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Contents Argon iNet1 Quick start Guide 4 What you need before you can use your iNet1 FM radio..............................................................................................4 Controls.........................................................................................................................................................................6 Connections.....................................................................................................................................
Set up a Windows PC to allow the Argon iNet1 to access your audio files via a UPnP server..................................30 Locating and playing media files using the Argon iNet1 and UPnP............................................................................32 Browsing the list of tracks currently queued up for playback.....................................................................................33 Queuing up UPnP tracks for playback later.......................................................
Argon iNet 1 Quick start Guide What you need before you can use your iNet1 radio Before you can use your Argon Internet radio, you need the following: • A broadband Internet connection.
A few helpful hints: It takes a little time! When you select a radio station the Argon iNet1 uses a web link to access the radio station. If you are familiar with listening to Web radio through your PC or just browsing on the web, you will know that the time it takes for the webpage or Web radio to be loaded, differs very much. The same goes for the Argon iNet 1 . You must not compare with a normal FM radio where changing stations happen in an instant.
Controls The points showed below correspond to each front panel control button. tuning volume back reply alarm function sleep power 1/play 2/stop 3/previous 4/next use this button to navigate through all menus/stations and by pressing, it works as SELECT/CONFIRM. Referred to in the manual as “knob”. use this button to control the volume. Turn clockwise to turn up volume and turn counter clockwise to turn down the volume. use this button to go one step back in the menu.
5/browse 6/shuffle Snooze use this button to go browse the shared media files, when in media player mode, or to select radio station, preset 5. use this button to go shuffle the shared media files you have selected, when in media player mode, or to select radio station, preset 6. on the top side of the Argon iNet1 you will find a button called SNOOZE. Use this button for deactivating the Argon iNet1 when it has started to play after being in alarm mode.
Connections The points showed below correspond to each connection/function on the back side of the Argon iNet1. antenna power plug aux-in line-out headphones ethernet Bass port this antenna is used only for FM. Be sure to extend the antenna fully when using FM as playback source. (The Wi-Fi antenna is placed inside the Argon iNet1) insert the power supply plug from the power supply into this socket. Be sure not to use any other power supplies than the one that comes with the Argon iNet1.
Wireless Internet & FM Radio
Steps for connecting your Argon iNet1 to your wireless network Step 1 - Power up the Argon iNet1 Plug the cable from the mains adapter into the socket labelled 12-15V DC on the back of the Argon iNet1. CAUTION: Use only the mains adapter supplied with the radio. Connecting a power supply with a different rating will cause permanent damage to the radio and may be hazardous.
The radio will now scan for all available wireless networks and will display: Scanning If it can’t find one then the display will say: No Wireless Networks Found If this happens then you will have to get your wireless access point working - see the instructions supplied with it.
Step 3 - Connect to the wireless network When the ESSID for the access point you want to connect to, is displayed on the screen, press the SELECT button.
Then the network is using one of the encryption systems: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). You therefore need to enter the correct WEP or WPA code into the radio to get it to communicate with your network. Only the person who set up the network in the first place knows this code; if that person is not you then you need to find out what it is. After 3 seconds, the display goes into the code entry mode.
2. If the screen does not say < Stations > as shown above, turn the knob until it does. 3. Press the SELECT button. 4. Turn the knob to choose from or . enables you to choose from the radio stations provided by any country which you choose from a list. enables you to choose radio stations according to their content, for example Classic Rock, Sport, News, etc. 5. Press the SELECT button to choose the option you want. 1.
If this station has on-demand content (that is, it gives the option of listening to programmes which have already been broadcast), see “Stations which enable you to choose what to listen to”. 1. Turn the knob until the display shows the type of content you want, and then press the SELECT button. 2. Turn the knob until the display shows the station you want. 3. Press the SELECT button and wait until the radio connects to that station.
Returning to the menu while a station is playing When the Argon iNet1 is playing a radio station it will display the station’s name and bit rate. You can return to the radio’s menu section at any time by either pressing the SELECT button – which will take you to the ‘Stations’ menu - or the BACK button to return to the previous menu item.
Requesting a station that is currently unavailable If you want to listen to a particular radio station which is currently not available on-line, you can visit the Argon website and put in a request to add the station to the list. (www. argonaudio.com/inet) Stations which enable you to choose what to listen to Some radio stations can provide a number of options associated with their station; for example, some stations enable you to listen to programmes that have already been broadcast.
2. When you choose , the display shows the names of the programmes. Turn the knob to choose the program you want, then press the SELECT button. 3. When you have chosen the programme you want to listen to, either it will just start playing, or the display may show a list of days for you to choose from - use the knob to set the day the programme was broadcast, then press the SELECT button. 4. After you have chosen the day, you may be able to choose the Start Time.
