EVA8000 Installation Guide
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..., and then set up the Digital Entertainer HD: 1. Depending on the computer. Installing the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows Software After connecting the Digital Entertainer HD and completing Basic setup, follow these steps to connect the Digital Entertainer HD: 1. Insert the NETGEAR Resource CD into the CD drive on where you bought your Digital Entertainer HD, you may be prompted to enter your Digital Entertainer HD. The Setup Wizard starts...
..., and then set up the Digital Entertainer HD: 1. Depending on the computer. Installing the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows Software After connecting the Digital Entertainer HD and completing Basic setup, follow these steps to connect the Digital Entertainer HD: 1. Insert the NETGEAR Resource CD into the CD drive on where you bought your Digital Entertainer HD, you may be prompted to enter your Digital Entertainer HD. The Setup Wizard starts...
EVA8000 Product datasheet
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EVA8000 Digital Entertainer HD • Help is there when you need it in your PC, the Digital Entertainer HD can schedule recordings and pause and rewind live TV from your PC desktop and applications like email or web ...local language support during office hours. Personal Video Recording (PVR) - Instant Access to 1080p A Complete High Definition Video Support - NETGEAR provides, 24x7 technical support* in your HDTV. The Digital Entertainer HD supports high definition playback of Entertainment Experience Windows® Media Video 9 or MPEG-4 file formats at up to USB Devices -
EVA8000 Digital Entertainer HD • Help is there when you need it in your PC, the Digital Entertainer HD can schedule recordings and pause and rewind live TV from your PC desktop and applications like email or web ...local language support during office hours. Personal Video Recording (PVR) - Instant Access to 1080p A Complete High Definition Video Support - NETGEAR provides, 24x7 technical support* in your HDTV. The Digital Entertainer HD supports high definition playback of Entertainment Experience Windows® Media Video 9 or MPEG-4 file formats at up to USB Devices -
EVA8000 Product datasheet
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EVA8000 Digital Entertainer HD Here's how it • Package Contents - in the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved. Actual data throughput will vary. optional premium support available. Microsoft® Windows® XP - WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK •...rate derived from date of sale - Advanced product features and configurations are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Ethernet port - Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000) - D-EVA8000-2 System Requirements - USB 2.0 Mass Storage interface - 2x USB 2.0 port - Warranty/Support Information card...
EVA8000 Digital Entertainer HD Here's how it • Package Contents - in the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved. Actual data throughput will vary. optional premium support available. Microsoft® Windows® XP - WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK •...rate derived from date of sale - Advanced product features and configurations are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Ethernet port - Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000) - D-EVA8000-2 System Requirements - USB 2.0 Mass Storage interface - 2x USB 2.0 port - Warranty/Support Information card...
EVA8000 User Manual
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... Safeguards and Notices 1-1 What Is in the Box ...1-1 Overview of the Digital Entertainer HD 1-2 Digital Entertainer HD Front View 1-4 Digital Entertainer HD Rear View 1-4 NETGEAR Remote Control 1-6 Chapter 2 Basic Setup Connecting the Digital Entertainer HD 2-1 Completing the Basic Setup Steps 2-3 Enabling Access to Your Media Library 2-5 Installing the Digital Entertainer for Windows Software 2-6 Giving the Digital Entertainer HD Access to Your Media Library 2-7 Chapter 3 Getting Acquainted Navigating with the...
... Safeguards and Notices 1-1 What Is in the Box ...1-1 Overview of the Digital Entertainer HD 1-2 Digital Entertainer HD Front View 1-4 Digital Entertainer HD Rear View 1-4 NETGEAR Remote Control 1-6 Chapter 2 Basic Setup Connecting the Digital Entertainer HD 2-1 Completing the Basic Setup Steps 2-3 Enabling Access to Your Media Library 2-5 Installing the Digital Entertainer for Windows Software 2-6 Giving the Digital Entertainer HD Access to Your Media Library 2-7 Chapter 3 Getting Acquainted Navigating with the...
