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iMEDI
A
N
HD & iMON
User
Guide
Revised on
Jun
1
0
, 2008
by Sound Graph, Inc.
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Table
of contents
iMEDIAN HD
1 iMEDIAN HD
4
1.1
Overview
4
1.2
Navigating
iMEDIAN HD
4
2 Initial Wizard Setup
5
2.1 User
I
nterface
5
2.2 Media Lib
rary 5
2.2.1
Creating
A
Media Library
5
2.2.2
Library View
6
2.3 Display
8
2.4 Audio
8
2.5 TV 8
2.6 Video
Pe
rformance
9
3 Listening
To
Music
9
3.1 Searching Music
9
3.2 Play
/ Pause
10
3.3 Next / Previous
10
3
.4 FF / RW
10
3.4 Entering
a m
enu while
listening to
music
10
3.6
Entering Music sub menu
11
4 Watching Video
s 13
4
.1
Searching Video file
s 13
4
.2
Play
/
Pause
13
4
.3
Next
/
Previous
13
4
.4 FF / RW
13
4.5
Entering
a m
enu
during a
video 14
4.6
Entering
Video
sub menu
14
5 Viewing
Pictures
14
5
.1
Searching Pictures
14
5
.2
Play slideshow / Pause slideshow
14
5
.3
Next / Previous
15
5.4 FF / RW
15
5.5
Entering
a menu while slideshow
is
playing
15
5
.4
Entering
Picture
s sub menu
15
6 Setting
s 16
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6.1 General
17
6.2 Media Library
19
6.3 Media
19
6.4 DVD 20
6.5 TV 20
iMON
1 Overview
20
2 iMON Manager
21
2.1 Window
21
2.2 Settings
21
2.2.1
Rem
ote control
21
2.2.2
Program Command
22
2.2.3
Window Command
23
2.2.4
Custom Command
24
2.2.5
Macro Command
25
2.2.6
Speed
25
2.3 Option
26
2.3.1
System
26
2.3.2
News
27
2.3.3
Webcasting
27
2.3.4
Version / Update
28
2.4 iMON
Utilities
28
2.4.1
Application
28
2.4.2
Front View
29
2.4.3
Virtual Keyboard
32
2.4.4
Timer
33
2.4.5
Resolution Changer
33
3 iMON
Utilities
34
3.1 Application Launcher
34
3.2 Task Switcher
35
3.3 Front View
36
3.4 Timer
36
3.5 Resolu
tion Changer
37
3.6 Virtual Keyboard
37
4 iTOOL
38
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iMEDIAN HD
1. iMEDIAN HD
1.1.
Overview
iMEDIAN HD is a simple but powerful media player which can be controlled by only 4
directional buttons and supports a wide range of media formats and devices
.
Supported Formats
Music
:
.
mp3/
.
ogg/
.
wma/
.
wav/
.
aac/.ac3/.ape/.flac/.m4a/
.
mid/.mka/
.
mp2/
.
mp/.mpc/
.
ape/.ofr/.wv
/
.tta/.ac3/.dts/.cda/.ra/.m3u/.pls
Videos
:
.avi/.asf/.wmv/.mpeg/.mpg/.m1v/.mp2/.dat/.mp4/.ogm/.mov/.rm/.rmvb/..avs/.flv/.mkv/.
3gp/.ogm/.ifo/.v
ob/.ts/.tp
Pictures
:
.bmp/.gif/.jpg/.png
OS : Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and VISTA
1.2.
Navigating iMEDIAN HD
Short
Click
Previous Page
Long
Click
Home
Short
Click
Up Long
Click
RW while Media playing
Short
Click
Next Page
P
lay/Pause while Media play
ing
Long
Click
Entering sub menu
Short
Click
D
own Long
Click
FF while Media Playing
2.
Initial Setup Wizard
The first time you run iMEDIAN HD, press the right button and the Initial Setup message
will appear.