You can also access the FM tuner by selecting the ‘Tuner’ menu item from the radio’s main menu. 2. While the Argon iNet1 is in its FM tuner state, it will display what FM frequency it is currently tuned into. Turning the TUNING knob clockwise will increase the FM frequency the radio is tuned into and turning it anticlockwise will decrease the frequency. 3. Press and hold down (for 5 sec.) the SELECT button to allow the Argon iNet1 to search for working FM frequencies that it can detect.
3. Press the SELECT button. 4. Turn the knob until the display says . < Clock Setup > 5. Turn the knob until the display says . < Set Time/Date > 6. Press the SELECT button. Set Time 14:03 7. Turn the knob until the hour setting is correct, and then press the SELECT button. Set Time 15:03 8. Turn the knob until the minute setting is correct, and then press the SELECT button. Set Date 01 jan.
9. Turn the knob to set day, then press SELECT, turn to set the month, confirm with SELECT, and then do the same with the year. Time and Date set The display says Time and date set for 3 seconds, and then returns to the radio station display. Setting the alarm 1. Press the SELECT button. (Note: if you make a mistake at any point, press the BACK button to go back to the previous screen.) 2. Turn the knob until the display says .
< Set Alarm > 5. Turn the knob until the display says . < 1 OFF 00:00 Sunday > 6. Turn the knob to swap between the various alarms and ‘Disable All’. Pressing the SELECT button on ‘Disable All’ will cause all the alarms to be turned off. The display will then say ‘All alarms disabled’ for 3 seconds, then returns to the radio station display. All alarms disabled 7. If you select one of the numbered alarms, then the Argon iNet1 will allow you to select the time for the alarm. Set Alarm 15:06 10.
12. Turn the knob to choose between ‘Once’, ‘Every day’, ‘Weekly’, ‘Weekdays’ and ‘Weekends’. If you choose ‘Once’ or ‘Weekly’, then you will need to choose which day you would the alarm to be activated on and then press the SELECT button. 13. Finally, you will need to select which type of alarm you would like to use: the radio’s buzzer or a station that is assigned to a preset, and then press the SELECT button.
Media Player Quickstart Guide The Media Player allows you to play audio files (AAC, AIFF, AU, MP3, RM, WAV and WMA) and playlists (M3U) stored on a networked PC. It has been verified to work on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Set up your Windows PC to allow the Argon iNet1 to access your audio files via Windows Shares 1. Please ensure that your PC is available on the network for your Argon iNet1, then, using Windows Explorer, locate the folder where your audio files are stored. 2.
Locate the shared audio files using the Argon iNet1 1. Power up the Argon iNet1. 2. Wait for ‘Stations’ to be displayed on the radio, or press the BACK button repeatedly until ‘Stations’ is displayed. 3. Turn the knob until the Argon iNet1 display shows ‘Media Player’. 4. Press the SELECT button and turn the knob until ‘Windows Shares’ is displayed. 5. Press the SELECT button, turn the knob until ‘Scan for PCs’ is displayed and press SELECT again. 6. The radio will now display ‘Finding PCs’.
Note that the first time the file scan is done a file called ‘.reciva_media_cache’ is written to the folder where the audio files are stored. This is in order to speed up subsequent file scans. Listening to a single shared track 1. Turn the knob until ‘By Artist’ is displayed. 2. Press the SELECT button. 3. Turn the knob until the required artist is displayed. 4. Press the SELECT button. 5. Turn the knob until the required album name is displayed. 6. Press the SELECT button.
4. Press the SELECT button. 5. Turn the knob until the required album name is displayed. 6. Press the SELECT button. ‘[Add to Queue]’ will be displayed. 7. Press the SELECT button. The album will begin playing. Queuing up tracks for playback later 1. Highlight the required track. 2. Press the SELECT button. ‘Track Added To Queue’ will be displayed. Queuing up albums for playback later 1. Highlight the required album. 2. Press the SELECT button. 3. Turn the knob until ‘[Add To Queue]’ is displayed. 4.
2. Use the PLAY/PAUSE button to either pause a currently playing track or to restart a currently paused track or to restart a stopped track. 3. Use the SKIP TO PREVIOUS TRACK button to start playback of the previous track in the queue. 4. Use the SKIP TO NEXT TRACK button to start playback of the next track in the queue. Browsing the list of tracks currently queued up for playback 1. Press the BROWSE button. The currently playing track name will be displayed. 2.
6. If ‘Yes’ was selected then ‘Removed From Queue’ will be displayed. 7. To remove all tracks from the queue, keep pressing BACK until the ‘Media Player’ menu item is selected, press SELECT and then turn the knob to select ‘Clear Queue’ and press SELECT again. Playing tracks in random order 1. Select the individual tracks as described previously. 2. Navigate to top-level menu item ‘Media Player’ using the SELECT and BACK buttons. 3. Press the SELECT button. 4.
