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User Manual v3.04 Copyright 2008 MagicBox, Inc.

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Table of Contents About This Manual ......................................................................................................... - 5 -Customer Support .......................................................................................................... - 5 -Copyright and Use .......................................................................................................... - 6 -Warranty ........................................................................................................................... - 7 -Software License .............................................................................................................. - 7 -Standards and Regulatory Compliance Statements ............................................... - 8 -Important Safety Instructions ...................................................................................... - 9 -

Overview ................................................................................................................................. 11Hardware .............................................................................................................................. 11Software ................................................................................................................................. 11

Installation ............................................................................................................................ 14Hardware ............................................................................................................................. 15Installation ........................................................................................................................... 15Software Installation ......................................................................................................... 20

Setup ..................................................................................................................................... 22Updating the Units Software ......................................................................................... 27The Setup Menu ................................................................................................................. 29Completing Site Setup ...................................................................................................... 32Managing Multiple Users ................................................................................................ 34

Getting Started and Publishing ...................................................................................... 36Creating a New Project ..................................................................................................... 36Working Within a Project ............................................................................................... 38Adding and Removing Pages ........................................................................................... 39Project Properties ............................................................................................................... 39Importing and Exporting ................................................................................................ 44Saving Your Work.............................................................................................................. 46Previewing your Project .................................................................................................... 46Publishing to an Aavelin Unit ......................................................................................... 47

Creating and Adding Content .......................................................................................... 49Standard Pages ....................................................................................................................49Text Objects ........................................................................................................................ 53Images ................................................................................................................................... 54Adobe Flash ......................................................................................................................... 55Credit Roll ........................................................................................................................... 58Video Frames ....................................................................................................................... 60Video Pages .......................................................................................................................... 60Overlay Regions .................................................................................................................. 61Logo ....................................................................................................................................... 65Visual Effects ....................................................................................................................... 65 Audio ..................................................................................................................................... 66

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Scheduling and Other Page Settings ............................................................................ 68General ................................................................................................................................. 68Display Settings .................................................................................................................. 69Scheduling ........................................................................................................................... 69External Device Commands ............................................................................................ 73

Appendix A Infra-Red Control ...................................................................................... 74

Appendix B Weather ...................................................................................................... 80

Appendix C TxStream ................................................................................................... 85

Appendix D Adtec MPEG Players ................................................................................ 88

Frequently Asked Questions ............................................................................................ 94

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About This Manual Throughout the manual, tips and important items will be highlighted in the following manner:

Text in this style of box represents a helpful tip or important concept in using the Aavelin system.

Text in this style of box describes very important information to prevent loss of data or damage to your system.

Optional Feature Text in this style of box indicates a feature or component that is not a part of the standard feature set, but is instead available as an optional component to the Aavelin system.

Professional Feature Text in this style of box indicates a feature that is available only in the Professional edition of Aavelin Composer software.

Customer Support Should you have any questions about installing or using your MagicBox Aavelin system, visit our website at http://www.magicboxinc.com and click on Support. Alternatively, you can contact us any of the following ways:

Phone: 541-752-5542

Fax: 541-752-5614

E-Mail: support@magicboxinc.com

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Copyright and Use This manual and the software described herein are copyrighted with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, neither this manual nor the software may be copied, in whole or in part, without the written permission of MagicBox, Inc.

MagicBox, Aavelin, and Aavelin Composer are trademarks of MagicBox, Inc. Other terms, including TrueType, InstallShield, Windows, JPEG, etc., are trademarks of their respective manufacturers.

The backgrounds and fonts present on the Aavelin CD-ROM are copyrighted by their original distributors and are present under a special arrangement with MagicBox, Inc. These images and fonts are provided for use in commercial and educational video production, broadcast, cablecast, and closed-circuit applications. The image files may not be redistributed in other media, including print; nor may the original image files be translated into other formats for other platforms. The fonts may be used by a single user by any software application which supports them.

These companies are the original copyright holders of the images and fonts included on the Aavelin CD-ROM. Written permission from the copyright holder is required for uses of images and fonts in media or applications other than those mentioned above.

Dimension Technologies, Inc. 100 Sample Backgrounds 4612 NE 20th Avenue Ocala, FL 34479

The BeOS logo is a trademark of Be, Incorporated.

Credits Aavelin Composer Software: Lead Programmer: Karl Ott, Chad Mann Concepts and Original Design: Bob Richardson Director / Producer: Karl Frederick, VP of Technology Aavelin Hardware: Case Design, Video-Out Hardware: Karl Frederick, VP of Technology Aavelin Playback Software: Programming team: Karl Ott, Karl Frederick Concepts and Orig