Advance Multimedia Internet Technology MAA502AM User Manual

User Manual

MAA502AM WiFi Internet Melody Station

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FCC Interference St atement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equip ment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference.

CE Declaration of Conformity

This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022/A1 Class B.

Table of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.............................................................4

1.1 Package List.....................................................................4

1.2 Hardware Installation....................................................... 4

Chapter 2 Getting Start............................................................6

2.1 How to operate.................................................................6

2.1.1 Easy Wizard....................................................................6

2.1.2 Function configuration..................................................7

Chapter 3 Making Configuration...........................................13

3.1 Network Setup................................................................13

3.1.1 Basic Requirement ......................................................13

3.2 Software Installation......................................................24

3.3 Listen to Music...............................................................32

3.4 Setup the Alarm .............................................................38

3.5 Setup the Clock..............................................................39

3.6 Setup RSS....................................................................... 40

3.7 Miscellaneous Setup .....................................................42

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting..................................................... 45

Chapter 1 Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding MAA502 Wireless Melody Station. This product is specifically designed for Home entertainment needs. It provides music resource for Internet Radio, FM, UPnP media server and USB MP3 player, it is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users. Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be found in this manual. Before you install and use this product, please read this manual for fully exploiting the functions of this product.

1.1 Package List

items Description Contents Quantity 1

Wireless Melody Station

1

2

3

4

5

Power adapter

CD

Remote Controller

QIG

1.2 Hardware Installation

Hardware configuration

Internal PIFA antenna

1

USB port

Vol +/- Play/pause

Back key Option key

Power on/off

Power jack

Reset

WPS

Earphone

RCA jack

FM antenna

RJ45

How to operate :

Function select

function, and press it once you want to select the function you choose.

Play /Pause music

or one station.

Volume control

change the volume.

Back last page – You can press ‘back’ key once you want to go back last page.

Option

– This key designs for specific use, such as Stop playing music,

go to favorite etc.

Remote controller – You can use the remote controller to select the function you want to choose. (see below Fig. 1)

– You can scroll this rotary wheel to change the

– You can press this button once you select one song

– You can scroll this rotary wheel when you want to

Power – standby/ power on Light

– light dimming

Radio IP – Go to Internet Radio Media Player – Go to Media Server MP3 Reader Mute – Mute REW – backward Play/Pause FWB – forward

– Go to MP3 player

– Play/Pause

 –up  –down  – left  –right

– OK

OK

– Volume up

Vol+ Vol-

– Volume down

Next – Next song 1~0

– Numeric or alphabet input

STOP

– Stop playing music

ZZZ – Snooze Favorite Shuffle

Fig. 1: Remote controller

– add to My favorite

– shuffle music

Chapter 2 Getting Start

2.1 How to operate

Please prepare 1 router (Wire / Wi-Fi function) before you setup this Wi-Fi Melody Station, you can follow the steps as below to setup this machine once you get ready.

Step 1. Power on: Plug in power adapter and press the power switch on to activate this

machine.

Step 2. Connect to Wi-Fi Router from AP lists If you have a router with Wi-Fi function, this Wi-Fi Internet Melody

Station will automatically find the available AP lists for you to select. (See Chapter 2.1.1 to do the detailed setup)

Step 3. Connect to wired Router If you want to connect with your router (AP) by a RJ45 cable, you can

go ‘Setup’ to change advance setting / configure network to wired client/ AP mode. (See Chapter 2.1.1 to do the detailed setup)

2.1.1 Easy Wizard

When you power on Wireless Melody Station, it will lead you to choose the main language and V-Tuner language (see as Fig. 1-1)

Main language:

Internet Radio (v-Tuner) language:

Note: Please note that all screens we captured are for your reference. Only if you find any inconsistency in this document, please follow

Fig. 1-1

It will auto run and detect AP list s after fi nishing the la nguage setting, if you sel ect the AP witho ut encryption, press ‘ok’ to continue. (see as Fig. 1-2), if you select the AP with key, then it will auto detect the type of encryption, then key-in the password, press ‘ok’ to continue. (See as Fig. 1-3)

the MMI on machine.

Fig. 1-2

Fig. 1-3

Note: You can use the numeric/ alphabet keypad on remote controller to input the WEP key, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ABC/123/~!# input. ( See Chapter 3 for detail operation)

2.1.2 Function configuration

Main Menu

To use  and  button on remote controller to chose which item you want to enter, then press ‘ok’ to enter it.

