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1. a price The DSL connection could not be used for any other simultaneous activity A typical DSL connection does not offer the same upload speed as it does download speed It must also be taken into account that a fully loaded upload will also put the brakes on download speed At the moment the developers are diligently working on new features and improvements for the Slingbox as soon as new software becomes available it can be downloaded into the box via the Internet A recent update included the ability to transfer Slingbox A V content directly to a UMTS compatible mobile phone Unfor tunately this service does not function as yet all over the world and is currently lim ited to Great Britain It is only just a matter of time before mobile telephone service providers around the world make this feature available to everyone Conclusion Overall the Slingbox functioned very well and can be used almost anywhere A company or an office for example can take the signal from a security camera and 26 TELE satellite amp Broadband O8 09 2007 wwwtTELE salellite com distribute it to dozens of their employees PC s Just think of all that cabling that would no longer be needed The box can be used just as easily to watch TV from any place around the world you can even control the receiver on the other side of the world via the Internet The bandwidth available through a typi cal DSL connection would even be enough
2. of their streams This is actually necessary in order to take full advantage of all the functions of the box It also provides an extra measure of secu rity After installing the software the player immediately recognizes all the Slingboxes connected on the local network Yes it is possible to operate multiple boxes inde AIV Configuration pendently from each other To prevent unauthorized access to the Slingbox the next step involves setting up an admin istrator and user password If a friend wants to access your box via the Internet you simply need to give him the user pass word to limit his access to A V streams The administrator password would provide access to all of the boxes settings via the Internet Once these settings have been taken Slingbox connections care of the Slingbox then asks you to con figure all the different input sources This includes activating the A V and S Video inputs that don t require any additional configuration as well as controlling and starting a scan with the help of the inte grated tuner Once everything is correctly set up the first attempt at streaming can begin We used a standard digital satellite receiver with the Slingbox and connected everything to our relatively large internal network The Slingplayer was started on one of our office PCs and just one mouse click later we were able to see the A V signal from the satellite receiver and all in exceptional video
3. space limi tations Only a few years ago reception of your home TV channels in another part of the world was a problem that had no solu tion But thanks to ever faster Internet connections and ever higher bandwidths a new TV reception possibility has slowly but surely established itself IPTV Many of you have probably already heard of the term IPTV it has to do with a technology whereby a TV channel in digi tal form from a service provider is deliv ered to your home via the Internet and routed to either your PC or to a specialized set top box for your TV In this form it becomes possible to watch not only reg ular TV channels but also feature films sporting events etc for a fee And as long as we re on the subject of money access to this form of TV is not exactly cheap and is usually restricted to your Internet providers own network and not for example in a hotel room while on vacation or if you re away on a business trip Sling Media began developing their own IPTV system several years ago exactly for Slingplayer these applications that anyone can easily install athome The Slingbox takes care of encoding and compressing the input signal from almost any source and placing it in an audio video stream that can be carried via a network or the Internet without any problems At first we were a little skeptical if such a system would even work especially via the Internet Naturally we were quite anx ious to ge
4. IPTV Box ai SingPiayer My Skngbox Payer View Singhox Help Slingbox Links Your Satellite Receiver to the Internet Fa SingRemote Remote Imagine that your boss sends you away on an overseas business trip for several months in a world that gets closer and closer every day this scenario is not exactly unrealistic Naturally while you re away you d like to continue watching your favorite TV channels from home But it won t take long for the disappointment to set in even though our world is getting smaller and smaller this is not really true for TV reception The fact remains that because of your geographi cal position not all satellites from around the world can be received more precisely a relatively small range of about 140 are above the horizon Add to this the fact that a signal from a satellite is limited by its transmission footprint on the ground This simply means that even though you might be able to theoretically receive a Satellite it could happen that the signal is so weak where you are that it would take an extremely large antenna to get a workable signal if at all Most likely you d end up in a location that makes it impossible to receive your home satellites Virtual Remote Control Cable system operators and digital ter restrial distribution also wouldn t work since they can typically only deal with local p p N programming due to cost and
5. although simultaneous surfing of the Inter net would only be recommended if you truly have the proper Internet connection
