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3.4.6. Multimedia Station

To share multimedia files like photos, music or video files on the network, please enable

Multimedia Station. For further information, please refer to Chapter 5.

UPnP Media Server

FNS-5000B supports UPnP technology which brings you greater convenience to enjoy

multimedia files. By enabling UPnP Media Server, you can share pictures, music and video

files on a specific share folder of FNS-5000B (default is Qmultimedia) with any multimedia

player that supports UPnP in home and corporate networks. The multimedia player can then

search for all supported multimedia files available in the share folder of FNS-5000B and play

the files on a display device, e.g. TV. To use UPnP Media Server, please enable this function

and click the following link (http://FNS-5000B:9000/) to enter the configuration page of UPnP

Media Server. For more details about UPnP Media Server, please refer to TwonkMedia User

Manual on the CD. (TwonkyMedia.v3.1)

About UPnP

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of computer network protocols promulgated by the

UPnP Forum. The purpose of UPnP is to allow devices to connect seamlessly and to simplify

the implementation of networks at home and in corporate environment. UPnP achieves this

by defining and publishing UPnP device control protocols built upon open, Internet-based

communication standards.

The term UPnP is gleaned from Plug-and-play, a technology for dynamically attaching devices

to a computer directly.