Grace Digital Audio Tuner GDI-IRDT200 manual

TUNER Internet Radio Tuner by Grace Digital User’s Guide Model No. GDI-IRDT200 _____________ _______________ _______________ _______________ __[...]

2 User’s Guide Table of Contents Important Safety Instructio ns and Warnings ..................................................................................... 4 Quickstart Guide (Wireless Connection) .......................................................................................... 7 Contents ..........................................[...]

3 Listening to a single shared track ............................................................................................ ..... 32 Listening to a complete shared album ......................................................................................... 3 2 Arranging (Queuing up) tracks for playback later ...............................[...]

4 Important Safety Instructions and Warnings Please read before install ation If this Internet tuner has been moved from a cold p lace to a warm place, DO NOT plug it in for 2-3 hours (e.g. fr om a cold car boot to a warm room). There is a possibility th at moisture may have condensed in the Internet tuner, th is can ca use damage to yo ur Internet[...]

5 WARNING: • To reduce the risk of fire or electrical s hock, do not expose the product to rain or moisture. • The product shall not be exposed to any dripp ing or splashing. Objects filled with liquids, such as vases, should not be placed on the product. • No open flame sources, such as lighted can dles, should be placed on the product. • [...]

6 ADVISORY This Product is intended for N orth American ma rkets . The GRACE Wireless Inte rnet Tuner GDI-IRDT200 is in comp liance with the essential requir ements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC ADVISORY FCC Compliance and Advisory Statement : This device complie s with Part 15 of the FCC Ru les. Operation is subject to th e [...]

7 QUICKSTART   GUIDE - 1 st time WIRELESS Set Up A broadband internet connection is required. You can connect to your broadband internet with: 1.) Wirel ess (Wi-Fi) modem or router connected to y our broadband (cable or DSL ) internet 2.) Wired LAN line connected to your bro adband (cable or DSL ) internet NOTE: IF your wi reless (Wi-Fi) n[...]

8 the 1 st letter or number in your password is located and position ed in the center of the tuner’s display. Press the dial inward to select the 1 st letter. Continue this process until the final letter or number is selected. Once your password is entered, scroll, located and se lect ‘END’. NOTE: If you make a mistake at a nytime, press the [...]

9 Contents TUNER GDI-IRDT200 Power Adapter Remote Control User’s Guide Tuner controls & connections 1. Power Button 2. Power LED Indicator 3. Remote Control Lens 4. LCD Display 5. Previous / Play Button 6. Mode Changing Button 7. Back Button 8 . Tuning / Select Dial 9. 6.35 mm Headphone Jack 10. SD Card Slo t 11. External Wifi Antenna 12. Eth[...]

10 Tuner remote control functions and controls REMOTE CONTROL 1. MUTE: < Press to mute the vo ice of Earphone only> 2. POWER: <Press to switch the intern et tuner ON/OFF> 3. 0--9: <Numeric buttons for Store and Recall function s> 4. Back: <Press to go back to the previous display> 5. Select: <Press to select a displayed o[...]

11 Connect Your Tuner to Your Network Getting Started Step 1 - Power up the tuner Power your tuner by connecting to the Power Adapter with the socket labe lled 5V 1.2A DC a t the back of your TUNER. Turn the main power switch ON at the rear of the cab inet. CAUTION: Use only the power adapter supplied wi t h this tuner. Con necting a power adapter [...]

12 Step 2 - Scan for a wireless network connection When the display shows <Scan for netwo rks>, press the ‘Tuner/Select’ button. NOTE: IF you make an e rror at any point, press the ‘Back’ button to return the pr evious screen The TUNER will then scan for all available wireless networks and will display: Scanning IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II I[...]

13 Step 3 - Connect to the wi reless network When the ESSID for the router yo u want to connect is displayed on the screen, press OK . IF your network is not configured t o requir e an encryption code, the screen should display: Connecting to Network then: Network O K IF the screen displays either WEP or WPA, a pass word is required: Enter WEP key [...]

