding function is always displayed
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2.4.2 Screen
The GVX is equipped with a high quality, high
resolution LCD screen with 640 * 480 RGB pixels.
By using state-of-the-art technology, the GVX
screen is very bright and allows easy viewing
even outdoors. Brightness and saturation of the
LCD screen can be modified. For instruction see
chapter 5.3, “Screen & Video Settings”.
2.4.3 Power supply / Charging
the Battery
The GVX features a high quality lithium-ion
polymer rechargeable battery. The battery pack
includes an integrated circuit (gas gauge)
which continuously monitors capacity and other
critical battery parameters. The battery will
provide you with accurate remaining run-time
predictions, even if the battery ages over time.
To charge just connect the AC power supply
to the GVX. While the unit is charging the LED
in the “Settings” button will turn red. When
charging is complete the LED will dim.
2.4.4 Rubber Protection Cover
The rubber cover protects the GVX’s screen.
When closed, it covers all interface ports to
prevent dust from entering the device. Take off
the rubber cover with light pressure, turn it
around and attach it to the bottom of the unit
to use the GVX.
2.4.5 Devices for Data Transfer
The GVX can transfer data from and to several
devices. It is important to chose the correct
cable and socket for each type of data transfer.
Figure 2.4 shows the various options and the
corresponding cables.
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Fig. 2.4: Cables for data transfer to different
devices
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USB connectors
The GVX features two USB connectors.
The upper USB connector is a high speed USB
2 mass storage interface. Use this one for
fast communication between the GVX and a
computer. Copying is done from PC to GVX‘s
hard disk directly without involvement of the
GVX‘s main microprocessor. Transfer speed can
reach 20 MBytes/s in this way, provided the
PC‘s interface is as fast.
For best operation, connect the GVX directly
to your computer and do not route it through
a hub. Using a hub may sometimes lead to
operational conflict and data loss.
The lower USB connector is a USB 2 OTG (On
The Go) interface. This interface is handled by
the main processor. This port is used for
- connecting the GVX directly to a camera. In
this way you can download pictures from
the camera to the GVX without having to
remove the memory card from the camera.
The camera‘s USB interface must be set to
“Mass Storage Device” and NOT to “PTP”
(Picture Transfer Protocol).
- connecting GVX to external USB hard disk.
Use this to backup all files stored in your
GVX. In this case the GVX is the “Master”
and the external USB hard disk is a “mass
storage device”. If you want to make a
backup from one GVX to a second unit you
must connect the cable between the first
GVX lower USB port (Master) to the second
GVX upper USB port (mass storage device).
Socket “Analogue audio/video out”
This socket can be either used to connect the
GVX to a TV set or to use the earphones.
Use the supplied audio/video cable to connect
the GVX to a TV set. This is convenient for
watching slide shows and movies. See chapter
5.3, “Screen & Video Settings” for selecting
either the NTSC (mainly North America) or the
PAL (e.g. most European countries) TV standard.
Use the supplied headphones to listen to music
via the GVX.
Socket “Digital video out”
The digital video output has a fixed resolution
of 640 x 480 pixels (VGA, 60 Hz), i.e. the
connected device has to support this setting.
Infra-red interface
The infra-red receiver gets signals from the
remote control. This will be used for music
playback, video playback and photo slide shows.
The remote control has 7 buttons in total with
the following functions:
- Play
- Pause
- Stop
- Next
- Previous
- Volume Up
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3 Quick Instruction for
Photo Download from
a CF Card
When operating the first time with the GVX
without AC power supply, make sure that the
battery is charged completely as described in
chapter 2.3, “First use”.
1 Take off the rubber cover, turn it around
and attach it to the bottom of the unit.
2 Plug in the AC power supply.
3 Press the On/Off button for a few seconds.
4 Allow the unit to power-up.
5 Enter a memory card in the memory card
slot and wait a few seconds. The screen
will appear as shown in Fig. 3.1.
Fig. 3.1: Screen “Copy from CF card”.
6 Press softkey 5, “Start” (the rightmost
one).
Now the GVX copies all files from the
memory card to its hard disk.
7 When done, you see how many files have
been copied and how much disk space they
occupy, how much disk space is used in
general and how much capacity is still left
on the device.
Fig. 3.2: Screen “Copy form CF card completed”.
8 To view the photos, press softkey 1,
”Photos” (the leftmost one).
Select one of the following modes to view
the photos:
Fig. 3.3: Screen “View mode for photo albums”.
Full view
9 To view the photos press the joystick.
10 Use the joystick left / right to browse the
pictures.
11 Use the joystick up / down to view or hide
the softkey text.
Thumbnail view
9 To view the thumbnails move the joystick
up / down until “View Thumbs” is
highlighted.
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10 Press the joystick.
11 Press softkey 1 resp. 2 to browse the
thumbnail-pages.
12 Move the joystick up, down, left or right to
select a photo.
13 Press the joystick to view the selected
photo in full view.
14 Press the joystick again to return to
thumbnail view.
File list view
9 To view a file list move the joystick up /
down until ”View File List” is highlighted.
10 Press the joystick.
11 Press softkey 1 resp. 2 to browse the file
list.
12 Move the joystick up or down to select a
file.
13 Press the joystick to view the selected
photo in full view.
14 Press the joystick again to return to the
file list.
4 General Instructions
4.1 General Instructions
1 After having switched off the unit, wait 1
minute before turning it on again.
2 Do not bump the unit while it is powering
up or down.
3 Do not use the device on 2500 m (7500
ft) above sea level or higher. The hard
disc drive may get damaged when used at
higher levels and this may lead to a loss of
data.
4 Use only the power supply that was
delivered with the unit. Operating the
device at another voltage or current than
specified, may damage it.
5 In order to prevent any loss of data, the
GVX provides the possibility to backup the
data to an external hard disk, such as the
JOBO mobile hard disk Giga One, via the
USB-2-OTG connection (The device has to
be FAT 32 formated).
4.2 Buttons “Home”, “Back”
and “Settings”
Home
Wherever you are in the menus of the GVX, the
“Home” button brings you back to the starting
screen. This is convenient both if you want
to start a new action or got lost in the menu
structure.
On the “Home” screen you can see the battery
status (upper left corner) and the amount
of free disk space (upper right corner). Both
data can be displayed as absolute values or as
percentage.