Linksys Premier Kit KWHA700 User's Manual

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Experience an entirely new way to enjoy music!

With the Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system, you can play your favorite songs from 

your digital music libraries or the Internet1, throughout your entire home. Play different songs 

to different rooms, or the same song in precise synchronization to the whole house. The Link-

sys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system includes devices that connect to your existing 

stereo or surround sound systems. Enjoy your digital music in the rich, room-filling sound that 

you love. 

You can do it all wirelessly using award-winning Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N technology2. 

Access your digital music library and millions of songs from Rhapsody®3. Find thousands of 

radio stations from around the world with RadioTime. Want to send music to more rooms in 

your home? Simply purchase additional player devices: the Conductor, the Director or the 

Player. As you roam throughout your house, rule them all with the Controller, a Wireless-N 

Remote with color LCD touchscreen display that gives you access to everything you need, 

including album art. It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s wireless. 

You’ve never heard your music like this before.

Rhapsody®
Open a world of fun and entertainment and get 
unlimited access to millions of songs through Rhap-
sody, the critically acclaimed digital music service. 
Your Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system 
is Rhapsody ready as soon as you establish your 
Rhapsody account. With the touch of the screen on 
the Controller, you can instantly access Rhapsody 
music channels by genre and millions of songs from 
artists the world over. Find your favorite music and 
build playlists that you and your friends can enjoy. 
The Conductor, Director and Player devices each 
include a 30-day free trial of Rhapsody (see details 
and terms and conditions in your Wireless Home 
Audio packaging). 

RadioTime®
RadioTime is a free worldwide radio service enabling 
you to find and select your favorite local music or 
talk stations, as well as find radio stations from all 
over the world in clean static-free streaming from 
the Internet direct to your Linksys by Cisco Wireless 
Home Audio system. RadioTime is integrated right 
into the user interface of the Conductor, the Director 
and the Controller. So, with a few simple clicks or 
touch of the screen you can locate and enjoy music 
from any corner of the globe.

1- An Internet connection is required to access Internet services and Internet radio. Internet 
services availability may vary by country. A wireless router is required.  A Simultaneous Dual-N 
Band Wireless Router recommended for best performance. A computer equipped with Adobe 
Reader is required to view the User Guide. IR Remote Control does not have full functionality 
with Player. Not all MP3 players may be compatible. 

2 - Maximum performance derived from IEEE Standard 802.11 specifications. Actual 
performance can vary, including lower wireless network capacity, data throughput rate, range 
and coverage. Performance depends on many factors, conditions and variables, including 
distance from the access point, volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, 
operating system used, mix of wireless products used, interference and other adverse 
conditions. 

3- Rhapsody is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. Rhapsody account required to 
access Rhapsody service. 

Specifications are subject to change without notice. Linksys, Cisco and the Cisco Logo are 
registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and 
certain other countries. Other brands and products are the trademarks or registered trademarks 
of their respective holders. Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 

iPod is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. “Made for iPod” 
means that an electronic accessory has been designed to connect specifically to iPod and has 
been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards.  Apple is not responsible 
for the operation of this device or its compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

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Wireless-N (or draft 802.11n) was developed to 
support new audio, video, data and voice solutions 
in business and in the home. Cisco offers numerous 
Wireless-N routers and gateway (integrated modem 
and router) products throughout the world under 
the Linksys by Cisco brand. Wireless-N unlike previ-
ous 802.11 wireless networking standards uses 
much faster processors and utilizes MIMO 
(Multiple-In, Multiple-Out) smart antenna array 
technology to expand wireless signal coverage and 
to boost speed. Linksys by Cisco also offers Dual-
Band Wireless-N products that send and receive 
information in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz 
frequency ranges. The Linksys by Cisco Wireless 
Home Audio Conductor, Director and Player compo-
nents are Dual-Band Wireless-N and can operate in 
either frequency range. Wireless-N is an ideal 
backbone technology to deliver audio throughout 
the home in precise synchronization. 

With the Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio 
system, system, there’s no need to drill holes in your 
walls and run cables throughout your home to 
connect devices to one another. Now you have a 
system that’s quick and easy to install and place 
virtually anywhere in your house.

Linksys by Cisco Media Hubs

 

(model #s NMH305, NMH405, and NMH410)
And now that you can have music throughout your 
home, make it easy to access your music files with a 
Linksys by Cisco Media Hub. Media Hubs are intelli-
gent storage/server platforms designed and 
engineered to stream simultaneous streams of 
music or video. Models are available with and 
without hard drives and can store hundreds of hours 
of video or hundreds of thousands of songs and 
digital photographs. Once on the home network, 
your Wireless Home Audio devices and the Control-
ler will instantly discover a Linksys by Cisco Media 
Hub.

The Controller – Wireless-N Touchscreen Remote 

(model #DMWR1000)

The Controller is the one device that will 
change the way you interact with and enjoy 
music. It’s truly a game changer. Unlike remote 
controls that must be in visible proximity to 
the components they control, the Controller 
wirelessly connects to your Wireless-N router, 
enabling you to control your Linksys by Cisco 
Wireless Home Audio devices from other 
rooms in your house. Just touch the Controller 
to change the music anywhere in the house. 
Touch the volume button and all your music 
zones appear instantly, so you can adjust the 
volume on any or every device. Send different 
music to different rooms or the same songs to 
the entire house. The Controller makes it all 
possible. Looking for a song? Touch the 
Rhapsody icon and conduct a search by the 
Artist’s name to see their catalog of work. 
Remembering that radio station you listened 
to while vacationing overseas? Touch the 
RadioTime icon and find it. The Controller 
includes an AC charging cord with a mini-USB 
connector, so it’s ready whenever you are.

Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio. It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s wireless.  

Let your music out to play 
Your digital music collection doesn’t have to live exclu-
sively on your computer or  iPod®. Now enjoy it on the 
stereo or surround sound audio systems you already have 
in your home. Access millions of songs from new releases 
to old-time favorites with Rhapsody, or thousands of radio 
stations with RadioTime. Share your favorite music with 
your friends and make your entire home an entertainment 
center. The Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system is 
a collection of amazing audio products that leverage the 
speed, power and robust coverage of your Wireless-N 
router. 

 
And who better to bring to you a wireless home audio 
system than Cisco, the world’s leader in wireless network-
ing technology. Each player device – Conductor, Director, 
and Player – is discoverable on your Wireless-N network so 
you can select and send different music to different rooms 
or the same music to all the devices. Each Linksys by Cisco 
Wireless Home Audio component has been designed with 
your lifestyle in mind. Whether you live in a studio apart-
ment or 5,000 square foot home, get the components and 
configure a system that’s right for you. 

Bring your favorite music to every room in your home.

The Conductor / Wireless-N Digital Music Center 

(model #DMC350 – Available Spring 2009)

The Conductor is a complete, portable wireless 
music system all by itself. Place it in the kitchen 
while you prepare that special recipe. Move it to 
the dining room when your guests sit down to 
dinner. Or plug it in outside on the deck to enjoy 
the evening stars with your favorite music 
selections. The Conductor accesses digital music 
libraries on your computer, on a networked hard 
drive, from Linksys by Cisco Media Hub, or from 
the Internet because it’s wirelessly connected to 
your Wireless-N router. There are three ways to 
control the Conductor. Select a song or queue up 
a playlist simply by touching the icons displayed 
on its color LCD screen, control it with the handy 
IR (infrared) remote control that comes with it or 
with the Controller (see below). The Conductor 
features a 50-watt integrated amplifier that drives 
its built-in speakers. It even has a built-in CD 
player, too. 

Docking Station for iPod®  / Wired Accessory 

(model #MCCI40)

The Docking Station for iPod connects to the 
back of a Linksys by Cisco Conductor or 
Director. It includes connector adapters for 
different types of Apple iPods. Once 
connected you and your friends can share 
your favorite playlists over your entire Linksys 
by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system. You can 
even control the iPod with the Wireless-N 
Controller, advancing tracks or adjusting 
volume levels on each Wireless Home Audio 
player device throughout your house. If you 
think that sounds like a great idea for a party, 
you may be right!

Linksys by Cisco Stereo Speaker Kit  - Wired 
Accessory 

(model #DSPK50)

Experience great sound wherever these 
high-performance, ported stereo bookshelf 
speakers are placed. They’re tuned and 
optimized for excellent music reproduction. 
When paired with the Linksys by Cisco Director 
they’re a smart, elegant system for any room in 
the house. 

The Player / Wireless-N Music Extender 

(model #DMP100)

The Player is a Wireless-N music extender and is 
the easiest way to bring more of your digital or 
Internet music to more rooms in your home. 
The Player is designed to connect to an existing 
stereo or surround sound system. It also comes 
with an IR remote control and like the Conduc-
tor and Director, can also be controlled from 
another part of the house with the Controller. 
Connect it to the your home theater receiver or 
to a stereo system in another part of the house. 
Now everyone in your family will have access to 
the thousands of songs in your collection or 
millions of songs from the Internet.

Now, just because we’re experts at networking 
there’s no reason you need to be. Each Linksys by 
Cisco Wireless Home Audio product includes 

 

 

EasyLink Advisor setup wizard to get your system up 
and running. We even include a Windows-based 
application if you want to manage your music expe-
rience from your PC.

How Do We Do It?
Cisco, the world’s leader in networking technology, 
applied its years of knowledge and expertise to 
develop an amazing lossless digital audio delivery 
solution that preserves the full depth and richness 
of the recording, as originally intended by the artist. 
Through distributed decoding technology, each 
Wireless Home Audio player receives the unmodi-
fied audio source material without any trans-coding 
or compression. The audio is then reproduced by 
one or more players, synchronized to within micro-
seconds in case of multiple players, without any of 
the compression and echo artifacts so often evident 
in other wireless audio systems. All of this means 
crystal clear music, exactly as recorded, anywhere in 
your home.

Some audio streaming systems clip audio waveforms.

The Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system 
preserves the waveform for a rich playback experience.

Director / Wireless-N Music Player with Integrated 
Amplifier
  (model #DMC250) 

The Director, like the Conductor, is also a 
Wireless-N music player that accesses the digital 
music libraries on your computer, on a networked 
hard drive, or from the Internet. The Director can 
connect to the Linksys by Cisco Stereo Speakers 
or to any powered or passive speakers you own. 
The Director also has a 50-watt integrated ampli-
fier, so it’s even capable of efficiently delivering 
rich, full sound to the tower speakers you may 
have in your home theater system. The Director 
also comes with an IR remote control and like the 
Conductor, can also be controlled from another 
part of the house with the Controller. The Director 
is equally at home on a bookshelf in your den, in 
the master bedroom, or connected to your home 
theater system. You can even connect analog 
devices like turntables or cassette decks to it and 
share your LPs and tapes throughout your home. 

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