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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
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Contents 1: Introducing the Slingbox™ ........................................................................1 4: Using the Slingbox .....................................................................................41 How to use this guide .................................................................................. 2 Watching your Slingbox ................................................................................... 42 Package Contents ............................................
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Appendix A: Additional Setup and Installation Assistance ........................67 Network connections ................................................................................ 67 SlingPlayer software installation ............................................................. 67 Troubleshooting remote viewing setup ..........................................................68 Resolving remote viewing failure ............................................................ 69 Optional networkin
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1: Introducing the Slingbox™ In this Chapter Welcome • Introduction to your Slingbox. You’re being followed…by your television! • Package Contents. • System Requirements. Your new Slingbox makes your television accessible from anywhere. It sends your living room television to wher- • Safety Information. ever you choose to watch. We call it “place-shifting.” You can call it your TV...anywhere. See Chapter Two for... And, if you choose to set up remote viewing, following your favorite baseball tea
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Stream of consciousness It all comes together once you start up the SlingPlayer application. The Slingbox compresses your television source (or other audio/video content) making it available digitally through your in-home router. Watch it in another room or even in the backyard. It gets more impressive when you venture outside of your home-network range. The quality of over-the-Internet streaming is dependant on what’s between your home television source and your computer a few miles, or a few
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Welcome Package Contents Make sure you have received the following items with your Slingbox. See “About the included cables” on page 8. • Slingbox • CD-ROM containing Slingbox software for Windows XP computers • 2 Audio/Video cables • S-Video cable • Ethernet cable • IR Control cable • Coaxial cable • Quick Setup Guide System Requirements Network Requirements • Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE • A router, or a combined cable modem/router. • Pentium IV 1GHz • DHCP must be enabled on your router so the Sli
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Important Safety Instructions Please read all of these instructions and retain for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions. Do not use the Slingbox near water. Do not place the product near heat sources such as direct sunlight, radiators, heat registers, or stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. Do not block the ventilation holes on top of the Slingbox. The Slingbox requires adequate ventilation. Do not place the Slingbox in a cabinet or built-in ins
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Important Safety Instructions Power lines. An outside antenna system should not be located near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines or circuits as con- tact with them might be fatal. Servicing. Do not attempt to service this product yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous vol
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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous volt- age” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. WARNING: To redu
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2: Connecting the Slingbox In this Chapter About the connections • “About the included cables” on Connecting the Slingbox is easy, and takes just a few minutes. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide before reading this page 8. chapter. This chapter provides additional information and instructions. • “Rear panel connectors” on page 10. • “Connecting your Audio/Video source to the Slingbox” on page 11. • “Connecting the Slingbox to your home network” on page 18. You connect your television source (
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About the included cables You probably won’t need to use all of the cables included with your Slingbox. The way in which you connect the Slingbox depends on the type of entertainment and networking equipment you want to connect. Here’s a little information on the cables included with the Slingbox. Cable or cable combination What it’s used for This combination provides the best video quality. If your cable/satellite box, DVR or other external A/V device has an available S-Video output, you shou
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About the connections If you have a cable box, satellite receiver, DVR, or other external device, the Slingbox uses this cable to control these external devices, just as you do with your remote control. This cable sends remote control signals from the Slingbox to your cable/satellite box or DVR. It allows you to view menus and guides from these and other connected devices, as well as use familiar features like play, pause, fast forward and rewind. IR Control cable The Ethernet cable connects
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Rear panel connectors • Power: The Slingbox does not have an on/off switch. Plug it in to power it on. The green Power light on the front indicates that the Slingbox is on. • IR (infrared): Allows the Slingbox to change chan- nels on your cable box or satellite receiver, and use the menus of the device you connected, including a DVR. The emitter ends of the IR control cable are placed so they point at the IR sensor on your device. Reset A/V In • Network: The most reliable connection to your
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Connecting your Audio/Video source to the Slingbox Connecting your Audio/Video source to the Slingbox Additional information about the steps in the Quick Setup Guide is provided here. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide before reading this chapter. If you are setting up your Slingbox with: ® ® • A cable box, satellite receiver, or a DVR (such as a TiVo or ReplayTV ), see “Connecting a cable box, satellite receiver or a DVR” on page 13. • Antenna or cable only (no cable box), see “Connecting your ante
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Sharing an Audio/Video source Complete this step if you have to remove the cable or cables currently connecting your cable/satellite box or DVR to your TV to include the Slingbox in your setup. You may need to do this if your device has only one set of outputs. This connection passes your television source through the Slingbox and back to your television. Or Connect the same cable type for the output back to your TV as you used for the input to the Slingbox. For example, if you connected S-V
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Connecting your Audio/Video source to the Slingbox Connecting a cable box, satellite receiver or a DVR If you have a cable box, satellite receiver or a DVR, connect this device to the Slingbox, as shown below. 1. Connect your cable box, satellite receiver or DVR to the Slingbox. Choose one of the connections below based on the available outputs on your cable box, satel- lite receiver or DVR. See “About the included cables” on page 8 for more information on the included cables. If you have a stan
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Connect the IR control cable The IR control cable allows the Slingbox to act as a universal remote, controlling the device you connect to the Slingbox. It works with your cable/satellite box or DVR, and many other devices. Make sure you place your Slingbox close enough to your device so the IR control cable can be attached to the front of your device. 1. Connect the IR control cable to the IR connector on the Slingbox. Make sure to firmly insert the cable connector so the cable’s plastic cov
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Connecting your Audio/Video source to the Slingbox Connecting your antenna or analog cable (no cable box) Use this setup if your TV source is antenna or analog cable only, with no cable box. Con- nect the incoming antenna or cable line to Antenna/Cable In on the Slingbox. Adding a splitter If the incoming antenna or cable line from the wall in your home is connected directly to your TV, you will need to use a coaxial splitter (not included) to send your TV source to your TV and to your Slingb
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Connecting other Audio/Video devices One additional advantage of the Slingbox is the ability to stream more than just your television pro- gramming. The Slingbox can control many DVD players, VCRs and CD players. Yes, you can even listen to music from your CD player. 1. Connect the suitable cable from your device’s outputs to the inputs on the Slingbox. You need to use one of the supplied Audio/Video cables if your device uses A/V outputs. 2. Make sure your device is ON when you want to view i
