Philips WACS7000, WACS7005 - Manual

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Contents 6 English 1. General information 1.1 About WACS7000 ______________ 81.2 Supplied accessories _____________ 81.3 Philips on-line suppor t ____________ 91.4 Environmental information _______ 10 1.5 Maintenance __________________ 101.6 Safety information ______________ 11 2. Controls 2.1 Contr...

7. CD (on Center only) 7.1 Discs for playback ______________ 417.2 Playing discs __________________ 417.3 Selecting and searching __________42 7.3.1 Selecting a different option7.3.2 Searching by key words7.3.3 Selecting a track in current album during playback 7.3.4 Finding a passage within current...

1.1 About WACS7000 WACS7000 comprises of a WAC7000Center and a WAS7000 Station. Up to 5WAS7000 Stations can be connected to aWAC7000 Center.You can centrally store up to 1500 audioCDs* in the 80GB hard disk on WAC7000.All stored music will then be wirelesslystreamed from the Center to theconnected S...

1. General information 10 English 1.4 Environmental information All redundant packaging material has beenomitted. We have done our utmost tomake the packaging easily separable intothree mono materials: cardboard (box),polystyrene foam (buffer) and polyethylene(bags, protective foam sheet). The set c...

1.6 Safety information ● Place the set on a flat, firm and stable surface. ● Keep the system, batteries or discs away fromexcessive moisture, rain, sand or any heatsources, such as heating equipment or directsunlight. ● Place the set in a location with adequateventilation to prevent internal heat bu...

13 English 2. Controls 2.1 Controls on The Center andThe Station (Top and front panels) 1 STANDBY-ON/ ECO POWER – press briefly to switch on the set or put it on standbymode; – press and hold to switch the set to power-savingmode or on – Green indicator : lights up in green when the set is switched ...

14 English 2. Controls % STOP – stops playback or recording ^ Mark•UNMark – Selects or deselects tracks to be recorded & VOLUME - , + – adjusts the volume level PORTABLE SEARCH SOURCE SAME ARTIST SMART EQ DBB 2 3 4 5 ! #$ @ 7 6 8 9 1 0 % ^ & ( ) ≤ ∞ * ¡ £ ™ REC MENU PROGRAM INCR.SURR. SLEEP ...

15 English 2.2 Remote control 1 y – press briefly to switch on the set or to put iton standby mode; – press and hold to switch the set to power-saving mode 2 Synchro display – synchronous display of the set’s status 3 CD/MP3-CD – selects CD source – In standby mode: switches on the set and selects t...

17 English 2. Controls Icon Description Icon Client connected Client not connected Music Radio UPnP Aux mode CD mode HD mode Radio mode Recording mode Transferring mode USB mode Repeat all Repeat 1 Shuffle Alarm Music Broadcast Music follow me Mute RDS Sleep Smar t EQ Wi-Fi connected Both Wi-Fi and ...

18 English 3. Installation ETHERNET VOLTAGE SELECTOR NOT FOR ALL VERSIONS AUX IN R L R L LINE OUT Center Station pg001-pg068_WACS7000_Eng 2007.2.3 11:05 AM Page 18

19 English 3. Installation 3.1 Placing Center and Station With detachable stands and by-packed wallmounting kits, the WACS7000 Center andStation can be placed in two ways: on desktopsusing detachable stands or on walls without usingthe stands. (on desktops using stands) (on walls without using stand...

20 English 3. Installation 3.3 Rear connections Warning:– Never make or change the connections when the mains is switched on. – Install the Center and Station near AC outlets where the AC power plug can bereached easily. 3.3.1 Connecting antennas 1 Extend the wire antenna and fit it to the FM ANTENN...

21 English 3. Installation – Products with database based UI (Artists, Albums and Genre based navigation) as theseproducts normally store music files in a specifichidden folder and uses embedded proprietarytrack database that the Center or Station isunable to read properly. 3.3.3 Connecting to a por...

