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Roku Soundbridge Radio Manual

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Welcome
Thanks for purchasing Roku Soundbridge Radio! We hope you enjoy using it as much as
we've enjoyed creating it.
Both the Soundbridge Radio alarms are equipped to awake you gradually while the alarm
starts out softly and progresses to a louder sound. You can hit the snooze button with
either alarm. You can start your day with either one of the three alarm buzzers or your
favorite movie from your PC or Mac at home. Once awake, you can listen to AM/FM
stations, play music you have stored on your PC or Mac, or access many of the thousands
of Internet radio stations that broadcast on the web without turning on your computer.
Enjoy!
Register Your Soundbridge Radio!
It's quick, easy and allows you to receive the latest software updates for the Soundbridge
Radio. Of course, we won't share your personal information with anyone else.
Visit www.rokulabs.com/support to register your Soundbridge Radio .
Run the Latest Software!
Roku's media players are designed to be upgradeable in the field, and we are always
working on improving the software for our products. Your Soundbridge Radio has a
menu option to check for, and automatically install, software updates. We recommend
that you install the latest software updates once your system is set up. You can easily do
this from the comfort of your couch, using the Soundbridge Radio remote control. See
"Checking for the Latest Software" on page ___ for details.
Download the Latest User Guide!
When our software changes, so does our user guide. Visit www.rokulabs.com/support to
download the latest PDF version and learn about the latest features.
FCC important Note
ROKU LLC declares that R1000 ( FCC ID: TC2R1000 ) is limited in CH1~CH11 for
2.4GHz by specified firmware controlled in U.S.A.
12/12/2005
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  • Page 1 Welcome Thanks for purchasing Roku Soundbridge Radio! We hope you enjoy using it as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it. Both the Soundbridge Radio alarms are equipped to awake you gradually while the alarm starts out softly and progresses to a louder sound. You can hit the snooze button with either alarm.
  • Page 2 Before You Begin ....................... 6 Package Contents ......................6 Important Safety Information..................7 Music Servers........................7 Music Servers & SoundBridge Radio Features .............. 8 Getting Started ........................9 Radio Components ......................9 Radio Buttons ........................ 10 Radio Display Icons...................... 10 Remote Control......................
  • Page 3 Personal Firewall (iTunes Users)..................19 Installing a Compatible Music Server................21 Instructions for Installing Windows Media Connect ............ 21 Instructions for Installing iTunes .................. 21 Instructions for Installing Rhapsody................21 Instructions for Installing Musicmatch Jukebox............22 Enabling Music Sharing ....................22 Instructions for Enabling Windows Media Connect.............
  • Page 4 Play AM & FM Radio ....................... 34 Play Internet Radio ......................34 Alarm Clock........................34 Clock Settings ........................35 Radio Brightness, Contrast and Text Display............... 35 Turning Off Your SoundBridge Radio ................36 Roku Radio Web Interface....................37 Now Playing........................38 Presets ........................... 38 Configuration........................ 40 Date Format.......................
  • Page 5 APPENDICES ........................55 End User Software License Agreement................ 55 Roku Software License ....................55 Third Party License Information................... 55 Roku SoundBridge Limited Warranty ................56 FCC Warnings and Safety Information................57 Canada Class B Statement ....................58 VCCI Class B Statement....................58 Safety ..........................

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Introduction Your Soundbridge radio is equipped to not only let you listen to AM/FM and Internet radio; it also lets you listen to music libraries connected to your wireless network. There are two snooze alarms and you can reconfigure the display with your remote control or through the Roku web page.

  • Page 7: Important Safety Information

    Windows Media Connect. If you want to use the Rhapsody music service, you must use Rhapsody as your music server. There is no standard for music servers. They are almost all different. One of the benefits of Soundbridge Radio is that it supports all the common servers out there with an easy-to-use interface.

  • Page 8: Music Servers & Soundbridge Radio Features

    Music Servers & SoundBridge Radio Features The Roku Soundbridge Radio acts as a remote client for several kinds of music libraries, including Windows Media Connect, Rhapsody, Musicmatch and iTunes. You can also play WMA (Windows Media Audio) and DRM WMA files purchased from popular online music stores such as Napster™...

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    Now that you have checked the packaging, are aware of the safety regulations when using your Soundbridge Radio and are familiar with the various music servers for the Soundbridge Radio, this section will tell you how to set up your radio and get your music server ready.

  • Page 10: Radio Buttons

    Radio Buttons The following table describes the function of the radio buttons. Button Name Action Use this button to scroll through the Home menu options. Release the button when the display shows the selection you are interested in hearing and the music begins. Scan Up Use this button to scroll up for hours, minutes, AM, PM, ON or OFF set the alarm on or off.

