WiFI / Wireless Internet Radio Instructional Manual AIREC01F mnl M10109 Copyright © 2009 Aluratek, Inc. All Rights Reserved. aluratek.
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction...................................................................... 1.1 Overview.................................................................................... 1.2 Features .................................................................................... 1.3 Requirements ............................................................................ 1.4 Package Contents ..................................................................... 1.
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.
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 files stored on a USB 2.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.5 Product Application 1 CONNECT Simply connect to your receiver or external speakers via the included RCA cables Built-in WiFi A Supports all receivers B 2 LISTEN A Stream Internet Radio from your WiFi / wireless 802.11 B / G router. 6 C OR B Connect your local CAT5 Ethernet cable to stream Internet Radio. OR C Plug in any USB Drive and listen to your music files.
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.
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.
Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in (cont.): Instructions Go to next screen Notes “ ” button or “OK” button Select the desired AP to connect 5. Numeric key pads “OK” button Type in the encryption key if the AP is encrypted. 6. “OK” button Set a proxy server if any. 7. “OK” button Confirm to the settings. 4. “ 8. ” button Screenshot Apply new settings.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode: Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes 1. “OK” button Select “Setup” menu 2. “ ” button (4 times) “ ” button or “OK” button Enter “Advanced Setup” menu 3. “ ” button (1 time) “ ” button or “OK” button 4. “ ” button or “OK” button 5. 6. “ Scanning for available APs. ” button 7. Numeric key pads 10 Manually select the wireless client mode.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode (cont.): Instructions Go to next screen Notes 8. “OK” button Set a proxy server if any. 9. “OK” button Confirm to the settings above. 10. Screenshot Apply new settings.
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 Ethernet 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.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wired Client Mode: Instructions Go to next screen Notes 1. “OK” button Select “Setup” menu 2. “ ” button (4 times) “ ” button or “OK” button Enter “Advanced Setup” menu 3. “ ” button (1 time) “ ” button or “OK” button 4. “ ” button (1 time) “ ” button or “OK” button Manually select the wired client mode. 5. “ ” button (1 time) “ ” button or “OK” button Select the DHCP for auto configured IP address. 6.
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 / Configure Network/AP mode”. And then further setup the IP address scheme, SSID, channel number and the encryption key of the AP.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as a Wireless Access Point ((AP Mode) (cont.)): Instructions Go to next screen Notes 6. Numeric key pads “OK” button Type in the Identifier (name) of this AP. 7. Numeric key pads “OK” button Select the wireless channel to be allocated to this AP. 8. “ ” button (1 time) “OK” button Select one of the security schemes. 9. Numeric key pads “OK” button Type in the encryption key if the AP is encrypted. 10. “OK” button Set a proxy server if any. 11.
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.
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.
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 screen 1. Select “Internet Radio” function 2. “ ” button or “OK” button 3. “ ” button or “OK” button 4. “ ” button (4 times) “ ” button or “OK” button 5. “ ” button (14 times) “ ” button or “OK” button 6.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music Instructions 7. “ ” button (5 times) Screenshot Go to next screen Notes “ ” button or “OK” button Press the “ ” button to add 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..
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 activate 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 function.
