Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Welcome… to your BT Internet Radio • Listen to thousands of radio stations from around the world, with every type of music you can imagine. • • • Stations checked and updated daily. • • • • • • Listen to live streaming radio and on-demand content. Excellent sound quality. Portable around the home – listen to your music wherever you are. Listen to music you have stored on your computer.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 This User Guide provides you with all the information you need to get the most from your BT Internet Radio. Got everything? • • • You must first set up your radio before you can use it. This doesn’t take long and is easy to do. Just follow the simple instructions in ‘Getting Started’, on the next few pages. Need help? If you have any problems setting up or using your BT Internet Radio, please contact the Helpline on 0870 242 1950.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 4 In this guide Getting started Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Getting to know your Internet Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Using the Internet Radio Switch the radio power On/Off . . . . . . . . . .10 Putting the radio into standby mode . . . . .10 Choose a station to listen to . . . . . . . . . . . .
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 In this guide Adding albums to the queue for playback later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Controlling playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Removing tracks from the queue . . . . . . . .29 Playing tracks in a random order (shuffle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Repeat play of tracks in the queue . . . . . . .31 Mode button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Configure menu . . . . . . . .
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 6 Getting started Location The Internet radio should work anywhere within 100 metres of the router, but this really depends on the access point being used. IMPORTANT Before you continue, make sure that your wireless router is powered up and connected to the Internet. To get this part of the system working you must refer to the instructions supplied with the router.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Getting started 3. Connect to the wireless network With the name for the access point you want to connect to displayed, press Select. If your network is not configured to need an encryption code, the display should show Connecting to network, then Network OK.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 8 Getting to know your BT Internet Radio Controls 1/Stop In radio mode, press and hold down to store pre-set 1, pressing again will play pre-set 1. In media player mode press to stop playback. 2/Prev Track In radio mode, press and hold down to store pre-set 2, pressing again will play pre-set 2. In media player mode press to skip back to the previous track.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Getting to know your BT Internet Radio Controls Power On/Off Use to switch the power on/off. Headset Socket Use to connect a headset.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 10 Using the Internet radio Switch the radio power On/Off 1. Move the switch on the side of the radio to either the On or Off position. Putting the radio into standby mode If you are not using the radio for an extended period, you can conserve the radio power by putting it into standby mode. When in standby mode the clock will be shown on the display. To set the clock see page 15. 1.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Internet radio < Genre > to choose stations by type, for example Classic Rock, Sport, News, etc. 3. Press Select to confirm. If you selected : Turn the tuning dial until the display shows the region you want (or select All to display all countries), then press Select. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows the country you want, then press Select.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 12 Using the Internet radio Accessing the menu while a station is playing If a radio station is being played and you are in a menu, press Back repeatedly until the radio exits the menu and displays the current station and then turn adjust the volume dial. When a radio station is playing, the station’s name and bit rate are displayed.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Internet radio Playing a preset station When a radio station is playing: 1. Press and release one of the preset buttons (1 to 6), for the station you want. To play a station assigned to one of the presets, 7 to 12, press SHIFT followed by the preset button.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 14 Using the Internet radio When you choose < On Demand >, the display shows the names of the programmes. Turn the tuning dial to choose the program you want and press Select. The selected programme will either start playing, or the display may show a list of days for you to choose from. Using the tuning dial, pick the day the programme was broadcast, then press Select. You may also be given the option to choose a Start Time.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Internet radio Setting the clock 1. Press Select. 2. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows < Configure > and press Select. 3. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows < Clock > and press Select. 4. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows < Set Time > and press Select. 5. The current time setting is shown with a cursor flashing under the hour. Turn the tuning dial to set the correct hour and press Select. 6.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 16 Using the Internet radio 4. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows < Set Alarm > and press Select. 5. Turn the tuning dial to select either Yes or No and press Select. If you choose No, then the alarm is turned off. The display shows Alarm is Off for 3 seconds, then returns to the radio station display. If you choose Yes then you will need to set the time for the alarm.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Internet radio Setting the alarm via alarm button 1. Press Alarm. Set Alarm and the current alarm setting are displayed. 2. Turn the tuning dial to select the hour for the alarm to sound and press Select. 3. Turn the tuning dial to select the minute for the alarm to sound and press Select. Snooze function When the radio is in standby mode and the alarm sounds, you can use the alarm button to put the radio into ‘snooze mode’. 1.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 18 Using the Media Player To be able to play music files that you have stored on your PC via the media player, please ensure that: The music files are one of the allowed type of audio (see list opposite). The Media Player allows you to play the following types of audio files: AAC, AU, MP3, RM, WAV, WMA and playlists (M3U) stored on a networked PC. It has been verified to work on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Music files are not ‘protected’.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player Ensure your PC is connected to the same access point/subnet as your Radio. Then make a note of your PC network name by right clicking on ‘My Computer’, clicking on ‘Properties’ going into ‘Computer Name’ (for Windows XP). If you use smaller, compressed audio files, such as .MP3 or .WMA files, you can store much more music on your PC as the files take up much less memory space. 1.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 20 Using the Media Player 6. Finding PCs is displayed. Once the radio has finished, turn the tuning dial to highlight the correct PC and press Select. If the PC uses logon authentication you will be asked for a username and password. You will have to check your PC to find these out, but your normal login credentials will be acceptable. If you want to add a username and password for the radio that would be preferable.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player 4. [Add to Queue] is displayed. Turn the tuning dial until the track you want is displayed and press Select. The track will begin playing. Listening to a complete shared album 1. Turn the tuning dial until By Artist is displayed and press Select. 