Operation Manual

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FTP Server/Client Scheduler
• Theareasetunderthe[DisplayArea]tabwillbethedisplayarea(exceptwhenaprogramisspecied).
• “Smoothcontentschange”checkbox
 Checkthischeckboxtoswitchbetweencontentssmoothlybypreparingtheplaybackofthenext
contentbeforetheendofthecurrentcontent.Alsocheckthischeckboxwhenitisnecessaryto
synchronizethecontentdisplaybetweenframes.
 Clicking[PreloadSetting]allowsyoutosetthecontentthatistobereadinadvance.
 •Makingtheswitchingofcontentssmoothwill
increasetheloadontheCPUandthememoryuse
amount.Itisrecommendedthattestsbeconducted
byactuallydisplayingprogramsbeforeoperation.

•Whenperformingadvancedreadingofacontent
thatcanbeplayedwithWindowsMediaPlayer,
thevideoacceleratorisdisabled.Checkthatyour
PChasenoughperformancetodisplaycontents
withoutthevideoaccelerator(WindowsXPOnly).

•IfacontentthatcanbeplayedwithInternet
Explorerisreadinadvance,Flashcontentsand
bannersembeddedinthecontentmaybestarted
fromthemiddle.
• “Setlimitofprintscreenarea”checkbox
 Whenyouareoutputtingmultiplescreensonaviewer
PC,theScreenCapturefunctioncapturestheentire
desktop.Checkthisboxtocapturejustapartofthe
screenoutput.
 Click[AreaSetting]anddenetheareayouwantto
capture.
• “Don’tmovefocuswhileprogramviewerstarts”checkbox
 Thisboxisusuallyleftunchecked.
 CheckthisboxifyoudonotwanttheProgramViewerfocustomovewhenyoulaunchtheProgram
Viewer.
• “Hidetaskbarwhileshowing”checkbox
 Whenthischeckboxischecked,thetaskbarishiddenwhenProgramViewerislaunchedanditis
re‑displayedwhenProgramViewerisclosed.
• “Play*.movleswithWindowsMediaPlayer(Windows7only)”checkbox
 ThisboxcanonlybecheckedwhenusingWindows7.Checkthisboxtoplay.movlesonWindows
MediaPlayer.
• “MyContentsfolder”:Enterthepathofthefolderinwhichcontentstobedistributedinadvancearetobe
saved.
Theinitialdefaultvaluesare:
•MyContentsfolder:C:\ProgramFiles\SHARP\SHARPDigitalSignageSoftware\MyContents\
 (ForWindowsVista/7,C:\ProgramData\SHARP\SHARPDigitalSignageSoftware\MyContents\)
 •InDigitalSignageSoftwarePro(PN‑SS05),contentcanbedistributedinadvancetotheMy
Contentfolder.
Client Scheduler