Philips Wireless Equipment Box - Manual

5 About the iPronto Wirelessly connected to the Internet, the iPronto is a must-have for your home entertainment experience. With its dashboard you can easily access all iPronto’s applications. The dashboard offers access to three basic applications: the remote control, the Electronic Program Guide ...

iPronto User Guide 6 About the iPronto The iPronto consists of several parts: microphone stylus power button speaker scroll wheel speaker RC buttons status display iPronto.qxd 01-08-2002 08:44 Pagina 6

7 About the iPronto This User Guide is meant to help you set up and start using your iPronto. For detailed information on using the variousiPronto applications please refer to the iPronto Online Help. If you follow the flow of the chapters in this guide, you willhave your iPronto up and running in n...

iPronto User Guide 8 Installing the Wireless LAN Adapter In a wireless network, the Wireless Access Point (WAP) is the last point that is connected to your network with wires.To communicate with your iPronto, the WAP sends out RF (radio frequency) signals, which spread in all directions. TheiPronto’...

iPronto User Guide 10 Installing and Recharging the Battery Installing After installing the Wireless LAN Adapter, you install the battery. The battery is precharged, but it is advisable tocharge the battery for three hours when you start using the iPronto. See Recharging on page 13. Insert the batte...

11 Installing and Recharging the Battery 3 Attach the battery connector to the provided socket (figure 3). 4 Put the right-hand side of the battery under the provided hook (figure 4). Figure 3 Figure 4 iPronto.qxd 01-08-2002 08:44 Pagina 11

iPronto User Guide 12 Installing and Recharging the Battery 5 Push the left side of the battery down into its place. 6 Close the battery cover. iPronto.qxd 01-08-2002 08:44 Pagina 12

13 Installing and Recharging the Battery Recharging The iPronto is provided with a power adapter to recharge the battery. When the battery is low, it takes about two hoursto recharge. After three hours, recharging is automatically stopped. On first usage, it is advisable to recharge thebattery for t...

iPronto User Guide 14 Getting the iPronto Up and Running This chapter is divided in two parts. In the first part, Setting up your iPronto , you read how to define the general settings. In the second part, Setting up your Network , you read how to set up your wireless network and internet connection....

15 Getting the iPronto Up and Running ■ General : On this tab you adjust general settings and you can check your battery status and network signal strength. See Setting up Your iPronto on page 15. ■ Wireless : On this tab you set the wireless network settings. You need to set these settings so the i...

iPronto User Guide 16 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Calibrating the Touch Screen On first use, you need to calibrate the touch screen of your iPronto. By calibrating, you improve the accuracy of thetouch screen. 1 Select the General tab in the System Settings. 2 Tap the Calibrate touchscreen bu...

17 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Adjusting the Date 1 Select the General tab in the System Settings. 2 In the Date section, select the Days box. The selection appears with a highlighted border. 3 Use the + and – buttons to change the day. 4 In the Date section, select the Months box. The select...

iPronto User Guide 18 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Adjusting the Brightness You can set the brightness of the touch screen in 16 intervals. 1 Select the General tab in the System Settings. 2 In the LCD Brightness section, use the + and – buttons to set the brightness. Adjusting the Power off T...

19 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Adjusting the Wake up Conditions You can wake up a sleeping iPronto in several ways. 1 Select the General tab in the System Settings. 2 In the Wake up on section, select: ■ Power Button & Touch & Tilt to wake up the iPronto when the Power Button is press...

iPronto User Guide 20 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Setting up Your Network After adjusting the settings in the General tab, you have to set your wireless network settings and Internet settings in the Wireless and Network tabs. These settings depend on the kind of configuration you have in your...

21 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Wireless Network Settings After setting the general settings, you need to set the wireless network settings. This is needed so your iPronto canconnect to your home network and to the Internet, and to communicate with iProntoEdit. The Wireless Access Point(WAP) s...

iPronto User Guide 22 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Follow these steps to set your wireless network settings. 1 Press and hold the scroll wheel for 5 seconds to display the System Settings. 2 Select the Wireless tab in the System Settings. 3 To change the default name of the Service Set Identif...

23 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Internet Settings Network tab of the System Settings The Internet settings determine how your iPronto will connect to the Internet. Note You can find information about your Internet settings on your PC. If you do not have a PC, you can obtain Internet settingsin...

iPronto User Guide 24 Getting the iPronto Up and Running After entering the iPronto host name, you determine the type of IP address you use. An IP address is a number thatidentifies you on the Internet. You have two options: ■ Use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Your iPronto’s IP address...

