User manual

DSA-2102SAE User Manual 18
What can I do to improve Adfotain Manager Express performance on my PC?
The latest Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 offers improved performance and bug fixes to
Adfotain Manager Express. A copy of the installer is provided on the CD.
What is maximum file size for a single video file?
The maximum video file size for the DSA-2102 Media Player is 2GB. We recommend
reserving a safety margin to avoid exceeding the limit (i.e. limiting files to 1850MB).
How to restore device back to factory defaults?
If you forgot the password or modified settings incorrectly, follow these steps to reset
player:
1. Connect a USB drive to your PC and format it using FAT or FAT32 file system
2. Inside the USB drive, create a text file at the root level (not inside a folder)
3. Open the file in Text Editor and type in:
4. reset_factory_default='yes'
5. Save the file as HMP.conf
6. Plug USB drive created in step 3 to the DSA-2102 Media Player to initiate
restore.
How do I manage playback of my contents?
Playback on a schedule is one of the main functions of your DSA-2102 Media Player.
It is managed via the easy to use Adfotain Manager Express software.
Unlike the difficulty of programming our VCRs from a remote control, the Adfotain
Manager Express software is designed to be simple by leveraging the power of your
personal computer. Anyone with basic computer skills can quickly create or modify
schedules, delivering the right message to the right audience at the right times.
Please refer to the Adfotain Manager Express User°Øs Manual for detailed opera-
tions and techniques.
Could the player display Flash or Microsoft PowerPoint presentations?
The player features limited PowerPoint support, but not Flash support.
While PCs can play many formats with varying degrees of success, RISC-based
media players are designed to play a limited number of high quality video formats
(Please see spec for details). While Microsoft PowerPoint native files could not play
directly on a RISC-based player, the file is converted thru other software (i.e. Adfo-
tain Manager Express) into an image format to be played as an image slideshow.
Why won't some media files play smoothly?
The video data bit-rate may be higher than the recommended bit rate.
The video data bit-rate is the amount of video or audio data used per second to store
or play the contents, usually expressed in Mbps (mega-bits per second). Video
encoded with excessive bit-rates will not playback smoothly in the media player,
likely due to storage i/o bottlenecks. You can try recompressing unplayable video
files at lower bit rates using the free and open source Handbrake tool at http://hand-
brake.fr/. Once you have found the right output settings for size and quality, save
them in Handbrake profiles for future use. Then you can easily recompress any
unplayable files you encounter in the future.
Why won't some media files play at all?