Philips SL300I/37 manual

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

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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 . ?[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]