http://www.slingcommunity.com?src=forumtopic_rss Sling Community - Slingbox Classic Forum Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:56:48 GMT admin@slingcommunity.com Sling Community 60 http://www.slingcommunity.com/brand/sling/community.gif http://www.slingcommunity.com?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31886/slingbox-and-slingcatcher/?src=forumtopic_rss Whats the difference between a slingbox and a slingcatcher? Slingbox Classic Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:56:47 GMT jttv http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31886/slingbox-and-slingcatcher/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31879/SLINGBOX-NOT-FOUND-NET-BRAZIL/?src=forumtopic_rss Hi all, I need some help. My Slingbox was working fine using Brasil telecom ASDL internet and TVA cable connected straight in the slinbox. We decided to change the Internet/TV provider to NET which has its own TV box and internet modem. The wizard configuration does not recognize my slingbox anymore. Its says Slingbox not found. Some actions already done: 1) I reset my slingbox using that little button at the back (for 30 seg and all lights flashed ok). 2) Switch everything off and on again. 3) Interesting: If I connect my Slingbox straight on my PC, the wizard does find it! But I am unable to save the settings, of course I am not connected to any router or internet. 4) I am using this modem: Motorola SBV5121 VoIP. The config for this modem is pretty poor, there is nothing to change excluding Enable DHCP, Reset to factory settings and Reboot the modem. 5) I am using a switch called D-Link DES-1008D which is not a router - the router role was been done by my old DSL DI-504... If my modem motorola has no options to set up an IP range and open ports, I should presume... Slingbox Classic Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:23:10 GMT Emerson Mello http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31879/SLINGBOX-NOT-FOUND-NET-BRAZIL/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31873/Slingbox-Sky-BB-Help-Please/?src=forumtopic_rss Recently switched to Sky BB - using an airport extreme attached to the Sky BB modem as a bridge for all my bits and bobs. All works ok, except for the slingbox, which cannot connect. As the Extreme is acting as a bridge, there is no 'port forwarding' option (but this was on when previously set up using Pipex, with the extreme as a normal router). I have switched port forwarding on 5001 on, on the Sky router (Sagem) settings, but to no avail - I get a 'can't connect' error. Can anyone help please? Away on Saturday and need it for the next week or two. Many thanks. Stan Slingbox Classic Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:39:32 GMT stanwardle http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31873/Slingbox-Sky-BB-Help-Please/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31869/Setup-and-hub-Please-help/?src=forumtopic_rss I have problems connecting to my slingbox via my netgear hub. My setup is a cable modem-Netgear WNR834B router - Netgear DS108 Hub - slingbox The PC connected to the hub has full connectivity to internet and gets an ip 192.168.1.7 and all works well. When I plug in the slingbox to any of the hub ports no light goes on and the slingbox does not see any connectivity as well (no light on front network led) When i plug in the slingbox directly to the router (which is in the room below) it gets recognized just fine ! My router sees the device as well as any slingplayer on my PC's. The router sees the device and reports IP of 192.168.1.237. When I move the box back upstairs to the hub (using known working port and good cable) no light on the port or any further connectivity to network. I have tried the same cable that is connecting my PC from the hub and same issue. Hub has an uplink switch and either on/off no difference. PC works fine wheather the hub's up-link is on or off. Anybody have any idea please as to why I can't connect via... Slingbox Classic Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:37:51 GMT Juliank http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31869/Setup-and-hub-Please-help/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31865/Slingbox-not-able-to-be-found/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello Not sure if this should be in the remote viewing forum or the slingbox classic one^, but here goes: So, I bought a slingbox classic when I was in the UK last week and set it up at my mum's. Worked fine locally, then I went off and checked it worked remotely at a mate's house. it did. Back in the US this week and it's not working. Spoke to slingmedia support. They determined that the IP address at my mum's had changed (speculated the router had been disconnected). They remotely configured the box to have a static IP address and assured me a) that it was working (they could view it remotely) and b) that the problem should not recur since they had set a static IP. I couldn't see it, as I was at work and (they speculated) my firewall was blocking. So I get home tonight and get same errors. I call slingmedia, they tell me that they can't find it using the finder ID again. Or the new static IP address. I'll have to get them in touch with my mum again. Only it's 2am in UK now! So I wait until tomorrow. Any insights... Slingbox Classic Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:18:50 GMT swisstony http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31865/Slingbox-not-able-to-be-found/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31860/Humax/?src=forumtopic_rss Ive just set up my slingbox on a humax pvr freeview box ,all is fine but i cant,work ouy how to delete my recordings, as there are no coloured buttons on the remote control. Slingbox Classic Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:44:49 GMT jttv http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31860/Humax/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31817/since-upgrading-firmware-had-problems./?src=forumtopic_rss I have 2 boxes, one is working ok, on the other the video will be off. The picture will split in the middle or go quad, so the bottom half of the video is on the top, and the top half is on the bottem or the left and right are split. This happens if I am watching remotely or at home. Any ideas, I have to stop the stream and restart to fix the video. It will last anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Very annoying! Thanks for any help in this matter Slingbox Classic Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:26:42 GMT beggsr http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31817/since-upgrading-firmware-had-problems./#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31802/Slingbox-Classic-through-a-5-port-switch/?src=forumtopic_rss My home network is set up as follows: FIOS router connected to 16 port hub in basement. Ethernet jack in family room (ultimately connected to the 16 port hub in basement). 