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    350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA November 2012 202-1 1084-01 v1.0 Neo T V MAX S tr eamin g P la y er NT V300SL User M anua l[...]

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    2 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Support Thank you for choosing NETGEAR. After installing your device, locate the serial number on the labe l of your product and use it to register your product at https://my .n etgear .com . Y ou must register your product befor e you can use NETGEAR telephone support. NETGEAR recommends registering your product throug[...]

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    3 Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started Streaming Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 What Is Included in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    4 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Use the App with the Streaming Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Favorite[...]

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    5 1 1. Gettin g S tarted This chapter covers the following topics: • S treaming Basics • Hardware Features • What Y ou Need to Use Y our Streaming Player • Installat ion • Reset Button • Remote Control • Onscreen Quick Setup • NeoTV Channels • Intel Wireless Disp lay (WiDi) • My Media For more information about th e topics cover[...]

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    Getting St arted 6 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Streaming Basics For the optimal media streaming experienc e with the st reaming player, NETGEAR recommends the following: • Broadba nd Internet service . T o wa tc h m ovi es in sta nt ly on th e streaming player, you need a connection with a speed of 2 to 3 Mbp s or faster . The faster your connecti[...]

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    Getting St arted 7 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Hardware Features What Is Included in the Box F ront and R ear Views Note: The USB port is located on the right side p anel. Power ad apter Remote control NeoTV MAX St reaming Player with coin batteries Inst allation guide AV c a b l e Power connector Ethernet port Micro SD sl ot HDMI port Reset button [...]

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    Getting St arted 8 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player What Y ou Need to Use Y our Streaming Player • TV with HDMI port or A V port • HDMI cable • Broad band Internet connection • A wire less or wired network Installation T o install your streaming player, you con nect it to the TV and to your ho me network. When you turn on the TV , the NeoTV Quick[...]

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    Getting St arted 9 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player R emote Control Batteries T o use the remote control, remove the yellow battery isolation strip beneath the batteries. Y ou do not need to open the ba ttery cover . Figure 1. Remove the yellow plastic st rip beneath the batterie s Connect to Y our Home Network T o use your player , you need to connect i[...]

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    Getting St arted 10 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Wired Connection Use an Ethernet cable (sold sep arately) to con nect your player to a LAN port on you r router . Figure 2. Wire d LAN connec tion Router Ethernet cable Str eaming player TV (optional)[...]

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    Getting St arted 11 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Wireless Connection If you are using a wireless connect ion, place your player within ra nge of your wireless network. For best wireless reception, av oid e nclosing your player in a cabinet. Figure 3. Wirele ss network conne ction If you do not receive a strong signal during the onscr een setu p, rota[...]

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    Getting St arted 12 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Re mo te C on t ro l Figure 4. Remote co ntrol T able 1. Remote control bu ttons Button Description Power T urns power to the streaming player on and off. Home/Exit Channel Go to the home screen or exit the channel. Up Navigate up . Down Navigate do wn. Left Navigate le f t. Right Navigate right OK Con[...]

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    Getting St arted 13 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Note: The functions of the color buttons (red, gree n, blue, and yellow) at the corners of the directional pad d epend on the screen that is displayed. Menu Additional options. Some channels do not use this button. Play/Pa use Play or pause media. Fast Forward Fast forward. Rewind Rewind. Next Skip to [...]

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    Getting St arted 14 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Onscreen Quick Setup Onscreen Quick Setup makes it easy to get started with the streaming player.  T o use Quick Setup: 1. Af ter you connect your streaming player, press Power on the remote control to turn the streaming player on. 2. Y ou might need to use your TV remote control to select the HDMI [...]

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    Getting St arted 15 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player • Registration . V isit https://my .netgear.com or http://support.netgear .com or scan the QR code on your screen. • Le arn about your remote control . Learn more about the remote cont rol, its bu ttons, and their usage. Then the home screen displays: Figure 5. Stre aming player home screen[...]