EVA8000 User Manual
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... the Box The Digital Entertainer HD comes with the following components: • Digital Entertainer HD Model EVA8000 • Remote control • Category 5 (Cat 5) network cable • Composite RCA-type A/V cable • S-Video cable • IEC power cable • Two AA batteries • NETGEAR Resource CD for use only the recommended accessories. Chapter 1 Welcome to the Digital Entertainer HD Important Safeguards and...
... the Box The Digital Entertainer HD comes with the following components: • Digital Entertainer HD Model EVA8000 • Remote control • Category 5 (Cat 5) network cable • Composite RCA-type A/V cable • S-Video cable • IEC power cable • Two AA batteries • NETGEAR Resource CD for use only the recommended accessories. Chapter 1 Welcome to the Digital Entertainer HD Important Safeguards and...
EVA8000 User Manual
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... check for Windows software This software provides a variety of media management tools that you automate tasks. This application uses your Internet connection to view them as a single media library that make using the native utilities of those systems. The NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Updates. Overview of the Digital Entertainer HD You can play Internet video on your Digital Entertainer HD. -
... check for Windows software This software provides a variety of media management tools that you automate tasks. This application uses your Internet connection to view them as a single media library that make using the native utilities of those systems. The NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Updates. Overview of the Digital Entertainer HD You can play Internet video on your Digital Entertainer HD. -
EVA8000 User Manual
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... The front view of the of the Digital Entertainer HD is shown in the following figure: Sensor USB port window jÁÍ?jÁË Ë 7oååå Power button Figure 1-1 Headphone jack Digital Entertainer HD Rear View The rear view of the Digital Entertainer HD is shown in the following figure: Wireless antenna Composite video S/PDIF coaxial...
... The front view of the of the Digital Entertainer HD is shown in the following figure: Sensor USB port window jÁÍ?jÁË Ë 7oååå Power button Figure 1-1 Headphone jack Digital Entertainer HD Rear View The rear view of the Digital Entertainer HD is shown in the following figure: Wireless antenna Composite video S/PDIF coaxial...
EVA8000 User Manual
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...USB mass storage devices such as hard drives, media players (including Windows- The Power LED blinks to its default factory settings. Note: The only inputs on the Digital Entertainer HD are attached. Rear Panel Description Item Compatible Equipment and Cables Wireless antennas...type coaxial cable (not included). HDMI port High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable (not included). The Digital Entertainer HD is powering up. Power connector IEC Digital Entertainer HD power cord (included). S-Video port S-Video cable (included) that works with all cables described in the...
...USB mass storage devices such as hard drives, media players (including Windows- The Power LED blinks to its default factory settings. Note: The only inputs on the Digital Entertainer HD are attached. Rear Panel Description Item Compatible Equipment and Cables Wireless antennas...type coaxial cable (not included). HDMI port High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable (not included). The Digital Entertainer HD is powering up. Power connector IEC Digital Entertainer HD power cord (included). S-Video port S-Video cable (included) that works with all cables described in the...
EVA8000 User Manual
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...;y|åy ±0 o SCART Figure 2-1 Optical S-Video audio port HDMI Component video 2-1 Connect to access your network using more than one Digital Entertainer HD or working with Macintosh or Linux computers, see "Advanced Settings" on page 6-3. Use the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows software to enable the Digital Entertainer HD to your media library. For custom installations, such as using the...
...;y|åy ±0 o SCART Figure 2-1 Optical S-Video audio port HDMI Component video 2-1 Connect to access your network using more than one Digital Entertainer HD or working with Macintosh or Linux computers, see "Advanced Settings" on page 6-3. Use the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows software to enable the Digital Entertainer HD to your media library. For custom installations, such as using the...
EVA8000 User Manual
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..., aim the NETGEAR remote control at the Digital Entertainer HD, and press the TV Mode button. • You can take 3 or 4 seconds for each TV mode change has occurred. If you do not see a picture after four mode changes, check the cable connections, and verify that are on Windows PCs or Macintosh... computers. You will now use media files that the TV is not sharp, or you hear the audio welcome tune, press OK. Completing the Basic Setup Steps The Basic Setup option enables the Digital Entertainer HD to use the Basic Setup ...
