John Lewis Octave Instruction Manual

Instruction manual

Octave internet radio

Contents

3 Important safety information 4 Packing list 4 Your Octave internet radio 7 Quick-steps guide to getting started 8 DAB mode instructions 11 FM mode instruction 13 Bluetooth instructions 14 AUX-IN instructions 15 Internet radio instructions 17 Music Player instructions 21 Alarm 22 Sleep 23 Setting the clock 24 Connecting to a network 25 Connecting with UNDOK 26 Setting up music server 28 System settings 31 Troubleshooting

33 Technical speciﬁcation

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Important safety information

Thank you for purchasing this John Lewis internet radio. Please read the instructions and warnings carefully before use, to ensure safe and satisfactory operation of this product.

It is most important this instruction leaﬂet be retained with the product for

future reference. These warnings have been provided in the interest of safety. You MUST read them carefully before using the appliance. If you are unsure of the meanings of these warnings contact the John Lewis store from which you purchased the appliance.

- This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

- To protect against ﬁre, electric shock and injury to persons DO

NOT IMMERSE CORD, plug or base unit in water or other liquids.

- Unplug from the mains when not in use, before putting on or taking off parts and before cleaning.

- Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug, or after the appliance malfunctions or has been damaged in any manner. Return the appliance to the nearest John Lewis store.

- Do not let power cord hang over edge of table or counter, or touch hot surfaces.

- In the event of a fault, contact your nearest John Lewis store. No repair should be attempted by the consumer.

- Do not use the appliance for anything other than intended use.

- For household use only, do not use outdoors.

- Save these instructions for future reference.

Warning! Polythene bags over the product or packaging may be dangerous. To avoid danger of suffocation, keep away from babies and children.

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Packing list

1 Octave internet radio 1 DC 12V 2.5A power adapter 1 Instruction manual 1 Remote control

Your Octave internet radio

1 Multi-function navigation dial and Select button a) Press once to turn ON b) Long press to turn OFF c) When audio is playing, rotate to change volume d) When audio is playing, press once to mute audio e) When in a menu, rotate to navigate, press once to select option f) When alarm is sounding, press once to SNOOZE

2 Presets 3 Info button 4 Menu/back button 5 a) Bluetooth mode : Previous track, Play/Pause and Skip track button b) In radio modes : Tune - and Tune + 6 Source button - Press once to enter audio source menu 7 TFT color display 8 Headphones socket 9 Speakers 10 Aerial 11 AUX-IN (to connect external MP3 music source from the iPod, or

other devices)

12 Line-out socket 13 USB socket for USB stick with MP3 music playback (not for

charging)

14 DC power in (12V)

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Alarm 1

1 2 3 4

Source

Alarm 2 Sleep Info Mute

Menu/BackTune +Tune

5 +

− Volume +

Octave - Radio

Select/Mute

21 3

54 6

87 9

10P 10 +

Menu Back

Prog Shufﬂe Rep Info

SnoozeSleepAlarm 1

Source

Alarm 2

Your Octave internet radio remote control

15 Source button - Press once to enter audio source menu 16 a) Internet Radio, MyPlayer and BT : Play/Pause b) FM mode - Auto Scan 17 a) Volume up & down buttons b) Press up or down to navigate menu. 18 a) DAB mode : Show station list b) FM mode : Manual Tune - and Tune + c) MusicPlayer mode : Skip/Previous Track 19 Select/Mute 20 Preset buttons 21 Preset recall menu

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Quick-step guide to getting started

To get started

1 Place Octave on a suitable shelf or table. 2 Extend the telescopic antenna. 3 Connect the power adapter between Octave and the

mains supply.

4 Press the ‘ / Volume’ dial to turn on.

For DAB

1 Product defaults to DAB mode.

2 If this is the ﬁrst time you use, it will automatically start scanning.

This may take a few minutes - previously-selected station or ﬁrst

station on the station list will automatically play.

3 To change station, press ‘Tune +’ button and use the ‘rotational

navigation’ to choose a radio station, press dial to select.

4 Adjust volume using ‘ /Volume’ dial, turn anticlockwise to

decrease and clockwise to increase volume.

For FM

1 Press ‘source’ button to enter source Menu and use the ‘rotational’

dial to select FM.

2 To automatically scan for station, long press ‘Tune +’ or ‘Tune -’. 3 To manual tune in 0.05MHz increments press ‘Tune +’ or ‘Tune -’.

4 Adjust volume using ‘ /Volume’ dial, turn anti-clockwise to

decrease and clockwise to increase volume.

