NMA1000 Series
Internet Media-to-Go
Version 1.0
Edition 1, 05/2011
www.zyxel.com
Copyright © 2011
ZyXEL Communications Corporation
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About This User's Guide
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for people who want to configure the NMA1000 Series user
inereface.
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Related Documentation
• Quick Start Guide
The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. It
contains information on setting up your network and configuring for Internet
access.
• Online Help
Embedded web help for descriptions of individual screens and supplementary
information.
• Support Disc
Refer to the included CD for support documents.
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Safety Warnings
Safety Warnings
• Do NOT use this product near water, for example, in a wet basement or near a swimming
pool.
• Do NOT expose your device to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids.
• Do NOT store things on the device.
• Do NOT install, use, or service this device during a thunderstorm. There is a remote risk
of electric shock from lightning.
• Connect ONLY suitable accessories to the device.
• Ground yourself (by properly using an anti-static wrist strap, for example) whenever
working with the device’s hardware or connections.
• ONLY qualified service personnel should service or disassemble this device.
• Antenna Warning! This device meets ETSI and FCC certification requirements when using
the included antenna(s). Only use the included antenna(s).
Your product is marked with this symbol, which is known as the WEEE mark.
WEEE stands for Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment. It means that
used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general waste.
Used electrical and electronic equipment should be treated separately.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
About This User's
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Safety
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Table of
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Chapter 1
System Requirements
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1.1 Hardware Requirements.
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1.2 Software Requirements
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Chapter 2
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2.1 Overview
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2.2 Function Module
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2.3 Playback Information
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2.4 Playback Control
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2.5 Weather Forecast
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2.6 Main Items
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2.7 Main Frame
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Chapter 3
FAQ…………. ......................................................................................................................... 19
Chapter 4
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System Requirements
1.1 Hardware Requirements
CPU
1GHz or above
Display
Resolution
1280 *1024, 1024 * 768 (standard),
1280 * 800, 1024 * 600(widescreen)
Memory
512MB or above
HDD
free space 10MB or above
Network
Radio: approx. 99% Internet Radio stations
played upon 0.2Mbps bandwidth
TV: approx. 80% Internet TV stations played
upon 0.4Mbps bandwidth.
Sound Card
Enabled
USB Port
USB 2.0 or above
1.2 Software Requirements
Operating
System
Windows XP SP2 or above, Windows Vista,
Windows 7
Browser
IE6 or above
Media Player
Windows Media Player 9 or above
Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player 10 or above
.Net Framework
2.0 Sp2 or above
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Tutorial
2.1 Overview
Please plug the dongle into the USB port of your computer. The program
will be automatically launched. At the first time, you will be prompted to
select the preferred language. If nothing comes up, please visit FAQ for
solutions.
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2.2 Function Module
Click the module icon you wish to play. From left to right, they are
Internet Radio, TV, and Game. Some modules are optional, depending
on the version you purchase, so you might not see all these icons.
2.3 Playback Information
1. Display station name which is playing
2. Deliver copyright and system announcement
3. Playback status: Play or Record
4. Time period of Play or Record
5. My favorite pre-set keys
2.4 Playback Control
1. Play / Stop
Clicking the station name or Play button to play the radio and click
the Stop button to stop. In TV module, you can a TV screen in the
embedded frame.
2. Minimize / Close the program
3. (Optional) Record / Stop recording
Clicking the Recording button to record the currently played radio
station. You will be prompted to select the path and filename for the
recorded file. Click the Stop Recording button to stop. Switching to
play another station will also cause the recording process to stop.
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4. Click
to mute and to adjust volume
5. Timer Recording
Search for the station and select one from the list.
Choose when to start recording and the frequency (Periodic or Once).
Select the folder to save the recorded file.
Then click the Down arrow, your setting will be listed as a to-do task.
It will start recording at the time you specified. Remember to keep our
program alive at the time. Later on when you come back, the results
are displayed at the bottom of the same page.
Note: Because (1)network transmission might not be fast enough and
(2)playing, encoding and writing at the same time consume a lot of
computer resources, it is possible that playback becomes skipping or
recorded file can’t be completed.