Item 1: Internet Radio

Item 2: FM Radio

Item 3: Media Server

Item 4: MP3 Player

Item 5: Alarm / Clock

Item 6: Setup

Item 7: RSS

How to run Internet Radio

When you enter Internet Radio, you can go to the stations by locations or genres, please see as below Fig. 2-1.

Fig. 2-1

If you want to add one station to Favorite, you can press ‘favorite’ button on remote controller to store.

How to run Media Server

You have to run Microsoft Media Player on your PC (see as Fig. 2-2), or other UPnP servers on the same network (see Chapter 3 for more configuration.)

Fig. 2-2 Windows Media Player 11 Press the Media Server icon, and then connect the server you want to enter (see as Fig. 2-3)

Fig. 2-3

How to run MP3 player – USB porFig. device

Plug in USB drive (only support FAT-16/32 file system) and you can enjoy it, see as Fig. 2-4

Fig. 2-4

How to run Alarm

When you need to set this unit to be an alarm, you can enter the Alarm page, and follow the procedure to set Alarm. You can chose the music source of Internet radio, FM Radio, Media Server, MP3 player or buzzer to alarm you when time is up. (Note: press ‘stop’ on remote controller to stop alarm) (See Fig. 2-5)

Fig. 2-5 This alarm system also support sleep function, you can set it to sleep af ter playing music 15mins ,

30mins, 45mins, 60mins. (see Fig. 2-6)

Fig. 2-6

How to run FM Radio

When you enter FM Radio first time, you can go Station List to scan the list at your location (see Fig. 2-7), if you want to add one station to Favorite, you can press ‘favorite’ button on remote controller to store.(see Fig. 2-8)

Fig. 2-7

Add to My Favorite

Fig. 2-8

How to run RSS

When you enter RSS, you can go World-Wide We ather to select the RSS weathe r of the city you live, or you can select 10 different cities from list and check the weather daily. If you want to add to Favorite, you can press ‘favorite’ button on remote controll er to store.

Add to My Favorite, so that you can check the weather easily. (see Fig. 2-9)

Fig. 2-9

Once you add the city weather to my favorite, this machine will automatically show the daily weather when this machine is in the idle mode. However, you can disable this function by following setup. (see Fig. 2-10)

Fig. 2-10 Also, this machine can allow you to subscribe other RSS URL.(see Fig. 2-11)

You can insert the CD into PC, make sure your PC and this machine is under the same network, and execute the Utility to search the IP address of this machine automatically. ( see ‘How to setup’ to check IP address )

Fig. 2-11 For example, if you want to subscribe CNN RSS into this machine, please find the correct

information from CNN website, copy the Station Name, Genre, Location and URL, and then cli ck “Add Station” to subscribe it. (see Fig. 2-12)

(Refer to http://www.cnn.com/services/rss/)

Fig. 2-12 Once you successfully add RSS station, you will see the RSS URL which you subscribed on this

machine, and you can read the headlines daily. (see Fig. 2-13)

Fig.2-13

How to use SETUP

Item Menu Steps Setup

Time setting

Language

Backlight

Adjustment

Advance setting

*Network Setting

**Configure Network

Reset to Default

Clear Favorite

Device MAC Address

Firmware Version

F/W Upgrade (thru USB)

*/**Remark: If you need advanced Network Setting, please check User Manual for reference.

Chapter 3 Making Configuration

3.1 Network Setup

3.1.1 Basic Requirement

To make the Wireless Music Player device work properly under your network en vironment, your network must have the following basic capability:

You must have a router device with DHCP server function enabled, so that it can automatically assign IP address to your computers or other network devices.

If you already have a router device in your home, there will be no big trouble to setup the Music Player device with your existed network environment, but if you don’t have or don’t know what you have in your home network., the following paragraph will help you to find out if there is any problem to be resolved prior you start to operate the Music Player device.

Please answer the question: How does your computer or Notebook PC access the internet? The answer might be one of the following:

Case I. I have to plug an Ethernet cable to the computer, and

I.1 I have to execute a dial-up program from my computer to link to the ISP

service, and after that I can access the internet. Î You need to purchase a (wireless) broadba nd router. I.2 No extra dial-up program is executed in my computer , but I set a fixed IP

address in my computer. Î I.3 No extra dial-up program is executed in my computer, and I set the dynamic

IP address in my computer.

Î There is a router device in your home. You can configure the Music Player device as wired client mode to work in your home network.

