Setting up and using Windows Media Center Extender

The Media Center Green Start button on the remote control can be set up to act as a Windows Media Center Extender. It displays the Windows Media Center window from your computer so you can browse and use the Windows Media Center as if you were at your computer.

To use this feature from the TV, your computer must have the Windows Vista Home Premium or Home Ultimate operating system, both of which include the Windows Media Center application.

The Windows Vista computer can support up to four extenders. The TV can be an extender to only one computer at a time.

Near the end of the TV installation, you can choose to set up the TV as a Windows Media Center Extender. If you skip the setup during installation, you can initiate the setup by pressing the Media Center Green Start button on the remote control. When you do this, the TV shows the Windows Media Center settings menu.

On the menu, select Setup Extender, and then press OK on the remote control. The TV displays the 8-digit key you must enter into the Windows Media Center settings for the Extender settings on the computer. Write down the key and go to your computer.

For the next step, continue with “Setting up Windows Media Center Extender at the computer” on page 31.

Setting up Windows Media Center Extender at the computer

The following steps describe the setup procedure on the computer, where you follow the onscreen wizard in the Windows Media Center settings, entering the 8-digit key when prompted.

The computer may automatically detect the TV and prompt you to connect it as an extender. If it does not, perform the following steps:

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The computer must have an active connection to the Internet during the Extender setup. This enables the computer to contact Microsoft and verify the extender key.

1Open Windows Media Center on your computer, which has a home network connected to the MediaSmart HDTV.

2In the Windows Media Center window, select Tasks, settings, and then click add extender.

3In the Welcome screen, click Next. Enter the

8-digit key you recorded from the TV screen, and then click Next.

4Follow the Extender Setup steps and when the steps are complete, click Finish.

The Windows Media Center window appears on the TV.

Resetting or changing the computer for the Windows Media Center Extender

Use the following if you want to reset the Extender, or to use the feature with a different computer. (The TV can act as an extender to one computer at a time.)

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After the initial setup of the TV as an extender, the current extender setup information must be removed from the TV before setting up a new computer.

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SL4282N 42 inch specifications

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