ZyXEL Communications DMA-1000 Series, User Manual

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DMA-1000 Series User’s Guide
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Introducing the DMA
This chapter introduces the main applications and features of the DMA. See the Quick Start
Guide for instructions on connecting the DMA.
1.1 Overview
The DMA plays digital audio, video and photo files on your television (instead of your
computer monitor). The DMA has an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) for high
quality digital video and audio output. The remote control lets you easily browse and play your
digital content files and configure the DMA’s settings: all on your television screen.
1.1.1 Play Files on USB
The DMA plays media files stored on a USB device like a memory stick or hard drive.
Figure 1 DMA with USB
1.1.2 Play Files on Media Servers
The DMA plays media files stored on your media servers. See the Quick Start Guide to install
the included media server software on your Windows XP computers to use them as media
servers. The NSA-220 network storage appliance is also a media server.
The DMA connects to your media servers through an Ethernet connection. The DMA-1000W
also allows you to connect to a IEEE 802.11b/g compliant wireless LAN network. It can
connect to an Access Point (AP) or another IEEE 802.11b/g compliant wireless LAN client.
Here, the DMA lets the TV play files stored on computers A and B and an NSA-220.