3. Press the SELECT button. 4. Turn the knob until ‘Playback Mode’ is displayed. 5. Press the SELECT button. 6. Turn the knob until ‘Repeat’ is displayed. 7. Press the SELECT button. 8. Turn the knob to select YES/NO to confirm that repeat mode should be enabled. Set up a Windows PC to allow the Argon iNet1 to access your audio files via a UPnP server 1.
configure it to allow the radio to access your media library. In order to do this, you will need to do the following: a. Keep pressing BACK to get to the radio’s top-level menu and then turn the rotary knob to select ‘Media Player’. b. Press SELECT and then turn the knob to highlight ‘UPNP Servers’. c. Press SELECT and the radio will scan for all available UPnP servers.
Locating and playing media files using the Argon iNet1 and UPnP 1. Once the UPnP server is configured to share media files with the Argon iNet1, you can play the files by doing the following on the radio. 2. Keep pressing BACK to get to the radio’s top-level menu and then turn the knob to select ‘Media Player’. 3. Press SELECT and then turn the knob to highlight ‘UPnP Servers’. 4. Press SELECT and the radio will scan for all available UPnP servers.
Browsing the list of tracks currently queued up for playback 1. Press the BROWSE button. The currently playing track name will be displayed. 2. Turn the knob to see which tracks are queued up for playback. 3. If you want to jump to a particular place in the queue then press the SELECT button when the required track is displayed. 4. It is important to note here that media files scanned from the radio’s ‘Windows Shares’ function can also be added to the Argon iNet1’s queue.
Controlling playback 1. Use the STOP button to stop playback. 2. Use the PLAY/PAUSE button to either pause a currently playing track or to restart a currently paused track or to restart a stopped track. 3. Use the SKIP TO PREVIOUS TRACK button to start playback of the previous track in the queue. 4. Use the SKIP TO NEXT TRACK button to start playback of the next track in the queue. Removing tracks from the queue 1. Press the BROWSE button. The currently playing track name will be displayed. 2.
Playing tracks in random order 1. Select the individual tracks as described previously. 2. Navigate to top-level menu item ‘Media Player’ using the SELECT and BACK buttons. 3. Press the SELECT button. 4. Turn the knob until ‘Playback Mode’ is displayed. 5. Press the SELECT button. 6. Turn the knob until ‘Shuffle’ is displayed. 7. Press the SELECT button. 8. Turn the knob to select YES/NO to confirm that shuffle mode should be enabled. Playing tracks in the queue repeatedly 1.
6. Turn the knob until ‘Repeat’ is displayed. 7. Press the SELECT button. 8. Turn the knob to select YES/NO to confirm that repeat mode should be enabled. Playing media files from your MP3 player 1. Connect your MP3 player on the back side of the Argon iNet1, using the AUX-IN plug. The cable connector should be mini-jack stereo. 2. Once your MP3 player has been connected to the Argon iNet1, use the FUNCTION key on the front panel, to select AUX IN.
Configure menu Choosing the option you want from the Configure menu 1. Press the SELECT button. (Note: if you make a mistake at any point, press the BACK button to go back to the previous screen.) 2. Turn the knob until ‘Configure’ is displayed 3. Press the SELECT button. 4. Turn the knob until the display shows the option you want. 5. Press the SELECT button to choose the option shown on the display. The options are explained below.
Configuring the Argon iNet1 to only use a wired Ethernet connection From the radio’s ‘Network config’ menu, select ‘Wired/Wireless’. This menu will present you with three options: ‘Wireless Only’, ‘Wired’ and ‘Auto’. Selecting ‘Wired Only’ will cause the Argon iNet1 to reboot and then only use its Ethernet connection to communicate with the network. The radio will also disable its wireless network capabilities.
Once the Argon iNet1 has established a certain type of connection to the network, then this type of connection will remain in use while the radio is on. The ‘Network Config’ menu also allows you to choose whether or not the Argon iNet1 displays a warning message when its network signal strength is low. You can enable this feature by selecting ‘Signal Warning’ and then selecting ‘Yes’. Displays the versions numbers of the various parts of software and hardware on your Argon iNet1.
Allows you to change the display language. Puts all the settings back to their defaults as they were when the radio left the factory. If you perform a factory reset on your radio you will lose all your presets and your wireless network connection. This will display a key that can be used to register the Argon iNet1 on the Argon iNet Customer portal: www.argonaudio.com/inet Use this option to set the time, see also “Setting the clock”, “Setting the alarm”.
menu modes: ‘Inactive’, ‘Active’ and ‘Standby’. These three states are explained below: • The Argon iNet1 gets into its ‘inactive’ state when there is no user activity for 30 seconds. • The ‘active’ state is when there is user activity. • ‘Standby’ is the state when the Argon iNet1 has been turned off. 2. Rotate the knob to highlight the desired menu mode and press SELECT. 3. The Argon iNet1 will now display the current backlight value for this menu mode.
