Philips SL400i/37 manual

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4 ENGLISH Intr oduction SL400i Y our SL400i giv es you wireless access to multimedia content stored on PCs and brings live streaming Internet enter tainment to your existing TV set and/or audio system. This is what this manual will help y ou to do: • Install the Philips Media Manager software . • Connect your SL400i and prepare it f or use . ?[...]

ENGLISH 5 Legend of illustration (inside fla p) A) Fr ont view 1 Po w er/standb y button Switches the SL400i off (to standby) and on. – The indicator in the P ower button lights up red if the SL400i is on standb y . 2 Left menu button Selects or activates the menu option in the low er left cor ner of the integr ated display or shown in red on the[...]

6 ENGLISH Chapter 7 – Remote Control .......................................................................................................................... 27-28 Chapter 8 – Entering and editing numeric and text information .................................................. 29 Chapter 9 – Advanced navigation and advanced SL400i functions [...]

ENGLISH 7 Impor tant information • Please install and connect the product in the order as described in this manual only . This assures best installation results with the least technical hassles. • Please read this guide carefully before using the SL400i; and keep it for future reference. • The most recent downloads and information on this pro[...]

8 ENGLISH Chapter 1 - Installing the softwar e Start by installing Philips Media Manag er This software makes the music, photo, and movie f iles on your computer availab le for tr ansfer from your computer to y our television. 1 Place the Philips Media Manager CD in your CD or D VD’ s drive and install the Philips Media Manager software. The CD s[...]

ENGLISH 9 Chapter 2 – Connecting the SL400i Choose the scenario that best fits y our situation for installing the SL400i. Option A: If y ou do not hav e a wireless computer netw ork: In this configuration you only ha ve a computer and a TV . •Y ou will install the Wireless USB Adapter on your computer . •Y ou will connect the SL400i to the TV[...]

10 ENGLISH Installing 2.1 If y ou do not hav e a wireless computer netw ork Option A In this configuration you only ha ve a computer and a TV . •Y ou will install the Wireless USB Adapter on your computer . •Y ou will connect the SL400i to the TV . At the end, you will be ab le to send music , movies, and pictures from your computer to y our TV[...]

ENGLISH 11 6 Switch on the SL400i by pr essing the PC LINK button on the remote control. Do not press the INTERNET button at this time, only the PC LINK button. > After about five seconds, a ‘Streamium’ welcoming message appear s on the television screen. If you do not see an y messages on the TV screen: – make sure the Video connector s a[...]

INTERNET Installing 2.2 If y ou already ha ve a wir eless computer network Option B In this configuration you already ha ve a wireless computer network, and a TV . •Y ou will check the settings of your existing wireless computer netw or k. •Y ou will connect the SL400i to the TV and adapt its settings to match your network. At the end, you will[...]

4 Connect the Audio + Composite video cable to the audio and video outputs % of the SL400i and to your TV . Use the yello w connector s of the Audio + Composite Video cable to connect the CBVS Video output of the SL400i to the Composite Video (CBVS) input of your TV . Note: set the P-SC AN switch $ (on the back of the SL400i) to OFF . > This wil[...]

8 Explore the PC Link men u on the TV screen. Use the navigation b uttons ( 3412 ) and the OK b utton on the remote control to explore the multimedia content y ou made available on y our PC . For example: press the 2 button on the remote control several times until you have selected a music track, a photo or a movie, and press OK to play it on your[...]

Installing 2.3 If y ou want to make a wir ed connection Option C In this configuration you already ha ve a TV , and a computer with a free ether net connector (or a wired network with a free ether net connector). •Y ou will be connecting an Ethernet networ k cable between the SL400i and y our computer or network. •Y ou will connect the SL400i t[...]

2 Mak e sure the Philips Media Manager you installed in chapter 1 is activ e. Double-click the Media Manager icon in the lo wer r ight cor ner of your screen. Or click Star t / Programs / Philips Media Manager . Leav e the Media Manager window open to be sure it is active. 3 Put the batteries into the remote contr ol. See ‘Remote Control - Placin[...]

