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WiFI / Wireless Internet Radio
Instructional Manual AIREC01F
mnl M10109 Copyright © 2009 Aluratek, Inc. All Rights Reserved. aluratek.com
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction...................................................................... 04 1.1 Overview.................................................................................... 04 1.2 Features .................................................................................... 05 1.3 Requirements............................................................................ 05 1.4 Package Contents................................................
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview Thank you for choosing Aluratek’s® WiFi / Wireless Internet Radio Home Theater Edition. Once I’m connected to your home theater system you will have access to 11,000+ live streaming internet radio stations from around the globe at your fingertips. This includes any music genre you can think of including talk, sports and local news from over 150 countries. That’s pretty much free music for life pumping through your home stereo system! Just use your exisi
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.2 Features • Choose between more than 11,000+ radio stations worldwide via built-in vTuner with no monthly cost • Search music by genre, i.e. classic, pop, talk, news, sports etc. and geographically over 150 countries • Compatible with universal Plug-n-Play audio servers such as: Microsoft Media Player 11 (WMP11), Microsoft Media Connect and MusicMatch Jukebox • Wireless access WIFI 802.11 b/g, Ethernet and USB 2.0 (host only) connectivity • Access music file
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.5 Product Application CONNECT Simply connect to your receiver or external speakers 1 via the included RCA cables A Built-in WiFi Supports all receivers B C LISTEN 2 OR OR A B C Stream Internet Radio Connect your local Plug in any USB Drive from your WiFi / wireless CAT5 Ethernet cable to and listen to your 802.11 B / G router. stream Internet Radio. music files. 6
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Chapter 2: Getting Started 2.1 Hardware Installation If you prefer to use Ethernet for wired network connection, please plug in your Ethernet cable to the LAN (RJ45) port. Please plug in the DC power adapter to the outlet and the DC power jack carefully. To operate the device, you can use the supplied remote control. 2.2 Software Installation AIREC01F can work as a stand-alone device or as a media streamer of a media server. As a stand-alone unit, you can use it to listen to Internet radio
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Chapter 3: Configuration There are three modes of network configuration for AIREC01F. It can be a wireless client, a wired client, or even a wireless access point (Wireless AP). 3.1 Configure as an Wireless Client The factory default mode is the wireless client code. According to the availability of an Ethernet cable, the device will automatically select a suitable client mode to operate. User can also manually change the set- ting of network configuration through the Setup menu “Setup/Advanc
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Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in (cont.): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen 4. “ ” button “ ” button or Select the desired “OK” button AP to connect 5. Numeric key “OK” button Type in the pads encryption key if the AP is encrypted. 6. “OK” button Set a proxy server if any. 7. “OK” button Confirm to the settings. 8. Apply new settings. 9
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Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode: Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen 1. “OK” button Select “Setup” menu 2. “ ” button “ ” button or Enter “Advanced (4 times) “OK” button Setup” menu 3. “ ” button “ ” button or (1 time) “OK” button 4. “ ” button or Manually select “OK” button the wireless client mode. 5. Scanning for available APs. 6. “ ” button “ ” button or Select the “OK” button desired AP to connect 7. Numeri
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Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode (cont.): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen 8. “OK” button Set a proxy server if any. 9. “OK” button Confirm to the settings above. 10. Apply new settings. 11
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Chapter 3: Configuration 3.2 Configure as a Wired Client If there is no 802.11b/g wireless network, AIREC01F can also connect to the wired network through an Ethernet cable. For this case, prior to power on the device, you have to plug in the Eth- ernet cable into the LAN (RJ45) connector on the back of the unit. After you power on the device, it will automatically go into the wired client mode when it detects a link status through the Ethernet connection. First time using device with an Eth
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Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wired Client Mode: Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen 1. “OK” button Select “Setup” menu 2. “ ” button “ ” button or Enter “Advanced (4 times) “OK” button Setup” menu 3. “ ” button “ ” button or (1 time) “OK” button 4. “ ” button “ ” button or Manually select (1 time) “OK” button the wired client mode. 5. “ ” button “ ” button or Select the DHCP (1 time) “OK” button for auto configured IP address.
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Chapter 3: Configuration 3.3 Configure as a Wireless Access Point (AP Mode) AIREC01F can also be configured as a wireless AP. With such feature, you can easily extend the wireless coverage without purchasing another AP. To configure the AIREC01F as an wireless AP, you have to manually setup the device through selecting the setup menu “Setup / Advanced Setup / Con- figure Network/AP mode”. And then further setup the IP address scheme, SSID, channel number and the encryption key of the AP. Once
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Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as a Wireless Access Point ((AP Mode) (cont.)): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen 6. Numeric key “OK” button Type in the pads Identifier (name) of this AP. 7. Numeric key “OK” button Select the wire- pads less channel to be allocated to this AP. 8. “ ” button “OK” button Select one of (1 time) the security schemes. 9. Numeric key “OK” button Type in the pads encryption key if the AP is encrypted. 10. “OK” button Set a proxy
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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.1 Listen to Internet Radio To listen to music or broadcast programs from Internet radio stations, please select the “Internet Radio” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to enter the Internet Radio function. The first screen of Internet Radio function shows 2 items for you to select: “Station List”: Retrieve the Internet radio station lists from the Internet portal server. “Favorite Stations”: Retrieve the favorite station lists that st
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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music It takes few seconds to get the latest list from Internet. And you will see the next screen. This means the AIREC01F is connected to the Internet server and received the information from the server. If you see the following screen instead, it means that the device has encountered problem in retrieving the list from the internet server, please try again. 17
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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to browse to a specific ratio station such as “4U Classic Rock” in France and start to playback the music from it. Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen 1. Select “Internet Radio” function 2. “ ” button or “OK” button 3. “ ” button or “OK” button 4. “ ” button “ ” button or (4 times) “OK” button 5. “ ” button “ ” button or (14 times) “OK” button 6. “ ” button or “OK” button 1
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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen 7. “ ” button “ ” button or Press the “ ” (5 times) button to add “OK” button current station to favorite list for quick access later. 8. Connecting to the radio station. 9. Start buffering the music from the radio station. 10.. Music started… 19
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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.2 Listen to Music in Your Computer To listen to music from your own computers, you have to install and acti- vate the media server utility. Please refer to Appendix A or B for example on how to install a media server software. After you installed and activated the media server, you can enjoy listening to the streaming music from AIREC01F. Please select the “Media Server” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to enter the Media Server f
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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music If there is no server found, you will see the below message. Please check if you had already started the media server on your com- puter. If the media server not found problem still exists, please refer to the trouble shooting chapter to identify the problem and resolve it step by step. The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to connect to a media serv- er “JAMES-NB: James:” and browsing to the Music album “Best of Roxette”. Instructions Screenshot
