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Grace Digital Audio Bravado-X GDI-IRD4500M manual

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    1 BRA V ADO-X Internet Radio and Network Media Player GDI-IRD4500M USER GUIDE BRAVADO-X WiFi Internet Radio by Grace Digital Audio[...]

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    2 BRA V ADO-X Internet Radio and Network Media Player T able of Cont ents Safety Warnings ..............................................................................................................................................................................4 Internet Radio and Network Music Player Quickstart Guide ...........................[...]

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    3 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Browsing the list of tracks curr ently (queued up) for playback ............................................................................... 28 Removing tracks from the list (queue) ...........................................................................................................[...]

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    4 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Please read befor e installation. If this Internet radio has been moved from a cold place t o a warm place, DO NOT plug it in f or 2-3 hours (e.g. from a cold car boot to a warm r oom). Ther e is a possibility that moisture may have condensed in the Internet radio, this can cause damage t o [...]

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    5 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Before you can use y our Internet radio, you need the f ollowing: • A broadband Internet connection. • A wireless access point (Wi-Fi) connected to y our broadband Internet, preferably via a rout er. • If your wireless network is congured to use Wired Equivalent P rivac y ( WEP) or [...]

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    6 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Radio Controls CONTROL INTERNET RADIO MODE MEDIA PLA YER MODE ST ANDBY/ON Press t o turn on/o the I nternet Radio Same Go back to previous menu page Same / P1 Press and hold f or 2 seconds to store Preset station P1 Press t o listen to Preset station P1 Play/P ause / P2 Press and hold f o[...]

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    7 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er JACKS DESCRIPTION ON / OFF SWITCH Master ON / OFF control f or power . IMPORT ANT: Switch MUIST be ON for the power / standby switch on the fr ont panel to operate the unit. DC 12V Connection T o supply power to the unit, connect the power adaoter t o the DC connection and a wall electrical [...]

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    8 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Remote Con trol CONTROL INTERNET RADIO MODE MEDIA PLA YER MODE Press ST ANDBY power key to turn o the Inter- net Radio (Master power is on the back unit) Same THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN Press f or Pandora Thumbs UP/DOWN selec tion no function Arrow Keys Press Arro w Keys to navigate throughout[...]

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    9 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Steps F or Connecting Y our R adio T o Y our Wireless Network First, c onnec t to the A C Power . The radio can be switched on or o with the ST ANDBY/ON button. The display on the front of the r adio will light up and indicate: Step 1 - P ower up the radio Grace Digital Radio After a few [...]

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    10 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er If it can’ t nd one then the display will show: Steps F or Connecting Y our R adio T o Y our Wireless Network (C ontinued) No networks Found If this happens then you will have to setup y our wireless access point - see the instructions supplied with your wireless rout er / access point[...]

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    11 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Steps F or Connecting Y our R adio T o Y our Wireless Network (C ontinued) If the screen displays either: Enter WEP key Or: Enter WPA key Then your network is using one of the encryption systems: Wired Equivalent P rivac y (WEP) or Wi-F i Protected Acc ess ( WP A). Y ou therefore need to en[...]

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    12 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Choosing A Radio Station T o Listen T o 1. Press the ‘Select ’ button. (Note: if you make a mistake at an y point, press the ‘Back’ button to go back to the previous screen.) Internet Radio Personal Radio My Stuff 2. If the screen does not show < Internet radio > as shown abov[...]

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    13 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er 1. T urn the knob until the display shows the type of content you want to list en to, then press the ‘Select ’ button. 2. T urn the knob until the display shows the station you want. 3. Press the ‘Select ’ button and wait until the radio connects to that station. Note that some radi[...]

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    14 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Changing The V olume When a radio station is playing , you can increase the volume simply by turning the Volume knob, clock wise. Storing A Radio Station In A Preset (Radio) Storing A Radio Station In A Preset (Remote contr ol) When a station is playing , hold down one of the preset buttons[...]

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    15 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er If you want to listen to a particular radio station which is currently not av ailable online, you can visit the Grace Digital Audio w eb site at http://grace.r eciva.com/ and enter in a request to add the station to the list. Please note that some radio stations do not pass the audio str ea[...]

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    16 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Stations Which Enable Y ou T o Choose What Y ou Listen T o (Con tinued) 3. When you hav e chosen the program you want to listen t o, either it will just start playing, or the display may show a list of day s for you to choose from - use the knob to set the day the program w as broadcast, th[...]

