Playing Content From Local Network Media Servers; Using Your Tv In A Hotel Or Dorm Room - TCL 50UP130 User Manual

• Video – ( H.264/262/265HEVC) i n M KV, M P4, a nd M OV f iles; V P9 i n M KV f iles
• Music – A AC ( 5.1), M P3, W MA, W AV ( PCM), A IFF, F LAC, A C3, a nd D TS
• Photo – J PG, P NG ( up t o 1 6k x 1 6k p ixels), G IF ( up t o 1 6k x 1 6k p ixels)
To s ee t he l atest l ist o f s upported f ormats, v iew H elp i n t he M edia P layer.
The R oku/USB M edia P layer d isplays s upported f ile t ypes
play.

Playing content from local network media servers

If y ou h ave c onnected y our T V t o a n etwork, i t c an p lay p ersonal v ideo, m usic, a nd p hoto f iles f rom a
media s erver o n y our l ocal n etwork. M edia s ervers i nclude p ersonal c omputers r unning m edia s erver
software s uch a s P lex o r W indows M edia P layer, n etwork f ile s torage s ystems t hat h ave b uilt-­‐in m edia
server s oftware, a nd o ther d evices t hat i mplement t he s pecifications o f t he D igital L iving N etwork
Alliance. S ome s ervers d o n ot f ully i mplement t he D LNA s pecification b ut a re U PNP ( Universal P lug a nd
Play) c ompatible. T he R oku M edia P layer w ill c onnect t o t hem a s w ell.
Some m edia s ervers c an c onvert f iles i nto R oku c ompatible f ormats. D RM-­‐protected c ontent i s n ot
supported.

Using your TV in a hotel or dorm room

Hotels, s chool d orms, c onference f acilities, a nd s imilar l ocations w ith p ublic w ireless I nternet a ccess
often r equire y ou t o i nteract w ith a w eb p age t o a uthenticate y our a ccess. T hese r estricted p ublic
networks a re c ommonly k nown a s c aptive p ortal n etworks. W hen y ou s elect a n etwork o f t his t ype, t he
TV a utomatically d etects t hat a dditional i nformation i s n eeded a nd p rompts y ou t hrough u sing a nother
wireless d evice t o s upply t he r equested i nformation.
Tips:
• Using y our R oku T V o n a h otel o r d orm r oom n etwork r equires w ireless a vailability a nd
use o f y our n etwork-­‐connected s martphone, t ablet, o r c omputer t o a uthenticate a ccess
to y our a ccount.
• Be s ure t o b ring y our R oku T V r emote c ontrol, b ecause t he R emote f eature o f t he R oku
mobile a pp m ay n ot w ork w hen c onnected t o a h otel o r d orm r oom n etwork.
• Content m ight b e l imited o r u navailable i f y ou t ry t o c onnect o utside y our h ome c ountry
due t o g eo-­‐filtering.
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D TS a udio, w hether i n m usic o r v ideo f iles, i s s upported o nly b y p ass-­‐through, m eaning t hat t he T V c annot
directly o utput t he s ound o f a D TS f ile, b ut c an p ass i t t hrough t o a D TS-­‐compatible r eceiver t hat i s c onnected t o
the H DMI A RC o r S /PDIF c onnector o n t he T V.
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o nly, a nd h ides f ile t ypes i t k nows i t c annot
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