The Sling Player Desktop App is actually a user interface to the default web browser (Internet Explorer in my case but it should work okay with Firefox, Chrome, or Safari). To get the biggest "Sit And Watch" display, my Sling Player Desktop on my Windows 7 laptop was the neatest (there is also a Mac laptop version). Once I had the Sling Player App installed, I opened it and followed the on screen instructions. There are also Android Apps players available from Google Play. There is a $15 version that is AD free however, the FREE App version works just fine and the AD displays can be easily ignored. To use my iPhone or iPad to access the Slingbox, I went to the App Store and downloaded/installed the FREE Sling Players for iPhone and iPad (the players are different). Plus, by moving things around in the viewing window, the advertisements can be minimized. I find the advertising not that intrusive - advertising is is very common in almost every web site I visit on the Internet with my browsers. There has been lots of criticism in various forums and law suits have been filed against Sling Media. Sling Media added advertising to their players in 2014. Many web sites and even Facebook have advertising. The Sling Player for all devices has Advertising.If someone is already using the Slingbox, a message will appear. Only one person at a time can access the Slingbox.Clicking on an onscreen remote displayed by a Sling Player on my viewing device (iPhone, iPad, or Windows laptop) simulates being at home with the actual C51 remote in my hand and the output of the C51 is displayed on my device at my remote location.It can see anything on my DirecTV SWiM network - pretty cool! My Slingbox M2 is all hooked up, set up, and it is working.Additionally, the C51 can delete recordings on either DVR. The C51 is able to share both DVRs Playlist of recordings in a Whole Home system.
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