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Multi room
20.1
About Multi room
With Multi Room you can watch a TV programme that comes from another TV in your home. The programme is streamed from one TV to the other. You can stream a programme to a TV that has no antenna connection or has no Smart card subscription of its own. You can also stream a recorded programme from a TV with a connected Hard Drive.
The TV that streams the programme to the other TV, must be switched on and must tune to the channel or play the recording.
Streaming a TV programme with Multi Room will reduce the picture resolution to 720p maximum. You cannot stream radio channels. Some broadcasters protect their programmes to prevent this kind of streaming.
20.2
What you need
To stream a TV programme from one TV to another, the programme must come from a digital TV channel.
Both TVs must be connected to your wireless home network. For more information, press Keywords and look up Wireless Network.
Also, both TVs must have a Philips model number that ends with an 8 or higher - e.g. xxXXXxxx8. It might be necessary to update the older TV with its latest software. On the older TV, read the Help chapter on updating software.
Make sure that both TVs have the setting Switch on with
To check this setting on this TV…
1 - Press , select Setup and press OK.
2 - Select Network settings > Switch on with
3 - Press BACK repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu.
20.3
Using Multi room
First time use
When you start Multi room for the first time, switch on both TVs.
Once this TV made a connection with the other TV, the other one will appear automatically in the Browse network menu even when it's in standby.
Stream a TV channel
With Multi room, you can watch the current TV channel or open the channel list of the other TV. If you select a channel from the list, the other TV will also switch to the channel you selected. If the other TV has a
To watch a TV channel from the other TV . . .
1 - Make sure the other TV is in standby* or switched on.
2 - On this TV, press SOURCES, select Browse network and press OK.
3 - If the TV is not yet connected to your home network, the network installation will start automatically. If the TV is already connected, go to step 4.
4 - In the Browse network menu, select the name of the other TV and press OK. If you have several TVs in your home, you might want to change the name of the other TV. You can do that on the TV itself.
5 - Select what you want to watch from the other TV . . .
•to watch the current channel of the other TV, select Current channel and press OK.
•to open the channel list of the other TV, select Watch TV and press (Right).
•to open the satellite channel list of the other TV, select Watch satellite and press (Right).
•to open the list of recordings* on the other TV, select Watch recordings and press (Right).
•you can switch channels with + and
*To switch on the other TV from standby or to watch its recordings from a connected HDD, both TVs must have a type number that ends with an 8 or higher - e.g. xxXXXxxx8 or xxXXXxxx9.
TV name
To change the TV name . . .
Press > Setup > Network settings > TV network name.
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