What You Need For Viewing Away From Home; Slingplayer Or Slingplayer Mobile Software - Sling Media SlingPlayer User Manual

What you need for viewing away from home

After you've set up home network viewing, use the Setup Assistant to guide you
through the process of setting up remote viewing. Once you've done this, you can use
SlingPlayer to watch your TV just about anywhere in the world. This is an optional step
that you can do now, or at any time later. For more information on the Setup Assistant,
see "Running the Setup Assistant" on page 18.
If you decide that you want to set up remote viewing, you need three additional things
wherever you decide to watch. Your Slingbox stays at home, no matter where you
want to watch your TV.
In addition to your Slingbox and router, you need:
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SlingPlayer or SlingPlayer Mobile software on a supported remote
computer or supported mobile device
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a high-speed (broadband) Internet connection at home
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a high-speed connection to the Internet wherever you're viewing remotely.
Note:
You don't need to leave your TV on to view the Slingbox remotely. You don't need
to leave your home computer on, either, unless you're using SlingPlayer to control
your Mac at home with Apple's Front Row.
Your Slingbox, router, and modem must stay on. They must remain connected to
your home network.
You also don't need to bring your Slingbox with you when you travel to watch your
TV. Your Slingbox stays at home and sends its signal through your home network,
then through your router and then out to the Internet.
Here are details about what you need:

SlingPlayer or SlingPlayer Mobile software

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SlingPlayer
If you want to watch remotely on a computer, you'll need SlingPlayer
software running on that remote Mac or PC. It doesn't matter which kind of
platform you use at home—you can have a Mac at home and run SlingPlayer
on a PC remotely, for example, or a PC at home with a remote Mac, or two
Macs or two PCs.
Downloads of SlingPlayer software for both platforms are available from:
http://us.slingmedia.com/page/downloads.html
The Mac or PC computer must meet the necessary requirements to run
SlingPlayer on that platform (For information about Macintosh
requirements, see "A Macintosh computer on a home network" on
page 8.). For information about PC requirements, go to the downloads page
listed above and click the button for the proper platform.
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