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Before You Start with S Player

Read this section before using S Player for the first time. It explains the naming and notation conventions used throughout the S Player documentation, then covers the initial setup steps — setting the display's date and time and linking the player to a MagicINFO Server — that must be completed before the player can receive distributed content and schedules.

In practice
  • Set the display's time zone and daylight-saving option, not just the clock. Once the display is linked, the server sends it UTC time about every 30 minutes and the display applies its own zone and DST; the server's own time zone never reaches the screen.
  • A clock that is far off can stop the first connection, and a clock that jumps forward past midnight makes the display start the next day's schedule straight away. See Setting the Device Time and Date.

Names and notation used in this guide​

  • MagicINFO S Player is shortened to S Player, MagicINFO Premium Server to Server and MagicINFO Premium Author to Author.
  • Menu paths are written as "Press icon > Player": press the Home button on the remote control, then select the menu item.

What's in this section​

  • Setting up the environment — set the date and time precisely, and connect S Player to a server to receive distributed content and schedules.
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