Operate Internet Radio (Sharing Media Player) - VIETA VH-HA042 User Manual

If you already have an account and wish to add an
additional radio, log in to your account and select My
preferences > Add another Wi-Fi radio.
Once your radio is registered with the portal, you can
immediately use the Internet radio favourites and added
stations features.
Setting up a music server
In order for VH-HA-042 to play music files from a
computer, the computer must be set up to share files
or media.
UPnP media sharing allows devices like VH-HA042
to play music from a shared media library, navigating
through tag menus such as Artist, Album or Genre. If
you are running a suitable server system such as a PC
with Windows Media Player 10 or later (WMP), and your
music library is welltagged, then it is recommended to
use media sharing. Only the UPnP server needs to be
set up.
Note: iTunes does not currently work as a UPnP media
server, but there are add-ons available to work with an
iTunes library.
Sharing media with Windows Media
Player
The most common UPnP server is Windows Media
Player (10 or later). Alternatively, other UPnP
platforms and servers may be used. To set up WMP for
media sharing, perform the following steps:
1. Ensure that the PC is connected to the network.
2. Ensure that the radio is powered on and connected
to the same network.
3. In WMP, add to the media library the audio files and
folders you want to share with VH-HA042
(Library > Add to Library...).
4. In WMP, enable media sharing (Library > Media
sharing...).
Note: It can show VH-HA042, Unknown device, Frontier
Silicon Venice 6.2 logo as shown below. Make sure that
the radio has access to the shared media by selecting
it and clicking Allow. You can also set a name for the
shared media in Settings... Click OK to close the
dialogue boxes.
The PC is now ready to stream the music to the radio.
The WMP UPnP service runs in the background; there
is no need to start WMP explicitly.
Operate Internet Radio (Sharing
media player)
Setting up VH-HA042 for "Play To" Windows 7
streaming media feature.
To set-up VH-HA042 to be controlled and to stream
music via Windows Media Player 12 (Windows 7 only),
perform the following steps:
1. Ensure that the PC is connected to the network.
2. Ensure that VH-HA042 is powered on and connected
to the same network.
Note: VH-HA042 must be in an Internet radio mode to
be detected.
3. From the Windows 7 main screen, select Start >
Devices and Printers.
4. Select the Add a device tab in the top left of the
Devices and Printers window and follow the instruction
prompts given by the wizard.
In the Devices and Printers window a VH-HA042,
Venice 6.2 or Frontier Silicon icon will appear and you
are now ready to stream your Windows media music
files to VHHA042.
*) Note; Icon may show " VIETA VH-HA042", "Unknown
device", "Frontier Silicon" or Venice logo as shown
below;
*) To change the name of your device, click on icon and
choose properties. Then choose UPnP and click on
"device webpage".
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