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    www .philips.com/w elcome Register your pr oduct and get support at DS6800W English 3 Español 25 Français 51 DS6800W_37_UM_Book.indb Start1 2011-9-14 10:53:19[...]

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    1 English EN Contents 1 Impor tant 2 Safety 2 Notice 3 2 Y our Enter tainment System 5 Introduction 5 What's in the box 5 What else you need 5 Over view of the main speaker 6 Over view of the remote control 7 3 Pr epare 7 Connect 7 Prepare the remote control 8 4 Connect to y our home Wi-Fi netw ork for AirPla y 9 Scenar io 1: Connect to a WPS [...]

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    2 EN 1 Impor tant Safety Impor tant Safety Instructions a Read these instructions. b K eep these instructions. c Heed all warnings. d Follo w all instructions. e Do not use this apparatus near water . f Clean only with dry cloth. g Do not block any v entilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufactur er's instructions. h Do not ins[...]

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    3 English EN Risk of ov erheating! Never install this appar atus in a con ned space . Always lea ve a space of at least four inches around this apparatus for ventilation. Ensure cur tains or other objects never co ver the ventilation slots on this appar atus. Notice Notice of compliance Modi cations The user is cautioned that changes or modi?[...]

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    4 EN negative consequences on the en vironment and human health. Please visit www .recycle .philips.com for additional information on a recycling center in your area. Information about the use of batteries: Caution • Risk of leakage: Only use the speci ed type of batteries. Do not mix new and used batteries. Do not mix different brands of batt[...]

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    5 English EN 2 Y our Enter tainment System Congr atulations on your purchase, and welcome to Philips! T o fully bene t from the suppor t that Philips off er s, register your product at www .philips.com/welcome. If you contact Philips, y ou will be asked for the model and ser ial number of this apparatus. The model number and serial number are on[...]

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    6 EN Ov er vie w of the main speak er a DC-IN • Connect the pow er adaptor . b WI-FI SETUP button/indicator • Connect the unit to a Wi-Fi networ k. • Show the Wi-Fi connection status of the unit. c MP3-LINK • Connect an exter nal audio play er through the supplied MP3 link cable. d C ABLE IN • Connect the two speak er s through the suppli[...]

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    7 English EN Ov er vie w of the r emote contr ol a • T ur n the unit on/off. b +/- • Adjust volume. c / • Skip to the previous/next tr ack. d AirPla y • Select the AirPlay audio source . e MUTE • Mute or restore volume. f USB • Select the USB audio source (for iP od/ iPhone/iPad onl y). g MP3 LINK • Select the MP3 link audio source . [...]

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    8 EN • Connect the A C pow er cord to • the DC-IN socket on the back of the main speaker . • the wall pow er socket. T urn DS6800W on 1 Press to tur n the unit on. 2 W ait for successful boot-up of the unit. » The boot-up takes about 35 seconds. » Dur ing boot-up, the Wi-Fi SETUP indicator on the back of the main speaker b links green quick[...]

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    9 English EN 4 Connect to y our home Wi- Fi netw ork for AirPla y T o connect DS6800W to your existing home Wi-Fi networ k, you need to appl y your home Wi-Fi setting to DS6800W . Y ou can do this in two ways (depending on which type of Wi-Fi router you use): • Automatically - if y our Wi-Fi router is WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)-enabled and suppo[...]

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    10 EN Tip • For some Wi-Fi router s, you ma y need to hold the WPS button for Wi-Fi connection or enable the WPS PBC function from the router con guration pages. See the user manuals of the speci c router s for details. • If the Wi-Fi SETUP indicator on DS6800W blinks yello w , it means that the Wi-Fi connection has failed. Please wait fo[...]

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    11 English EN 1 Connect your Wi-Fi enabled device to your existing home Wi-Fi networ k. 2 Launch the Inter net browser (f or example , Apple Safar i or Microsoft Inter net Explorer) on your Wi-Fi enabled device . 3 Open the con gur ation page of your home Wi-Fi router . 4 Find the Wi-Fi settings tab and wr ite down the follo wing information on [...]

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    12 EN 3 W ait until successful Wi-Fi connection on your iP od touch/iPhone/iPad. » is display ed at the upper left cor ner of your iP od touch/iPhone/iPad. Tip • If Philips Fidelio AirPlay is not in the list, tr y to scan the availab le Wi-Fi networks again. Option 2: Use your Wi-Fi enabled PC/Mac Note • See the user manual of your PC/Mac for [...]

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    13 English EN Open the built-in w eb page of DS6800W 1 Launch Apple Safari browser or any other Inter net browser on y our Wi-Fi enabled device . 2 T ype in 192.168.1.1 at the browser address bar and con r m. » The DS6800W con gur ation web page is display ed. If you use Safari on y our Wi-Fi enabled PC/ Mac, y ou can also select 'Phili[...]

