Toshiba Digital Media Server, Руководство для пользователя

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C h a p t e r 8 C o n n e c t i n g t o a H o m e N e t w o r k
Introduction to Home Media Features
This chapter shows you how to connect your Digital Media Server to a home network.
Doing so gives you brand new ways to use your DMS as a digital home entertainment
center. The following Home Media Features are available with TiVo Plus
TM service.
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Multi-Room Viewing
– Record programs in the living room and watch them in the
bedroom–or vice versa. See page 113.
If you don’t have a home network, you can connect two Series2 TM DVRs to each other
for Multi-Room Viewing. (Your Digital Media Server is also a Series2 DVR.) This
setup is described in the Home Media Features guide, available online at
www.tivo.com/guides .
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Digital Music Player
– Use the home entertainment center in your living room to
listen to the digital MP3 music collection stored on your computer. See page 114.
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Digital Photo Viewer
– View slideshows of digital photos stored on your computer
without huddling around a small computer monitor. See page 114.
These Home Media Features are included with TiVo Plus service. Connecting your DMS
to a home network allows you to enjoy them. For more information about using these
features, download the Home Media Features Guide at
www.tivo.com/guides .
Connect to the TiVo service via broadband.
If your home network includes a broadband
Internet connection (for example, DSL or a cable modem), your DMS can use that
connection, instead of a phone line, for regular connections to the TiVo service. (The
DMS will still need a standard phone line connection for Guided Setup.)
In addition, with an always-on Internet connection, you can use Online Scheduling (see
page 100) for any program airing more than an hour after you request it. (If your DMS is
using a phone line, processing an Online Scheduling request can take up to 36 hours.)
If you do not already have a home
network and you want to learn how
to create one, try going to a popular
search engine like Google
( www.google.com ) or Yahoo
( www.yahoo.com ) and typing the phrase,
“setting up a home network,” in the
search field. You will obtain a number of
search results (links) that supply
guidance to help you set up your home
network.
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