Sony ERS-7M3 - Manual (Page 49)

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Having the AIBO
®
Entertainment Robot read you the news or
a blog
You can have your AIBO robot read you content from an
Internet news site or a blog.
When
(AutoMotion) is On, the AIBO robot will perform
some interesting motion patterns on its own.
Note
In order to have the AIBO robot read you Internet-based news or a
blog, the PC must be connected to the Internet. For optimum results,
an always-on connection such as ADSL, FTTH, or CATV is
recommended.
z Hint
Only sites supporting the following versions of RSS
*
can be read by
the AIBO robot.
Supported versions: RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Atom 0.3
* RSS is a technology for distributing updated information about
articles and headlines on a web site. It is often used by news sites,
blogs (web logs), and similar Internet sites.
Selecting content to read from the
media list
After selecting the playback genre from the media list, you can
click
(Play) to have the AIBO robot read the news or blog
or other information.
It is also possible to directly select an RSS site from the
contents list for reading by the AIBO robot.
z Hints
• If you touch the front and rear back sensors simultaneously while
the AIBO robot is reading the news, the web browser will open and
show the related news page.
• If you operate the AIBO robot from the Navigator screen while
(AutoMotion) is On and the AIBO robot is reading the news
or a blog, the (AutoMotion) will be turned off automatically.
1 Select RSS site.
2 Click here.
When this is On, the
AIBO robot performs
interesting motion
patterns along with
the news.