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Easy Advertiser (CRD01/00) 

 

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Revision 32| 22 December 2008 

EASY ADVERTISER VIRGIN INSTALLATION 

SELECT LANGUAGE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SET TIME FORMAT 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

SET CURRENT TIME 

 

 

 

 

 
 

SETTINGS SUMMARY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select from English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. 

 

Use navigation keys to highlight the different languages. 

 

Highlight the language of your choice. 

 

Press OK to confirm. 

 

Select either the 12 hour or 24 hour format. 

 

Press up/down navigation keys to highlight your choice. 

 

The hour box will be highlighted. 

 

Press up/down navigation keys to change the hour. 

 

Press right navigation key to highlight the minute box and 
up/down to change the minutes. 

 

Press right navigation key to highlight the am/pm box and 
up/down to change from am to pm.   

 

Press OK to confirm the current time. 
Note: You may need to periodically synchronize the time 
to ensure timely schedule playback. 

 

View the language and current time settings 

 

Confirm your settings by pressing OK. 
Note: This product is designed with an internal battery 
that will maintain the clock operation up to 7 days in the 
event of a power failure. You may need to reset the time 
after this period. 

Summary of Contents for CRD01

Page 1: ...Easy Advertiser User Manual ...

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Page 3: ...ect language 10 Set time format 10 Set current time 10 Settings summary 10 Easy Advertiser Publisher Installation 11 Getting started on PC installation with the CDROM 12 PC System verification 12 NET Framework Version 2 0 Download and Install 14 Easy Advertiser Publisher PC Application 15 System Requirement 15 Introduction 15 Getting Started 16 Using Easy Advertiser Publisher 17 Schedule 17 Import...

Page 4: ... the slide show 25 Activating manual view 26 Digital Menu Settings 27 24 hour schedule 27 Settings 27 Firmware Upgrade 28 Getting The Best Out of Easy Advertiser 29 Using Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations as inputs 29 Importing pictures in PowerPoint 30 Using digital camera pictures as inputs 30 Creating and using MPEG2 movies as inputs 31 Open Source Software 31 Environmental Information 32 ...

Page 5: ...d 1 USB Thumbdrive 1GB 1 HDMI cable 1 Easy Advertiser card cap 1 Power Supply Adapter 100 240V 50 60 Hz 1 Power Supply cable for UK 1 Power Supply cable for EU Continental 1 Mechanical bracket for Power Supply Adapter 1 Purse Lock for cable management 1 Screws 2 Pan M4x6 Torx 2 Pan M4x10 Torx 2 Pan M4x10 CrossHead Easy Advertiser Publisher CDROM 1 Quick Start Guide 1 Warranty Card 1 ...

Page 6: ... to schedule content in various timeslots allowing you to play specific target content to specific target segments of customers at the required times of the day Your content can also be played continuously every 24 hours when you select the optional setting in the user interface on the display with the Easy Advertiser Managing your desired content for display is simple With Easy Advertiser Publish...

Page 7: ...C to 264 VAC 50 60Hz DC Out 12V 1 7A Maximum Operating temperature 5 to 40 degrees Celsius Playability formats JPEG MPEG2 High Definition and Standard Definition video with MPEG 1 Layer 1 2 3 LSF or AC3 audio stream User interface language support English French German Spanish Italian Inputs outputs USB 2 0 HDMI 1 1 Out DC In Applicable monitor models BDL4231C 00 BDL4231CS 00 Silver BDL3231C 00 ...

Page 8: ... fire or electric shock Connect at receptacles that are certain not to be shaken This can result in a risk of heat and a fire if it is connected to the wall outlet imperfectly Do not use uncovered cables This can result in a risk of fire or electric shock Do not expose this product to direct sunlight and extreme heat This can result in a risk of fire Never put objects of any kind into this product...

Page 9: ... electricity 4 Open package and remove contents 5 Remove the Easy Advertiser SmartCard from the air bubble wrap 6 Install the Easy Advertiser SmartCard into the Easy Advertiser SmartCard slot a Locate the Easy Advertiser SmartCard slot opening at the rear end of the display b Unscrew the SmartCard slot cap from the Monitor Keep the two screws for reuse NOTE You can discard the original SmartCard s...

