Pinnacle SoundBridge Wireless Network Music Player manual

User Guide | Softwar e v2.5 SoundBridge Wir ele s s Ne t w or k Mu s ic P la y er[...]

1 We l c o m e Thank s for purchasing SoundBr idge ! We hope you enjoy using it as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it. SoundBr idge is a netwo rk music player that connec ts to your stere o or powered speake rs to play your Mac or PC di gital music librar y in any room of the house. You can even play thousands of f ree Internet ra dio stations o n[...]

3 T ABLE O F CONTENTS SEC TION 1: G ETTI NG STARTED I. Music Server Software Requirements..4 II. Enablin g Mus ic Sha ring .......................... 7 III. Ho oking Up Your Home Networ k Hardware (Wired Eth ernet or Wir eless)......... ..9 IV . Conn ect Your Speakers or St ereo Syst em.......................................9 V . Connec ting SoundB[...]

4 5 SECTI ON 1: GET TING STARTED T o use S oundBridge yo u will need to do the foll owing (detail ed explanatio ns follow) : I. Make sure you have a compatibl e music server ins talled. Compatibl e music server s include Microsof t® Windows® M edia Connect , Firefl y Med ia Server, ™ Rhapsody,™ Musicmatch, ® and others . (Note : If you p la[...]

6 7 Y o u have several options for connec ting your music librar y to SoundBridg e: Music Server Recommended for U ser s of . . . Notes Windows Media Connect (UPnP Wind ows Media D RM 10 pr otoc ols) Window s XP with SP2 A fre e media se rver f rom Micro sof t. Works w ith any mus ic jukebox , but optim ized for Wi ndows Med ia Player v. 10. Supp o[...]

8 9 Enabling Sharing in Musicmat ch 1 . Selec t Options/Settings. 2. Click the CD Lookup / Connectiv ity tab. 3. Sele ct Enable Music Ser ver and then se lect Univer sal Plug and Play. Y ou can close Musicmatch if you like — the UPnP ser ver will keep r unning in the background . III . Ho oking Up Y ou r Home Network H ardware (Wi red Ethernet or[...]

10 11 Speaker Base PC or Mac with music files Power Cable Wireless Router/Switch (or wired Ethernet) Connecting to powered speakers (M1000) b. Connec t your SoundB ridge to your stereo s ystem’s Aux or other “Line Input ,” using one of the RCA ( red/w hite) audio cab les included with your S oundBridge. Note: If your speaker s have a male co[...]

12 13 same key you have entere d into your Access Point and your computer. Y our scree n will look something like this : No M usi c Lib r ar ie s Found ( Wh y?) System Con fi guration Scroll down using yo ur remote control’s Down arrow until the optio n “System Confi gurat ion” is highlighted, an d press Select on your remote contro l. Y ou[...]

14 15 SECTION 2 : BROW SING MUSIC Choosing Y our Music Library Once SoundBr idge is successfully conne cted to your net work and your se rver’s music sharing options are enabl ed, SoundBrid ge will automatically fi nd any suppor ted music libraries on the netwo rk. You will be prompted to cho ose the librar y you would like to access from a scre[...]

16 17 Home Menu Ov erview Ë Playlists Browse Only the fi rst two lines of the Home Menu are displayed at once (or one line if you are using an M1000 with the largest font size), but you can use the Down ▽ arrow on your remote control t o scroll through all these options: Playlists [ Disp lays all th e playlis ts avail able fo r the sel ecte d m[...]

18 19 also appears by d efault af ter a few minutes of inactiv ity on the rem ote control. If you press Pl ay on an album track, that track w ill play , followed by each tra ck remaining on the album. For examp le, if you press Play on track # 5 on an album containing 10 tracks, then tr acks #5 – #1 0 will p lay . ( For continuous pl ayback of th[...]

20 21 SECTI ON 3: TH E SONG QUEU E SoundBri dge automatically b uilds a song queue ever y time you sel ect a son g or album to play. This sec tion will tell yo u how to build a Song Q ueue, review a Song Q ueue and erase a S ong Queue. Building a S ong Queue Let ’ s say you would now like to cho ose several dif ferent so ngs or selec tions to pla[...]