14 After approximately 3 seconds, the disp lay goes into the password entry mode: <E N D ◄ ► A BCDEF> █ To enter the password, use the Tuner /Se lec t DIAL or the UP/DOWN buttons on the remote to select each letter/number/symbol of the password in turn, pressing OK after each le tter. NOTE: WEP and WPA passwords are upper and lower ca s[...]

15 Wired network connection & tuner settings Wired connect ion, settings & network conf igurations The ‘Settings’ section on your Tu ner offers numerous sub-menus that allow you to set and modify Network configurations and other f eatures and functions for your Tuner. In the main menu, you wil l find <Settings> from where you can [...]

16 IF Auto is se lected, your Tuner wi ll detect aut omatical ly for either wired conne ction or wireless connection. IF Wired Only is selected, yo ur Tuner w ill only connect through a Wired conne ction. IF Wireless Only is selected, your Tuner will o nly connect through Wirele ss Wi-Fi connection. Configuring the radio to onl y use a Wired Ethern[...]

17 Listening to Your In ternet Radio Tuner Settings & Network Configurations Changing the volume – headphone connection The volume control on the unit is just for adjusting the volume for the headphone. You can change the volume by turning the Tuner/Select Dial clockwi se to increase the volume and counter- clockwise to decrease the volume. T[...]

18 <Location> allows you to choose stat ions starting with the geographical a rea <Genre> allows you to choose stations according to their content, for example Classic Rock, Sport, News, etc. <Sirius> If you are an active Sirius subscr iber with a package that includes the ability to listen to Sirius internet tuner on a non comp u[...]

19 NOTE some tuner statio ns do not broadcast 24 hours per day, and some stations are not always on-line. If this station has on-demand content (th at is, it gives the option of listening to programmes which have already been broadcast), see “Sta tions which enable you to choose what you listen to”. Choosing a Pandora tuner station (Personal Tu[...]

20 1. When a station is playing, press th e and hold one o f the numbers (1-10) on the remote control. 2. Select a number to assign th e station to (1-10). * Please note presets 1-5 a re the same for the rem ote & tuner and can be sto red using either the tuner or remote. Playing a preset tuner station When your tuner is powe red on and connect[...]

21 1. Turn the Dial to choose <Live> or <On Demand>, then press the ‘ Sele ct’ button. IF you choose <Live> then the tuner plays the curr ent output from this station as normal. If you choose <On Demand> more screens are di splayed and you can choose wh at you want to listen. What is displayed will depend on the station [...]

22 Sleep Timer 5. Turn the Dial until the display says <Set Time /Date> < Se t Time/Date > 6. Press the ‘ Select’ button. Set Alarm DST Pacific Central Eastern 7. Turn the Dial until the correct time zone is seen on the display. Push the ‘ Select’ button to set your time zone. Then turn the Menu Dial until the hour setting is co[...]

23 Setting the alarm 1. Press the ‘ Select’ button. NOTE: IF you make a mistake at any point, press the BACK button to go b ack to the previous screen 2. Turn the Dial until t he display shows <Alarm Clock> Stations < Ala rm Clock > Media Player 3. Press the ‘ Select’ button. 4. Turn the Dial until the display shows <S et Ala[...]

24 7. If you choose “Yes” then the d isplay enables you to set the time for the alarm. Set Alarm 15:06 8. After selecting < 1 Off 12:00 AM> you can choose the time to set th e Alarm. Set Alarm 12:00 AM 9. Turn the Dial until t he minute setting is correct, th en press the ‘ Select’ button. Alarm Set: 07:45 10. Turn Dial to choose how [...]

25 Setting the sleep timer 1. Choose Alarm Clock 2. Choose Sleep Timer 3. Then scroll the Select Dial form between 30 seconds and 99 hour s. When the desired time is reached, Press the select Dia l. The tuner will stay on until t he timer is reaches zero. Configuring ‘My Stuff’ Registering your tuner / creating an account 1. Your tuner must be [...]

