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About Windows Media Player 11/Windows Media Connect
Windows Media Player 11/Windows Media Connect is software to deliver music, photos and movies from a Microsoft Windows XP computer to home stereo systems and TVs. The same function is also available in Windows Media Player 11.
With this software, you can play back files stored on the PC through various devices wherever you like in your home.
At this time you cannot download the Windows Media Connect software from Microsoft’s website. If your server currently does not have Windows Media Connect installed, install Windows Media Player 11 (for Windows XP) instead. This software can be downloaded from Microsoft’s website.
For more information check the official Microsoft website.
Authorizing this player
In order to be able to browse and play files from a server this player must be authorized or registered. This happens automatically when the player makes a connection over the network to the server. If not, please authorize or register this player manually on the server.
For more information on authorizing this player, refer to the instruction manual of your server.
FAQ
•Some files don’t show up. Where are they?
–File names that don’t end with one of the permitted extensions won’t be recognized by this player. See also File compatibility on page 9.
–Supported file formats vary by server. As such, files not supported by your server are not displayed on this unit.
For more information check with the manufacturer of your server.
First entering Movie, Photo or Music Navigator
After powering on this player and entering the Movie, Music or Photo Navigator, you may be presented with the Folders screen. This is due to this player compiling a list of the available media on your media servers. This list will vary depending on the media sharing software you are using, but you will be able to navigate through the list using the / buttons, the ENTER key to select a folder, or the ENTER key on the Go back selection found in each folder.
If you come to a folder containing content that you wish to play, you may press to display the Movie Options, Photo Options, or Song Options as illustrated in pages 33, 35 and 36).
Pressing to display the browse menu (as illustrated in,
pages 34, 35 and 37) will may a browse menu with the All Movies, All Photos or All Songs options grayed out. If this is the case, this means that this player has not finished compiling the list of available media, and you may continue to browse through the folders and play media while this list completes. When this player has finished compiling this list, the All Movies, All Photos or All Songs options will no longer be grayed out, and you will be able to select these and continue navigating as described in this chapter:
If you are not presented with a folders menu as described above, this means that this player has finished compiling a list of available media on your media servers, and you can navigate through the Movie, Photo or Music Navigator screens as described in this manual.
Changing content on your Media Server
If you change the available content on your media server (by adding or removing shared files) while you are in the Movie, Photo or Music Navigators, the Movie, Photo or Music Navigator screen you are on will change to the Folders menu. From here, you can browse the folders and play content as described in the first section. Once this player has finished compiling a new list of available media, the All Movies, All Photos or All Songs options of the browse menu will become highlighted an accessible.
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