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1. Navigation controls cont 5 The Forward button may be used to make selections from the menus If an error is made when navigating the menus itis generally possible Fwd Back to go back to a higher level menu by pressing the Back button 6 The Info button allows the display of information relating to the radio station or music file being played Note In this booklet press always means press and release Text entry There are several occasions when you may need to enter text characters Sale into your radio for example when setting up the WiFi connection or when Key 9 9 searching for artists or albums When entering textyou can use the Tuning A Key For My Networki Select control alone or in conjunction with the buttons 0123456789 _ BRSP abcdefghi jklmn opqrstuvwxyZABC DEFGHIJRLMNOPQR CANCE 1 Rotate the Tuning Selectcontrol to highlight each character as needed and press the control to enter each character into the radio Alternatively gt 2 To highlight the next character in the character display press the Fwd abe Forward button Press and hold to move more quickly 3 A To highlight the previous character in the character display press the Back button Press and hold to move more quickly Info 4 To enter the highlighted character press the Tuning Select control Back re 5 The Info button allows quick access to the Backspace control You can then use the Tuning Select control to access the OK and C
2. 2 Insert six LR20 D size batteries into the spaces in the compartment Take care to ensure all batteries are inserted with the correct polarity as shown inside the battery compartment Replace the battery cover 3 Reduced power a stuttering sound distortion or the radio switching itself off are all signs that the batteries may need replacing 4 lf the radio is not to be used for any extended period of time it is recommended that the batteries are removed from the radio Rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride NiMH cells can be used in the radio but must be charged outside the radio using an external charger Note that commercially available D size NiMH cells have a capacity which is only a small fraction of that of D size Alkaline cells and so they will power the radio for only a few hours before needing recharging Never mix batteries of different types capacities or brands in the radio IMPORTANT The batteries should not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine fire or the like After use disposable batteries should if possible be taken to a suitable recycling centre On no account should batteries be disposed of by incineration 7 Navigation controls These pages describe the basic means of controlling your Stream 205 radio Instructions for each operating mode are given in the later sections of this book 1 Pressing the On Off button brings your radio out of Stand by mode if running from mains or switches it on if
3. 3 Rotate the Tuning Selectcontrolin a clockwise direction The displayed frequency will increase Press the Tuning Select control to carry out an auto tune Your radio will scan up the FM band from the currently displayed frequency and will stop scanning when it finds a station of Z sufficient strength 4 The display will show the frequency of the signal which has been Select Snooze found If RDS information is available after a few seconds the display FM will show the radio station name 103 40MHz If you only hear hiss or interference simply press the Tuning Select control to scan further Your radio may have found a spurious interference signal 2 ee 5 Tofindmore FM stations press the Tuning Select control to repeat the scan operation To scan down in frequency rotate the Tuning Select FM control in a anti clockwise direction first and then press the control Heart FM Your radio will scan down the FM band from the currently displayed frequency and will stop scanning when it finds a signal of sufficient strength Volume 6 When the end of the waveband is reached your radio will recommence tuning from the opposite end of the waveband 7 Use the Volume buttons to adjust the sound level as needed y If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 70 Manual tuning 71 Carefully extend the telescopic aerial and press the On Off button to switch on your radio Press t
4. Network and Sharing Center gt Select Snooze Ay Music Player Music player Shared media USB playback My playlist Repeat play Off Shuffle play Off f4 Shared media JENNY Jenny s music HOME_PC Mum s music Allowing a device to connect to Windows Media Player 12 Choose media streaming options for computers and devices i E Name your media library Les ES Choose default settings Show devices on Local network SO Media programs on this PC and remote connections F a e a a a b eathmre Ned Allowed access using default SETTINGS Stream 205 00226102a199 Allowed access using customized streaming preferences All devices are allowed to access your shared media Choose homegroup and sharing options Choose power options Tell me more about media streaming Read the privacy statement online Media streaming options Customize Remove If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 38 Locating and playing media files using UPnP Once the UPnP server has been configured to share media files with your radio you may select the files that you wish to play as follows 1 Press the On Off button to switch on the unit Press the Mode button as needed until the Music Player mode display is shown The main Music Player menu will then be displayed On Off Z 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Shared media is
5. STREAM 05 DAB DAB FM WiFi Internet Radio with Music Player and Last fm Now supports remote control from iPhone or iPod touch and Windows 7 Play to function f Sean eos last fm N Digital RPABT Radio Please read this manual before use ROBERIS minis Listening Digital Audio as Contents IMFOGUG NON esn 2 9 Before YOU can use this PIODUCE scswsicoscvocavsciurs snstvantsddarusavonieotsvecieansiiins 3 About this instruction MANUAL sas caccccucissacataiarsacecamtenixeianadveridenceeiivexcnmest 4 Controls and connections xi ectsveirvesantecsaguancesncoucsinecssianeaiexanteensasveattaues 5 6 Battery ODS le OM ecto sass team sndaaeanunsinsncasenconaannenieeussasennesenseesonessssasheutacdss 7 Navigation ONIN ONS sosia A teal Meenas 8 9 CONTIG UPATON isesi aE i aa 10 21 Plugging in and language SeIleCtION ccccsseseeeeesseesseeeenseeneeees 10 11 Clock and time settings scssniacosmadsatartadaassinacenasannsayenanetnenimanadecdaasedesendds 12 Connecting to your computer NetWwork cccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 13 17 Manual network Configuration cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeees 18 20 Network remote control Options cccccsseecccsseseeceeeeesseneeecseeeeenes 21 Internet Radio MOE cccceeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeesenees 22 35 Internet Radio the DASICS vireisciicasssssscsacteessannsdunacunaawadensienisennnessansention 22 Select
6. Snooze y Manual Tuning Manual tuning allows you to tune directly to the various Band III DAB Menu channels SAto 13F At the time of writing all UK DAB stations are located in the range of channels 11B to 12D 1 When in DAB mode press Menu button so that the display shows the 4 DAB menu Select Snooze 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Manual tune is highlighted 3 Press the Tuning Select control to enter manual tune mode 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose the required DAB Z channel Menu 5 Press the Tuning Select control to cause the radio to tune to the chosen channel When the radio has tuned the display shows the channel number and Z frequency and the name of the DAB multiplex found if any A bar graph shows the signal strength and is useful if you need to reposition the radio or its aerial The minimum signal marker I which separates the left and right parts of the signal graph shows the minimum Back signal level required for satisfactory reception Any new radio stations found on the tuned DAB multiplex will be added to the list stored in the radio Z 6 Press the Menu or Back button twice to revert to the main DAB menu If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri DAB Radio DAB Station list Scan Manual tune Prune invalid DRC Manual tune 11B 218 640 MHz 11C 220 352 MHz 11D 222 064 MHz 12A 223 936 MHz 12B 225 6
