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- Page 1 User Guide LG EzSign 2.0 Editor www.lg.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents Before Using What is LG EzSign 2.0 Editor? Installing LG EzSign 2.0 Editor System Requirements Installation Delete Using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor Running LG EzSign 2.0 Editor Using the Quick Guide Starting EzSign 2.0 Editor Creating EzSign Content Network Setting Managing Content Saving Content on TV Memory Viewing Content on TV Viewing Content Saved in the USB Device Viewing Content Saved on the TV Memory Checking the Location of the Content Being Played Deleting EzSign Content from the TV Memory Playing Video from Content... -
Page 3: Before Using
Before Using Before Using What is LG EzSign 2.0 Editor? LG EzSign 2.0 Editor allows you to create advertising content quickly and easily. LG EzSign 2.0 Editor provides a wizard-type user interface for ease of use. Start LG EzSign 2.0 Editor and simply follow the wizard's steps to create and preview your own content. Content created using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor can be played on an LG EzSign TV without the need for any separate hardware or software, or it can also be played along with live broadcasting programs. You can transfer content files from a PC to the TV using a wireless network. LG EzSign 2.0 TV Installing LG EzSign 2.0 Editor System Requirements Item Requirements Pentium M, Pentium 4 or higher 512 MB or more Network Operating Windows XP SP2/SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7 System... -
Page 4: Installation
ꔈ If you do not have the latest version of Adobe AIR installed on your computer, click Update for a version update. NOTE When the installation is complete, click Finish. ꔈ If a previous version of the program is already installed on your computer, click Yes in the pop-up window to remove it before installing the current version. All the content and pro- gram information stored in the previous version will be deleted. Ensure that you save the con- tent you need separately before removing/re- installing the program. When the License Agreement screen appears, click I Agree. NOTE ꔈ If you use Windows 7 as your operating system, reboot the computer after installing LG EzSign 2.0 Editor. Delete To remove LG EzSign 2.0 Editor from your comput- er, click Start > All Programs > LG EzSign 2.0 Editor > Remove LG EzSign 2.0 Editor. Select the directory in which to install the pro- gram, and click Install. The program will be installed automatically. -
Page 5: Using Lg Ezsign 2.0 Editor
Using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor You can easily create and play advertising content using the LG EzSign 2.0 Editor. NOTE Running LG EzSign 2.0 Editor ꔈ If you do not want the Quick Guide window to appear automatically when LG EzSign 2.0 To run LG EzSign 2.0 Editor, go to Start > All Editor starts, click the Do not show at startup Programs > LG EzSign 2.0 Editor. checkbox at the bottom left of the Quick Guide window. NOTE ꔈ To see Help while using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor, ꔈ To close LG EzSign 2.0 Editor, click at the click Quick Guide at the top right of the win- top right of the window. -
Page 6: Creating Ezsign Content
You can easily create content using default tem- file using the Save or Save As buttons. plates provided by LG EzSign 2.0 Editor. For detailed information about creating EzSign content files, see the EzSign Editor Quick Guide. Make sure you read the NOTE below before creat- ing a content file. NOTE ꔈ If you place the cursor over a menu or option item while creating content, a help balloon appears. Selecting Template or Content/Opening Content You can select either user templates or the default templates provided by LG EzSign 2.0 Editor. NOTE ꔈ You can use LG EzSign 2.0 Editor to open a content file saved by LG EzSign Editor. NOTE ꔈ Click Buy Template at the bottom left of the screen to go to the template purchase site to buy and download a new template set. (If the user's computer is not connected to the Internet, the Buy Template button is not activat- ed.) ꔈ Close LG EzSign 2.0 Editor, and run the down- loaded template set file (.exe file) to automati- cally add the new templates. Run LG EzSign 2.0 Editor once installation of the template set is complete. You will then see the added tem- plates. (The newly added templates are dis- played with a "new" symbol for 7 days.) ꔈ... - Page 7 Using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor ꔈ Editable areas (photo, text, photo and text Editing Content group) are displayed to the left; to the right, property settings which you can additionally set for the selected area are displayed. ꔈ Each area -such as a photo or photo and text group -has two property sets. The two property sets will be displayed in turn when a content file is played. In this case, you can select the follow- ing options: 1) Configure the time to the right when the content file is displayed. 2) Select one image area from the two areas below. What you select on the right is displayed on the left. ꔈ If a photo is bigger than the image area, its aspect ratio is automatically adjusted, resulting in degrading the picture quality. ꔈ If two images which are the same are added to both areas, image-sticking may occur. NOTE ꔈ For the font area, the input length may vary ꔈ The file formats supported for images are GIF, depending on the font size. ꔈ If the entered text exceeds the maximum JPEG, PNG, and BMP. ꔈ Selected GIF or BMP files are automatically length of the input box without the Flow Speed converted to JPEG files before being shown. function enabled, the text will be truncated The conversion may decrease the image quality when the content is displayed on TV.
- Page 8 Using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor Viewing Clearer Text Scheduling Content Playback Order To see text more clearly, disable ClearType by fol- You can set up the playback order by adding con- lowing the steps below. tent files to the playlist. Set daily schedule to dura- tion or time. Right-click anywhere on the desktop and select Property from the menu. Click the Appearance tab, then click the Effects button. Select Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts and click the down arrow to select Standard from the drop-down list. Click OK, and then click OK again. Vista Click Start and go to Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Personalization > Window Color and NOTE Appearance, and open Appearance Settings.
