Philips WACS700 Connecting Manual

Wir eless Music System WA CS700 Connect to y our PC What you can do with your PC Installer CD ? – Connect your WA C 700 Center to your PC or home netw or k directly , via wired router or via wireless access point – Manage your m usic collection via Digital Media Manag er (DMM) , including: • Create and rename playlists/tracks, edit tr ack information and tr ansfer music f iles from PC to WA C 700 Center • P aths to update Gracenote® music recognition ser vice for the latest disc information • P aths and suppor ting link for DMM software and W A CS700’s f irmware upgr ades – Product registration for upgr ades PC system requir ements – Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP (Home or Prof essional) –P entium III 300MHz processor or higher – Ethernet networ k adapter – CD–ROM drive – Free hard disk space: 500MB for the software What else you'll need ? – Supplied Ethernet cable (str aight cable) – Supplied PC Installer CD 3 A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d . U n a u t h o r i z e d c o p y i n g , r e p r o d u c t i o n , h i r i n g , l e n d i n g , p u b l i c p e r f o r m a n c e a n d b r o a d c a s t i n g p r o h i b i t e d . © 2 0 0 4 R o y a l P h i l i p s E l e c t r o n i c s w w w . p h i l i p s . c o m / w w w . p h i l i p s . c o m \ s u p p o r t . 1 2 N C 3 1 4 1 0 7 8 7 0 0 7 1 . W i n d o w s a n d P e n t i u m a r e t r a d e m a r k s o f M i c r o s o f t C o r p . A l l o t h e r t r a d e m a r k s b e l o n g t o t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e o w n e r s . System requir ements: • Windows 98 ( SE) / ME / 2000 / XP (Home and Professional) • Pentium Cl ass 300MHz p rocessor or higher • CD - ROM drive • Ethernet p ort • Free hard disk space 500M B for the so ftware CD contains: • Digital Me dia Manager • Network Se tup • Manual & FAQs • Registration & Upgrades Wireless Music Center PC installer Y ou can connect WA C700 Center to your PC or existing home netw or k.. For common user s, Express Installation pro vides WA C700 ’s standard PC connection. Express Installation IMPOR T ANT! – When using a router , keep it at least 0.5 meter aw ay from W A C700 Center . Prepar ation for installation On W A CS700: 1 Check you ha v e finished the Wi-Fi connection between WA C 700 Center and WA S 700 Station . (See Quick Start Guide , Step A) 2 Check your WA C 700 Center is switched on or to standby mode On y our PC or existing PC netw ork: 1 Switch on the PC with administr ator's pr ivileges. 2 Close all the applications on your PC , including the internet connection 3 Connect the supplied Ethernet cable (str aight cable) to Center’ s ETHERNET por t 4 Inser t the installer CD into y our PC and select y our desired language Tips: – Y ou can also star t up the installer CD by running WA C_installer . ex e on the CD-R OM driver . Express Installation AUX IN R L R L LINE OUT AUX IN R L R L LINE OUT Center ETHERNET Connect to PC-Eng 2005.6.29 10:39 Page 1
Option 1: Direct connection Choose this option if y ou want to connect Music Center to a Standalone PC without LAN/Wireless Netw ork 1 In Softwar e Installation page , click to select Music Center connect to Standalone PC , no LAN/Wireless Network 2 When prompted by the installation wizard, ensure the supplied Ethernet cable (str aight cable) is connected to Center’ s ETHERNET por t 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 star t DMM installation. ➜ The icon appear s on your computer desktop after DMM installation is finished. Express Installation Tips: – If your PC is also connected to Internet via XDSL modem, use a wir ed router or wireless access point and follo w the installation steps of Option 2 and Option 3. Otherwise, manually change your PC’ s IP from its orginal one to IP address: 192.168.107. 20, Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 or vice versa. To configure your IP , go to Star t menu - Settings - Control P anel - Network Connections – Properties . Scroll to Internet Pr otocol (TCP/IP) . Option 2: Wireless connection Choose this option if y ou want to con- nect Music Center to a wireless. Router/ wireless Access P oint or an e xisting wir eless netw ork 1 Check the wireless router/access point is working proper ly . Write down its SSID and also the WEP or WP A key if it is enabled in the router/access point 2 In Softwar e Installation page , click to select Music Center connect to Wireless Network 3 When prompted by the installation wizard, ensure the supplied Ethernet cable (str aight cable) is con- nected to Center’ s ETHERNET por t 4 When the screen on the r ight appear s, a . Input the SSID y ou wrote down in the abo ve step 1 b. In WLAN mode, click Infrastructure mode c. Input the WEP or WP A key you wrote do wn in the abov e step 1 5 Follow the screen instructions to finish the PC con- nection. ➜ The screen shows: “The WiFi settings of Music Center hav e been changed. ...... ” Tips: – It is recommended that WEP k ey encr yption be used for better network perf ormance and security. – In Infr astructure mode, Channel is assigned automatically by the r outer/access point. Express Installation Connect to PC-Eng 2005.6.29 10:39 Page 2