25 Getting the iPronto Up and Running 2 In the IP address text box, enter the IP address you wish to use. 3 In the Subnet mask text box, enter your Subnet mask. 4 In the Default gateway text box, enter your Default gateway. 5 In the Local domain name text box, enter your Local domain name. 6 In the ...

iPronto User Guide 26 Getting the iPronto Up and Running Testing the Network Connection After setting the network settings, you can test whether the iPronto is able to communicate with your network and withthe Internet: 1 Press layout button 8 (at the bottom) in the touchstrip. If all settings are c...

27 Using the iPronto Once you have adjusted the general settings and network settings, you can start using the iPronto. In this chapter youread how to operate the touch screen, what the hard buttons are for and how you can use the iPronto’s applicationsand functions. The Touch Screen The iPronto has...

iPronto User Guide 28 Using the iPronto The iPronto’s External Controls The Power Button The iPronto’s Power button (located on the left side of the iPronto) is used to switch iPronto on when it is sleeping. In the System Settings you can decide on other options for waking up the iPronto. See Adjust...

29 Using the iPronto The Scroll Wheel The iPronto’s scroll wheel is located on the left side of the touch screen. By scrolling the wheel you can adjust the volume of the iPronto (success beeps and so on) in 20 intervals. By pressing and holding the scroll wheel for 5 seconds, you can enter the Syste...

iPronto User Guide 30 Using the iPronto Navigating the iPronto Views, Layouts and Touchstrip The iPronto offers you the possibility to view an application page in XL view or in M view. The XL view is a full screen view (figure 1). The M view is 1/4 of a full screen view. The M view allows you to com...

31 Using the iPronto You can toggle between XL and M views by tapping the View Control button. View Control Button The iPronto’s principle of multiple views creates various ways of organizing the screen. The iPronto has 8 predefined ways of organizing the screen, called “layouts”. In a layout, the s...

iPronto User Guide 32 Using the iPronto When you tap one of the 8 buttons in the touchstrip, the corresponding layout appears: ■ Layout 1 is a full screen remote control; ■ Layout 2 is a full screen EPG; ■ Layouts 3-7 are M views with combined applications; ■ Layout 8 is a full screen browser that c...

33 Using the iPronto The Keyboard The iPronto is provided with an on-screen keyboard. You need this keyboard to enter text in text boxes, for example toenter a URL. When you tap a text box, the on-screen keyboard automatically appears. A greyed out text box indicates that there isno on-screen keyboa...

iPronto User Guide 34 Using the iPronto 2 To enter text, tap the buttons with characters, numbers, punctuation and the space bar. 3 To enter one character in upper case, tap the Shift button. The character you enter right after tapping Shift will appear in upper case. 4 To enter multiple characters ...

35 The Remote Control The iPronto remote control (RC) is a universal RC. This means that it can be used for virtually any audio and video device, such as a TV, VCR, DVD, CD and so on. As long as your device understands IR codes, the iPronto RC can controlit. This way, the iPronto RC replaces the ind...

iPronto User Guide 36 The Remote Control How Does the iPronto RC Work? The core element of the iPronto RC is its “configuration file”. This iPronto Configuration File or ICF determines what theinterface on the iPronto RC looks like and how the iPronto RC behaves. The ICF stores several predefined de...

37 The Remote Control The pages of a device can be accessed via the Page tab. When you tap the Page in the Page tab, you immediately jump to that page. Page tab The devices and pages of the iPronto RC have an M view and an XL view. In both views you can tap buttons tomanipulate your equipment. To le...

iPronto User Guide 38 The Remote Control Learning IR Codes The iPronto RC sends out infrared (IR) signals to your devices, which will execute an action, for example “TV On” or“VCR Start Recording”. For every action the iPronto sends out a specific IR signal, called an “IR code”.The iPronto RC contai...

39 The Remote Control The iPronto RC will learn the IR code from the conventional RC. You can learn all soft buttons and hard buttons on theiPronto. Note The function of the hard buttons is always device-independent. This means that a hard button always executes the same action, no matter what devic...

iPronto User Guide 40 The Remote Control 3 Tap the Learn tool. The label Learn appears on the iPronto icon. The Device and Page tabs are disabled. 4 For learning a soft button, select the soft button you want to learn in the XL view. The button is highlighted. -or- For learning a hard button, press ...

