How do I connect my PC to Sony Bravia TV via the LAN port using DLNA?

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#29288 1-Jan-2009 16:27

My Sony Bravia TV (46" Z) has a LAN port and according to the user manual I can connect my PC to it using the LAN port and a wireless modem/router to see the pictures and listen music stored on my computer on the TV.

But how?

Unfortunately the manual isn't straightforward (or I am getting older) so before I sit down in front of Google and trying to find the answer I thought I might ask here, maybe someone knows by heart.

I have two laptops: one Lenovo and one Sony Vaio, at last I should be able to connect the Vaio with the TV. I have a Netgear DG834GSP wireless modem. I connected the TV to the modem with LAN cable and I connect the laptops with wireless to the modem.

Could you help me out? Cheers!

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#186917 1-Jan-2009 16:49

Forgot to say: the TV has the DLNA ethernet function.

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#186918 1-Jan-2009 16:53

You will need some software that has a DLNA server in it. Windows Media 11 has one or other common software like Tversity does as well. Once this is running the TV should automatically locate this and show the content.

The only issue is that like many standards there seems to be some compatability issues between DLNA software and hardware. I have a Samsung 7 series here at present that support DLNA but doesn't seem to work with all DLNA software and works best with Samsung's own DLNA software.

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#186921 1-Jan-2009 17:16

Could you write a quick and brief step-by-step instruction how to connect the TV with WMP 11?
Does it work under XP or only with Vista?

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#186927 1-Jan-2009 18:35

Okay it already works with the Vaio using WMP 11!! Good to see the pictures on the telly, however no videos. :(

I am trying to make it work with the Lenovo laptop now, but it seems I ran into some firewall issues.

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#187010 2-Jan-2009 13:05

I couldnt make the connection with the Lenovo laptop even if I turn off the firewall. It just simply doesnt recognize the TV.
Anyway at least it works with the Sony Vaio laptop so I can stream pictures from there.

Thanks for the help sbiddle.

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#187013 2-Jan-2009 13:17

Aloha: I couldnt make the connection with the Lenovo laptop even if I turn off the firewall. It just simply doesnt recognize the TV.
Anyway at least it works with the Sony Vaio laptop so I can stream pictures from there.

Thanks for the help sbiddle.

Did you authorise the TV to connect to WMP? In the sharing section in WMP it shows DLNA devices and you can allow/disallow them.

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#187111 3-Jan-2009 03:32

sbiddle:
Did you authorise the TV to connect to WMP? In the sharing section in WMP it shows DLNA devices and you can allow/disallow them.

Yes I did. Everything works perfectly with the Vaio, but when I did the same steps with the Lenovo it just doesnt recognize the Bravia TV. It doesnt show the small icon of the Bravia TV in the WMP sharing menu.

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#187112 3-Jan-2009 06:17

Was the other PC running at the time? I wonder if for some reason it can only connect to a single DLNA server at once?

The Samsung I've got here at present supports multiple DLNA servers, they justy show as multiple devices on the source menu.

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#187140 3-Jan-2009 11:55

I tried again:
-other PC turned off
-firewall turned off
-Checkpoint SecuRemote turned off

Now the icon of the TV appeared in the menu of the WMP11 and I authorized the connection, but the TV doesn't recognize the computer.
This is a little development as before I couldnt see the TV in the WMP menu at all.

Anyway my Lenovo PC is a company one with full of applications and special configuration so I assume there is something blocking the outgoing traffic. So at this point I give up, please let me know if you have any other tip.

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