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Guided Installation

Introduction

In the guided installation, the Setup wizard on the Setup CD will assist you with the installation of your MediaAccess

Gateway.

If you do not want to use the Setup CD or if the Setup CD is not included in your package, follow the installation procedure

described in

“3 Manual Installation” on page 19

.

Requirements

To use the guided installation you must comply with the following requirements:



Your computer must run one of the following operating systems:



Microsoft Windows 7 and higher



Microsoft Windows 7 x64 and higher



Microsoft Windows Vista and higher



Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and higher



Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)



Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)



Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)



You must have administrative rights on your computer.

If you do not comply with these requirements, use the

“3 Manual Installation” on page 19

.

Running the Setup wizard

To start the Setup wizard:

1

Insert the Setup CD into your computer's CD- or DVD drive.

2

If your computer runs:



Microsoft Windows: The Setup CD starts automatically.

If the Setup CD does not autostart, see

“The Setup CD does not start automatically” on page 92

.



Mac OS X: Double-click

Menu

in the window with the content of the Setup CD.

3

Select the language of your choice and click

OK

.

4

The Setup wizard will now guide you through the installation of your MediaAccess Gateway.

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At the end of the installation, the following screen appears:

Select

Go to the Technicolor Gateway web interface

if you want to go to the

MediaAccess Gateway GUI

after closing

the wizard. On the

MediaAccess Gateway GUI

, you can configure all services of your MediaAccess Gateway.

6

Click

Finish

.

7

The

CD menu

appears.

CD Menu

On the

CD Menu

, you can click:



Initial Setup

to connect your computer to the MediaAccess Gateway and configure your local network.



Reconfigure my Technicolor Gateway

to fully reconfigure your MediaAccess Gateway.



Setup my computer

to connect your computer to the MediaAccess Gateway network.



Documentation

to view a list of the documentation that is available for your MediaAccess Gateway.



Visit technicolor.com

to visit the online support sections.

If you reconfigure your MediaAccess Gateway via the

CD menu

, the MediaAccess Gateway will be reconfigured

from scratch. All your current settings will be lost. If you only want to make small changes to your configuration

(for example, changing the security), we recommended you to do this via the

MediaAccess Gateway GUI

. For

more information, see

“4.1 MediaAccess Gateway GUI” on page 32

.

Actual available items depend on the Setup CD delivered with your MediaAccess Gateway.

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In case of problems

If you encounter problems during this installation please refer to

“10.1 Setup Troubleshooting” on page 92

.

Backup your configuration

Once you successfully installed your MediaAccess Gateway, it is recommend to backup your configuration. This will allows

you to return to this configuration when needed (for example, after misconfiguration).

For more information, see

“4.2 Backing Up/Restoring your Configuration” on page 37

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Installation

This chapter will help you to manually install your MediaAccess Gateway.

Setting up your network

Proceed as follows:

1

Connect your MediaAccess Gateway to your service provider’s network.

For more information, see

“3.1 Connecting the MediaAccess Gateway to your Service Provider’s Network” on page 20

.

2

Power on the MediaAccess Gateway.

For more information, see

“3.2 Powering on the MediaAccess Gateway” on page 22

.

3

Connect your computer to the MediaAccess Gateway.

For more information, see

“3.3 Connecting Your Network Devices to the MediaAccess Gateway” on page 23

.

4

Configure your MediaAccess Gateway.

For more information, see

“3.4 Configure the MediaAccess Gateway” on page 26

.

5

Share your content or media on your local network, continue with

“7 Sharing Content” on page 51

.

6

If you purchased the mobile USB adapter, setup the 3G backup connection.

For more information, see

“3.5 Setting Up the 3G Fall-Back WAN Connection” on page 27

.

7

Once you successfully installed your MediaAccess Gateway, it is recommend to backup your configuration. This will

allows you to return to this configuration when needed (for example, after misconfiguration). For more information, see

“4.2 Backing Up/Restoring your Configuration” on page 37

.