Philips WAC3500 Quick start guide

WAC3500

WAC3500D

Connect to your PC

Connect Philips Wireless Music Center to your PC

to perform the following:

•Access music files stored on your PC from the

UPnP source of Philips Music Center.

•Manage the music content stored on Philips Music

Center from your PC

•Update Gracenote®music recognition service

database on the Center for the latest disc informa-

tion

•Upgrade firmware of Philips Music Center

Minimum PC requirements:

•Windows 2000 SP4 or above / XP

(Home or Professional) / Vista

•Pentium III 500MHz processor or higher

•256MB RAM

•CD-ROM Drive

•Ethernet Adapter (for wired connection)/ Wireless

Network Adaptor 802.11 b/g

(for wireless connection)

•500MB free hard disk space

Index

Set up connection between the Center and your PC

For more information, see

Transfer your PC content to the Center using WADM

(Wireless Audio Device Manager)

For more information, see to

B4B1

Stream PC content to the Center by UPnP

(Universal Plug and Play)

(For advanced users)

For more information, see to

Connect the Center to your home network

(For advanced users)

For more information, see to

C2C1

Set up a wired connection

Tip:

•Make sure that the Ethernet port on your PC is enabled to establish

WADM connection.

Connect Center to your PC directly with the supplied (orange) Ethernet cable

Go to section after connection is established

ETHERNET

WAC3500

Install and launch WADM

1Insert the PC Suite CD into your PC

2Select desired language and accept license terms

3Select ‘WADM’ and click Next to start installation

4To launch WADM, double click WADM icon on

the PC desktop.

• A list of discovered Centers appears

5Select the desired Center, and then click

Connect now

If the desired Center is not discovered, select

Connection Wizard > Express mode > Next to

establish new connection

Note:

If you have more than one network adapter in your

PC, please select the Ethernet adapter that you have

connected your Orange cable to.

Tips:

• Log onto your PC with administrator's rights enabled.

• If the IP configuration of the Center is not in the default range (Subnet

mask: 255.255.0.0; IP address: 172.31.x.x), select Connection Wizard >

Custom Mode.Enter the current IP configuration of the Center as

prompted. Press MENU and select Information > Wired to check IP

configuration.

• For Windows XP SP2 users, the Windows Firewall must be turned off tem-

porarily by selecting Start > Control Panel > Security Center >

Windows Firewall > Off in order to use the WADM (Visit

www.microsoft.com for more details).

• When WADM is running, Internet access of your PC may be disabled. Close

WADM to restore access.

• If the operating system of your PC is WindowsVista, right click on WADM icon ,

select Properties > Compatibility,and make sure the check-box under

"Compatibility mode" and "Privilege level" is marked, then click OK.

Otherwise you may not be able to launch WADM.

Using WADM

Transfer music files from your PC to the Center

1Click Content management

• A new window will be shown.

2On My Computer panel, click to highlight a desired file/folder

3Drag selection to My Device panel

4While transferring, you can add more file/folder(s) to the transfer queue

Tip:

• It is recommended to transfer less than 4G or 1000 songs at each attempt.

My Computer

panel

My Device

panel

Using WADM

Backup the music library of the Center

to your PC

1Click Backup content

2Follow the screen instructions to backup the music

library of the Center to your PC. Backup files are

named with current date

To edit track information

1On the device window, click to highlight the desired

track

2Right click on your mouse. Click Track info

Tips:

• To select more than one file, press and hold <Ctrl> on your PC keyboard,

and click the desired files.

• To playback tracks, double click on the track to start playing.

• Click “Title” or “Artist” to sort the music files by track name or by Artist

• In case the edited ID3 tags are not shown on WADM, go to File > Refresh

Content to refresh the WADM. Otherwise, restart WADM.

• Always press and hold STANDBY-ON to switch the Center to ECO

POWER (power-saving mode) before removing its power plug to avoid

losing tracks.

Tips:

• Make sure that you have adequate space to store the backup files.

• Do not delete the backup file using Windows Explorer. If the backup file

is accidently deleted, please search for the file named YOURMAC.inx

using Windows Explorer search tool and then delete it.You can only per-

form backup after that.

Using WADM

About Device Configuration

In the sub-menu of Device configuration, you can

view System information, manage the Network

settings, upgrade Firmware, update CD Database

and view connection of the device with the external

network. For details, see the User Manual.

Restore backup files on your PC

to the Center

1Click Restore content

2Click to highlight the file to be restored, and then

click Open

Tips:

• After changing network settings with WADM, press and hold

STANDBY-ON to switch the Center to ECO Power

(power-saving mode) to refresh IP update.

• If some of the WADM functions cannot be used, they might be blocked by

your anti-virus software. It is recommended that you turn off your anti-

virus software temporarily.

Connecting to home

wireless network

To connect the Center to the wireless network:

• Press MENU

• Select Settings > Network > Wireless > (Select desired net-

work - SSID) > (Use the remote control to input the encryption

key) > Press OK > Select Automatic > Apply Settings > Ye s

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REPEAT

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SHUFLE

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SMART EQ

ghi

DBB

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INCR SURR

MNO

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SAME GENRE

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MUSIC FOLLOWS ME

REC

CLEAR

SCROLL

MARK/UNMARK VIEW SEARCH

VOL

MUTE

remote control

PCAccess PointWAC3500

Tips:

• Check that the wireless network adaptor of your PC is enabled.

• Position the Center closer to your wireless Access Point.

• Make sure that DHCP is enabled on your wireless Access Point. If it is not

available, choose Static and key in IP configuration

• If you want to return to the original Center connection at factory default

mode, please reset the Center to its default settings (see section 14 of the

User Manual)

• In case you experience trouble setting up your WAC3500 with your home

wireless network after you are done with the steps described above,

please refer to section 18 on Troubleshooting of the User Manual.

Connecting to home

wired network

Connect the Center directly to the Router/Hub/Switch with the supplied

(orange) Ethernet cable

LAN

WAC3500

Router/Hub/Switch

Tip:

• If your home network is connected to Internet, you should be able to use

Gracenote online queries after successfully connecting WAC3500 to your

home wireless network. For details, please refer to section 12 of the User

Manual.

Using UPnP (for Windows 2000)

1Insert the PC suite CD into your PC.

2Click "Install Philips Media Manager" to start the

installation of PMM.

3Follow the on-screen instructions for the

installation.

4To launch PMM, double click the icon on the

PC desktop.

5The first time you launch PMM, click Add Music

> Add Files or Folders to specify music

folders on your PC

6On WAC3500, press HOME and use the

navigation controls 3or 4and 2 to enter UPnP

mode. If you have successfully connected

WAC3500 to the home network where your PC

is also connected to, you should be able to see

the Music Server on the screen of WAC3500

Tips:

• UPnP server may not necessarily be a PC but any content serving device.

• If the PMM cannot be detected after 5 minutes, close the PMM application

and then restart it.

• It is recommended that you do not set the PMM as an auto-startup

application.

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