Firmware Upgrading Instructions for HiMedia HD300C /HD300D HD Media Player and “Fail-Safe” Mode

HiMedia HD300C/HD300D HD Media Player Firmware Upgrading Instructions:

Download the latest firmware from our official portal website: http://www.playsmartsg.biz/supportdownload.htm
1) Power Off Your Player and Reboot (Recommended! Reboot before firmware upgrading)

2) De-compress the downloaded firmware file (in RAR format), then rename it to install.img

3) Copy install.img to the root directory of your USB HDD or Thumbdrive and plug it into the USB port of your Player,

4)Power on,Press “Setup” button on your remote control, enter “Setup” Page, Go to “System”, Select “System Upgrade”,

5) Press “Enter”, After 3 to 5 seconds, Firmware Upgrading Starts and you will see the Firmware Upgrading Progress on your TV Screen.

6) It takes about 2 minutes to finish.

In case firmware upgrading failed due to power cut off, you can use “Super Firmware Upgrading Mode” to force your player
to upgrade firmware again.

How to enter “Super Firmware Upgrading Mode”?

Repeat the Step 1,2,3,

4)Then Press “PREV” and “NEXT” buttons on your player front panel at same time

5)Power On your Player (After 5 seconds, release these two buttons (PREV and NEXT) on your player front panel)

6)After few seconds, you will see firmware upgrading screen AGAIN! LOL, your HiMedia Player will never Die!

Cheers

Still have problems? Call Play Smart Customer Service Hotline: 6338 3442 or 9357 8432

or email: playsmartsg@gmail.com

or MSN: playsmartsg@hotmail.com

 or discuss it in our forum: http://www.playsmartsg.net

 

1) 关机重启 (推荐用户,升级前先重启一次)

2) 解压下载文件,重新命名为install.img

3) 拷贝到u盘根目录,开机,进入设置页面, 在系统栏, 找到系统升级

4) 按确认后,过3~5秒会开始升级,进入升级页面

5) 大概持续2分钟左右,升级完成;
本版本旨在提高稳定性, 更多新功能在1.0.1.x固件发布;

当播放器在正常升级失败情况下(如升级过程中断电),可以通过该模式来重新升级播放器,
升级步骤如下:

1.将最新固件命名为install.img,并拷贝到U盘根目录下,接在主机USB口上(前后都可以任选)。
2.请同时按住机器前面板上的”NEXT”键和”PREV”键。
3.上电开机(上电5秒后松开以上两个键)
4.不出问题的话,几秒后出现升级页面(什么你又断电了?那从第二项开始重做吧)

Good News: HiMedia HD300C and HD300D have just arrived!

GOOD NEWS!

Dear Friends,

I am very happy to let you know that HiMedia HD300C and HD300D have just arrived, exactly as we planned and expected.  For friends who have placed pre-orders, please kindly contact me to arrange pickup at your earliest convenience.

CHEERS!

Many thanks for your kind support!

Michael

HiMedia has appointed Play Smart Pte Ltd as Authorized Sole Agent of HiMedia Products in Singapore!

Dear Friends of Play Smart,

I am very happy to announce HiMedia has appointed Play Smart Pte Ltd as Authorized Sole Agent of HiMedia Products in Singapore to provide best products with best price and excellent pre and post sales service in Singapore.

This is another milestone in the history of Play Smart Pte Ltd.  The authorization letter will be posted on our websites soon.

So many friends have shown interest in HiMedia products, HD300C and HD300D.  Some have already placed orders.  We welcome more friends to come test the players and place orders as soon as possible.

Many thanks for your continuing strong support!

All the best!

Michael Guo

Director

Play Smart Pte Ltd

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The Specifications (English version) of Hi-Media HD300D and HD300C

 

 

HD300C

HD300D

Rear view of HD300C


Rear view of HD300D

A view of HD300D

 
Hi-Media HD300 Series HD Player
 
Hi-Media HD300 Series High Definition Media Player, 1080P Full-HD DVD Players, The Very First Full-HD DVD Players (Realtek 1073 Solution) in the world, suitable for home use.  Super correction capacities on different disks, perfect compatibility with network AV! New models just hit the market: HD300C, HD300D.

