Aluratek AIRMM02F Instructional Manual

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Internet Radio Alarm Clock

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AIRMM02F

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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ..............1.1 Overview ................... 1.2 Features ..................1.3 Requirements ................1.4 Package Contents ..............1.5 Product Application ..............1.6 Unit Functions ................1.7 Remote Functions ..............Chapter 2: Getting Started ..............2.1 Hardware Installation ..............
Page 3 Table of Contents Chapter 7: Misc.................. 7.1 Clock Setting ................7.1.1 Time Setup - Manually ............7.1.2 Time Setup - Auto-Sync (NTP) ..........7.1.3 Time Display Format .............. 7.2 Alarm Setting ................7.3 Backlight Setting ............... 7.4 Equalizer Setting ...............
Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction
Aluratek® is also dedicated to provide the best customer satisfac- tion and support. The goal of Aluratek is to embody “Simple Elegance” in every product it designs, manufactures and sells. The product focus of Aluratek is to bring simple yet elegant connectiv- ity solutions to the consumers to enhance their consumer electronics, communications and computing experience.
Page 5: Features
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.2 Features • Choose between more than 11,000+ radio stations worldwide via built-in vTuner with no monthly cost • Search music by genre, i.e. classic, pop, talk, news, sports etc. and geographically over 150 countries • Compatible with universal Plug-n-Play audio servers such as: Microsoft Media Player 11 (WMP11), Microsoft Media Connect and MusicMatch Jukebox •...
Page 6: Product Application
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.5 Product Application PLACE IN ANY ROOM IN YOUR HOME Bedroom Kitchen Home Office Backyard / Patio Integrate the AIRMM02F into your home theater system via the RCA jacks USB Port Built-in WiFi LISTEN Stream Internet Radio...
Page 7: Unit Functions
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.6 Unit Functions Function select Scroll the wheel to select the function, and press it once to confirm/enter. Play / Pause music Press this button once to play/ pause the select station. Volume control Scroll the wheel to change the volume.
Page 8: Chapter 2: Getting Started
(See Chapter 3.2 to do the detailed setup) 2.2 Software Installation AIRMM02F can work as a stand-alone device or as a media streamer of a media server. As a stand-alone unit, you can use it to listen to Internet radio, FM radio, and external USB storage/MP3 players. No computer is needed.
Page 9: Chapter 3: Configuration
Chapter 3: Configuration There are three modes of network configuration for AIRMM02F. It can be a wireless client, a wired client, or even a wireless access point (Wireless AP). 3.1 Configure as an Wireless Client The factory default mode is the client Mode. According to the availability of an Ethernet cable, the device will automatically select a suitable client mode to operate.
Page 10 Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in (cont.): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “►” button or Select the internet “OK” button or radio menu lan- press the right guage. rotary wheel. Scanning for available APs.
Page 11 Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in (cont.): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen Apply new settings. The device is connected to your network.
Page 12 Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode: Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “OK” button or Initial screen press the right rotary wheel. “ “ button “►” button or (4 times) or “OK” button or rotate right press the right rotary wheel rotary wheel.
Page 13 Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode (cont.): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “OK” button or You can use the numeric/ alphabet press the right keypad on remote rotary wheel. control to input the WEP key, or you can use the option button to change the abc/...
Page 14: Configure As A Wired Client
3.2 Configure as a Wired Client If there is no 802.11b/g wireless network in your home, and only wired 802.3 network is available, AIRMM02F can also connect to the wired network through an Ethernet cable. In this situation, prior to power on the device, you have to plug the Eth- ernet cable into the RJ45 connector.
Page 15 Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device with an Ethernet cable plugged in: (cont.) Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “ “ button “►” button or (5 times) or “OK” button or rotate right press the right rotary wheel rotary wheel.
