SAMSUNG S GUIDE TO DLNA
Welcome to the era of 21st-century television! Samsung s added a new level of functionality to its HDTVs with DLNA CERTIFIED!" connectivity. Now, your compatible Samsung HDTV can remotely access files on your PC so that you can download music, video, and photos and enjoy them anywhere in your home, using
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the same remote control as your TV.
What is DLNA? It stands for Digital Living Network Alliance, and is a cross-industry organization of consumer electronics, computing industry, and mobile electronics manufacturers. DLNA actively promotes wired and wireless networks of consumer electronics products, personal computers, and mobile devices, in the home and on the road, for sharing new digital media and content services.
And digital content is everywhere, from the Internet to handheld players and optical disc media. Your photos,
videos 2 , and music 3 files can be stored on your DLNA-compliant networked PC 4 and accessed by Samsung
7-series plasma HDTVs and 7-, 8-, and 9-series LCD HDTVs through their rear-panel Ethernet ports.
HOW IT WORKS
A DLNA-compatible Samsung HDTV easily connects into your home network just like any other desktop or notebook computer, printer, or media player. Once the connection is established, you can browse selected folders on your media server PC and select music to listen to, or photos and videos to watch.
Samsung s PC Share Manager software for Microsoft Windows® XP and Vista (included with all DLNA
CERTIFIED Samsung TVs) installs quickly on your Windows PC and provides the interface between TV and computer. You access the files you want by simply pushing the WiseLink button on the TV remote and navigating through a user-friendly graphical interface.
Music files are listed by title, artist, date of release, and cover art (if available), while photos are shown as thumbnails for quick selection and videos are listed by file name. You simply scroll to the desired music,
video, or photo file, and then click to play or view it.
Figure 1 Sample WiseLink screens, showing MP3 music files (left) and photos (right)
available as shared files from your networked PC or media server
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DLNA-compatible Samsung HDTVs must use a direct (wired) LAN connection to home network computers.
Video files protected by DRM may not be accessible.
MP3 music files protected by DRM may not be accessible.
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In addition to networked PCs, WiseLink Pro will only work with DLNA-compliant media servers such as Buffalo s Terastation,
TwonkyVision, and Promise Technology s NAS. UPnP media servers are not compatible with WiseLink Pro.
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SETTING UP A WISELINK DLNA CONNECTION
Here s how to set up your Samsung 7-series plasma or 7-, 8-, or 9-series LCD HDTV to operate on a home media network or connect to a networked PC.
Software: You will need to install Samsung s PC Share Manager software on your networked PC. A
software CD should have been included with your new DLNA-compliant Samsung HDTV s operating manual.
Make sure the software version on the CD is 1.4.2 or higher. If the version is lower, you can download the latest version by setting your Web browser to http://www.samsung.com/us/support/download/supportDownMain.do and then search by the model number of your Samsung HDTV. Once it appears, click on the Software tab near the bottom of the Web page to show the PC Share Manager download icon.
To run PC Share Manager, you will need a PC running either the Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or
