Playback From The Network - Accessing Files Using The Radio.22; Playback Of Playlist - Hama DIR3505MSCBT Operating Instructions Manual

Requirements:
• The radio and the computer must be on the same
network.
• The radio must be authorised as a playback device on the
computer.
Proceed as follows:
 Control Panel  Network and Internet  View
network computers and devices
The radio should be shown here.
• Right-click on the icon or designation of the radio and
choose Allow streaming to this device.
• Right-click again on the icon or designation of the radio
and choose Show device website to change the
friendly name of the device.
• A new browser window opens. You can make the desired
changes here.
Use:
• The radio can now access shared directories on the
computer, and you can stream audio fi lesto the device
for playback.
• The music directory of your music library is enabled as
standard.
• Create and manage shared folders using Explorer or
Windows Media Player.
• Right-click on the desired music fi le,choose Play To,
and then select the designation of the radio.
• The radio begins playback of the music file.
11.3 Playback from the network – Accessing files
using the radio
To access one of the existing network shared files directly
from the radio, proceed as follows:
From the main menu or after pressing [ ] / [MODE]
repeatedly, activate Music player mode.
•
[ ]
Main menu

Music player

Shared media
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• Choose the correct device (home server, PC, etc.) and
press [ENTER/NAVIGATE] to open the list of shared
folders on that device.
You can now search for fi les,open a playlist, or search
through the entire shared music folders. If you want to
search through the entire selection of music, there are
other sorting functions available (Album, Artist, Genre,
Folder, etc.) that can help you fi nd the desired file more
quickly.
Note
These functions are only available if the ID3 tag and
other file information have been maintained on the
source device.
Prune servers:
To reset the list of servers connected to so far, press
[ENTER/NAVIGATE].
If you confirm by choosing YES, then all Common Media
will be deleted.

11.4 Playback of playlist

You can create a local playlist on the radio, in which you
save files shared on the network or from connected data
storage devices.
• Under Shared media/ USB playback, choose the file
to be added to the playlist.
• Press and hold [ENTER/NAVIGATE] for approx. 3
seconds until the display shows the message Added to
playlist.
Note
You can also use playlists that were created on your
Windows PC. (WPL = Windows Playlist). For example,
Windows Media Player is suited for this purpose.