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    17 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er 5. T urn the knob until the display says <Set T ime/Date>. < Set Time/Date > Set Alarm DST Setting The Clock (C ontinued) 6. Press the ‘Select ’ button. Pacic Central Eastern 7. T urn the knob until the correct time zone is seen on the display. P ush the ‘Selec t’ but[...]

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    18 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Setting The Alarm 1. Press the ‘Select ’ button. (Note: if you make a mistake at any point, press the BA CK button to go back to the previous scr een.) 2. T urn the knob until the display shows <Alarm Clock>. Stations < Alarm Clock > Media Player 3. Press the ‘Select ’ b[...]

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    19 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Setting The Alarm (C ontinued) 7. If you choose “Y es” then the display enables you to set the time for the alarm. Set Alarm 15:06 8. After selecting < 1 O 12:00 AM> you can choose the time to set the Alarm. Set Alarm 12:00 AM 9. T urn the k nob until the minute setting is corr[...]

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    20 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Setting The Sleep Timer 1. Choose Alarm Clock 2. Choose Sleep Timer 3. Then scroll the Select k nob f orm bet w een 30 seconds and 99 hours. W hen the desired time is reached, P ress the select k nob . T he radio will stay on until the timer is reaches zero . Registering An A ccount On Grac[...]

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    21 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Conguring ‘My Streams’ Conguring ‘My Podcast’ 1. Once logged into your Grac e Digital Audio website accoun t, you can add your own Internet radio streams to your ‘My Streams’ . 2. Clicking on ‘My Streams’ will prompt you to enter the station ’ s name and its media st[...]

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    22 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Conguring ‘My Pandora ’ 1. In order to use the P andora feature on the Grace Digital Internet radio y ou must 1st have an active Pandora ac count. Y ou can create a Pandora ac count at ww w .pandora.com or on Grace ’ s web site. 2. Grace Digital is not aliated in an y way with P[...]

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    23 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Ac cessing P andora F eedback Menu 1. While listening to one of your P andora radio stations choose the ‘Retrieve’ button on the internet radio . The ‘Retrieve’ button will allow you to perform the similar choices as you do with your regular P andora on line account. Choosing the re[...]

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    24 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er The Media Player allow s you to play unprotected audio les (AA C, AIFF , MP3, RM, W A V , WMA) and play lists (M3U) st ored on a networked PC or Apple. It has been veried to work with Windows 2000 and Windows XP , and Apple OSX. Set Up Y our Windo ws PC T o Allow The R adio T o Ac ces[...]

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    25 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Apple OSX 1. The MAC will requir e W indows File Sharing . MAC OS 9 and earlier versions of the OS will need extra software to use W indows F ile Sharing. MAC OS X 10.2 and later v ersions have Windows F ile Shar ing built into the OS. P lease ensure that your PC is available on the network[...]

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    26 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Listening T o A Single Shared T rack 1. T urn the knob until ‘B y Artist’ is displayed. 2. Press the SELECT button. 3. T urn the knob until the required artist is displayed. 4. Press the SELECT button. Loca te The Shared A udio F iles Using The Radio 1. Po wer up the radio. 2. W ait for[...]

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    27 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Listening T o A Complete Shar ed Album 1. T urn the knob until ‘B y Artist’ is displayed. 2. Press the SELECT button. 3. T urn the knob until the required artist is displayed. 4. Press the SELECT button. 5. T urn the knob until the required album name is displayed. 6. Press the SELECT b[...]

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    28 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Removing T racks F rom The List (Queue) 1. Press the BROWSE button. The currently playing track name will be display ed. 2. T urn the k nob to select the track you want t o remove from the queue. 3. Press and hold the ST OP button for 2 seconds and the radio will displa y : ‘Delete T rack[...]

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    29 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Playing T racks In R andom Order 1. Select the individual tracks as described previously. 2. Navigate to top-level menu item ‘Media Player’ using the SELEC T and BACK butt ons. 3. Press the SELECT button. 4. T urn the k nob until ‘Playback Mode’ is displayed. 5. Press the SELECT but[...]

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    30 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Set Up A Windows PC T o Allow The R adio T o Ac cess Y our Audio F iles Via A UP nP Ser ver 1. If your PC is running Microsoft W indows XP or Windows Vista, then you can use Windows Media Pla yer 11 ( WMP11) to act as your UPnP (Universal Plug and P lay) media server 1.0. W indows Media Pla[...]

