Internet and PC Link
English
This Philips Streamium System is a wireless broadband Internet system. It is compliant with the IEEE 802.11g standard.The Streamium System can connect to your wireless or wired home network and play various Internet media services (e. g. Internet radio, video …) as well as media files (music, pictures …) stored on the PCs of your home network.
The Streamium System is upgradable through your Internet connection. From time to time, new features will be available and the functionality of this Streamium System will change.Therefore, this manual offers only a rough overview of the Internet and PC link functionality.
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Requirements to use Internet media services–broadband Internet access (DSL, cable modem),
–an email address.
Please ask your Internet service provider
–if you can connect several devices (computers and the Streamium System) to your Internet connection,
–if he allows only devices with registered MAC addresses to connect to the Internet,
–if he charges extra fees for exceeding a certain limit of transferred data.When you use Internet media services on a daily basis, you may exceed such a limit. For example:When you listen to Internet radio (transmitting at 64 kbit/sec) for about 36 hours, 1 GB (Gigabyte) of data will be transferred to your Streamium System.
Requirements to use PC LINK–a computer with Windows® operating system (Windows 98 SE or higher) or Mac OS® X,
–installation of the Philips Media Manager software on your computer.
The following file formats stored on your computer are supported at the time of printing this manual (subject to change):
–Music: MP3 and MP3pro streams; bit rates:
–Pictures: JPEG, JPEG2000, .bmp, .gif
–Video: MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, DivX® 4.0/5.03
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–Place your wireless router as close as possible to the center of the area you want to cover.
–Keep the antenna(s) away from large metal objects to avoid interference.
–Avoid placing the Streamium System close to microwave ovens.
–Avoid placing this Streamium System directly under or above the wireless router.
–Refer to the signal strength indication to locate the best position for the wireless router and the Streamium System.To display the signal strength indication,
press SYSTEM MENU and select Network. Next, select Wireless Info ➜ Signal Level.
Network name (SSID)The network name (SSID) identifies your computer in a wireless network. Please keep in mind that the network name is case sensitive.
WEP encryptionWEP encryption protects your wireless network against intrusion.WEP encryption uses up to 4 encryption keys to encrypt the data sent in your wireless network.
If you use WEP encryption make sure
–the number and the order of encryption keys on the Streamium System and on your wireless router/wireless network adapter are the same,
–all encryption keys you enter have the same format (either ASCII or HEX format) and the same length (ASCII, either 5 or 13 characters; HEX, either 10 or 26 digits).
Note: Some wireless routers/wireless network adapters allow you to type in a passphrase instead of an encryption key. Do not use passphrases with the Streamium System, since passphrases are not supported.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Mac OS is a registered trademark of Apple Computer,Inc.
DivX® is a registered trademark of DivXNetworks, Inc.
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