Pinnacle SoundBridge Wireless Network Music Player, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Guide Software v2 5 SoundBridge Radio Wi Fi Music System...

Page 2: ...inside front cover...

Page 3: ...ered The update just takes two minutes and enhances the features of your SoundBridge Radio All you need is an active Internet connection Register Your SoundBridge Radio It s quick easy and ensures tha...

Page 4: ...ns Saved as My Favorites or Presets 16 Playback Limitations of Internet Radio Streams 16 Discovering More Internet Radio Stations 16 SECTION 4 SHARING YOUR PC OR MAC MUSIC LIBRARY What is a Music Serv...

Page 5: ...7 Standby and Reboot Options 48 WMA Lossless Transcoding 48 FLAC and Ogg Vorbis Transcoding 48 Programming a Universal Remote Control 48 Safe Mode 49 Using SD Cards 49 Roku Control Protocol RCP 50 Gee...

Page 6: ...gend Dr Godehard Guenther The result is a set of speakers and subwoofer that work together seamlessly to deliver unusually transparent and powerful acoustic performance not seen previously from a syst...

Page 7: ...tation If you want to con gure the network connection later have more than one network or use a security key see Appendix 2 Wi Fi Setup Help Note The included AM antenna works well for strong local st...

Page 8: ...terface or start fresh using Reset to Factory Defaults See the SoundBridge Radio Web Interface and Advanced Features chapters of this manual for more information After completing these selections Soun...

Page 9: ...ou can also use your remote control as follows 1 Press Home 2 Press Down 6 and navigate to Change Library or Con guration and then press Select 4 All your available libraries are displayed 3 Navigate...

Page 10: ...nished playing music on your SoundBridge Radio press Standby on your remote In Standby mode SoundBridge Radio s display is blank or shows the time See Advanced Features for more information on SoundB...

Page 11: ...will rapidly search for radio stations with a strong signal To tune in to a speci c station by frequency press the up or down arrow on your remote at any point while listening to the radio You will se...

Page 12: ...et stations or playlists Use with A B C button to access the next set of six presets Preset Bank Selects one of 3 banks of 6 presets giving you access to a total of 18 presets Remote Control Buttons Y...

Page 13: ...s AM FM and Internet radio stations playlists albums tracks by a particular artist and so on The SoundBridge Radio presets are not source speci c there are not separate presets for FM AM and Internet...

Page 14: ...u can enter a URL of a radio station playlist on the Presets tab of the SoundBridge Radio web page This feature is described more in the SoundBridge Radio Web Interface chapter of this user guide Thir...

Page 15: ...ote control follow these steps 1 Press Home Menu button on your remote Navigate down to Change Library or Con guration and press Select 4 2 Your available music libraries will be displayed including t...

Page 16: ...tion name Play Preset this displays a list of your 18 presets Save Preset Station name Add Station to My Favorites Stop Select the option Save Preset Station name and press Select 4 Scroll down to the...

Page 17: ...nd a Pronto CCF le please visit the Support section of our web site To save an Internet radio station to My Favorites 1 From the Internet Radio library Scroll down to the Browse menu item Navigate to...

Page 18: ...Favorites it will be marked with the speaker icon X To play your Presets you can either use the Preset buttons on the top of SoundBridge Radio or choose the Play Preset option from the Home Menu of an...

Page 19: ...to nd more stations in a particular genre You can import a station URL using SoundBridge Radio s web interface see SoundBridge Radio Web Interface for more information Please also visit our forums if...

Page 20: ...Media Server available as a free download from www rokulabs com pinnacle If you want to use a Microsoft PlaysForSure music service you must use Windows Media Connect If you want to listen to the music...

Page 21: ...ows Media Connect with Musicmatch which is more feature rich Plays WMA MP3 WAV DRM WMA and Musicmatch playlists supported only if using Windows Media Connect Server SlimServer SlimServer protocol PC M...

Page 22: ...pdate Installer 4 Continue to Enabling Windows Media Connect Installing Musicmatch Jukebox 1 If not already installed download a free version of Musicmatch Jukebox 9 0 on your PC from musicmatch com 2...

Page 23: ...ace 3 Click Close Enabling Sharing in Musicmatch 1 Select Options Settings 2 Click the CD Lookup Connectivity tab 3 Select Enable Music Server and then select Universal Plug and Play You can close Mus...

Page 24: ...llow music sharing After making con guration changes restart your SoundBridge Radio by unplugging it waiting 5 seconds and plugging it back in For additional help with Firewall troubleshooting please...

