NETGEAR MP101 - Network Audio Player, User Manual

Page 1: ...Version 1 2 May 2004 NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA User s Manual for the MP101 Digital Music Player IGITAL USIC 0LAYER 0...

Page 2: ...h the regulations may however be subject to certain restrictions Please refer to the notes in the operating instructions Federal Office for Telecommunications Approvals has been notified of the placin...

Page 3: ...he equipment SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT 1 This Software License Agreement the Agreement is a legal agreement between you either an individual or an entity You and NETGEAR Inc NETGEAR regarding the use...

Page 4: ...HE SOFTWARE TO ACHIEVE YOUR INTENDED RESULTS AND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF USE OF AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE SOFTWARE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW NETGEAR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIE...

Page 5: ...he U S Government is subject to the restrictions set forth in DFAR Section 227 7202 for military agencies and FAR Section 12 212 for civilian agencies THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STA...

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Page 7: ...P101 1 5 Connecting to Your Network Wired Network 1 6 Connecting to Your Network Wireless Network 1 6 Home Menu and Browse Music Directory 1 9 Chapter 2 Playing Music Playing Songs by an Artist 2 1 Pl...

Page 8: ...g Information About the MP101 3 7 Choosing a Different Server 3 7 Appendix A Troubleshooting Hardware Installation A 1 Physical Connectivity A 2 Ethernet Link A 2 Wireless Link A 2 IP Address A 3 Conn...

Page 9: ...n the server is played from the client The player has no permanent storage thus it is called the client because its purpose is to browse and playback content The PC has permanent storage and thus it i...

Page 10: ...ee lines at a time Page Scroll down three lines at a time M Memory used in conjunction with numbered keypad S Scroll up For Fast Scroll hold for three seconds T Scroll down For Fast Scroll hold for th...

Page 11: ...arquee style Figure 1 1 MP101 Front Panel Rear Panel The rear panel of the MP101 contains the connectors Figure 1 2 MP101 Rear Panel Viewed from left to right the rear panel contains the following fea...

Page 12: ...Access Optional Router with multiple network ports connected to the Internet Have your Ethernet and wireless network settings handy First Install the Media Player Software Warning PC firewall softwar...

Page 13: ...usic files Next Connect the MP101 The MP101 Digital Music Player connects your home computer network to your audio system 1 Connect the provided RCA cable from the MP101 Digital Music Player to your a...

Page 14: ...If this is the first time using the MP101 Digital Music Player you will be prompted to select a server 3 Scroll and select the desired server You will receive a message confirming the connection and t...

Page 15: ...Manual Wireless Configuration on page 3 3 2 Select the desired network If the selected wireless network has Wireless Encryption WEP disabled you do not need to configure WEP encryption and can skip t...

Page 16: ...WEP enter 26 hex digits c The current Authentication method is displayed Press OK to accept the setting or press X to change the setting Authentication can be set to Open or Shared key d WEP configur...

Page 17: ...e Browse Music Directory 1 Press the Home button on the remote control 2 Select Browse Music and the Browse Music Directory opens 3 You can scroll down to display the Album and Tracks menu selections...

Page 18: ...User s Manual for the MP101 Digital Music Player 1 10 Setting Up the MP101...

Page 19: ...To play songs by an artist 1 Press the Artist button on the remote control or select Artists from the Browse Music directory 2 Scroll to the desired artist To fast scroll hold down the Up or Down arr...

Page 20: ...or select Genre from the Browse Music directory 2 Scroll to the desired genre To fast scroll hold down the Up or Down arrows for three seconds The Left or Right arrows also fast scroll at a faster ra...

Page 21: ...faster rate To perform an alphabetic search see Searching Alphabetically on page 2 4 3 You can play the entire album or you can play a specific song in the album To play the entire album a Press All...

Page 22: ...the alphanumeric keypad This technique is useful for quickly finding an desired selection in a long list of items To search a listing alphabetically 1 Navigate to the directory that contains the desir...

Page 23: ...sampling rate file format total time of the song and time remaining in the song 3 Press Disp to return to the standard display Note You can browse music while music is playing using the navigation arr...

