Primare BD32 universal player - Manual (Page 22)

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In addition to playing standard disc-based formats such as Blu-ray Disc, DVD, CD and SACD, the BD32
can play media files. You can enjoy digital music, movies and photos stored on an optical disc (recordable
CD or DVD), a USB (Universal Serial Bus) drive, or an e- SATA (external Serial ATA) drive. Due to the
variation of media, encoding software and techniques used, compatibility cannot be guaranteed for all
user-created or downloaded contents. Support for such contents is on a best effort basis.
Playback from a USB or e-SATA Drive
The BD32 is equipped with a USB port and an e-SATA port on the back panel. You may use the USB port
to plug in a USB drive, or the e-SATA port to plug in an e-SATA drive.
The USB ports are rated to provide a maximum of 5V, 1000mA power to the USB drive. It is sufficient
for USB thumb drives and flash memory card readers, but may not be sufficient for USB hard disks. It is
recommended to check with your drive manufacturer for power requirement, or use an external power
supply.
For the e-SATA port, you need to use an e-SATA drive with an external power supply.
The e-SATA port on the BD32 does NOT support “hot-plug”. To avoid any damage to your drive and the
port, please always plug in or unplug the drive when the player is turned off.
NOTE
• This unit supports “USB Mass Storage Class Bulk-Only Transport” devices only. Most USB
thumbs drives, portable hard disk drives and card readers conform to this device class
Other USB devices such as MP3 players, digital cameras, and mobile phones may not be
compatible.
• Supported USB drives can be formatted with the FAT (File Allocation Table), FAT32 or
NTFS (New Technology File System) file system.
• In some cases, an incompatible USB/e-SATA device may cause the player to stop
responding. If this occurs simply turn off the power, remove the USB device, and turn the
player back on.
• The player accesses the USB drive in read-only mode. In order to minimize the risk of
data corruption, it is recommended that you only unplug the USB device when playback is
completely stopped.
• DO NOT attempt to plug in a USB connector to the e-SATA port, or plug in an e-SATA
connector to the USB port(s). This might damage both your drive and the port(s).
The Home Menu
When a USB/e-SATA drive or an optical disc stored with media files is inserted, the player presents a
“Home Menu” to assist you in navigating and playing the files. You can also bring up the Home Menu with
the HOME button on the remote control. The Home Menu is the starting point for accessing media files.
There are 12 selections in the HOME Menu:
• Depending on what type of media files that you intend to play, you can choose among the “Music”,
“Movie” and “Photo” categories.
• “My Network” is an experimental feature right now. It enables the player to stream audio, video and
photo from media servers on the home network.
• “Netflix” connects you to your Netflix account and provides online movie streaming capability.
• “Blockbuster” connects you to your Blockbuster account and provides online movie rental, purchase
and streaming capability.
• “VUDU” connects you to your VUDU HD Movies account and provides online movie and TV Show
rental, purchase and streaming capability.
• “Film Fresh” connects you to your Film Fresh account and provides online movie and TV Show rental,
purchase and streaming capability.
• “Picasa” connects you to your Picasa account and provides online photo viewing and sharing
capability.
• “Pandora” connects you to your Pandora account and provides personalised internet radio service.
• “Internet” contains the shortcuts to Netflix and Blockbuster, as well as the additional network
applications which are added later in the future.
• “YouTube” provides uninterrupted stream of HD videos from YouTube like you were watching a normal
television channel.
NOTE
• The experimental features are not officially supported. Primare does not offer technical
support via email or phone for these experimental features.
• Different internet streaming applications may have different function mappings to the BD32
remote control. To exit Netflix, press HOME button. To exit Blockbuster, Film Fresh and
Picasa, either press HOME button or repeatedly press RETURN button till the Home Menu
shows.