Case II. I use the wireless connection, and

II.1 I have to execute a dial-up program from my computer to link to the ISP

service, and then I can access the internet. Î There is no router device in your home. You have to purchase a new router

device to upgrade your home network. II.2 No extra dial-up program is executed in my computer, but I set a fixed IP

address in my computer. Î If the IP address is provided by your ISP supplier, there seemed to be no DHCP

service in your home network. You have to buy a new router device. If the IP address is a virtual IP, like 192.168.xxx.xxx, you should have a router

device. So, the Music Player device can work in your home network. II.3 No extra dial-up program is executed in my computer, and I set the dynamic

IP address in my computer.

Î

There is a wireless router device in your home, The Music Player device can

work well in your home network

Configure as a Wireless Client

There are three modes of network configuration for the Music Player device. It can be a simple wireless client, a wired client, or even a wireless access point (AP).

The factory default mode is the client Mode. According to the availability of an Ethernet cable, the device will automatically select a suitable client mode to operate. Besides, user can also manually change the setting of network configuration through the Setup menu “Setup/Advanced Setup/Configure Network”.

If there is already 802.11b/g wireless network in your home, this mode is the simplest and straight forward mode to connect the Music Player device to the existence network. User just have to power on the device, with no Ethernet cable plugged, the device will automatically get into the wireless client mode. And try to find out all the available wireless APs (Access Points). For the first time to get into the wireless client mode, you have to further determine which AP to connect and set the encryption key properly. Once the setting is finished, the device will remember the related settings and try to connect to the designated AP when it is power on. However, if there is something trouble in connecting to the designated AP, the device will show the AP list screen for user to configure again.

(A) Device first time using, without any Ethernet cable plugged: to screen on

the right

1 2

3

4

“” button or

Screen shot to next screen Comment

“Company Logo”

Initial screen

Device runs as a Wireless “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Client.

Select the MMI language.

Select the internet radio

menu language.

5

6

7

Scanning for available

APs.

“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. Numeric key pads

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Select the AP that you

can connect to your router

device.

You can use the numeric/

alphabet keypad on

remote controller to input

the WEP key, or you can

use the option button to

change the

abc/ABC/123/~!# input.

8

9

10

11

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Apply new settings.

Confirm to the settings

above.

12

How to check if connect with Internet

Example :

If you do not use remote control to enter your numeric/ alphabet key, you can use rotary wheel to select abc/ABC/123/~!# on screen. Ex. WPA key = Abc123

1. Use ‘option’ button to switch to abc/ABC/123/~!#

2. Use ‘ function’ rotary wheel to scroll the number or alphabet letter you need

3. It will go next digit automatically after you select one

The device already

connected to your network.

Go to Setup/ Advanced

Setup/ Network Setting to see if you do get an IP.

If you find an IP address

under network setting, it means it is successful to connect with AP.

(B) Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode: to screen on

Screen shot to next screen Comment

the right

1

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Initial screen

2

3

4

5

6

7

“” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button or

Scanning for available

Please select WPS

“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. Numeric key pads

8

9

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Apply new settings.

Manually select the wireless client mode.

APs.

Disable if your router has no this function.

Select the AP that you can connect to your router device.

You can use the numeric / alphabet keypad on remote controller to input the WEP key, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ABC/123/~!# input. Confirm to the settings above.

10

11

The device is in wireless client mode now.

The device already connected to your network.

(C) WPS button for Wireless Client Mode:

You can use WPS button on the back of this device to connect with a Router which

has a WPS button wirelessly, please follow the steps as below to connect.

to screen on

Screen shot to next screen Comment

the right

1

2

This device will process

Press the WPS button

on the back of the machine, and also press the WPS button on your Router.

WPS connection with Router automatically.

3

4

5

6

This device will show

‘successful’ on screen.

Then Rebooting.

The device is in

wireless client mode now.

The device already

connected to your network.

Fail to connect.

If you can’t connect with AP by WPS button, we suggest you should check the following,

1. It should be distanced at least 30cm between router and client device.

2. It may have another WPS been triggered when you connect, please try again.

Configure as an Wired Client

If there is no any 802.11b/g wireless network in your home, and only wired 802.3 network is available, the Music Player device can also connect to the wired network through an Ethernet cable. In this situation, prior to power on the device, you have to plug the Ethernet cable into the RJ45 connector. And then power on the device. The device will automatically get into the wired client mode when it detects a link status through the Ethernet connection during device is up.

(A) Device first time using, with an Ethernet cable plugged: to screen on

the right

1 “Company Logo” 2

3

Screen shot to next screen Comment

Initial screen

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Select the MMI language.

Select the internet radio menu language.

