Introducing The Dma; Chapter 1 Introducing The Dma; Overview; Play Movies, Music Or Photos On Your Tv - ZyXEL Communications DMA-1100P User Manual

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This chapter introduces the main applications and features of the DMA. See the Quick Start
Guide for instructions on connecting the DMA.

1.1 Overview

The DMA lets you play DVD-quality movie, music and photo files on your television from
your computer, USB memory stick or other file storage device. You can connect the DMA to
your computer directly or to multiple computers on your home network. The DMA is
HomePlug compatible, so you can also connect your DMA to other devices with a HomePlug
connection using standard home electrical wiring. After you connect to your computer or other
file storage device, select the files you want to play from the DMA menu that appears on your
TV screen using the remote control included with the DMA.

1.1.1 Play Movies, Music or Photos on Your TV

The DMA supports a large number of file formats (see
supported file formats). It also supports HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) for
high quality digital video and audio output.

1.1.2 Play Files from Your Computer or on USB

Use standard LAN (Ethernet) cables to connect the DMA directly to your computer or file
storage device, such as ZyXEL's NSA-220 network storage appliance. See the Quick Start
Guide to install the included media server software on Windows XP computers to use them as
media servers.
The DMA can also play media files stored on a USB device like a memory stick or hard drive.
Figure 1 DMA with USB
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Introducing the DMA

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