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23PF9976i
LCD TV
Streamium User Manual
23iF9946_12_StDFU_ENG.p65 1 9/1/04, 6:06 PM
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Contents Thank you for purchasing this Philips Streamium Television. You are the proud owner of a Streamium LCD TV which promises full value to you as a customer. Please read the user manual and follow the steps and descriptions to enable you to set up your TV to access multimedia content stored on PCs and also brings live streaming Internet entertainment to your existing TV. Table of Contents Important Information ................................................................................
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Important information • Please install and connect the product in the order as described in this manual only. • Please read this guide carefully before using the Streamium LCD TV and keep it for future reference. • The most recent downloads and information on this product will be available through our website www.philips.com/streamium. •Broadband Internet access (min. 256 kbps) is required if you want to use the Internet functions of the Streamium LCD TV. • Please check whether your Internet ser
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Chapter 1 – Installing the software Start by installing Philips Media Manager This software enables the transfer of video, music and photo files in your computer to your Streamium LCD TV. 1 Place the Philips Media Manager CD in your CD or DVD’s drive and install the Philips Media Manager software. The CD starts automatically. If it does not, double- click ‘My Computer’, then the CD-ROM drive icon and finally ‘Setup.exe’ to start the CD. 2 In the menu that appears on your computer screen, click
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Chapter 2 – Connecting the Streamium LCD TV Choose the scenario that best fits your situation for installing the Streamium LCD TV. Option A : If you do not have a wireless computer network: In this configuration you only have a computer and a Streamium LCD TV. •You will install a Wireless Network Adapter on your computer. • Go to chapter 2.1 on page 6-7. OR Option B : If you already have a wireless computer network: In this configuration you already have a wireless computer network and a Strea
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I n s t a l l a t Installing 2.1 If you do not have a wireless computer network Option A In this configuration you only have a computer and the Streamium LCD TV. •You will install a Wireless Network Adapter on your computer. At the end, you will be able to send music, movies, and pictures from your computer to your Streamium LCD TV. 1 Install a Wireless Network Adapter (not included, you will have to buy one separately, e.g. the Philips CPWUA054.) See the separate instructions of the Wireless Ne
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Installing 6 Explore the Home Link menu on the TV screen. Use the navigation buttons (Cursor Left/Right/Up/ Down) and the OK button on the remote control to explore the multimedia content you made available on your PC. For example: press the Cursor Right button on the remote control several times until you have selected a music track, a photo or a movie, and press OK button to play it on your television... Have fun! 7How to enable INTERNET (For playing Internet Radio, Movie Trailers, etc., on yo
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Installing 2.2 If you already have a wireless computer network Option B In this configuration you already have a wireless computer network, and the Streamium LCD TV. •You will check the settings of your existing wireless computer network. •You will connect the Streamium TV and adapt its settings to match your network. At the end, you will be able to send music, photos, and movies from your computer to your Streamium LCD TV. 1 Check your existing wireless network settings so you are able to ente
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Installing 5 Select your wireless network name, and input the encryption key you found in step 1. A) If asked, select the wireless network name from the list of wireless network names (SSID) presented to you on the TV screen. Use the navigation buttons (Cursor Up/Down) on the remote control to select the correct network name and press OK button to confirm. Note : If there is only one wireless network, it will be selected for you and you will not be asked to select one. B) If asked, also input
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Installing 2.3 If you want to make a wired connection Option C In this configuration your Streamium LCD TV and computer already have a free ethernet connector (or a wired network with a ethernet connector). •You will be connecting an Ethernet network cable between the Streamium LCD TV and your computer or wired network. •You will be able to send music, photos, and movies from your computer to your Stremium TV. Ethernet ports and cables look just like telephone connections and lines, but are thic
