Roberts Radio STREAMTime manual

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1 Y our clock radio .............................................................................. 2-8 StreamTime Internet Clock Radio and Media Player features ......... 2 About this instruction manual ........................................................... 3 Controls and connections ............................................................[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) STREAM TIME Internet clock radio and Media player features The Roberts STREAM TIME provides the following features in an attractive compact unit:- ● Listen to over 1000 radio stations from around the country , and over 10,000 from around the world. ?[...]

About this instruction manual This instruction manual is split into sections for each of the different operating modes of your Roberts STREAM TIME clock radio. There are three main sections - Internet Radio, Media Player (streaming fi les from a stored library) and FM radio. Each section is clearly identifi ed by the shaded heading in the top rig[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 4 Controls and connections 1. T uning Up / Down / Snooze button 2. Back button 3. Preset 1 / Playmode button 4. Preset 2 / Queue button (T op) 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 5. Preset 3 / Rewind button 6. Wi-Fi Antenna 7. Preset 4 / Fast Forward button 8. Prese[...]

5 Controls and connections (Front) 12. Time Set / Sleep T imer button 13. Nap Timer button 14. Alarm 2 button 15. Alarm 1 button 16. LCD display 16 17. On / Off button 18. Band button 19. Add / RDS button 20. Dimmer button 17 12 13 14 15 18 19 20[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Controls and connections (Rear) 21. Auxiliary input socket 22. Line output socket 23. Headphone socket 24. DC input socket 25. Wire FM aerial 21 22 23 24 25 6 Y our clock radio[...]

7 Display icons A. Nap timer indicator B. Alarm 1 and 2 indicators C. Snooze indicator D. Sleep indicator E. Speaker indicator F . Clock digits G. FM indicator H. MP3 indicator I. Stereo indicator J. WMA indicator K. Repeat indicator L. Aux input indicator M. T wo line text display N. AM / PM indicator A B C DF G EH J K L M Before you can use this [...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 8 Navigation controls This page describes the basic means of controlling your clock radio. Instructions for each of the operational modes are given in the later sections of this book. 1. Pressing the On/Off button brings your radio out of Stand-by mode[...]

9 Connecting your clock radio to your computer network 1. Place your clock radio on a fl at surface and plug the cable from the mains adaptor into the DC input socket located on the rear of your clock radio (marked 'DC') ensuring that the plug is pushed fully into the socket. 2. Plug the mains adaptor into a wall socket and switch on the[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 10 7. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to see the SSID for each access point that the clock radio has found. If your network is shown proceed to step 9. 8. If your network is not found, it is possible that it is confi gured such that the SSID is no[...]

11 If you do not have the WEP or WP A key , then you should obtain it from the person who set up your network. Some wireless routers may come with an encryption key already set up by the supplier , in which case you should refer to the user documentation provided with it. WEP keys are 10 or 26 characters long (using 0 - 9, and A - F). Some Wi-Fi ac[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 12 Internet Radio mode Internet Radio - the basics Before you can use your clock radio to listen to broadcasts via the internet, it is necessary to have already connected your clock radio to your computer network using the wireless (WiFi) connection. P[...]

13 Operating your radio - Internet Radio Selecting a radio station by location 1. Press the On/Off button to switch the clock radio on. 2. Repeatedly press the Band button until 'Internet Radio' appears on the display . 3. Y our clock radio will enter the main Internet Radio menu. 4. Press the T uning Up or Down buttons until 'Locati[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 14 8. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to display your chosen radio station and then press the Select button to confi rm. The display will show 'Connecting' while it fi nds the new station. 9. If the station has on-demand content (that i[...]

15 Selecting a radio station by genre 1. Press the On/Off button to switch the clock radio on. 2. Repeatedly press the Band button until 'Internet Radio' appears on the display . 3. Y our clock radio will enter the main Internet Radio menu. 4. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until 'Genre' shows on the display . Press the Sel[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 16 Searching for a radio station by name There may be occasions when you know the name of a radio station but you do not know the location or genre. This facility allows you to search for the station using a part (or parts) of the radio station name. 1[...]

