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TVisto

User Guide & Manual

Version 1.0

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August, 2005

Congratulations in buying your TVisto Multimedia Center.

TVisto is a Digital Multimedia Player as well as Data Storage Solution that you can connect to

any PC or Mac, either via USB 2.0 or Firewire (plug & play) in order to copy your favorite

contents (music, movies, pictures, and/or data files). Once you have transferred your data to

TVisto, you can connect it to any TV set to enjoy your movies, music, and photos. You can

watch your favorite films in top quality video and Dolby Digital audio.

TVisto is designed for a single 3.5” desktop size hard drive, offering plenty of storage capacity.

This document will provide you with full and comprehensive instructions on how to use your

TVisto and benefit from its unique features.

Please start reading the “TVisto Features” chapter in order to have an overview of the

enhanced capabilities of your device. A more technical description of these features is

presented in the “Specifications” chapter.

Before using the TVisto, be sure that you have received the complete set of accessories by

checking the “Package Contents” section.

To have a detailed description of TVisto functionality, read the “PC/MAC Connection” and “TV

Connection” chapters in order to explore the full set of operations.

In order to maintain your TVisto device in safe operating conditions and to guarantee life

extension, please read the “Safety Information” section.

TVisto is not designed or intended to, and may not be used to violate any copyrights or

other IP (Intellectual Property) rights. Each user of TVisto may only use it in connection

with materials legally owned by or licensed to the user and only extend such ownership

or license rights that will permit such use.

Computer, Inc. DivX®Certified and DivX® Video are registered trademarks of DivXNetworks, Inc. Dolby® and Dolby® Digital are registered

trademarks of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Table of Contents

FEATURES OF TVISTO..........................................................................................................1

EXCLUSIVE DESIGN....................................................................................................................1

PC CONNECTION........................................................................................................................2

TV CONNECTION ........................................................................................................................2

AUDIO FEATURES ....................................................................................................................... 2

VIDEO FEATURES ....................................................................................................................... 2

MULTILINGUAL............................................................................................................................ 2

REMOTE ....................................................................................................................................3

FIRMWARE UPDATE....................................................................................................................3

FORMATTING THE HDD.........................................................................................................4

FORMATTING ON A PC (WIN2000/XP)........................................................................................4

FORMATTING ON A MAC (OS X)..................................................................................................4

CREATING THE DIRECTORIES.............................................................................................5

FONT SUPPORT..........................................................................................................................5

PC/MAC CONNECTION..........................................................................................................6

SAFE REMOVAL .........................................................................................................................7

TV CONNECTION....................................................................................................................8

ANALOG AUDIO SETUP ..............................................................................................................9

DIGITAL AUDIO SETUP ...............................................................................................................9

THE REMOTE CONTROL ...........................................................................................................10

UNIQUE CONTROL KEYS........................................................................................................... 12

MENU FUNCTIONS...............................................................................................................13

MAIN MENU.............................................................................................................................. 13

MOVIES ................................................................................................................................... 13

MUSIC ..................................................................................................................................... 14

PICTURES ................................................................................................................................14

SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................15

BACKGROUND IMAGE CUSTOMIZATION...................................................................................... 15

.ISO COMPATIBILITY ...........................................................................................................18

XVID COMPATIBILITY..........................................................................................................18

DIVX COMPATIBILITY..........................................................................................................19

SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................20

PACKAGE CONTENTS.........................................................................................................21

STANDARD PACKAGE...............................................................................................................21

SAFETY INFORMATION.....................................................................................................222

POWER ON/OFF PRECAUTIONS..................................................................................................22

LOCATION AND PLACING PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................22

ELECTRICITY AND POWER PLUG................................................................................................22

FAQ........................................................................................................................................23

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Everything you love about multimedia, movies,

music, and photos is brought to you with

TVisto.

TVisto features an elegant, fashionable, and

high quality case to protect your device.

