Associating Media Files with Menu Items

  1. Place the media file in the [Drive letter]:\Micros\Simphony\MediaViewer\Media folder.
  2. Rename the media file to exactly match the corresponding menu item name (including spelling and spacing) as defined in Menu Item Maintenance. The media file must match the name that is used by the KDS Display.

    For example, to associate an image of a cheeseburger to a Cheeseburger (First Name) menu item, rename the file to Cheeseburger.jpg. If the KDS Display is configured to show the Second Name, and the cheeseburger has a Second Name entry of ChzBurger, then rename the image to Chzburger.jpg.

    Filenames are not case-sensitive. However, Media Viewer cannot make the connection between the two unless the spelling and spacing of the media filename matches the menu item name exactly. Because file name conventions do not support certain special characters (for example, \ / : * ? " < > | ), those characters should not be included in a menu item’s First Name, Second Name, or Third Name entry. Otherwise, the menu item cannot be associated to a media file of the same name.