Gefen EXT-HD-DSMP manual

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CONTENT S 1 Intr oduc ti on 2 O peration Notes 3 Features 4 Front Panel La y ou t 5 Front Panel Descriptions 6 Back Panel La y ou t 7 Back Panel Descriptions 8 IR Remote La y ou t 9 IR Remote Descriptions 1 0 IR Remote Installatio n 11 C onnectin g the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er 1 1 Wirin g Dia g ram 12 O peratin g the Hi-De f Di[...]

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OPERA TION NOTE S 2 READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INST ALLING OR OPERA TING THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER • Thi s u nit D OES NOT c ontain an y internal memor y . Memor y must be s upplied b y the user in the f orm o f a U S B 2.0 fl ash drive. The f ollowin g fi le s y stems are compatible with this pla y er : NTF S The main settin g s, [...]

3 FEA TURE S Features • S upports resolutions up to 1080p Full HD • H DMI, C omponent, and C omposite A / V outputs active simultaneousl y • T ext-based schedulin g and pla y list usin g a text editor • C M S f or multiple units * • S upports MPE G 1 / 2 / 4, DivX 3 / 4 / 5 / 6, XVid, and H.264 / AV C video codecs • S upports MP3, MPE G[...]

4 FRONT P ANEL LA YOU T Front Panel 1 2 3[...]

5 FRONT P ANEL DESCRIPTION S Front Panel 1 IR This IR window receives si g nals f rom the IR Remote C ontrol Unit. 2 S TAT U S This LED indicator will fl ash bri g ht blue to indicate network tra f fi c when the M edia Pla y er is connected to a network. 3 P W R Power LED indicator . When power is applied to the unit, this LED will g low bri g ht[...]

6 BACK P ANEL LA YOU T Back Panel 8 7 1 2 3 5 6 4[...]

7 BACK P ANEL DESCRIPTION S 1 C omponen t C onnect three ( 3 ) R C A cables f rom the G reen, Blue, and Red outputs to the c omponent video input o f a displa y or other video output device. 2 Optical T OS LINK audio ouput connector . C onnect an optical cable f rom this connector to an audio output device. 3 HDMI C onnect an HDTV displa y to this [...]

8 IR REMOTE LA YOU T 1 4 6 7 9 8 1 4 12 1 3 1 1 10 15 2 3 5 E XT -HD-DSMP-IR Remote Control Uni t[...]

9 IR REMOTE DESCRIPTION S 1 P owe r This button will to gg le between the O N and S T ANDBY power states. A RED LED will be active when the unit is in S tandb y power state. The Power LED will g low bri g ht blue when the Media Pla y er is powered O N. 2 N umeric Keypad ( 0 - 9 ) U sed to enter values when usin g the Menu Sy stem. 3 + Press this bu[...]

10 IR REMOTE INST ALLA TIO N Installin g the Batteries 1. R emove the batter y cover on the back o f the IR Remote C ontrol Unit. 2. Insert the included AA batteries into the open batter y slot. 3 . R eplace the batter y cover . W ARNING : Risk o f explosion i f batter y is replaced b y an incorrect t y pe. Dispose o f used batteries accordin g to [...]

1 1 CONNECTING THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER How to Connect the Hi-Def Di g ital Si g na g e Media Pla y er 1. C onnect Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er to the displa y usin g the in c l uded HDMI cab l e . 2. O PTI O NAL: C onnect the analo g or di g ital audio outputs o f the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er [...]

12 OPERA TING THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER P owerin g the Hi-Def Di g ital Si g na g e Media Pla y er 1. O nce power has been connected to the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er , the f ollowin g screen will be displa y ed while the unit completes the bootin g process . 2. A f ter the boot process has been completed, an y sc[...]

1 3 OPERA TING THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER Accessin g the Main Menu I f no media is scheduled to pla y a f ter the Media Pla y er has fi nished bootin g , then the PIN code screen will be displa y ed. The PIN code screen provides a secure g atewa y to the Main Menu. The PIN code screen can be displa y ed at an y time b y pressin g th[...]