Introduction to the rear connectors

The rear connectors of HD300
1. Power connector: built-in power module, standard 2 pin power plug
2. Standardized composite video, stereo audio, make it easy to connect to common displaying devices
3. Standardized component connector, provide convenience
4. Optical, coaxial digital audio output connector
5. HDMI1.3A digital AV port, full support of 1080P
6. USB2.0 data transfer port
7. Network port (HD300D)

Specifications and functions 

                  Item                                Introduction
1   Video connector:    HDMI1.3、YPbPr、CVBScomposite
2   Audio connector:   HDMI1.3、stereo、SPDIF digital optical、SPDIF digital coaxial
3   Others:  DVD Loader、USB2.0 HOST、LED digital display、network and 3-in-1 card reader(HD300D)
4   Video codec:   RM/RMVB、H.264、VC-1、WMV、MPEG1/2/4、Divx、Xvid
5   Video format:   Ripped from BD original disk、BD-ISO、MKV、M2TS、MTS、FLV、AVI、DVD-ISO、VOB、MPG、DAT、ASF、TP、TRP
6   Video resolution:   480I、480P、576I、576P、720P、1080I、1080P/24HZ、1080P/50HZ、1080P/60HZ
7   Audio codec:   DTS-HDMA、DTS、AC3、LPCM、FLAC、LC-AAC、HE-AAC、MP3、OGG、WMA、WAV
8   Subtitle:   PGS built-in subt itle、STR、SUB、IDX+SUB、SSA、SMI
9   Subtitle format:   UNICODE、ANSI、简体中文、繁体中文
10   Image codec:   JPG、TIF、PNG、BMP、GIF
11   Disk format:   RBD-P、MINIBD、AVCHD、DVD、VCD、CD
12   Image playback:   Super large image slide show, fade in, fade out, background music
13   File management:   Support remote controlled copy, delete of files and folders with FAT32、NTFS、EXT2、EXT3 partitions
14   Firmware:   Specific upgrading protection, reset, not public firmware
15   Power supply:   Built-in power module, on and off via remote control
16   Network:   Built-in 10/100M autonegotiation card、support SAMBA、UPNP network share(HD300D)
17   Card reader:   Support copy and direct play wit SD、MMC、MS card (HD300D)
18   Subtitle font:   TTF vector font、FREETYPE engine optimization
  

Special features

1. Built-in DVD drive: professionally made high speed DVD player, in perfect compatibility with RBD, MiniBD disk play, also the ripped high definition D5, D9 disks.
2. LED display: can display real time clock, play time and other information.
3. A combination of Disk player and media player: under the mode of disk player, completely the same as DVD operation mode, users can easily play MINIBD、RBD、DVD、VCD、CD and other disks, support DVD Navigation (Menu); under the mode of media players, easy and flexible operations for viewing of all kinds of downloaded movies.
4. Ripped from BD original disk, BD-ISO playback: perfectly support files ripped from BD original disk and BD-ISO files.
5. Support Blue-ray PGS embedded subtitles.
6. Support BD playlist: auto play of BD original disk, BD-ISO files according to the playlist, with easy BD menu, no need to search for main file.
7. Easy BD Navigation menu: support multi-subtitle, multi-soundtrack and chapter selection
8. Seamless playback: support seamless playback of multiple TS, M2TS. The BD disk and BD-ISO can be played continuously, no more black screen.
9. 1080P/24Hz movie mode: turn on the setup, it will recognize the blue ray 24Hz movie mode automatically.
10. Easy adjustment of external subtitle: size, color, delay, position can be adjusted.
11. In-situ subtitle change: the external subtitle can be changed while playing, the effect will be viewable in time.
12. Time seek playback: support time shift and drag select.
13. Bookmark and breakpoint play: breakpoint autoplay prompt and multiple bookmarks, good for family members to find their own movies.
14. Vector font: professionally optimized vector fonts, more beautiful subtitles, greatly fix the problem of subtitle missing.
15. Multi-functional remote control: nice feel, full functions, easy operations, support on off with remote control

Play Smart Sells SmartQ with Android Operating System (Photos) !

Play Smart Sells SmartQ with Android Operating System (Photos) ! 

Exciting news!  Play Smart Pte Ltd sells SmartQ products installed with Android Operating System.  Below are some photos taken to illustrate how a SmartQ 5 installed with Android looks like.  Many applications can be run on this reliable, versatile and fun OS!

