Page 3 - Buffalo Technology’s; LinkTheater P4LWAG Wireless-A&G Network Media Player; Using LinkTheater
3 Buffalo Technology’s LinkTheater P4LWAG Wireless-A&G Network Media Player is the missing link between your TV, home entertainment center, and computer network. Now, you can play the movies, music, and photos stored on your computers from the comfort of your living room, through your TV and hom...
Page 4 - and one of it oriented to point straight up.
4 TM R E S E T and one of it oriented to point straight up. Please also make us drawings of an Ethernet cable, the power plug, and a set of A/V rca plugs. TM R E S E T and one of it oriented to point straight up. Please also make us drawings of an Ethernet cable, the power plug, and a set of A/V rca...
Page 5 - Remote Control with Batteries
5 Package Contents: • LinkTheater Media Player • (2) Wireless Antennas • Remote Control with Batteries • AC Power Adapter • LinkTheater CD-ROM • User Manual (this guide) • Standard A/V Cable (Red, White, and Yellow RCAs) • D4/Component Video Cable If any items are missing from your package, please c...
Page 7 - strip or surge protector is on.
7 4 - Plug the Buffalo AC adapter into an AC power outlet. Buffalo recommends connecting the AC adapter to a power-strip with a surge protector to protect it from power surges caused by lightning. 5 - Plug the power connector from the AC adapter into the back of the LinkTheater. The ‘POWER/STANDBY’ ...
Page 8 - II; begins and pauses playback,; button, you’ll instantly be browsing music instead.; Remote Control
8 To navigate through the menus, use the up, down, left and right arrows. To make a selection, press the ‘Enter’ key. Also, the left and right arrows can be used to navigate forward and back through the menus. Info – The info button will bring up information regarding the file that is currently bein...
Page 9 - convenience, allowing you to quickly mute or raise/lower; Stop –; The stop key will temporarily pause a slideshow; Track –; The track button will skip forward or back to the
9 TM convenience, allowing you to quickly mute or raise/lower the volume without having to necessarily use the TV or sound system’s remote control. Stop – The stop key will temporarily pause a slideshow that’s in progress. Track – The track button will skip forward or back to the next video, music, ...
Page 11 - options to initially connect your device.; Intel® ViivTM Setup –; set up. Turn to page 12 for wireless setup with a Viiv computer.; AOSS –; instructions on configuring your LinkTheater manually.
11 Wireless Setup: If you are using a wireless network, then the LinkTheater will give you three options to initially connect your device. Intel® Viiv™ Setup – If you have a Viiv™ PC on your network, it can instruct this device on how to set up. Turn to page 12 for wireless setup with a Viiv compute...
Page 12 - Intel® ViivTM; Installation with a wireless network connection:; Select
12 Your Viiv PC can configure your LinkTheater’s wireless settings for you. Begin by making sure that your PC has the latest patches and updates from Microsoft and Intel. Open the Viiv settings window by clicking the Viiv logo on your PC’s desktop or system tray.If your LinkTheater is connected to t...
Page 17 - Installation with a wired Ethernet connection:
17 On the Viiv PC, select add a device , then click start . If you’ve connected your LinkTheater to your network with a wired Ethernet connection, you can still add the LinkTheater to a Viiv PC’s list of devices. Select connecting it to the router with an Ethernet network cable , then click next . I...
Page 19 - Building your Media Library:
19 Select next . Read conditions. Select agree to continue. Building your Media Library: Select Standard Setup and then choose finish . Congratulations! Your LinkTheater is configured to work with your Viiv PC!
Page 20 - AOSS Wireless Configuration:
20 To let AOSS configure your wireless network settings, select No, Use AOSS Instead . Now, press the AOSS button on your access point or wireless router. When you see this screen about 40 seconds later, your LinkTheater is connected to your wireless network. AOSS Wireless Configuration:
Page 21 - Manual Configuration:
21 Manual Configuration: Highlight the wireless network you would like to connect to and then press the right control button on the remote control. If you chose the regular setup method, the LinkTheater will automatically detect all available wireless networks.
Page 25 - included on the following pages.; System Preferences –; This area allows you to set the Screen Saver Delay, Slideshow Delay,; Network Settings –; wireless network as well as configure proxy server information.; Display –; useful when using the D4/component video interface.; Reset System Settings –; This resets all of your settings to the factory default settings.
