Philips Multimedia Control Panel - Manual (Page 11)

User Manual
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Learning the Basics
■ What You Should Know About Home Networking
Home Networking and Connected Devices
The RC9800i goes one step further than ordinary universal remotes. The RC9800i is
revolutionary in that it can also operate most of the connected devices in your home
network.
Connected devices are devices that comply with the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
A/V Protocol. UPnP allows various devices like PCs and intelligent networked
appliances (e.g. Media Adapters) to communicate with each other. More specifically,
UPnP allows connected devices to find each other and to communicate about their
capabilities and their content. Throughout this manual, connected devices are
understood to be compliant with the UPnP A/V Protocol.
In the home plan above, a typical situation is depicted: A desktop PC (with peripherals
like monitor, mouse and keyboard) and a Wireless Access Point (WAP) are located in
the study.
In the living room, a flat screen TV is hanging on the wall. An audio system sits in the
left-hand corner and there is a Media Adapter in the right-hand corner. The Media
Adapter is wired to the flat screen TV or to the audio system.
Note A Media Adapter is a wireless digital device that allows movies, pictures or music
files to be streamed from a PC to non-networked audio-video devices like conventional
TVs and audio systems.
As you can see, the RC9800i on the couch in the living room, controls
not only legacy audio/video devices, such as the TV and the audio system,
but also connected devices such as the PC and the Media Adapter.