Set Up PlayOn™ Installing and Setting Up PlayOn Installing PlayOn Plugins Accessing Your PlayOn Content Related URLs NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA August 2009 208-10533-01 v1.
Installing and Setting Up PlayOn To download the PlayOn software, click on the following link. It is free to use for a trial period. Free Trial Software If you would like to purchase the PlayOn software, for a limited time NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Express customers will receive a 25% discount off of the suggested PlayOn retail price.
Click Save. The program will begin to download. Wait until the program has completed downloading as indicated by the progress bars. When the download is complete, go to the folder where you downloaded the program, and run PlayOn from there. The following screen displays.
Click Run. The InstallShield Wizard displays and the installation will begin. Wait until the installation is complete and the setup initializes, as indicated by the progress bars. When complete, the following PlayOn Installation Wizard displays.
Click Next. The License Agreement screen displays. Select the I accept the terms.... radio box, and click Next. PlayOn will begin to install. This may take several minutes.
When the PlayOn installation is complete, the following screen displays: Make sure the Launch PlayOn radio box is checked and click Finish. The PlayOn Settings screen displays. The PlayOn UPnP AV server is now available on your network. It will be displayed as PlayOn().
Accept the Default settings and click Apply to accept these settings or OK to close this window. Before closing the window, you may want to select the System Check tab to check on your Network and PC Processor performance.
Note: For best performance, Online Bandwidth, CPU Performance, Free Hard Disk space and System Memory (RAM) should all be green. If any area is highlighted red, that part of your computer or network may not be able to fully support PlayOn.
Installing PlayOn Plugins A plugin can be installed into your installed PlayOn software that can give you access to additional content—either for a specific region (for example, UK) or on a specific topic. Following are links to some plugins available on the Internet: • http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10875 • For a wider selection of Internet plugin sites, see: http://www.themediamall.com/playon/plugins http://www.playonplugins.com To install the plugin: 1. Download the PlayOn Plugin.
4. Click OK to close this screen. If you have any problems installing or using the PlayOn software, please click the following link to access PlayOn support: http://www.themediamall.
Accessing Your PlayOn Content To access your PlayOn Content: 1. From your TV, switch to the Digital Entertainer Express (EVA9100) input. Then, navigate to the Internet media folder. 2. Select PlayOn (BETA) to browse the PlayOn contents. • If you have multiple PlayOn UPnP AV servers on your network, the first UPnP AV server on your network will be pre-selected. If this is your PlayOn server (for example, PlayOn:Media), click OK to browse the PlayOn contents.
Related URLs Following are important links about PlayOn and PlayOn plugins that can be used with your NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Express (EVA9100). URL Content Link PlayOn Home Page http://www.themediamall.com/playon PlayOn free trial download http://www.themediamall.com/playon/download PlayOn purchase http://www.themediamall.com/purchase NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Express (EVA9100) PlayOn plugins http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10875 PlayOn plugins development http://www.
