How it Works

How it Works	What You Need
The Net-Top-Box is connected to a computer network and to an audio visual display device such as an LCD TV.	Cat 5 Ethernet cable VGA cable 5.3mm audio cable
Power is applied to the unit and the boot sequence starts.	Mains power
The unit obtains an IP address from the network and shows the address briefly on the display device.	DHCP server
The user connects to the unit through a web-browser using the IP address.	Any PC or Mac Username and Password
The user uploads (copy and paste) media files from their computer onto the Net-Top-Box. The files are stored on the disk inside the unit.	Media files Windows Explorer (PC) or CyberDuck (Mac)
The user creates one or more screen Layouts containing one or more rectangular Zones. Each Zone has a PlayList to which one or more of the stored media files can be added.
The user adds one or more Layouts to the weekly Schedule.
The user activates the Schedule and the relevant media will appear, as laid out, on the display device. Each PlayList runs in a continuous loop. The media is not streamed out over the network or shown on the users computer monitor.
At the scheduled time and day of week, different Layouts will appear on the screen.
To show live TV, the Net-Top-Box is connected to a TV aerial and the relevant TV station is added to a PlayList (as opposed to a video file that is stored on the disk).	TV aerial RF cable Analogue station list Or good digital signal
To show the text from an RSS newsfeed, the Internet address (URL) of the feed is entered into the Net-Top-Box which may also need to be configured to access the Internet. Simmilarly for showing web-pages.	Newsfeed URLs Proxy Server details