Digital Signage Monitor VT-101MFA1

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1 Digital Signage Monitor VT-101MFA1 USER S MANUAL V1.A 1

2 Table of Contents 1. Important Safeguards 1 2. Installing the Monitor 4 3. Basic Operations Connect USB Begin Playing Update Media Content 4 4. Supported Formats 5 5. Digital Signage Monitor Video Output types (option) 5 6. Media File Name 6 7. Daily Schedule 6 8. Picture File format and effects Picture File format Picture File play effect 7 9. Digital Signage Monitor ON/OFF configurations Configure Off Configure On Remote Controller Configuration Menu Information Confirm SD card status and perform (Format) Change Date Time Change Aspect Ratio Lock Menu Password Change Output type (option) USB Copy and Erase Copy and Erase Firmware Update Delete all files on the SD card Specifications 15 2

3 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Warning: 1. Read all of these instructions. 2. Save these instructions for later use. 3. Unplug this monitor from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. 4. Do not use attachments not recommended by the monitor manufacturer as they may cause hazards. 5. Do not use this monitor near water. For example near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, etc.. 6. Do not place this monitor on an unstable cart, stand, or table. The monitor may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult, and serious damage to the appliance. Use only with a cart or stand recommended by the manufacturer or sold with monitor. Wall or shelf mounting should follow the manufacturer's instructions, and should use a mounting kit approved by the manufacturer. 7. Slots and openings in the cabinet and the back or bottom are provided for ventilation, and to insure reliable operation of the television receiver and to protect it from overheating, these openings must not be blocked or covered. The openings should never be blocked by placing the monitor on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface. This monitor should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register. This monitor should not be placed in built-in installation such as a bookcase unless proper ventilation is provided. 8. This monitor should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supplied in your home, consult your monitor dealer or local power company 9. This monitor is equipped with a three-wire grounding type plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin. This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding- type plug. 10. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this monitor where the cord will be abused by persons working on it. 11. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the monitor. 12. For added protection for this monitor, when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet. This will prevent damage to the monitor due to power-line surges. 13. Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result into fire or electric shock. 14. Never push objects of any kind into this monitor through cabinet slots as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the monitor. 15. Do not attempt to service this monitor yourself since opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. 16. Unplug this monitor from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: a. When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed. b. If liquid has been spilled into the monitor. c. If the monitor has been exposed to rain or water. d. If the monitor does not operate normally by following the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the monitor to normal operation. e. If the monitor has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged. f. When the monitor exhibits a distinct change in performance- this indicated a need for service. 17. When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer that has the same characteristics as the original parts. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock, or other hazards. 18. Upon completion of any service or repairs to this monitor, ask the service technician to perform routine safety checks to determine that the monitor is in safe operating condition. 3

4 19. The Accessory Card Reader or Accessory Card shall be connected to ITE product with Limited Power Source(LPS) Output approved by Underwriters Laboratories(UL). Installing the Monitor Unpacking Open the shipping cartons and check the contents. If any items are missing or damaged, contact your dealer immediately. The package should include the following items: TFT color monitor User's guide Power cord DC power adapter Installing the Monitor This monitor is equipped with an auto sensing DC power adapter for voltage ranges VAC, 60/50Hz. Confirm the line voltage designation on the rear panel of the monitor. Follow these steps to install the monitor: 1. Before you connect the cables, made sure that the monitor and the system unit power switches are off. 2. Plug one end of the 15pin-signal cable to the monitor and the other end to the video signal connector at the rear of the system. Tighten the two screws on the cable connector.(option) 3. Connect the DC power cord to the DC jack. 4. Connect the power cable. Basic Operations The monitor digital control functions are located on the rear panel. They are shown in the figure below and described in the following paragraphs. Connect USB flash drive Prepare a USB flash drive to store your media files Copy and paste the media file in the root directory of the USB flash drive. Connect the USB flash drive to the USB port of the digital signage monitor. Restart the monitor. The monitor will copy the files. After the copying is done, please remove the USB flash drive from the USB port. Begin Playing After the media file is copied, the Digital Signage Monitor will automatically play your media file. Update media content To update media content, go back to step 1.2 and update the monitor with the new media content. 4