25 System Options: The System Options area allows you to change key settings of your LinkTheater. At a minimum, we recommend you configure your System Preferences and Network Settings. Specific instructions are included on the following pages. System Preferences – This area allows you to set the Scr...
Page 27 - The; Check for Updates Now; option allows you to check for product updates. For more on this,
27 Mediaplayer - The Mediaplayer setup page tells you the name of the device and the version number of the firmware. It is not necessary to change the name unless you have multiple LinkTheaters and plan on using access control to prevent certain servers from working with certain LinkTheaters. Softwa...
Page 28 - Allows you to edit an existing network profile.; Connect to Profile –; Allows you to delete an existing network profile.; Profile Startup Order –
28 Network Settings: The Network Settings area is used to connect your LinkTheater to the network, manage how it connects, and change proxy server settings. Use the remote control to navigate to the appropriate areas: Current Network Status – Shows the LinkTheater’s current network information inclu...
Page 29 - Current Network Status:; network connection, information regarding the wireless network.
29 Current Network Status: The Current Network Status will give you a quick snapshot regarding your network connection. It will inform you which IP address has been assigned to your LinkTheater and in the case of a wireless network connection, information regarding the wireless network. This is more...
Page 33 - IP addressing has changed.
33 Modify Profile: Modifying profiles allows you to edit specific portions of existing profiles without the need for recreating them entirely. This may be used if a wireless network’s encryption key has changed, or if IP addressing has changed. To modify a profile, use the remote control’s navigatio...
Page 35 - Profile Startup Order:; Once complete, press the remote’s left arrow key to go back.
35 Profile Startup Order: The Profile Startup Order instructs the LinkTheater on how to connect to your network profiles. The network profile at the top of the screen is the first priority. This means that when the LinkTheater turns on, it will first attempt to connect to that network. If it cannot ...
Page 37 - Reset System Settings:; profiles will need to be reconfigured.
37 Reset System Settings: Resetting the system settings will return the product to default settings. This is the same configuration that the product was set in when it was brand new. All settings will be erased and you will need to reconfigure the product. Video modes will go back to Composite 480i ...
Page 38 - Choosing and Installing your Media Sources:; Browse Media –; The PC Utility that came with your LinkTheater; party UPnP A/V Servers; Browse USB –; USB Memory Sticks; Intel® ViivTM Zone –; Access any multimedia files that reside on an Intel® ViivTM PC.
38 Choosing and Installing your Media Sources: Congratulations, at this point your LinkTheater is completely configured for your TV or monitor and your wired or wireless network. The default menu screen for the LinkTheater will be your hub for accessing multimedia content. The LinkTheater is one of ...
Page 40 - Installing the Buffalo PC Utility:
40 Installing the Buffalo PC Utility: Please follow the install steps below if you wish to use the Buffalo PC Utility (recommended): 1. Insert the LinkTheater CD-ROM into your PC’s CD-ROM drive. The program should automatically launch, if it does not, browse for the CD and run Setup.exe. 2. Press th...
Page 42 - Configuring the Buffalo PC Media Server:
42 6. After the reboot, please launch the ‘Configure MediaServer’ program from the start menu. Configuring the Buffalo PC Media Server: Now that the Buffalo PC Media Server is installed and running, you must point it to the media on your computer.
Page 43 - Auto Search –; Press the Next button to continue.
43 There are two options for adding media: Add - By pressing the Add button, you can specifically pick a directory on your computer to share with the LinkTheater. If you wish to add multiple directories, then you can add them one at a time by repeating the process. Auto Search – Auto search launches...
Page 44 - press the Confirm button.
44 Select which drive or drives you’d like to include in the search. Press the Next button. Additional options are available. We recommend that you keep the options as is. Press the Next button when ready. After the search completes, you will be asked to confirm which folders you’d like to add to th...
Page 45 - devices on your network.
45 The Options tab at the top of the program will let you turn off and on file sharing. It also has important options, including the ability to control whether the media server starts when your computer starts, etc. If you want to immediately turn off file sharing, the button Turn OFF File Sharing c...
Page 47 - appear in the main application console:
47 You can continue to add more access grants by pressing the Add button again. The access rules will appear in the main application console: Congratulations, you’ve completed the install and configuration of the Buffalo PC Media Server.
Page 48 - Installing and Configuring Windows Media Connect:; download it easily from Microsoft’s Window’s Update (
48 Installing and Configuring Windows Media Connect: Please follow the install steps below if you wish to use Windows Media Connect. If you’ve already installed the Buffalo PC Media Server utility, then using Windows Media Connect may not be necessary. Windows Media Connect is available only on Wind...
