Welcome to the Media Center Extender Setup
Required!
You must upgrade to Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 before proceeding beyond this point. To fi nd out which edition you have, go to the Media Center Start page, select Settings, select General, select About Media Center, select Software Version. If you need to upgrade, go to http://www.hp.com/go/MCEupgrade.
step 1 NETWORK
Set up your network
You must have a working home network to use the Media Center Extender. See the Networking poster that came with your Media Center Extender. Select Option A (Wired) or Option B (Wireless).
Option A (Wired) requires a router that supports 100 megabits per second (Mbps). Confi gure your network and test it. Refer to the instructions that came with your router.
Option B (Wireless) requires that your HP Media Center PC or HP Digital Entertainment Center is connected to your router with an Ethernet cable. You can use one wireless Media Center Extender. Additional Media Center Extenders must be connected to the network with an Ethernet cable. Currently, only wireless routers 
with the Designed for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 
Edition logo are supported with this product. Purchase one of 
these routers separately. If you set a wireless encryption key 
(WEP or WPA) during your router setup, you must enter the
same key into the Media Center Extender during setup. Confi gure your network and test it. Refer to the instructions that came with your router.
