Sony LF-V30 manual

LocationFree ® Base Station LF-V30 Operatin g Instruct ions Thank yo u for purch asing th is product. Before read ing this Op erating Ins tructions, b e sure to read the Important Notice. For det ailed info rmation o n how to use the Loca tionFree ® Player, refer to the Location Free ® Player ’s Help. This prod uct is avai lable for u se in th[...]

2 Contents What is the LocationFree ® Base Sta tion? . ....... ..... .... . 4 What is Loca tionF ree ® ? ..................... ........................... ........................... ............. 4 What is the L ocation Free ® Base Station? ..................... .................. ...................... 4 Identifyi ng Parts and Controls .......[...]

3 Other s .. ..... ..... .... ..... ....... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... .... ........ ... 3 3 About Self-Diagnost ics Displays................................... .................. .................... 33 Initializing the Base Stati on .................................. ........................... .................... 34 Troubleshoo ting [...]

What is the LocationFree ® Base Station? 4 What is the LocationFree ® Base Statio n? LocationFree ® a llows y ou to watch T V programs or r ecorded video fro m any room i n your home, or ev en a way from home. Y ou can stream video from a Base Station conn ected to a D VD recorder (or ot her video de vice) to a devi ce such as a computer or PSP [...]

5 What is the LocationFree ® Base Station? Y ou can select from se veral t ypes of connections dep ending on your L AN situation. It is not possible to watc h video on mo re than one r egistered L ocationF ree ® client de vice at the same time. In hom e Connect ing the Base Statio n and your de vic e directly by wire less If you use the Base Stat[...]

6 What is the LocationFree ® Base Station? z Tips • Y ou may not be able t o watch some vid eo, D V Ds, and other media tha t are copyright p rotected with th e 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 reco mmend a broa dband conne ct ion wi th upl oad[...]

7 What is the LocationFree ® Base Station? Identifyin g P a r ts and Contr ols 1 POW ER button/LED ( 1 pag e 12) T urns the B ase Stat ion po we r on and of f. Green: The power is on. Red: Attempting to be turned off. Red blinking: A malfunction has occurred . Off: The power is of f. 2 WIRELESS LED Indicates the wireless function status. Amber: W [...]

8 What is the LocationFree ® Base Station? 1 VIDEO 1 IN (S-VIDEO/VI DEO/A UDIO) terminal ( 1 page 13) Connect audio cables and either a video or S-V ideo cable. 2 VIDEO 2 IN (COMPONENT/VI DEO/A UDIO ) terminal ( 1 page 13 ) Connect audio cables and either component video cables or a video cab le. 3 VIDEO 1 OUT (S-V IDEO/VIDEO/A UDIO) termina l ( 1[...]

Checki ng th e Package Co nten ts 9 Chec king the P acka g e Contents After unpacking, ch eck that all the fol lowi ng items ha ve been in cluded: z Locati onFree ® Base Stati on LF-V30 (1) z A C p ower ad apter (1) z IR Blaster (1) z Power co rd (1) z Base Station stand (1) z LAN cable (1) z A V cable (1) z Locati onFree ® Playe r software CD-R [...]

Checki ng th e Package Co nten ts 10 When you con nect to the Locati onFree ® Bas e Statio n via the Internet, you need to use the Dyn amic DNS Servic e (f or fre e) th at S ony Corporati on provi des. R ead carefully “Dyn amic DNS T erms of Use Agreement” in the Important Notice befor e using t his product. Dynamic DNS T erms of Use Agreement[...]

Setup and Ca ble Connec tions 11 Setup and Cab le Connections T o keep th e Base Station stable, at tach the Base Statio n stand. Note Place the Base Station at least 4 inches (10 cm) aw ay from the wall. Insert th e claws of the stan d into th e hole s on the bottom of the Ba se Station a nd slide the stand forward until they cl ick into pl ace. T[...]

Setup and Ca ble Connec tions 12 Press the PO WER bu tton on the front panel of the Base Statio n to turn it on. The PO WER LED on the fr ont panel of the Base Station lig hts green. Also, th e NET A V LED blinks gree n until an auto matic NetA V check begi ns. Manuall y connecting LocationFree ® cl ient de vices to t he Base Stat ion wirel ess ly[...]

Setup and Ca ble Connec tions 13 Y ou can connect video d evi ces, such as a VCR, A V recei ver , D VR, D VD player/recorder , or digital cable, to th e Base Station. Refer to the o perating instruction s of each video de vice. Connectin g video de vices Connect video devic es to the Base Station with the A V cabl e IR BLASTER LAN 1 2 VIDEO 1 VIDEO[...]

