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Wireless Internet & FM Radio

Argon iNet 1 - 

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Summary of Contents for iNet 1

Page 1: ...quality products manufacturing them and selling them on to end users with Value for Money as the primary aim And Argon Audio is a brand fully compliant with these values Design features and quality s...

Page 2: ...ion that is currently unavailable 17 Stations which enable you to choose what to listen to 17 Using your Argon iNet1 for tuning into FM stations 18 Setting the clock 19 Setting the alarm 21 Sleep Time...

Page 3: ...ur MP3 player 36 Configure menu 37 Choosing the option you want from the Configure menu 37 Network Config 37 Configuring the Argon iNet1 to only use a wired Ethernet connection 38 Configuring the Argo...

Page 4: ...rivacy WEP or Wi Fi Protected Access WPA data encryption then you need to know the WEP or WPA code so you can get the Argon Internet radio to communicate with the network If you have the possibility t...

Page 5: ...t and some not As an example if you choose a radio station based in China and you are sitting in Norway the chan ces that the loading will take longer than if you choose a Norwegian based radio statio...

Page 6: ...ation alarm use this button to get access to the alarm menu after pressing the TUNING SELECT button function use this button to switch between Internet radio FM and AUX in sleep use this button to sel...

Page 7: ...huffle the shared media files you have selected when in media player mode or to select radio station preset 6 Snooze on the top side of the Argon iNet1 you will find a button called SNOOZE Use this bu...

Page 8: ...reo RCA cable We strongly recommend this solution as you will have full sound experience of your Argon iNet1 headphones this connection allows you to connect your headphones directly to the Argon iNet...

Page 9: ...Wireless Internet FM Radio...

Page 10: ...ith the radio Connecting a power supply with a different rating will cause permanent damage to the radio and may be hazardous The display on the front of the Argon iNet1 will light up and say After a...

Page 11: ...wireless network it displays the ESSID for the access point on the screen this is a name that is allocated to the access point by the person who set up the network for example It is possible and in s...

Page 12: ...SID for the access point you want to connect to is displayed on the screen press the SELECT button If your network is not configured to need an encryption code the screen should say Then If the screen...

Page 13: ...y goes into the code entry mode To enter the code use the knob to select each character of the code in turn pressing the SELECT button after each character Note that WEP and WPA codes are sensitive to...

Page 14: ...nt for example Classic Rock Sport News etc 5 Press the SELECT button to choose the option you want Location 1 Turn the knob until the display shows the region you want or select All to display all cou...

Page 15: ...ation you want 3 Press the SELECT button and wait until the radio connects to that station Note that some radio stations do not broadcast 24 hours per day and some stations are not always on line If t...

Page 16: ...ELECT button which will take you to the Stations menu or the BACK button to return to the previous menu item Storing a radio station in a preset While a radio station is playing hold down one of the p...

Page 17: ...their station for example some stations enable you to listen to programmes that have already been broadcast When you select a radio station that has this facility the station does not start playing i...

Page 18: ...nd to the part you want while the radio is playing When you press the PREVIOUS SKIP TO PREVIOUS TRACK or NEXT SKIP TO NEXT TRACK button the elapsed time that the programme has been playing is displaye...

Page 19: ...that it can detect The radio will continue to scan through all its available FM frequencies until it finds one that is used by a working station Do this repeatedly until the radio finds a station tha...

Page 20: ...nob until the display says Set Time 6 Press the SELECT button 7 Turn the knob until the hour setting is correct and then press the SELECT button 8 Turn the knob until the minute setting is correct and...

Page 21: ...io station display Setting the alarm 1 Press the SELECT button Note if you make a mistake at any point press the BACK button to go back to the previous screen 2 Turn the knob until the display says Al...

Page 22: ...n say All alarms disabled for 3 seconds then returns to the radio station display 7 If you select one of the numbered alarms then the Argon iNet1 will allow you to select the time for the alarm 10 Tur...

Page 23: ...s the SELECT button Sleep Timer Selecting this option under Alarm clock will enable the Argon iNet1 to switch itself off after a set period 1 After selecting the Sleep Timer menu item the radio will d...

Page 24: ...allow the Argon iNet1 to access your audio files via Windows Shares 1 Please ensure that your PC is available on the network for your Argon iNet1 then using Windows Explorer locate the folder where yo...

Page 25: ...nce the Argon iNet1 has finished turn the knob to highlight the correct PC 7 Press the SELECT button The Argon iNet1 will search for shared folders 8 Turn the knob to highlight the correct shared fold...

Page 26: ...Press the SELECT button 3 Turn the knob until the required artist is displayed 4 Press the SELECT button 5 Turn the knob until the required album name is displayed 6 Press the SELECT button Add to Qu...

Page 27: ...n playing Queuing up tracks for playback later 1 Highlight the required track 2 Press the SELECT button Track Added To Queue will be displayed Queuing up albums for playback later 1 Highlight the requ...

