SlingPlayer Mobile for PalmOS Review (Page 3 of 6)
Categories: Palm Mobile Phones / Portable Devices
SlingPlayer Tour
Once you install SlingPlayer for PalmOS, this is what you will see in the Application launcher on PalmOS. Well, the icon anyway, you may not have the same applications that I have installed, of course.
The fist time you run SlingPlayer you'll start with the Quick Start Tips. I do recommend reading through them to get started. In my experience, the most useful tip is using the space bar to toggle into '123' mode to be able to use the 5-way for on-screen navigation. These screens are accessible through the menu for future use.
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When you first launch the application it will ask you to register. You have 30 days to use the application without registering, and it will count down each day.
This is the first screen you see when you start the player. Selecting the 'Play' icon will connect to the Slingbox. The icon on the right enters the menus.
Let's walk through the menus. The main menu screen will have some options grayed out if the player has not been connected to a Slingbox yet, as seen here.
The become available once you've connected.
You select the Slingbox to connect to and add Slingbox connections in the Slingbox Directory.
When you select an existing Slingbox you can Watch, which connects to the Slingbox, edit the Properties, or Remove it.
When you add a new Slingbox you can access it via the Slingbox Finder ID or the IP Address.
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The Slingbox Directory is one of only two screens with the info icon in the upper-right, which opens Tips. The tips will walk you through the steps to setup a new Slingbox, but, honestly, it is fairly obvious.
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The Remote Control screens will vary depending on the device connected to that input on the Slingbox. These are the screens for the Series3 TiVo, which I have on the HD Connect input.
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The Video Input screen shows you the different inputs on your Slingbox, and allows you to select the one you want to watch. I have a Slingbox Pro fed directly via cable, a TiVo Series2 on the S-Video input, and a TiVo Series3 on the HD Connect input.
The Player Mode is simply a choice between Audio Only and Normal (meaning video) modes.
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