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    31 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Selecting ‘Media Sharing… ’ for Windows Media Play er 11: Allowing the Radio to Connect: 5. Fr om the ‘Media Sharing’ window , the radio will be listed as an unknown device. Click on the unknown device listed, then click the ‘ Allow ’ button and then click ‘OK’ .[...]

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    32 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Loca ting And Playing Media F iles Using The Radio And UP nP 1. Once the UPnP server is congured to shar e media les with the Internet radio, you can play the les by doing the follo wing on the radio. 2. Keep pressing BACK to get t o the radio’ s top -level menu and then turn the[...]

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    33 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Bro wsing The List O f T racks Currently Arr anged (Queued Up) F or Playback 1. Press the BROWSE button. The currently playing track name will be display ed. 2. T urn the k nob to see which tracks ar e queued up for playback. 3. If you want to jump to a particular place in the queue then pr[...]

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    34 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Contr olling Playback 1. Use the ST OP button to stop playback. 2. Use the PLA Y/P AUSE butt on to either pause a currently playing track or to restart a currently paused track or to restart a stopped track. 3. Use the SKIP TO PREVIOUS TRACK button to start playback of the previous track in[...]

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    35 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Playing T racks In R andom Order 1. Select the individual tracks as described previously. 2. Navigate to top-level menu item ‘Media Player’ using the ‘Selec t’ and ‘Back’ buttons. 3. Press the ‘Select ’ button. 4. T urn the k nob until ‘Playback Mode’ is displayed. 5. Pr[...]

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    36 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er The Media Player allow s you to play unprotected audio les (AA C, AIFF , MP3, RM, W A V , WMA) and play lists (M3U) st ored on a networked PC. It has been veried to work on Windows 2000 and Windows XP . Choosing The Option Y ou W ant F rom The Settings Menu SE T TINGS MENU 1. Press th[...]

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    37 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er <Language> Allows you t o change the display language. <F actor y Reset> Puts all the settings back to their defaults as they wer e when the unit left the fac tory . If you perform a fac tory reset on your radio y ou will lose all your presets and your wireless network connectio[...]

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    38 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er <UPnP> <Wi-F i Strength> <O ther C ool Stu> <Back light> This menu allows you t o change the name of your device. Y ou can name your device any name you want so other UP nP devices will be able to view the name. Such as Greg ’ s Kitchen Radio etc. This menu will[...]

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    39 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er TROUBLESHOO TING If you experience any trouble with y our wireless Internet radio, then you ma y nd it useful to visit the help section on: webpage: http://www.grac esuppor t.com/ If you have trouble c onnec ting the radio t o your wireless network, these steps may help to resolve the pr[...]

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    40 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Specications • Po wer Requirements - Mains AC 100-240V , 50/60H z / 12V 1.5A • Po wer Consumption: 18W • Speaker Output (RMS) Level: 16W (8W x 2) 8Ω 3” internal speakers / 24W (6Ω) external speakers • Fr equenc y Response 80Hz - 15 KHz ± 3dB internal speakers / 50Hz-20KHz ±[...]

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    41 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er APPENDIX After you download and install Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP and connect your radio to your network, you need to set up media sharing so that you can shar e music with your radio . The following st eps describe how to set up media sharing in W indows Media Player 11. 1. In[...]

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    42 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er 3. In the list below the Share my media to: check bo x, click your Radio*, click Allow , the selected device will now show a green tick and then click OK. • If your device does not appear in the list of devices perform the following steps; 1. Fr om the “Media Player” menu of your inte[...]

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    43 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Step 2: Pla y Music On The I nt ernet R adio . After installing and conguring your radio and Windows Media Player 11, you ar e now ready to play music wirelessly . The following st eps describe how to play music using the Radio. 1. Using the control , to select “UPnP Ser vers ” from [...]

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    44 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er C ONT AC T PROPOSITION 65 F or fastest response time please send us an email with any questions to: gracesupport.com or refer t o the User Forum at: http://www.Grac eDigitalAudio.c om/forum/ This product may contain chemicals listed in P roposition 65 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/pr op65/prop65[...]

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    45 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er[...]

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    46 BRA V ADO - X Internet Radio and Net work Media Play er Grace Digital Inc., San Diego , CA[...]