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    WiFI / Wireless Internet Radio <Home Theater Edition> Instructional Manual AIREC01F mnl M10109 Copyright © 2009 Aluratek, Inc. All Rights Reserved. aluratek.com[...]

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    T able 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 2.2 Software Installation Chapter 3: Congurati[...]

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    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 1 1,000+ live streaming internet radio stations from around the globe at your ngertips. This includes any music genre you can think of including[...]

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    5 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.2 Features • Choose between more than 1 1,000+ radio stations worldwide via built-in vT uner 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 1 1 (WMP1 [...]

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    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 802.1 1 B / G router . Connect your local CA T5 Ethernet cable to stream Internet Radio. Plug in any USB Drive and listen to your music les. C B A Built-in WiFi S[...]

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    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 . T o operate the device, you can use the supplied remote control. 2.2 Software Installation A[...]

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    8 Chapter 3: Conguration Go to next screen Notes 1. POWER ON Scanning for available APs. Device is running as a Wireless Client. Screenshot Instructions 2. 3. Th e re a re th ree m o de s of ne two rk co n g ur at ion f or AIREC01F . I t can b e a wireless client, a wired client, or even a wireless access point (Wireless AP). 3.1 Congure a[...]

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    9 Chapter 3: Conguration First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in (cont.): Go to next screen Notes T ype in the encryption key if the AP is encrypted. Select the desired AP to connect Screenshot Instructions 4. 5. “ ” button or “OK” button “OK” button “ ” button Numeric key pads Conrm to the settings. Set a[...]

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    10 Chapter 3: Conguration 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 Scanning for availabl[...]

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    11 Chapter 3: Conguration Go to next screen Notes Conrm to the settings above. Set a proxy server if any . Screenshot Instructions 8. 9. 10. “OK” button “OK” button Apply new settings. Manually congured as the Wireless Client Mode (cont.):[...]

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    12 Chapter 3: Conguration Go to next screen Notes 1. POWER ON Th e d evi c e is i n wi red cl i en t m o de no w . I t a l re ady co nne cte d t o y o ur network. Device is running as a Wireless Client. Screenshot Instructions 2. 3. 3.2 Congure as a Wired Client If there is no 802.1 1b/g wireless network, AIREC01F can also connect to the wire[...]

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    13 Chapter 3: Conguration Manually congured 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 the wired cl[...]

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    14 Chapter 3: Conguration 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 the AP mode. 4. “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” b[...]

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    15 Chapter 3: Conguration Manually congured as a Wireless Access Point ((AP Mode) (cont.)): T ype in the Identier (name) of this AP . 6. “OK” button Go to next screen Notes Select the wire- less channel to be allocated to this AP . Screenshot Instructions 7. 8. “OK” button “OK” button Nu mer ic k ey pads “ ” button (1 time)[...]

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    16 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious Music 4.1 Listen to Internet Radio T o 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 rst screen of Internet Radio function shows 2 items for you to select[...]

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    17 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious 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 lis[...]

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    18 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious Music Select “Internet Radio” function 1. Go to next screen Notes Screenshot Instructions 2. 3. “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” button or “OK” button 4. “ ” button or “OK” button 5. “ ” button or “OK” button 6. “ ” button or “OK” button “ ” button (4 times) “ ” butto[...]

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    19 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious Music Pres s t he “ ” butt on to a dd curr ent sta tio n 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 music from the radio st[...]

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    20 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious Music 4.2 Listen to Music in Y our Computer T o 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 the media server , you can enjoy listening to[...]

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    21 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious 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 - put er . I f t he medi a s erv er not fou nd pro ble m s till ex ist s, ple ase ref er to the trouble shooting chapter to identify the problem and resolve it step by step. The fol[...]

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    22 5. “ ” button or “OK” button Go to next screen Notes Screenshot Instructions 6. 7. “ ” button or “OK” button Pres s t he “ ” butt on to a dd current station to my s ong que ue for quick access. 8. “ ” button Music started. 9. “ ” button or “OK” button Next song started. 10. “ ” button “ ” button or “OK?[...]

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    23 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious Music 4.3 Listen to the Music in Y our USB Drive T o 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 rst scre[...]

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    24 Select “MP3 Player” function 1. “ ” button or “OK” button Go to next screen Notes Select the folder where the music le 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 5. C[...]