2.5 Weather Forecast
1. City or region
2. Weather condition
3. More weather forecast in the future
4. Temperature and precipitation chance
5. Date, week and time of the city or region
6. Celsius/Fahrenheit switch
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2.6 Menu Items
(i) Internet Radio, TV
a. Keyword search. Enter a string and press [Enter]. It will search the
station which names contain the string.
b. Top 100 – Genre/Region/Language. Display the top 100 stations for each
genre/region/language, which are voted by all users.
c. Station – Genre/Region/Language. Categorize all stations by
genre/region/language
d. My Favorites. Display your favorite stations which were added to this list
by “Add to Favorite” button. The newly added station will be appended to
the bottom of this list.
e. History. The 20 stations you listened recently. The most recently played
station will be listed at the top.
f. Settings.
1. Default Mode – Set up the default mode (Internet Radio, TV or Game)
to display and play.
2. Default Station/Video – Plug and Play, together with the setting of
Default Mode. Assign a station to be automatically played while
launching. There are many options for you to choose:
• None. Don’t play any station automatically.
• Random. System will randomly pick one station from the
radio station database for you to enjoy the surprise.
• The most popular station. The No.1 station in the [Top 100 –
Genre] list.
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• The No.1 in My Favorite List.
• The station which you played last time when exiting this
system.
• Random from My Favorite. Randomly pick one station from
your favorite station list.
• Specified below. Specify a station by entering a string and
search for all matched station names. All matched stations
will be displayed in the pull-down list for you to pick one from
them.
3. Default Game – Plug and Play, together with the setting of Default
Mode. Assign a game to be automatically played while launching.
There are many options for you to choose:
• None. Don’t play any game automatically if you are afraid to
bother your neighbors.
• Random. System will randomly pick one game for you to
enjoy the surprise.
• The most popular game. The No.1 game in the [Top 100 –
Genre] list.
• The No.1 in My Favorite List.
• The game which you played last time when exiting this
system.
• Random from My Favorite. Randomly pick one game from
your favorite game list.
• Specified below. Specify a game by entering a string and
search for all matched game names. All matched games will
be displayed in the pull-down list for you to pick one from
them.
4. Select language. Use the pull-down list to select your preferred
language.
5. Weather Forecast – two ways to choose the city:
• Auto detect: it will provide you the capital or a big city
according to the computer IP whenever you plug in it.
• Manually setup: Use the pull-down button to select one city
you are interested in. You can also use “search” function to
find out a specific city.
6. Playback mode of Internet Radio and TV:
• Content Only
• Station's Homepage
7. Show thumbnails on game list:
• Displaying Thumbnail
• Blank
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8. Function at the left-bottom area:
• Showing Weather Forecast
• Blank
9. Download game while playing:
• Auto download.
• Don't download
Click the [Save] button to save the settings and you can enjoy the music
as you wish next time.
g. Help. Refer to this document for operation instructions.
(ii) Game
a. Search: Allow you to search for desired games with keywords.
b. Top 100 games voted by users, categorized by game type and language.
c. All games categorized by game type and language.
d. My Favorites. Click the Red Heard icon of each game and then your
favorite games will be collected here.
e. History. Record the games you played.
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2.7 Main Frame
(i) Top 100 – Genre/Region/Language. Display the top 100 stations for
each genre/region/language, which was voted by all users.
a. Path of the present position. Click along the path to track back.
Genre/Language filter allow users to find station easier.
b. Select the Genre, Region or Language to see the Top 100 in the category.
c. An Earth icon means the station can be played directly using our player.
An IE icon means it will link to the web page of the station to play.
d. Radio Station name. You may click the name to tune in this station. In
case there is no link to click, it means the station’s link is broken and
unable to play.
e. Radio Station ranking
f. Press the mark to add the station to My Favorite. A red-heart mark
means it has been added to My Favorite list.
g. The most recently successful connection rate. The better signal it
displays, the higher possibility to connect successfully.
h. Home. Click to open the website of the station in another window.
i. Vote
Click button in the pane of the station to recommend, and the button
will turn to a solid smiling face . The votes of this station will increase.
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Click
button in the pane of the station to discommend, and the button
will turn to a solid frowning face . The votes of this station will decrease.
