Philips SRM7500 User Manual

SRM7500

Instructions for Use

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Quick & Easy Setup

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Contents

Taking a first look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing the Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Preparing Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Configuring the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Enjoying Your Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using SRM7500 as a music controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using SRM7500 as a universal remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Advanced features of SRM7500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Need Help?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Service - Website & Helpline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Help Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Helpline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

IFU Approbation/Safety Content SRM7500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

FCC Compliancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

CE Regulations According to R&TTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Taking a first look

Thank you for purchasing the Philips SRM7500 universal remote control. With this remote, you do not only have a universal remote control but also a music controller that enables you to control the media player, installed on your PC, via the screen of the remote.

SRM7500 operates like a universal remote control that can control up to 6 AV-devices and your PC Media Center, if available. You can also configure 8 activities. By selecting an activity you automatically start a sequence of maximal 25 key presses to start watching TV or listening to your CD collection.

Thanks to the interactive feature of the SRM7500 it is possible to receive the music information of your media player on the screen of your SRM7500. This makes it possible to control your media player without having your PC screen turned on or your media player active.

In the box you find your SRM7500, a USB transceiver to set up the connection to your PC and an installation CD that contains the software needed to operate the SRM7500 and the manuals in diverse languages.

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Music key See p 7

Power key

Back key

Cursor keys and OK key

Display with context

related screens

Volume Up key

Volume Down key

Device specific keys See p 12

Mode key See p 11

As music controller: Playback Settings menu key See p 9

As universal remote: More key See p 11

Mute key

Channel Up key

Channel Down key MC Start key See p 13

Playback keys

Device specific keys

MC Digit keys TV - Sat/Cable Digit keys Audio set Input source keys

Device specific keys

MC Color keys TV - Sat/Cable Color keys Audio set

See p 12

Press the Music en Mode key sim

ultaneously for 3 seconds to open

the Setup menu.

Battery low icon

No connection icon

Sending animation

Installing the Remote Control

The initial installation of your remote is divided into 2 main parts:

• Preparing the PC you want to contr

ol with the SRM7500 by installing the MediaControl software and the USB transceiver, enclosed.

• Configuring the remote control to set up the connection to the

corr

ect PC and define the devices the SRM7500 will work with.

Preparing Your PC

Warning It is very important to follow the specified sequence of actions

during the installation. First you need to install the software. This software controls the connection of the SRM7500 to the host PC and will allow you to use the features of your media player. Only then you can insert the USB transceiver.

1 Insert the installation CD enclosed.

An installation wizard appears on your PC screen.

2 Install the MediaControl software by following the onscreen

instructions. When the software is installed, the MediaControl icon appears in the taskbar on your PC screen.

3 When requested in the

installation wizard, insert the USB transceiver in the dedicated port on your PC. The USB transceiver will be recognized and installed automatically.

When the USB transceiver is correctly installed, the MediaControl icon turns orange: .

4 After the USB transceiver is installed, insert the batteries in the

remote control, as shown.

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The remote initializes and is now ready to be configured as described below.

Note Leave your PC turned on during the configuration of the remote control.

You still need to set up the connection between the remote and the PC.

Configuring the Remote Control

A wizard on the remote’s screen will guide you through the different steps of the initial configuration of your SRM7500.

1 Select the language for your instructions on the remote using the

cursor keys and press .

2 Select Next and press . Make sure the remote is within a range of

6 feet (2 meters) of the PC. When the connection between the remote and the PC is installed successfully, a confirmation message appears on the SRM7500 screen and the MediaControl icon in the taskbar on your PC screen turns green: . The name of the PC you want to control with your SRM7500 appears.

3 Confirm that you want to add other devices, like your TV or DVD

player, by selecting Ye s and press . In doing so, you replace their original remote control with SRM7500. The installation of 4 devices typically takes up to 20 minutes.

4 Select the device and brand of the device you want to add using the

cursor keys and press . The remote searches the database for available code sets.

Press the cover inwards and lift it up.

Place the 3 batteries into the battery compartment.

Position the cover and press firmly until you hear a click.

5 Follow the onscreen instructions to test the codes.

■ When a working code set is found, your device is correctly

installed.

■ When no working code is found,

■ You can perform a full database search to find a correct code

set. It can take up to 25 minutes to perform this full database search.

