Philips SL400i manual

Instructions for use English 4 Wifi Wir eless Multimedia Link SL400i[...]

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☎ Helpline www .philips .com/streamium Eur opean Regulations This product has been designed, tested and manufactured according to the European R&TTE Directiv e 1999/5/EC . Under this Directive, this product can be put into ser vice in the follo wing states: SL 400i/00 B ✔ DK ✔ E ✔ GR ✔ F ✘ IRL ✘ I ✔ L ✔ NL ✔ A ✔ P ✔ SU ?[...]

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 SC ART connectors 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 SCAR T (EUR O) cable between the low er SC AR T A V -output # of the SL400i and your TV . > This will enable y ou to view the user menus and multimedia content on the television screen. Option: connect the SL400i to an audio set using the audio outputs ! or the digital audio output 0 . 5 Connect the mains cable between the A C Main[...]

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 problems 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 switc[...]

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 [...]