Humax 525p manual Introduction to Home Media Features, If you do not already have a home

C h a p t e r 7 C o n n e c t i n g t o a H o m e N e t w o r k

If you do not already have a home

®network and you want to learn how to create one, Linksys — a leading manufacturer of wireless and always-on Internet connection networking equipment — provides valuable information on its web site at:

www.linksys.com/edu/.

Other online resources also describe the steps and types of equipment used to set up a home network. You can 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.

Introduction to Home Media Features

This chapter shows you how to connect your HUMAX DVD Recorder to a home network. Doing so gives you brand new ways to use your Recorder as a digital home entertainment center. Connect it to a home network and enjoy:

•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 Series2TM DVRs to each other for Multi-Room Viewing. (Your HUMAX DVD Recorder is also a Series2 DVR.) This setup is described in the Home Media Features guide, available online at www.tivo.com/guides.

•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.

•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 the TiVo® service. Connecting your Recorder to a home network allows you to enjoy them. For more 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 an always-on Internet connection (for example, DSL or a cable modem), your Recorder can use that connection, instead of a phone line, for regular connections to the TiVo service. (The Recorder 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 53) for any program airing more than an hour after you request it. (If your Recorder is using a phone line, processing an Online Scheduling request can take up to 36 hours.)

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