Introducing the Teknema Internet TV Set-Top Box
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1. Introducing the Teknema Internet TV Set-Top Box.
The Teknema
Internet TV
Set-Top Box converts your television set into a complete and
stand-alone Internet access device.
By connecting it through a regular telephone line to an Internet Service Provider with its built-in
modem, the Internet TV Set-Top Box allows you to navigate the Word Wide Web (WWW or Web)
and manage your Electronic Mail, the two most useful and entertaining services offered by the
Internet today.
The Web navigation is performed by the Internet TV
Web Browser
, a simple point and click
graphical interface. All its functions are controlled with the supplied infrared remote control
, or
with on-screen buttons.
The
functions allow you to manage up to four different electronic mail accounts
, each one
independent from the others, and to perform basic functions such as writing a new message,
replying to an incoming mail, and storing your messages.
A third-party
Internet Service Provider
(ISP) provides you with an Internet account and Email
address(es), a local phone number for dial-up access and the services required to communicate
over the Internet. The provider usually charges a flat monthly rate for this service.
This manual will not teach you what the Internet is or how to maximize your fun and profit from
using it: there is plenty of excellent literature available on the topic, but your direct and hands-on
experience on the Internet will be the most valuable training. This manual will only cover the
Internet TV Set-Top Box functions, and how to easily get online with it. If you have the optional
infrared keyboard, its use is covered in the Reference section.
Please note:
In this manual, the word “
key
” refers to one of the push buttons located on the
Infrared Remote Control, e.g., the Go To key. The term "
button
" refers to a selection button of
the on-screen user interface, e.g., the Go To button on the Web Browser menu bar.