HP LX195 - MediaSmart Server - 1 GB RAM, User Manual

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Troubleshooting & FAQs
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Digital Media Adapters (DMA, or Digital Media Receivers - DMR ) use the Universal
Plug 'n Play ( UPnP ) protocol to automatically discover Digital Media Servers (DMS).
The HP MediaSmart Server uses Windows Media Connect 2.0 (WMC) as its DMS. In
order for a DMA to discover the HP MediaSmart Server and access its content, WMC
must be enabled. WMC defaults to being disabled; it is automatically enabled for all
DMAs when the server administrator selects one or more of the three media
shared
folders (Music, Photos and Videos) for media sharing. On your DMA, you should then
see the HP MediaSmart Server listed as:
<YourServerName>: 1 : Windows Media Connect
Note
Some DMAs aggregate the content from all DMSs into a single view; in such a
case you may not be able to identify each DMS individually. Further
troubleshooting steps form DMA follow:
Once WMC has been enabled to share a shared folder, it continually monitors
the folder for new files.
1. Open the Control Center on one of your home PCs.
2. Select the Tools tab at the bottom.
3. On the Tools tab, click on the Home Server Console (HSC) icon.
4. On the HSC password screen, type in the Administrator's password .
5. When the HSC comes up, click on the Settings button near the top right.
6. In the left pane of the Settings panel, select Media Sharing .
7. In the right pane of the Settings panel, you must now select at least one of the
shared folders for sharing by selecting the On radio button.
8. Click Apply .
This will automatically start WMC, which will then share all of the files in the
selected shared folders.
If your DMA does not display WMC from the HP MediaSmart Server, or none
of your files are found by the DMA.
1. Check that WMC is enabled (use the above steps to get to the Media Sharing
settings, and verify that at least one of the shared folders is On).
2. Check that the HP MediaSmart Server and DMA are both connected to the same
home network (a
router or firewall between them could interfere with the
discovery and content sharing protocols).
3. Restart the DMA.
4. Restart the HP Media Smart server.
If some of your files (e.g., files newly copied to the server) are not found by
the DMA.
1. Check that the files were copied to the correct location. Only the Music, Photos
and Videos shared folders may be enabled for media sharing. Note that if one of
these folders is enabled for media sharing; then all folders below that are also
enabled for media sharing.