Page 25: ...wn to Change Library or Con guration and press Select then choose the library you would like to access You will then see the Home Menu where you can begin browsing and playing your music To change to...

Page 26: ...layback of audio currently playing pressing again resumes playback The Next Track Previous Track 9 buttons advance or retreat playback of your Song Queue or Internet Radio menu one song at a time Pres...

Page 27: ...he scroll bar at the right of your display to see your position in the list Browsing Your Music by Album From the Home Menu press the Down button until you see the Browse option highlighted and press...

Page 28: ...he song begins playback the display will switch to the Now Playing screen which looks something like this Don t Panic 0 10 2 17 Coldplay Parachutes 2000 Please note that the artist and album informati...

Page 29: ...composer works similarly to browsing by Album as described above After entering your desired artist or album you will see a screen that lists the albums available by that artist Show all matching son...

Page 30: ...matically by the software you used to save your audio CD les on your computer s hard drive a k a ripping This process creates data called ID3 tags to describe each track If this data is missing from y...

Page 31: ...rtists Navigate to Coldplay in your artist list and press Add All songs on all albums by Coldplay will be played in the order they appear on each album See Browse and Search for more information You h...

Page 32: ...st of songs in your Song Queue refer to the scroll bar on the right side of the screen to determine where in the list you are located Press the Up Down arrows to see the entire list of selections in y...

Page 33: ...ght side of your Now Playing screen below the Play icon Pressing Repeat again makes the current song play over and over you will see another Repeat icon a circle with just one arrow Press Repeat a thi...

Page 34: ...d then pressing Select When you are done spelling use the Down button to go to the OK option and press Select If you make a mistake use the Down button to go to the Delete option and press Select Hint...

Page 35: ...was created using the Add key or menu command The selection must be playable simply by hitting the Play key on the remote Individual tracks cannot be saved as Presets When an Internet radio station is...

Page 36: ...Network Places 2 Click on Show icons for networked UPnP devices in the Common Task panel on the left side of the My Network Places window If the Common Task panel is not visible a Select Tools Folder...

Page 37: ...Places and double click the SoundBridge Radio icon You are now ready to access SoundBridge Radio s web interface Apple OSX users Follow these steps to access the web page 1 Launch the Safari web brow...

Page 38: ...ore than one device is connected they will be named SoundBridge Radio SoundBridge Radio 2 and so on 4 Double click the name of your device to open the SoundBridge Radio web page The web page includes...

Page 39: ...the list by clicking and dragging the Move button next to the selection you would like to move Play back the selection by pressing the Play button next to the selection If your SoundBridge Radio is i...

Page 40: ...ill be displayed when pressing the corresponding SoundBridge Radio preset button If you experience problems with an Internet radio stream you copied from a web browser you may be able to x it by modif...

Page 41: ...re nished editing your presets click on the Update Presets button at the bottom of the page Con guration Use this page to enter a unique name for your SoundBridge Radio choose a language other than En...

Page 42: ...network connection information including IP address and MAC addresses If you are using a Wi Fi connection this page will display your Wi Fi signal strength and the name of the network to which you are...

Page 43: ...ALARM 2 OFF 7 00 AM Hold to set Continue to hold the Alarm button for a few seconds and you will be in the Alarm Set mode To switch from Alarm 1 to Alarm 2 you simply press the Scan Down arrow ALARM 1...

Page 44: ...ce to the sound setting on your display The default sound setting on your alarm display is Buzzer 1 3 Use the Scan Up and Scan Down buttons to scroll through the 18 Preset A1 A6 B1 B6 and C1 C6 button...

Page 45: ...display the time and date These settings do not apply to when you are listening to the radio or your music libraries Light Sensor SoundBridge Radio includes a light sensor that dims the display when...

Page 46: ...Radio is playing music not paused not stopped and you navigate to some other menu choice like browsing around looking at albums and you have not pressed any buttons on the remote for a few minutes the...

Page 47: ...rows to cycle through modes of display For example you can display large and small fonts display the time but not the date etc Again these settings will not be applied to your display when you resume...

Page 48: ...de Note that the default con guration of the date and time elds depends upon the language you have selected for your SoundBridge Radio display but may be edited to suit your needs Format your time dis...

Page 49: ...If you would like to change the language after the initial setup use the SoundBridge Radio web page Please see the SoundBridge Radio Web Interface chapter for instructions on launching your SoundBridg...

