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© 2005 Sling Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Slingbox, SlingPlayer, SlingStream, and SlingBar are the property of Sling Media, Inc. All other products and services, screen images, logos, trademarks, and movie quotes are the property of their respective owners. SlingPlayer uses the SoundTouch Sound Processing Library, which is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. (http://sky.prohosting.com/oparviai/soundtouch/#license) SoundTouch Library Copyright © Olli Parviainen 2001-2005. SB-UG-1.0.4 ii Slingbox User Guide
1: Introducing the Slingbox ........................................................................1 How to use this guide .................................................................................. 2 Package Contents ........................................................................................ 3 System Requirements .................................................................................. 3 Network Requirements ............................................................................... 3 Important Safety Instructions ............................................................................4 2: Connecting the Slingbox ............................................................................7 About the connections ........................................................................................7 About the included cables .......................................................................... 8 Rear panel connectors ......................................................................................10 Connecting your Audio/Video source to the Slingbox .................................11 Sharing an Audio/Video source ............................................................... 12 Connecting a cable box, satellite receiver or a DVR ............................ 13 Connecting your antenna or analog cable (no cable box) .................. 15 Connecting other Audio/Video devices ..........................................................16 Connecting multiple Audio/Video sources to the Slingbox ................. 17 Connecting the Slingbox to your home network ...........................................18 Connecting the Slingbox power adapter .......................................................19 3: Installing the Slingbox Software .............................................................21 About the software installation .......................................................................21 SlingPlayer software installation ....................................................................22 SlingPlayer setup steps ....................................................................................24 Audio/Video setup ...................................................................................... 25 IR control setup .......................................................................................... 30 Name and password setup ....................................................................... 32 Remote viewing setup ............................................................................... 34 Installing the SlingPlayer software on another computer .................. 38 Manually setting up your Slingbox for remote viewing ...............................38 Contents 4: Using the Slingbox .....................................................................................41 Watching your Slingbox ................................................................................... 42 Using the SlingPlayer application ................................................................... 43 SlingPlayer controls ....................................................................................44 Using the window controls ........................................................................45 Using the SlingRemote ..................................................................................... 46 Using the SlingBar ............................................................................................ 48 Viewing the SlingPlayer full screen .........................................................49 Resizing the SlingPlayer and SlingRemote .............................................49 Using favorite channels .................................................................................... 50 Adding a favorite channel .........................................................................50 Adding your own favorite channel logo ..................................................51 Modifying and removing favorite channels ............................................51 Using multiple Slingbox Audio/Video inputs ................................................. 52 Viewing your Slingbox remotely ..................................................................... 53 Using the Slingbox Finder ID .....................................................................54 Adding another Slingbox to your directory .............................................55 Making changes to your Slingbox settings ................................................... 56 Changing the name or password of your Slingbox ...............................56 Changing the Audio/Video settings ..........................................................58 Changing the network settings .................................................................58 Updating the Slingbox firmware ...............................................................59 SlingPlayer menus and settings ...................................................................... 60 Player menu .................................................................................................60 View menu ....................................................................................................60 Slingbox menu .............................................................................................60 Help menu .....................................................................................................61 SlingPlayer options ........................................................................................... 62 Player Settings .............................................................................................62 Video Picture Settings ................................................................................63 Encoding Settings .......................................................................................64 Manually adjusting the streaming characteristics ...............................64 Connection Settings ...................................................................................65 Advanced Settings ......................................................................................66 Slingbox User Guide iii
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Page 8 and 9: Important Safety Instructions Pleas
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Page 12 and 13: About the included cables You proba
Page 14 and 15: Rear panel connectors • Power: Th
Page 16 and 17: Sharing an Audio/Video source Compl
Page 18 and 19: Connect the IR control cable The IR
Page 20 and 21: Connecting other Audio/Video device
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Page 38 and 39: Remote viewing setup If you plan to
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Page 46 and 47: Watching your Slingbox Watching you
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Using the SlingBar A convenient way
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Using favorite channels If you have
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Using multiple Slingbox Audio/Video
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Using the Slingbox Finder ID The Sl
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Making changes to your Slingbox set
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Changing the Audio/Video settings I
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SlingPlayer menus and settings This
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SlingPlayer options The SlingPlayer
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Encoding Settings You may never nee
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Advanced Settings The Advanced tab
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Troubleshooting remote viewing setu
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Solution: If you see such a warning
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Multiple routers in your home With
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YOUR DESIRED STATUS: Now you need t
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Example: • Your Slingbox has IP a
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This is how your setup will look on
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Connecting the Slingbox to a wirele
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Slingbox Specifications Product Nam
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