h Do not remove the casing of this product. 1 Important i Only use this product indoors. Do not expose the product to dripping / splashing water, rain or high humidity. Safety j Keep this product away from direct sunlight, naked flames or heat. Information for Europe: k Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves,...
Hearing Safety Environmental notices Listen at a moderate volume: This product complies with the radio interference requirements of the European Using headphones at a high volume can impair Community. your hearing. This product can produce sounds in decibel ranges that may cause hearing loss for a normal person, even for exposure less than a minute.
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Please inform yourself about the local separate collection system for electrical and electronic products. Please act according to your local rules and The making of unauthorized copies of copy- do not dispose of your old products with your protected material, including computer normal household waste.
2 Your NP3900 What’s in the box Check and identify the contents of your Congratulations on your purchase, and package: welcome to Philips! To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your product • Main unit at www.philips.com/welcome.
Overview Front and rear view ETHERNET Socket for the Ethernet cable that Press to turn on the unit. connects this unit with the home Wi- To turn off, press to switch to active Fi/wired network, if you want a wired standby;...
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AUX IN Audio input socket for a portable Press to turn on the unit; media player to play through the To turn off, press to switch to active speakers on this unit. standby; or, press and hold to switch to Eco standby. DOCKING Exit Demo mode.
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SNOOZE Search buttons on the play screen Stop alarm sound for a period of time. In LIBRARY mode: SLEEP Press to skip to the previous/next Set the sleep timer. chapter/track. REPEAT Select a repeat play option. Start/pause/resume play; SHUFFLE In LIBRARY mode: Start to play the Enable/disable random order play.
On NP3900, you enter Home screen after the Touch screen first-time setup is complete. NP3900 is equipped with a touch screen. To select a music source, or enterthe[Settings]menu AII songs AII songs Playlists Playlists Artists Artists AIbums AIbums • If necessary, tap on the screen to •...
Text entry To enter text and symbols, you can: • tap on the text box and enter text and symbols with the pop-up keypad directly. • press corresponding alphanumeric buttons on the remote control. Text entry with the remote control •...
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• For languages other than English, letters that an alphanumeric button corresponds to may vary.
3 Prepare Install batteries into the remote control Caution • Risk of explosion! Keep batteries away from heat, sunshine or fire. Never discard batteries in fire. • Risk of decreased battery life! Never mix different brands or types of batteries. Note •...
Connect power supply Warning • Risk of product damage! Ensure that the power supply voltage corresponds to the voltage printed on the back or the underside of the product. • Connect this unit to the power supply. Note • The type plate information is located at the bottom of the unit.
4 First-time setup The first time you turn on NP3900, Select the desired language on the screen as prompted. To learn major functions on NP3900, • Select [Yes, show me the demo], when asked whether to view demo; • If necessary, press adjust the volume;...
Connect to home Wi-Fi/ wired network Connect wirelessly NP3900 TwonkyMedia Server (PC/Mac) Connect through an Ethernet cable TwonkyMedia Server (PC/Mac) NP3900 You can connect NP3900 to home Wi-Fi/ • To have the unit connected to the wired network in different ways: wireless or Internet over home Wi-Fi/wired network, wired, automatic or manual.
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» On NP3900, a message appears Wireless connection: One-touch Wi- when the connection is completed Fi Protected Setup (WPS) successfully. NP3900 supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup(WPS). You can quickly and securely connect NP3900 to a wireless router that also supports the WPS. You can select one of the two setup methods: PBC (Push Button Configuration), or PIN (Personal Identification Number).
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Note • Make sure that the router connects to the Network A Internet directly and no dial-up is required on the computer. Network B Wireless connection: Enter Network C encryption key manually Other ... NP3900 Select the desired Wi-Fi network. As prompted, enter the encryption key to the network.
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Press BACK on the remote control to stop getting auto IP. Successfully connected to Network A Acquiring IP address... Press <Back> to enter IP address manually • If you have hidden the SSID of the router (e.g. disable the SSID broadcasting), go to the end of the list of Wi-Fi network.
