Help Documents: Web TV Configuration

• From your "Web Home" page (as opposed to your "TV Home" page) select "Using WebTV", the second choice from the left-hand menu.
  

• Choose "Dialing" from the "Settings" section of this page and press the return key.
  

• Choose "Use Your ISP" from the list of choices and press the return key.
  
  • Read over the information on "Using Your Own ISP" and click on "Continue" at the bottom of the screen.
  • Read over the information on "Is Using Your Own ISP Right For You?" and click on "Continue" at the bottom of the screen.
  • Read over the information on "Should You Use WebTV to Connect Instead?" and click on "Continue" at the bottom of the screen.

• At the "Use Your Own ISP" screen:
  • check the box by highlighting it and pressing return.
  • in the "Service Provider Name" field enter "islandnet".
  • in the "Login name" field enter "xxxxxx%%ppp", where "xxxxxx" is your islandnet login name.

    Yes, you need both % signs, the webtv box seems to strip out the first one...

  • in the "Password" field enter your islandnet password.
  • in the "Confirm Password" field enter the same password again.
  • in the "modem dial-in number" field, enter one of the following numbers.
  • in the "backup dial-in number" field, enter one of the following numbers.

    Victoria:            380-4731
    Duncan:              715-0696
    Nanaimo:             741-8995
    Qualicom/Parksville: 468-7457
    

  

• Click on "Done" at the bottom of the screen.

• You should then see a dialog box similar to this:
  

• WebTV will now re-connect you, but this time using islandnet rather than their own service. Watch the status dialog box to follow your progress. The procedure appears to try both the dial-in number *and* the backup number so don't be surprised when you see it dialing a second time. islandnet's dial-in number will appear on the screen as will the message "connecting to your ISP". If everything goes well you will see the WebTV logo, hear a reassuring "you've made it" jingle and then are presented with your "Web Home" page.

  You may wish to setup remote mail on your WebTV terminal.

  To enable remote e-mail:

  1. Go into your Mail window.
  2. Click on Settings on the left hand side.
  3. Click on Remote mail, then click Continue.
  4. Fill in the POP3 User Name, which will be your islandnet.com user name.
  5. Fill in the POP3 Password with your islandnet.com password.
  6. Fill in the POP3 Server Name with "mail.islandnet.com" (without the " s).
  7. There's a checkbox for "Leave messages on server". You would normally want this unchecked.
  8. Click Done.
     

  To recieve your E-Mail you will have a Fetch button on the left side of your mail window which will get your E-Mail.