7. y and Audio Mode J AUX in 2 Auxiliary input Audio In Today s Date 06 04 2011 88 Information Factory reset Menu Main menu If you wish to completely reset your radio to its initial state this may be performed by following this procedure By performing a factory reset all J user entered settings will be erased System settings 1 Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the Menu button Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the Main menu option Snooze then press the control to select Contrast Network Time Date 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted Language and then press the control to select JN Factory reset 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Factory Reset is highlighted Fact t and then press the control Rotate the Tuning Select control and actory TEE highlight YES to proceed If you do not wish to carry out a system reset highlight NO and then press the control The display will revert to the previous menu 4 With YES highlighted press the Tuning Select control The radio will restart as if first plugged in and a full reset will be performed The DAB stations list together with any preset stations will be erased and your wireless network connection details will be lost All configuration settings will be restored to their defaults the clock and alarms will RO B ERTS be reset The radio will the
8. If you want your radio to check periodically for new software versions rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight Auto check settings Then press the control and select YES If you do not want your radio to check for updates select the NO option 2 To check if there are any software updates available currently rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight Check now and then press the control The radio will check to see if an update is available The display will show Checking for new versions If there are no updates then the display will show Software up to date If a software update is available your radio will then offer the choice of updating the software or not displaying New version available Update software Select the YES option if you wish to go through the update process 3 If you choose to update your radio it will first download the new software and will then reprogram its internal memory This may take a few minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection 4 Once the software update is completed the radio will prompt you to press Select to restart Press the Tuning Select control and your radio will then restart You may find that you will need to reconfigure your network connection following an update You may also need to re enter all radio station presets alarm settings and configuration options VERY IMPORTANT Do not switch off the power to the radio until the updat
9. SSID for the wireless access point on the screen This is a name that is allocated to the access point in your router by the person who set up the network for example Jones family or Paul s network If the router supports WiFi Protected Setup then WPS will be shown in front of the SSID It is possible and in some locations highly likely that your radio will find more than one wireless network in which case you should choose which one you need to connect to Rotate the Tuning Select control to see the SSID for each wireless network that has been found If your network is shown proceed to step 6 on the next page If it is not shown then proceed to step 5 also on the next page If you make a mistake at any point use the Back button to go back to the previous screen If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Select Snooze AY Back Setup wizard Setup wizard completed Press SELECT to exit Main menu Internet radio Music player Last fm DAB FM Network settings Network wizard Scanning SSID Jones family WPS Paul s network Smith Rescan Wired 14 Connecting to your computer network cont 15 If your network is not found it may be because the router is configured not to broadcast the SSID You should then use the Tuning Select control to highlight and select the Manual config option in order to enter the ne
10. The longer the button is pressed the greater the speed at which the player will move through the track Release the button when the desired point is reached Note that this feature is not supported when playing files encoded using the FLAC format Select Snooze 2 TE tf The Beatles The Beatles 1 Abbey Road Help Rubber Soul Sgt Peppers Lonely Hea h The Beatles 1 Love Me Do From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can t Buy Me Love Music player Love Me Do Artist The Beatles UPnP Sete Controlling playback cont Select Repeat tracks Snooze 1 Ensure you are in the main Music Player menu 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Repeat play is highlighted 3 To activate the repeat option press the Tuning Select control so that On appears on the display Your selected tracks will be played repeatedly and the repeat indicator will show on the display 4 To turn off the repeat option highlight Repeat play and press the Tuning Select control so that Off appears on the display Play tracks in random order 1 Ensure you are in the main Music Player menu ae AY 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Shuffle play is highlighted 3 To activate the random option press the Tuning Select control so that On appears on the display Your selected tracks will be played in random order and the random indicator will show on the display 4 To
11. You can quickly access these by pressing the Info button and then use the Tuning Select control as needed see also Text Entry on page 9 select BRSP to erase a character just entered long press to clear Info again to continue select Ok when the complete user name has been entered select CANCEL to cancel and go back to the previous menu Once the user name is entered you will need to enter password 6 Enter the password using the Tuning Select control using exactly the same method 53 On Off Z Mode Menu Select Snooze AY lastfm Last fm Station list Last fm setup System settings Main menu Last fm setup User Accounts Scrobbling on User Accounts lt Add new account gt User name aardvark99 I 0123456789 _ BRSP OR abcdeFghi jklmn opqrstuvwxyZABC DEFGHIJRLMNOPQR CANCEL Setup a Last fm user account cont 7 The account information entered will be saved and then the validity of the account will be checked with Last fm If the account is invalid the display will show Unauthorisea If needed press the Tuning Select control to modify the information 8 Once the account is setup the display will show the Last fm station menu list Note that it is possible to have up to four accounts set up in the radio for multiple users Each user s listening preferences can be managed separately via the Last fm web site Selecting an account Mode If you have m
12. a UPnP server application on that computer Acomputer which is not currently active will be shown with a question mark in the list of UPnP servers Many computers will not respond to Wake On LAN commands from the radio in all modes and may require software device driver BIOS hardware or router configuration changes for this function to operate Failure of a computer to respond to Wake On LAN is not considered a fault of the radio 49 Menu A Select Snooze Music player My Playlist Repeat play Off Shuffle play Off Clear My playlist Prune servers Prune servers Prune shared media wake on LAN servers f4 Shared media DAD Les JENNY Jenny s music HOME_PC Mum s music Keep network connected By default your radio will shut down its WiFi or Ethernet connection when it is in standby This minimises power consumption but it does mean that you will need to switch the radio on manually in order to use either the Play to function or any other remote control software If you need to be able to remotely control the radio even when it has been put into standby then you can choose to keep the network connected by using the Keep connected option in the network settings menu In the standby mode display either the WiFi signal indicator is shown with or without a cross through it or the Ethernet connection is shown unplugged or plugged in according to the chosen network settings Network settin
