User manual PCTV SYSTEMS TV CENTER

[. . . ] PCTV Systems TVCenter / PCTV Systems TVCenter User's Guide GB/US February 2010 © 2009 PCTV Systems S. à r. l. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transferred to other media without explicit written permission from PCTV Systems S. à r. l. All brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. PCTV Systems S. à r. l. [. . . ] In the Port field you can change the port the DistanTV mobile server uses for communication. Note that the communication port has to be open in your router and firewall configuration. For further details please refer to the user manual of your router and the help of your firewall software. In the PIN field, change the default PIN to secure the access to TVCenter. Now you are ready to watch TV on your iPhone® / iPod touch®. 63 PCTV Systems TVCenter Watch TV on your iPhone® / iPod touch® Follow these steps to enjoy TV on your iPhone® / iPod touch®: In your iPhone® / iPod touch®'s web browser enter the IPaddress or dynamic DNS host of your PC. Here you can see the IPaddress of your PC: TVCenter Settings > DistanTV mobile > Summary If prompted enter the PIN. Enjoy TV on your iPhone® / iPod touch®. Important Information: In general, TV streaming with DistanTV mobile to your iPhone® / iPod touch® can be performed via a WiFi network or through a UMTS/3G connection ( Not via GPRS/EDGE!). Please note the following when using a UMTS/3G network: Streaming of video might be blocked by your UMTS operator. In case of streaming problems, please check the correct function of DistanTV mobile by connecting your iPhone® / iPod touch® to a WiFi router with broadband Internet access. Be aware of potential high data traffic cost, if you don't have a "flatfee" UMTS contract. Be aware of a potential bandwidth throttling by your operator when reaching a certain total data volume ("fair flat" contracts). Example: Your fair flat volume is 2GB per month and you are streaming at a data rate of 150kb/s. 30h of pure TV streaming time per month until your connection speed will be decreased to e. g. GPRS speed ­ which makes any further streaming through this connection impossible. 64 TVCenter Settings Change TV Viewing Settings from your iPhone® / iPod touch® If you are not satisfied with the default TV viewing settings on your iPhone® / iPod touch®, you can manually change them. You can do this directly from your iPhone® / iPod touch®. Among others you can change: the streaming data rate of your local and/or Internet profile and the aspect ratio of the preview window. To do so, follow these steps: Open the channel list page. Select the Settings button in the top right corner. The Settings dialog opens: Make the desired changes. [. . . ] It can be hooked up to any standard television set. SPDIF: is the abbreviation of Sony Philips Digital InterFace. It is a data link layer protocol and a set of physical layer specifications for carrying digital audio signals between devices and stereo components over either optical or electrical cable. SPDIF is commonly used to carry compressed or uncompressed digital audio signals to a receiver that supports Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound. [. . . ]