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Table of Contents Introduction ........................................... 1 2.9.2 Music Loader Advanced .......................... 21 Operating the Jukebox ......................... 2 2.9.3 Software Loader Basic ................................ 22 SECTION 1 - Using the Jukebox Attract Loop .................................... 2 Getting Started ................................ 2 Paying to Use the System .............. 2 Using the System ..................................
5.0 Hardware Setup ............................ 39 7.0 Diagnostics .................................... 44 5.1 Touch Screen Setup ................ 39 7.1 System Information ................. 44 5.2 Screen Refresh ....................... 39 7.2 Hardware Information .............. 44 5.3 Money Meter ............................ 53 7.3 Event Logs .............................. 45 5.4 IR Remote Setup Standard .................................. 40 7.4 Error Log .................................. 45 5.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Section 1 : Using the Jukebox INTRODUCTION The following is a reference guide for the Operator to navigate the user interface (UI) on the Jukebox. There are a couple reasons why it is important that the Operator feels comfortable with all of the UI features. First, the Operator needs to know how to answer questions on how to use the jukebox for employees and customers at the location.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Operating the Jukebox Using the System Use this reference guide to navigate the AMI Entertainment Connection jukebox. Attract Loop This moving image file may consist of advertisements, promotions and graphic images and appears when no one has touched the touch screen for a few minutes. Simply touch the screen to begin using the system. The attract loop will automatically disappear. Getting Started Touch any part of the screen to begin viewing album covers.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Making a Selection The jukebox software supports multiple templates and skins. A template is the actual layout of the images and control buttons on the User Interface (UI). A skin is a variation in color and control shape for a specific template. From time to time, a software update will contain a new template and/or skin. The new template may provide new features, changed or enhanced features, and may add or remove some control buttons.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Lava Lamp Template This template is a simplified UI. The process of selecting a song is the same as the Post Classic template. However, there are only two buttons on the top of the screen, Kwik Pick and Search. Search works the same as the Post Classic template and is explained later in this section. To make it even easier, Kwik Pick provides a button called “Play All Credit.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Search Music Press the SEARCH button that appears to the right of the panel tabs or the “Touch to Download” icon in the album screen. Album covers will appear to the left of the artist’s names and their available albums along with a keyboard. Browse through the list by touching the double up and down arrows. Your search can be narrowed by touching the music category at the top of the screen.
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COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Section 2 : Operator Screens INTRODUCTION The service mode consists of over 40 operator screens. Pressing the SERVICE switch on the Communication Controller displays the Service Mode Main Menu Screen. Touch the screen to navigate between screens, choose programming options, and enter data. All settings are set at the factory. Once you make a change and touch the “Back” button, your change has been saved.
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COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 1.0 Service Mode - Main Screen 1.1 Location/System Setup This is the Service Mode - Main Menu screen. There are 6 general categories of service mode functions and a quick link to all the schedules that can be set up in other service mode screens. Touch any of the 6 general category buttons and a list of options appears in the options box. An arrow on the right end of the general category name indicates which options are displayed in the options box.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 1.2 Pricing/Queue Options 1.3 Play Options The Pricing/Queue Options general category provides access to pages for set up of pricing, credits, and queue management. The Play Options general category provides access to pages for set up of Song options, and management of all category and explicit lyrics schedules and filters. You can also set up Background Music and Autoplay and manage play lists.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 1.4 Hardware Setup - Standard 1.5 Reports The Hardware Setup general category provides access to pages for set up of various internal hardware (i.e. remote controls, router). The Reports general category provides access to pages that display various reports. Cash & Usage Report – Displays summary of coins, bills, and play information. Touch Screen Setup – Sets the section screen refresh rate and touch screen calibration.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 1.6 Diagnostics 1.7 Quick Schedules The Diagnostics general category provides access to pages with useful information about internal devices and the status of the jukebox. The Quick Schedules general category provides a short cut to schedules that appear in other areas of the Service Mode. System Information – Shows hard drive, software, and server setup information.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 1.8 Money Collection 2.0 Location/System Setup 2.1 Basic Setup The Money Collection screen shows the amount of money from the current period, the last collection period and the cumulative total for the year for this hard drive. The “Total this Year” column can be disabled so it will not be displayed (see Basic Setup screen). Touch the text box under Jukebox Name to display a keyboard to change the jukebox name. Touch Enter on the keyboard to set the new name.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT The Off-the-Top amount can be set to either a fixed amount or a percentage of the collection. Touching the text box will provide a numeric keypad to set the desired value. Checking the Hide Cumulative Totals Column check box will cause the third column on the Money Collection screen to be hidden. To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. To restore the original settings on this page, touch the Undo button. 2.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 2.3 Skin Configuration 2.3.1 Refresh Timers The Skin Configuration page is used to change the look of the User Interface (also referred to as the Selection Screen.) There are multiple templates to choose from, and optional skins for each template. The template changes the layout of the User Interface, while the skin changes the color scheme. The currently selected template/ skin combination appears in the Skin Preview window.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. To restore the settings on this page before exiting the page, touch the Undo button. Touch the MsgID box for a pop-up selection of choices, then touch any message to select it, and OK to return to the schedule screen. 2.4 Message Center - Schedule View Touch the Start Time or Stop Time text box to pop up a time setting tool. Set times during the day to display the message.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 2.5 Message Center - Message View The Message Center offers a scrolling message, which periodically runs across the top of the User Interface (Selection Screen). It has two parts. In the View - Messages screen, the Schedule lists the actual message, and dates to display it. A MsgID number is assigned for each message created. The View-Schedule button provides a separate page to set day, time and message choice (see previous section).