13. FM weak reception Listen in Mono only 74 Presetting stations in DAB and FM modes There are 5 memory presets each for DAB and FM radio They are used in the same way for each operating mode 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio On Off re 2 Tune to the required radio station as previously described 3 To store the station as a preset press and hold the required Preset button 1 5 until the display shows Preset stored The station will be stored under the chosen preset button Repeat this procedure as lt lt needed for the remaining presets Z 4 Stations which are already stored in the presets may be over written by following the above procedure Note The radio station presets are retained in memory when the radio is switched off and disconnected from the mains supply Recalling a preset in DAB and FM modes Meee 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio D 2 Select the required operating mode using the Mode button 3 Momentarily press the required Preset button Your radio will then tune to the station stored in the selected preset memory The chosen preset number is also shown in the lower area of the radio display td Z e g P2 75 DAB 12 34 Heart More music variety on Heart ac Tull Lf Preset stored DAB 12 34 Heart More music variety on Heart H i Tull Clock and Alarms Automatically updating the clock Your radio will normally update th
14. Menu button then select Station list using the Tuning Select control 3 Scroll down the Station list menu to the item called Help Press the Tuning Select control to enter the Help menu ternet Radio Internet radio t4 Internet radio Last listened BBC Station list Stations System settings Podcasts Main menu My Added stations Help 4 Help Get access code f4Get access code Access code FAQ 123ABCD 4 Inthe Help menu select the menu item Get access code Provided that the radio is connected to the Internet a code will be displayed of typically seven characters upper case letters and numbers Make a note of this code for the next step If you need to re register later you must repeat this process to get a fresh access code 5 You should then use the code displayed by the radio to fill in the Access Code field on the web page when you set up your account Once you have your account set up if you have other radios which use the same database you may also add them to your account You will need to get an access code from each radio in order to add it to the account They may then share your favourite and added radio station details If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 32 Customising your radio cont Configuring My Favourite Stations 33 Using the web site at http www wifiradio frontier com it is possible to search among the many
15. Network profile gt By default your radio will shut down its WiFi or Ethernet connection when Bech newark conned it is in standby This minimises power consumption but it does mean that you will need to switch the radio on manually in order to use either the Play to function or any other remote control software 06 04 2011 06 04 2011 m i If you need to be able to remotely control the radio even when it has been 1 5 E 3 7 1 5 E 3 7 put into standby then you can choose to keep the network connected by using the Keep connected option in the network settings menu In the standby mode display either the WiFi signal indicator is shown with or without a cross through it or the Ethernet connection is shown unplugged or plugged in according to the chosen network settings 06 04 2011 06 04 2011 15 37 15 37 a im 21 Internet Radio Internet Radio the basics Before you can use your radio to listen to broadcasts via the Internet it is necessary to have connected it to your computer network using either the wireless WiFi connection or the wired Ethernet connection RJ 45 socket located on the back of the unit Please see page 10 for details There are literally many thousands of radio broadcasts available via the Internet as well as Podcasts Your radio provides several ways of searching for broadcasts in order to make finding and choosing them easier Once you have found radio stations which you like you may
16. Once Time 07 30 Mode DAB Preset Last listened Volume 20 Alarm 1 volume Alarm Saved Alarms Alarm 1 On 07 30 Alarm 2 Off 00 00 06 04 2011 15 37 On Off Z iil ai 82 Disabling alarms 1 To disable an alarm enter the alarm setup menu see page 80 and rotate w Alarm 1 the Tuning Select control until the desired alarm is highlighted on the Enable Off display Press the Tuning Select control Time 07 30 Mode Buzzer Volume 20 Save 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until the Enable option is highlighted on the display Press the control Y 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight Off and press the control 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until the Save option is highlighted on the display then press the control to save the new setting The chosen alarm will now be disabled Controlling alarms in stand by 06 04 2011 15 37 When your radio is in stand by the alarms can be controlled using the Alarm button This avoids the risk of disturbance to someone who is asleep 1 To change the states of the alarms when in stand by press the Alarm button The display will cycle through none either and both alarms enabled 2 07 30 21 09 00 2 To change the alarm settings while the radio is in stand by press and hold the Alarm button This will cause the Alarms menu to be displayed see page 80 step 3 onwards Snooze timer 1 The buzzer or radio a
17. System settings Select Snooze System settings 2 Rotatethe Tuning Select control until Info is highlighted on the display Language Press the control to display the software version and radio ID Factory reset Software update Setup wizard 3 Press the Menu button to exit D Info Audio FAQ Info SW version Ir dabp mmi FS2026 Your radio can access some audio help for Internet Radio use 02000064_WM205_V2 1 7 Radio ID 002261123ABC 1 With your radio switched on and in the Internet Radio mode press Menu the Menu button Rotate the Tuning Select control until Sfation list is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Help is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control to enter the Help menu Select Snooze 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until FAQ is highlighted Press the control to display some frequently asked questions 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose a question that suits your J N requirements and press the control to listen to the answer Z Adjust the volume as needed If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 92 Troubleshooting If you experience any trouble with your radio then you may find it useful to visit the help section on our web site at http www robertsradio co uk pages stream205_fag htm If you have difficulty connecting the radio to y
18. an error rotate the control or use the Info button to access the delete character BkSP on the screen and then press the Tuning Select control Rotate the control or press Info again to go back to the character selection After the final character of the search has been entered use the Info button and then the Tuning Select control to highlight the ok symbol on the screen and then press the control to finish See also Text Entry page 9 5 The radio will search for radio stations that match your search data If you include a space between two search items the radio will look for station names which include both items Thus a search for ROCK 100 could find a station called 100 Classic Rock Hits as well as a station called 100 FM Rocks 6 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the station that you wish to listen to and press the control to confirm your choice The display will show Connecting while it finds a new station If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Menu A Select Snooze AY ernet Radio Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings Main menu f4 Internet radio My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC Stations Podcasts fa Stations Location Genre Search stations Popular stations New stations h Stations ROCK 100 0123456789 ABCD BRSP EFGHIJRLMNOPQRS on TUVUXYZ OR h Search stations Radi
