British telecommunications user guide mobile radio (22 pages)
Summary of Contents for BT Internet Radio
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 BT Internet Radio User Guide...
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Welcome… to your BT Internet Radio • Listen to thousands of radio stations from around the world, with every type of music you can imagine. • Stations checked and updated daily.
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 This User Guide provides you with all the information you need to get the most from your BT Internet Radio. You must first set up your radio before you can use it.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 In this guide Getting started Location ......6 Setting up .
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 In this guide Adding albums to the queue for playback later ......29 Controlling playback .
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Getting started IMPORTANT Before you continue, make sure that your wireless router is powered up and connected to the Internet. To get this part of the system working you must refer to the instructions supplied with the router.
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 3. Connect to the wireless network With the name for the access point you want to connect to displayed, press Select. If your network is not configured to need an encryption code,...
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Getting to know your BT Internet Radio Controls 1/Stop 2/Prev Track In radio mode, In radio mode, press and hold press and hold down to store down to store...
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Getting to know your BT Internet Radio Controls Power On/Off Use to switch the power on/off. Headset Socket Use to connect a headset.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Internet radio To set the clock see page 15. If you make a mistake, press Back return to the previous display. is not displayed, turn < Stations >...
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 to choose stations by type, for example Classic < Genre > Rock, Sport, News, etc. 3. Press to confirm. Select If you selected <Location> Turn the tuning dial until the display shows the region you want (or select to display all countries), then press Select.
Where # is the number of the pre-set button you held down. Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Accessing the menu while a station is playing When a radio station is playing, the station’s name and bit rate are displayed.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Playing a preset station When a radio station is playing: 1. Press and release one of the preset buttons (1 to 6), for the station you want. To play a station assigned to one of the presets, 7 to 12, press SHIFT followed by the preset button.
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Internet radio When you choose , the display shows the < On Demand > names of the programmes. Turn the tuning dial to choose the program you want and press Select.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Setting the clock 1. Press Select. 2. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows and press Select. 3. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows press Select.
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Using the Internet radio Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 4. Turn the tuning dial until the display shows and press Select. 5. Turn the tuning dial to select either If you choose shows Alarm is Off station display.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Setting the alarm via alarm button 1. Press Alarm. and the current alarm setting are Set Alarm displayed. 2. Turn the tuning dial to select the hour for the alarm to sound and press Select.
Windows Shares There are 2 ways of sharing audio files on your computer to be able to play them on your BT Internet radio. The first and simplest way, is using the ‘Windows Shares’ application on Windows XP or Windows 2000. This method of file sharing is best suited to compressed music files, for example .MP3 or...
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Ensure your PC is connected to the same access point/subnet as your Radio. Then make a note of your PC network name by right clicking on ‘My Computer’, clicking on ‘Properties’ going into ‘Computer Name’...
This is in order to speed up subsequent file scans. Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 is displayed. Once the radio has finished, turn the Finding PCs tuning dial to highlight the correct PC and press Select.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 is displayed. Turn the tuning dial until the [Add to Queue] track you want is displayed and press Select. The track will begin playing. Listening to a complete shared album 1.
Using the Media Player Media files scanned from the radio’s ‘Windows Shares’ function can also be added to the radio’s queue. Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Controlling playback • Press to stop playback.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 3. Press and hold for 2 seconds until 1/Stop is displayed. 4. Turn the tuning dial to highlight either: to confirm, then press Select. be displayed or to cancel.
If you do not press within 2 seconds, the display will show the previous setting. Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Repeat play of tracks in the queue 1. Select the individual tracks (as described on page 20) and place them in the queue (see page 21).
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Set up a Windows PC to allow the radio to access your audio files via a UPnP server If your music is stored as large, uncompressed files, for example .WAV, we recommend you follow this method of file sharing.
Using the Media Player Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 2. Secondly, you will need to select which folders on your PC you want Windows Media Connect to share with your Internet radio. To do this, select ‘Sharing’ then press the ‘Add’ button to add your folders (as shown below in ‘Sharing Files With...
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 1. Keep pressing to get to the radio’s top-level menu and then Back turn the tuning dial to select Media Player 2. Turn the tuning dial to display The radio will scan for all available UPnP servers.
Media files scanned from the radio’s ‘Windows Shares’ function can also be added to the radio’s queue. Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 8. Turn the tuning dial to select a sub category (for example ) and press Select.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Adding albums to the queue for playback later 1. Highlight the required album and press Select. 2. Turn the tuning dial until [Add To Queue] press Select. Tracks Added To Queue Controlling playback •...
To play tracks in a random order, you will need to select YES to enable the ‘shuffle mode’. Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 4. Turn the tuning dial to highlight either: to confirm, then press Select.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Repeat play of tracks in the queue 1. Select the individual tracks (as described on page 26) and place them in the queue (see page 28). 2. Use the...
For help with connecting your radio to wireless networks, see the ‘Setting up’ section on page 6. Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Configure menu Choosing options from the Configure menu 1. Press Select.
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 <Upgrade Firmware> Choose this option to download new firmware to your radio. <Language> Choose this option to change the display language. <Factory Reset> Choose this option if you want to reset the radio to it’s default settings.
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Using the Media Player The radio will continue to play as normal until the sleep time is reached, when it will go into standby mode. <Backlight> Choose this option to change the display backlight setting: The options are: Active –...
MAC address. If the MAC address is not listed, you will need to add it. Refer to the manufacturer’s guide for your access point for instructions on how to add your BT Internet Radio to the list of allowed equipment.
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PC, use the form at http://www.reciva.com/stations/add_station.asp to notify us so that we can change the station data that is used by the radio. I cannot seem to share audio files for playback on the BT Internet radio. •...
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 General information Safety information • Only use the power supply that came with your BT Internet Radio. Using an unauthorised power supply will invalidate your guarantee and may damage the radio.
• This guarantee does not affect your statutory rights. Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Within the 12 month guarantee period: • Prior to returning your product, please read the Help section beginning on page 35 or contact the Helpline on 0870 242 1950 for assistance.
Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Technical information Technical specifications • Power supply: External PSU 230 VAC input. 7V5DC, 1000 mA output. • Speakers: Full range stereo. Internal 3.6 inch, 6 ohm, 1.5 watt •...
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Internet Radio – New Style – Edition 5 – 21.09.06 – 7690 Offices worldwide The services described in this publication are subject to availability and may be modified from time to time. Services and equipment are provided subject to British Telecommunications plc’s respective standard conditions of contract.