EGREAT

ShenZhen Egreat Technology Co., Ltd

HDTANK
(EG-M31A/B)

EG-M31A/B

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WARNING:
1 Only qualified service personnel are allowed to do repair work.
2 To reduce the risk of fire and electric shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.
3 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS:
a) Instructions should be read carefully before the product is operated.
b) Dont touch electric plug with wet hands.
c) When unplugging the power cord from the outlet, pull by the plug head. Do not pull
the cord to unplug.
d) Press the power key to turn the power off when you are no longer using the product.
(Unplug the cable when you wont be using it for a long time)
e) Dont open the cover nor touch the components inside the product.
f) Dont install nor operate this product in the sunshine or nearby heat sources to protect
it from overheating.
g) This product should be placed on a flat surface with good ventilation to avoid overheating.
h) Use a dry cloth for cleaning. Do not use liquid cleansers nor aerosol cleaners.

4. Accessory list:
EG-M31A EG-M31B
Gild HDMI cable Gild HDMI cable
Gild AV cable ESATA cable
Gild PRBPR component cable Gild USB2.0 cable
Optical cable USB2.0 extension cable
Gild USB2.0 cable AC cable
AC cable Remote control
Remote control Power supply
Power supply CD-R
CD-R Screw bag
Screw bag manual
manual

EG-M31A/BHDTANK User Manual

No. 1: How to install HDD into the unit 2
No. 2: Connecting method .. 5
No. 3: Remote Control Definitions .. 6
No. 4: Software install and basic operations ... 8
No. 5: Firmware update guide .. 28
No. 6:How to recover from FW update failure with fail-safe kernel
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No. 7: How to change background by yourself ... 30
No. 8: Q & A . 31

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No.1 How to install the HDD into the unit
1). Open the case:

2). Plug the SATA HDD into the SATA interface. The hole locations should match with the

fixed column on the metal plate.

3). Pay attention to the fan. It should be connected to the case too.
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4). Fix the HDD with 2 screws as shown below.

5). Close the case using the 4 screws, which were included from the factory.

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No.2 Connecting method
1). Connecting Power adapter:

(31A) (31B)

2). Connecting video and audio:

No.3 Remote Control Definitions

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 Power: stand by/wake up(EG-M31A)
Power on/off (EG-M31B)
Zzz: stand by/restart(EG-M31B)
TV MODE: Quick setting of TV mode
1NTSC 480i 60Hz
2PAL 576i 50Hz
4HDMI or P/Pb/Pr 720P 50Hz
5HDMI or P/Pb/Pr 1080i 50Hz
6HDMI or P/Pb/Pr 1080P 50Hz
7HDMI or P/Pb/Pr 720P 60Hz
8HDMI or P/Pb/Pr 1080i 59.94Hz
9HDMI or P/Pb/Pr 1080P 59.94Hz
0: AUTO mode

System setup
1) During stand by, enter system setup mode.
2) During playing, user can adjust picture display degree.
COLOR BRIGHTNESS [50%]
COLOR CONTRAST [50%]
COLOR HUE [50%]
COLOR SATURATION [50%]

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enter play prev next stop pause

rev fwd prev slow Return to before menu Source: return to

main menu

Info:Display home : Back to Menu:Go to main repeat Time seek/paste subtitle :Upload and
information of its home menu menu unload subtitle; edit
the movie subtitle.

audio zoom caps/num

Audio switch Switch movie size; Page up; mute delete Switch letter style
Adjust picture size Page down
Control volume

Unmount CD copy
/DVD Drive

No.4 Software installation and basic operations

1) Format the HDD and install the NMT software

Note: Fresh setup will format the HDD , so pls remove and save the contents.

a) Copy the file SMP8634.NMT into USB drive.

b) Plug the USB drive into the USB HOST of the unit.
c) Connect the unit to the TV.
d) Choose the NMT setup Wizard. Youll find the installation guide.

e) Select HDD format

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 f) Warning

g) Select file source

h) Select USB and confirm, installation will be executed.

Note: dont switch off the power. After finished, the unit will reboot by itself.

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2. How to find the partition (EXT format) in WINDOWS OS

1). Open the CD-R, select according to the set up steps, select nextfinish setting.

2). After settingenter start----set up---control panel, click IFS DRIVES, enter below interface
to set up partitions of ext format.

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3). After partition setting, close this window. Click my computer; you can see the new
partition of EXT format. This time, you can copy file freely.

Notice:
Linux Swap is the system partition of the server, it mustnt been delete and format.
The other two partitions neednt be revise partition format, otherwise, system will remind user
to re-setup NMT software under play mode.

3. Myihome software installation.

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1). Click file button, and enter MYIHONE menu.

