User manual G-TECHNOLOGY G-PLAY INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] G-PLAY Installation Guide G-PLAYTM Installation Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WHAT'S IN THE BOX G-PLAY OVERVIEW SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS SUPPORTED OUTPUTS 8. ATTACHING G-PLAY TO YOUR COMPUTER 8. 1 Connecting the Power Boost Adapter 9. INITIALIZING G-PLAY 9. 1 9. 2 9. 3 9. 4 Mac OSX (10. 4) Creating the Required File Folders on G-PLAY ­ Mac OSX Windows 2000/XP Creating the Required File Folders on G-PLAY ­ Windows 10. LOADING G-PLAY WITH CONTENT 11. UNMOUNTING/DISCONNECTING G-PLAY 11. 1 Mac OSX Computers 11. 2 Windows Computers 12. CONNECTING G-PLAY TO YOUR TV 13. THE REMOTE CONTROL 14. NAVIGATING THE G-PLAY USER INTERFACE 14. 1 Movies Menu 14. 2 Music Menu 14. 3 Pictures Menu 14. 4 Language Settings Menu 14. 5 Audio Settings Menu 14. 6 Video Settings Manu 14. 7 TV Type Menu 14. 8 Screen Saver Menu 14. 9 Firmware Update Menu 14. 10 DivX VOD Menu G-Technology Inc. Tel: (310) 449-4599 Fax: (310) 449-4670 support@g-technology. com 15. TECHNICAL SUPPORT 16. LIMITED WARRANTY 17. APPENDIX P/N GP0605 RevA Page 1 G-PLAY Installation Guide Page 2 G-PLAY Installation Guide Page 3 G-PLAY Installation Guide 1. [. . . ] This folder will only be visible and accessible when G-PLAY is attached to your computer. Page 9 G-PLAY Installation Guide 9. 3 Windows 2000/XP Systems 1. Open the Disk Management utility by right-clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop and selecting "Manage" from the drop down menu as shown below. Right click on Disk 1 and select Initialize Disk from the pull-down menu as shown. G-PLAY (Disk 1) is now identified as Basic and Online. Page 10 G-PLAY Installation Guide 6. Right-click on the Disk 1 "Unallocated" bar entry and select New Partition. . . Click on the <Next> button to continue. Page 11 G-PLAY Installation Guide 10. Windows will automatically assign a drive letter (in this example E:). Accept this assignment and click on the <Next> button to continue. Enter a Volume Label: (in this example, G-PLAY), check the Perform a quick format box and click on the <Next> button to continue. 13. Exit the Computer Management console. Page 12 G-PLAY Installation Guide 14. G-PLAY will now be displayed as an available hard disk drive under My Computer as shown below. Name the new folder Firmware. 9. 4 Creating the Required File Folders on G-PLAY Windows 2000/XP Now that G-PLAY is initialized, four folders must be created to store the various types of media files. Repeat the above steps and create three additional new folders with the following names. . . · · · Movies Music Pictures Note: DO NOT change the names of these folders. For example, the Movies folder could be spilt into sub-directories with names such as "Action", "Adventure", etc. The Music folder could be spilt into "Rock", "Classical", etc. You can create another folder ("Data" for example) to store your data files. This folder will only be visible and accessible when GPLAY is attached to your computer. Page 13 G-PLAY Installation Guide 6. UNMOUNTING/DISCONNECTING G-PLAY A great feature of G-PLAY is its ability to be connected and disconnected while your computer is running. To prevent failures and/or data loss it is important to follow the steps below when unmounting/disconnecting G-PLAY from your computer. Before powering down and disconnecting G-PLAY, you must unmount the system by simply dragging the G-PLAY icon to the trash located in the dock. 10. Loading G-PLAY with Content Loading G-PLAY with movies, music or pictures is easy! [. . . ] If this should happen, contact G-Tech Support or your reseller for assistance. Page 20 G-PLAY Installation Guide 14. 10 DivX VOD G-PLAY supports DivX Video-on-Demand (VOD). DivX VOD is a digital delivery service that let's you buy or rent high-quality video content from https://vod. divx. com and play it on G-PLAY. To utilize the DivX VOD feature of G-PLAY, follow the directions below. Enjoy your DivX VOD content! (This page intentionally blank) Page 21 G-PLAY Installation Guide 15. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you encounter any difficulties while installing or using G-PLAY, please contact G-Tech Technical Support via one of the following ways: Telephone: (310) 449-4599 Fax: (310) 449-4670 E-mail: support@g-technology. com Internet: http://www. g-technology. com When contacting Technical Support, make sure to be in front of your computer and have the following information readily available: · · · · · Your G-PLAY serial number (located on side of unit) Operating system and version Computer brand and model Type of AV cable/audio cable you are using Type of TV/monitor you are using 16. [. . . ]