You can configure general settings like U
ser Interface, Media Library, Display, Audio and
TV through the Initial Setup Wizard.
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2.1.
User Interface
Color :
S
elect color of i
MEDIAN HD background.
F
ont :
S
elect Font.
2.2.
Media Library
The Media Library is a collection of your media files. The Med
ia Library makes it easy to
classify and search a huge media collection.
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2.2.1
Creating
A
Media Library
- Add Scan Folder
Add
the folder
(including sub folders)
that you want to add into
the
Media
library.
(
You can do this process in
Setting
s
-
> Media Library
-
> Music, Video, Picture Library
-
> Scan Folder
-
> Add Scan Folder
)
If you find the folder you want to
add into
library, select /Add to Scan Folder/ and
.
If the folder has sub folder
s
and you want to add sub folder
s
to Media library, sele
ct
Add folder with sub
-
folders.
W
hen you find the folder you want to add into library,
just press
.
has the same function as selecting
“/Add to scan folder/ “
and .
2.2.2
Library View
iMEDIAN HD offers three display mode options for the Medi
a Library.
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2.2.1.1.
Folder (
S
ingle Depth)
This option displays all
media folders (including sub
-
folders)
as one list.
2.2.1.2.
Folder (
M
ultiple
Depths
)
This option displays
media folders at their own depth.
If you have classified many
Media Files into genre, years,
artists, etc. this
option may be very useful.
2.2.1.3.
Media Explorer
This option
displays your files in Windows Explorer layout
.
2.2.1.4.
Tag ( only for Music Library view)
This option display
s
information
sorted by Tag.
This option has many sub
-
options
:
Albums, Artists
, Composers > Albums, Years > Albums, Genres > Artists > Albums,
Artists > Albums
.
2.2.1.5.
Play List (Only for Music Library View)
This option displays each Play list.
2.2.1.6.
Date Taken (Only for Picture Library)
This option displays pictures
grouped in order by when the
picture was taken.
2.3.
Display
Display width :
Wide monitor :
W
ide
screen
option
is fixed
.
4:3, 5:4
monitor : Standard is default.
Screen Scale Calibration :
You can resize and move iMEDIAN HD Screen.
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2.4.
Audio
Speaker :
S
ele
ct your speaker type
.
Volume Control :
Choose between
iMEDIA
N HD Volume and System Volume.
2.5.
TV
Select and configure external TV Viewer program
.
2.6.
Video
P
erformance
S
elect Video Card performance.
If video card performance is set to high, you can
n
avigate
menus while a video is playing in the background
.
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3. Listening
To
Music
3.1.
Searching Music
Depending on which view mode you have selected, the library will be displayed
differently. However, you can navigate all modes with the four direct
ional buttons on
your remote.
3.2.
Play
/
Pause
Press
to
play and pause music
.
3.3.
Next
/
Previous
Press
, to play
the next song or the previous song.
3.4.
FF / RW
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Press
,
to fast forward
or
rewind
while music is being played.
3.5.
Enteri
ng menu while
listening to music
.
Press
to enter a menu page or a previous page. When you enter a menu page or a
previous
page, the EQ and information will be minimized and moved to the bottom left of
the screen. After you have finished
naviga
ting the m
enu, select “Now
P
laying” menu to
return to the screen which the music is being played on
.
3.6.
Entering
Music
sub menu
.
Press
to enter
the
music sub menu
.
Music sub menu
3.6.1.
Queue
A
dd music to
Queue
and edit
Queue
.
Press
in Queue
menu
to
enter edit
menu which has
Delete All, Remove, Move
up
and
Move
option
s.
3.6.2.
Quick List
Through this menu, you can
save a
Quick list as a
.m3u
file. To save
a
quick list as a file,
enter
Q
uick
L
ist and Press
.
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If you select Save, you will be prompted to name the file. The corresponding .m3u
file
will be created in My Documents
-
> My Music
-
> Play List
.
3.6.3.
Search
S
earch Music by
letter
.