1 4 OPERA TING THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER As the PIN code is entered, each o f the numbers will be masked f or securit y p urposes. Althou g h not required, a PIN code is recommended to prevent u nauthorized access to the Main Menu. The PIN code can be disabled ( see p a g e 48 ) . PIN code is alwa y s masked durin g entr y . A DV AN[...]

15 OPERA TING THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER 4. A f ter enterin g the correct PIN code, the Main Menu will be displa y ed. Safel y Removin g the USB Stora g e Devic e In S tand-Alone Mode, it will be necessar y to remove the U S B s tora g e device f rom the Media Pla y er in order to update schedule fi les, p la y list fi les, and con[...]

1 6 OPERA TING THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER 3 . The Media Pla y er will prompt y ou to select which device to stop. In th e e xample below , onl y one U S B device is connected to the Media Pla y er . Additional stora g e would be identi fi ed as D, E, F , etc. 4. H i g hli g ht the U S B device y ou wish to stop and e j ect, usin g t[...]

17 HOW THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER WORK S D irector y and File Nomenclatur e The Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er uses directories to or g aniz e s chedules, pla y lists, and media content. A ma j or part o f how the Media Pla y er behaves is g overned b y a set o f three fi les : • s chedule. g s h • p la y l i st. [...]

1 8 HOW THE HI-DEF DIGIT AL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLA YER WORK S Renamin g Files and Directories As mentioned earlier , three ( 3 ) directories must reside in the root director y o f the US B drive at all times : / medi a , /p la y list s , and / schedule s . Th e s ett i n g s.xm l fi le must alwa y s reside in the root director y . The names g iven to e[...]

19 Operatin g Modes The Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er can operate in one o f two modes: S tand-alone Mode and Network Mode. Stand-Alone Mod e U se this mode i f y ou want content pla y ed locall y f rom the U S B fl ash drive on the M edia Pla y er . Network Modes • P ush Mod e C ontent is manuall y p ushe d to the Media Player f[...]

2 0 ST AND-ALONE MOD E U sin g Stand-Alone Mod e 1. C onnect the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er accordin g to th e instructions on pa g e 1 1. The Media Pla y er comes pre-loaded with a demo pla y list, schedule, and content. A f ter the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er has fi nished bootin g , the pre-loaded content wi[...]

21 ST AND-ALONE MOD E R e f er to pa g e 15 f or details on e j ectin g the U S B drive f rom the Media Pla y er . 5 . R emove the U S B device f rom the back o f the Media Pla y er and connect it to y our computer . 6 . O n the U S B drive, locate the s chedule. g s h fi l e u n de r th e / schedule s director y . Next, we will edit the S chedule[...]

2 2 ST AND-ALONE MOD E V iewin g the Schedule Fil e 1. O pen th e schedule. g s h fi le, located in the / schedule s director y . An y p lain text editor can be used ( such as Windows ® Notepad, etc ) . 2. L oca t e th e < D e f au l t Ev e n t> ta g at the top o f the fi le. Th e < D e f au l t Ev e n t > a n d </ DefaultEvent &g[...]

23 ST AND-ALONE MOD E 5 . Next, the p la y list fi le will be speci fi ed. Make sure to use the leadin g f orward- s lash in the path when speci fy in g the f ull path to the sc h edu l e fi l e . < FileName> /p la y lists /p la y list. gp l< / FileName > < FileName> p la y lists /p la y list. gp l< / FileName > As mentio[...]

24 E ditin g the Pla y list Fil e 1. O pen th e p la y l i st. gpl fi le, located in the /p la y list s director y . 2. L oca t e th e < m edia> ta g at the top o f the fi le. The < m edia> a n d </ media > ta g s must surround each instance o f video content. <FileName>........< / FileName > 3 . T y pe the f ull pat[...]

2 5 V iewin g the Settin g s.xml Fil e Finall y , we ’ re g oin g to take a quick look at the s ett i n g s.xm l fi l e . Th e s ett i n g s.xm l fi le contains all the in f ormation on how the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er operates. Within the s ett i n g s.xm l fi le, the active sc h edu l e must be speci fi ed : 1. O pen th[...]

