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Contents
General information ...................................................................... 1
Using a Remote Control to operate your sign..................................................1
Using a computer to operate your sign ...........................................................2
Attaching your sign to a surface......................................................................3
Technical specifications...................................................................................5
EMI information ..............................................................................................5
Basic sign operation ..................................................................... 6
Turning a sign on and off.................................................................................6
Setting a sign’s time and date..........................................................................7
Clearing a sign’s memory ................................................................................8
Setting a sign’s password................................................................................9
What to do when you forget a sign’s password......................................10
How to delete a sign’s password ............................................................10
Sound control................................................................................................10
Beginning text messaging ..............................................................11
Example 1 — Using upper and lowercase in messages ................................11
Example 2 — Displaying messages in file name order (A, B, C, etc.)............13
Example 3 — Displaying messages in time order .........................................15
Example 4 — Changing the text of an existing message ...............................17
Example 5 — Deleting messages ..................................................................20
Advanced text messaging ..............................................................21
Example 6 — Displaying the time and date ...................................................21
Example 7 — Using fonts and colors ............................................................24
Example 8 — Speeding up and slowing down messages .............................27
Example 9 — Special effects with modes (Trailing modes)...........................29
Example 10 — International characters ........................................................30
Graphics ...................................................................................32
Example 11 — Creating a movie marquee ....................................................32
Example 12 — Mixing text with graphics ......................................................37
Example 13 — Deleting a graphic .................................................................39
Appendixes ...............................................................................40
Appendix A — Modes, fonts, colors, and graphics available.........................40
Appendix B — Sign diagnostic test ...............................................................45
