Philips BM5B User manual

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Contents
1 Important 2
Safety 2
2 Your multiroom speaker 3
Introduction 3
What's in the box 3
Overview of the main unit 4
3 Prepare 6
Connect power and turn on 6
4 Play 8
Play in single mode 8
Play in group mode 9
Control play 11
5 Other features 12
Listen to an external device 12
Update rmware 12
Reset group status 13
6 Product information 14
Specications 14
7 Troubleshooting 15
8 Understand meanings of LED status 16
9 Notice 18
Written offer 18

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1 Important
Safety
• Make sure that there is enough free space
around the product for ventilation.
• Only use attachments or accessories
specied by the manufacturer.
• Use only power supplies listed in the user
manual.
• The product shall not be exposed to
dripping or splashing.
• Do not place any sources of danger on the
product (e.g. liquid lled objects, lighted
candles).
• Where the plug the Direct Plug-in Adapter
or an appliance coupler is used as the
disconnect device, the disconnect device
shall remain readily operable.
Warning
• Never remove the casing of this unit.
• Never lubricate any part of this unit.
• Place this unit on a at, hard and stable surface.
• Never place this unit on other electrical equipment.
• Only use this unit indoors. Keep this unit away from
water, moisture and liquid-lled objects.
• Keep this unit away from direct sunlight, naked ames
or heat.
This is CLASS II apparatus with double
insulation, and no protective earth provided.

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2 Your multiroom
speaker
Congratulations on your purchase, and
welcome to Philips! To fully benet from
the support that Philips offers, register your
product at www.philips.com/welcome.
Introduction
With the Philips izzylink speaker, you can:
• listen to music from your Bluetooth-
enabled devices;
• listen to music everywhere in your home
through a group of izzylink-compatible
multiroom speakers (not supplied);
• listen to music from an external audio
device through a 3.5mm audio cable.
What's in the box
Check and identify the contents
of your package:
• 1 x izzylink multiroom speaker
• 1 x power adapter
• Printed materials

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Overview of the main unit
a
• Turn the speaker on or off.
b GROUP button/indicator
• Press and hold to group with another
izzylink-compatible multiroom speaker.
• Press to exit or return to a group.
• Flashes green during grouping.
• Turns solid green after
successful grouping.
• Flashes green when the
speaker acts as a slave and is
disconnected from its master.
c Signal strength indicator
• Indicates the signal strength of group
connection.
d Volume knob
• Turn clockwise/anticlockwise to
increase/decrease volume.
• Press to mute/unmute the speaker.
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e Volume indicator
• Lights up after power-on.
• Dims in standby mode.
• Flashes when the speaker is muted.
• Turns green when the speaker acts
as a slave in a group of speakers.
f button/indicator
• Flashes blue in pairing mode.
• Turns solid blue after
successful connection with a
Bluetooth-enabled device.
• Turns off in power-off/standby
mode or when the speaker acts as
a slave in a group of speakers.
• Press and hold for three seconds
to disconnect the current
Bluetooth connection.
• Press and hold for ten seconds to
clear the pairing information.

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• Start, pause, or resume play.
h AUDIO IN
• Audio input socket (3.5mm) for an
external audio device.
i SOFTWARE UPGRADE
• USB socket for speaker software
upgrade only.
j GROUP RESET
• Press with a sharp object to restore
factory defaults.
k DC IN
• Power socket.

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3 Prepare
Always follow the instructions in
this chapter in sequence.
If you contact Philips, you will be asked
for the model and serial number of
this apparatus.The model number and
serial number are on the bottom of the
apparatus. Write the numbers here:
Model No. __________________________
Serial No. ___________________________
Connect power and turn on
Caution
• Risk of product damage! Make sure that the power
supply voltage corresponds to the voltage printed on
the bottom of the speaker.
• Risk of electric shock! When you unplug the AC power
adapter, always pull the plug from the socket. Never
pull the cord.
• Before you connect the AC power adapter, make sure
that you have completed all the other connections.
• Connect the power adapter to
• the DC IN socket on the back of the
speaker.
• the wall power socket.
» The volume indicator lights up.
» The signal strength indicators ash
for several seconds until the speaker
boots up.
» For rst-time use or in single mode,
the indicator starts ashing and the
speaker enters pairing mode.
» When the speaker acts as the master
in group mode, the indicator starts
ashing until the speaker nds the last
paired Bluetooth-enabled device.
» When the speaker acts as a slave in
group mode, the GROUP indicator
starts ashing until the speaker nds its
master in the group.
Tip
• Single mode indicates to use a speaker as a single
Bluetooth speaker that does not acts as a master or
slave in a group of speakers.
• Group mode indicates that several izzylink-copatible
multiroom speakers form a group, with one speaker
acting as the master and the others as slaves.

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Switch to standby mode
• In single mode, press .
» The volume indicator dims.
» All the other indicators turn off.
• In group mode, press on any speaker in
the group.
» The volume indicator on each speaker
in the group dims.
» All the other indicators turn off.
• In single mode, to switch on from standby
mode, press again.
• In group mode, press on any speaker
in the group to switch all the speakers on
from standby mode.
Note
• In single mode, if the Bluetooth connection is invalid or
music playback is stopped for 15 minutes, the speaker
switches to standby mode automatically.
• In group mode, if the Bluetooth connection with the
master speaker is invalid or music playback is stopped
for 15 minutes, all the speakers in the group switch to
standby mode automatically.

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4 Play
Play in single mode
Single mode: Single mode means that the
speaker is not grouped with any other
izzylink-compatible multiroom speakers.
Instead, it is used as a standalone speaker.
Connect a Bluetooth-enabled device
Note
• Make sure that your Bluetooth-enabled device is
compatible with this speaker.
• Before pairing a device with this speaker, read its user
manual for Bluetooth compatibility.
• The speaker can memorize a maximum of 8 paired
devices.
• Make sure that the Bluetooth function is enabled on
your device, and your device is set as visible to all other
Bluetooth devices.
• Any obstacle between this speaker and a Bluetooth
device can reduce the operational range.
• Keep away from any other electronic device that may
cause interference.
• The operational range between this speaker and a
Bluetooth device is approximately 10 meters (30 feet).
1 Make sure that the speaker is in pairing
mode, that is, the indicator ashes blue.
2 On your Bluetooth device, enable
Bluetooth and search for Bluetooth devices
(refer to the user manual of the device).
3 When [Philips BM5 XXX] is displayed on
your device, select it to start pairing and
connection. If necessary, enter the default
password “0000”.
» After successful pairing and connection,
the speaker beeps twice, and the
indicator turns solid blue.
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