Setup and Ca ble Connec tions 14 Note If you c onnect cables to b oth the S VID EO and VI DEO connectors of the VIDEO 1 IN terminal, the video sign al of the V IDE O conn ector is not dis pl ayed on the screen. The signal of the S VIDEO connector is displayed by priority . Connect video devices to the Base Statio n with an S-Video and audio cables [...]

Setup and Ca ble Connec tions 15 Note If you connect cables to both the COMPONENT an d VIDEO connectors of the VIDEO 2 IN term inal, the vide o si gnal of the VID EO co nnec tor i s no t dis playe d on th e screen . The si gnal of t he COMPO NENT connec tor is di splayed by prior ity . Connect video devices to the Base Station with a component vide[...]

Setup and Ca ble Connec tions 16 W atching video with a connected video de vices Open the [Index ] window , select [V ideo 1] or [V ideo 2] according to the input t erminal to which the vid eo de vices is connect ed. z Tip T o operat e video de vices from the Locatio nFree ® client de vices, you must connect the sup plied IR Blaster . For details,[...]

Setup and Ca ble Connec tions 17 When oper ating tw o video d evices wi th the IR Blaster , set the video de vices and the IR Bl aster as sho wn. If the infrared recei vers on the two video de vices do not line up like th e illustrati on abov e, you need to purchase an optional IR Blaster (VM-50, not supplied) and instal l it. Note For details on s[...]

Registering Lo cationFree ® Client Dev ices on the Base Station 18 Regi ster ing Loc atio nF ree ® Clien t Devices on the Base Statio n Y ou need to regist er your Locat ionFree ® client dev ices on yo ur Base Stat ion bef ore usin g it. Y ou cannot watc h video wit h an unre gistered Locat ionFree ® cl ient de vices. If you ha ve in stalled th[...]

Registering Lo cationFree ® Client Dev ices on the Base Station 19 When you regi ster a device near the Base Station , you n eed to use t he S ETUP MO DE b utton o n the Base Stati on. 1 Press th e SETUP MODE but ton on the fr ont of the Base St ation. Th e SET UP MO DE LE D s tart s bl inki ng amber . Note If you are using the LF-V30 in Access Po[...]

The Feat ures of the Base Station 20 The Features of the Bas e Station Automatic NetA V check tests the settings of your Base Stati on and your rout er to see if LocationFree ® c lient de vices can connect to t he Base Station vi a the Internet. When you turn yo ur B ase Station on , the NET A V LED starts bl inking green , and then the a utomatic[...]

The Feat ures of the Base Station 21 The wireless c ommunication function of the Base Statio n LF-V30 wor ks in one o f the two wireless modes; Access Poi nt mode or Client mode. Y ou can change t he mode with the WLAN switch on the rear panel of the L F-V30 ( 1 page 8). Acc ess P oin t mode When you w ant to use the LF -V30 as a wireless access po[...]

Base Station Sett ings 22 Base Station Settings The appearance s and the a vail able setting items dif fer depending on t he LocationF ree ® client de vi ces connected t o the Base Stat ion. This section e xplains the set tings by using a compute r installe d with Loc ationF ree ® Player (LF A- PC30). The [Base Station Set tings] page is accessed[...]

Base Station Sett ings 23 When the automatic NetA V check has failed, the NET A V LE D of the Base Station l ights amber . In this case, perform th e NetA V check from the [Base St ation Sett ings] page manually . 1 Click [NetA V Check] on t he [Base Station Sett ings] p age . [NetA V Check] screen app ears. 2 Click [Check]. The NetA V check st art[...]

Base Station Sett ings 24 Y ou can confir m and make adv anced settings for the Base Station. Y ou need to enter the user name and the passw ord before setting. 1 Click [Set tings] on the [Base St ation Sett ings] p age . The login screen appears. 2 Enter the user name (lfx) and password, and click [OK]. The [Setting St atus] screen appears. z Tip [...]

Base Station Sett ings 25 This se ction exp lains th e operati ons common to each frame in the [Base St ation Settings] p age. 1 Click the item to configure. The information for the cl icked item ap pears in the frame on the right. 2 Return to the [Base Station S ettings] pa ge. 3 Make setti ngs or perform operations fo r the selected ite m. If you[...]

Base Station Sett ings 26 2 Set [ Man ual ] for [DN S Co nfigur atio n] an d enter the following information. DNS1: 192. 168.0.1 *3 DNS2: It is ok to lea ve the f ield blank. *3 Example when the IP address of the router is 192.168. 0.1. If the IP add ress of the router is 192.168.1.1, enter 192.168 .1.1 for the DNS1. 3 Click [Set]. 4 Set port for w[...]

Base Station Sett ings 27 1 Select whether to a ssign an IP address to the Base Station aut omatically , using the DHCP function of y our router or modem, or to assign an IP address ma nually . If you sele ct [Automati c IP Address Conf iguration (DHCP)], the router’ s DHCP server will auto matical ly assign the [IP Address], [Subnet Mask] and [D[...]

