Sony Bravia - Cannot connect to Home Network - HELP!

[Dear Prudence]

<font face="Arial"> Hi



I have tried everything I know, to connect a <font color="darkblue">Sony KDL 52W4500 HDTV</font> to a home network - with no joy.



I phoned Sony Helpline - bloke didn't understand what I was talking about.



This is my set up;



BT Voyager 2110 ADSL Modem/Router (wireless)

Main desktop PC: XP Pro

Wife's laptop: Vista Home Premium



I have enabled file sharing on both computers via:

Windows Media Player 11



Everytime I try to set up the network settings on the TV I receive a message that the;



Network connection is not connected.



I am new to all this - am I doing something wrong or does my TV have a problem?



I was under the impression that I could send music via the VISTA laptop (DLNA) to the DLNA TV via the Voyager Wireless router.



Any help or guidance would really be appreciated as I've spent days trying to get this to work.



Thanks in advance.



Stephen</font>

[ricdiggle]

Is the TV WI-Fi or do you need to plug it in to your router? If so, have you plugged it in?

[Dear Prudence]

The Sony manual doesn't give much info.



There is an Ethernet plug on the back of the TV.



The TV is supposed to find the network automatically.



From the manual it says;



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~

IP Address Settings DHCP (DNS automatic)



Automatically acquires the network settings through the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server function of the router or Internet service provider.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~



There is 'test' to enable to search for the network - it is after this test that the TV says there is a component not connected.



I did connect the Vista laptop to the Ethernet but no change in outcome.



Thanks for your help.

[ricdiggle]

Originally Posted by Dear Prudence

The Sony manual doesn't give much info.



There is an Ethernet plug on the back of the TV.



The TV is supposed to find the network automatically.



From the manual it says;



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~

IP Address Settings DHCP (DNS automatic)



Automatically acquires the network settings through the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server function of the router or Internet service provider.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~



There is 'test' to enable to search for the network - it is after this test that the TV says there is a component not connected.



I did connect the Vista laptop to the Ethernet but no change in outcome.



Thanks for your help.

You'd need a different cable (crossover) to connect to a laptop directly. By the sounds of it, you need to plug a network (cat 5 or cat 6) from the TV to the Router. It should then find the internet for you and your other computers connected to this router (either with cable or with Wi-Fi)

[Dear Prudence]

Thanks Ricdiggle - I hope to try all that you have suggested over the weekend.

[Deansy]

have you got this sorted? I have just had to go through the process off setting mine up?