Configuring ‘My Stuff’ Registering an account on Argon’s website 1. Open the website www.argonaudio.com/inet from your Internet browser. 2. Click on the ‘Register’ link and follow the on-screen instructions to register an account. Please note, during the registration process, a validation code will be sent to you via email. Please enter this code when prompted to do so. 3.
Click on the ‘My Profile’ link to view your account’s current information. This information will include various details such as your address, user name, password etc. Edit your details and then click on the ‘Update’ button to save them. Configuring ‘My Stations’ 1. It is possible to search for radio stations that are available in Reciva’s stations’ database from Argon iNet’s website.
Configuring ‘My Streams’ 1. Once logged into your iNet1 website account, you can add your own Internet radio streams to your ‘My Streams’. 2. Clicking on ‘My Streams’ will prompt you to enter the station’s name and its media stream URL. The media stream URL should be a link to a website’s actual audio stream. If you have any doubt about locating the media stream URL from a webpage, then please refer to the FAQ section on Argon iNet1’s website, www.argonaudio.com/inet 3.
3. Once you have podcasts available in your ‘My Podcasts’ list, you may access these feeds from your Argon iNet1. These podcasts will be available on your radio from the menu item: ‘Stations > My Stuff > My Podcasts’. Please note, the podcasts will only be available to your Argon iNet1once your radio has downloaded a new stations’ list. To cause the Argon iNet1 to download a new stations’ list immediately, please remove and reconnect the power to your radio.
4. Check that your access point does not restrict connections to particular MAC addresses. You can view the radio’s MAC address using the menu item ‘Configure > Network Config > View Config > MAC address’. 5. If you have an encrypted network, check that you have entered the correct key or passphrase into the radio. Remember that text-format keys are case sensitive.
Software licence information This product contains software licensed under version 2 of the GNU Public License and version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser Public License, The source code for this software is available from: http://www.reciva.com/gpl/ This product includes technology owned by Microsoft Corporation and under a licence from Microsoft Licensing GP.
general improvements and new features. The new features may vary from country to country where the iNet1 is bought. This is due to copyrights etc. that are different from country to country. Please take a look at the Argon website once in a while, in order to check if there are upgrades for you radio: www.argonaudio.com and new added Menu points.
Windows Shares (MAC and Vista) Windows Vista 1. 2. 3. 5. Please ensure that your PC is available on the network for your Internet radio. Open the ‘Network and Sharing Center’ windows from ‘Start menu > Control Panel > >Network and Sharing Center’. From the ‘Network and Sharing Center’, under the ‘Sharing and Discovery’ heading, ensure that the following parameters are set: A. Network discovery On B. File sharing On C. Public folder sharing On D.
MAC 1. 2. The MAC will require Windows File Sharing. MAC OS 9 and earlier versions of the OS will need File Sharing built into the OS. Please ensure that your PC is available on the network for your Internet radio. Your radio will also need to be able to access directories that require a user name and password. Setup Windows File Sharing on the MAC: a. From the ‘Dock’, click ‘System Preferences’. From the ‘System Preferences’ window, b. From the ‘Sharing’ window, do the following: ‘Windows Sharing’.
4. Directory Setup: c. d. e. f. 5. ‘More Info’ for ‘Directory Access’ and ensure that it is ‘Read/Write’ enabled. Double-click on ‘Directory Access’ and enable the following: i. AppleTalk ii. LDAPv3 iii. SLP iv. SMB/CIFS Also, for ‘SMB/CIFS’, click ‘Configure’ and select an appropriate workgroup. Copy and paste the mp3 media files to ‘Documents’ in the ‘Finder’ window. Turn on ‘AirPort’ (or wireless sharing). Wait for a few minutes for the changes to take place.
Configure menu 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The radio will now display ‘Auto (DHCP)? YES / NO’. Turn the radio’s rotary encoder to select ‘NO’ and then press SELECT. You will now be able to enter the IP address you wish to give your radio by using the rotary The radio will now prompt you to enter the required network mask for the network. You will be able to enter this in the same way as before for entering the IP address. You will now need to enter the default gateway’s IP address used by the radio on the network.
Here you can set the contrast of the display “Universal Plug and Play”. Here you can set the name of iNet1 device that it will get on your network. Is usable if you have more Argon iNet1’s or if you have more Argon Internet enabled devices. Configuring ‘My Stuff’ / ‘Personal Radio’ Configuring your radio’s various online services 1. Certain radios will have access to online services such as Live365, MP3tunes etc.
Wireless Internet & FM Radio
