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RadioXtreme
USB Radio
Model: FMU-100
User Manual
(Version 1.0)
User Manual Page 1
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Table of contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................4 1.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Specifications ...................................................................................................................................4 1.3 Minimum System Requirements .........
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4.3.7 Time LCD label in full window...............................................................................................25 4.3.8 Frequency LCD label in full window .....................................................................................26 4.3.9 Tray icon..................................................................................................................................26 4.4 Controlling RX Radiator from keyboard..............................................
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1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction RadioXtreme USB brings to you a totally new breeze of experience that livens up your daily computing routine. Working on the PC will never be as monotonous with your favorite radio channels on the latest news updates and music. RadioXtreme USB comes equipped with an IR Remote Control to provide the full remote steering possibilities over the radio functions and more. Listen and record your favorite music channel is simply a button away. It even lets you
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2 Hardware Setup 2.1 Description of the radio connectors The diagram below shows the connection of RadioXtreme. It can be connected in 2 easy steps: RadioXtreme connection diagram Step 1: Connect the earphones or active speakers to the “Audio-Out”. To enable the recording function, use the provided Line-out cable and connect from “Audio-Out” to the Line-In, Microphone-In or Auxiliary-In of your desktop or laptop PC. Step 2: Connect RadioXtreme USB connector to the desktop or
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3 Software Setup The software that is bundled with the RadioXtreme USB consists of several components: • RX Radiator – the main application that allows controlling the RadioXtreme. See also What is RX Radiator description. • RX Commander – program that receives commands from the remote control unit to control RadioXtreme USB Radio and PowerPoint presentation (and other programs defined in RX KeyCom application). See also What is RX Commander description • RX KeyCom – program that allows y
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3.1.3 Choosing components In this dialog you can select the components that you want to install. Press [Next >] to continue. 3.1.4 Installation folder Here you can define the target directory where RadioXtreme software will be installed. Press [Next >] to continue. User Manual Page 7
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3.1.5 Shortcuts folder In this dialog you can choose name and location of the folder for RadioXtreme shortcuts in the Start menu. Press [Install] to continue. 3.1.6 Installation progress While copying files the installation progress dialog is shown. The installer will check if another session of radiator.exe is running and close it if so. The program files will be copied into the target directory. Press [Next >] to continue. 3.1.7 Completing setup window You can choose to run Rad
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- support of all key operations by hot keys - possibility to record in various sound quality using codecs - mouse use include wheel - optional tray icon view - easy-to-use frequency editing and sorting stations - direct keyboard tuning - command-line switches - language modules support, large range of languages - scheduling and scripting - easy to control from another applications via documented messages - and much more 4.1 RX Radiator interface 4.1.1 Standard RX Radiator window
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4.1.4 Volume settings area - Volume up Increases the volume - Mute/Unmute Mutes/unmutes the sound. - Volume down Decreases the volume 4.1.5 Tuning - Tune down Tunes to lower frequency. The target frequency is: current frequency – tuning step (1 MHz by default) - Fine tune down Tunes to lower frequency using finer step. The target frequency is: current frequency – fine tuning step (100 kHz by default) - Fine tune up Tunes to higher frequency. The target frequency is:
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- Store frequency in favorites Once a station had been pick-up, you can press this button to store it into any one of the user definable station - The following dialog is shown: Enter the desired name and press [OK]. The station will be stored in that position. - More/Less stations Toggles between two sets of stations: stations #1 - #12 and stations #13 - #24. - Stations 1 – 12 , Stations 13 – 24 Two sets of numbered buttons of the stored stations. You can switch between th
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Notes: o CPU load is nearly the same as while file recording o In general, PCM, IMA ADPCM etc. require less CPU time than MP3 o Length of buffer is shown as the last item in Codec properties field in RX Radiator configuration o If loop recording was active during last RX Radiator session, it will start automatically again when RX Radiator is launched again (even when active only as tray icon) - Save and name automatically Toggles between two modes of saving of the recorded file. Wh
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4.2.1.1 Volume control In this section you can define what device should be used for controlling the volume. o Line-in (sound-card) Line-in device Choose a line-in device, i.e. the input to the sound card where you connect to the audio out of RadioXtreme. (Eg: Line-In, Mic-In, Aux-In and so fore). 4.2.1.2 Tuning o Tuning range This allows you to choose either the standard or the enhanced FM frequency range. However. RadioXtreme only support the standard range. Standard (87 –
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- Indicate recording using LED When checked then LED on the radio card body blinks while RX Radiator records. - Get firmware version Shows version of the radio card firmware. - Get DLL version Shows version of vrlib.dll (library used by plugin to communicate with radio) - More information about the plugin Shows text file describing the plugin properties. - Save and exit Stores the current LCD settings. - Cancel Closes the window without saving the changes. User Manual
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4.2.2 Recording settings In this tab you can defines various settings related to recording. Some of the settings related to recording are also to be specified in Options tab. - Recording source Choose here the recording source, i.e. the source that soundcard should record from (usually with the same name as Line-in device). Remember, as long as you don’t check box Check the recording source in the Options tab, this selection is not used by RX Radiator while recording. - File size
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4.2.2.1 Recording format Here you can choose whether you want to record to standard uncompressed PCM (.wav file) or using so- called Windows ACM (Audio Compression Manager) codecs. Usually, recording using ACM codecs can either result in finer quality while the file size stays the same or even lower. There are several ACM drivers that are automatically installed with the system. There are drivers that provide support for the compressed formats MS-ADPCM, IMA ADPCM, the GSM 6.10 standard and
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4.2.3 Options Here you can adjust various settings to adapt RX Radiator to your needs. 4.2.3.1 Miscellaneous o On power off Specifies whether the sound should be switched off on each RX Radiator shutdown automatically, or if it shall stay in its current status, or if RX Radiator asks each time o Use external language file When checked you can select appropriate language file from the combobox. Language is loaded after pressing [Apply] or [OK] buttons. o Surf latency Specifies a
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o Dock radio to screen edges If checked then when you are moving the main window (by dragging it on RX Radiator label) it docks to screen edges when the distance is lower than 10 pixels. o Show warning on shutdown When checked the warning window is shown on scheduled shutdown. o Beep on Windows shutdown When checked then when the sleep timer is about to show warning window the warning sound is played. o Allow multiple instances By default, only one instance of RX Radiator can run in the
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4.2.4 Stations list Here you can create or modify your list of stations, select which of them you want to appear in menu, set their mono/stereo properties etc. - Load Loads the stations either from .rsd (RX Radiator Station Definition) file or from Radiator.ini file. - Save Saves the current list of the stations into .rsd (RX Radiator Station Definition) file. - Publish After clicking this button; you have to first select a file containing station to be published. The e-mail wi
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4.2.5 Schedule RX Radiator uses very strong tool - scripts for scheduling of the recordings. It is not necessary to write commands in some obscure programming language - everything is intuitive, easy and pleasant. Both Global scheduling active and Current script enabled checkboxes have to be checked for script to run. Scripts have following (intentional) restrictions: - only one script can run at the same time (You can define as many scripts as you want. Nevertheless st when the 1 s