- Page 9 Exporting to a USB device Panel Saver You can create a list of the content files created Image sticking is when an image or outline of a using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor, set up the playback previous image appears on the screen even after order and playback time of each file, and export to the image has changed. To prevent image sticking, a USB device. Then, on TV, you can check the list LG EzSign 2.0 Editor plays the content whose right and select the content files you want to play. and left side images are switched each other in a different background color for five minutes after the content has been played for one hour. After five minutes, the content is played in its original format. NOTE ꔈ You can watch content exported using LG EzSign Editor on both LG EzSign and LG <Original Content> EzSign Gold TVs. However, some content files ⬇⬆ may not play normally. You cannot watch con- tent exported using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor on LG EzSign TVs. ꔈ If the Preview function is used for each step, the Preview window will be displayed for 5 min- utes and then close automatically. ꔈ The playback duration of the actual content file played on the LG EzSign TV may be different from what is configured in the editor. ꔈ If you set the playback duration to 60 minutes or less, the Panel Saver function is disabled, which may cause image sticking on the screen.
- Page 10 Using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor Exporting to TV Connect the PC to the router via a wireless/ Using a wireless network, you can transfer content wired connection. files saved on a PC to the TV without having to connect a USB device. To use this function, you In EzSign 2.0 Editor, select Send To TV. must first connect a wireless dongle to the TV in order to connect to the wireless network. 12 Page See the network configuration.) The PC must also be connected to a router via a wired or wireless connection. USB Wi-Fi Dongle Select TV Auto Scan to automatically search for PC Editor S/W the TV connected to the router. You can manu- NOTE ally enter an IP by selecting ꔈ If a wireless dongle is used, EzSign content files + Add TV for connection. saved on a USB device cannot be played. ꔈ If a content file is transferred via the wireless dongle, the file is immediately saved in the TV memory. ꔈ The connection may not be established depending on wireless signal interference or strength.
- Page 11 Using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor NOTE Notes When Transferring to a TV ꔈ In EzSign 2.0 Editor, you can select a TV to ꔈ It may take longer than 5 minutes depending send content files to. on the size of content playlist to transfer or the You can transfer the same or different content network environment. ꔈ Even when transferring to a TV in the list, the files to all the TVa scanned. After transfer, all the existing content files saved on the TV are transfer may fail depending on the network or replaced with the new files. TV condition. If the transfer fails, check the ꔈ If an error occurs during transfer, a pop-up error code displayed on the screen and follow message will appear and the previous file is its instructions. played. ꔈ The PC and the TV must be connected to the Error code same router. Error ꔈ The router IP address must be configured to Description Actions code 192.168.XXX.XXX.
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Page 12: Network Setting
Using LG EzSign 2.0 Editor Network Setting PIN mode connection Follow steps 1 - 4 of "Wireless network setting". Wireless network connection Go to PIN mode connection. Connect a wireless dongle to configure the wireless network. In the web page of the wireless router (AP) you A wireless router must be installed and working at want to connect, enter the PIN number dis- this time. Refer to the wireless router user manual played on the screen and select Connect. to see how to install a wireless router. PIN mode connection The network setting and connection may be differ- In the web page of the wireless router (AP) you want to connect, enter the PIN number and select "Connect". -
Page 13: Managing Content
Managing Content Managing Content Viewing Content on TV * The On-Screen Display (OSD) in this manual is an example to help you understand how to operate the product, and may be slightly different from your You can play the content saved in the USB device projector depending on models. or TV memory on LG EzSign TV. If you play a file from the USB device while a file in the TV memory Saving Content on TV Memory is being played, the currently playing file stops and the file on the USB device starts playing. You can play the TV content again while the USB Connect the USB device on which the EzSign content is playing. content is stored to the TV USB port. You will see the following on the TV screen. Viewing Content Saved in the USB Device EzSign TV Movie List Photo List Music List Select EzSign TV using the TV remote control. -
Page 14: Viewing Content Saved On The Tv Memory
Managing Content Viewing Content Saved on the TV ❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ Memory You must first copy the content files to the TV memory. Press the Menu button on the remote control. Select My Media using the remote control. Select EzSign TV. EzSign TV Movie List Photo List Music List Select TV Memory tab. TV Memory ❺ EzSign content exists. Do you want to play it? You can select the files you want to play from Play Delete... -
Page 15: Checking The Location Of The Content Being Played
Managing Content NOTE ꔈ EzSign mode indicates that a content file is ꔈ You can switch to EzSign mode or TV mode or being played. You can play the file at any time since the Program Guide and Information but- see the file information while a file is being played from a USB device or the TV memory tons are always available. ꔈ In TV mode, the content file is stopped and a by pressing any button on the TV remote con- trol. regular TV program is displayed in full-screen ꔈ When you turn on a TV which has been set to mode. You can play the file at any time since the Program Guide and Information buttons are the factory default, any content files on the TV are automatically played. always available. ꔈ If there are several files in the playlist, you can ꔈ In Movie mode, the content file playback is proceed to the next page. stopped, just as in TV mode, and the movie is played in full-screen mode. However, the con- Exit Returns to the previous TV mode trol buttons (play, stop, rewind, etc.) related to or Movie mode when the file is playing movies are only available in this mode. being played. Portal Switches to EzSign mode and the Checking the Location of the Content file is played. -
Page 16: Deleting Ezsign Content From The Tv Memory
Managing Content Deleting EzSign Content from Playing Video from Content the TV Memory You can play a video file while playing a content file. Play the content file first. Refer to the TV Manual for more information on how to play a video file. Press the Menu button on the TV remote con- trol. Press the Menu button on the TV remote con- trol. Select My Media using the remote control. Select My Media using the remote control. Select EzSign TV. Select EzSign TV. EzSign TV Movie List Photo List Music List My Media EzSign TV Movie List Photo List Music List...