Dear Andrew Artist, Channel 4 Television has outsourced artist payments and is inviting you to join SD Online - the new online payroll service for artists. The secure service allows you to view all of your payslips online. In order to access your account you will be asked to supply either: * Your Channel 4 APS Reference, which can be found on a previous Channel 4 Remittance Advice format AR\CHA0001 or * Your date of birth in the format DD MM YYYY (if previously supplied to Channel 4) If neither of these is known to you please contact Channel 4 at APS@channel4.co.uk giving your full name and contact details where we will be able to supply you with your APS Reference. Please click on the link below to open your SD Online account: https://secure.sargent-disc.com/external/control/confirm?invitationId=2b24e27f26dae0e729e78156d3d8d2617abcc397 A Channel 4 contributor guide to using SD Online is available here: http://www.sargent-disc.com/c4userguide If you are an agent acting on behalf of a Channel 4 artist, please follow the instructions provided. You will be able to use your existing SD Online account (if you have one) or set up an new account using your agency details. Please note that this invitation will expire on 25 Jul 2013 at 16:20 BST Sargent Disc Ltd Pinewood Studios Iver Heath, Bucks, SL0 0NH United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1753 630300 Fax: +44 (0)1753 655881 www.sargent-disc.com

SD Online offers a secure and efficient method of providing payslips. As a contributor you will benefit from having

instant access to payment information, and an historical archive of your payment history from August 2013. As an

agency you will be able to use your SD Online account to see all of your Channel 4 contributors as they are paid. SD

Online is designed for the convenience of contributors and agents, but we also hope to save a few trees. SD Online can

be found at the following address: https://secure.sargent-disc.com/payroll/web. Versions are also available for the

iPhone, iPad and Android phones from the App Store and Google Play.

As a contributor, you will receive a unique email from Channel 4 inviting you to join SD Online. As an agency you will

receive one unique email to your email account for every new artist that Channel 4 has paid via yourselves for the first

time. This process will be completed once for every artist. This will come from the email address no-reply@sargent-

disc.com. To avoid any delay, care should be taken to ensure that this email address is not filtered by any anti-spam

software. An example of the email can be seen in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Invitation email

Please click on the link provided in the first email (as seen in Figure 1) to accept your invitation and view your payslips

online. Please note that the invitation is only valid for a given period and that it will expire as specified.

You will then receive a second email, notifying you of your suggested username and informing you of how to change

your password (as seen in Figure 2).

Introduction

Step 1 – Your invitation

SD Online Payslips

Channel 4 Contributor & Agency Instructions www.sargent-disc.com

payroll@sargent-disc.com

Dear Andrew

Welcome to SD Online, your account has now been activated.

aartist1

If you would like to change your password or user profile you can do so as follows:

1. Log in to SD Online

2. Click "My Profile" (in the upper right corner of the page)

3. Click on "Change Password"

4. Key in your old password as well as the new password and click "Change Password"

Sargent Disc Ltd

Pinewood Studios Iver Heath,

Bucks,

SL0 0HN

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1753 630300

Fax: +44 (0)1753 655881

www.sargent-disc.com

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Figure 2: SD Online Username and Password

The email link from Step 1 will take you to the form

shown in Figure 3, where you will be prompted for your

or your artists APS Reference or date of birth. If the date

of birth has not been provided to Channel 4 previously

only the APS Reference can be used. Please complete

and click Continue.

What is an APS Reference code?

This APS Reference code is also referred to as a

Contributor Reference, and can be found on a prior

payslip/remittance, as shown in Figure 4. If this is not

known then please contact APS@channel4.co.uk for this

information.

Figure 3: Payroll invitation

Figure 4: APS Reference Code

On the next screen you will be asked if you have an

existing account with Sargent-Disc (see Figure 5). If you

do have an account with us, you will be able to use your

existing login details to access this record of

employment.

If you have an existing SD Online account from a

previous employment, please select “I have an existing

account with SD”. If not, please select “Create a new

account with SD”, or “Create a new Agent account” if

you are an Agent.

