Aluratek AIREC01F - Manuals

Page 2 - Table of Contents; Chapter 3: Configuration

Table of Contents 04 04 05 05 05 06 07 07 07 08 08 12 14 16 16 20 23 24 25 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 30 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 42 46 47 48 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview 1.2 Features 1.3 Requirements 1.4 Package Contents 1.5 Product Application Chapter 2: Getting Started 2.1 Hardware Installation ...

Page 3 - Chapter 1: Introduction; around the globe at your fingertips.; “Simple Elegance”

4 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...

Page 4 - built-in vTuner with no monthly cost

5 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 ...

Page 5 - Product Application; Simply connect to your receiver or external speakers; Supports all

6 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.5 Product Application A B C Simply connect to your receiver or external speakers via the included RCA cables Stream Internet Radio from your WiFi / wireless 802.11 B / G router. Connect your local CAT5 Ethernet cable to stream Internet Radio. Plug in any USB Drive and lis...

Page 6 - Chapter 2: Getting Started; Hardware Installation; Please plug in the DC power adapter to the outlet and the DC power; Software Installation; AIREC01F can work as a stand-alone device or as a media streamer of

7 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 supp...

Page 7 - Go to next; Scanning for; Screenshot; Configure as an Wireless Client; to the designated AP when it is power on next time. However, if there; First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in:

8 Chapter 3: Configuration Go to next screen Notes 1. POWER ON Scanning for available APs. Device is running as a Wireless Client. Screenshot Instructions 2. 3. There are three modes of network configuration for AIREC01F. It can be a wireless client, a wired client, or even a wireless access point (...

Page 9 - Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode:

10 Chapter 3: Configuration Go to next screen Notes Enter “Advanced Setup” menu Select “Setup” menu Screenshot Instructions 1. 2. Manually select the wireless client mode. 3. 4. “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” button (1 time) Numeric key pads Select the desired AP to connect ...

Page 10 - Confirm to the; “OK” button

11 Chapter 3: Configuration Go to next screen Notes Confirm to the settings above. Set a proxy server if any. Screenshot Instructions 8. 9. 10. “OK” button “OK” button Apply new settings. Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode (cont.):

Page 11 - The device is in; Configure as a Wired Client; the wired network through an Ethernet cable.; First time using device with an Ethernet cable plugged in:

12 Chapter 3: Configuration Go to next screen Notes 1. POWER ON The device is in wired client mode now. It already connected to your network. Device is running as a Wireless Client. Screenshot Instructions 2. 3. 3.2 Configure as a Wired Client If there is no 802.11b/g wireless network, AIREC01F can ...

Page 12 - Manually configured as the Wired Client Mode:; menu; the wired client

13 Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wired Client Mode: Select “Setup” menu 1. “OK” button Go to next screen Notes Enter “Advanced Setup” menu Screenshot Instructions 2. 3. “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” button (4 times) “ ” button (1 time) Manually select ...

Page 15 - Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music; Listen to Internet Radio; press the OK button to enter the Internet Radio function.; “Station List”; : Retrieve the Internet radio station lists from the Internet; “Favorite Stations”; : Retrieve the favorite station lists that stored in the device.

16 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 Rad...

Page 16 - This means the AIREC01F is connected to the Internet server and

17 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 devi...

Page 18 - Press the “ ”; Music started...

19 Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music Press the “ ” button to add current station to favorite list for quick access later. 7. “ ” button or “OK” button Go to next screen Notes Connecting to the radio station. Screenshot Instructions 8. 9. Music started… 10.. “ ” button (5 times) Start buffering the ...

Page 19 - Listen to Music in Your Computer; on how to install a media server software.

20 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 acti- vate 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...

Page 20 - If there is no server found, you will see the below message.; Searching for; Select media

21 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 com- puter. If the media server not found problem still exists, please refer to the trouble shooting chapter to identify the problem and...

Page 21 - button to add

22 5. “ ” button or “OK” button Go to next screen Notes Screenshot Instructions 6. 7. “ ” button or “OK” button Press the “ ” button to add current station to my song queue for quick access. 8. “ ” button Music started. 9. “ ” button or “OK” button Next song started. 10. “ ” button “ ” button or “OK...

Page 22 - Listen to the Music in Your USB Drive

23 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...

Page 23 - Select the folder; The Playback Screen

24 Select “MP3 Player” function 1. “ ” button or “OK” button Go to next screen Notes Select the folder where the music file is located Screenshot Instructions 2. 3. “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” button (2 times) “ ” button (1 time) 4. “ ” button or “OK” button Music started...

Page 24 - How to Add Stations Thru the Web Portal; Use vTuner ID (you can find the id either from menu Setting >

25 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/ downloa...

Page 25 - Please fill in info for the station that you wish to add

26 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. You should able to access the newly added station under Stations List>Added Stations Folder on your internet radio

Page 26 - Chapter 5: Advanced Tools; Check current network information.; Configure Network; Please refer to chapter 3 for network configuration.

27 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...

Page 27 - Device MAC Address; Check MAC address of the device.

28 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 d...

Page 28 - activate the

29 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 ...

Page 31 - After that, the device will set the date and time automatically.

32 Chapter 6: Misc. 6.1.2 Time Setup – Auto-Sync (NTP) If you choose to set the clock automatically, please go into the “Auto- Sync (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 ...

Page 32 - Backlight Setting; You can adjust the backlight ON / OFF settings as you wish.; Equalizer Setting; In the Setup menu, you can change the setting of the equalizer. The op-

33 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 ...

Page 33 - Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11; Install & Connect to Windows Media Player 11; Please follow the steps below:

34 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-windows...

Page 34 - Step 2. Change the view; - Change the view from “Now Playing” to “Library” view by clicking on; Step 3. Add your Media content to WMP11 media library.; item “Add to Library...”

35 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 “...

Page 35 - and then click the OK button. For example, you can put all the music

36 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 l...

Page 36 - - Then press the OK button. A pop-up window will appear and show you

37 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 b...

Page 37 - - Similar to Step 3, click on the “Media Sharing” item to activate the

38 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...

Page 38 - Step 5. Manage the setting of sharing media.; - Click on the “Settings” button, and specify the name of the WMP11

39 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”. Step 5. Manage the setting of sharing media. - Click on the “Settings” button, and specify the name of the ...

Page 39 - Step 6. Authorize the access from your AIREC01F.; The WMP11 provides simple access control setting. When WMP11

40 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. - Pl...

Page 41 - Install & Connect to Windows Media Connect V2.0

42 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 an...

Page 43 - Step 4. Establish the connection between AIREC01F and WMC server.; to allow the access from the device.

44 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. A...

Page 45 - Technical Support; prior to returning this device.

46 Technical Support If you need further assistance, please contact Aluratek support department prior to returning this device. E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.aluratek.com/support Local (Irvine, CA): 949-419-6504 Toll free: 1-866-580-1978

Page 46 - Radio and TV Interference Statement; WARNING!!! This equipment has been tested and found to comply

47 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 installatio...

Page 47 - Warranty; for

48 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) Cosme...