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Set up your BSN.cloud account.
Connect your players to the internet through Ethernet.
Connect your player to the display screen through HDMI®.
Power on your players with a blank microSD card.
Select Activate Player on your BrightAuthor:connected dashboard and enter the Activation Code from the purple screen of your connected display (note that there are several methods to activate your player).
Your player will now go through setup and reboot several times. When the process is finished, you will see a purple welcome screen.
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To connect an existing BrightSign player to BSN.cloud for the first time, reset your player to Factory Default.
Format a blank microSD card to FAT32 or ExFAT and insert it into your player.
Activate your free bsn.Content trial through the BrightAuthor:connected Admin tab.
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