Sony BZNP-D1 Trademark Notice, NOTICE TO USERS

Trademark Notice

•Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Media are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

•Macromedia and Flash are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

•Other system names, product names and company names appearing in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. In this manual such names are not indicated by ® or ™ symbols.

NOTICE TO USERS

© 2004 Sony Corporation. All rights reserved. This manual or the software described herein, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced, translated or reduced to any machine readable form without prior written approval from Sony Corporation.

SONY CORPORATION PROVIDES NO WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL, THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL, THE SOFTWARE OR SUCH OTHER INFORMATION. IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL, THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF.

Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice.

The software described herein may also be governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement.

Material data used for content creation, such as video, graphics, and text, may be copyrighted. Unauthorized distribution and/or playout of such content may be contrary to the provisions of the copyright laws.

Also, the system allows you to use the fonts installed on the PC to create text material. Such fonts are copyrighted. Authorization or right of transmission is required to use them for playout.

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Contents

BZNP-D1 Version 2.00 and Later Trademark Notice NOTICE TO USERS Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Starting/Exiting the BZNP-D1Software Chapter 3 Setup Required upon Installation Chapter 4 Routine Operations Chapter 5 System Setup Overview Overview of the System Materials that the BZNP-D1Software can Handle Operations of the BZNP-D1Software BZNP-D1software products Operational Flow Upon System Installation During Routine Operation For a Simple Operation in which a Single Playlist is Played Repeatedly Everyday Operation Windows Main Window Content Management Window Page Playlist Window Daily Schedule Window Monthly Calendar Window Page Software Starting the Software Exiting the Software Setup Required upon Installation Initial System Setup Items Adding Licenses Setting Up the BZNP-D1Software Registering an NSP-1and Creating Groups Page Making a Screen Layout Template Page Page Routine Operations Material Preparations Registering Video, Graphics, Flash and Audio Files Page Creating Text Material Page Registering a bitmap file as text material Registering the URL of a Web Page Page Registering Additional Control Commands Checking Material on a PC (Previewing) Playlist Preparations What is a Playlist Creating a Playlist Page Editing an Existing Playlist Playlist Editing Functions Deleting events Modifying the start time of an event Modifying the duration or the end time of an event Undoing the last editing operation Checking or selecting a template Adjusting screen layout settings Page Schedule Preparations Daily Schedules and Periodic Schedules Creating a Daily Schedule Editing an existing daily schedule Daily schedule editing functions Exporting daily schedules as CSV files Creating a Periodic Schedule Specifying a non playout period Modifying a periodic schedule Deleting periodic schedules Checking Playout (Previewing on an NSP-1) Before Sending Materials and Playlists to the NSP-1Players When Materials and Playlists are Already on the NSP-1Players Checking a Piece of Text Material Checking a Control Command Sending Data to NSP-1Players Sending Data Required for Playout Page Checking Transfer Status Remote Control of NSP-1Players Stopping Scheduled Playout on an NSP-1 Overriding Playout with Text in an Emergency Page Controlling an NSP-1or a Connected Device Deleting Materials and Schedules Stored on an NSP-1 Restoring the NSP-1Original Screen Saver Replacing Schedule Data on the NSP-1 System Setup Positioning Override Text Selecting NSP-1Screen Savers Managing Screen Layout Templates Displaying the Template Settings Dialog Box Editing an Existing Template Page Deleting a Template BZNP-D1System Setup Items Network tab Detailed Registering and Editing Operations for an NSP-1or Group Changing NSP-1data Deleting NSP-1registration Setting Items upon NSP-1 Registration Changing Group data Setting Items upon Group Glossary