What Is The Locationfree Base Station; What Is Locationfree - Sony LocationFree LF-B10 Operating Instructions Manual

What is the LocationFree Base Station?

What is LocationFree?

LocationFree allows you to watch TV programs or recorded video from any room in your home, or even
away from home. You can transmit video from a Base Station which is connected to a DVD recorder (or
other devices) to a device such as a computer, PSP® or LocationFree TV Box via a wireless network or
the Internet.
You can also operate the device (e.g., record/playback/stop) from remote sites.
What is the LocationFree Base Station?
The functions of the LocationFree Base Station
To make use of LocationFree, you need a device called the LocationFree Base Station. If you connect
video devices such as a DVD Recorder, VCR or set-top box to the Base Station, it will be able to stream
the video content over the wireless network to LocationFree devices. With the Base Station placed in a
central room in your house, you can then enjoy video from anywhere in your home, on your computer
installed with the LocationFree Player, or on other devices which have the LocationFree client feature.
You can also watch video while you are away from home, by connecting the LocationFree Base Station
LF-B20/LF-B10 to the Internet via a router. You can make a connection over the Internet from your
computer to your LocationFree Base Station LF-B20/LF-B10, via a hotspot (a public wireless access
point, such as can be found in cafes) or a 3G network. The Base Station LF-B20/LF-B10 will provide
you with the video content from devices connected to the Base Station, wherever you are.
Finally, if you do not have a home wireless network, you can use the LocationFree Base Station LF-B20
as a wireless access point for your home, so you can connect your computer or other devices to a home
wireless network. If you have a home wireless network already, you can connect your Base Station to
your home wireless network.
When the BaseStation is turned on, it performs an automatic NetAV check, which tests to see if a
LocationFree device can connect to the Base Station away from home. If the test failed, the SETUP
MODE/NET AV LED lights amber. If the SETUP MODE/NET AV LED does not light, you can connect
to the Base Station away from home without any settings.
What you can do with the LocationFree Base Station
You can stream the video content from video devices connected to the Base Station to LocationFree
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devices.
By using the Base Station LF-B20 as a wireless access point for your home, you can connect to the
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Internet to browse or read e-mail from anywhere in your house.
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