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Insignia Infocast NS-DP8CH User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Guide Infocast Internet Media Display NS-DP8CH Infocast Internet Media Player NS-DP8CH...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Infocast Internet Media Display Contents Welcome........3 Safety information .

  • Page 3: Welcome

    Infocast Internet Media Display Welcome Congratulations on your new Infocast! Your Infocast is a convenient and compact way to view or play your favorite media—music, photos, video, or a mix of all of these. Because the Infocast connects to the Internet, it's always on and the content is always fresh.

  • Page 4: Features

    NS-DP8CH Placement—To prevent fire or electric shock, do not expose your Infocast to rain or moisture. To prevent it from falling, do not place it on an unstable cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table. Keep your Infocast away from strong magnets, heat sources, direct sunlight, and excessive dust.
  • Page 5 Infocast Internet Media Display • Photo, music and video playback from internal memory or inserted memory cards and USB flash drives • Clock, alarm clock, and calendar • Night mode • Dimmable backlight • Headphone jack, stereo speakers built in •...
  • Page 6 NS-DP8CH Insignia button www.insigniaproducts.com...
  • Page 7 Infocast Internet Media Display Power button www.insigniaproducts.com...
  • Page 8 NS-DP8CH Battery USB ports Power compartment connector www.insigniaproducts.com...
  • Page 9 Infocast Internet Media Display CF card slot SD/SDHC/MMC/MS/xD Headphone jack card slot Package contents • Infocast Internet media display (1) • AC power adapter (1) • Quick Setup Guide (1) • User Guide (1) • MS Pro Duo adapter • Cleaning cloth www.insigniaproducts.com...

  • Page 10: Setting Up Your Infocast

    NS-DP8CH System requirements • Broadband Internet connection (such as cable or DSL). The Infocast won’t work with a dialup connection. • Wireless router (802.11b/802.11g compatible). Most routers currently sold support these requirements. Routers supporting 802.11n may work with the Infocast as long as they properly support 802.11g or 802.11b.
  • Page 11 Infocast Internet Media Display Learning to tap On your Infocast, you select menu items using your fingernail. Your fingernail can tap a button or app on the screen, tap and drag a slider bar or an icon, or control a game.

  • Page 12: Using Your Infocast

    NS-DP8CH Using your Infocast Overview This is your Infocast’s Home screen: www.insigniaproducts.com...
  • Page 13 Infocast Internet Media Display And this is the Main menu. Menu bar The menu bar lets you manage your Infocast’s features. Tap a menu tab to expand it. Tap the icon to the right of the tab to collapse it. •APPS—Where you can preview and send apps to your channels or friends.
  • Page 14 NS-DP8CH Settings bar The settings bar is where you change Infocast settings such as screen brightness, volume, wireless setup, and clock/alarm settings, and where you can select Night mode. SCREEN AUDIO NETWORK CLOCK/ HOME NIGHT SETTINGS SETTINGS SETTINGS ALARM MODE SETTINGS •...

  • Page 15: Using Channels And Apps

    Infocast Internet Media Display Using channels and apps What are apps? Apps are small (and sometimes fun!) programs you can run on your Infocast. You can drag apps to your channels or send them to your friends. www.insigniaproducts.com...
  • Page 16 NS-DP8CH What are channels? A channel is a collection of apps. You can view the “Featured Channel” or create your own channels. Drag and drop your favorite apps, photos, and videos to one of your channels to mix and match media—or send them to your friends’ channels.
  • Page 17 Infocast Internet Media Display Playing a channel So you can play a channel right away and see how it all works, your Infocast came with a channel called “Featured Channel” already set up for you. You’ll play your own custom channels the same way.
  • Page 18 Adding apps to a channel You can also add an app to a channel from your chumby account. For more information, go to insignia.chumby.com/help. To add an app to a channel: At your Infocast’s main menu, tap the APPS tab, then tap the Channels tab to expand the list of channels.
  • Page 19 We use this information to create new apps that will hopefully appeal to you. To rate an app: Press the Insignia button on top of your Infocast while a channel is playing. The app shuttle appears on the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 20: Managing Friends

    NS-DP8CH Managing friends You can send apps, photos, and videos to friends who have a chumby-powered device of their own. Send a Friend Request—Tap to invite a friend, then enter their Infocast username or e-mail address in the on-screen keyboard. New Friend Requests—Tap to see the list of invitations from other Infocast users.