We welcome friends in Singapore and worldwide to come test it and place an order.

CHEERS!

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SmartQ with Android, Mer, Linux, WinCE(Chinese) are available at Play Smart!

As the sole distributor of SmartQ products in Singapore and authorized sales agent and services provider worldwide, Play Smart Pte Ltd is proud to announce that:

SmartQ with Android, Mer, Linux, or WinCE(Chinese) are available at Play Smart!

We are so happy that SmartQ products, SmartQ 5 Mobile Internet Device and SmartQ 7 Internet Tablet, are getting more and more attention from around the globe.  Reviews by authoratitative agencies have been published.  The number of member of SmartQ Forum is reaching 5,000.  Every day, many customers and friends come to our shop in Sim Lim Square in Singapore to test the mini-PC and enjoy the excitement.  Orders from different countries are also increasing, which is rather encouraging.

Play Smart will present SmartQ products in National Library of Singapore in about two weeks.

Many thanks to Beijing SmartDevices for their strong support from the very first day!

Many thanks to our friends in media for their kind help!

Many thanks to our respected customers for their patronship!

We will continue delivering high quality products and super customer services to friends in Singapore and beyond.

Best wishes!

Play Smart Pte Ltd

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Android Has Been Successfully Installed On SmartQ!

 
Android

 

Dear Friends,

We are very happy to share with you one piece of good news.

We at Play Smart Pte Ltd have successfully installed Android Operating System on SmartQ product, and have used the device with this new OS for some interesting applications.  Android OS is very stable and user-friendly.

We strongly encourage our friends to come to our shop in Sim Lim Square in Singapore to test the MID or Internet Tablet equipped with Android.  Exploring the fun part of SmartQ 5, SmartQ 7 and other cool gadgets in our shop has been a tradition since our first day.  We enjoy sharing with our friends and customers so much.

Many thanks to you all for building a happy family with us!

Best regards!

Michael Guo

Play Smart Pte Ltd

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As Beautiful As VISTA! SmartQ MID Presents Dreamscene!

As Beautiful As VISTA! SmartQ MID Presents Dreamscene!

This is a century promoting individuality.  We have seen so many universal stuff, one model, one format, one style.  We want to say: Stop!  No More!  We do not want to bring with ourselves the same device as others.  We want to be unique, different!


(Under WinCE OS, SmartQ MID presents dynamic dreamscene effect)

The UI design of digital products requires more and more individuality and creativity.  The point is simple: User Interface is the first and most touched, encountered by customers on a daily basis.  To have a different device, cool UI is a must.


(The “Dreamscene” only available on best equipped VISTA OS of Microsoft)

SmartQ MID (Mobile Internet Device) products are moving toward this direction and bring unexpcted happiness to us.


(The Dreamscene desktop of SmartQ MID has splendid appearance, can be switched smoothly )

PC users using VISTA of Microsoft can experience this unusual Dreamscene effect.  Traditional desktop, which is unchangeable, does not offer this.  Common users may realize this effect under the help of third party softwares.  It is rather difficult to achieve it on hand-held devices.  The Dreamscene desktop developed by SmartQ almost reproduces the classical VISTA Dreamscene desktop on SmartQ series.


(Putting all favorite games on one page makes a friendly menu.)

5 pages can be set up on the DReamscene desktop of SmartQ MID.  Each page shows shortcuts of up to 15 softwares. Click the icon and use the software.  Nice and easy!  Users can classify their frequently used softwares on any page.  For example, all games can be put on page 3, while all e-learning softwares are on page 4.  The shuffle among these 5 pages can be realized simply by dragging.  Surely it is an enjoyment to do so.


(Users can set up desktop icons on his or her own and choose favorite images)


(Users can select MP4 videos as the dynamic background)

When you feel bored with the pre-loaded desktop icons, simply press the empty space, you will find something interesting: the icons on the desktop start to dance.  Actually this is optional.  You may move the icons, may move relocate the icons to diffrent pages.  Of course, you may use your own favorite images.

Reject those similar stuff.  You will find SmartQ MID more interesting and powerful after you have a can-dance “Dreamscene Desktop”.

