Roku SoundBridge Network Music Player manual

User Guide | Software v2.5 Sou ndBr idg e ™ Ne t w ork M u si c P la y er[...]

1 W elcom e Thank s for purchasing R oku Sound Bridge ! We hope you e njoy using it as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it . SoundBr idge is a net work music pl ayer that connect s to your stereo or p owered spea kers to play your Mac or PC d igital music lib rar y in any room of the hous e. Y ou can even play thousands o f free Interne t radio st [...]

3 T AB LE OF CONTENTS SEC TION 1 : GET TING S T ARTE D I. Music Ser ver Sof tware R equirements ..4 II. Enabling Musi c Sharing ... .... .... .... ..... .... ..8 III. Ho oking Up Your Home Net work Hardware ( Wire d Ether net or W irel ess) ... ... ... . 10 IV . Hook ing Up Y our Speaker s or S tereo S ystem...................................... 1 [...]

4 5 SECTI ON 1: GET TING STARTED T o use SoundB ridge you will n eed to do the foll owing (d etailed e xplanatio ns follow) : I. Make sure you h ave a compatible music ser ver inst alled. Comp atible music se rvers i nclude iTunes,® Microsoft ® Windows® M edia Connec t, Rhaps ody, ™ Musicmatch,® and others . [N ote: I f you plan only to lis t[...]

6 7 Y ou have several optio ns for connec ting your music lib rary to S oundBrid ge: Mus ic Ser ver Reco mmen ded fo r User s of . . . Notes Wi nd ow s M ed ia Co nn ec t (U PnP Wi nd ow s M e dia D RM 10 p ro to co ls) Wi nd ow s X P w it h SP2 A f r ee me di a s er v er f ro m M ic ro so f t. Wor k s w i th an y m us ic ju keb ox , bu t o pt im i[...]

8 9 Enab ling Shar ing in iTunes T o turn on the Music Sha ring option , 1. Selec t iTunes/ Preferences m enu (Ma c) or Edit/ Preferen ces (PC ). 2. In the dial og box that app ears, click the Sha ring tab. 3. Verify that th e Share My Music optio n to enable shari ng on your loc al networ k is selec ted. Note : iTunes must be running to p lay musi[...]

10 11 III . H ooking Up Your Home Net work Hardwar e (Wir ed Ethern et or Wirel ess) Ethe rnet Conn ect ion Plug your cab le into the jack provide d on the right sid e of the rear of the unit . Connec t your Ethernet c able to a hub, switch or ro uter on your home n etwork . Alternati vely, you can connect SoundBr idge direc tly to your compu ter ([...]

12 13 V . Conne ctin g SoundBri dge to AC Pow er If you plan to us e an Ethernet conn ectio n, be sure the cab le is plugge d in to the unit. Plug th e power cord into the So undBridg e unit, and plu g the other end into to a wall o utlet. Hin t : There is no powe r switch to turn on Soun dBridge. A s soon as you p lug in the power, you should qu i[...]

14 15 Person al Firewal l If you are using i T unes and have troubl e connecti ng, your computer m ay have a firewall install ed that is not set corre ctly. Make sure your firewall is confi gured to allow i T un es music sharing by do ing the followi ng: Mac us ers : 1. Open System Pre ferences. 2. Sele ct Sharin g and click the Firewall t ab. 3[...]

16 17 SECTI ON 2 : BROWSIN G MUSIC Choosing Your Music Librar y Once Sound Bridge is successf ully connec ted to your net work and you r server ’s music sharing options are ena bled, So undBridg e will automatical ly find any suppor ted music li braries on th e netwo rk. You will be prompte d to choose the lib rary yo u would like to access from[...]

18 19 But ton old re mote But ton new re mote Name Ac tio n + + Ad d Ad ds cu rr en t s el ec ti on to yo ur So ng Qu eue . Ho me Ta kes yo u t o t he So ur ce or Hom e M en u. Se arc h D is pl ays te x t b as e d s ear ch op ti on s. Br ow se Br ow se th rou gh so ng s b y t it le , ar t is t , al bu m, com po se r o r g en re. E xi t Take s y ou [...]

20 21 Only the first two lines of the Home Menu are displayed at once (or one line if y ou are using an M1000 with the largest font size), but you can use the Down  arrow on your remote control to scroll through all these options: Pla yl ist s [ Di splays a ll the pl aylis ts avail able f or the se lec ted musi c libr ary f rom you r net work .[...]

22 23 track s #5 – #1 0 will play. (For continuo us playback of the e ntire album, press Repe at [ ] on your remote control — th e album will pl ay until the end, then s tart a gain at the beg inning. ) Y ou can also brows e to an album, ar tist or gen re selec tion and pre ss Play [  ] t o star t playing the entire contents of th e selec te[...]

