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6.

 

Appendix:

 

FAQ

 

For

 

more

 

frequently

 

asked

 

questions

 

and

 

solutions,

 

search

 

the

 

online

 

product

 

knowledge

 

base

 

at

 

www.IAdea.com/support

 

.

 

What

 

can

 

I

 

do

 

to

 

improve

 

Adfotain

 

Manager

 

Express

 

performance

 

on

 

my

 

PC?

 

The

 

latest

 

Microsoft

 

.NET

 

3.5

 

SP1

 

offers

 

improved

 

performance

 

and

 

bug

 

fixes

 

to

 

Adfotain

 

Manager

 

Express.

 

You

 

can

 

install

 

the

 

update

 

via

 

this

 

internet

 

browser

 

link

 

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=124150

 

or

 

by

 

searching

 

for

 

“.NET

 

3.5

 

SP1”

 

At

 

www.microsoft.com.

 

What

 

is

 

the

 

maximum

 

file

 

size

 

for

 

a

 

single

 

video

 

file?

 

The

 

maximum

 

video

 

file

 

size

 

for

 

the

 

XMP

300/305

 

Media

 

Player

 

is

 

2GB.

 

We

 

recommend

 

reserving

 

a

 

safety

 

margin

 

to

 

avoid

 

exceeding

 

the

 

limit

 

(i.e.

 

limiting

 

files

 

to

 

1850MB).

 

How

 

do

 

I

 

restore

 

the

 

device

 

back

 

to

 

factory

 

defaults?

 

The

 

S/W

 

RESET

 

button

 

located

 

at

 

the

 

back

 

of

 

the

 

media

 

player

 

can

 

be

 

used

 

to

 

restore

 

factory

 

settings.

 

To

 

restore

 

factory

 

settings:

 

1.

 

Disconnect

 

power

 

cable

 

from

 

the

 

player

 

unit

 

2.

 

Press

 

and

 

hold

 

the

 

S/W

 

RESET

 

button

 

3.

 

Connect

 

the

 

power

 

cable

 

while

 

holding

 

the

 

S/W

 

RESET

 

button

 

until

 

status

 

light

 

flashes

 

(approx.

 

15

 

seconds)

 

How

 

do

 

I

 

manage

 

the

 

playback

 

of

 

contents?

 

Playback

 

on

 

a

 

schedule

 

is

 

one

 

of

 

the

 

main

 

functions

 

of

 

the

 

XMP

300/305

 

Media

 

Player.

 

For

 

most

 

users,

 

it

 

can

 

be

 

managed

 

via

 

the

 

easy

 

to

 

use

 

Adfotain

 

Manager

 

Express

 

software.

 

Scala

 

users

 

may

 

obtain

 

a

 

player

 

license

 

from

 

Scala

 

to

 

manage

 

the

 

media

 

player

 

directly

 

from

 

Scala

 

Content

 

Manager.

 

For

 

advanced

 

customization,

 

there

 

is

 

SMIL

 

compatibility.

 

See

 

the

 

developer’s

 

manual

 

for

 

customizing

 

the

 

player

 

with

 

open

standard

 

W3C

 

SMIL

 

commands.

 

About

 

Adfotain

 

Manager

 

Express:

 

Unlike

 

the

 

difficulty

 

of

 

programming

 

VCRs

 

from

 

a

 

remote

 

control,

 

the

 

Adfotain

 

Manager

 

Express

 

software

 

is

 

designed

 

to

 

be

 

simple

 

by

 

using

 

a

 

graphical

 

personal

 

computer

 

interface.

 

Playback

 

contents

 

are

 

laid

 

out

 

visually

 

in

 

a

 

calendar

 

view.

 

Anyone

 

with

 

basic

 

computer

 

skills

 

can

 

quickly

 

create

 

or

 

modify

 

schedules,

 

delivering

 

the

 

right

 

message

 

to

 

the

 

right

 

audience

 

at

 

the

 

right

 

times.

 

Please

 

refer

 

to

 

the

 

Adfotain

 

Manager

 

Express

 

User’s

 

Manual

 

for

 

detailed

 

operations

 

and

 

techniques.

 

Could

 

the

 

player

 

display

 

Flash

 

or

 

Microsoft

 

PowerPoint

 

presentations?

 

The

 

player

 

features

 

limited

 

PowerPoint

 

support,

 

but

 

not

 

Flash

 

support.

  

While

 

PCs

 

can

 

play

 

many

 

formats

 

with

 

varying

 

degrees

 

of

 

success,

 

RISC

based

 

media

 

players

 

are

 

designed

 

to

 

reliably

 

play

 

specific

 

video

 

formats

 

(Please

 

see

 

spec

 

for

 

details).

 

While

 

Microsoft

 

PowerPoint

 

native

 

files

 

could

 

not

 

play

 

directly

 

on

 

a

 

RISC

based

 

player,

 

the

 

file

 

is

 

converted

 

through

 

other

 

software

 

(i.e.

