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A1

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

S

ide Panel La

y

ou

t

9

S

ide Panel Descriptions

10

C

onnectin

g

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus

10 Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram

11

O

peratin

g

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus

11 Powerin

g

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

12 Menu

Sy

stem

12

C

onnectin

g

a U

S

B Ke

y

boar

d

12 Displa

y

in

g

the Device In

f

ormatio

n

13

S

ettin

g

the

O

utput Resolutio

n

14

S

ettin

g

the

C

ontent

S

ourc

e

15

C

han

g

in

g

the Name o

f

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

16

C

onnectin

g

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er to a Network usin

g

DH

C

P

18

C

onnectin

g

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er to a Network usin

g

a

S

tatic IP

19

C

onnectin

g

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er to a Network usin

g

Wi-F

i

20 Manuall

y

C

on

ﬁ

g

urin

g

a Wi-Fi Access Poin

t

22

C

han

g

in

g

the Prox

y

T

y

p

e

23

C

han

g

in

g

the Prox

y

S

erver

24

S

ettin

g

the Internal

C

loc

k

25

S

ettin

g

the Time Zon

e

28

S

ettin

g

the Time

S

erver

34

S

peci

fy

in

g

a

C

ustom Time

S

erver

30

S

ettin

g

a Passwor

d

31 Undo

C

han

g

es

32

S

avin

g

C

han

g

es

/

Exitin

g

the Menu

Sy

stem

33

S

i

g

na

g

e Mana

g

er Express

33 Installin

g

the

S

i

g

na

g

e Mana

g

er Express

34

C

reatin

g

a

S

imple Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Presentatio

n

37 Addin

g

the

C

onten

t

39 In

g

estin

g

the

C

onten

t

44

C

han

g

in

g

the Displa

y

Interval

46 Addin

g

Vide

o

49

C

ombinin

g

Ima

g

es with Vide

o

5

2 Addin

g

a Ticker

5

4 Resettin

g

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

5

5 Network

C

able Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram

5

6

S

peci

ﬁ

cations

5

7 Warrant

y

1

INTRODUCTIO

N

C

on

g

ratulations on

y

our purchase o

f

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus.

Your complete satis

f

action is ver

y

important to us.

G

efen

G

e

f

en delivers innovative, pro

g

ressive computer and electronics add-on solutions

that harness inte

g

ration, extension, distribution and conversion technolo

g

ies.

G

e

f

en’s reliable, plu

g

-and-pla

y

products supplement cross-plat

f

orm computer

sy

stems, pro

f

essional audio

/

video environments and HDTV s

y

stems o

f

all sizes

with hard-workin

g

solutions that are eas

y

to implement and simple to operate.

T

he Gefen Di

g

ital Si

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus

The Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus is a simple-to-operate media pla

y

er

which includes so

f

tware, live video input, and R

S

-232

f

unctionalit

y

. Live video

c

an be directl

y

in

j

ected into

y

our Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e application usin

g

the composite

video input included on the device. With this

f

eature, users can overla

y

content

and place the video into one o

f

our quadrants

f

or more sophisticated Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e s

y

stems.

The all-metal enclosure

f

eatures a passive coolin

g

s

y

stem. The product comes

with 4

G

B o

f

built-in

ﬂ

ash memor

y

and the securable compact

ﬂ

ash card slot

allows the addition o

f

up to 16

G

B o

f

memor

y

i

f

needed

(

replacin

g

the internal

s

tora

g

e

)

. Two inte

g

rated U

S

B 2.0 ports provide connection to a ke

y

board and

US

B stora

g

e devices.

S

upport

f

or over 20 di

ff

erent media

f

ormats provides a

wide selection

f

or content creation.

C

onnect composite video sources such as

c

ameras and media pla

y

ers. A watchdo

g

timer lets the product recover and

r

esume pla

y

back a

f

ter power and network disruptions.

The included so

f

tware will allow users to upload video pla

y

back schedules and

p

la

y

lists

f

or eas

y

content mana

g

ement. Additionall

y

, so

f

tware developers can

u

tilize W3

C

S

MIL

(Sy

nchronized Multimedia Inte

g

ration Lan

g

ua

g

e

)

s

y

ntax which

e

nsures compatibilit

y

across multiple Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e plat

f

orms. The included

s

o

f

tware

f

eatures over ten di

ff

erent multi-zoned templates to

ﬁ

t

y

our speci

ﬁ

c

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e needs.

