Siig CE-DS0111-S1 manual

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    1 Full-HD Digit al Signage Player Quick Inst allation Guide Introduction The CE-DS001 1-S1/CE-DS01 1 1-S1 is a Full-HD Digital Signage Player featuring industrial grade m echanical design and versatile o pen-standard SMIL programmability Features and Benefit s  Full-HD 1080p video decoding of MPEG , H.264 , and VC-1 media for mat s  4GB on-bo[...]

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    2 Layout  Figure  1:  Full ‐ HD  Digital  Signage  Player  layout Physical feat ures (left to right in above illustration)  12V DC in : For pow er adapter  HDMI : Connector for digital video an d audio com b ined outputs, or digital video via option DVI adapte r  VGA: For analog video output  AV o u t : 3.5mm comp[...]

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    3 For CE-DS01 1 1-S1 only Connect the W ireless antenna as shown. Screw antenna clockw ise onto the post. Configuring 1. C onnect a video cab le (either VGA or HDMI) to your m onitor . - When using the VGA connection , your monitor should support XGA (1024x768) res o lution or gr eater . For audi o output, you will also need to connect a stereo RCA[...]

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    4 Connect the Full-HD Digi tal Signa ge Pla yer to y our network Enter Network setting in the menu to set up a network connection method. Wir eless conn ection (CE-DS01 1 1-S1 only) The player will scan for wireless sig nals nearby during boot up. If the ne twork requires authentication , you will be asked to pr ovide the password f or access. Wire[...]

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    5 V ideo Output Settings For best quality , set the out put reso lution to match your display’ s native resolution to avoi d image scali ng and blur . If you are connecting to an LCD TV , the resolution setting is m ost likely 1366x768, 1280x720, or 1920x10 80. If you are connecting a LCD computer monitor , projector , or plas ma display , refer [...]

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    6 S o f t w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n 1. Before the installation Mi ni mum S yst e m Req ui re men ts : • 1 GHz AMD or Intel CPU • 512 MB RAM • Windows XP, Windows Vis ta, or Windows 7 • DirectX 9 • Microsoft .NET framework 4.0 If your com puter wasn’ t equipped with .Net Fram ework 4.0, please find .Net F ramework 4.0 in t he attac[...]

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    7 (3) After finish instal lation, double -click the Signa ge Manager Express icon to launch the software. For the first launch, the f oll owing window will appear . Click OK to start it.[...]

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    8 S o f t w a r e O p e r a t i o n Signage Man ager Express so ft ware provides an easy way to let users to export various media f iles to the display. Follo w the following steps to do the display settings: 1. Select Player Model Select a suitable player m odel. In general, we use Full HD Open API Player V2 model. Click Network Media Pla yer ->[...]

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    9 One dis play w indow w ith on e ticker bar on the bottom/ top (2) Click the down ar row key below the Aspect ratio to select a suitable display layout. 3. Add files to the playlist (1) Add medi a files to the list A playlist may include A/V-in (Aud io/Vid eo Inp ut) sequen ce. Make sure player model supports A/V in put and the video input device [...]

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    10 (3) When the files are added successful ly, the files will show under the “Recent items” section and th e below “Media” section.   (4) Repeat the steps to add mo re files to the playlist. Select the file in the Media window, and click Remove button , you can remove the file s from playlist easily. (5) Click Proceed to export button[...]

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    11 4. Export your playlist After completing your playlist, choos e a way to export yo ur playlist, via Network or via USB.   (1) Export playlist via N e twork If you choos e to use to export t he file via Net work, click Scan button to sear ch for all the pl ayers on t he internet. Or you can also m anually click Add button to add on your pl [...]

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    12 More than one player can be synchr onized at once. Hold the “control” key on your keyboa rd to select multiple pl ayers. After the player is selected, click Export to export the files to the player. Y ou can go back to ch ange your display cont ent whenever you want, just click Back to schedule to continue ed iting the playlist. Once synchro[...]

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    13 (2) Export playlist via US B If you prefer to up date contents without a network, you can export contents to a USB drive and plug it into the player ’ s USB port for synchronization. 5. Looping / W eekly schedule/ display interv al setup (1) Loop ing mode plays several files in a specified order repeatedly . Click Looping-> Looping t o make[...]

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    14 (2) W eekly Schedule mode provides fine r control over your pla ylists, and lets you specify several dif ferent Lo oping mode playlists to be played at dif ferent times of the day and week. Click Looping -> W eekly schedule to create a customized week ly play list and schedule     “Schedule tem p late” is a collection of sched[...]

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    15 Click Add- > Add to create a playback time slot. Or click Add- > Screen off to set a video-off slot.   After  compl eting  the  sett ings,  you  can  save  your  sche dule  setting  by  clicking  File ‐ >  Save   1. Select time 2. Se lect template 3. Add files 4. Click OK to save the [...]

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    16 (3) Change di splay interval A playlist can consist of a s equence of images, vi deos, or PowerPoi nt slideshows which are pl ayed repeatedly in the specified order and durations. To change durati on, select me dia f ile in playlist and click Option button, enter the interval seconds in the “Duration” space, and click OK to save the change. [...]

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    17 6. Use SmartW idgets tool for dy namic content display If your player has int ernet conn ection and supports HTML5, you can schedule dynamic contents by using SmartW idgets. (1) Choose one of the layouts with Sm artWigets icon.  Figure  2:  Layouts  with  SmartW idget  icon (2) Start edit the content of each s ection For exampl[...]

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    18  Click A/V input icon to add A/V media files to the playlist.  Click Cloc k / Calendar ic on, and it will show time / date in this display s ection.  Click W eather i con, and it will sho w the temperature in the assigned in this display section.  Click W eb page ico n to add a web pa ge link.[...]

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    19 7. Add a ticker Users can follow the steps to ad d a ticker bar to the display . (1) Select a display layout with a ticker . (2) Save the content in ticker in a text f ile. (3) Select the ticker window , the selected section will be marked as color yellow . (4) Click Add button to s elect the text file. (5) W e can also change the b ackground c [...]

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    20 Reset Player to Factory Default If you fo rget a sys tem password you ha ve set, yo u must r eset t he syst em to regain access to the player . 1. PRESS and hold the reset button with a pin 2. Re-connect the power cord 3. In abou t 8 seconds , the status LED flas hes 4. Release reset button and wait 90 sec onds for system to initialize Content M[...]

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    23 T echnical S upport a nd W arranty: QUESTIONS? SIIG’s Online Suppor t has answers! Sim ply visit our website at www.siig.com and click on Su ppor t . Our online support database is updated daily with new drivers and solutions. Answ ers to your questions could be just a few clicks away. You can also subm it que stions online and one of our te c[...]

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    24 About SIIG, Inc. Founded in 1985, SIIG, Inc . is a le ading manufacturer of IT connectivity solutions (includi ng Serial ATA and Ultra ATA Controllers, FireWire, US B, and legacy I/O adapters) t hat brid ge the connection between Desktop/ Notebook systems and external peri pher als. SIIG continues to gr ow by adding A/V and Di gital Signage conn[...]