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Sony LocationFree Player for PSP manual

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  • Page 1

    Setting and U sage Guide for PSP ® (Pla yStation ® Portable) System For details about the LocationF ree® Base Station, refer t o the Operating Instructions on t he LocationFree® Player CD-ROM (for Window s® P C) supplied with the B ase Station. PSP ® syst em software v ersion 2.80 or later is required for us e with this product . Always maint[...]

  • Page 2

    2 Contents What is Location Free®? ..................... .................. .................. .................. ............. 3 What You can Do with the Lo cationFr ee® Player................................... ............. 4 Gettin g St arte d ...... ..... ....... ..... ....... ..... ....... ..... ....... ..... ... 6 Settin g Up to Connect to[...]

  • Page 3

    What i s Lo cati onF ree® ? 3 Locatio nFree® all o ws you to w atc h TV programs or r ecorded video fr om an y room i n your home, or ev en a w ay from home. Y ou can tran smit video from you r Base Statio n which is con nected to a D VD recorder (or othe r video de vice s such as se t-top box es or D VRs) to a Loc ationFr ee® clie nt de vice su[...]

  • Page 4

    What Y ou can Do with the LocationFree® Play er 4 Y ou ca n watc h TV or vi deo on the P SP ® (P layStatio n ® Portable) system by using the LocationFree® Base Stati on. W ith the Base Station pl aced in a li ving room for instance, y ou can enjo y TV or v ideo from an ywhere in your home b y using the PS P ® system’ s wireless LAN feature. [...]

  • Page 5

    What Y ou can Do with the LocationFree® Play er 5 z Tips • Y ou may not be abl e to watch some vi deos , D VDs, or other media that are co pyright protected with the softwa re. • When the power is turned on, the Base Station continuously emits a w ireless signal. • T o use the NetA V function, we recommend a broa dband connec tion with up lo[...]

  • Page 6

    Getting Started 6 Getting Started This secti on descri bes the setu p for connecting the PSP ® system to the Base Station inside the home. For details about prepar ing the B ase Station, refer to the Quick S tart Guide or Operatin g Instruct ions supplied with the Ba se Station . Press the PO W ER button on the front pane l of th e Base Stati on t[...]

  • Page 7

    Getting Started 7 Check the connect ion of yo ur PSP ® system re ferencing t he foll o w ing f igu re, and re gister your PSP ® system to the Base Station. Prepara tion req uired for registerin g your PSP ® system to the B ase Stat ion insid e the home ( als o see pa ge 9) : 1 Connecting your PC to the Base S tation to complete the W ireless Mod[...]

  • Page 8

    Getting Started 8 If your Base Station is LF-B10, you need to connect the Base Station to a wireless router with a LAN cable and then connect your PSP ® system to the Base Station through the router . Notes • If you intend to use your Base Station LF-V30/LF-B20 in CLIENT mode, be sure to mak e network settings of your PS P ® system to connect t[...]

  • Page 9

    Getting Started 9 Y ou can re gister your PSP ® system with the Base Station an d set to connect to a wireless LAN. When you connect your PSP ® system to the Base Statio n via your router , set up a ccording to th e follo wing procedur es. 1 Connec t a PC to the Ba se Stat ion an d follow the Setu p Wiza rd to comple te the W ireless M ode Se tup[...]

  • Page 10

    Getting Started 10 7 Press the SETUP MODE button on the front (LF-V 30/LF-B 20/LF-B1 0) of th e Base Stat ion. With the Base Statio n turned on , press and hold the b utton until the SET UP MODE LED starts to blink. W ait whi le th e PS P ® system re gi sters with the Base St ation and the net work set tings required f or establi shing a connectio[...]

  • Page 11

    Getting Started 11 10 The TV or vide o pictu re i s disp la yed. When a connecti on to the Base Station is established , the vi deo pict ure is di splayed. For detailed usage instructions, refer to "W atchi ng T V or V ideo on t he LocationFree® Player" ( 1 page 13). Y ou can close the Locat ionFree® Play er by pressing the b utton. T o[...]

  • Page 12

    Getting Started 12 Y ou need to complet e the NetA V chec k before you go out . Make sure that the NET A V LED (LF-V30) or t he SETUP M ODE/N ET A V LE D (LF-B20/ LF-B10 ) goes of f. If it is lit, you need to p erform th e NetA V check. z Tip LF-V30/LF-B20/LF-B10 have the automatic NetA V check function. Howe ver , you can also perform the NetA V c[...]

  • Page 13

    W atching TV or Vid eo on the Loc ationFree ® Pla yer 13 W atc hing TV or Video on th e LocationF ree® Pla yer Y ou can display T V or video on the PSP ® system’ s screen by starting the Locatio nFree® Player from the home menu. 1 Chec k t hat t he Ba se St atio n is turn ed on. 2 Tu r n o n t h e W L A N s w i t c h o f t h e P S P ® syste [...]