26 5 . The root director y o f the U S B drive should look somethin g like this : 6 . A f ter y ou have veri fi ed ever y thin g , e j ect the U S B drive f rom y our computer be f ore removin g it. I f the U S B drive is removed without e j ectin g it, data loss and / or data corruption ma y occur . 7. Disconnect power f rom the Media Pla y er . [...]

2 7 Addin g More Video Content to the Pla y lis t R unnin g onl y one selection o f video content ma y not alwa y s be what y ou want to do. The Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er is capable o f pla y in g several pieces o f video content. Here’s how to add more than one fi le to the pla y list : 1. S a f el y e j ect and remove the U[...]

28 Schedulin g Conten t We’ve alread y seen how we can pla y one or more media fi les and loop them. H owever , we can also speci fy a when the pla y back will be g in and end. 1. O pen th e schedule. g s h fi le, located in the / schedule s director y . 2. Insert the f ollowin g two lines between the < D e f au l t Ev e n t> a n d </ [...]

2 9 T HE DEF AUL T EVEN T U nderstandin g the Default Even t As mentioned earlier , the s chedule. g s h fi le must alwa y s contain a defau l t e v e n t . The important thin g to remember when usin g Di g ital S i g na g e is that s omethin g ( some media ) should be displa y ed at all times. A Di g ital S i g na ge application with nothin g dis[...]

3 0 NETWORK MODE / PUSH MOD E U sin g Network Mod e U se Network Mode when the Di g ital S i g na g e requirement are : • Pla y back and loopin g o f media fi les • S chedulin g and pla y list capabilit y • R emote content mana g ement usin g the built-in FTP client / server ( push / pull mode ) T he FTP Client and FTP Server The Hi-De f Di [...]

31 P USH MOD E M ethod 1: C on fi guration using the OS D 1. O pen the OS D and select the Network option . 2. S elect either D HCP IP ( AUTO ) whi ch automaticall y assi g ns the IP address f rom the pool. The FIX IP ( MANUAL ) option will require y ou to provide the c orrect IP address, S ubnet mask, De f ault G atewa y , and DN S server ad- d r[...]

3 2 P USH MOD E 4. S elect the Set FTP username / p assword for clien t option. 5 . Enter the desired user name and password in the respective fi elds : 6 . Pr ess th e OK button on the IR Remote to accept the chan g es. S elect the Back button to return to the main menu o f the OS D.[...]

33 P USH MOD E 7. S elect the E nable / Disable FTP server / client option. 8 . S elect the Enable / Disable FTP Server option. Press the r OK bu tt o n o n th e IR Remote C ontrol until it is set to E nabl e , then press the Back bu tt o n o n the IR Remote C ontrol. S ince we’re not usin g the FTP client ( on the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e [...]

34 P USH MOD E M ethod 2: C on fi guration using the settings.xml fi le 1. O pen the s ett i n g s.xm l fi l e a n d l oca t e th e <ip Con fi g> sec ti o n : < n a m e v a l ue= ”Gefen Player” /> < ”manual” ”192.168.2.238” ”255.255.255.0” ”0.0.0.0” ”4.2.2.2” ”8.8.8.8” < < osdCon fi g> 2. DH [...]

3 5 P USH MOD E 4. S et the p ushMod e attribute to enable. Then, set the use r Na m e a n d use r Pass attributes to the desired values. For most scenarios, the p or t v a l ue s h ou l d be se t t o 21. 5 . S ave the fi le to the US B drive. Con fi g urin g the FTP Clien t 1. In the FTP client on y our computer ( or on the dedicated FTP server [...]

36 P USH MOD E 2. Enter the user name and password that were created on pa g e 32. 3 . C onnect to the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er usin g y our FTP client. O nce connected, y ou should see a director y listin g similar to the f ollowin g: 4. T o see the contents o f the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er stora g e devic[...]

