Philips 32PF9731D/10 manual

Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote control RC4401/01 . . . . . . 5 Use of the option key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 K eys at the left side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction: Digital TV . . . . . . . . [...]

2 EN Safety warnings Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall befor e all connections are made. • Place or hang the TV wherev er you want, but mak e sure that air can cir culate freely thr ough the ventilation slots. • Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. • T o prev [...]

3 EN Befor e you s witch on your TV , connect all your peripheral equipment. See T o mak e video and audio connections, p . 44. There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . See T o mak e audio and video connections, p. 44. EXT1 can handle CVBS, RGB and Audio L/R; EXT2 can handle CVBS, S-VIDEO , RGB, Audio L[...]

< Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial socket x at the bottom of the TV . Getting star ted (Contin ued) EN 4 - T o connect a camera, camcorder or game, see T o make video and audio connections, p. 45. - T o connect a headphone, see T o make video and audio connections, p . 45. - T o connect a USB device or memory card, see Multimedia br[...]

B Standby Press to s witch the TV fr om or to standby mode. When switched to standby , a red indicator on the TV lights up. TV Press to select TV mode. D VD STB VCR AUX Press to select one of the system modes in which the remote contr ol can be used. See Audio and Video equipment k eys, p. 55. DEMO Press to s witch the Demo menu on or off. Colour k[...]

+P- Channel selection - to br owse thr ough the TV channels and sources stored and mark ed in the Fa vourite channels lists; - to select a page in T eletext mode; - to quickly br owse through the lists in the menus; - to switch the TV on from standby mode. 0/9 Digit k eys T o select a TV channel between 0 and 999. A V Select your peripherals See In[...]

EN 7 Digital audio languag e : See Adjust sound menu settings, p. 18. Digital subtitle languag e : See Adjust featur e menu settings, p. 23. Subtitles : See Adjust featur e menu settings, p. 23. Picture f ormat : See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust picture menu settings, p . 17. Equalizer : See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust sound menu set[...]

Intr oduction: Digital TV EN 8 8 8 Note : if the TV has already been installed befor e and/or you want to change the First time installation settings, proceed with Use of the TV menu settings, p . 13. Next to analogue broadcast r eception, y our TV has a built-in TV tuner which receiv es, decodes and displa ys digital terrestrial signals. Digital T[...]

EN 9 9 9 First time installation (Continued) After the W elcome screen y ou are ask ed to select a language of the TV's on-screen menus. The text of the header and the info on screen contin uously change language. Also the digital audio and subtitle language will be set to the selected menu language. 1. Press the cursor up/do wn to highlight y[...]

EN 10 10 10 First time installation (Continued) By means of sev eral split screens/full screens y ou are prompted to select y our preferr ed picture, sound and ambilight settings, to finally arrive at a complete setting which satisfies you. 1. Press the gr een colour key on y our remote contr ol to enter the Settings assistant men u. 2. Select your[...]

EN 11 11 11 Ho w to na vigate thr ough the menus A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa yed on your TV when you use the menus or when y ou tr y to ex ecute an action. Read the help texts which are being displa yed on the specific item highlighted. The colour k eys at the bottom of the scr een ref er to the differ ent [...]

EN 12 12 12 Ho w to na vigate thr ough the menus (contin ued) 4. Use the cursor up/down to select a menu item. - TV settings allows y ou to adjust your pr eferred pictur e , sound and ambilight settings - F eatures allo ws you to contr ol the settings of special TV featur es - Installation allows y ou - to select your language pr eferences; - to se[...]

EN 13 13 13 Each time you'v e made a selection, pr ess the green k ey to confirm your selection. 1. Select Settings assistant and pr ess the cursor right. > By means of sev eral split screens/full screens y ou are prompted to select y our preferr ed picture, sound and ambilight settings to finally arriv e at a complete setting which satisfi[...]

EN 14 14 14 Use of the TV menu settings (contin ued) < Select Pictur e , Sound or Ambilight and press the cursor right. > A menu appears which allo ws you to fine tune the picture, sound and ambilight settings. > T o adjust the Picture settings, see Adjust picture men u settings, p . 15. > T o adjust the Sound settings, see Adjust sound[...]

EN 15 The picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. P ress the MENU/BR O WSE k ey on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV men u and press the cursor right. > The TV menu is moved to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is moved to the [...]

