Adding another audio/video source
If there are available input ports on the back of your Slingbox, you can connect additional audio/video sources. SlingPlayer gives you the option of switching between input sources while you're watching your TV.
To add another device to your Slingbox using Setup on Slingbox.com:
- Connect the cables from the new device to an available set of ports on the back of your Slingbox.
- Position an IR blaster bulb in front of the infrared remote control sensor of the new device that you're connecting.
Note: The IR blaster cable that came with your Slingbox has at least two IR emitters on it (they look like little bulbs in a black plastic holder) so you can use an IR blaster cable for more than one device at a time. You can locate the IR blaster either above the infrared sensor or below it.
- Go to Setup on Slingbox.com.
- Login to your Sling Account, if you haven't already.
- Click Get Started.
- Click to select the Slingbox you want to configure.
- Click Configure Inputs from the setup screen that appears.
- Click the input that you want to configure.
- Follow the step-by-step instructions to configure your Slingbox for the new A/V device.
To add another device to your Slingbox using SlingPlayer for Windows:
- Connect the cables from the new device to an available set of ports on the back of your Slingbox.
- Position an IR blaster bulb in front of the infrared remote control sensor of the new device that you're connecting.
Note: The IR blaster cable that came with your Slingbox has at least two IR emitters on it (they look like little bulbs in a black plastic holder) so you can use an IR blaster cable for more than one device at a time. You can locate the IR blaster either above the infrared sensor or below it.
- Launch SlingPlayer 2.0.
- Choose Setup Assistant from the Settings menu.
The Slingbox Setup Assistant opens.
- At the Setup Assistant greeting screen, click Next.
- If you have one local Slingbox on your network, skip to the next step. If you have more than one local Slingbox on your network, click to select the one that you're connecting the new A/V device to.
- Enter the Administrator password for the Slingbox, then click Next.
- Click Configure Video Sources from Edit Settings on the left-side panel of the Setup Assistant.
You see a table that lists the available ports on your Slingbox, as well as a diagram of its back panel. See Note, below.
- Indicate the available port that you've connected the new A/V device to. You can do that:
- by clicking to select the port from the table that lists the available ports, or
- by clicking the port on the diagram of the back of your Slingbox.
- Once you've made your port selection, click Next.
- Follow the onscreen instructions to configure your Slingbox for the new A/V device ... or to reconfigure an existing one, if that's what you're doing.
Note: The port (input) that you want to connect the new A/V device to should have Unconfigured next to it, meaning that it's not currently in use. If there's a device listed for the port, the port has been already configured.
If the port that you want to use is already configured:
- If you want to clear away the configuration and start over, click to select the input, and click Next and then Back with Setup on Slingbox.com. Click Reset with SlingPlayer for Windows.
- If you want to change settings for the configured device (programming provider, remote control settings, etc.), select the already-configured port to edit it.