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User Guide | Software v2.5 Soun dBrid ge ™ N etwor k Mu s i c P la y er ...
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1 W elc ome Thank s for purch asing Roku Sou ndBridge ! We hop e you enjoy using it as much as we ’ ve enjoyed creati ng it. Soun dBri dge is a ne t work music p layer that conne c ts to you r stere o or powe red sp eaker s to play your Mac o r PC dig ital musi c libr ar y in any ro om of the h ouse. Y ou can eve n play thous ands of f ree Inter ...
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3 T ABLE O F CONTENT S SEC TI O N 1: G ET T IN G STARTED I. Music S er ver Sof t ware Re quireme nts. .4 II. Enablin g Music Shar ing . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. . 8 III . Hoo kin g Up Y o ur Ho me Net wo rk Hardwa re ( Wi red E the rn et o r Wi re les s) .. .. . .. .. . 1 0 IV . H ook ing Up Your Speakers or St ereo S ystem............... ...
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4 5 SEC TIO N 1: G ET TI NG ST AR TED T o use S ound Brid ge you wil l nee d to do the fo llowin g ( det aile d exp lanati ons foll ow) : I. Make sure you have a compatib le musi c ser ve r insta lle d. Compati ble mus ic ser vers in clude iT unes,® Micros of t ® Wi ndows® M edia Conn ec t, R haps ody, ™ Musi cmatch,® and other s. [ Note : If ...
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6 7 Y ou h ave several opti ons for conn ec tin g your music li brar y to Soun dBri dge : Mu si c Se r ve r Rec om me nd ed f or U se r s of . . . Note s Wi n d o w s M e d ia Co n n e c t (U P n P W i n d o w s M e d i a D R M 10 p r o to co l s) Wi n d o w s X P w i t h S P 2 A f r e e m e d i a s e r v er f r o m M i c r o s o f t . Wo r k s w i ...
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8 9 Ena bli ng Sh ari ng in i T u nes T o tur n on the Musi c Sharin g optio n, 1 . Sel ec t i T une s / Pref eren ces menu ( M ac) or Edit / Pre feren ces ( PC ) . 2. In the di alo g box that ap pear s, cli ck the Shari ng tab. 3. V eri f y that the Sh are My Music o ption to ena ble s haring o n your lo cal n et work is s ele c ted. Note : i T un ...
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10 11 III . Ho oki ng Up Y ou r Home N et work Ha rdwar e ( Wir ed Et her net or W ire less ) Et her net Co nne c tio n Plug your ca ble i nto the jack provi ded o n the ri ght side of th e rear of the u nit. Con nec t you r Ethern et cab le to a hub, sw itch or router o n your ho me net wo rk . Alter nativel y , you can conn ec t Soun dBri dge dir ...
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12 13 V . C onne c ting S ound Brid ge to AC Po wer If you p lan to use an Ethe rne t conne cti on, b e sure the c abl e is plug ged i n to the unit . Plug the power cord i nto the Soun dBri dge uni t, and p lug the o ther en d into to a wall outl et . Hi nt : T here is no p ower sw itch to turn on S oundB rid ge. As s oon as yo u plu g in the p ow ...
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14 15 Pers ona l Firew all If you are usi ng iT unes an d have troubl e conne cti ng, you r computer m ay have a firewall insta lle d that is not set cor rec tly. Make sure your firewa ll is configu red to all ow iT unes music sharin g by doing t he foll owing : Mac u se rs : 1 . Ope n System Prefe rences . 2. Sel ec t Shar ing an d click the Fi ...
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16 17 SEC TIO N 2 : BROWSI NG MUS IC Choosi ng Y our M usic Li brar y Once So undBr idg e is successfu lly conne c ted to your n et work an d your se r ver ’s music sharing optio ns are enab led , Soun dBri dge wi ll automatic ally fi nd any supp or ted m usic libr arie s on the net wor k . Y ou w ill b e promp ted to choos e the lib rar y yo u ...
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18 19 But t on old r em ot e But t on new r em ote Nam e Ac ti on + + Ad d Ad d s c u r r e n t s e le c t i o n t o y o u r S o n g Q u eu e . Ho m e Take s y o u t o t h e S o u r ce o r H o m e M e n u . S ea r c h Di s p l ay s te x t b as e d s e ar c h o p t i o n s . Br o w s e Br o w s e t h r o u g h s o n g s by t i t le , a r t i s t , a ...
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20 21 Only the first two lines of the Home Menu are displayed a t once (or one line if you are using an M1000 with the largest font siz e), but you can use the Down arrow on your remote contr ol to scroll through all these options: Pl a y l is ts [ Dis pl ays a ll th e pl ayl ist s ava il ab le fo r th e se le c ted m usi c lib ra r y fr om yo ...
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22 23 track s # 5 – #10 will play . ( For continuo us playb ack of the e ntire alb um, press Re pe at [ ] on your remote contro l — the alb um will p lay until the e nd, the n st ar t agai n at the be ginni ng. ) Y ou c an also b rowse to an alb um, ar tist or ge nre se lec ti on and p ress Play [ ] to star t p laying the entire content s o ...