EN 16 Custom tint (only when Tint is set to Custom) Fine tunes the white point ( WP ) and black lev el ( BL ) of the picture. 1. Select Custom tint and press the cursor right. 2. Use the cursor k eys to select and adjust the settings of: R-WP : allo ws you to customise the colour tint b y adjusting the red whitepoint of the pictur e . G-WP : allo w[...]

EN 17 DNR DNR automatically filters out and r educes the image noise. This impro ves picture quality when r eceiving weak signals. < Select Off , Minim um , Medium or Maximum accor ding to the image noise in the picture. MPEG artefact reduction MPEG artefact reduction On smoothens the transitions on digital content. < Select On or Off . Colou[...]

EN 18 The sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the sound. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE k ey on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV men u and press the cursor right. > The TV Menu is moved to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is moved to the left p[...]

EN 19 Adjust sound menu settings (Contin ued) Dual I/II Allows y ou to select, per channel, Dual I or Dual II, when dual sound transmission is a vailable . Mono/Stereo Allows y ou to select, per TV channel, Mono or Stereo sound when stereo br oadcasts are a vailable . Surr ound mode Allows y ou to select the modes for mor e spatial or surr ound sou[...]

EN 20 Enjo y Ambilight The ambilight menu contains the settings for contr olling the ambient lighting. Using ambient light gives a more r elaxed viewing experience and impr oves per ceived picture quality . Analysis of the pictur e content adapts the colours continuousl y . But the lights can also be set to any fix ed colour and many shades of whit[...]

EN 21 Enjo y Ambilight (Continued) Colour Allows y ou to select or adjust the colour of the light to your o wn personal choice. - W arm white is matched to that of most normal lightbulbs. Select this setting if you want the Ambilight to fit best with normal living room lighting. - Cool white is matched to that of normal da ylight (6500K). Select th[...]

EN 22 Enjo y Ambilight (Continued) Custom colour Allows y ou to customise the ambilight colour . < Select P alette to select the general colour of the light output. < Select Saturation to adjust the colourfulness of the light. Separation Allows y ou to define the stereo eff ect in case , Relaxed, Moderate or Dynamic has been selected in the M[...]

EN 23 23 23 23 The Featur es menu allows you to contr ol the settings of special TV functions, features and accessory equipments. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE k ey on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV men u and press the cursor right. > The TV Menu is moved to the left. 3. Select F eatures and pr ess the cursor right. &[...]

EN 24 24 24 24 Sleeptimer This sets a time period after which the TV automatically switches to standby . 1. Select Sleeptimer . 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Select a value with the cursor up/down. > The list will ha ve values from 0 to 180 min utes. When 0 is selected, the sleeptimer is switched off. Childlock With a 4-digit code, y ou are able[...]

EN 25 25 25 25 Adjust featur e menu settings (Continued) Set code/Change code This allows y ou to set or change the personal 4-digit access code that is used in the differ ent lock functions of the TV . < Select Set or Change code . > If no PIN-code exists yet, the menu item is set to Set code . Follow the instructions on screen. > If a PI[...]

EN 26 Adjust featur e menu settings (Continued) Common interface This allows y ou to access common interface applications defined by the service provider of the Common Interface (CI) module. The Common Interface (CI) module can contain one or more a pplications, which ar e used to communicate with the CI ser vice pr ovider and provide some ad ditio[...]

This menu will adjust settings r elated to the installation of the TV channels, language and countr y and to the initial installation of your TV . 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE k ey on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV men u and press the cursor right. > The TV Menu is moved to the left. 3. Select Installation and pr ess[...]

Ho w to search f or and stor e TV channels (Continued) Select y our countr y Notes : - if you select a wr ong countr y , the channel n umbering will not be according to the standar d for y our countr y; - in case the country selected is not D VB-T suppor ted b y your TV , digital r elated menu-items will not be accessible. This allows y ou to selec[...]

Ho w to search f or and stor e TV channels (Continued) Installation update (only with digital TV broadcasting) This allows y ou to automatically tune to and update all a vailable digital channels without altering the sor ting of existing channels. For example , the name of the channel is not altered. Notes : - this will not reinstall uninstalled ch[...]

