POPCORN HOUR C-200 User manual

Networked Media Tank
User’s Guide
C-200

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Table of Contents
1.0 Safety
1.1 For Your Safety .................................................................................. 09
2.0 Product Overview
2.1 Package Contents ............................................................................... 10
2.2 Introduction ....................................................................................... 11
2.3 Features ............................................................................................. 12
2.4 Minimum System Requirements .......................................................... 13
2.5 Hardware Overview ............................................................................ 14
2.5.1 Front Panel ............................................................................... 14
2.5.2 Back Panel ............................................................................... 16
2.6 Remote Control .................................................................................. 18
2.6.1 Remote Control Overview ......................................................... 18
2.7 Installation ......................................................................................... 21
2.7.1 Video Connections .................................................................... 21
2.7.2 Audio Connections .................................................................... 23
2.7.3 Network Connections ................................................................ 25
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2.7.4 Remote Control Receiver Connections ....................................... 26
2.7.4.1 RF Connection .................................................................. 26
2.7.4.2 IR Connection .................................................................. 27
3.0 Quick Start
3.1 Viewing a Video ................................................................................. 28
3.2 Basic Remote Control Buttons ............................................................ 30
3.3 Basic Video Setup .............................................................................. 31
3.4 Basic Audio Controls .......................................................................... 33
4.0 Media Sharing
4.1 Installing Media Servers on your PC .................................................... 34
4.1.1 myiHome .................................................................................. 34
4.1.2 UPnP AV or DLNA Server ........................................................... 35
4.1.3 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service (WMP-NSS) ..... 36
4.1.4 Third-Party HTML-based Servers ............................................... 37

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4.2 Setting up Network Shares on your NMT ............................................. 38
4.2.1 Samba Share Setup ................................................................. 38
4.2.2 NFS (Network File System) Shares Setup ................................. 39
4.3 Accessing your Network Shares on the NMT ....................................... 40
4.3.1 Browsing Network Shares ........................................................ 40
4.3.2 Permanent Network Shares ...................................................... 41
5.0 NMT Applications Installation
5.1 Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Installation ..................................................... 44
5.1.1 HDD (3.5”) Installation ............................................................. 44
5.1.2 HDD (2.5”) Installation ............................................................. 45
5.2 CD/DVD/BD-ROM Drive Installation .................................................... 48
5.3 NMT Applications Installation ............................................................... 50
6.0 Using your Popcorn Hour C-200 NMT
6.1 Remote Control Functions .................................................................. 54

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6.2 Media Source (Main Screen) ............................................................... 61
6.2.1 Network ................................................................................... 61
6.2.2 Harddisk (Internal HDD) ........................................................... 62
6.2.3 USB ......................................................................................... 63
6.2.4 CD/DVD/BD .............................................................................. 64
6.3 Setup ................................................................................................. 65
6.3.1 Preferences .............................................................................. 66
6.3.2 Audio/Video ............................................................................. 67
6.3.2.1 Video Mode Options ......................................................... 67
6.3.2.2 Audio Mode Options ......................................................... 71
6.3.3 Network ................................................................................... 72
6.3.4 Network Share ......................................................................... 73
6.3.5 NMT Applications ..................................................................... 74
6.3.6 DVD/Audio CD .......................................................................... 76
6.3.7 Maintenance ............................................................................. 77
6.3.8 Firmware and NMT Applications Update .................................... 78
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6.3.10 NMT Applications Installation/Update ...................................... 82
6.4 Web Services .................................................................................... 84
6.4.1 Internet Radio ......................................................................... 85
6.4.2 MSP (Media Service Portal) ...................................................... 86
6.4.3 MSP Community ...................................................................... 87
6.4.4 Torrent .................................................................................... 88
6.4.5 SayaTV .................................................................................... 89
7.0 Conguring the NMT Applications
7.1 NAS (Network-Attached Storage) Functions ....................................... 90
7.1.1 FTP Server ............................................................................... 90
7.1.2 SMB Server .............................................................................. 91
7.1.3 NFS Shares (Network File System) ........................................... 92
7.1.4 Syabas CE-HTML Server (myiHome) ......................................... 93
7.2 Torrents Setup ................................................................................... 94
7.2.1 Enable/Disable BitTorrent Downloading ..................................... 96

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7.3 Usenet Client Setup: NZBGet .............................................................. 97
7.3.1 Setting up the NZBGet on the NMT ........................................... 98
7.3.2 Usenet: Working with NZBGet .................................................. 100
7.3.3 Downloading ............................................................................ 102
8.0 Troubleshooting
8.1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) .................................................... 105
8.2 Technical Support Contact Information .............................................. 111
8.3 Accessories Installation ..................................................................... 112
8.3.1 Chassis Fan Installation ........................................................... 112
9.0 Product Specications
9.1 Physical ............................................................................................. 113
9.2 Electrical ........................................................................................... 113
9.3 Chipset and Memory .......................................................................... 114
9.4 Ports and Connectors ......................................................................... 114

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9.5 Audio/Video Output ............................................................................ 115
9.6 Supported Audio/Video Formats ......................................................... 116
9.7 Web Services ..................................................................................... 119
9.8 Connectivity ...................................................................................... 121

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Safety
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1.1 For Your Safety
Message Description
Tip
This is a useful tip in using the product
Note
This is a non-critical notice to the user
Caution
Failuretotakeoravoidaspecicactioncouldresultindamage
to the product or loss of data
Warning
Failuretotakeoravoidaspecicactioncouldresultininjury

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2.1 Package Contents
Product Overview
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Popcorn Hour C-200 NMT (HDD not included)
HDMI cable Remote Control
AC power cord
RF receiver antenna
TV MODE SETUP SUSPEND
EJECT
.:/@
DELETE CAPS
NUM
ENTER
A
A
INFO STOP
RETURN SOURCE
MUTE
MENU PREV
FWD
REPEAT SLOW
ANGLE AUDIO SUBTITLE ZOOM
BT
2abc 3def
4ghi 5jkl 6mno
7pqrs 8tuv 9wxyz
1
A - B FILE MODE TIME SEEK
VIDEO MUSIC PHOTO ALL
PLAY
PAUSE
PAGE
UP
PAGE
DOWN
REV
NEXT
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TITLE
0
DIM TV MO DE
ENTER