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User Guide | Software v2.3 Soun dBrid ge Netwo rk M u s ic P l a y e r.
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Welcome Thank s fo r purchasing R oku So undBri dge ! We hope you enj oy using it as much as we ’ve enjoyed creati ng it. Soun dBrid ge let s you play music you have sto red on your P C or Mac any whe re in your ho me.
T ABLE OF CONTENTS Ge tt ing St ar te d I. Music Se r ver Sof t wa re Req uireme nts .................. 3 II. Ho oki ng Up Y our Ho me Ne two rk Hard ware ( Wire d Ethern et or W irel ess) .................................... 7 III . Hook ing Up Y our Sp eaker s or Stereo Syste m .
3 GET TI NG ST ARTE D T o use So undBr idge you wi ll nee d to : I. Make sure you have a compati ble music s er ver inst alled . Compatib le music ser ve rs inclu de iT u nes, ® Micros of t ® Wi ndows ® Me dia Conne ct , Rhapso dy, ™ Musicmatch, ® and oth ers .
4 What I s a “Mu sic S er ver ” ? Soun dBrid ge is a net worked m usic player. That is, it does n’t store any music . It plays fil es that you have stored o n a computer con nec ted to your ho me net work . ( It c an also pl ay Internet radi o without con nec ting to your com puter, u sing a dir ec t connec tio n to the Internet .
5 Y ou have sever al optio ns for conne ctin g your music lib rar y to Soun dBrid ge : Mu sic S er ve r Rec om men de d for U se rs o f . . . Note s Wi n d ow s M e d ia C o nn e c t (U P nP W i n do w s M e di a D R M 10 p ro t o co l s) Wi n d ow s X P w it h S P2 A f r e e me d i a s er ve r f r o m Mi c r os o f t .
6 A. I nst ruc ti ons fo r Ins tal ling W ind ows Med ia Conn ec t 1 . If not al ready inst alle d, inst all Wind ows XP Ser vice Pack 2, a f ree down load f rom Micros of t or via Wi ndows Upd ate Install er . 2. Download th e latest ver sion of W indows Me dia Player , v .
7 II. Hook ing Up Y o ur Home N et work Hard ware ( Wire d Eth ernet or W irel ess ) Mo d e l : S o u n d Br i d g e M10 0 0 Mo d e l : S o u n d Br i d g e M 20 0 0 a n d M5 0 0 Wi r e l e s s Co n n.
8 Y our S oundB ridge h as several aud io conne ctio n optio ns : a. Connec t your Soun dBrid ge to a set of p owered sp eakers , using the RC A-to - mini (1 / 8" ) Y - audio ca ble incl uded w ith your Sou ndBri dge ( M200 0 and M50 0 ) , or by plu gging you r powere d speake r 1 / 8" cab le dire ctl y into the Soun dBrid ge ( M 1000 ) .
9 IV . Conne ct ing Sou ndBri dge to AC Po wer Plug the p ower cord into the Sou ndBri dge unit , and plug th e other end i nto to a wall outle t. M200 0 and M500 use rs, note that th e back of th e end cap has a hole f or routin g your audio a nd power c ables towa rd the back o f the unit .
10 VI. Estab lishi ng a Net work Connec ti on Wir ed Et her net N et work : Af te r you have connec ted So undBri dge to your comp uter via a switch / hub /rou ter (o r direc tly to your comp uter via cross over cabl e) an d powere d up the unit , Soun dBrid ge will auto - config ure its ne two rk set tings ( using D HCP or AutoIP) .
11 Pers onal Fi rewal l ( iT u nes Use rs ) If you have troub le conne cti ng and your com puter has a firewa ll instal led, m ake sure your firewall is confi gured to all ow iT u nes music shar ing : Mac : Op en System Prefer ences. S elec t the Sha ring icon an d click on the Firew all tab.
12 VII. E nabli ng Mus ic Sharing Enable a ny music sharing o ptions req uired by your musi c ser ver : 1 . Wind ows Med ia Conn ec t : Authorize Sou ndBri dge as a pe rmit ted clie nt for Win dows Med ia Connec t by click ing on th e tray icon or bal loon w indow to displ ay a list of client s.
