LaCie LaCinema Black MAX Installation guide

LaCinema Black MAX
The Ultimate Entertainment Experience
• Record your favorite TV shows and enjoy them anytime
• Play movies, photos, and music on HDTV
• Digitally store your home movies
• Play media from networked computers
710 movies or
165,000 songs or
500,000 photos or
250 hours of recording **
500GB*

A New Kind of Entertainment Center
With the LaCinema Black MAX, you’ll be able to view all your
music, photos, and movies, right on your television screen. The
LaCinema Black MAX comes with up to 1TB of storage built in,
but using its USB port, you can increase the capacity, turning
your TV into your own personal media center, with near limitless
storage. Create photo slideshows for your family and friends,
play your music when you want it, or view HD movies anytime; the
possibilities are endless.
You’re in Control
You’re in charge of your TV with the LaCinema Black MAX. It
allows you to easily pause or rewind live TV, or record your favorite
shows to watch later. With its time shift capabilities, you can even
record the beginning of a show after you’ve started watching
it. By embedding a terrestrial digital TV tuner ready for HD, the
LaCinema Black MAX offers your favorite DVR (Digital Video
Recorder) features. With its easy-to-use program channel interface,
you’ll be able to quickly find what you need.
Watch in High Denition
Designed with High Definition in mind, the LaCinema Black MAX
allows you to watch HD movies and television programs on your
HDTV. This compatibility with HDTV helps you enjoy your movies
and television programs with more detail, clarity, and sharpness,
making the LaCinema Black MAX a vital part of your viewing and
entertainment experience.
Capture Your Home Movies
The LaCinema Black MAX’s multi-use design helps it go beyond
normal multimedia hard disks. Your can easily transfer your home
movies, and watch them in HD. With its 1080i upscaling, you can
watch your home movies in flawless definition, ensuring that your
memories will last a lifetime.

Wireless Router
LaCie Network Space
LaCinema Black MAX
Your Music, How You Want It
Playlist management features and access to all of your music
libraries let you play your music whenever you want, and
with an optical audio output, you can enjoy your music in
surround sound.
Functional, Sophisticated Design
Created for LaCie by world-famous industrial designer Neil
Poulton, the LaCinema Black MAX goes beyond ordinary
multimedia hard disks with its sophisticated design. Simply
connect it to your PC via USB to transfer your digital media
files; then plug it into your TV for instant playback, or access it
wirelessly if you prefer.
Give Your Pictures a New Dimension
Connect your digital camera to easily view your photos in full HD
resolution, or create your own slideshows, complete with your own
transition effects.
Works With You—And Your Network
The networking capabilities of the LaCinema Black MAX make
it easy to access and view all of your multimedia content. A
built-in UPnP client player ensures that you can connect it to a
networked PC or Mac and you’ll be able to load, watch, and
enjoy all of your photos, music, and movies—regardless of
where they’re located in your house.

Features
•Built-inelectronicprogramguide(EPG)
•Windowscompatible(USBandUPnP)
•Mac(UPnP)
•Hi-SpeedUSB2.0(USB1.1compatible)
•LargestoragecapacityforHDvideoles
•Componentvideo(upto1080iupscaling)
•Digitalaudiooutputs
•Supportsmanyvideo,audio,andphotoformats
•SupportsH.264,WMVHD,andstandarddenition
•PlaymoviesinMKVcontainerformat
Box Content
•LaCinemaBlackMAX
•Externalpoweradapter
•AVinputScart(Peritel)toRCAcable
•AVoutputRCAtoScart(Peritel)cable
•HDMIcable
•USB2.0cable
•CD-ROMwithUserManual
•QuickInstallGuide
•Remotecontroland2xAAAbatteries
System Requirements
•PCwithaUSBport
•WindowsXP,WindowsVista™
•500MHzprocessororgreater
•256MBRAMminimum
•RouterB,GorN(2.4GHz)
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TVcableOut1.
TV cable In2.
OpticalAudioOut3.
CompositeVideoOut4.
Audio left (white) and right (red)5.
Component video (YUV)6.
HDMI7.
USB 2.0 Host8.
USB 2.0 Host9.
EthernetNetwork10.
(10/100Mps)
USB 2.0 Device11.
S-Video in12.
Video in13.
Stereo Audio in14.
Reset15.
Power connector16.
WiFi (built in)17.
TV
Network Router
NAS Media Server
LaCinema Remote
LaCinema Black MAX
PC or Mac with UPnP
Media Server

LaCinema Black MAX
301446 301448
500GB 1TB
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible)
MPEG-1,MPEG-2/HD,MPEG-4,DIVX,XVID,H.264HD,WMV9HD
AVI,DIVX,MPG,MP4,MKV,WMV,MOV,ISO,VOB,IFO,ASF,TS,TP,TRP,M2TS
1920 x 1080p
1080i for standard definition movies
MP3,WMA,AAC,OGG,AC3,MP4,WAV/LPCM
M3U
Pass-through to compatible audio amplifier
JPEG***,PNG,GIF,BMP,TIF
HDMI, Component (YUV) composite (CVBS)
OpticalAudio,AudioStereo
Analog composite video, S-Video
Analog stereo audio
Ethernet10/100Mbps,Wi-Fi(802.11n)
PAL / NTSC
Digital Terrestrial Television (DVB-T), High Definition supported
9.2x8.8x1.8in./234x225x46mm
67oz./1900g
Item Number
Capacity*
Interface
Video Codecs
Video Format
Max Resolution
Upscaling
Audio
Playlist
DTS
Photo
VideoOutputs
AudioOutputs
Video Inputs
Audio Inputs
Network
TV
TV Tuner
Dimensions
Weight
*1GB=1,000,000,000bytes.Totalaccessiblecapacityvariesdependinguponoperatingenvironment(typically5-10%less).
**Calculationsarebasedon700MBper1MPEG-4movie,1MBperJPEGphotole,and3MBperMP3song.2GBper1hourMPEG-2TVprogramm
recording. These values often vary.
***ExcludingprogressiveJPEG.
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