Watching digital pictures from your pc on your tv, Getting the most out of it – Philips Multimedia Control Panel User Manual
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Getting the Most Out of It
Searching Programs
To search for programs of a specific genre, proceed as follows:
1 In the EPG grid/list screen, choose
Search
.
The following screen will appear.
2 You can search on the basis of day,
time and genre.
Refine the search criteria by selecting the
appropriate day, time and genres.
Tip You can choose multiple genres.
3 Choose Go.
The message ‘Searching’ will appear and
after a few seconds a screen with the
search results will appear.
Watching Digital Pictures From Your PC on Your TV
Imagine the following scenario:
The grandparents are staying for the weekend. You’re going to show them the photos
of your child’s birthday party.
Note Watching Digital Pictures on your legacy television requires a UPnP-compliant Media
Adapter to convert the digital signals from your PC to analogue signals for your
television. For more information on Media Adapters, see ‘What You Should Know About
Home Networking’ on page 11.
You must also install the Philips Media Manager software. For further information,
please check ‘Installing the Software’ on page 51.
1 On the Homepage of your RC9800i, choose Watch.
2 Select PC
.
The combined control screen Watch
l
UPnP
will appear.
3 Select the PC where the pictures are
stored.