Internet Radio Alarm Clock Instructional Manual AIRMM02F mnl M10066 Copyright © 2010 Aluratek, Inc. All Rights Reserved. aluratek.
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................... 1.1 Overview ................................................................................... 1.2 Features .................................................................................... 1.3 Requirements ............................................................................ 1.4 Package Contents ..................................................................... 1.
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 ......................
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview Thank you for choosing Aluratek’s® Internet Radio Alarm Clock with Built-in WiFi. Once I’m connected to the internet you will have access to 11,000+ live streaming internet radio stations from around the globe at your fingertips. This includes any music genre you can think of including talk, sports and local news from over 150 countries. That’s pretty much free music for life playing from any room in your home or office.
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 • Wireless access WIFI 802.11 b/g, Ethernet and USB 2.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.5 Product Application 1 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 C A Built-in WiFi B 2 LISTEN A Stream Internet Radio from your WiFi / wireless 802.11 B / G router. 6 OR B Connect your local CAT5 Ethernet cable to stream Internet Radio. OR C Plug in any USB Drive and listen to your music files.
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. Back Press the ‘back’ key to go back to the previous menu. Option This key has various functions that are listed in menu such as Stop playing music, go to favorite etc. 1.
Chapter 2: Getting Started 2.1 Hardware Installation Please make sure you already have a wired/wireless router setup before setting up AIRMM02F. Step 1. Power on: Plug in the power adapter and press the power switch to power on AIRMM02F Step 2. Connect to Wi-Fi Router from AP lists If you have a router with Wi-Fi function, AIRMM02F will automatically find the available AP lists for you to select. (See Chapter 3.1 to do the detailed setup) Step 3.
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.
Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in (cont.): Instructions 4. Screenshot Go to next screen Notes “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Select the internet radio menu language. 5. Scanning for available APs. 6. “▼” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Select the AP that you can connect to your router device. 7.
Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device without an Ethernet cable plugged in (cont.): Instructions 10. Screenshot Go to next screen Notes Apply new settings. 11. 12. The device is connected to your network.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode: Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes 1. “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Initial screen 2. “ “ button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 3. “▼” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 4. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 5.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode (cont.): Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes 7. “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. You can use the numeric/ alphabet keypad on remote control to input the WEP key, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ ABC/123/~!# input. Note: Case sensitive. 8. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Confirm to the settings above. 9. Apply new settings. 10.
Chapter 3: Configuration 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 Ethernet cable into the RJ45 connector. And then power on the device.
Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device with an Ethernet cable plugged in: (cont.) Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes 6. 7. “ “ button (5 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 8. “▼” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 9. “▼” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.
Chapter 3: Configuration First time using device with an Ethernet cable plugged in: (cont.) Instructions 13. Screenshot Go to next screen Notes “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 14. The device is in wired client mode now. It is connected to your network. 15. Device runs as a Wired Client. 16.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as Wired Client Mode: Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes 1. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Initial screen 2. “ “ button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 3. “▼” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 4. “▼” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as Wired Client Mode: (cont.) Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes 8. The device is in wired client mode now. 9.
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 device through selecting the MMI menu “Setup/Advanced Setup/Configure Network/AP mode”. And then setup the IP address scheme, SSID, channel number and the encryption key of the AP.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as a Wireless Access Point ((AP Mode) (cont.)): Instructions Go to next screen Notes 6. Numeric key pads “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. You can use the numeric/ alphabet keypad on remote control to input the SSID, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ABC/123/~!# input. 7. Numeric key pads “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.
Chapter 3: Configuration Manually configured as a Wireless Access Point ((AP Mode) (cont.)): Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen 10. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 11. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 12. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Notes Confirm to the settings above. 13. Apply new settings. 14. The device is in wireless AP mode now. 15. The device is connected to your network.
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.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 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.
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 Go to next screen Notes 1. “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Initial screen 2. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 3. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 4. “▼“ button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music Instructions 7. “▼“ button (9 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. Screenshot Go to next screen Notes “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Press the “ ” button to add current station to favorite list for quick access later. 8. Connecting to the radio station. 9. Start buffering the music from the radio station. 10..
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” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to enter the FM Radio function. The first screen of FM Radio function shows 5 items for you to select: “Station List”: Retrieve the tuned radio station lists from the device.
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 screen Notes 1. “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Select “FM Radio” function 2. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 3. “▼“ button (2 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.3 Listen to Music in Your Computer To listen to music from your own computers, you have to install and activate the media server utility. Please refer to Appendix A or B for example on how to install a media server software. After you installed and activated the media server, you can enjoy listening 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.