19. common across your network For most small networks the subnet mask will be 255 255 255 0 and this is entered in the same way The Gateway address is normally the IP address of the router through which the radio connects to the internet and is entered in the same way as the previous addresses If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Network settings Network wizard View settings Wlan region Manual settings NetRemote PIN Setup Connection type Wired Wireless DHCP DHCP enable DHCP disable IP settings 3 9 IP address Subnet mask Gateway address 4 9 Gateway address 18 Manual network configuration cont 5 19 In most installations the DNS settings DNS Domain Name Server will be set to the same IP address as your router In this case the secondary DNS may be left at zero To enter the DNS address rotate the Tuning Select control to set the value for each group of digits and then press the control to enter the value and to move on to the next group Repeat this until all eight groups of digits have been entered If you previously specified Wired and then DHCP disable your radio should now connect to the router using the Ethernet cable in which case skip to step 11 If you specified Wireless the next step is to set up the WiFi connection starting with the name of the wireless network SSID followed by the encryption options and pa
20. computer or any other device The provision of the Last fm service and the features offered with and without subscription are subject to terms and conditions set out on the Last fm web site The use of the Last fm facility on your Roberts Stream 205 radio requires a Last fm subscription Contact the Last fm web site at www last fm to subscribe Last fm may choose to modify the user selection and features from time to time 52 Setup a Last fm user account Before you can use the Last fm feature you should sign up and create an account on the web site http www last fm using the internet browser on your computer Be sure to make a note of the user name and password 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio Press the Mode button as needed until the Last fm mode display is shown 2 Press the Menu button to enter the main Last fm menu 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Last fm setup is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the setup menu 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until User Accounts is highlighted Press the control and then select lt Add new account gt 5 The radio will then require you to enter the user name for your Last fm account This must be identical to account name used on the Last fm web site Note the username is sensitive to the use of upper and lower case letters and symbols The three controls on the right hand side of the screen have special functions
21. found 5 After scanning select your UPnP server using the Tuning Select control If you allowed automatic connection previously your radio should now connect and you may skip to the next page If you did not permit automatic connections your radio will then normally display Unauthorised at this stage 6 Your PC may prompt you that there has been a connection to your UPnP server Whether prompted or not in order that the radio may access the music files you will need to click the Library tab in WMP 12 and select the Stream item to open the Media Streaming window Select Automatically allow devices to play my media then select Automatically allow all computer and media devices Alternatively select More Streaming options to enable sharing on a per device basis 7 Inthe More streaming options window the radio will be listed as a blocked device Click on the button shown to select Allowed Note If you are using Microsoft s Windows firewall software this should be correctly configured by WMP 12 If you are using third party firewall software you may need to manually configure it to allow your unit and WMP 12 to communicate see the Troubleshooting section on page 93 8 On the radio select the named server again using the Tuning Select control If WMP 12 is now able to communicate with your radio you will be presented with some media selection options on the display ternet
22. in the broadcast being received Today s Date 06 04 2011 The stereo speaker display shows that the radio is receiving a stereo broadcast please see also Stereo Mono switching on page 74 If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 72 Scan setting When using the FM mode your radio can be set to either scan only for strong signals typically local stations and major national stations or to scan all stations including distant radio stations 73 Press the Mode button as needed to select FM radio mode Press the Menu button to enter the FM menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Scan setting is highlighted and then press the control to enter the scan adjustment mode The current scan setting is indicated with an asterisk To set your radio so that only the stations with the strongest signals are found during scanning rotate the Tuning Select control until YES is highlighted Press the Tuning Select control to confirm the setting Normally this will restrict scanning to local transmissions Alternatively to set your radio so that all available stations are found during scanning local and distant transmissions rotate the Tuning Selectcontrol until NO is highlighted Press the Tuning Select control to confirm the setting Press the Menu button to return to the normal FM mode display Mode A Menu A Select Snooze AY FM Scan settin
23. is chosen the radio will then use the 12 hour clock for the setting of alarms and will display a 12 hour clock with an AM or PM indicator when in stand by mode 77 Main menu System settings System settings Brightness Contrast Network Time Date Language Time Date Set Time Date Auto update Set format Set timezone Daylight savings Date Time 12 24 hour format 247 Manually setting the clock The Stream 205 radio will normally set its clock automatically to UK time after a connection to the Internet has been established Should you need to set the time manually change the time zone or manually switch from winter to summer time GMT to BST also known outside the UK as Daylight Savings Time then please follow this procedure 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio 2 Press the Menu button to access the menu for the current mode 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the system settings menu 4 To change the time zone setting go to step 11 To change from winter to summer time go to step 13 To change the current time or date setting rotate the Tuning Select control until Time Date is highlighted on the display then press the control to enter the time and date setting screen 5 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Set Time Date is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the clock se
24. item is deleted from the list The Last Listened list is stored when the radio is Z disconnected from the mains 1 With the radio switched on and in nternet radio mode press the Select Menu button The first item on the menu is Last listened With this Gg item highlighted press the Tuning Select control 2 The display will then show a list of the last ten Internet radio stations or podcasts Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight whichever you wish to listen to and then press the control to cause your radio to Z reconnect to that radio station or podcast Display modes Your radio has a range of display options when in Internet Radio mode Note that not all information may be available for all Internet radio stations Info 1 Press the Info button to cycle through the different options a Description Displays information about the radio Z station or scrolling text messages such as artist track name phone number etc b Genre Displays programme type information e g Pop Classic News etc and the location of the current radio station If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri ternet Radio Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings Main menu Last listened Absolute Radio eurosmoothjazz Rock Antenne Radio Luxembourg EldoRadio Internet radio 12 34 Radio Luxembourg Description Radio Luxembourg the best in classic
