JOY-iT 2927 Multimedia Case for Pi 4 Instruction Manual
- June 6, 2024
- JOY-It
Table of Contents
MULTIMEDIA CASE
for the Raspberry Pi 4
ASSEMBLING
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The first step in assembling the housing is to disassemble the case into its individual parts. You can easily pull it apart as the case is attached with magnets.
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Then connect the AUX plug to the jack socket from the Raspberry Pi. Now insert the already written SD card into the Raspberry Pi. You find more information about that in Chapter 2: Software installation. Also, attach the heat sink to the CPU of the Raspberry Pi.
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Afterward, connect the small board to the two micro HDMI connectors. Optionally, you can now connect the cable from the AUX connector to the appropriate socket on the circuit board. The cable should lie as flat as possible against the board, otherwise, space problems may occur.
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Now place the Raspberry Pi with the circuit board on the bottom of the case.
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In the following step, attach the centerpiece and push the connection panel into the centerpiece.
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Therefore, place the large board on the GPIO bar of the Raspberry Pi. The circuit board is inserted at a slight angle so that the connections fit easily into the panel. Important: Should you use the audio cable, care must be taken to ensure that the cable does not get under the jumper pins on the bottom, otherwise the top PCB will not mount correctly.
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Connect now the fan, which is attached at the cover, to the big board. Make sure that the red cable is connected to “+ ” and the black cable to “-“.
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Furthermore, place the cover on the case. Your case is now completely assembled.
Your case has a removable lid, so the GPIO bar of your Raspberry Pis is still usable despite being in a case.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
Before this housing can be used, an operating system must be installed on the SD card. If you have already written an image file to an SD card or you bought a set with a written SD card, you can skip this chapter. Our configurated LibreElec-Image can be downloaded here.
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Download the image file (.zip format) to your PC. After unpacking the file you will get a file with the extension .img.
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Connect a microSD card to your PC.
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Start the Win32-Disk-Image r and select
① the downloaded image file.
② the drive to be written on.
③ Click on Write to write the image onto the SD card. -
Now the card is written with the operating system and it can be inserted into the microSD card slot of the Raspberry Pi.
CONNECTION
In this chapter, you will see what you have to connect to your TV to transmit the Multimedia Case image. When first setting up the Raspberry Pi, however, a mouse and keyboard must be connected temporarily.
micro HDMI – Connection
HDMI0 should be used if only one monitor is used. Especially when 4K
resolution is required.
PUTTING INTO OPERATION
When you have successfully connected the case to your device, you can start
the Raspberry Pi with the on/off button.
When you start the Raspberry Pi for the first time, you will be asked to make the initial settings on the Raspberry Pi and the case. This cannot be canceled.
USAGE
In our prepared image you can find add-ons to personalize your Multimedia Case. You can find these addons in Kodi under Add-ons → Program add-ons. In the following, you will find a more detailed explanation of the functions of these addons.
Multimedia Case Configuration
With this addon, you can activate or modify certain functions of the
Multimedia Case to personalize it even more.
Fan Control
This allows you to adjust the fan to the temperature of the Raspberry Pi. For
this purpose, the jumper, which is marked as FanCntrl, must be set to ON. If
the jumper is set to OFF, the fan runs permanently at its maximum speed.
PowerOff-Button
With this program, you can set a button of any remote control as the on/off
button of the Multimedia Case. More buttons to control the system can be
configured in the IR Control Configuration addon. When a new key is learned,
the Multimedia Case starts flashing colorfully. Now you have to press any key
three times to set it as PowerOffButton. When a signal is received, the
Multimedia Case lights up white. However, if any key is pressed other than the
previous one, the case will light up red and you have to press any key three
times again. The case will light green if a new PowerOff-Button has been
successfully sent.
The Raspberry Pi will restart after successful adjustment.
Multimedia Case LED Configuration
This add-on allows you to adjust the LEDs of the case. In this addon, you can
select different effects or static colors and adjust their brightness.
Note that this addon is only compatible with firmware version 1.0.1 or
higher.
LED color mode
The board has since firmware v1.0.1 the possibility to set the LEDs by the
board. This means that you can switch off the LEDs when the Raspberry Pi is
switched off. For this purpose, there are the following three color modes that
you can choose.
The Raspberry Pi will reboot after a successful setup by Hyperion.
IR Control Configuration
With this add-on, you can configure the remote control of your choice. This is
useful if you want to use a separate remote control for operation in Kodi and
don’t want to control Kodi with HDMI-CEC, i.e. with the remote of your TV.
The addon will guide you through and save each button on the remote control
that is necessary to use Kodi, so you don’t need to have a keyboard or mouse
connected to the Raspberry Pi anymore. Note that you will not get any feedback
when pressing a key but only a message when a key has been set.
The Raspberry Pi will restart after successful adjustment.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Our Information and Take-back Obligations according to the German Electronic
Law (ElektroG)
The symbol on Electrical and Electronic Products: This crossed-out bin means
that electrical and electronic products do not belong in the household waste.
You must hand over your old appliance to a registration place. Before you can
hand over the old appliance, you must remove used batteries and replace
batteries that are not enclosed by the device.
Return Options:
As the end-user, you can hand over your old appliance (which has essentially
the same functions as the new one bought with us) free of charge for disposal
with the purchase of a new device. Small devices, which do not have outer
dimensions bigger than 25 cm can be handed in for disposal independently of
the purchase of a new product in normal household quantities.
1. Possibility of return at our company location during our opening
hours
Simac Electronics Handel GmbH, Pascalstr. 8, D-47506 Neukirchen-Vluyn
2. Possibility of return nearby
We will send you a parcel stamp with which you can send us your old appliance
free of charge. For this possibility, please contact us via e-mail at service
@joy-it.net or via telephone.
Information about Package:
Please package your old appliance safe for transport. Should you not have
suitable packaging material or you do not want to use your own material, you
can contact us and we will send you an appropriate package.
SUPPORT
If any questions remained open or problems may arise after your purchase, we are available by e-mail, telephone, and ticket PR support system to answer these. E-Mail: ervice@joy-it.net Ticket-system: http://support.joy-it.net Telephone: +49 (0)2845 98469 – 66 (10 – 17 o’clock) For further information visit our website: www.joy- it.net
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