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4 Sharing Content on your Thomson Gateway
4.2 Using the UPnP AV Media Server
UPnP AV protocol
UPnP AV (AV stands for Audio and Video) is a protocol especially designed to share media files on your local
network.
UPnP AV network components
A UPnP AV network consists of the following components:
 The UPnP Server is directly connected to your media files and makes them available on the network. In
your network the Thomson Gateway will fulfil this role.
 The UPnP client is a software application or hardware device that allows you to play or view the media
files provided by your UPnP AV media server.
Procedure
Proceed as follows:
1 Browse to the Thomson Gateway GUI.
2 On the Tools menu, click Content Sharing.
3 In the Location bar, click Configure.
4 Under UPnP AV Media Server, click Server Enabled.
5 If you want to use your USB device as managed partition, click the radio button next to your partition
under List of connected disks.
For more information on managed partitions, see “4.4 Managing your Shared Content” on page 36.
6 Click Apply.
Result
The Thomson Gateway lists all audio, video and picture files located on the connected USB storage device.
All UPnP AV clients that are connected to your network are now able to view this list and play or view items
from this list.
On your UPnP AV client, the Thomson Gateway’s UPnP AV media server will be listed as THOMSON TGXXX
or Thomson MediaGateway. Below you can find a screenshot taken on a smartphone with a UPnP AV client.
Via this entry, you can browse to your media files.