Video On Demand (VOD)
From any screen in the AutoNetTV Drive system, you’ll be able to see the Media Content library. In this library, you’ll notice the VOD tab. VOD stands for Video On Demand, which is content that you can play immediately on your TV or Menu device by pressing the OK button on the included remote control.
The VOD tab consists of three types of content:
- AutoNetTV VOD Content: This is content created by, and chosen by AutoNetTV, as VOD for the system. This content covers 75 different maintenance and repair service topics – from simple to complex.
- Your uploaded content that is tagged as VOD: Any content you add to your User tab can be added to VOD. Simply double click to Preview the asset, and then click Enable VOD.
- Industry content (from automotive manufacturers) that is available for you to choose to add to VOD.
NOTE: When content is designated as VOD, then it is permanently saved onto the hard drive of the player device. This means, the more VOD content, the more space is taken up on the hard drive. If too much content is stored on the hard drive, then the performance can be negatively impacted. For this reason, we caution you to not place too much content in your VOD folder, and why AutoNetTV limits the content we designate as VOD on your behalf.
To add one of your videos to VOD, double click the video to open the Preview. In the preview window click on the button at the bottom labeled Enable VOD.
You’ll now see this video in the VOD tab of content. You can search for videos in the VOD tab the same way you can in any other content folder.
To remove the VOD option from a video, double click on the video again to open the preview window. Click Disable VOD button. You can find the video either in the VOD tab or your user tab.
Disabling VOD will not remove the video from the system, it will only remove it from the VOD tab, and prevent the video from being saved permanently on the hard drive of the player device.
To access VOD on the player device, press the OK button on the remote control while pointing at the front of the player device itself (the area where you can see a soft blue power light glowing).
To return from the VOD menu or videos back to the regular TV or Menu program, press the return arrow.
Note:The top three buttons on the remote control are NOT used for the AutoNetTV Drive programs.
Navigating the VOD Menu
To navigate the VOD menu, use the Up, Down, Right and Left arrows that surround the OK button on the remote control. Videos are sorted into three Directories:
- Consumer: Video content from AutoNetTV that is suitable to show a vehicle owner consumer to help discuss maintenance or repair issues.
- Employee: Video content designated for employee viewing only. These include technical training, sales and marketing, and business management videos and are generally for use before/after store hours, or when no customers are nearby.
- My Files: Your videos for which you Enable VOD are added into the My Files folder for easy access.
Use the arrows on the remote to navigate directories and categories. When you first click on a Directory, such as Consumer, all of the videos in that directory are listed. You may arrow down to highlight a specific category to help you find a topic more easily. This is also true for the Employee directory of content.
You’ll also notice a menu in the top right corner of the VOD screen. This is only used if you need to go back and adjust some of the settings you established when you first registered your device.