Home Network - Vertu Constellation Quest Reference Manual

Home Network

Home Network
About Home Network
Your Vertu phone is compatible with Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and certified by
the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). You can use a wireless LAN (WLAN)
access point device or router to create a home network. Then you can connect
compatible WLAN-enabled UPnP devices to the network. Compatible devices may
include your mobile phone or a PC, sound system, television, or wireless multimedia
receiver connected to a sound system or television.
You can share and synchronize media files in your mobile phone with other
compatible UPnP- and DLNA-certified devices using the home network.
To activate the home network functionality and manage the settings, select Menu >
Applications > Home media.
You can also use the Home media application to view and play media files from
home network devices on your device or other compatible devices, such as a PC,
sound system, or television.
• To view your media files on another home network device (for example, in
Photos), select a file, Options > Show via home net., and the device.
• To use the WLAN function of your phone in a home network, you must have a
working WLAN home connection and other UPnP-enabled home devices
connected to the same home network.
After setting up your home network, you can share your photos and video clips with
your friends and family at home. You can also save your media to a media server or
retrieve media files from a compatible home server. You can play music stored in your
phone using a DLNA-certified home stereo system, controlling the playlists and volume
levels directly from your device. In addition, you can view images captured with your
phone's camera on a compatible TV screen, all controlled with your phone over WLAN.
The home network uses the security settings of the WLAN connection. Use the home
network feature in a WLAN infrastructure network with a WLAN access point device
and encryption enabled.
Your phone is connected to the home network only if you accept a connection request
from another compatible device, or select the option to view, play, or copy media files
on your phone or search for other devices.
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Important security information
When you configure your WLAN home network, you must enable an encryption
method on your access point device and do the same on the other devices you intend
to connect to your home network. Refer to the documentation of the devices. Keep
any passcodes secret and in a safe place, separate from the devices.
You can view or change the settings of the WLAN Internet access point in your
device.
If you use the ad hoc operating mode to create a home network with a compatible
device, enable one of the encryption methods in WLAN security mode when you
configure the Internet access point. This step reduces the risk of an unwanted party
joining the ad hoc network.
Your device notifies you if another device attempts to connect to it and the home
network. Do not accept connection requests from an unknown device.
If you use WLAN in a network that does not have encryption, turn off sharing your files
with other devices, or do not share any private media files.
Home network settings
To share media files saved in Photos with other UPnP-compatible and DLNA-
certified devices through a wireless LAN (WLAN), you must create and configure
your WLAN
home Internet access point, then configure the home network settings in the Home
Media application.
The options related to home networks are not available in applications before you
configure the settings in the Home Media application.
1. Select Menu > Applications > Home media.
2. When you access the Home Media application for the first time, the setup wizard
opens, helping you enter the home network settings for your device. To use the
setup wizard later, select Options > Setup wizard, then follow the instructions.
3. To connect a compatible PC to the home network, you must install the relevant
software onto the PC.