Express Installation 6 To apply new settings on W A CS700, you need to let both Center and Station enter Installation Mode . On Center : a . Select HD. b. Press MENU c. Use the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to enter Station Mgnt menu d. In Station Mgnt menu, use the na vigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to select Add New Station e. Press ST OP Ç to exit Installation Mode when Center has found all the stations On Station: a . Select AUX . b. Press MENU. c. Use the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to select Installation Mode 7 Click Next to star t DMM installation. ➜ The icon appear s 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. Option 3: Wired connection Choose this option if y ou want to connect Music Center to an exist- ing wired netw ork with wired r outer 1 Check the wired router is working proper ly and enable its DHCP . 2 In Softwar e Installation page , click to select Music Center connect to Wired Network 3 When prompted by the installation wizard, ensure the supplied Ethernet cable (str aight cable) is con- nected to Center’ s ETHERNET por t. 4 When the screen on the right appear s, select “ Obtain an IP addr ess automatically ”. 5 Follow the screen instructions to finish the PC connection. ➜ The screen shows: “......The connection to your Music Center has been established...... ” 6 To apply new settings, you need to po wer off WA C700 Center , and then power it on again. 7 Click Next to star t DMM installation. ➜ The icon appear s 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 and Center to the wired router . Notes: – If you are Windows 98 SE/ME user , you will be prompted to r estar t your computer before star ting DMM installation. – If you are Windows 2000 user , chec k Ser vice P ack 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 – In Option 3: Wired connection, avoid assigning the IP address manually as: IP address: 169.254.xxx. yyy; Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0. Suc h an IP address will cause conflict with the WiFi network of WA CS700 Center and Station, resulting in Center’ s disabled Ethernet por t. T o restore the disabled Ethernet por t, restore your W A C700 Center to its factory settings (see Chapter Reset in the User Manual) Express Installation Connect to PC-Eng 2005.6.29 10:39 Page 3
Digital Media Manager (DMM) Digital Media Manag er (DMM) contains necessar y soft- ware components for y our PC to work with W A C700 Center . 1 Double click on your computer desktop to launch DMM. 2 Follow the screen instr uctions for y our operation To learn more about DMM, click Help ➜ Digital Media Manag er Help IMPOR T ANT! – When tr ansferring music fr om PC to Center via DMM, do not remo ve Center’ s power plug from the w all outlet within 15 minutes after the music tr ansfer is completed. Custom Installation Change Network Settings 1 Restore your W A C700 Center to its factor y settings (see Chapter Reset in the User Manual). 2 Follow the steps under Custom Installation to change your netw or k settings. DMM/Custom Installation Glossar y Access point: communication hub for the connection between a wireless device and a wired LAN. Ad-hoc mode: a networ king framewor k where devices communicate with each other directly , without access point. DHCP: stands for D ynamic H ost C onfiguration Protocol. It is a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a networ k. Infrastructure mode: a netw or king framewor k where devices communicate with each other via an access point IP addr ess: computer or device identifier on a TCP/IP network SSID: stands for S er vice S et IDentifier . The same SSID must be used for all the access points and all the devices if you tr y to connect them to a specific WLAN. Subnet Mask: It ser v es to decide what subnet an IP address belongs to WEP : stands for W ired E quivalent P r ivacy . It is a secur ity protocol for wireless local area network WLAN: stands for W ireless L ocal A rea Network. In such a networ k, high-frequency r adio wav es are used for comm unication WP A : stands for W i-Fi P rotected A ccess. It is a Wi-Fi standard aimed to improv e WEP’ s security features. It wor ks with an existing WEP-enabled Wi-Fi products. Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, and the “P o wered by Gracenote” logo are trade- marks of Gracenote. Glossar y W Need help? Online Go to www .philips.com/suppor t 2005 © K oninklijie Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. 3141 075 20771 www .philips.com 1 Connect to PC-Eng 2005.6.29 10:39 Page 4