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Where things are when using Watch on Slingbox.com

Need a guided tour of Watch on Slingbox.com? Look no further.

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Watch on Slingbox.com features:

1

Current Slingbox

The name of the Slingbox that you're connected to.

2

Slingbox Options

Choose options such as Video Quality and Video Input.

3

Input

Change video input (the A/V device that your Slingbox is connected to).

4

Change Slingbox

Watch a different Slingbox in your Slingbox Directory.

5

Show/hide remote

Click to show the remote; click again to hide the remote.

6

Guide

Click to display the onscreen program guide; click again to hide the Guide.

7

Fullscreen

Watch in full screen mode (to the extent that your computer's processing power, and the speed of your Internet connection, allow).

8

SlingRemote (onscreen remote control)

An onscreen counterpart to the remote control you hold in your hand at home. Click it with your pointer. It works just like the real one! (If a picture of your remote control isn't available, then you see a generic remote control image.)

9

Play/Pause control

(WINDOWS ONLY) Click once to play video; click again to pause. SlingPlayer stores up to 30 minutes of paused video so you don't miss your show.
10 Playback timeline control (WINDOWS ONLY) Move the slider backward (to re-watch video you've recently seen) or forward (to skip ahead if you're watching stored video). The video timeline "buffer" stores up to 30 minutes of video.
11 Volume/mute control Adjust the sound volume to your liking, or mute sound entirely.
12 Streaming speed Shows you the current video streaming speed (higher is better).
13 Quality Click to adjust the video quality.
14 Zoom control

Change Watch on Slingbox.com zoom (aspect ratio) formats. Choose the best one for the video source you're connected to.

  • D - Regular TV format (4:3)
  • A - Movie format (16:9)
  • L - Letterbox (fits 16:9 image to 4:3 screen)
  • P - Pillarbox (fits 4:3 image to 16:9 screen)
  • W - Windowbox (original 16:9 image cropped to 4:3)
15 Onscreen program guide A full onscreen program guide, based on your location and TV service. Click a current program and you can watch it now. Click a program playing in the future and you can change to that channel now.

 




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