CouchTube User`s Manual
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1. Click System Status shows current system status Model Name Product model name Versions Firmware version no Product firmware version number Software version no Windows client utility version number Network Status IP address IP address of CouchTube device Subnet Mask subnet mask Default Gateway default gateway Wireless MAC address wireless MAC address Wire MAC address wire MAC address Connection Status Projecting status which is Waiting for projecting or Projecting Total Users It shows how many users login into CouchTube box 6 4 Network Setup There are many kinds of operating configurations as below Awind User s Manual 17 PPB1000 gt Admin gt Network Setup Logout IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway 192 168 hoo 40 2 iiss E100 i254 Enable Disable WORLDWIDE PPBOX rex Enable Disable Auto Disable ki lt Auto Configuration Network Setup gt The default setting of the CouchTube box is DHCP client When the CouchTube box is connected to a LAN that already has a DHCP server present the CouchTube box takes an IP address assigned to it by the server When the CouchTube box is connected to a LAN that does not have a DHCP server the CouchTube box becomes the DHCP server in the network lt IP Setup gt You can select obtain IP address automatically or Use the following IP address IP Addres2. Jenny From The Block ennifer lape f Qs PG Feelin So Good FA Chon te Fr I m Gonna Be Alright Ain t It Funny Spanish Fly Control Myself Get Right Contol Myself Awind User s Manual yw Www Ww WIN Y Ww W W gt USB CouchTube automatically filters files on your USB storage the same way as for files on your PC Plug your USB storage into any of the USB ports on CouchTube select which media type to use photo video music and use the remote control to browse the storage for files matching the media type your selected My Photo s USB My Photo My Video F B F My Music My Video Awind User s Manual 10 My Music My Photo My Music MyPC Select MyPC to bring your PC to LCD TV and then you can operate your PC remotely with the CouchTube Remote or you can choose to attach an USB Mouse Keyboard to the CouchTube box To exit MyPC please press the Power button on the remote control 1 Z2TV Z2TV is an amazing feature which automatically detects encodes and transmit the video region to your TV This feature is especially designed to view video clips on web pages such as YouTube in full screen on TV To use Z2TV please open the video file or web page and let the video play While the video is playing press the D Info Z2TV button on remote control to start detection When Z2TV finds the video region a red rectangle will be drawn around the video You can use the
3. CouchTube is a perfect companion for high definition TVs CouchTube smoothly plays 720p HD videos via WiFi connection and up to 1080p via Ethernet Features gt P2PTV m Free P2P TV service from the Internet gt MyTube m Daily funny clips from Internet community join CouchTube tv for more channels gt MyTheatre MyPhoto The easiest way to enjoy your PC photos in front of big screens Super fast decoding and rotation Support any resolution of pictures Live directory thumbnails Root directory can be configured to any disk folder MyVideo A high performance HD video decoder that smoothly plays 720p videos through WiFi 1080p videos through Ethernet for Mpeg1 Mpeg2 WMV9 Xvid and DivX formats Fast switching to different PCs Support video thumbnails Awind User s Manual 3 Root directory can be configured to any disk folder MyMusic Support mp3 wma and wav files Support ID3 song information and album pictures Root directory can be configured to any disk folder Sequential and shuffle play gt MyPC m Automatically detect and connect up to 8 PCs to be accessed in front of a TV mM Support both wireless 802 119 AP included and wired 100M networks m Use the accompanying IR remote to select and control media playback or control PC desktop m Connect wireless wired USB mouse keyboard to fully access your PC in front of your TV m Z2TV Automatically detects encodes and transmit the video re
