Enjoying the home media gallery, Enjoying through external equipment 12 – Pioneer PRO-950HD User Manual

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Enjoying through External Equipment

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Enjoying the Home Media Gallery

With Home Media Gallery, you can enjoy digital content such as
movies, music and photo files. Playable content is files stored on
one or more media servers connected by a home network (LAN)
or those stored on a USB flash drive. After connecting via a
broadband router or an Ethernet hub to a media server with
network software*, you can navigate through the digital content
on the Home Media Gallery. For USB interface, the plasma
display supports Mass Storage Class devices.

*

Referred to as a “media server” that contains digital content such
as movies, music and photo files. PCs that have pre-installed
media server software and recorders with a media server function
are considered the media server. There are some media servers
that you can choose from; for example, Windows Media Connect,
Windows Media Player that has a media sharing function, and
DLNA compliant servers.

Usable free media servers

Free media servers available from Microsoft include:

1. Windows Media Connect 2.0

Windows Media Connect runs on a 32-bit PC with Windows
XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed. When it is already installed,
you can enjoy Home Media Gallery using your PC.

2. Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP

Windows Media Player 11 features Media Sharing that runs
on a 32-bit PC with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
installed. If Windows Media Connect 2.0 is not installed in
your PC, you can download Windows Media Player 11 from
Microsoft’s website.

3. Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista

Windows Media Player 11 will be featured in 32-bit Windows
Vista PCs.

When selecting the most suitable media server, please visit
Microsoft’s website for system requirements, known issues,
installation procedures and other updated information.

PlaysForSure

PlaysForSure is a marketing certification given by Microsoft. The
PlaysForSure logo makes it easy to find digital media stores and
devices that work together. Digital media purchased from online
stores carrying the PlaysForSure logo is available for use on this unit.
This unit complies with PlaysForSure Requirements
Specification for Network Devices Version 1.21.

The PlaysForSure logo, Windows Media and the Windows logo are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
USA and other countries.

DLNA CERTIFIED™ Audio/Video/Image Player

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a cross-industry
organization of consumer electronics, computing industry and
mobile device companies. Digital Living provides consumers
with easy sharing of digital media through a wired or wireless
network in the home.
The DLNA certification logo makes it easy to find products that
comply with the DLNA Interoperability Guidelines. This unit
complies with the DLNA Home Networked Device
Interoperability Guidelines v1.0.
When a PC running DLNA server software or other DLNA-
compatible device is connected to this player, some setting
changes of software or other devices may be required. Please
refer to the operating instructions for the software or device for
more information.

DLNA and DLNA CERTIFIED are trademarks and/or service marks
of Digital Living Network Alliance.

Supported file formats

The table below shows supported file formats that can be played
back or displayed on the plasma display. These formats are
applicable to network sources. Most of them are also applicable
to USB sources. However, media server content protected by
digital rights management, such as WMDRM10 (Windows Media
Digital Rights Management 10), may not play on the plasma
display.

• Some formats may not be supported nor displayed on Home

Media Gallery as formats that individual media servers support
vary. Refer to the manufacturer’s or other relevant website for
supported formats on your media server.

• Even with the format included in the above table, some

functions may not operate properly depending on the content.

• Even with the format included in the above table, some files

may not be played properly through a USB device.

Note

• Content may not play or display properly depending on the

conditions of use.

• Sources for this panel include media servers running on the

LAN network, or SD Card, MS, MMC, xD Picture and CF that
comply with the Mass Storage File System through a USB
interface.

• Home Media Gallery complies with DLNA version 1.0 and

PlaysForSure version 1.21. If your media server supports
different DLNA and/or PlaysForSure version(s), some Home
Media Gallery function(s) and content format(s) may not be
supported.

• Supported formats and contents are subject to change. Visit

the Pioneer website for updated information:
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com

• The Home Media Gallery functions as a WMDRM10-ND

(Microsoft Windows Media DRM for networked devices).
Content can only be navigated from the media servers that
support WMDRM10-ND.

• The system may not be able to display content from

incompatible memory cards.

• You cannot use the Home Media Gallery until dimmed

elements on the menu screen turn white.

• Some Home Media Gallery functions, such as trick play during

Fast Forward and Rewind, Time Search and Search, may not
work depending on the media server’s capability and
functionality.

Digital Audio Output terminal (Optical)

Note

• When using the optical output terminal for networked audio or

video:
If the plasma display and audio system are in the same room,
you may experience an audio delay between the plasma
speakers and the audio system. Try muting the speakers on the
plasma display to correct this delay. However, this action may
cause delays between audio and video.

Type of files

Format

Movie

MPEG PS (mpg, mpeg, mpe, m2p), MPEG-2 TS, WMV
(asf, wmv), MPEG4 (mp4)

Music

MP3 (mp3), LPCM, WAV (wav), WMA (asf, wma)

Photo

JPEG (jpg, jpeg), BMP (bmp), PNG (png), TIFF (tif, tiff),
GIF (gif)

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