26 * ‘manage my stuff’: This is the area to add your personal streams and to save ad dition stations. * ‘manage my tuners’: This is the area to delete your tuner from you r account or to add additional tu ners. Configuring “My Profile 1. Once logged into you Grace Digital Audio a ccount, you can edit your account’s details from your ‘[...]

27 3. Once you have Internet tuner s treams avai lable in your ‘My Streams’ list, you may play these stations from your Internet T uner. These stations will be availa bl e on your tuner from the menu item: ‘Stations > My Stuff > My Streams’. Please note, the streams will only be available to your tuner once your t uner ha s downloaded[...]

28 4. After you have successfully logged into w ww.gr ace.reciva.com and your tuner is registered, you can choose 'extra features'. You will then be prompted to add your Pandora ‘user name’ and ‘password’. After you have done th is please unplug your tuner from power and wait 15 minutes. Plug the tune r back in and turn the tuner [...]

29 Media Player Quickstart Guide The Media Player allows you to p lay unprotec ted audio f iles (AAC, AIFF, MP3, RM, WAV, WMA) and play lists (M3U) stored on a n etworked PC or Apple. It has been ver ified to work with Windows 2000 and Windo ws XP, and Apple OSX. Set Up your Windows PC to enable the tuner to access your audio files via Windows Shar[...]

30 4. Open ‘Windows Explorer’ by right clicking on the Start menu and selecting ‘Explor e’. Create a new directory in the ‘Public’ directory and move your med ia files into this n ew directory. 5. Right click on the directory just created an d se lect ‘Share…’. Ensure that the directory is listed as being shared, if not, click on [...]

31 Turn on ‘AirPort’ (or wireless sharing). Wait for a few minutes for the changes to take place. 5. The tuner should no w be able to access the MAC from its ‘Media Player > Windows Shares’ menu after entering in the MAC account’s short name and password on the tuner. Locate the shared audi o files using the tuner 1. Power up th e tune[...]

32 Listening to a single shared track 1. Turn the Dial until ‘By Artist’ is displayed. 2. Press the SELECT button. 3. Turn the Dial until the required artist is displayed. 4. Press the SELECT button. 5. Turn the Dial until the required album name is displayed. 6. Press the SELECT button. ‘[Add to Qu eue]’ will be displayed. T 7. Turn the Di[...]

33 Arranging (Queuing Up) tracks for playback later 1. Highlight the required track. 2. Press the SELECT button. ‘Track Added To Queue’ will be displayed. Arranging (Queuing Up) albums for playback later 1. Highlight the required album. 2. Press the SELECT button. T 3. Turn the Dial until ‘[Add To Queue]’ is displayed. 4. Press the SELECT b[...]

34 Browsing the list of tracks currently arranged (queue up) for playback 1. Press the BROWSE button. The currently play ing track name will be displayed. 2. Turn the Dial to see which tracks are queued up fo r playback. 3. If you want to jump to a particular place in the queue then press the SELECT button when the required track is displayed. Remo[...]

35 5. Press the SELECT button. 6. Turn the Dial until ‘Shuffle’ is displayed. 7. Press the SELECT button. 8. Turn the Dial to select YES/NO to confirm that shuffle mode shou ld be enabled. Playing tracks in the lis t (queue) repeatedly 1. Select the individual tracks as described p reviously. 2. Navigate to top-level menu ite m ‘Media Player?[...]

36 Set up a Windows PC to allow the tuner to access your audio files via a UPnP server 1. If your PC is running M icrosoft Windows XP or Windows Vista, t hen you can use Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) to act as your UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) media server 1.0. Windows Media Player 11 may be down loaded from Microsoft’s website and installe d[...]

37 5. From the ‘Media Sharing’ window, the tuner will be listed as an unknown device. Click on the unknown device listed, the n click the ‘Allow’ button and t hen click ‘OK’. Allowing your TUNER to connect:[...]

