Seagate FreeAgent ater User Guide - Page 18

Viewing Photos and Pictures

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The camcorder appears as a device in the shortcuts list on the Home screen, and the media player indexes its contents. (If your camcorder doesn't appear in the list of devices, it's incompatible for use with the media player.) 3. On the Home screen, select your camcorder, then press OK. 4. Navigate to the video you want to watch, then press Play/Pause ( to start the video. (If a file on your camcorder won't open, it's in an incompatible format.) ) or OK Playing Movies in Slow Motion Your media player can play movies and personal videos in slow motion, both forwards and backwards. You can vary the speed of the slow motion from 1/2- to 1/16-speed. 1. While the movie is playing, press Play/Pause ( ) to pause the video. 2. Press Fast Forward ( ) for play in slow forward motion, or press Reverse ( ) for play in slow reverse motion. Each time you press Fast Forward ( ) or Reverse ( ), playback slows down more, from ½ to 1/4 to 1/8 to 1/16 of regular speed. 3. Press Play/Pause ( ) again to resume playback at normal speed. 4. Viewing Photos and Pictures You can use your media player to view digital photos and pictures stored on: • A FreeAgent drive installed in the media player • An external USB drive connected to the media player's USB port • A digital camera connected to the media player's USB port • A shared folder or media server on your network Your media player automatically searches the drives and devices connected to your media player and creates an index of all the video, picture, and music files it finds. Pictures are indexed in their folders, which are listed on the Pictures screen (see "Viewing Pictures" on page 18). Before You Begin Before you begin, ensure that the pictures you want to view are in a supported file format. Your media player supports photographs and pictures in these formats: Viewing Pictures You can use your media player to view individual pictures or move through a folder of pictures at your own pace. To view pictures: 1. On the Home screen, select Pictures, then press OK. OR 18

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The camcorder appears as a device in the shortcuts list on the Home screen,
and the media player indexes its contents. (If your camcorder doesn’t appear in
the list of devices, it’s incompatible for use with the media player.)
3.
On the Home screen, select your camcorder, then press
OK
.
4.
Navigate to the video you want to watch, then press
Play/Pause
(
°
) or
OK
to start the video. (If a file on your camcorder won’t open, it’s in an
incompatible format.)
Playing Movies in Slow Motion
Your media player can play movies and personal videos in slow motion, both forwards
and backwards. You can vary the speed of the slow motion from 1/2- to 1/16-speed.
1.
While the movie is playing, press
Play/Pause
(
°
) to pause the video.
2.
Press
Fast Forward
(
±
)
for play in slow forward motion, or press
Reverse
(
²
) for play in slow reverse motion. Each time you press
Fast Forward
(
±
)
or
Reverse
(
²
), playback slows down more, from ½ to 1/4 to 1/8 to 1/16 of
regular speed.
3.
Press
Play/Pause
(
°
) again to resume playback at normal speed.
4. Viewing Photos and Pictures
You can use your media player to view digital photos and pictures stored on:
A FreeAgent drive installed in the media player
An external USB drive connected to the media player’s USB port
A digital camera connected to the media player’s USB port
A shared folder or media server on your network
Your media player automatically searches the drives and devices connected to your
media player and creates an index of all the video, picture, and music files it finds.
Pictures are indexed in their folders, which are listed on the Pictures screen (see
“Viewing Pictures” on page 18).
Before You Begin
Before you begin, ensure that the pictures you want to view are in a supported file
format. Your media player supports photographs and pictures in these formats:
Viewing Pictures
You can use your media player to view individual pictures or move through a folder of
pictures at your own pace.
To view pictures:
1.
On the Home screen, select
Pictures
, then press
OK
.
OR