Page 50: ...cing the Bitrate will help SoundBridge Radio tell the difference between WMA and WMA Lossless based on the Bitrate of the stream For more information about this feature please visit Roku s user forum...

Page 51: ...g it in again while pressing and holding any button on the remote control during boot up While in Safe Mode your stored settings will not be recalled Therefore you will be prompted to enter your langu...

Page 52: ...in the support tab on our web site Geeks Read This The SoundBridge Radio has a command line interface that you can telnet to for piddling about You will need to telnet to port 4444 You can quickly ge...

Page 53: ...on allows you to check the name of the wireless network to which you are connected and select another one You can also enter your network security key WEP See Appendix section Wi Fi Setup for more inf...

Page 54: ...ite Internet radio stations Select Play station Get station info Remove from My Favorites Browse browse Internet radio stations by Name Genre Location Language Play Preset List of Presets numbered A1...

Page 55: ...ngs Visualizer Settings Return to Now Playing When Idle Scroll Long info in Now Playing Display Composer for Classical Works Memorize Radio Playlist Select a playlist to save the rst 18 Internet radio...

Page 56: ...current selection Pause Pauses currently playing song Add Adds current selection to your Song Queue Home Takes you to the Source or Home Menu Search Displays Search options Exit Takes you one step ba...

Page 57: ...ssion signal indicates an Internet radio station The padlock icon indicates protected content that cannot be played AAC songs purchased from the Apple Music Store will have this icon these songs are n...

Page 58: ...back has been stopped APPENDIX 1D MUSIC VISUALIZER OPTIONS Visualizer Settings Accessible from Home Settings Visualizer Settings Select visualizer This option has several choices for the appearance of...

Page 59: ...ays Steps for using Windows Connect Now SoundBridge Radio works with Windows Connect Now which acts as a wireless network setup wizard to detect your network passwords and con gure SoundBridge Radio t...

Page 60: ...a network name follow these steps 1 From Select Wi Fi SSID and Password select Specify a wireless network and press Select 2 Use Right Left 34 to nd letters number and spaces in the Wi Fi network name...

Page 61: ...rt Obtaining Your Wi Fi Network Name SSID and Password WEP key Your Wi Fi network s SSID and password also known as your Wireless Equivalent Password WEP key can be obtained from the software that cam...

Page 62: ...ame is the name of your network SSID 3 If your network is password protected you should choose Equivalent Network Password from the Base Station menu as shown above Write down the value that appears i...

Page 63: ...rt PC Users 1 From Start Programs Airport Admin Utility open the AirPort Admin utility 2 Select the network you would like to con gure You should then see the con guration display below 11 Section 13...

Page 64: ...the name of your Wi Fi network in the Network Name eld 4 From the Base Station list select Equivalent Network Password 5 Write down the displayed password from the dialog box as illustrated below Sec...

Page 65: ...e access point by entering the access point s IP address in the location bar of your web browser If you do not know the IP address of the access point please refer to the software or manual that came...

Page 66: ...2 Write down the Wi Fi network name in the MAC Address SSID eld 3 Click Edit Security Settings to access the WEP setup page When WEP Security is enabled you can easily view the keys Section 13 Appendi...

Page 67: ...ion can be accessed with a web browser 1 Open a web browser and connect to the access point by entering the access point s IP address in the location bar of your web browser If you do not know the IP...

Page 68: ...lue of Wi Fi Network Name SSID 3 Click Security Settings on the left side to access the WEP settings If WEP is set to Enable as below you will need to obtain the hexadecimal key for your network Secti...

Page 69: ...ely does not allow you to view the current WEP key However if you re enter the known passphrase and press Generate Keys then it will regenerate the keys as before and allow you to view them 11 Section...

Page 70: ...re having trouble setting up SoundBridge Radio please browse our online support resources at www rokulabs com support There you will nd troubleshooting documents and an active forum topic dedicated to...

Page 71: ...l to comply with the terms and conditions including the restrictions of this license ROKU and its licensors own and retain all proprietary rights including all patent copyright trade secret trademark...

Page 72: ...equency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur i...

Page 73: ...erference causing equipment regulations Cet appareil num rique de la Class B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le materiel brouilleur du Canada VCCI Class B Statement Safety Important Saf...

Page 74: ...nly from the type of power source indicated on the marking label If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home consult your product dealer or local power company For products intended t...

Page 75: ...ate normally by following the operating instructions Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will...

Page 76: ...n which case the user may be required to take adequate measures FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment Th...

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