Using network services
To use a network service, follow the procedure below to
select it.
1
Press the NET button to open the network
service menu.
2
Use the direction (
k
/
j
/
l
/
;
) buttons to
select the item and press the ENTER button.
vTuner Internet Radio
Pandora (USA only)
SiriusXM Internet Radio (USA and Canada only)
Slacker Personal Radio (USA and Canada only)
My Favorites
DLNA
Home Media
See the following explanations for how to use each
item.
vTuner Internet Radio
vTuner Internet Radio is a portal site for Internet radio sta-
tions around the world. You can search for radio stations by
musical genre, country and other classifications.
Pandora (USA only)
Pandora is a music distribution service that analyzes music
that users like to select other music. Since 400 types of data
(characteristics and trends) are used for each registered
song, based on the names of songs and artists that a user
likes, songs with similar characteristics can be played back.
SiriusXM Internet Radio (USA and Canada only)
SiriusXM is now available on many leading Internet radios
and home systems.
SiriusXM internet streaming features high-quality 128k
sound and delivers over 100 channels of the biggest names
in sports, talk, entertainment and commercial-free music.
Slacker Personal Radio (USA and Canada only)
Slacker Personal Radio is an interactive Internet radio ser-
vice available in the US and Canada. It allows users to
create and share customized music stations starting with
either stations programmed by Slacker or stations created
from artist names or song titles.
The service has millions of songs, organized into hundreds
of programmed stations and thousands of artist pages.
My Favorites
To listen to Internet radio programs, you can add them to
the “My Favorites” item in the network service menu.
DLNA (media sharing)
This allows you to play audio files in a shared library.
Home Media (folder sharing)
This allows you to play audio files that are in a shared folder
on a computer or network attached storage (NAS) device
on the same network as this unit.
o
Use a computer that has Windows 8 or Windows 7 and
Windows Media Player 11 or later installed.
o
An Internet connection is necessary to listen to Internet
radio (page 47).
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