Visual Circuits Mantis Media Gateway, User Manual

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Updating Video Playback
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Using a Drop & Go Playback Disc
To use the Drop & Go disc:
1. Insert the Drop & Go disc into the Mantis CD/DVD drawer
and close the drawer.
2. The Mantis detects the Drop & Go disc and begins copying the
videos.
3. The Mantis creates the playlist, “dropngo.fpl”.
4. The Front Panel Display shows:
CD Copying:
and displays
the filename of the file being copied.
5. Once the Mantis copies all the videos, playback of the new
content begins.
6. Manually eject the Drop & Go disc.
Mantis Cleanup Routine
When writing MPEG files to its internal storage, the Mantis
runs a cleanup routine to insure that there is enough space
for the new files. For more details, refer to
5 Mantis Storage
Cleanup Routine on page 107.
Determine if All Media Files Transferred Successfully
Down load the log files from the Mantis player. One of the
logs downloaded is the Content Log which lists the all the
media files currently stored on the mantis, see
Content Log
on page 108
There is a brief pause and blackout before the new content
begins playing.