3 7 P USH MOD E 5 . T o make chan g es to the current schedule or pla y list, make chan g es locall y on y our computer , then upload the new fi les to their respective directories. M edia fi les can also be added. An y chan g es will automaticall y take place once the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er fi nishes executin g the curren[...]

38 P ULL MOD E P ull Mod e In this next section, we will discuss Pu ll M ode . Wh e n w e r efe r t o Pu ll M ode , w e are describin g a process whereb y content is ( automaticall y) “ pulled f rom” an FTP server to the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er . In this con fi g uration, the H i-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er[...]

3 9 P ULL MOD E 3 . Press the O K button to accept the chan g es. 4. S elect the Set FTP username / password for server option. r 5 . Enter the desired user name and password in the respective fi elds. I f no u ser name o f password currentl y exists, the C urrent U sername a n d C urren t Pass w o r d fi elds may be left blank. d 6 . Pr ess th e[...]

4 0 P ULL MOD E 7. S elect the E nable / Disable FTP server / client option. 8 . S elect the Enable / Disable FTP Server option. Press the r OK bu tt o n o n th e IR Remote C ontrol until it is set to E nabl e , then press the Back bu tt o n o n the IR Remote C ontrol. 9 . Press the O K button on the IR Remote to accept the chan g es.[...]

41 P ULL MOD E M ethod 2: C on fi guration using the settings.xml fi le 1. O pen the s ett i n g s.xm l fi l e a n d l oca t e th e <ip Con fi g> sec ti o n : <n a m e v a l ue= ”Gefen Player” /> < ”manual” ”192.168.2.238” ”255.255.255.0” ”0.0.0.0” ”4.2.2.2” ”8.8.8.8” < < osdCon fi g> 2. DH C[...]

4 2 P ULL MOD E 4. S et the p ullMod e a ttri bu t e t o e n ab l e . 5 . Next, set the IP address o f the server used to hold the content f or th e f ollowin g attributes : N o t e th a t th e a ttri bu t e v a l ues fo r sc h edu l e P u l l , p la y l i stPul l , an d co n te n t P u l l contain a path to a director y . These directories will be[...]

43 P ULL MOD E 7. U nder the p ullSchedul e ta g , the p ullRe p ea t a ttri bu t e v a l ue ca n be set t o h ourl y or d a i l y , or none . S ee pa g e 52 f or more in f ormation. I f th e p ullRe p ea t a ttri bu t e i s se t t o d a i l y , set the ti m e v a l ue u n de r th e < da i l y> ta g to the time which the Hi-De f Di g ital S i[...]

44 P ULL MOD E Con fi g urin g the FTP Server The f ollowin g covers the con fi g uration process f or the FTP server . This process applies whether y ou are runnin g FTP server so f tware on a P C on a network or ha v e a ded i ca t ed FTP se rv e r. 1. The fi rst step is to create the path and permissions to the director y which the H i-De f D[...]

4 5 U nderstandin g the SETTINGS.XML fi l e Th e s ett i n g s.xm l contains all the settin g s used b y Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e M edia Pla y er . This fi le can be edited directl y , allowin g y ou to set the outpu t r esolution, the active schedule, in addition to several other options such as NTP s erver assi g nment, p ush mode a n d p[...]

46 T HE SETTINGS.XML FIL E Th e s ett i n g s.xm l is constructed as a t y pical XML fi le : The be g innin g o f the s ett i n g s.xm l fi le be g ins with an XML dec l a r a ti o n : < ?xml vers i on=”1.0” encod i n g =”UTF-8” ? > The XML declaration is f ollowed b y a < sett i n g s > st ar t - t ag . Th e e n d of th e fi[...]

4 7 SETTINGS.XML SUMMAR Y D evice Nam e T a g Nam e : < devCon fi g> D escri p tion : Allows y ou to chan g e the name o f the device. Attributes : name E xam p l e : IP Con fi g uration T a g Nam e : <ip Con fi g> D escri p tion : Allows y ou to speci fy automatic ( DH C P ) or manual ( FIXED IP ) con fi g uration o f the Hi-De f D[...]