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    W atching TV or Vid eo on the Loc ationFree ® Pla yer 14 Create the netw ork settings to use the pub lic wireless LAN service. Refer to the instructio ns for the PSP ® system to do the necessary setting s. The settings such as SSID and sec urity wil l depend on t he publi c wireless LAN pro vider you use . For detai ls, refer to the websit e or o[...]

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    W atching TV or Vid eo on the Loc ationFree ® Pla yer 15 1 Pres s the button during T V or video pl a ybac k. The contr ol panel is displayed. 2 Sele ct an ico n, and then pr ess t he b utton. Remote Co ntrol ( 1 pag e 16) Displays the on-sc reen remote control f or cont rolli ng TV and vi deo play back . Screen Mode ( 1 page 17) Changes th e size[...]

  • Page 16

    W atching TV or Vid eo on the Loc ationFree ® Pla yer 16 1 Selec t from the control pane l, and then pr ess t he but ton. The on- screen remote contro l is displaye d. Clearing the remote c ontr ol Press the button or the button. Y ou can operat e a video deck or DVD play er that is connect ed to the Base St ation using the o n- screen remote cont[...]

  • Page 17

    W atching TV or Vid eo on the Loc ationFree ® Pla yer 17 if the fun ction cont rolled by the remote control ( see fi gure 1 ) is not set correctl y the remote control wi ll not functio n after th e connect ed device is turned o n. In this case, sw itch the functio n controlle d by the remote cont rol to t he function i n use. Using the learning re[...]

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    W atching TV or Vid eo on the Loc ationFree ® Pla yer 18 z Tip Depending on the selected rate, the network connec tion may dr op du ring the ch ange t o the ne w ra te. 1 Sele ct fr om the contr ol panel , and then pr ess t he but ton. V ideo inpu t infor mation i s displa yed. Displa ying Inf ormation about the Video Input in Use Video input info[...]

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    W atching TV or Vid eo on the Loc ationFree ® Pla yer 19 Y ou can operate wi thout usi ng the con t rol pa nel by usin g the PSP ® system buttons. Operati ng wit h the PSP ® System Buttons System b utton Function but ton Displa ys t he contr ol pa nel ( 1 page 15) button Displ ays the on-screen remo te control ( 1 page 16) SELECT b utton Switc h[...]

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    Setting Up the LocationFree® Pla yer 20 Setting Up the Lo cationF ree® Pla yer Y ou can adjust settings f or the on- screen remot e control that will be used t o operate video de vices such as VCR, D VR, set-top box, an d D VD player , connected to t he Base Stat ion. T o adjust these settings, you must first sa ve remote control data on a Memory[...]

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    Setting Up the LocationFree® Pla yer 21 6 Selec t the p roduct type o f the connect ed de vice, and the n press the right button . z Tip The n umbe r shown fol lowing the prod uct ty pe, for example the "(1)" in "DVD Recorder (1)", indicates the remo te control’ s mode . Select one of the remote control modes and if the remot[...]

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    Setting Up the LocationFree® Pla yer 22 1 Sele ct fr om the contr ol pane l ( 1 page 15), and the n press the b utton. 2 Selec t [Basic Set tings], a nd then press the button. The Ba sic Settin gs screen is disp layed. Follo w the on-screen instructions. When you perform registration via the Internet, create the settings with the f ollo wing proce[...]

  • Page 23

    Setting Up the LocationFree® Pla yer 23 5 Sele ct the ne tw ork co nnec tio n, and then pr ess t he but ton. When you are connecting to the access point for the fi rst tim e, re fer to th e instr uct ion manua l supplie d with the PS P ® system. 6 Chec k the se ttings sta tus. Press t he butto n to com plete the se ttings . A list of net work set[...]

  • Page 24

    Setting Up the LocationFree® Pla yer 24 Y ou can set the d omain name and port nu mber for use in conne cting your PSP ® system to the Base Statio n from outside your home. Usually , you do not need t o change th ese settings. 1 Sele ct fr om the contr ol pane l ( 1 page 15), and the n press the b utton. 2 Select [Advanced Setti ngs], and then pr[...]

  • Page 25

    Setting Up the LocationFree® Pla yer 25 This secti on e xplains ho w to do the Base Stat ion settings. The Base Station Set ting is accessed and set from the PSP ® system's Internet bro wser . Note Y ou can ope n the Base Stat ion Set tings pag e only when the PSP ® system and the Base Station are connected to the same LAN. When connecting [...]

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    Oth er 26 Other • Sony , LocationF ree, "Memory S tick Duo" a nd their respecti ve logos a re eithe r trad emarks or registered trademarks of Son y Corporation. • " ", "PlaySt ation" a nd " " are eit her trad em arks or re gistered trademarks of S ony Computer Ent ertainment Inc. • All other compan y na[...]

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    Sony' s globa l webs ite: w ww .son y .net Locati onFree® Custom er Su ppor t 1-866-925- SONY (7669) - U.S. (Eng lish Only) Locati onFree® w ebsite <U.S.> www .sony .com/locationfree/ For questions a bout the P SP ® (Play Station ® Portable) system, contact SCEA Consumer Services: www .us.playst ation.com/psp 1-800-345- 7669 6:00 a.m[...]