13 3. Rh apso dy : Ma ke sure the Rhaps ody ap plicati on is runnin g, then s elec t User S et tings fro m the Opti ons menu, n avigate to the UPnP tab, a nd then click th e “Star t ” bu tton to s tar t the ser ver.
14 Visit w w w.rokul abs.com / suppo r t for help i f you are stil l having troub le conne c ting to your music libr ar y . Check to make sure yo ur router is comp atible wi th Sound Bridg e — a list of compatib le wirel ess access poi nts is availab le at w w w.
15 6. Y ou will b e shown yo ur current so f tw are versio n and be gi ven the opti on to check fo r a sof t ware up date. 7 . Choos e “Y es” to check f or new sof t war e updates fo r your Soun dBrid ge. 8. Y ou sho uld se e a screen w ith a prog ress bar : Co nt ac ti n g se r v e r [******** ] 9.
16 MUSIC PL A YBACK — O VE RVIEW Audio File Format s Supp ort ed Y ou are n ow ready to be gin pl aying music . Sound Bridg e suppo r ts a wid e varie ty o f audio format s, incl uding MP3, A AC, WMA, D RM WMA , AIFF , LPCM an d W AV .
17 The H ome M enu [ ] b ut ton takes you to the H ome Me nu. The S earc h [ ] but ton takes you to you r tex t-base d search opti ons. The E xi t [ ] bu tton t akes you one s tep back wa rd (thin k of it as the BACK button o n your Interne t browser) .
18 MUSIC PL A YBACK — TUTORIAL The Hom e Menu T o be gin navig ating throug h your music, s tar t on you r “Ho me” menu , by pressing th e Hom e Me nu [ ] but ton.
19 Browsing by Alb um Press the Down b ut ton until you se e the BROWSE opt ion highl ighted and p ress Se lec t [ 4 ] on your rem ote control. Y ou will s ee a listin g of browsing o ptions : Ë .
20 Please note that th e ar tist and alb um infor mation may be a bbreviate d, or ap pear on e line at a time, if the tot al numb er of chara cter s excee ds what can b e displayed at on ce. See the “Se ttin gs” chapter at the e nd of this manua l for more in formatio n on displ ay options.
21 time you se lec t a so ng or albu m to play . Y ou c an add to that list by nav igating to your p referre d music and p ressing Add [+] . The s elec tio n will b e adde d to the end of the cu rrent Son g Queu e.
22 Hi nt : Af ter you have sele cte d multip le songs to b e played in tu rn, you ca n use the “N ex t T rack ” : a nd “Previ ous T rack ” 9 but tons to skip f rom son g to song in your S ong Qu eue.
23 Erasi ng a Song Q ueue If you chan ge your min d and deci de you don’ t want to play the So ng Que ue you’ve just created, sim ply se lec t som ething e lse to play . Navigate to anoth er sel ec tion ( song , playlis t, etc. ) and press S el ec t [ 4 ] ( not Add ) .
24 Hi nt : Pressing Paus e [ ; ] to stop playb ack of your S ong Qu eue will o nly do so tempo raril y . I f you want to clear th e memor y of your ol d Song Qu eue or s elec tio n entirel y , si mply.
25 Browsing by Ar tis t, So ng or Compose r F rom the H ome Men u, u se the Do wn a rrow to hi gh lig ht “Br owse ” and then pr es s Select [ 4 ] .
26 Browsing by G enre From the Home M enu, navig ate down to the BROWSE opt ion and p ress Sel ec t [ 4 ] . Scroll down to “Browse G enres” a nd press Se le ct . Y o u will se e an alpha betic al listin g of genres that a re availab le in the music l ibrar y that yo u are browsing .
27 Hi nt : Par tial spe lling is OK — th e Search fun cti on searche s for let ter s anyw here in the word, as op pose d to just at the b eginni ng. For ex ample, to se arch for Rad iohea d, you can enter any combinati on of le tter s found i n the word ( “ RA ,” “D I,” “HE ,” etc.
