January 2011
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
15h 36m
English
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Playing Music and Media on Other Devices
The Droid X lets you share, view, and play music, videos, and photos using a standard called DLNA, short for Digital Living Network Alliance. The Droid X is DLNA compliant, which means that it can share media with other DLNA devices, such as TVs, computers, and mobile devices. When you buy a device, look in the documentation to see if it’s also DLNA compliant. You can also look for this logo on packaging or documentation: 
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If you’re not sure whether you have a device that’s DLNA compliant, go to www.dlna.org. In addition to finding out more information about DLNA, you can do a search for your device and see if it’s a DLNA one.
Here’s just some of what you can do with your Droid X and other DLNA devices:
Stream your music, videos, and photos from your Droid X to a DLNA device, such as a TV, PC, Xbox, or Playstation 3.
Transfer music files from your phone to your PC.
Transfer pictures from your Droid X to your PC.
Stream videos from the Droid X to your TV.
Browse any videos you have stored on your PC using the Droid X, and then stream the video to your TV using an HDMI cable (see HDMI for details about HDMI).
There are more possibilities and permutations with your Droid X and DLNA; this section can’t cover them all. Set up your Droid X as described in this section, and then follow the information that appears onscreen.
To do any DLNA magic, your ...
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