4

5

6

7

8

9

“” button (5 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

Press STOP on remote controller

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

10

“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

11

12

13

14

15

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

The device is in wired

Device runs as a Wired

client mode now. It already connected to your network.

Client.

16

B) Manually configured as the Wired Client Mode: to screen on

Screen shot to next screen Comment

the right

1

2

3

4

“” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Initial screen

Manually select the wired client mode.

5

6

“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button or

7

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Apply new settings.

Select the DHCP for auto configured IP address.

Confirm to the settings above.

8

9

The device is in wired

client mode now.

The device already

connected to your network

Configure as an Wireless Access Point (AP)

If user wants to extend his wireless network coverage range, he has to add new access points to specific locations in his home. Then other wireless notebook PC, and network devices can have access to the extended wireless network. The Music Player device can also be configured as a wireless AP. With such feature, user can easily extend his wireless coverage without purchasing another AP.

To configure the Music Player device as an AP, you have to manually setup the device through selecting the MMI menu “Setup/Advanced Setup/Configure Network/AP mode”. And then further setup the IP address scheme, SSID, channel number and the encryption key of the AP. Once the setting is finished, the device will reboot automatically and function as an AP.

Manually configured as the Wireless AP Mode: to screen on

the right

1

Screen shot to next screen Comment

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Initial screen

2

3

4

5

6

7

“” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (2 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. Numeric key pads

Numeric key pads

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Manually select the AP mode.

Select the DHCP for auto configured IP address.

You can use the numeric/ alphabet keypad on remote controller to input the SSID, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ABC/123/~!# input. You can use the numeric/ alphabet keypad on remote controller to input the Channel, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ABC/123/~!# input.

8

9

10

“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. Numeric key pads

“” button or

11

12

13

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Apply new settings.

Select one of the security schemes.

You can use the numeric/ alphabet keypad on remote controller to input the WEP key, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ABC/123/~!# input.

Confirm to the settings above.

14

15

The device is in wireless

AP mode now.

The device already

connected to your network and can work now.

(B) WPS button for AP Mode:

Once you select this device as AP mode, you also can allow other client devices with

a WPS button to connect wirelessly.

to screen on

Screen shot to next screen Comment

the right

1

2

This device will process

Press the WPS button

on the back of the machine, and also press the WPS button on your client device.

WPS connection with Router automatically.

3

This device will show

‘successful’ on screen.

4

5

The device already

connected to your network.

It shows ‘Time-Out’ if

connect failed.

3.2 Software Installation

To operate the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device, basically, it can work well as a stand-alone device. You can use it to listen to internet radio, FM radio, and external USB storage / MP3 players. No computer is needed to exhibit above features. But there is one kind of situation that you need a computer operated simultaneously. When you want to listen to the digital music files that stored in your computer disks, you have to installed some streaming server software in that computer so that the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device can request the streaming service from that server , and finally playback the streamed music at the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device. The Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device is compliant to the UPnP protocol, therefore, you can install any UPnP-based server software on your computer, and the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station shall work well with it. Currently, there is some popular software in the market; most of them are free of charge such as Microsoft Media Player 11 (WMP11), Microsoft Media Connect 2.0 (WMC2.0), and Music match Jukebox. So you can downl oad the server sof twa re from intern et and install it to manage your music files and also provide the stream service for the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Statio n device.

In this manual, we will show you how to install the WMP11 and WMC 2.0.

Install & Connect to Windows Media Player 11

Please follow the steps below: Step 0. Download the WMP11. Please download the Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) installation file, e.g.,

wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe, from Microsoft web site. Install the wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe without any changes needed. Just click on ‘next’ to finish the installation.

Step 1. Activate the Media Player.

Find out the “Windows Media Player” icon from the Program list,

and click on this program to activate it.

Step2. Click “Library” to manage the content and share your media.

Step 3 Add your Media content to WMP11 media library. Click on the “Library” tab and then select the item “Add to Library” to add your media files to the WMP11 media library,

You will see the following view:

Click “Add” and select the media folder in your computer, and then click the “OK”

For example, I put all the music files in the directory D:\Music, so I just have to add the folder to the share list.

You will see that the specified folder has already been 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 browse and manage your media content with the WMP11 Library manager.

Step 4. Share the WMP11 media library.

Similar to Step 3, click on the “Media Sharing” item to activate the media sha rin g function.

The following dialog windows will appear.

Select “Share my media” then click “OK” to continue.

The WMP11 try to discover the available network devices in your LAN. The following display showed that no any device is found at this moment.

