Home media settings
To share media files with other compatible UPnP devices
through wireless LAN, you must create and configure your
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wireless LAN home internet access point, then configure
the
Home media
application. See ‘Wireless LAN’, p. 70 and
the wireless LAN settings in ‘Access points’, p. 121.
The options related to
Home network
in applications are
not available before the
Home network
settings have been
configured.
When you access the home media application for the first
time, the setup wizard opens, and helps you to define the
home media settings for your device. To use the setup
wizard later, in the home network main view, select
Options
>
Run wizard
, and follow the instructions on the
display.
To connect a compatible PC to the home network, on the
PC, you must install the related software from the
DVD-ROM supplied with your device.
Configure settings
To configure the home media application, select
Tools
>
Connectivity
>
Home media
>
Settings
and from the
following:
Home access point
—Select
Always ask
if you want the
device to ask for the home access point every time you
connect to the home network,
Create new
to define a new
access point that is used automatically when you use
Home media
, or
None
. If your home network does not
have wireless LAN security settings enabled, you get a
security warning. You can continue, and switch the
wireless LAN security on later; or cancel defining the
access point, and first switch on the wireless LAN security.
See Wireless LAN in ‘Access points’, p. 121.
Device name
— Enter a name for your device that is shown
to the other compatible devices in the home network.
Set sharing on and define content
Select
Tools
>
Connectivity
>
Home media
>
Share
content
.
Content sharing
—Allow or deny sharing media files with
compatible devices. Do not set
Content sharing
on before
you have configured all the other settings. If you set
Content sharing
on, the other UPnP compatible devices in
the home network can view and copy your files you have
selected for sharing in the
Images & video
and
Music
folders.
Images & video
and
Music
—Select media files for sharing
with other devices, or view the sharing status of
Images &
video
and
Music
. To update the content of the folders,
select
Options
>
Refresh content
.