12V=1A To Modem LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 Reset Connect to the home Wi-Fi/wired network • Press repeatedly to select the entry location; • On the unit, select [Wired (Ethernet)]. » The unit starts to acquire an IP address • To enter the desired digits, use the assigned by the network automatically.
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Connect to the Internet • Connect to the Internet as prompted. » You enter Home screen after the first- time setup is complete. NP3900 Acquiring IP address... Press <Back> to enter IP address manually Internet Note • Ensure that the router connects to the Internet directly and no dial-up is required on the computer.
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• Press repeatedly to select the entry location; • To enter the desired digits, use the alphanumeric buttons on the remote control; or press repeatedly. Note • Ensure that you never enter an IP address that is already assigned to a computer/device on the network.
5 Play from home Wi-Fi/wired network Stream from a UPnP server TwonkyMedia Server (PC/Mac) NP3900 Wireless Modem PC Power You can stream music between computers and With the music sharing software (the supplied NP3900, when Media Browser and TwonkyMedia Server), such computers can work as UPnP media •...
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Library on a UPnP server On the computers (UPnP servers), the supplied software Media Browser or TwonkyMedia Server can access music libraries that are organized by different media management software, including Windows Media Player 11 and iTunes. iTunes is the a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S.
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NP3900 Play photos • Press to rotate the picture; • Press to move to previous/next picture; On the computer, you can click the • Press to start playing all pictures in buttons to slideshow mode. • Adjust the volume; • Select previous/next songs if you have dragged more than one songs to NP3900.
Store preset stations Play Internet radio stations On NP3900, you can store up to 10 preset To play Internet radio stations, ensure that stations. Each preset station corresponds to • NP3900 is connected to the Internet a numeric button on the remote control. On over the home Wi-Fi/wired network.
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To play a preset station • Go to [Internet Radio] > [Presets]. • Or, on the radio play screen, press the corresponding numeric button (0-9). Edit favorite stations On NP3900, you can mark an Internet radio station as favorite. All the stations are added to [Internet Radio] >...
Internet http://www.philips.com/welcome By registering NP3900 on www.philips.com/ welcome (see ‘Register NP3900 with Philips’), you can log in to Club Philips. On Club Philips, you can do the following to manage the Internet Radio on a computer: • Edit favorite stations;...
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Through Club Philips, you can manually add Internet radio stations to NP3900 on a computer. On a computer, log in to Club Philips (see ‘Register NP3900 with Philips’). To add a station, click [Streamium management] > [My media] > [Music].
To edit an added station Search for music In a list of options, you can do one of the following to search for what you need. • When searching in the following ways, ensure that NP3900 is in [Media Library] or [Internet Radio] mode.
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Press OK after completing text entry. Superscroll » Search starts. In a long list of options, Superscroll allows you » You can find a list of items that contain to start a search in an alphabetical order. You the characters. can quickly reach the first item that starts with »...
Market icon on your control is displayed. Android enabled Smartphone. Tap an icon on the home screen to select Search for ‘Philips MyRemote’ in the App the source you want. Store or Market. Tap [Now Playing] at the bottom of the Follow the instructions on your screen.
7 Multiroom Music NP3900 MCi8080 With the Multiroom Music feature, you can play Wait until the Multiroom Music feature is the same song on MCi8080 and NP3900 at the enabled successfully. same time. • To cancel simultaneous play, press Before you enable this feature, make sure that: MCi8080.
8 Play from an external audio device (AUX) With the MP3 LINK socket and AUX mode, NP3900 allows you to play an external audio device (e.g. a portable media player) through the speakers of NP3900. Play from an external audio device Ensure that the external audio device is properly connected to NP3900 (see...