25. playback is explained The Last fm section explains the use of the radio in conjunction with the Last fm internet based music streaming service The two sections for DAB Radio and FM Radio describe how to use the radio to listen to conventional radio broadcasts The section titled Clock and Alarms describes the different ways by which the clock in the radio may be set as well as explaining the use of the alarms snooze and sleep timer features The Display and Audio section shows how to adjust the display and connect your radio to other audio equipment The Information section includes troubleshooting specifications and warranty information If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Introduction nfiguration page 10 page 22 page 36 page 61 page 70 page 76 page 85 formation page 89 4 Controls and connections Top view 11 Last fm Ban button Last fm Love button Volume Down button Volume Up button On Off button Telescopic aerial O ORAON Da ital Audio Broadcastin ROBERTS Station Presets gt gt LCD display Tuning Select Snooze control Menu Forward button Menu Back button Loudspeaker x 2 Info button 13 Mode button 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 Menu button Preset 5 Play butt
26. shown in the lower area of the display on the right hand side If the broadcast being received is in stereo then the stereo speaker symbol will be shown If the currently tuned station has been stored as a preset then the preset number will also be shown see page 75 If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri DAB Radio DAB Heart Bit rate 128 kbps Codec MP2 Channels Joint Stereo ac Tull DAB Heart Today s Date 06 04 2011 64 Finding new DAB radio stations Should you wish to use your radio for DAB reception in a new location or if no stations were detected during the initial scan you can follow this procedure to allow your radio to find out which DAB radio stations are available 1 Ensure that the telescopic antenna is extended and then press the Mode button as needed to select DAB radio mode 2 Once in DAB mode press the Menu button 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Scan is highlighted on the display 4 Press the Tuning Select control to initiate the scan The display will show Scanning and your radio will perform a scan of the Band III DAB channels As new stations are found the station counter will increase and stations will be added to the list The bar graph indicates the progress of the scan 65 Mode DAB Station list Scan Manual tune Z Prune invalid DRC Menu Scan Z Stations 24 Scanning Select
27. uses to learn about your listening habits Your radio can scrobble the tracks that you listened to using the UPnP Music Player and Last fm modes This sends track names to Last fm adding them to your Last fm library and helps the service to tailor its future recommendations to your musical tastes Using two dedicated buttons on the radio you can tell Last fm that you love particular tracks or you can ban a track from ever being played again This also influences the tracks you are offered in the future If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri User accounts In order to use the Last fm service with your radio you must either create a Last fm account or already have one set up This account keeps track of your musical preferences and listening choices and is what makes the music offered by Last fm personal to you Setting up an account is simple and is done via the Last fm web site You then enter the account details into your radio see the following pages The radio allows more than one set of Last fm account details to be entered If the unit is used by more than one person it is possible to choose which account is used when listening to Last fm and for scrobbling from the Music Player The features of the Last fm service are only available on the radio with a subscription to Last fm This may differ from the range of features available when accessing the Last fm service from a
28. using batteries Pressing the On Off button while the radio is in use will cause it to return to the Stand by mode with the clock display when running from the mains or will switch it off after a short delay when running on batteries alarms cannot be used when running on batteries 2 Pressing the Mode button gives you access to each of the operating modes in turn Internet Radio Music Player Last fm DAB radio FM radio and Auxiliary Input 3 Pressing the Menu button will access the menu system 4 Many operations require the user to make a selection from the menu This is done using the Tuning Selectcontrol Turn the control clockwise or anti clockwise to highlight the desired menu item then press the control to select that item If there are more than five items in a menu then the display will automatically scroll up or down so that the additional items become visible A sliding bar on the right will give an indication showing the current portion of the menu that is displayed If there are many items in a menu then the radio allows the menu to wrap around in either direction This can make it easier to reach items at the end of along menu such as a list of countries or Internet radio stations If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri On Off Z Mode A Menu Select Snooze Y Introduction Main menu Internet radio Music player Last fm DAB FM
29. web site Alternatively select NO in order to retain the account details Press the Back button twice to return to the Last fm menu Scrobbling On Off control J To turn Music Player Scrobbling on or off for the currently selected account access the Last fm setup menu steps 1 2 above Use the Tuning Selectcontrol to highlight the Scrobbling option Press the control to switch between Scrobbling on and Scrobbling off Note If other people use the radio you may wish to switch scrobbling off so that their listening does not modify your account s listening preferences Alternatively you could switch the radio to another account please see page 54 If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Mode A Menu A Select Snooze Ay Select Snooze Last fm Station list Last fm setup System settings Main menu Last fm setup User Accounts Scrobbling on User Accounts aardvark99 Gerry T Julia S Les M Delete account Delete selected account Last fm setup User Accounts Scrobbling off 60 DAB Radio Using DAB mode for the first time 1 61 Carefully extend the telescopic aerial Press the On Off button to switch on the radio If the radio has been used before the last used mode will be selected Press the Mode button as needed so that DAB radio mode is selected on the display If this is the first time that DAB mo
30. 0 Professional and of files which have DRM protection is not supported When using a UPnP server the search and selection criteria are determined by the server software but typically include Artist Album and Genre Many server applications also allow you to access your files according to the folders within which they are stored as well as other criteria Windows Media Player is less flexible than some other UPnP servers but is generally easier to set up It is supplied as a standard component of Windows 7 Vista or XP Many UPnP server applications are also capable of sharing pictures and video files to other network connected devices If this is the case as it is with Windows Media Player 11 and 12 you may see the option of choosing between Music Video and Pictures on the Music Player s menu Clearly you should only select the Music option Content offered via the alternative options will not be playable on your radio Some third party server applications allow customisation of the search criteria and indexing methods This can be useful if you have a very large collection of stored music files Here is a short selection of alternative UPnP server applications although many others are available Twonky Media Server Windows Apple Mac Linux TVersity Windows Elgato EyeConnect for Apple Mac OS X MediaTomb Linux Mac OS X free of charge versions available at the time of writing Please refer to
