Roku Network Music Player manual

User Guide | Software v2.5 Soun dBrid ge ™ N etwor k Mu s i c P la y er[...]

1 W elc ome Thank s for purch asing Roku Sou ndBridge ! We hop e you enjoy using it as much as we ’ ve enjoyed creati ng it. Soun dBri dge is a ne t work music p layer that conne c ts to you r stere o or powe red sp eaker s to play your Mac o r PC dig ital musi c libr ar y in any ro om of the h ouse. Y ou can eve n play thous ands of f ree Inter [...]

3 T ABLE O F CONTENT S SEC TI O N 1: G ET T IN G STARTED I. Music S er ver Sof t ware Re quireme nts. .4 II. Enablin g Music Shar ing . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. . 8 III . Hoo kin g Up Y o ur Ho me Net wo rk Hardwa re ( Wi red E the rn et o r Wi re les s) .. .. . .. .. . 1 0 IV . H ook ing Up Your Speakers or St ereo S ystem...............[...]

4 5 SEC TIO N 1: G ET TI NG ST AR TED T o use S ound Brid ge you wil l nee d to do the fo llowin g ( det aile d exp lanati ons foll ow) : I. Make sure you have a compatib le musi c ser ve r insta lle d. Compati ble mus ic ser vers in clude iT unes,® Micros of t ® Wi ndows® M edia Conn ec t, R haps ody, ™ Musi cmatch,® and other s. [ Note : If[...]

6 7 Y ou h ave several opti ons for conn ec tin g your music li brar y to Soun dBri dge : Mu si c Se r ve r Rec om me nd ed f or U se r s of . . . Note s Wi n d o w s M e d ia Co n n e c t (U P n P W i n d o w s M e d i a D R M 10 p r o to co l s) Wi n d o w s X P w i t h S P 2 A f r e e m e d i a s e r v er f r o m M i c r o s o f t . Wo r k s w i[...]

8 9 Ena bli ng Sh ari ng in i T u nes T o tur n on the Musi c Sharin g optio n, 1 . Sel ec t i T une s / Pref eren ces menu ( M ac) or Edit / Pre feren ces ( PC ) . 2. In the di alo g box that ap pear s, cli ck the Shari ng tab. 3. V eri f y that the Sh are My Music o ption to ena ble s haring o n your lo cal n et work is s ele c ted. Note : i T un[...]

10 11 III . Ho oki ng Up Y ou r Home N et work Ha rdwar e ( Wir ed Et her net or W ire less ) Et her net Co nne c tio n Plug your ca ble i nto the jack provi ded o n the ri ght side of th e rear of the u nit. Con nec t you r Ethern et cab le to a hub, sw itch or router o n your ho me net wo rk . Alter nativel y , you can conn ec t Soun dBri dge dir[...]

12 13 V . C onne c ting S ound Brid ge to AC Po wer If you p lan to use an Ethe rne t conne cti on, b e sure the c abl e is plug ged i n to the unit . Plug the power cord i nto the Soun dBri dge uni t, and p lug the o ther en d into to a wall outl et . Hi nt : T here is no p ower sw itch to turn on S oundB rid ge. As s oon as yo u plu g in the p ow[...]

14 15 Pers ona l Firew all If you are usi ng iT unes an d have troubl e conne cti ng, you r computer m ay have a firewall insta lle d that is not set cor rec tly. Make sure your firewa ll is configu red to all ow iT unes music sharin g by doing t he foll owing : Mac u se rs : 1 . Ope n System Prefe rences . 2. Sel ec t Shar ing an d click the Fi[...]

16 17 SEC TIO N 2 : BROWSI NG MUS IC Choosi ng Y our M usic Li brar y Once So undBr idg e is successfu lly conne c ted to your n et work an d your se r ver ’s music sharing optio ns are enab led , Soun dBri dge wi ll automatic ally fi nd any supp or ted m usic libr arie s on the net wor k . Y ou w ill b e promp ted to choos e the lib rar y yo u [...]

18 19 But t on old r em ot e But t on new r em ote Nam e Ac ti on + + Ad d Ad d s c u r r e n t s e le c t i o n t o y o u r S o n g Q u eu e . Ho m e Take s y o u t o t h e S o u r ce o r H o m e M e n u . S ea r c h Di s p l ay s te x t b as e d s e ar c h o p t i o n s . Br o w s e Br o w s e t h r o u g h s o n g s by t i t le , a r t i s t , a[...]

20 21 Only the first two lines of the Home Menu are displayed a t once (or one line if you are using an M1000 with the largest font siz e), but you can use the Down  arrow on your remote contr ol to scroll through all these options: Pl a y l is ts [ Dis pl ays a ll th e pl ayl ist s ava il ab le fo r th e se le c ted m usi c lib ra r y fr om yo[...]

22 23 track s # 5 – #10 will play . ( For continuo us playb ack of the e ntire alb um, press Re pe at [ ] on your remote contro l — the alb um will p lay until the e nd, the n st ar t agai n at the be ginni ng. ) Y ou c an also b rowse to an alb um, ar tist or ge nre se lec ti on and p ress Play [  ] to star t p laying the entire content s o[...]

