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Philips Streamium WACS7500
WAS7500
Wireless Music Center + Station
Quick start guide
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Prepare
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Connect
3 Enjoy
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What’s in the box Wireless Music Center WAC7500 Wireless Music Station WAS7500 (only included in WACS7500 set) Philips Streamium WACS7500 WAS7500 Wireless Music Center + Station WACS7500 Quick start guide Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Philips! To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your product at www.philips.com/welcome 1 Prepare For support call 0906 1010 017 2 Connect Digital audio video player 3 Enjoy 2-way remote control Remote control, 1-way, Quic
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How to use this guide I want to ... See page(s): Connect: A B ... connect the Center to a home network / PC 4 / C ... add a Station to the network of the Center 5 E ... relocate a connected Center or Station 5 D ... set up the Center and Station without a network 5 Record / rip / copy: E ... build an HD library (rip CDs) on the Center 8 A B G ... transfer music from a PC to the Center 4 / + 10 /11 M ... record music to a USB device 15 Play: A ... play HD (Harddisk) music from the Center 6 D ...
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Benefits Enjoy all your music in every room Total music enjoyment and freedom All your music on one wireless system • Wireless streaming between Music Center, Station(s) and PC • 80GB hard disk to store up to 1500 CDs • CD and USB Direct playback • Enjoy Internet radio • Docking cradle for iPod (optional) Easy navigation and control • View album art in full color • My Room, My Music: Listen to different music in each room • Music Broadcast: Listen to the same music on all stations • Music Fol
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Prepare 1 Controls on Center & Station A 14 2 3 1 2 5 5 21 6 21 6 20 7 20 7 19 8 17 15 13 11 9 17 15 13 11 9 10 18 16 14 12 18 16 14 12 10 1 Antenna 2 USB jack 3 Disc slot (loader) Insert discs with graphics facing you 4 / Disk eject 5 LCD 6 MUSIC FOLLOWS ME 7 DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost) 8 SMART EQ 9 VOLUME + 10 VOLUME - 11 9 Stop 12 )K Skip forward 13 OK / 2; OK/ Play/pause 14 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Navigation left / right / up / down 15 J( Skip back 16 MENU 17 HOME 18 y ON / STANDBY / ECO STANDBY • Press
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Controls on the remote controls B Important! You must always use the 1-way remote control for the following tasks: • Internet radio registration • Network configuration • Editing track information 2-way remote control 1 y On, Standby, Eco Standby 2 HOME 3 HD (Hard Disk) 31 1 4 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Navigation controls 5 OK, 2/; 6 VOL +, - 7 MENU 8 MUTE 9 9 Stops 30 2 3 10 )K Skip forward 4 11 SHUFFLE (3 def) 5 12 REPEAT (2 abc) 13 INCR.SURR. (6 mno) Incredible Surround sound 6 29 14 DBB (Dynamic Bass Bo
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1-way remote control 1 y On, Standby, Eco Standby 2 FM TUNER (radio) 1 31 2 3 HOME 30 3 4 SEARCH 29 4 28 5 27 6 5 VIEW 7 6 MENU 8 7 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Navigation controls 9 26 10 8 OK, 2/; 25 11 9 )K Skip forward 12 10 9 Stop 13 24 14 11 VOL +, - 23 15 16 17 22 12 MUTE 18 19 21 13 SHUFFLE (3 def) 20 14 REPEAT (2 abc) 15 INCR.SURR. (6 mno) Incredible Surround sound 16 DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost) (5 jkl) 17 RDS/NEWS (9 wxyz) 18 SAME GENRE (8 tuv) 19 MUSIC FOLLOWS ME 20 (0 ) 21 MUSIC BROADCAST 22 SAME ART
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Connect 2 Connect the Center to the power supply A B Connect the Center to your home network / PC This section describes the simplest way to set up a wireless connection between the Center and your home network / PC.You can add up to 5 Stations to the connection. For more advanced setups, see section Connect to PC in the user manual. When you connect the Center (and Station) to your network • You can use the Internet Radio feature • You can connect to the internet for firmware updates • The pr
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Add a Station to the network of the Center: C On the Center: 1 Press HOME. 2 Press 3 or 4, then 2 to select HD (Harddisk) mode. 3 Press MENU to enter the menu display. 4 Press 3 or 4, then 2 to select Station Management (Mgnt). 5 Press 3 or 4, then 2 to select Add New Station. > The Center searches for the new Station. On the Station: 1 Connect the Station to the power supply. 2 Turn on the Station. • If you turn on the Station for the first time, press 3 or 4, then 2 to select the language. • I
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Enjoy 3 A Play HD (Harddisk) music from the Center 1 Ensure that the device is turned on. 2 Press HOME. 3 Press HD on the remote control. 4 Press 3 4 1 2 to select your playback options. Demo tracks are stored under All tracks. 5 Press OK / 2; to start play. 6 Press STOP 9 to stop play. Change your playback option: B 1 During play, press 1 once or more to enter previous option lists. 2 Press 3 4 1 2 to select, then OK / 2;. Change your remote control: C By default, the 2-way remote control works
