Philips WACS57 User Manual

Philips Streamium Wireless Music Center&Station with Wireless streaming

Center+Station

WACS57

Access all your CDs in every room

Just add to your sound system

Store your entire CD collection on a 80 GB hard disk and listen in every room. Just connect to your current sound system and music can finally follow you wherever you are in the home. Easy navigation with the Remote Control with LCD display

Unlimited listening pleasure - wirelessly

• Wireless streaming between Music Center and Station(s)

• Multiple user access streams to up to 5 stations streaming

• 80GB hard disk to store and playback up to 1500CDs

• Wireless streaming from PC via UPnP

Easy navigation and control

•2-way Remote Control for user friendly navigation

• Direct Content Access to artist, album or playlists

• Music Follows Me: take your music with you from room to room

• Music Broadcast for simultaneous playback to all Stations

Expandable

• Add 4 additonal Wi-Fi Stations

Wireless Music Center&Station with Wireless streaming

WACS57/37

Center+Station

Specifications Product highlights

Audio Playback

• Compression format: PCM, MP3, WMA

• Playback Media: CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD, WMA-CD

• Disc Playback Modes: 99-Track Programmable, Next/Previous Album Search, Next/Previous Track Search, Repeat/Shuffle/Program

• Hard Disk Playback Mode: Album, Genre, Playlist, All tracks, Same Artist, Same Genre

• Hard Disk Streaming Mode: Wi-Fi streaming to 5 stations, "My Room, My Music", "Music Follows Me", "Music Broadcast"

• ID3-tag support

• Loader Type: Slot

• MP3 bit rates: 8-320 kbps and VBR

• Sample frequencies: 8-48 kHz (MP3), 16-48 kHz (WMA)

Audio Recording

• Audio file format: MP3

• Bit rate: 128, 160 kbps

• Recording Media: HDD

• Recording speed: 1 x, 4 x

Storage Media

• Hard Disk Capacity: 80 GB

Connectivity

• Rear Connections: Line out, Digital coaxial out, Digital optical out, AUX in

• Wireless connections: Wireless LAN(802.11g)

• Wireless Universal Plug & Play: Enabled

• Other connections: Ethernet

• Power: 220 V 50 Hz

• Antenna: FM Dipole

• Audio cinch in: Analog AUX (Center/Station)

• Audio cinch out: Analog Line-out (Center)

Convenience

• Backlight

• Backlight color: White

• Digital Content Management: DMM software included

• Eco Power Standby: 1 watt

• On-Screen Display languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

• Remote control: 2-Way LCD display remote control (Center) Card type remote control (Station)

• Signal strength indication

• Wall mountable / Ceiling Throw: Wall Mountable for Station

Accessories

• Batteries: 4 x AAA

• Cables: Ethernet Cable

• CD-ROM: Installation CD-ROM

• Remote control: 2-way remote control (Center) Card type remote control (Station)

Dimensions

• Carton dimensions (WxDxH): 472mm W x 220mm H x 416mm D

• Master carton weight: 5.25 kg

• Product dimensions (WxDxH): 360mm W x 70mm H x 325mm D (Center) 45mm W x 145mm H x 172mm D (Station)

• Set weight: 4.1kg (Center) 0.8kg (Station) kg

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Wireless streaming

With wireless streaming, you don't need to download and store large music files on our audio device. Instead, you can listen to favorite songs as they are continuously streamed to all the Music Stations - at the same time. Have your music follow you from room to r oom w ith M usic Foll ows M e

- no need to restart navigation and playback. Music Broadcast simultaneously broadcasts your desired music from the Center to all Stations. And with My Room, My Music, any family member can enjoy selected music from the stored collection in any room that is equipped with a Wireless Music Center or Station.

Multiple User Access

Different family members in five different rooms can access & listen to their own choice of music from the Wireless Audio Center at the same time.

80GB hard disk/1500CDs

The 80GB hard disk offers a very large capacity for you to store your digital musi c fi les. It easily holds up to 15 00CDs of your music collection, and the recording speed is so fast that you can basically play and rip a particular song almost at the same time.

Universal Plug & Play

Universal Plug & Play is an industry standard technology that lets you connect to any Universal Plug & Play enabled device to receive or transmit music. Your Wireless Music Center utilizes Universal Plug & Play to ensure an easy and standard way to connect to other Universal Plug & Play enabled devices. You can easily connect your Wireless Music Center to other media devices to receive or to transfer content.

2-way Remote Control

With Philips 2- way remote control, you can now navigate through hundreds of songs easily with the one simple press of the remote control.. Displaying six lines info listed according to playlist, album, artist, genre or track, this intuitive navigation offers speedy yet simple scrolling through hundreds of files. It allows one handed operation and guarantees a unique user experience.

Direct Content Access

No more searching through hundreds of your CDs to find your favorite track by a particular artist. With the initutive User Interface built-in the Philips Wireless Audio Center, you can now have almost instantaneous and direct access to your stored digital music collection on the hard disk (up to 750 CDs ) an d g o st rai gh t t o th e mu sic yo u w ant to lis ten to, listed by Artist, Album, Playlist, Genre or Tracks.

Music Follows Me

Music follows Me feature allows you to bring your favorite music from room to room in your house without having to restart navigation and playback of that particular track. By simply pressing a button, your favorite song will follow you anywhere you go in your house.

Music Broadcast - Party mode!

Be your own DJ at your home party and simultaneously broadcast your favorite dance music from the Wireless Music Center to all Wireless Music Stations installed in various parts of your home. Great for parties!

Add 4 additional WiFi Stations

Issue date 2008-10-14

Version: 2.0.5

12 NC: 9073 100 13392 UPC: 6 09585 11231 5

Specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the property of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. or their respective owners.

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