24 25 SEC TIO N 3 : TH E SON G QUE UE SoundBridg e aut omat ically builds a song q ueue e very time you select a song o r albu m t o pla y . This section wi ll t ell y ou h ow to build a song queue, re view a song queue and erase a song queue . Buil ding a S ong Qu eue Let ’s say you would now l ike to choose s everal di f fe rent son gs or sel e[...]

26 27 SEC TIO N 4 : ADD ITIO NAL PLA Y BA CK OP TIO NS Playing a Playlist T o pl ay a playlist th at you have created in your musi c jukeb ox sof t wa re such as i T une s or Wind ows Med ia Player , sele c t the Playlis t optio n fro m the H ome M en u [ ] . Use yo ur Up / Down   ar rows to browse your p laylist s on e by one, find th e one[...]

28 29 SEC TIO N 5 : PR ESE TS Y ou r Soun dBri dge in cludes 18 positions in it s inter nal mem or y, which can sto re a varie t y of sel ec tio ns for your qui ck and eas y reca ll. Y ou can s ave just abo ut any thin g to Preset s that you can pl ay on the Sou ndBr idge by hi ghlig hting it an d pressin g the Play key . For examp le, you c an sav[...]

30 31 SEC TIO N 6 : IN TER NE T R ADIO Y ou c an liste n to Interne t radi o in one o f three ways . Firs t, you ca n listen to So undB ridg e’s built- in set of r adi o stati ons lo cated in th e “Inter net R adio” L ibrar y. Y our compute r does n ot nee d to be on - a ll you ne ed is an ac ti ve Interne t connec ti on on you r home n et wo[...]

32 33 can use i T u nes to “ tune in” to that s tatio n, and th en liste n to it on Sou ndBr idge. ( W ind ows Med ia Conne ct us ers c an continu e to use WMC for your m usic libr ar y, and just use i T unes for this feature. ) T o pl ay Internet r adio s tati ons with the i T unes music s er ver on S ound Bri dge : 1 . In iT unes, create a n [...]

34 35 a stati on is marke d as a favorite, it ap pea rs in the “ My Fa vorites” lis t in the Inter net Ra dio lib rar y , but do es not us e up one of t he 1 8 Preset slot s . Not e : If a s tatio n is saved as a Preset , then i t is assumed to als o be a “ favori te” , and wi ll always app ear at the fr ont of the “My Favorites” list .[...]

36 37 Ge t i nf o fo r [St at i o n na m e] Pl a y Pr e s et… Sa v e P r e s et : [S ta ti o n n a me] Ad d S ta t io n t o M y Fav o r i t es St o p Tur n S cr e e n O f f Scroll d own to “Save Prese t ” and p ress Se le c t [ 4 ] . Y ou w ill se e a numb ered l ist of e xisti ng prese ts s tar tin g with A 1 , A2, etc . Sel ec t the p reset[...]

38 39 SEC TIO N 7: SOUN DB RI DG E WEB I NTER FA CE Use Soun dBri dge’s web page to contro l Soun dBri dge p layba ck remotel y , configure yo ur Soun dBri dge or re config ure your pre set Inter net r adio s tatio ns by entering th e strea m URL direc tl y into the web pa ge. Th ere are seve ral ways to access the web p age : Laun chin g the R[...]

40 41 “ . pls,” o r “ . m3u” ex tensi on, an d a WMA strea m ends with “ . asx ” . Currently, SoundB ridg e can stream M P3 and WMA format s. R ealAudi o streams ( en ding i n .ra m or .r m ) are curre ntly not supp or ted . A ACplus statio ns may use the sa me ex te nsions as MP3 stati ons, b ut will n ot be ab le to be playe d. Usuall[...]

42 43 SEC TIO N 8 : WHE N YOU ARE FINI SHE D USI NG SOU ND BR IDG E When yo u are finishe d playi ng music an d using your S ound Brid ge alto gethe r , just pr ess the Stan dby [  ] but ton on yo ur remote. In Sta ndby mo de, Sou ndBr idge c an disp lay the date and time or a b lank disp lay , dep endi ng on you r prefe rence. ( Se e pag e 40 [...]

44 45 side of the Now Pla ying screen, and other option s. Use the “Visualizer Settings” command on the Set tings screen t o explore these options. (See appe ndix for full listing of visualizer options.) Clock S et tin gs When i n Standby mo de, So undBr idg e can disp lay the date and tim e, simila r to the scree n bel ow. 1 :1 7 : 4 9 P M Mo [...]

46 47 The date s ele c tion wo rk s the s ame way — you ca n choos e the for mat that be st fit s your geo grap hic st anda rd or your p er sonal p refe rence. T o dis abl e the date / time disp lay altoge ther w hen So undB ridg e is in st andby, selec t th e corresp ondi ng opti on on this p age. Don’ t forge t to click the “ Update ” bu[...]