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24 25 SEC TIO N 3 : TH E SON G QUE UE SoundBridg e aut omat ically builds a song q ueue e very time you select a song o r albu m t o pla y . This section wi ll t ell y ou h ow to build a song queue, re view a song queue and erase a song queue . Buil ding a S ong Qu eue Let ’s say you would now l ike to choose s everal di f fe rent son gs or sel e ...
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26 27 SEC TIO N 4 : ADD ITIO NAL PLA Y BA CK OP TIO NS Playing a Playlist T o pl ay a playlist th at you have created in your musi c jukeb ox sof t wa re such as i T une s or Wind ows Med ia Player , sele c t the Playlis t optio n fro m the H ome M en u [ ] . Use yo ur Up / Down ar rows to browse your p laylist s on e by one, find th e one ...
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28 29 SEC TIO N 5 : PR ESE TS Y ou r Soun dBri dge in cludes 18 positions in it s inter nal mem or y, which can sto re a varie t y of sel ec tio ns for your qui ck and eas y reca ll. Y ou can s ave just abo ut any thin g to Preset s that you can pl ay on the Sou ndBr idge by hi ghlig hting it an d pressin g the Play key . For examp le, you c an sav ...
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30 31 SEC TIO N 6 : IN TER NE T R ADIO Y ou c an liste n to Interne t radi o in one o f three ways . Firs t, you ca n listen to So undB ridg e’s built- in set of r adi o stati ons lo cated in th e “Inter net R adio” L ibrar y. Y our compute r does n ot nee d to be on - a ll you ne ed is an ac ti ve Interne t connec ti on on you r home n et wo ...
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32 33 can use i T u nes to “ tune in” to that s tatio n, and th en liste n to it on Sou ndBr idge. ( W ind ows Med ia Conne ct us ers c an continu e to use WMC for your m usic libr ar y, and just use i T unes for this feature. ) T o pl ay Internet r adio s tati ons with the i T unes music s er ver on S ound Bri dge : 1 . In iT unes, create a n ...
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34 35 a stati on is marke d as a favorite, it ap pea rs in the “ My Fa vorites” lis t in the Inter net Ra dio lib rar y , but do es not us e up one of t he 1 8 Preset slot s . Not e : If a s tatio n is saved as a Preset , then i t is assumed to als o be a “ favori te” , and wi ll always app ear at the fr ont of the “My Favorites” list . ...
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36 37 Ge t i nf o fo r [St at i o n na m e] Pl a y Pr e s et… Sa v e P r e s et : [S ta ti o n n a me] Ad d S ta t io n t o M y Fav o r i t es St o p Tur n S cr e e n O f f Scroll d own to “Save Prese t ” and p ress Se le c t [ 4 ] . Y ou w ill se e a numb ered l ist of e xisti ng prese ts s tar tin g with A 1 , A2, etc . Sel ec t the p reset ...
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38 39 SEC TIO N 7: SOUN DB RI DG E WEB I NTER FA CE Use Soun dBri dge’s web page to contro l Soun dBri dge p layba ck remotel y , configure yo ur Soun dBri dge or re config ure your pre set Inter net r adio s tatio ns by entering th e strea m URL direc tl y into the web pa ge. Th ere are seve ral ways to access the web p age : Laun chin g the R ...
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40 41 “ . pls,” o r “ . m3u” ex tensi on, an d a WMA strea m ends with “ . asx ” . Currently, SoundB ridg e can stream M P3 and WMA format s. R ealAudi o streams ( en ding i n .ra m or .r m ) are curre ntly not supp or ted . A ACplus statio ns may use the sa me ex te nsions as MP3 stati ons, b ut will n ot be ab le to be playe d. Usuall ...
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42 43 SEC TIO N 8 : WHE N YOU ARE FINI SHE D USI NG SOU ND BR IDG E When yo u are finishe d playi ng music an d using your S ound Brid ge alto gethe r , just pr ess the Stan dby [ ] but ton on yo ur remote. In Sta ndby mo de, Sou ndBr idge c an disp lay the date and time or a b lank disp lay , dep endi ng on you r prefe rence. ( Se e pag e 40 ...
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44 45 side of the Now Pla ying screen, and other option s. Use the “Visualizer Settings” command on the Set tings screen t o explore these options. (See appe ndix for full listing of visualizer options.) Clock S et tin gs When i n Standby mo de, So undBr idg e can disp lay the date and tim e, simila r to the scree n bel ow. 1 :1 7 : 4 9 P M Mo ...
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46 47 The date s ele c tion wo rk s the s ame way — you ca n choos e the for mat that be st fit s your geo grap hic st anda rd or your p er sonal p refe rence. T o dis abl e the date / time disp lay altoge ther w hen So undB ridg e is in st andby, selec t th e corresp ondi ng opti on on this p age. Don’ t forge t to click the “ Update ” bu ...