5 port-switch in family room plugged into ethernet jack. Xbox, Tivo, and slingbox plugged into 5 port switch. If I connect the slingbox directly to the ethernet wall jack in family room, it works fine. If I connect through the 5 port switch, I can not get the internet light on the slingbox to light up and can not get connectivity. Can someone please tell me how to connect through the 5-port switch? Thanks. Slingbox Classic Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:37:36 GMT lanric http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31802/Slingbox-Classic-through-a-5-port-switch/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31799/problems-since-upgrading/?src=forumtopic_rss Since upgrading slingplayer and I think some firmware at the sametime, often, but not always I run into a problem where I get connected, but hangs at the "optmizing", never showing any video or audio. I usually wait till I get home and just restart router and sling (not sure which fixes). Today it happened. Router appeared up. I remoted to a pc at home behind router running the old version of the player, could connect (over lan of course). Disconnected, tried connecting, from remote location. Same problem, hang at optimizing. Had friend try to connect, same problem. I connected to my router at home and verified that the port was still in the router settings (I set it manually) it was still there. Couldn't find where to restart my router remotely from browser, so did not restart router. Got back on machine at home (rdp again), could connect, went to Slingplayer|Properties|Slingbox Configuration|Network Settings, ran through the wizard, saying I will change the settings manually so I didn't think it did anything, the part where it tests the remote connection succeded. I disconnected, tried connecting from remotely and it worked. NOTE, I verified the router settings were in place prior... Slingbox Classic Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:09:04 GMT slingpete http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31799/problems-since-upgrading/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31297/the-network-light-is-out-and-Can-t-really-restart-the-slingbox/?src=forumtopic_rss My slingbox works fine eversince I got it. I recently unplug and pulg it back in, it stop working. the power light is on, but the network light never went on. I tyr to restart it, but it seem there's no respond at all. Any solution for my case? Thanks! Slingbox Classic Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:40:57 GMT dataworkshop http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31297/the-network-light-is-out-and-Can-t-really-restart-the-slingbox/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31696/Any-other-ways-to-connect-stream/?src=forumtopic_rss I have a new job and cannot connect anymore through classic slingbox and player. Websites that stream do come through (ie youtube/hulu etc.). I know about port forwarding, but was wondering if there were other ideas to try today. Thanks in advance. Slingbox Classic Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:39:14 GMT brn2rnjk1 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31696/Any-other-ways-to-connect-stream/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31667/Adding-DVD-with-switch-box/?src=forumtopic_rss Have a SB classic with DirectTV Tivo. Everything working great. I want to add a DVD player. Understand that I will have to use a 'switch box' to have only the SB or the DVD running at one time. I do not want to use the SB to access the the DVD. Question - what type of switch box do I use and how do I wire it up. Thanks Slingbox Classic Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:10:29 GMT CRGibson http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31667/Adding-DVD-with-switch-box/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31665/See-SB-on-N-W-but-can-t-connect./?src=forumtopic_rss Hi, I have recently tried to reconnect my slingbox SB 150-110 to my network at home and have not been able to connect even though I can see the box on the list of attached devices to the router. The Box used to be plugged directly into the router and since I have had my partner move in she has made me tidy my "boys" things up an bit so I am now using a pair of DEVOLO plugs to connect to it from where my Router is located rather than have a cable strung across my apartment. Has anyone else connected and used a Slingbox through this system? If so what am I doing wrong here? Thanks in advance. K1W1. Slingbox Classic Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:49:08 GMT K1W1 http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31665/See-SB-on-N-W-but-can-t-connect./?page=2#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31597/Sling-Classic-Won-t-work-2-Green-Lights-Trendnet-Router/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello, I have a cable modem plugged directly into a trendnet WIRED router (TW100-S4W1CA). My slingbox will not appear on either my Mac(MBP) or PC (Acer). I have tried everything from unplugging the sling, then plugging it in, unplugging the router, re-pluging that in. I've done hard resets (7-10 sec kind & 30 sec kind). I have 2 static (non-blinking) green lights on my Slingbox Classic at all times. When I do a hard reset, I get a slow blinking LED "N" with a slow blinking network green light. I have tried to run my setup assistant through the process to try and "catch" by chance the right time to get it to recognize my slingbox. This used to work when I had a different router ages ago, so the sling finder is all setup. I'm not sure if the actual Slingbox classic has the correct firmware on it, but I have no way of checking since neither