4. Firmware Upgrade Logout Click Firmware Upgrade button to upgrade firmware gt gt 6M First you have to get latest firmware file from your vendor Click lt Browse gt to specify file name of the new firmware to upgrade Click lt Upgrade gt to start A warning message shown and count down counter on the screen After a few minutes the device should reboot automatically when upgrade is completed If the device did not reboot in 15 minutes please manually restart CouchTube box A Warning Don t power off CouchTube while firmware upgrade in progress otherwise will cause your Box doesn t work and have to return device to your vendor for fixing Awind User s Manual 21 6 9 Reboot System PPB1000 gt Admin gt Reboot System Reboot System This will reboot the device immediately Click Reboot System button to restart system lt Reboot gt reboot system automatically 6 10 Logout PPB1000 gt Admin gt Reboot System Reboot System This will reboot the device immediately Click Logout button to back Web home page Awind User s Manual Logout ae Logout 22 7 Appendix CouchTube Remote Control Mute Be Info ee Up Left Mouse Button Me2ae Move Cursor T Add to Favorites zji Bury Remove from Move Cursor 7E Move Cursor i is ali Favorites Stop Back Left Previous Down Fast Rewind Left Mouse Button Rig
5. Tube If you want to automatically synchronize your subscriptions periodically please provide your user account and password for your computer A scheduled task will be created on your computer Awind User s Manual MyTube Settings Server IP 59 120 158 202 MyTube Scheduler AM 12 00 Daily Channel Max Volumn MB Account Admin Name for this PC aes Password sanssese MyTube Web Account User Name couchtube Web Password oone Device ID Output Size Web Photo Slide Show Image Delay In Seconds Click lt MyTheatre Settings gt to change your default folders and play policy for music and videos Root Folder Big m My Photo C Wsers ichardchen Pictures My Video C Wsers richardchenWideos My Music C Wsers richardcheniMusic Menu Size 640 4e0 My Photo Slide Show Image Delay In Seconds 5 My Video Play Policy Loop My Music Awind User s Manual 13 Click lt Plug4WiFi Wizard gt and follow on screen instructions to save a wireless profile to USB disk and let PPbox join the selected wireless network Please note that networking performance may reduce in this mode especially for video streaming USB Auto Setup Wizard This wizard helps you set up a USB Token which you can perform Plug TE EE E a a E Available Networks awind corp YES f3 i Network Name SSID awind Corp Secunty Key E E a
6. CouchTube User s Manual Model DHP 4030A Version 1 1 Date J une 30 2008 Awind Table of Contents NN MH HR WwW KN OV OT VUOW ssivstuseisdacedesiviveaatniaceatusestuacbodecesqareesuantpuaaseiaresesnauodsasdnareesuaaboutaseiasesesaeuousasenasdesneeteeniess 3 Fhysical Detalls iian a RE vasees eee esos esas ce dou 4 l stall COUCH TUDE vsisi E east enotiniastn ieee onstage taneees 4 Usine Co chlubinoriane a E T E 6 Chent UUV icr A E E N OORE 12 Web Manae ement ssis E e as 16 Appendix CouchTube Remote Control cscccccccccccccccccccccsssssssssssssssescscccecccccccesesssneees 23 User s Manual 2 1 Overview CouchTube is a revolutionary digital home solution for those who have LCD TVs or projectors as well as personal computers with networking connection CouchTube provides enterprise level network auto configuration capability and thus is very easy to configure and setup CouchTube has built in P2P TV service which delivers over 500 free channels anytime Besides P2P TV CouchTube also works as a super DMA or Digital Media Adaptor which seamlessly bridges your PC to your LCD TV or projector in your living room CouchTube gives you easy access to your photos videos and music files stored on your PC and share them with your family and friends on the big screen You can also operate your PC on TV with the remote control or via standard USB mouse and Keyboard With its advanced processor and networking performance
7. ce e ere Select the wireless network you want to join and click Next Awind User s Manual 14 Plug your flash drive into any USB port on this computer and wait for the drive letter to appear below Hash Drive F Select which drive to save the wireless profile The wizard completed successfully E E a When Plug4WiFi Wizard is finished plug the USB disk to any USB port on your iShow and reboot the device It will read the wireless network settings from the USB disk and join the wireless network Awind User s Manual 15 6 Web Management 6 1 Home Page Make sure your PC is connected to CouchTube Look for the IP address of CouchTube in the Select Device window Open your browser and enter the IP address of the box The default IP is 192 168 100 10 if not connected to LAN English ee LL es Tas ie aa UserName admin Password seeee Login Copyright 2006 All rights reserved Click Admin and then enter password to login web page The password default value is admin Awind User s Manual 16 6 3 System Status PPB1000 gt Admin gt System Status Logout Firmware Version 0 0 19 14 IP Address 192 168 168 93 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 168 251 Wireless MAC Address 00 16 44 CC EE 23 Wire MAC Address 00 12 5F 00 1E 03 Projecting Status Waiting for Projecting Total Users 2