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    25 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious Music 4.5 How to Add Stations Thru the Web Portal 1. Please make sure you have the latest rmware. Please refer to section 5.6 and 5.7 for steps on how to determine the current rmware version on your device. Firmware can be found on http://www .aluratek.com/ download_drivers_manuals.php 2. Please go to http://a[...]

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    26 Chapter 4: Listen to V arious Music 8. Please ll in info for the station that you wish to add 9. Power Off/On the unit 10. Y ou should able to access the newly added station under Stations List>Added Stations Folder on your internet radio[...]

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    27 Chapter 5: Advanced T ools 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 Congure Network Please refer to chapter 3 for network conguration. 5.3 Reset to Default When you reset the device to its factory default, your “favorites” Interne[...]

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    28 Chapter 5: Advanced T ools 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 V ersion Check current rmware version. 5.7 Firmware Upgrade If there is any new rmware released, please download and follow the upgrade procedure b[...]

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    29 Chapter 5: Advanced T ools Steps to upgrade new rmware in the device via a USB drive Step 1. Copy the new rmware to the ROOT directory of a USB drive or a USB MP3 player . (Note. Please DON’T modify the le name, otherwise the AIREC01F can’t nd the new F/W) Step 2. Power on the AIREC01F and then plug-in the USB drive into the fron[...]

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    30 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 rst 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 rst one will display the cur - ren[...]

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    31 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. Y ou 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 ?[...]

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    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 display format bewteen 12-Hour or 24-Hours[...]

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    33 Chapter 6: Misc. 6.2 Backlight Setting Y ou can adjust the backlight ON / OFF settings as you wish. The default setting is Always ON. Y ou can set the backlight to be turned OFF once the device is idle (no key press) after a specic time elapsed. The backlight can be switched off automatically in 1/3/10/30 minutes. 6.3 Equalizer Setting In the[...]

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    34 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 1 1 Install & Connect to Windows Media Player 1 1 Please follow the steps below: Step 0. Download WMP1 1. - Please download Windows Media Player 1 1 (WMP1 1) installation le, e.g., wmp1 1-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe, from Microsoft’s web site. - Install wmp1 1-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe without any changes neede[...]

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    35 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 1 1 Step 2. Change the view - Change the view from “Now Playing” to “Library” view by clicking on the Library T ab to manage the content and share your media. Y ou will see the following view: Step 3. Add your Media content to WMP1 1 media library . - Click on the “Library” tab again, you can see a[...]

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    36 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 1 1 - Y ou 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 les in the directory D:Music, so you just need to add the folder to the share list.[...]

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    37 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 1 1 - Y o u wi ll s ee th e sp ec i ed f ol der i nc lu de d in t he WM P1 1 mon it or f ol de r li st s. - Then press the OK button. A pop-up window will appear and show you the WMP1 1 is searching for the media les. - When it nished, click on the “Close” button. - Now , you can browse and manage[...]

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    38 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 1 1 Step 4. Share the WMP1 1 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. - T he WM P1 1 wil l try t o d is cov er th e a va[...]

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    39 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 1 1 If AI R EC 01 F is a lr ea dy c onn ec te d to y ou r ho me n etw or k, y ou w il l se e t he f o ll ow in g d i sp la y t h a t WM P1 1 f o u n d a n et w o r k d ev ic e n a m ed “ Al u r a t e k AIREC01F”. Step 5. Manage the setting of sharing media. - Click on the “Settings” button, and specify[...]

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    40 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 1 1 Step 6. Authorize the access from your AIREC01F . The WMP1 1 provides simple access control setting. When WMP1 1 detects new network device (as the nal 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[...]

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    41 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 1 1 Step 7. Establish the connection between AIREC01F and WMP1 1 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 nd server[...]

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    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 le, wmcsetup.exe, from Microsoft web site. - Install the wmcsetup.exe without any changes needed. - Just click on ‘next’ to [...]

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    43 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 les in the directory D:Music, so you select “Let me choose which folders” and add the folder to the share list. Fi na ll y [...]

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    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. After a few seconds, it will nd server[...]

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    45 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 nish the authorization process. At this moment, AIREC01F can get the contents or service from the WMC server . Y ou can browse the list and playback the music you want.[...]

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

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    47 Radio and TV Interference Statement W ARNING!!! 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 e quipme nt gene rates, uses a nd can radi[...]

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    48 W arranty Aluratek warrants this product against defect in material or workmanship for 1 Y ear 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) A[...]

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    Aluratek, Inc. 12A Mauchly Irvine, CA 92618 sales@aluratek.com 949.419.6504 • ofce 949.419.6477 • fax[...]