28 The n, drag & dro p the radi o stati ons you like onto the new “ Radi oFa vorites” p laylist . The result is a st andard i T une s playlist th at contains your f avorite radio s tatio ns (se e nex t image ) .
29 2. Play your p layli st on So und Brid ge. From the So undBri dge Ho me Menu , sele ct “Playlis ts.” Scroll d own until you find t he “Ra dioFavorites” playlis t. Sel ec t it. Y ou can n ow scroll th rough your f avorite radi o statio ns. Press Se le ct [ 4 ] to star t playi ng your desi red stati on.
30 1 . On yo ur Soun dBrid ge remote, press Home M enu [ ] . N avigate down to CHANGE LI BRARY OR CONFIGUR A TIO N and press S ele c t [ 4 ] . 2. Y ou r availabl e music libr aries wi ll be disp layed, inclu ding the o ne name d “Fav orite R adio Stations.
31 T o edi t the saved s tations in th e “Fa vorite Ra dio Stations” l ibrar y, simply rep eat steps 1–5 above. Y our o ld sel ec tions wil l be over writ ten wi th your new on es.
32 showing , go to the Bo okm ark menu an d sele ct “ Show All B ook mark s” . Y o ur scree n should loo k some thing like the on e bel ow . Click on the R ende zvo us option i n the bo okmar k list to reveal your Sou ndBri dge. ( If m ore than on e device is conne cte d, they will b e name d Soun dBrid ge, Sound Bridg e (2 ) , and so on .
33 2. Int erne t Rad io — Allows yo u to specif y up to twe nty o f your favorite I nternet ra dio streams , to be store d in the “ F avor ite Radio Stati ons” music lib rar y . If you expe rience problems with playback of an Internet rad io stream you copied from a web browser , make sure that your stream ends with the “ .
34 RealAudi o streams ( endi ng in .ra m or .rm ) are cur rently not sup por te d. ( Stay tuned for additi onal for mat supp or t in futu re sof t ware up dates. ) When yo u are finished e ntering your r adio s treams, pre ss the “Up date Radi o Streams” but ton at the b ottom o f the pag e.
35 3. Confi gurat ion — Use this p age to enter a uni que name fo r your Sou ndBri dge unit , choos e a languag e other than Eng lish, or se t options fo r displayi ng the time an d date on your Sou ndBri dge whe n it is in Standby mo de.
36 4. Stat us — Use this pa ge to view the ve rsion o f sof t ware curre ntly runni ng on your Soun dBrid ge. Y ou c an also revi ew your net work co nnec tion i nformatio n, inclu ding IP address a nd MAC addresses .
37 When Y ou Ar e Finishe d Using Sou ndBri dge When yo u are finished p laying musi c and using the S oundB ridge a ltogeth er , just press th e Stan dby [ ] but ton on your rem ote. In Standby mo de, Soun dBrid ge can disp lay the date and time o r a blank d isplay , dep ending o n your pre ference.
38 ADV ANCE D FEA TU RES Control B right ness, Cont rast and T e x t Displ ay The B right [ ] b ut ton on your rem ote lets yo u change the b rightne ss of your displ ay using the Lef t / Right ar rows . For Soun dBrid ge M500, you w ill see th e option to cha nge contras t using the Up / Dow n arrows .
39 Clock S ett ings When i n stan dby mode, S oundBr idge c an display the date an d time, simil ar to the scree n bel ow . 1 : 1 7 :49 P M M on da y, Ap ril 1 7 , 2 0 0 5 Y ou c an customiz e the clock dis play in a numb er of ways : 1 . Wh en in Standby m ode, use the L ef t / Right arrows to a djust the br ightness of th e clock display.
40 Here, you c an customiz e how your time ap pear s, and cor rec t error s in the disp lay of your date and time. Fir st, b e sure that your tim e zone is se lec ted corre c tly . Soun dBrid ge uses an Inter net connec tio n to display the pro per tim e for your tim e zone.
41 Format your ti me display by cho osing what to disp lay in each of four fi elds . Sound Bridg e “strings tog ether ” all the fi elds to create the tim e display.