17 Listening to previously broadcast material Some radio stations allow you listen to programmes that have already been broadcast. When you select a radio station that has this facility , the station does not start playing immediately , but instead the display shows the options 'Live' and 'On Demand'. 1. Press the Tuning Up or D[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 18 6. Press the T uning Up or Down buttons to select the day the programme was broadcast. Press the Select button to choose the day . The display will then show a programme start time of 00:00:00. 7. T o listen from the beginning of the programme, pres[...]

19 Customising your clock radio In addition to storing your favourite radio stations in the radio presets, your radio allows you to create a customised list of stations which can appear in a special menu on the radio called 'My Stuff'. The STREAM TIME uses Internet Radio technology which has been developed by a British company , Reciva Li[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 20 Confi guring My Stations 1. Using Reciva's website at http://radios.reciva.com , it is possible to search for radio stations that are available in Reciva’s stations database. Whenever stations are searched for on the website, they will be di[...]

21 Adding stations using your clock radio If you fi nd a radio station that you like to listen to frequently this may be stored in the My Stations list as described on page 20. That method requires you to use a computer . Once your radio has been registered using the Reciva website page 19 it is also then possible to add stations to the 'My S[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Confi guring My Streams 1. Once logged into your Reciva website account, you can add your own Internet radio streams to the My Streams section, which is listed under the My Account section. T ypically , these will be Internet radio stations that you w[...]

Media Player The Media Player allows you to play audio fi les which are stored on a computer on your network. Supported fi le formats are MP3, WMA, AAC, W A V , FLAC, AIFF , Real Audio, AU and playlists (M3U). Note that the playback of DRM protected content is not supported. Y our radio supports two fi le access methods. It can connect to folder[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 24 Locate the shared audio fi les using the clock radio 1. Press the On/Of f button to switch the clock radio on. Then press the Band button until 'Media Player' shows on the display . 2. Y our clock radio will enter Media Player menu. 3. Pr[...]

25 9. Once the clock radio has fi nished scanning, it will display ‘By Album’, 'By Artist', etc. Use the Tuning Up or Down buttons to scroll through the scanned media fi les, which will now be organised ‘By Album’, ‘By Artist’ and ‘Playlists’ – if available. Note that the fi rst time the fi le scan is performed, a ?[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 26 Accessing your audio fi les via a UPnP server The recommended way to access your media fi les is via a UPnP server application. This method of fers normally simpler set up and superior fi le searching compared to the Shared Folders method. If you[...]

27 Set up UPnP access on a W indows PC - cont. Y ou will now need to connect your Internet clock radio to Windows Media Player 1 1 and confi gure it to allow access to your media library . 1. Press the On/Off button to switch the radio on. Then press the Band button as needed until the Media Player' mode display is shown. Y our clock radio wi[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 28 Locating and playing media fi les when using UPnP Once the UPnP server has been confi gured to share media fi les with your Internet clock radio, you select the fi les that you wish to play as follows:- 1. Press the On/Off button to switch on yo[...]

29 8. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to highlight the media fi les that you wish to play and then press the Select button. Note: Do not worry if not all of your media appear in the menus immediately . Windows Media Player needs to look inside each fi le to identify the artist, album and track information from 'tags' embedded in eac[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Media selection Whether you access your fi les using Windows Shares or using UPnP , the fi le selection mechanisms are the same. The only difference between the two methods is that when using UPnP you will generally have a wider choice of search crit[...]

Listening to a single track 1. If you wish to play only a particular track from an album, fi rst choose the album as described in steps 1 - 3 on the preceding page (section 'Listening to a complete album'). 2. '[Add to Queue]' will show on the display at the head of a list of tracks. 3. Press the Tuning Up or Down button until [...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Queuing up tracks for playback later 1. If you wish to add only particular tracks from an album to the queue, fi rst choose the album as described in steps 1 - 3 on the preceding page (section 'Queuing up albums for playback later'). 2. Use [...]

