What You Should Know About Home Networking; Home Networking And Connected Devices - Philips rc9800i User Manual

RC9800i Touch Screen Remote Control - User Manual
What You Should Know About Home
Networking
Philips Innovative Applications
Home Networking and Connected
Devices
The RC9800i goes one step further than ordinary universal remotes. It is
revolutionary because your RC9800i can operate all of the connected devices
in your home network.
In the home plan above a typical situation is depicted: A desktop PC (with
peripherals like monitor, mouse and keyboard) and a Wireless Access Point
(WAP) are located in the study. The details of the Wireless Access Point will
be explained further on in this chapter.
In the living room, an LCD TV is hanging against the wall. An audio system
sits in the left-hand corner and there is a Media Adapter in the right-hand
corner. The Media Adapter is wired to the LCD TV or to the audio system.
Finally there is an audio system located in the cabinet in the bedroom. You
will also notice a Philips NetX Converter mounted in the cabinet. A NetX
converter converts RF signals sent out by your RC9800i into IR signals.
Please refer to page 55 for more information on the NetX converter.
Attention!
A NetX is a so-called IR Extender. Take into account that your RC9800i refers
to IR Extenders and not to a NetX.
As you can see, the RC9800i on the couch in the living room, controls not
only legacy audio/video devices, such as the TV and the audio system, but
also connected devices such as the PC and the Media Adapter.
Learning the Basics
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