Watching TV

Once you've hooked up your Slingbox, and installed and configured SlingPlayer, you're ready to watch your TV anywhere. With your remote control in the SlingRemote window, and your TV's image in the player window, watching your TV using SlingPlayer isn't very different from watching your TV while sitting on your couch. All the controls that you need are either in the SlingRemote window or the player window. And more choices are only a menu choice away.

You can download and install SlingPlayer on as many computers as you like ... there's no limit! (Just be aware that you can only watch one Slingbox at a time on a computer ... and only one computer can watch a given Slingbox at a time. You can't share a Slingbox.)

But wait! Watching your TV using your Slingbox offers even more:

• The Program Guide is an interactive listing of the TV shows that you can watch, given your area and where your TV programming comes from. You can search for a particular show. You can even create one or more lists of favorite channels, so you don't have to go through dozens of channels to get to the one that you want.
  
• Sling Accounts save your Slingbox info for you, so you don't have to do it. Any time you register a new Sling product, or you install SlingPlayer on a new computer, just sign on to your Sling Account via SlingPlayer ... you info is right there, at your fingertips.

And many other great features. Try different options to see how SlingPlayer can work best for you.

Help Articles
	Getting started with SlingPlayer Using your Slingbox to watch your TV anywhere is easy with SlingPlayer software. Here's how.
	Where things are in SlingPlayer Explanations of the parts of the SlingPlayer main window.
	Using SlingRemote SlingPlayer includes SlingRemote, an on-screen remote control that uses a picture-perfect image of the real remote control that you hold in your hand.
	Audio settings All about the audio settings that SlingPlayer provides.
	Switching between audio/video sources If you've hooked up more than one audio and/or video source to your Slingbox, it's easy to switch between them.
	Resizing SlingPlayer You can resize the SlingPlayer window to (almost) whatever size you like.
	Parking SlingPlayer windows SlingPlayer lets you watch your TV in a variety of ways. You can park SlingPlayer and SlingRemote™ on the left or the right of your screen. When they’re parked together in a column, it’s called SlingBar mode. This topic contains a table describing the window style controls and what they do.
	Sling Accounts Sling Accounts are an easy way to have your Slingbox info travel with you. Just launch the SlingPlayer software, log in to your Sling Account, and all you're all set.
	About the SlingPlayer Guide Here's some general info about what the SlingPlayer Guide is.
	Using the SlingPlayer Guide Getting the most from the SlingPlayer Guide.
	Buffer settings
	SlingPlayer Options: Encoding The SlingPlayer Encoding options let advanced users fine-tune the streaming process ... although for most users by far, the automatic modes are best.
	SlingPlayer Options: Connection About connection settings for those who connect via a proxy.
	SlingPlayer Options: Preferences Within SlingPlayer Options, the Preferences tab gives you access to some general settings you can change.
	Control mode SlingPlayer is equipped with a feature called the Control Mode, which you can use to switch between channels faster.
	Fit TV to Player The Fit TV to Player feature helps you find the best viewing size for your computer.
	Information window
	Show closed captioning SlingPlayer can display closed captioning while you're watching your TV. Here's how.
	Show/Hide statistics You can show or hide the bit rate information that's in the SlingPlayer window.