The home page consists of a top icon bar and two viewers each displaying the first seven movies of a predefined Custom List. Use the left or right arrow icons on each side of the viewers to advance to the next set of movies. Alternately, the left or right arrow keys can be used to scroll both viewers at the same time.
The top viewer initially list movies by addition date in descending time order (i.e. the date you added the movie to the application) and the bottom viewer list movies by the video release date in descending time order.
To display more information about a movie without leaving the home page, hover over any of the movie images with the mouse pointer. This brings up a popup window showing more movie attributes. The movie popup disappears when the mouse pointer leaves the movie image. If you would like to see more movie information, click on the movie title or image to navigate to the movie's Detail Page.
Use the "Play" button to start playing a movie.
You can change the list of movies displayed in each viewer by selecting a another Custom List. Click on the circle button attached to the viewer you are interested in changing.
The Custom List picker appears and allow you select a different Custom List for the viewer. When a Custom List is selected, it becomes the default for current display until another is selected. If the Custom Lists picker cannot show all lists at once, you can use the left and right arrows on the picker to see the next set..
The bottom of the page shows the number of movies in your collection.
Top Icon Bar
The top icon bar appears on every page and allows you to quickly navigate to different functionality or search through your movies by term.
Functionality from left to right:
The back page, forward page, and refresh page icons mirror the web browsers navigational controls and is placed here for use when the browser's button are not accessible like when the browser is run in kiosk mode.
The term search provides a quick way to search through all fields of a movie.
Each typed character filters the list down. The term (e.g. destination) is always hi-lighted in bold for each movie listed. You can navigate to a movie’s detail page by either clicking on a movie using the mouse or by using the up and down arrow keys to select a movie and then pressing the return key. Alternately, you can click on the search icon or hit the return key when the focus is still in the text box to navigate to the Advanced Search Results page. The Advanced Search Results page enables you to page through all matches.
The Custom Lists icon brings up a Custom List picker that allows you to select a Custom List to display in the Advance Search Results Page. See Adding or Modifying a Custom List for more information.
The Remote Controller icon brings up a Remote Controller dialog and allows you to control other displays without exiting the current page. See Remote Control for more information.
The Play History icon navigates to the Advance Search Results page and shows the recently watched movies/episodes for the current display
The Add Movie icon directs you to the Modify Movie Page where you can import or manually enter movies. See Modifying Movie Information for more information.
The Settings icon brings up the Settings Page and is where you can modify default application settings or override settings for individual displays. See Modifying Display Settings for more information.
The Maintenance icons brings up the Maintenance Page. See Performing Maintenance for more information.