2). Select Edit, and set up background according to your own idea.
If you want to check it, please connect it to an HDTV.

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3). Select browse to seek multimedia files from your PC, and append these files into myihome,
Click ok to save.

4). System information default is 8000, no need to revise anywhere.

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5). Return to the main menu, you can see all the files has been save into this
software already. You can set up playlist or photo play interval and so on.

6). After finished setting, tick this selection before

exiting. Then the icon will appear on the monitor at the right bottom position.

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After finished with installation, this PC will be found in the media source.

4. Network share
1). Select NMT applications, start Samba server.

2). Find the unit from workgroup.

Select Network Sharedefault User Name is nmt, Password is 1234.

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In the LAN, if other computers want to enter these share units, they should input the
same user name: nmt, and Password: 1234.

3). Return to the main menu, you will see this icon.

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5. MSP service and BT download.

MSP interface:

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Other BT download method: copy BT seeds into USB drive. Insert this USB drive into USB host

of unit, select seeds from . After confirming, the above picture will appear.

6. Check schedule of BT download

User neednt turn on TV to check BT download schedule,just use their own computer to
check.

Open BT software,input unit IP address into browser

http://(IP address):8883torrent/bt.cgi
Notice: user can get unit IP address from network setup

7. Audio setup

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8. Video set up.

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Picture display interval setting:

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9. Network set up.

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11. Server set up.

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 11. CD/DVD driver set up.
Premise is connecting with USB DVD device.

No.5 Firmware and NMT update guide

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New firmware and software will be put on our website: www.egreatworld.com,
and is for firmware update; is for NMT update.
Firmware should be install first,then NMT,pls note!
1). Firmware update
Copy these three files into the USB drive, insert USB drive into USB host of unit. Enter ,
select , then you can see below picture,select the newest firmware code(yellow words)
and enter for upgrade.(update online will be realize in the future)

During upgrading, dont power off or plug out usb drive.After update,unit will reboot
automatically.
2).After firmware update, please update NMT. Premise is inside usb drive already.

Select USB.

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Checking NMT version:

No.6 How to recover from firmware update failure with fail-safe kernel?

1. Please download from www.egreatworld.com;

2. Unzip both *.bin onto the root of a USB thumbdrive and plug into NMT.
3. Connect Component or Composite output
4. Power up the unit.
5. Component or Composite video will display following colours depending on its
recovery status:
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 RED - Required binaries on USB thumbdrive detected, starts recovery
WHITE DOTs - reprogramming
YELLOW - Recovery failed
WHITE - Recovery success
6. After successful recovery, power cycle will bring it up again to 01-17-080612-15-
POP-402-000 firmware.

No.7 How to change background by yourself?

Attention: this funciton will execute based on NMT software.
1. Unzip _theme_.zip into USB thumbdrive and plug into NMT.
2. Select file icon ,select ,after pressing ANGLE ,file will be marked
with a tick;
3. press SOURCEto return main menu,select hdd inside,go to photo
4. press TIME SEEKand copy the selected file folder into root of photo, or
share the HDD by LAN, copy this file into root of photo from other computer..
5. Change any picture under root of _theme_ according to your own idea.
6. Attention: new file name and size must be as same as the old one which you
want to instead.
7. Whats more, because of some limitation,screen saver picture must keep under
20KB.
8. 7. If you want to change font color,pls modify .config file of _theme_,parameter
is RRGGBB
9. 8. Reboot unit, then its ok.
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No.8 Q & A
Q: Movie always clips when playing via USB DVD-ROM, why?
A:
1). Bit rate of the source is too large for USB DVD-ROM, suggest to copy the files
into HDD, and then try again.
2). There are some mistakes on the file due to the DVD disk being destroyed,
suggest not to use the bad DVD disk.
3). USB2.0 chipset of DVD-ROM isnt in accordance with the USB2.0 standard.
Suggest changing the DVD-ROM.
4). Others.

Q: I cant find the USB device.

A:
1). Verify that the USB device is properly connected.
2). USB2.0 cable has problem, please use the cable attached in the package.
3). Others.

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Q: I cant find HDD after rebooting.
A:
1). The HDD isnt formatted. Please format your HDD first.
2). The HDD is destroyed, please change the HDD.
3). Others.

Q: Why is there no audio output?

A:
1). Please check that all the devices are connected properly.
2). If the file is DTS format, please connect with your AVR. The unit cant support
DTS decode at present.

Q: Why there is no signal output on the monitor?

A:
1). Check that your device is connect properly.
2). Press TV MODE button repeatedly to seek the matched mode, TV MODE should
match with your HDTV. Dont press too quickly to get the right mode.
3). After getting the right mode, please enter set up menu, adjust video output
mode and save. Then you wont have this problem again.

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