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For the Video Vision Plus feature overview, please click
here
For a feature comparison table, please click
here
Video Vision Lite Features
General
- Easy to use Windows interface
- Video Vision Lite has been designed so that even users with very little
computer experience can be at ease with the program in minimal time.
The use of Windows rather than a DOS system adds aesthetic appeal, provides
an environment most people are already comfortable working within, and
looks to the future - Microsoft have announced that future versions
of Windows (Windows XP and beyond) will not provide full support for
some DOS programs.
- Password protection - Users can be assigned
varying priority levels within the system meaning that key functions
and access to sensitive information can be restricted to those users
who have been approved access.
- Barcode scanner support - Barcode readers
(scanners) can be used in all relevant sections of the program - please
note that a barcode scanner is not required to use the program.
- Personalizable main screen
- Select images stored on your computer to use as the background for
the main screen. Add a recent movie image, a store design, or any other
jpeg image of your choosing.
- Custom Toolbar Setup - The main Video Vision Lite toolbar can now be configured by user - this allows any buttons
not used by a given staff member to be removed from view, simplifying
program use yet further.
- Powerful search module - An enhanced search
module allows search on and display of virtually any information stored
about a customer, rental item or product.
Rentals, Returns, Sales and Reservations
- Manage rentals and returns with ease -
Video Vision Lite controls your entire rental and return operation,
automatically calculating charges, taxes and fines due.
- Sales - Sales of any peripheral
products are also tracked by Video Vision Lite.
- Receipts - The built in receipt wizard
allows full configuration of your rental and sales receipts and
can be used to customize your receipt in virtually every way.
It not only allows the configuration of a receipt in virtually
any language and currency but also allows printing of promotional
discount coupons and a personalized terms of rental to be printed
on the receipts.
- Integrated reservations - Full reservation
functionality is provided - including features such as warnings if a
customer tries to rent a title that will overlap with an existing reservation
and notification when a title is returned that another customer has
reserved for later that day.
- Overdue rentals - overdue rentals are tracked
and reports by date, item, customer and customer phone number are available
allowing you to follow up late returns with minimum administration.
- Flexible fine/credit application - A daily
fine can be set for late returns for each rental category. This fine
level is automatically suggested when an item is returned late. All
fines (and customer accounts) are fully editable to allow the application
of ad hoc fines or credits, such as a tape not rewound fine or a early
return credit.
- Pay on return - Full functionality to allow
your customers to pay for their rentals on return should you wish to
allow them.
- Three different return methods -
As well as the standard Speed Returns, Video Vision Lite
also has two other alternate return methods depending on the appropriate
situation. The Customer Returns method allows
faster return of multiple items from the same customer. Finally,
returns can also be made on the main transaction screen to speed
up checkout for a customer who is both returning and renting items.
- Extend loans - The return date for a loan
may be easily extended should the customer for instance call asking
for extra rental time.
- Flexible editing - return date, number
of days rental, and/or price can be flexibly edited for any given rental.
- Refunds - If the user has the appropriate
user privileges, refunds of individual rentals or sales can be made
for defective products, damaged movies, etc.
Rental and sale items
- Rental item management - reference numbers
are allocated to each item and full details (including cost price,
release date, rental price and time, genre, rental category, restriction
category, stars appearing, selling price, and 4 custom pieces
of information (see below) are stored.
- Configurable item types and formats - Video
Vision Plus allows flexible configuration of item types (e.g. Movies, Games, Music, Books, etc) and formats (DVD, VHS, Blu-Ray, PS2, X-Box, etc) allowing you to fully classify your items.
- Custom information storage - Video
Vision Plus's item detail screen can be fully customized for each
item type allowing you to store and view virtually any information
of your choosing. This means that stores renting/selling videogames, books, etc can see item data displayed with appropriate labels instead of having to add information in fields designed for movies.
- Sell ex-rental items - All rental
items may be given a current status, the options for which include
on sale only and on sale AND for rental. After selling, information
regarding the item is retained for future reference and it is
listed as sold.
- Film ratings - film classification
board rating categories such as "PG" or "R"
can be created and (if required) a "Check Age" prompt
can be given for specified ratings whenever an item from that
rating is rented.