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48 49 SEC TIO N 1 0 : OP TI ONS FO R SYSTEM CONFIG UR A TI ON If you ne ed to chan ge your n et work s et tings o r other s ystem - level o ptions , go to any Hom e Menu an d sel ec t “Chang e Libr ar y or Con figur ation” . Cho ose “ System Configu ration” at th e bot tom of th e nex t scree n. Y ou will se e the fo llowi ng opti ons : S ...
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50 51 SEC TIO N 1 1: APPENDIX 1 A : M E NUS OVERVI EW Hom e - Mu sic Li bra r y Playlist s ( Al pha list o f Playlist s availab le in cu rrent music l ibra r y) Browse ( Ar tist s /Al bums / S ongs / G enres / Compos ers ) Search ( T ex t entr y for key wo rd search ) Play Preset ( List of Preset s numb ered A 1: C6 S ele c t ? ...
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52 53 APPENDI X 1 B : SCR E EN I CONS QU ICK R EFE R EN CE In all m enus a nd song l ists : Ë The ar row icon indi cates the m enu item b eing s ele c ted. In song l ist s and t he “Son g Que ue” sc re en : The musi c note icon de notes a sing le tra ck (as o ppo sed to a coll ec tio n of tra ck s) . X )) Th e spea ker with aud io waves ...
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54 55 As of this w riting , the So undB ridg e sof t w are is versi on 2. 5 an d does n ot supp or t “ W P A ” . Che ck for sof t ware up dates if you n ee d this feature. T rou ble shoo ting W i- Fi Se tup If you have prob lems conn ec tin g to the Soun dBri dge to your m usic libr ar y, please che ck the foll owing : 1 . Is the Soun dBri dge ...
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56 57 3. If your ne t work is p assword p rotec ted, yo u shou ld cho ose Equiv alent N et work Pass word from th e Base Statio n menu as s hown ab ove. Write down the val ue that app ear s in the dialo g as shown b el ow. This is your net work p assword . Apple Ai rPor t ( PC Us ers ) 1 . From Start / Progr ams /Air por t Admin Utilit y , ope n th ...
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58 59 2. Sele c t the ne t work you wo uld like to confi gure. Y ou shoul d then s ee the con figur ation display b elow. 3. Make a note of the na me of your W i -Fi n et work i n the Net wo rk Nam e fiel d. 4. From the Base Statio n list, s ele c t Equiva lent N et work Pass word. 1 1 Se c ti on 1 1: Ap p en dice s Se c ti on 1 1: Ap p en dice ...
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60 61 5. Write down the disp layed pass word fro m the dial og b ox (as i llust rated b elow ) . Link sys WAP 54G Follow the se steps f or obt ainin g the he xade cimal WEP key f rom the WAP 54 G : 1 . Ope n a web brows er and con nec t to the a ccess point . Y ou co nnec t to the a ccess point by enter ing the a ccess point ’s IP address in the ...
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62 63 4. Key 1 is the def ault key use d by Soun dBri dge. In this e xamp le, 4977 4B692D is the key value . This is your W i- Fi ne t work pass word. 5. Close your we b browse r . Net gear WG6 02 The N etgear WG6 02 is an 802. 1 1 g W i- Fi Access Point. It s configur ation c an be a ccessed with a web browse r . 1 . Open a we b browse r and conn ...
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64 65 2. Note the v alue o f “ Wi - Fi Net wor k Name ( SSID ) ” . 3. Click “S ecuri t y Set tin gs” on the l ef t si de to access the WEP se t tings . If “ WEP ” is set to “Enab le” ( as b elow ) , you wi ll nee d to obt ain the he xad ecima l key for your ne t work . Netgea r unfor tunately, does not al low you to view t he curre ...
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66 67 APP EN DIX 3 : E ND USE R SOFT WARE LICENSE AGREE ME NT IMPO RT AN T — RE AD CAR EFULL Y: By using the so f t ware i n your Sou ndBr idge, yo u agree to be b ound by th e license ter ms and condi tions b elow. If you do not a gree to the se terms an d conditio ns, you mus t imme diatel y return yo ur Sou ndBr idge i n its o rigin al conditi ...
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68 69 In a dditio n, all a ccessorie s must b e retur ned wi th the de fec tive S oundB rid ge. A new or fac tor y refu rbishe d set o f accessori es will b e fur nishe d with the re place ment So undBr idg e. F ailure to ret urn any of the a ccessor y items cou ld result i n a delay in re ceivi ng the repla cement So undB ridg e, and /or resu lt i ...
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70 71 FCC Rul es , Pa rt 15 This eq uipm ent has be en tes ted and fo und to comp ly with th e limit s for a class B di git al device, pu rsuant to Par t 1 5 of the FCC Rules. T hese li mits a re design ed to provi de reaso nabl e protec tio n agai nst harm ful inter feren ce in a reside ntial inst allati on. T his equi pment g ener ates, uses and ...
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72 73 8. Power S our ce s. T his prod uc t shou ld be o pe rated o nly fro m the t y pe of p ower so urce indic ated on th e mark ing la bel . If you ar e not sure of the t yp e of power su ppl y to your home, consul t your pro duc t dea ler o r loc al powe r company. F or pro duc t s intende d to ope rate fro m bat ter y p ower, or other sources , ...
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