Philips WACS700-37B User Manual

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System requirements:

• Windows 98 (SE) / ME / 2000 / XP
(Home and Professional)

• Pentium Class 300MHz processor or h igher

• CD-ROM drive

• Ethernet port

• Free hard disk space 500MB
for the software

CD contains:

• Digital Media Manager

• Network Setup

• Manual & FAQs

• Registration & Upgrades

Wireless Music Center

PC installer

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CS700

Wireless Music

Center + Station

User manual

Manuel d'utilisation

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What’s in the box

Wireless music station WAS 700

User manualQuick start guideStation’s remote control

1xCR2025 batteries

Center’s remote control

4xAAA batteries

1 x Ethernet cable 2 x Mounting kit

for center & station

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2 x FM wire antenna

PC installer

Connect to your PC

• Remove the protective plastic tab from the Station’s remote control

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Set up Wi-Fi connection between Center and Station

The first time you set up the Wi-Fi connection, place
WAC700 Center and WAS700 Station side by side
on a flat and firm surface.

Connect WACS700 to power supply, first the Center and then the
Station
Center/Station: • The screen lights up

Auto installation/connection starts

• When the installation/connection is completed,
both Center & Station will enter HD(Harddisk)
mode (see screen illustration at the right)

(Make sure you have powered up the Center before powering up Station)

Finally, to relocate Center and Station as you desire:

• Simply unplug your Center or Station and power them up
in different rooms

•You will be able to playback music stored in the HD to both the
Center and the Station

Connect/Setup

Center

Station

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HD mode (Harddisk)

IMPORTANT!

•Avoid thick walls. Separating your Center and Station by 2 or more
walls may cause poor streaming connection.

•Keep your Center and Station away from the source of interference,
for example: plasma TVs, microwave ovens, DECT phones, bluetooth
devices, cordless phones, other Wi-Fi products.

•For best streaming connection, adjust the location of your Center and
Station according to the reception status of Wi-Fi signals

: indicates maximum reception; : indicates minimum reception

•For wall mounting, please refer to the User Manual, Appendix:
How to mount your Center and Station onto walls. You may
need assistance from the qualified service personnel.

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Play Harddisk (HD)

On the WAC700 Music Center's 40GB* hard disk, you can
store up to 750 audio CDs centrally.
Philips has preloaded 6 demo tracks in the Playlist 00000WA
and 6 music tracks in the Playlist_001- Playlist_004.

1

Press STANDBY ON to switch on the Center or Station

2

Both Center and Station should be in HD mode. If not, press
SOURCE until Center or Station enters HD mode

• You can select and playback music at both the Center as well as the
Station.

Center

3

With the round button, press the navigation controls 3 4 1 2 to select
playback options: e.g. by “Playlist” 2 , “Playlis_001” 4, OK

4

Press OK or 2 to start playback

5

To change your playback options,
a. press 1 to enter the previous option lists
b. Use the navigation controls 3 4 1 2 to select
c. Press OK or 2 to confirm

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Station

To stop playback, press STOP / 9

* Available storage space for music is around 33GB, due to capacity reserved for system purpose

Stream between Center and Station

Up to 5 WAS700 Stations can be connected to WAC700 Center at the same time.
Music can be streamed from the Center to all the Stations via its WiFi link.Your fami­ly will be able to enjoy and share music with ease from different parts of your house.

MUSIC FOLLOWS ME

As you move around at home, your music can move
together with you, either from Center to Station or
from Station to Center.

1

On the first unit (Center or Station), while music is playing from the
HD (Harddisk).
Press MUSIC FOLLOWS ME to activate function

•The icon appears

2

Move to the second unit (Center or Station), you will find the icon
on display (limited for 5 minutes).
If the second unit is on standby, press STANDBY ON to turn it on and
select SOURCE to HD mode
Press MUSIC FOLLOWS ME to take up the music

• Music playback from the first unit will now stop and continue on the
second unit.

•The icon disappears

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To stop MUSIC FOLLOWS ME,press STOP on the second unit

IMPORTANT!

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Check you have selected HD for Center and Station.

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You must press MUSIC FOLLOWS ME on the first unit before pressing MUSIC
FOLLOWS ME on the second unit.

MUSIC BROADCAST

MUSIC BROADCAST allows you to broadcast music from Center to all
connected Station(s).

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On Center

While music is playing from the HD (Harddisk) in the Music
Center, press MUSIC BROADCAST to activate.

•The icon appears on the Center. The Station will now
synchronize with the Center.

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On Center and Station

• The selected music will be played at both the center and the station
after 15-20 seconds

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To stop MUSIC BROADCAST, press

Tips:

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Check you have selected HD for Center and Station.

You may still cancel

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Press STOP in one Station, broadcast will still remain.

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To broadcast again

Before you press MUSIC BROADCAST, please check if an earlier broadcasting
is still active.

If the icon is displayed. press STOP on Center.

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During broadcasting, there may be slight playback delay between the
Center and the Station.

MUSIC BROADCAST

STOP on Center.

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Build music library on Center

You can store up to 750 audio CDs on Center’s 40GB harddisk by
ripping CDs and converting into MP3 files.

Ripping CDs

Insert a CD into the Center’s CD loader, with the printed graphics
facing you.

• Reading CD appears.

• Audio CD: List of tracks appears

• For CD recorded with MP3/WMA music files: List of file
folders appears.To enter a track list, press 2 on a highlighted file

folder

While the list of music tracks is on display, press RECORD.

