4. Setup (Free version)

Setting Up BRAVIA

You need to set up the following settings manually when you start up BM1 Display Software from a USB storage device.

• Set “Power” > “Eco” > “Idle TV standby” to “off”.
• Set “Settings” > “Network” > “Home network setup” > “IP control” > “Authentication” to “None”.
• Set “Settings” > “Network” > “Home network setup” > “IP control” > “Simple IP control” to enabled.
• Set “Pro settings” > “PC input optimisaztion” to “Auto”.
• Set “Pro settings” > “Restore picture and sound adjustments” to disable.

Enable to launch a web app from a USB flash memory as follows if you are using Android 10.0 or later model.

• Set “Pro settings” > “USB drive auto run” > “Lanuch web app” to enabled.

Although a network connection is not essential, you must set the BRAVIA network and time or set the time to BM1 Display so that the correct time is displayed on the home screen.

1. Connect the network cable to BRAVIA, or enable the network connection by selecting “Home” > “Network Settings” > “Wi-Fi”.
2. If a proxy setting is necessary, set by selecting “Home” > “Network Settings” > “Proxy Settings”.
3. If BRAVIA is already connected to the Internet, select “Home” > “Settings” > “Date/Time” > “Automatically Set Date/Time” > “Synchronize With Network Time”. Check that the time is displayed correctly by selecting “Home” > “Settings” > “Date/Time”. If an NTP server is not used, proceed to the procedure in “Starting Up BM1 Display Software”.
4. To use an NTP server, BRAVIA must be set to the “Pro Setting Mode”.
5. Set the address of the NTP server by selecting “Home” > “Pro Setting” > “NTP Server”.

Starting Up BM1 Display Software

1. Unzip bravia_meeting_free-<version>.zip on your PC.
2. Copy the files under the “sony” folder to a USB flash drive’s root directory.
3. Insert the USB flash drive containing the copied files into BRAVIA.
4. BM1 Display Software automatically starts up.

Setting Up BM1 Display

Setting clock to BM1 Display

To accurately display the time when BRAVIA cannot be connected to a network, you must set the time to BM1 Display by the following procedure.

1. Press the “9” button on the remote control on the BM1 Display home screen.
2. The current time setting dialog box is displayed. Set the current time, and press “OK”.

The date/time setting of BM1 Display is cleared when BRAVIA reboots or BM1 Display exits. Connect BRAVIA to a network and set the date/time correctly if you want to display the clock in BM1 Display.

BM1 Display Setting Items

Perform settings by directly operating BM1 Display with the remote control. Display the setting dialog box by pressing the “Play” button on the remote control on the BM1 Display home screen.

The following items can be set in the free version of BM1 Display:

Setting Item	Explanation
Home screen > Title	Sets the name of the meeting room and organization that is displayed on the home screen.
Home screen > Subtitle	Sets the name of the meeting room and organization that is displayed on the home screen.
Home screen > Clock	Displays the clock on the home screen.
Home screen > Web frame	Sets the URLs of web pages that are displayed on the home screen. “None”: No display “Half”: Web page is displayed in the upper half of the screen “Full”: Web page is displayed on the full screen Web Pages which are not allowed to be displayed in an iframe by the “X-Frame-Options” HTTP response header can’t be displayed.
Power > Auto power off	Turns BRAVIA OFF when operation is disabled due to inactivity on the home screen. This item can be set in 1-minute increments.
Power > Auto reboot	Reboots BRAVIA automatically weekly. Reboot is executed when BRAVIA is inactive for a while.
Inputs	Sets the labels of the inputs.
Help URL	Sets the URL of your own help page. The default help page is replaced when this is set.
Settings lock	Sets the PIN code needed to open the setting screen. When a PIN code is set, the setting screen can only be opened by entering the correct PIN code.

Setting Still Images and Videos as the Home Screen Background

You can play back still images and videos on the BM1 Display home screen by playing this playback media in the “media” folder or below in USB storage device.

Home Screen Background Setting Specifications

The specifications of the background settings for the home screen are as follows:

• Files are played back by name in alphabetical order (regardless of whether media type is still image or video)
• Sub-folders are not supported
• The default playback time for still images is 10 seconds
  • The playback time can be specified by appending the file name before the file extension with the desired playback time (e.g. “30sec”)
    • Example) image(30sec).png
  • The playback time for video is to the end of the video content
• If the only media file is one still image, that image is displayed at all times
• If the only media file is one video, that video is repeatedly played back.

Don’t include a video element in the web page set by “Web URL” when you set a video for the background.

Supported Format and Extension

For details on the supported format codecs, refer to the BRAVIA B2B HTML5 Solution Technical Manual.

• Still images
  • JPEG: jpeg, jpg
  • PNG: png
• Videos
  • MP4: mp4
  • MPEG TS: ts, m2ts

Extensions are not case-sensitive.