Argosy Research Mobile Video HDD How to Use the Mobile Video HDD

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How to Use the Mobile Video HDD

Besides being used as a high-speed external hard disk drive to store or access files, this device

can also connect to your video equipment to playback all kinds of audio/video file formats.

Please read the following sections according to your application.

Using as an External Hard Disk for PC

Please refer to the following chapters in sequence :

Using as a Media Player

The Mobile Video HDD does not contain any data when you get this unit. Before using it as a

media player, you should connect it to PC and copy the media files you want into it. Please

refer to the following chapters in sequence :

After copying the media files, read the “Using the AV Playback Function” chapter and do the

following in sequence :

Installation software

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P-21

Connecting to PC

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P-22

Access data

Installation software

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P-21

Connecting to PC Copy media files

P-22

P-25

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Set up the functions Play back the files

Connecting to the AV

P-17 P-7

equipments Ö

P-5

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Contents

Main Mobile Video HDD User Manual Page Contents Page Introduction Features System Requirements About the Remote Controller o o n Parts Name and Functions c d e f g h i j k l e Power and access How to Use the Mobile Video HDD Using as an External Hard Disk for PC Using as a Media Player P-25 Connecting to AV Equipment Using Composite Video Output Using Component Video Output (Y/Pb/Pr) Using SCART Video Output n Using Composite Stereo Audio Output Using Coaxial Output Digital Audio Power Connection p o Activating the Mobile Video HDD for AV Playback y y y If the setting of the video output is incorrect, the TV screen will not display normally. Selecting the Media Files for Playback Operation of File NAVI y y Press PLAY when a file is selected. This file start to play back. y Press the PLAY button when a folder is selected. If this folder contains ? Private Folders Displaying Private Folders 10 Introduction and Playback of the Media Files DVD on HDD y DivX Files Page Page Page Page Page Page Function Setup Operation of Setup Menu 17 Operation of the Sub-menu General Setup 18 DVD Subtitle Audio Setup DOWNMIX 19 Video Setup TV Standard TV Display Preferences Setup DIVX(R) Registration y Software Installation Page Page About the File System of Hard Disk NTFS File System FAT32 File System PC Operation Copying Media Files for Playback DVD Movie Files DivX / Xvid Files VCD Files Mpeg1 / Mpeg2 Files Audio and Music Files The Video Recorded by Capture Card The Video Recorded by DV The Other Media Files Using the Utility Program Execute the Utility Set the Folder as Private Folder Set the Folder as Public Folder How to Partition the Hard Disk Partitioning the Hard Disk under Windows XP/2000 y Partitioning the Hard Disk under Windows Me/98SE Appendix Specifications Appendi x Troubleshooting Appendix Appendi x Error Code Error Code of Hard Disk Drive Error Code of DVD on HDD Playback