Note: During the scanning, the sound will be muted automatically.

For Bluetooth

1 Press ‘source’ button to enter Audio Source Menu and ‘rotational’

dial to select Bluetooth.

2 Radio TFT screen displays ‘discoverable…’. Activate your Bluetooth

device and select the search mode.

3 ‘JL Octave’ will appear on your Bluetooth device. Select it and enter

‘0000’ for the password if necessary.

4 Your radio with display \ BLUETOOTH connected. 5 Press ‘ ’, ‘ ’ or ‘ ’ button for music playback. Note: The unit will automatically switch to standby mode after 10

minutes if the source device is disconnected, switched off or the volume is too quiet.

For Internet radio

You must ﬁrst connect to a network - see page 15

For Music player

You must set up a music server – see page 17

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DAB radio mode

Detailed instructions

DAB radio mode receives DAB/DAB+ digital radio and displays information about the station and programme/track as broadcast. To enter DAB mode, press ‘source’, use the navigation dial and select button to choose DAB from the icon menu.

Scanning for stations

The ﬁrst time you use Octave, or if the station list is empty, the radio

automatically performs a full scan to see what stations are available. You may also need to start a scan manually to update the list of stations for one of the following reasons:

- New stations may become available from time to time.

- If reception was not good for the original scan (for example the antenna was not up), this may result in an empty or incomplete list of available stations.

To do a full scan

Select Menu > Scan. Once a scan is complete, the radio returns to playing

the previously-selected station or ﬁrst station on the station list.

To remove stations that are listed but unavailable Select Menu > Prune invalid.

Presets

Octave has 20 preset stores for DAB stations. Presets 1-4 have dedicated buttons, presets 4-20 are within the on-screen menu.

To store preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 Press and hold the preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 button until the display shows the text ‘preset saved’ with a tick icon.

To store preset 5-20 Press and hold preset button 5+. The display will shows a list of the preset stores numbered 1 to 20 these are displayed as either ‘Empty’ or with the currently stored station name. Use the navigation dial to choose a preset memory then press ‘select’ to store the currently-playing station. After

conﬁrming the preset station is stored the display reverts to the Now

Playing screen.

To recall preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 Press preset button 1, 2, 3 or 4. This will play the radio station stored in preset 1, 2, 3 or 4.

To recall a preset 5-20 Press preset button 5+ The display will show a list of the presets stored number 1-20. Use the navigation dial to chose a preset and press ‘select’ to play that station.

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Now playing information

While a station is playing, the screen shows its name and DLS (Dynamic Label Segment) information broadcast by the station such as programme name, track title and contact details.

Press Info button to cycle through

- Programme type

- Ensemble name

- Channel number/frequency

- Signal strength

- Power status (Mains)

- Date

Note: DL Plus presents additional information that can be broadcast by stations and stored temporarily on your radio.

DAB menu

Press the ‘Menu’ button to access all DAB radio options, you are presented with the following list

> Station list > Scan > Manual tune > Prune invalid > DRC > System settings

Station list

All available DAB stations will be listed here. Use the ‘navigation’ dial and ‘select’ button to choose a radio station. Note: If there is a ‘?’ before the name of the radio station, that means that station is not available in your current location. See Prune invalid on page 9.

Full scan

Press Menu > Full Scan to scan the airwaves of your location for all available DAB radio station.

Manual tune As well as the normal method of scanning, you can also manually tune to a

particular channel/frequency. This can be useful for adjusting your antenna

to achieve the best possible reception.

To manually tune Press Menu > Manual tune

Then use the ‘navigation’ dial and ‘select’ button to chose a particular channel/frequency.

The display shows a live indication of the received signal strength on the selected frequency.

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Manual tune cont.

Adjustments to your antenna will be manifested in the received signal

strength displayed. Note: The division in the signal strength bar indicates the audio quality threshold – if the signal strength, as indicated by the solid rectangles, falls below this threshold the audio quality will deteriorate.

When a channel/frequency is selected Octave also scans for any DAB stations on the selected frequency and updates the station list with any new stations found. To listen to any stations found, return to the Now playing screen and select the required station from the station list as normal.

Prune invalid

If a station is not available in your current location a ‘?’ will appear before the name of the station as shown in the ‘station list’.

Prune invalid will remove these stations leaving only ones that are available at your current location. Press Menu > Prune Invalid > YES

Dynamic range compression (DRC)

This function reduces the difference between the loudest and quietest audio being broadcast. Effectively, this makes quiet sounds comparatively louder, and loud sounds comparatively quieter.

