IBASE Technology SA-101-N User manual

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IBASE Technology Inc.
SA-101-N
Mini Android Digital Signage Player
User’s Guide
2015 May 27. V1.0

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Quick Start Guide
Product packing list:
1. SA-101-N Mini Android Digital Signage Player series (Mini Android Digital
Signage Player)
2. HDMI Cable (Type-C to Type-A)
3. Power Adapter
4. Power Cable (USB Type-A to DC)
Quick installation:
Step 1: Plug the HDMI cable into Player, and plug another end of HDMI cable into
HDMI port of your TV.
Step 2: For remote control, use any of your USB mouse/keyboard/wireless receiver
etc. and connect to the USB port of Player.
Step 3: Install your MicroSD/TF Card if you have.
Step 4: Use provided AD/DC power adaptor and power cable to apply power to the
Player. Alternatively, if you TV has USB port you may apply power directly
from USB port.
Step 5: Turn on TV and set TV input source to the selected HDMI port.
After a moment, you will see main desktop in the screen as follow and you can play.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Start Guide.................................................................................................................. 2
1. Introduction................................................................................................................... 4
1.1. SA-101 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4
1.2. SA-101 Hardware Specifications ..................................................................................... 5
1.3. Optional Items ............................................................................................................... 5
2. Power On....................................................................................................................... 6
3. Default Function ............................................................................................................ 6
3.1. Update new media files.................................................................................................. 6
3.2. Exit Function .................................................................................................................. 8
4. MicroSD/TF Card & USB Disk .......................................................................................... 9
5. Wi-Fi/BT Setting........................................................................................................... 10
6. Update Software.......................................................................................................... 12
Acknowledgments
FreescaleTM is a trademark of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
ARM®Cortex™-A9 is a trademark of ARM Holdings, plc.
Android, name, logo, and other Android trademarks are property of Google Inc.
Linux, trademarks or marks include all trade and service marks and logos owned
by the Linux Foundation.
All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

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1. Introduction
1.1. SA-101 Introduction
SA-101 is a product code of IBASE SA-101-N Mini Android Digital Signage
Player series. It is an Android system for general applications. It may contain
some prebuilt APK for demonstration purpose. For any questions please contact
IBASE for support.

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1.2. SA-101 Hardware Specifications
Freescale ARM Cortex-A9, 1GHz, processor
Supports -0°C~ 50°C environment
Supports DC 4.75V~5.25V input voltage
1GB DDR3, 8GB eMMC on board
Supports HDMI Display
Supports USB 2.0 A-type and
Supports MicroSD card
Form Factor
85mm x 46mm x 15mm
CPU
Freescale Cortex™-A9 i.MX6 Dual Lite 1GMHz / Quad 1GMHz,
CPU
System Memory
1GB DDR3 on board
Data Memory
8GB eMMC on board
SD socket (up to 32GB)
Display
HDMI (up to 1920 x 1080)
USB
USB 2.0 A-type
Ex Memory
MicroSD/TF card (up to 64GB)
Power
4.75V~5.25V DC-in, max 2A
Operating Temperature
0°C~ 50°C
Wireless
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, BT4.0
Software Support
Ubuntu Linux 12.04(kernel 3.0.35)/ Android 4.4
Relative Humidity
10%~90% (non-condensing)
‧ This specification is subject to change without prior notice.
1.3. Optional Items
If you have any optional item request, please contact us.
Item
Specifications
Remarks
Power Adapter
5V 2A
DC Cable
120cm
HDMI Cable
50cm

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2. Power On
Step 1: Plug the HDMI cable into Player, and plug another end of HDMI cable into
HDMI port of your TV.
Step 2: For remote control, use any of your USB mouse/keyboard/wireless receiver
etc. and connect to the USB port of Player.
Step 3: Install your MicroSD/TF Card if you have.
Step 4: Use provided AD/DC power adaptor and power cable to apply power to the
Player.
Step 5: Turn on TV and set TV input source to the selected HDMI port.
After a moment, you will see main desktop in the screen as follow and you can play.
3. Default Function
When the Player is started, system will run default function. Some Players
are loaded with standard Android and you can use it as typical Android devices.
Then you can skip below and go to section 4.
However, some Players are pre-loaded with demo APK “AdPlayer”to
playback video and picture contents looping endlessly. These media files are
pre-loaded of can be loaded/updated.
If the Player does not have media contents pre-loaded, the below screen will
show up.
3.1. Update new media files

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If you want to update/add media files in function, you need a USB dish or TF
card, copy the videos and pictures into USB dish/TF card under folder “media”,
then plug-in USB / insert TF card to SA-101-N Mini Android Digital Signage Player
series. The device will detect new media files and update automatically after
power up.
After power up，system will automatically copy media files from USB or TF
card. Don’t power off device until file copy complete.
For large media files it may take a relatively longer time. After file transfer
completed, it starts playback file in the list.

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3.2. Exit Function
If you want to exit this “AdPlayer”function, you can right click the mouse (or
ESC for Keyboard) to have below control window.
Input password and click OK (default password : IBASE)
Then you will exit to below standard Android home screen. After existing to
Android home screen, if there is no activity for 60 seconds system will return to
“AdPlayer”automatically.

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4. MicroSD/TF Card & USB Disk
You can read/write file in TF Card or USB Disk per following instruction.
Click Menu icon (On Right Line)
Click ES File Explore App
Select Local and find extsd file (TF Card) and udisk0~2 （USB Disk）

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Now you can operate on your own.
5. Wi-Fi/BT Setting
The device can connect to internet through Wi-Fi.
First click settings and Wi-Fi.
Open Wi-Fi, select the access point and input password.

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When you see the Wi-Fi icon appearing in the upper right corner, the device
is connected to the internet.
6. Update Software
The device software can be updated with below method. Please contact
IBASE for new software image. Copy the new software image to a USB disk or TF
card and insert to the Player.
Software update process:

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Click Setting and select “About tablet”
Then, Click first one “Additional system updates”
Select Firmware from your USB disk or TF card

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You can now select the software image to be updated. Above for example the
update software image is ”mbd101-ota-20150505-172629.zip”.
At last, click Update Firmware. Wait for the upgrade process to complete.