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Philips Streamium SL50i Instructions For Use Manual

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  • Page 1 SL50i Instructions for use...
  • Page 2 A) Front view B) Rear view...
  • Page 3 Ireland 01 601 1161 Italia 02 48 27 11 53 www.philips.com/streamium European Regulations This product has been designed, tested and manufactured according to the European R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. Under this Directive, this product can be put into service in the following states:...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    ENGLISH Introduction SL50i Your SL50i gives you wireless access to audio content stored on PCs and brings live streaming Internet entertainment to your audio system. This is what this manual will help you to do: • Install the Philips Media Manager software.

  • Page 5: Legend Of Illustration

    – Helps you navigate through the audio content on your PC and the Internet. B) Rear view Audio L/R output (stereo) To connect the SL50i to the left and right audio inputs of your audio system. Power For connecting the SL50i's power adapter.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 3 – Enabling broadband Internet entertainment...12-13 3.1 How does your computer connect to the Internet?...12 3.2 Registration.(for free Internet services)...13 Chapter 4 – Using your SL50i ...14-15 4.1 Basic menu navigation ...14 . 4.2 PC Link example...14-15 4.2 Internet example...15 Chapter 5 –...

  • Page 7: Important Information

    This assures best installation results with the least technical hassles. • Please read this guide carefully before using your SL50i and keep it for future reference. • The most recent downloads and information on this product will be available through our website www.philips.com/streamium.

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 - Preparing Your Pc

    – You can always add more files and folders later. Adding files to the Media Manager. Only the files that you see in the Media Manager will be accessible from your SL50i and only the files that are supported by your SL50i will be available for your audio system.

  • Page 9: A If You Already Have A Wireless Computer Network

    – Choose ‘Ad-Hoc’ as your network type during installation, and set ‘philips’ as your wireless network name (SSID). – Philips advises you to set an encryption key to secure your wireless network. Please read the text on ‘Securing your wireless network’ on page 34 of the extended version of the User Manual on the CD-ROM.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 - Installing Your Sl50I

    Connect the power adapter between the DC-in input 6 of your SL50i and a mains socket. > The Standby / On LED lights up red.Your SL50i is now ready to be installed in your wireless computer network. Switch on the SL50i by pressing the PC LINK button on the remote control.
  • Page 11 ‘Enabling broadband Internet entertainment’ on page 12. – For information on how to operate your SL50i, see chapter 4 ‘Using your SL50i’ (page 14). For information on the menu options when playing music in PC LINK- or INTERNET mode, see chapter 12 ‘Menu’...

  • Page 12: Chapter 3 - Enabling Broadband Internet Entertainment

    Chapter 3 - Enabling broadband Internet entertainment If you have a broadband Internet connection (256 kbps preferred), you can stream Internet radio stations live from the Internet to the SL50i for free. Broadband internet also provides the on-line upgrades for the SL50i.

  • Page 13: Registration.(For Free Internet Services)

    ENTER E-MAIL 3.2 Registration (for free Internet services) When the SL50i connects to the Internet for the first time, or after you have reset all menu settings, the SL50i will ask you to register your email address. Also, each new user you add will have to register an email address.

  • Page 14: Basic Menu Navigation

    Press OK or 2 to confirm selections. 4.2 PC Link example With PC LINK you can make the SL50i play audio files that are stored on your PC(s). The example below shows you how to play an album from your PC on your audio system via the SL50i.The instructions are generally the same for operating all other features and adjusting...

  • Page 15: Internet Example

    > You will hear the message ‘Connecting to Internet Radio’. When the SL50i connects to the Internet for the first time and after resetting, the SL50i will ask you to register. See the chapter ‘Enabling broadband Internet entertainment’ on page 12.

  • Page 16: Chapter 5 - Additional Information

    Disclaimer This product is provided by Philips ‘as is’ and without any express or implied warranties of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.

