Aluratek AIREC01F Owner's manual

WiFI / Wireless Internet Radio

Instructional Manual AIREC01F

aluratek.com

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Overview

1.2 Features

1.3 Requirements

1.4 Package Contents

1.5 Product Application

Chapter 2: Getting Started

2.1 Hardware Installation

2.2 Software Installation

Chapter 3: Conguration

3.1 Congure as an Wireless Client

3.2 Congure as a Wired Client

3.3 Congure as a Wireless Access Point (AP Mode)

Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music

4.1 Listen to Internet Radio

4.2 Listen to Music in Your Computer

4.3 Listen to the Music in Your USB Drive

4.4 The Playback Screen

4.5 How to Add Stations Thru the Web Portal

Chapter 5: Advanced Tools

5.1 Network Setting

5.2 Congure Network

5.3 Reset to Default

5.4 Clear Favorites

5.5 Device MAC Address

5.6 Firmware Version

5.7 Firmware Upgrade

Chapter 6: Misc.

6.1 Clock Setting

6.1.1 Time Setup - Manually

6.1.2 Time Setup - Auto-Sync (NTP)

6.1.3 Time Display Format

6.2 Backlight Setting

6.3 Equalizer Setting

Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11

Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0

Technical Support

Radio and TV Interference Statement

Warranty

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Overview

Thank you for choosing Aluratek’s® WiFi / Wireless Internet Radio Home

Theater Edition. Once I’m connected to your home theater system you

will have access to 11,000+ live streaming internet radio stations from

around the globe at your ngertips.

This includes any music genre you can think of including talk, sports and

local news from over 150 countries.

That’s pretty much free music for life pumping through your home stereo

system!

Just use your exisitng WiFi and internet connection. If you have internet

you are all set!

In addition to making sure only quality materials are used for manufac-

turing, Aluratek® is also dedicated to provide the best customer satisfac-

tion and support.

The goal of Aluratek is to embody “Simple Elegance” in every product

it designs, manufactures and sells.

The product focus of Aluratek is to bring simple yet elegant connectiv-

ity solutions to the consumers to enhance their consumer electronics,

communications and computing experience. Each product is carefully

designed with the consumer in mind. Each product is solution-driven to

address the need of the consumers and deliberately planned to provide

the ultimate user experience.

Read this guide thoroughly and follow the installation and operation

procedures carefully to prevent any damage to the unit and / or any of

the devices it connects to.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1.2 Features

• Choose between more than 11,000+ radio stations worldwide via

built-in vTuner with no monthly cost

• Search music by genre, i.e. classic, pop, talk, news, sports etc. and

geographically over 150 countries

• Compatible with universal Plug-n-Play audio servers such as:

Microsoft Media Player 11 (WMP11), Microsoft Media Connect and

MusicMatch Jukebox

• Wireless access WIFI 802.11 b/g, Ethernet and USB 2.0 (host only)

connectivity

• Access music les stored on a USB 2.0 ash drive, MP3 player or

Hard drive through the unit’s USB port

• 2 RCA plugs (Stereo Lineout) for external speakers

• No PC is required

• 1 Year limited warranty

1.3 Requirements

• Wired / wireless router

• Internet connection

1.4 Package Contents

Your order has been carefully packaged and inspected. The following

should be included in your package. Please inspect the contents of the

package to ensure that you have received all items and that nothing has

been damaged. If you discover a problem, please contact us immedi-

ately for assistance.

• WiFi Internet Radio

• Remote Control

• RCA Cable (3 ft.)

• Power Adaptor

• Instructional Manual / CD

• Quick Start Guide

• Warranty / Registration Card

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1.5 Product Application

A

B

C

Simply connect to your receiver or external speakers

via the included RCA cables

Stream Internet Radio

from your WiFi / wireless

802.11 B / G router.

Connect your local

CAT5 Ethernet cable to

stream Internet Radio.

Plug in any USB Drive

and listen to your

music les.

C

B

A

Built-in WiFi

Supports all

receivers

1

2

CONNECT

LISTEN

OR OR

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Chapter 2: Getting Started

2.1 Hardware Installation

If you prefer to use Ethernet for wired network connection, please plug

in your Ethernet cable to the LAN (RJ45) port.