2. Turn the tuning dial until the artist you want is displayed and press Select. 3. Turn the tuning dial until the album name you want is displayed and press Select. 4.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 22 Using the Media Player Controlling playback • Press 1/Stop to stop playback. • Press 3/Pause Play to either pause a currently playing track or to restart a currently paused track/stopped track. • Press 2/Prev Track to start playback of the previous track in the queue. • Press 4/Next Track to start playback of the next track in the queue.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player 3. Press and hold 1/Stop for 2 seconds until Delete Track? is displayed. 4. Turn the tuning dial to highlight either: Yes to confirm, then press Select. Removed From Queue will be displayed or No to cancel. To remove all tracks from the queue, keep pressing Back until the ‘Media Player’ menu item is selected, press Select and then turn the tuning dial to display Clear Queue and press Select.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 24 Using the Media Player Repeat play of tracks in the queue 1. Select the individual tracks (as described on page 20) and place them in the queue (see page 21). To play tracks in the queue repeatedly, you will need to select YES to enable the ‘repeat mode’. 2. Use the Select and Back buttons to scroll through the menu and display Media Player, then press Select. 3. Turn the tuning dial until Playback Mode is displayed and press Select. 4.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player Set up a Windows PC to allow the radio to access your audio files via a UPnP server If your music is stored as large, uncompressed files, for example .WAV, we recommend you follow this method of file sharing. If your PC is running ‘Microsoft Windows XP’, then you can use ‘Windows Media Connect’ to act as your UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) MediaServer 1.0 compliant server.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 26 Using the Media Player 2. Secondly, you will need to select which folders on your PC you want Windows Media Connect to share with your Internet radio. To do this, select ‘Sharing’ then press the ‘Add’ button to add your folders (as shown below in ‘Sharing Files With Windows Media Connect’). Sharing Files With Windows Media Connect: 3.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player 1. Keep pressing Back to get to the radio’s top-level menu and then turn the tuning dial to select Media Player and press Select. 2. Turn the tuning dial to display UPNP Servers and press Select. The radio will scan for all available UPnP servers. 3. After a successful scan, select your UPnP server by turn the tuning dial to highlight the one you want (if there is more than one), then press Select. 4.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 28 Using the Media Player 8. Turn the tuning dial to select a sub category (for example Album) and press Select. 9. Turn the tuning dial to highlight the media files that you wish to play and press Select. 10. [Add to Queue] is displayed, press Select. The tracks will be added to the queue and begin playing automatically.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player Adding albums to the queue for playback later 1. Highlight the required album and press Select. 2. Turn the tuning dial until [Add To Queue] is displayed and press Select. Tracks Added To Queue will be displayed. Controlling playback • Press 1/Stop to stop playback. • Press 3/Pause Play to either pause a currently playing track or to restart a currently paused track/stopped track.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 30 Using the Media Player 4. Turn the tuning dial to highlight either: Yes to confirm, then press Select. Removed From Queue will be displayed. Or No to cancel. To remove all tracks from the queue, keep pressing Back until the ‘Media Player’ menu item is selected, press Select and then turn the tuning dial to display Clear Queue and press Select.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player Repeat play of tracks in the queue 1. Select the individual tracks (as described on page 26) and place them in the queue (see page 28). To play tracks in the queue repeatedly, you will need to select YES to enable the ‘repeat mode’. 2. Use the Select and Back buttons to scroll through the menu and display Media Player, then press Select. 3. Turn the tuning dial until Playback Mode is displayed and press Select. 4.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 32 Using the Media Player Configure menu Choosing options from the Configure menu If you make a mistake at any point, press Back to return to the previous screen. 1. Press Select. 2. Turn the tuning dial until Configure is displayed and press Select. 3. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows the option you want and press Select.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player Choose this option to download new firmware to your radio. Choose this option to change the display language. Choose this option if you want to reset the radio to it’s default settings. Press Back to cancel the radio beginning a firmware upgrade. A Firmware upgrade may take several minutes.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 34 Using the Media Player The radio will continue to play as normal until the sleep time is reached, when it will go into standby mode. Choose this option to change the display backlight setting: The options are: Active – where there is user activity. Inactive – where there is no user activity for 30 seconds or more. Standby - when the radio is switched off.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Help If you experience any problems when using your BT Internet Radio, first refer to the Help section below, if your question still remains unanswered you can look in the ‘Help’ section of the following website: http://www.reciva.com I cannot connect the radio to the wireless network • Make sure that your connected PC can access the Internet (i.e. can browse the web) using the same network.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 36 Help • The Internet connection between the server (often located in a different country) and you is slow. Try using a PC to play back the stream via the broadcaster’s web site. If you can play back the station with a PC, use the form at http://www.reciva.com/stations/add_station.asp to notify us so that we can change the station data that is used by the radio. I cannot seem to share audio files for playback on the BT Internet radio.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 General information Safety information 37 Software licence information • Only use the power supply that came with your BT • This product contains software licensed under version • Do not open the radio. This could expose you to high • This product includes technology owned by Microsoft Internet Radio. Using an unauthorised power supply will invalidate your guarantee and may damage the radio.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 38 General information Product disposal instructions for business users • Business users should contact their suppliers and Within the 12 month guarantee period: • Prior to returning your product, please read the Help check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract and ensure that this product is not mixed with other commercial waste for disposal. section beginning on page 35 or contact the Helpline on 0870 242 1950 for assistance.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 General information Technical information Technical specifications • Power supply: External PSU 230 VAC input. 7V5DC, 1000 mA output. • Speakers: Full range stereo. Internal 3.6 inch, 6 ohm, 1.5 watt • Headphone connector: Auxiliary 3.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Offices worldwide The services described in this publication are subject to availability and may be modified from time to time. Services and equipment are provided subject to British Telecommunications plc’s respective standard conditions of contract. Nothing in this publication forms any part of any contract. © British Telecommunications plc 2006. Registered Office: 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ. Registered in England No. 1800000.
