Where things are when using Watch on Slingbox.com
Need a guided tour of Watch on Slingbox.com? Look no further.


Watch on Slingbox.com features:
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Current Slingbox |
The name of the Slingbox that you're connected to. |
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Slingbox Options |
Choose options such as Video Quality and Video Input. |
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Input |
Change video input (the A/V device that your Slingbox is connected to). |
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Change Slingbox |
Watch a different Slingbox in your Slingbox Directory. |
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Show/hide remote |
Click to show the remote; click again to hide the remote. |
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Guide |
Click to display the onscreen program guide; click again to hide the Guide. |
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Fullscreen |
Watch in full screen mode (to the extent that your computer's processing power, and the speed of your Internet connection, allow). |
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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.) |
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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. |
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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. |
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Volume/mute control |
Adjust the sound volume to your liking, or mute sound entirely. |
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Streaming speed |
Shows you the current video streaming speed (higher is better). |
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Quality |
Click to adjust the video quality. |
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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)
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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. |