Devolo LAN Audio extender - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Preface ............................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Thank you! .................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About this manual ......................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
devolo on the Internet ................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1 Introduction ...................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1 What exactly is dLAN? ................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2 The benefits of dLAN Audio extender ............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 Sample applications ...................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Initial use ......................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1 Package contents .......................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 Displays and connections .............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.1
Control indicators (LEDs) ................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.2 Ports .............................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3 Connecting the adapter ................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3.1
Connection to the electrical system ................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3.2 Connecting the audio cable ............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4 Software installation ..................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.4.1
Installing the devolo software ......................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Configuration ................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1 devolo Informer ............................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2 Status and Management ............................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.3 Security in the dLAN ..................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3.1
Basics ............................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3.2 Encrypting the dLAN via dLAN Configuration Wizard ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4 Adjusting the sound output ........................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.4.1
Windows XP .................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.4.2 Windows Vista ............................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.4.3 Customizing the audio output ......................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4 Additional devolo software ............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.1 devolo EasyShare .......................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.2 devolo EasyClean .......................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28