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You can connect the MediaMVP directly to a PC or laptop via Ethernet. Since the direct
connection from a MediaMVP to a PC is very fast, you will get maximum performance. To
connect MediaMVP directly to your PC, you will need a 'crossover' cable which you can
either buy at a computer store or make yourself.
Here is how you connect the MediaMVP directly to your PC or laptop:
1.
Purchase or make a crossover Ethernet cable.
Examples of a crossover cable are
the Belkin CAT 5e Crossover Cable for computer-to-computer connection
2.
Connect one end of the crossover cable
to the LAN port on the MediaMVP, and
the other end to the LAN port on your PC or laptop
3.
Make sure the MediaMVP software is installed on your PC or laptop.
See
“Installing the MediaMVP soft-
ware” section. Leave your PC
turned on.
4.
Connect the MediaMVP to
the TV set
, and turn on the
MediaMVP.
If using a wireless MediaMVP:
You will be brought into the
Network Setup
menu on the TV
set. On the PC, you should see a
Windows massage say '
Ethernet
connection found
' and a minute
or so later “
Local Area
Connection
”.
On the MediaMVP, in the Network
Setup menu, select ‘
Wired
’, and move to
Apply
and hit
OK
. Once you are back in the
main Network Setup menu, move to
Server Profile
. Select your server and hit
OK
. Move to
Go!
and hit
OK
.
Connecting MediaMVP directly to a laptop or PC
Cross over cable
MediaMVP
TV set
Laptop
ple, if you are looking at a list of videos in the Music menu, hitting the “5” button will move
you to 50% of the way through the list.
When watching a video, you can quickly skip through the video by hitting the 0-9 buttons.
When you hit one of these keys, you will skip to, for example, 10% of the video file when
you hit the '1' key, 20% of the video file when you hit the '2' and so forth.