3.6.4.
Library View
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C
hange
L
ibrary View option.
3.6.5.
Repeat
C
han
ge repeat
mode (N
ormal ,
R
epeat ,
R
epeat
one)
3.6.6.
Shuffle
Toggle whether shuffle is on or off.
3.6.7.
Equalizer
Select EQ among
19 Preset EQ
options
.
3.6.8.
Jump interval
Set
jump interval of FF, RW. (min 3 sec ~ 60 sec)
4. Watching Video
s
4.1.
Searching Video file
s
.
Depending on which view
mode you have selected, the library will be displayed
differently. However, you can navigate all modes with the four directional buttons on
your remote.
(Library View option is set
to
Media explorer)
4.2.
Play
/
Pause
Press
to
play and pause.
4.3.
Next
/ Previous
Press
,
to
play next or previous video file.
4.4.
FF
/
RW
Press
,
to
fast forward or rewind.
4.5.
Entering
a menu
during a video
.
Press
to enter the menu page or go to the previous page while a video is being
played.
If card performance is s
et to low performance, then the video which is being played will
be minimized and moved to the bottom left of the screen. If card performance setting is
set to high performance, a transparent Menu will appear on the screen while the video is
playing.
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High Performance
Low Performance
4.6.
Entering
Video sub menu
Press
to enter Video sub menu.
4.6.1.
Queue
Add
a video file into the Queue
.
4.6.2.
Search
Search
vi
deo files by name or character.
(refer to 3.6.3)
4.6.3.
Library View
C
hange Library View option.
(refer to
2.2.2)
4.6.4.
Repeat
Change
repeat mode for video.
4.6.5.
S
huffle
Toggle shuffle on or off.
4.6.6.
Zoom
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Choose from 6 aspect ratios:
Source
, 4:3, 16:9, 1.85:1, 2.35:1,
Fit to screen.
4.6.7.
Color
C
ontrol
Adjust
color
(Brightness, Saturation, Contrast, Hue, Gamma, Red, Green, Blue.
)
4.6.8.
Subtitle
P
rocessing
Change
and set
subtitle
options
.
(Show/ Hide, preferred language, Font style, Font Rendering method,
Output method
,
subtitle sync interval, subtitle sync, External Subtitle filter control)
4.6.9.
Audio
Select preferred language i
f video sup
ports 2
-
Audio
.
4.6.10.
Jump Interval
Change
jump interval of FF,
RW
5. Viewing
Pictures
5.1.
Search
ing
Pictures
Depending on which view mode you have selected, the library will be displayed
differently. However, you can navigate all modes with the four directional bu
ttons on
your remote.
Library View option is set
to
Multiple Depth
5.2.
Play
slideshow /
Pause slideshow
Press
to play and pause slideshow
.
5.3.
Next
/
Previous
Press
,
to select next or previous picture
.
5.4.
FF / RW
Press
,
to
move next or previous pi
cture
quckly
.
5.5.
Entering
a m
enu
while slide show is
playing
Press
to
enter a menu page or a previous page. When you enter a menu page or a
previous page, the
slideshow
will be minimized and moved to the bottom left of the
screen
.
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5.6.
Entering
Picture
s sub m
enu
To enter
the
picture sub menu, press
.
5.6.1.
Queue
Add
pictures to slideshow Queue
5.6.2.
Search
S
earch pictures by name or character. (
see
3.6.3)
5.6.3.
Slide Show
Change
transition time and
set
fade option.
5.6.4.
Background Music
S
elect background music and
configure b
ackground music options.
6. iMEDIAN HD
Settings
6.1.
General
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6.1.1.
User
I
nterface
Adjust general user interface.
6.1.1.1.
Basic
Use Sound
Toggle sound effects on/off in the intro/ending flash
.
Sound
L
evel
Adjust the volume of iMEDIAN HD audio
.
Volume Control Step
Select volume control step
.
Always
On Top
S
elect on top option.