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 computer. 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 server “JAMES-NB: James:” and browsing to the Music album “Best of Roxette”. Instructions 1.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music Instructions 5. Screenshot Go to next screen Notes “ ” button or “OK” button 6. “ ” button “ ” button or “OK” button 7. “ ” button “ ” button or “OK” button 8. “ ” button or “OK” button Press the “ ” button to add current station to my song queue for quick access. 9. Wait till end of song, or press “ ” to next song. Music started. 10. Next song started.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.3 Listen to the Music in Your USB Drive To listen to music on your USB drive or portable MP3 player, please plug in the USB drive into the USB connector of AIREC01F. Then select the “MP3 Player” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to enter the MP3 player function. The first screen of MP3 Player function shows the root folder content of the attached USB drive. If you see the screen “NO DEVICE”, there was a problem accessing the USB device.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music The following screen shots are an example of how to play a music file. Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes 1. “ ” button or “OK” button Select “MP3 Player” function 2. “ ” button (2 times) “ ” button or “OK” button Select the folder where the music file is located 3. “ ” button (1 time) “ ” button or “OK” button 4. “ ” button or “OK” button 5. Music started 4.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.5 How to Add Stations Thru the Web Portal 1. Please make sure you have the latest firmware. Please refer to section 5.6 and 5.7 for steps on how to determine the current firmware version on your device. Firmware can be found on http://www.aluratek.com/ download_drivers_manuals.php 2. Please go to http://aluratek.vtuner.com 3. Use vTuner ID (you can find the id either from menu Setting > vTunerID or the MAC address on the label that is on the bottom of the unit) 4.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 8. Please fill in info for the station that you wish to add 9. Power Off/On the unit 10.
Chapter 5: Advanced Tools There are some useful setup functions that can help you to operate the device properly. 5.1 Network Setting Check current network information. 5.2 Configure Network Please refer to chapter 3 for network configuration. 5.3 Reset to Default When you reset the device to its factory default, your “favorites” Internet radio and FM radio will not be erased.
Chapter 5: Advanced Tools 5.4 Clear Favorites Clear all “favorites” Internet radio station and FM radio station stored. 5.5 Device MAC Address Check MAC address of the device. 5.6 Firmware Version Check current firmware version. 5.7 Firmware Upgrade If there is any new firmware released, please download and follow the upgrade procedure below.
Chapter 5: Advanced Tools Steps to upgrade new firmware in the device via a USB drive Step 1. Copy the new firmware to the ROOT directory of a USB drive or a USB MP3 player. (Note. Please DON’T modify the file name, otherwise the AIREC01F can’t find the new F/W) Step 2. Power on the AIREC01F and then plug-in the USB drive into the front USB port of the AIREC01F. Step 3. Operate the AIREC01F to get into the F/W upgrade menu (“Setup\Advanced Setup\F/W Upgrade(thru.
Chapter 6: Misc. 6.1 Clock Setting Prior to setting the alarm, you need to set the clock of AIREC01F. First, select the Setup function from the Main Menu. The first item “Clock” is for the date and time setting. Press OK or “ button to set the clock value. ” There are 3 items in the clock menu, the first one will display the current date and time; the second item is for you to set the date and time manually or via auto-Sync (automatically synchronize with network time server).
Chapter 6: Misc. 6.1.1 Time Setup - Manually If you decide to set the clock manually, press the OK or “ ” button to go into the date and clock screen. You can use the four directional buttons and the OK button to set the current date/time. Use “ ” , “ ” buttons to switch between the items to be adjusted. The selected item will be flashing. Use “ ” , “ ” buttons to adjust (increase or decrease) the value of the specific item. Press the OK button to confirm and finish the time setup.
Chapter 6: Misc. 6.1.2 Time Setup – Auto-Sync (NTP) If you choose to set the clock automatically, please go into the “AutoSync (NTP)” menu, and select the correct time zone for your location. After that, the device will set the date and time automatically. 6.1.3 Time Display Format Choose time display format bewteen 12-Hour or 24-Hours.
Chapter 6: Misc. 6.2 Backlight Setting You can adjust the backlight ON / OFF settings as you wish. The default setting is Always ON. You can set the backlight to be turned OFF once the device is idle (no key press) after a specific time elapsed. The backlight can be switched off automatically in 1/3/10/30 minutes. 6.3 Equalizer Setting In the Setup menu, you can change the setting of the equalizer. The options available are Normal, Classic, Rock, Jazz, and PoP.
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Install & Connect to Windows Media Player 11 Please follow the steps below: Step 0. Download WMP11. - Please download Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) installation file, e.g., wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe, from Microsoft’s web site. - Install wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe without any changes needed. - Just click on ‘next’ to finish the installation. Step 1. Activate the Media Player.
