NEC MP-01 User manual

Media Player MP-01
NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
Notes
The windows in the actual software may differ somewhat from those shown in this
manual.
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Version 1.0
Quick Reference Guide

Introduction •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Authoring Software Usage Procedure •••••••••••••••••••••••
Installing the Authoring Software ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Running the Program (Main Window) ••••••••••••••••••••••
Configuration •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Practice •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Editing Messages ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Editing Programs •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Content Registration ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Message Registration ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Schedule Management •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Panel Control (Power supply settings) •••••••••••••••••••••••
Distribution ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Copying Program Data to the MP-01 Media Player’ s Memory Card •••
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Table of Contents
Authoring Software - Basic Operations Manual
Installing the Viewer PPT Converte ••••••••••••••••••••••••
Using the Viewer PPT Converter ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Introduction •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Operation flowchart ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Connecting to the LAN ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Media player network setup •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Registering Media Players in the Authoring Software ••••••••••••
Distribution •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Screens on the Display Unit •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
■USB Memory Procedures
■Network Procedures
■Operations Using the Supplied Software
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USB Memory Procedures
USB Memory Procedures
USB Memory Procedures
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Introduction
Introduction
• Content creation
• Scheduling/distribution Data transfer Content display
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Programs are created with the provided Authoring software and distributed using USB memory.
This document describes the operations from creating a program with the Authoring Software through displaying that program usinga
media player.
Authoring Software Usage Procedure
Authoring Software Usage Procedure
Content preparation
Content registration
First, prepare the content to be displayed. This involves creating files using various types of
content editing software* and preparing image sources using a digital camera or a video camera.
*: Refer to the user's manual for the software itself for more information on using the individual
content editing programs.
Copy the created content files to the content folder.
Program registration Register the created content files as a program for this system.
Schedule creation
Program registration
Assign the program to a schedule to create a schedule.
Write the program data and schedule to the USB memory.
Authoring software
Authoring software
Data transmission
Insert the USB memory in the media player to transfer the program and schedule data to the
media player.
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USB Memory Procedures
Computer
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Authoring software Media player Display
USB memory
USB memory

󳁚Insert the CD provided with the media player in the
personal computer onto which the software is to be installed.
󳁚Run the file “setup.exe” in the “<Authoring Software> /
<ENG>" folder on the provided CD.
󳁚In case you use Windows XP, confirm that Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 or 3.5 is already installed. If either one is not
installed, select “No”, then start the installation from
Microsoft Windows Update. *Note 1)
It is already installed in Windows Vista.
(When it is not installed, this software finishes with error.)
󳁚Follow the directions displayed and click "Next".
󳁚Specify the folder in which the software should be installed.
*: Default: C: ¥Program Files¥Authoring software
Click "Next" to use the default folder.
󳁚Follow the directions displayed and click "Yes".
*Note 1) Refer to the Authoring software operation manual for
details on installation confirmation and method.
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USB Memory Procedures
Installing the Authoring Software
Installing the Authoring Software
Time required for installation: About 5 minutes
Included CD

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USB Memory Procedures
󳁚Select the "In Desktop" check box and click "Next".
󳁚This completes installation of the Authoring software.
*: Reboot the PC.
󳁚Follow the directions displayed and click "Next".
󳁚After the PC has rebooted, verify that the "Authoring
software" icon shown at the left has been created on the
desktop.

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USB Memory Procedures
Note
󳁚If an error message appears during installation, carry out the following procedures.
Example of error message
󳁚This software requires the Visual C++2005 SP1 Runtime Module to be preinstalled on the computer before it is installed.
Download and install the “Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)”from the Download
Center on the Microsoft Website.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-
389c36f85647&displaylang=ja

Running the Program (Main Window)
Running the Program (Main Window)
Start the program by clicking the "Authoring software" icon on the desktop.
When the "Authoring software" starts, the main window shown below will be displayed.
Displays a list of the registered programs.
Switches to the schedule sheet displayed in the list box.
Starts or stops editing of the displayed schedule.
Sets the schedule information.
These shift the schedule in month, week, or day units.
Edits the program information.
Edits the message information.
Registers a program in a schedule.
Creates and edits a layout.
Distributes (writes to USB memory) schedules and programs.
Verifies the results of distribution operations.
Selects a schedule to be used by the media player.
Configures the center system operating environment.
Terminates the center system.
(1) Program List …………………..
(2) Display Schedule ………………
(3) Start Editing ……………………
(4) Schedule management …………
(5) Schedule shifters ………………
(6) Edit Program …………………..
(7) Edit Message ………………….
(8) Schedule Setting ………………
(9) Layout settings ………………..
(10) Distribution …………………..
(11) Distribution log ………………
(12) Panel control …………………
(13) Configuration ………………...
(14) Exit …………………………..
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Configuration
Configuration
First, configure the system's operating environment. Click "Configuration" in the [Main] window.
* Since the default settings (shown at the left) are set
up at installation, there will be no need to change these
unless the specified folder or other settings need to be
changed.
* The content data created with a content editor must
be stored in this folder in advance. You may find it
convenient to create a link to the "content" folder on
the desktop.
• Layout type
[Horizontal] Split [Top (Image) + Bottom (Message)]
• Display the program from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm every
day and turn off the power at all other times.
• On Wednesday every week, leave the power turned off all
day.
Still image
Message
Next we present the procedure for creating the following program and
copying it to the media player on the computer using the Authoring software.
* In this example, we will use the practice sample data stored on the provided "Utility CD".
* The data for the following three still images is stored in the ¥sample data directory on the "Utility CD".
* Please copy the above three images to the "Contents" folder in advance.
sample01 sample02 sample03
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Practice
Practice
USB Memory Procedures

