KS-CC1 User Manual Table of Contents Introduction Specifications Package Contents Product Appearance Connection Record Button and the Indicator External Control via USB Keypad Getting start Overview of the Web Interface Chapter 1 Administrator 1.1 Media I/O 1.1.1 Video inputs 1.1.1.1 Content / Cam 1 1.1.1.2 Advanced configuration...
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KS-CC1 User Manual Table of Contents 2.1.1 Preview 2.1.2 Toolbar 2.1.2.1 Theme and Display 2.1.2.2 Recording, Streaming control and Snapshot 2.1.2.3 Playback Video 2.1.2.4 Settings 2.1.2.5 Others 2.2 Online Director 2.2.1 Recording controls panel 2.2.1.1 Background 2.2.1.2 Layout 2.2.1.3 Overlay 2.2.1.4 Theme...
KS-CC1 User Manual Introduction KS-CC1 can output instant transcription on monitors automatically in a speech event. It also can show the speech script or the translation on audience mobile device. Supporting recording, streaming, and exporting the transcription text file benefit the event host to provide various services for the attendees.
When the device is OFF, push to turn ON. Reset button Long press to reset the device to default settings Power Indicator LED Indicator for device boot status NOTE: The KS-CC1 can detect and record to USB storage devices using FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, Ext3, Ext4 file systems. www.arec.com...
KS-CC1 User Manual Connection microphone projector Mic audio input Line audio input HDMI video output notebook HDMI video input Micro SD card Power HDMI video output network AREC Network Camera USB mouse external hard disk Speakerphone notebook USB Keyboard USB cam projector www.arec.com...
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KS-CC1 User Manual Function key and the indicator Button/Indicator Display method of indicator Product status Speech-to-text recognition in progress. Red light glows continuously *Along with translating, recording, and streaming Service Button if enabled. Power indicator Green and red light flash alternately.
2. Go to the KS-CC1’s web page to set the video input • Open a browser and insert the KS-CC1’s IP address. The IP address can be found on the GUI menu shown on display that connected to the HDMI preview output port.
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KS-CC1 User Manual 3. Configure your video source • HDMI & USB video source Please select “Video port” in Signal type, and select the corresponding option in “Video source”. And click Apply to take effect. • Network camera First, go to the Network device manager page and click scan to find your network camera.
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Audio Input KS-CC1 support multiple audio input types: Line-in/Min-in/HDMI/USB audio input. Connect your audio input source to the KS-CC1 and go to web administrator → Media I/O → Audio page to configure the volume level. If you are using USB audio source, please select your USB audio device in the “USB Audio (UAC) settings” drop-down list.
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Configure the live caption preview KS-CC1 provides a web page for the audience to view the subtitle in live. You can configure a QR code for the audiences to use their smartphone to scan and it will redirect them to the subtitle page.
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KS-CC1 User Manual 2. Insert the IP address of KS-CC1. If you’re using port forwarding on KS-CC1 or setting it with a public IP, please insert the external IP address or domain name along with the external port number. 3. In the “Notification message”, you can customize the message shown with the QR code.
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KS-CC1 User Manual Configure recording 1. Insert a storage device (USB drive/Micro SD card) 2. Go to the web administrator → Storage page. 3. Find the storage device on the list and click Format 4. Select the storage in the Record disk settings section and click “Apply”...
KS-CC1 User Manual Overview of the Web Interface KS-CC1 web interface has two user types, Administrator and Video Manager, described as below : To setup the device, log in Administrator with default username admin and password Administrator admin, then entering System Administrator webpages. The admin account provides the user both two types of privileges.
KS-CC1 User Manual Chapter 1 Administrator The Administrator web pages provide a system administration interface of the KS-CC1: it can perform Media I/O, Video, Live Transcription, Storage, Account, System settings and confirm operations. The Media I/O contains configurations of video and audio input sources as well as of video/audio outputs.
Camera, or source. Under “Video port”, KS-CC1 lists HDMI input 1 & 2 and all the USB video sources connected to it. You may select one as video source and configure its profile. The available options are: format*, resolution(max.), and FPS(max.)**...