5 Supported Formats Video: MPEG-4.10 (H.264) SMPTE 421M (VC-1) WMV9 MPEG-2 MPEG-4.2 (up to HD, 1-point GMC) Audio: MP3 Image: JPG, BMP, PNG High Profile(1,280 1,920 Main Note: if only audio is played, the screen is blank and there will be sound only. Digital Signage Monitor Video Output Types(option) Attention: In some models without output change the output types may cause the monitor fail. The Digital Signage Monitor supports HDMI or VGA Video Output types. You can save the configuration file for either format on the SD card inside the Monitor to switch the output type for the Monitor. Formats: output-xxx-$$$$p.sch. There are 4 configuration files: output-hdmi-1080p.sch output-hdmi-720p.sch output-vga-1080p.sch output-vga-720p.sch To reset the output configuration and return to system default settings, please reconfigure output-default.sch. Note: all file names must be in small letters. Example (1) Example (1) Set output to HDMI 1080P. 5

6 Example (2) Example (2) Set output to VGA 720P. Media File Name The Player treats files with uppercase and lowercase letters differently. E.g. "A.jpg" is not the same as "a.jpg". The files are listed using ascending order. If there are capitals and small letters, the player will play the files with capital letters and then the files with small letters. The Player supports Japanese, Chinese, and English file names. Play order according to file names: 001.png 002.png 003.png Clouds.wmv Volkswagen Routan Commercial - Frog.mp4.AVI braveheart.m4v i_am_legend-tlr1_h720p.mov.divx Note: Do not use the symbol & because your file cannot be played with this symbol. Daily Schedule To make a daily schedule, you can save a media file in the root directory of the SD card. If you need to play a media file at a scheduled time, create a new folder first. The name format for the folder is hhmm-hhmm. hh = 24 hours time format, mm = minutes. Example: Add a new folder named , the player will then play the media file in the folder from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM. 6

7 Entering file name means the media file in this folder will be played from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Entering file name means the media file in this folder will be played from 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM Entering file name means the media file in this folder will be played from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Entering file name means the media file in this folder will be played from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM Entering file name means the media file in this folder will be played from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Entering file name means the media file in this folder will be played from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Entering file name means the media file in this folder will be played from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM Note: in the example above there is not a play session scheduled between 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM. In this case, the monitor will play the default media file you saved. If there is not a default media file, it will display the "Welcome" screen. Picture File Format and Effects Picture file format The Monitor supports JPG, BMP and PNG formats. The Monitor will automatically adjust your Picture file, whether it is 460x290 or 1920x1200, to fill the full screen, which is 1920x1080. Picture file play effect The default pictorial effect screen rotates randomly every 5 seconds. The Monitor supports file names that show designated seconds before playing an effect. The format is: filename.nn.mm.jpg. nn is the number for effect and mm is the time (in seconds) before playing the next effect. If nn = 03, the Monitor will play the effect numbered 03. If mm = 12, it is 12 seconds. Ex. Test png. Note: If you enter Test png, 121 seconds is not the correct format and the configuration fails. The Monitor will only play the default effect settings. Picture file playing effect number chart. Effect no Transition Effect Name 1 CHANGE 2 FLY_UP 3 FLY_DOWN 4 FLY_LEFT 5 FLY_RIGHT 6 SCROLL_UP 7 SCROLL_DOWN 7

8 8 SCROLL_LEFT 9 SCROLL_RIGHT 10 Sequence From Left 11 Sequence From Right 12 Sequence From Top 13 Sequence From Bottom 14 Snake From Left 15 Snake From Right 16 Snake From Top 17 Snake From Bottom 18 Random Shuffle 19 Clock Wise Shuffle 20 Clock Wise Shuffle_Inner 21 Counter Clock Wise Shuffle 22 Counter Clock Wise Shuffle_Inner 23 FLY_UP_MULTI 24 FLY_DOWN_MULTI 25 FLY_LEFT_MULTI 26 FLY_RIGHT_MULTI 99 Random (default) 01 means the Monitor will play effect 01 and 10 means for 10 seconds. Digital Signage Monitor ON/OFF Configurations Configure Off The Monitor uses 2 On/Off configuration files. The file format for off is OFF-hhmm.sch. Note: hhmm uses the 24 hour format. You can use capital letters or small letters for ON and OFF. Example: OFF-1000.sch means the Monitor will automatically turn off at 10:00 AM. Configure On Monitor ON format ON-hhmm.sch. Example: ON-1430.sch means the Monitor will automatically turn on at 2:30 PM. 8