If the Wi-Fi Internet Melody St ation device has already conn ected to your home network, you might see the following display that WMP11 found a network device named as “MAA502”.

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

name of the WMP11 server to be displayed on your Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device.

Then, press OK to exit.

Step 6. Authorize the access from your Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device.

The WMP1 1 provides sim ple access control setting. When WMP 11 detects new network device (as the final screen in St ep 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 the “Allow” button to grant further streaming requests from that device. You will see that the device icon state changed consequently. Then, press OK button to apply the setting.

Besides, there is another alternative approach to manage the access for your network devices.

There will be a small icon WMP11 found network devices.

appeared on the Windows XP status bar to alert you

You can then double click on it to manage the access for the devices. Press “Allow”.

Step 7. Establish the connection between Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device and WMP11

server. from the main menu (or press the hot key “Media Player” on the remote controller) and then the Wi-Fi Internet Melody S t ation device will start the server discovery process. Af ter a few seconds, it will find out the server like “PC_Hostname: Server Name”.

From the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device, select the “Media Server” function

This is the WPM11 server that you installed. Then press the ‘OK’ button to try to connect to the server. You will see the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station screen shows “Connecting.” and finally shows the following list:

You can browse the “Music” list and playback the music you want. For the details, please refer to Section 3.3, Listen to the music in your computer.

Install & Connect to Windo ws Media Connect V2.0

Please follow the steps: Step 0. Download the WMC server.

Please download the Windows Media Connect (WMC) installation file, wmcsetup.exe, from Microsoft web site. Install the wmcsetup.exe without any changes needed. Just click on ‘next’ to finish the installation.

Step 1. Activate the WMC.

You can find a new installed file icon “Windows Media Conn ect” from the Windows XP

Program list…

Click on this program to activate the WMC.

Step 2. You will see a pop-up window, asking for “select the device you want to allow access to

your computer”. Just skip it by press the ‘next’ button.

Step 3. Then, you will be asked to select the folders you want to share with your devices.

Select the proper one for your computer.

Finally, press ‘Finish’ to finish the setup of the Windows media connect. You can see there is a small icon on the lower right corner of the startup bar.

Step 4. Establish the connection between Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station and WMC server.

From the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device, select the “Media Server” function from the main menu (or press the hot key “Media Player” on the remote controller) and then the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station few seconds, it will find out the server like “PC_Hostname: 1: Windows Media Connect”

This is the WMC server that you installed. Then press the ‘OK’ button to try to connect to the server.

device will start the server discovery process. After a

You will see the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station over and over. In the same time, you will see the following prompt in your PC:

It means that the WMC detected an un-authorized device trying to access the content of the WMC server. You just double click on the WMC icon to allow the access from the device.

screen shows “Connecting…”, and repeat

Select the device and then click on the ‘Allow’ button

Then, press the ‘close’ button to finish the authorization proce ss.

At this moment, the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station WMC server. refer to Section 3.3, Listen to the music in your computer.

You can browse the list and playback the music you want. For the details, please

can get the contents or service from the

3.3 Listen to Music

The Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device is a powerful audio player that can bring you the music from different kind of sources. You can use it to listen to the internet radio all over the world, the local FM broadcasting service, the music files in your computers, and even the music files in your porFig. MP3 players. The following sections will guide you how to listen to the music with the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device.

Listen to Internet Radio

To listen the 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 switch get activate the Internet Radio function.

The first screen of Internet Radio function shows 2 items for you to select:

“Station List”: Retrieve the internet radio station lists from the internet server. “Favorite Stations”: Retrieve the favorite station lists that stored in the device.

Press “OK” button to retrieve the Station List. At this moment, the device will try to connect to the internet radio server to retrieve the well organized internet radio stations for further playback. Normally, you will see the following screen:

It takes few seconds to get the list from internet. And you will see the next screen. It means the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station and got the information from the server . However, if you see the fol lowing screen instead, it means that the device has encounter trou ble in retrieving the list from internet server.

already successfully connected to the internet server

Please refer to the troubleshooting chapter to identify the problem and resolve it step by step.

The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to browse to a specific ratio station “4U Classic Rock” in France and start to playback the music from it. to screen on

the right

1

“OK” button or

Screen shot to next screen Comment

Initial screen press the right rotary wheel.

2

3

4

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“” button or

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (15 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button or

“” button (9 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

Try to connect to the

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Press “<” button on the

remote controller or

press option button on

the machine to add

current station to

favorite list.

radio station.

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Start buffering the

music from the radio

station.

