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    Stereo on wifi, but only showing as media device?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by woofblitzer, May 12, 2014.

  1. woofblitzer

    woofblitzer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not sure what I am doing wrong...

    I have my Onkyo TX NR818 hooked up wireless to my home wireless router. On my PC I can see it under the Network tab and it shows as a media device and has an IP address.

    Should I not be able to control or somehow sent content to the Onkyo with this wifi connection?

    I can't seem to figure it out and many places say I need to buy additional hardware....which makes no sense....

    You wisdom is appreciated in advance.
     
    woofblitzer, May 12, 2014
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Either, the device will be registered as a sound output device in Windows (you may need to install a driver), you need to isntall some kind of control software on your computer or you need to select the content to play on the device itself rather than the computer.
     
    tijo, May 14, 2014
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