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SA60

Streaming Portable radio

SA60 Product Manual 22-1-16.indd   1

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Summary of Contents for SA60

Page 1: ...SA60 Streaming Portable Radio ...

Page 2: ...2 Steljes Audio SA60 User Guide ...

Page 3: ...Important Information 4 Main Controls 6 Spotify 7 Connections 10 Display 11 Operation 14 Error Messages 40 Troubleshooting 41 Limited Warranty 43 Specifications 44 SA60 Streaming Portable Radio Beautifully engineered designed in Great Britain ...

Page 4: ...cts filled with liquids such as vases should be placed on the unit If you spill any liquid into the unit it can cause serious damage Switch it off at the mains immediately Withdraw the mains plug and consult your dealer To prevent the risk of electric shock or fire hazard due to overheating ensure that curtains and other materials do not obstruct the vents Do not install or place this unit in a bo...

Page 5: ...ersons in order to avoid a hazard Interference The normal function of the product may be disturbed by Strong Electro Magnetic Interference If so simply reset the product to resume normal operation by following the instruction manual In case the function could not resume please use the product in other location This unit includes micro processors which may malfunction as a result of external electr...

Page 6: ...1 and Alarm 2 Use the scroll wheel to select either fig1 select and set up the alarm as required 6 INFO View more information about the station or track playing Press again to cycle through further information screens then return to the normal now playing screen 7 BACK MENU BACK Return to previous screen MENU Show menu for the current mode Press again to show now playing screen 8 PRESET Press and ...

Page 7: ...bar on the connect screen Control of play back directly on the SA60 Besides being able to control the volume you can also pause play and skip tracks directly in the SA60 Use the preset buttons as shown on page 6 on the top of the SA60 Note When you stop Play back on your Spotify device The SA60 will show no media in the display To get back to Internet Radio DAB FM Music Player or Aux you need to p...

Page 8: ... can follow the steps below 1 On the radio Press Menu and select Main menu System settings Network View settings Scroll down and notes IP address 2 On the computer Make sure your computer is on the same network as the radio and then enter the IP address into your browser for example 192 168 0 34 This enables you to see some of the radio diagnostics and you can also change the name Connect icon tur...

Page 9: ...ect is a cloud based service therefore you do not need your Smartphone or tablet to be on the same wireless network to control audio playback after the radio is enabled Using another Spotify account with radio Spotify account details are now stored on the radio To overwrite this with another Spotify account follow the activation steps again while running Spotify app with the desired account Rememb...

Page 10: ...teljes Audio SA60 User Guide Connections ANALOGUE 1 DC power in 2 LAN for Ethernet 3 Aux in 4 Line out 5 Headphones out 6 Battery compartment open compartment to locate the Battery Power switch 3 1 4 2 5 6 ...

Page 11: ...n read it all The Standby screen shows the time date and any active alarm times as above As you cycle through the play modes using the source button the SA60 shows a splash screen for each mode After one second the SA60 enters the selected mode and tries to start playing the last station or track that was playing in that mode If this is not possible the SA60 tries to connect to the selected source...

Page 12: ...ree types of menu Use the select control to scroll through and select the options As scroll bar on the right of the screen shows if there are further options above or below those currently visible Each mode has a menu with specific options for that mode For example the FM mode has just two options Scan and Audio settings see below In addition each mode menu has two final options System settings an...

Page 13: ...Steljes Audio SA60 User Guide 13 DISPLAY The Main menu allows access to all modes plus sleep and timer functions Some menus for example the System settings menu have several sub menus ...

Page 14: ...r select Menu System settings To run the setup wizard again select Menu System settings Setup wizard Select Yes to start the setup wizard If you choose No the next screen asks if you would like to run the wizard next time the SA60 Is started The system then starts without configuring time date and network settings and enters the Main Menu Note If the power is removed or lost whilst the set up wiza...

Page 15: ...by one hour When daylight savings are in effect during the winter turn on the Daylight savings option to rectify this Note that if you are updating the time from DAB or FM the Daylight savings option has no effect on the clock s time The SA60 will auto update from the selected source when time information is available Manual set If you select no update the set up wizard will prompt you to set the ...

Page 16: ...ct with no need for further set up see completion below To enter the network s key password use the Select control to move the cursor through the characters and select As each character is selected the key is built up near the top of the display There are three options accessible by turning Select back before the first characters 0123 Backspace OK and Cancel WPS encrypted network WPS encrypted net...