Note: DRC only works if it is enabled by the broadcaster for a speciﬁc

station.

To change the DRC setting Select Menu > DRC > The options available are: DRC high | low | off.

System settings

You can access system settings from all audio settings menus. For more information see page 28

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FM radio mode

Detailed instructions

FM radio mode receives analogue radio from the FM band and displays RDS (Radio Data System) information about the station and show (where broadcast).

To enter FM mode, press ‘source’, use the ‘navigation’ dial and ‘select’ button to chose FM from the icon menu.

Selecting stations

The ﬁrst time you select FM radio, Octave is set to the lowest frequency in

the FM band. On subsequent selections the last used frequency/station is displayed.

To scan for a station in FM mode Press and hold ‘Tune +/-’ to automatically scan through the FM band frequencies, showing the current frequency on the screen display. A scan stops when a signal is found. The search will stop at each station with a strong signal.

Alternatively, you can manually tune, by a single press of ‘Tune +/-’. This will move up or down in 0.05 MHz increments.

Presets

Octave has 20 preset stores for FM stations. Presets 1-4 have dedicated buttons, presets 5-20 are within the on-screen menu

To store preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 Press and hold the preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 button until the display shows the text ‘preset saved’ with a green tick icon

To store preset 5-20 Press and hold preset button 5+ The display will shows a list of the Preset stores numbered 1 to 20 these are displayed as either ‘Empty’ or with the currently stored station name. Use the navigation dial to choose a preset memory then press ‘select’ to store

the currently-playing station. After conﬁrming the preset station is stored

the display reverts to the Now playing screen.

To recall preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 Press preset button 1, 2, 3 or 4 This will play the radio station stored in preset 1, 2, 3 or 4

To recall a preset 5-20 Press preset button 5+ The display will show a list of the presets stored number 1 -20 Use the navigation dial to choose a preset and press ‘select’ to play that station.

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Display information

While FM radio is playing, the screen shows its frequency, or if RDS information is available, station name and any further ‘RadioText’

information. If no information is available, just the frequency and a No

RadioText message is shown.

Press Info to cycle through info display options:

- RDS Radio text

- Programme type

- Frequency, name

- Mono/stereo

- Power status

- Date

FM radio menu

Press the ‘Menu’ button to access all FM radio options, you are presented with the following list

> Scan settings > Audio settings > System settings

Scan settings By default, FM scans stop at only stations with a strong signal. To change scan settings to stop at all stations. Press Menu > Scan settings > All stations

Audio settings

By default, all stereo stations are reproduced in stereo. For weak stations, this may result in poor quality audio. The audio quality can be improved using mono.

To play weak stations in mono Press Menu > Audio settings > Forced mono.

System settings

You can access system settings from all audio settings menus. For more information see page 28

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Bluetooth mode

Detailed instructions

Bluetooth mode allows Octave to act as a wireless speaker playing audio content from a connected Bluetooth capable device.

To enter BLUETOOTH mode, press ‘source’, use the ‘navigation’ dial and ‘select’ button to choose BLUETOOTH from the icon menu.

To connect a Bluetooth capable device, use your Bluetooth capable smart device to pair and connect with the Octave.

Use the Press ‘ ’, ‘ ’ or ‘ ’ button for music playback.

Bluetooth menu

Octave does not have BLUETOOTH menu settings, please check your connected device for settings.

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AUX-IN mode

Detailed instructions

AUX-IN mode plays audio from an external source such as an MP3 player.

To enter AUX-IN mode, press ‘source’, use the ‘navigation’ dial and ‘select’ button to chose AUX-IN from the icon menu.

To connect to an external audio source:

1 Turn the volume low on both Octave and, if adjustable, the audio

source device.

2 Connect the external audio source to the AUX-IN 3.5mm stereo

socket.

3 Adjust the volume of Octave (and, if necessary, the audio source

device) as required.

AUX-IN menu

Octave does not have AUX-IN menu settings, please check your external source for settings.

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Internet radio mode

Detailed instructions

Octave can play thousands of radio stations and podcasts from around the world through a broadband Internet connection.

To enter Internet Radio mode, press ‘source’, use the ‘navigation’ dial and ‘select’ button to chose Internet Radio from the icon menu. Note: The station list menu is provided from the Internet radio portal, so it is only accessible when Octave is connected to the Internet. Station lists and sub menus may change from time to time.

