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SoundBridge
Wireless Network Music Player
User Guide | Software v2.5
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Welcome Thanks for purchasing SoundBridge! We hope you enjoy using it as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it. SoundBridge is a network music player that connects to your stereo or powered speakers to play your Mac or PC digital music library in any room of the house. You can even play thousands of free Internet radio stations on SoundBridge without the computer on. SoundBridge works with your Wi-Fi or Ethernet home network and is compatible with popular music servers such as Windows Media Con
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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: GETTING STARTED SECTION 3: THE SONG QUEUE........................20 SECTION 7: SECTION 10: OPTIONS FOR I. Music Server Software Requirements..4 Building a Song Queue......................................20 SOUNDBRIDGE WEB INTERFACE...................31 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ..............................45 II. Enabling Music Sharing ..........................7 Reviewing a Song Queue..................................21 Launching the Roku Web Interface...........
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1 What Is a “Music Server”? SECTION 1: GETTING STARTED SoundBridge is a network music player. That is, it doesn’t store any music, but plays fi les that To use SoundBridge you will need to do the following (detailed explanations follow): you have stored on a computer connected to your home network. (It can also play Internet I. Make sure you have a compatible music server installed. Compatible music servers include radio without connecting to your computer, using a direct connection to the In
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1 Installing a Compatible Music Server You have several options for connecting your music library to SoundBridge: To access network music sharing, make sure you have a compatible music server installed. Music Server Recommended for Users Notes Compatible music servers are listed on the previous page. To install one of these, follow the of . . . instructions below. Windows Media Connect Windows XP with SP2 A free media server from Microsoft. Works with any music Installing Windows Media Connec
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1 Windows Control Panel. The SoundBridge device appears in the notifi cation area in the Enabling Sharing in Musicmatch bottom-right corner of the window. 1. Select Options/Settings. 2. Open the Wizard window, click the SoundBridge device and then click Allow. Windows 2. Click the CD Lookup/Connectivity tab. Media Connect will now authorize SoundBridge. 3. Select Enable Music Server and then select Universal Plug and Play. You can close Musicmatch if you like — the UPnP server will keep ru
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1 There is no power switch to turn on SoundBridge. As soon as you plug in the power, you should PC or Mac with Connecting to powered speakers (M1000) music files quickly see the welcome message “Roku SoundBridge.” If not, please stop and ensure that your power cable is connected properly on both ends. VI. Using Your Remote Control Power Cable The SoundBridge remote control is an infrared remote, so it needs “line of sight” to Wireless Router/Switch (or wired Ethernet) SoundBridge in order t
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1 same key you have entered into your Access Point and your computer. Your screen will look For a complete list of SoundBridge settings, please see the “Advanced Features” section of this something like this: user guide. No Music Libraries Found (Why?) IX. Checking for the Latest Software System Confi guration When a software update is available, your SoundBridge will automatically offer you the choice Scroll down using your remote control’s Down arrow until the option “System Confi guration”
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SECTION 2: BROWSING MUSIC Remote Control Quick Reference Use these commands on your remote control to select and play music: Choosing Your Music Library 2 Once SoundBridge is successfully connected to your network and your server’s music sharing � Use the Up and Down [ △ ▽] arrow buttons to take you through a list item by item. Use options are enabled, SoundBridge will automatically fi nd any supported music libraries on the the Select [] button to take you one level down into the highlighted
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Home Menu Overview Browse Composers Now, if you navigate to the “Browse Albums” option and press Select, you Ë Playlists will see an alphabetical listing of Albums found in your music library. The Browse screen will look something like this: Only the fi rst two lines of the Home Menu are displayed at once (or one line if you are using an M1000 with the largest font size), but you can use the Down ▽ arrow on your remote control to Ë Parachutes scroll through all these options: Paul’s Bo