Editing Messages
Editing Messages
󳁚Click [Edit Message] in the main window.
󳁚The <Edit Message List> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Since we will create a new program, click the [+ (Add)]
button.
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Dialog box
Main window
󳁚The <Edit Message Program> dialog box will be
displayed.
󳁚Change the "Message Program Title" for Message
program 01 to "Sample Message".
󳁚Since we are creating a new message program here,
click the [+ (Add)] button.
Dialog box 󳁚Enter "This is a sample message".
You should also try clicking the [+ (Add)] button again to
create multiple messages.
󳁚The message display order can be changed with the up
and down arrow buttons.
󳁚Click [Details Settings].
Dialog box
󳁚The <Message Program Details> dialog box will be
displayed.
󳁚The [Text Color] and [Background Color] buttons in the
"Display Settings" dialog box allow these colors to be set to
any color.
(The message background can be made transparent by selecting slide bar
(100% : no transparent / 0% : transparent) "Transparent background")
The "scrolling speed" can also be set to one of three levels.
󳁚Exit from message editing by clicking [OK] and then
clicking [OK] again.
*: The message and details settings will not be saved unless you click [OK].
Dialog box
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󳁚Click [Edit Program] in the main window.
󳁚The <Program List> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Since we will create a new program here, click the [+ (Add)]
button.
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Dialog box
Dialog box
Main window
󳁚The <Program Properties> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Change the "Program Title" for program 01 to be "Sample
Program".
Dialog box 󳁚Change the layout from "01.[H] Full Screen (Image)" to
"03.[H] Split [Top (Image) + Bottom (Ticker)]" using the
"layout" button.
The display image (layout) will change to "Pane 1" and
"Horizontal message 1".
Dialog box
󳁚Click the object name "Pane1 (image)".
Editing Programs
Editing Programs
* Any one of 36 layouts can be selected
according to the pattern to be displayed. The
fine-grained layout properties can also be set
with the [Layout settings] function.
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Dialog box
󳁚The <Pane properties> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Since we will register new content* here, click the
[+ (Add)] button.
󳁚The <Content properties> dialog box will be displayed.
Content Registration
Dialog box 󳁚Set the "Duration*".
*: This is the time for a single content image to be
displayed.
Since the default setting is "30" s, change this to "15" s.
󳁚Click the folder icon .
󳁚The <File Open> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚The sample files (images) previously stored in the
"Contents" folder will be displayed.
Select "Sample01" and click [Open]*.
*: This button may also be double clicked.
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󳥦Also add "Sample02" and "Sample03" using the same
procedure.
󳁚Click [OK] to save the content in "Pane 1".
*: The content will not be saved unless you click [OK].
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Message Registration
Dialog box
󳁚Click on the object name "Horizontal message 1".
󳁚The <Edit Message> dialog box will be displayed.
Dialog box 󳁚Change the "None" for "Edit Message" to the previously created
message program "Sample Messages".
󳁚Click [OK] to save the messages in "Horizontal message 1".
*: The content will not be saved unless you click [OK].
󳁚Click [OK] and then click [OK] again to terminate program
editing. This returns to the main window.
Main window
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󳁚Click [Schedule Management] in the main window.
󳁚The <Schedule Management> dialog box will be displayed.
Main Window
󳁚The <Program choice> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚The "sample program(s)" registered previously will be shown
in the list.
󳁚Set the start and end times to "8:00 - 18:00".
󳁚Click [OK] to confirm the setting.
Schedule Management
Schedule Management
Dialog box
Dialog box 󳁚Click "Schedule 01" in the "Schedule list".
󳁚The <Schedule control properties> dialog box will be
displayed.
󳁚Set the "Set time displayed in schedule settings" to "8:00 -
18:00".
󳁚Click [Select Program].
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Dialog box
Dialog box
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󳁚The "sample program" is allocated to the "Basic schedule"
setting time.
󳁚Click [OK] to return to the <main window>.
Main window
󳁚Click [Panel control] in the <main window>.
󳁚The <Panel properties> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Click the icon.
Dialog box
Panel Control (Power supply settings)
Panel Control (Power supply settings)
󳁚Select the "The power supply is turned on or off at the
specified time on the specified day" check box.
󳁚Select the days of the week other than Wednesday in
the "Specified day of the week" under "Operation settings".
*: With these settings, the power will not be turned on or off on
Wednesday.
󳁚The <Panel properties> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Set the Power on and off times under "Specified time"
to "8:00 - 18:00“
󳁚Click [OK] to confirm the settings.
Dialog box
Dialog box
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Main window
Dialog box
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󳁚The <Panel Properties> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Click the "Power Management" tab.
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Main window 󳁚Click the [Distribution] button in the <main window>.
󳁚The <Distribution> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Select the "sample program" by checking it.
󳁚Click [Execute Distribution].
Distribution
Distribution
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󳁚The <Confirm Distribution Contents> dialog box will be
displayed.
󳁚Click [OK] to confirm the distribution.
󳁚A <warning> dialog box will be displayed.
* When an execute distribution operation is performed, the previous data
on the distribution USB memory will all be lost. Be sure to use a USB
memory device that does not hold any valuable information.
󳁚Click [OK] to confirm the distribution.
Dialog box
Dialog box
Dialog box
Dialog box
󳁚The <online distribution> dialog box will be displayed.
󳁚Select the "target drive" for the inserted USB memory.
󳁚Click [Start].
This completes the
operations using the
Authoring software.
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Copying Program Data to the MP-01 Media Player's Memory Card
Copying Program Data to the MP-01 Media Player's Memory Card
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USB terminal
DVI cable
Prepare a USB memory device that has the program data loaded.
Caution: The provided Authoring software's "Distribution" function must be used to copy the program data to the USB memory.
USB Memory Procedures
Turn off the media player power by pressing the Standby button on the remote control and then insert the
USB memory device that holds the program data into the media player.
Caution: If an update operation is performed, the program data in the media player will be overwritten. That is, the old programdatawill
be lost.
Turn on the media player power by pressing the Power button on the remote control. A confirmation screen
for the update operation will appear on the screen. Press the SET button. The files on the USB memory
device will be copied to the memory card in the media player.
Caution: If an update operation is performed, the program data in the media player will be overwritten. That is, the old programdatawill
be lost.
After the copy has completed, the media player will restart automatically. When the initialization of the
media player itself has completed (this takes about 60 seconds), the update confirmation screen will be
displayed again. Cancel this update operation by pressing the EXIT button.
Remove the USB memory device from the media player.
Caution: The maximum memory capacity for program data is 1.8 GB (when the provided SD card (2 GB) is used). The size of the
content stored on the USB memory must not exceed this value when copying program data to the media player. The capacity of the
memory card inserted in the media player can be verified with the "Memory Card" item on the OSD screen.
When the data capacity is 1.8 GB, the time required for the program data update will be approximately 15 minutes at most.

