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Making Ad-Hoc Changes

Text

To change text that may be showing on the display screen:

Click on 'Pages' and then on the appropriate page name.

Locate the text item that you wish to edit by name (there may be more than one).

Enter new text into the appropriate text area or edit the existing text. Be careful to follow any instructions that may appear to the left of the text box. Once changes have been made, click 'Save'.

To remove the text from the display screen, delete all the text from the text box and save.

If the text is scrolling vertically on the screen then pressing the Enter key in the text box will create line breaks in the text.

Only the Administrator can change the font, colour, direction or speed of the text.

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TV Station

To change the TV station that may be showing on the display screen:

Click on 'Pages' and then on the appropriate page name.

Use the mouse to drop down a list of possible TV Channels. Select one and click 'Save'.

The Net-Top-Box may not be showing TV at the time of the change but when the time comes, it will show the new channel.

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News

To change the source of a newsfeed that may be showing on the screen:

Click on 'Pages' and then on the appropriate page name.

Locate the news item that you wish to change by name (there may be more than one). Use the mouse to drop down the News Feed selection list. Select one with the mouse and click 'Save'.

If the news feed that you would like to show does not exist in the list then forward the request to the Administrator.

There are many thousands of newsfeeds available covering a wide variety of topics. To get some idea of BBC newsfeeds, for example, visit the link below.

http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data/Data

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Media Folder

Click on 'Media Folder'.

The contents of a folder inside the Net-Top-Box will be shown in a listing on this page. The files, typically images, in this folder will have been programmed to show on the screen one after each other.

To view a file, click it's name. If the file is a video, however, it may not play on your PC if the PC does not have the appropriate software.

By uploading, deleting and renaming the files, you can customise what is shown on the screen.

To upload (copy a file from your PC to the Net-Top-Box):

1. Click the "Browse" button to bring up the familiar "Open File" type form
2. Use the form to locate the file on your PC that you wish to copy onto the Net-Top-Box
3. Select the file and click the "Open" button.
4. Click the "Upload" button shown above.
5. It may take a while, depending on the size of the file, but when the upload is complete, the file will appear in the listing above and will be shown on the screen in due course.

To remove a file from the Net-Top-Box:

1. Press the "Delete" (red "X") button alongside the file name in the listing.

  Note: If you delete all files in the folder then default media may reappear on the screen.

The files in the folder will be programmed to play in either a sequential or random order. If sequential then it will be in alphabetical order of file name - numbers first (0-9) followed by upper case letters (A-Z) and, finally, lower case letters (a-z). You can customize the order of play by renaming the files. It is easier, however, to rename the files before uploading them to the NTB.

To rename a file already on the NTB:

1. Click the "Cut" (scissor) button alongside the file name
2. Enter a new name
3. Click the "Move File" button.

Advance To (On Demand)

A number of actions may have been made available to you. Each action can be selected from a drop-down list and the name that should describe what it does. If in doubt, ask the Channel Administrator.

To make something happen on demand:

Click on 'Pages' and then on the appropriate page name.

Select the appropriate action from the drop-down list.

Click 'Save'.

  The Net-Top-Box may not necessarily be showing the programme that the on-demand button applies to. If not then nothing will happen.

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Screen Layout

To change the entire screen layout:

Click on 'Pages' and then on the appropriate page name.

Use the mouse to drop down a list of possible Layouts. Select one and click 'Save'.

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Events

To alter the time span of a particular event on the display screen:

Click on 'Pages' and then on the appropriate page name.

1. Locate the event that you wish to reschedule by name (there may be more than one of them).
2. Use the mouse to drop down the hours, minutes and seconds lists and select a new start and/or end time for an event.
3. Tick the days of the week on which this event takes place.
4. Click 'Save'.

If the current time falls within the new time span, the event will trigger immediately unless another event began more recently than the new start time for this event.

If an event exists to switch the audio on or off and you need the Net-Top-Box to be silent for a particular occasion then just re-program the audio off event to start at the current time. Remember to reset the audio off event back to its original time once the occasion has passed.

Similarly, you could switch the display back on for an after- hours occasion.

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