Page 16 Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device with an Ethernet cable plugged in: (cont.) Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. The device is in wired client mode now. It is connect- ed to your network.
Page 17 Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as Wired Client Mode: Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “►” button or Initial screen “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ “ button “►” button or (4 times) or “OK” button or rotate right press the right rotary wheel...
Page 18 Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as Wired Client Mode: (cont.) Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen The device is in wired client mode now. The device is connected to your network...
Page 19: Configure As A Wireless Access Point (Ap Mode)
Chapter 3: Configuration 3.3 Configure as a Wireless Access Point (AP Mode) AIRMM02F can also be configured as a wireless AP. With this feature, you can easily extend the wireless coverage without purchasing another AP. To configure AIRMM02F as an AP, you have to manually setup the de- vice through selecting the MMI menu “Setup/Advanced Setup/Configure...
Page 20 Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as a Wireless Access Point ((AP Mode) (cont.)): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen Numeric key “OK” button or You can use pads the numeric/ press the right alphabet keypad rotary wheel. on remote control to input the SSID, or you can use the option button...
Page 21 Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as a Wireless Access Point ((AP Mode) (cont.)): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.
Page 22: Chapter 4: Listen To Various Music
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.1 Listen to Internet Radio To listen to music or broadcast programs from Internet radio stations, please select the “Internet Radio” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to enter the Internet Radio function. The first screen of Internet Radio function shows 2 items for you to select: “Station List”: Retrieve the Internet radio station lists from the Internet portal server.
Page 23 It takes few seconds to get the latest list from Internet. And you will see the next screen. This means the AIRMM02F is connected to the Internet server and received the information from the server. If you see the following screen instead, it means that the device has encountered problem in retrieving the list from the internet server, please try again.
Page 24 Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to browse to a specific ratio station such as “4U Classic Rock” in France and start to playback the music from it. Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “OK”...
Page 25 Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “▼“ button “►” button or Press the “ ” button to add (9 times) or “OK” button or current station rotate right press the right to favorite list for rotary wheel rotary wheel.
Page 26: Listen To Fm Radio
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.2 Listen to FM Radio Before you can listen to the FM radio, please install the supplied FM antenna to the back of the device. To listen to music or broadcast programs from local FM radio stations, please select the “FM Radio”...
Page 27 Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to pre-set the FM stations and tune to a specific ratio station 98.70 MHz and start the broadcast program. Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “OK” button or Select “FM press the right Radio”...
Page 28: Listen To Music In Your Computer
After you installed and activated the media server, you can enjoy listen- ing to the streaming music from AIRMM02F. Please select the “Media Server” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to enter the Media Server function.
Page 29 Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music If there is no server found, you will see the below message. Please check if you had already started the media server on your com- puter. If the media server not found problem still exists, please refer to the trouble shooting chapter to identify the problem and resolve it step by step.
Page 30 Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “▼“ button “►” button or or rotate right “OK”...
Page 31: Listen To The Music In Your Usb Drive
To listen to music on your USB drive or portable MP3 player, please plug in the USB drive into the USB connector of AIRMM02F. Then select the “MP3 Player” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to enter the MP3 player function.
Page 32 Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music The following screen shots are an example of how to play a music file. Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen “OK” button or Initial screen press the right rotary wheel. “▼“ button “►” button or Select the music (2 times) or “OK”...
Page 33: The Playback Screen