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You can choose specifi c albums or songs to play by navigating down to your desired album and also appears by default after a few minutes of inactivity on the remote control. pressing Add [+] to add to an existing Song Queue, or Play to replace an existing Song Queue. If you press Play on an album track, that track will play, followed by each track remaining on the 2 Hint: if your selected album contains songs by different artists, such as compilation album. For example, if you press Play on
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current song at the end of your playlist. SECTION 3: THE SONG QUEUE SoundBridge automatically builds a song queue every time you select a song or album to play. You can add an almost unlimited number of songs to your Song Queue. Each selection will be This section will tell you how to build a Song Queue, review a Song Queue and erase a Song played in the order it was entered (unless you have chosen to Shuffl e your Song Queue). Queue. Hint: After you have selected multiple songs to be played
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SECTION 4: ADDITIONAL PLAYBACK OPTIONS Note: Unfortunately Musicmatch does not support searching on SoundBridge at this time. If searching is not available, the Search menu item will not appear, and pressing the Search key Playing a Playlist on the remote will display a message. To play a playlist that you have created in your music jukebox software such as Windows Media Whether you use the Search menu or the remote button, you will see the following options: Player, select the Playlist optio
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SoundBridge is in Standby mode when you press Play, it will power up and start playing.) SECTION 5: PRESETS Your SoundBridge includes 18 positions in its internal memory, which can store a variety of - Enter a stream URL for an Internet radio station from an external source. (For help with selections for your quick and easy recall. You can save just about anything to Presets that you locating and importing stream URL’s, see the link on the top of the web page. For more can play on the Sound
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My Favorites SECTION 6: INTERNET RADIO Browse You can listen to Internet radio in one of two ways. First, you can listen to SoundBridge’s built-in Play Preset set of radio stations located in the “Internet Radio” Library. Your computer does not need to be Show Now Playing on - all you need is an active Internet connection on your home network. Second, you can enter a URL of a radio station playlist on the Internet Radio tab of the SoundBridge web page. (This Select “Browse” and choose the m
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Add Station to My Favorites Ë My Favorites may only contain stations found by browsing the Internet Radio Library. Stop Presets may contain stations from the built-in library or entered via the web page. Select the option “Add Station to My Favorites” and press Select. Ë Presets can recall content other than Internet radio stations, like playlists or Note: Only stations that you have accessed via the browse feature in the Internet Radio Library selections that you have browsed to f
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Playback Limitations of Internet Radio Streams SECTION 7: SOUNDBRIDGE WEB INTERFACE SoundBridge currently supports MP3 and WMA Internet radio stations. RealAudio and AACplus Use SoundBridge’s web page to control SoundBridge playback remotely, confi gure your stations are not supported at this time. However, stay tuned for additional formats that may be SoundBridge or reconfi gure your preset Internet radio stations by entering the stream URL supported in future software releases. directly into
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Apple/OSX users: Follow these steps to access the web page: 1. Launch the Safari web browser. Because SoundBridge uses the Bonjour protocol (formerly known as Rendezvous), the device automatically announces itself. 3. Select the UPnP Interface check box. 7 2. In Safari, be sure you have your bookmark list showing. If it is not showing, go to the Bookmark menu and select Show All Bookmarks. 4. Click OK and then Next. The Confi guring Window appears. 3. Click on the Bonjour option in the bo
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The web page includes four tabs: Presets On this page, you can: Now Playing - Specify up to eighteen of your favorite music selections, such as Internet radio streams, Allows for control of playback of current music selection, including Pause, Play, Next/Previous search results, or Playlists, to be stored in your Presets. (See p 26 for more info about Track, Stop, Repeat and Shuffl e. You can also change the volume level. Presets.) - Change the name of a Preset. - Click and drag the “Move” b
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You may wish to use fewer than the 18 available Preset slots. If you want to leave a slot empty, ensure that the menu below the “Name” label reads “URL”, and then ensure that both the name and location boxes are empty. When you save changes, the Preset will be marked as empty. When you are fi nished editing your presets, click on the “Update Presets” button at the bottom of the page. Hint: If for some reason you insert a URL that is too long to fi t inside the text fi eld (longer than 250 chara
