Introduction

The network media player market is a booming industry these days. UPnP netowork media players coupled with a NAS (Network Access Server) provide the best solution for a media center without the need for a PC.

Today we take a look at a network multi media player by AirLive called the MU-7000AVi. While this is not a UPnP network media player, it allows you to connect a hard drive directly onto the device and play movies, songs or pictures on your TV.

This player is offered in two flavors, one that has an IDE interface only and another which supports both IDE and SATA interfaces. The device we’re reviewing today is the IDE version, however if you do decide to purchase this item, we recommend getting the SATA version due to the speed benefits.

Opening up the box, the package consists of the following:

MU-7000AVi Media Player x 1

Cables:
- USB 2.0 Cable (AM to BM) x 1
- Network Cable x 1
- Video cable (AV+S video) x 1
- Audio cable x 1

Quick Guide x 1
Remote Control x 1
Power adapter x 1
Installation CD

Specifications:

Hardware

3.5? Hard Drive Enclosure
IDE Interface (MU-7000AVi)
SATA & IDE Interface (MU-7000AVs)
1 x RJ-45 Ethernet Port
Video Connecter
Audio Connecter
USB 2.0 Slave connecter
One Touch Backup Button

File system

TV mode: FAT16/32
Network Mode: FAT16/32, NTFS
USB mode: FAT16/32, NTFS

Media file format support

Video format
- MPEG-1(AVI,MPG,DAT)
- MPEG-2(AVI,VOB)
- MPEG-4(AVI,Divx,Xvid V5.0 below)
Audio format
- MP3
- Sound effect settings (normal/pop/jazz/rock/ball/classic)
Photo format
- JPG baseline and progressive up to 8 mega pixel
- Motion JPEG

Subtitle format support

Ass/srt/smi/psb/ssa/sub_txt(micro_dvd)

Languages supported:

Standard: English/Traditional Chinese
Optional: Simple Chinese/Korean/Japanese/French
Germanic/Italian/Spanish/Denmark/Polish/Portugal/Czech

Kids-Lock function

Easily OSD for password management to prevent unauthorized person to access

Network Function

-A unique hardware ID and access key-code allows specifying right of read or write access
-The drive is invisible and safe from external hackers without TCP/IP

Interface

TV mode
- Video: NTSC/PAL(720:480/720:576)
- Composite Video, S-Video(720p), YUV output, CCIR656/601 YUV 4:2:2
output

Audio: Dual Stereo Analog Audio
Front Panel Control
- Up/Down/Left/Right/OK/Power/Menu buttons

Network mode
- Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X, 1 port (RJ-45)

USB mode
- USB 2.0 high speed interface (USB1.1 backwards compatible)

Power Supply

Input: AC100-240V, 0.6A, 50/60Hz
Output: DC +5V/1.5A, +12V/1.8A