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Contents
General information ...................................................................... 1
Remote Control description.............................................................................1
Using the Remote Control with a sign.............................................................2
Basic sign operation...................................................................... 3
Turning a sign on and off.................................................................................3
Setting a sign’s time and date..........................................................................4
Clearing a sign’s memory................................................................................5
Setting a sign’s password................................................................................6
What to do when you forget a sign’s password........................................7
How to delete a sign’s password..............................................................7
Sound control..................................................................................................8
Remote Control sounds ...........................................................................8
Putting sounds in a message ...................................................................8
Setting a sign’s serial address.........................................................................9
Transferring a sign’s memory from one sign to another................................10
Beginning text messaging ..............................................................11
Example 1 — Using upper and lowercase in 1 and 2-line messages.............11
Example 2 — Displaying messages in file name order (A, B, C, etc.)............14
Example 3 — Displaying messages in time order .........................................16
Example 4 — Changing the text of an existing message...............................18
Example 5 — Deleting messages..................................................................21
Advanced text messaging ..............................................................22
Example 6 — Displaying the time and date...................................................22
Example 7 — Creating a news program on a sign ........................................26
Example 8 — Using fonts .............................................................................31
Example 9 — Using colors............................................................................36
Example 10 — Speeding up and slowing down messages ...........................37
Example 11 — Special effects with modes (Trailing modes).........................39
Example 12 — International characters ........................................................40
Graphics...................................................................................42
Example 13 — Creating a movie marquee ....................................................42
Example 14 — Using multi-line graphics......................................................48
Example 15 — Deleting a graphic .................................................................51
Example 16 — Using 1-line graphics............................................................52
Appendixes ...............................................................................55
Appendix A — Modes, fonts, colors, and graphics on signs.........................55
Appendix B — Understanding the cursor and line positions.........................59
Appendix C — Sign diagnostic test...............................................................60
Quick Reference Card ...................................................................61