Page 17: ...oint or an external registrar e g advanced versions of Windows Vista Skip WPS Enter key as for a standard encrypted network above For more information on setting up a WPS encrypted network see your WPS router s instructions Completion THe SA60 will automatically try and connect to your network after the above steps have been actioned If for any reason the connection fails it will return to the pre...

Page 18: ... for viewing and manually altering network settings from Menu System settings Network for example setting up a wired network Users experienced with networking may find these options useful for diagnosing and fixing network problems Equaliser Several preset EQ modes are available also a user defined setting To adjust the EQ select Menu System settings Equaliser You can then choose from a variety of...

Page 19: ...rite s lists and also listen to Internet radio on a computer To register your SA60 with the portal switch to Internet radio mode as described in Section 4 and then obtain your radio s unique portal access code by selecting Menu Station list Help Get access code Make note of the access code Note Do not confuse the portal access code with the Radio ID from Menu System settings Info ...

Page 20: ...ared media library navigating through tag menus such as Artist Album or Genre If you are running a suitable server system such as a PC with Windows Media Player 10 or later WMP and your music library is well tagged then it is recommended to use media sharing Only the UPnP server needs to be set up Notice iTunes does not currently work as a UPnP media server but there are add ons available to work ...

Page 21: ...dia feature To set up the SA60 to be controlled and to stream music via Windows Media Player 12 Windows 7 only perform the following steps 1 Ensure that the PC is connected to the network 2 Ensure that the SA60 is powered on and connected to the same network Note The SA60 must be in Internet radio mode to be detected 3 From the Windows 7 main screen select Start Devices and Printers 4 Select the A...

Page 22: ...es Talkshows To use the favourites feature register your radio with the portal website as described on page 19 If you have several Frontier Silicon radios you can register them all on the same account so that each radio has access to your favourite s lists It is possible to add favourites either directly through the SA60 or through any computer with a web browser To enter Internet Radio mode eithe...

Page 23: ... again would return you to the Blues menu and so on Last listened When Internet radio mode restarts the last listened station is selected To select another recently used station select Menu Last listened then one of the stations listed Most recent stations appear at the top of the list Presets Presets are stored in the radio and cannot be accessed from other radios To store an Internet radio prese...

Page 24: ... to all the radios on your account To store a playing station as a favourite press and hold Select until the display shows Favourite added The station will then appear in the default favourites list Stations To select a favourite select Menu Station list My favourites Favourites list Station Browse To browse Internet broadcasts select Menu Station list then either Stations or Podcasts Browse throu...

Page 25: ...dcasts you may be able to select a particular episode Enter a keyword by selecting characters then OK The search entry screens are similar in operation to the Wi Fi password entry screen My added stations Even though the Internet radio portal contains thousands of stations you may want to listen to stations not listed You can add your own s tations via the portal These added stations are accessibl...

Page 26: ...etails Artist and track name default where available Description Genre and show country Reliability Bit rate and Codec and Sampling Playback buffer Today s Date Music player mode network Music player mode plays audio files such as MP3s AACs WMAs or FLACs from a computer on the local network To enter Music player mode either press Mode until the display shows Music player or select Menu Main menu M...

Page 27: ...ribed on page 20 you should see an entry consisting of computer name Shared media name for example JB Laptop Audio If you have more than one computer sharing media the alternatives are listed Select the shared media you want to play From this point on the menus are generated from the shared media server typically Windows Media Player The first menu shows a list of media types for example Music Vid...

Page 28: ...ecessary to remove servers displaying question marks in front of the server name from the server list For example if the device is moved to a new network or if a Wake on LAN server is removed from your current network To perform this function go to Menu Prune servers Yes Playlists The SA60 holds a queue of up to 500 tracks in the playlist Playlist tracks can be mixed from multiple UPnP servers To ...

Page 29: ...fault album codec sampling rate playback Buffer bar today s date Using the Play To feature in Windows 7 to stream media One of the new Windows 7 features includes a feature called Play To and this lets your PC running Windows 7 control the SA60 to push media and use as a universal remote control for your media collection The SA60 supports the industry standard DLNA Digital Living Network Alliance ...

Page 30: ... from the details pane into the list pane 4 Click the Play to button at the top of the list pane click the device on your network that will receive the media 5 In the Play To dialogue box use the playback controls to play pause or stop the media stream and to change to the next or previous item in the list Use Play To elsewhere in Windows 7 Outside of Windows Media Player you can stream media to t...