42 Safe M ode Soun dBrid ge includ es an optio n to run in “S afe Mo de,” which is a mo de with limi ted features that is enab led autom atically w hen Sou ndBri dge dete ct s that it s sof t ware has be come corrupte d. It s goal is to downl oad a new ve rsion o f sof t ware fro m Roku an d to restore fa ctor y set tings .
43 WI -FI S ETUP AN D P ASSWOR D HE LP Backgr ound Why Wi- Fi? With So undBr idge ’ s w ireless f unc tional it y , yo u can strea m music from co mputers o n your wirel ess net work to on e or more W i- Fi enabl ed So undBri dge dev ices via your wi reless access poi nt (WAP).
44 from th e Sound Bridg e. Make sure you have only th e Wi -Fi car d or the wire d Etherne t connec tio n att ached to th e device — never b oth at the sam e time. 3. Run you r music ser ver s of tw are on the comp uter conne cte d to your wirel ess net work .
45 bel ow for hel p finding you r wirele ss access point ’s password . ) Enter your pass word using the Le f t/ R ight arrow keys to navig ate bet ween cha rac ters . Press Up to enter into upp ercase mo de, and D own to go back to lowe rcase. Wh en you’re done, press D own again to go to an d sele ct O K .
46 Obt aining Y o ur Wire less Acce ss Point ’ s Pass word Follow the se instru cti ons to determi ne your wire less access po int password , and be su re to have a pen read y to make a note of the cas e -sensiti ve password as we ll as the passwo rd t ype, eithe r hexad ecimal ( he x) o r ASCII.
47 Wi- Fi Set up Exa mple s Apple Ai rPort ( M ac User s) The Ap ple Air por t is a ver y p opula r access point . T o see i ts configu ration, o pen yo ur AirPor t Admin Utilit y o n your Mac ( it is in the U tilities fo lder) . Se lec t your Ai rPor t and choos e “Configure.
48 Y ou may ne ed to enter the p assword fo r your base s tation . Y ou sh ould the n see the s creen bel ow . The li ne lab eled “ W irele ss Net work Na me”: is th e name of your n et work , also k nown as an “SSID.
49 If your n etwo rk is passwo rd protec ted, yo u should ch oose “ Equival ent Net work Pass word” f rom the “B ase Station” me nu (se e illus tration ab ove) an d write down th e value that a ppear s in the dialo g (se e illus tration b elow ) .
50 Apple Ai rPort ( PC User s) Step 1: Open th e AirPor t Admin utili ty ( Star t / Progr ams /Airp or t Admin Utilit y ) . Sel ec t the net work you wo uld like to config ure.
51 Step 2: M ake a note of the nam e of your wire less net wor k in the “N et work Nam e” fiel d (se e bel ow) ..
52 Step 3 : Sele ct th e “Equiv alent Ne two rk Password ” from th e “Bas e Station” drop d own menu..
53 Step 4 : Write down the disp layed passwo rd ( s) , as wel l as their for mat ( “he x” in the e xamp le bel ow) . Press OK to cl ose the dial og box .
54 Link sys WAP 5 4G The Li nks ys WAP 5 4G access po int is a pop ular 802. 1 1g access point. G et ting the he xade cimal WEP key from th e W AP54 G is an easy pro cess.
55 As you c an see in th e nex t ill ustratio n, “ Wire less Se curit y ” is enabl ed. Cli ck on the “ Edit Secur it y Set tings” b utto n to access the WEP setup p age : This Link s ys access poi nt allows you to easil y view the keys .
56 Netg ear WG602 The N etgear WG6 0 2 is an 802. 1 1g Wireless Access Point. It s configur ation ca n be accessed with a web b rowser . Firs t, ope n a web browse r and conne ct to the a ccess point by enteri ng the access po int ’ s IP addr ess in the lo cation b ar of your web b rowser.
57 The v alue of “ Wi reless N et work Name ( SSID ) ” is the SSID that you w ill enter into the Soun dBrid ge’s wireless set up. Nex t, cl ick on “S ecurit y S et tings” on the l ef t side .
