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<blockquote data-quote="SwissBuster" data-source="post: 979816" data-attributes="member: 78168">I'm experimenting connecting my laptop to an existing, reliable single-seat installation (&quot;Media PC&quot;), so far with no success.&nbsp; I installed MP on the laptop and configured the setup by entering the IP address of the Media PC in MP Config &gt; TV Setup &gt; Hostname (in my case, 192.168.1.104). Testing this connection returns a green field and &quot;Connection to the TV sever successful&quot; message. I have not made any changes to the media PC. &nbsp;When starting up MP on the laptop and connecting to the TV, I get a &quot;please specify the IP address or host name&quot; error message, so I cannot connect to the TV server. I experimented with the server name but this didn't help. One of the first times, I also got a message suggesting to check the firewall settings, so I added MP as an exception in MS security essentials on the laptop. That's it so far for experimentation - I don't have any ideas as what to try next... I have searched the site and found some older messages about editing gentle.config on the Media PC which makes me nervous. The error log is attached - started up MP, tried to launch the TV guide, and got the &quot;please specify...&quot; error message. &nbsp;Any ideas as to how I can get the TV on the laptop working?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SwissBuster, post: 979816, member: 78168"] I'm experimenting connecting my laptop to an existing, reliable single-seat installation ("Media PC"), so far with no success. I installed MP on the laptop and configured the setup by entering the IP address of the Media PC in MP Config > TV Setup > Hostname (in my case, 192.168.1.104). Testing this connection returns a green field and "Connection to the TV sever successful" message. I have not made any changes to the media PC. When starting up MP on the laptop and connecting to the TV, I get a "please specify the IP address or host name" error message, so I cannot connect to the TV server. I experimented with the server name but this didn't help. One of the first times, I also got a message suggesting to check the firewall settings, so I added MP as an exception in MS security essentials on the laptop. That's it so far for experimentation - I don't have any ideas as what to try next... I have searched the site and found some older messages about editing gentle.config on the Media PC which makes me nervous. The error log is attached - started up MP, tried to launch the TV guide, and got the "please specify..." error message. Any ideas as to how I can get the TV on the laptop working? [/QUOTE]

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