Philips WACS7000/05 - Quick Guide

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WACS7000

Wireless Music

Center + Station

User manual

Manuel d'utilisation

Manual del usuario

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Center + Station

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Read Me First!

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Wireless Music Center + Station

WACS7000
WACS7005

Connect to your PC

Connect Philips Wireless Music Center to your PC if you want to do the following:

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Access

music files stored on your PC from Philips Music Center/ Station’s

UPnP

source

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Manage

the music content stored on Philips Music Center from your PC

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Update

Center’s Gracenote® music recognition service database for the latest disc

information

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Upgrade

firmware of Philips Music Center + Station

To connect to Philips Music Center, you minimum PC requirements
must be:

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Windows 2000 SP4 or above / XP (Home or Professional)

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Pentium III 500MHz processor or higher

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256MB RAM

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CD-ROM Drive

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Ethernet Adapter (for wired connection)/ Wireless Network Adaptor 802.11 b/g
(for wireless connection)

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Free hard disk space of 500MB

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Windows Media Player

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9.0 or later installed

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Connect/Setup

Enjoy

FAQ

Quick star t guide

Wireless Music Center WAC7000

Setting up connection between the Center and Station

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

Play Harddisk (HD)

You can centrally store up to 1500 audio CDs in the 80GB hard disk on the Center

What’s in the box

Wireless Music Station WAS7000

User manual

Quick start guide

1-way remote control

2 x AA batteries

2-way remote control

4 x AAA batteries

1 x Ethernet cable

2 x Mounting kit

for center & station

for Center

for Station

2 x FM wire antennas

PC Suite CD

Connect/Setup

Center

Station

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Enjoy

Connect to your PC

Read Me First!

* Available storage space for music is around 75GB, due to capacity reserved for system purpose

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• Insert batteries into the remote control as shown

2-way remote control

1-way remote control

Before using the remote control:

Wireless Music

Center + Station

Connect WACS7000 to a power supply – connect the Center
first followed by the Station
Center/Station:
• The screen lights up in a few seconds

Auto installation/connection starts

• The

HD

screen appears if the Station is connected to the

Center (it takes about 1-2 minutes).

Relocate the Center and Station as desired:

a.

Press and hold the

STANDBY-ON/ECO POWER

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button

for 5 seconds to switch the Center to power-saving mode.

b.

Unplug the Center or Station and power them up in your
preferred rooms

• You will be able to stream* the hard disk music between the

Center and Station

IMPORTANT!

• Avoid installing in between thick walls. Separating the Center and

Station by 2 or more walls may cause poor streaming connection.

• For better Wi-Fi reception, you can adjust the Wi-Fi antenna, or adjust

the location of the Center and Station (e.g. shorten the distance
between the Center and Station).

:

indicates maximum reception;

:

indicates minimum reception

• For wall mounting, please refer to the

User Manual 16. 1 How to

mount your Center and Station onto walls.

You may need

assistance from a qualified service personnel.

* Streaming is the process in which data (music in this case) is

transferred from one device to another device or many other
devices.

Press

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OK

to start playback

To change your playback option,

a.

Press

1

once or more to enter previous option lists

b.

Use the navigation controls

3 4 1 2

to select

c.

Press

OK

or

2

to confirm

To stop playback, press

STOP /

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Press

SOURCE

once or more times to select

HD

source

(or press

HARDDISK

on the remote control)

Use the navigation controls

3 4 1 2

to select your playback

options

(Demo tracks are stored under

All tracks

)

To switch on the Center, press

STANDBY-ON/ECO

POWER

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Tips:

By default, the 2-way remote control works with the Center only.

To operate the Station using the 2-way remote control,

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Press and hold

REFRESH

until the

Select Device

screen appears on the display of the remote

control for the Center

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Press the navigation controls

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or

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and

2

to select the

Station

checkbox, and then press

OK

For more information, see User Manual,

4.2 Using the remote control

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Build your music library on the hard disk in the Center by Recording from CDs,
Importing MP3/WMA files from PC or Recording from Radio or external source.

Recording from CDs

Insert a CD into the CD loader on the Center, with the graphic
printed side of the CD facing you
• Display shows

Reading CD

• List of CD tracks appears

(For CD recorded with MP3/WMA music files:

To enter a track list, press

2

on a highlighted file folder

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In the track list screen, press

RECORD

• List of tracks with checkboxes

appears

To start recording the whole CD, press

RECORD

. (To rip

part of the CD, press

2

or

MARK•UNMARK

to select/deselect

the tracks to be recorded

, and then press

RECORD

.

To select/deselect all tracks, press and hold

MARK•UNMARK

)

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CD-Rec

appears. Display shows the album name of the track

being recorded

• Center will return to

CD

mode when recording is complete

To record from another CD, repeat

Steps

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to

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above

IMPORTANT!

• It takes some time to convert the recorded CD music to MP3 files.
• Always press and hold

STANDBY-ON

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to switch the set to

ECO POWER

(power-saving mode)

before removing its power plug.

• To record from Radio or external source, see

User Manual 6.5 Building music library on

Center

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• You can edit the track information and import MP3/WMA files from PC using the supplied

Wireless

Audio Device Manager(WADM)

. For details, see the manual

Connect to your PC

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• WAC7000 Center allows you to check if the current CD information can be found in the latest

Gracenote

®

music recognition service database via the Internet. For details, see

User Manual

12 Gracenote CD Information

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PORTABLE

PORTABLE

SEARCH

SEARCH

SAME ARTIST

SAME ARTIST

SMART EQ

SMART EQ

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SEARCH

SEARCH

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Search for your desired tracks/albums

Search by keywords

The keyword should be the first letter or first word of the title of the track you
wish to search for. By inputting a keyword, you can quickly find all the items
containing the word.

Use the navigation controls

3 4 1 2

to enter the desired

option list under tracks, albums, artists or playlists

Press

SEARCH

on the remote control

• A text box appears

a.

Press the

alphanumeric keys

repeatedly

to input the

keywords (maximum 8 characters)

b.

To delete the entry before cursor, press

4

c.

Press

1

or

2

to move the cursor backward / forward

Press

OK

to start searching

• Display shows:

Searching ...

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Searching starts from the

beginning of the current option list

• The matched items appear at the front of the list

Building a music library on the Center

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