- View trailers and covers -
A picture of the cover of a movie can be stored and viewed along
with the item's details. Movie trailers that are saved on your hard
drive can also be launched with their default viewer from within
the program.
- Search for available copy - A special
availability search screen allows quick identification of an available
copy of a given item.
- Stock level monitoring - Levels of
inventory held of all products available for sale may be monitored.
Customers
- Customer management - Video Vision Lite stores all your important customer information including name, address,
telephone, email, password, date of birth, joining date, credit card
data, comments, date of last visit, account status, and up to 4 custom
pieces of information (see below). Please note that in some localities
the customer's permission may be needed to collect and use certain data.
- Customer photos - Customer photos can be
added and displayed at the time of rental for extra security.
- Fraud checks (Screenshot)-
On entering a new customer in Video Vision Lite all the key details
are compared against those held for other customers and if any
matches are found an alert is given with full details of the matches
found, allowing further checks to made before the customer is
accepted. This feature is designed to detect customers with large
amounts outstanding late fees who try to simply re-join the store
with slightly different details instead of paying the account
balance.
- Membership forms - membership forms may
be printed for new customers to complete. The form may be customized
to collect any data appropriate to your situation.
- Customer account management - Customers
accounts can be flexibly managed with an enhanced account management
module. Each account item is individually displayed and can be managed
independently, allowing for extremely flexible management of fines,
credits and payments on return.
- Member fees - A flexible member fee scheme
allows you to manage regular subscription or insurance payments and
prompts you when a customer has a payment due.
- Lost cards - Lost membership card numbers
can automatically be disabled and customers assigned a new membership
number at the click of a button - cards that are listed as being lost
card cannot make rentals giving greater security.
- Full customer and item histories - Full
rental history is stored and is available for each user and rental item.
- Custom information storage - Video
Vision Lite's customer database has 4 fields which you may customize
to store and view virtually ANY information of your choosing.
- Overdue loan letters - A fully customizable
overdue loans letter may be print Lite om Video Vision Lite.
- Preferred customer discounts - Video Vision Lite allows you to give your most valuable customers a percentage discount
on all purchases and rentals.
- Previously rented item alert - A warning
if customer has already rented a title leading to improved customer
service.
- Customer birthday alert - A message is
given when a customer visits on his or her birthday.
Reports
- Management reporting - Gain a greater
understanding of your business with reports selected from a powerful
reporting environment. These reports provide you with a complete
summary of all aspects of your business, including all items currently
on rental or overdue, historic rentals, sales, revenue summaries,
profit/loss per item, current customers and customers with accounts
outstanding.
Other features
- Opening days - Days when the store is closed
may be specified.
- Change calculator - automatically calculate
the change due to a customer.
- Sales receipts - If desired, sales and
rentals receipts may be printed.
- Receipt printer support - Video Vision Lite features a flexibly configurable receipt which allows use of either a standard
printer or a range of specialized POS receipt printers, such as the
Epson TM-T88III.
- Touch screen support- Video Vision Lite
supports all major brands of touch screen should you prefer to use this
type of technology.
- Message center - daily messages can be
displayed on the main program screen for you or your staff; these may
be reminders, promotions, or anything else you like, and are removed
when the program is closed.
- Top 10 rentals chart - If desired, the
10 most popular rental titles in the last week are shown on the program's
main screen.
- Flexible tax configuration - Whether your
country has a one tax system where sales tax is added to the price displayed,
a one tax system where sales tax is included in the price displayed
or if need to accommodate a two sales tax Lite on Plus
can be flexibly configured to meet your needs
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- Database backup facilities - Video
Vision Lite allows you to quickly and easily save a full backup
copy of your database to removable media (CD-R, CD-RW, Zip drive,
etc) or your hard drive, helping to protect your valuable data.
- Mouse free operation - Extensive keyboard
shortcuts allow faster operation of the program for all the main daily
tasks - this allows a rental transaction to be completed in as little
as three seconds and a return transaction is as little as two!
- Cash drawer support - For those customers
who wish to use a cash drawer without purchasing a specialist
receipt printer, both parallel and serial interface drawers are
supported. Support for most major manufacturers drawers is provided
if you are using a receipt printer interface. Please see the hardware
page for more details
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