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    Instructions for use English 4 Wifi Wir eless Multimedia Link SL300i[...]

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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A) F ront vie w B) Rear view A) F ront vie w B) Rear view A) F ront vie w B) Rear view[...]

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    ☎ Helpline USA 800-441-0613 Canada 1 800-441-0613 www .philips .com/streamium[...]

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    4 ENGLISH Intr oduction SL300i Y our SL300i 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 SL300i and prepare it f or use . ?[...]

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    ENGLISH 5 Legend of illustration (inside fla p) A) Fr ont view 1 Po w er/standb y button Switches the SL300i off (to standby) and on. – The indicator in the P ower button lights up b lue if the SL300i is on standby . B) Rear view 2 Audio out 1 To connect the SL300i to the left and right audio inputs of your Audio system. 3 CVBS out To connect the[...]

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    6 ENGLISH Chapter 7 – Remote Contr ol .............................................................................................................................. 27-28 Chapter 8 – Entering or editing numeric and text inf ormation ......................................................... 29 Chapter 9 – Advanced navigation and advanced SL300[...]

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    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 SL300i; and k eep it for future reference . • The most recent downloads and information on this p[...]

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    8 ENGLISH Chapter 1 - Installing the softwar e Start by installing Philips Media Manag er This software makes the music, photo, and mo vie files on your computer a vailable for transfer 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 st[...]

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    ENGLISH 9 Chapter 2 – Connecting the SL300i Choose the scenario that best fits y our situation for installing the SL300i. 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 a Wireless Networ k Adapter on your computer . •Y ou will connect the SL300i to the[...]

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    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 a Wireless Networ k Adapter on your computer . •Y ou will connect the SL300i to the TV . At the end, you will be ab le to send music , movies, and pictures from y our computer to y ou[...]

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    ENGLISH 11 6 Switch on the SL300i 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[...]

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    12 ENGLISH 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 SL300i to the TV and adapt its settings to match your network. At the end, you wi[...]

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    ENGLISH 13 4 Connect the Audio + Composite video cable to the audio and video outputs of the SL300i and to your TV . Use the yello w connector s of the Audio + Composite Video cable to connect the CBVS Video output of the SL300i to the Composite Video (CBVS) input of your TV . > This will enable you to view the user men us and multimedia content[...]

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    14 ENGLISH 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 se veral times until you have selected a music track, a photo or a mo vie , and press OK to p[...]

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    ENGLISH 15 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 SL300i and y our computer or network. •Y ou will connect t[...]

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    16 ENGLISH 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 Contr[...]

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    ENGLISH 17 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 se veral times until you have selected a music track, a photo or a mo vie , and press OK to pl[...]

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    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 Internet to the SL300i for free. Broadband inter net also provides the on-line upgrades for the SL300i. The Internet enter tainment offer ing is co[...]

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    ENGLISH 19 3.2 Pressing the INTERNET button f or the first time 1 First, check whether PC LINK functions cor rectly . Start the Philips Media Manager program on y our computer , and pr ess the PC LINK button on the remote contr ol. See if the text ‘Philips Media Manager’ appear s on y our television screen. 2 Then, check whether the PC on which[...]

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    20 ENGLISH 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 SL300i, 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 bu[...]

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    ENGLISH 21 Chapter 4 - Using the SL300i This SL300i 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, mo vie tr ailer s…). Note: Install the Philips Media Manager softw[...]

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    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[...]

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    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, protectiv e foam sheet). Y our set consists of mater ials that can be recycled[...]

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    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 pow er adapter to the SL300i and to a SL300i cannot be switc[...]

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    ENGLISH 25 Pr oblem P ossible cause Solution The SL300i 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 Sl300i switches to standby with the The SL300i has a thermal shutdown Disconnect the mains, let the set cool down, improv e Po we r [...]

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    26 ENGLISH Pr oblem P ossible cause Solution Pressing the INTERNET button pr oduces an Check whether the SL300i can Fir st, please check whether the SL300i 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 [...]

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    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 SL300i off (to standby). – Switch on the SL300i 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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    ENGLISH 29 Chapter 8 - Entering or editing n umeric and text inf ormation Y ou can enter number s and text into the SL300i in sever al 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 colour . 1 Press 4 or 3 to bro wse through the char[...]

