Philips MC-I200, MC-I250 Release notes

Release notes MC-i200/250

Features:

• WiFi Micro system: 50-watts-per-channel, CD, AM/FM radio, and Internet radio

playback and wOOx Technology for deep bass.

• CD: Plays CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 and mp3-PRO CDs, offers Wi-Fi compatibility

for wireless streaming music from your PC or the Internet.

• Internet: Connect to multiple online music services, thousands of Internet music

channels, hundreds of musical genres and personalized radio stations.

• PC Link: lets you listen to all the MP3, Mp3-PRO and PCM music files on your PC

• Upgradeable: Keep your Streamium up to date with the online software upgrade

feature.

• Favourites: easily access and manage your favourite songs via My.Philips.com.

• Internet Clock: Automatically sets the clock on the display to the local time via

the internet.

Specifications:

• Network:
o Wireless (MC-i250 only):

WiFi(r) 802.11b
64 bit / 128 bit WEP Encryption supported

o Wired:

LAN Ethernet 100Mbps

o Configuration:

AutoIP, DHCP, Static

• Supported Codec’s:

o MP3, MP3pro, PCM

o WMA not currently supported (November 2004)

Known issues:

• Internet: Sometimes the message “did not connect please reconnect” appears

during online Streaming on your display. Streaming is not interrupted but if you

want to get rid of this message press INTERNET again.

• PC-Link: If you change ID3 tags on your PC while the Mc-I is streaming it you

may happen get the message “Database has been changed” - please reconnect.

• Display: It could happen that the scrolling song name is also visible over the

volume bar while you’re decreasing/ increasing it.

• Firewall: If you use PC Link with a firewall between the Streamium and your

computer, you will need to keep ports 42951 TCP and 42591 UDP open.

How to upgrade your MC-i200/ 250:

As Philips continues make improvements to Streamium, you can keep up with the most

recent innovations and file format compatibility. From time to time Philips releases

Software upgrades which can be downloaded to your Streamium to keep it up to date!

Find below the instructions on how to check and update your MC-I to the latest version.

1. Start your MC-i in internet mode by pressing the “INTERNET” Button on your

remote control or device

2. If you haven’t connected to the internet before you will have to enter your email

address first and register on my.philips.com. If you are already registered users

just enter your email and Password.

3. If you have successfully connected to the internet you should see now the main

internet radio stations on your display (Andante, Musicmatch …), depending on

what you’ve registered.

4. Press the OPTIONS button on your MC-i

5. Now you can see on your display at the bottom “INTERNET” and “SET”.

6. Press the right soft key on the display to change to SET

7. Move down with the navigation jog to the point PRODUCT INFO, check out your

Product Number – should be 1.19 for the MC-i200 and 1.35 for the MC-i250.

8. If this isn’t the case navigate back to the root SET menu and move down to

ONLINE UPGRADE

9. MC-i checks if a newer version is available.

a. Your Software is already up to date!

b. Upgrade software now?

10. If a newer software version is available you will be asked if you want to download

it – confirm with YES.

11. Download will start, depending on how fast your internet connection is, it may

take up to 30 min (e.g. Dial up), a progress bar informs you on the status.

12. After finishing downloading and installing the MC-I will restart automatically

13. Your MC-i is now up to date you can check again by navigating to the PRODUCT

INFO menu if you’re not sure the update succeeded.