1.1.2 Network device manager By clicking the “Scan” button, KS-CC1 will search all the ONVIF network cameras that are connected on the same subnet. The system automatically scans and lists the network cameras connected to the Media Station once entering the [ Network device manager ] page.
HDMI input 2 has its individual audio control. If the KS-CC1 is using an IP video source and it contains audio codec that KS-CC1 supports, you will see the IP audio control UI here. In the USB Audio (UAC) settings, you can select one USB audio source connected to KS-CC1 from the drop-down menu. After selecting the USB audio source, the audio control interface will be appeared and allowing volume and mute control.
KS-CC1 User Manual 1.2 Video The pages within Video contains settings related to streaming and recording. Recording Encoder settings (of recording), Recording file name setting, and Audio shift for recording. Streaming Encoder settings (of streaming) and streaming settings. www.arec.com...
Make sure the USB drive connected can be normally read and written and has enough space for recording. * When “Record to USB” is enabled and KS-CC1 records video to an USB drive, the recording files will be saved only on the USB drive and will not have another copy on KS-CC1’s local storage.
KS-CC1 User Manual Profile name Video Resolution/ Bitrate Application description Full HD 1080p/ 4Mbps Dynamic scene and large local hard disk recording. Internet Full HD 1080p/ 3Mbps General scene and medium local hard disk recording. 720p/ 2Mbps Static scene and small local hard disk recording.
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KS-CC1 User Manual 1.2.2 Streaming AREC Media Station supports two streaming addresses with same video compression. The page provides user to change streaming settings. It is essential that the configurations follow the streaming protocol and recommended settings your server system supports.
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Click Save button to make the option change. The available protocol on the KS-CC1 are RTP and RTMP, the URL format is as follows : In the protocol setting field, copy and paste the Server or Stream URL and Stream name provided by you CDN RTMP or server administrator in the format rtmp://serverurl/streamname.
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Followings are some popular examples for streaming settings. Streaming to Facebook Live 1. Select “Streaming Software” for the video source. 2. Copy the server URL and stream key, paste and combine them in the KS-CC1 streaming protocol setting field. - Server URL = rtmps://live-api-s.facebook.com:443/rtmp/ - Stream key = abcdefgh12345678 - Stream URL paste on the KS-CC1 = rtmps://live-api-s.facebook.com:443/rtmp/abcdefgh12345678...
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First go to the YouTube Studio → Stream page. Combine the contents of both fields: Stream URL and Stream key, insert a slash between them. Paste this string into the KS-CC1 streaming protocol setting field. - Stream URL = rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2...
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KS-CC1 User Manual Streaming RTP KS-CC1 can do RTP unicast and multicast streaming. Unicast: For a single point connection. There can be only one client to receive the stream at the same time. The stream receiver must be accessible to KS-CC1.
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You can find the live transcription service remain time in this section as well as to add more service time by the value code purchased from AREC website. Stored value code Insert the value code purchased from AREC website to add more service time for live transcription. Remaining service time The remain service time(balance) available for live transcription of the KS-CC1.
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KS-CC1 User Manual Purchase more transcription service time You can purchase more service time(balance) of transcription for your KS-CC1 on AREC.com or get a better price from your local distributors. To purchase on AREC.com: 1. Go to AREC web site and find KS-CC1 product webpage.
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KS-CC1 User Manual 7. Find the license key from the second mail and insert it to KS-CC1’s web admin → Live Transcription → Live Caption settings → Service → Stored value code 8. Click apply and see if the “Remaining service time” has increased as expected...
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KS-CC1 User Manual 1.3.2 Live Caption preview In this section, you can configure everything about the live subtitle, including the subtitle’s font properties and the URL of its web view page. Display Output Configure the subtitle to be displayed live on the HDMI output and streaming. The subtitle set here will also be mixed(embedded) with the recording video.
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Insert the IP address or domain name that used to connect the web page of subtitle view. If you’re using port forwarding on KS-CC1, please insert the external IP address or domain name along with the external port number. Notification message Insert the message that should be shown when you open the QR code page on the GUI(HDMI output) view.
