Accessing your Home Server from other houses (Remote Home Access functions)

You can send video and photo contents to personal computers and VGF-HS1 Series Home Servers of your family and friends in distant locations via the Internet or let them access your Home Server to view such contents.

You can let personal computer users access your Home Server with Web browser software and view albums of photo content (VAIO Picture Lab function).

Additionally, you can set a password to restrict access to your Home Server.

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For further information on the VAIO Picture Lab function, consult the following section in the User Guide: Using the Remote Home Access Functions - Using the VAIO Picture Lab function.

You can let VGF-CP1 Digital Photo Frame users view photo content on your Home Server (Media Link function).

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For further information on the Media Link function, consult the following section in the User Guide: Using the Remote Home Access Functions - Using the Media Link function.

You can establish Data Syncs between your Home Server and other personal computers or Home Servers for sending and/or receiving video and photo contents (Data Sync function).

Once the video and photo contents that were received from other personal computers or Home Servers have been stored on your Home Server, the contents will be available for public viewing.

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For further information on the Data Sync function, see page 44 in this guide; or consult the following section in the User Guide: Using the Remote Home Access Functions - Transferring data to a personal computer or a Home Server outside your home (Data Sync).

The Internet related features require certain ports to be open.

Using a modem/router with UPnP is recommended.

Otherwise consult the manual that came with your modem/router for configuring port forwarding.