6. es that command and routes it to the SlingBox via the network which then sends it to the IR transmitter on the particular A V box The remote control codes from a large variety of entertainment electronic equipment were already preprogrammed so we had no trouble operating our satellite receiver from a distance The Slingbox needs about five seconds to convert and encode the input signal As a result the actual A V signal reaches the Slingplayer with only a minor delay Even though these five seconds when compared to professional equipment that doesn t really operate that much faster is actually quite good it is unfortunately a little too slow to operate the units from afar For this reason Sling Media imple mented a so called Control Mode that The Video Tuning Wizard For more information cick Help bellow J When available use Video Mong Renderer VMR technology F Use VMRS supported on current mortor Home Network Video Quality Low Q Hn Full resolution mandmum berate For fast computers on fast networks Ok Atbrechen Onemetmen ise Slingplayer Network Settings reduces the video processing to an abso lute minimum This makes it not as much fun watch ing a normal TV but the box does typically handle the stream in less than a second and thus makes it much easier to use from afar since the attached receiver reacts almost simultaneously with receiving the IR command After such a successful tes
7. quality The datarate between the box and Slingplayer was variable and was directly related to how much movement there was in the video the more movement in the video the higher the datarate The pic ture quality can be manually controlled by the user to match the actual capabilities of the network or Internet connection In our tests we were able to measure datarates of roughly 300 kbps for video Channel Scan with hardly any motion and 1700 kbps for video with extensive motion When used with a local network these transmission rates were not a problem that is we were unable to detect any video breakup or any other type of interference during our tests Just a few mouse clicks is all that is needed to switch between the different signal inputs tuner A V input or S Video input As practical as these three inputs are there is one problem that even you cannot solve only one signal can be con nected at any one time The Sling Media designers didn t want to accept that so easily so they came up with a rather clever solution to this problem the included IR transmitter It is simply placed in front of the reception diode of the desired A V box and then connected to the SlingBox A virtual remote control can be dis played via the Sling Box software and includes almost all of the same functions of the real remote control If for exam ple you decide to push the P button to switch channels the Slingplayer tak
8. t started when the delivery truck showed up with the Slingbox package At first glance the box did not appear all that spectacular the front of the box sported nothing more than two LEDs that showed its current status The right LED indicated the box s power status while the left LED showed an active network con nection On the rear panel you will find in addi tion to audio video and S video outputs also a VHF UHF tuner connection our test box used F connectors as well as a port for an external IR receiver and naturally the network interface RJ45 jack Power is supplied via the included adapter the box is happy with 6V The Slingbox converts any TV signal into an 24 E satellite amp Broadband IPTV stream 08 09 2007 www TEL satellite com Overall the workmanship of the Sling box left us with a very positive impres sion All necessary connector cables as well as a detailed user manual and CD with the required software are included in the package Everyday Use The connection and initial turn on of the Slingbox is self explanatory All you need is a free network connection on your router and a connection to an A V box Before actually using the box over the Internet the manufacturer suggests first perform ing a thorough test using your internal net work we thought this was a good idea Contrary to other streaming services Sling Media developed their own Sling player for playback
9. t with our Www TELE satellite com O8 09 2007 TELE satellite amp Broadband 29 local office network we naturally wanted to see how well signals were transmitted via the Internet For this task we asked our TELE satellite colleague in the USA to install the Slingplayer on his PC Back here all we had to do was to configure the Slingbox with just a couple of mouseclicks to accept signals from outside of our net work and we also had to identify what port on our router the Slingbox would use so that our fun would not be interrupted by a firewall In only just a few minutes we got the good news Our colleague in the USA was watching German TV in exceptionally good quality and from what we could see on our satellite receiver he was actually having quite a bit of fun surfing through all the different German channels This all took place from across the Atlantic Ocean via the Internet and also with the help of the attached IR transmitter on the receiver Since our office has an always on high speed Internet connection we also wanted to hook up the Slingbox to a DSL connec tion to see if it was possible to deliver decent audio and video through this type of broadband connection We disconnected the box from our office setup and brought it to the home of one of our employees We again needed the assistance of our colleague in the USA who was once again happy to report on the excellent picture quality he was enjoying but at

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