How It Works

The Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus connects to a displa

y

usin

g

analo

g

(C

omposite

/

C

omponent

/

V

G

A

)

or an HDMI cable. There are two options

f

or

c

onnectin

g

to the network: 1

)

C

onnect an Ethernet cable to the network, or 2

)

C

onnect usin

g

Wi-Fi. Then, connect a ke

y

board and peripherals to the U

S

B ports

to con

ﬁ

g

ure the unit. Use the included

C

omposite A

/

V cables to connect the

p

roduct to the 3.5 mm connector.

C

onnect the 12 V D

C

power suppl

y

to the unit

and connect the A

C

power cord to an available electrical outlet.

OPERATION NOTE

S

2

READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR

OPERATING THE HD DIGITAL SIGNAGE MEDIA PLAYER

• The maximum internal stora

g

e capacit

y

o

f

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er is

4

G

B. However, an additional

C

F

(C

ompact Flash

)

card can be installed to

e

xpand the total available memor

y

.

C

ompactFlash cards up to 16

G

B are

s

upported.

N

O

TE: Usin

g

a

C

ompactFlash card replaces the internal memor

y

; it does not

s

upplement the 4

G

B o

f

internal memor

y

.

• In order to access the Menu

Sy

stem, the displa

y

must support 1024 x 768

(

X

G

A

)

.

• The Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er will not reco

g

nize a ke

y

board when usin

g

a P

S/

2

to U

S

B adapter. A true U

S

B ke

y

board must be used.

• The Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er supports live in

g

estion, which automaticall

y

downloads content

f

rom the U

S

B drive or network to the internal memor

y

.

• When usin

g

the

S

i

g

na

g

e Mana

g

er Express so

f

tware

f

or the

ﬁ

rst time, the

Full HD Open API Media Player V2

must be selected as the active player.

2

S

ee pa

g

e 35

f

or details.

•Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e content usin

g

external video will n

o

t w

o

rk

u

nl

ess

th

e

l

a

t

es

t

version o

f

the

S

i

g

na

g

e Mana

g

er Express is installed. D

o

wnl

oad

th

e

l

a

t

es

t

version

f

rom the

G

e

f

en Web site.

ATTENTION: This equipment ma

y

onl

y

be operated

indoors.

O

peration outdoors is in violation o

f

47 U.

S

.

C

.301

and could sub

j

ect the operator to serious le

g

al penalties.

O

peration is sub

j

ect to the

f

ollowin

g

two conditions

:

1. This device ma

y

not cause harm

f

ul inter

f

erence.

2. Thi

s

de

vi

ce

must accept an

y

inter

f

erence receive

d

includin

g

inter

f

erence that ma

y

cause undesirabl

e

operation.

3

FEATURE

S

Features

•

S

upports MPE

G

-1, MPE

G

-2, MPE

G

L2, MP3, H.264

/

MPE

G

-4, and V

C

-1

codec

fo

rm

a

t

s

.

• Live video input usin

g

the included

C

omposite cables.

• 4

G

B o

f

built-in memor

y

(

expandable

)

.

•

S

MIL 3.0 instructions

(

sub-set

)

•

C

M

S

device mana

g

ement in LAN or WAN environments is possible usin

g

3rd part

y

solutions which are compliant with the

S

MIL protocol

• NTP client

f

or time s

y

nchronization.

•

R

eal-time clock with batter

y

backup.

• Automatic error recover

y

with built-in WDT.

• Auto-pla

y

starts pla

y

in

g

scheduled contents automaticall

y.

•

C

ompact and wall-mountable solid metal enclosure

f

or excellent heat

dissipation and durabilit

y.