8. direction buttons to move the frame or use the volume buttons to enlarge or shrink the area When you are satisfied with the adjustments press the ENTER button on remote control to begin streaming Video quality will vary and highly depend on the original video quality The size of active video region will vary depending on your computing power P4 1 0G CPU and above is required for QCIF 320x240 size of video clips Awind User s Manual 11 5 Client Utility 5 1 Starting Program After you installed CouchTube client from CD please follow the steps below to begin Connect to your CouchTube device via network Double click the CouchTube shortcut on your Desktop The CouchTube client will automatically connect to CouchTube If there is more than one CouchTube found the client will list the devices for you to choose 5 2 Change Settings Right click on the tray icon f to bring up the menu About PPBox Client Select Device MyTube Settings MyTheatre Settings Plug4 WiFi Wizard Exit Click lt Select Device gt to change to another CouchTube 1a PPBox Client 1 2 6 6 Connecting 192 168 0 47 xy Connect 192 166 0 47 192 166 100 170 PPBOX home Refresh Click lt MyTube Settings gt to change setting for My Tube Please enter your account and password on CouchTube TV website to synchronize your channel subscriptions If you do not have an account default channels will be used for My
9. gion to your TV mE Direct Streaming Automatically checks formats when opening files and streams the file to the device if the format is supported by the hardware decoder gt Wireless Access Point CouchTube itself is a wireless access point You may use it to access the internet by connecting your LAN cable to CouchTube 2 Physical Details Front View Rear Panel 3 Install CouchTube 1 Connect the power adaptor to your CouchTube and plug the adaptor to your power outlet 2 Connect the HDMI output or VGA output on the CouchTube to your TV or projector and turn on your projector or TV 3 Plug your LAN cable into CouchTube if you want to use it as a wireless access point AP Awind User s Manual 4 4 Turn on CouchTube box The Main Menu as below will be shown on your TV screen while system Is ready Click the Info button on CouchTube Remote to check system info CouchTube P2PTV MyTube MyTheatre MyPC 5 Make sure your PC WLAN or LAN interface is enabled and connect your PC to CouchTube wireless default SSID is COUCHTUBE 6 Install CouchTube software from the CD ROM Make sure this application is allowed to pass your personal firewall 7 Launch CouchTube utility The CouchTube application automatically will search for a CouchTube server and will establish connection automatically If there are more than one CouchTube servers you can select specific server to connect which as shown belo
10. h to best resolution Otherwise you can specify the output to use manually Please not that improper setting may cause problem displaying images on your TV lt Color Depth gt Provide CouchTube output with 16bit or 32 bit color depth It depends on your PC settings lt Screen Refresh Rate gt This is VGA output refresh rate provides 60 Hz and 75Hz to suit for different kinds of projectors lt Apply gt Confirmation and Save modifications lt Cancel gt Cancel all the modifications Awind User s Manual 19 6 6 Change Passwords PPB1000 gt Admin gt Change Passwords Logout Enter New Password Confirm New Password lt Enter New Password gt enter new password you want lt Confirm New Password gt double confirm new password lt Apply gt Confirmation and Save modifications 6 7 Reset to Default PPB1000 gt Admin gt Reset to Default A Reset to Default This will restore the device to the factory default settings Click Reset to Default button to restore factory default settings lt Apply gt Confirmation and action Another way to restore Factory Default Settings Follow below procedures Power off CouchTube On the rear panel press Reset button and Hold Turn on CouchTube box Wait for over 10 seconds and relief Reset button It will take effect to restore factory default settings gt A Awind User s Manual 20 6 8 Firmware Upgrade PPB1000 gt Admin gt