Connecting to the internet – see page 24

Select a station through one of the menu options > Last listened > Station List > Favourites lists > Browse by Country, Genre, Most popular, Newest > Search by keyword > My added stations

Last listened

When Internet radio mode restarts, the last-listened station is selected. To select another recently used station, select Menu > Last listened then one of the stations listed. Most recent stations appear at the top of the list.

Presets

Octave has 20 preset stores for Internet Radio stations. Presets 1-4 have dedicated buttons, presets 5-20 are within the on-screen menu

To store preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 Press and hold the preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 button until the display shows the text ‘preset saved’ with a green tick icon

the currently-playing station. After conﬁrming the preset station is stored

the display reverts to the Now playing screen.

To recall preset 1, 2, 3 or 4 Press preset button 1, 2, 3 or 4 This will play the radio station stored in preset 1, 2, 3 or 4

To recall a preset 5-20 Press preset button 5+ The display will show a list of the presets stored number 1 -20 Use the navigation dial to choose a preset and press ‘select’ to play that station.

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Favourites

Favourites are stored on the Internet radio portal. Before you set up an

account on the portal from its Web interface (www.wiﬁradio-frontier.com),

the favourites are associated solely with the radio on which you set them. After you set up a portal account, all the favourites from your different radios are merged into a combined favourites list. This combined list is available to all the radios on your account.

To store a playing station as a favourite, press and hold Select until the display shows ‘Favourite added’. The station appears in the default favourites list Stations.

To select a favourite, select Menu > Station list > My favourites > [Favourites list] > [Station].

Browse

To browse Internet broadcasts, select Menu > Station list > then either

Stations > or Podcasts > Browse through the menus to ﬁnd broadcasts.

You can also search through Internet broadcasts for stations or podcasts with particular keywords in their title.

To search, select Menu > Station list > then either Stations > or Podcasts >

Enter a keyword by selecting characters then OK. The search entry screens are similar in operation to the Wi-Fi password entry screen.

Select a broadcast from the list.

For podcasts, you may be able to select a particular episode.

My added stations Even though the Internet radio portal contains thousands of stations, you may want to listen to stations not listed. You can add your own stations via the portal. These added stations are accessible from Octave by selecting Menu > Station list > My added stations > [Station].

Now playing information

While the stream is playing, the screen shows its name and description. If artist and track information is available, this is also shown. To view further information, press Info.

Each time you press Info, another set of information is displayed, cycling through the following details:

- Artist and track name (default; where available)

- Description

- Genre and show country

- Reliability

- Bit rate and Codec and Sampling

- Playback buffer

- Today’s date

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Music player mode (network)

Detailed instructions

Music player mode plays audio ﬁles such as MP3s, AACs, WMAs or FLACs

from a computer on the local network. See Setting up a music server on page 26

To enter Music Player mode, press ‘source’, use the ‘navigation’ dial and ‘select’ button to chose Music Player from the icon menu.

You can use and to move through tracks. Press and hold to rewind or fast forward and press quickly to select previous or next track. Press the back button to move to the previous level of the menu tree.

Shared media (from UPnP media server)

Select Menu > Shared media >

If you have set up shared media (as described on page 22), you should see an entry consisting of <computer name>: <Shared media name>, for example JB-Laptop: Audio. If you have more than one computer sharing media, the alternatives are listed. Select the shared media you want to play.

From this point on, the menus are generated from the shared media server (typically Windows Media Player).

The ﬁrst menu shows a list of media types, for example Music, Video,

Pictures and Playlists. Octave can only play music and playlists.

There is also a search function, which ﬁnds tracks in a similar way to Internet

radio search.

From Music, there are numerous ways of selecting tracks, including:

- Genre

- Artist

- Album

- Composer

- Rating

Once you have found a track you want to play, press Select. A short press plays the track immediately and a long press adds the track to the playlist. You can also add entire albums to the playlist.

Octave plays either the selected track or the playlist.

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Wake-on-LAN

If shared media is selected a list of available music servers will be displayed.

If a ‘?’ appears before the server name, this indicates that the server has been seen before and supports Wake-on-LAN functionality, but cannot currently be found on the network.

If a server with a ‘?’ mark is selected by the user, the device will try to wake the server up and connect to it. In some instances this may not be possible as the server may not be connected to the network any more or may be switched off.

Prune servers

From time to time it may be necessary to remove servers displaying ‘?’ in front of the server name from the server list. For example, if the device is moved to a new network or if a Wake-on-LAN server is removed from your current network.

To perform this function go to Menu > Prune servers > Yes

USB playback

To play audio from a USB mass-storage device such as a USB Flash stick or USB hard drive, select Menu > USB playback.