24 25 SECTI ON 3 : THE SONG Q UEUE SoundBridge automa tically builds a song q ueue ev ery time yo u select a son g or al bum to play . This section will t ell y ou how to bu ild a song queue, revie w a son g queue and erase a song queue. Buildi ng a Song Que ue Let ’s say you would now like to choose sever al dif ferent songs or s elec tions to p[...]

26 27 SECTI ON 4 : ADDITI ONAL PLA YBACK OPTION S Playing a Playlist T o play a playlist that you h ave created in your music jukebox so ft ware such as iTunes or Windows Me dia Player, select the Playl ist option fro m the Home M enu [ ] . Use your Up / Down   arrows to brows e your playlists o ne by one, find the on e you want to play, the[...]

28 29 SECTI ON 5 : PRESET S Y our SoundB ridge inclu des 18 positions in its interna l memor y, which can store a variet y of selec tions for you r quick and easy re call. You can save just about any thing to Preset s that you can play on the S oundBrid ge by highlighting i t and pressing the Play key. For example, yo u can save all track s by a si[...]

30 31 SECTI ON 6 : INTE RNET R ADIO Y ou can listen to Inter net radio in o ne of three ways. Fir st, you can lis ten to SoundBri dge’s built- in set of ra dio stations l ocated in the “ Internet Radi o” Librar y. Y our comp uter does not ne ed to be on - all you n eed is an ac tive Internet conne ction o n your home net work . Second, you c [...]

32 33 can use iTunes to “tune in” to that s tation, and th en listen to it on Sou ndBridge. ( Wind ows Media Conn ect use rs can continue to use WMC fo r your music librar y, and just use i T un es for this feature. ) T o play Internet ra dio statio ns with the iTunes music ser ver on SoundBr idge : 1. In iT une s, create a new playlist ( for e[...]

34 35 a station is ma rked as a favorite, it app ears in the “My Favorites” list in the Inte rnet Radio l ibrar y, but does n ot use up one of the 18 Preset slots . Note : I f a station is saved as a Pres et, then it is assume d to also be a “f avorite” , a nd will always appear at th e front of the “My Favorites” list. There are seve r[...]

36 37 Get i nfo f or [Sta tio n na me] Pla y Pr e set… Sa ve Pr e set : [Stat ion n am e] Ad d Stat io n to My Fav or i tes Sto p Tur n Sc r een O ff Scroll down to “ Save Preset” a nd press Sel ect [ 4 ] . Y ou will s ee a numbere d list of exis ting preset s star ting with A 1 , A2, etc. Se lect th e preset you woul d like to replace and pr[...]

38 39 SECTI ON 7: SOUND BRIDG E WEB INTE RFA CE Use SoundBr idge’s web page to control So undBridg e playback rem otely, configure your SoundBr idge or recon figure your prese t Internet radi o stations by enteri ng the stream UR L direc tly into the web page. T here are severa l ways to access the web page : Launch ing the Rok u Web Interface [...]

40 41 “ .pls,” or “.m3u” exte nsion, and a WMA strea m ends with “.asx” . Currently, SoundBridg e can stream MP3 and WMA for mats. Rea lAudio streams ( ending in . ram or .rm ) are currently not suppor ted. A ACplus stations may use the s ame ex tensions as MP3 stations , but will not b e able to be played. Usual ly, an Internet Radio s[...]

42 43 SECTI ON 8 : WHE N Y OU ARE FINI SHED US ING SOUND BRID GE When you are finish ed playing musi c and using your Sou ndBridge a ltogether, just press the Stand by [  ] button on your rem ote. In Standby mode, So undBridg e can display the date and time or a bla nk display, depending on yo ur preferen ce. (See pa ge 40 for mo re information[...]

44 45 side of the Now P laying screen, and other options. Use the “Visualizer Settings” command on the Settings screen to explore these options. (See appendix for full listing of visualizer options.) Clock Set tings When in Stand by mode, Sound Bridge ca n display the date and time, simi lar to the screen below. 1 :1 7 :4 9 PM Mo nda y, A pr il[...]

46 47 The date sel ectio n works th e same way — you can cho ose the format that b est fits your geogr aphic stan dard or your pe rsonal pre ference. T o disable the d ate/tim e display altogeth er when Soun dBridge is in s tandby, selec t the correspon ding option o n this page. Don’t forg et to click the “Up date” but ton for the date or[...]