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    Getting St arted 16 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player NeoTV Channels The home screen displays your cha nnel selections in the My Channe ls category:  T o customize My Channels: • T o move a channel to anoth er position, select it and press the blue button on the remote control. Use the arrow button on the remote control to go to the new position, and[...]

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    Getting St arted 17 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Fling Queue Fling Queue is a fre e app that lets yo u select Internet con tent and send it to yo ur TV .  T o set up your computer with Flin g Queue: 1. L aunch a web browser . 2. V isit the Flingo website at www .flingo.org . 3. Check to make sure that your browser is supported. 4. Dra g the Fling [...]

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    Getting St arted 18 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player 7. On your TV , on the Queue screen, select the item that you want to watch.[...]

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    Getting St arted 19 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) The Intel WiDi channel wirelessl y projects yo ur WiDi-cap able laptop display to a TV . For more information about the Intel WiDi Wireless Displa y , visit the Intel website at http://www .intel.com/content/www/us/en/architec ture-and-tec hnology/intel-wireless-display .h[...]

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    Getting St arted 20 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player 3. If you are connecting the laptop to t he NeoTV adapt er for the first time, the streaming player displays a 4-digit security code on the TV screen. Enter this code into the Intel WiDi application. Within a few seconds, the TV screen displays your laptop screen. 4. T o terminate the NeoTV WiDi sectio[...]

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    Getting St arted 21 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player My Media My Media channel let s you play back your local storage content from a USB disk d rive and local network DLNA server .  T o play back local storage co ntent: 1. Click the My Medi a icon on t he NeoTV home sc reen. 2. Use the re mote control to select the storage device you wa nt to browse. [...]

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    Getting St arted 22 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player  While playing video or music or viewing a photo, you can do the following with the remote control: • List mode view and thum bnail view . When you are in the list mode view , press the green but ton on the remote control to change to the thumbnail view . Press the green button again to move back [...]

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    Getting St arted 23 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player • Picture menu . While viewing a photo, pre ss the Menu button on the remote control to display the picture menu. Press the Menu button again to close the picture menu.[...]

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    24 2 2. Settin g s This chapter covers the following topics: • Settings Menu • General Settings • Audio & Vide o Settings • Network Settings • Registration • About[...]

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    Settings 25 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Settings Menu Y ou can customize the settings for your streaming player.  T o view or change the settin gs: 1. Select Settings on th e home screen. 2. Press OK to display the fo llowing screen: The setting menus are described in the following sections in this chapte r .[...]

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    Settings 26 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player General Settings The General Settings menu includes the following : • Sof tware Up date . Check if a newer version of the sof tware is available. Download th e software and inst all it on the streaming player. • Screen Saver T iming . S pecify how long the streaming player should wait to display a screen s[...]

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    Settings 27 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player  T o restore factory settings without rem oving channel information or erasing sof tware up dates: 1. Select Settings > General > Restore Factory Settings to display the following screen: 2. Select Fac tory Reset : 3. Press OK to confirm. • The streaming player erases the settings that you specified[...]

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    Settings 28 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Audio & Video Settings Select Settings > Audio & Vid eo to display the following screen: Audio Output Select the digital outp ut setting for the audio. The default se tting is PCM S tereo. If you connect to an A V media center with 5.1 plus aud io channels, select Bit stream HD for surround sound. T[...]

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    Settings 29 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player TV Aspect Ratio Select the aspect ratio. If your TV has a very rectangular (widescreen, or 16:9) aspect ratio, you can select either full screen or pillarboxed ). The following table des cribes these set tings. CEC Support The CEC (Consumer Electron ics Control) option allows the TV remote control to control c[...]

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    Settings 30 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Network Settings Y ou can view or change the network settings for the streaming player. The options displa yed in the Network Settings screen depend on whe ther an Ethernet cable is connected to the streaming player. Select Settings > Network to display th e Network Settings screen. If no Ethernet cable is [...]

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    Settings 31 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player The Network Settings menu includes the following options: • Select y our WiFi network . The streamin g player scans for wireless networks in your area and displays a list. Select your n etwork, and enter it s password to connect wirelessly . • Connect u sing WPS . WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) let s you join [...]