31. 00 Mode Buzzer Volume 20 Save Alarm 1 Set time 07 00 Alarm 1 Set time 07 30 Setting the alarm clock cont T 81 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight Enable and press the control The display will show the Frequency options for the alarm The alarm frequency options are as follows Off the alarm will be disabled Daily the alarm will sound everyday Once the alarm will sound once Weekends the alarm will sound only at weekends Weekdays the alarm will sound on weekdays only Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose the required alarm frequency option Choosing Off will disable the alarm Press the control to confirm the selection If you choose to set the alarm to Once you will also need to set the date using the Tuning Select control The alarm can be set to buzzer Internet radio DAB radio FM radio or Last fm For whichever radio mode is selected the radio alarm may be set to any of the stations which have been stored as presets or to the station most recently listened to Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the current Mode option for the alarm then press the control if you wish to change it Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight either Buzzer or the required radio mode Press the control to confirm the selection If setting the alarm to a radio option rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the Preset option the
32. 4 Z loved or banned tracks using the Last fm web site If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Mode A Menu Select Snooze lostfm Last fm Station list Last fm setup System settings Main menu h Last fm Create Artist Radio Create Tag Radio Your library Your Recommendations Your Neighbourhood Last fm 12 34 Marie Antoinette Artist Curved Air Loved this track 56 Search by Artist or Tag 57 Press the Mode button as needed to select Last fm mode Press the Menu button to enter the main Last fm menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select Rotate the Tuning Select control until Create Artist Radio or Create Tag Radio is highlighted and then press the control to select Use the Tuning Select control to enter the Artist name or Tag by entering the name or part of the name For example entering PINK would list artists including Frijid Pink Pink and Pink Floyd Entering BLUES for a tag will find blues blues rock and many others Searching uses only the characters 0 9 A Z and Space The three controls on the right hand side of the screen have special functions You can quickly access these by pressing the Info button and then use the Tuning Select control as needed select BR5P toerasea character just entered long press to
33. 48 MHz Manual tune 11C 220 352 MHz NOW Cam Strength 66 Dynamic Range Control settings Dynamic Range Control also known as DRC can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in a noisy environment by reducing the dynamic range of the audio signal 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio Z On Off 2 Press the Mode button as needed to select DAB radio mode Mode 3 Press the Menu button to enter the DAB menu noo a DAB D IDO oI radio 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until DRC is highlighted on the display Menu DAB 5 Press the Tuning Select control to enter the DRC adjustment mode Station list The current DRC setting will be indicated with an asterisk Scan Manual tune Prune invalid 6 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the required DRC setting DRC the default is Off a n DRC Off DRC is switched off Broadcast DRC will be ignored DRC DRC high DRC is set as sent by broadcaster DRC high DRC low DRC level is set to 1 2 that sent by broadcaster DRC low DRC off 7 Press and release the Tuning Select button to confirm the setting Note Not all DAB broadcasts use the DRC function If the broadcast does not provide DRC information then the DRC setting in the radio will have no effect 67 Station order setup DAB Radio Your radio has 3 station order settings from which you can choose The station order settings are alphanumeric ensemb
34. BC Stations Podcasts My Added stations Help tf My Added stations Aardvark Radio Brooklands FM Huntingdon Community Ra Music Player Use with Windows Apple Mac Linux USB memory The Music Player allows you to play audio files which are stored on a computer on your network or ona USB memory device plugged into the radio In order to play files from a computer on your network your radio must connect to a file server application which uses the Universal Plug and Play UPnP protocol If your computer uses Windows 7 Vista or XP then it is likely that your computer already has a UPnP server application available Windows Media Player versions 11 and 12 has this capability and it is able to make your files available to your radio It also allows you to select files by Album Artist and so on Windows Media Player 12 can serve MP3 WMA AAC and WAV files to your radio Windows Media Player 11 is only able to serve MP3 and WMA files to your radio If you have your audio files stored in the FLAC format or if you are an Apple Mac or Linux user there are other UPnP server applications which you may use with your radio The Music Player on the radio can playback audio files in MP3 WMA AAC FLAC and WAV formats WMA Lossless files can also be played when using Windows Media Player as it will convert these to a compatible format before streaming them to the radio Note that the playback of files encoded using WMA Voice WMA 1
35. The display will revert to the currently selected Last fm display mode after 15 seconds Alternatively press the Back button to exit Note The history display will not be available if you choose to hide real time listening information in the privacy settings of your user profile on the Last fm web site 59 Mode A Menu A Select Snooze 4 lastfm Last fm Station list Last fm setup System settings Main menu Eh Last fm Your library Your Recommendations Your Neighbourhood Your Recent Stations History 45 History It s a Miracle by Roger Wat Stranger by the Minute by Take a Breath by David Gi Strange Days by The Doors Satellite by Rick Wright Deleting details of a Last fm account You may wish to delete a Last fm account from your radio for example if a friend s details had been entered when they were visiting 1 Use the Mode and Menu buttons to enter the Last fm main menu Use the Tuning Select control to enter the Last fm setup menu followed by the User Accounts menu The display will show those accounts whose details are stored in the radio Use the Tuning Select control to highlight the account that you wish to remove from the radio Then press and hold the Select control The display will ask whether this account should be deleted Highlight YES and then press the Tuning Select control to delete the account details The account will not be deleted from the Last fm
36. The next menu asks whether you wish to use DHCP to configure your network parameters IP address subnet mask gateway address etc Unless you are familiar with networking and related terminology we recommend that you allow the use of DHCP Choose DHCP enable unless you need to specify the network details manually If you have chosen Wired and then DHCP enable your radio should now establish a connection to the router using the Ethernet cable Please skip to step 11 on page 20 If you chose Wireless and DHCP enable please skip to step 6 on page 19 in order to set up the wireless connection details If you chose DHCP disable for either connection method the next step is to set up the IP address The manually specified IP address should be chosen to be compatible with the settings in your router and must be a unique address on your network If you are using DHCP for some devices and static manually configured IP addresses for others the IP address used should fall outside the range that the router may allocate using DHCP Typically the first three groups of digits will be the same for all devices on your network To enter the IP address rotate the Tuning Select control to set the value for each group of digits and then press the control to enter the value and to move on to the next group When the IP address has been entered the subnet mask should be entered The subnet mask defines which parts of the IP address are
