Archos TV+ User Manual page 38

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• For this to work, you will need a WiFi /Ethernet connection and Windows Media®
Player 11 or higher installed on your PC*.
• This is especially useful when you have a large library of music and video and you
cannot fit it all onto the internal hard drive of the ARCHOS.
• The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug-and-play) standard to play streamed
media files from your PC's Windows Media® Library.
* If you cannot install Windows Media
cess and stream your PC's files from the ARCHOS File Browser. See Browsing
Other Computers on the Network.
SETTING wINdowS MEdIA
1. Connect the ARCHOS to your WiFi / Ethernet net-
work. See "Network" Settings .
2. Connect your PC to the same WiFi / Ethernet net-
work and start Windows Media® Player, version 11
or higher.
Library
3. Click on the
ing...
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.
Click on OK 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).
MANUAL
V1.0
PLAyER'S SHARING oPTIoNS
®
tab, and select
Share my media to
Media Sharing
Player 11 or higher, it is possible to ac-
®
Media shar-
, and click on
Allow button.
Settings
. You can, for example, enter a
window.
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