Product Overview
Feature Details
Stingray
2 User’s Guide, v6.0, Issue 01
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Central Control
VF Command & Control allows administrators to control individual, groups, or all
Stingray
2 STBs on the Furnace network on an ad-hoc or scheduled basis. Typical use cases
of this feature include:
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Changing a group of Stingray
2s to a particular channel for controlled HD signage.
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Allowing users in a common area to have channel control to the display but returning
the Stingray
2 to a pre-established channel on a schedule (perhaps every half hour).
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Turning off the output of all Stingray
2s after hours so the connected displays go into
low power standby mode.
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Sending a message (perhaps with scrolling text overlays) to Stingray
2s in a certain
area that an event is pending.
The Furnace can even be integrated with an emergency messaging system.
Flexible Decoding and I/O
The Stingray
2 supports most MPEG standards, including SD and HD H.264. The
Stingray
2 can also support specific computer resolutions, useful when a live computer
source (such as a centrally located signage system player) is connected to a Makito encoder.
The Stingray
2 comes standard with HDMI, Component Analog (Y,Pb,Pr), S-video, and
Composite outputs. The STB is also equipped with a secondary Ethernet network interface
to allow another device to share the Ethernet connection, for example, to connect a PC to
the network through the Stingray
2.
Content Protection
The Stingray
2 complies with the Furnace IP video end-to-end security framework and
supports AES decryption of multicast or unicast signals. This is especially important for
deployments where live video is transmitted to guarantee protection against recording, for
example, live professional sports (where content is valuable to the owners) or medical
procedures (to ensure patient confidentiality).
Setup Made Easy
The Stingray
2 is easily installed without technical expertise. After you connect it to the
network, it provisions itself automatically and a minute or so later plays the selected
multicast or unicast content to the connected television.
Feature Details
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SD/HD Set Top Box
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InStream viewer compatible
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VF Now video-on-demand support
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Easily administered via VF Command & Control (VFC2)
