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We would like to thank all of our Club WebTV members for your patience! Here are the main enhancements included in WebTV's Version 1.1, which was released to you (free of charge) before Christmas:
- You will now be able to listen to RealAudio, WAV, AIFF, AU, MPEG II, GSM, and some MOD files. Plus, you will now be able to play background music as you surf. (To turn on music, go to "set up" from your home page.)
- The Options screen will now include an Audio Panel allowing Users to control the audio stream with Play, Pause, and Stop buttons. The Audio Panel will only come up while playing a music clip. To see the Audio Panel, choose here and then press the Options button after the sound file loads.
- You will no longer need to 'Power Off' and then back 'On' to access a different User on your Box. From the Home Page, you will have the option to Switch Users. This will also make it far easier to check incoming mail for each address.
- Message Watch: This is an exciting feature that will automatically check for messages at your prefered time each day. The WebTV terminal will automatically power on, check for messages (all users), and power off. The red message light will then stay on, if you have new messages, even while the Box is off!
- We have improved and added to the contents of the "Instructions" throughout all of your WebTV pages. Browse through!
- Users can now adjust the sensitivity of the Call Waiting option. This will greatly improve the feature, since phone line sensitivity varies throughout the country.
- We have added sufficient support so that those Web pages using frames
will be handled gracefully.
On another note, you may have heard or read that WebTV Internet Terminals may not be exported outside the United States. This is because we are currently using a 128 bit encryption system that gives our subscribers the most sophisticated security protection of any on-line service today. The U.S. Department of Defense considers this type of encryption to be a potential weapon.
WebTV Networks intends to announce expansion plans early in 1997, providing global communication using either 40 bit encryption, which is authorized by our government, or 56 bits, which Bill Clinton recently endorsed.
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