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Media Streaming

Now that your connection is setup, you can access any songs from your PC that running Windows Media Player Version
11 in Windows XP or Vista OS.

Listening to Media Stream

Select the

Media Stream

from the Main Menu. It will access the lan or Wi-Fi 

scans for the PC server. It will prompt you the menu screen as shown
after successful connection to PC. If previously you already successfully
managed to scan some server than the product will directly shown you the list
of found servers.

Now you can select the server that you want to access to by using

NAVI

Knob

to scroll through it and lastly confirm by pressing it.

Depend on the Media Server you are accessing it may be organized into a few
folders and you can select the Music or Playlists to stream your favorite music

Select the folder using

NAVI

Knob and confirm by pressing the same Knob.

Below may be the folder that you may see: 

Music

, has the list of the Music

Make sure that you have your PC or Notebook turned-on and it is running the Windows Media Player (Version 11) in
Windows XP or the Vista OS. You should also share the Music streaming to new device in your PC or Notebook
Media Player.  [See Setting up PC Media Player 11.
Or it will display “sever” id not available after scanning, then back to previous menu.

Streaming the Music

Once you select the Music folder in your PC server, you can stream and
listen to all the music from your PC’s Media Player over the lan or Wi-Fi.

Select the Music Folder or Song that you wish to listen to by turn and press
the NAVI Knob and the product will start to play the song as shown.

After a song has finished it will continue to play the next song under the same
folder.

Now you can stream your favorite music from your PC, acting as your Juke Box for the

product.

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Summary of Contents for MA-80

Page 1: ...PORTABLE INTERNET RADIO IR 80 User Manual Please read this user manual carefully before using the receiver ...

Page 2: ...aming from Internet radio stations and music steaming from your own networked PC connected to your Lan or Wi Fi access point A brief description of the features is listed below Internet Radio gets you connected to various radio stations around the world through the Lan or Wi Fi Media Stream play music streams from your Windows media player version11 application in your PC or Notebook running Windo...

Page 3: ...ter the Media stream mode directly 6 Internet Press this button to enter the Internet Radio mode directly 11 Battery Compartment To hold 6 X AA size battery dry cell or rechargeable NiMH NiCd External battery charger required 12 Telescopic Antenna 2 3 5 Earphone Jack For connecting the Earphones Insert the Jack pin until it clicks it the place 13 Earphone Jack 2 BACK Press to go up one list screen...

Page 4: ...select the Setting option by using the NAVI Knob to navigate and select it Next select the Network Configure option from the list using the NAVI Knob Select Wi Fi Setup from the menu list by using the NAVI Knob to navigate and select it Of course if you directly enter into the Internet radio menu the unit can pop up the wizard also as below For the case of using the Wi Fi network you will see this...

Page 5: ...se the Back button to delete the selected character Once the Network Key has been completed key in next press and holds the NAVI Knob to confirm the Network key Now the product should try to access the Access point that you have selected Once the product managed to connect to the AP it will now put a star next to the network AP SSID name that you have selected Press the NAVI Knob and save the prof...

Page 6: ...eligious RnB Rock Soft Rock Soundtracks Sports Talk Weather Web Audio and World Local stations includes stations organized by the type of stations All stations Adult contemparory Business news Classical Comedy News News Talk Sports Talk Top 40 Varity World Asia Countries are a search based on the different geographical locations of the world New Stations Contains list of new Radio Stations Most Po...

Page 7: ...c Select the folder using NAVI Knob and confirm by pressing the same Knob Below may be the folder that you may see Music has the list of the Music Make sure that you have your PC or Notebook turned on and it is running the Windows Media Player Version 11 in Windows XP or the Vista OS You should also share the Music streaming to new device in your PC or Notebook Media Player See Setting up PC Media...

Page 8: ...d be running W ind ows X P OS on your PC Laptop and W indo ws Media Player version 11 Now open the W indo ws Media Player and choose Library From the drop down list of the menu select the Media sharing Now tick the Share my media to and select settings 7 ...

Page 9: ...list of the menu select the Add to Library Select the folders to monitor as below After selected the folders to monitor and share in the Player Library click OK 8 Please un tick Pictures and video under Media type Next tick the Allow new devices and computers automatically and press OK ...

Page 10: ...an enter to the Auto or Fine tune option respectively Auto Scan allows you to do auto scan for available channel by using the NAVI Knob to scan forward or backward from a current channel to next available channel Fine tune allows you to do fine tuning on a channel by using the NAVI Knob to adding or subtracting by 0 1MHz from a channel station Preset Station Buttons allow you save and call back th...

Page 11: ...on how to do W i F i Setup p lease refer Setting up the W i F i s ection above Disconnect will disconnect product from the W F i Network and L an C onnection Networks Status show you the below SSID the SSID of the AP that c urrently the product is connected to IP the IP of the product assigned to by the W i F i AP and can configue MAC the MAC Address of your product Sample Screens shown the SSID I...

Page 12: ...t bring back all the setting to the default factory settings Use the NAVI knob to select the Yes or No option About details of the player Model name and the firmware version See the sample screen shot shown HW IR 80 SW 999 999 999 ...

Page 13: ...epared WPA is designed to work with all wireless network interface cards but not necessarily with first generation wireless access points WPA2 implements the full standard but will not work with some older network cards Both provide good security with two significant issues Source http en wikipedia org wiki Wi Fi_Protected_Access DHCP DHCP is a set of rules used by communications devices such as a...

Page 14: ...xperience So customer needs not have individual subscription for Radio search service Question How do I connect my product to a Wi Fi network Answer When you use a feature that requires an internet connection like Internet Radio and Media Stream the product will automatically connect to available network This process is called Wi Fi zero configuration Once the network is connected you can automati...

Page 15: ...not supported Question Why does my product only have Wi Fi antenna icon but no signal bar Answer Please check your Wi Fi access point and network server configuration on DHCP portion This indicates there is no DHCP server is presented in the network environment Question Can I connect to public access Wi Fi networks hot spot Answer You can not connect to hot spot access point because it usually nee...

Page 16: ...ternet internet mode 5 pc Media player mode 6 FM FM mode 7 back Press to back pre_menu 8 menu Press to display main menu 9 vol Increase the volume 10 vol decrease the volume 11 Select Press to select a displayed option 12 UP Down Use to search for stations and use to change the option showed on the disp 15 ...

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