XAV5501 Powerline AV+ 500 Adapter User Manual
Table 1. Model Number Feature Descriptions
Table 2.
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Power | • Solid green. The electrical power is on. |
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LED | • Blinking green.The adapter is in the process of restarting or setting up security. | ||
| • Amber. Power saving mode. The unit enters power saving mode if the Ethernet port is not | ||
| linked for more than 10 minutes. |
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| • Off. There is no electrical power, or has been turned off through the Powerline utility. | ||
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Powerline | • Solid. The adapter is connected to a Powerline network. |
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LED | • Blinking. The adapter is sending or receiving data. |
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| • Off. The adapter has not found any other compatible Powerline devices using the same | ||
| encryption key, or has been turned off through the Powerline utility. | ||
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| The Pick A Plug feature lets you pick the electrical outlet with the strongest link rate, | ||
| indicated by the color displayed by the LED: |
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| Green: Link rate > 80 Mbps | Amber: Link rate >50, < 80 Mbps | Red: Link rate < 50 Mbps |
| (Best) - Good for HD video | (Better) - Good for SD Video | (Good) - Good for data |
Ethernet LED | • Solid. The Ethernet port is linked, but there is no activity. |
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| • Blinking. There is traffic on the Ethernet port. |
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| • Off. There is no Ethernet connection, or it has been turned off through the Powerline utility. | ||
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Factory | Press the Factory Reset button for 1 second, then release to return the Powerline adapter to | ||
Reset | its factory default settings. |
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Security | If you set security on your other adapters, after you plug your new AV adapter into the wall | ||
Button | socket, press its security button for 2 seconds; then press the Security button on any | ||
| adapter in your existing network for 2 seconds. Both buttons must be pressed within 2 | ||
| minutes. |
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| Note: The Security button does not work in power saving mode. The unit enters power | ||
| saving mode if the Ethernet port is not linked for more than 10 minutes. | ||
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Ethernet Port | Plug one end of the Ethernet cable that comes with the XAV5501 Powerline AV+ 500 Adapter | ||
| into this port and the other end either into your router, or into the computer or other peripheral | ||
| devices. |
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6 Chapter 1. Installation and Basic Configuration