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D Play CDs on the Center Important! For reasons of CD copyright protection, during CD play the features Music Broadcast and Music Follows Me are not supported. You can play • all prerecorded audio CDs • all finalized audio CDR and CDRW discs • MP3/WMA/m4a-CDs (CD-R/CD-RW with MP3/WMA/m4a files) 1 Ensure that the device is turned on. 2 Insert a CD into the Center (see Controls on the Center) with the printed side facing towards the front panel. > The display shows the list of CD tracks. For CD re
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E Build an HD music library (Rip CDs) on the Center: You can build a music library on the hard disk of the Center by ripping music from CDs, importing MP3/WMA/m4a files from a PC, or recording audio from radio or external sources. Important! It takes some time to rip CD music and to convert the ripped music to MP3 file format. Rip from CDs 1 Insert a CD into the Center (see Controls on the Center), with the printed side facing towards the front panel. > The display shows the list of CD tracks. F
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F Listen to FM Radio 1 Ensure that the device is switched on. 2 Press HOME. 3 Press FM TUNER on the remote control. 4 Press MENU. 5 Press 3 or 4, then 2 to select Autostore radio. > When all available stations are stored, the first auto stored preset station plays. You can store up to 60 preset radio stations in the memory (including a maximum of 10 RDS stations). When the radio plays, to directly switch from one preset station to another: 1 Press J( or )K. When the radio plays, to select a stat
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G Transfer music from my PC to the Center Important! • Before you continue, first complete the steps in section ‘Connect the device to your home network / PC’. • Ensure that you install the provided PC software before you try to transfer music from a PC. Minimum PC requirements: • Windows XP SP2 or Vista • Pentium III 500MHz processor or higher • 256MB RAM • CD-ROM drive • Ethernet adapter, enabled (for wired connection) - or Wireless Network adapter 802.11 b/g (for wireless connection) • 500MB
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WADM - Wireless Audio Device Manager Launch WADM: 1 Double click WADM icon on Desktop. 2 Select your Center from the list. 3 Click Connect now. > You can transfer music from your PC to the Center. Transfer music from your PC to the Center 1 Launch the WADM software. 2 3 2 On My Computer panel, click to highlight a desired file/folder 3 Drag selection to WACS7500 panel 4 While transferring, you can add more file/folder(s) to the transfer queue. 11 EN
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H Stream music from a PC You can stream music without transferring audio files.When you use UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), you can stream music from a PC or another content server to the Center / Station. For Windows XP / Vista: 1 Ensure that your administrator rights are enabled on the PC. 2 Insert the PC suite CD into the PC. 3 Click Install Windows Media Player 11 to start the installation of Windows Media Player. On the PC: 1 Click Start > Programs > Windows Media Player. 2 In the Windows M
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I Internet radio You have to register your product with a valid email address when using the Internet feature for the first time: 1 Ensure that the Center / Station is turned on. 2 Ensure that the Center / Station is connected to the Internet. 3 Ensure you have a valid email address. 4 Ensure that you use the 1-way remote control of the Station for the registration process. 5 On the Center / Station, press HOME. 6 Select RADIO > INTERNET RADIO. > The Internet radio registration display is shown.
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Broadcast music J When the Center and Station(s) are switched on and the Center is in HD play mode, you can broadcast the music form the Center to all connected Stations. 1 When in HD play on the Center, press MUSIC BROADCAST. > The display shows the icon and the HD music is broadcast to all connected Stations. 2 To stop music broadcast, press STOP 9 on the Center. To exit music broadcast on a Station: 1 Press STOP 9 on the Station. To broadcast music to the Station again: 1 Press STOP 9 on the
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Play portable USB devices L You can play USB flash memory devices (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1) and USB flash players (USB 2.0 or USB 1.1) with the Center or Station. 1 Insert the USB plug of the USB device into the socket on the Center / Station. 2 Ensure that the Center /Station and the USB device are turned on. 3 On the Center / Station, press HOME. 4 Select Portable > USB. 5 Press OK / 2; to start play. Record music to USB devices M 1 Ensure that the USB device is connected to the Center. 2 Ensure th
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FAQ - Frequently asked questions About the Environment Q: Is there a maximum distance of A:Yes.The maximum distance of Wi-Fi transmission is 250m transmission between Philips measured in open spaces. However, in a home environment, where Wireless Music Center and solid obstacles such as walls and doors are present the effective Stations for effective streaming? transmission distance is significantly reduced to approximately 50 - 100m.Try to re-position the sets if you experience transmission pro
