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About Favorites lists
The SlingPlayer Favorites feature lets you collect the channels you watch most into easy-to-use lists. It's available in the SlingPlayer Guide.
About the PVR tab
The PVR tab tells you what's on your personal video recorder (PVR).
Adding an additional 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.
Adding an Internet Slingbox to your Slingbox Directory
Before you can add a Slingbox to your Slingbox Directory, you must sign into your Sling Account ... and then add the new Slingbox to your Slingbox Directory. But even when you're located remotely, you can add a Slingbox to your Slingbox Directory.
Adding a Slingbox using a domain name/router IP address
If you’re an advanced user, and you want to add a Slingbox to your Slingbox Directory -- but you don't have the Slingbox ID -- you can add a Slingbox to the Slingbox Directory by using the the IP address of your router (or your domain name).
Audio settings
SlingPlayer gives you a variety of audio settings. Here's how they work.
Cable and Connector Glossary
Confused by all of the ports and cables on the back of your TV, Slingbox, or SlingCatcher? Here's an illustrated glossary.
Can't connect using mobile (not Wi-Fi) connection: Set APN info
If you're using SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry, and you're having trouble connecting to your Slingbox using a mobile connection (but Wi-Fi works fine), then the necessary access point name (APN) information for your wireless carrier may not be properly set.
Canadian Slingbox users and the SlingPlayer Guide
Version 2.0.1 of SlingPlayer for Windows introduces a new feature to Canadian users: the Slingbox Guide, an electronic program guide that tells you at a glance what's on, lets you change channels directly by double-clicking your choice in the guide, and offers a Favorites feature, so you can store the channels you watch the most.
Changing Aspect Ratio (Video Zoom)
Broadcast video can be shown in differing screen formats, among them: standard television aspect ratio (4:3), Letterbox, Pillarbox, Windowbox, and Anamorphic. SlingPlayer can be adjusted to handle these various formats.
Control mode
SlingPlayer is equipped with a feature called the Control Mode, which you can use to switch between channels faster.
Editing a Favorites list
You can edit an existing Favorites list to add channels, delete them, or rename the Favorites list.
Entering Slingbox ID numbers with BlackBerry Pearl
You can use SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry to add new Slingbox entries into the Slingbox Directory. However, if you're using a BlackBerry Pearl, you'll find that you can't enter your Slingbox ID because you can't get the letter "F" to enter. The Pearl's keyboard configuration prevents it.
Fit TV to Player
The Fit TV to Player feature helps you find the best viewing size for your computer.
How to reset your Slingbox
How to zap your Slingbox back to its "out-of-the-box" settings. You have to do this if you have forgotten the Administrator password or if you get a new router.
Legal notices
© 2009 Sling Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Slingbox, SlingPlayer, SlingPlayer Mobile, SlingStream, SlingRemote, Sling Accounts, SlingCatcher, SlingProjector, SlingSync, and SlingBar are trademarks of Sling Media, Inc.
Locating your Slingbox ID
The Slingbox ID is a unique number given to each Slingbox. SlingPlayer uses it to locate your Slingbox from the Internet when you're watching your TV away from home. If you need your Slingbox ID for any reason, here's how to find it.
Optimizing the video stream automatically
SlingStream optimizes video as it is sent and received over the Internet. SlingStream optimization generally provides the best possible video experience for most viewers.
Optimizing the video stream automatically with a specific resolution
SlingStream optimizes video as it is sent and received over the Internet. SlingStream optimization generally provides the best possible video experience for most Slingers. But you can also have the best of both worlds: you can optimize the video stream automatically, but also specify a particular screen resolution.
Parking SlingPlayer windows
SlingPlayer lets you watch your TV in a variety of ways. If you're working while you're watching, you can shrink the SlingPlayer viewing window, as well as SlingRemote,™ into a small package and park them on either the left or the right side of your screen. This is called SlingBar mode.
Resolutions in SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows
SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows can display images in four resolutions (VGA, HVGA, QVGA, and "Tiny"). Just below the TV image, an icon displays resolution you're currently watching. This article explains the differences between these resolutions.
