Before you begin, make sure your computer is on the same network as your slingbox. Enjoy your living room tv using slingplayer on your windows phone paired with a slingbox at home. My slingbox information log in with your sling account and get info about your slingbox, including current internet viewing status and slingbox id information. Find interesting tv shows to watch, change channels, control your dvr and watch your favorite shows, all on your windows device.
You can only set up your slingbox 350 or slingbox 500 using ie or firefox on windows, or safari or firefox on mac os x. When the slingbox solo was paired with an apple airport extreme with gigabit ethernet router, the slingplayer software achieved average speeds of. Download and install windows support software on your mac. The slingbox 500 is ideal for anyone looking for a complete, allencompassing entertainment solution, for home viewing or watching tv on mobile devices when youre out and about. The slingbox pro hd can be viewed from multiple locations either via a pc, pda or phone with the slingplayer software or with the slingcatcher device also sold by sling media which allows a regular television to be networked and receive media streamed from a slingbox. Easily connect everything connect one hd video source, one standarddefinition sd video source, and one coaxial source and watch anywhere. Get the most out of your slingbox with slingplayer.
The slingbox pro hd easily connects to up to three of your av sources so you can take your entire entertainment center with you on your pc, mac, tablet or smartphone. The slingbox m1 uses slingplayer for desktop for both setup and viewing tv. The slingplayer app is free to download to all of your mobile devices. With a windows computer not a mac computer go to setup. Slingbox software should be up to date for best results. When you install microsoft windows on your mac, boot camp assistant automatically opens the boot camp installer, which installs the latest windows support software drivers. Which also makes it a great gift for whippersnappers onthego, like your retired inlaws who want to access tv in their rv see. If you have an older mac or an older slingbox, you will need this software to use or set up your slingbox. A pc or mac on your home network is required to set up internetviewing on your slingbox. The sling media directory services that help slingplayer connect to your slingbox are operating normally. The network light glows when your slingbox is communicating with your home network. Slingbox tv streaming device comes to mac macworld. Sling media slingcatcher brings pcbased video to tv handson with the most versatile. To find out which slingbox models support slingplayer 2.
Aug 29, 2014 slingplayer is the screen interface software that works handinhand with the hardware inside the slingbox to make your tv viewing experience just like that at home. Owners of the topoftheline slingbox 500 will be gaining even more usability from this update. With a slingbox at home and slingplayer on your compatible smartphone or tablet, enjoy live or recorded tv over 3g, 4g or wifi. A slingbox 500, slingbox 350, slingbox pro hd or slingbox solo. Note that purchases of slingplayer software apps for your mobile device slingplayer for android phones, slingplayer for ipad, etc. Change channels, control your dvr and watch your favorite shows wherever you are.
Never miss another show or match whether youre in the garden, out to lunch or on the other side of the world. The slingbox prohd easily connects to up to three of your av sources so you can take your entire entertainment center with youon your pc, mac, tablet or smartphone. The slingbox 350 and the slingbox 500 require your sling account for authentication, but slingplayer for mac doesnt support sling accounts. Oct 24, 20 airplay is only available for the slingbox 500, slingbox 350, slingbox pro hd and slingbox solo. No subscription fee the sling media slingbox pro provides a cost effective solution for watching live tv programming on your cell phone or laptop without monthly subscription fee. Slingplayer for connected devices is simple to set up. If that doesnt happen, or you experience any of the following issues while using windows on your mac. Slingbox support slingplayer for mac legacy desktop version. With a slingbox at home, the slingplayer software makes it easy to watch your live or recorded tv wherever you are. The best mac apps for 2020 by mark coppock april 24, 2020 if youve heard the phrase, once you go mac, you never go back, you know it holds true. To connect these things, you could spend hours and hours crawling around, stringing cables and configuring networking software.
If you like tv, its hard not to smile when you take control of your tv and dvr from your mobile device. Slingbox makes it simple to access your live and recorded shows, movies and sports. Apr 30, 2007 the slingbox pro and sonys locationfree slug it out to see which device is the placeshifting champ. Mar 30, 2010 the iphone client works on the ipad in 2x mode with any slingbox. When connected to a slingbox you can extend your complete living room tv experience from slingplayer. Using a static fixed ip address with your slingbox slingplayer for mac normally your router uses dhcp to assign an ip address to your slingbox.
Slingbox support slingplayer for windows legacy desktop. Watch your favorite standard definition sd or hd tv shows, sporting events or special programs on your pc, mac, tablet or smartphone over the internet, from anywhere in the world. A slingbox solo, slingbox pro, or slingbox pro hd is highly recommended. Insert the supplied cdrom e into your computer and run the setup wizard. Slingplayer software bundled the bundled slingplayer software works handinhand with the slingbox pro to bring your entire living room tv viewing experience to your. Slingbox pro gives customers with basic analog cable, digital cable, satellite, andor dvr the ability to watch and control their home tv using any internetenabled windows or mac based desktop or laptop computer or windows mobile handheld or mobile phone.
Wait until the power and network red leds on the front of the slingbox light steadily. Security update 2020001 is recommended for all users. Over a 3g, 4g, or wifi connection, receive highquality live or recorded tv. To watch tv away from home, your slingbox must be configured for internetviewing. My slingbox solo or prohd software update stops at 25. It allows users to remotely view and control their cable, satellite, or digital video recorder dvr system at home from a remote internetconnected pc, smartphone, or tablet as if he or she were at home. Slingplayer software for android, ios and other mobile and connected devices is available separately. Using the slingbox 32 bit app after the n apple community. I use this in safari under lion on my macbook pro and a mac mini connected to an lcd tv.
