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Summary of Contents for MediaForte RadioXtreme FMU-100
- Page 1 RadioXtreme USB Radio Model: FMU-100 User Manual (Version 1.0) User Manual Page 1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Introduction ... 4 Introduction...4 Specifications ...4 Minimum System Requirements ...4 Package Contents...4 Hardware Setup... 5 Description of the radio connectors...5 Software Setup ... 6 Installation...6 3.1.1 Choosing the installer language ...6 3.1.2 Welcome screen ...6 3.1.3 Choosing components...7 3.1.4 Installation folder...7 3.1.5 Shortcuts folder ...8 3.1.6... - Page 3 4.3.7 Time LCD label in full window ...25 4.3.8 Frequency LCD label in full window ...26 4.3.9 Tray icon ...26 Controlling RX Radiator from keyboard...26 4.4.1 List of hot keys (shortcuts)...26 4.4.2 Direct tuning using numerical keypad ...27 Using remote control ... 28 Remote Control: Keys and Functions ...28 RX Commander...29 RX KeyCom ...29...
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Page 4: Introduction
• Earphones or Active speakers • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive • Soundcard (optional) for recording to PC HDD Package Contents • RadioXtreme USB Radio (Model: FMU-100) • Remote Control Unit • 75ohm Dipole Antenna • USB Extension Cable (1.5m) •... -
Page 5: Hardware Setup
Hardware Setup Description of the radio connectors The diagram below shows the connection of RadioXtreme. It can be connected in 2 easy steps: RadioXtreme connection diagram Step 1: Connect the earphones or active speakers to the “Audio-Out”. To enable the recording function, use the provided Line-out cable and connect from “Audio-Out”... -
Page 6: Software Setup
Software Setup The software that is bundled with the RadioXtreme USB consists of several components: • RX Radiator – the main application that allows controlling the RadioXtreme. See also RX Radiator description. • RX Commander – program that receives commands from the remote control unit to control RadioXtreme USB Radio and PowerPoint presentation (and other programs defined in RX KeyCom application). -
Page 7: Choosing Components
3.1.3 Choosing components In this dialog you can select the components that you want to install. Press [Next >] to continue. 3.1.4 Installation folder Here you can define the target directory where RadioXtreme software will be installed. Press [Next >] to continue. -
Page 8: Shortcuts Folder
3.1.5 Shortcuts folder In this dialog you can choose name and location of the folder for RadioXtreme shortcuts in the Start menu. Press [Install] to continue. 3.1.6 Installation progress While copying files the installation progress dialog is shown. The installer will check if another session of radiator.exe is running and close it if so. The program files will be copied into the target directory. -
Page 9: Rx Radiator Interface
support of all key operations by hot keys possibility to record in various sound quality using codecs mouse use include wheel optional tray icon view easy-to-use frequency editing and sorting stations direct keyboard tuning command-line switches language modules support, large range of languages scheduling and scripting easy to control from another applications via documented messages and much more... -
Page 10: Volume Settings Area
4.1.4 Volume settings area Volume up Mute/Unmute Volume down 4.1.5 Tuning Tune down The target frequency is: current frequency – tuning step (1 MHz by default) Fine tune down The target frequency is: current frequency – fine tuning step (100 kHz by default) Fine tune up The target frequency is: current frequency + tuning step (1 MHz by default) Tune up... -
Page 11: Recording
Store frequency in favorites Once a station had been pick-up, you can press this button to store it into any one of the user definable station The following dialog is shown: Enter the desired name and press [OK]. The station will be stored in that position. More/Less stations #13 - #24. -
Page 12: Miscellaneous
Notes: CPU load is nearly the same as while file recording In general, PCM, IMA ADPCM etc. require less CPU time than MP3 Length of buffer is shown as the last item in Codec properties field in RX Radiator configuration If loop recording was active during last RX Radiator session, it will start automatically again when RX Radiator is launched again (even when active only as tray icon) Save and name automatically... - Page 13 4.2.1.1 Volume control In this section you can define what device should be used for controlling the volume. Line-in (sound-card) Line-in device where you connect to the audio out of RadioXtreme. (Eg: Line-In, Mic-In, Aux-In and so fore). 4.2.1.2 Tuning Tuning range frequency range.
