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Connecting by Miracast
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/Wi-Fi Direct
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About Miracast
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Wi-Fi Direct
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About Wi-Fi
The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Logo is a certification mark of the
Wi-Fi Alliance.
The Wi-Fi Protected Setup Identifier Mark is a mark of the
Wi-Fi Alliance.
Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast,
WPA, WPA2 are marks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Use the unit’s Miracast/Wi-Fi
Direct functions
Miracast and Wi-Fi Direct are functions for connecting
your mobile devices to the unit without using a wireless
LAN router.
Miracast is a function that allows you to display the videos
on a mobile device as is on a large screen TV.
Wi-Fi Direct is a function that allows you to play back
photo, music, and video files stored on a mobile device
with the unit by installing a DLNA compliant application
on your mobile device.
Caution
• Depending on the model, a connection might not be
possible even for Miracast/Wi-Fi Direct compatible
models.
• The connection procedure for Miracast/Wi-Fi Direct
depends on the mobile device. For details, refer to the
instruction manual for the mobile device.
• Depending on the specifications of the mobile device,
or the type and version of the OS, it might not be
compatible with the Miracast/Wi-Fi Direct function.
For details, refer to the instruction manual for the
mobile device.
• Some copyright protected contents, etc., might,
depending on the type of content, not be displayed by
the television and the mobile device.
• In some cases, depending on the radio wave
environment conditions or mobile device you are
using, video and audio may be interrupted.
• In some cases, depending on the playback contents
and the connection environment, video and audio
may be interrupted.
• In some cases, when performing an operation on your
mobile device, video and audio may be interrupted.
• As for the connection environment of Miracast/Wi-Fi
Direct, please confirm it on the connection screen.
• When Miracast/Wi-Fi Direct is being connected, the
connection to the Internet of this device is temporarily
interrupted.
Note
• You can only connect one mobile device to the unit at
a time with this function.
• If you want to connect a different mobile device, you
will first need to disconnect the one that is currently
connected.
• If the power to the unit is turned OFF (Standby) then
this function will be terminated, and network settings
will be returned to what they were before using this
function.
• In order to use this function your mobile device must
meet Wi-Fi specifications.
• The unit does not support mobile device control using
a specialist application.
Display the Miracast/Wi-Fi
Direct mode screen
1 Turn on the power of the TV.
2 Press
STANDBY/ON to turn this unit's power
on.
The Pioneer logo appears on the TV screen.
Note
• If the Pioneer logo is not displayed, check the
following:
– If this unit is in the play mode, press
STOP
.
– If the
Source
function or home menu is displayed,
press
HOME MENU
to close the displayed screen.
3 Press Miracast to display the Miracast/Wi-Fi
Direct mode screen.
• Settings to connect the unit and mobile devices will
be started from this screen.
• Closing this screen will terminate the Miracast/Wi-Fi
Direct connection.
• Resume play will be canceled automatically if one
enters this screen.
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