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settings of a wireless access point or router. If your network uses WEP, then it has a password or “key.”

To connect a Recorder to a network that uses encryption, you need to provide:

•A wireless password format. WEP passwords may be hexadecimal (a combination of letters from A-F and numbers from 0-9), or alphanumeric (a combination of letters from A-Z and numbers from 0-9). If your network has both an alphanumeric and a hexadecimal password, we strongly recommend you use the hexadecimal password.

•A wireless password. It does not matter whether the letters of a hexadecimal password are uppercase or lowercase, but for alphanumeric passwords, capitalization is important. For example, if the password is “MyPassword,” then entering “mypassword” will not work. Some hexadecimal passwords have only numbers.

•A level of wireless encryption. If you specify an alphanumeric password, you must also specify a level of wireless encryption. Recorders are compatible with 40, 64, 104, and 128-bit encryption; they are not currently compatible with 256-bit encryption.

Choose a format or select “The wireless network doesn’t use a password.” If you select “The wireless network doesn’t use a password,” you will see the Confirm Settings screen, described on page 111.

Wireless Password — Alphanumeric or Hexadecimal

•Hexadecimal (preferred). Enter a hexadecimal password by using the arrow keys on your remote to highlight a character, then press SELECT. It does not matter if a letter is uppercase or lowercase. Some hexadecimal passwords contain only numbers.

•Alphanumeric. Enter an alphanumeric password by using the arrow keys on your remote to highlight a character, then press SELECT. You must use capital and

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