Philips WAC5 manual

WA C 5 Wir eless Music Center User manual Manuel d'utilisation Manual del usuario Benutzerhandbuch p001-p037_WAC5_Eng_22 9/14/2005, 15:08 1[...]

2 Important notes for users in the U .K. Mains plug This apparatus is fitted with an approved 13 Amp plug. T o change a fuse in this type of plug proceed as follows: 1 Remov e fuse cover and fuse. 2 Fix new fuse which should be a BS1362 5 Amp , A.S.T .A. or BSI approved type. 3 Refit the fuse co ver . If the fitted plug is not suitab le for your so[...]

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5 English F rançais Español Deutsch English F rançais Español Deutsch Index LGPL Librar y written offer This product contains Linux 2.4.27-vr sl, that is made a vailable under the GNU LGPL license ve r sion 2.1 (hereafter called "the Libr ar y"). Philips Electronics Hong Kong Ltd. hereby offers to deliver or make a vailable , upon req[...]

English 6 Contents HD Pla ying Har ddisk(HD) ........................................ 21 Selecting and sear ching ............................... 21-22 Selecting a different album or track Fast sear ch during playback Selecting tracks of a particular artist Selecting tracks of a particular genre Different pla y modes: REPEA T , SHUFFLE ...... 22 Cr[...]

7 English General Inf ormation This set complies with the radio interfer ence requirements of the Eur opean Comm unity. Hereb y Philips Consumer Electronics , BG Home Enter tainment Networks , declares that this pr oduct WA C5 is in compliance with the essential requir ements and other r elevant pr o visions of Directive 1999/5/EC . CA UTION Use of[...]

English 8 Philips on-line support Philips products ha v e been designed and manufactured to the highest quality standards. If your Philips WA C 5 is not wor king cor rectly , we recommend y ou check your User Man ual to v erify that your product is proper ly connected and conf igured. The web site f or WA C 5 suppor t: www .philips.com/support off [...]

9 English En vir onmental information All unnecessar y packaging has been omitted. We hav e tr ied to make the packaging easy to separate into three materials: cardboard (bo x), pol ystyrene foam (buffer) and poly ethylene (bags, protective foam sheet). Y our system consists of mater ials which can be recycled and reused if disassembled b y a speci[...]

English 10 Contr ols (illustr ations on page 3) Controls on the Center (T op and front panels) 1 ST ANDBY -ON/ ECO PO WER – press briefly to switch Center on or to standby mode; – press and hold to switch Center to power -saving mode or on – Green indicator: lights up green when the set is on; flashes during CD r ipping /MP3 con version (when[...]

11 English Contr ols Center’ s 2-way r emote control IMPOR T ANT! – This remote contr ol can be also used for some other Philips’ wireless music systems , which pr ovide sound and tuner featur es unav ailable in W A C5. Such sound/tuner buttons will not work with WA C5. – To operate Station using Center’ s remote contr ol, see Prepar atio[...]

English 12 Contr ols 0 SAME GENRE – HD: plays all the tracks of cur rent Genre ! SAME AR TIST – HD: plays all the tracks of cur rent Ar tist @ MUSIC FOLLO WS ME – HD: mo v es music pla yback between Center and Station or between Station and Station # MUSIC BRO ADCAST – HD: broadcasts m usic from Center to Station $ REC – CD/A UX: star ts [...]

13 English OPTICAL OUT DIGITAL OUT Installation AC power cor d (for illustration only) p001-p037_WAC5_Eng_22 9/14/2005, 15:08 13[...]

English 14 Installation Placing Center and Station IMPOR T ANT! – Install y our Center and Station near the AC outlet and where the AC po w er plug can be reached easily . Ta ke the following steps to optimiz e the Wi-Fi connection between Center and Station: –K eep your Center and Station a wa y from the sour ce of interference (wireless r out[...]

15 English Rear connections W arning: Never mak e or change connections with the mains supply switched on. A Connecting to an audio system Y ou can easily connect your W A C5 to your existing home audio systems, such as the audio/ video receiver , home theatre system, mini/micro system, or multimedia speaker box es (with b uilt- in amplifier) and a[...]

English 16 Installation B Connecting to your PC ● Connect the supplied Ethernet cable to Center’s ETHERNET and your computer’ s Ether net por t. For details, see the man ual Connect to your PC OPTICAL OUT DIGITAL OUT C Connecting an additional appliance It is possible to use an additional appliance, e .g. TV , VCR, Laser Disc player or D VD p[...]

17 English Pr eparation Using the r emote control IMPOR T ANT! –A lwa ys point the r emote control directly to war ds IR ar ea on the Center or Station you wish to operate. – Some functional k eys on Center’ s r emote contr ol ar e exclusivel y used for Center (for example, CD/MP3-CD , MARK/UNMARK, MUSIC BRO ADCAST etc.) Preparation Center’[...]

English 18 Preparation Using the displa y on the Center’s r emote contr ol Y ou can synchronize the local display of y our Center or Station onto the display of Center’ s 2- way remote control. With the synchroniz ed display , your operation of remote control becomes quicker and easier . Note: –A void placing your Center or Station c lose to [...]

19 English Basic functions Switching to standby/on and selecting functions 1 When the set is on, press ST ANDBY -ON / ECO PO WER to switch it to standby (or y on the remote control) ➜ Display shows GoodBy e ➜ The Red indicator lights up ➜ The screen dims out. Display shows Station Status screen and the number of stations found 2 To switch on,[...]