Analogue: manual installation This gives y ou the possibility to manually install (tuning-in channel by channel) analogue channels. Manual installation will not find nor store an y D VB-T (digital) channels. 1. Select Analo gue: manual installation and press the cursor right. 2. Select System . 3. Select your country or par t of the w orld where yo[...]

This allows y ou to rename, to r eshuffle and to uninstall or reinstall the stor ed channels. < Press the cor responding colour k eys and follow the on screen instructions. Reshuffle This allows y ou to change the order of the stor ed TV channels. 1. Select the channel you want to change place. 2. Press the y ellow colour ke y to move up a singl[...]

This menu contains items that can set or adjust various special TV functions and that will typically be accessed only occasionally . Select y our location This allows y ou to select the location of your TV . If you choose f or Shop it will result in fix ed settings of picture and sound. The location Home will give full flexibility to change an y pr[...]

This allows y ou to select the peripheral equipment you ha ve connected to the audio and video connectors. 1. Select Connections . 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Select the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected. > When you select EXT1 , EXT2 , EXT3 , HDMI 1 , HDMI 2 , VG A , Side , Analogue Audio In or Digital Audio In , a list app[...]

Reset the F actor y settings EN 34 This allows y ou to upgrade your TV software using a USB device. USB de vice upgrade It is possible to initiate an upgrade procedur e from a USB device befor e you start up the TV . The memor y device must be filled with the appr opriate upgrade image (and structure) which can be found on the www . philips.com/sof[...]

Cr eate y our fa vourite list EN 35 This allows y ou to select up to four fa vourite channels lists with y our pr eferred TV channels and radio stations. F or example , each member of your famil y can create his/her o wn fa vourite list. In addition to the fa vourite channel lists you ma y also select a list with only digital TV channels or a list [...]

The Electronic Pr ogramme Guide shows you detailed information about the curr ent programme and also about the next programme (onl y for TV pr ogrammes that pro vide EPG information). 1. Press the a key . > The EPG screen a ppears. Dependent on conditions it ma y take some time to acquir e EPG data. > The EPG screen updates automaticall y if [...]

EPG (Electr onic Pr ogramme Guide) (Contin ued) EN 37 2. Press the gr een colour key on the r emote control to watch/listen to the selected programme cur rently on air . 3. Press the r ed colour key to mark/unmark a r eminder on the selected programme. Y ou can set up to a maximum of 10 reminders. > The TV will wake up automatically or displa y [...]

The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures, movies or pla y audio files stored on a USB device. The Multimedia browser application is inv oked fr om the main menu. -Following file f ormats can be reproduced: for pictur es: JPEG for audio: MP3, MP3 Pro , LPCM for video: MPEG1, MPEG2 - Only F A T/DOS-formatted memor y devices ar e suppor ted.[...]

Multimedia Br o wser menu 1. Insert a USB device. 2. Select the USB device under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows you to br owse content stored on the inserted USB device. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left panel containing the content types (Music, Pictures, Movies). > The right panel wi[...]

Function k eys at the bottom of the scr een Details to displa y a description of the selected file or directory T ransitions to select if you lik e to apply a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa yed in a slide show Rotate to rotate a pictur e Repeat one/all to repeat the pla yback of a music fil[...]

Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will store most broadcasted pages and subpages to r educe waiting time . After each programme change, the memor y is refr eshed. < Press b to switch the teletext on. > The main index page appears on the scr een. Select a T eletext pag e < Enter the d[...]

T eletext (Contin ued) EN 42 Hypertext With h yper text you can quickl y jump to a pagenumber or search f or a specific word shown on the cur rent teletext page. 1. Press the OK k ey to highlight the first wor d or a number on the page. 2. Use the cursor up/down, left/right to select any other w ord or number y ou want to search f or . 3. Press the[...]

T eletext (Contin ued) EN 43 Some digital channels offer dedicated digital text services (for example BBCi). 1. Press b to switch Digital text on. 2. T o use the digital text, follow the instructions on screen. 3. Depending on the ser vice, you ma y be ask ed to use the cursor k eys, the OK ke y , the coloured k eys, the teletext ke y and sometimes[...]

T o mak e video and audio connections EN 44 Tip : use the inputs that are a vailable on your equipment that pr ovide the best video or audio performance, as below . Note : your TV comes with all types of connectors with the exception of the D VI connector but some of your equipment ma y be equipped with this type. In this case you'll need a D [...]

