Portable INTERNET & FM RADIO DR 410 User Manual
Functional Modes and Features The product is a small, lightweight and stylish design battery operated Internet Radio. This radio incorporates an Internet radio, an FM radio and additionally a Music streaming feature to be used with a Wi-Fi home network. Powered by alka l i ne bat te ri es o r e xt e rn a l DC Power Adaptor, the product provides hours of network audio streaming from Internet radio stations and music steaming from your own networked PC connected to your Wi-Fi access point.
Product Button Definition 1 Earphone socket 3.5 mm Stereo socket, for connecting earphones. Insert the plug until it clicks. Socket can also be used to connect home stereo amplifier.
Getting Started The package contents: • Internet & FM radio unit • Power Adaptor User Manual • To Power on your radio, press and hold the Power key, you will see the Albrecht Internet Radio screen. After the startup is complete, you will see the Main Menu screen that shows you the Internet Radio, Media Stream, FM Radio and Setting modes as option in a list. Use the Navigation Knob to scroll through the list as you like and press the Navigation Knob to confirm the selection.
For the case of using the Wi-Fi network you will see this screen that list two options for you, the Load profile and Search network option respectively. The Load profile option let you load back a profile that you have saved in the previous section, please use the Tune/ OK Knob to navigate and select it.
Use Tune/OK to key in the network key. Turning the knob left and right will change the numbers, characters and symbols that you wish to show in the center of upper line of the screen. In this example, the ‘5’ is the current active number, to select it press Tune/OK once. Turning the knob counter clockwise or right will shift the ‘character’ to the center of the screen for selection and pressing the knob will select it. Use the Back button to delete a selected character.
Internet Internet radio gives you the access to all the Radio stations available worldwide. Once your product is connected to Wi-Fi, you can listen to either all the preset memory channels by direct memory buttons1 to 5 or select any Internet Radio Station worldwide from Radio Search option. Here you can find all your favorite Radio channels, which are arranged in different categories. Please refer to Radio Search section below for details.
Media Streaming Now after setup of the connection, you can access any songs from your PC that running Windows Media Player Version 11 in Windows XP or Vista OS. Listening to Media Select the Media Stream from the Main Menu. It will start scanning the WIFI network to find a music server on Your PC. It will prompt you the menu screen as shown after successful connection. If you should already got a successful connection previously, the display will directly show you the list of found servers.
Setting up Windows Media Player version 11 You should be running Windows XP OS on your PC/Laptop, and Windows Media Player version 11. Now open the Windows Media Player, and choose Library. From the drop down list of the menu select the Media sharing.
Please un-tick Pictures and video under Media type. Next tick the ‘Allow new devices and computers automatically and press OK To select the folders for monitor and for sharing, choose Library. From the drop down list of the menu select the Add to Library.
FM Radio FM Radio connects you to the local radio channels available in your city. To listen to the FM Radio, select the FM Radio from the main menu and it will start playing the last played channel. To change the channels use Tune/ OK knob. Press the knob once you will get the “Auto Scan” appear at the bottom line of the screen, this shows you that currently you are in the “Auto Scan” Mode.
Setting Setting allow you to customize the settings of your product. Select the Setting from the main menu and you will see the settings menu. It includes the following categories: Network Configuration, helps you set up and disconnect from the Wi-Fi network and show you the current network status of the product, for more details on how to do Wi-Fi Setup please refer Setting up the Wi-Fi section above. Disconnect, will disconnect product from the W-Fi Network Connection.
Factory Reset, allow you set bring back all the setting to the factory default setting. Use the Tune / OK knob to select the Yes or No option. About, details of the player Model name and the firmware version. See the sample screen shot shown. 12 HW:IR-100 SW:999.999.
Glossary Wi-Fi Wi-Fi, popularly known as an acronym for wireless fidelity, was originally a brand licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the embedded technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802.11 specifications. Use of the term has now broadened to generically describe the wireless interface of mobile computing devices, such as laptops in LANs.
SSID In Wi-Fi Wireless LAN computer networking, a service set identifier (SSID) is a code attached to all packets on a wireless network to identify each packet as part of that network. The code is a case sensitive text string which consists of a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters. All wireless devices attempting to communicate with each other must share the same SSID.
Question: What is product Wi-Fi zero-configuration? How does it work? Answer: product Wi-Fi zero-configuration is an intelligent service used to provide end customer like you a harass- free user experience on Wi-Fi setup. It will automatically connect to open Wi-Fi access point or load saved profiles. Question: What is product Wi-Fi profile? Answer: product Wi-Fi profile is a configuration set for your Wi-Fi connection. It contains all the information you need to access a Wi-Fi access point.
Question: Can I connect to public access Wi-Fi networks (hot-spot)? Answer: You can not connect to hot-spot access point because it usually needs an application level web-based authentication. Try first with a notebook. If you need to go to a certain website and enter access data from a voucher, then an internet radio cannot be connected. Question: Which bit rate will my product player support? Answer: The product player will support 64-320Kbps for MP3 and 32-320 Kbps for WMA.