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    30 ENGLISH Chapter 9 - Advanced na vigation and advanced SL300i 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 works 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 vi[...]

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    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 you marked as your fav our ites. Use the F A VORITES (UN)MARK b utton to mar k and unmark an item as a favourite RETURN button ! Press the RETURN button to toggle between Pla y view and Navigati[...]

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    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. Colour buttons bar . The colour button bar shows y ou the user actions availab le for each screen. Pressing a colour button on the remote control will perform the cor responding action as mentioned on the screen. 0[...]

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    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[...]

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    34 ENGLISH Chapter 11 - Ov er view of SL300i connections Connect the SL300i directl y to the TV . • Y ou only need one video connection between the TV and the SL300i (Composite V ideo or S-V ideo). • S-Video provides better picture quality than Composite Video. T o use this connection, the option must be a vailable on your TV . (For the availab[...]

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    ENGLISH 35 Chapter 12 - Options men u In the Options menu y ou can view and edit the settings of the SL300i. On the remote control, press the MENU button to enter the Options menu. Select a men u 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[...]

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

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    ENGLISH 37 12.3 Network men u The Network menu gives you access to netw or k and wireless settings. See belo w for an ov er view . Note: If you just want to see what the settings are, open the Networ k/Wireless 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[...]

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    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 SL300i with the following manual settings f or its wireless network: IP Addr ess This is the fix ed IP Address you want the SL300i to ha ve in your network. Prefer ably , choose one[...]

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    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 Parental Le vel up to which playback 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 c[...]

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    40 ENGLISH Chapter 13 - What you need to kno w about netw orks Impor tant note: The SL300i 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 [...]

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    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 netw or k (max. two PCs) Note: Use a crossover Ethernet[...]

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    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 SL300i 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[...]

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    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 neighbours or passer s-b y . Use a wireless base station o[...]

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    44 ENGLISH ASCII HEX 03 0 13 1 23 2 33 3 43 4 53 5 63 6 73 7 83 8 93 9 A4 1 B4 2 C4 3 D4 4 E 45 F4 6 G4 7 H4 8 I4 9 J4 A K4 B ASCII HEX L4 C M4 D N4 E O4 F P5 0 Q5 1 R5 2 S5 3 T 54 U5 5 V5 6 W5 7 X5 8 Y5 9 Z5 A a6 1 b6 2 c6 3 d6 4 e6 5 f6 6 ASCII HEX g6 7 h6 8 i 69 j6 A k6 B l6 C m6 D n6 E o6 F p7 0 q7 1 r7 2 s7 3 t7 4 u7 5 v7 6 w7 7 x7 8 y7 9 z7 A[...]

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    ENGLISH 45 b) Setting the encryption key f or your Wireless Netw ork Adapter : Enter the same encr yption key f or the Wireless Networ k Adapter . See the User Manual of the Wireless Networ k Adapter on how to do this. > Once y ou have activated the same encr yption key for the Wireless Networ k Adapter , the connection between the SL300i and y [...]

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    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 SL300i 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.[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 y ou hav e a working Internet connection and if your home network is w orking properly (if y ou hav e one). • Check the Internet connection by opening a web[...]

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    ENGLISH 49 Enabling Internet Connection Sharing for Windo ws Me 1 Befor e you begin, check if y ou hav e a working Internet connection and if your 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 d[...]

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    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 y ou hav e a working Internet connection and if your 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 . [...]

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    ENGLISH 51 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 sp[...]

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    52 ENGLISH Chapter 18 - Glossar y Ad-Hoc Network A direct network connection between two devices (two computers, or a PC and the SL300i). Access Point (Infrastructur e network) A network connection between two or more devices (computer s, or PCs and the SL300i) with a central networ k host (router , base station or PC). Black Lev el Black level shi[...]

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    ENGLISH 53 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): • 7.80 x 1.77 x 7.08 inches (incl. foot) Pow er supply: • 110-240V , 50-60 Hz Pow er consumption / standby power: • Appro x. 10 watts / less than 2 watts W eight: • Approx. 1.8[...]

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    0682 www .philips.com This document is printed on chlorine free pr oduced paper Data subject to change without notice Printed in The Netherlands 3103 605 20951.1[...]