Sling Media Support - Slingbox SOLO: Line or Distortion at Bottom of Player Window

Slingbox SOLO: Line or Distortion at Bottom of Player Window

In some situations, when watching TV on your home network, you might notice a thin, separate line of video or a small band of blurry video at the bottom of the SlingPlayer window. You might first see this after installing a firmware update for your Slingbox.

It might look something like this:

Here's something you can try that might clear it up.

If you've already configured more than one audio/video source to work with your Slingbox, just go to the SlingPlayer Slingbox menu, select a Video Input source that your Slingbox is not currently using, and start watching it. Then switch back.

If you don't have more than one audio/video source, just quickly run through the Audio/Video Setup, select an unused connection, and configure a Non-controllable device so that you can switch back to your TV source.

If these steps don't help, we sincerely apologize. We're investigating a permanent solution and we'll post more information here when it's available.

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