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System Requirements and Supported File Types

System Requirements - The minimum specification

3M Digital Signage Administrator PC

Administration for 3M Network Edition and 3M Network Operations Manager software is via 3M’s secure 3MDS.com portal which can be assessed from any computer meeting the following minimum specification:

Internet connection (ADSL or faster)
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Sun JavaTM Runtime Environment, version 1.5 or later
VGA graphics or better.
3M Digital Signage Player PC
Intel Pentium® 4 Processor, 2.5 GHz or faster
Microsoft® Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2
512 MB RAM or higher
Video card appropriate for attached display device(s)
1 serial port (for screen control on/off)
Internet connection (ADSL or faster)
TV tuner card (if live video feeds are required)
Local administrator privileges.
Third party software required for media playback
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Sun JavaTM Runtime Environment, version 1.5 or later
Macromedia® Flash Player 7 or later
Microsoft® Windows Media Player 9 or later
Apple QuicktimeTM 6 or later
Elecard MPEG-2 Decoder
Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c Runtime packages or later
DivX 5.1 codec or higher (optional)
Other codecs as required depending on media.
3M Digital Signage Optional Server Software

Optional 3M Content Server, Site Server and Full Server Software require Microsoft® Windows Server 2003. Please contact us for details of minimum hardware and software configuration required.

Supported File Types
Multimedia .wmv, .avi, .mpeg, .mpg, .swf and .mov
Images .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif and .bmp
Audio .mp3 and .wma
Web links a b http://www..com
Data .data, .txt, .xml, .html and .idx

a Websites with pop-up advertisements are not recommended since these interfere with playback.
b Tickers do not work with websites.

Note:
To play back any of the file formats above the appropriate third party software and/or codec must be installed on your digital media player in addition to the 3M Network Edition player software. See System Requirements for players (Above) for more details. Web links to download recommended third party software are provided on our 3MDS.com portal during software installation.

Technical support and software warranties

3M Digital Signage software include free software warranty, free software upgrades and free technical support for the life of your subscriptions with 3M.

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