Page 31: ...reen an icon indicates UPnP To view further information press Info Each time you press Info more information is displayed cycling through the following Artist album codec sampling rate playback buffer DAB radio mode DAB radio mode receives DAB DAB digital radio and displays information about the station stream and track playing To enter DAB mode either press Mode until the display shows DAB Radio ...

Page 32: ... stations with good signal strength To start a scan manually select Menu Scan Once the scan is complete the radio shows a list of available stations To remove stations that are listed but unavailable select Menu Prune invalid Selecting stations To listen to or change a station turn the Select control to view a list of stations and press to select Once selected the station plays and the screen show...

Page 33: ...ge compression DRC This feature allows radios to compress the dynamic range of the output audio stream so that the volume of quiet sounds is increased and the volume of loud sounds is reduced This can be useful if you are listening to music with a high dynamic range in a noisy environment To change the DRC of the SA60 select Menu DRC and then DRC high DRC low or DRC off Note The SA60 s DRC setting...

Page 34: ...set press and hold Preset until the display shows the Save preset screen Select one of the 10 presets to save the currently playing station To select a preset press Preset briefly then select one of the listed Preset stations When a preset station is playing it shows Pn P1 P2 etc in the bottom right of the screen Now playing information While an FM station is playing the screen shows one of the tw...

Page 35: ...eo stations are reproduced in stereo For weak stations this may result in a poor signal to noise ratio To play weak stations in mono select Menu Audio setting FM weak reception Listen in mono only Yes AUX mode Aux in mode plays audio from an external source such as an MP3 player To play audio with Aux in mode 1 Connect the external audio sourceto the Aux In 3 5 mm stereo socket 2 Either press Mode...

Page 36: ... Adjust the volume level on your device You should not have to pair your device again Depending on your device you may need to make multiple attempts at pairing and or connecting to the SA60 but please give your device adequate time to pair or connect before repeating the process Pairing a Bluetooth wireless technology enabled device 1 Press source to select Bluetooth mode This will power on the B...

Page 37: ...output level of music files varies If you prefer an even higher output level check the settings in your device Set the EQ Off the Sound Check Off and the Volume Limit Off If you encounter a problem pairing press the small arrow to the right of SA60 on the display of your device and select Forget this Device then repeat the pairing process ...

Page 38: ...t the alarm number 1 or 2 then configure the following parameters Enable on off Frequency Daily Once Weekends or Weekdays Time Mode Buzzer Internet radio DAB FM Preset Last listened or 1 10 Volume 0 max To activate the new settings scroll down and select Save The screen shows active alarms with an icon at the bottom left At the set time the alarm will sound To temporarily silence it press Snooze Y...

Page 39: ...ther check manually or set the SA60 to check periodically automatically this is the default If the SA60 detects that newer software is available it asks if you want to go ahead with an update If you agree the new software is then downloaded and installed After a software upgrade all user settings are maintained CAUTION Before starting a software upgrade ensure that the SA60 is plugged into a stabl...

Page 40: ...or Problem past router incorrect data being received from network Data obtained from server is unreadable Network not ready Problem with connection to router Router switched off Network timeout Problem past router no response being received from network Streaming IR station and suddenly station becomes unavailable No UPnP media found No UPnP servers found Service not available DAB No DAB reception...

Page 41: ...Note The SA60 has separate MAC addresses for wired and wireless networks only the current network adaptor method address is displayed but the other address can be obtained by changing the first pair of digits between 00 wireless and 02 wired Insufficient Wi Fi signal strength Check distance to router see if a computer can connect to the network in this location Unknown encryption method Change enc...

Page 42: ...ndwidth Try other stations try listening on computer via Internet radio portal website try later Station broadcasting using unknown codec Link out of date Factory reset Performing a factory reset will remove all user settings and revert to the SA60 shipping values so time date network configuration and presets are lost However the radio s current software version is maintained as is registration w...

Page 43: ...ncorrect installation or operation Damage caused by modification or repair by a non authorized service centre and use of non original spare parts Other damage due to conditions beyond the supplier s control such as fire rain and other force majeure events How to claim parts or repair under warranty To have your product serviced under warranty you must contact the dealer from whom the product was p...

Page 44: ... software update via Wi Fi or Ethernet 3 Inch Full Range Speaker Up to 10 Hour rechargeable battery life Dimensions 208 x 130 x 120mm H x W x D Weight 1 6Kg 13 5V DC External Power Supply All information contained in this guide herein may change without notice and is provided on an AS IS basis without warranties of any kind Steljes Audio reserves the right to change specifications without notice I...

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