Contents
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................................................4
Preparations...........................................................................................................................................................................................5
Set up your first physical media monitor or media player ..................................................................................7
Setting up a media monitor........................................................................................................................................................8
Unpacking ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Mounting............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Connections....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Hardware Installation...............................................................................................................................................................................................................9
Control panel buttons and LEDs....................................................................................................................................................................................9
Buttons................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
Media players 4 and 5 ............................................................................................................................................................... 10
Connections................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Hardware Installation...........................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Front panel LEDs....................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Configuration..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Monitor adjustments.............................................................................................................................................................................................................12
To “Auto adjust” the image location on the monitor................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
To calibrate the touch panel......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Configuration and connection check ............................................................................................................................. 14
Basic configuration ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................14
Stand alone setup ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
Centrally managed network setup............................................................................................................................................................................18
Downloading content ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Flash installation............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
Testing the web client and defining your first media player......................................................................... 22
To find confirmation that the media player is connected to the DSMS.................................................. 25
Decreasing the media player report interval.....................................................................................................................................................25
Content Management basics................................................................................................................................................ 27
Organizing playlists into channels.............................................................................................................................................................................28
Image retention ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................29
Exercise 1 – Create a simple full screen digital poster or an in-store TV channel.................... 30
To upload content to the DSMS (Digital Signage Management Server) .................................................................................. 31
Single file upload ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
Multiple file upload.................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
Creating playlists.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................34
To add a playlist...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Adding media files to the playlist ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Editing the playlists.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
To create a channel (Group Playlist)..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
To add playlists to your channel................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 40
To associate the channel with the media player......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
To add more playlists and content to the channel.......................................................................................................................................42
To create a second playlist............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 43