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 2.6 Attract Mode To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. To restore the settings on this page before leaving the page, touch the Undo button. 2.7 Security Configuration The Attract Mode offers a choice of images to display on the jukebox selection screen after a period of no user activity. Use the arrow buttons on the right of the options box to scroll the list. Touch any option in the list to select it.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Level 1: Complete read access and no write access to all but a few service mode screens 2.9 Advanced Administration The message READ ONLY is displayed at the top left of each screen when security is below a level to allow changes to be saved. Even though the screen may appear to allow changes, if the READ ONLY message appears no changes will be saved. To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Touch Restore Factory defaults to revert all jukebox settings to their factory default state. Touch the Advanced button to access the advanced Software Loader screen (see next section). To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. 2.9.1 Music Loader - Basic 2.9.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT The Activity log displays the results of the song loading process. Use the up and down arrows on the right to scroll through the log. Touch the Basic button to return to the Basic Music Loader screen (see previous section). To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. NOTE: See Music Loader - Basic for information about removing the USB device.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT As the software loads from the USB device, the Load Software Now button begins to fill with color. The level of the color fill indicates the progress of the software loader operation. When the button is completely filled, the new software version has been fully loaded, and the jukebox will automatically begin to install the new version. Touch the down arrow to make a choice of any specific day of the week or choose Every Day.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Touch the Test Connection button to perform a quick test confirming that the jukebox is connected to the server. If the connection fails, check settings in the IP Configuration and Network Information screens found under the Service Mode - Diagnostics section. To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. Enter server configuration by touching the text box for Server URL and Agent Name separately.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 3.0 3.1 Pricing/Queue Options Credit/Feature Pricing My Song First has two settings to address - activation and cost. Press the Enabled box to add/remove the check mark for “on/ off”, and touch the Additional Credits box for the pop-up numeric keypad to set the number of additional credits required for this feature. Credit Card Values are preset by AMI Entertainment and may not be changed.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT NOTE: 1) The start time must be earlier than the stop time. 2) The times entered apply for every day of the week. 3) Time settings cannot run from one day to the next – the feature will NOT activate. (For instance, setting Start to 10 p.m. and Stop to 3 a.m. is an invalid entry.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT To turn Free Play “off”, press the button to the left of this option (it turns blue.) To turn Free Play “on”, press the button to the left of it, then touch Schedule for a popup schedule to set specific days and times for this feature to appear (see the next section). Total Scheduled Free Play Hours is automatically calculated based on the schedule entered. To save your changes and return to the Service Mode – Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 3.6 Queue Management 4.0 Play Options 4.1 Song Settings - View By Option The Queue Management service mode page provides options for saving songs in the queue, and clearing the play queue as well. The Song Settings - By Option service mode page provides access to view, clear, and edit individual songs for featured options such as Premium Pricing, Priority Play and Lockout.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT To remove a song from the list (turn off the specific option for this song), touch the [–] next to the song. Image Lockout prevents the User Interface (Selection Screen) from showing the album image (usually the picture on the album cover). Instead, it inserts a default image. Playback Lockout prevents a song from playing at all during the scheduled time. Video Lockout suppresses the video portion of a song, but still allows the audio to play.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT box to remove the check mark and turn the option “off”. (All options are initially “off” by default.) Touch the arrow at the end of Music Sorted by Category to display a list of categories to choose from. The song list will only show songs in the selected category. Press the Search button to bring up a keypad to find specific music by song title. Type in the desired music information then touch Enter on the keypad.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Press any Day button to view the Schedule for that day of the week. To enable the lockout options selected on the Song Settings screen, complete the Schedule box with desired time entries for each day. If the Schedule box is empty, lockout options for all songs are turned “off” for that day. 4.4 Playback Options The Schedule box shows a list of start/stop times. Multiple start/stop times can be entered for any given day.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Play Delay - The number of seconds delay between the end of one song and the start of the next song. Play Limit - The maximum length of time a song is allowed to play. After this time, the song will fade out and cancel. Overplay Enabled - When checked Overplay is allowed and selected songs already in the play queue will not be added to the play queue (selected many times, played once). Block Categories - This button activates overall blocking of music categories.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 4.6 Category Management Schedule Next, touch the Category text box to view a list of available categories to choose. Select any category by touching the name, then touch OK to return to the Autoplay Schedule main screen. Touch the [+] button to copy any line into a new line, then edit the new line as required. Touch the [–] button to delete any line in the schedule list.