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NAS Settings You can set NAS as the local storage of KS-CC1, so the video and subtitles can be saved directly to the network storage. Fill in necessary information for your NAS and click apply. If the NAS is correctly mounted, you will get a “Applied successfully”...
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It lists all the storage devices connected to the KS-CC1 along with their information, available storage space, and total capacity. Any storage that are going to be mounted as the local storage of KS-CC1 must be formatted by KS-CC1 before mounting.
KS-CC1 User Manual 1.5 System The pages within System include the following: General settings Contains device identification, date and time configuration, and booting settings. Network The device IP assignment in the networking. Displays the current firmware version, and provides web-based way to update firmware for Firmware the device.
KS-CC1 User Manual 1.5.1 General settings The basic information and initial date/time of this device are configured here. Device identification Set the name (device description) for this device. Date and Time Set the device date, time, and time zone manually/ be synchronized to PC, or with an external NTP (network time protocol) server.
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KS-CC1 User Manual Power settings Auto power off: select power off via daily scheduler or power button pushing. Please notice the scheduling and auto upload time before settings. Auto power on: select power on via daily scheduler or power button pushing.
KS-CC1 User Manual 1.5.2 Network By default, KS-CC1 uses DHCP to obtain an IP Address via a router or any DHCP server. To use a static IP address for your device, configure the network settings in this webpage. Network settings IP assignment –...
KS-CC1 User Manual 1.5.3 Firmware This page displays the device firmware version. To update the firmware, click “Update" and select the firmware file of KS- CC1. Click “Open”, the dialog box closes and the file name appears underneath. Click “Apply” to start firmware update or click “Cancel”...
Reset the device to factory default. Check if you want to keep your network settings, and click “Reset”. System will automatically reboot after reset. * This only reset the configurations of KS-CC1. It doesn’t delete the recording in the local storage and the transcription service time.
KS-CC1 User Manual 1.6 Account Users can set the system account password etc. Changing username and password with Administration / Video Manager : (1) Username: Enter a new username for different account role (2) New Password: Enter the user login password.
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1.7 Live Subtitle Web View KS-CC1 has a live subtitle web view page that allow all the audience to view the live subtitle in the language of their preference. Each audience can select the language of the subtitle he prefers without interfere others.
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You can also show audience the QR code of the web page link for the live subtitle. Simply connect a USB mouse to KS-CC1 and click the GUI menu icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen. The menu bar will pop up, and you should see three buttons in it.
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In the live caption tab, it lists all three subtitles languages that currently set. They can be changed in web admin when KS-CC1 isn’t doing live transcription. To change the live transcription’s/subtitles’ languages, please see Web Administrator → Live Transcription → Live Caption settings for more detail.
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KS-CC1 User Manual 2.1.1.3 Network In the network tab, the KS-CC1’s network can be set to DHCP or to fixed IP with a USB keyboard connected. 2.1.2 Subtitle Click the subtitle button to change the language of the subtitle shown on the GUI display or to disable it.
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KS-CC1 User Manual 2.1.3 QR Code Clicking the QR code button it shows the QR code image that links to the live subtitle web page. *Note: The QR code link needs to be pre-edited in the web admin page. The URL must be accessible for users who will use it to view the live subtitle.
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KS-CC1 User Manual Chapter 3 Video Manager The KS-CC1 embedded Video Manager provides access to recordings produced by KS-CC1 itself and stored in the USB. The video and Snapshot lists are in descending order by the time of occurrence. Entering the Video Manager webpage via [Administrator][Online Director] by clicking the button;...
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KS-CC1 User Manual 3.1.3 Playback the recording Click on the recording and you will be directed to the video preview page. Use the player controls at the bottom of the window to watch the video. 1. Recording date and time 2.
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KS-CC1 User Manual Table of On-Screen Display Icons The KS-CC1 provides HDMI output for GUI control and preview. Under certain circumstances, there will be event icons shown in the top-right corner of the display or pop-up message to indicate the different status of the device. Please find the list below for more details.
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All information contained in this document is Proprietary Made in Taiwan Date : 2022.08.01 AREC have the right to change or improve product specifications, without obligation to notify any user. Go to www.arec.com get the latest information related to the product or additional information.
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