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What are the
screen requirements?
How do I install the TV and 'Food Is Beautiful' Menu Boards Plug N Play Player?
How do I set
the screen resolution?
Where do I find my ‘Screen Identification Number’?
Where do I enter the ‘Screen Identification Number’?
When the player and screen are turned on, what can I expect
to see?
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What are the screen requirements? |
| You should use a wide screen television
that has the following minimum specifications: |
- Display Type: LCD or Plasma
- Display Size: High definition 720p
(1366 x 768 pixels)
- Display Ratio: 16:9
- PC Monitor Input: 1 VGA 15 Pin D-sub
- Tuner: Not required
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How do I install the TV and 'Food Is Beautiful' Menu Boards Plug
N Play Player? |
| The TV may be wall mounted or set on a
pedestal mount, depending on the available space and layout
constraints.
The 'Food Is Beautiful' Menu Boards Plug N Play Player may be
mounted on the bracket behind the screen or placed on a
shelf on the pedestal mount.
Once the TV and Player are placed: |
- Connect the 2 devices using a VGA
Monitor cable
- Connect the power supply cable to the
Player
- Connect the broadband / Wi-Fi /
dialup internet connection
- Connect the keyboard / mouse
- Turn ON the TV and set to VGA mode
- Turn ON the Player The Player will go
through its initialization process and ask you for its ‘Screen
Identification Number’
- On completing setup, remove the
keyboard / mouse
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How do I set the screen resolution? |
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You might need to set the Player display
resolution of to match the TV.
Instructions to set screen resolution: |
- Turn ON the Player and let it run as
normal
- Close the 'Food Is Beautiful' Menu Boards
Application by pressing Alt + F4, on your keyboard
- Right-click on the desktop, then
click ‘Properties’
- In the Display Properties dialog box,
click the ‘Settings’ tab
- Drag the Screen resolution slider to
the left to decrease the resolution of your monitor,
till it shows 1366 x 768 resolution
- Click ‘Apply’ to have the new
resolution take effect
- If the Monitor Settings dialog box
appears, look at your display. If you like the new
resolution, click ‘Yes’
- Click OK
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Where do I find my ‘Screen Identification
Number’? |
| This information is available online. To
view the ‘Screen Identification Number’ for your
screen, go to:
Location Setup >> Edit Existing Location>> Select Location |
- To Edit Click on the text ‘Location
details’ for the screen you want to view
- You will find this information at the
top row of the listed information
- It is a 15 character number in the
format: DPXXXXX12345678
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Where do I enter the ‘Screen Identification
Number’? |
| The ‘Screen Identification Number’
is used to identify your screen and treat it as a unique
point of display. The 'Food Is Beautiful' Menu Boards DigiSignware software uses
this information to get the correct content and schedule for
your screen, every time it connects to the server.
The first time you setup the 'Food Is Beautiful' Menu Boards
Plug N Play Player (you will need a keyboard / mouse) it
will ask you to provide this information. Once you save the
‘Screen Identification Number’, you have no need for the
keyboard or mouse to operate the player. You may then remove
the keyboard / mouse and operate the player using the ON /
OFF button. |
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When the player and screen are turned on,
what can I expect to see? |
| On starting the player (you must turn on
the screen first), you will see the Player go through the
following steps: |
- Start its Windows XP Embedded
operation system – Estimated time: 2 minute
- Automatically start 'Food Is Beautiful' Menu Boards
Digital Signage software and display the splash screen
with doPublicity logo and version of software – Display
time: 2-3 seconds
- The application will start checking
for the latest updates and will show the Players desktop
(black desktop with a few icons) momentarily - Estimated
time: 1 - 10 minutes, depending on the type of internet
connection and size of update
- The application will display status
of the various updates it is downloading - Estimated
time: 1 - 10 minutes, depending on the type of internet
connection and size of update
- The application will close the update
window and commence its content display mode. Normally
it normally takes between 30 to 45 seconds at this
stage, before you start seeing content on the screen.
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| Notes: |
- The display takes a little longer to
start when it is receiving fresh content data.
- In case of routine display, when the
content is not changed frequently, the Player will start
to display with 3-4 minutes of starting up
- The above times are based on
broadband internet speeds and may vary depending on the
connection trough put and speed.
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