T: +44 (0)1639 874100 | W: www.blackboxav.co.uk 1. What is the 15VS 15VS is an all in one digital media player and screen. It’s used to display and distribute media communication, videos and images in a small compact manner. Thanks to the open frame design and inbuilt mounting wings it can be built into signage or other such installations.
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 Video Playback Modes Audio Picture with background music English On-Screen Display Languages Chinese Japanese Picture Rotation Portrait-Vertical or Landscape-Horizontal Image Slideshow Playback Slideshow Transitions 14 Different transition effects Slide intervals: 1 to 60 seconds If you need to reformat any files we recommend ‘Format Factory’.
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 3. In the Box 15.6” Screen and Player Power Supply Button Cables Remote Control Cable Connectors SD Card...
15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 4.1 Connect Speakers The 15VS is supplied with 2 inbuilt speakers located in the rear. There is also an audio out cable which can be connected in the base of the unit (circled in the image below).
15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 5. Remote Control Power: Press to power 15” SCREEN on/off. Press to view information for content currently INFO playing. Press to mute audio output, press to unmute. MUTE Press to play content in corresponding folder (folder 1, 2, 3 etc.) REPEAT Press while video file is playing to select repeat...
15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 RETURN Press to return to previous navigation menu STOP Press to stop playback << >> Press to fast forward or rewind current file |<< >>| Press for previous or next file in list 6.
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 SYSTEM...
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 AUDIO VIDEO...
15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 MISC 7. Additional Video & Slideshow Options To access additional Video & Slideshow options the player must be currently playing either a video (for video options) or image (for slideshow and image options). Whilst playing either a video or image press the ‘Menu’...
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 Slide Transition - Set transition mode: Shuffle all / flip / quartet / slide / centre extend / 2D 3D expand / dissolve / fade in out / cross fade kenburn VIDEO Here you can access video options, including subtitle, audio, repeat options and video settings;...
15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 8. Content Activation Options The 15” Screen can play video, audio and image filetypes. These can be set to play in a looping fashion (requiring no user input) or can be button activated; LOOPING The 15”...
15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 Play file / play folder / next / previous / volume up / volume down / mute Inputs are programmed via a text file in conjunction with content placed into specific folders; see the programming section for more information.
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 LOOPING EXAMPLE 1: LOOPING VIDEO With this configuration the player will loop constantly through all videos in the following order: 1 Welcome Video -> 2 Battle of the Somme -> 3 Evolution of the Tank ->...
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 With this configuration the player will loop constantly through all videos and then all images in the following order: 1 Welcome Video -> 2 Battle of the Somme -> 3 Evolution of the Tank ->...
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 Button Activation The 15” Screen can be programmed to play content upon button activation in a number of different ways, the looping function also allows the creation of an attracter screen which will loop until a button is activated.
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 Note: The [n] in ‘02n=02/video1.mpg’ makes that activation unintteruptible. BUTTON EXAMPLE 1: 6 BUTTON - VIDEOS & ATTRACTA VIDEOS The above content will loop through 2 videos ‘AttractaVideo1’ and ‘AttractaVideo2’ until a button is pressed, the following ‘Autoplay.txt’...
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 01, 03, and 05 are uninterruptible [n]. The above ‘Autoplay.txt’ allows each button to play all files in assigned folder. Folders ‘01, 02, 03, 04, 06’ contain a single video file i.e ‘1Evolution-of-the-Tank’ pressing button 1 will play this file then return to the attracta screen videos.
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 The above content will display a single image ‘Attractaimage1’ until a button is pressed, the following ‘Autoplay.txt’ file assigns actions to 4 buttons; Puts the 15” Screen in button mode irmode=1 Button 1 plays folder ‘01’ 01=01/ 02[n]=02/ Button 2 plays folder ‘02’...
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 BUTTON EXAMPLE 3 - 5 BUTTON, VIDEOS ON CONSTANT LOOP WITH NEXT/PREV/VOL+/VOL-/MUTE This content will loop constantly through each video file ’01 - 08’ unless ‘next/prev’ button is pressed; Puts the 15” Screen in button mode irmode=1 Button 1 plays next file...
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 Button 3 and 4 adjust the volume while button 5 will mute unmute the player. BUTTON EXAMPLE 4: PLAY ALL / 5 INDIVIDUAL FILES The above content will display a single image ‘AttractaImage1’ until a button is pressed, the following ‘Autoplay.txt’...
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15” Video Screen Manual v1.3 Nov 2017 01 is uninterruptible, once pressed all content will play before another button can be used. This ‘Autoplay.txt’ assigns folder ‘01’ to button 1, essentially becoming a ‘PLAY ALL’ button, when pressed the player will display each video in sequence then return to the attracter screen.
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