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Operating instructions
The Minx Xi home menu consists of 7 items:
Internet Radio
Streaming Services
Media
Bluetooth
(Only available when a BT100 is plugged into the rear USB)
Podcasts
Audio Inputs
Settings
These allow access to the five basic types of media choice plus the Analogue/
Digital inputs and a settings menu for the unit.
You can return to this menu at any time by pressing and holding the
Simply scroll through the items with the scroll wheel or navigator buttons on the
remote control and press in the scroll wheel or use the select button on the remote
to select the item you want.
Internet Radio
The Stream Magic based Internet Radio service brings thousands of internet radio
stations to you. The sheer choice available on the internet allows you to find new
music, listen to stations in your native language (or perhaps if you are learning
another one), from your home town or by your Genre of choice.
It has to be said that the audio quality of internet radio varies greatly dependant
on the bitrate and compression technology used by the broadcaster, but the choice
more than makes up for this. Internet Radio allows you to explore and find new
music from all over the world.
Note: As an 'aggregator' service we are simply organising the browsing and
connection process for these stations so that you don't have to manually search for
them or type in any URLs (web links) etc to access them. Whilst we regularly check
the stations to make sure they are still transmitting reliably and in reasonable
quality we are not responsible for their content in any way.
As well as the thousands of stations we offer if you want to listen to a particular
station that is not included in our service you can add it via the Stream Magic
website at www.stream-magic.com, see later section. You can also visit the www.
stream-magic.com website and put in a request suggesting new stations for us to
add to the service. We welcome your feedback.
It is not necessary to register your Minx Xi to use the free Stream Magic Internet
Radio service but by registering you will be able to edit settings on your Minx Xi
via the website, manage your presets, set up new 3rd party Streaming Services
and more.
How to use Internet Radio
Press and hold the
button to return to the top-level menu.
Select Internet Radio from the list using the rotary dial then press the rotary dial to
select it. The Minx Xi displays the following submenus.
Internet Radio
Location
Genre
Search
You can now turn the rotary dial to choose from Location, Genre or Search.
Location – Enables you to choose from the stations in any of the countries which
you choose from a list.
Genre – Enables you to choose radio stations according to their declared content,
for example Classic Rock, Sport, News, etc.
Search – Enables you to search for a station you know the name of. Enter the full
name or first part of the name for your desired station. The Minx Xi will bring up a
list of all stations that contain a word that starts with your search term.
Note: Although we check the stations for continuity of service, some radio stations
do not broadcast 24 hours per day, and some stations may not always be on-line.
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Registering your Minx Xi with the Stream Magic website
To access extra features on your Minx Xi such as linking premium streaming
services to your Minx Xi, adding non-Stream Magic internet radio stations or simply
editing, copying, re-ordering or deleting presets first you will need to set up a free
account with Stream Magic.
Open www.stream-magic.com from an Internet browser. Click on the 'Register' link
and follow the on-screen instructions to set up an account and to link your Minx Xi
to this new account by entering your Minx Xis seven digit registration code, which
can be found in the 'Settings > Register' menu of the Minx Xi itself.
This is a unique key code generated by the unit during the registration process.
Note: The key lasts for about 10 minutes, if you don't use it in that time you will
need to exit and re-enter this menu to get a new key.
button.
Your Minx Xi is now registered and you can use the website to manage your presets,
Podcasts and more. You can also suggest new stations to us, setup 3rd party
Streaming Services and view information from us on new products.
After creating and logging into your new account, you can now add, remove or re-
order presets on your Minx Xi from the 'Presets' tab.
There is also an enhanced internet radio station search facility, allowing you to
search for stations by minimum bit rate, etc and also the facility to add non-Stream
Magic internet radio stations as presets if you know the station's URL.
To add further Stream Magic products to your existing Stream Magic account
(perhaps you want a second or third Stream Magic in a different room) then this
can be done by accessing the 'Players' tab in Stream Magic and clicking on the
'Add a player' link.
You can then choose to copy all or some of the existing presets from your current
Stream Magic to the new one.
Note: You can register as many products as you like and manage the presets etc.
across several products which could be in different parts of the world all seamlessly
from your Stream Magic website.
Streaming Services
The Minx Xi supports a range of streaming services from other suppliers that often
have an element of interaction with the user. The Minx Xi displays the following
submenus.
Streaming Services
BBC iPlayer Radio
Etc.
Note: The services available vary depending on your geographical location.
Because Streaming Services generally allow the user some choice over the content
they listen to they are licensed differently to iRadio by the music companies and
often each service only has arrangements is certain countries.
A subscription fee service might be applicable.
Examples of such services are Pandora, Rhapsody, Live365, SIRIUS/XM,
Mp3Tunes and others.
When you enter this menu the ones that are available to you in your country will be
shown. Those that are free to use or have a free to use version will work 'straight
out of the box' Others will guide you to the relevant sign up page, should you so
wish.
For more details on what these services offer, please go to our www.stream-magic.
com website, links to each service can also be found here.
Also via the website you can prevent services appearing in this menu that you do
not wish to sign up to.
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