 

Adfotain

 

Manager

 

Express)

 

into

 

an

 

image

 

format

 

to

 

be

 

played

 

as

 

an

 

image

 

slideshow.

  

Why

 

won’t

 

some

 

media

 

files

 

play

 

smoothly?

 

The

 

video

 

data

 

bit

rate

 

may

 

be

 

higher

 

than

 

the

 

recommended

 

bit

 

rate.

  

The

 

video

 

data

 

bit

rate

 

is

 

the

 

amount

 

of

 

video

 

or

 

audio

 

data

 

used

 

per

 

second

 

to

 

store

 

or

 

play

 

the

 

contents,

 

usually

 

expressed

 

in

 

Mbps

 

(mega

bits

 

per

 

second).

 

Video

 

encoded

 

with

 

excessive

 

bit

rates

 

will

 

not

 

playback

 

smoothly

 

in

 

the

 

media

 

player,

 

likely

 

due

 

to

 

storage

 

i/o

 

bottlenecks.

 

You

 

can

 

try

 

recompressing

 

unplayable

 

video

 

files

 

at

 

lower

 

bit

 

rates

 

using

 

the

 

free

 

and

 

open

 

source

 

Handbrake

 

tool

 

at

 

http://handbrake.fr/

.

 

Once

 

you

 

have

 

found

 

the

 

right

 

output

 

settings

 

for

 

size

 

and

 

quality,

 

save

 

them

 

in

 

Handbrake

 

profiles

 

for

 

future

 

use.

 

Then

 

you

 

can

 

easily

 

recompress

 

any

 

unplayable

 

files

 

you

 

encounter

 

in

 

the

 

future.

  

Why

 

won’t

 

some

 

media

 

files

 

play

 

at

 

all?

 

Despite

 

our

 

best

 

efforts

 

to

 

adhere

 

to

 

video

 

format

 

standards,

 

video

 

compression

 

introduces

 

many

 

variables,

 

and

 

Summary of Contents for XMP-300

Page 1: ...network media player Hard disk local storage For general installations 80GB capacity for up to 30 hours of HD video 8Mbps XMP 305 Solid state HD network media player Internal CF card local storage Ce...

Page 2: ...em Connections 2 2 USB keyboard Configuration Menus 2 3 Connect the XMP 300 to your network 2 4 Video Output Settings 2 5 Clock and Calendar Settings 2 6 Additional Settings 2 7 Factory Reset Button 2...

Page 3: ...obe Apple Microsoft and Real Networks 1 2 Software Features Adfotain Manager Express software for streamlined digital signage management Adfotain Manager Express helps you quickly set up and test play...

Page 4: ...3a connector for digital video and audio combined outputs or digital video via option DVI adapter 5 Stereo RCA audio output 6 12V DC for power adapter 7 S W Reset button to perform factory reset see...

Page 5: ...tes for physical installation 1 Attach the mounting plates to the bottom side of the player with 2 screws supplied on each side 2 The player with the mounting plates attached can be mounted using 4 sc...

Page 6: ...rocess takes approximately 90 seconds to complete After boot up the player will indicate that it is ready for content sync via the USB port Troubleshooting Tips 1 The front panel indicators do not lig...

Page 7: ...using arrow keys space bar enter key and numeral keys on your USB keyboard Use the keyboard arrow keys to highlight menu items press the space bar to move the star cursor and then press enter to conf...

Page 8: ...ng setting and press Enter on the keyboard to select Highlight Static IP below press Space bar on the keyboard to fill in the star at the Static IP brackets and press Enter on the keyboard to select N...

Page 9: ...f you are connecting a LCD computer monitor projector or plasma display refer to the device specifications for the best matching setting Press the space bar to fill in the star before pressing the ent...

Page 10: ......

Page 11: ...ug USB keyboard to the device to enter menu system 3 Follow on screen instructions and select firmware upgrade option in the menu 4 When instructed plug in the USB drive to begin firmware upgrade 3 Co...

Page 12: ...ectory of the USB drive Step 2 Upload contents to player Power up the XMP 305 300 Booting takes about 60 seconds When the orange boot indicator lamp goes out insert USB drive into the USB port to begi...

Page 13: ...480p E2 PNG 24bpp alpha 720p E3 PNG 24bpp alpha 1080p Audio codec support POPAI Screen Media Standards S4 MPEG L2 audio S5 MP3 audio 384Kbps Playback control W3C SMIL 3 0 sub set multi zone wall cloc...

Page 14: ...53x 43 mm excluding projections 8 3 X 6 X 1 7 inches excluding projections Weight 1 4kg 3 lbs 1 14kg 2 5lbs Safety UL approved AC adapters Certifications CE FCC RoHS Warranty One year limited parts la...

Page 15: ...e control the Adfotain Manager Express software is designed to be simple by using a graphical personal computer interface Playback contents are laid out visually in a calendar view Anyone with basic c...

Page 16: ...d progressively being rendered more clearly as more data is received over the internet Devices with local storage such as the CF Network Media Player are usually incompatible with the latter type Make...

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