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Summary of Contents for Roku BrightSign HD110
- Page 1 HD110, HD210, HD410, HD810, and HD1010 Q U I C K S TA R T G U I D E...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents What’s in the box? ............1 What is BrightSign? . - Page 4 Playing your own presentations ..........15 Playing a series of files in alphabetic order .
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Page 5: What's In The Box
What’s in the box? / 0 1 s e t 5 v S e Power adapter R S -2 C o n tr E rr U p d P w r B BrightSign S D / M M C International prongs Rubber SD slot... -
Page 6: What Is Brightsign
What is BrightSign? Roku BrightSign is a standalone digital sign or kiosk controller. Because BrightSign is a non-PC device with no moving parts, it is durable, reliable, and an ideal solution for information kiosks, retail displays, museum exhibits, and other applications. -
Page 7: Capabilities
Capabilities You can use BrightSign to do any combination of the following: • Play content from a Secure Digital card (SD or SDHC card) or USB Flash drive • Display content on a high-definition monitor or TV • Play looping video, images and music in HD •... -
Page 8: Models
Models Looping HD video playlists Interactivity and control Networking for remote content delivery and reporting BrightSign HD110 BrightSign HD410 BrightSign HD210 • Simple looping video playback • All HD110 features • All HD110 features • Full HD • Basic interactivity via buttons, •... -
Page 9: Connecting A Display
Connecting a display Using a VGA cable Audio HDMI Ethernet Power 5.2V 3A • • •... -
Page 10: Using An Hdmi Cable
Using an HDMI cable Audio HDMI Ethernet Power 5.2V 3A HDMI • • •... -
Page 11: Connecting Speakers
Connecting speakers If your presentations include audio, you can route the audio through an HDMI display that you connected to your BrightSign, or you can connect powered speakers to your BrightSign. Power Volume Audio In Audio HDMI Ethernet Power 5.2V 3A •... -
Page 12: Playing The Demo
Playing the demo BrightSign provides two Quick Start Demos that you can run on your BrightSign. The demo you use depends on the type of display you connected to your BrightSign. Follow these steps to play the demo: 1 Connect a display and speakers to your BrightSign as described earlier in this guide. 2 If your BrightSign package includes demo SD cards, go to step 3. -
Page 13: Playing Your Own Presentations
Playing your own presentations There are four ways to play your presentations. See the corresponding sections in this guide and the User Guide to learn more about each of these methods: • Autoplay the content in alphabetic order by file name. Just put your files on an SD card in the root directory (see page 15). - Page 14 4 Open the Sample Playlist Files folder on the SD card, so you can see the names of the files in this folder as shown in Example 1. EXAMPLE 1: Sample Playlist Files folder (3 JPG images, and 2 TS videos) 5 On your computer, open Notepad or a similar text editor.
- Page 15 6 On the first line of your Notepad file, set the video mode by entering one the following: • If your BrightSign is connected to a VGA display, enter: Videomode 1024x768x75p • If your BrightSign is connected to an HDMI display, enter: Videomode 1280x720x60p 7 On separate lines, type the name of each JPG file located in the Sample Playlist Files folder,...
- Page 16 9 Copy the three sample JPG images from the Sample Playlist Files folder to the root directory of the SD card, as shown in Example 3: EXAMPLE 3: Root of SD card with playlist and 3 JPG images 10 Remove the SD card from your card reader and insert the SD card into your BrightSign. 11 Turn on your BrightSign.
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Page 17: Changing Brightsign Settings
Changing BrightSign settings You can also use a playlist to customize BrightSign settings. Try customizing any of the following settings in your playlist: • Set the delay between images. The default delay between images is 3 seconds. You change this setting by adding one or more Slideinterval keywords followed by the number of seconds you want the image to display. -
Page 18: Adding Videos To A Playlist
Adding videos to a playlist In addition to playing images, you can use a playlist to play one or more videos. Just add the names of the videos to your playlist. Try adding the two sample videos to your playlist: 1 Open your AUTOPLAY.BSP file in Notepad or a similar text editor. -
Page 19: Playing Your Own Presentations
Playing your own presentations There are three ways to play your presentations. See the corresponding sections in this guide to learn more about each of these methods: • Autoplay the content in alphabetic order by file name (see page 15) •... -
Page 20: Playing Files From A Playlist
Playing files from a playlist If you want to play your files in a specific order (other than alphabetically), you need to create a playlist that describes the items you want to play and the order in which you want to play them. - Page 21 Example 7: SD card with playlist files 4 Insert your SD card into your BrightSign. 5 Turn on your BrightSign. After a few moments, BrightSign plays the playlist and repeats it automatically. TIP: You can also add commands to your playlist to control playback of the files or to play the playlist at a scheduled time.
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Page 22: Setting The Video Mode
Setting the video mode The BrightSign software automatically sets the video resolution by communicating with the display attached to your BrightSign. First BrightSign checks to see if a VGA display is attached. If it finds a VGA display, it sets the video resolution to the best mode supported by the VGA display and by BrightSign. -
Page 23: Displaying Items Simultaneously Using Brightsign Zones
Displaying items simultaneously using BrightSign Zones With BrightSign zones you can divide the screen into windows and play different types of content in each window, including video, images, ticker feeds (RSS or text), or a clock. You can also control transitions, background color, background image, font, text color, text alignment, and text orientation. -
Page 24: Playing An Interactive Presentation
Playing an interactive presentation With BrightSign HD410, HD810, and HD1010 you can create an interactive presentation that responds to user input from buttons or other GPIO devices, or from devices connected to the RS232 port that generate serial commands. The HD 810 and HD1010 also support input for interactivity from USB devices such as touch screens, mice, keyboards, and barcode scanners, and the HD1010 also supports input for interactivity via the Ethernet port. -
Page 25: Connecting An Input Device
Connecting an input device To play interactive presentations, you need to connect an input device to your BrightSign. The following illustrations show how to connect a button board and touch screen: Button board 5v Ser RS-232 Control Err Upd Pwr Bsy SD / MMC Control Touch screen... -
Page 26: Adding Brightsign To A Network
Adding BrightSign to a network When you add your BrightSign HD210 or HD1010 to a network, you can update your content and the BrightSign software remotely and securely. You can use Simple Networking software to update content from a BrightSign folder on your web server, or you can use BrightSign Network Manager, a web-based solution that is designed for enterprise environments. -
Page 27: Next Steps
Next steps To get the most from your BrightSign, download the latest software, read the latest documentation, and play other demonstrations. • Documentation: Get the latest User Guides, Release Notes, Scripting references, Hardware reference manuals, and Regulatory Guide at: www.brightsign.biz/support/userguide.php •... -
Page 28: Brightsign Feature Comparison
BrightSign feature comparison Features HD110 HD210 HD410 HD810 HD1010 Looping playlist support Basic interactivity (via GPIO port supporting buttons and LEDs) Advanced interactivity (buttons, touch screens, LEDs, and any USB device such as speakers, keyboards, mice, more) Playback scheduling Synchronization (video sync of multiple displays) GPIO GPIO GPIO or... - Page 29 Connectors HD110 HD210 HD410 HD810 HD1010 SDHC slot VGA out Component video out HDMI out (DVI via adaptor) GPIO control port (8 bi-directional) RS232 5V serial mini jack Reset button USB host port Ethernet 10/100 Analog stereo audio out (stereo 1/8” line level) Miscellaneous HD110 HD210...
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