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Important Words Congratulations and thanks for purchasing Griffin radio SHARK 2! Enjoy your new ability to control how, where, and even when you listen to FM and AM radio. There are two components to radio SHARK. The first is the Shark "fin," your USB-powered antenna. The other part is the radio SHARK interface, a program that allows you to listen, record, and even pause live FM and AM radio.
Table of Contents Get Up and Running Fast! 4 Interface Controls 5 Instant Recording 6 Scheduling a Recording 7 Saving and Listening to a Recording in iTunes 8 Burning the Recording 9 Exploring Your Options 10 Time Shift Recording 11 Troubleshooting 12 Griffin Technology Contact Info 13
Get Up and Running Fast! Follow these steps to perform a basic set-up of your radio SHARK hardware and software: 1. Install the radio SHARK software from the included CD-ROM and open the program. Or, install Snaptune One instead, a program that is packed with features, like naming the songs you've recorded and organizing them into playlists. 2. Plug the "fin" into a USB port on your computer.
Interface Controls 5 1. VOLUME SLIDER - control your volume right from the interface. 2. MUTE - located below the volume slider; clicking on the speaker icon will mute the audio. 3. Up and Down ARROWS - used to step forward or backward through the radio dial. 4. HEART - this button will save the current station as a preset you can name and store. After creating presets, you can access them just by clicking the heart icon. After clicking on the heart icon, choose Preset Manager to edit them easily. 5.
Instant Recording 6 Just click REC to record whatever you're listening to instantly. When you're recording, the Shark "fin" will turn from blue to red, and you'll see a red dot appear in the radio SHARK window. Click REC again to stop recording.
Scheduling a Recording You can also schedule a recording to take place in the future, even in the middle of the night. Here's how to schedule a recording: 1. From the interface, click on the clock icon to open the Schedule Manager. 2. Click "Add." 3. Give the recording a unique name, like "Sports News Tonight," and check the box below if you want this name to appear in the file name itself (probably a good idea for staying organized). 4.
Saving and Listening to a Recording in iTunes 1. Click on the wrench icon to open your Options window. 2. The first tab you see will be called Record and Playback: 3. In the box labeled "iTunes," check the box that says "Add recordings to iTunes." Next to "Playlist," type in whatever you want to name the playlist that will show in iTunes, or simply leave it as "radio SHARK." Any future recordings will now automatically show in your iTunes library as well as in this playlist. 4.
Burning and Recording 1. See the instructions in the previous section to learn how to import your recorded files into iTunes. 2. Make a playlist and burn a disk as you normally would in iTunes. It's that easy! And of course, you can always load them onto your iPod from here, as well.
Exploring Your Options 10 Click the wrench icon to bring up your Options Window. You'll see four tabs, each affecting the way you use your software. 1. Record & Playback: - Recording Format: Beside File Format, choose WAV if you want the best quality possible and are not concerned with large file sizes. WMA or MP3 is fine for most recording and won't eat up all that disk space. You can further affect quality and size by adjusting "Quality.
2. Tuning: - You can choose what your FM and AM tuning ranges can be, and whether you step through the radio dial using odd stations only, even stations only, or both. These settings are helpful for use in countries that have different tuning standards. 3. Appearance: - From here you can turn the light on the Shark fin on or off, and make slight changes to how your interface looks. 4.
Troubleshooting 12 1. "I don't hear anything and I see a flashing USB icon in the radio SHARK window." This means the hardware is probably not connected. Make sure the Shark "fin" is securely connected to a working USB port. You should also try relaunching the program or restarting your computer. 2. "I'm getting very weak reception, even from stations that come in easily on my clock radio/home stereo.
Griffin Technology Contact Info 13 Visit Griffin Technical Support at: http://www.griffintechnology.