Start up iMEDIAN HD when boot
Select whether or not iMEDIAN HD launches upon startup
.
Message
D
isplay
T
ime
Adjust
the display time
of iMEDIAN HD message.
6.1.1.2.
Background
Color
Select the color of
the iMDEDIAN HD background
.
Use Wall Paper
.
If this option is selected,
your windows wallpaper will be used as the
iMEDIAN HD
background.
Image
Choose
an image to be used as the
iMEDIAN HD background
.
6.1.1.3.
C
ustom
Menu
Select which menus you would like to be dis
played in the main menu page
.
6.1.1.4.
Font
Change
font.
6.1.1.5.
Graphic Equalizer
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Adjust EQ Direction, EQ Quality, EQ Peak Level
.
6.1.1.6.
Video Card Performance
Test
S
elect Video Card performance.
If your videos are not playing smoothly, please set
this to
low performance.
6.1.1.7.
Intro/
Ending
Toggle on/off the intro/ending flash animation
.
6.1.1.8.
Language
Select
language
.
6.1.1.9.
Screen Scale calibration
Adjust
scale of screen and move vertically and horizontally.
6.1.1.10.
Display Width
Set Display Width to Widescreen or Standard
.
6.1.2.
Media Play
A
djust various
setting
for
Media Play.
6.1.2.1.
Zoom
C
hange Zoom option among 6 types
.
6.1.2.2.
Play Back
S
et jump interval and work priority.
6.1.2.3.
Filter Control
Adjust
and chang
e
options such as
Source filter, splitter, Video decoder, Audio decoder
and Speaker.
6.1.2.4.
Video Processing
Selec
t Video
renderer
.
6.1.2.5.
Audio Processing
Select
individual channel Volume control, Normalizer and select
EQ setting
.
6.1.2.6.
Sub
title
P
rocessing
Adjust
sync, font, output method etc.
for
subtitle
s.
6.1.2.7.
Color
C
ontrols
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Adjust
brightness, sa
turation, contrast, gamma, hue.
6.2.
Medi
a Library
C
reate Media Library.
(
see
2.2)
6.3.
Media
Select Playback
option
s for
Music,
Video and slide show.
6.4.
DVD
Change
general
DVD
options
.
6.5.
TV
S
elect
external TV Viewer
program if TV card is installed
.
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iMON
1.
iMON
is
iMON is the application wh
ich transfer the IR data to the keyboard shortcut command and
send to Windows System and Applications. iMON is designed to running on the system tray
and has many utilities to control the PC. You also can see the iMON Indicator as an ‘Always
On Top Applica
tion’ on desktop. Using the right button of mouse on the system tray iMON
icon or iMON Indicator, you may see the following popup menu.
you can control the volume by mouse wheel. Position the mouse pointer on the iMON
Indicator first and you can control
the volume easily as like follows.
●
Volume Up : Rotate the mouse wheel upside, then volume will be increased.
.
●
Volume Down : Rotate the mouse wheel downside, then volume will be decreased
.
● Volume Mute : Click the mouse wheel, then volume will be muted
.
2.
iMON Manager
All setting of remote controller and Front view is configured on iMON Manager. So please
read this section carefully before using iMON products.
2.1.
Window
Change
options of indicator (level of window, opacity of indicator, indi
cator activity when
receive IR signal, indicator size and Text Background opacity.)
2.2.
S
etting
s
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2.2.1.
R
emote controller
please
select correct remote controller you want to use. If wrong remote controller is
selected, you can’t control iMEDIAN HD or other appli
cation through remote controller.
I
nitial Keyboard/mouse mode
:
Set
initial mode when iMON starts. Mouse and Keyboard (only iMON PAD)
Sound effect for detected IR signal
Select
sound effect which iMON indicator makes when IR receiver receives IR signal
fr
om remote controller.
2.2.2.
