Playing via a Network. Sony BDV-E290, BDV-E690, BDV-E190, BDV-E490

Playing via a Network

Enjoying Sony Entertainment

Network (SEN)

Sony Entertainment Network serves as a gateway delivering selected Internet content and a variety of on-demand entertainment straight to your unit.

• Some Internet content requires registration via a PC before it can be played. For further details, visit the following website:

For customers in Europe and Russia: http://support.sony-europe.com/hub/hub.html

For customers in other countries/regions: http://www.sony-asia.com/section/support

• Some Internet content may not be available in some regions/countries.

1

Prepare for Sony Entertainment

Network.

Connect the system to a network (page 19).

2

Press SEN.

3

Press

C/X/x/c to select the Internet

content and a variety of on-demand entertainment, then press .

Video streaming control panel

The control panel appears when a video file starts playing. The displayed items may differ depending on the Internet content provider.

To display again, press DISPLAY.

B Playing status bar

Status bar, cursor indicating the current position, playing time, duration of the video file

C

Network condition indicator

Indicates signal strength for a wireless connection.

Indicates a wired connection.

D Network transmission speed

E The next video file name

F The currently selected video file name

Playing files on a Home

Network (DLNA)

You can play video/music/photo files on other

DLNA-certified components by connecting them to your home network.

This unit can be used as a player and renderer.

• Server: Stores and sends files

• Player: Receives and plays files from the server

• Renderer: Receives and plays files from the server, and can be operated by another component (controller)

• Controller: Operates the renderer component

Server

A Control display

Press

C/X/x/c or

for playback operations.

Player

(This system)

Player

Prepare for using the DLNA function.

• Connect the system to a network (page 19).

• Prepare other DLNA-certified components.

For details, see the operating instructions of the components.

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To play files stored on a DLNA server via the system (DLNA

Player)

Select the DLNA server icon from [Video],

[Music], or [Photo] in the home menu, then select the file that you want to play.

Server

Player

(This system)

To play remote files by operating the system (Renderer) via a DLNA controller

You can operate the system with a DLNAcertified controller, such as iPhone, when playing files stored on a DLNA server.

Server

Playing the same music in different rooms (PARTY

STREAMING)

You can play the same music at the same time across all Sony components which are compatible with the PARTY STREAMING function and connected to your home network.

Contents in [Music] and the “FM” and

“AUDIO” functions can be used with the

PARTY STREAMING function.

There are two kinds of PARTY STREAMINGcompatible components.

• PARTY host: Plays and sends music.

• PARTY guest: Plays music that is sent from

PARTY host.

This unit can be used as a PARTY host or

PARTY guest.

PARTY host

(This system)

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PARTY guest

Controller Renderer

(This system)

Control this system using a DLNA controller.

For details of operation, see the operating instructions of the DLNA controller.

• Do not operate the system with the supplied remote and a DLNA controller at the same time.

• For details about the DLNA controller, refer to the operating instructions of the DLNA controller.

• The system is compatible with the “Play To” function of Windows Media

®

Player 12 that comes standard with Windows 7.

PARTY guest

Prepare for PARTY STREAMING.

• Connect the system to a network (page 19).

• Connect components which are compatible with the PARTY STREAMING function.

To use the system as the PARTY host

Select a track in [Music], a radio station in

[Radio], or [AUDIO] in [Input], press OPTIONS, then select [Start PARTY] from the options menu to start.

To close, press OPTIONS, then select [Close

PARTY] from the options menu.