• List of tracks and checkboxes appears for all tracks.

Use the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to highlight particular tracks,

press MARK • UNMARK to select or deselect the tracks for recording

• Press and hold MARK • UNMARK to select/deselect all displayed

tracks at once.

Your center is pre-set to CD ripping at 4 time speed and best quality. In
case there is difficulty to read a particular CD, please try a lower recording
speed.You can also select to use a lower quality in case of voice only con­tent (see the User Manual, HD: Building music library on Center
for details)

Center

To start recording, press RECORD or OK

• CD-Rec appears. Display shows the track and album name of the track
being recorded.

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To find your ripped tracks

After MP3 conversion is completed, you can find and playback the ripped
tracks from the HD under Albums.

Press SOURCE to select HD mode.

In Albums, use the navigation controls 3 4 1 2 to find the album
of recorded tracks.

Importing from your PC

See the manual Connect to your PC

Recording from Radio or External source

A maximum of 3-hour recording can be made from the radio or external
source. See User manual, Build music library on Center

To stop recording, press STOP

IMPORTANT!

• It takes some time to convert the ripped tracks into MP3 files. If
power failure occurs during the conversion, you will lose all the
tracks not converted yet.

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You can playback the following

• All audio CDs

• All CDs containing WMA, MP3 files
Note: CDR, CDRW discs must be finalized first.

Discs with “Digital Rights Management” cannot be played.

Center

Insert a CD into the Center’s CD loader, with the the printed graphics
side facing you.

Use the navigation controls 3 4 1 2 to select a track or a folder.

To start playback, press 2 or OK

To stop playback, press STOP

To remove the CD, press EJECT

Listen to FM Radio

1

Connect the supplied FM wire antenna to your Center and
Station (see User manual, Installation)

2

Press SOURCE until the Center or Station enters Radio mode. (on the
remote control, press TUNER/AUX once or more)

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Center

To pre-store available radio stations:
a. press MENU

b. Use the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to select and activate

Autostore radio function.

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Display shows: Autostore Please wait...When autostore is
completed, a list of radio stations will be displayed, and the first station

will start playing

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You can store up to 40 preset radio stations in the memory
(including a maximum of 10 RDS stations).

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Use the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to select your desired station

To find out more about product features and how to activate them please
read the supplied manual:

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User manual:for further details and also troubleshooting

•

Connect to your PC: to connect to your PC, set up networks, transfer
and manage your music collection using the Philips Digital Media

Manager (supplied)

Station

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Most Frequently Asked Questions

About the Environment

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Is there a maximum

distance of transmission
between the Music Center
and the Music Stations for
effective streaming?

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Do I need a computer and
home network to use the
WACS700?

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Would my neighbours be
able to access the music

stored on my Music Center if
they also have the Philips
Music Station?

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measured in open space. However in a home environment there are inevitable
solid obstacles such as walls and doors, which may reduce the effective
transmission distance significantly to approximately 50-100m. Try re-position the
sets if you experience transmission problems.

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You can convert your CDs into MP3s on the Music Center, and stream the music
to your Music Stations without any computer or home networking structure.

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recognized by the Music Center during the installation process.

Ye s.The maximum distance of Wi-Fi transmission for the system is 250m

No.Your WACS700 is designed to work independently of the computer.

No. Every Music Station has a unique encryption code that has to be

About Ripping/Track Information

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What does it mean by
"ripping" and what functions

can I use while ripping is in
progress?

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Do I need to immediately
update the CDDB database

stored in the Music Center
straight after bringing it home?

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Does Philips provide
CDDB database updates?

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Ripping is the process by which a CD track is converted into compressed MP3

format which is then stored on the Music Center's internal hard disk for playback
and music streaming. In the Music Center "ripping" takes two steps: first, it reads
the CD content and store it temporarily on the hard disk; second, it converts this
temporary CD content into the MP3 format - a process called "background
encoding". It takes 1 hour to convert 1 hour of CD music. Make sure you do not
choose the "Eco Standby" mode or unplug your Music Center from the electrical
socket.

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No.There is already a massive CD-tracks database pre-stored in the Music

Center, which should match most of the CDs released within the last six months.

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Ye s.We provide quarterly updates of the CDDB database through our website

at http://www.philips.com/support. Simply download the file, burn it on a CD-ROM
and follow the step by step procedure to complete the update.

About Music Management

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What is Philips Digital

Media Manager (DMM)?

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How do I transfer the MP3

songs that I already have on
my PC to my new Music
Center?

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Is the Music Center

upgradeable?

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The main function of the Philips Digital Media Manager is to collect MP3 tracks

you have on your PC and transfer them to the Music Center. In addition it
provides a one-stop solution to help you manage and organize your MP3 digital
music contents such as create playlists, rename tracks and playlist contents as well
as CDDB update.

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Once you have installed the Philips Digital Media Manager (DMM) and

connected your PC to the Music Center with the supplied Ethernet cable, you can
use this software to locate all the MP3 tracks on your PC and then just drag and
drop them into the "device window" of DMM.Transfer of track will start
automatically and the average time it takes to transfer one track is 4-6 seconds.
Refer to the manual Connect to your PC

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Yes, both the Music Center and the Music Station are software upgradeable

which means they are prepared for future function upgrades should they become
available. Check our website regularly for latest news on new features and
improvements at http://www.philips.com/support

Need help?

www.philips.com/support

or

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