37. You will see an equivalent menu item in your language for example Assistant r glages in French or Instaliningsguide in Swedish Rotate the Tuning Select control until YES is highlighted on the screen and press the control to select it This will cause the radio to run the set up procedure as if it had just been switched on for the first time but it will do this using the language selected in step 10 above Continue setting up your radio on the next page Select Snooze AY Setup wizard Run wizard again at next start up System settings System settings Brightness Contrast Network Time Date Language Language English Fran ais Deutsch Italiano Dansk System settings Language gt Factory Reset Software update gt Setup wizard Info Setup wizard Start now Clock and time settings The following instructions assume that you have either just plugged in your Select Date Time Snooze radio see page 10 or that you have just specified the language option for the menus see page 11 12 24 hour format 1 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the desired clock format either 12 or 24 hour then press the control to enter your selection Z Auto update 2 Next the way in which the radio updates its clock is set A menu Update from DAB allowing you to specify the auto update option for the clock will be Update from FM shown The Update from Network option will be
38. Your Han Can t Buy Me Love 48 Prune servers Your radio stores details of UPnP servers that it has seen via its network connection in its internal memory If you use the radio at different locations you may find that there are servers listed by the radio that you are no longer interested in The prune servers functions allows the list to be reinitialised so that only active UPnP severs on the currently connected network are shown when selecting Shared Media from the Music Player menu 1 Press the Menu button to enter the main Music Player menu 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Prune servers is highlighted on the display Press the control 3 To remove servers that are no longer required rotate the Tuning Select control until YES is highlighted on the display Press the control to cause the servers to be removed 4 If you do not wish to prune servers rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight NO and press the control to confirm Wake On LAN If you are using a computer as a UPnP server for playing your music files via your radio you may not wish to keep that computer operating when you are not listening via your radio If your computer is suitably configured it can either shut down or enter a stand by or hibernation state when it is not being used Your radio can wake up a computer which has shut down using a Wake On LAN command via the network provided that the radio has previously connected to
39. adio Heart Radio Luxembourg 34 Selecting your added stations 1 Press the Menu button to enter the main nternet radio menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until MyAdded Stations is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the required station and then press the control to confirm your selection The display will show Connecting while it finds the new station Should you be unable to connect to a particular station please note that some radio stations do not broadcast 24 hours per day and some stations are not always on line In addition as mentioned on page 33 itis possible to specify audio streams for My added stations which are not compatible with your radio In this event the station will not be playable The Roberts Stream 205 can only play MP3 WMA FLAC AAC and Real Audio streams Note that the audio coding formats listed are generic terms There are many variations of each format as well a variety of streaming protocols in use by different radio broadcasters Your radio has been designed to play the majority of coding and streaming formats in current use by broadcasters 35 Menu 4 Select Snooze 4 Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings Main menu f4 Internet radio B
40. ain menu f4 Internet radio My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC Stations Podcasts fy Stations Location Genre Search stations Popular stations New stations 44 Popular stations BBC Radio 4 ENERGY ZURICH All Irish Radio Classic FM RTL 2 Selecting a podcast BBC Listen Again Some radio stations allow you to listen to programmes that have already been broadcast The BBC s Listen Again service is an example of this In addition radio broadcasters and individuals may make programmes which are intended normally to be downloaded into a computer or copied onto a portable media player These are commonly known as Podcasts On your radio both Listen Again programmes and Podcasts are grouped together as Podcasts and the same menu is used to access and listen to both types of programming Listen Again programmes are also accessible via the Stations menu see pages 23 24 1 Press the Menu button to enter the main Internet radio menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Podcasts is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select 3 You may then search by location genre or using part of the name of the podcast The searches operate in exactly the same way as when searching for a conventional radio station Searching by location is done first by continent t
41. ancel Z Z options Press Info again to go back to the character selection Configuration Plugging in and language selection Place your radio on a flat surface and plug the cable from the mains adaptor into the DC input socket located at the rear of your radio marked DC in ensuring that the plug is pushed fully into the socket If you wish to use a wired network connection plug the Ethernet cable into the RJ 45 socket at the back of the radio Plug the mains adaptor into a wall socket and switch on the socket IMPORTANT The mains adaptor is used as the means of connecting the radio to the mains supply The mains socket used for the radio must remain accessible during normal use In order to disconnect the radio from the mains the mains adaptor should be removed from the mains socket outlet completely When you apply power the display on the radio will light up and say ROBERTS and STARTING with a progress indicator The first time that you use your radio or after a Factory Reset the display will show Setup wizard and YES will be highlighted on the screen By default your radio will display all menus and messages in English If English is your preferred language then press the Tuning Select control to select YES and to begin setting up your radio Then please skip to step 1 on page 12 If your preferred language is not English then rotate the Tuning Select control so that the NO option is highlighte
42. and select the Media Sharing item to open the Media Sharing window Make sure the box Share my media fo is ticked 7 Inthe Media Sharing window the radio will be listed as an unknown device Click on the unknown device shown to select it then click the Allow button and then click OK Note If you are using Microsoft Windows firewall software this should be correctly configured by WMP 11 If you are using third party firewall software you may need to manually configure it to allow your unit and WMP 11 to communicate see the Troubleshooting section on page 93 8 On the radio select the named server again using the Tuning Select control If WMP 11 is now able to communicate with your radio you will be presented with some media selection options on the display In the event that you are unable to make your radio work with WMP 11 then the reason is most likely related to security settings in your software firewall or router Please refer to Music Player UPnP problems on page 94 Select Snooze Music player Shared media USB playback My playlist Repeat play Off D Shuffle play Off fH Shared media JENNY Jenny s music gt HOME _PC Mum s music gt Allowing a device to connect to Windows Media Player 11 Media Sharing x A w Share music pictures and video on your network Learn more about sharing Sharing settings J Share my media to Settings Unkno
43. angle control ccccssseceeccsseseseeesssessesesseanseees 86 Headphone SOCK L 2c dsc ceancsecsusdevecdusn cdeatenciieentdearneswanetsdauetaceexesiesceedl 87 Auxiliary INPUT SOCKET aie ssniasacousnntiatanespadeoredesanedsenwasnseniabentustenddenssavas 88 DR OE AN AN OM a sca cetosc cia a R E 89 102 FACON Sy eset ce since seer enemies uleecner ale E 89 SOWAS UDO ANG saisaitia E e E nA i 90 Network profile rte sess esc ne nae dtedasenannaasspameenadaaeonsnacaecedsydaacddetsenmensedentes 91 Software version CISPlAY ccccsssssssccccsessseeeeeneesseceeessseneeseesseaneeess 92 THOUS SO OUNG aire cicsetntaectnne dnaacieeeieasverencauestenanialecraveeeeciexensecd andes 93 94 Accessing audio files via UPnP using Windows Vista and XP 95 96 AdO COOLS C Sinvacxs pasunsttscedtienian tao ASENNE EON EE ON EAAS AAEEen ASES EER 97 Cautions and Specifications xics iniccs cececccesatveiencisbeiandecdseacauetiuabiabeas 98 99 Eene a E E E A E EA 102 Introduction Stream 205 Internet Radio features The Roberts Stream 205 provides the following features in an attractive compact unit Listen to local regional national and international broadcasts using FM DAB and Internet radio Listen to over 1000 radio stations from around the country and over 10 000 from around the world without using your PC Listen to previously broadcast material from the BBC using Podcasts Listen Again Listen to podcasts from a wide range of broadcaste
