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SoundBridge Network Music Player
User Guide | Software v2.5
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[inside front cover] Welcome Thanks for purchasing Roku 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 server
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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTiON 1: GETTiNG STARTED SECTiON : THE SONG QUEUE........................24 Playback Limitations of Internet FLAC and Ogg-Vorbis Transcoding................47 I. Music Server Software Requirements..4 Building a Song Queue.....................................24 Radio Streams............................................37 Programming a Universal II. Enabling Music Sharing ..........................8 Reviewing a Song Queue..................................25 Discoverin
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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 files 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 You have several options for connecting your music library to SoundBridge: installing a Compatible Music Server 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 jukebox, installing Windows Med
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1 Enabling Sharing in iTunes ii. Enabling Music Sharing To turn on the Music Sharing option, After installing a music server, you need to enable your music server to share data with your SoundBridge. 1. Select iTunes/Preferences menu (Mac) or Edit/Preferences (PC). Enabling Sharing in Windows Media Connect 2. In the dialog box that appears, click the Sharing tab. To authorize SoundBridge as a permitted client for Windows Media Connect, follow these 3. Verify that the Share My Music opti
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1 Your SoundBridge has several audio connection options: iii. Hooking Up Your Home Network Hardware (Wired Ethernet or Wireless) Ethernet Connection Plug your cable into the jack provided on the right side of the rear of the unit. Connect your Ethernet cable to a hub, switch or router on your home network. Alternatively, you can connect SoundBridge directly to your computer (and bypass a hub/switch/router), but only with a “crossover” cable (sold separately). Connect the other end of the cabl
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1 In these cases, enter the SSID using the remote control. Use the left/right ◁ ▷ arrows to choose letters, and use the up/down △ ▽ arrows to change to Uppercase and to other character sets V. Connecting SoundBridge to AC Power (numbers, international characters) and to enter “Space”, “Delete” and “OK” when you’re done. If you plan to use an Ethernet connection, be sure the cable is plugged in to the unit. Plug the SoundBridge supports networks with WEP security. WPA is not yet supported.
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1 Personal Firewall Viii. Setting Display Preferences If you are using iTunes and have trouble connecting, your computer may have a firewall The brightness of your display can be adjusted by pressing the Bright [� ] button. installed that is not set correctly. Make sure your firewall is configured to allow iTunes music Text size and fonts can also be controlled for the SoundBridge M1000’s VFD display by pressing sharing by doing the following: the Bright [� ] button. Mac users: Also, from
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Remote Control Quick Reference SECTiON 2: BROWSiNG MUSiC Choosing Your Music Library Once SoundBridge is successfully connected to your network and your server’s music sharing options are enabled, SoundBridge will automatically find any supported music libraries on the network. You will be prompted to choose the library you would like to access from a screen that looks something like the one on the left: “Change Library or Configuration” Menu 1 4 2 5 VOLUME 3 6 Play Dan’s Music P
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Button Button Name Action Use these commands on your remote control to select and play music: old remote new remote • Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to take you through a list item by item. Use the Select 2 Add Adds current selection to your Song Queue. [ 4] button to take you one level down into the highlighted item (think of it as double- + + clicking a selected item). Home Takes you to the Source or Home Menu. • Use the Left and Right ◁ ▷ arrow buttons to “fast browse” a list of music opt
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Only the first two lines of the Home Menu are displayed at once (or one line if you are using an Ë Parachutes M1000 with the largest font size), but you can use the Down ▽ arrow on your remote control to Paul’s Boutique scroll through all these options: Navigate to the album that you want to hear using the Up/Down △ ▽ arrow buttons — in our 2 example, “Parachutes.” Or, for faster browsing, press the right arrow to skip ahead in the album Playlists [Displays all the playlists available for th
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You can choose specific albums or songs to play by navigating down to your desired album and tracks #5–#10 will play. (For continuous playback of the entire album, press Repeat [ ] on pressing Add [+] to add to an existing Song Queue, or Play to replace an existing Song Queue. your remote control — the album will play until the end, then start again at the beginning.) 2 Hint: if your selected album contains songs by different artists, such as compilation You can also browse to an album, arti
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You can add an almost unlimited number of songs to your Song Queue. Each selection will be SECTiON : THE SONG QUEUE played in the order it was entered (unless you have chosen to Shuffle your Song Queue). SoundBridge automatically builds a song queue every time you select a song or album to play. This section will tell you how to build a song queue, review a song queue and erase a song queue. Hint: After you have selected multiple songs to be played in turn, you can use the “Next Track” 9
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SECTiON 4: ADDiTiONAL PLAYBACK OPTiONS Search Options To search for a specific selection by spelling it out, you can press the Search [� ] button on your Playing a Playlist remote control, or navigate down to the “Search” option from the Home Menu. To play a playlist that you have created in your music jukebox software such as iTunes or Windows Media Player, select the Playlist option from the Home Menu [ ]. Use your Up/ (Note: Unfortunately, Rhapsody and MusicMatch don’t support searching o
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- Play back the selection by pressing the “Play” button next to the selection. (If your SECTiON 5: PRESETS SoundBridge is in Standby mode when you press Play, it will power up and start playing.) Your SoundBridge includes 18 positions in its internal memory, which can store a variety of selections for your quick and easy recall. You can save just about anything to Presets that you - Enter a stream URL for an Internet radio station from an external source. (For help with can play on the Sou
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SECTiON 6: iNTERNET RADiO Browsing internet Radio Stations You can listen to Internet radio in one of three ways. First, you can listen to SoundBridge’s built- You can browse SoundBridge’s built-in stations by Name, Genre, Language or Location. From in set of radio stations located in the “Internet Radio” Library. Your computer does not need to anywhere in the Internet Radio Library, press Home Menu [ ]. You will see the following be on - all you need is an active Internet connection on your h
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can use iTunes to “tune in” to that station, and then listen to it on SoundBridge. (Windows 4. Play this playlist on SoundBridge. Connect to your iTunes Music Library by choosing the Media Connect users can continue to use WMC for your music library, and just use iTunes for “Change Library or Configuration” option from your Home Menu and select the name of this feature.) your library. Once connected, select “Playlists.” Scroll down to the saved playlist (in our example, “RadioFavorites”) and
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Add Station to My Favorites a station is marked as a favorite, it appears in the “My Favorites” list in the Internet Radio library, but does not use up one of the 18 Preset slots. 3. Scroll down to the option “Add Station to My Favorites” and press Select. You will see the message “Station added to your favorites”. Next time you view My Favorites, you will see Note: If a station is saved as a Preset, then it is assumed to also be a “favorite”, and will always that station displayed in
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Get info for [Station name] audio stream and press Select [ 4] to play it immediately. Play Preset… If your list contains fewer than eighteen stations, SoundBridge will replace the Presets in the Save Preset: [Station name] Add Station to My Favorites corresponding slots (starting with A1), and the remaining Presets will remain unchanged. Stop Turn Screen Off Playing Stations Saved as “My Favorites” or “Presets” Scroll down to “Save Preset” and press Select [ 4]. You will see a numbered list of