Please plug in the DC power adapter to the outlet and the DC power

jack carefully.

To operate the device, you can use the supplied remote control.

2.2 Software Installation

AIREC01F can work as a stand-alone device or as a media streamer of

a media server. As a stand-alone unit, you can use it to listen to Internet

radio and external USB storage/MP3 players. No computer is needed.

For digital music les that are stored in your computer, you need to

install streaming server software in the computer so that AIREC01F can

request the streaming service from that server.

AIREC01F is compliant to UPnP protocol. It works with media server

software such as Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11),

Microsoft Media Connect 2.0 (WMC2.0), and Musicmatch Jukebox.

Once you have the software installed on the computer, you can stream

your music collection to AIREC01F.

Please nd Appendix A and B for instructions on how to connect

AIREC01F to your computer via WMP11, and WMC2.0.

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Chapter 3: Conguration

Go to next

screen

Notes

1. POWER ON

Scanning for

available APs.

Device is running

as a Wireless

Client.

ScreenshotInstructions

2.

3.

There are three modes of network conguration for AIREC01F. It can be a

wireless client, a wired client, or even a wireless access point (Wireless AP).

3.1 Congure as an Wireless Client

The factory default mode is the wireless client code. According to the

availability of an Ethernet cable, the device will automatically select a

suitable client mode to operate. User can also manually change the set-

ting of network conguration through the Setup menu “Setup/Advanced

Setup/Congure Network”.

AIREC01F will connect wirelessly if it detects an 802.11b/g wireless

network. With no Ethernet cable attached, you just need to power on the

device and AIREC01F will automatically enter the wireless client mode.

To connect AIREC01F to the wireless network for the rst time, you will

need to set the encryption key for a secured network. Once the setting is

nished, the device will remember the related settings and try to connect

to the designated AP when it is power on next time. However, if there

is something trouble in connecting to the designated AP, the device will

show the AP list screen for you to congure again

First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in:

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First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in (cont.):

Go to next

screen

Notes

Type in the

encryption key

if the AP is

encrypted.

Select the desired

AP to connect

ScreenshotInstructions

4.

5.

“ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

Numeric key

pads

Conrm to the

settings.

Set a proxy

server if any.

6.

7.

“OK” button

Apply new settings.8.

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Chapter 3: Conguration

Go to next

screen

Notes

Enter “Advanced

Setup” menu

Select “Setup”

menu

ScreenshotInstructions

1.

2.

Manually select

the wireless

client mode.

3.

4.

“ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

(1 time)

Numeric key

pads

Select the

desired AP to

connect

Scanning for

available APs.

5.

6. “ ” button or

“OK” button

Type in the

encryption key

if the AP is

encrypted.

7.

“OK” button

“ ” button

(4 times)

“ ” button

“OK” button

“ ” button or

“OK” button

Manually congured as the Wireless Client Mode:

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Chapter 3: Conguration

Go to next

screen

Notes

Conrm to the

settings above.

Set a proxy

server if any.

ScreenshotInstructions

8.

9.

10.

“OK” button

Apply new

settings.

Manually congured as the Wireless Client Mode (cont.):

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Chapter 3: Conguration

Go to next

screen

Notes

1. POWER ON

The device is in

wired client mode

now. It already

connected to your

network.

Device is running

as a Wireless

Client.

ScreenshotInstructions

2.

3.

3.2 Congure as a Wired Client

If there is no 802.11b/g wireless network, AIREC01F can also connect to

the wired network through an Ethernet cable.

For this case, prior to power on the device, you have to plug in the Eth-

ernet cable into the LAN (RJ45) connector on the back of the unit. After

you power on the device, it will automatically go into the wired client

mode when it detects a link status through the Ethernet connection.

First time using device with an Ethernet cable plugged in:

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Chapter 3: Conguration

Manually congured as the Wired Client Mode:

Select “Setup”

menu

1. “OK” button

Go to next

screen

Notes

Enter “Advanced

Setup” menu

ScreenshotInstructions

2.

3. “ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

(4 times)

“ ” button

(1 time)

Manually select

the wired client

mode.

4. “ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

(1 time)

Select the DHCP

for auto congured

IP address.

5. “ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

(1 time)

Conrm to the

settings above.

6. “OK” button

Apply new

settings.

