PLAYING A MULTIMEDIA FILE,
WEB TVs OR WEB RADIOs
ON YOUR TV/HI-FI SET
Step 1: connect up all the servers
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After connecting B
-PLAYER
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on all computers concerned. See the installation and configuration guide for the
procedure.
Step 2: select the directories containing
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the files you want to share
To enjoy contents stored on your computers on your TV/Hi-Fi installation,
the directories containing the files must be set as shared on ASTONSERVER.
You can share:
Directories.
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CD/DVD.
•
USB keys.
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To share des directories, proceed as follows:
Double-click the icon on the task bar (bottom right of computer screen).
•
The ASTONSERVER window opens.
Press the "Select directories" button.
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Select the directories, drives, or USB keys you want to share by ticking
•
their boxes.
Once you have made the selection, click at the bottom of the window
on Save .
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com
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to your TV set, install the ASTONSERVER software
For easier use of B
-PLAYER
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, we advise you to create My films, My photos,
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and My music directories on your computer. Share these directories on ASTONSERVER
and place your new files in them. They will then become automatically available on ASTON-
SERVER and selectable from the TV/Hi-Fi.
N.B.1, when, adding files to a shared directory, we advise you to first put
B
-PLAYER
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on standby and then restart it after the operation.
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N.B.2, this step is not necessary to play a WEB TV or a WEB RADIO.
Step 3: playing a multimedia file on your TV set/Hi-Fi
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B
-PLAYER
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explorer displays the different available servers and thus allows you access to
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the shared files.
1
Switch on your TV.
2
Press the MENU button
on the remote control
to bring the explorer
up on the screen.
3
Use the
buttons to
select the server containing
the file you want to use.
N.B., when you are in a directory and you want to go up to the parent directory,
press the Esc button.
4
Press the
button
on the remote control
to move to the right hand
section of the screen.
5
Now select the directory
containing the desired file
using the
buttons. Press
the OK button.
6
Select the file and press
the OK button to start
playing the file.
The explorer closes
automatically.
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