Introduction to Telnet
General
Using Telnet (or PuTTY) is the only way to access the Playon’s flash memory and to issue commands to the Playon’s Linux operating system.
Telnet requires a network connection between your PC and the Playon.

Starting Telnet from a Windows PC
The Windows Telnet client can be enabled in the Windows features.
In Windows XP select Run … from the menu Start and type telnet <IP address of your Playon> or telnet <Playon’s host name>, for example telnet 192.168.178.3 or telnet PlayonHD .
In Windows Vista and Windows 7 type telnet <IP address of your Playon> or telnet <Playon’s host name> in the Search window of the menu Start. For example: telnet 192.168.178.3 or telnet PlayonHD .

Starting Telnet from a Linux PC
Open a Telnet session in a terminal window by typing telnet <IP address of your Playon> or telnet <Playon’s host name>, for example telnet 192.168.178.3 or telnet PlayonHD .

Logging in to your Playon
The login name for your Playon is root and a password is not required. This will give you direct access to the Playon’s Linux operating system.

You can disregard the warning "cannot change to home directory", because you are already in the home directory of the system, which is identified by the prompt / #. The slash (/) indicates the root directory of the Playon’s file system (root folder for Windows’s users). The hash (#) indicates that you have root permission (administrator rights for Windows’s users).
From here you can issue the appropriate commands to the operating system. Be careful not to make unwanted modifications to the system or accidentally delete or move files or directories. In case of errors the original firmware can be restored by reinstalling the firmware from a USB memory stick by the so called safe-mode flashing procedure.
To quit when you have finished, type exit after the prompt. This will disconnect you from your Playon.