■ You can learn the codes from the original remote of the device.

Refer to chapter ‘Fix a Key’ on page 17 for more information on how to learn codes.

When the device is installed, the following screen appears.

6 When you want to add another device, select Ye s , press and repeat

step 5 and 6.

-or-

When you added all your devices, select No and press to exit the wizard.

Note You can adjust the settings of SRM7500 via the Setup menu. Refer to

page 15 for more information on these advanced features.

Replacing the batteries

When the batteries are almost empty, the Battery Low icon appears.

Please replace the batteries with new LR6 or AA type alkaline batteries and follow the local regulations for disposal of the empty batteries.

Warning When you replace the batteries, do not mix different brands of

batteries or place zinc carbon batteries in the remote. This can trigger unpredictable behavior.

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Enjoying Your Remote Control

The SRM7500 has 2 important functions combined in 1 remote control. On one hand you have a music controller that interacts with your

media player on the PC and enables you to control the music, available on your PC, without turning the PC screen or player on. Refer to chapter ‘Using SRM7500 as a music controller’ on page 7.

On the other hand you have a universal remote control, which replaces the original remote control of 6 AV-devices and your PC Media Center. You select the device and SRM7500 changes into that specific remote. Refer to chapter ‘Using SRM7500 as a universal remote control’ on page 11.

Using SRM7500 as a music controller

If you did not install a PC during the initial installation, pressing starts the wizard to set up the connection to your PC. Refer to chapter ‘Configuring the Remote Control’ on page 5 for more information on how to set up the connection.

Note When you see the No Connection icon in the upper right-hand

corner of the screen blinking, the remote is not able to connect to your PC. Refer to chapter ‘Troubleshooting’ on page 24 to solve the problem.

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Press on your SRM7500 to connect to your media player on your PC and to see your playlists on the SRM7500.

Browsing and playing music

With SRM7500 you can browse through the music that is available on your PC.

To navigate through different menus on the remote:

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My Music screen

All songs screen

Now Playing screen

Press to return to the previous screen.

Press to go to the next screen.

Press to return to the playlists.

Press or to start playing the song.

To scroll through a list on a screen:

■ Use the digit keys to jump immediately to a specific point in the

list. This is the most efficient way to scroll through a list very fast. For example, when you press 3 times, you automatically jump to the first item in the list that starts with ‘r’.

■ Use the Cursor Up key and Cursor Down key to select the

previous or following item in the list.

On the Now playing screen you get the following information about the song.

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Defining the Playback Settings

On your remote you can choose to repeat the playing playlist or choose to play the playlist in a random sequence.

To enable a playback setting:

1 Press to open the Playback Settings menu.

2 Select one of the following settings and press .

■ Repeat: to repeat the playing playlist.

■ Shuffle: to play the selected playlist in a random sequence.

The corresponding icon will appear on the remote’s screen.

Note When you are using iTunes, you can repeat a single song by selecting

Repeat in the Playback Settings menu and pressing twice.

The icon appears on the remote’s screen.

To disable a playback setting:

1 Press to open the Playback Settings menu. 2 Select the setting you would like to disable and press again.

The corresponding icon will disappear from the SRM7500 screen.

Title of the song Name of the artist Title of the album Progress indication of

the playing song

Current playback

status

Creating a queue

On your SRM7500 you can easily create a playing queue by adding songs to the ‘Now Playing’ list (for Windows Media Player) or the ‘PartyShuffle’ list (for iTunes).

You can always delete the playing queue, but you cannot delete an individual song in the queue.

To add a song to the playing queue:

1 Navigate with the cursor keys to the song that you would like to add. 2 Press to add the song to the playing queue.

A confirmation message appears on the screen and the song is added to the list.

Notes • You can only add a song to the queue while another song is playing.

When there is no song being played, the selected song will immediately start to play.

• Pressing will stop the currently playing song and start the selected song.

To delete a playing queue:

1 Navigate with the cursor keys to the Now Playing list (for Windows

Media Player) or the PartyShuffle list (for iTunes) and press . The playing queue appears on the screen.

2 Select Clear List and press .

The playing queue is deleted and the currently playing song stops.

Note A playing queue is not the same as a playlist on your media player. Unlike

the playlist on your PC, you are not able to save the playing queue created on your remote. This playing queue is more like an on-the-spot playlist.

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