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Ten Foot BitTorrent Client Quick Start

Before you start using the BitTorrent (BT) client you will need to:

1. Ensure your BitTorrent port (58261, by default) is open
2. Verify the default upload limit (26Kbps) and download limit (500Kbps) are appropriate for your Internet connection (see the User Guide or online help for more detail).

You control the BT client in one of six ways. You can:

1. Run the BT Client from the Launcher.
2. Copy .torrent files to the BitTorrents\Torrents subfolder to your ‘My Documents’ folder. The BT Client creates this for you automatically the first time it runs.
3. Run the TFBT program at any time to tell Windows that the BT client is the default handler for .torrent files. After that clicking a .torrent file in your browser or running a torrent file on your PC will invoke TFBT to copy the file to the right directory and run the BT client if it is not already running.
4. Create dummy .torrent files in the BitTorrents\Torrents folder. A file called Stop.Torrent will cause the BT client to stop everything it is doing. It will resume automatically when you delete the Stop.Torrent file. A file called NoNew.Torrent will prevent the BT client from processing any new torrent files that appear in the BitTorrents\Torrents folder. Deleting the NoNew.Torrent file will resume normal processing. This approach makes it easy for you to use the Windows scheduler to create and delete the control files so that, for example, you can ensure the BT client runs only during times of the day when your Internet provider does not include downloads in a monthly capacity limit.
5. Use the BT client’s ‘Change status’ button to override normal processing to: Start, Stop, Pause, Resume, Resuscitate and Delete torrents.
6. Use the BT client’s ‘Tuning’ button to tune the BT client’s behaviour to your needs.

While the BitTorrent client is running use Rewind/Forward on your remote or Shift-F7/Shift-F8 on your keyboard to switch between the torrents you are running.

Use Left/Right or click the onscreen tabs to switch between panels describing different aspects of your torrent.

Use the More key labelled i on your remote to get help with any screen or panel.

The BT client stores completed downloads to the BitTorrents\Completed Downloads subfolder to your ‘My Documents’ folder. You can move them from there to anywhere else. This will not disrupt the BT client. The user manual tells you how to store completed downloads in different folders.

For more information about using the BitTorrent client, see the User Manual.