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Step 2. Change the view - Change the view from “Now Playing” to “Library” view by clicking on the Library Tab to manage the content and share your media. You will see the following view: Step 3. Add your Media content to WMP11 media library. - Click on the “Library” tab again, you can see a pull-down menu.
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 - You will see the following view: - Click on the add button and select the media folder in your computer, and then click the OK button. For example, you can put all the music files in the directory D:\Music, so you just need to add the folder to the share list.
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 - You will see the specified folder included in the WMP11 monitor folder lists. - Then press the OK button. A pop-up window will appear and show you the WMP11 is searching for the media files. - When it finished, click on the “Close” button. - Now, you can browse and manage your media content with the WMP11 Library manager.
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Step 4. Share the WMP11 media library. - Similar to Step 3, click on the “Media Sharing” item to activate the media sharing function. - The following dialog windows will appear. - Check the “Share my media” checkbox and click on “OK” button. - The WMP11 will try to discover the available network devices in your LAN. - The following display showed that no device is found at this moment.
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 If AIREC01F is already connected to your home network, you will see the following display that WMP11 found a network device named “Aluratek AIREC01F”. AIREC01F Step 5. Manage the setting of sharing media. - Click on the “Settings” button, and specify the name of the WMP11 server to be displayed on your AIREC01F. Then, press OK to exit.
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Step 6. Authorize the access from your AIREC01F. The WMP11 provides simple access control setting. When WMP11 detects new network device (as the final screen in Step 4), you have to decide whether you want to allow or deny the requests from that device. - Please select the device icon and then click on the “Allow” button to grant further streaming requests from that device. Then you will see that the device icon state changed consequently.
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Step 7. Establish the connection between AIREC01F and WMP11 server. - From AIREC01F, select “Media Server” function from the main menu (or press the hot key “Media Player” on the remote control), and then AIREC01F will start the server discovery process. After a few seconds, it will find server like “PC_Hostname: Server Name”. This is the WPM11 server that you installed. - Press the ‘OK’ button to try to connect to the server.
Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0 Install & Connect to Windows Media Connect V2.0 Please follow the steps below: Step 0. Download WMC server. - Please download the Windows Media Connect (WMC) installation file, wmcsetup.exe, from Microsoft web site. - Install the wmcsetup.exe without any changes needed. - Just click on ‘next’ to finish the installation. Step 1. Activate WMC. You can find a new installed file icon “Windows Media Connect” from the Windows XP Program list.
Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0 Step 3. Then, you will be asked to select the folders you want to share with your devices. Select the desired folder for your computer. For example, you can put all the music files in the directory D:\Music, so you select “Let me choose which folders” and add the folder to the share list. Finally, press ‘Finish’ to finish the setup of the Windows Media Connect. Then you can see a small icon on the lower right corner of the startup bar.
Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0 Step 4. Establish the connection between AIREC01F and WMC server. - From AIREC01F, select “Media Server” function from the main menu (or press the hot key “Media Player” on the remote controller), and then AIREC01F will start the server discovery process. After a few seconds, it will find server like “PC_Hostname: 1: Windows Media Connect”. - Then press the ‘OK’ button to try to connect to the server. You will see the AIREC01F screen shows “ Connecting…”.
Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0 Select the device and then click on the ‘Allow’ button. Then, press the ‘close’ button to finish the authorization process. At this moment, AIREC01F can get the contents or service from the WMC server. You can browse the list and playback the music you want.
Technical Support If you need further assistance, please contact Aluratek support department prior to returning this device. E-mail: support@aluratek.com Web: www.aluratek.
Radio and TV Interference Statement WARNING!!! This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Warranty Aluratek warrants this product against defect in material or workmanship for 1 Year from the date of purchase. This warranty becomes invalid if the factory-supplied serial number or “warranty void” sticker has been removed or altered on the product. This warranty does not cover: A) Cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God B) Accident, misuse, abuse, negligence or modification of any part of the product.
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