  • Page 17: Chapter 6 - Problem Solving

    Not all remote control buttons can be used for operating your SL50i. Chapter 6 - Problem solving 6.1 SL50i problems Check the Support section on www.philips.com/streamium for the latest information on problem solving. Possible cause Solution No connection to mains power.
  • Page 18 SL50i. Your wireless base station/network Add the SL50i MAC address to the list of devices that router employs MAC filtering and may connect to your base station/gateway router. (See prevents the SL50i from connecting its user manual for how to do this.) Press the MENU...

  • Page 19: Chapter 6 – Problem Solving

    It says ‘System Recovery’ on the content screen on the display, and I am asked to press 'Continue'.What's wrong? No PC content is found on the SL50i or it takes at least. 90 seconds before content is found. (In a point-to-point set-up, consisting of a Wireless USB adapter, connected to a PC and the SL50i.)

  • Page 20: Chapter 7 - Glossary

    Wireless USB adapter (wireless network adapter) Chapter 7 - Glossary See ‘Wireless Base Station’ A direct network connection between two devices (two computers, or a PC and the SL50i). See ‘Wireless Base Station’ The Internet bandwidth determines the speed of your Internet connection. Broadband Internet is everything above 256 kbps.

  • Page 21: Chapter 8 - Remote Control

    8.1 Remote control buttons Power/standby button Switches SL50i off (to standby). – Switch on the SL50i with the INTERNET or PC LINK source button INTERNET source button Selects the Internet as your source of music content. – Requires a broadband Internet access of at least 128 kbps, higher recommended FAVORITES Buttons for (un)marking and viewing your favourites.

  • Page 22: Chapter 8 – Remote Control

    ENGLISH 8.2 Placing batteries • Use 2 x 1.5 V batteries, type R03, UM4 or AA. • Do not mix old and new batteries. • Never mix different types of battery (standard, alkaline, etc.). This may reduce the life of the batteries. Remove battery cover.

  • Page 23: Chapter 9 - Entering Or Editing Numeric And Text Information

    Chapter 9 - Entering or editing numeric and text information You can enter numbers and text into the SL50i in several ways. Using the navigation keys on the remote control Press 4 or 3 to browse through the characters available.

  • Page 24: Chapter 10 - Advanced Navigation

    Chapter 10 - Advanced navigation 10.1 Navigation view The view shown on the display is called the 'Navigation View'. It helps you operate the SL50i via the menu as described in chapter 4.1 ‘Basic menu navigating’.There are however some advanced ways of navigating through the menus and menu items which we describe in the next chapters.

  • Page 25: Chapter 11 - Advanced Philips Media Manager Uses

    Manager on more than one computer at the same time to make the music files on that computer available to the SL50i. Install the Philips Media Manager in the same way as you did for the first computer (see on page 8).

  • Page 26: Chapter 12 - Menu

    ENGLISH Chapter 12 - Menu 12.1 PC Link menu The PC Link menu is used to play audio files that are stored on your PC(s). See below for an overview of PC Link menu items. • The PC Link menu is accessed by pressing PC LINK on the remote control. >...
  • Page 27 12.3 System menu The System Menu is the top-level menu via which all settings are accessible. It is divided into submenus that address different categories of settings. See below for an overview of sub-menus and settings. On the following pages you will find more detailed information on the various submenus and settings.
  • Page 28 Internet connection for this to work. Reset For resetting all Options menu settings to their default values. After resetting, the SL50i will restart, and you will be asked to reconnect to your network and to re-enter your primary user name and password.
  • Page 29 Wireless For viewing the Wireless settings, including the physical NIC MAC Address you may sometimes need for identifying the Wireless network adapter of the SL50i. Go to Signal Level to check the wireless signal quality. Wizard Starts the Connection Wizard.
  • Page 30 12.3.2 Static (IP) settings If you select Static (IP) as your Network Mode in Network > Change Network Settings > Network Mode, you will need to provide the SL50i with the following manual settings for its wireless network: IP Address This is the fixed IP Address you want the SL50i to have in your network.

  • Page 31: Chapter 12 – Menu

    PREFERENCES SMART NAVIGATION1 4 PREFERENCES VOICE ANNOTATION1 4 PREFERENCES LANGUAGE 12.3.3 Preferences menu The Preferences menu gives you access to preferred settings. See below for an overview. Smart Navigation For turning on/off Smart Navigation. See Advanced Navigation on page 24. Voice annotation For switching spoken feedback (voice annotation) On or Off.

