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This user guide is intended to acquaint you with the interfaces and controls available to you when using Now! IP video services on your network.
Example:
To begin your IP Video session, open your Web browser, enter the URL provided by your service provider then click on the IP video title you wish to watch as listed in the table of Active Now! Titles similar to the image above.
During your initial request to watch IP video services, you’ll encounter various browser certificate pop-up messages for PC, Mac OS X and Linux platforms similar to the following:
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Accepting the certificate allows you to receive the InStream™ viewer
application necessary to watch the IP video services for which you are
authorized.
Click “Yes”, "Grant this session" or "Grant always" to accept the digital
certificate. Clicking the “Grant Always” button or the “Always trust …”
checkbox will minimize the occurrence of these warnings in the future. The
InStream™ viewer launches to your desktop in Now! mode as shown below.
InStream™ Viewer in Now! Mode
After accepting the certificate, the InStream™ viewer launches to your
display and begins to play the title you selected. InStream™ provides a
variety of controls to customize your viewing experience many of which are
described below.
InStream™™Viewer Dashboard
The Dashboard displays the graphical controls that may be used during the
viewing session.
Adjusting the Volume
to the right
(increase) or left (decrease) or by using the keyboard controls "Ctrl +
Right Arrow" (increase) or "Ctrl + Left Arrow" (decrease). To "mute" the
audio, click the 
speaker icon. To
"unmute", click the 
speaker icon again.
The keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + M" toggles "mute" mode.Pausing/Playing the Selected Title
When InStream™ arrives at your PC, it begins playing the title you
selected from the web portal. Clicking the 
(pause) button freezes
the video. Clicking 
(play) causes
InStream™ to resume playing your title from the position at which it was
paused.
InStream™ Information Display
Pressing 
on the Dashboard displays information about your
current tuned IP video session such as the InStream™ viewing mode, InStream™
version, and stream reception status.
Jumping Ahead (“Scrubbing” the Video)
You may advance the video position forward or backward to arbitrary
points in the video by dragging the
(“scrub bar”) button
with your mouse. InStream™ provides several modes of scrub bar movement from
coarse to fine.
For coarse positioning of the scrub bar, click on the scrub bar and move your mouse right (forward) or left (backward). When you have reached the approximate point in the video that you wish to view, release the mouse button. To move the scrub bar with better resolution, first press and hold the “Ctrl + Shift” keys then click on the scrub bar and move to the right or left and notice that you have better control over video positioning. For the best granularity in scrub bar video positioning, press and hold the “Shift” key then click on the scrub bar and move the mouse to the right (forward) or left (backward) and notice that you have very fine control over video position. The video position may be adjusted with the scrub bar while InStream™ is in “play” mode or while paused. Video positioning may also be adjusted using the fast forward/reverse, slow forward/reverse and single frame advance/reverse controls described later.
The video position shown in the scrub bar is displayed in
hours:minutes:seconds format; to change the video position format to show
the position in terms of video frames, press the “Insert” key. The “Insert”
key toggles the format between frames and HH:MM:SS.
Single Frame Advance
To use the single frame forward/reverse, pause InStream™ by
clicking the (pause) button then click 
to
step one frame forward or 
to step one frame
backward.
Slow Motion (Forward)
To use the slow motion forward feature when InStream™ is playing
video, click the button once to play video at 1/3 actual speed.
Click the 
button again to play video at 2/3 actual speed.
Click the 
once more to return to actual speed. Notice that
the InStream™ information display status bar reflects the change in playback
status.
Slow motion is also available when InStream™ is paused by clicking on the
and 
buttons which normally
control fast forward and reverse when in InStream™ is in “play” mode.
Slow Motion (Backward)
To To use the slow motion backward feature when InStream™ is playing
video, click the button once to play video at 1/3 actual speed in
reverse. Click the 
button again to play
video backward at 2/3 actual speed. Click the 
once more to cancel
reverse mode and play actual speed.
Slow motion is also available when InStream™ is paused by clicking on the
and buttons which normally
control fast forward and reverse when InStream™ is in “play” mode.
Scan Fast Forward
To scan video fast forward (only when InStream™ is in play mode),
click the button once to
scan forward at 10 times actual speed. Click the 
button again to scan forward at 20 times actual video speed.
Click the 
once more to return to actual playback speed.
Notice that the InStream™ information display status bar reflects the change
in playback status.
Scan Fast Backward
To scan video fast backward (only when InStream™ is in play mode),
click the button once to scan
backward at 10 times actual speed. Click the 
button again to scan backward at 20 times actual video speed.
Click the 
once more to return to actual playback speed.
Notice that the InStream™ information display status bar reflects the change
in playback status.
Accessing the Viewing Options Menu
Right-click on the player window (Mac users hold down the “control key”
then click) to display the menu (Mac users substitute the “Command/Apple
key” for the control key to activate the menu command. This menu allows you
to customize your viewing options, such as selecting a different viewing
window size.
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Menu (Mac)
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Menu (Windows/Linux)
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You may also resize your player window by clicking and dragging the
green handle in the lower right hand corner (Mac, Windows, Linux) or
grabbing and dragging the corners or sides of the viewing window (Windows
and Linux only).
Moving the Viewer
The viewer may be moved clicking and holding the mouse nearly
anywhere there’s not a button or entry field and dragging the viewer window
to a new location.
Minimizing Your Viewing Session
To minimize the viewer to the task bar, click the 
button in
the top right corner of the InStream™ viewer dashboard.
Ending Your Viewing Session
To end your viewing session, click on the 
button in the
top right corner of the InStream™ viewer dashboard.
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InStream™ Keyboard Shortcuts (for Mac - substitute
Apple Key for Ctrl Key)
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Feature
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Short Cut
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Feature
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Short Cut
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OnGuide / TV
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<Ctrl><G>
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Info Cycle
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<Ctrl><I>
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Channel Up
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<Ctrl><Up Arrow>
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Dashboard On / Off
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<Ctrl><D>
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Channel Down
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<Ctrl><Down Arrow>
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Minimize Screen
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<Ctrl><0>
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Volume Up
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<Ctrl><Right Arrow>
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Small Screen
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<Ctrl><1>
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Volume Down
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<Ctrl><Left Arrow>
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Medium Screen
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<Ctrl><2>
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Mute
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<Ctrl><M>
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Large Screen
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<Ctrl><3>
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Channel Jump
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<Ctrl><Return/enter>
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Full Screen
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<Alt><Enter>
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Brightness Down
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<Ctrl><F1>
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Brightness Up
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<Ctrl><F2>
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Contrast Down
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<Ctrl><F4>
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Contrast
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<Ctrl><F3>
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Contrast/Brightness Reset
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<Ctrl><F5>
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Fixed Aspect On/Off
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<Ctrl><A>
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Closed Caption 1 On/Off
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<Ctrl><H>
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Quit
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<Ctrl><Q>
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Closed Caption 3 On/Off
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<Shift><Ctrl><H>
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Pause
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<Down Arrow>
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Play
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<Up Arrow>
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