Figure 5: Select existing or create new account

Step 2 – Confirming your details

Step 3 – Setting up your account

Depending on how you answered in Step 3, you will now

be asked to confirm your existing user details or provide

new account details before confirming your invitation.

Existing user account

If you already have an SD Online account you will be

asked to login using your existing details, as shown in

Figure 6.

New user account

For new users, the system will suggest a user name and

ask you to provide and confirm a password. The

password must be at least 8 characters in length, and

contain a mix of upper and lower case characters and

at least one numerical character (see figure 7).

New agent user account

If you are an agent, please create a specific login (see

figure 8).

Please Note: You can change your user name, if you

prefer.

Figure 6: Login using existing account

Figure 7: New user

Figure 8: New agent user

Step 4 – Confirming your login details

The final step in the process is to confirm that you wish

to accept the invitation (see Figure 9). You will be

prompted to read and acknowledge the Terms and

Conditions, and new users will be prompted to set

privacy settings.

If you are a new user, you will receive a confirmation

email from no-reply@sargent-disc.com, containing your

user name (case sensitive) and instructions on how to

login and view payslips.

Finally, you will be prompted to login and view your

payslips (see Figure 10).

Figure 9: New user accept invitation

Figure 10: Confirmation screen

To view payslips, login to SD Online using the case

sensitive username and password provided. When a

new payslip is ready to be viewed, you will be notified

by email. The email will be sent to your registered email

address.

Forgotten your password or user name?

If you forget your username or your password, please

follow the links on the login screen as shown in Figure 5.

Select a record

After logging in, if prompted, select your employment

from the list in the “My Employments” section, as

shown in Figure 11. Selecting an employment from the

list will take you to a page containing your employment

details and payslips (see Figure 11). If there is only one

record found, you will be taken here automatically.

Select a payslip

Your latest payslip will show by default, but to view a

historical payslip, select a different period from the

drop-down list at the top right corner of the page. Click

the “View Payslip” link on the top right of the page to

download a pdf version of the selected payslip (see

Figure 12).

Figure 11: My Employments listing

Figure 12: Payslip view

Figure 13: Payslip .pdf view

Step 5 – Accepting the invitation

Viewing payslips

Click on the tabs shown in Figure 14 to view the

information held about your record of employment.

Options include your Personal, Employment and

standard Pay details. If you make any necessary changes

you must also inform Channel 4 via

APS@channel4.co.uk. This is to ensure that all records

are kept in sync.

Reports

To run an Earnings History report, click on the Reports

tab and the form shown in Figure 15 will open. Choose a

range of dates (manually or from preselected range),

select the output format required (.pdf or Excel) and run

the report by clicking on the View Report button. The

report should open automatically on completion.

Figure 14: Employee view options

Figure 15: History Report

To change your user details, go to the My Profile section

of the site shown in Figure 14. A link to this is found at

the top right-hand corner of the page (see Figure 14).

Updating My Profile

Here you can change your password by clicking on

“Change Password” and edit your user contact details,

including your registered email address by clicking on

“Edit”. When you have finished editing your details, click

“Save” or “Cancel” to undo any changes.

Figure 16: My Profile

Please note: Changes made in My Profile will not update your record of employment automatically. Please contact

Channel 4 with these changes via APS@channel4.co.uk .

For a given payslip you will see the following on your bank statement:

CHANNEL 4 TELEVISION(CH4000001-MR ARTIST

Where the CH4 reference is your SD Online Employee No and the rest are your contributor details.

Employment details and reports

My Profile

Bank Statements

We hope you find SD Online helpful and easy to use, but if you do experience any problems, or have any suggestions

on how the service could be improved, please let us know.

You can contact Sargent-Disc by email at support@sargent-disc.com, or visit our website here: http://www.sargent-

disc.com/contact. Telephone support is available on +44 (0)1753 630300 during office hours (Mon-Fri 09:30 – 18:00).

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