The voting will change immediately and refresh the ranking.
j. The ranking from 1 to 100.
k. The number of recommending votes. This number will increase when you
click the button.
l. The number of discommending votes. This number will increase when
you click the button.
m. The net voting, which equals the recommending votes minus the
discommending votes. The ranking is ordered by this number.
n. Most Listened. Indicate the radio stations which are the most frequently
listened in one week.
o. Featured. Indicate the radio stations which have features and are
recommended.
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(ii) Station – Genre/Region/Language. Categorize all stations by
genre/region/language
a. Path of the present position. Click along the path to track back.
Genre/Language filter allow users to find station easier.
b. An Earth icon means the station can be played directly using our player.
An IE icon means it will link to the web page of the station to play.
c. Radio Station name. You may click the name to tune in this station. In
case there is no link to click, it means the station’s link is broken and
unable to play.
d. The most recently successful connection rate. The better signal it
displays, the higher possibility to connect successfully.
e. Click to open the website of the station in a new window.
f. Country/Genre. In the station list categorized by genre, this column will
display the country which this station locates. In the station list
categorized by region, this column will display the genre of this station’s
music.
g. Transmission bitrates
h. Press the mark to add the station to My Favorite. A red-heart mark
means it has been added to My Favorite list.
i. Vote you like or dislike the station.
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(iii) Display Window
a. TV / Video window
b. Full screen.
c. A pop-up TV window can be opened. With the function to be kept on top,
manually resize the window.
d. Display TV/ Video window in normal size.
e. TV/ Video window can be minimized.
(iv)Pop-up Display Window
a. TV window
b. Full screen.
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c. A pop-up TV window can be opened. With the function to be kept on top,
manually resize the window.
d. Display TV window in normal size.
e. TV window can be minimized.
f. Stop playing and close this frame.
(v) Game
a. Radio Status: Play games and listen to your favorite music at the same time.
b. Toolbar: function button for maximum, pop out, normal, minimize, close
c. Screenshot: Change your game screen size with the toolbar.
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FAQ
Product Terms:
3.1. What are Internet Radio and TV?
3.2. What is Kbps?
Installation and Limitation:
3.3. Does the software need to be installed?
3.4. Does it have any restriction on software and hardware?
3.5. The security warning will pop out at the first time to ask whether to
download the ActiveX Control - VBIRDPlayer.CAB. Will it be safe to
download it?
Playback Issues:
3.6. Why can’t it start automatically after plugging dongle into the USB
port?
3.7. Why does it fail to connect to all stations?
3.8. Why does it fail to connect to some stations?
3.9. Why is there some noise and broken sound during playing?
3.10. Can I tune in any station after unplugging the dongle?
Stations:
3.11. Why do some stations disappear suddenly?
3.12. Will it update and get new stations regularly?
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3.1. Q: What are Internet Radio and TV?
A: Internet Radio/TV means that radio/TV stations distribute signal
through Internet. As long as the computer connects to Internet, you will
be able to listen to the radio/TV without any area limitation. You can enjoy
the whole world music and TV programs from anywhere.
Back to FAQ
3.2.
Q: What is Kbps?
A: Kbps means numbers of kilobytes which transferred per second. The
bigger the number it shows the more data it transfers in one second. It
means that acoustics will be better but also takes more bandwidth and
more time to wait. When it shows “--“, it means we don’t have the
information so far.
Back to FAQ
3.3. Q: Does the software need to be installed?
A: No installation is needed, but downloading some ActiveX control files at
the first time, or when we update it, is required. You only need to plug
the dongle into the USB port and click [OK] when the player pops out
automatically; then it will take few seconds to complete download. After
that, you won’t need to download the file any more.
Back to FAQ
3.4. Q: Does it have any restriction on software and hardware?
A: Please refer to System Requirements.
Back to FAQ
3.5. Q: The security warning will pop out at the first time to ask
whether to download the ActiveX Control -
VBIRDPlayer.CAB. Will it be safe to download?
A: VBIRDPlayer.CAB and INDBrowser.CAB are necessary for playing and
recording. Please click [OK] to download the ActiveX Control files and be
relieved to enjoy.
Back to FAQ
3.6. Q: Why can’t it start automatically after plugging dongle
into the USB port?
A: Settings of each computer will depend on version, language, and user’s
preferences. It will only provide service on computers with general
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