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4. Enhancing Your Displays
The state of the RS-232 control lines does not affect transmission of RS-232 strings.
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Considerations for receiving RS-232 strings:
The player reports the most recently received string in the Items tab on its Setup > Player > RS-232 Outputs page.
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The state of the RS-232 control lines does not affect reception of RS-232 strings.
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4.4 Displaying Part of a Movie or Web Page
You can configure a movie or HTML item in a playlist to display only a part of its output.
This is useful if you want to:
Show a specific area of a movie or web page without resizing it.
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Crop a movie designed for a 16:9 (widescreen) format to a 4:3 (standard) format. This avoids resizing the zone, which
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would alter the aspect ratio and distort the image.
To display only part of a movie item, modify the values for its Movie Size property (see
display only part of an HTML item, modify the values for its Web Page Size property (see
4.5 Changing the Screen Background
When switching between layouts, you can have the player display a colored background or image. It can also display this
background in any areas of a layout that are not covered by zones.
Note: Setting the color to black is not recommended because it makes fault-finding more difficult.
To change the screen background, follow these steps:
1. On the menu bar, click Media and Screen Background.
2. Select either Solid color or Image:
If you select Solid Color, then click the
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If you select Image, then browse the file system for an image. If you want a splash screen effect, set the Layout
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Activation option to Activate new Layout after and select the delay from the drop-down list.
3. Click the
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button.
button to select a color.
Movie Properties
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