Browsing the list of tracks currently queued up for playback 1. Press the Queue button. The currently playing track name will be displayed, along with its position in the queue. 2. Use the Rewind or Fast Forward buttons to see which tracks are queued up for playback. 3. If you want to jump to a particular track in the queue, press the Select button[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 34 Playing tracks in the queue repeatedly 1. When the clock radio is playing press the Back button to access the main Mode menu. 2. Press the T uning Up or Down buttons until 'Media Player' is highlighted on the display then press the Select [...]

35 Playing tracks in random order 1. When the clock radio is playing press the Back button to access the main Mode menu. 2. Press the T uning Up or Down buttons until 'Media Player' is highlighted on the display then press the Select button to enter the Media Player menu. 3. Press the Tuni ng U p or Down buttons until 'Playback Mode&[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 36 Operating your radio - FM 1. Carefully extend the wire aerial and press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press the Band button as needed to select the FM mode display . 3. Press and hold the Tuning Up button. The displayed frequen[...]

37 Manual tuning - FM 1. Carefully extend the wire aerial and press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press the Band button as needed to select the FM mode display . 3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to control the frequency that the radio will tune to. The frequency will change in steps of 50kHz. When the end of the waveband[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 38 Display modes - FM Y our radio has a range of display options when in FM mode:- 1. Press the RDS button to cycle through the different options. a. T ext Displays text messages such as the artist or track name, phone in number , traffi c alerts, etc[...]

39 Presetting stations There are 5 memory presets each for FM and internet radio. They are used in the same way for each operating mode. 1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio. 2. T une to the required radio station as previously described. 3. Press and hold down the required Preset button until the display shows e.g. Assigned to [...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 40 Manually setting the clock Normally the STREAM TIME Internet clock radio will set its clock automatically to UK time after a connection to the Internet has been established. Should you need to set the time manually , please follow this procedure. 1.[...]

41 7. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to set the correct year . 8. Press the Select button to confi rm the clock setting. The display will show 'T ime and Date Set' and will then return to the radio station display . Resetting the clock Y our clock radio has a setting so that you can reset the clock to default settings so that it wil[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 42 Setting the clock format The clock display can be set to 12 or 24 hour format. The selected format is then also used when setting the alarms. 1. Press the On/Off button to switch the clock radio on. 2. Press and hold the Clock Set/Sleep button. &apo[...]

43 Setting daylight saving time Normally your radio will use European rules for Daylight Saving T ime so that the changes between Greenwich Mean T ime and British Summer T ime will be handled automatically . If this is not suitable for your location the time change may be confi gured manually . These four options are available: Auto (EU) - Sets DS[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 44 Clock and Alarms Setting the Time Zone Y our clock radio is set to UK time zone 0 GMT (UTC). Should you wish to take your clock radio to other countries the time zone will need to be reset. 1. Press the On/Off button to switch the clock radio on. 2.[...]

45 Setting the alarm clock Y our clock radio has two separate alarms which can be set to wake you to buzzer , Auxiliary In, internet radio or FM radio. Each alarm can be set to sound either once, everyday , weekly , weekdays or at weekends. In the event of a power interruption your radio has a built in memory chip that will retain your alarm settin[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 4. Press the T uning Up or Down buttons to choose the required alarm frequency option. Press the Select button to confi rm this selection. If setting the alarm everyday , weekdays or weekends please skip to point 6. 5. Press the Tuning Up or Down butt[...]

47 Disabling alarms 1. T o Disable a single alarm press and hold Alarm 1 or 2 button and press the Tuning Up button until 'NO' is fl ashing on the display . Press the Select button to confi rm. The display will show 'Alarm disabled'. 2. T o Disable all alarms press the Back button to enter main mode menu. Press the Tuning Up o[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Sleep timer Y our clock radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed. The sleep setting can be adjusted between 10 minutes to 3 hours. 1. When the radio is playing press and release the Clock Set/Sleep button the current sleep setting w[...]

49 Nap timer The Nap timer facility allows you to set your clock radio to wake you after a predetermined interval (up to 3 hours) without needing to set the alarms. 1. When the radio is playing press and release the Nap timer button the current Nap timer setting will be displayed. 2. Repeatedly press the Nap timer button until the required Nap time[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Language selection This facility allows you to change the display language for the menus. 1. Repeatedly press the Back button to enter main mode menu. 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until 'Settings' shows on the display then press the[...]