T o mak e video and audio connections - Side panel o v er view EN 45 Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and A UDIO L 3 fo r mono equipment. For stereo equipment also connect A UDIO R 3 . S-VHS quality with an S-VHS camcorder is obtained by connecting the S-VHS cables with the S-VIDEO i[...]

Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o o o PC-VGA EXT2 EXT1 o o AUDIO IN L/R Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L[...]

Connect a VCR or D VD recorder EN 47 With a eur ocable 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect the eurocable 3 as sho wn. 3. Mak e your selection of the sour ce to which the VCR has been connected in the Installation menu, Select your connections, p. 33. With the aerial cable only 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. [...]

ANTENNA EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA 75 o EXT2 EXT1 RECORDER CABLE 1 2 RECORDER 3 5 EXT 1/2 4 Connect tw o VCRs or VCR and D VD recorder EN 48 With eur ocables 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect your VCRs or D VD-recor der to EXT1 and 2 with the eur ocables 4 and 5 . 3. Select the equipment you ha ve connected in the Installation menu, [...]

HDMI 1/2 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 o o PC-VGA AUDIO IN L/R o o HDMI Connect a D VD pla y er , Cable bo x or game console EN 49 Note : in case of any problems, see Annex 5: Issues ref erring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector , p. 64. With a HDMI connector HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital video and audio interconnection. 1. Connect your[...]

Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT 1 EXT3 : YPbPr EXT3 : AUDIO IN R / L 3 DVD / STB 2 DIGIT AL AUDIO IN Connect a D VD pla y er , a satellite receiv er or Cable bo x EN 50 With Component Video Connectors 1. Connect the three separat[...]

Notes: - only a PC with digital sound can be connected to the HDMI connection; - if your PC does not ha ve digital sound output, connect your PC via a V GA connector ; - befor e connecting your PC to the TV , select your PC monitor settings to a refr esh frequency of 60 Hz; - supported PC monitor modes: V GA 640 x 480 SV GA 800 x 600 XGA 1024 x 768[...]

Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT 1 Connect a Home Cinema amplifier EN 52 Digital Home Cinema amplifier < Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connector[...]

T o receiv e scrambled DTV signals you will need a CA (Conditional Access) module and a Smar t card pro vided by the ser vice pro vider . A CA module can enable additional ser vices, for example Pa y TV . Contact your Common Interface service provider to get more inf ormation about these modules. Although CA module types may vary dependent on the m[...]

Befor e operating your connected equipment y ou hav e to mak e a selection in the Installation, Select your connections menu, p . 33. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE key . 2. Select TV men u and press the cursor right. 3. Select Installation . 4. Press the cursor right. 5. Select Connections . 6. Press the cursor right. 7. Select the input to which the [...]

Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the r emote control of y our TV . Press one of the k eys after you pr essed one of the mode ke ys ( DV D , STB , VCR , AU X ) according to the equipment you want to operate with this remote contr ol. See Use of the Remote control, p . 5-6. B to switch to standby ?[...]

Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy No picture < V erify if the supplied cables are connected pr operly . (The aerial cable to the TV , the other aerial to your r ecorder , the power cables, ..) < V erify if you selected the corr ect source. < V erify if the child lock has been switched off. P oor picture < V erify in the Manual installation[...]

Annex 1: T o set the remote contr ol to work a Philips D VD or D VD/R 57 EN Y our TV remote contr ol gives you the opportunity to control your Philips D VD or D VD/R. 1. Press the DV D mode k ey for 4 seconds until the LED lights up constantly 2. Enter the code 500 with the digit k eys for a Philips D VD pla yer . Enter the code 542 with the digit [...]

Intr oduction Philips offers softwar e upgrade capability for y our TV using portable memor y . After y ou hav e completed a software upgrade, your TV will typically perform better . What impro vements are made depends on the upgrade software y ou are using as well as the softwar e your TV contained befor e the upgrade. Y ou can execute the softwar[...]

Annex 2 (Contin ued) EN 59 Automatic software upgrade pr ocedure 1. Switch off your TV and remov e all memor y devices. 2. Insert the USB por table memory that contains the downloaded softwar e upgrade. 3. Switch on your TV with the power k ey B at the side of the TV . 4. At startup the TV will scan the USB por table memory until it finds the updat[...]