Music started…

Listen to FM Radio

To listen the music or broadcast programs from local FM radio stations, please select the “FM Radio” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to switch get activate the FM Radio function.

The first screen of FM Radio function shows 4 items for you to select:

“Station List”: Retrieve the tuned radio station lists from the device. “Favorite Stations”: Retrieve the favorite station lists that stored in the device. “Update List”: Activate the auto scan procedure to discover all the available FM stations, and keeps the tuned stations in the device memory. “Direct Access”: Allow you to fine tune the frequency of the station or tune to previous / next FM station manually. For first time to use the FM Radio function stretching out the antenna cable as possible a s you can. After the antenna cable is placed properly, activate the “Update List” function first to make a complete scan for pre-setting the available FM stations. It takes few seconds to perform the scan operation. Af ter that, you can easily tune to the stations.

The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to pre-set the F M st ation s and tune to a specific ratio station 98.70 MHz and start to listen the broadcast prog ram from it.

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Screen shot to next screen Comment

the right

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“OK” button or

press the right rotary wheel.

Initial screen

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“” button or

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button (2 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. Pre-setting the FM

There are 15 station

“” button (8 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

Tuned to station and

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

station list depends on

the signal reception

quality.

been tuned.

Press “<” button on the

remote controller or

press option button on

the machine to add

current station to

favorite list.

music started.

Listen to the music in your computers

To listen to the music from your own computers, you have to install and activate the media server utility for the computer which your digital music files reside. Please refer to the Installation of Media Server. After you installed and activated the media server, you can enjoy listening to the streaming music in front of the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station the main menu and then press the OK button to switch activate the streaming from Media Server function.

device. Please select the “Media Server” function from

Then, the following message will be displayed during discovering all the available media servers i n your network. It takes few seconds to finish.

Finally, the screen will list all available media servers for you to select.

At this moment, if there is no server found, the list will be empty.

Please check if you had already activated the media server on your computer. If the problem still exists for no any media server in the list, please refer to the troubleshooting chapter to identify the problem and resolve it step by step. The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to connect to a media server “AMIT-Joseph:J’s”, whose service is provided by Windows Media Player 11. And browsing to the Musi c album “Beat it” to play the songs in this album.

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the right

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Screen shot to next screen Comment

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Initial screen

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4

5

6

“” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

“” button or

“” button (10 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

“” button or

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“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Wait till end of song, or press “” to next song.

Press “<” button on the remote controller or press option button on the machine to add current station to favorite list. Music started.

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Once the music starts, you can freely control the song playback through the playback buttons, just like you are controlling a traditional stereo or CD player.

Next song started.

Listen to the music by an UPnP control point

This device provides an UPnP renderer function, if you use a cell phone or any other device/ software with an UPnP control point function to control this device, you can stream the music wirelessly.

Listen to the Music in you USB drive

Listen to the music with your USB drive. MP3 player, please plug in the USB drive into the USB connector of the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device. Then select the “MP3 Player” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to activate the MP3 player function.

The first screen of MP3 Player function shows the root folder content of the attached USB drive.

If you see the following screen “NO DEVICE” instead, there could be some trouble during accessing the USB device. Please unplug it and then re-plug again.

To playback the songs stored in the USB drive, you just need to browse into the folder of music album and then play it.

The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to listen the music folder “Diamonds Love Song” in the attached USB drive.

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Screen shot to next screen Comment

the right

1

2

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Initial screen

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4

“” button (2 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

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“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Select the music folder

to browse and

playback.

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The Playback Screen

When the music starts, you can see the screen shows related playback information. It includ es the title of the song / station, the album & artist information, and the playback progression of the music. Besides, there is a status line in the bottom of the screen. It reflects the actual states of the wireless signal strength, the connection quality, the connection status, and the playback status. Based on the status information, it can help to troubleshoot if you get in troubles when listening to the music.

Alarm Setting

In addition to the music playback function, the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station Device also provides easy alarm function for you. There are two individual alarms, one can wake you up in the morning, and the other one can be used to remind you for the important moment.

3.4 Setup the Alarm

To enable an alarm setting, you have to setup the time and alarm music properly. The following procedure illustrates a typical alarm setting operation. It sets Alarm 1 to generate alarm (play music) at 7:00 AM, and choose a specific internet radio station “4U Classical Rock” as the source of alarm music.

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Screen shot to next screen Comment

the right

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2

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“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

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“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Initial screen

Enable the alarm 1.

Use the 4 direction buttons and Numeric key pads to set the time.