51 Audio settings (tone controls) Y our clock radio has an Audio Settings menu where the bass and treble characteristics of the sound can be adjusted to your personal taste. 1. When the radio is playing press and hold the Select/T one button 'Off' will show on the display . The clock radio will select the Audio menu which allows bass and [...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Line out socket (3.5mm Jack) A 3.5mm Line Out socket located on the rear of your clock radio is provided for connecting the audio signal to an external amplifi er . Inserting an audio cable into this socket will not mute the internal loudspeaker . Set[...]

53 Auxiliary input socket A 3.5mm Auxiliary Input socket located on the rear of your clock radio is provided for connecting the audio signal from an external audio source such as an MP3 or CD player . 1. Connect a stereo lead from the headphone output of your MP3 or CD player to the Aux In socket. T ypically this lead will have a 3.5mm stereo plug [...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) Factory reset If you wish to completely reset your radio to its initial state this may be performed by following this procedure. By performing a factory reset, all user entered settings will be erased. 1. Access the main mode menu by pressing the Back [...]

55 Software version The software version display is provided for your reference only . 1. Press the Back button to enter main mode menu. 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until 'Settings' shows on the display then press the Select button to enter settings menu. 3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until 'V ersion' shows o[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 56 Information Entering the network name manually If you need to enter the wifi network name manually into your radio (if the SSID is not being broadcast by your router) then please use the following procedure. 1. From the radios Settings menu, select[...]

57 Entering the network address manually If you do not wish to use DHCP for automatic confi guration, or if your network is confi gured with a hidden SSID, then you will need to enter some network settings manually . (Note - a hidden SSID may prevent casual observers from detecting your network, but it is not recommended as a means of network sec[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 58 Information Entering the network address manually cont. 4. The Gateway address is normally the IP address of the router through which the radio connects to the internet and is entered in the same way as the previous addresses. 5. In most installatio[...]

59 Wireless Standby mode Y our clock radio has a wireless standby mode feature that allows you to choose whether to stay connected to the wireless network when the clock radio is in Standby . This feature is enabled by default (or after a factory reset) and is intended to minimise the time taken by the radio to start playing when it is switched on.[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 60 Information WiFi strength T o check the strength of your WiFi connection follow the procedure below . 1. Press the Back button to enter main mode menu. 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until 'Settings' shows on the display then press[...]

61 Y ou can view the radio’s MAC address using the menu items ‘Main mode menu' -> 'Settings' -> 'Network' -> 'View confi g' -> 'MAC address'. A wireless MAC address will typically be of the form 00:1F:1F:xx:xx:xx 5. If you have an encrypted network, check that you have entered the correc[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 62 Information If your clock radio can connect to the network successfully , but is unable to play particular internet radio stations, it may be due to one these causes: 1. The station is not broadcasting at this time of the day (remember it may be loc[...]

63 Software update From time to time, new software features for your radio may be developed. Y our radio has therefore been designed to allow its internal software to be updated using your Internet connection. Y ou should not attempt to update your clock radio unless it is recommended to you by Roberts Customer Services. Updating the software may r[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 64 Information Specifi cations Power Requirements Mains 100 - 240 volts AC, 50 - 60Hz only (use only adaptor supplied) Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.1 1b and 802.1 1g supported with WEP and WP A/WP A2 encryption Compatible with 802.1 1n routers which offer m[...]

65 Software license information This product contains software licensed under version 2 of the GNU Public License and version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser Public Lice nse, The source code for this software is available from: http://www .reciva.com/gpl/ This product includes technology owned by Microsoft Corporation and under a licence from Microsoft Licen[...]

If you need any further advice, please call our T echnical Helpline on :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri) 66 Information Guarantee This instrument is guaranteed for twelve months from the date of delivery to the original owner against failure due to faulty w orkmanship or component breakdown, subject to the procedure stated below . Should any component or [...]

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