Annex 2 (Contin ued) EN 60 Manual softwar e upgrade procedur e For a manual softwar e upgrade copy the “autorun.upg” file in a directory called “Upgrades” located in the root of the USB portable memor y . Y ou can rename the file if you lik e but k eep the .upg extension. 1. Insert the por table memory that contains the downloaded software [...]

Intr oduction This document explains how to mak e a Philips slideshow file with background audio . Be a ware that the content of this document is addressing technical or softwar e skilled users. T o start the slideshow open the slideshow file in the Multimedia bro wser of your TV . 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE k ey on the r emote control after ha vin[...]

Annex 3 (Contin ued) 62 EN Supported XML-tags The following table giv es a description of the XML syntax. T ag Name philips-slideshow title audio slide-duration slides slide Use mandator y optional optional optional mandator y optional Description Philips slideshow signatur e including the version. The title of the pla ylist. The audio-URL followin[...]

Digital Camera Issues If a USB connection between y our digital camera and the TV isn’t w orking, you can try the solutions below to r esolve y our problem. - Mak e sure your digital camera is switched on and v erify if the configuration of your digital camera is corr ect (see the manual of y our digital camera for more inf ormation). - Some digi[...]

Annex 5 - Issues r eferring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector 64 EN The HDMI IN connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor displa y modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p 720x576p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC V GA 640x480 SV GA 800x600 [...]

active contr ol ........................... 17 ambilight ......................................20 analogue: manual installation . 30 antenna ......................................... 4 audio receiv er .......................... 52 audio equipment k eys ............. 55 auto format ............................... 17 automatic installation ..........[...]

R The packaging of this product is intended to be recycled. Apply to the local authorities for corr ect disposal. Disposal of y our old product Y our product is designed and manufactur ed with highly quality material and components, which can be recycled and r eused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product, it means the pr[...]

1 Contents What is Connected Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What y ou need to enjo y Connected Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Step 1: Installing the Philips Media Manager . . . . . .[...]

2 & I nsert the supplied CD into your c omputer’ s CD drive. If the CD does not star t automatically , double-click My Computer , then the CD-ROM drive icon and finally star t.htm to start the CD. é Please select your language, click on Install Media Manag er and follow the on-screen instructions. Notes: - If the screen Product Configur atio[...]

3 A dding files in the Philips Media Mana ger (PMM) & Select the PMM fr om your Windows Start-menu or double-click on the PMM symbol in the task bar . é Click on Music , Pictur es or Mo vies at the top of the PMM window . “ Select Ad d Music , Add Pictur es or Add Mo vies . ‘ Click on Add Files or F olders... . ( Select a folder or one or [...]

4 N e t w o r k c o nn.2 p c . 0 2. e p s W e will focus on the two main PC configurations found in modern households toda y . Check the glossar y for explanations of technical terms used. OR Step 2: Identifying your PC configuration Configuration A Befor e connecting y our TV Configuration B Befor e connecting y our TV ne t w o r k c o nn .1 p c .[...]

Configuration B Mak e sure DHCP/Auto IP (automatic network addr essing) is enabled on your PC . On most of the recen tly pur chased PCs, automatic network ad dressing is alr eady enabled. Y ou can check this on your PC with the Netw ork Utility on the supplied CD . If DHCP/Auto IP is not enabled, see Annex 4, p. 14 to enable DHCP/Auto IP on y our P[...]

6 Mak e sure the PC with Philips Media Manager installed on it (see p . 2) is switched on. & Switch on your TV . é Press the BRO WSE/MENU k ey on the remote co ntrol to displa y the Bro wse menu. “ Select y our PC from which y ou want to access the content and press the cursor right. Note: It may take up to 2 minutes after switching on the T[...]

- Use the colour k eys on the r emote control to perform the cor responding function mentioned at the bottom of the screen. - Pr ess any colour k ey or the i k ey to mak e the function bar at the bottom of the screen visibl e again. Multimedia br owser functional k eys: ‡ to stop pla ying your content † f or fast f orwar d Ò for r ewind π for[...]

8 T o a void implementation pr oblems we recommend using a Wireless Access P oint device (e.g. Philips CPWBS054) in combination with a wireless Ethernet bridge (also called a “Game adapter”). Wireless de vices use a wireless pr otocol to communicate by means of radio wa ves.Wir eless radio wa ves tra vel outwar ds from the antenna in all dir ec[...]