7 Explore the PC Link men u on the TV screen. Use the navigation b uttons ( 1234 ) and the OK button on the remote control to explore the multimedia content y ou made available on y our PC . For example: press the 2 button on the remote control several times until you have selected a music track, a photo or a movie, and press OK to play it on your [...]

18 ENGLISH Chapter 3 - Enab ling broadband Internet entertainment If you ha ve a broadband Internet connection (min. 256 kbps), you can stream Internet r adio stations and movie trailer s liv e from the Inter net to the SL400i for free. Broadband inter net also provides the on-line upgrades for the SL400i. The Internet enter tainment offer ing is c[...]

3.2 Pressing the INTERNET button f or the first time 1 First, check whether PC LINK functions correctl y . Star t the Philips Media Manager program on y our computer , and press the PC LINK button on the r emote control. See if the text ‘Philips Media Manager’ appear s on y our television screen. 2 Then, check whether the PC on which you ar e r[...]

2 Double-click the website ad dress that is in the email. 3 Fill in the requested data to cr eate an account. 4 After registration y ou can access the INTERNET ser vice of the SL400i, and you can manage your user account at ‘m y .philips.com’ by opening this w ebsite in your Internet bro wser program or by clicking the My .Philips button in Phi[...]

ENGLISH 21 Chapter 4 - Using the SL400i This SL400i either connects to your wireless home netw or k (PC LINK) and pla ys music, photos, and movies stored on y our PC(s), or to the Inter net (INTERNET) for accessing various Internet Enter tainment ser vices (e .g. inter net r adio, movie trailer s…). Note: Install the Philips Media Manager softwar[...]

22 ENGLISH Chapter 5 - Basic na vigation > This is the basic wa y of na vigating through all the men us. 1 Press INTERNET or PC LINK on the remote control. 2 The availab le media sources and ser vices will appear on the TV screen. 3 The little yello w ar rows around the highlighted bar indicate which arrow b uttons y ou can press to navigate thr[...]

ENGLISH 23 Additional inf ormation En vironmental inf ormation All redundant packing material has been omitted. W e hav e done our utmost to make the packaging easily separable into three mono materials: cardboard (box), polystyrene foam (buffer) and pol yethylene (bags, protective foam sheet). Y our set consists of mater ials that can be recycled [...]

24 ENGLISH Chapter 6 - Pr oblem solving 6.1 Audio/video pr oblems Check the Suppor t section on www .philips.com/streamium for the latest information on problem solving. Pr oblem P ossible cause Solution Pow er light does not light up and/or the No connection to mains pow er . Connect the A C mains cable to the SL400i and to a SL400i cannot be swit[...]

ENGLISH 25 Pr oblem P ossible cause Solution The SL400i does not respond to an y of the Internal er ror . Unplug the mains and wait at least 10 seconds buttons including the standby button. before reconnecting it. The Sl400i switches to standby with the The SL400i has a thermal shutdown Disconnect the mains, let the set cool down, improv e Po we r [...]

26 ENGLISH Pr oblem P ossible cause Solution Pressing the INTERNET button pr oduces an Check whether the SL400i can Fir st, please check whether the SL400i can connect empty content screen on y our television. connect to your PC . to a PC by pressing the PC LINK button. If not, see abov e . No broadband Internet connection Broadband Internet means [...]

ENGLISH 27 1 4 7 8 5 6 3 9 2 15 12 14 11 10 16 13 Chapter 7 - Remote Contr ol 7.1 Remote contr ol buttons 1 Pow er/standby button Switches SL400i off (to standby). – Switch on the SL400i with the INTERNET or PC LINK source button 2 INTERNET source button Selects the Internet as your source of multimedia content. – Requires a broadband Internet [...]

28 ENGLISH 7.2 Placing batteries • Use 2 x 1.5 V batter ies, type R03, UM4 or AA. • Do not mix old and new batteries. • Never mix diff erent types of batter y (standard, alkaline , etc .). This may reduce the life of the batteries. 1 Remov e batter y cover . Lift tag on back of remote control upwards. 2 P osition batteries Place batteries as [...]

