Philips Streamium WACS700 Quick start guide

Wireless Music Center + Station
WACS700
Connect to your PC
What you can do with your PC Installer CD ?
–Connect your WAC700 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 WAC700 Center
•Update Gracenote® music recognition service for the latest disc information
•Obtain the latest DMM software and firmware upgrades for WACS700
– 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)
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System requireme nts:
• Windows 98 (S E) / ME / 200 0 / XP
(Home and Profes sional)
• Pentium Class 300M Hz processo r or higher
• CD-ROM drive
• Ethernet port
• Free hard di sk space 500M B
fo r the software
CD contains:
•D igital Medi a Manager
•N etwork Setu p
• Manual& FAQs
• Registration & Upgrades
Wireless Music Center
PC installer
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Prepare for installation
On WACS700:
1Check you have finished the Wi-Fi connection
between WAC700 Center and WAS700
Station (See Quick Start Guide,Step A)
2Check your WAC700 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
PC
3Insert the installer CD into your PC and select your
desired language
4Press Accept if you accept the terms on the
license
5On 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
Express Installation provides WAC700’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
1 Click to select Music Center connect to Standalone
PC, no LAN/Wireless Network
2 When prompted by the installation wizard, connect the
supplied Ethernet cable (straight cable) to the
ETHERNETports on Center and PC
3 Follow the screen instructions to finish the PC
connection.
➜The screen shows:“The connection to your Music
Center has been established”
4 Click 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.
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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
1Check 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
2Click to select Music Center connect to Wireless
Network
3When prompted by the installation wizard, connect
the supplied Ethernet cable (straight cable) the
ETHERNETports on Center and PC
4 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
5Follow 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
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Express Installation
6 To apply new settings on WACS700, you need to
let both Center and Station enter Installation
Mode.
On Center:
a. Select HD
b. Press MENU
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 STOPÇto exit Installation Mode
when Center has found all the stations
7 Click Next to start DMM installation.
➜The icon appears on your computer
desktop after DMM installation is finished
8 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

1Check the wired router is working properly and
enable its DHCP
2Click to select Music Center connect to Wired
Network
3When prompted by the installation wizard, connect
the supplied Ethernet cable (straight cable) to the
ETHERNETports on Center and PC
4When the screen on the right appears, select
“Obtain an IP address automatically”
5Follow the screen instructions to finish the PC con-
nection.
➜The screen shows:“The settings of Music Center
have been changed......”
6To apply new settings, you need to power off
WAC700 Center, and then power it on again
7Click Next to start DMM installation
➜The icon appears on your computer
desktop after DMM installation is finished
8Disconnect 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 WAC700 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 WACS700 Center and Station, resulting in Center’s disabled Ethernet port.To
restore the disabled Ethernet port, restore your WAC700 Center to its default settings (see
Chapter Reset in the User Manual).
Express Installation
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Digital Media Manager
(DMM)
Digital Media Manager (DMM) allows your PC to work
with WAC700 Center.
1Double click on your computer desktop to
launch DMM
2The 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
3To learn more about DMM, click Help ➜Digital
Media Manager Help
IMPORTANT!
– If power failure occurs within 15 minutes after you
have transferred music from PC to Center, you will lose
all those transferred music.
Custom Installation
Custom Installation allows you to separately
change the install option you selected in Express
Installation or re-install DMM.
Change Network Settings
1Restore your WAC700 Center to its default settings
(see Chapter Reset in the User Manual)
2Select your new installation option
3Follow 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.
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