Sony CMT-MX700Ni - Manual (Page 22)

22 GB
Network connections
Connecting the system to your home
network
This section explains how to connect the system to your home network. You can connect the system to the
network either through a wireless or a wired LAN. Check your connection method using the chart below.
Please make sure to read “Checking the wireless LAN environment of your home network” (page 23) in
advance when connecting the system through a wireless LAN. For details on which connection method
your wireless LAN router/access point supports, refer to the operating manual of your wireless LAN
router/access point.
*
1
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is a standard created by the Wi-Fi Alliance allowing you to setup a wireless network
easily and securely.
*
2
Use the manual setup method if you cannot find the desired access point using the access point scan method.
What the system can do when connected to a network
• The system can play audio content stored on a server (a computer, etc.) on your home network
(page 37).
• The system can play music services via the Internet (page 42).
Which connection do you want to use, wireless or wired, to connect the system
to your home network?
Wireless Wired
Do you have a router or a modem with
a router function?
Yes No
Do you have a wireless LAN router/
access point?
Yes No
You need a
router. You need a wireless LAN
router/access point. Are you going to use the WPS*
1
setting to connect the system
to your home network?
Yes No
Use the wired
connection
method (page 26). Use the access
point search
method (page 23). Use the WPS PIN
code method
(page 26). Use the WPS push
button configuration
method (page 25). Use the manual
setup method
(page 25).*
2
Which connection method do you intend to
use, the WPS push button configuration
method or the WPS PIN code method?
PIN code
method
Push button
configuration
method
*
2