  • Page 21: Viewing Photos

    Infocast Internet Media Display Viewing photos You can view a slideshow of photos on your Infocast, making it work like a digital picture frame. To view photos: If you want to view photos from a memory card or USB flash drive, insert it into the appropriate port on the side or back of your Infocast.
  • Page 22 NS-DP8CH • USB to view photos stored on an attached USB flash drive. • Memory Card to view photos stored on an inserted SD/SDHC/MMC/MS/MS PRO Duo/xD card. • CF Card to view photos stored on an inserted CF card. Viewing a slideshow of photos To view a slideshow of photos: Tap PHOTOS.
  • Page 23 Infocast Internet Media Display Tap the photos you want to copy to your channel. If you want them all, tap SELECT ALL. Tap and drag the selected photos to your channel. A message tells you that “You are about to send a slideshow to channel: [channel name].
  • Page 24 NS-DP8CH Tap and drag the selected photos or videos to the Internal tab under PHOTOS or VIDEO. If you selected PHOTOS, message appears that says “Would you like to create a new album for this copy? If not, these files will be copied to your “All”...

  • Page 25: Listening To Music

    Infocast Internet Media Display Listening to music You can listen to music from a number of different sources, such as Internet radio (including Pandora, SHOUTcast, NYT Poscasts, or Blue Octy Radio) or a USB flash drive or Memory card). After you start playing music, you can play an app. (You have to start the music before you play the app.) To listen to Internet radio: •...
  • Page 26 NS-DP8CH • New York Times Podcasts to view high-quality news and information from one of the most respected names in journalism. • Blue Octy Radio to play music streamed over the Internet using chumby’s own radio service. To listen to music on a memory card or USB flash drive: If you want to listen to music stored on a memory card or a USB flash drive, insert the memory card or flash...

  • Page 27: Playing Video

    Infocast Internet Media Display Playing video Your Infocast can play back compatible video files stored on memory card or USB flash drive or video streamed from the Internet. See “Specifications” on page 31 for a list of supported file types. To play video: In the Infocast Menu bar, tap VIDEO.
  • Page 28 NS-DP8CH Tap: • Internal to view video stored in your Infocast’s internal memory. • Network Devices to view video stored elsewhere on your computer network. Photobucket to view video stored in your • Photobucket account on the Internet. Go to Photobucket.com to set up an account.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    Infocast Internet Media Display Troubleshooting For the latest in FAQs and troubleshooting tips, go to www.insigniaproducts.com/chumby. Maintaining Updating the software Periodically, we’ll send you software updates. When a software update is available, a message appears on the screen. You can install the update immediately or wait until later.
  • Page 30 NS-DP8CH When you’re done, press Restart to normal operation. The Infocast restarts and returns you to the home screen. Cleaning the Infocast To clean your Infocast: Turn off and unplug your Infocast., then wipe the exterior plastic with a damp (not dripping wet) cloth. For extra thorough cleaning, wipe the exterior with a cloth dampened with soapy water, then wipe it down with a cloth dampened with clean water.

  • Page 31: Specifications

    Infocast Internet Media Display Specifications Display 8" color touchscreen Resolution 800 × 600 Memory 2 GB internal (approximately 1.5 GB is available for photo and video storage) Ports USB 2.0 (2) Power (DC) Headphones (stereo) Memory card SD, SDHC, CF, MMC, MS, MS Pro Duo (using support included adapter);...

  • Page 32: Legal Notices

    NS-DP8CH Legal notices FCC Part 15 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this product is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 33 Product is determined to be defective by an authorized Insignia repair center or store personnel, Insignia will (at its sole option): (1) repair the Product with new or rebuilt parts; or (2) replace the Product at no charge with new or rebuilt comparable products or parts.
  • Page 34 To obtain in-home warranty service for a television with a screen 25 inches or larger, call 1-888-BESTBUY. Call agents will diagnose and correct the issue over the phone or will have an Insignia-approved repair person dispatched to your home. Where is the warranty valid? This warranty is valid only to the original purchaser of the product in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

