Instruction manual

OPERATION

Initial Startup Procedure

Once the unit has been mounted and conﬁgured with the appropriate cabling,

connect the power supply to a suitable AC outlet. The green LCD on the front of

unit will illuminate after a brief delay; it will show the unit IP address. The media

player may take about one and a half minutes to fully boot to the operational

state depending upon the startup conﬁguration. The LCD screen reports "IDLE"

when there is no playback and shows "PLAY" while playing a ﬁle.

Theory of Operation

Once connected and powered on, the unit is ready to use. The MP700 can be

conﬁgured with a default startup item that will automatically start immediately

after booting. The unit will play this item until instructed to play something else.

If no startup item has been deﬁned, the screen may only show the CE labs logo

and then a black screen.

The player works well with a variety of media ﬁles at high bit rates, but please

adhere to the media creation standards in the appendix at the end of this

document. Also, be aware of the bit rate versus the speed of the SD card if you

are using local storage. If the video experiences freeze frames or stuttering, the

bit rate may be too fast for the card installed in the player.

The media player can play content from many sources:

– Real Time Source

• RF ATSC Tuner (MP700T only)

• Ethernet RTSP IP Stream

– Local Storage Source

• Internal Storage Card (optional)

• Internal Storage Hard Drive (optional)

• USB Port for Memory Stick or Hard Drive

The player may be used as a stand-alone High Deﬁnition source (once content

is loaded on the internal storage device) or greater versatility is allowed when

the player is connected to a network. The primary focus of the MP700 is media

playback and control device that is part of a network of media players. The

network interface is a powerful tool in managing from one to thousands of

players. The GPIO interface allows for local interaction through push buttons

or external sensors. The MP700 supports a large library of SNMP commands

that are used to conﬁgure and control the unit.