..., aim the NETGEAR remote control at the Digital Entertainer HD, and press the TV Mode button. • You can take 3 or 4 seconds for each TV mode change has occurred. If you do not see a picture after four mode changes, check the cable connections, and verify that are on Windows PCs or Macintosh... computers. You will now use media files that the TV is not sharp, or you hear the audio welcome tune, press OK. Completing the Basic Setup Steps The Basic Setup option enables the Digital Entertainer HD to use the Basic Setup ...
EVA8000 User Manual
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.... Try again. Go to the computer where your Internet connection is much easier to use the Digital Entertainer for Windows software on the NETGEAR Resource CD to access your media files, you connect a USB drive with media on the Digital Entertainer HD: - You can play media if you must share the media folders on where you bought...
.... Try again. Go to the computer where your Internet connection is much easier to use the Digital Entertainer for Windows software on the NETGEAR Resource CD to access your media files, you connect a USB drive with media on the Digital Entertainer HD: - You can play media if you must share the media folders on where you bought...
EVA8000 User Manual
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Only the Digital Entertainer Control center is designed to make installation easier. Insert the NETGEAR Resource CD into the CD drive on the CD is added to your Windows-based computer. Figure 2-2 5. Note: The software on the computer. 3. The .... Select Install the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows software: 1. To install the Digital Entertainer for Windows Software. Power on your computer, and log in as needed. 2. Installing the Digital Entertainer for Windows Software Use the NETGEAR Resource CD to install the Digital Entertainer for Windows software on your startup...
Only the Digital Entertainer Control center is designed to make installation easier. Insert the NETGEAR Resource CD into the CD drive on the CD is added to your Windows-based computer. Figure 2-2 5. Note: The software on the computer. 3. The .... Select Install the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows software: 1. To install the Digital Entertainer for Windows Software. Power on your computer, and log in as needed. 2. Installing the Digital Entertainer for Windows Software Use the NETGEAR Resource CD to install the Digital Entertainer for Windows software on your startup...
EVA8000 User Manual
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...Remote Control To go to the main menu, press Home on a computer to navigate to your Digital Entertainer HD. Note: While you are viewing a slideshow or video, you through getting acquainted with the Remote Control or from your Windows PC tuner, Internet, or recorded video. • Photos. Navigating with your shared media files... chapter to guide you can use either the remote control or a Web browser on the remote control. Watch television streamed from a Computer The Digital Entertainer HD lets you use the Home key to show and hide the main menu. View photos. • Music.
...Remote Control To go to the main menu, press Home on a computer to navigate to your Digital Entertainer HD. Note: While you are viewing a slideshow or video, you through getting acquainted with the Remote Control or from your Windows PC tuner, Internet, or recorded video. • Photos. Navigating with your shared media files... chapter to guide you can use either the remote control or a Web browser on the remote control. Watch television streamed from a Computer The Digital Entertainer HD lets you use the Home key to show and hide the main menu. View photos. • Music.
EVA8000 User Manual
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...Control Figure 3-1 To access the browser interface, do one of the following: • Right-click the Digital Entertainer for Windows task bar icon, and select the room name of the Digital Entertainer HD that you want to access. • Set your browser to configure. To change which room you want... to the IP address of available rooms displays. 3-4 A list of the Digital Entertainer HD that you are controlling, ...
...Control Figure 3-1 To access the browser interface, do one of the following: • Right-click the Digital Entertainer for Windows task bar icon, and select the room name of the Digital Entertainer HD that you want to access. • Set your browser to configure. To change which room you want... to the IP address of available rooms displays. 3-4 A list of the Digital Entertainer HD that you are controlling, ...
EVA8000 User Manual
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... Player 11 Media files bought or downloaded from a PC using Windows Media Player Media Sharing. They can be played only from online services such as Napster, MSN Music, MovieLink, and others are protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) on a Digital Entertainer HD by Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM). Other third-party media servers do not work...
... Player 11 Media files bought or downloaded from a PC using Windows Media Player Media Sharing. They can be played only from online services such as Napster, MSN Music, MovieLink, and others are protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) on a Digital Entertainer HD by Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM). Other third-party media servers do not work...