Set internet radio as alarm source.

Select the specific station you’re your Favorites.

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“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

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After you set and enabled the alarm, you will see there is a bell icon on the clock screen.

Use the 4 direction buttons and Numeric key pads to set Volume from 00~15.

3.5 Setup the Clock

to screen on

the right

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2

3

4

“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

“” button or

Screen shot to next screen Comment

Initial screen without NTP time sync.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Set Manually

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

You can follow the steps to set up clock.

Set the clock of the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device.

The first item “Clock” is for the date and time setting.

The second item is for you to manually or automatically set the date and time.

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Use the four directional

buttons, Numeric key pads to set the time.

Auto-Sync(NTP)

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“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

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“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Or click “Auto– sync” function, the device will synchronize with the server to keep the precise time even for long use. It is recommended. The default setting of Time Zone is Paris. However, you can also sync the time by selecting Time Zone of the place that you live in. After selecting your Time Zone, it needs about 5 seconds to get Time Synchronized.

3.6 Setup RSS

How to run RSS

When you enter RSS, you can go World-Wide W eather to select the RSS weather of the city you live, or you can select 10 different cities from list and check th e weather daily. If you want to add to Favorite, you can press ‘favorite’ button on remote co ntroller to store.

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Screen shot to next screen Comment

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Initial screen

2

3

4

“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “” button (8 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

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6

“” button or

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Press “<” button on the remote controller to add it to My Favorite.

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Add to My Favorite, so

that you can check the weather easily.

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“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

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“” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.

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“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

“” button or back button to go previous screen.

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

Once you add the city weather to My Favorite, it will show the daily weather automatically when this machine is under idle mode.

See more detailed setting in (3.8)

“” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.

You can disable or enable this function from here.

How to subscribe RSS by Utility

Also, this machine can allow you to subscribe other RSS URL. (see Fig. 3.7.1) You can insert the CD into PC, make sure your PC and this machine is under the same network, and execute the Utility to search the IP address of this machine automatically. (See ‘How to setup’ to check IP address)

Fig. 3.7.1

For example, if you want to subscribe CNN RSS into this machine, please find the correct information from CNN website, copy the Station Name, Genre, Location and URL, and then cli ck “Add Station” to subscribe it. (See Fig. 3.7.2)

(Refer to http://www.cnn.com/services/rss/)

Fig. 3.7.2 Once you successfully add RSS station, you will see the RSS URL which you subscribed on this machine, and you can read the headlines daily. (see Fig. 3.7.3)

Fig.3.7.3

3.7 Miscellaneous Setup

Idle Screen

This device can show a clock as Fig.3.8.1 when device is idle for 5 minutes.

(Fig 3.8.1)

This device also can show RSS weather report when device is idl e for 5 minute s that mean s if you add different weather report into my favorite, it will automatically cycle the daily report on screen.

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(Fig3.8.2)

There are some other useful setup functions can help you to operate the device properly.

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 any key pressed) after a specific time elapsed.

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Equalizer Setting

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Reset to Factory Defaults

When you reset the device setting to its factory defaults, your favorites setting of internet radio and FM radio will be kept in the device.

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Clear Favorites

Be careful! This is not recommended.

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Check the Firmware Version

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Upgrade the Firmware

You can check the supplier’s website to check whether there is new firmware for this device to upgrade or not. If there is any new firmware released, please download it to follow the upgrade procedure below to upgrade the firmware of your device.

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Steps to Upgrade the Firmware in your Device

Step 1. Please uncompress the new F/W file (e.g. the file “20061018_ShrekW_R102b3.zip”) and

copy the uncompressed file “ShrekW.BIN” to the ROOT folder of a USB key or USB MP3 player.

(Note: Please DON’T rename it!, otherwise the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station can’t find

the new F/W)

Step 2. Turn on the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station and then plug-in the USB key into the front

USB port of the Melody Station.

Step 3. Operate the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station to get into the F/W upgrade menu

(“Setup\Advanced Setup\ F/W Upgrade (thru. USB)”), then press the OK button to activate the F/W Upgrade function.

Normally, you can see the following messages “F/W Upgrading”, and “Don’t Power

OFF!!” After few seconds, when the upgrade operation is completed, the device will reboot automatically.

Step 4. You can check if the F/W already upgraded into the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station via

check the F/W version at the menu “Setup\Advanced Setup\Firmware Version”. In this case, the version should be R1.02b3. If you saw other version number, there must be something wrong during the upgrade.

Please check if the file “ShrekW.bin” in the USB key is the correct one.