P

acka

g

e Includes

(

1

)

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus

(

1

)

Wi-Fi Antenna

(

1

)

Ethernet cabl

e

(

1

)

3.5 mm to R

C

A cable

(C

omposite audio

/

video

)

(

1

)

R

S

-232 adapter

(

RJ-11 to DB-9

)

(

1

)

12 V D

C

Power

S

uppl

y

(

1

)

A

C

Power

C

or

d

(

1

)

Q

uick

S

tart

G

uid

e

4

Front Panel

FRONT PANEL LAYOU

T

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

5

FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

Front Panel

1

A/V Ou

t

C

onnect the included 3.5 mm mini-stereo to R

C

A cable to this output connector.

2

R

ese

t

Press this button while per

f

ormin

g

a s

y

stem reset.

S

ee pa

g

e 54

f

or details.

3

L

ED Indicator

s

The

G

reen LED indicates that the unit is powered. The Yellow LED indicates

data

ﬂ

ow but is primaril

y

used when per

f

ormin

g

a

f

actor

y

reset on the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

(

see pa

g

e 54

f

or details

)

.

4

Etherne

t

C

onnect an Ethernet cable between the port and the network router or switch.

5

USB Port

s

C

onnect a U

S

B ke

y

board and

ﬂ

ash drive to these ports to con

ﬁ

g

ure the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Media Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi.

6

C

F

(

Compact Flash

)

Slo

t

R

emove the cover and insert a

ﬂ

ash card to replace the 4

G

B o

f

internal

s

tora

g

e. The Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er supports up to 16

G

B o

f

stora

g

e space.

7

W

i-Fi Antenna

The included Wi-Fi antenna must be connected to the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er in

order

f

or the device to work properl

y

. Make sure the Wi-Fi antenna is connected

be

f

ore the unit is powered.

6

BACK PANEL LAYOU

T

Back Panel

1

2

7

BACK PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

1

R

S-232

C

onnect the included R

S

-232 to Ethernet adapter to this port.

2

A

/

V In

All

o

w

s

de

vi

ces

suc

h

as

TV t

u

n

e

r

s

a

n

d

vi

deo

ca

m

e

r

as

t

o

be

co

nn

ec

t

ed

t

o

th

e

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi, usin

g

a 3.5 mm composite A

/

V cable.

8

SIDE PANEL LAYOU

T

Side Panel

1

2

3

9

SIDE PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

1

2 V D

C

onnect the included 12 V D

C

lockin

g

power suppl

y

to this connector.

2

HDMI Ou

t

C

onnect an HDTV to this port usin

g

an HDMI cable.

3

V

GA Ou

t

C

onnect an V

G

A monitor to this port usin

g

a V

G

A cable.

10

CONNECTING TH

E

D

IGITAL SIGNAGE PLAYER WITH WI-FI PLU

S

How to Connect the Di

g

ital Si

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus

1.

C

onnect an HDMI cable between the displa

y

and the HDMI connector on the

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus

.

There are two options

f

or connectin

g

the Pla

y

er to a network

:

i.

C

onnect an Ethernet cable

f

rom the network to the back o

f

the HD

S

i

g

na

g

e

Pla

y

er.

ii.

C

onnect the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er to the network usin

g

Wi-Fi.

2.

C

onnect a ke

y

board to the U

S

B port on the back panel o

f

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e

Pla

y

er.

3

.

C

onnect the included

C

omposite A

/

V cables

f

rom a live video stream

(

or

other video source

)

to the 3.5 mm connector on the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

.

4.

C

onnect the included 12 V D

C

power suppl

y

to the unit and connect the A

C

p

ower cord to an available electrical outlet.

Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram for the Di

g

ital Si

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er with Wi-Fi Plus

HDMI Display

VGA Display

Digital Signage

Player w/Wi-Fi Plus

USB Keyboard*

*USB ports on the EXT-HD-DSWFPN can only be used with a keyboard

Composite Display w/Analog Audio

EXT-HD-DSWFPN

CAT-5 / ETHERNET CABLE

HDMI CABLE

USB CABLE*

COMPOSITE CABLE

VGA CABLE

Network

ATTENTION: This product should alwa

y

s be connected to a

g

rounded electrical socket.

1

OPERATING TH

E

D

IGITAL SIGNAGE PLAYER WITH WI-FI PLU

S

P

owerin

g

the Di

g

ital Si

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

A

f

ter connectin

g

power to the unit, the

f

ollowin

g

screen will be displa

y

ed

:

The boot process will take approximatel

y

90 seconds.