11. ht Mouse Button Rotate Photo ACF Move Cursor iow Move Cursor 48 Move Cursor f Move Cursor Awind User s Manual 23
12. s The default value is 192 168 100 10 Subnet Mask The default value is 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway The default value is 192 168 100 10 lt DHCP Server Setup gt You can select auto Enable Disable DHCP Server or Disable Start IP The start IP address of DHCP Server End IP The end IP address of DHCP Server lt Wireless Setup gt Wireless LAN you can select Enable or Disable Region default value is Worldwide SSID SSID string max Length is 32 bytes Awind User s Manual 18 SSID Broadcast you can select Enable or Disable Channel to set fixed channel or Auto The Auto means after power on CouchTube it will scan all of wireless channel and select clear one channel automatically WEP you can Disable WEP key or select one of 64bit or 128bit in ASCII or HEX string Key If WEP is enabled you have to set key value according to WEP mode you selected lt Apply gt press button to select this mode lt Cancel gt press button to abort action lt Back gt Back to Operating mode main menu 6 5 Projection Setup PPB1000 gt Admin gt Projection Setup Logout Auto Video Output i Video Component f20p Color Depth High 32 bit Screen Refresh Rate 6O Hr lt Video Output gt Default setting is Auto If using default setting the device will automatically detect which connector is used and automatically switc
13. u will see number of videos you have not watched in the brackets for each channel To watch the videos click on the channel to start playing Awind User s Manual 6 Web Video Couch Tube Featured Animals Sports Tech and Nature Funny Shortclips n r You can use the remote control to skip forward i or backward o or use the or R buttons to vote for the current video You may visit our website www couchtube tv for more videos You may subscribe to more channels and watch on TV with a CouchTube TV account gt MyTheatre Select MyTheatre to playback your multimedia files which are stored in your PC Media Library or attached USB storage USB Awind User s Manual 7 faza My Theater Media Library CouchTube automatically filters files on your PC and re arranges them for easy access on TV You may specify which folders CouchTube should look for your multimedia files The default folders are as follows Video My Documents My Videos Photo My Documents My Pictures Music My Documents My Music Please right click on the CouchTube icon on System Tray and select My Theatre settings to change settings for MyTheatre al Media Library My Photo Awind User s Manual 8 My Photo A My Photo RP HDWMOH Zong jpg ie SS E NE ay N a VL T ae ee pee My Video ee My Video OLE hlube l Animals Soort 4 Tech and Nature Funny ShortCnips My Music My Music Hola You Down
14. w 1 Show Client 1 2 6 9 iShow devices were found IP Address Device Name 192 166 155 957 CouchTube richard 192 168 163 120 CouchTube philips Refresh Please use the CouchTube Remote to control the functions in CouchTube For more information please refer to the appendix Awind User s Manual 5 4 Using CouchTube gt P2PTV To use P2PTV you need to have PPLive software installed on your computer Please download the software from PPLive website htip Awww pplive com Select P2PTV from the Main Menu to access P2PTV service Please note that you need to be connected to the internet to watch programs from P2PTV You may plug your LAN cable to either CouchTube or your computer Use the left and right buttons on the remote control to change categories and use the up and down buttons to browse through programs in the selected category When you find a program to watch please click the ENTER button The buffer info is shown on screen When the buffer is full the program will begin automatically The buffer time depends on your internet connection speed usually the process takes less than 30 seconds AHRI 30 77 ide Sb iG 5 FRE SRST EY EE Ce Hee CSE OSESE eae He eT IERSKE 3 e SRIEISE M Bll 2 5 PE H KERRE GB gt MyTube MyTube offers daily videos selected by internet community By default you will receive three channels The videos are updated daily if your computer stays online and yo
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