Browsing folders from this point on, menus are generated from the folders on the USB device. Browse folders with the Select control and Back button.

The display shows folder and ﬁle names (not necessarily track names).

Once you have found a track that you want to play, press Select. A short press plays the track immediately.

A long press (at any time while the track is displayed or playing) adds the track to My playlist. You can also add entire folders to My playlist.

Playlists

Octave holds a queue of up to 200 tracks in the playlist.

Playlist tracks can be mixed from multiple UPnP servers.

To manage the playlist, select Menu > My playlist.

To view the playlist, scroll though it by turning Select. UPnP tracks show their track name.

To play the playlist from a certain track, quick Select.

To erase a track from the playlist, long Select then conﬁrm YES.

If you select a track/album/folder for instant playback (without using the playlist), the playlist is preserved. The playlist is also preserved during standby.

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Repeat/shufﬂe You can repeat tracks or play them in random order by selecting Menu >

Repeat play or Menu > Shufﬂe play.

Now playing information

While a track is playing, the screen shows its track and artist (UPnP). There

is also a progress bar with ﬁgures for elapsed and total track time. At the

bottom of the screen, an icon indicates UPnP. To view further information, press Info. Each time you press Info , another set of information is displayed, cycling through:

UPnP: playback progress bar (default), album, codec/sampling rate, playback buffer bar, today’s date.

Using the ‘Play To’ feature in Windows 7 to stream media

One of the new Windows 7 features includes a feature called ‘Play To’ and this lets your PC running Windows 7 control Octave to push media and use as a universal remote control for your media collection.

Octave supports the industry standard DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) 1.5 digital media renderer. This allows you to ‘Play To’ other devices around your home and combine media streaming with controlling a connected media receiver while streaming content to it from another Windows 7 PC on a home network.

Before you can use the ‘Play To’ feature you need the set-up Octave for Windows 7 streaming media.

Use ‘Play To’ in Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player makes it easy to manage your media, ﬁnd items

that you want to play, and open ‘Play To’. To select items that you want to play, follow these steps:

1 Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows

Media Player. If the Player is currently open and you’re in Now Playing mode, click the Switch to Library button in the upper-right corner of the Player.

2 If the list pane is closed or if the Burn or Sync tabs are exposed,

click the Play tab.

3 Find the items that you want to play in the Player Library, and then

drag those items from the details pane into the list pane.

4 Click the ‘Play To’ button at the top of the list pane, click the device

on your network that will receive the media.

5 In the ‘Play To’ dialogue box, use the playback controls to play,

pause, or stop the media stream, and to change to the next or previous item in the list.

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Use ‘Play To’ elsewhere in Windows 7

Outside of Windows Media Player, you can stream media to Octave with

‘Play To’ by right-clicking music ﬁles. To select music ﬁles and stream them

to Octave, follow these steps:

1 Click the ﬁles you want to stream to Octave. 2 Right-click the selected ﬁles, point to ‘Play To’, and then click the

device on the network that will receive the media.

3 In the ‘Play To’ dialogue box, use the playback controls to play,

pause, or stop the media stream, and to change to the next or previous item in the list.

Now playing information While a track is playing, the screen shows its track name (UPnP). There is

also a progress bar with ﬁgures for elapsed and total track time. At the

bottom of the screen, an icon indicates UPnP. To view further information, press Info.

Each time you press Info, another set of information is displayed, cycling through the following:

Artist, album, codec/sampling rate, playback buffer.

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Alarms

Detailed instructions

Octave has 2 alarms which can be set independently of each other. Icons on the ‘home screen’ will indicate which alarms are active. If there are no icons, no alarms are active.

Note: Alarms will only function when the Octave unit is On (mains power) or in Standby mode (Mains power only). Note: Alarms can be switched on or off in standby mode (see below), however, the alarm parameters can only be set when the Octave is on.

To set alarms

Press either Alarm 1 or Alarm 2 button.

Navigate to either Alarm 1 or 2 The alarm setup prompts you for the parameters listed below Use the navigation dial and select button to input the alarm parameters

To activate the new settings, scroll down and select Save. The screen shows active alarms with an icon at the bottom left. At the set time, the alarm will sound. To temporarily silence it, press Snooze

You can change the snooze period with the Select control if you like. The radio returns to standby for the set period, with the silenced alarm icon

ﬂashing.