(Translated from an article published on Smartdevices website)

iDeals.com.sg becomes an authorized dealer of Play Smart

Play Smart Pte Ltd happily announce:

On 02/09/09, iDeals.com.sg becomes an authorized dealer of Play Smart Pte Ltd for SmartQ 5 and SmartQ 7.

 About iDeals.com.sg, below is quoted from its website.

 ”Based in Singapore, Ideals enables mass order (everyone gathers to purchase on the same item) of any item. Ideals is mass order-based, as opposed to auction-based, allowing every member to benefit from the participation instead of only one winner gets the product. ”

This is an important event in the history of Play Smart. We will work closely with iDeals.com.sg and future dealers to bring better products and services to our customers in Singapore and worldwide.

Many thanks!

Best regards!

Michael Guo

Director

Play Smart Pte Ltd

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King of E-book Readers! Excellent Performance of SmartQ MID

SmartQ products, SmartQ 5 MID and SmartQ 7 Internet Tablet, are becoming more and more popular.  They can nicely satisfy our customers’ diffrent needs: web surfing with wifi and 3G, e-books PDF documents reading, online communications, games, etc.  When it comes to reading of e-books and PDF documents, an article published on SmartDevices website is worth reading.

King of E-book Readers!  Excellent Performance of SmartQ MID

E-book reading is one of major fucntions considered by many customers when they purchase a portable device.  One device with excellent e-book reading performance will win the customer.  Although different customers have different tastes, one thing is common.  Let’s take a look at what customers, those “gods”, say about e-book readings.

(SmartQ series MID products have excellent e-book reading performance, can PK against professional e-book reading devices on the market)

“I want big screen, high precision, this will making viewing enjoyable!”customer Mr. Wang raised the common question about screen.  SmartQ products, SmartQ 5 MID and SmartQ 7 Internet Tablet, have two models to choose, 4.3 inch and 7 inch.  The resolution of the screen is 800*480, high-end touch screen is used.  4.3 inch SmartQ 5 can be nicely kept in pocket, while SmartQ 7 can be put in a hand bag or on the desktop, offers convenience.


(bundant self-defined options can be chosen.)

(Database of vector fonts, the size of characters can be adjusted.)

“It is most difficult to stand when reading a e-book is the letter or character has edgs, especially when the letters or characters are enlarged.  So a vector font is a must.  Ideally it will be nice if we can choose our favorite fonts and can also self-define background.  In onr word, be user-friendly.”  Office lady Ms. Yang shared with us her opinion on the font and related setups.  SmartQ MID supoorts vector fonts, thus no matter how many times a letter is enlarged, no edges will be observed.  It is possible to change the size and add new fonts.  Many self-defined options can be applied.


(Viewing vertically or horizontally can be switched easily)

“It is best to be able to read in two ways, vertical and horizontal.  The device can not be too heavy.  Paging turning is also very important.  This will make reading in bed easy.  Graduate student Huang mentioned his requirements on e-book readers.  SmartQ MID can meet his needs easily, since they have screen changing options.  SmartQ 5 is 100g in weight and SmartQ 7 is 480 g, more or less like a common book, will not make arms and hands uncomfortable.  Because SmartQ MID use touch screen, paging turning is rather easy by touching the upper side or lower side of the screen.  You may also choose auto page turning, which will completely let your hands rest.

(The page can be turned simply by figure clicking)

“The key is the battery can last very long.  I hate the battery runs out when reading.  Also, I also like other e-book reading softwares and hope they can be installed.  Text-to-speech is ideal.  Must support many formats!”  IT fan Mr. Liang’s requirements are stricter than others.  The battery of SmartQ MID can last 5 to 6 hours after full charge.  About e-book softwares, “开卷有益”、“掌上书院”、“讯飞语音电子书绿色版”和“熊猫看书”and others can be installed, among which “讯飞语音电子书绿色版”will read out.  About format supported, these are supported: txt、fb2、HTML、CHM、plucker、Palmdoc、zTxt、TCR、RTF、OEB、OpenReader、Non-DRM”ed mobipocket、Plain text, etc.

(Many e-book reading softwares can be installed on SmartQ)

So, it is reasonable to say: SmartQ MID products with super e-book reading performance can satisfy our e-book reading customers.  Customers who are looking for good e-book reader are welcome to consider SmartQ products.

We warmly welcome you to come test these devices in our shop, like many customers do.
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