Setting up SlingPlayer Guide
Here's how to get up and running with SlingPlayer Guide, the electronic program guide in SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows.
Show/Hide statistics
You can show or hide the bit rate information that's in the SlingPlayer window.
Sling Media Complimentary Support Offerings
Complimentary support for the Slingbox and SlingCatcher hardware provides telephone support for basic setup, installation, assembly, and connectivity. See the user guide included with your Slingbox or SlingCatcher for more information.
Sling Media Paid Support Offerings
Paid support for the Slingbox and SlingCatcher hardware provides telephone support for basic setup, installation, assembly, and connectivity outside of the standard complimentary support.
SlingPlayer Options: Encoding
The SlingPlayer Encoding options tab let advanced users fine-tune the streaming process ... although for most users by far, the automatic mode is best.
SlingPlayer Options: Video
You can use the SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows Video options tab to enable features that take advantage of the advanced video capability on your computer.
The Network light on your Slingbox is off
When you power up your Slingbox, does the Network light on the front blink for 30 seconds, then turn off? If so, here are a few tips and tricks to help get you watching TV anywhere!
The Slingbox Answers Forum has replaced Slingcommunity.com
The Slingbox Answers Forum is a new technical support discussion forum created for Slingbox customers. It is replacing Slingcommunity.com as the place on the web to go to ask for help with your Slingbox. With this change, we'll be able to offer you a better one-stop shop for the info you need.
Using SlingRemote
SlingPlayer includes SlingRemote, an on-screen remote control that's a picture-perfect image of the real remote control that you hold in your hand.
Using the Slingbox Directory
The Slingbox Directory is a list of Slingboxes that are available on your network. Here's a summary of how it works.
What's a network?
Let's talk about networks. You might be asking yourself, "How do I know if I have a network in my home?" Good question!
What's a router?
It's a question you shouldn't feel embarrassed to ask! Many folks with home networks aren't sure, either.
What's in your Device Directory?
The Device Directory shows the Slingboxes and DISH receivers that you can connect to. Once you're logged in to SlingPlayer Mobile, you can access your Slingbox or DISH receiver from it.
What's Port Forwarding/Port Mapping?
How do we connect to our network when we're out and about and we want to watch our shows or catch today's news highlights? A simple technique called Port Forwarding.
What does "Set Up Complete" mean?
When your Slingbox is listed on the front page of Slingbox support, the "Set Up Complete" item indicates whether or not you completed setting up your Slingbox successfully.
What does the "Internet Viewing Status Warning" mean?
When your Slingbox is listed on the front page of Slingbox support, if you see an "Internet Viewing Status" warning you will not be able to connect to your Slingbox from a SlingCatcher or some versions of SlingPlayer Mobile.
What does Video Bit Rate mean?
"Bit rate" is a common measure of the quantity of data, transmitted from one place to another, per a unit of time, usually one second. (Data are measured in "bits.")
What is a port?
A port is a way that your router can direct Internet traffic to a particular device within your home network.
What to do if your Slingbox connection drops
It's possible that under some circumstances, your computer's connection to your Slingbox could drop, most likely because of a momentary network glitch. Fortunately, this is not likely to happen.
Which Slingboxes are currently supported in the U.S. and Canada?
Televisions aren't what they used to be. They've evolved. They now support technical standards such as high-definition video, wide screens, digital broadcasting tuners, and a variety of other advanced technologies. To keep up with these changes, the Slingbox and SlingPlayer software have evolved over the years, as well.
Which Slingboxes are currently supported outside of North America?
Televisions aren't what they used to be. They've evolved. They now support technical standards such as high-definition video, wide screens, digital broadcasting tuners, and a variety of other advanced technologies. To keep up with these changes, the Slingbox and SlingPlayer software have evolved over the years, as well.
Which SlingPlayers work with my Slingbox?
There are some new versions of the SlingPlayer that don't work well with older Slingbox models. Use the table below to determine which versions of the player will work with your Slingbox.
Why do I need passwords for my Slingbox?
Your Slingbox needs at least an administrator password to make sure that you are the only one who watches your TV remotely ... and that you're the only one who changes the settings on your Slingbox.
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