The Scramble TV Player unit is a hardware device that connects to a screen of some kind (monitor, display, TV, projector, LED, etc) with an HDMI cable, and connects to the Scramble TV Cloud over the internet (WiFi or Ethernet). Like most digital signage the Scramble TV Player downloads content to be played and a schedule for playing the content.
Although the player looks like an Android TV (Android version of an Apple TV) it’s a little bit different. It’s been configured as an appliance, a professional signage player, which means that it always tries to get back to playing the Scramble TV content. A typical Android TV device is a consumer device that runs Android Apps. You might start one App and use it for a while, then start another one. This gives you complete freedom over what you do with your device, but does require you to be there and decide what to do with it next. Sometimes devices are set to start up in a particular App. but it’s usually pretty easy to stop that App and go back to the desktop.
With a professional signage player, you want to be able to set it up to always play content, then never have to touch the hardware again. We typically have players in the field that are never touched by a person for years on end. Even if the power is interrupted the player is fine. As soon as the power is restored the player will automatically startup again and resume playing content. Also, the content that is on the player will continue to play when the network connection is down. Some content may have special programming to tell it to stop playing if the network has been down for too long. For example, News and Weather are the kinds of content that you don’t typically want to show if they are more than a few hours old.
This means you can use your Scramble TV Player in a professional setting and have complete confidence that it will keep playing content. Although some people will be using Scramble TV in their living room, we expect many people to use it in a more professional setting such as an office, a shop, or a gallery. See “1.11: what are Scramble TV use cases?” for more info.
The Scramble TV player unit comes with a life-time warranty. If it breaks, contact support@vanten.com to complete the Return Materials Authorization (RMA) process and we will send a new one. There is no limit to how many times we will replace your hardware, but you do have to go through the official RMA process each time.
If you sell your Scramble TV: All Access Perpetual NFT Bundle, you do not have to send your player to the new owner of the NFT. A 10% royalty from the sale will go to Scramble Media and will cover the expense of issuing a Scramble TV Player to the new owner and get them registered and set up.
If you are buying a Scramble TV: All Access Perpetual NFT on the secondary market, make sure that you are buying through a channel where the 10% royalty is supported. This is a requirement for you to become registered as the new owner and receiver your Scramble TV Player. Also, check here for latest terms & conditions and any warnings regarding fakes or scams. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us by email or on the discord. See links in Footer.