22 English 3.3.5 Connecting to an additional device with powerful speakers To enjoy the sound effect brought by thepowerful speakers on an external device, e.g. amini Hi-Fi system, use red/white audio cables(not supplied) to connect the Center to thedevice. On the Center 1 Connect the red plug of th...

23 English 4. Preparation 4.1 Setting clock The time can be displayed in 24-hour or 12-hourformat. You can set up your clock on either theCenter or the Station. 1 On the Center or Station, press MENU to enter the menu screen. 2 Use the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to select Settings followed by ...

24 English 4. Preparation 4.2 Using the remote control The WACS7000 is equipped with a 2-wayremote control and a 1-way remote control.With the supplied remote control, you canoperate either the Center or Station. IMPORTANT! – The 1-way remote control might not be able to operate the other wireless m...

25 English 4. Preparation 4.2.2 Using 2-way remote control You can choose to use the 2-way remote controlto operate either the Center or the Station.Depending on the level of interference, you canalso select your preferred operational mode:Enhanced mode or Normal mode. Center (default): To operate t...

26 English 4. Preparation 4.3 Using navigation controls When selecting options on the set, you oftenneed to use the navigation controls 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 1 Press 3 / 4 to highlight an option. 2 Enter its submenu by pressing 2 3 Press 1 to return to the previous option list 4 Press OK or 2 to confirm 4.4...

27 English 5.1 Switching to standby/on andselecting functions 1 When the set is switched on, press STANDBY- ON/ ECO POWER to switch it to standby mode (or press y on the remote control) ➜ The Red indicator lights up ➜ Center : The screen dims. Display shows theconnected or previously connected Stati...

5.6.3 Incredible surround ● Press INCR. SURROUND once or more times to toggle the surround sound effect on oroff (or press INCR. SURR. on the 1-way remote control) ➜ Display shows IS ON or IS OFF 5.7 Display adjustment You can adjust the backlight and contrast settingsof the display. 1 Press MENU to...

31 English 6.1 Playing Hard Disk (HD) Music is centrally stored in the 80GB hard diskon the WAC7000 Center. All the stored musiccan be streamed and played on the Station viaWi-Fi. 1 Check that the set is switched on Station: also check that the Center is switched on or in standby mode (See 5.Basic f...

32 English 6.2 Selecting and searching 6.2.1 Selecting a different option 1 If necessar y, press 1 repeatedly to enter previous option lists 2 Press the navigation controls 3 or 4 repeatedly and 2 to select the option 3 Press VIEW to return to the playback screen, if necessar y 6.2.2 Searching by ke...

34 English 6.5 Building music library on theCenter You can build a music librar y in the hard disk ofthe Center by recording from CDs, impor tingfrom PC and recording from external sources. IMPORTANT! – Recording is permitted only if there is no infringement of copyrights or anyother rights of third...

35 English 2 In the track list screen, press RECORD (or press REC on the remote control) ➜ List of tracks with checkboxes appears 3 Press MARK•UNMARK to select or deselect the tracks to be recorded ● To select/deselect all tracks, press and hold MARK• UNMARK 4 Press RECORD to star t recording ➜ Disp...

36 English To find your recorded tracks You can find and playback the recorded tracks inAlbums 1 Select HD source 2 In Albums, use the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to enter the album of recorded tracks – Only completely recorded tracks can be found in the Center’s hard disk. Helpful hint: – By d...

37 English 6.7 Deleting a playlist, album ortrack 1 Use the navigation controls 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 to enter a categor y (Playlist, Ar tists, Albums,Genres, All tracks) 2 If necessar y, press 3 or 4 and 2 once or more times to enter the album/track list 3 Select Delete Playlist, Delete Album or DeleteTrac...

39 English – MUSIC BROADC AST will also stop when: – the Center is put to standby mode orpower-saving mode; – the selected album or playlist has reachedthe end. 6.11 Viewing system information 1 Select Information on the Center or Station a. Press MENU to enter the menu screen b. Press the navigatio...