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    Settings 32 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player About View d etails about the sof tware and hardware version of your streaming player. Select Settings > About to display the following screen: • Sof tware V ersion . The version of sof tware currently running on your streaming player. • Sof tware Date . The date your current sof tware was released. •[...]

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    33 3 3. Mai n te nan ce This chapter covers the following topics: • Update Notification • Replace the Remote Control Batteries • Error 101 on Flingo Channels[...]

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    Maintenance 34 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Update Notification When there is new firmware, the streaming player notifies you when it powers up or wakes up from standby . Follow the onscreen instruction to press the yellow remote control butto n, and then press OK to update the firmware. R eplace the R emote Control Batteries The remote control uses [...]

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    Maintenance 35 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player 2. Slide out the battery tray , and remove the batteries. 3. Repla ce the batteries, and insert the battery tray into the remote control. Error 101 on Flingo Channels Due to Internet bandwid th and quality of the Intern et connection, Flingo channels sometimes display error 101 at the bottom of the display [...]

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    36 4 4. Neo T V Mob ile A pp s NeoTV mobile app s are available sep arately . They allow you to use your phone as a remote control for the streaming player. NeoTV mobile app s are free to download from And roid market and the Apple App S tore. This chapter covers the following topics: • NeoTV Remote Control App • Use the App with the S treaming[...]

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    NeoTV Mobile App s 37 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player NeoTV R emote Control App The NeoTV remote control app turns your iPhone, iPod touch, or Android ph one into a NeoTV S treaming Player remote control. Y ou can use it to manage devices, and you can specify the feedback settings. Figure 6. Th e app is like a virtua l NeoTV remote co ntrol  T o use [...]

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    NeoTV Mobile App s 38 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Use the App with the Streaming Player When you select the NeoTV app on your phone, the remote screen disp lays.  T o use the NeoTV app to control the TV : 1. Make sure that yo ur TV and the streaming player are turned on and connected to the same WiFi network. 2. Use your phone instead of the remo[...]

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    NeoTV Mobile App s 39 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Channels Y ou can use your phone to view the channels that are availab le on your streaming player and select the one that you want to watch on your TV . T ap the channel that you want to watch on your TV . Y ou can use the star symbol to create a list of favorites. Favorites T ap the star icon to go[...]

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    NeoTV Mobile App s 40 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Settings The Hosts setting lets you specify your network connections. Sounds & V ibrate let s you turn sound and vibration on and of f. The Host screen shows the device that you are currently conne cted to and let s you change your connection. • Auto Pair . This option au tomatically finds the [...]

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    41 A A. Supplemental Inf ormati on This appendix covers th e following topics: • Factory Default Sett ings • T echnical Specifications[...]

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    Supplement al Informat ion 42 NeoTV MAX Streaming Player Factory Default Settings Y ou can use the onscreen menus to restore factory settings. Select Se ttings > Restore Factory Settings . The following t able shows the factory settings. T echnical Specifications The following t able includes technical spec ifications for th e streaming player. [...]

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    Supplement al Information 43 NeoTV MAX Streami ng Player Audio ou tput • Analog stereo (mini-jack to left/right/composite video RCA) • Digital over HDMI (5.1 surround sound pass-through and stereo) Remote control QWERTY keyboard NeoTV MAX infrared remote control USB media formats • Video: MP4 (H.264), MKV (H.264) • Audio: AAC, MP3 • Image[...]

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    44 B B. No tif i ca ti on o f C om pli ance NET GEAR Neo TV MAX Str eaming Pla y er NT V300SL Regulatory Compliance Information This section includes user requ irement s for operating this pro duct in accordance with National laws for usage of radi o spectrum and operation of radio devices. Failure of the end-user to comply with the applica ble req[...]

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    Notification of Compliance 45 NeoTV MAX Streami ng Player Canadian Department of Communicatio ns Radio Interference R egulations This digital apparatus (NeoTV MAX S treaming Player NTV300SL) do es not exceed the Class B limits for radio-noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interfer ence Regul ations of th e Canadi an Dep a[...]