Linksys Wireless B Media Adapter
Cisco-Linksys WMA11B Wireless Digital Media Adapter Product Features Connects your Home Entertainment Center to a Wireless-B (b) network Supports MP3 and WMA digital music files Browse your digital pictures on your television (JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP) Select songs and pictures from on-screen menus with the easy-to-use remote control Includes Media Adapter, remote, RCA and S-video cables Product Description The Linksys Wireless-B media adapter lets you bring the digital pictures and music stored on your computer to your home entertainment center, without running cables through the house. Using a wireless connection, the media adapter displays your digital photographs on the TV for the whole family to enjoy. And your digital music collection is finally freed from those little computer speakers and can play in full glory through your stereo system. The Wireless-B media adapter sits by your home stereo and television and connects to them using standard consumer electronics cables. Then it connects to your home network by Wireless-B (b) wireless networking or, if you prefer, it can be connected via standard Ethernet cabling. Using the included remote control and the user-friendly menus on your TV, you can browse through the digital pictures on your computer by folder, file name, or thumbnail. You can view pictures one at a time, or watch an automatically created slideshow of all the pictures in a given folder. The media adapter supports five popular picture formats: JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP. Use the remote control's Zoom button to get a close-up of the details in your pictures. You can also use the remote to browse your MP3- or WMA-formatted music collection by title, artist, genre, folder, or playlist. Choose the music you want, and let the Wireless-B media adapter play it through your stereo system. You can even let music play in the background while you browse your pictures. Power and Simplicity Connects your home entertainment center to a Wireless-B (b) network Listen to your MP3 and WMA digital music collection through your stereo syst em Browse your digital pictures on your television (JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP) Select songs and pictures from on-screen menus with the easy-to-use remote c ontrol Supports popular audio formats (MP3 and WMA), image formats (JPG, GIF, TIF, a nd BMP), and playlist formats (M3U and ASX) S-video output for best video quality RCA connectors for left and right stereo audio output and composite video ou tput Easy TV setup and convenient Setup Wizard for configuration User-friendly utility runs on your PC to manage music and picture folders Wireless security with up to 128-bit WEP encryption Compatibility with b (2.4 GHz) standard Up to 11 Mbps, high-speed wireless data transfer rate RJ- Mbps Ethernet connection Wireless networks are rapidly becoming more popular and coming down in price. Since they don't require cables, you can use the devices anywhere in an office or home, even out on the patio. There's no need to roll out an Ethernet network cable to each room of a house; you can network anywhere--without wires. Outside the home, wireless networking is available in hotspots at coffee shops, businesses, airports--great when you're on the road and need to get some work done. For convenience, wireless networking is the answer. Which Wireless Standard Is Right for Me? Now that you've decided to create a wireless network, the next step is to figure out which wireless standard to use. Basically, a standard is a set of specifications for a device. All devices that follow a specific standard share operating characteristics, such as the radio frequency used and maximum data transfer speed. For wireless networking, there are three standards to choose from at this time: b a g This new is new but box has been opened, all items still wrapped box had been in storage for a while so outer cardboard box will not be perfect