Wifi Wireless Multimedia Link Instructions for use English 4 SL300i
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ENGLISH Introduction SL300i Your SL300i gives you wireless access to multimedia content stored on PCs and brings live streaming Internet entertainment to your existing TV set and/or audio system. This is what this manual will help you to do: • • • Install the Philips Media Manager software. Connect your SL300i and prepare it for use. Learn how to use the basic functions of your SL300i. The most recent information on this product will be available through our website www.philips.
ENGLISH Legend of illustration (inside flap) A) Front view 1 Power/standby button Switches the SL300i off (to standby) and on. – The indicator in the Power button lights up blue if the SL300i is on standby. B) Rear view 2 Audio out 1 To connect the SL300i to the left and right audio inputs of your Audio system. 3 CVBS out To connect the SL300i to the Composite video input of your TV. 4 S-video out To connect the SL300i to the S-Video input of your TV.
ENGLISH Index Introduction .........................................................................................................4-7 WiFi Wireless Multimedia Link....................................................................................................................................4 Legend of illustration.........................................................................................................................................................5 Index...........................
ENGLISH 7 Important 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 SL300i; and keep it for future reference. The most recent downloads and information on this product will be available through our website www.philips.com/streamium. Broadband Internet access (min.
ENGLISH Chapter 1 - Installing the software Start by installing Philips Media Manager This software makes the music, photo, and movie files on your computer available for transfer from your computer to your television. 1 Place the Philips Media Manager CD in your CD or DVD’s drive and install the Philips Media Manager software. The CD starts automatically. If it does not, double-click ‘My Computer’, then the CD-ROM drive icon and finally ‘Setup.exe’ to start the CD.
ENGLISH 9 Chapter 2 – Connecting the SL300i Choose the scenario that best fits your situation for installing the SL300i. Option A: If you do not have a wireless computer network: In this configuration you only have a computer and a TV. • You will install a Wireless Network Adapter on your computer. • You will connect the SL300i to the TV. ➜ Go to chapter 2.1 on page 10-11.
ENGLISH Installing 2.1 If you do not have a wireless computer network Option A • • o wt Ho use ... 1 In this configuration you only have a computer and a TV. You will install a Wireless Network Adapter on your computer. You will connect the SL300i to the TV. At the end, you will be able to send music, movies, and pictures from your computer to your TV or stereo. Install a Wireless Network Adapter (not included, you will have to buy one separately. E.g. the Philips CPWUA054.
ENGLISH 6 11 Switch on the SL300i by pressing 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 appears on the television screen. If you do not see any messages on the TV screen: – make sure the Video connectors are firmly connected, and – that you have selected the correct external input on your TV.
ENGLISH Installing 2.2 If you already have a wireless computer network Option B In this configuration you already have a wireless computer network, and a TV. • You will check the settings of your existing wireless computer network. • You will connect the SL300i to the TV and adapt its settings to match your network. At the end, you will be able to send music, photos, and movies from your computer to your TV. Check the: NETWORK NAME (SSID) ............... and ENCRYPTION KEY ...............
ENGLISH 4 13 Connect the Audio + Composite video cable to the audio and video outputs of the SL300i and to your TV. Use the yellow connectors of the Audio + Composite Video cable to connect the CBVS Video output of the SL300i to the Composite Video (CBVS) input of your TV. > This will enable you to view the user menus and multimedia content on the television screen.
ENGLISH 8 Explore the PC Link menu on the TV screen. Use the navigation buttons (3 4 1 2) and the OK button on the remote control to explore the multimedia content you made available on your 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 television... Have fun! 9 INTERNET How to enable INTERNET for the SL300i. (For playing Internet Radio, Movie Trailers, etc., on your TV.
ENGLISH 15 Installing 2.3 If you want to make a wired connection Option C In this configuration you already have a TV, and a computer with a free ethernet connector (or a wired network with a free ethernet connector). • You will be connecting an Ethernet network cable between the SL300i and your computer or network. • You will connect the SL300i to the TV. At the end, you will be able to send music, photos, and movies from your computer to your TV.