38 Locating and playing media files using the tuner and UPnP 1. Once the UPnP server is configured to share media files w ith the Internet tuner, yo u can play the files by doing the follo wing on the tuner. 2. Keep pressing BACK to get to the tuner’s top-level menu and the n turn the Dial to select ‘Media Player’. 3. Press SELECT and then tu[...]

39 Arranging (queuing up) UPnP tracks for playback later 1. Highlight the required tr ack. 2. Press the SELECT button. ‘Track Added To Qu eue’ will be displayed. Arranging (Queuing Up) albums for playback later 1. Highlight the required a lbum. 2. Press the SELECT button. 3. Turn the Dial until ‘[Add To Queue]’ is displayed. 4. Press the SE[...]

40 4. Turn the Dial to high light ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. 5. Press SELECT to confirm whether you actually want to delete the track fro m the queue. 6. If ‘Yes’ was selected then ‘Removed From Queue’ will be displayed. 7. To remove all tracks from the queue, keep pressing BACK until the ‘Media Player’ menu item is selected, press SELECT a[...]

41 7. Press the ‘Select’ button. 8. Turn the Dial to select YES/NO to confirm that repeat mode sho uld be enabled. The Media Player allows you to p lay unprotec ted audio f iles (AAC, AIFF, MP3, RM, WAV, WMA) and play lists (M3U) stored on a n etworked PC. Verified to w ork on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Settings Menu Choosing desired option f[...]

42 <Upgrade Firmware> Use this option to down load new firmware (a lso referred to as Service Pack or Vers ion on your Tuner) for the Tun er from the Grace Digita l Audio portal on th e Internet. If there is new firmware available, the t uner will prompt you if you want to downloa d it or not. Note, at this stage, you should accept to upgrade[...]

43 1. After selecting the ‘Backlight’ menu item, t he tuner will display its list of th ree menu modes: ‘Inactive’, ‘Active’ and ‘Standby’. T hese three states are exp lained below: • The tuner gets into its ‘inactive’ state when there is no button p ressed for 30 seconds. • The ‘active’ state is when there is user activ[...]

44 Troubleshooting Please read the User’s Guide carefully to ensure pro per use of your system and to enjoy your TUNER’s basic an d advanced features. Please keep this User’s Guide fo r future reference. If you ex perience any tr ouble with your internet radio TUNER, then you may find it useful t o visit the help section on our webpage: http:[...]

45 Try using a PC to play back the s tream via th e broadcaster’s web site. If you can play back the station with a PC, use the for m at http://grace.reciva.com/ , or contact us at http://www.gracesupport.com/ to notify us so that we can change the station data that may be Specifications . • Internet Tuner / Media Player • Support Wireless 80[...]

46 This product includes technology owned by Micr osoft Corporation and under a license from Microsoft Licensing GP. Use or distributio n of such technol ogy outside of t his product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft Corp oration and/or Micr osoft Licensing, GP as applicable. Your Internet Tuner Tuner is guaranteed against o riginal de[...]

47 (a) damage or failur e caused by or attributed to acts of God, abuse, accident, misuse, improper installation or improp er maintenance, alteration, lightn ing or excessive voltage or current; (b) any repairs other than those provided by a GDI -IRDT200 authorized service facility; (c) consumables such as fuses or batteries; (d) cosmetic damage; ([...]

48 2. In the Media Sha ring dialog box, select the Share my media check box.[...]

49 3. In the list that appears be low the Share my media to: check box, click your Tuner*, click Allow. The selected device will now show a green t ick and then click OK. • If your device does not appear in the list of devic es perform the following steps; 1. From the “Med ia Player” menu of your inte rnet tuner select “UPnP Servers” 2. A[...]

50 Step 2: Play Music on the Internet Tuner After installing and configuring you r tuner and Windows Media Player 11, you are now rea dy to play music wirelessly. The following steps describe how to play music using the Tuner. 1. Use the control, to select “UPnP S ervers” from the “Media Player” menu. 2. Select the computer you wish to play[...]

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