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Why when emailing pictures from my Picasa account, the photos look small on the Pix-Star screen?

Picasa offers this feature that once you are logged into the picasa web account you can choose a picture then email it to any email address including your Pix-Star’s email address. This is a nice feature but be careful when … Continue reading

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How to configure TVersity UPnP/DLNA server to work with my Pix-Star?

Your Pix-Star works ok with TVersity UPnP/DLNA server but a small configuration adjustment is necessary on the TVersity server. Because TVersity by default uses very long URLs to stream medias to the UPnP/DLNA client, Pix-Star is not able to handle … Continue reading

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Is it possible to use my Pix-Star even if I have no Wireless (Wi-Fi) connection at home?

This it is an important question. Yes, even without any wireless connection, your Pix-Star can work normally and all features are active. No problem. It will become a basic photo frame then, playing photos that you put in USB stick, … Continue reading

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Why my Pix-Star photoframe slide show does not show all the pictures, especially Web albums and weather?

As you’ve probably already noticed while using your Pix-Star, it offers many different type of slidehows. You can practically launch any kind of slideshow from just 1 picture, to 1 album or even a combination of albums. Also as the … Continue reading

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How to manage the photos stored inside my Pix-Star Photoframe wirelessly from my computer (SAMBA)?

As you know the latest wireless photoframes from Pix-Star (PXT510xxxxx, FotoConnect XD) are equipped with a technology called “SAMBA” which makes your Pix-Star behave like a network disk on your local network (make sure your Pix-Star WiFi connection is properly … Continue reading

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I have a MAC, how to display my photos using UPnP directly on my Pix-Star?

The latest Pix-Star FotoConnect ‘ XD ‘ series support a technology called ‘ UPnP / DLNA ‘ which makes it possible to access photos stored on any compatible device on the network such as, a PC, a MAC or a … Continue reading

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How to copy pictures to Pix-Star using USB?

You can easily copy pictures to your Pix-Star’s local memory using a USB stick or a SD card. Take the USB stick or the SD card that contains the pictures you want to copy to the frame and plug it … Continue reading

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SD CARD Compatibility: What is the maximum capacity supported by Pix-Star

Your Pix-Star supports SDHC cards which is the latest high capacity SD card standard. So in theory any SD card is supported and there is no limitation in size. Pix-Star has been tested with SD cards up to 32GB without … Continue reading

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How to Browse Pictures on your USB Memory Stick and SD Card with Pix-Star

You’ve probably tried it before… When you insert a USB memory stick or a SD card into your Pix-Star, it is AUTOMATICALLY detected and the device provides the option to launch a slide show, which will show all the pictures … Continue reading

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How Can I Delete Pictures from my Pix-Star?

Deleting pictures from your Pix-Star will depend on the kind of pictures you want to delete. Pix-Star allows you to store 2 types of pictures in 2 different locations (menu): 1- The “My Local Album” menu stores pictures in your … Continue reading

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