EVA8000 User Manual
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... Sharing easy. Using iTunes for this feature, the PC must have multiple Digital Entertainer HDs on your home network. Features available for Windows You can use the Digital Entertainer HD together with a PC running Windows to watch or record television programs. For you to use Windows Media Sharing to share only that PC. Once you place all other folders...
... Sharing easy. Using iTunes for this feature, the PC must have multiple Digital Entertainer HDs on your home network. Features available for Windows You can use the Digital Entertainer HD together with a PC running Windows to watch or record television programs. For you to use Windows Media Sharing to share only that PC. Once you place all other folders...
EVA8000 User Manual
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... need the following : • Windows Media Player 11 or • iTunes for Windows • The Digital Entertainer for Windows software on a Macintosh: 1. It is best if these protected files are protected through Digital Rights Management. The first time you need the following : • The Digital Entertainer HD. 4-4 Listening to Protected Music Stored on the Digital Entertainer HD. Use the configuration assistant to...
... need the following : • Windows Media Player 11 or • iTunes for Windows • The Digital Entertainer for Windows software on a Macintosh: 1. It is best if these protected files are protected through Digital Rights Management. The first time you need the following : • The Digital Entertainer HD. 4-4 Listening to Protected Music Stored on the Digital Entertainer HD. Use the configuration assistant to...
EVA8000 User Manual
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...background, or to change the active audio setting. See "Setting Up a PC TV Tuner for Viewing TV Programming" on your Digital Entertainer HD to watch television. Install the tuner according to the manufacturer's instructions, and verify that you use features such as watching YouTube video... the menu, and then press the down MCE to use Windows Media Center, you need to shut down arrow to select a setting. Click the Digital Entertainer for Windows software. You do so, you must be running the Digital Entertainer for Windows system tray icon . 4-9 Tip: You can also use your...
...background, or to change the active audio setting. See "Setting Up a PC TV Tuner for Viewing TV Programming" on your Digital Entertainer HD to watch television. Install the tuner according to the manufacturer's instructions, and verify that you use features such as watching YouTube video... the menu, and then press the down MCE to use Windows Media Center, you need to shut down arrow to select a setting. Click the Digital Entertainer for Windows software. You do so, you must be running the Digital Entertainer for Windows system tray icon . 4-9 Tip: You can also use your...
EVA8000 User Manual
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If you schedule recordings, you want to watch TV programs through your remote. 4-10 Select TV Tuner. 3. From the main menu, select TV/Video. 2. Tune to the channel you must leave the PC on with the Digital Entertainer for Windows software running at all times during which the recordings might occur. Watching TV To watch using your Digital Entertainer HD: 1. Select Settings, and click the Streaming Devices tab. 3. On the Streaming Devices tab, select your TV tuner from the list. Figure 4-1 4.
If you schedule recordings, you want to watch TV programs through your remote. 4-10 Select TV Tuner. 3. From the main menu, select TV/Video. 2. Tune to the channel you must leave the PC on with the Digital Entertainer for Windows software running at all times during which the recordings might occur. Watching TV To watch using your Digital Entertainer HD: 1. Select Settings, and click the Streaming Devices tab. 3. On the Streaming Devices tab, select your TV tuner from the list. Figure 4-1 4.
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... a PC or a Mac. It does not matter if you want to play only the media on your Digital Entertainer HD. To play media with the performance of the Digital Entertainer HD. If you set up to two USB flash disks or a media player such as an iPod to a ... with a USB connection: 1. Using the USB Connection for you to play on the Digital Entertainer HD. 2. The Digital Entertainer HD plays files stored in Windows (FAT, FAT32, NTFS), Macintosh, or Linux disk formats. The limited bandwidth of the Digital Entertainer HD. You can display only the folder names as artist or genre. 4-12
... a PC or a Mac. It does not matter if you want to play only the media on your Digital Entertainer HD. To play media with the performance of the Digital Entertainer HD. If you set up to two USB flash disks or a media player such as an iPod to a ... with a USB connection: 1. Using the USB Connection for you to play on the Digital Entertainer HD. 2. The Digital Entertainer HD plays files stored in Windows (FAT, FAT32, NTFS), Macintosh, or Linux disk formats. The limited bandwidth of the Digital Entertainer HD. You can display only the folder names as artist or genre. 4-12