Program command
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iMON helps to generate a different keyboard shortcut commands to the different
applications which is activated as a front window using same button on the remote
controller. So you can as
sign your ‘PLAY’ button on the remote controller can generate
keyboard shortcut command, ‘X’ for Winamp and ‘CTRL+P’ for Windows Media Player
when each application is activated and runs as a front window. In order to assign
button of remote controller to t
he application, please follow the next steps.
- Add program
Click Add program button and select program you want to control through remote
controller.
-
Add Func
tion
First, Click Add then you can see “register wizard for RC button” dialog box. Next, input
function name and click next. Press shortcut of program you added
and click next.
Finally choose remote controller button which you want to assign to shortcut you
pressed.
Same as like this way, you can add other program and other function you want to
control
You can import .imo file which is so called a setting file of program command. You can
get various .imo files on our website (www.soundgraph.com)
.
2.2.3.
Window command
Windows Command has a difference with Program Command that is Windows
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Command c
an be worked at any status. Program Command could be generated when
the assigned application is activated and running on the front window but Windows
Command could be worked at any application. So this kind of Windows Control is
assigned to control the Win
dows System Command as like volume control and power
management command.
Windows Command has three different sections,
①
Keyboard Command,
②
Mouse
Command and
③
Power Management Command. You can customize the remote
controller button to different Windows C
ommand but you can’t add functions to the
Windows Command. The registration process of remote controller for customization is
same as like the ‘‘Registration wizard for RC buttons’ on the Program Command tab. In
order to add the function works as Windows C
ommand, you need to use the
Customized Windows Command tab on the below.
2.2.4.
Custom Command
Add
Windows Command
in
this Custom Command tab. The registration process of
remote controller for custom command is same as like the ‘‘Registration wizard for RC
butto
ns’ on the Program Command and Windows Command tab. Be sure that the
Windows Command runs on every application even on the desktop.
.
2.2.5.
Macro command
Macro command is designed to cover some special command which has more than four
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different keys combinati
on keyboard shortcut command. Program Command and
Customized Windows Command could record up to only three different keys
combination as like [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[ESC]. In order to record more than four different
keys combination, you can use this Macro tab. Yo
u can assign the website URL to the
remote controller button and type all URL by one button click. If you press the ‘Add’
button to record new Macro and input the function name of the new Macro, you may
see the following virtual keyboard and mouse in order
to assign the new Macro. You
can type any kind of keyboard and mouse action by this virtual keyboard and mouse.
After record the Macro action, you can register the RC button for this Macro action.
2.2.6.
Speed
Adjust speed of Mouse pointer (
for iMON PAD)
, keyboard repeat delay time and
repeat rate.
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2.3.
Option
2.3.1.
System
Select
Sound card device and Mixer line to control volume and can change volume step
.
And
select
ODD device to control in iMEDIAN HD.
2.3.2.
News
You can add, delete and edit news feeds
and
s
elect object where news feeds are
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displayed.
2.3.3.
Web casting
You can Add, delete and edit web casting URL.
2.3.4.
Version/ update
Select update method and check
iMEDIAN HD Version and firmware version
.
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2.4. iMON
Utilities
2.4.1.
Application Launcher
Select
applica
tion which runs when Quick Launch button is pressed.
Default is iMEDIAN
HD.
2.4.2.
Front View
Change
the setting of Front View like VFD or LCD.
2.4.2.1.
Common
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Select LCD Font,
Back light
activity
and
Text Scroll speed.
2.4.2.2.
Auto Mode
Select Category
Se
lect informatio
n which is displayed on Front View.
Clock
S
elect time format. 3 types of time format and 5 types of date format are available.
EQ
Trigger
Trigger on level
: Adjust
a level of volume
. When iMEDIAN HD or system makes sound
above the level, EQ will be display
ed.
Trigger off duration
:
Adjust
a duration time. When iMEDIAN HD or system doesn’t
make sound for duration time, EQ will be turned off.
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2.4.2.3.
Graphic
Equalizer
EQ
display
Select
sound
source
which is displayed on
Front View
as EQ.