- Page 14 Indicate recording using LED RX Radiator records. Get firmware version Get DLL version communicate with radio) More information about the plugin Save and exit Cancel User Manual When checked then LED on the radio card body blinks while Shows version of the radio card firmware. Shows version of vrlib.dll (library used by plugin to Shows text file describing the plugin properties.
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Page 15: Recording Settings
4.2.2 Recording settings In this tab you can defines various settings related to recording. Some of the settings related to recording are also to be specified in Options tab. Recording source record from (usually with the same name as Line-in device). Remember, as long as you don’t check box Check the recording source in the Options tab, this selection is not used by RX Radiator while recording. - Page 16 4.2.2.1 Recording format Here you can choose whether you want to record to standard uncompressed PCM (.wav file) or using so- called Windows ACM (Audio Compression Manager) codecs. Usually, recording using ACM codecs can either result in finer quality while the file size stays the same or even lower. There are several ACM drivers that are automatically installed with the system.
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Page 17: Options
4.2.3 Options Here you can adjust various settings to adapt RX Radiator to your needs. 4.2.3.1 Miscellaneous On power off Specifies whether the sound should be switched off on each RX Radiator shutdown automatically, or if it shall stay in its current status, or if RX Radiator asks each time Use external language file the combobox. - Page 18 Dock radio to screen edges If checked then when you are moving the main window (by dragging it on RX Radiator label) it docks to screen edges when the distance is lower than 10 pixels. Show warning on shutdown When checked the warning window is shown on scheduled shutdown.
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Page 19: Stations List
4.2.4 Stations list Here you can create or modify your list of stations, select which of them you want to appear in menu, set their mono/stereo properties etc. Load Loads the stations either from .rsd (RX Radiator Station Definition) file or from Radiator.ini file. -
Page 20: Schedule
4.2.5 Schedule RX Radiator uses very strong tool - scripts for scheduling of the recordings. It is not necessary to write commands in some obscure programming language - everything is intuitive, easy and pleasant. Both Global scheduling active and Current script enabled checkboxes have to be checked for script to run. -
Page 21: Menu
Date Run between should run. Create new Edit Remove 4.2.6 Menu Here you can modify the look of main menu and all the context menus. Show background background of the menu. 4.2.6.1 Menu bar Show menu bar Color Font Size Width 4.2.6.2 Menu items... -
Page 22: Script Editor
Font Size Bold Italic Underline 4.2.6.3 Divider Color Font Size Bold Italic Underline Reset Test 4.2.7 Script editor In this window shown after pressing either [Create new] or [Edit] button in the Schedule tab you can actually build the script. Script is saved after pressing [Save changes and return] button, changes in script are lost and script editor is closed after pressing [Cancel]. -
Page 23: Script
4.2.7.1 Available commands In this tree, you can choose among command that can be inserted into the script. Command can be inserted in the script list either by using [Add] button, by dragging and dropping or using context menu. Tuning Tune Station # Station up... -
Page 24: Lcd Editor
Set volume value of volume for audio card source or mute/checked state. Record specified in naming convention area of the Recording settings tab is to be used, or you can overwrite it. Preview, how the naming will look, is shown after clicking the eye icon. Length is the length of the recording;... -
Page 25: Mouse Operations
LCD preview window Shows the sample of the LCD based on settings currently set in editor. If you click the LCD it will pause. The next clicking will make the text scrolling again. Built-in LCD fonts default is ASCII. Use external fonts Scrolling speed Show welcome message each time on its start. -
Page 26: Frequency Lcd Label In Full Window
4.3.8 Frequency LCD label in full window left click shows the frequency for current station 4.3.9 Tray icon right button ... menu left button... mute/unmute doubleclick ... restore window Controlling RX Radiator from keyboard 4.4.1 List of hot keys (shortcuts) •... -
Page 27: Direct Tuning Using Numerical Keypad
You can also use RTControl application installed with RX Radiator for Windows global hot key control (i.e. the shortcut works from any application/window). You can assign messages (special kind of Windows "commands" sent to RX Radiator) to hot-keys (keys combinations) and they will be activated from any other application, ie. hot-key is global in your system. You can use up to four control keys: Alt, Control, Shift, Win + appropriate key for each command (ie. -
Page 28: Using Remote Control
Using remote control Using remote control unit you can remotely control RX Radiator, MS PowerPoint or other user-defined programs. Remote Control: Keys and Functions Remote control Key # 4 to 12 User Manual Symbol Radio function Mute/unmute radio Set Sleep and Windows shutdown mode Turn off radio Station 1 to 9... -
Page 29: Rx Commander
RX Commander RX Commander is a program that runs on the background and receives the commands from the remote control unit and controls RX Radiator (or also other programs defined in RX Keycom application). I.e. it is not possible to control RX Radiator using remote control while RX Commander is not running. By default, it is copied into Startup folder so it is launched automatically upon Windows startup. -
Page 30: Defining A New Program For Remote Controlling
Press [Setup Radiator]. The configuration file will be updated with RX Radiator location. This enables the user to work with the remote when user did not install Radiator in the default location. Press [Setup Powerpoint]. The configuration file will be updated with real MS PowerPoint exe file location; the class name of the PowerPoint application is also changed according to the installed MS Office version. - Page 31 5) Then, press [Update program info] button and type some description for the ‘Program Description’. 6) Click [OK] 7) Then the main window is shown again and you can assign the buttons to certain keys combination that will be sent to the target application 8) Double-click cell in appropriate Key row in Description column 9) New dialog window is opened where you can define the hot-key combination.