40 English b. Press 3 or 4 and 2 to select the Album or Playlists c. Follow steps 3-6 above to change thealbum/playlists nameAfter applied the new name, all trackswithin this album/playlist will have the newalbum/playlists name – You may also use the 3 or 4 on Center or remote control to enter text:...

42 English 7.3 Selecting and searching 7.3.1 Selecting a different option 1 If necessar y, press 1 repeatedly to enter previous option lists 2 Press the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 repeatedly to select the option 3 Press VIEW to return to the playback screen, if necessar y 7.3.2 Searching by ke...

7.4 Different play modes:REPEAT, SHUFFLE – plays the current track continuously – repeats all the tracks (under current Album) – repeats all the tracks (under current album) in random order – all tracks (under current album) are playedin random order 1 During playback, press REPEAT or/ and SHUFFLE o...

44 English 8.1 Tuning to radio stations 1 Connect the supplied FM wire antenna to theCenter and Station (see 3.Installation ) 2 Check that the set is switched on or in standbymode (see 5.Basic functions ) 3 Press SOURCE once or more times to select Radio ➜ Playback screen appears. Display shows:Radi...

45 English 8. FM radio 3 On the Center or Station, press 3 or 4 or the Numeric Keypad (0-9) to select your desired preset number. 4 Press OK ➜ Current radio station is stored to that preset location. 8.2.3 To listen to a preset station 1 Press 1 to enter the list of preset stations 2 Use the navigat...

46 English 9.1 UPnP (Universal Plug andPlay) UPnP is a standard which connects multipledevices with each other and enables them towork seamlessly.For those users who are familiar with UPnP-enabled devices, WACS7000 brings additionalbenefits to enrich wireless music streamingexperience.For those who ...

48 English 10.1 Playing or recording to USBmass storage device You can playback music from a USB mass storagedevice on the Center or Station. You can alsotransfer the music librar y in the Center to a USBmass storage device so that you can carr y yourfavourite music with you wherever you go. 10.1.1 ...

49 English Organize your MP3/WMA files in differentfolders or sub-folders as needed. Helpful hints: – “Others” is shown as an album if you have not organized your MP3/WMA files into any albumson your disc . – Make sure that the file names of MP3 files end with .mp3. and the file names of WMA files e...

50 English 4 In the track list screen, press RECORD (or press REC on the remote control) ➜ The list of tracks appears. 5 Press MARK•UNMARK to select or deselect the tracks to be recorded. ● To select/deselect all tracks, press and hold MARK• UNMARK . Helpful hint: – Press 1 to stop selecting tracks ...

51 English 3 Press PORTABLE on the 2-way remote control. ➜ The display on the 2-way remote controlshows Por table Player mode; to change modepress other Source keys. 4 External hard disk audio player:a. turn down the volume to avoid noisedistor tion b. press the PLAY key to star t playback 5 To adju...

52 English 11. Network setting 11.1 Adding Additional Station tothe Center Up to 5 Stations can be connected to theWAC7000 Center. When adding a Station to theCenter’s Wi-Fi network, you can play the Center’smusic librar y on the Station or move musicplayback between the Center and Stations (see 6.H...

53 English 11.1.1 Deleting a Station 1 Check that the WAC7000 Center is in HDsource 2 Select Delete Station. a. Press MENU to enter the menu screen. b. Press the navigation controls 3 or 4 and 2 to enter Station Mgnt menu. c. Press 3 or 4 and 2 to select Delete Station ➜ The list of connected Statio...

➜ The Center is connected to the external Wi-Fi network ➜ The Stations might be disconnected from theCenter’s Wi-Fi network Helpful hint: – To add Stations to the Center’s Wi-Fi network, follow the steps under Adding Additional Stationto Center’s Wi-Fi network. – If you change the WEP/WPA key after ...

