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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 1 MANU AL PMR4000R[...]
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WWW .AP AR T - AUDIO .COM 2 The A Par t PMR40 0 0R is a profe ssional multi source music pl ayer with inte grated FM RDS tune r , inter net radio, UPnP and U SB media pl ayer , comp atible with M P3, WM A , FL AC and WAV a udio files. T he unit is equipped w ith analog out puts, optical digital out put for the digital me dia player , w ired Et hern[...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 3 Front panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 15 18 19 20 17 16 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 . P ower but ton. Push to power o n or of f . T his but ton power s of f the unit entirely in the of f posi tion. The power le d will not light up when in the of f p osition. Durin g nor mal oper ation, the power le d lights up blue, in standby , th e led is [...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 4 1 3. FM tune b ack: pres s to tune to a previous radio s tation: the tuner w ill search down the FM ban d and stops a t the fir st s tation with suf f iciently st rong reception. 1 4. FM tune for ward: press to tun e to nex t stat ion : t he tuner will se arch up the FM band an d stops at t he firs t sta tion with suf fici[...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 5 4. Net wor k cable conne ctor : connec t to a nor mal computer net wor k. For interne t radio pla yback, th e net work mus t have an acces sible broa dband inter net connec tion. The co nnec tor has 2 led s for diagnost ic purpose s: when connec ted to a net wor k, the gree n led will st ay lit . W hen data is b eing trans[...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 6 Conne ct a s tandard R J 4 5 cable fro m your net work route r to the unit. For wireles s opera tion, att ach the antenna to th e „ Wi- Fi 2 .4G Antenn a “ conn ec tor at the b ack of the unit. Y our Wifi pr otect ion pas sword may b e required to acce ss the wireless net work. The han dheld infrare d remote contro l r[...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 7 Plug in the powe r cable and conne ct it to a p ower recepta cle 230V /50 -6 0Hz . Now tur n on the unit and wait until th e sys tem has s tar ted up. This will take only a few secon ds. Now th e unit will star t wit h the setup wiz ard. Choose “ YES” shown in the display by turnin g the rotar y sel ec tor , highlight [...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 8 UPn P technology c an run on many media t hat suppor t IP including et hern et . N o spe cial device driver supp or t is nec essar y . Common n et work protocol s are used inste ad. The U PnP architec ture allows device -to-d evice net work ing of per sonal computer s, net worked e lec tronic devices an d wireles s devices[...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 9 Ex ample: The mos t commonly used U PnP ser ver is Windows M edia Pl ayer ( Version 1 0 or late r) . Proc eed as follows to set up me dia file shar ing on mos t Windows 7 machin es: 1 . M ake sure your PC is connec ted to th e net work an d set it up as a UPn P ser ver . 2. Ensure that t he PMR40 0 0R h as been t urne d on[...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 10 Net wor k shar ing set tings. T his example shows t he set tings f rom a Windows 7 computer and m ay be dif fere nt from your spe cific sys tem : Control Panel All Control Panel It ems N et work and S haring C enter A dvanced s haring s et tings : Me dia str eaming options w hen APar t PM R400 0 R has be en reco gnized[...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 11 Click “Cu stomize” in th e field showing t he APar t PM R400 0 R to check media streaming set ting s. Sel ec t “Make all of the medi a in m y librar y available to t his device” instea d of “Us e default set tings” . Nor mally this is optional, but when your media file s have be en redirec ted to a ser ver l o[...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 12 Y ou n eed a net wor k conne ction v ia a wired or wire less rou ter for “Int ernet r adio “ and “ UPnP ” op eratio n modes. T he router must h ave a broadb and intern et connec tion for inter net ra dio operat ion and to per form s oft w are update s. When you s elec t “I nterne t radio “ or “ UPn P ” mod[...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 13 Net work profile: Internet radi o: • D HC Penable:act ivatesuseands witchesonth eautomaticre ceptionofnet wor k da ta. • D HCPdisab le :d eac tivatesusean dcarr iesonwitht hemanualentr yofnet work da ta. •IPs et tings:?[...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 14 appe ars on th e display . W hen the me mor y loca tion was already o ccupied, the unit will o ver wr ite the selected location without fur ther notificati on. Sel ec ting a pres et: brie fly pres s a numeric b ut ton on the re mote or push “ < < PR ESET” o r “PR ESET > > ” o n the unit ’ s front p a[...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 15 General functions: your favorite s and organize t he adde d statio ns in folders. The se folder s and favourite s tations will imme diately show up on your PMR40 0 0 R. T o acce ss the ad ded favor ites, pres s the menu bu t ton , s elec t “St ation Lis t” , “My Fav ourites” . Now the fol ders w ith the ad ded fav[...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 16 Remote contro l : th e handheld re mote control allows you to control all b asic feat ures of the unit via inf rared. Y ou w ill also need th e remote to stor e F M radio and inte rnet ra dio preset s. Ad ditionally , you can contro l the unit’ s volume digitally via t he remote. Pleas e note that t he volume set ting w[...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 17 This func tion is available only if m ore than one r adio stat ions have be en store d in the int ernal memor y . Statio n informatio n : Pre ss the “ IN FO“ but ton re peate dly to browse throu gh diverse inform ation. The t ype of infor mation an d whether infor mation is disp layed all depends on the selected broad[...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 18 T echnical spe cifications U SB/ U Pn P Suppo r ted audio cod ecs MP 3 32 - 320 kbps an d variable bitra te , W M A, FL AC, WA V , ID3 tags suppo r t USB m emor y file s ystem FAT , FAT 3 2 USB memor y capacit y up to 1 28GB S/ N rat io >9 0 d B THD <0. 0 5% Frequ ency range 20 Hz - 20 KH z FM tuner tuning r ange 8 [...]
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INFO@AP ART -A UDIO.COM 19 P ower consumption s tandby 1W Adjustable audi o output lev el 0 to 1 V R MS Out put impe dance les sthan1 K Ωatmaxs et ting Digital output T oslink® S PDI F format 16 B I T/ 4 4 .1K H z Acce ssorie s supplied M ains power cable, IR rem ote control unit, Wifi antenna, FM antenna wire Remote control bat te[...]
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WWW .AP ART -AUDIO .COM 20 ANY SUGGESTION? They are well appreciated and eventually rewarded! Send your ideas or suggestions to suggestions@apart-audio.com developed by Audioprof nv Industriepark Brechtsebaan 8 bus 1 2900 Schoten Belgium Company names, product names, and names of formats etc. are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their res[...]