58 If “ WEP ” is set to “D isabl e,” then you do no t need to e nter a password to access your w ireless net work . If “ WEP ” is set to “ Enable,” you wi ll nee d to obtain th e hexa decima l key for your net work . Ne tgear unfor tu nately, does not allow yo u to view the cur rent passphr ase or keys.
59 Get ti ng Hel p If you are s till having t rouble s et ting up your W i- Fi conne cti on, pl ease browse o ur web site supp or t resources at w w w.rokul abs.com / suppo rt , or sen d email to Customer Su ppor t at supp or t @ roku labs.co m. CUSTOMER S UPPOR T Please visi t our Soun dBrid ge T roub lesho oting area at w w w.
60 APPEND ICES End Use r Sof twa re Licens e Agree ment IMPO RT ANT — R EAD C AREFUL L Y: By usin g the so f tw are in yo ur Sou ndBr idg e, you ag ree to b e bou nd by the li cense te rms and co ndit ions b elow.
61 This p rodu ct i s prote cte d by cer ta in intel lec tua l prop er t y ri ghts o f Micro sof t Cor por atio n. Use or dist ribu tion o f such te chno log y out side o f this pr oduc t is p rohib ited w itho ut a lice nse fro m Micr osof t o r an auth oriz ed Mic rosof t s ubsid iar y.
62 d. so ft w are ver sion ( lo cate d in System Co nfigu ratio n menu ) e. d ate of pu rchase f. p lace of p urchas e (d eale r or on line p lace of p urchas e) g. re turn sh ipp ing ad dress ( no P .O. boxes ) Note : Pr oof of p urchas e wil l nee d to be in clud ed in th e retur n ship ment i n orde r to ensure w arr ant y covera ge.
63 FCC W ar nings and S afet y Inf ormati on Comm uni cat ion R eg ula tio n & Saf et y In for mat ion FCC Comp lia nce This s ec tio n desc rib es the re quir emen ts for co mpl iance wi th Fede ral Co mmuni catio ns Commis sion ( FCC) Rul es.
64 Can ada Cl ass B S tat eme nt This Cl ass B dev ice me ets a ll req uirem ent s of the Ca nadi an inter fe ren ce- c ausing e qui pme nt regu lati ons. Ce t appa reil nu mér ique d e la Class B resp ec te toute s les e xig ences du R égl eme nt sur le mate rie l brou ille ur du Ca nada .
65 op erate f rom bat ter y powe r , o r othe r sour ces, refe r to the op er ating i nstru ct ions . 9. Gro und ing o r Pol ari zat io n. Th is pro duc t may be e quip pe d with a p ola rize d alter natin g- cu rrent l ine pl ug ( a plug h aving one b lad e wide r than th e othe r) .
66 Saf et y / Re gu lat or y In for mat ion Use r/ In st all er Cau ti on Y o ur auth ori ty to o pe rate this FCC cer tifi ed e quip ment coul d be voi ded i f you make ch ange s or mo difi catio ns not e xpre ssly ap prove d by the ma nufa ct urer, who is resp onsib le fo r comp liance w ith Par t 1 5 FCC rules .
67 TECHN IC AL SPECIFIC A TIO NS Dime nsion s and Disp lay Speci ficat ions M50 0 M 1000 M2 00 0 Dimen sions: 10" wi de x 2.37" diam eter Weight: 1.5 lbs Grap hical D isplay : 40 -x-2 -c harac te r LCD Dimen sions: 10" wi de x 2.37" diam eter Weight: 1.
68 Audi o Format Su ppo rt MP3, AAC, WM A, D RM WMA , W A V , AI FF , LPC M, Rh apsod y music fil es ( WMA Lossle ss supp or ted o nly when us ing Wi ndows Me dia Conn ec t, whi ch trans codes to LPC.
69 Win dows ® Syste m Req uire me nts iT une s use rs : Win dowsXP or 20 00 Win dows M edi a Conne c t use rs : Wind ows XP with S er vice Pack 2 Mus ic matc h use rs : Win dows 98 SE / Me / XP 200 0.
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