Page 28: ...currently playing track name will be displayed 2 Turn the knob to see which tracks are queued up for playback 3 If you want to jump to a particular place in the queue then press the SELECT button whe...

Page 29: ...s as described previously 2 Navigate to top level menu item Media Player using the SELECT and BACK buttons 3 Press the SELECT button 4 Turn the knob until Playback Mode is displayed 5 Press the SELECT...

Page 30: ...or Windows Vista then you can use Windows Media Player 11 WMP11 to act as your UPnP Universal Plug and Play media server 1 0 Windows Media Player 11 may be downloaded from Microsoft s website and inst...

Page 31: ...y if no UPnP servers are found d After a successful scan select your UPnP server by rotating the knob if there is more than one UPnP server and then press SELECT note your radio will display Access De...

Page 32: ...completed the radio will display Empty The radio will continue to display Empty if no UPnP servers are found 5 After a successful scan select your UPnP server by rotating the knob if there is more tha...

Page 33: ...e required track is displayed 4 It is important to note here that media files scanned from the radio s Windows Shares function can also be added to the Argon iNet1 s queue Queuing up UPnP tracks for p...

Page 34: ...e Removing tracks from the queue 1 Press the BROWSE button The currently playing track name will be displayed 2 Turn the knob to select the track you want to remove from the queue 3 Press and hold the...

Page 35: ...splayed 5 Press the SELECT button 6 Turn the knob until Shuffle is displayed 7 Press the SELECT button 8 Turn the knob to select YES NO to confirm that shuffle mode should be enabled Playing tracks in...

Page 36: ...nfirm that repeat mode should be enabled Playing media files from your MP3 player 1 Connect your MP3 player on the back side of the Argon iNet1 using the AUX IN plug The cable connector should be mini...

Page 37: ...u want 5 Press the SELECT button to choose the option shown on the display The options are explained below Network Config Enables you to configure your Argon iNet1 s network settings scan again for a...

Page 38: ...ng the Argon iNet1 to only use a Wi Fi connection Selecting the Wireless Only option from the Wired Wireless menu will cause the radio to reboot and then only use its Wi Fi connection to communicate w...

Page 39: ...Version Displays the versions numbers of the various parts of software and hardware on your Argon iNet1 Upgrade Firmware Use this option to download new firmware for the radio from the Argon iNet por...

Page 40: ...l your presets and your wireless network connection Register This will display a key that can be used to register the Argon iNet1 on the Argon iNet Customer portal www argonaudio com inet Clock Use th...

Page 41: ...vity Standby is the state when the Argon iNet1 has been turned off 2 Rotate the knob to highlight the desired menu mode and press SELECT 3 The Argon iNet1 will now display the current backlight value...

Page 42: ...ation for My Profile My Stations My Streams My Radios and My Podcasts from the left hand side of the website 4 You can now add your Internet Radio to your account on the website by accessing the My Ra...

Page 43: ...s together with a link to Add to My Stations 2 Clicking on the Add to My Stations link will add the station to your account s My Stations list Clicking on My Stations and then selecting the station wi...

Page 44: ...ill be available on your radio from the menu item Stations My Stuff My Streams Please note the streams will only be available to your radio once your Argon iNet1has downloaded a new stations list To c...

Page 45: ...then you may find it useful to visit the help section on our webpage www argonaudio com inet If you have trouble connecting the Argon iNet1 to your wireless network these steps may help to resolve the...

Page 46: ...y need to consult your network configuration If your Argon iNet1 can connect to the network successfully but is unable to play particular stations it may be due to one of the following causes 1 The st...

Page 47: ...Public License The source code for this software is available from http www reciva com gpl This product includes technology owned by Microsoft Corporation and under a licence from Microsoft Licensing...

Page 48: ...vary from country to country where the iNet1 is bought This is due to copyrights etc that are di erent from country to country Please take a look at the Argon website once in a while in order to chec...

Page 49: ...work and Sharing Center 3 From the Network and Sharing Center under the Sharing and Discovery heading ensure that the following parameters are set A Network discovery On B File sharing On C Public fol...

Page 50: ...adio will also need to be able to access directories that require a user name and password 2 Setup Windows File Sharing on the MAC a From the Dock click System Preferences From the System Preferences...

Page 51: ...i AppleTalk ii LDAPv3 iii SLP iv SMB CIFS c Also for SMB CIFS click Con gure and select an appropriate workgroup d Copy and paste the mp3 media les to Documents in the Finder window e Turn on AirPort...

Page 52: ...e able to enter this in the same way as before for entering the IP address 5 You will now need to enter the default gateway s IP address used by the radio on the network 6 Finally you will need to ent...

Page 53: ...ble to the radio will vary from one Internet radio 2 You can con gure the radio s available services by logging in to the Argon or Reciva website then link to view the services that are available but...

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