Page 10: ... being pulled out of the Monitor and potentially damage the unit 7 Connect the cables a Connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI slot on the bottom right of the Easy Advertiser SmartCard b Connect the other end of the HDMI cable only to Monitor HDMI 1 In slot HDMI 2 In slot is not to be used Please do not utilize Component Video 1 input With Easy Advertiser SmartCard the Component Video 1 input is disab...

Page 11: ... M4x10 CrossHead Torx b Place the Power Supply Adapter into the bracket as shown 9 Switching On a Plug in the mains cord and switch on the Monitor b A cold start power on of Easy Advertiser SmartCard may take some time please wait c Once the Easy Advertiser SmartCard is booted up and the Monitor switched on you may begin configuring the Monitor and Easy Advertiser SmartCard settings ...

Page 12: ...ress RIGHT ARROW to save the setting a Press MENU DISPLAY button on the Remote Control b Select CONFIGURATION c Select CONTROL d Change ESP configuration values to OFF a Press MENU DISPLAY button on the Remote Control b Select CONFIGURATION c Select FEATURES d Change PIXEL SHIFT configuration values to NO a Press MENU DISPLAY button on the Remote Control b Select CONFIGURATION c Select SWITCH ON O...

Page 13: ...nglish Revision 32 22 December 2008 Page 9 5 Set SWITCH ON SOURCE by the following steps a Press MENU DISPLAY button on the Remote Control b Select CONFIGURATION c Select SWITCH ON OSD d Change SWITCH ON SOURCE setting to HDMI1 ...

Page 14: ...r box will be highlighted Press up down navigation keys to change the hour Press right navigation key to highlight the minute box and up down to change the minutes Press right navigation key to highlight the am pm box and up down to change from am to pm Press OK to confirm the current time Note You may need to periodically synchronize the time to ensure timely schedule playback View the language a...

Page 15: ...to the next step You will be presented with the License Agreement To proceed you will need to accept the agreement by selecting the provided option When finished press the Next button to proceed to the next step Then select the location on the hard disk where you want to install the software Please make sure you have the minimum required available disk space of approximately 100MB You are recommen...

Page 16: ...m properties of the PC a Select START at the bottom left corner of your screen and select CONTROL PANEL b Select SYSTEM to open the System Properties window and select General tab c On the General tab the System of your PC indicated should be Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 3 See above example d Select OK or Cancel to exit this System Properties window ...

Page 17: ...RT at the bottom left corner of PC screen and select CONTROL PANEL b Select Add or Remove Programs See above example c In the list of currently installed programs scroll down to check if this NET Framework Version 2 0 is already in the list d If it is not available refer to the next page for download and installation of this required software ...

Page 18: ...earch engine like Google can also be used to search for this software download c Select the Download button on the Microsoft webpage to download or run the installation of this software to the PC A dialog box will appear prompting either to Run or Save the software application Choose Run to install the NET Framework Version 2 0 This can take quite some time 10 minutes or longer d Note This NET Fra...

Page 19: ... illustration below If the words content or media are mentioned in this document these are defined as imported Microsoft PowerPoint slides JPEG pictures MPEG2 movies If the word time schedule or schedule is mentioned in this document it is defined as a 24 hour cycle starting at 12 o clock at night in which many slots can be made In these slots you select the content you want to show during the 24 ...

Page 20: ...st be generated from Easy Advertiser Publisher Users are not suppose to directly manipulate the contents on the USB thumbdrive in attempt to achieve playback After the installation is complete you may launch the application by clicking on Start All Programs Philips Easy Advertiser Publisher The application will load and the following screen will appear ...

Page 21: ...yback or create timeslots Renaming a Schedule Select File Schedule from the Application Menu or click on the Schedule button Select a schedule and click Rename Enter a name and click OK The change will appear in List of schedules Copying a Schedule Select File Schedule from the Application Menu or click on the Schedule button Select a schedule and click Copy Enter new schedule name and click OK Ne...

Page 22: ...ne by one To select a sequence of files hold Shift select the first desired file e g File 1 and then select the last desired file e g File 10 All the files from 1 10 will be highlighted To select all the files in the folder hold Ctrl and press the keyboard key A Click on Open An import progress bar will be shown at the bottom of the application window Please be patient and wait for the media to be...

Page 23: ...ons will appear on the bottom right of the preview box You can rotate the image clockwise or counter clockwise by 90 degrees This feature is meant for changing the image orientation between landscape and portrait The image rotation change will be in effect for all schedules and shown in the Timetable Area as well as the Imported Content Area Only JPEG and PowerPoint converted files can be previewe...