41 The Remote Control Using iProntoEdit When you buy an iPronto, it is supplied with a default ICF. However, you can also personalize the functions and the look of the iPronto. You can do this with iProntoEdit . iProntoEdit is the visual editor for creating and configuring ICFs on your computer. You...

43 The Browser You use the iPronto browser to access the Internet. The iPronto browser functions the same way as a regular PCbrowser: it has Back, Forward, Home, Reload and Stop buttons, you can enter URLs, see the downloading progress andscroll with the scroll bar. iPronto Browser You can view the ...

iPronto User Guide 44 The Browser Setting the Home Page In the Browser Settings, you can set the Home Page for every individual browser in every layout. When you press theHome button, this page is always displayed. 1 Open the browser that you want to configure in XL view. You can toggle between M an...

45 The Browser Entering a URL The URL that you are visiting is displayed in the bar at the top of the browser. To be able to enter a new URL in the bar,you need to view the web page in XL view. You can enter a URL with the iPronto’s on-screen keyboard. 1 Tap the text box on the touch screen. The on-...

iPronto User Guide 46 The Electronic Program Guide One of the iPronto’s key applications is the Electronic Program Guide. An Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is theelectronic equivalent of a printed television program guide. But the iPronto’s EPG is not a regular EPG: It is uniquebecause of its direct...

47 The Electronic Program Guide ■ In the filter settings you can select the genre, date and time to obtain information about programs in the future. You can choose a day and the time of the day (morning, afternoon, evening and night) from dropdown lists or youcan set the exact time with the + and – ...

iPronto User Guide 48 The Electronic Program Guide Note The Watch Feature and SmartSurf only function if you apply correct settings in EPG and in RC. You have to set the channelselection mechanism in the EPG settings. The channel selection mechanism determines how the TV switches channels. A TV can ...

49 The Electronic Program Guide Registration Before you can use the EPG, you have to register on line. After the registration you can personalize your lineup so only information on the channels that you find interesting appears in the EPG. After registering and personalizing, you receive an activati...

51 The Electronic Program Guide Personalizing 1 Tap the Go to personalization page! button. The My personal EPG lineups page appears. 2 Tap the Add a lineup button. The Personalization Wizard – step 1 page appears. 3 In the Zip code text box, enter your zip code. 4 Tap the Next button. The Personali...

iPronto User Guide 52 The Electronic Program Guide EPG Waiting for Activation Page 12 In the Your activation code is box, your Activation Code appears. Write down your activation code here: .................. ................... ............... After the registration you enter the activation code in...

53 The Electronic Program Guide Activating 1 Open the EPG application in layout 2 on your iPronto. The EPG appears in XL view. 2 Tap and hold the View Control button for 5 seconds to display the EPG settings. The flipside of the EPG appears. 3 In the Activation code text box, enter your activation c...

iPronto User Guide 54 Troubleshooting The soft buttons on my touch screen do not respond properly It might happen that the buttons on your touch screen do not respond properly, for example when you have to tap to theleft of the button instead of on the button. In this case, you should recalibrate th...

55 Troubleshooting Press the Reset button with a pointed object, such as an unfolded paperclip. The iPronto will reboot. Some settings may be lost, such as date and time settings. 4 If resetting does not help, contact your dealer. I have activated the EPG application on my iPronto, but it still does...

iPronto User Guide 56 Troubleshooting The Watch Feature and the SmartSurfer of my EPG application do not work ■ The Watch Feature and SmartSurf buttons only appear on your screen when “Now” information is displayed. ■ Because the Watch Feature and SmartSurfer automatically surf between channels on y...

57 Troubleshooting 4 Check the settings of your Wireless Access Point. If you have a PC, you can find more information about the Wireless Access Point there. If you do not have a PC, you can find more information in the manual of your Wireless Access Point. 5 Check whether your Wireless LAN Adapter ...

iPronto User Guide 58 Index A About tab, 15activation code, 49, 55adapter power, 10Wireless LAN, 8 application browser, 43EPG, 46remote control, 35 Application Settings, 32 B battery install, 10recharge, 10 brightness, 18browser, 43, 57 Home Page, 44URL, 45 button, 36, 38 C calibration, 16, 54channe...

iPronto User Guide 60 Index System Settings, 32 About, 15General, 15Network, 20Wireless, 21 T time, 16time out, 54 adapter, 18battery, 18 timezone, 17toggle, 30Tools tab, 38touch screen, 27touchstrip, 30troubleshooting, 54 U universal, 35upload, 41URL, 44, 45USB, 29 V View Control button, 30 W wake ...