O

nce the boot process

h

as success

f

ull

y

completed, the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er will be read

y

to s

y

nc

c

ontent usin

g

the U

S

B port. I

f

content has alread

y

been loaded, then pla

y

back

will be

g

in immediatel

y

. I

f

no content has been loaded or i

f

the unit has been

r

eset, then the Welcome screen will be displa

y

ed.

IP address o

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

NOTE: The current IP address o

f

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er is

displa

y

ed in the lower le

f

t-hand corner o

f

the screen.

12

M

ENU SYSTE

M

Connectin

g

the USB Ke

y

board

In order to con

ﬁ

g

ure the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er, a U

S

B ke

y

board must be

attached to the back panel o

f

the unit.

O

nce a U

S

B ke

y

board is connected t

o

the unit, it will take approximatel

y

30 seconds

f

or the Main Menu to be displa

y

ed

:

O

nce the Main Menu is displa

y

ed, use the Arrow

(

cursor

)

ke

y

s,

S

pacebar, Enter

Ke

y

, and Numeric Ke

y

pad to navi

g

ate the Main Menu. Use the Arrow

(C

ursor

)

Ke

y

s to hi

g

hli

g

ht a menu item. Press the

S

pacebar to make the selection b

y

p

lacin

g

an asterisk

(*)

next to the hi

g

hli

g

hted item. Press the Enter ke

y

to

co

n

ﬁ

rm th

e

se

l

ec

ti

o

n.

D

ispla

y

in

g

the Device Information

1.

S

elect the Device In

f

ormation option

f

rom the Main Menu.

Pressin

g

the Enter ke

y

will displa

y

the Model, Device ID, Firmware version,

Wireless IP, and

C

urrent time.

2. Press the Enter ke

y

to return to the Main Menu.

NOTE: When usin

g

the Menu

Sy

stem, the displa

y

connected to

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

must

support 1024 x 768 (XGA). If this

t

r

esolution is not supported b

y

the displa

y

, the Main Menu will not be

displa

y

ed.

1

3

M

ENU SYSTE

M

Settin

g

the Output Resolution

For the best qualit

y

video, make sure that the output resolution matches the

n

a

tiv

e

r

eso

l

u

ti

o

n o

f

the displa

y

. For example, i

f

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er is

bein

g

connected to an L

C

D displa

y

, the native resolution will most likel

y

b

e

1366 x 768, 1280 x 720

(

720p

)

, or 1920 x 1080

(

1080p

)

.

1.

S

elect the Video

S

ettin

g

option

f

rom the Main Menu and press the Enter ke

y

.

2. The Video

S

ettin

g

dialo

g

will displa

y

the current resolution. Press th

e

Enter ke

y

once a

g

ain to displa

y

a list o

f

the available output resolutions.

Su

pp

orted Out

p

ut Resolutions

A

u

t

o

D

e

t

ect

Full HD 1080i50

(

1920 x 1080i, 50 Hz

)

V

G

A

(

640 x 480, 60 Hz

)

Full HD 1080i60

(

1920 x 1080i, 60 Hz

)

S

V

G

A

(

800 x 600, 60 Hz

)

Full HD 1080p50

(

1920 x 1080p, 50 Hz

)

X

G

A

(

1024 x 768, 60 Hz

)

Full HD 1080p60

(

1920 x 1080p, 60 Hz

)

S

X

G

A

(

1280 x 1024, 60 Hz

)

C

omposite: NT

SC

UG

A

(

1600 x 1200, 60 Hz

)

C

omposite: NT

SC

-J

(

Japan

)

WX

G

A

(

1360 x 768, 60 Hz

)

C

omposite: PA

L

W

S

X

G

A

(

1440 x 900, 60 Hz

)

C

omposite: PAL-M

(

Brazil

)

W

S

X

G

A+

(

1680 x 1050, 60 Hz

)

C

omposite: PAL-N

(

Para

g

ua

y

and

U

ru

g

ua

y)

WUX

G

A

(

1920 x 1200, 60 Hz

)

C

omposite: PAL-Nc

(

Ar

g

entina

)

H

D 720p50

(

1280 x 720, 50 Hz

)

3

.

