What Do I Need?
To get started watching and controlling your main TV and DVR with a SlingCatcher, you'll need at least the following:
A television
(standard definition or high definition)
A home network or broadband
connection to your Slingbox
System Requirements for Watching a Slingbox |
- A television that supports any of the following: 480i (NTSC), 576i (PAL/SECAM), 480p*, 576p*, 720p*, or 1080i* (Note: SlingCatcher supports Standard Definition streaming from any Slingbox regardless of input video format)
- Any model of Slingbox
- A broadband Internet connection (DSL/Cable modem)
- A home network that supports consistent 5 Mbps wired/wireless connection between your PC, router, and SlingCatcher
- Currently supported streaming resolutions vary from 320x240 to 1280x540, depending on network connections and Slingbox in use.
* Requires component or HDMI cable purchased separately
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System Requirements for Watching Internet Video From Your PC |
- Free SlingProjector software downloaded from downloads.slingmedia.com
- A consistent 5 Mbps wired/wireless network connection in your house between your PC, router, and SlingCatcher
- High performance PC required for best results
- Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP with SP2 (32- or 64-bit)
- Virtualized PCs such as Parallels, VMware or Microsoft Virtual PC are not supported
- 1.6 GHz+ Intel Core Duo or 3.0 GHz+ Pentium IV/Pentium M CPU
- 1 GB RAM for Windows Vista and 512 MB for Windows XP
- Display resolution of 1024x768 or higher*
- 50 MB available disk space for installation
* SlingProjector supports a projected window size up to 1024x768, depending on PC performance, even if your monitor resolution is higher.
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System Requirements for Watching Personal Media From Your USB Hard Drive |
- USB 2.0 hard disk drive or USB 2.0 flash memory stick (all sold separately)
- Supported media formats:
- Video: WMV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, Xvid
- Audio: MP2, MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3
- File formats: .avi, .vob, .ifo, .ps, .ts, .mpg, .wmv, .asf, .mov, .mp4,.m4v, .mp3, .wma, .mp4a, .m4a, .wav
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Box Contents |
- 1 SlingCatcher set-top box
- 1 AC adapter (100-240V, 50-60 Hz)
- 1 Ethernet cable
- 1 Composite AV cable
- 1 Remote control with 2 AAA batteries
- 1 User guide
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