9 Example picture: In the example above, the Monitor will turn off at 10:00 AM and turn on at 2:00 PM. No content will be played during this period. So folders and will not be played. At 2:00PM (note: 14:00 in 24 hour format), the media file in will be played. Remote Controller Configuration Menu Information Press the Menu key on the remote control and the screen menu displays. It displays Kernal version, firmware version, current time (Date/Time). Output (option), PIC version and length (seconds) for booting (UP T). Example picture: Confirm SD card status and perform (Format) The screen provides the SD's status for the user as reference. It includes the status of the SD card, file system, total space, free space and available space. To format the SD card, use the remote control to turn on "Menu", use the down arrow to highlight "SD card". Then press the right arrow to move to any space on the format that you want to change (FAT32/EXT2). Press Enter to format. 9

10 (Press the right arrow to display status and then press enter again to format SD card.) Change Date Time Use your control to open "Menu" and use down arrow to move to "Date Time". Then press the right arrow to move to any field for Date Time (Year/Month/Date/Hour/Minute/Second). Press enter and the area highlighted in light blue will be highlighted in black and you can make changes. Note: after making the changes, press "Apply" to set. 10

11 (Press Enter to change the password. After making changes, press Enter to save) Note: The password has a maximum length of 6 digits (Press the right arrow to display status) (Press enter to make the status change possible. After making changes, press enter to save) Change Aspect Ratio Use your control to open "Menu" and use the down arrow to move to "Mode Change". Then press the right arrow to move to Aspect Ratio. Press enter and the light blue highlighted area will change to black. Use up/down/left/right to select Original or Full Screen. Note: after making changes, press "Apply" to save. The 11

12 screen displays as follows: (Press the right arrow to display status) (Press enter to make the status change possible. After making changes, press enter to save) Lock Menu Password Set/lock Password Use your control to open "Menu" and use the down arrow to move to "Mode Change". Press the right arrow 12

13 to move to "Password", press Enter to change the light blue highlighted area to black, then enter the password. Enter the password again in the Password Confirm field below to confirm. Note: after making changes, press "Apply" to save. After the configuration takes effect, you must enter a password when you use Menu, Output or when turning off the machine. After the password is recognized as correct, you can use the desired function. (Press the right arrow to display status) Cancel set password To cancel password, clear password in the "Password" field and press "Apply" to save. Change output type(option) Attention: In some models without output change the output types may cause the Monitor fail. Press Output on your remote control. The screen displays as follows: (Select the desired output type, press the number key and the screen will display the configuration you selected) 13

14 USB Copy and Erase Copy and Erase When you restart the Monitor, the system will compare the content on the USB flash drive and the content on the SD card and automatically erase additional files in the SD and copy the files on the USB flash drive to the SD. Example: If there are 4 files, A, B, C, and D on the SD card, and 5 files, C, D, E, F, and G on the USB flash drive, the System will delete A and B on the SD and copy E, F, and G to SD. Firmware update When you need to update the firmware, there must be a /home/update folder on the USB flash drive to perform a firmware update. After plugging in the USB flash drive into the USB port, restart the Monitor and it will automatically perform a firmware update. When the firmware is being updated, no copy & delete may be performed. Delete all files on the SD card If an empty USB flash drive is connected to the USB port and the Monitor is restarted, the Monitor will delete all media files on the SD card. The Monitor will display the default "Welcome" screen. 14

15 Specifications Model LCD Panel Size: Pixel Pitch: Brightness: Contrast Ratio: Response Time: Maximum viewable size Video Output Display area VT-101MFA X0.1695mm 300 cd/ m2 700:1 25ms(typ.) 10.1 inch (25.7cm) Analog:15-pin, D-sub connector(option) Digital:HDMI connector(option) 217mmx136mm(H V) Input voltage: 12V DC Consumption 13W Max. Dimensions(with carton) 310*135*255mm Max. Resolution (Non-Interlaced) Weight N.W.:1.8Kgs G.W.:2.1Kgs. Ambient temperature Operation: 5 C 40 C Non-operating -10 C 60 C Humidity Operating: Storage: *Specifications are subject to change without notice. 20%-80% 10%-90% 15