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STREAM
User Guide
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rev
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7.2
Audible Books
Stream can play Audible.com format 4 and Enhanced Audio books. You must first activate the
Stream SD card for Audible books. To do this, connect Stream to your computer using the long
USB cable and then activate the Stream using the Audible Manager software. When Audible
Manager activates the Stream it will create a new reserved Stream folder named $VRAudible in
the root of the Stream SD card. It will place a hidden system (.SYS) activation file in that
$VRAudible folder which you must not delete. If you want to save Audible books on multiple SD
cards you will need to activate each SD card separately. All Audible books must also be saved in
this $VRAudible folder. To transfer Audible books you may either use the Audible Manager with
the Stream connected or use Windows Explorer to transfer the .aa Audible book file from the
Audible downloads folder on your computer directly to the $VRAudible folder on the SD card. If
you use Windows Explorer for the file transfer you can take advantage of the faster transfer
speed of your computer card reader. If you choose to transfer books with Audible Manager you
must always connect the Stream to the computer.
7.2.1
Audible Structure
Simply place your Audible books in the $VRAudible folder. They must not be placed in
subfolders.
7.2.2
Audible Characteristics
Bookshelf Browse: Use keys
4
and
6
to move between each Audible book file or Go To Book to
jump to a specified book number. Use key
3
to Delete the Book.
Reading: Use keys
2
and
8
to navigate by the heading marks provided in the Audible book or by
selected Time Jumps. Go to Heading and Go To Time are available.
INFO
Key
0
: Reports info for the current Audible file.
Where Am I
: Reports current reading position in the Audible file. Press twice within 10 seconds to
report additional information about the Audible book.
7.3
Music Bookshelf
The music bookshelf is in the reserved folder $VRMusic. It contains a folder structure of audio
files and this entire structure is defined as the All Music book. Unless you create playlists, this will
be the only Music book. If you add playlist (M3U) files to the root of $VRMusic then each playlist
will be an additional music book. In the Music bookshelf the Delete Book key
3
is not functional.
However, you can delete individual files from the All Music book once it has been opened.
7.3.1
Music Structure
You can navigate up to 8 levels of folders in music. Use the
2
and
8
keys to select the folder or
file navigation level. Then you can move backward or forward at the chosen level with the
4
and
6
keys. If you have more than 8 folder levels, those additional levels will be added to the level 8 list
of folders.
If you selec
t the ‘File’ navigation level, you will hear the name of the current file. If you select any
folder Level navigation, you will hear the name of the current folder at that level. At any point in
your structure you can always select the deepest navigation level. If the current folder is at a
higher level than your deepest level then the folder name is not announced. For example, let’s
say
you
have
a
music
structure
that
contains
$VRMusic\Classic\Mozart
and
$VRMusic\Classic\Beethoven\Ninth_symphony. If you are currently located in Classic\Mozart
while playback is inactive, changing the navigation from File to Level 1 will announce ‘Classic’.
Changing from Level 1 to Level 2 will announce ‘Mozart’. Changing from Level 2 to Level 3 will