  • Page 11: Remote Control

    The “X” icon indicates an unsupported file format. Remote Control Your Soundbridge Radio remote control can adjust the volume, scan through the music on your music servers, search for radio stations, and navigate the Soundbrid ge Radio menu selections. Simply point the remote control in the direction of your Soundbridge Radio unit, much like you do with your TV remote control.
  • Page 12 Button Name Action browse.” For example, when browsing for an artist alphabetically, you can skip to the next (or previous) letter. If searching in a list that is not arranged alphabetically, you can skip by about 5% either way in the list. è...

  • Page 13: Antennas

    The SoundBridge comes with a SD/MMC (Secure Digital MultiMedia Card) card slot for playing offline digital music files. To play music from an SD card, follow these steps: 1. Insert your SD card in the slot on the right side of the SoundBridge Radio. 2. Press the Source button on the SoundBridge Radio until the SD Card displays.

  • Page 14: Headphone Jack

    Select a Language After seeing the Roku logo, you will be asked to choose a language. Use the remote control Up and Down 56 buttons to find the language of your choice.

  • Page 15: Select Geographic Region

    Select Geographic Region You are prompted to select a geographic location. You will see the following: “In order to configure WiFi for your Soundbridge, on the next screen you must specify the geographic region in which it will be operated. Please note that selecting an incorrect location may violate local laws.”...

  • Page 16: Reconfiguring Factory Defaults

    DSL or cable modem. To make sure you have the latest version of the Soundbridge Radio software, Follow these instructions: 1. Make sure your Soundbridge Radio is connected to a home network with Internet access. 2. Press the Home Menu [] button on the remote control.

  • Page 17: Establishing A Wireless Network Connection

    Establishing a Wireless Network Connection If you have a Wi - Fi network in your home, with no security keys set, Soundbridge Radio will automatically connect to your wireless network. If Soundbridge Radio detects more than one Wi - Fi network, you will be asked to select which SSID (Service Set Identifier) you want to use.

  • Page 18: Multiple Wireless Networks

    Select Wi-Fi SSID & password Show Wired Ethernet status Show Wi-Fi status The SoundBridge Radio searches for your wireless network as shown below. You will see the following message : Looking for wireless networks… … . The name of your network displays.

  • Page 19: Entering A Security Key

    To find more information about your Access Point, see “Obtaining Your Wireless Access Point’s Password.” Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Setup If you have problems connecting the Soundbridge Radio to your music library, please check the following: • Is Soundbridge Radio within range of your wireless network signal? •...
  • Page 20 Press the Home Menu [ ] button. b. Scroll down to System Configuration and press Select [v]. c. Scroll down to Restart Soundbridge Radio and press Select [v]... PC user: 1. Refer to your firewall’s documentation for opening incoming ports.

  • Page 21: Installing A Compatible Music Server

    Note: You can also unplug your radio from the electric outlet to restart your radio. For More Information: For additional help with Firewall troubleshooting, please visit the troubleshooting section of our support area at www.rokulabs.com/support or visit our user forums at www.rokulabs.com/forums. Installing a Compatible Music Server To access network music sharing, you first need to install a music server.

  • Page 22: Instructions For Installing Musicmatch Jukebox

    Instructions for Installing Musicmatch Jukebox 1. If not already installed, download a free version of Musicmatch Jukebox 9.0 on your PC from www.musicmatch.com. 2. Continue to “Instructions for Enabling Musicmatch Junkbox.” Enabling Music Sharing After installing a music server, you need to enable your music server so you can access music library playlists stored on your networked computers.
  • Page 23 7. Click the Soundbridge icon. Windows Media Connect displays and prompts you to allow file sharing. 8. Click on Soundbridge Radio (denied) New and then click Allow. Windows Media Connect authorizes the Soundbridge Radio as shown below. 12/12/2005...

  • Page 24: Instructions For Enabling Itunes

    11. Double-click the Soundbridge icon. You can now ready to share music libraries and access the Roku web pages to control radio functionality. For More Information: See “Music Library Playback” and “Roku Radio Web Page s” Instructions for Enabling iTunes To turn on the Music Sharing option, 1.

  • Page 25: Instructions For Enabling Musicmatch

    Music Library Playback Once the Soundbridge Radio is successfully connected to your network and your server’s music sharing options are enabled, Soundbridge Radio will automatically find your computer’s music server and detect any supported music libraries. Soundbridge takes you to the Home menu which lists all the music libraries that are connected to your network.

  • Page 26: Music Library Options

    genres, and composers. Search Search the music library by titles, albums, artists, composers, and keywords. Show Song Queue Shows a list of songs you created in your song Queue. See the “Song Queue” section for more information. Now Playing Shows the current song playing. Settings You can change visualizer settings when music is playing, set how the radio behaves when idle...
  • Page 27 highlighted and press Select [ ] on your remote control. You will see a listing of browsing options: è Browse artists Browse album If you scroll down, you will see the other browsing options: Brow se songs Browse genres Browse Composers Browse Server Containers If you navigate to the Browse Albums option and press Select [v], you will see an alphabetical listing of albums found in your music library.