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Installing 2 Make sure the Philips Media Manager you installed in chapter 1 is active. Double-click the Media Manager icon in the lower right corner of your screen or click Start / Programs / Philips Media Manager. Leave the Media Manager window open to be sure it is active. 1 3 Switch on the Streamium LCD TV. Press the SELECT button repeatedly until STREAM indicator is lighted up. 4Pressing the HOME LINK button on the 2 remote control. Do not press the INTERNET button at this time, only the HOM
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Chapter 3 – Enabling broadband Internet entertainment If you have a broadband Internet connection (minimum 256 kbps), you can stream Internet radio stations and movie trailers live from the Internet to the Streamium LCD TV. Broadband internet also provides the on-line upgrades for the Streamium LCD TV. The Internet entertainment offering is constantly being improved and new functions are added. Visit www.philips.com/streamium for the latest possibilities. 3.1 How does your computer connect to
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Enabling broadband Internet entertainment 3.2 Pressing the INTERNET button for the first time 1 First, check whether HOME LINK functions correctly. Start the Philips Media Manager program on your computer, and press the HOME LINK button on the remote control. See if the text ‘Philips Media Manager’ appears on your television screen. 2 Then, check whether the PC on which you are running Philips Media Manager has Internet access by opening a website on the Internet with your Internet browser progr
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Enabling broadband Internet entertainment You will need to go to your PC to perform Steps 2 to 4 2 From your PC, double-click the website address that is in the email. 3 Fill in the requested data to create an account. 4 After registration you can access the INTERNET service of the Streamium LCD TV and you can manage your user account at ‘my.philips.com’ by opening this website in your Internet browser program or by clicking the My.Philips button in Philips Media Manager. Note : Make note of you
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Chapter 4 – Using the Streamium LCD TV This Streamium LCD TV either connects to your wireless home network (HOME/PC LINK) and plays music, photos, and movies stored on your PC(s), or to the Internet (INTERNET) for accessing various Internet Entertainment services (e.g. internet radio, movie trailers…). Note: Install the Philips Media Manager software, the Wireless Network Adapter (or wired connection), before you attempt to use the Streamium LCD TV. Also, make sure the Philips Media Manager icon
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Using the Streamium LCD TV 4.1 INTERNET With INTERNET you can make the Streamium TV play media files (music, photos, movies…) and start other services from the Internet. 1Press the INTERNET button* on the remote control to open the Navigation View on your TV screen. * When the Streamium LCD TV connects to the Internet for the first time, and after resetting, the Streamium LCD TV will prompt you to register. See the chapter Enabling broadband Internet entertainment on pages 12-14. 2 Use the navi
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Chapter 5 – Basic navigation This is the basic way of navigating through all the menus. 1 Press INTERNET or HOME LINK button on the remote control. 2 The available media sources and services will appear on the TV screen. 3 The little yellow arrows around the highlighted bar indicate which arrow buttons you can press to navigate through the menus on the television screen. 5 If colour coded user options appear on the TV screen, press the matching colour button to use that option. 4 Press Cursor Up
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Additional information Environmental information All redundant packing material has been omitted.We have done our utmost to make the packaging easily separable into three mono materials: cardboard (box), polystyrene foam (buffer) and polyethylene (bags, protective foam sheet). Your set consists of materials that can be recycled if disassembled by a specialised company. Please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of packing materials, exhausted batteries and old equipment. Disclai
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Chapter 6 – Problem solving 6.1 Audio/video problems Check the Support section on www.philips.com/streamium for the latest information on problem solving. Problem Possible cause Solution Power light does not light • No connection to mains Connect the power adapter to the Streamium LCD up and/or the Streamium power. TV and to a mains outlet that provides electrical LCD TV cannot be power. switched on. No display on the TV • TV is switched off. Switch on your TV. screen. No sound from the •Volume
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Problem solving 6.2 PC / Network problems Check the Support section on www.philips.com/streamium for the latest information on problem solving. Problem Possible cause Solution The Installation CD will • Autorun disabled for your Double-click ‘My Computer’, then the CD-ROM not start. drive. drive icon and finally ‘Setup.exe’ to start the CD. The software will not •Wrong operating system. Go to www.philips.com/streamium to see which install. operating systems are supported. No wireless connection
