Archos 5 160GB User Manual page 18

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4. Check the box
OK
. The ARCHOS icon should appear in the win-
dow, with a warning symbol next to it*.
* ATTENTION: the first time you set your shar-
ing options, it might take a couple of minutes
for your PC to display the ARCHOS icon.
5. Select the ARCHOS icon and click on the
6. To modify your sharing settings, click on
name for your shared media files. You will then see this name on your ARCHOS.
OK
Click on to save the modifications.
OK
7. Click on to close the
8. You can now close Windows Media® Player, and start viewing your PC's shared
media files directly on your ARCHOS (see next section).
PLAyING yoUR SHAREd MEdIA fILES oN THE ARCHoS
Your PC needs to be connected to the same WiFi network as the one the ARCHOS will
connect to. You also need to have configured Windows Media® Player's sharing op-
tions (see the previous section).
1. On the ARCHOS home screen, tap on the "
and choose "
Network 'UPnP'
2. Tap on "
their media files on the WiFi network.
3. If you entered a name for your shared media files in Windows Media® Player, it
should appear. Open it, and you will see all your shared videos, songs or photos.
• If you are in the Video mode, you will then have access to all the videos stored in
your PC's Windows Media® Library.
• In the same way, the Music and Photo modes will allow you to access all the mu-
sic/photos stored in your PC's Windows Media® Library.
Note: You may have some video files of very high quality and these require
that the WiFi connection transfers data at a high speed. If your ARCHOS is far
away from your WiFi box, it may happen that the connection speed is reduced
thus not allowing some video files to stream from your PC to the ARCHOS and
the television.
MANUAL V2.0
Share my media to
Media Sharing
Network
".
" to start scanning for devices and computers sharing
, and click on
Allow
button.
Settings
. You can, for example, enter a
window.
Video Music
", "
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Photo
" or " " icons,