The buttons on the front panel of TVisto offer

quick access to basic functions for the

Multimedia Player, even without remote

control. Convenient power on/off switch

located on the top, with following indicative

colors:

•TV mode: blue when power-on and red

when in stand-by mode. It “blinks” (red

intervals) to confirm a command, whenever

a button on the remote control is pressed.

•PC mode: blue when power-on

On the rear panel, there are following

interfaces:

•Firewire 400: IEEE 1394a connection for

data transfer (supports daisy chain)

•USB 2.0: High Speed USB 2.0 connection

for data transfer

•TV: Multi-Connector for Analog

Audio/Video. This multi-pin connector

provides all the video and analog audio

signals for your TV set.

•SPDIF: Digital audio output for copper

coaxial or optical cable

•Mini DIN Jack: Power supply

Features of TVisto

Exclusive Design

15.2 cm

22.2 cm

USB 2.0

Firewire 400

TV Multi-connector

SPDIF

Mini DIN Jack

4.8 cm

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PC connection

TVisto can be connected to any PC or Mac via USB or Firewire interface, supporting following

file formats: FAT32, NTFS, HFS+. With high speed USB or Firewire connection, you can

quickly move large multimedia files from your computer to TVisto. Please note that you will

always need an external power adaptor.

TV connection

TVisto provides the optimum multimedia quality in both audio and video outputs when

connected to your TV set and audio system.

Audio features

•Audio file formats supported: WMA, WAV, MP3, MPEG-4 (AAC), AC3 (Dolby Digital), OGG

Vorbis.

•Audio Output Formats: Dual Stereo analog audio, Coaxial/SPDIF digital Audio (supports

compressed Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS pass through).

Video features

•Video file formats supported: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI, VOB, ISO),

MPEG-4(AVI, DivX, XviD).

•Video Output Formats: NTSC/PAL composite and S-video, Analog YPbPr video

(progressive or interlaced) scalable up to 1920x1080i or 1280x720p. RGB via SCART.

VGA scalable up to 1024x768.

DivX compatibility

Supports DivX 3.11, 4.x, 5.x

Supports external text subtitles (SUB (MicroDVD format), SRT (SubRIP format), SMI (SAMI

format), embedded multiple subtitles)

Supports any language text subtitles

Please refer to the “DivX Compatibility” chapter for more details.

XviD compatibility

Please refer to the “XviD Compatibility” chapter for more details.

DVD (.ISO) compatibility

ISO=One Image file backup of the complete DVD.

TVisto will play the ISO file exactly the same as if it was running from the original DVD.

Supports .ISO of any size (FAT32/up to 4GB, NTFS/unlimited, HFS+/unlimited).

Supports any language text subtitles.

Only with TVisto can you create your own Virtual DVD Library by storing your private

collection of DVDs (.ISO format) and watch them as if they were running from the original

DVDs. Please refer to the “.ISO Compatibility” chapter for more details.

Multilingual

TVisto has been designed to meet everyone’s expectations. With sophisticated Unicode

character handling, it supports most of the major languages used in the menu selection and

the subtitle feature. Refer to “Font Support” for further details.

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Remote

TVisto is equipped with an elegant infrared remote control, providing standard DVD

functionality buttons and more. Please refer to the chapter “TV Connection” for a detailed

description of the remote control.

Firmware update

You will be able to upgrade your device with new features and capabilities by following the

firmware1upgrade procedure:

•Get the latest update from your vendor’s web site.

•Connect TVisto to your computer and copy the firmware file to the “firmware” folder.

•Connect TVisto to the TV and choose “Firmware Update” from Settings.

•Wait a few minutes for the new firmware to be updated.

•Never disconnect or turn off your unit before the firmware has been completely

updated!!

•Turn off TVisto by disconnecting the power supply, wait a few seconds, and then

connect the power supply again. Wait a few seconds and your TVisto will appear.

•Done!

Powerful Media Processor

The heart of your TVisto device is a powerful media processor supporting the demanding

MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI, VOB, ISO) and MPEG-4(AVI, DivX, XviD) decoding.

