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X2O Media Player Activation
The
Activation
screen appears at first start up and upon subsequent reboots until the
X2O Media
Player
is activated.
To activate the
X2O Media Player
follow these steps:
1.
Note the
Player ID
that is shown on the
Activation
screen.
2.
The
X2O Media Player
is configured to connect to the standard X2O Cloud instance. If this is
where you want to connect, go to step 3. Otherwise, perform the following steps to connect to
a different on-premises
X2O Server
:
a.
Click the
Settings
cogwheel icon on the bottom-right of the
Activation
screen.
b.
Enter the
X2O Server address or DNS name
you need to connect to.
c.
You can test the connection to make sure the sign has access to this server.
d.
Click
Exit Settings
to go back to the
Activation
screen.
e.
Open a Web browser, navigate to the
X2O Portal
and enter your X2O Portal credentials to
sign in.
f.
Skip step 3 and go to step 4.
3.
Open a Web browser, navigate to
and enter your X2O Portal credentials to
sign in.
4.
Click the
Administration
cogwheel icon in the X2O Portal task bar and select
Activate Player
.
5.
Enter the
Player ID
and select the target
Network
for the player.
6.
Click the
Activate
button.
The
X2O Media Player
is authorized on the network and the
X2O Server
begins to synchronize
content to the device. This process may take a few minutes, depending on the amount of content
available on the server. The progression of the file transfer is shown on the player
Activation
screen.
The player starts automatically when synchronization is complete. The default content on the
network begins to play, or a small X2O logo on a black background is shown to indicate that the
X2O Media Player
is ready for Player Configuration in the X2O Portal.