Base Station Sett ings 28 2 An SSID is alread y entered here at the time of purchase (the ch aracters shown on the side of the Base St ation). If yo u want t o change it, enter a stri ng of up to 32 al phanumeric characters and symbols. An SSID is an ID that ident ifies a wi reless networ k. 3 T o hide th e SSID from o utsiders, check this box (Ste[...]

Base Station Sett ings 29 When you set t he WLAN switch to “CLIENT , ” you can chang e the wireless settings for the Client mode of the Base Station. 1 Click [Sc an] to m ake a list of SS IDs of wireless acce ss points in th e vicinity of the Base Station. It takes a while for the list to be made after cl icking [Scan]. Y ou can select one of t[...]

Base Station Sett ings 30 z WEP WEP is the wi reless LAN security t echnology specif i ed by IEEE802 .11. It applies encrypti on to communicati ons to pre vent outsi ders from interce pting comm unicati ons or intrudin g into your wirel ess networ k. There are two ty pes of encrypt ion ke y length: 64-bit k ey an d 128-bit k ey . The 128- bit encry[...]

Base Station Sett ings 31 - Th e intruder’ s LocationF ree ® clie nt de vices may be registered in the Base Station settings, allo wing the intruder to control and view the contents of any video de vice s connected to the Base Station (suc h as vid eo an d D VD p layer s). *1 For det ails on your r outer’ s se curity fun cti ons, contac t the [...]

Base Station Sett ings 32 Y ou can check the v ersion of the Base Station software . Y o u can also upgra de the software when a ne w version is released. 1 The Base Station softw are version appears here. 2 Click this t o upgrade to a ne wer vers ion of the Base Station software. An upgrade page ap pears in the right frame when yo u click th is bu[...]

Others 33 Other s If an er ror occurs dur ing use, t he PO WER LED on th e front panel of the Base Station al erts you to the problem. Refer to th e follo wing table for d escriptions of pro blems and possi ble soluti ons. If the pr oblem persists, contact Sony Lo cationFree ® Customer Su pport ( 1 the back cover). Self-diagnostics LED About Self-[...]

Others 34 If you initialize the Base Station, al l settings are reset to f actory def ault. Note After initializing, all of the settings you made will be deleted, including the device reg istration informa tion. z Tip If you want to initialize th e wireless settings, initialize them from the W ireless Settings screen ( 1 pag e 27 and 29) rather tha[...]

Others 35 If a pro blem occurs dur ing use, ref er to the in f ormation provid ed in this sect ion. If the problem per sists, contact Son y L ocationFree ® C ustomer Support ( 1 the back cov er). Base St ation T rou bleshooting Prob lem Cause s and remedi es Cannot turn the Base Statio n po w er of f. K eep the PO WER bu tton pressed for 3 second [...]

Others 36 Base Station Settings Prob lem Cause s and remedi es Cannot open the [Base Statio n Settings] screen. • [Base Station S ettings] cann ot be clicke d when the Ba se Station and computer are not on the same LAN. • If a globa l IP addre ss is assign ed to your device, you ca nnot op en the [Base S tation S ettings] page with the de vice [...]

Others 37 NetA V chec k Prob lem Cause s and remedi es The NETWORK LED of the Base Station do es not light up. Check the “NET WORK LED on the Base Stati on does not tu rn on. ” ( 1 page 3 5) sectio n of “Base Station. ” The NET A V L ED ligh ts amber . The automatic Net A V check has failed. Start the Locat ionFree ® Player , click of the [...]

Others 38 Specificat ions VIDEO 1 IN S-VIDEO 4-pin mini DIN Y : 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms unbalan ced, sync neg ative C: 0.286 Vp-p (burst) , 75 ohms V i deo: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms unbal anced, sync neg ative Audio: 500 mVrms, Impedan ce: 47 kilohms VIDEO 2 IN YP B P R ( Component V ideo) Y : 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms unbalan ced, sync neg ative P B /P R :0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms [...]

Others 39 Optional Accessories LocationFree ® Player LF A -PC3 0 IR Blaster VM-50 Note that these acc essories may not be immediate ly av ailable and that produc tion of them may be stoppe d at any time. Design and specif ications are subject t o change withou t notice . General Po wer consumpti on Approx. 7.7 W (watchi ng video) Approx. 1.8 W (po[...]

Others 40 A Access Point mode ............. .......... 21 Automatic NetAV check ....... ...... 20 B Base Station Settin gs .......... .......... 22 Access Control ............ .......... 30 Cha nging P asswor d ........... ... 31 Device Reg istration ........ ...... 26 Internet Con nection ........ ...... 26 NetAV check .... .......... .......... 2[...]

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