48 49 SECTI ON 10: O PTION S FOR SYSTEM CONFIGUR A TION If you nee d to change your net work set tings or othe r system -level opti ons, go to any Home Menu and se lec t “Change Librar y or Config uration” . Choose “System Con figuration” at the bot tom of the nex t screen. You will see the f ollowing op tions: Sof twar e Version & Up[...]

50 51 SECTI ON 1 1: APPEND IX 1 A: M ENUS OVERVI EW Home - M usic Lib rary Playlists (  Alph a list of Playlists avai lable in curre nt music librar y) Browse (  Artists /Albums /S ongs/ Genres / Composers ) Search (  Text entr y for key word search) Play Preset (  List of Presets num bered A 1: C6  Se lec t  Plays station ) Show [...]

52 53 APPENDIX 1B : SCREE N ICONS QUICK R EFER ENCE In all men us and song list s : Ë T he arrow icon indic ates the menu item be ing sele cted. In song lis ts and the “ Song Queue ” screen :  The music note ico n denotes a single tr ack (as opp osed to a colle ction of tr acks ). X )) The speaker with aud io waves shows current son g pl[...]

54 55 As of this writ ing, the Soun dBridge so ft ware is version 2 .5 and do es not suppor t “ WP A ” . Che ck for sof twa re updates if you ne ed this feature. T r oublesh ooting Wi -Fi Set up If you have probl ems connec ting to the SoundB ridge to your music li brar y, please check the followin g: 1. Is the SoundBridge is p owered on ( is t[...]

56 57 3. If your net work is passwo rd protecte d, you should ch oose Equival ent Netwo rk Password from the Bas e Station menu as shown a bove. Write down the value that a ppears in th e dialog as sh own below. This is your net work passwo rd. Apple AirPor t ( PC Users ) 1. From Start /Prog rams/A irpor t Admin Utilit y, open the AirPor t Admin ut[...]

58 59 2. Selec t the net work you woul d like to configure. You should then see th e configuration display bel ow. 3. Make a note of the name o f your Wi- Fi netwo rk in the Net work Name fie ld. 4. From the Base Station lis t, selec t Equivale nt Netwo rk Password. 1 1 Sec tio n 1 1 : Appe ndice s Sec tio n 1 1 : Appe ndice s[...]

60 61 5. Write down the displayed p assword from th e dialog box ( as illustrate d below) . Link sys WAP 54G Follow these s teps for obtai ning the hexa decimal WEP key from th e WAP 54G : 1. Open a we b browser and conne ct to the access po int. Y ou connec t to the access point by enteri ng the access point ’s IP address in the lo cation bar of[...]

62 63 4. Key 1 is the default key us ed by SoundB ridge. In this ex ample, 4977 4B 692D i s the key value. This is your Wi -Fi net work passwo rd. 5. Close your web b rowser. Netgea r WG602 The Netg ear WG602 is an 802. 1 1 g Wi- Fi Access Point. Its configur ation can be a ccessed with a web browser. 1. Open a web browser and con nect to the a cc[...]

64 65 2. Note the valu e of “W i-Fi Ne twork Nam e (SSID )”. 3. Click “Sec urity Se ttings” o n the lef t side to access the WEP set tings. If “ WEP” is s et to “Enable ” (as bel ow) , you will need to o btain the hex adecimal key for yo ur networ k. Netgear unf ortunate ly, does not allow you to view the cur rent WEP key. However ,[...]

66 67 APPENDIX 3 : END USER SOF TWARE LICENSE AGREEME NT IMPORTANT — READ CAR EFULL Y: By using the so ft ware in your Sou ndBridge, yo u agree to be bou nd by the license terms and con ditions bel ow. If you do not agree to these ter ms and conditions , you must immedi ately return your S oundBrid ge in its ori ginal condition a nd packag ing to[...]

68 69 In addi tion, all accessor ies must be ret urned with the d efec tive SoundBri dge. A new or fac tory ref urbished s et of accessories wi ll be furnish ed with the repl acement Sound Bridge. Failure to return any of the accessor y items could resu lt in a delay in receiv ing the replaceme nt SoundBri dge, and /or result in a n invoice for the[...]

70 71 FCC Rule s, Par t 15 This equip ment has bee n tested and foun d to comply with the limi ts for a class B digi tal device, pursu ant to Part 15 of the FC C Rules. T hese limits a re designed to provi de reasonabl e protec tion against ha rmful inter ference in a resi dential instal lation. This e quipment gen erates, uses and can r adiate rad[...]

72 73 8. Power So urces . This produc t should b e operate d only from th e typ e of power source indicated o n the markin g label. I f you are not sure of the t ype of p ower supply to your home, consult your p roduc t dealer or lo cal power comp any . For produc ts intende d to operate f rom batter y powe r , or other sou rces, refer to the op er[...]

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