  • Page 28: Browsing By Artist, Song Or Composer

    Browsing by Artist, Song or Composer From the Home menu, navigate to Browse and press the Select [v] button. Navigate to Browse Artists and press the Select [v] button. Your display will look something like this: ? A nnie Lennox ? <A>...

  • Page 29: Browse Server Containers

    Hint: Information about your music, including Song Name, Artist, Album, and Genre is usually created automatically by the software you used to save your audio CD files on your computer’s hard drive (also know as ripping). This process creates data called “ID3 tags”...

  • Page 30: Song Queues

    SoundBridge Radio automatically builds a Song Queue every time you select a song or album to play. You can also have the Soundbridge Radio play a set of selections you choose. This section will tell you how to build a song queue, review a song queue and erase a song queue.

  • Page 31: Reviewing A Song Queue

    Shuffle Off — will play everything in your Song Queue in the original order. You can execute the Repeat and Shuffle command from any SoundBridge Radio menu and its icon will appears on your radio display.

  • Page 32: Now Playing

    Now Playing If you want to know what is playing, there are several ways to view “Now Playing” information: Press the Exit [? ] button several times until you see the display show “Now Playing” information. Press the Home menu [] button, then scroll down to the “Now Playing” option and press the Select [ ] button.

  • Page 33: Skipping Music Tracks

    3. Press Select to access your desired music library. Settings Need to complete Soundbridge Radio settings can be changed using the Settings option located at the bottom of the Home Menu. Visualizer Settings..You can change the appearance of the music visualizer such as whether it appears full display during playback, and what kind of information is displayed when a song is playing from the Home menu.

  • Page 34: Software Version & Updates

    Show WiFi Status Network Control Reset to Factory Default To reset your configuration of the Soundbridge radio and return the setting to its factory defaults, follow these steps: 1. Press the Home Menu [ ] button. 2. Use the down arrow to select Change Library or Configuration.

  • Page 35: Clock Settings

    This section describes radio settings that you change. Radio Brightness, Contrast and Text Display Not done When in standby mode, Soundbridge Radio can display the date and time, similar to the display below. Insert visual Use the Up and Down button on your remote control to change the time and date format on your clock display.

  • Page 36: Turning Off Your Soundbridge Radio

    Otherwise it will return you to the music library that you were most recently connected. If you plan to disconnect the Soundbridge Radio from AC power, be sure to press the Standby button first. This logs you out of the music server software running on your computer.

  • Page 37: Roku Radio Web Interface

    PC/Windows users : You can configure your computer to display UPnP devices including the Soundbridge Radio in your My Network Places window. If this option is not already enabled, see “Instructions for Enabling Windows Media Connect.”. The Soundbridge device appears in the notification area in the bottom-right corner of the window.

  • Page 38: Now Playing

    Radio. If more than one device is connected, they will be named SoundBridge, Soundbridge (2), and so on. 4. Double-click the name of your device to open the Soundbridge web page. At the Roku Soundbridge web interface, there are four Soundbridge Radio web pages for radio control. : Now Playing This page allows for control of playback of current music selection, including Pause, Play, Next/Previous Track, Stop, Repeat and Shuffle.
  • Page 39 Hint: If you copy a URL that is too long to fit inside the text field (longer than 250 characters), or if you erase the URL in the URL field, Soundbridge Radio will automatically revert to the previous URL that was in your list before.

  • Page 40: Configuration

    Configuration Use this page to enter a unique name for your Soundbridge Radio unit, choose a language other than English, or set options for displaying the time and date on your Soundbridge Radio when it is in Standby mode. Date Format...

  • Page 41: Status

    Hint: You can always revert to SoundBridge’s built-in English language display by clicking the Revert button on the bottom of the Language settings area. Close the Roku web page when you are finished editing your language settings, simply close your web page.

  • Page 42: Safe Mode

    Soundbridge Radio detects that its software has become corrupted. Safe Mode downloads a new version of software from Roku and to restore factory settings. When Soundbridge Radio enters Safe Mode, you will view the text “Safe Mode” displayed on the right side of the display.

  • Page 43: Geeks — Read This

    Soundbridge Radio has a built- in UPnP AV “media renderer.” This protocol can be used to control the Soundbridge Radio from your own software. Please watch the developer section of our web site for updates on this feature.

