JUKEBOX KIT USER MANUAL

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1 JUKEBOX KIT USER MANUAL SEKOM Jukebox Kit lets you assemble a jukebox vending machine. It includes a PC USB interface for a token device or bill acceptor and media player software. It supports music, video and video karaoke files. Functional Overview USB interface for keys and token device: 1. Music selection keys - enter = G-ENTER connector - left/cancel = G-LEFT connector - up = G-ENTER connector - down = G-DOWN connector - keys G-RIGHT and G-TAB may also be used 2. Switch - allows token testing 3. COIN ACCEPTOR connector allows a standard connection for token devices 4. Red cable = + 12V, black=minus, electricity supply for a token device! 5. USB socket allows connection to a PC

2 Software installation and settings: 1. Install the software by clicking JUKEBOX.MSI file. JUKEBOX and SETUP shortcuts will be added to your computer desktop. A JUKEBOX shortcut will be added to the Startup Menu, so that the programme launches each time a computer starts up. 2. At the first launch of the programme music folders will be automatically created on drive C: as follows: C:\music\Country C:\music\Dance C:\music\Pop C:\music\Rockenrol C:\music\Rock C:\music\Metal 3. Run Setup (PASSWORD will be required- click OK) Click? (Help) for further instructions in each window. COMPANY Fill in the company information and machine ID.

3 COIN ACCEPTOR Channel and coin value settings. Further instructions for pulse, binary and parallel mode can be found on : PRICE The software calculates a number of credits according to the payment, after one of the music selection keys has been pressed. Price may be linear or gradient.

4 QUEUE SONG It lets you set a number and name of buttons for different music genres. It also sets the names of subdirectories in the Music folder on drive C: (i.e. C:\Music\.) The last button is Top Chart 25 (where 25 stands for the number of songs on the chart; the number is optional). The number of music genres may vary between 7 and 13. The example of seven buttons: The example of thirteen buttons: In a 7 button mode, there is clip art (btn1.bmp, btn2.bmp btn7.bmp) which can be used as buttons from 1 to 7 (left to right)! Clip art may be found in C:\Program files\sekom\jukebox.

5 RANDOM PLAY This lets you set a random play when jukebox is in a standby mode. Playlists of songs from folder C:/Music can be created. Start interval is the time from the end of the last paid song to the start of a new (unpaid) one. PlayToPlay interval is a pause between the songs in random play. VISUALIZATIONS It lets you turn visualization ON or OFF. Visualization is turned on after 15 seconds of playback if no other button has been pressed during this time. Windows Media Player Visualization is used; it can be chosen in Windows Media Player.

6 USB TOOL It lets you to choose a USB drive to upload music. Insert a USB Flash Drive before running Setup (otherwise it won't be visible!). Check Windows Explorer to find out the drive assigned to your USB Flash Drive. It is usually assigned the last letter (i.e. drive) on the list. Choose the drive and click OK. A music directory structure identical to the one on drive C: will be created on the flash drive. A BOOKKEEPING directory will be also created. If a computer requires a reboot, confirm it by clicking NOW, so that new registers may be added to registry (i.e. they will turn off the Autorun function and USB check which can be annoying). If an error is reported follow the instructions on:

7 BOOKKEEPING It shows payments and the number of credits. Export PlayList it exports a list of songs played according to the number of playbacks within a month. A PlayList, cumulative counter and periodic counter are copied to USB Flash Drive into the BOOKKEEPING directory as follows: Counters : BOOKKEEPING\Jukebox ID\counters.txt PlayList : BOOKKEEPING\play_list_month_year.txt

8 VIEW LOG It lets you view a corrupt and deleted files log. The software deletes all the files which cannot be played due to a damage or error. They are reported in a log which can be found in C:\Program Files\SEKOM\Jukebox\errorlog.txt PASSWORD It lets you set a new setup password. When the JUKEBOX software is launched, a mouse is disabled, because the songs can be chosen with the keys connected to USB interface. To close the JUKEBOX software click ALT-F4!

9 Music upload: Music is stored into C:/Music/. Music can be uploaded directly from a CD or a hard drive into the folder C:\Music\... Upload from a USB Flash Drive is done automatically without a keyboard and mouse while the JUKEBOX software is running. When a USB Flash Drive is inserted the software recognizes a new drive and it searches for new folders and music files which are then copied into C:\Music. If there are no music directories on the drive, the Jukebox software creates them automatically and therefore prepares it for music upload. The example of music upload from USB Flash Drive (assigned to E:/) To add the song Sexy body.mp3 by Colonia to a genre Hrvatska (Croatian) do as follows: 1. Create a new folder Colonia on your USB Flash Drive in E:/Music/Croatian and copy the file Sexy body.mp3 into the folder E:\Music\Croatian\Colonia\Sexy body.mp3 2. Insert the USB Flash Drive while the JUKEBOX software is running. The contents of the USB Flash Drive will be automatically copied to the hard drive E:/Music/Croatian/Colonia/Sexy body.mp3 C:/Music/Croatian/Colonia/Sexybody.mp3 To avoid errors, disable Windows AutoPlay feature. See:

10 JUKEBOX Player The software plays MP3 and video files. It plays all the files which can be played by Windows Media Player. 1024x768 display resolution is used. Unknown or corrupted files are deleted and reported in log.txt file to prevent the player's shutdown. Music selection: - pay a required amount of money - credit - choose a music genre using UP/DOWN/LEFT keys - confirm the selected genre with the key ENTER; the selection is moved to the Artist list - choose an artist using UP/DOWN key (If the key UP/DOWN is pressed for more than a second, a quick selection mode is turned on. In this case see the alphabet above for artists' initials.) - press ENTER to confirm the selected artist; the selection is moved to a Song List - choose a song using UP/DOWN keys - press ENTER to confirm the playback of the selected song - the song starts playing or it is added to a PlayList - the song currently playing is displayed in the "Play" box (bottom left corner) Back/Cancel key gets you to a previous position.

11 When a USB Flash Drive isn't inserted, the Jukebox interface is in DEMO mode. Each selected song is played for 15 seconds and no payment is required. Bookkeeping Information (no keyboard and mouse) When a USB Flash Drive is inserted, the Jukebox software automatically recognizes a new drive. If the drive includes the BOOKKEEPING directory, the following window is displayed: TXT EXPORT and DELETING COUNTER can be executed using the music selection keys. You can use the same USB Flash Drive as for music upload. The BOOKKEEPING window will appear after the music files have been uploaded! To avoid errors disable Windows AutoPlay feature. See:

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