Description
iCOMPEL HD Plus UltraLite Standalone Digital Signage Player with Video Capture
Quick Facts
A complete all-in-one, plug-and-play digital signage solution for small businesses and organizations.
Works right out of the box with software preinstalled and tested.
Controllable via a standard Web browser connection.
Includes 160 GB of integrated media storage capacity.
Built-in video capture card for set-top box links.
Further Details
Screen content can be updated locally. Instantly add text messages or alerts, or customize content for an audience.
Provides an output resolution up to 2048 x 1536.
Includes free professionally designed screen layouts and free technical support.
Easy to change and alter layouts and graphical effects with drag-and-drop tools.
Enables you to set up multizone layouts with each zone playing different media from its own playlists.
Supports two video zones—great for showing video feeds side by side!
Also supports unlimited zones for text, photo stills, and audio content, and up to 15 zones for HTML.
Plus, all zones can be displayed with transparency.
Simple to stream dynamic RSS feeds from the Internet. Supports XML.
Equipped with VGA video ports and six USB ports.
Rotate screen images for portrait or landscape display.
Highly secure, Linux® based with a built-in firewall.
Connects to 10-/100-/1000-Mbps Ethernet networks.
GPIO capabilities for external device inputs (from infrared motion detectors, sensors, switches, etc.).
Wallmountable with the optionally available Wallmount Kit (ICOMP-WALL).
Or mount it in a rack with the separately available Rackmount Ears (ICOMP-RACK).
Gather, distribute, and manage digital signage content easily with our iCOMPEL™ HD Plus Digital UltraLite digital signage player, a powerful yet affordable platform for small businesses and organizations.
The iCOMPEL UltraLite works right out of the box with all software preinstalled—and no recurring licensing fees to deal with later. Plus software updates are free for a lower cost of ownership.
Because the UltraLite supports many media formats, you can combine video with scrolling text, photos, Flash, and Web content. In addition to HTML, XML, and RSS media, it handles MPEG, AVI, QuickTime®, and PowerPoint® media; JPEG, GIF, and TIFF images; and WAV and MP3 audio.
Install iCOMPEL on your network and manage it via a browser from any PC or Mac® on a WAN. The UltraLite offers superior media playback, real-time media rotation, and video croppings at an affordable price.
This UltraLite model is our HD Plus version with a built-in video capture card, which has S-Video and Composite video ports for connecting to a CATV or satellite set-top box. It offers more robust functionality than most low-cost, entry-level products available today but, like Black Box’s original iCOMPEL appliances, comes with free professionally designed screen layouts and free, lifetime Tech Support.
The UltraLite solution is ideal for any business or organization looking for an easy-to-use digital signage solution for single-screen applications or multiple screens displaying the same content. A lot of businesses don’t need to send content to and control different content on different screens. What they really need is an easy way to create a dynamic digital sign for their lobby, waiting room, restaurant, or storefront, which is exactly what our new UltraLite player gives them—at an attractive price point.
Use to play or publish, or as a subscriber
The UltraLite works as a standalone player, publishing to itself, or pulling down new content and instructions from an FTP client or a USB storage device.
Setup is easy. Just connect it to your network and to an LCD or other AV display device, power it up, and once it has an IP address from the network, you use a browser to access the iCOMPEL unit via a DHCP server. Fixed IP addresses can also be set.
To upload media, drag and drop from your PC or Mac desktop or folder to the iCOMPEL media folders on the player’s internal hard disk or use the iCOMPEL user interface to browse for and upload the media files.
The UltraLite features a 1.6-GHz dual-core Intel Atom™ processor and 160 GB, 5400 RPM HDD storage integrated into unit itself—no external drives required for media.
The player has a VGA video interface, and six USB ports (two on the front, four on the rear). In addition, it supports two video zones and, as with all iCOMPEL units, supports 15 zones for HTML content, and unlimited zones for text, stills, and audio. All zones can be displayed with transparency.
Includes sophisticated layout tools
Productivity tools enable you to deliver a high-impact display at the right time in the right place, whether it’s stored media, such as promotional ads, or Web media, including XML and RSS feeds.
The included software comes with a number of free layouts, so you can be up and running, displaying your choice of content in a professionally designed format within minutes.
Or you can create your own. The intuitive layout and design tool makes it easy to create and modify layouts. Adjust, resize, position, and layer zones with a simple click and drag! Also, you can manually set pixel or percentage measurements to achieve pixel-accurate alignment or lock a movie zone to a desired aspect ratio (16:9, 5:4, or 4:3).
Set up one or more screen layouts containing one or more rectangular zones for display. Every zone in the display layout has its own playlist, to which you can add multiple stored media files. Each playlist runs in a continuous loop per a preset schedule. Different layouts can be scheduled to play at different times of the day.
You can also add a video file stored on the internal disk, show text from an internal feed, and more. What’s more, RSS subscriber features enable you to automatically collect and display text crawl feeds from the Internet—which is great for streaming news or stock tickers.
This product works with:
iCOMPEL Wallmount Kit (ICOMP-WALL*)
iCOMPEL Rackmount Ears (ICOMP-RACK*)
Need assistance ordering your iCOMPEL player or designing your complete end-to-end digital signage system? Just contact our FREE 24/7 Tech Support. Also contact us for a one-on-one demo of the iCOMPEL system and its easy-to-use software.
* ICOMP-WALL was previously available as the AC4007; ICOMP-RACK was previously available as the AC4008.