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    14 EN Change the internal Wi-Fi settings of DS6800W On the DS6800W con gur ation web page , you can change the internal Wi-Fi settings of DS6800W for connection of DS6800W to your existing home Wi-Fi networ k. Note • Make sure that the settings on the con gur ation web page match your home Wi-Fi networ k settings that you wrote on paper . ?[...]

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    15 English EN 2 Select your netw or k name (SSID) from the list of a vailable wireless netw or ks. 3 Enter the networ k key if required. 4 W ait until successful Wi-Fi connection to your home Wi-Fi networ k. 5 Pla y Str eam audio fr om your iT unes music librar y to DS6800W Note • Make sure that y our iT unes host device is connected to the same [...]

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    16 EN 4 Select a media  le and star t pla y . » After a while , you will hear m usic from DS6800W . Note • If you fail to hear music after successful setup , do one of the following on y our iPod touch/iPhone/iP ad: • (1) Disconnect and then re-connect to the same Wi-Fi router again; • (2) Close all applications r unning at the background[...]

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    17 English EN 3 Select Philips_Fidelio_AirPla y XXXX (or user customized name) from the AirPlay list. 4 Select a media  le and star t pla y . » After a while , you will hear m usic from DS6800W . Tip • When you stream audio from your iT unes music libr ar y on a PC/Mac, you can select more than one AirPlay- enabled devices (if a vailable) at [...]

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    18 EN Pla y/charge your iP od/iPhone/ iPad thr ough USB sock et Note • The USB socket is only compatib le with iP od/iPhone/ iPad. Y ou can play or char ge your iP od/iPhone/iPad through the USB socket with an Apple USB cable (not supplied). 1 Connect an Apple USB cable (not supplied) to: • the USB socket on the back of DS6800W . • the char g[...]

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    19 English EN 6 Update firmwar e T o improve the perf or mance of DS6800W , Philips may off er you new  rmware for upgrade of your DS6800W . Please register your product at www .philips. com/welcome f or information about the latest  r mware . Note • Y ou can only update the  rmware from a PC/Mac. Download the update  le 1 On your PC/[...]

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    20 EN 7 Pr oduct inf ormation Note • Product information is subject to change without pr ior notice . Speci cations Ampli er Rated Output P owe r 2 X 25 W RMS Frequency Response 63 - 1800 Hz Signal to Noise Ratio > 90 dB MP3 Link 650 mV RMS 20 kohm Speak ers Speaker Impedance W oofer : 8 ohm T weeter : 8 ohm Speaker Dr iver 78 mm woof er[...]

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    21 English EN 8 T r oubleshooting W arning • Never remo ve the casing of this apparatus. T o keep the war r anty valid, never tr y to repair the system yourself. If you encounter prob lems when using this appar atus, check the follo wing points before requesting ser vice . If the prob lem remains unsolved, go to the Philips web site (www . philip[...]

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    22 EN Occasional breaking of AirPla y music streaming Do one or all of the follo wing: • Move DS6800W closer to y our Wi-Fi router . • Remove an y obstacles between DS6800W and your Wi-Fi router . • Av oid using Wi-Fi channel which is ov er lapped by the nearb y Wi-Fi networ k. • Check if your networ k speed is fast enough (in cases where m[...]

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    Register online at www .philips.com/welcome toda y to get the v er y most fr om your pur chase . Visit our W orld Wide W eb Site at http://www .philips .com/welcome Registering your model with PHILIPS mak es you eligible for all of the valuable benets listed belo w ,so don't miss out. Register online at www .philips .com/welcome to ensure: [...]

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    PHILIPS LIMITED WARRANTY ONE (1) YEAR WARRANTY COVERAGE: PHILIPS warranty obligation is limited to the terms set forth below. WHO IS COVERED: Philips warrants the product to the original purchaser or the per- son receiving the product as a gift against defects in materials and workmanship as based on the date of original purchase (“Warranty Perio[...]

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    Specifications are subject to change without notice © 2011 K oninklijke Philips Electr onics N.V . All rights reserved. Document order number: 000000000000 DS6800W_37_UM_Book.indb 76 2011-9-14 10:54:06[...]

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    User Manual BDL4251V 27 OSD (On-Scr een-Display) Controls Remote Co ntrol Control Panel Press MENU but ton to open Main menu. Press UP or DOWN button to select sub-menu. Press EXIT button to open Main menu. Press UP or DOWN button to select. Press SET button to enable setting. Press INPUT button to enable the setting. Press UP or DOWN, and PLUS or [...]