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 computer. 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. The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to connect to a media server “JAMES-NB: James:” and browsing to the Music album “Best of Roxette”. Go to next screen Notes 1.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes 5. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 6. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 7. “▼“ button or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 8. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Press the “ ” button to add current station to my song queue for quick access. 9.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.4 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. The first screen of MP3 Player function shows the root folder content of the attached USB drive. If you see the screen “NO DEVICE”, there was a problem accessing the USB device.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music The following screen shots are an example of how to play a music file. Instructions Go to next screen Notes 1. “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Initial screen 2. “▼“ button (2 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Select the music folder to browse and playback. 3. “▼“ button or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 4.
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. It reflects the actual states of the wireless signal strength, the connection quality, the connection status, and the playback status.
Chapter 4: Listen to Various Music 4.6 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. Use vTuner ID (you can find the id either from menu Setting > vTunerID or the MAC address on the label that is on the bottom of the unit) 4.
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.
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’ button on remote control to store. Instructions Go to next screen Notes 1. “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Initial screen 2. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 3.
Chapter 5: Setup RSS How to run RSS (cont.): Instructions Screenshot Go to next screen Notes Add to My Favorite, so that you can check the weather easily. 7. 8. “ “ button or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 9. “►” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 10. “◄” button or back button to go previous screen. Once you add to My Favorite, it will show the daily weather when in idle mode.. 11. 12.
Chapter 5: Setup RSS 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.
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.
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” Internet radio and FM radio will not be erased.
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.
Chapter 6: Advanced Tools Steps to upgrade new firmware in the device via a USB drive Step 1. Copy the new firmware to the ROOT directory of a USB drive or a USB 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\Advanced Setup\F/W Upgrade(thru.
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 “ button to set the clock value. ” There are 3 items in the clock menu, the first one will display the current date and time; the second item is for you to set the date and time manually or via auto-Sync (automatically synchronize with network time server).
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 “ ” , “ ” buttons to switch between the items to be adjusted. The selected item will be flashing. Use “ ” , “ ” buttons to adjust (increase or decrease) the value of the specific item. Press the OK button to confirm and finish the time setup.
Chapter 7: Misc. 7.1.2 Time Setup – Auto-Sync (NTP) If you choose to set the clock automatically, please go into the “AutoSync (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.
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” as the source of the music. Instructions Go to next screen Notes 1. “OK” button Alarm Menu 2. “ ” button or “OK” button Set Alarm 1 3. “ ” button (1 time) “ ” button or “OK” button Enable Alarm 1 4.
Chapter 7: Misc. Instructions 7. Screenshot Go to next screen Notes “OK” button Use the 4 directional buttons to set the volume 8. Final alarm setting, lasting for 3~5 seconds 9. The setting is finished. After you set and enabled the alarm, you will see there is a bell icon on the clock screen. When the alarm time is up, the device will activate the alarm operation and playback the specified music.
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. 7.3 Equalizer Setting In the Setup menu, you can change the setting of the equalizer. The options available are Normal, Classic, Rock, Jazz, and PoP.
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. - Just click on ‘next’ to finish the installation. Step 1. Activate the Media Player.
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. Add your Media content to WMP11 media library. - Click on the “Library” tab again, you can see a pull-down menu.
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.
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” button. - Now, you can browse and manage your media content with the WMP11 Library manager.
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. - The following display showed that no device is found at this moment.
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. - Click on the “Settings” button, and specify the name of the WMP11 server to be displayed on your AIRMM02F. Then, press OK to exit.
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. - Please select the device icon and then click on the “Allow” button to grant further streaming requests from that device. Then you will see that the device icon state changed consequently.
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. After a few seconds, it will find server like “PC_Hostname: Server Name”. This is the WPM11 server that you installed. - Press the ‘OK’ button to try to connect to the server.
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. - Just click on ‘next’ to finish the installation. Step 1. Activate WMC. You can find a new installed file icon “Windows Media Connect” from the Windows XP Program list.
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” and add the folder to the share list. Finally, press ‘Finish’ to finish the setup of the Windows Media Connect. Then you can see a small icon on the lower right corner of the startup bar.
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. After a few seconds, it will find server like “PC_Hostname: 1: Windows Media Connect”. - Then press the ‘OK’ button to try to connect to the server. You will see the AIRMM02F screen shows “ Connecting…”.
Appendix B: Listen to Music via WMC 2.0 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.
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.
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 cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Warranty Aluratek warrants this product against defect in material or workmanship for 1 Year from the date of purchase. This warranty becomes invalid if the factory-supplied serial number or “warranty void” sticker has been removed or altered on the product. This warranty does not cover: A) Cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God B) Accident, misuse, abuse, negligence or modification of any part of the product.
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