48 49 SEC TIO N 1 0 : OP TI ONS FO R SYSTEM CONFIG UR A TI ON If you ne ed to chan ge your n et work s et tings o r other s ystem - level o ptions , go to any Hom e Menu an d sel ec t “Chang e Libr ar y or Con figur ation” . Cho ose “ System Configu ration” at th e bot tom of th e nex t scree n. Y ou will se e the fo llowi ng opti ons : S[...]

50 51 SEC TIO N 1 1: APPENDIX 1 A : M E NUS OVERVI EW Hom e - Mu sic Li bra r y Playlist s (  Al pha list o f Playlist s availab le in cu rrent music l ibra r y) Browse (  Ar tist s /Al bums / S ongs / G enres / Compos ers ) Search (  T ex t entr y for key wo rd search ) Play Preset (  List of Preset s numb ered A 1: C6  S ele c t ?[...]

52 53 APPENDI X 1 B : SCR E EN I CONS QU ICK R EFE R EN CE In all m enus a nd song l ists : Ë The ar row icon indi cates the m enu item b eing s ele c ted. In song l ist s and t he “Son g Que ue” sc re en :  The musi c note icon de notes a sing le tra ck (as o ppo sed to a coll ec tio n of tra ck s) . X )) Th e spea ker with aud io waves[...]

54 55 As of this w riting , the So undB ridg e sof t w are is versi on 2. 5 an d does n ot supp or t “ W P A ” . Che ck for sof t ware up dates if you n ee d this feature. T rou ble shoo ting W i- Fi Se tup If you have prob lems conn ec tin g to the Soun dBri dge to your m usic libr ar y, please che ck the foll owing : 1 . Is the Soun dBri dge [...]

56 57 3. If your ne t work is p assword p rotec ted, yo u shou ld cho ose Equiv alent N et work Pass word from th e Base Statio n menu as s hown ab ove. Write down the val ue that app ear s in the dialo g as shown b el ow. This is your net work p assword . Apple Ai rPor t ( PC Us ers ) 1 . From Start / Progr ams /Air por t Admin Utilit y , ope n th[...]

58 59 2. Sele c t the ne t work you wo uld like to confi gure. Y ou shoul d then s ee the con figur ation display b elow. 3. Make a note of the na me of your W i -Fi n et work i n the Net wo rk Nam e fiel d. 4. From the Base Statio n list, s ele c t Equiva lent N et work Pass word. 1 1 Se c ti on 1 1: Ap p en dice s Se c ti on 1 1: Ap p en dice [...]

60 61 5. Write down the disp layed pass word fro m the dial og b ox (as i llust rated b elow ) . Link sys WAP 54G Follow the se steps f or obt ainin g the he xade cimal WEP key f rom the WAP 54 G : 1 . Ope n a web brows er and con nec t to the a ccess point . Y ou co nnec t to the a ccess point by enter ing the a ccess point ’s IP address in the [...]

62 63 4. Key 1 is the def ault key use d by Soun dBri dge. In this e xamp le, 4977 4B692D is the key value . This is your W i- Fi ne t work pass word. 5. Close your we b browse r . Net gear WG6 02 The N etgear WG6 02 is an 802. 1 1 g W i- Fi Access Point. It s configur ation c an be a ccessed with a web browse r . 1 . Open a we b browse r and conn[...]

64 65 2. Note the v alue o f “ Wi - Fi Net wor k Name ( SSID ) ” . 3. Click “S ecuri t y Set tin gs” on the l ef t si de to access the WEP se t tings . If “ WEP ” is set to “Enab le” ( as b elow ) , you wi ll nee d to obt ain the he xad ecima l key for your ne t work . Netgea r unfor tunately, does not al low you to view t he curre [...]

66 67 APP EN DIX 3 : E ND USE R SOFT WARE LICENSE AGREE ME NT IMPO RT AN T — RE AD CAR EFULL Y: By using the so f t ware i n your Sou ndBr idge, yo u agree to be b ound by th e license ter ms and condi tions b elow. If you do not a gree to the se terms an d conditio ns, you mus t imme diatel y return yo ur Sou ndBr idge i n its o rigin al conditi[...]

68 69 In a dditio n, all a ccessorie s must b e retur ned wi th the de fec tive S oundB rid ge. A new or fac tor y refu rbishe d set o f accessori es will b e fur nishe d with the re place ment So undBr idg e. F ailure to ret urn any of the a ccessor y items cou ld result i n a delay in re ceivi ng the repla cement So undB ridg e, and /or resu lt i[...]

70 71 FCC Rul es , Pa rt 15 This eq uipm ent has be en tes ted and fo und to comp ly with th e limit s for a class B di git al device, pu rsuant to Par t 1 5 of the FCC Rules. T hese li mits a re design ed to provi de reaso nabl e protec tio n agai nst harm ful inter feren ce in a reside ntial inst allati on. T his equi pment g ener ates, uses and [...]

72 73 8. Power S our ce s. T his prod uc t shou ld be o pe rated o nly fro m the t y pe of p ower so urce indic ated on th e mark ing la bel . If you ar e not sure of the t yp e of power su ppl y to your home, consul t your pro duc t dea ler o r loc al powe r company. F or pro duc t s intende d to ope rate fro m bat ter y p ower, or other sources ,[...]

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