22 23 SECTI ON 4 : ADDITIO NAL PLA YBACK OPTIO NS Playing a Playli st T o p lay a playlist that you have created in your music jukeb ox soft ware such as Win dows Media Player , selec t the Playlist optio n from the Home Menu [ ] . U se your Up /D own [ △ ▽ ] arrows to browse your pl aylists one by on e, fi nd the o ne you want to play, then p[...]

24 25 SECTION 5: PRESETS Y o ur SoundBridge in cludes 1 8 p ositions in its internal m emory, which can stor e a variety o f selec tions for your quick an d easy recall. You can save just about any thing to Presets that you can play on the Soun dBridge by highlightin g it and pressing the Play key. For example, you can save all track s by a single [...]

26 27 SECTI ON 6 : INTERN ET RADIO Y o u can listen to Interne t radio in one of t wo ways. First, you c an listen to SoundBr idge’s built-in set of radi o stations lo cated in the “Inter net Radio” Librar y. Y our computer d oes not need to b e on - all you nee d is an active Inter net connec tion on your home n etwork . Second, yo u can ent[...]

28 29 Ë My Fav orites may only contain s tations found by browsing th e Internet Radio Lib rary. Presets may contain st ations from the buil t-in library o r entered via the web pag e. Ë Presets ca n recall content other than Inter net radio st ations, like playlis ts or selec tions that you have browse d to from SoundBr idge (such as all so ngs [...]

30 31 Playback Limitat ions of Internet R adio Streams SoundBr idge currently supp orts M P3 and WMA Internet radio s tations. RealAud io and AACplus stations are n ot suppor ted at this time. However, stay tuned for additio nal formats that may be suppor ted in future sof tware re leases. Unfortunate ly, there are few standards in Internet radi o [...]

32 33 3. Selec t the UP nP Interface check box . 4. Click OK and then Next . The Confi guring Window appears . 5. When th e confi guratio n is completed, click Fi nish . 6. Navigate to My Net work Places and d ouble- click the SoundB ridge icon. You are now ready to access SoundBr idge’s web interfa ce. Apple / OSX users : Follow these steps to[...]

34 35 The web pag e includes four tabs : Now Pla ying Allows for control of playb ack of current music sele ction, inclu ding Pause, Play , Nex t/ Previous T ra ck, Stop, Repeat and Shuf fl e. You can also change the volume level . Presets On this page, yo u can: - Specif y up to eighteen o f your favorite music sel ectio ns, such as Internet r ad[...]

36 37 Y o u may wish to use fewer than the 1 8 avail able Preset slot s. If you want to leave a slot empt y, ensure that the menu be low the “Name” lab el reads “URL ” , and then ensure that both the nam e and locatio n boxes are empty. When you save changes, th e Preset will be marked as empt y. When you are fi nished editing yo ur preset[...]

38 39 Status Use this page to view the ve rsion of sof tware curre ntly running on your Soun dBridge. You can also review your net work connec tion information, includ ing IP address and MAC addresses. If you are using a Wi -Fi connec tion, this page wi ll display your Wi- Fi signal strength and the name of the net work to which you are conn ected [...]

40 41 SECTION 9 : AD VANCED F EA TURES Brightness , Contrast, Font, and Text Displ ay The Brigh t [  ] b utton on your rem ote lets you change the b rightness of your displ ay using the Left /R ight arrows [ ◁ ▷ ] . For SoundBridg e M 1000, tex t size and font optio ns can be controlled using the Up /Down arrows. ( M1 00 0 can display one li[...]

42 43 Format your time displ ay by choosing what to display in each of four fi elds. SoundBridge “strings together ” all the fi e lds to create the time display. For example, if you d on’t want to see secon ds, or don’t want to s ee “ A M/ PM” , selec t the hour and minute for mat, then choose the “Leave Blank ” in the remaining d[...]

44 45 Standby and Reboot O ptions On the SoundB ridge “Confi gur ation” Web page, under “Optio ns” , you can spe cify how SoundBrid ge behaves while in Standby mode an d after power ing up. Standby options include : Display clock , Screen of f. Reboot opti ons include : Return to last s tate, Enter Standby, Reconnect to last source, and Sh[...]