If you own a slingbox or are a dish network subscriber, click show details for details about slingplayer app compatibility. Go here for the windows version of the slingplayer desktop client, and here for the mac version. If you havent turned on your slingbox in a while, make sure the firmware is up to date by going to setup on slingbox. From ces 2008, tom merritt takes a look at the updated slingbox pro hd, which now has the ability to output video content in 720p. Slingplayer plugin best mac apps free mac software downloads. To check for software updates, log in with your sling account from your laptop or desktop. May 23, 2018 once that was resolved, the windows software looked up my cable provider which the mac software did not do and magically initialized the slingbox so it could find all the channels. Our most comprehensive tv anywhere solution, the slingbox pro hd delivers high definition hd pictures plus the flexibility of connecting up to two home entertainment sources at the same time.
But if youd like to use slingplayer for mac to give your slingbox a specific ip address, you can do that too. From the options tab, the check for updates button indicates if new software is. If you have a slingbox 500 model, you can checkupdate its firmware manually. This article walks you through the setup of an airport express used as a wireless bridge on your home network. Whether in the home or on the go, with a slingbox connected at home and slingplayer on your mobile device, youre in control of your tv experience. Jan 17, 2008 in early 2007, sling media also released a new mac version of its slingplayer software. System status normal the sling media directory services that help slingplayer connect to your slingbox are operating normally. To use it, you must have a slingbox 350, slingbox 500, slingbox solo or slingbox pro hd set up in your home. Note that these are older versions they havent been supported in quite a while, or qualified for use with any of our latest slingbox models.
Your computers wifi signal has been temporarily redirected from your home network to the wifi receiver in your new slingbox. To watch tv away from home, a highspeed broadband internet connection with an upload speed of at least 250 kbps is required at your home. You will see this software referred to in our documentation as slingbox software or firmware. Slingbox owners can now view their television directly on their macintosh computer screen. The internet is not available on your computer during this brief process. Software setup now that you have the slingbox set up, you are ready to install the software. Apr 24, 2020 the best mac apps for 2020 by mark coppock april 24, 2020 if youve heard the phrase, once you go mac, you never go back, you know it holds true. There is software on your slingbox that controls the encoding of the video and how it is streamed to you over the internet.
Slingplayer for the web lets you access live tv from any of the supported web browsers on a mac or pc. To use it, you must have a slingbox solo, slingbox pro hd, slingbox 350 or slingbox 500 and the most recent slingbox software. Slingplayer works in cooperation with the slingbox, a placeshifting. The front of your slingbox solo has three lights on it.
Connecting your slingbox pro when its not near your computer many times, your video equipment and your slingbox are on one side of the house and your computer is on the other. The most important thing here is that you use a windows computer to perform the slingbox software update. It features an array of innovative features and controls, including a favorites bar, customizable remote controls, and the best streaming video money can buy. Sling media slingbox pro hd free software downloads and. Sling media has announced the release of slingplayer for mac, software that enables mac users to watch their tv on the mac. Never miss another show or game whether youre in the backyard, out to lunch or on the other side of the world. Extend your living room tv experience to your pc, mac, tablet, smartphone or internetconnected tv with slingplayer software. So the slingbox 350 and the slingbox 500 are not supported for use with slingplayer for mac, nor can we help you work around this. The slingbox solo is another winnerjust dont expect to watch highdefinitionquality video remotely.
The ipad native client only works with pro hd or solo. Turn your smartphone or tablet into a tv with slingplayer software. I was using an original slingbox with the slingbox app long abandoned, replaced by this plugin for new slingboxes and was skeptical that the upgrade to the solo for hd support would be worth having to use a browser to. The access light glows when you are connected to your slingbox, either at home or remotely. But it just takes a minute or so, and once its done. The slingbox pro hd easily connects to up to three of your av sources so you can take your entire entertainment center with youon your pc, mac, tablet or smartphone.
To watch slingbox on your mac, once your slingbox is connected, you simply go to a url provided by the slingbox and you can start watching channels immediately on your mac. This prepares your slingbox to join your home network. Slingbox support slingplayer for mac legacy desktop. While the apple airport express is a wireless router, it can also be used as a wireless bridge, connecting wired devices like the slingbox to your wireless network. Sling media slingbox pro hd free download slingplayer, wmv hd player video, media player & importer pro, slingplayer blackberry, and many more programs. If you have an older windows machine or an older slingbox, you will need this older, unsupported software to use or set up your slingbox. The slingbox is a tv streaming media device made by sling media that encodes local video for transmission over the internet to a remote device sometimes called placeshifting. Aug 11, 2019 the slingbox website claims that slingplayer for web will work within the 64bit chrome browser on mac, but im skeptical, given that the slingplayer for web application itself seems to operate in 32bit mode and therefore will not open in catalina. As our technology and the slingplayer software improves, we often need to update that software.
If you have an apple tv or other smart box attached to your tv or smart tv, and an iphone or ipad, you can use airplay to use your slingbox on your tv through the app on your portable device. Technical specifications, requirements and box contents for the slingbox pro hd. To do this, using the slingbox 500 remote control, press the topmost slingbox logo button to display slingbox 500 onscreen menu on your tv. The power light glows when your slingbox is connected to power. Slingplayer allows you to watch and control your tv onthego wherever you are.
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