EQ
source
Select the
record mixer channel or using the ‘Auto Scan’ button.
In order to
show the
graphic EQ display, iMON
capt
ure the sound out of the soundca
rd recording mixer
channel.
EQ
Setting
Select
general option for EQ display.
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2.4.2.4.
System Information
Select
system i
nformation which is displayed on
Front View
.
2.4.2.5.
Media Information
Select
Media player which send information to Front View and set Media progress
activity.
2.4.2.6.
E-mail check
iMON Front View can show the number of unread email messages on your POP3
accou
nt. You need to register your POP3 email account information at the ‘Email
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Check Option’ menu.
2.4.2.7.
Daily News
iMON Front View can show the worldwide headline news. This news could be
delivered when system is connected to the internet. You can set the news
update
interval from the internet.
2.4.2.8.
City Information
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iMON Front View can show the current local time and weather information.
S
elect the
cities that you want to see the time and weather information from the city list.
Currently, iMON supports the infor
mation of time and weather about 600 cities around
the world.
2.4.3.
Virtual Keyboard
Adjust
the setting for virtual keyboard.
2.4.4.
Timer
iMON has the Timer function that shuts down or turns on PC at scheduled time or
sounds alarm after a certain time. Be sure
that the turn on PC feature is only supported
on the iMON VFD model only
There are three modes: Power Off, Power On, and Alarm in iMON Timer.
Power Off mode shuts down the PC after a certain period of time.
Power On mode turns on the PC at scheduled tim
e.
Alarm mode sounds the alarm after a certain period of time.
You can also use arrow button to set the time. iMEDIAN also prepared the Timer
feature, and the Timer feature of iMEDIAN can cover the alarm with assigned song and
PVR (Personal Video Record
ing) feature.
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2.4.5.
Resolution Change
r
Select
resolution which is displayed on Resolution changer application.
3.
iMON
Utilities
You can see iMON utilities
when you
click
right button of mouse
on iMON indicator
3.1.
Application Launcher
‘Application Launcher’
i
s a one of iMON applications. You can run application by app.
Launcher button on remote controller (except MINI).
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3.2.
Task Switcher
Task Switcher
is used to switch the application among the running applications as like
[ALT]+[TAB] command. ‘Task Switcher
’ window shows the application icons currently
running.
3.3.
Front View
You can
select Front view display mode. (refer to 2.4.2) when you press volume knob for
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2 sec on imon product having Front
View
device as like VFD or LCD, Front View
application will
be running.
3.4.
Timer
You can turn on and off options of Turn on/Turn. And You can adjust time of alarm and
sleep option.
3.5.
Resolution Changer
You can change your resolution. (refer to 2.4.5)
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3.6.
Virtual Keyboard
virtual keyboard is for writing text
on application. Virtual keyboard is same as PC
keyboard. In order to input text on application, first, locate cursor on text input field of
application you want to write on and run virtual keyboard by
remote controller
(
except
MINI).
4.
iTOO
L
4.1. News
iTOOL
News iTOOL is an application for displaying news feed on PC Screen. Please refer to
2.4.2.7 for setting.
4.2. Word City
iTOOL
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World City iTOOL is an application for displaying time and weather information of world
city.
- You can change options of iTOOL News and World city Information in
iTOOL Manager
.
Dear Customers.
We all sound graph staffs appreciate you for using our iMON Products.
If you find bugs on iMON products, please send e
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mail to
iMON@soundgraph.com
.
If you have any question on iMON products, please find your answer on iMON user forum of our
website(
www.soundgraph.com
)
Best Regards.
Sound Graph., Inc.
Sound Graph.,
In
c.
Address
#709 Woolim Lions Valley II, 680 GaSan
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Dong, GeumCheon
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Gu, Seoul, Korea. 153
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787
Telephone
82-70-7018
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5372
Fax
82-2-2027
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2210
E-mail
imon@soundgraph.com
Website
www.soundgraph.com
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