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Page 32: Getting Help
10) Repeat steps in 8 and 9 for each buttons you want to define. 11) Finally, save the configuration either using [Save settings] – saves the settings and leaves the dialog opened, or using [Save and exit] – saves the settings and closes the KeyCom dialog window. Getting Help FAQ for RX Radiator 6.1.1... -
Page 33: Buttons Bitmaps Are Sometimes Framed By The Black Line, How To Get Rid Off It
6.1.4 Buttons bitmaps are sometimes framed by the black line, how to get rid off it? Sometimes this problem arises when the color depth is set to 16 bits (65.535 colors). After switching to 24 or 32 bits color depth everything should be OK. 6.1.5 Why the mouse wheel does not work? Some mouse drivers (e.g. -
Page 34: Appendix 1: Command-Line Switches
Appendix 1: Command-line switches -tray -thin -full -mute User Manual run in tray run as thin window run as normal window run muted Page 34... -
Page 35: Appendix 2: Using Command Line Utility For Remote Controlling Rx Radiator
Appendix 2: Using command line utility for remote controlling RX Radiator If you have RX Radiator running and want to control it for example from another application, from batch file and so on, you can do that by utilizing small application rc.exe (22 kB). It is placed in the following folder [RX Radiator base path]\Add-ons\Command line\rc.exe (for example D:\Program Files\RX Radiator\Add-ons\Command line\rc.exe). -
Page 36: Recording
Recording set loop recording on loopon, lo loopoff, loff set loop recording off toggleloop, tl toggle loop recording on/off begin/stop recording (when stopping recording it will ask for name of the recorded file) record, r stop recording and save it with given name (Example sr"C:\Music\My Name Of The File.wav"... -
Page 37: Appendix 3: Messages For Remote Controlling Rx Radiator
Appendix 3: Messages for remote controlling RX Radiator const WM_MyVolUp=WM_USER + 1001; WM_MyVolDown=WM_USER + 1002; WM_MyMute=WM_USER + 1003; WM_MyUnmute=WM_USER + 1004; WM_MyStatUp=WM_USER + 1005; WM_MyStatDown=WM_USER + 1006; WM_MyLastStat=WM_USER + 1007; WM_MySurf=WM_USER + 1008; WM_MyTuneStatNo=WM_USER + 1009; WM_MyTuneFr=WM_USER + 1010; WM_MyMin=WM_USER + 1011; WM_MyMax=WM_USER + 1012;... - Page 38 PostMessage(FindWindow('TMainRadioForm',nil),WM_MyMute,0,0); //mutes radio PostMessage(FindWindow('TMainRadioForm',nil),WM_MyTuneStatNo,7,0); //station #7 PostMessage(FindWindow('TMainRadioForm',nil),WM_MySleep,30,0); //sets sleep timer to 30 minutes PostMessage(FindWindow('TMainRadioForm',nil),WM_MySleep,0,0); //turns off sleep timer PostMessage(FindWindow('TMainRadioForm',nil),WM_MySleep,30,1); //sets shutdown Windows timer to 30 minutes User Manual Page 38...
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