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

This Chapter provides solutions to problems for the installation and operation of the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station. You can refer to the following if you are having problems.

A. Wired Mode

1. Why can’t I find anything in my Station List when I access Internet Radio? I. Check if you have plugged RJ45 in it. II. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP.

III. If you didn’t get it, please restart it or select Renew IP to refresh. IV. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to reset it to default.

2. Why can’t I access Media Server? I. Check if you have plugged RJ45 in it. II. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP.

III. Make sure you are executing the right version of Windows Media Player (WMP 11), and

then restart it.

IV. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to reset it to default.

B. Wireless Mode

1. What can I do if my wireless client can not access the Internet? I. Out of range: Put the router closer to your client. II. Wrong SSID or Encryption Key: Check the SSID or Encryption setting. III. Connect with wrong AP: Ensure that the client is connected with the correct Access

Point.

2. Can’t setup a wireless connection? I. Ensure that the SSID and the encryption settings are exactly the same to the Clients. II. Move the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station and the wireless client into the same room, and

then test the wireless connection.

III. Ensure that the LEDs are indicating normally. If no, make sure that the AC power and

Ethernet cables are firmly connected.

IV. If you are using other wireless device, home security systems or ceiling fans, lights in

your home, your wireless connection may degrade dramatically. Keep your product away from electrical devices that generate RF noise such as microwaves, monitors, electric motors.

3. Why can’t I find anything in my Station List when I access Internet Radio? I. Make sure you have connected with an AP accurately. II. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP.

III. If you didn’t get it, please restart it or select Renew IP to refresh. IV. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to reset it to default.

4. Why can’t I access Media Server?

I. Make sure you have connected with an AP accurately. II. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP.

III. Make sure you are executing the right version of Windows Media Player (WMP 11), and

then restart it.

IV. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to reset it to default.

C. AP Mode

1. What can I do if my wireless client can not access the Internet? I. Out of range: Put the router closer to your client. II. Wrong SSID or Encryption Key: Check the SSID or Encryption setting. III. Connect with wrong AP: Ensure that the client is connected with the correct Access

Point.

2. Can’t setup a wireless connection? I. Ensure that the SSID and the encryption settings are exactly the same to the Clients. II. Move the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station and the wireless client into the same room, and

then test the wireless connection.

III. Ensure that the LEDs are indicating normally. If no, make sure that the AC power and

Ethernet cables are firmly connected.

IV. If you are using other wireless device, home security systems or ceiling fans, lights in

your home, your wireless connection may degrade dramatically. Keep your product away from electrical devices that generate RF noise such as microwaves, monitors, electric motors.

3. What to do if I forgot the encryption key? I. Go to advanced setup→Configure Network→AP Mode to set up your Encryption key

again.

II. Reset the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station to default setting.

4. . Why can’t I find anything in my Station List when I access Internet Radio? I. Check if you have plugged RJ45 in it. II. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP.

III. If you didn’t get it, please restart it or select Renew IP to refresh. IV. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to reset it to default.

5. Why can’t I access Media Server? I. Check if you have plugged RJ45 in it. II. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP.

III. Make sure you are executing the right version of Windows Media Player (WMP 11), and

then restart it.

IV. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to reset it to default.

D. Why can’t I find anything in my Station List when I access FM Radio?

1. Stretching out the antenna cable as possible as you can.

2. Try different antenna orientations.

3. After the antenna cable is placed properly, activate the “Update List” function again to check it.

E. what can I do if MP3 Player function doesn’t work even the MP3 device is plugged?

1. Check if there is any music file in your MP3 Player.

2. There might be some trouble during accessing the USB device. Please unplug it and then re-plug it again.

F. Why can’t I find anything in RSS World-Wide Weather?

1. You may lose the connection with Internet. First, you can check the wired/wireless connection.

2. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP.

3. If you didn’t get it, please restart it or select Renew IP to refresh.

4. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to reset it to default.

G. Why can’t I subscribe RSS by Utility?

1. You may insert a wrong RSS URL or get a wrong IP in the Utility.

2. Click “search” to make sure you get the right IP of it.

3. Make sure you insert a right RSS URL in the Utility.

4. Then, click “Add Station” to subscribe it again.

H. How to reset to default?

1. Ensure the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station is powered on.

2. Find the Reset button on the back side.

3. Press the Reset button for 8 seconds and then release to go back Default Setting.

4. Or go to Setup→Advanced Setup→Reset to Default to go back Default Setting.

5. After the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station reboots, it has back to the factory default settings

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