Page 49 - displayed. The first step is to press the; ‘Add...’
49 Windows Media Connect software will appear on your display. Windows Media Connect operates out of your system tray; double click on its icon at any time to display the program. Once Windows Media Connect is running and displayed on your screen, the ‘Devices’ page will be displayed. The first step...
Page 50 - ‘OK’; stream media to LinkTheater.
50 The Windows Media Connect Wizard will open. Select ‘Device 1’ from the list and press the ‘OK’ button. If more then one device was listed then multiple media players are available on your network; in this case we recommend adding all of them or determining which one is the specific LinkTheater be...
Page 51 - ‘Add’; button to specify a folder to share to LinkTheater.; ‘Browse’; button when
51 Press on the ‘Sharing’ tab to the left. Press the ‘Add’ button to specify a folder to share to LinkTheater. Browse to a folder that contains data you would like to share with LinkTheater by pressing the ‘Browse’ button. Give it a name that you would recognize and select the privacy settings that ...
Page 52 - ‘Close’
52 Add as many folders as you would like to share with your LinkTheater. Repeat the previous step as many times as necessary. Select ‘Settings’ on the left. If you will use Windows Media Connect often, check ‘Automatically start folder sharing when Windows starts.’ Then Windows Media Connect will al...
Page 53 - Connecting to a Media Server using Browse Media:; be ever so slightly different.
53 Connecting to a Media Server using Browse Media: Browsing media from different media servers is virtually identical. The following steps will show you how to navigate and choose files for playback. Depending on which server you use, the steps may be ever so slightly different. To begin accessing ...
Page 55 - folder based sorting you have.
55 Browsing Music: Media Servers will be default sort your music based on data found inside of the music files. It will attempt to sort it based on several pieces of information include artist, title, genre, album name, etc. Please select a method to sort your music by. If you wish to see all the fi...
Page 56 - This screenshot shows ‘Artist’ based sorting.
56 Depending on how you sorted your music in the previous step, your navigation will differ. Select the folder, artist, genre, etc that you’re interested in hearing. NOTE: This screenshot shows ‘Artist’ based sorting. Depending on which navigation you use, you will ultimately find songs and/or playl...
Page 57 - using the remote control’s up and down buttons.
57 Browsing Pictures: Media Servers will be default sort your pictures based on what folder they’re in or what date they were created. NOTE: Some media servers may have other sort options. Please select a method to sort your pictures by. If you wish to see all the files in their folders, then select...
Page 59 - Connecting to a USB Device:; LinkTheater’s USB port.
59 Connecting to a USB Device: Browsing media from USB Devices is simple. Start by plugging the USB device into the LinkTheater’s USB port. Highlight ‘Browse USB’ and press the right control button on the remote control. NOTE: To use a USB device on the LinkTheater it must be a USB mass storage clas...
Page 61 - Software and Updates:
61 Digital Audio / Surround Sound: The LinkTheater supports surround sound (AC3, Dolby Digital, etc.) by utilizing the TOSLINK/Optical audio connector on the back of the LinkTheater. The LinkTheater does not ship with a TOSLINK cable, but they are readily available from almost any electronic’s store...
Page 63 - Specifications
63 Supported Multimedia Formats Video Formats MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, XviD, WMV, H.264 (MPEG4 AVC) Audio Formats MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A (AAC), LPCM, AC3 Image Formats JPG, BMP, PNG Video Modes 480i, 480p, and 720p Wired LAN Interface Interface IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), IEEE 802.3u (100BASE-TX) Transmission Sp...
Page 64 - General Inquiries:; Tecnical Support:; Contact Information
64 North America: Buffa lo Technology USA Inc. 4030 West Braker Lane, Suite 120 Austin, TX 78759-5319 General Inquiries: Monday through Friday 8:30am-5:30pm CST Direct: 512-794-8533 | Toll-free: 800-456-9799 | Fax: 512-794-8520 | Email: [email protected] Tecnical Support: North American Technica...
Page 65 - Multimedia Product Warranty; does not offer refunds for any product.
65 Multimedia Product Warranty Buffalo Technology (Buffalo Inc.) products come with a one-year limited warranty from the date of purchase. If the Buffalo product malfunctions during the warranty period, Buffalo Technology will replace the unit, provided the unit has not been subjected to misuse, abu...
Page 66 - Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement; Safety
66 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential i...