  • Page 44: Obtaining Your Wireless Access Point's Password

    You should then see the display below. The line labeled Wireless Network Name is the name of your network (SSID). You will either select this network on the Soundbridge Radio display or enter it if your network is not available. For More Information: See “Establishing A Wireless Network Communication.”...
  • Page 45 If your network is password protected, you should choose Equivalent Network Password from the Base Station menu as shown above. 3. Write down the value that appears in the dialog as shown below. This is the value you will enter into SoundBridge’s wireless setup password field. 12/12/2005 sb_radio_draft_jmc...

  • Page 46: Apple Airport (Pc Users)

    4. In Soundbridge’s Radio menu selection, Select WiFi SSID and Password, choose a HEX password type. Apple AirPort (PC Users) 1. From Start /Programs/Airport Admin Utility, open the AirPort Admin utility 2. Select the network you would like to configure. You should then see the configuration display below.
  • Page 47 3. Make a note of the name of your wireless network in the Network Name field. 12/12/2005 sb_radio_draft_jmc...
  • Page 48 4. From the Base Station list, select Equivalent Network Password. 12/12/2005 sb_radio_draft_jmc...
  • Page 49 5. Write down the displayed password name and format. Hexadecimal is the format in the following example. 12/12/2005 sb_radio_draft_jmc...

  • Page 50: Linksys Wap54G

    6. Press OK. Linksys WAP54G The Linksys WAP54G access point is a popular 802.11g access point. Getting the hexadecimal WEP key from the WAP54G is an easy process. Follow these steps: 1. Open a web browser and connect to the access point. You connect to the access point by entering the access point’s IP address in the location bar of your web browser.
  • Page 51 2. Write down the wireless network name in the MAC Address SSID field. You will enter the SSID name when specifying the wireless network for the Soundbridge Radio. 3. Click Edit Security Settings to access the WEP setup page. The following shows that Wireless Security is enabled.

  • Page 52: Netgear Wg602

    4. Write down the Key 1 value. In this example, 49774B692D is the key value. You will enter this value into SoundBridge’s wireless setup’s Password field. You now have the information necessary to configure your Soundbridge Radio to connect to your network.
  • Page 53 If “WEP” is set to “Disable,” then you do not need to enter a password to access your wireless network. If “WEP” is set to “Enable,” you will need to obtain the hexadecimal key for your network. Netgear unfortunately, does not allow you to view the current passphrase or keys.

  • Page 54: Getting Help

    CUSTOMER SUPPORT Please visit our Soundbridge Radio Troubleshooting area at www.rokulabs.com/support for detailed troubleshooting help. You may also browse our User Forum to see if other users have posted information that pertains to your situation. Our Forum is monitored by Roku engineers and customer support staff.

  • Page 55: Appendices

    Apple. This license gives apple the right to terminate the license for any reason. Roku has no control over this, and is not responsible in the unlikely event Apple does so. In this event, Roku will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide software that installs on your PC via a download that provides similar functionality, but Roku makes no representations or warranties regarding the features available in such a situation.

  • Page 56: Roku Soundbridge Limited Warranty

    Soundbridge Radio is defective, ROKU will repair the unit or replace the unit (with either a new or rebuilt Soundbridge Radio unit), at its option, at no charge and, if applicable, will pay the labor charges incurred by any Soundbridge Radio authorized service facility.

  • Page 57: Fcc Warnings And Safety Information

    (such as fuses and batteries). This warranty is valid only in the country of purchase from an authorized ROKU di s tributor or dealer. This warranty is invalid if the factory-applied serial number and/or “Warranty Void if Removed” sticker has been altered or removed from the SoundBridge.

  • Page 58: Canada Class B Statement

    20cm between the radiator & your body. •This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. •ROKU LLC declares that R1000 ( FCC ID: TC2R1000 ) is limited in CH1~CH11 for 2.4GHz by specified firmware controlled in U.S.A.

  • Page 59: Safety

    Safety Read the following safety and regulatory information. Important Safety Instructions 1. Read Instructions . All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. 2. Retain Instructions. The safet y and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.
  • Page 60 the product. Unplug this product during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. 12. Overloading. Do not overload wall outlets, extension cords or integral convenience receptacles as this can result in a risk of fire or electric shock. 13.

  • Page 61: Technical Specifications

    Subwoofer, in a proprietary Delta-Tunnel ™ tuned acoustic enclosure and powered by a built- in 30Wrms 3G digital amplifier Protocols Supported Roku Control Protocol (formerly known as Apple Bonjour™ Rendezvous) UPnP AV and Windows Media DRM 10 WEP, AutoIP, DHCP,TCP,TELNET, HTTP Rhapsody™...

  • Page 62: Audio Format Support

    Lossless is supported only when using Windows Media Connect and transcodes the format to LPCM. Please Note: AAC files purchased from the Apple Music store are not available for playback on the Soundbridge Radio at this time. A padlock [Ï] appears next to AAC files in your playlist. System Requirements Wi-Fi home network (802.11b or 802.11 g)

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