Page 24: ...cle through Repeat modes and normal Playing Music from the Internet Playing Internet Radio using vTuner Note The following instructions assume that you are already connected to the desired server If n...

Page 25: ...m the Internet Radio menu you can search for radio stations by Genre or Country or you can select from stations in the My Favorites list The My Favorites selection will not appear until you have selec...

Page 26: ...Music to open the Browse Music Directory for the server 7 All the music from the My Library folder on the RHAPSODY server is now accessible from the MP101 Digital Music Player You can access this musi...

Page 27: ...low you to program different presets on three different servers To Program a Preset 1 Navigate through the Browse Music directory to the location where you would like to place the preset 2 Press the M...

Page 28: ...User s Manual for the MP101 Digital Music Player 2 10 Playing Music...

Page 29: ...u To access the Setup menu 1 Press the Home button on the remote control 2 Select Setup and the Setup menu opens Displaying the IP Address To display the current IP Address 1 From the Setup menu selec...

Page 30: ...p menu select IP Address 3 Select Mode The Mode menu opens Select the correct mode If DHCP is selected the MP101 will get it s IP address from a DHCP server on the network If Static is selected you mu...

Page 31: ...s disabled in the Access Point or if you want to set up an Ad Hoc network To display the current wireless link status 1 From the Setup menu select Network Setup 2 From the Network Setup menu select Wi...

Page 32: ...e shown Press OK to accept the setting or press X to change the setting Enter a value of up to 32 alphanumeric characters for the SSID After entering the new SSID press OK to save 5 The Wireless Mode...

Page 33: ...om the http www NETGEAR com support site 2 Run the firmware installer program as described in the firmware release notes 3 From the Setup menu select Maintenance 4 Select Upgrade to upgrade The displa...

Page 34: ...turns off the LCD backlight after 30 seconds of inactivity To adjust the LCD brightness 1 From the Setup menu select Maintenance 2 Scroll and select Screen Brightness 3 Select the desired screen brigh...

Page 35: ...e version and the MAC address of the MP101 Choosing a Different Server When you turn on the MP101 Digital Music Player you are automatically connected to the last server used Follow the procedures her...

Page 36: ...tion and Maintenance 2 Select the desired server You will receive a message confirming the connection The Home menu for the selected server opens 3 Select Browse Music to open the Browse Music Directo...

Page 37: ...If not see Ethernet Link on page A 2 If you are connecting to a Wireless network the display should show a message that indicates that wireless networks were found Once a network has been chosen a mes...

Page 38: ...Ethernet connection You can therefore connect using either a standard or crossover Ethernet cable The Ethernet port of your MP101 will automatically configure itself properly If connecting to your ne...

Page 39: ...ccess point Connecting to the Server If the MP101 cannot find the correct server try the following Verify that the NETGEAR Media Server is running on your PC You should be able to see the icon in the...

Page 40: ...ation must be running on your PC This application is different from the NETGEAR Media Server Verify that the version of the RHAPSODY server installed supports UPnP and that the UPnP server is running...

Page 41: ...that the latter alternative will reduce some of the protection afforded by the firewall but is necessary for streaming media devices to work The ports that must be opened include UDP Ports 1360 1900 T...

Page 42: ...User s Manual for the MP101 Digital Music Player A 6 Troubleshooting...

Page 43: ...bility among 802 11 devices The 802 11 standard offers two methods for configuring a wireless network ad hoc and infrastructure Infrastructure Mode With a wireless access point you can operate the wir...

Page 44: ...reless local area network Some vendors refer to the SSID as network name For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other all devices must be configured with the same SSID In a set...

Page 45: ...do not overlap WEP Wireless Security The absence of a physical connection between nodes makes the wireless links vulnerable to eavesdropping and information theft To provide a certain level of securit...

Page 46: ...he IEEE 802 11 standard defines two types of WEP authentication Open System and Shared Key Open System Authentication allows any device to join the network assuming that the device SSID matches the ac...

Page 47: ...ers support only one 128 bit key The 128 bit WEP Key is expressed as 13 sets of two hexadecimal digits 0 9 and A F For example 12 34 56 78 90 AB CD EF 12 34 56 78 90 is a 128 bit WEP Key WEP keys can...

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