of my computers can connect to it. 1 time, (How i don't know) the LED "N" stayed lit for a longer time then usual but still I couldn't get the computers to connect. Please give me suggestions, I don't want to go... Slingbox Classic Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:41:30 GMT Turnstyle http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31597/Sling-Classic-Won-t-work-2-Green-Lights-Trendnet-Router/?page=2#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31509/Slingbox-Classic-Humax-PVR-9200-SlingPlayer-Mobile/?src=forumtopic_rss Thanks for reading my thread. First I'll give you some info about my setup, then at the bottom I'll explain a problem I'm having with the SlingPlayer Mobile remote control. I'd appreciate some help resolving this. Here's my setup details... I have the Humax PVR9200T with Slingbox Classic. The Humax has a really sensitive receiver with twine tuners that gives me a really good freeview reception in a weak area. Plus I get remote access to all the programmes I've missed by using the 160GB hard disk PVR capability (100 hours of recording). The Sling Player remote enables me to set up all my favourite shows to record on the PVR EPG, which I can then watch later. This is perfect when located in a country in a different timezone - as it means I dont have to stay up in the wee hours of the morning to watch live that favourite sitcom being shown during UK peak evening time. This is a great workaround to the problem of not being able to access the UK broadcasters on-demand facilities like iPlayer which are restricted in other countries. If you have an old Humax PVR9200T, you should update the firmware with... Slingbox Classic Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:30:51 GMT Jenningsville http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31509/Slingbox-Classic-Humax-PVR-9200-SlingPlayer-Mobile/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31502/UK-Sling-from-USA-Speed-Drop-and-Fix-for-Classic/?src=forumtopic_rss I take NO credit for this, I found all the pieces here in this forum. This was the Classic Speed Drop but my Firmware revisions were different since my Sling classic was in the UK. Took me just about 10 mins, Fixed it great. My problems all started I updated my UK Sling Firmware to 1.0.34 which caused streaming to die after about a minute of use.. I went from 700kbs to 115kps constantly and this made it unusable. My wife was NOT happy :) So, the Fix; First, I downloaded the free hex editor http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Family/hex-editor.html - installed it. I downloaded and installed an older sling player on one of my PC's. Sling Player 1.4.0.206 to be precise, from here.. http://www.download.com/SlingPlayer/3000-2139_4-10573277.html You have to install this JUST to get the file.. SbPb1_5FwV1_0_31Current.bin which must be the older revision, 1.0.31 I guess. Then using the hex editor. Edit this file and change text 31 to text 35 at about position 32 (You will something like (or exactly) 01.00.0031..11/24/2006.). Change the 31 to 31 and save it. Then go to the sling player and update firmware option under Information (I updated this using my MAC Sling Player but all the players can... Slingbox Classic Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:13:10 GMT Fran carso http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31502/UK-Sling-from-USA-Speed-Drop-and-Fix-for-Classic/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31462/Slingplayer-download-location-question/?src=forumtopic_rss Hi! I'm about to buy a Slingbox classic and I'm downloading the sling player software now. It might seem like an obvious question but, the instructions say to choose the correct version for my country; do I select the country the slingbox is located in? It's just that I will be viewing via Slingplayer in another country. Thanks in advance! Slingbox Classic Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:34:46 GMT giulianna http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31462/Slingplayer-download-location-question/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31438/Slingbox-Classic-on-Humax-HD-1000-Remote-Control/?src=forumtopic_rss I have a Slingbox Classic on Humax HD-1000. I can't use the software remote control from the Sling Player. My devices: Slingbox classic with newest software, IR blaster version 4 HUMAX HD-1000 Who can help me ?? Slingbox Classic Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:41:50 GMT KH http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31438/Slingbox-Classic-on-Humax-HD-1000-Remote-Control/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31358/Watching-Slingplayer/?src=forumtopic_rss I am watching Slingplayer through a composite cable attached to a cable TV tuner. But to watch remotely I have to keep also the TV on? I tried to turn off the Tv set and on only the tuner, but in this way I can not watch the programs anymore. There is a way to watch TV programs outside home without to keep also the TV on? In this way there is no reason to use the Slingbox. Thank you Slingbox Classic Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:10:39 GMT interinmente http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31358/Watching-Slingplayer/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31340/Too-much-sound-and-then-NO-sound/?src=forumtopic_rss Ok guys I installed my slingbox classic for the first time just the other week. Like some others I had a problem where the sound was loud and distorted. In order to get some sort of decent sound I had to lower the volume slider to almost zero. I emailed sling and provided all the details that they required. Now all of a sudden I am getting no sound at all, well that's not really true. I am getting sound but the volume on the slingplayer and also on my computer have to be at max and all I am getting can only be described as a faint whisper! What could cause this problem? I don't know if sling have gone into my box and changed some settings as I provided the password etc for them to remotely access the box. Any suggestions would be appreciated? Slingbox Classic Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:11:39 GMT sinbrad http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/31340/Too-much-sound-and-then-NO-sound/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss