Philips Streamium WAC5 User manual

Wireless Music Center + Station

WACS57

Connect to your PC

What you can do with your PC Installer CD ?

–Connect your WAC5 Center to your PC or home network directly, via wired router

or via wireless access point

–Manage your music collection via Digital Media Manager (DMM), including:

•Create and rename playlists/tracks, edit track information and transfer music files

from PC to WAC5 Center

•Update Gracenote® music recognition service for the latest disc information

•Obtain the latest DMM software and firmware upgrades for WACS57

– Register products for upgrades

PC system requirements

–Windows 2000/XP (Home or Professional)

–Pentium III 300MHz processor or higher

–Ethernet network adapter

– CD–ROM drive

– Free hard disk space: 100MB for the software

What else you'll need ?

Supplied Ethernet cable Supplied PC Installer CD

(straight cable)

System requireme nts:

•W indows 98 (S E) / ME / 200 0 / XP

(H ome and Profess ional)

•P entium Class 300MH z processor or higher

•C D-ROM drive

•E thernet por t

•Fr ee hard di sk space 500MB

fo r the software

CDcontains:

•D igital Medi a Manager

•N etwork Setu p

•Manual & FAQs

•Registration & Upgrades

Wireless Music Center

PC installer

Prepare for installation

On WACS57:

1Check you have finished the Wi-Fi connection

between WAC5 Center and WAS700 Station

(See Quick Start Guide,Step A)

2Check your WAC5 Center is switched on

On your PC or existing PC network:

1Switch on the PC with administrator's privileges

2Close all the software programs running on your

3Disable firewalls

4Insert the installer CD into your PC and select your

desired language

5Press Accept if you accept the terms on the

license

6On the Welcome page, press Next to enter the

Software Installation page

Select Express Installation

or Custom Installation

– For the first-time setup, select Express

Installation.Both the PC connection

and DMM will be installed.

– To change your installation option or

re-install DMM, select Custom Installation.

Preparation

Express Installation

Express Installation provides WAC5’s standard PC

connection.

Select your installation option according

to your existing home network. For quicker and

easier installation, select Option 1.

Option 1:

Direct connection (recommended)

Choose this option if you do not have

local network at home, either wired or

wireless

1Click to select Music Center connect to Standalone

PC, no LAN/Wireless Network

2When prompted by the installation wizard, connect the

supplied Ethernet cable (straight cable) to the

ETHERNETports on Center and PC

3Follow the screen instructions to finish the PC

connection.

➜The screen shows:“The connection to your Music

Center has been established”

4Click Next to start DMM installation

➜The icon appears on your computer

desktop after DMM installation is finished

Tips:

– For Option 1 only: If your PC is also connected to Internet via XDSL modem, exit DMM

before starting Internet access.

OPTICAL OUT

DIGITALOUT

Center

ETHERNET

Note:

–Option 2 and Option 3 are for users

experienced in network installation.

Option 2:

Wireless connection

Choose this option if you want to

connect Music Center to a wireless

Router/ wireless Access Point or an

existing wireless network

Check the wireless router/access point is working

properly. Write down its SSID and also the WEP or

WPA key if it is enabled in the router/access point

Click to select Music Center connect to Wireless

Network

When prompted by the installation wizard, connect

the supplied Ethernet cable (straight cable) the

ETHERNETports on Center and PC

When the screen on the right appears,

a.Input the SSID you wrote down in the above

step 1

b. In WLAN Mode, click Infrastructure mode

c. Input the WEP or WPA key you wrote down in

the above step 1

Follow the screen instructions to finish the PC

connection.

➜The screen shows:“The WiFi settings of Music

Center have been changed. ...... ”

Tips:

– It is strongly recommended that WEP key encryption be used for better network perform-

ance and security.

– In Infrastructure mode, Channel is assigned automatically by the router/access point.

– To change Channel, input the SSID of your wireless network and select Ad-hoc mode in

the above 4a and 4b.

Express Installation

OPTICAL OUT

DIGITALOUT

Center

ETHERNET

Express Installation

To apply new settings on WACS57, you need to

let both Center and Station enter Installation

Mode.

On Center:

a. Select HD source

b. Press and hold STOP • MENU on the set

c. Use the navigation controls 3or 4and 2to

enter Station Mgnt menu

d. In Station Mgnt menu, use the navigation

controls 3or 4and 2to select Add New

Station

On Station:

a. Select AUX

b. Press MENU

c. Use the navigation controls 3or 4and 2to

select Installation Mode

On Center:

Press STOP • MENU/Çto exit

Installation Mode when Center has found

all your stations

Click Next to start DMM installation

➜The icon appears on your computer

desktop after DMM installation is finished

Disconnect the supplied Ethernet cable from your

PC and Center, and then, connect your PC to the

wireless router/access point, if necessary

Option 3:

Wired connection

Choose this option if you want to

connect Music Center to an exist-

ing wired network with wired

router

STOP • MENU

Check the wired router is working properly and

enable its DHCP

Click to select Music Center connect to Wired

Network

When prompted by the installation wizard, connect

the supplied Ethernet cable (straight cable) to the

ETHERNETports on Center and PC

When the screen on the right appears, select

“Obtain an IP address automatically”

Follow the screen instructions to finish the PC con-

nection.

➜The screen shows:“The settings of Music Center

have been changed......”

To apply new settings, you need to power off WAC5

Center, and then power it on again

Click Next to start DMM installation

➜The icon appears on your computer

desktop after DMM installation is finished

Disconnect the supplied Ethernet cable from your

PC and Center., and then, connect your PC and

Center to the wired router

Notes:

– When using a wireless router, keep it at least 0.5 meter away from WAC5 Center.

– If you are Windows 2000 user, check Service Pack 2 is installed.

– Select PC’s network adapter that connects Center via the

supplied Ethernet cable, if you have installed more than

one network adapter on your PC.

–If you add/remove a network adapter to/from

your PC, you need to re-install the PC connection. Follow the steps under Custom

Installation: Change Network Settings.

– In Option 3:Wired connection, avoid assigning the IP address manually as: IP address:

169.254.xxx. yyy; Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0. Such an IP address will cause conflict with the

WiFi network of WACS57 Center and Station, resulting in Center’s disabled Ethernet port.To

restore the disabled Ethernet port, restore your WAC5 Center to its default settings (see

Chapter Reset in the User Manual).

Express Installation

OPTICAL OUT

DIGITALOUT

Center

ETHERNET

Digital Media Manager

(DMM)

Digital Media Manager (DMM) allows your PC to work

with WAC5 Center.

Disable firewalls

Double click on your computer desktop to

launch DMM

The first time you launch DMM, specify your music

folders on PC

➜Music files in the folders are imported into DMM

➜Next time you launch DMM, DMM will start

lookup in the folders and automatically

update its music collection on PC

To learn more about DMM, click Help ➜Digital

Media Manager Help

IMPORTANT!

– If power failure occurs after you have just transferred

music from PC to Center, you will lose all those

transferred music. Switch Center to ECO POWER

(power-saving mode) before removing its

power plug from the wall outlet.

Custom Installation

Custom Installation allows you to separately

change the install option you selected in Express

Installation or re-install DMM.

Change Network Settings

Restore your WAC5 Center to its default settings

(see Chapter Reset in the User Manual)

Select your new installation option

Follow the steps under the above Option 1,Option 2 or

Option 3 of Express Installation

DMM/Custom Installation

Glossary

Access point:

communication hub for the connection between a wireless device and a

wired LAN.

Ad-hoc mode:

a networking framework where devices communicate with each other

directly, without access point.

DHCP:

stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a protocol for assigning

dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network.

Infrastructure mode:

a networking framework where devices communicate with

each other via an access point

IP address:

computer or device identifier on a TCP/IP network

SSID:

stands for Service Set IDentifier. The same SSID must be used for all the access

points and all the devices if you try to connect them to a specific WLAN.

Subnet Mask:

It serves to decide what subnet an IP address belongs to

WEP

:stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It is a security protocol for wireless local area

network

WLAN:

stands for Wireless Local Area Network. In such a network, high-frequency radio

waves are used for communication

WPA

:stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access. It is a Wi-Fi standard aimed to improve WEP’s

security features. It works with an existing WEP-enabled Wi-Fi products.

Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote.The Gracenote logo and logotype, and the “Powered by

Gracenote” logo are trademarks of Gracenote.

Glossary

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