Specifications

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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.
ThemediaplaybacklooksdifferentonaPCcomparedtothemediaplayer’sscreen.(Wrong
aspectratio)
There
are2majoraspectratios(width‐to‐heightratios)forvideocontent,butmanykindsofdisplays.
Ifyouplay4:3videoona16:9display(orviceversa),acirclebecomesoval,andthepicturetakeson
asqueezedorstretchedlook.Toavoidthisdistortedlook,addingblackbars
areacommontechnique.
TheNetworkMediaPlayercanbeconfiguredtoautomaticallyaddblackbarsforcertaintypesof
displays.YoucansettheoutputresolutioninCD‐1010’sconfigurationmenutomatchthenative
resolutionofyourdisplay.
SomeJPEGimagescannotbeplayedinthemediaplayer.
ProgressiveJPEG
arenotsupported.PleaseconverttobaselineJPEGformaximumcompatibility.
JPEGimagescanbeeitherof2types:baselineorprogressivecompression.BaselineJPEGoffers
greatestcompatibility,whileprogressiveJPEGsaresuitableforwebsiteimages.Progressiveimages
aredownloadedanddisplayed“progressively,”beingrenderedmoreclearlyasmoredata
isreceived
overtheinternet.DeviceswithlocalstoragesuchastheCF/NetworkMediaPlayerareusually
incompatiblewiththelattertype.MakesuretosaveimagesasbaselineJPEGinyourphotoeditor,or
resavethemasbaselineJPEGsusingfreetoolssuchasPaint.net(http://www.paint.net/
).
Doesthemediaplayersupportvideostreaming?
No,allmediafilesaredesignedtoplayfromlocalstorage(HDDorCFcard).
Duringcontentandschedulesync,contentsaretransferredtoplayer’slocalstoragebeforebeing
presentedonscreen.Thisensuresthebestpossiblepresentationandfluiddeliveryofyour
video
message.Videostreamingraisesmanyplaybackqualityissuessuchasimagefreezing,blocking,or
blue‐screens,costingyouvaluable“airtime”andlosingyouraudience'sattention.
Themediaplayerisnotplaying.WhatshouldIdo?
Checktheplayer’smessagesonthedisplay(OSD,oronscreendisplay)for
statusinformation.
SinceRISC‐basedmediaplayerusuallylackinputdevicessuchaskeyboardormouselikePCs,
troubleshootingisusuallybasedonuser’sknowledgeandexperiencewiththespecificmediaplayer.
Firstchecktheonscreenmessageandstatsreports.Badplaylistandtimingissuesaretwomajor
causes
ofplaybackproblems.Todetermineiftheproblemiscausedbyabadplaylist,justdeletethe
playlistandrestartplayer.Theplayershouldloopthroughallmediafiles,indicatingafaultwiththe
playlist.
Iftheplaybackisscheduledtoplayatspecifictime,checkto
seeifthedeviceissettotherighttime
zoneontheworldclock.Whennothingseemswrong,thetimezonesettingisoftenthereasonthe
programisnotplayed.