46 47 While in Safe Mo de, your stored se ttings will not b e recalled. T herefore, you will b e prompted to enter your lang uage and Wi- Fi region ag ain. If you need to up date the sof tware on yo ur SoundBr idge, you will also ne ed to sele ct a net work and enter the WEP key ( if need ed) or use SD card mode. In Safe Mod e, SoundBridge g oes di[...]

48 49 Net work Control ( ▶ Set pref erence to Enable /Dis able net work control via UPnP) Reset to Factor y Defaul ts Restar t SoundBridg e Exit Sys tem Con fi gurat ion> S how Wi- Fi Status Connec ted to [Ne twork name ] Qualit y: x x Signal : xxdBm T echnical Details: Connec ted to an open -system access p oint… MAC Addres s: IP Address: [...]

50 51 APPENDIX 2 : WI- FI SETUP HELP Wi- Fi Setup Instruc tions SoundBri dge is confi gured to auto matically connec t to your Wi- Fi network duri ng initial setup. If you are not abl e to access Internet radio o r music libraries on your Ma c or PC, fi r st check your networ k connection by fo llowing these steps : 1 . From the Source menu, choo[...]

52 53 Apple AirPor t (Mac Us ers) T o se e the name and password of your AirPor t, follow these s teps: 1 . From the Utilities folde r , op en your AirPort Admin Utilit y. 2. Selec t your AirPort and cho ose Confi gure . Y o u should then see the d isplay shown on the following pa ge. The line labe led “W ireless Net work Name” is the name of [...]

54 55 Apple AirPor t (PC Us ers) 1. Fr om Start/ Programs /Airport Admin Utility , open the AirPort Admin utilit y . 2. Selec t the net work you would like to confi gure. Y ou sh ould then see the confi guration display below . 3. Make a note of the nam e of your Wi- Fi network in th e Network Nam e fi eld. 4. From the Base Station list , selec [...]

56 57 5. Write down the displayed p assword from the dial og box (as illustr ated below ). Link sys WAP 54 G Follow these steps fo r obtaining the hexa decimal WEP key from the WAP54G: 1 . Open a web browse r and connect to th e access point. Y o u connect to the access p oint by entering the access po int’s IP address in the loc ation bar of you[...]

58 59 4. Key 1 is the def ault key used by SoundB ridge. In this exampl e, 49 77 4B 692D is the key value. This is your Wi -Fi net work password . 5. Clos e your web browser. Netgea r WG602 The Netg ear WG602 is an 802. 1 1 g W i-Fi Access Point. It s confi guratio n can be accessed with a web browser. 1 . Open a we b browser and connec t to the a[...]

60 61 2. Note the value o f “Wi -Fi Net work Name ( SSID) ” . 3. Click “Secur ity Set tings” on the lef t side to access the WEP se ttings. I f “WEP ” is set to “Enable” ( as below ), you will n eed to obtain the h exadecimal key for your n etwork . Netgear unfor tunately, does not allow you to vi ew the current WEP key. However , i[...]

62 63 APPENDIX 3 : END USER SOF TWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT — READ CAR EFULL Y: By using the sof tware in your So undBridge, you a gree to be boun d by the license terms and conditi ons below. If you do not ag ree to these terms and conditions, yo u must immediately re turn your SoundBri dge in its original con dition and packag ing to the [...]

64 65 1 . This device may not cause harmf ul interfe rence, and 2. This device must a ccept any interference receive d, including inter ference that may cause undesired operation. Responsib le part y (contac t for FCC matters onl y): R oku, LLC, 399 Sherman Ave. #1 2, Palo Alto, CA 94306, 650 -32 1- 1 394. For cus tomer ser vice questions go to ht [...]

66 67 in a fi re or el ectric shock . Never spill liquid of any kind o n the product . 13 . S e r v i c i n g . D o not attempt to se rvice this pro duct yours elf as openin g or removing covers may expose you to d angerous voltage o r other hazards. R efer all ser vicing to qualifi ed service personnel. 1 4. Dam age Requ iring Se rvice . Unplug [...]

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