ENGLISH 29 Chapter 8 - Entering or editing n umeric and text inf ormation Y ou can enter number s and text into the SL400i in several ways: Na vigation ke ys On the TV screen, ar rows are display ed above and belo w the char acter being entered or edited and that character is shown in a different color . 1 Press 4 or 3 to bro wse through the charac[...]

30 ENGLISH Chapter 9 - Advanced na vigation and advanced SL400i functions 9.1 Na vigation view The view display ed on the TV screen while navigating the media men us, is called the 'Navigation View'. It wor ks as follows: 1 Path This shows y ou the menu choices you ha ve made in getting to the current screen. A useful tool for Smar t Na v[...]

ENGLISH 31 9.1.3 F A V ORITES, RETURN, INFO!, RECENT FAV ORITES (f or INTERNET only) 3 Press the F A VORITES VIEW button to open an o ver view of the items y ou mar ked as y our fav or ites. Use the F A VORITES (UN)MARK b utton to mar k and unmark an item as a favorite RETURN button ! Press the RETURN button to toggle between Pla y view and Navigat[...]

32 ENGLISH 9.2.2 F or photos It works as follows: Picture inf o. This shows y ou infor mation on the image cur rently being display ed. Color buttons bar . The color button bar shows y ou the user actions availab le for each screen. Pressing a color button on the remote control will perform the cor responding action as mentioned on the screen. 0 Pr[...]

ENGLISH 33 Chapter 10 - Advanced Philips Media Manag er uses 1 Running the Philips Media Manager program on mor e than one computer at the same time. – If more than one computer has access to the wireless network, you can also r un Media Manager on more than one computer at the same time to make the media f iles on that computer availab le to the[...]

34 ENGLISH Chapter 11 - Ov er view of SL400i connections Connect the SL400i to your TV . • Y ou only need one video connection between the TV and the SL400i (Composite V ideo, S-Video, or Component V ideo). • S-Video or Component Video provides better picture quality than Composite Video. To use these connections, these options must be a vailab[...]

ENGLISH 35 Chapter 12 - Options men u In the Options menu y ou can view and edit the settings of the SL400i. On the remote control, press the MENU button to enter the Options menu. Select a menu item by pressing 1 , 2 , 3 , or 4 , and select by pressing OK or 2 . Close the Options menu by pressing the MENU b utton again on the remote control. 12.1 [...]

36 ENGLISH 12.2 Picture Men u The Picture Menu gives y ou access to display settings. See below for an ov er view . Color Settings Select a color setting from the list ( P ersonal , Soft , Animation , Rich , Natural ). Brightness Adjusts the Brightness f or the ‘P er sonal’ color setting. Contrast Adjusts the Contrast f or the ‘P er sonal’ [...]

ENGLISH 37 12.3 Network men u The Network menu gives you access to netw or k and wireless settings. See below for an ov er view . Note: If you just want to see what the settings are, open the Networ k/W ireless Info items and not the Config items. Network T ype Select whether you want to connect to a Wireless netw ork or to a Wired network . Networ[...]

38 ENGLISH 12.3.1 Static IP settings If you select Static IP as y our Networ k Mode in Networ k > Networ k Config > Netw or k Mode , you will need to pro vide the SL400i with the following manual settings f or its wireless network: IP Addr ess This is the fix ed IP Address you want the SL400i to ha ve in your network. Prefer ably , choose one[...]

ENGLISH 39 12.4 Pref erences menu The Preferences menu giv es you access to preferred settings. See below for an o ver view . Access Control Parental Lev el Set a Par ental Level up to which pla yback will be allow ed for all content. If you tr y to pla y content that has a parental level abo ve the selected one , you will be ask ed to enter a PIN [...]

40 ENGLISH Chapter 13 - What you need to kno w about netw orks Impor tant note: The SL400i has a built-in wir eless network adapter and is a wireless network device e xactly like the PCs with a wireless network adapter in the illustrations belo w . A network provides a means of communication between tw o or more computer s (and other devices) that [...]

ENGLISH 41 In a network, the computer s need to be ab le to connect to each other physically . Therefore, another impor tant network proper ty is how the computer s connect to each other , either directly or through a central device . ONE-ON-ONE WIRED NETW ORK also known as: Direct connection networ k (max. two PCs) Note: Use a crossover Ether net [...]

