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Grace Internet and Network Media Player
Set Up A Windows PC To Allow The Radio To
Access Your Audio Files Via A UPnP Server
1. If your PC is running Microsoft Windows XP 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
installed by following the instructions detailed in its installation wizard.
2. Once installed, Windows Media Player 11 will create a library from all the media files
available to it on your PC. To add new media files to the library, select ‘File > Add to
Library… > Advanced Options’, click ‘Add’ and choose the files you wish to add and
click ‘OK’.
3. You will now need to connect your Internet radio to Windows Media Player 11 and
configure it to allow the radio to access your media library. In order to this, you will need
to do the following:
a. Keep pressing BACK to get to the radio’s top-level menu and then turn the rotary
knob to select ‘Media Player’.
b. Press SELECT and then turn the knob to highlight ‘UPnP Servers’.
c. Press SELECT and the radio will scan for all available UPnP servers. Note, this
may take a few seconds for the radio to complete its scan and before the scan
has completed, the radio will display ‘[Empty]’. The radio will continue to display
‘[Empty]’ 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 Denied’ at this stage).
4. Your PC will now prompt you that a device has attempted to connect to your UPnP
server. In order to allow the radio to have access to the media files, you will need to click
the ‘Library’ tab from Windows Media Player 11 and select the ‘Media Sharing…’ item to
open the ‘Media Sharing’ window.