9 Configuring a wir eless Ethernet bridge Mak e sure DHCP/Auto IP (automatic network addr essing) is enabled on ALL your netw ork devices (Wireless Access Point, PCs). Note: Nowadays the functionality of a W ireless Access P oint and a router are mostly combined into one box. If this is not the case, the installation may slightly differ from the in[...]

10 Configuring the wir eless Ethernet bridge & Disconnect y our PC from your netw ork. • In case of a wireless USB dongle, remo ve the dongle fr om your PC. • In case of an integrated wireless netw ork adapter (e.g. laptop PC), disable the network ada pter . • In case your PC has a wired connection, unplug the Ethernet cable fr om your PC[...]

11 Re-securing y our wir eless network Also see Annex 2:Wireless networ k secur ity , p. 12. & Consult the user manual of y our Wireless Access P oint to apply its security setting accor ding to the details you wr ote down earlier . • Switch off the SSID broadcast. • Switch on wireless security (WEP/WP A k eys). Note: If you don’t have yo[...]

12 DO • Viruses, sp yware and other malicious programs can undermine the security of your netw ork. Use the appr opriate software to protect y our PC fr om these threats . • Change the default passwor ds for your netw ork devices. Leaving these at default mak es it easy for an outsider to gain access. Note: If you change passwords , wr ite them[...]

13 This menu allows y ou to do the network installation yourself and to determine y our own network configuration. & Select Man ual network installation in the Installation menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the Man ual network installation menu. According to y our personal network setup , the a vailable menu items are pr esent and can be[...]

14 Windo ws XP & On the Windows desktop , click S tart and select C ontrol P anel . é In the Contr ol Panel window , click Netw ork and Internet Connections . “ The Network Connections window will open. Double-click on the LAN-connection for this PC . ‘ On the connection status screen, click Pr operties . ( Double-click Internet Pr otocol [...]

15 W indo ws 98/Me Y ou ma y find that the instructions in this section do not exactly match your v ersion of Windows.This is because these steps and screen shots w ere cr eated from Windows 98.Windows Millenni um Edition is similar , but not identical, to Windows 98. & On the Windows desktop , click Start > Settings > Control P anel . é[...]

16 Apple Macintosh Computers Mac OS 10.x Y ou ma y find that the instructions here do not exactly match y our operating system.This is because these steps wer e created using Mac OS 10.3. Earlier or later versions of Mac OS 10 will be similar , but ma y not be identical. & Pull down the Apple Menu. é Select System Pr eferences.. . “ Click on[...]

17 Annex 5 : Suppor ted file formats A codec (encoder/decoder) is a technology for compressing and decompr essing data. Codecs convert digital signals to and from analog, and can be implemented in softwar e, hardware, or a combination of both. Standard codecs are used to encode and compress audio and video data f or streaming acr oss networks. O ve[...]

Detailed Audio codec specifications Content T ype Sample Rate Restrictions MP3 MPEG1 La yer I: 32, 44.1 & 48 kHz 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 288, 320, 352, 384, 416 & 448 kbps M PEG1 La yer II: 32, 44.1 & 48 kHz 32, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320 & 384 kbps MPEG1 La yer III: 32, 44.1 & 48 kHz 32, [...]

19 General restrictions • The maximum size of any multimedia file should ne ver exceed 4Gbyte. • Do not use a dot “. ” in folder naming. • The minimum bitrate for ALL video streams form ats is 256kbps. Any str eam with a bitrate lower than 256kbps can result in visual artifacts and stopping vid eo . • The maximum bitrate for str eaming [...]

20 Pr oblem The Installation CD will not s tart. The software will not install. My PC is not detected in the Bro wse menu. ( Media servers is displa yed) I can’ t see the files on my PC. No wireless connection or intermittent dr op-out of the wireless connection. New f eatures as adv er tised on the Internet ar e not a vailable. P ossible cause ?[...]

21 Glossar y Access point : This is a wireless de vice that is often added to a wir ed network to enable wir eless operation. It can also be used in an ad-hoc network configuration. Ad-Hoc network : A direct netw ork connection between tw o devices ( two PCs, or a PC and a TV). DHCP : Refers to Dynamic Host Configuration Pr otocol used by man y rou[...]