48 SETTINGS.XML SUMMAR Y OSD PIN Cod e T a g Nam e : < osdCon fi g> D escri p tion : Allows y ou to chan g e or disable the PIN code f or the OS D. Attributes : osd L ock pin E xam p l e : Notes: O nce the PIN code has been chan g ed in th e s ett i n g s.xm l fi le, the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er must be power-c y cled a[...]

4 9 SETTINGS.XML SUMMAR Y Notes: O nce the time zone or time mode has been chan g ed usin g the s ett i n g s.xm l fi le, the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er must be power-c y cled a f ter insertin g the U S B drive. P ush Mode Con fi g uration T a g Nam e : <p ushCon fi g> D escri p tion : Allows con fi g uration o f push m[...]

50 SETTINGS.XML SUMMAR Y P ull Mode Con fi g uration T a g Nam e : <p ullCon fi g> D escri p tion : Allows y ou to modi fy Pu ll M ode settin g s in network mode. Attributes : p ullMod e p ullUR L sc h edu l e P u ll p la y l i stPul l co n te n t P u l l p ullLo g U p load use r Na m e use r Pass p or t s y ncMed i a s y ncPla y l i s t s [...]

5 1 SETTINGS.XML SUMMAR Y Notes : Th e sy ncMed i a attribute enables / disables the s y ncin g o f media f rom the server to the Media Pla y er . The two examples below illustrate the di ff erence between disablin g and enablin g t h e sy ncMed i a a ttri bu t e . N o t e th a t wh e n th e sy ncMed i a attribute is enabled, the Media pla y er wil[...]

52 SETTINGS.XML SUMMAR Y P ull Schedule Con fi g uration T a g Nam e : <p ullSchedule > D escri p tion : L oca t ed within th e <p ullSchedule > openin g and closin g t a g s. This section allows y ou to speci fy when content is pulled on a dail y or hourl y basis. Attributes : p ullRe p ea t t i me (da i l y ) t i me (hourl y ) E xam [...]

5 3 SETTINGS.XML SUMMAR Y Settin g the Active Schedul e T a g Nam e : <sc h edu l e> D escri p tion : S ets the active schedule. Attributes : acti v eSc h edu l e E xam p l e : D ispla y Con fi g uration T a g Nam e : < d i s p la y> D escri p tion : S ets the output resolution and enables / disables underscan. Attributes : o ut p u t [...]

5 4 SETTINGS.XML SUMMAR Y Reboot Con fi g uration T a g Nam e : < rebootCon fi g> D escri p tion : This option can be used in rare cases when the Media Pla y er has exhibited abnormal behavior and per f ormin g a reboo t return the Media Pla y er to normal operation. The reboot tim e should be set when content is not scheduled to pla y . A [...]

55 FIRMW ARE UPDA T E U pdatin g the Firmwar e 1. C op y the i nstall. i m g fi le to the root director y o f the U S B drive. 2. Insert the U S B drive into the U S B port on the Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er . 3 . Enter the OS D and select M anual fi rmware u p date via USB . 4. Press the O K button on the IR Remote. A f ter the[...]

5 6 FIRMW ARE UPDA T E 5 . The f ollowin g set o f screens will be displa y ed as the update process is takin g place : 6 . A f ter the update process has completed success f ull y , the f ollowin g scree n will be displa y ed. The Hi-De f Di g ital S i g na g e Media Pla y er will then return to the Input PIN C ode screen. W ARNING: D o n ot disco[...]

57 SPECIFICA TION S M aximum Pixel C lock............................................................................... 22 5 MH z Video O utput C onnectors........ ( 1 ) HDMI T y pe A 19-pin, f emale, ( 1 ) C omponent, RC A-t y pe, ( 1 ) C omposite, R C A-t y pe, ( 1 ) L / R, R C A-t y p e Audio O utput C onnector .................................[...]

5 8 W ARRANTY G e f en warrants the equipment it manu f actures to be f ree f rom de f ects in material and workmanship. I f equipment f ails because o f such de f ects and G e f en is noti fi ed within two ( 2 ) y ears f rom the date o f shipment, G e f en will, at its option, repair or replace the e quipment, provided that the equipment has not [...]

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