9 Settings From Home screen, go to [Settings] > [Sound settings] > [Bass / Treble]. • Or, press SOUND MENU on the remote control to enter the menu of sound settings. Play modes Press repeatedly to increase/ When playing music, you can choose to play decrease the level.
In [Screen saver], select [Current Display settings picture]. » Current picture is set as screensaver. Brightness Slideshow settings On NP3900, you can adjust the brightness of the display. As desired, the display lights up, dims or turns off when NP3900 is turned on When in the slideshow mode, you can view or switched to active standby.
Select [Album art]. Press OK to turn it Clock settings on or off. If [Album art] is on, Alarm » In the list of songs, the album art appears as thumbnail along with the Set the alarm corresponding song. Ensure that you have set the clock (see ‘Settings’->’Date and time’).
Use the alarm Select an option. Press OK to turn it on. At the set alarm time, music/Internet radio plays as desired, or the buzzer sounds. • You can also press SLEEP on the remote Note control repeatedly to set the time duration. •...
Follow Step 1-2 under “Manual setting”. In [Date and time], go to [Time format] Automatic (Internet) or [Date format] to select options. Manual Network settings Setup network After the first-time setup, you can change how NP3900 connectsto home Wi-Fi/wired network: •...
Location and time zone Demo mode After the first-time setup, you can change the After the first-time setup, you can view the selected location and time zone when moving demo again. to a new location or time zone. From Home screen, go to [Settings] > According to the selected location and time [Demo mode].
Register on the web site Ensure that NP3900 is connected to the Internet. To register NP3900 directly on www.philips. com/welcome, you need to fill in the following To register with www.philips.com/ information as prompted during registration: welcome, •...
• On a computer, use the web site link in the email to complete registration. • To log in to Philips online services later, use the web site link in the email, and the password. Unregister NP3900 When registering with www.philips.com/ welcome, you can only use one account for one unit (e.g.
Audio amplifier (Digital) 12 Technical data Output power General Front LS: 2 x 9 W Side LS: 2 x 6 W AC Power Frequency response The voltage information is printed on the 63 Hz - 18,000 Hz (3 dB points) power adaptor (backside).
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Napster Direct** (for /12, /05, only in Yes, enabled Germany/UK) Sleep timer * This service requires registration with Club Philips. Internal (key) clicker ** Both services require user registration with Rhapsody and Napster respectively. Alarm Yes (once, Daily, Day of the week)
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Docking 9-pole MiniDIN socket Compatible with Philips DCK3060 (external dock; not included) 5V / 500mA Others UPnP DMP (Local renderer, Local control point) ECP (Controllable via an external control point) DLNA Yes, Version 1.5 (DMP, DMR) Smart phone control Yes, compatible with MyRemote App...
50-100m. Reposition the devices if you experience transmission problems. I have not received any registration email from ConsumerCare@Philips.com. • Check that the email address that is entered in the user registration section is valid and spelled correctly.
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Limitations on Access to Streams. Philips does not guarantee access to any particular stream or to the content contained in any stream. Philips may, in its discretion, add or remove access to any specific stream or content at any time. Some streams are accessible through arrangements with online service providers which determine which streams are listed on their directories.
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Most of that software is contained in the Device and is not accessible to you. Some of that software is owned by Philips and some is owned by others. Your use of software owned by Philips is subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use and any applicable license agreement.
Software, but you do not acquire any rights, express or implied, in the Software other than those specified in this Agreement. Philips and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Software, including all patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights incorporated therein. The Software is protected by copyright laws, international treaty provisions, and other intellectual property laws.
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6. Termination. This Agreement shall be effective upon installation or first use of the Software and shall terminate (i) at the discretion of Philips, due to your failure to comply with any term of this Agreement; or (ii) upon destruction of all copies of the Software and related materials provided to you by Philips hereunder.
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Philips with a copy of your receipt. This limited warranty shall be void if failure of the Software has resulted from any accident, abuse, misuse or wrongful application. Any replacement Software will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or thirty (30) days, whichever is longer.
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