Snooze sounding alarm

To snooze sounding alarm - press the navigation dial once to snooze the alarm for 5 minutes, The radio returns to standby for 5 minutes with a snooze countdown displayed. When the countdown reaches 0 (zero) the alarm is triggered again. Press the snooze button multiple times to changes the snooze period from 5, 10, 15 30 minutes

To cancel a sounding alarm and switch the radio to standby either alarm button

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Sleep

Detailed instructions

To set the sleep timer while the radio is playing press

Menu/Back > System Settings > Sleep

You can choose the sleep delay time in minutes from: Sleep Off | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 Use the ‘navigation’ dial and ‘select’ button to chose an option.

Once you select a sleep delay period, the display returns to the Now playing screen displaying a Crescent moon icon and the remaining time, in minutes, before the sleep time expires. After the sleep delay period the radio switches to standby mode.

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Setting the clock / auto-update

Auto-update works with data sent over DAB, FM or the Internet. The clock is only updated when in a corresponding mode, so it is best to select a mode you use regularly.

DAB and FM use time signals broadcast with radio transmissions.

Network uses a time signal sent from the Internet radio portal when in any network-connected mode. 1 Select Update from DAB, Update from FM, Update from Network

or No update.

2 If you are updating from the network, set your time zone. 3 If your country uses daylight saving, the automatically updated time

from the network may be wrong by one hour. When daylight savings are in effect (during the winter), turn on the Daylight savings option to rectify this.

Note: That if you are updating the time from DAB or FM, the Daylight savings option has no effect on the clock’s time.

Octave will auto-update from the selected source when time information is available.

Manual set If you set No update, the wizard now prompts you to set the time and date manually.

The date and time are displayed as dd-mm-yyyy and hh:mm AM/PM with

the ﬁrst value, dd, active (ﬂashing).

Adjust each value with the Select control.

As each value is set, the next value becomes active and ﬂashes.

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Connecting to a network

Octave is compatible with all common network protocols and encryption methods, including Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).

To connect Octave to your network, you need a Wi-Fi wireless router, together with password key if set Select WLAN region/country >Wi-Fi network (SSID), and then select a network from the list.

If the network is open (non-encrypted), Octave connects and no further details are required; see Completion below.

Standard encrypted network

To enter the network’s key (password), use the ‘select’ control to highlight the next relevant character and press to select each character in turn. As each character is selected, the key is built up near the top of the display.

The three options – Backspace, OK and Cancel are included in the selection loop.

These can be accessed just using the ‘select’ control, or, a shortcut is

available, pressing the ‘Info’ key, which moves the selection highlight to the Backspace option.

WPS setup

WPS encrypted networks are identiﬁed by ‘[WPS]’ at the start of the

Network name, and have two methods of connection. Select one and follow the prompts. When using the network wizard an additional option to Skip WPS is available.

Select one and follow the prompts:

- Push button >

Octave prompts you to press the connect button on the router.

It then press the select control.

- Pin > (code number)

Octave generates an 8-digit code number which you enter into the

wireless router, access point.

- Skip WPS >

Enter key as for a standard encrypted network, see above. For more

information on setting up a WPS encrypted network, see your router‘s WPS instructions.

On completion

Octave connects to the selected network. If connecting fails, Octave returns to the previous screen to try again. To exit the process use the ‘Back/Menu’ button.

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Connecting your Smartphone to the radio via UNDOK app.

To connect your Smartphone with Octave you need to download the free app ‘UNDOK’ from Apple Store or Google Play Store. IMPORTANT: The phone must be on the same wireless network as the music system.

- Download the app and open it.

- The app automatically searches for available devices. Select ‘JL Octave’ from the list.

- Open SOURCE to choose between different input signals.

- Open BROWSE to get a list of available stations. Select the desired station.

- Open NOW PLAYING to get more information about the channel.

- Open the settings to adjust the equaliser, set sleep timer and other

functions easily.

Internet radio portal registration

Octave uses the Frontier Silicon Internet radio portal website that allows you to organise your favourites lists and also listen to Internet radio on a computer.

To register your Octave with the portal, switch to Internet radio mode and then obtain your radio’s unique portal access code by selecting Menu >Station list > Help > Get access code >Write down the access code.

Note: The displayed access code is only valid for a few minutes. If you fail to register your radio within the time window you will need to repeat the above step to get a new access code and try again. Do not confuse the portal access code with the Radio ID (from Menu > System settings > Info.)

Visit the portal website at www.wiﬁradio-frontier.com.

If this is your ﬁrst visit to the portal, register for a new account, entering the

following information:

- access code

- your e-mail address

- passphrase

- radio model (Octave)

If you already have an account and wish to add an additional radio, log in to your account and select My preferences > Add another Wi-Fi radio. Once your radio is registered with the portal, you can immediately use the Internet radio favourites and added stations features.