Enjoy

TVisto is the ultimate Digital Multimedia Center that can be addressed to a wide variety of

users:

•Home users who want to build a state-of-the-art, versatile home theatre.

•Stores, Agencies, Exhibitors, and Companies that want audio/visual promotion of their

products (indoor advertising).

•Business people who want to have a presentation.

•Parents who want to back-up and replay their family videos.

•Movie and music lovers who want to enjoy their favorites at all times.

•People downloading large number of movies and music from the internet.

•Everyone who wants to organize their stack of CDs & DVDs.

•Parents who want to create a “DVD/CD-safe” environment.

•DivX enthusiasts that want to enjoy their DivX/MPEG4 videos with exceptional Dolby

Digital (AC3) sound.

•Every computer fan owning a TV, home theatre, or other A/V equipment.

1Firmware is the software stored in the TVisto flash memory that contains the programs running in your

device. These programs remain stored even when the system is switched off.

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Formatting the HDD

Formatting on a

PC (Win2000/XP)

Use the Disk Management

Utility

•Right click on “My

Computer” and choose

“Manage”

•Select “Disk Management”

•Choose the drive you want

to format and right click on

the Disk or drive field for

further commands

•Create a primary NTFS

partition and format it

•Follow the Wizard

instructions

You can also format TVisto using FAT32 but this will have the limitation of max disk being

32GB and max file size being 4GB. Note: To be able to use the TVisto on all Operating

Systems, you will need to use FAT32. To create one single disk over 32GB use the DOS

command prompt and the “fdisk” command on Win98/SE or WinME. You may also use

3rd party software to create the partition but make sure it is a primary partition.

Formatting on a Mac OS X

Use the Disk Utility to format

your drive and create a single

partition on your external disk.

•Select “Disk Utility” in the

utilities folder

•Choose your external

drive and format it

according to your

requirement. For Mac only,

choose “Mac OS

Extended”

Be aware that formatting the

drive will erase all data on it!

NOTE: To be able to use the TVisto on all Operating Systems, you will need to use

FAT32, also called MS-DOS on the Mac OS (max file size limited to 1GB!). To create one

single primary partition over 32GB for files up to 4GB, use the DOS command prompt

and the “fdisk” command on Win98/SE or WinME.

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Creating the Directories

For TVisto to be able to find the files on the hard drive, four (4) folders with the exact name

shown below must be created first! ALL the prerequisite folders should have the READ

ONLY attribute and should never be deleted or renamed, because your TVisto uses

these exact names as a reference to locate the respective files. Under these directories

you can have any directory structure that is convenient to you. Create the folders as shown

below, now.

“Firmware”: this folder

contains the TVisto

firmware files. Inside this

folder there are two (2)

subfolders:

•“Font,” for Europe and

US, this is an empty

directory.

•“Settings” contains the

“Settings.txt” file. This

file is a Unicode text

file with two strings.

The first line string is

the default TV mode

(PAL or NTSC) in

which TVisto should

start before the user

applies his settings.

The second line string

is the string used from

the TVisto screen saver. This string is user editable and should not be more than 16

characters. Create this file if required, otherwise leave the folder empty.

“Movies”: This folder contains your movie files.

“Music”: This folder contains your music files.

“Pictures”: This folder contains your image files.

If you need a directory to transfer your files from one computer to another, you may certainly

create more directories and name it whatever you like. These folders won’t affect TVisto but

will NOT show up on your TV screen!

Font Support

For additional font support other then English, we recommend copying the ‘Arial Unicode MS’

font to the “Font” folder located in the “Firmware” directory. On a PC, you can find this font by

going to Control Panel and then selecting Fonts. After copying the font to TVisto, rename the

file to “font.ttf”. Example: If the original is “arialuni.ttf,” rename it to “font.ttf”.

You may use any other Unicode true type font (TTF) you have or which is available on the

internet, but remember to rename the file to “font.ttf’ after copying it to TVisto.

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