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Autoplay from Category - This button activates Standard Autoplay. Touch the text box for drop down list of categories to choose from. Touch any category name shown to select it, then OK to save the chosen category. Touch the Every __ Minutes box for a pop-up numeric keypad. Set the number of minutes of inactivity that must occur before Autoplay is activated. This delay time has a minimum setting of 15 minutes.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Finally, touch the Delay text button for a popup keypad to increase this value. The delay time is the number of minutes of inactivity before Autoplay is activated and has a minimum 15-minute setting. Touch the [+] button to copy any line into a new line, then edit the new line as required. Touch the [–] button to delete any line in the schedule list. Use Copy All to copy one day’s entire schedule into a buffer.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Press any Day button to view the schedule for that day. To enable the Background Music feature, the Schedule box must have time and category entries for the days desired. If the Schedule box is empty, Background Music does NOT engage during that day. The Schedule box shows a list of start/stop times. Multiple start/stop times can be set for any given day. First, press the Add button to add a new line to the list.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 4.12 Explicit Lyrics - Schedule Touch the [+] button to copy any line into a new line, then edit the new line as required. Touch the [–] button to delete any line in the schedule list. Use Copy All to copy one day’s entire schedule into a buffer. Then select a different day of the week and press Paste All to enter the copied schedule into the new day. To save your changes and return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT The Search function will index into the list of songs to find the closest match to the search text. Touch the Search button to pop open a keyboard. Touch the letters that make up the start of the song title then touch Enter. The song list will display songs starting with the letters in the search. 4.14 Export Playlists To create a song list touch the button with the plus [+] sign. The jukebox will automatically assign an ID number and title the list “New List”.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT - The playlist is encrypted when written to the USB device. To return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. Touch the Manage Playlists button to return to the Playlist screen. 5.0 Hardware Setup 5.1 Touch Screen Setup To return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. 5.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT Example: The smallest monetary unit may be a penny, if the divisor is set to 1, the money meter will advance one hundred times for each dollar deposited. If the divisor is set to 100, the money meter will advance one time for each dollar deposited. NOTE: Some settings may not look any better and some settings will not work very well at all.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT IR Features – any of the following features are enabled from the remote control if the check box next to the feature is checked. When unchecked, the feature cannot be accessed using a remote. 5.5 Router Configuration Autoplay Override – allows the location to turn any programmed Autoplay mode on/off. Pause – allows the location to pause song playback on the jukebox.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 6.0 Reports 6.1 Cash & Usage Report 6.2 Popularity Report - Songs The Cash & Usage Report service mode page shows the deposits, plays, and feature minutes for weekly, monthly and year to date periods. The Music Popularity Report service mode page provides a choice of detailed play count information for both songs and albums on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis. Deposits – View bills, coins and credit card collections and the operator’s share.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 6.3 Collection Report 6.4 Music Loader Report The Collection Report service mode page provides a break down of collections by bills, coins and credit cards for each collection date, and offers a choice of summaries for weekly, monthly and yearly information. The Music Loader Report service mode page provides detailed information about recently loaded music on the jukebox, with the ability to select the data by a specific date.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 7.0 Diagnostics 7.1 System Information Local Time – established in Basic Setup service mode screen under Time Zone. Server URL// Agent Name – established in the System Configuration service mode screen. To return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. 7.2 Hardware Information The System Information service mode screen summarizes important system information including date/time, software version, and jukebox/server connection names.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 7.3 Event Logs 7.4 Error Log The Event/Error Logs service mode page provides separate reports noting all software activity (events) as well as any hardware failures (errors). The Event Log has two sections, one window provides the date selection, and the other window shows the event information. The items are listed in sequential order of time beginning at 12 a.m. (midnight) and running through 11:59 p.m.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 7.5 Network Information 7.6 Credit Device Test The Network Information screens are used to help troubleshoot and verify connection to a server. The Credit Device Test screens allow you to test the credit devices without adding credits, and without adding money to the revenue screens. You can now go to this screen, put in any amount of money for testing, and no record is made of those monies, and no fee calculated for AMI. Figure 7.
COPYRIGHT © 2006 MERIT ENTERTAINMENT 7.7 Audio/Video Tests 7.8 Health Status The Audio/Video Tests screen allows you to display test patterns on the display to aid in CRT adjustment, and also to play audio tones through the sound system to aid in speaker and sound system configuration. This screen will allow a technician to view the following: To return to the Service Mode - Main Menu, touch the Main Menu button. 1. Voltages present on the motherboard. 2.
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