English 20 Basic functions Switching the blue indicator on/ off The blue indicator lights up when the set is switched on. ● On the remote control, press and hold DIM to turn the br ightness on or off. SAME ARTIST SMART EQ SMART EQ Displa y adjustment Y ou can adjust the display’ s backlight and contrast settings. 1 Press and hold ST OP • MENU[...]

21 English 3 Press the na vigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to select y our option 4 Press OK to star t playback. ● Press OK on a highlighted ar tist, genre or album to star t playback from the beginning of the item (or ÉÅ on Center’ s remote control) ➜ The playback screen shows: on the top : y our HD option (e .g. Playlist, Ar tist) in the mi[...]

English 22 HD Selecting tracks of a particular ar tist ● During playback, press SAME AR TIST ➜ Playback of current ar tist’ s tracks continues after current tr ack Selecting tracks of a particular genre ● During playback, press SAME GENRE ➜ Pla yback of current genre’s tracks continues after current tr ack Different pla y modes: REPEA T[...]

23 English HD Helpful hints: – Y ou can also create your playlists on your computer via Philips Digital Media Manager (DMM). For details, see DMM’ s help f ile . Refer to the manual Connect to your PC to learn how to install DMM software. – Y ou can rename your playlists or edit the track information via DMM. Deleting a pla ylist, album or tr[...]

English 24 HD Building music library on Center By Ripping CDs , Importing MP3/WMA tracks from PC and Recor ding from external sour ce you can build y our music libr ar y on Center’s hard disk. IMPOR T ANT! – Recording is permissible if cop yright or other rights of third parties are not infringed upon. –F or CDs encoded with copyright protect[...]

25 English HD Impor tant! – It takes some time to con ver t the r ipped tr acks into MP3 files. – If power failure occurs during the conversion, you will lose all the ripped tracks not converted yet.. To find your ripped tracks After MP3 conv ersion is completed, you can f ind and playback the ripped tracks in Albums 1 Select HD source 2 In Alb[...]

English 26 HD Mo ving in y our WiFi netw ork of Center and Stations Up to 5 Stations can be to connected to W AC5 Center . Via Wi-Fi, music can be streamed between Center and Stations. Even in different places of your house, y ou and y our family will enjoy and share m usic with ease. MUSIC FOLLO WS ME As y ou move around at home, let music move ar[...]

27 English HD MUSIC BRO ADCAST MUSIC BRO ADCAST allows you to broadcast music from Center to Station(s) . On Station(s) 1 Check y ou hav e switched the Station(s) on or to standb y mode (see Basic functions, Switch on/to standby and selecting functions) On Center 2 During HD playback, select the album or pla ylist y ou wish to broadcast to Station([...]

English 28 Station manag ement Adding a station Y ou can add a station to an existing Wi-Fi network of Center and Station. Up to 5 stations can be connected to a W AC5 Center . On Center 1 Switch on W AC5 Center and select HD source 2 To select Add New Station on Center a. Press and hold ST OP • MENU to enter the MENU screen (or on remote control[...]

29 English HD Re-establishing Wi-Fi connection After upgrading or restoring the Center’s fir mware , you need to re-establish the Wi-Fi connection between Center and Stations. On Center , ● Select HD mode and then, enter Installation Mode by: a. Press and hold ST OP • MENU (or on remote control, press MENU ) b. Use the navigation controls 3 o[...]

English 30 Discs for pla yback With this system, you can pla y – all pre-recorded audio CDs (CDDA) – all finaliz ed audio CD-Rs and CD-R Ws (12cm CD and 8cm 185 or 200 MB CD) – MP3WMA-CDs (CD-Rs/CD-RWs with MP3/ WMA files) IMPOR T ANT! – This system is designed for r egular discs. Therefore, do not use any accessories such as disc stabilize[...]

31 English CD Using the fast skip 3 or 4 Use this function to find an option (e .g. an album or a track) in a long option list. ● Press and hold the navigation controls 3 or 4 in the long option list ➜ Y ou will skip the options faster and faster ➜ At the high speed skip, the initial letter of current options appear s for easy identification [...]

English 32 CD Displa y track inf ormation 1 Dur ing playback, press VIEW once or more to enter the playback screen ➜ The display sho ws: on the top : CD in the middle : cur rent track name and some track infor mation at the bottom : elapsed playing time 2 Press 2 ➜ The display sho ws track infor mation (e.g. track name , file type, f ile size ,[...]

33 English A UX/ SLEEP A UX (Listening to an external sour ce) Y ou can listen to the sound of the connected external device through your W A C5 Center . 1 Check the external device has been proper ly connected (See Installation, Connecting an ad ditional appliance ) 2 Check the W A C5 Center is switched on or to standb y (See Basic functions, Swit[...]

English 34 Reset Reset If desired, you can restore y our Center or Station to their default setting (including the network setting). When to reset Center or Station: ● Resetting Center or Station helps to re-establish the connection between Center and Station. ● To change the way your Center connects to PC, y ou need to reset the Center (see th[...]

35 English Specifications General AC Pow e r W AC5 ........................................................ 230V ±10% Po wer consumption Active W AC5 .................................................................. < 15W Standby W AC5 .................................................................. < 13W Eco P ow er Standby W AC5 .......[...]

English 36 W ARNING Under no circumstances should you try to repair the system y ourself, as this will invalidate the warranty . Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points listed belo w befor e taking the system for r epair . If y ou are unab le to remedy a pr oblem b y follo wing these hi[...]

37 English Tr oubleshooting Stations react when you operate Center’ s remote control x flashes on the sychro displa y of Center’ s remote control After the set is switched on, nothing a ppears on the synchr onous display of Center’ s remote control The remote control does not function properly . CD “No Disc”/ “Cannot read CD” is displ[...]