Raspbmc Quick Setup Guide Dear Raspberry Pi owner, Welcome to the world of Raspberry Pi Weve put the Raspbmc bundle together to make it super easy to set up your Raspberry Pi as a home media centre. Simply follow these step-by-step instructions and your Raspberry Pi will be able to play high-definition movies, music and photos in short order. We realise that these instructions are basic, but they are basic for a reason: even if you have never plugged a cable into a socket, we want to help you start to use your Raspberry Pi. Engineers may want to jump to the later sections of this document. This guide is intended to help you through the simple stuff. Raspbmc is quite accessible so dont worry about exploring the options that it gives you and learning by trial and error. You are not likely to break anything and even if you do, it is easy to reinstall Raspbmc on your SD card. What Do I Need to Get Started Your Raspbmc bundle contains: 4 GB Class 4 SD card with Raspbmc preloaded 3 m Ethernet cable 1 m HDMI cable Wireless keyboard & touchpad media controller You will also need: Raspberry Pi Model B Power supply with a microUSB adaptor (1 A, 5 V) TV or monitor with HDMI connector (N.B. you can use the Pi-View HDMI-VGA adaptor if you would like to use an older monitor. However, the audio signal will be lost, so you will need to use the headphone jack on the Raspberry Pi). You may also want: WiPi USB dongle MPEG-2 codec (for playing the kind of files which originate media such as DVDs, as well as digital TV broadcasts) VC-1 codec (for playing files which originate from media including Blu-ray discs) First Time Setup 1. Connect the Ethernet cable from the Ethernet connector of the Raspberry Pi to your router. Make sure that your internet connection is working. You only need to do this the first time that you set up Raspbmc, so that the program can update itself to the latest version. Updates are enabled by default and can be disabled later if you want. 2. Connect the HDMI cable from the HDMI connector on your Raspberry Pi to the HDMI connector on your TV. 3. Plug the SD card into the slot on the underside of the Raspberry Pi. Make sure that the SD card is pushed all the way in so that it is making a good contact with the connectors. Instructions A5.indd 1 02/05/2013 15:094. Plug the wireless adaptor from your keyboard & touchpad media controller into a USB port on your Raspberry Pi. Finally, insert the microUSB power supply. This will automatically boot the Raspberry Pi up. If you are successful you will see the Raspbmc logo appear on your television screen. On the first boot, this may take a little longer than subsequent uses. The Raspbmc Interface You should now see the user interface for Raspbmc, which lists (left to right) weather, pictures, video, music, programs and system. This is the basic interface which will allow you to browse your videos, music and other media. Adding Media Now its time to access your home media from your Raspberry Pi. You can do this in a few different ways depending on the way your home network is set up. The simplest way is to plug in a USB drive or external hard drive which contains your movie files to a USB port on your Raspberry Pi. N.B. if your files originate from media such as a DVD or Blu-ray disc, you will need to buy the MPEG-2 or VC-1 codec license key from raspberrypi.com. See Raspbmc Settings for information on how to enable these codecs. Just while were on the subject ripping copy protected DVD and Blu-ray content is illegal 1. Click on Videos 2. Click on Files 3. Click on Add Videos 4. Click on Browse (in the top right corner) 5. You should now see a list of folders including your USB drive or hard drive. From here you can navigate to the folder where your video media is stored. Once you have found the folder where you keep your videos, click OK. You only have to add the media source once from now on it will appear automatically when you click on Files. 6. For audio files, you can follow the same process outlined above, starting instead from the Music section of the main menu. Adding a Network-attached Storage (NAS) drive or connecting to a Windows network is also easy to configure using Raspbmc. If your NAS drive supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), then it should appear listed under UPnP after you click Browse as before. Windows networks will also appear listed under Windows Network (SMB). Essentially, Raspbmc makes it very easy to navigate to media stored in your home network and is flexible enough to accommodate most of your different storage devices throughout your home. YouTube and Other Add-Ons Raspbmc allows you to install add-ons which enable you to watch YouTube, a variety of on-demand TV services, for example BBC iPlayer, and also audio streaming apps such as Spotify (provided you have a premium account with them). Some add-ons require a slightly more in-depth approach which involves downloading the application via SSH, but fear not, we will help you. Heres how to access YouTube, which is one of the listed add-ons. You need to make sure you have an internet connection to do this, since Raspbmc will download the application. 1. Click on Videos 2. Click on Files Instructions A5.indd 2 02/05/2013 15:09