Connecting your DStv Explora to the internet
using the DStv WiFi Connector
(manual setup)
If you want to connect your DStv Explora to your router in your home, it’s best to use
the DStv WiFi Connector if your router’s in another room or when you don’t want to run
cables. WiFi signal must be available in the room your DStv Explora is in.
There are two options:
• Automatic setup (if your router has a WPS button)
• Manual setup (if your router does not have a WPS button, or if you are unable
to set it up using the automatic setup)
These are the steps for the MANUAL setup
Step 1
Place your computer close to your router. PC (Side / Back) DStv WIFI Connector (Back)
Turn WiFi off on your computer.
Using the supplied power cable, connect one end
5 V DC
ETHERNET RESET
into the USB port on your computer and the other
end into the power input on the back of the
DStv WiFi Connector.
Using the supplied Ethernet cable, insert the one PC (Side / Back) DStv WIFI Connector (Back)
end into the Ethernet port on your computer.
Now insert the other end into the Ethernet port ETHERNET RESET
5 V DC
on the back of the DStv WiFi Connector.
For more information, including Terms and Conditions, go to V1.0 Nov 2014
www.dstv.com/getconnected
Step 2
Open the web browser on your computer
and type http://dstvwifi.local/ into the
address bar.
dstvwifi.local/
dstvwifi.local/
Step 3
Select your router from the list, enter your wireless Select your wireless network from the list
by clicking on the network name (SSID)
password and click on “Connect”.
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TROUBLESHOOTING JAMES HOME
Wireless Password:
MY OFFICE
••••••••••|
• "WLAN" - network could not be found - your DStv WiFi UNIVERSITY
Show Password
Connector may be too far from your router or your router
may be off. Please move the DStv WiFi Connector closer to
your router and ensure that the router is switched on. Connect
• "Wrong password" - you entered the wrong WLAN password.
Please enter the correct password and try again.
Step 4
Disconnect the DStv WiFi Connector from your computer.
Step 5
DStv WIFI Connector (Back) DStv Explora (Back)
Using the supplied Ethernet cable,
DIGITAL
insert the one end into the green
AUDIO OUT
ETHERNET
5 V DC COAXIAL
ETHERNET RESET
Ethernet port on the back of the UNICABLE IN
POWER IN
DStv Explora. Now insert the other 13V 1A
end into the Ethernet port on the
back of the DStv WiFi Connector.
For more information, including Terms and Conditions, go to V1.0 Nov 2014
www.dstv.com/getconnected
Step 5 (cont.)
Using the supplied power cable, DStv WIFI Connector (Back) DStv Explora (Back)
connect one end into the USB port
DIGITAL
on the back of the DStv Explora ETHERNET RESET
5 V DC
AUDIO OUT
COAXIAL
ETHERNET
and the other end into the power UNICABLE IN
POWER IN
input on the back of the 13V 1A
DStv WiFi Connector.
The Power LED on the front of the DStv WiFi connector
should light up (solid amber) and then change to solid white,
confirming the DStv WiFi Connector has power. WPS
POWER WIRELESS
WPS
POWER WIRELESS
Step 6
Wait two minutes.
The Wireless LED on the front of the DStv WiFi Connector WPS
should light up (solid white) once an internet connection POWER WIRELESS
has been established.
WPS
WPS
POWER
POWER WIRELESS
WIRELESS
TROUBLESHOOTING
• If the Wireless LED on the front of the DStv WiFi Connector is solid amber, the internet connection is weak. To fix this, move the
DStv WiFi Connector closer to the router and try again.
For more information, including Terms and Conditions, go to V1.0 Nov 2014
www.dstv.com/getconnected
Step 7
You can now check the connectivity
Central
on your DStv Explora. Help
Contact Us
Mail Messages
Press HELP on the remote. General Information
Tools Connectivity Checker
Select “Tools”.
Select “Connectivity Checker”
Central
and press OK. Help Just Added Watch Now
Contact Us Connectivity Checker
Select OK Return BACK
Mail Messages Router connection successful
Internet connection successful
General Information
Tools
Return BACK
Select OK Return BACK
Step 8
The default setting for all Connected
Services on your DStv Explora is set Central
Settings
to “Off”. You can manually select which User Preferences
General
Parental Control
of the services you want enabled. System Settings
Video & Audio
Recording
Satellite Settings
Channel Groups
Connected Services
Press the blue DStv button.
Select “Settings”. Central
Connected Services
Select “User Preferences”.
Select OK Return BACK
Remote Recordings Off Remote Recording allows
you to schedule recordings
Off
Select “Connected Services”. DStv Catch Up Plus via our TV Guides when
you’re away from home.
Visit
You can then set each of the Connected Services dstv.com/GetConnected for
more info, including steps on
how to connect your DStv
Explora to the internet. Terms
“On” or “Off” individually. & Condition apply.
Press BACK to save your setting.
Select OK Return BACK
For more information, including Terms and Conditions, go to V1.0 Nov 2014
www.dstv.com/getconnected
