
Media Player
User Guide
Introduction to the Control4 Media Player V2
A key component of the Control4 vision to automate, control, and provide entertainment throughout the home is the Control4® Media
Using the Control4 Media Player with the Control4 system allows you to view video files on your TV, and eliminates the need to watch them on your computer. The Control4 system already allows you to browse cover art and play back your DVD and
Using the Media Player
Before you start to use the Control4 Media Player
Also ensure that you or your Installer has used the Composer Media view to scan the
See Media Player Installation and Setup Guide and Composer User Guide or online Help for more information.
Scanning the Media in Composer
1.Use the Composer software (Media Edition or Home Edi- tion, Media View) to identify videos that you want the Media Player to be able to play. Videos can be added manually, or Composer can scan
2.In Composer click the Media view.
3.Select the
4.For videos that haven’t been identified in the scan process, use the New function to add the videos manually.
Additional details for advanced functions, such as adding your own cover art, are available in the Composer User Guide online Help.
Special Features
The following sections show you how to do the following tasks from your Navigator. Use the System Remote Control to:
•Change video playback resolution
•Move through the video by percentages
•Use the Fast Forward, Rewind, Pause/Play, Stop and Skip Fwd/Skip Back functions
System Remote Control (SR-250) Buttons
The buttons below show the controls for your Media Player.
Pg Up/Pg Dn: Use to adjust the video playback resolution (1080p, 780p, 480p, etc.). You can use this to change the video resolution if you want to view a video in a specific resolution.
Skip Forward/Skip Back: Skips through video approximately 5% with each press of the button.
Play: Resumes playback after Pause.
Fast Forward/Rewind: Advance or rewind. Press 1 time to advance or rewind video 4 times play rate; press 2 times to advance or rewind video
16 times play rate; press 3 times to advance or rewind video 64 times play rate, etc.
Pause: Pauses video. Press Play to start video where it left off when you paused it.
Stop: Stops video. When you press
Play, video starts at the beginning.
Numeric Keypad: Use with Go To.
See “Go To.”
‘Go To’
Press numbers 1 through 9 on the keypad to jump to a specific point in the video.
Examples:
Press 1 to jump to 10% into the movie. Press 5 to jump to the middle of the movie (50%). If you are at the end of the movie, pressing 2 will take you back to 20% into the movie.