Page 24: ...ble Area No rearranging can be done in the Imported Content Area To remove files that were added to the Time Table Area select the file s and press the Delete key on the keyboard or right click Delete Selected To have a larger preview of the eventual appearance of the slides on the Monitor you may click on the Filmstrip button Images without aspect ratio of 16 9 will have black borders displayed b...

Page 25: ...edule is fully allocated double clicking on the clock will edit the existing non stop time slot i e 12 00AM 11 59PM time slot Change the End Time to make some time available for new time slot creation e g Set end time to 8 00AM Click on the Save button to complete the change You will now be able to add a new time slot Enter the desired Start and End time e g 8 00AM to 9 00AM Click on the Add butto...

Page 26: ...s com At the website search for model CRD01 00 You will then be presented with the software upgrade installers and instructions to perform the update Click Export to USB button or select File Export from the Application Menu Dialog box for drive selection will appear Select a USB thumbdrive removable drive Click on Export Warning Do not remove your USB thumbdrive until the transfer process is comp...

Page 27: ... to start the playback 1 Insert the USB thumbdrive into Easy Advertiser SmartCard 2 The Monitor will show the published contents according to the scheduled time period 1 Insert the USB thumbdrive into Easy Advertiser SmartCard 2 The Monitor will show the published contents once loaded Tip A USB extension cable may be useful for accessibility reasons especially if the USB thumbdrive is frequently s...

Page 28: ...u LEFT BUTTON Navigation to the left Show the previous slide RIGHT BUTTON Navigation to the right Show the next slide Make a selection OK BUTTON Make a selection Play Pause the slide show CANCEL BUTTON Cancel selection Hide device menu VIDEO PLAY PAUSE BUTTON Play Pause the video playback VIDEO STOP BUTTON Stop the video playback ...

Page 29: ...ontrol buttons If the Monitor is currently playing a still picture the above illustrated screen will appear The Slide Controller will be overlaid to provide a visual cue of what operations are available If the Monitor is currently playing a moving picture video the above illustrated screen will appear The Video Controller together with the Slide Controller will be overlaid to provide a visual cue ...

Page 30: ... Select the desired time slot and press right arrow button You will then see the illustrated screen above Existing Continuously Playback Mode or Scheduled Playback Mode is not interrupted while Manual View is activated The iconic overlay at the top left hand side of the screen denotes that there is a playback mode in the background You may navigate through the contents within the time slot by pres...

Page 31: ...g that time slot eg 09 00AM 11 00AM Please refer to later chapters for details SETTINGS Press the down arrow navigation key to highlight Settings Under this section you may modify the monitor application settings DISPLAY TIME From previous step press the right arrow navigation key to select the Set display time option Press the down arrow navigation key to highlight a display time which still imag...

Page 32: ...right arrow navigation key to highlight the minutes Press the up or down arrow navigation key to adjust the minutes If 24 hour time format Press right arrow navigation key to select AM PM and press the up or down navigation key to adjust Press the right arrow navigation key to highlight Change time now Press the down arrow navigation key to highlight Keep time and press OK to keep the current time...

Page 33: ...nits high Your HD ready monitor is 16 9 Sixteen units wide by nine units high If you don t change anything in Microsoft PowerPoint your presentation would appear like this To the left and right of your slide black bars will appear You can avoid your presentation appearing like this by changing the setting in PowerPoint to 16 9 before creating your slides This is a simple operation Dependant on the...

Page 34: ...SING DIGITAL CAMERA PICTURES AS INPUTS There is only one format supported for importing pictures in Easy Advertiser Publisher JPEG This is the most commonly used format in consumer digital cameras For best results it is advised to only use picture with a resolution equal to or higher than the resolution of the monitor In practice this means a picture with width at least of 1360 pixels or height at...

Page 35: ...another Philips cannot advise what programs you should use because that depends on your requirements and your budget for such a program There are many options so finding the one that suits your needs shouldn t be difficult SD movies can look great on your monitor make note that DVD is SD but you will get the best possible results if you can create 720p HD content Older cameras mostly support SD re...

Page 36: ...red by the European Directive 22002 96 EC Please find out more about the separate collection system for electrical and electronic products in your local neighborhood Please act according to your local rules and do not dispose of your old products with your normal household waste The correct disposal of your old product will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human...

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