Network Procedures
Network Procedures
Network Procedures
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Introduction
Introduction
• Content creation
• Schedule/distribution Data transfer Content display
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This tool is used to display program content that is created by combining images, audio, and other content.
Programs are created with the provided Authoring Software and distributed over a network.
This document describes the operations from creating a program with the Authoring Software through displaying that
program with a player.
Operation flowchart
Operation flowchart
Content preparation
Content registration
First, prepare the content to be displayed. This involves creating files using various
types of content editing software* and preparing image sources using a digital
camera or a video camera.
*: Refer to the user's manual for the software itself for more information on using individual content editing
programs.
Copy the created content files to the
content folder.
Program registration Register the created content files as a
program for this system.
Schedule creation Assign the program to a schedule to
create a schedule.
Distribute the program data and schedule to the media player over the network.
Authoring Software
Authoring Software
Data transmission
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LAN
The media player OSD menu is used for these settings. Here, we
set up the IP address and other items.
Network Procedures
Register the IP address of the media player connected to the network.
These are the same as the operations of
USB Memory Procedures.
Media player network
setup
Registration of the media player
in the Authoring Software
Computer
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Authoring software Media player Display

Connecting to the LAN
Connecting to the LAN
Network Procedures
LAN
Media player network setup
Media player network setup
󳥦Set the IP address and Netmask.
Sample settings
When the personal computer IP address is "192.168.0.3"
and the Netmask is "255.255.255.0“
IP address: 192.168.0.2
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
󳥦Turn on the media player.
󳥦Press the OSD menu button on the remote control and, when
the OSD menu is displayed, select "Network".
Installing and running the authoring software
Installing and running the authoring software
*: Content can be distributed to up to 20 media players.
DVI cable
Media player
Media player
Router or Hub
󳥦Set the gateway to 192.168.0.1 (the factory setting).
󳁚Disable DNS (0.0.0.0).
󳁚Select "push mode" as the update method from the LAN.
󳁚Click "Set".
See pages 3 and 4 in the "USB Memory Procedures" section.
DVI cable
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Authoring software