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Chapter 6 Custom Setup and Supervisor Functions Use the custom setup options to manually set up your Digital Entertainer Elite. Use the screens you access by selecting More > Supervisor functions to perform housekeeping tasks, run media library scans, and view system information. You can also use your Digital Entertainer Elite to access the desktop of a PC on your network. Custom Setup The Custom setup screen lets you manually connect the Digital Entertainer Elite to your network, and to share media files on your network so that the Digital Entertainer Elite can access them. Use this screen to set up access to media files on your network that are on Linux systems or storage servers attached to the network. To use Custom setup, press Home, and select More > Supervisor functions > Setup Wizard. After you select a language and hear the audio welcome tune, you are offered a choice of Basic or Custom setup. The Custom Setup screen offers these options: • Select video mode. Set the appropriate resolution for your TV. • Change room name. If you have more than one Digital Entertainer Elite, you can select room names, such as living room, from the list of options to identify them. Or, you can enter a room name, using the onscreen keyboard. • Enter your ZIP code. You can enter your zip code to receive news and weather for your local area. • Install Computer Software. Next, you are prompted to use the installation CD (included with your Digital Entertainer Elite) on the computer where you store your media files. Follow the prompts to complete the setup of your Digital Entertainer Elite. • Scan for shared content. Your Digital Entertainer Elite will scan your network for shared folders. Alternately, you can enter the name of a network workgroup to be scanned. • Data location. Specify a writeable server location where your media library and other persistent data files can be stored. 6-1 v1.0, March 2009

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6-1
v1.0, March 2009
Chapter 6 Custom Setup and Supervisor
Functions
Use the custom setup options to manually set up your Digital Entertainer Elite. Use the screens
you access by selecting More > Supervisor functions to perform housekeeping tasks, run media
library scans, and view system information. You can also use your Digital Entertainer Elite to
access the desktop of a PC on your network.
Custom Setup
The Custom setup screen lets you manually connect the Digital Entertainer Elite to your network,
and to share media files on your network so that the Digital Entertainer Elite can access them.
Use this screen to set up access to media files on your network that are on Linux systems or
storage servers attached to the network.
To use Custom setup, press
Home
, and select More > Supervisor functions > Setup Wizard.
After you select a language and hear the audio welcome tune, you are offered a choice of Basic or
Custom setup. The Custom Setup screen offers these options:
Select video mode
.
Set the appropriate resolution for your TV.
Change room name
. If you have more than one Digital Entertainer Elite, you can select room
names, such as living room, from the list of options to identify them. Or, you can enter a room
name, using the onscreen keyboard.
Enter your ZIP code
. You can enter your zip code to receive news and weather for your local
area.
Install Computer Software
. Next, you are prompted to use the installation CD (included with
your Digital Entertainer Elite) on the computer where you store your media files. Follow the
prompts to complete the setup of your Digital Entertainer Elite.
Scan for shared content
. Your Digital Entertainer Elite will scan your network for shared
folders. Alternately, you can enter the name of a network workgroup to be scanned.
Data location
. Specify a writeable server location where your media library and other
persistent data files can be stored.