  • Page 32: Chapter 13 - What You Need To Know About Networks

    ENGLISH Chapter 13 - What you need to know about networks Important note:The SL50i has a built-in wireless network adapter and is a wireless network device exactly like the PCs with a wireless network adapter in the illustrations below. A network provides a means of communication between two or more computers (and other devices) that are connected to each other through wired or wireless means.
  • Page 33 INTERNET INTERNET In a network, the computers need to be able to connect to each other physically.Therefore, another important network property is how the computers connect to each other, either directly or through a central device. ONE-ON-ONE WIRED NETWORK also known as: Direct connection network (max. two PCs) Note: Use a crossover Ethernet cable to connect two computers directly to each other.

  • Page 34: Chapter 14 - Advanced Wireless Network Information

    For the SL50i you can enable either the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption key or the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption key.
  • Page 35 MAC addresses of the network adapters including the one from the SL50i. The Wireless MAC address of the SL50i can be found in the Options menu by pressing the MENU button on the remote control.Then select Network > Wireless Info.

  • Page 36: Chapter 15 - Entering An Encryption Key

    WPA encryption. Press the OK button. > The SL50i will try to reconnect to the wireless network and will lose its connection with your computer. Note that the encryption key is case sensitive, meaning that ‘HELLO’ is not the same password as ‘hello’...
  • Page 37 See the User Manual of the Wireless Network Adapter on how to do this. > Once you have activated the same encryption key for the Wireless Network Adapter, the connection between the SL50i and your computer will be re-established. Example, for the Philips Wireless USB Adapter: Double-click the CPWUA Monitor icon in the lower right corner of your computer monitor.

  • Page 38: Chapter 16 - Internet Connection Sharing

    Before you press the INTERNET button for the first time, you need to make sure that the SL50i has Internet access, either directly through a wireless base station, or indirectly through a PC with Internet access and router/gateway software (e.g. ICS from the Windows OS) installed and running.
  • Page 39 > This will open the context menu of that network connection. Note: Do not right-click the wireless network connection that connects to your Streamium product (e.g. the Philips Wireless USB adapter 11g). Right-click the network connection that provides you with broadband Internet access.
  • Page 40 - Choose the network adapter that provides you with Internet access to the PC. - Choose the network adapter that connects your PC to the SL50i. - You may click 'Cancel' when asked if you want to make a Client Configuration disk.
  • Page 41 In the next screen, select 'Yes' when asked 'if you want other computers on your home network to use the Internet connection on this computer'. Choose the network adapter that connects your PC to the SL50i. Follow the instructions on the screen, and enter: - a computer name (unique for each computer, e.g.

  • Page 42: Chapter 16 – Internet Connection Sharing

    ENGLISH Enabling Internet Connection Sharing for Windows 2000 You must have administrative rights to enable ICS in Windows 2000. Before you begin, check if you have a working Internet connection and if your home network is working properly (if you have one) •...

  • Page 43: Chapter 17 - Advanced (Network) Problemsolving

    If your network uses static IP addressing that you have set manually, then you will also need to choose a unique IP address for the SL50i in the same range as the network's IP addresses (e.g. 192.168.2.xxx). Use the same subnet mask as your network (e.g.

  • Page 44: Chapter 18 - Technical Specifications

    ENGLISH Chapter 18 - Technical specifications Check for the product specifications of the latest upgrade on www.philips.com/streamium. Dimensions (h x w x d): Power supply: Power consumption / standby power: Weight: Supported codecs: Output connectors: Wireless: Networking: • 47 x 150 x 156 mm (165 incl.
  • Page 45 Certificat de garantie Certificado de garantia Garantibevis Type: SL50i Serial nr: _____________________________________________________________________ Date of purchase - Date de la vente - Verkaufsdatum - Aankoopdatum - Fecha de compra - Date d’acquisito - Data da adquirição - G Dealer’s name, address and signature Nom, adresse et signature du revendeur Name, Anschrift und Unterschrift des Händlers...

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