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Setting up a music server

In order for Octave to play music ﬁles from a computer, the computer must be set up to share ﬁles or media.

UPnP media sharing allows devices like Octave to play music from a shared media library navigating through tag menus such as Artist, Album or Genre. If you are running a suitable server system such as a PC with Windows Media Player 10 or later (WMP), and your music library is well-tagged, then it is recommended to use media sharing. Only the UPnP server needs to be set up.

Notice: iTunes does not currently work as a UPnP media server, but there are add-ons available to work with an iTunes library.

Sharing media with Windows Media Player

The most common UPnP server is Windows Media Player (10 or later). Alternatively, other UPnP platforms and servers may be used. To set up WMP for media sharing, perform the following steps:

1 Ensure that the PC is connected to the network. 2 Ensure that the radio is powered on and connected to the same

network.

3 In WMP, add to the media library the audio ﬁles and folders you

want to share with Octave (Library > Add to Library…).

4 In WMP, enable media sharing (Library > Media sharing…).

Note: Setup can differ depending on which version of WMP you have. Note: It may show; Octave, ‘Unknown device’, ‘Frontier Silicon’ or the

Jupiter logo as shown below.

Make sure that the radio has access to the shared media by selecting it and clicking Allow. You can also set a name for the shared media in Settings… Click OK to close the dialogue boxes.

The PC is now ready to stream the music to the radio. The WMP UPnP service runs in the background; there is no need to start WMP explicitly.

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Setting up Octave for ‘Play To’ Windows 7 streaming media feature

To set up Octave to be controlled and to stream music via Windows Media Player 12

(Windows 7 only), perform the following steps:

1 Ensure that the PC is connected to the network. 2 Ensure that Octave is powered on and connected to the same

network.

Note: Octave must be in Internet radio mode to be detected. 3 From the Windows 7 main screen, select Start > Devices

and Printers.

4 Select the Add a device tab in the top left of the Devices and

Printers window and follow the instruction prompts given by the wizard. In the Devices and Printers window a icon *) will appear

and you are now ready to stream your Windows media music ﬁles

to Octave.

*) To change the name of your device, right click on icon and choose properties. Then choose UPnP and click on ‘device web page’.

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System settings

System setting can be accessed whichever mode you are in.

Press ‘Menu/Back’ button > System Settings

Then choose from the various options as described in the menu as below.

> Equaliser >My EQ > Network > Time/Date > Set time/date > 12/24 hour display > Time/date > Auto-Update > Manual set > Language > Factory Reset > Software update > Setup Wizard > Info > Backlight > Inactive timeout

Equaliser

Equaliser > My EQ

This option allows you to set a bias in the treble and bass audio frequencies and turn ‘Loudness’ On or Off. Treble – (Use the ‘select’ control button to choose a bias value between

-14 and +14)

Bass – (Use the ‘select’ control button to choose a bias value between

-14 and +14)

Loudness – On or Off. (When On, low-level high and low frequency sounds are boosted to give a ‘fuller’ sound.)

Network

Octave remembers the last four wireless networks it has connected to, and

automatically tries to connect to whichever one of them it can ﬁnd. You can

see the list of registered networks through Menu > System settings >

Network > Network proﬁle > from here you can delete unwanted networks by turning and pressing Select then conﬁrming delete Yes.

There are also other options for viewing and manually altering network settings from Menu > System settings > Network > (for example setting up a wired network).

Users experienced with networking may ﬁnd these options useful for diagnosing and ﬁxing network problems.

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Time/Date

The time and date can be updated manually or automatically. With auto-update, the time and date are automatically synchronised with national time signals broadcast over DAB and FM (when available).

You can also select the display format for the time and date.

The time menu contains the following options:

- Set Time/Date – (see below)

- Auto update – Update from Any | Update from DAB | Update from FM | No Update

- Set 12/24 hour – 12 | 24

- Set date format – dd-mm-yyyy | mm-dd-yyyy.

Time/Date > Set time/date

This option is for manually setting the time and date displayed. The time

displays as hh:mm, with the ﬁrst value, hh, active (ﬂashing). Adjust each value using the select control button and press Select to conﬁrm. The next value then becomes active and ﬂashes. The date values follow and are set in

the same way. Note: The date displays as dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy depending on your choice of date format (see previous page).

Time/Date > Auto-update

Auto-update works with data sent over DAB, FM or Network. The clock is only selected when in a corresponding mode, so it is best to select a mode you use regularly.

