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User Guide 

2/22/2012 

Network Digital Signage Player   

NP-50 

User Guide 

 
 

 

 

 

                 

 

                 

Summary of Contents for NP-50

Page 1: ...User Guide 1 2 22 2012 Network Digital Signage Player NP 50 User Guide ...

Page 2: ...total capacity Storage USB or Storage CF High speed CF memory card is preferred like Sandisk Ultra II or Extreme III for faster download performance and select FAT32 to format CF card for better file structure performance Board and cables connection a Insert CF card into CF card slot or USB drive into USB slot b Plug in LAN cable that connects to router c Video connection to TV has 3 kinds i Conne...

Page 3: ...ode key Switch entire screen either multi zone or full screen 3 Keyboard key When Video In source is used press it will pop up color setting menu to adjust brightness hue contrast Press again to exit 4 Video Mode key Switch either HDMI 1080p default or HDMI 720p Also switch eitherVGA or YPbPr Note If no screen after powers up try to press this key to switch to right output ...

Page 4: ...STB s A V out picture and plug in one end to NP 50 s A V In 2 During media playback you can press Video In key to switch back and froth between media playback and video feed 3 If video color is not clear please press Keyboard key to pop up color setting menu then press RESET to restore to default values NTSC is 50 50 50 and PAL is 62 26 40 Press Keyboard key again to exit Note When color setting m...

Page 5: ...y as possible It will playback from 1st YUV file to last YUV file repeatedly on the playlist Each image YUV file can set duration time from 10 sec to 60 sec but no start time and stop time Video zone and image zone are two separate playback sequence independently Video Zone files can put as many as possible Can set duration time and start and stop time It will playback from 1st file to last file r...

Page 6: ...and image zone is 560 x 560 Use any photo image editing software to create your jpg image file and save in your PC disk Note icat software will do auto scale if size is not exact 1280x100 and 560x560 3 If your image data is for Image Zone then select Folder Image Zone 4 Browse your jpg image file then click Upload It will be saved under Image Zone folder 5 Continue to upload until all image files ...

Page 7: ...les are done Step 2 Add Top Zone image file for each Group 1 Go to Program page and click Top Zone 2 All group names will be shown on the left column and drop down list has all the available Top Zone image file under Top Zone folder 3 If your group playlist is for multi zone screen format then select one file and save 4 If your group playlist is for full screen only you don t need Top Zone image s...

Page 8: ...e and any group name for your players 3 Go to Folder and select Image Zone to display all image files yuv type 4 Check your selective image files and click Add to playlist area 5 Click Save Step 4 Create playlist for regular full screen or video zone 1 Go to Program page and click Add Program ...

Page 9: ...ach field field must fill with your data Check Active and any group name for your players 4 Go to root or any folder to display all image files from media library 5 Check your selective image files and click Add to playlist area 6 Click Save ...

Page 10: ...s check allows media file to present in full screen instead of multi zone screen Un check will switch back to Multi zone screen 3 For example below picture Picture 001 jpg will display on video zone of multi zone screen and Picture 002 jpg will switch to full screen to display Picture 003 jpg will return to multi zone screen Live TV will go to full screen for 1 minute then Coke 10 sec file will pl...

Page 11: ...ontrol each player s weather disable system weather To find your City Code visit http www weather yahoo com and enter city name some digit numbers will appear on the top url address ex http weather yahoo com united states california los angeles 2442047 City Code 2442047 a System Weather under System Page b Device Weather under Player page device setup ...

Page 12: ...k mouse on to enable it Left icon will become from 7 Add TV feed available on NP 50 only Allow video input source to be managed in the playlist 8 AutoPlay user can pre selected playlist and enable AutoPlay When player login to CAT CAT will do EZPlay feature automatically It means CAT will send out playlist and media file to players This feature can be disabled from Group editor Move mouse to group...

Page 13: ...nd image zone layout and can only be set once per playlist Add Add jpg files for image zone Resolution should be 560x560 If not 560x560 your images will be scaled to fit After the top banner and image files have been selected click OK this tool will convert the files automatically to YUV and displayed in the playlist window Your new playlist for multiple zone is ready click EZ Play to send content...

Page 14: ...00 to 14 00 switch to TV at 12pm end at 2pm then go to next playlist order b No time only duration 10m switch to TV for 10 minutes then go to next playlist order 2 Full Screen Flag Let media file to present in full screen instead of multi zone screen Move mouse and click to highlight the file Then click Add TV Feed button The left most icon will change from red dot to solid green Green color means...

Page 15: ...2 2012 RSS Feature 1 Add RSS Feeds management to replace previous RSS Advantages software 2 RSS Edit add or edit RSS url and foreground color background color settings When this Icon is clicked a RSS window will appear ...

Page 16: ...s RSS data has title only or detailed news If checked then detailed news will be shown in the RSS text string b Some example RSS links Yahoo top stories http rss news yahoo com rss topstories Yahoo sports http sports yahoo com top rss xml ESPN sports http sports espn go com espn rss news CNN news http rss cnn com rss edition rss c When move mouse to any RSS name and click right mouse button a pop ...

Page 17: ...old please upgrade to MSXML v4 0 http support microsoft com kb 324460 RSS Settings Enable Auto RSS If this box is enabled then CAT will send RSS text string to players when player login to CAT No need to click RSS Icon manually This feature is tied with AutoPlay feature Autoplay must be enabled as well Background color and others can be selected and saved When RSS Icon is clicked CAT will send RSS...

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