Procedures
• Choose the Color Scheme for Your Menu System
• Specify Which Features Your Menu System Should Include
• Show a Custom Logo in Your Menu System
• Show the Cisco Logo in Your Menu System
• Choose the Date and Time Formats for Your Menu System
Choose the Color Scheme for Your Menu System
Procedure
Step 1 Click the
Skin Customization
tab.
Step 2 In the Choose a Skin area, click the radio button for the color scheme that you want.
Step 3 Click
Save
to save your work.
OR
Click
Cancel
to discard your work.
Tip Menu customizations do not take effect until you deploy them to DMPs.
Step 4 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
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Specify Which Features Your Menu System Should Include
Procedure
Step 1 Click the
Skin Customization
tab.
Step 2 In the Features to Include in the Cisco Cast Main Menu area, check the check box for each feature that the menu system should include:
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Electronic Programming Guide
-
Video on Demand
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Live TV Channels
Step 3 Click
Save
to save your work.
OR
Click
Cancel
to discard it
Tip Menu customizations do not take effect until you deploy them to DMPs.
Step 4 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
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Show a Custom Logo in Your Menu System
Procedure
Step 1 Click the
Skin Customization
tab.
Step 2 In the Upload a Custom Logo area, click
Browse
.
Step 3 Choose the file to be uploaded, and then click
Open
.
Step 4 Click
Preview
to view the logo file.
Step 5 Check the
Display Custom Logo
check box.
The logo appears in the upper right of the menu system.
Step 6 Click
Save
to save your work.
OR
Click
Cancel
to discard it
Tip Menu customizations do not take effect until you deploy them to DMPs.
Step 7 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
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Show the Cisco Logo in Your Menu System
Procedure
Step 1 Click the
Skin Customization
tab.
Step 2 Check the
Display Cisco Logo
check box.
The logo appears in the lower left of the menu system.
Step 3 Click
Save
to save your work.
OR
Click
Cancel
to discard your work.
Tip Menu customizations do not take effect until you deploy them to DMPs.
Step 4 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
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Choose the Date and Time Formats for Your Menu System
Procedure
Step 1 Click the
Skin Customization
tab.
Step 2 Choose either
mm/dd/yyyy
or
yyyy/mm/dd
from the Date Format list.
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mm is the month
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dd is the date in the month
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yyyy is the year
Step 3 Check the
Use Military Time
check box when your menu system should use a 24-hour clock that counts from 00:00 to 23:59 the hours that pass from one midnight to the next.
OR
Uncheck this check box when your menu system should use a 12-hour clock that counts from 12:00 to 11:59 the hours that pass from midnight to noon (designated as
a.m.
), and again from noon to midnight (designated as
p.m.
).
Step 4 Click
Save
to save your work.
OR
Click
Cancel
to discard it
Tip Menu customizations do not take effect until you deploy them to DMPs.
Step 5 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
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Deploy Menu System Customizations to Your DMPs
Procedure
Step 1 Choose
Digital Media Players > DMP Manager
.
Step 2 Use check boxes in the table to mark DMPs that should use this menu skin.
Step 3 Click
Run Task
.
The Run Task dialog box opens.
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Use options in the top pane to add DMPs to, or remove them from, your menu skin deployment.
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Use the Search function above the table to locate your
Cast-PG
task in particular.
Step 4 Click to highlight your
Cast-PG
task.
Step 5 Click
OK
.
The Run Task dialog box closes and a message tells you that your selected task was deployed.
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DMM transfers assets to your DMPs.
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DMM creates as many Go-to URL entries as the number of presentations and playlists that are part of the deployment.
Step 6 Stop. You have completed this procedure.