If there is no DHCP Select Static and assign an IP address and subnetmask as prompted using the alphanumeric keys(see 4.4 Preparation : Using Alphanumeric Keys). 5 As prompted, select Yes to apply the settings ➜ The Center is connected to the externalwired network ➜ On the display, the icon is chang...

Once a WAS7000 Station is added intothe Wi-Fi wireless network, the Wi-Fiwireless connection of this WAS7000 tothe WAC7000 will be shut down.However WAC7000 may still maintainits Wi-Fi ad-hoc connection with otherWAS7000 stations. – WACS7000 cannot shadow the IP of the network device that is notacti...

57 English The Gracenote music recognition ser vice enablesthe set to look up CD track information(including album, ar tist, genre, track information)from its built-in database. It allows the recordedCD tracks to be properly categorized (forexample, under Ar tists, Albums, Genres or Alltracks) and a...

58 English current connection On the Center a. Press MENU to enter the menu screen b. Press 3 or 4 and 2 to enter Settings ➞ Network ➞ Wired c. Press 2 to continue d. Set DNS 1) Enter the DNS ser ver you wrote down 2) Press OK to confirm 3) Press OK to skip Set DNS2 Helpful hint: – If necessary, fol...

59 English 13.1 Upgrading firmware The supplied PC Installer CD Wireless AudioDevice Manager (WADM) helps you get theupgrades for WACS7000 Center and Station. 1 Register your Philips Wireless Music Center withwww.club.philips.com 2 Download the firmware upgrade files and storethem on your PC 3 Place...

60 English 14.1 Reset If desired, you can restore the Center or Stationto their default settings (including the networksettings). Helpful hint: – Restoring to default settings does not delete any stored music tracks When to reset the Center or Station: – Resetting the Center or Station helps to re- ...

61 English WARNINGNever try to repair the system yourself as this will invalidate the warranty. Do not open thesystem as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points listed below before taking the system for repair. If you areunable to resolve a problem by following t...

62 English Problem Solution Stations react when you operate theCenter’s remote control “x” flashes on the sychro display of theCenter’s remote control Nothing appears on the sychronousdisplay of the Center’s remote controleven after the set is switched on. The remote control does not functionproperl...

63 English Problem Solution Sound skips during MP3/WMA playback Some files on the USB device are notdisplayed Radio reception is poor There is interference on the radioreception whenever the Center orStation is near my PCSuch interference happens to mostbuilt-in tuner products How do I mount the Cen...

64 English Problem Solution Backup function cannot work anymore. I have problem installing WADM or afterinstallation, I cannot launch WADM Upgrading Station wirelessly failed. ✔ This is because the previously backed up filewas deleted in Windows explorer. Never deletethe file this way. If you want t...

65 English ✔ On the center, please go to Menu ->Information -> Wireless -> Status, check thatthe Center has been changed from Ad-Hoc toInfrastructure mode, also check that the SSID,WEP key or WPA key matches the setup ofyour wireless home network. Please do thesame on the station. ✔ Tr y to...

66 English 16. Appendix 16.1 How to mount the Centerand Station onto walls IMPORTANT!– The wall mounting instructions are for the use by a qualified wall mountingpersonnel only! – Request for a qualified personnel to help you with the wall mounting, which includesdrilling holes on the wall, fixing t...

67 English 16. Appendix 5 To detach the stand from the Center or Station,a. Hold down the Lock•unlock buttons as shown. b. Move out the stand to detach. 6 On the Center, inser t the supplied protectivecard sheet where the stand was installed. 7 Hook and mount the Center or Station in placeas shown. ...

68 English End-User License Agreement USE OF THIS PRODUCT IMPLIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS BELOW. Gracenote ® MusicID ® Terms of Use This device contains software from Gracenote, Inc. of Emer yville, California (“Gracenote”). The softwarefrom Gracenote (the “Gracenote Software”) enables this applicat...

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