Setting up a media player.

[hellena1980]

Hi all,

My brother has lent me his media player while he's away and added some of my favorite movies, trouble is i dont know how the set the thing up! Can anyone guide me through how i connect it to my tv?

p.s It's a cyclone mk 2 enclosure, think it is quite an old one lol.

Thanks in advance

[leeds6]

if you have hdmi cable and flat screen tv connect with that if you have old style tv connect with red /white and yellow cable that should come with the player red an white is audio yellow is video . with this connection you should be able to play anything on the harddrive in the enclosure or anything from a portable or external harddrive that you can plug into the cyclone using one of the usb ports on the back .But you wont be able to play anything from a pc /laptop or the internet unless you network the media player

[hellena1980]

Thanks for your reply,

I connected all the wires in the corresponding colours, to no avail.The red light went out on my media player and seemed to be firing into action, but never did lol, what went wrong?

[hellena1980]

I am taking it to my friends house this evening to see if it will work on hers, she has a samsung HD tv, so do i just need to use a hdmi cable to connect?

[leeds6]

Originally Posted by hellena1980

Thanks for your reply,

I connected all the wires in the corresponding colours, to no avail.The red light went out on my media player and seemed to be firing into action, but never did lol, what went wrong?

dunno when you turn the player on the light should turn from red to blue what did you see on the tv screen , and yes this does catch some people out you can only watch the media player on an av channel you may already know this but i have friends who have wasted thier time trying to tune one of these things in on a normal channel .

so the set up is wire it up switch on the media player then press your av button on your tv remote control you should then see the media player screen

good luck

[hellena1980]

Thanks,

Ok let me get this right, i am now going to attempt to use it on my friends tv, nice modern samsung! First i connect all the corresponding colours, yellow, white, red,and switch to av channel, do i need to use any other leads from the tv, eg hdmi cable?

Many thanks, this is hard work when you don't have a clue lol.

[hellena1980]

Many many thanks for all your help leeds6, finally managed to watch my films, i have tried to press the thanks button on your posts but it tells me i do not have permission to do so

Really appreciate you taking the time to post though.