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Black Box MediaFlyer Express MFLY-X01 manual

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    M F LY- X B L A C K B O X ® G e t y o u r c o m p a n y‘ s m e s s a g e o u t l e s s e x p e n s i v e l y t h a n w i t h t r a d i t i o n a l p r i n t o r b r o a d c a s t a d v e rt i s i n g . I t s e a s y d e p l o y m e n t a n d “ n o l e a r n i n g c u rv e ” W e b-m a n a g e d i n t e rf a c e a l l o w s y o u r d i g i t a[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com T rademark s Use d in this Manual W e ‘ re h er e t o h e l p! I f y o u h av e a n y q ue st i on s a bo ut y ou r a pp l ic at io n or o ur pr oducts, co nta c t B la ck Bo x T ec h Su pport at 7 2 4 -74 6 - 5 5 0 0 or go t o blackbox.com an d cl ic k on “[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 3 M F LY- X FC C and IC RFI S tat ements Feder al Comm unicat ions Co mmissio n and Industr y Canad a Radi o Fr equenc y Int er fer ence S tatements This e qui pment genera tes, uses, and can radi ate radio -frequen c y energy , and if not installed and used properly , tha [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 4 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com NOM Stat ement Instrucc iones de Segur idad ( Normas Ofic ia les Mexicanas E lec tri cal Safety Stat ement) 1 . T odas las instrucciones de seguridad y op er ación deberán ser leídas an tes de que el aparat o eléctrico sea operado. 2 . L as in strucciones de[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 5 M F LY- X T able of Conte nts T able of C onten t s 1 . Specif ications ...............................................................................................................................................................................6 2. Over view ..........[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 6 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 1: Specif icat ions 1 . Specifications Agenc y Compliance — CE, CB , FC C, U L ® , C C C , 8SMI, Gost, VC CI, P SE Audio — A nalog or HDM I using Realt ek ® AL C 888S CPU — Inte l Atom ® 3 30 , du al -c or e , 1 . 6 G H z F SB 5 3 3 HDD — 1 6[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 7 M F LY- X Chapte r 2 : Ove r view 2. Over vi ew 2. 1 Intr oduc t ion The MediaFlyer Express is a net work appliance that helps you mak e the most of you r digital signage applications. It ’ s easy to deploy and use. It featu res predefined layouts, enables you to build [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 8 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Chapte r 2 : Ove r view 2.3. 2 Ba ck Pa nel Figure 2 -2 shows the back panel of the MediaFlyer E xpress. T able 2 - 2 describes its components. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Figure 2 -2 . Back panel. T able 2 - 2. Back - panel components . Number Component Descri ptio n 1 A[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 9 M F LY- X Cha pter 3 : Hardw are Ins ta ll at ion 3. Har dwar e Inst a lla tio n 1 . Plug in the MediaFlyer E xpress components. 2 . C onnec t the components to your displays. 3. Con nec t the components to the net work. C reate signage here mediaf lyer . blackbox. com Ne[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 0 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started 4. Sof tware: Get ti ng Sta r ted Once you’ve connected the har dware, you are ready to log int o the s oftware. Using a comput er with an Internet connec tion, go to: mediaflyer .blackbox. com Th at’ s wher e y [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 1 M F LY- X Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started 4. 2 Con tent For mats Suppor t ed The goal of MFL Y - X is to m ak e it ea sy t o get you r c on te nt ont o y ou r scr een s. Y ou m ay hav e so ftwar e th a t you al re ady u se t o creat e cont ent. M FL Y -X can[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 2 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started 4.3 T he MF L Y -X User In terface Once you’ve logge d into M FL Y -X, you ’ll see a screen similar to thi s : Figure 4 - 1 . O pening s creen. At the top you see the overall sec tion headin gs : Basics, T agging[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 3 M F LY- X Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started 4.4 Conten t Managemen t in MFL Y - X This s ection describes how to tell M FL Y -X about your content and arr ange it into playlists. The User Int er fa ce Over vi ew Figure 4-2 . User interface screen. This is the [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 4 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started • C r eat e a sma rt pl ayl i st— Th is i s a pl ay li st th at is cr ea t ed an d up da ted aut oma ti cal ly b ased on c ertai n ru les . Y ou co ul d cr ea te o ne that contained all sourc es with the word “[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 5 M F LY- X Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started T o edit the playlist’s order and the durat ion of entries, selec t the playlist in the L ibr ar y c olumn so you can see all the ent ries in it, as shown in Figur e 4 - 3. In this vi ew , you can drag items arou n[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 6 