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.5 The Playback Screen When the music starts, you can see the screen shows related playback information. It includes the title of the song / station, the album & artist information, and the playback progression of the music. Besides, there is a status line in the bottom of the screen.
Page 34: How To Add Stations Thru The Web Portal
1. Please make sure you have the latest firmware. Please refer to section 6.6 and 6.7 for steps on how to determine the current firmware version on your device. Firmware can be found on http://www.aluratek.com/ download_drivers_manuals.php 2. Please go to http://aluratek.vtuner.com 3.
Page 35 Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 8. Please fill in info for the station that you wish to add 9. Power Off/On the unit 10. You should able to access the newly added station under Stations List>Added Stations Folder on your internet radio...
Page 36: Chapter 5: Setup Rss
Chapter 5: Setup RSS 5.1 How to run RSS When you enter RSS, you can go to World-Wide Weather to select the RSS weather of the city you live, or you can select 10 different cities from list and check the weather daily. If you want to add to Favorite, you can press ‘favorite’...
Page 37 Chapter 5: Setup RSS How to run RSS (cont.): Instructions Screenshot Go to next Notes screen Add to My Favorite, so that you can check the weather easily. “ “ button “►” button or or rotate right “OK” button or rotary wheel press the right clockwise.
Page 38: How To Subscribe Rss By Utility
5.2 How to Subscribe RSS by Utility Also, AIRMM02F allows you to subscribe other RSS URL. You can insert the CD into PC, make sure your PC and AIRMM02F is under the same network, and execute the Utility to search the IP address of this machine automatically.
Page 39 Chapter 5: Setup RSS Once you successfully added the RSS station, you will see the RSS URL which you subscribed on AIRMM02F, and you can read the headlines daily.
Page 40: Chapter 6: Advanced Tools
Chapter 6: Advanced Tools There are some useful setup functions that can help you to operate the device properly. 6.1 Network Setting Check current network information. 6.2 Configure Network Please refer to chapter 3 for network configuration. 6.3 Reset to Default When you reset the device to its factory default, your “favorites”...
Page 41: Clear Favorites
Chapter 6: Advanced Tools 6.4 Clear Favorites Clear all “favorites” Internet radio station and FM radio station stored. 6.5 Device MAC Address Check MAC address of the device. 6.6 Firmware Version Check current firmware version. 6.7 Firmware Upgrade If there is any new firmware released, please download and follow the upgrade procedure below.
Page 42 MP3 player. (Note. Please DON’T modify the file name, otherwise the AIRMM02F can’t find the new F/W) Step 2. Power on the AIRMM02F and then plug-in the USB drive into the front USB port of the AIRMM02F. Step 3. Operate the AIRMM02F to get into the F/W upgrade menu (“Setup\Ad- vanced Setup\F/W Upgrade(thru.
Page 43: Chapter 7: Misc
Chapter 7: Misc. 7.1 Clock Setting Prior to setting the alarm, you need to set the clock of AIRMM02F. First, select the Setup function from the Main Menu. The first item “Clock” is for the date and time setting. Press OK or “...
Page 44: Time Setup - Manually
Chapter 7: Misc. 7.1.1 Time Setup - Manually If you decide to set the clock manually, press the OK or “ ” button to go into the date and clock screen. You can use the four directional buttons and the OK button to set the current date/time. Use “...
Page 45: Time Setup - Auto-Sync (Ntp)
Chapter 7: Misc. 7.1.2 Time Setup – Auto-Sync (NTP) If you choose to set the clock automatically, please go into the “Auto- Sync (NTP)” menu, and select the correct time zone for your location. After that, the device will set the date and time automatically. 7.1.3 Time Display Format Choose time display format bewteen 12-Hour or 24-Hours.
Page 46: Alarm Setting
Chapter 7: Misc. 7.2 Alarm Setting To setup an alarm, you have to setup the time and alarm music properly. The following procedures illustrate a typical alarm setting operation. It sets Alarm 1 to generate alarm (play music) at 7:00 AM with Internet radio station “4U Classical Rock”...
Page 47 When the alarm time is up, the device will activate the alarm opera- tion and playback the specified music. Like traditional clock alarm, AIRMM02F also provides the SNOOZE function for you to temporarily stop the alarm, and after 10 minutes, the alarm will start again. You...
Page 48: Backlight Setting
Chapter 7: Misc. 7.3 Backlight Setting You can adjust the backlight ON / OFF settings as you wish. The default setting is Always ON. You can set the backlight to be turned OFF once the device is idle (no key press) after a specific time elapsed. The backlight can be switched off automatically in 1/3/10/30 minutes.
Page 49: Appendix A: Listen To Music Via Wmp 11
Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Install & Connect to Windows Media Player 11 Please follow the steps below: Step 0. Download WMP11. - Please download Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) installation file, e.g., wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe, from Microsoft’s web site. - Install wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe without any changes needed.
Page 50 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Step 2. Change the view - Change the view from “Now Playing” to “Library” view by clicking on the Library Tab to manage the content and share your media. You will see the following view: Step 3.
Page 51 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 - You will see the following view: - Click on the add button and select the media folder in your computer, and then click the OK button. For example, you can put all the music files in the directory D:\Music, so you just need to add the folder to the share list.
Page 52 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 - You will see the specified folder included in the WMP11 monitor folder lists. - Then press the OK button. A pop-up window will appear and show you the WMP11 is searching for the media files. - When it finished, click on the “Close”...
Page 53 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Step 4. Share the WMP11 media library. - Similar to Step 3, click on the “Media Sharing” item to activate the media sharing function. - The following dialog windows will appear. - Check the “Share my media” checkbox and click on “OK” button. - The WMP11 will try to discover the available network devices in your LAN.
Page 54 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 If AIRMM02F is already connected to your home network, you will see the following display that WMP11 found a network device named “Aluratek AIRMM02F”. AIRMM02F Step 5. Manage the setting of sharing media.
Page 55 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Step 6. Authorize the access from your AIRMM02F. The WMP11 provides simple access control setting. When WMP11 detects new network device (as the final screen in Step 4), you have to decide whether you want to allow or deny the requests from that device.
Page 56 Appendix A: Listen to Music via WMP 11 Step 7. Establish the connection between AIRMM02F and WMP11 server. - From AIRMM02F, select “Media Server” function from the main menu (or press the hot key “Media Player” on the remote control), and then AIRMM02F will start the server discovery process.
Page 57: Appendix B: Listen To Music Via Wmc 2.0
Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0 Install & Connect to Windows Media Connect V2.0 Please follow the steps below: Step 0. Download WMC server. - Please download the Windows Media Connect (WMC) installation file, wmcsetup.exe, from Microsoft web site. - Install the wmcsetup.exe without any changes needed.
Page 58 Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0 Step 3. Then, you will be asked to select the folders you want to share with your devices. Select the desired folder for your computer. For example, you can put all the music files in the directory D:\Music, so you select “Let me choose which folders”...
Page 59 Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0 Step 4. Establish the connection between AIRMM02F and WMC server. - From AIRMM02F, select “Media Server” function from the main menu (or press the hot key “Media Player” on the remote controller), and then AIRMM02F will start the server discovery process.
Page 60 Select the device and then click on the ‘Allow’ button. Then, press the ‘close’ button to finish the authorization process. At this moment, AIRMM02F can get the contents or service from the WMC server. You can browse the list and playback the music you want.
Page 61: Technical Support
Technical Support If you need further assistance, please contact Aluratek support department prior to returning this device. E-mail: support@aluratek.com Web: www.aluratek.com/support Local (Tustin, CA): 714-586-8730 Toll free: 1-866-580-1978...
Page 62: Radio And Tv Interference Statement
Radio and TV Interference Statement WARNING!!! This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may...
Page 63: Warranty
Aluratek reserves the right to revise or update it’s product, software or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity.
Page 64 Aluratek, Inc. 12A Mauchly Irvine, CA 92618 sales@aluratek.com 949.419.6504 • office 949.419.6477 • fax...

Aluratek AIRMM02F Instructional Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Getting Started

Chapter 3: Configuration

Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music

Chapter 5: Setup RSS

Chapter 6: Advanced Tools

Chapter 7: Misc

Appendix A: Listen to Music Via WMP 11

Appendix B: Listen to Music Via WMC 2.0

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