Infocaster™ DS600
Chapter 1
Hardware Manual
Overview
© 2014 Imagine Communications.
Proprietary and Confidential.
6/19/2014 | Page 11
Overview
This chapter provides an introduction to the DS600 systems, and includes the following topics:
Product Description (on page
11
)
System Chassis (on page 12)
Product Description
The DS600 turnkey system is your single source solution for high-impact digital signage.
DS600 is an out-of-the-box communications solution that produces powerful, multi-zone broadcast
quality page layouts for immediate display on video monitors.
Main Features
These are the main features of your DS600 digital signage system.
Superior graphics: create multiple layers of independent bugs, crawls, animations, clocks and more.
Data integration: link on-air graphics with databases, data feeds, or text files for automatic updates
to keep the information current.
Quick editors: modify content with fast and easy updates.
Control Choices: GPI, automation, manual.
Intuitive interface: drag and drop user interface makes it simple to learn and allows users to get to
air quickly.
Multi-zone display: zones can be set up to display either, stills, rolls, crawls, animations, clocks, or
video. Each zone is an independent item, and can be customized with different attributes.
Live video input: DV or composite video playback using a 3rd party capture device.
Video output: support for MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI and Windows Media video clips.
Audio output: support for video clips, or add audio to a specific zone.
Animation: import and convert sequences of TGAs from third party animation software.
Flexible scheduling: powerful weekly scheduling of Infocaster multi-zone displays.
Network Control (optional): Use the Infocaster Manager application to manage multiple Infocaster players.
Chapter 1