7.

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Chapter 3: Conguration

Select “Setup”

menu

1. “OK” button

Go to next

screen

Notes

Enter “Advanced

Setup” menu

ScreenshotInstructions

2.

3. “ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

(4 times)

“ ” button

(1 time)

Manually select

the AP mode.

4. “ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

(2 times)

Select the DHCP

for auto congured

IP address.

5. “ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

(1 time)

3.3 Congure as a Wireless Access Point (AP Mode)

AIREC01F can also be congured as a wireless AP. With such feature, you

can easily extend the wireless coverage without purchasing another AP.

To congure the AIREC01F as an wireless AP, you have to manually setup

the device through selecting the setup menu “Setup / Advanced Setup / Con-

gure Network/AP mode”. And then further setup the IP address scheme,

SSID, channel number and the encryption key of the AP. Once the setting is

nished, the device will reboot automatically and function as an AP.

Manually congured as a Wireless Access Point (AP Mode):

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Manually congured as a Wireless Access Point ((AP Mode) (cont.)):

Type in the

Identier (name)

of this AP.

6. “OK” button

Go to next

screen

Notes

Select the wire-

less channel to

be allocated to

this AP.

ScreenshotInstructions

7.

8. “OK” button

“OK” buttonNumeric key

pads

“ ” button

(1 time)

Type in the

encryption key

if the AP is

encrypted.

9. “OK” buttonNumeric key

pads

Set a proxy server

if any.

10. “OK” button

Conrm to the

settings above.

11. “OK” button

Apply new

settings.

12.

Numeric key

pads

Select one of

the security

schemes.

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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music

4.1 Listen to Internet Radio

To listen to music or broadcast programs from Internet radio stations,

please select the “Internet Radio” function from the main menu and then

press the OK button to enter the Internet Radio function.

The rst screen of Internet Radio function shows 2 items for you to select:

“Station List”: Retrieve the Internet radio station lists from the Internet

portal server.

“Favorite Stations”: Retrieve the favorite station lists that stored in the device.

Press “OK” button or “ ” button to retrieve the Station List. The device

will try to connect to the Internet radio server to retrieve the Internet

radio stations for further playback, you will see the following screen:

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It takes few seconds to get the latest list from Internet. And you will see

the next screen.

This means the AIREC01F is connected to the Internet server and

received the information from the server.

If you see the following screen instead, it means that the device has

encountered problem in retrieving the list from the internet server,

please try again.

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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music

Select “Internet

Radio” function

1.

Go to next

screen

NotesScreenshotInstructions

2.

3. “ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button or

“OK” button

4. “ ” button or

“OK” button

5. “ ” button or

“OK” button

6. “ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button

(4 times)

“ ” button

(14 times)

The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to browse to a specic

ratio station such as “4U Classic Rock” in France and start to playback

the music from it.

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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music

Press the “ ”

button to add

current station

to favorite list for

quick access later.

7. “ ” button or

“OK” button

Go to next

screen

Notes

Connecting to

the radio station.

ScreenshotInstructions

8.

9.

Music started…10..

“ ” button

(5 times)

Start buffering

the music from

the radio station.

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Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music

4.2 Listen to Music in Your Computer

To listen to music from your own computers, you have to install and acti-

vate the media server utility. Please refer to Appendix A or B for example

on how to install a media server software.

After you installed and activated the media server, you can enjoy listening

to the streaming music from AIREC01F. Please select the “Media Server”

function from the main menu and then press the OK button to enter the

Media Server function.

Then, the following message will be displayed during discovering all the

available media servers in your network. It takes few seconds to nish.

Finally, the screen will list all available media servers for you to select.

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If there is no server found, you will see the below message.

Please check if you had already started the media server on your com-

puter. If the media server not found problem still exists, please refer to the

trouble shooting chapter to identify the problem and resolve it step by step.

The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to connect to a media serv-

er “JAMES-NB: James:” and browsing to the Music album “Best of Roxette”.

Select “Media

Server” function

1. “ ” button or

“OK” button

Go to next

screen

Notes

Searching for

media server.

ScreenshotInstructions

2.

3.

Select media

server

4. “ ” button

Found two

media servers

“ ” button or

“OK” button

“ ” button or

“OK” button

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