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started 4.6 Schedul ing Sc reen Cha nges Y ou can s chedu le assignments of cont ent t o screens s o that they happen aut omatically on par ticul ar days or at certain times of day . Once you’ve created a schedule , you ca[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 7 M F LY- X Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started Figure 4 - 6. Calendar vi ew of week. Y ou can use the “ AD D ” button, or click and drag out a time during a day , and a window will appear that enables you to sp ecify the star t and end times, the sour ce to b[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 8 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started Figure 4 - 7 . Sele ct source screen. When you’ ve finished crea ting you r schedule , you c an click one of the top -level s ection tabs to return to the main con trol panes. The sch edu le wi ll ap pea r on y ou [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 1 9 M F LY- X Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started 4. 7 Spli t ti ng the Scr een with Lay outs Layouts enable you to put t wo or more item s of conten t on a screen at once. F or example, you can use mo st of the screen to show a slideshow , while ha ving a new s tic[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 0 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started Figure 4 -9. Split s creen . MFL Y - X offers the following o ption s for splitting your display screen : Figure 4 - 1 0. Display screen splitting options.[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 1 M F LY- X Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started T able 4-2 . Options for splitting a displa y screen. Nu mbe r of sc ree n par titi ons s how n in Figu re 4 - 10 Descript ion 2 ( firs t s creen in t he f irst row of s creens sho wn a bove ) Vertical half-split 2 ([...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 22 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started The MFL Y -X also has con tent scaling options. For example, suppose you have a high- resolution version of your compan y logo tha t exac tly fills your displa y . Y ou de cide to use that in the main par t of one of [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 23 M F LY- X Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started T able 4-3. Edit smar t playlists. Actio n Descri ptio n Star t w ith : Choo se ” Al l so urces” or one of your p laylis ts . Only cont ent within the chosen playlist will b e output by the smart playlist. NOTE : [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 4 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started Y ou migh t wan t your smar t playlist t o behave the same for ever y display— if so, just choose fil tering choices that relate only to the cont ent. T hen , only proper ties of the cont ent ar e consider ed when [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 5 M F LY- X Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started Selec t a backd rop from the menu on the righ t, and then use the “ Add Fixed T ex t” and “ Add Editable T ex t” but ton s to place tex t int o the central editing pane. S ee Figure 4- 1 3. Figure 4 - 1 3. Ed[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 6 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 4 : Sof twar e : Get t ing Started A note ab out screen res olutions The screen size selector at the bottom right is in tended to enable you to d esign a templ ate with a screen siz e in mind. W hen using normal soft war e to create slides, the t arge[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 7 M F LY- X Chapter 5 : H ardware Managem ent 5. Har dwar e Managemen t The Hardware Management pane ( Management > Hardware) enables you to see the s tatus of your MF L Y -X hardware and man - age how it is distributed across your organ ization. Managing your sites Y [...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 8 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Cha pter 6 : User P ermiss ions 6. User Perm issions MFL Y - X uses a ver y simple hierar chy . By defa ult, everyone in an organi zation has permission to d o any thi ng, but in some sit uations this is not ideal. T o ma k e it si mpl e to man age , we defi n[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 2 9 M F LY- X Appendix: T roub leshoot ing : F req uent ly-A sk ed Ques ti ons Appendix: T rou bleshooti ng : Fr equent ly A sk ed Q uesti ons Q. W hat s or t of scre ens can I u se with M edia Flyer ? Y ou can use anything with a DVI, HDM I or , through the use of adapters[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 30 M F LY- X 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com NO TES[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com 72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com Pa ge 3 1 M F LY- X NO TES[...]

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    72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox. com About Bl ack Bo x Black Box Net work Ser vices is your sourc e for an extensive range of net working and in frastructure products. Y ou’l l find ever y thi ng from cabinet s and racks and power and surge pro tec tion produc ts to media con ver ters and Ethernet switches all suppor ted by free , live 24 / 7 T ech[...]