  • Page 35: Software Licensing

    7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, Minnesota, U.S.A. 55423-3645 © 2010 BBY Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. INSIGNIA is a trademark of BBY Solutions, Inc. Registered in some countries. All other products and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
  • Page 36 NS-DP8CH Preamble The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works. The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a program—to make sure it remains free software for all its users.
  • Page 37 Infocast Internet Media Display Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents. States should not allow patents to restrict development and use of software on general-purpose computers, but in those that do, we wish to avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program could make it effectively proprietary.
  • Page 38 NS-DP8CH A “Standard Interface” means an interface that either is an official standard defined by a recognized standards body, or, in the case of interfaces specified for a particular programming language, one that is widely used among developers working in that language. The “System Libraries”...
  • Page 39 Infocast Internet Media Display You may make, run and propagate covered works that you do not convey, without conditions so long as your license otherwise remains in force. You may convey covered works to others for the sole purpose of having them make modifications exclusively for you, or provide you with facilities for running those works, provided that you comply with the terms of this License in conveying all material for which you do not control copyright.
  • Page 40 NS-DP8CH b) The work must carry prominent notices stating that it is released under this License and any conditions added under section 7. This requirement modifies the requirement in section 4 to “keep intact all notices”. c) You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to anyone who comes into possession of a copy.
  • Page 41 Infocast Internet Media Display c) Convey individual copies of the object code with a copy of the written offer to provide the Corresponding Source. This alternative is allowed only occasionally and noncommercially, and only if you received the object code with such an offer, in accord with subsection d) Convey the object code by offering access from a designated place (gratis or for a charge), and offer equivalent access to the Corresponding Source in the same way through the same place at no...
  • Page 42 NS-DP8CH If you convey an object code work under this section in, or with, or specifically for use in, a User Product, and the conveying occurs as part of a transaction in which the right of possession and use of the User Product is transferred to the recipient in perpetuity or for a fixed term (regardless of how the transaction is characterized), the Corresponding Source conveyed under this section must be...
  • Page 43 Infocast Internet Media Display b) Requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices o author attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal Notices displayed by works containing it; or c) Prohibiting misrepresentation of the origin of that material, or requiring that modified versions of such material be marked in reasonable ways as different from the original version;...
  • Page 44 NS-DP8CH Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice.
  • Page 45 Infocast Internet Media Display A contributor's “essential patent claims” are all patent claims owned or controlled by the contributor, whether already acquired or hereafter acquired, that would be infringed by some manner, permitted by this License, of making, using, or selling its contributor version, but do not include claims that would be infringed only as a consequence of further modification of the contributor version.
  • Page 46 NS-DP8CH A patent license is “discriminatory” if it does not include within the scope of its coverage, prohibits the exercise of, or is conditioned on the non-exercise of one or more of the rights that are specifically granted under this License. You may not convey a covered work if you are a party to an arrangement with a third party that is in the business of distributing software, under which you make payment to the third party based on the extent of your activity of conveying the work, and...
  • Page 47 Infocast Internet Media Display Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public License “or any later version” applies to it, you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
  • Page 48 NS-DP8CH END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
  • Page 49 Infocast Internet Media Display GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/> Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public License, supplemented by the additional permissions listed below.
  • Page 50 NS-DP8CH a) under this License, provided that you make a good faith effort to ensure that, in the event an Application does not supply the function or data, the facility still operates, and performs whatever part of its purpose remains meaningful, or b) under the GNU GPL, with none of the additional permissions of this License applicable to that copy.
  • Page 51 Infocast Internet Media Display e) Provide Installation Information, but only if you would otherwise be required to provide such information under section 6 of the GNU GPL, and only to the extent that such information is necessary to install and execute a modified version of the Combined Work produced by recombining or relinking the Application with a modified version of the Linked Version.

  • Page 52: Acknowledgements

    NS-DP8CH Acknowledgements Chumby Industries, Inc. Technology provided by chumby industries, inc. SRS Labs, Inc. Audio powered by is a trademark of SRS Labs, Inc. Max-V, WOW HD and the SRS logo are trademarks of SRS Labs, Inc. SRS Max-V™ optimizes the audio signal for playback over small speakers to deliver much louder volume while ensuring high...
  • Page 53 Infocast Internet Media Display www.insigniaproducts.com...
  • Page 54 NS-DP8CH www.insigniaproducts.com...
  • Page 55 7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, MN USA 55423-3645 © 2010 BBY Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. INSIGNIA is a trademark of BBY Solutions, Inc. Registered in some countries. All other products and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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