42 ENGLISH Chapter 14 - Advanced wireless netw ork information What are wir eless network connections? Y our wireless networ k adapter uses a wireless protocol (called IEEE 802.11b/g or WiFi) to communicate with the SL400i b y means of r adio tr ansmissions. WiFi r adio wav es tr av el outwards from the antenna in all directions, and can transmit t[...]

ENGLISH 43 The DOs and DON'Ts of securing y our wireless netw ork DO Enable the highest WEP key level that y our hardware provides for . Upgr ade your hardware, if possible. If you do not protect your wireless netw or k, all data from your PC might be accessible by ,f or example , your neighbour s or passer s-by . Use a wireless base station o[...]

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ENGLISH 45 b) Setting the encryption key f or your Wireless USB Adapter: Enter the same encr yption key f or the Wireless USB Adapter . See the User Manual of the Wireless USB Adapter on how to do this. > Once y ou have activated the same encr yption key for the Wireless USB Adapter , the connection between the SL400i and y our computer will be [...]

46 ENGLISH Chapter 16 - Internet Connection Sharing Before y ou press the INTERNET button for the first time , you need to make sure that the SL400i has Internet access. Either directly through a wireless base station, or indirectly through a PC with Internet access and router/gateway software (e .g. ICS from the Windows OS) installed and r unning.[...]

ENGLISH 47 Enabling Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Though ICS works similar ly f or all oper ating systems, each ver sion of Microsoft ® Windows ® activates Internet Connection Shar ing in its own way . Please see below for the operating system you are using. In case of trouble, check Windows Help and the Microsoft website f or infor mation on[...]

48 ENGLISH Enabling Internet Connection Sharing for Windo ws 98SE While installing, you ma y be asked for the Windows Installation CD . Please , keep it at hand. 1 Befor e you begin, check if you ha ve a working Internet connection and if y our home network is w orking properly (if y ou hav e one). • Check the Internet connection by opening a web[...]

Enabling Internet Connection Sharing for Windo ws Me 1 Befor e you begin, check if you ha ve a working Internet connection and if y our home network is w orking properly (if y ou hav e one) • Check the Internet connection by opening a web page with your bro wser . 2 On the desktop , double-click 'My Network Places' and then double-click[...]

50 ENGLISH Enabling Internet Connection Sharing for Windo ws 2000 Y ou must hav e administr ative rights to enable ICS in Windows 2000. 1 Befor e you begin, check if you ha ve a working Internet connection and if y our home network is w orking properly (if y ou hav e one) • Check the Internet connection by opening a web page with your bro wser . [...]

Chapter 17 - Advanced (Network) Pr oblem solving Go to www .philips.com/streamium for the latest information on problem solving. Mo vies will not pla y: The bit rate might be too high. Conver t the movie to a lo wer bit rate . Check your br oadband Internet speed At www .2wire .com/meter/bm.html you can check y our broadband Inter net speed. This s[...]

52 ENGLISH Check y our computer's IP configuration as follo ws: F or Windo ws 98SE / Windo ws Me: 1 Click 'Star t', 'Run...', and enter ‘winipcfg’. 2 Click 'OK' to view the IP settings. 3 In this window , select your wireless network adapter . 4 Click 'More Info>>' to expand. F or Windo ws XP /[...]

Chapter 18 - Glossar y Ad-Hoc Network A direct network connection between two devices (two computers, or a PC and the SL400i). Access Point (Infrastructur e network) A network connection between two or more devices (computer s, or PCs and the SL400i) with a central networ k host (router , base station or PC). Black Lev el Black level shift impro ve[...]

54 ENGLISH Chapter 19 - T echnical specifications Check for the product specif ications of the latest upgr ade on www .philips.com/streamium. Dimensions (h x w x d) • 2.4 x 17 x 11 inch Pow er supply • 110-240V , 50-60 Hz Pow er consumption / standby power • Approx. 10 watts / less than 2 watts W eight • Approx. 6 lbs. Supported codecs • [...]

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