U

se the Arrow ke

y

s to select the desired output resolution.

O

nce the

r

esolution has been hi

g

hli

g

hted, press the

S

pacebar to select it. Press

the Enter ke

y

to con

ﬁ

rm the chan

g

e.

4.

S

elect Done

f

rom the Main Menu to save the chan

g

es.

IMPORTANT: In order to use the AV

O

ut port

(

see pa

g

e 5

)

, the

output resolution must be set to

C

omposite: NT

SC

.

O

therwise,

n

o picture will be displa

y

ed.

1

4

M

ENU SYSTE

M

Settin

g

the Content Sourc

e

I

f

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e content is stored on a server, the server URL must be

s

peci

ﬁ

ed.

O

nce the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er is

ﬁ

nished bootin

g

, the unit will

r

etrieve the content

f

rom the speci

ﬁ

ed server. This process is not required i

f

u

sin

g

a U

S

B drive

f

or pla

y

in

g

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e content.

1.

S

elect the

C

ontent

S

ource option

f

rom the Main Menu.

2. Press the Enter ke

y

to displa

y

the

C

ontent

S

ource dialo

g

. The available

options on this dialo

g

are

:

•

S

erver

U

R

L

• Pla

y

er Nam

e

The

S

erver URL option will be hi

g

hli

g

hted b

y

de

f

ault.

3

. Press the Enter ke

y

to chan

g

e or speci

fy

a server where the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e

co

nt

e

nt will

be

s

t

o

r

ed

.

4. Enter the server URL, then press the Enter ke

y

to con

ﬁ

rm the chan

g

e.

5

.

S

elect Done

f

rom the Main Menu to save the chan

g

es.

15

M

ENU SYSTE

M

Chan

g

in

g

the name of the Di

g

ital Si

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er

When usin

g

the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er on a network, it is use

f

ul to provide a

s

peci

ﬁ

c name to the pla

y

er. B

y

de

f

ault, a random alphanumeric number is used.

1. From the

C

ontent

S

ource dialo

g

, select the Pla

y

er Name option.

2. T

y

pe in the desired name o

f

the pla

y

er. Press the Enter ke

y

to con

ﬁ

rm the

c

han

g

e.

3

. The new name o

f

the pla

y

er will be displa

y

ed in the

C

ontent

S

ource dialo

g

.

4.

S

elect Done

f

rom the Main Menu to save the chan

g

es.

1

6

M

ENU SYSTE

M

Connectin

g

the Di

g

ital Si

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er to a Network usin

g

DHC

P

1.

H

i

g

hli

g

ht the Network

S

ettin

g

option in the Main Menu.

The Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er will automaticall

y

scan

f

or wireless networks

durin

g

the boot-up sequence. When an Ethernet connection is used, the

Wi-Fi will

be

d

i

sab

l

ed

.

Press the Enter ke

y

to displa

y

the Network

S

ettin

g

dialo

g

. The IP

C

on

ﬁ

g

uration option is selected b

y

de

f

ault.

The Network

S

ettin

g

dialo

g

provides the

f

ollowin

g

options

:

•IP

C

on

ﬁ

g

uratio

n

• Wireless

C

on

ﬁ

g

uratio

n

• Prox

y

S

ettin

g

3

. Press the Enter ke

y

to displa

y

the IP

C

on

ﬁ

g

uration dialo

g

.

17

M

ENU SYSTE

M

U

nder the IP

C

on

ﬁ

g

uration dialo

g

, select between

:

• DH

C

P

•

S

tatic IP

B

y

de

f

ault, DH

C

P is enabled. The DH

C

P settin

g

will automaticall

y

assi

g

n

a network IP address

f

or the Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Pla

y

er. I

f

DH

C

P will be used,

then no

f

urther network con

ﬁ

g

uration should be necessar

y

.

4. Press the Enter ke

y

to return to the Network

S

ettin

g

dialo

g

.

5

.

S

elect the Exit button

f

rom the Network

S

ettin

g

dialo

g

and press the Enter

k

e

y

.

6

.

S

elect Done

f

rom the Main Menu and select Yes to save the chan

g

es.

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