Connecting to the Base Station

You can watch video by starting LocationFree Player and connecting to the Base Station.

The procedure to watch video at home is the same as the procedure to watch video away from home.

Before starting LocationFree Player

Check that the Base Station is turned on. Also, make sure that your computer is connected to your home LAN, when watching at home, or to the Internet, when watching away from home.

Starting NetAV

1 Double-click the (LocationFree Player) icon on the desktop of the computer. You can also use the [Start] menu. Point to [All programs] ([Programs] in Windows 2000), [Sony LocationFree Player], and then click [LocationFree Player].

2 Click a Base Station from the list, and then click [Connect] on the [Base Station Selection] screen.

Select a green icon.

Click this button.

The following screen appears and the computer begins establishing a connection to the Base Station.

When the connection is established, a video appears.

Note

Make sure that the external device is turned on. Otherwise, you may see no picture.

About the icons that appear in the list
Green icon:

A Base Station in the same LAN always has a green icon, regardless of whether you connect to it.

Light green icon:

The Base Station which is not in the same LAN but have connected to it once in the past. (e.g., the Base Station is at home).

Grey icon:

The LocationFree Player for a different country has been installed. Install the software for your country from the LocationFree Player software CD-ROM. For more details, refer to page 49.

zTips

•If you have connected to your Base Station at home before, and then connect to it away from home, the colour of the icon is light green.

•During installing the LocationFree Player, your security software may display a message asking if you want to block the software. In such case, choose “unblock.”

•If your Base Station does not appear on the [Base Station Selection] screen, your security software or browser may be blocking the communication between the LocationFree Player and the Base Station. Check the settings of the security software and the browser to see whether it is blocking the LocationFree Player or not. Refer to the instruction manuals of your security software or the online help of your browser to configure them not to block the communication.

Player LocationFree on Video Watching

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