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    Planar ® ContentSmart ™ Media Player MP - 3450 This quick start guid e provides a walk through of the set up process. For complete documentation and product manual ref er to the CD o r please visit : www.PlanarDigitalSignag e.com/Cont entSmart Box Contents Mounting and Installatio n The Planar ® Cont entSmart ™ MP -3450 media player can be at[...]

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    020 - 1194 - 00A Port connections Video input connection System s et up 1 ATTACH a video cabl e (either VG A or HDMI ) to your display and the appropriate port on the media player . → When using VG A , your display must support XGA (1 024x768) resolution or greater. Connect audio using th e included AV cable . → When using HDMI , audio and vid [...]

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    3 SET your display to the corr ect input mode (VGA/HDMI) → You should see th e player boot up screen. 4 WAIT while player boots u p (up to 6 0 seconds ) → o nce you see “ Welco me ” on screen, the unit is ready for cont ent update or menu configuration. 5 PLUG IN a USB k eyboard to the unit’s USB port → the player will enter t he graphi[...]

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    020 - 1194 - 00A Content Manage ment Please consult th e software do cumentation for infor mation specifi c to your management solution . Troubleshooting Why is there no vi deo output on compos ite video connecto rs? The player outputs video o ver HDMI and VGA by default. To switch to composite video output, connect a HDM I or VGA displ ay, then se[...]