Time/Date > Set format

To change between 12 and 24 hour display, select Set 12/24 hour and then select your preference.

Language

The language used for display messages can be selected from: English | Français | Deutsch | Italiano

Factory reset

A factory reset clears all user deﬁned settings, replacing them with the

original default values, so time/date, preferences/settings, DAB station list and preset stations are all lost.

If you select Factory reset, you are asked to conﬁrm by selecting ‘Yes’.

Backlight

The Octave has a backlight with three brightness settings, and adjustable

timeout (this is the time delay, in seconds, after which the display switches to the Dim level).

There are three settings:

- Timeout - Light On | 10 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 90 | 120 | 180

- On level - High | Mid | Low

- Dim level - High | Mid | Low

Note: A green tick indicates the currently selected value for each setting.

Troubleshooting and error messages

Error messages

Message

Failed to connect

Format error

Network error

Network not ready

Network timeout

No UPnP media found

Service not available (DAB) No USB device found

Unauthorised

Update failed

USB device unsupported USB error USB read error

USB underpowered

Description

Correct key entered,

but router rejects

request

Cannot recognise ﬁle

format - independent of network

Problem past router incorrect data being received from network Problem with connection to router Problem past router – no response being received from network No UPnP servers found No DAB reception

Access not granted by UPnP server

Software upgrade failed Unsupported USB device plugged in General USB problems Unable to read particular data from memory Power failure to USB device - user have to remove the device

Example

MAC ﬁltering enabled

on router

Received wma, but found that the stream wasn’t WMA when trying to decode Data obtained from server is unreadable.

Router switched off

Streaming IR station and suddenly station becomes unavailable

Trying to access USB menu, but no USB plugged in Allow access for Octave in UPnP server settings

Bad memory sector found on USB device

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Troubleshooting

Problem

FM: Hiss DAB: Burbling/ intermittent cut-out

DAB: ‘No stations available’ message Cannot connect to network

Cause

Low signal strength

Network down

Router restricts access to listed MAC addresses

Insufﬁcient Wi-Fi

signal strength

Unknown encryption method

Unusual network

conﬁguration

Solutions

Check/move antenna Move radio Rescan local (high-strength) stations only For DAB, check local coverage at www.ukdigitalradio.com /coverage As above then rescan stations Check that network is working between a computer and the router Obtain the Octave MAC address from Menu > System settings > Network > View settings and add to router list Note: Octave has separate MAC addresses for wired and wireless networks; only the current network adapter method address is displayed, but the other address can be obtained by changing

the ﬁrst pair of digits

between ‘00’ (wireless) and ‘02’ (wired) Check distance to router; see if a computer can connect to the network in this location Change encryption method on router. Octave supports WEP, WPA and WPA2 Setup network manually through Menu > System settings > Network > Manual settings

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Troubleshooting

Problem

Cannot connect to network

Cannot connect to Internet

Cannot play particular Internet radio station

Cause

Firewall preventing access

Internet connection down

Firewall preventing access

Station not broadcasting, overloaded or

insufﬁcient bandwidth.

Station broadcasting using unknown codec. Link out of date.

Solutions

Check the following ports are open on the router: UDP and TCP ports 80 and 123; DNS port 53. Windows shares: ports 135 – 139 and 445. Windows Media Player: varies –

non-Microsoft ﬁrewalls

may require

conﬁguration for UPnP

Check that Internet is working for a computer connected to the same network Check the following ports are open: UDP and TCP ports 80 and 123; DNS port 53. Some Internet radio stations may require additional ports to be opened Try other stations; try listening on computer via Internet radio portal website; try later

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Technical speciﬁcations:

Speaker: 2 x 2½” full range driver (2x5w), 1 x 4 woofer (1X10W) Power: 20W RMS Power Supply: 12V 2.5A Dimensions (mm): 270W x 110H x 180D Weight: 2.6kg

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Service

This product should only be repaired or serviced by an authorised service engineer and only genuine approved spare parts should be used.

This symbol indicates that this product should not be treated as normal household waste and it should be recycled. John Lewis do not operate instore take back, but as members of the Distributor Take Back scheme have funded the development and upgrade of recycling facilities across the UK. Please take it to your nearest collection facility or for further details contact your local council or visit www.recycle-more.co.uk.

Guarantee

For 2 years in respect of defects found to be due to faulty workmanship or material. Proof of purchase is required for validity of the guarantee. This guarantee is no longer valid if the damage has been caused by accidental damage, alteration, repair by any unauthorised persons or poor maintenance. This guarantee in no way affects your statutory rights.

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