ENGLISH 2 Make sure the Philips Media Manager you installed in chapter 1 is active. Double-click the Media Manager icon in the lower right corner of your screen. Or click Start / Programs / Philips Media Manager. Leave the Media Manager window open to be sure it is active. 3 Put the batteries into the remote control. See ‘Remote Control - Placing batteries’ on page 28 in the extended User Manual on CD-ROM if you need more information on how to do this.
ENGLISH INTERNET 17 7 Explore the PC Link menu on the TV screen. Use the navigation buttons (1 2 3 4) and the OK button on the remote control to explore the multimedia content you made available on your 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 television... Have fun! 8 How to enable INTERNET for the SL300i. (For playing Internet Radio, Movie Trailers, etc., on your TV.
ENGLISH Chapter 3 - Enabling broadband Internet entertainment If you have a broadband Internet connection (min. 256 kbps), you can stream Internet radio stations and movie trailers live from the Internet to the SL300i for free. Broadband internet also provides the on-line upgrades for the SL300i. The Internet entertainment offering is constantly being improved and new functions are added.Visit www.philips.com/streamium for the latest possibilities. 3.
ENGLISH 19 3.2 Pressing the INTERNET button for the first time 1 2 3 First, check whether PC LINK functions correctly. Start the Philips Media Manager program on your computer, and press the PC LINK button on the remote control. See if the text ‘Philips Media Manager’ appears on your television screen. Then, check whether the PC on which you are running Philips Media Manager has Internet access by opening a website on the Internet with your Internet browser program (e.g. www.philips.com).
ENGLISH 2 3 4 Double-click the website address that is in the email. Fill in the requested data to create an account. After registration you can access the INTERNET service of the SL300i, and you can manage your user account at ‘my.philips.com’ by opening this website in your Internet browser program or by clicking the My.Philips button in Philips Media Manager. Please make note of your password, as you will need it if you want to re-register after resetting the SL300i. 5 After creating a My.
ENGLISH 21 Chapter 4 - Using the SL300i This SL300i either connects to your wireless home network (PC LINK) and plays music, photos, and movies stored on your PC(s), or to the Internet (INTERNET) for accessing various Internet Entertainment services (e.g. internet radio, movie trailers…). Note: Install the Philips Media Manager software, the Wireless Network Adapter (or wired connection), and the SL300i before you attempt to use the SL300i.
ENGLISH Chapter 5 - Basic navigation > This is the basic way of navigating through all the menus. 2 3 The little yellow arrows around the highlighted bar indicate which arrow buttons you can press to navigate through the menus on the television screen. 1 Press INTERNET or PC LINK on the remote control. 4 Press 3 or 4 to make a selection. Next, press 2 or OK to confirm. 5 If colour coded user options appear on the TV screen, press the matching colour button to use that option.
ENGLISH 23 Additional information Environmental information All redundant packing material has been omitted. We have done our utmost to make the packaging easily separable into three mono materials: cardboard (box), polystyrene foam (buffer) and polyethylene (bags, protective foam sheet). Your set consists of materials that can be recycled if disassembled by a specialised company. Please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of packing materials, exhausted batteries and old equipment.
ENGLISH Chapter 6 - Problem solving 6.1 Audio/video problems Check the Support section on www.philips.com/streamium for the latest information on problem solving. Problem Possible cause Solution Power light does not light up and/or the SL300i cannot be switched on. No connection to mains power. Connect the power adapter to the SL300i and to a mains outlet that provides electrical power. No display on the TV screen. TV is switched off. Switch on your TV. Wrong cable connections.
ENGLISH 25 Problem Possible cause Solution The SL300i does not respond to any of the buttons including the standby button. Internal error. Unplug the mains and wait at least 10 seconds before reconnecting it. The Sl300i switches to standby with the Power-LED flashing on and off. The SL300i has a thermal shutdown that shuts down the set when the internal temperature exceeds a certain threshold. Disconnect the mains, let the set cool down, improve ventilation, and reconnect the set to the mains.
ENGLISH Problem Possible cause Solution Pressing the INTERNET button produces an empty content screen on your television. Check whether the SL300i can connect to your PC. First, please check whether the SL300i can connect to a PC by pressing the PC LINK button. If not, see above. No broadband Internet connection available. Broadband Internet means at least a 256 kbps always-on Internet connection. Dial-up ISDN/ telephone connections will not work.