44. ard As previously the setting should match that used by your router Some routers allow both to be specified and the router will use whichever variant is supported by the connected device AES is regarded as the more secure option if it is available The radio will then require you to enter the encryption key This must be a string of between 8 and 63 characters and must be identical to the key which has been entered into your router Note the encryption key is sensitive to the use of upper and lower case letters and symbols Take care to enter the key exactly or the radio will not be able to connect to your router The three controls on the right hand side of the screen have special functions You can quickly access these by pressing the Info button and then use the Tuning Select control as needed select BR5P to erase a character just entered long press to clear Info again to continue select Ok when the complete encryption key has been entered select CANCEL to cancel and go back to the TKIP AES options screen Once the key is entered the radio should connect to the network While the radio is trying to connect to the network it will display Processing when checking the encryption key if using the WiFi connection and then Connecting If the connection is made successfully the radio will return to the Network settings menu If the unit cannot connect then it will display a Failed to connect message and w
45. ations which cannot be found or which have not been received for a very long time are shown in the station list with a question mark D The Prune stations function will delete the marked DAB stations from On Off your station list Mode 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio DAB Nooo a DIO oI radio 2 Press the Mode button as needed to select DAB radio mode Z 3 Press the Menu button to enter the DAB menu Ment DAB 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Prune invalid is highlighted Sle ane Press the Tuning Select control Z Prune invalid DRC Stati d 5 To cause the stations list to be pruned eliminating unavailable stations AA rotate the Tuning Select control until YES is highlighted on the n ee display Prune invalid 6 Press the Tuning Select control to cause the invalid station names This removes all invalid to be removed from the station list Stations continue If you do not wish to prune stations highlight NO and then press the control The display will revert to the previous menu Note If you have moved your radio to a different part of the country you should also carry out a search for new stations please see the section Finding new stations on page 65 69 FM Radio ee E Operating your radio in FM mode 1 Carefully extend the telescopic aerial and press the On Off button to switch on your radio On Off Z Mode 2 Press the Mode button as needed to select FM radio mode
46. automatic configuration which is normal the radio will acquire a network address The screen should say Connecting and then Setup wizard completed Press the Tuning Select control to exit the setup wizard and show the main menu You can then skip to paragraph 10 on page 16 13 Wlan region Most of Europe USA Canada Spain France Network settings Network wizard Scanning SSID Smith Jones Rescan Wired Manual config Please wait Waiting for Ethernet Connecting to your computer network cont There are two indicator lights incorporated into the RJ 45 connector If you have problems with your wired connection they may help you to identify the possible cause of the problem Green ON Link established OFF no connection Green Flashing Data transfer Yellow ON 100 Mbits sec link OFF 10 Mbits sec link If your network does not support automatic configuration or if you wish to set it up manually then you should select Manual config instead of selecting TWired in the Network Wizard then go to page 18 If you plan to use a WiFi connection you will first need to identify your network in the list of network names presented by the Network Wizard If no networks are found then you may have to get your wireless router working please see the instructions supplied with it or you may be too far from the router When the radio finds your wireless network it displays the Network Name
47. best for most users Update from Network No update 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose an auto update option for the clock This can be updated from DAB or FM radio from the Network or not updated The default is to auto update from the network If you Set timezone choose another option go to Connecting to your computer network UTC 00 00 Dublin Lon on page 13 Otherwise you will first need to select the correct time UTC 00 30 zone and daylight savings setting see the next steps If you choose UTC 01 00 Madrid Arr No update you will need to set the clock manually later see page 78 UTC 01 30 UTC 02 00 Athens Ca Press the control to confirm your choice 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the time zone for your Daylight savings current location Press the Tuning Select control to enter the setting Daylight savings 5 You will then need to set the Daylight Savings option according to your location Daylight Savings is also known as Summer Winter time or BST GMT adjustment Rotate the Tuning Selectcontrol to highlight ON or OFF as required The asterisk shows the current setting In the UK ON is equivalent to British Summer Time and OFF is equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time 6 Continue setting up your radio on the next page If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 12 Connecting to your computer network Before yo
48. c Portions of this software are included under license from RealNetworks Inc Copyright 1995 to 2007 RealNetworks Inc All rights reserved This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft If you download a software upgrade to your radio additional licence terms may apply and these are available at http www frontier silicon com audio eula htm If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 100 Information Guarantee This instrument is guaranteed for twelve months from the date of delivery to the original owner against failure due to faulty workmanship or component breakdown subject to the procedure stated below Should any component or part fail during this guarantee period it will be repaired or replaced free of charge The guarantee does not cover 1 Damage resulting from incorrect use 2 Consequential damage 3 Receivers with removed or defaced serial numbers N B Damaged or broken aerials will not be replaced under guarantee Procedure Any claim under this guarantee should be made through the dealer from whom the instrument was purchased It is likely that your Roberts dealer will be able to attend to any defect quickly and efficiently but should it be necessary the dealer will return the instrument to the Company s service depa
49. cator is shown in the bottom right corner 31 Customising your radio In addition to storing your favourite radio stations in the radio presets your radio allows you to create customised lists of stations which can appear in two special menus on the radio called My Favourites and My Added Stations Your radio uses a database which is accessed via the Internet in order to find out which radio stations are available and how it should connect to them You are able to add your personal selections to this database These will only be accessible by you using your PC or your radio You can choose the stations which will appear in the My Favourites menu from the large selection already listed Additionally if you find a radio station that is not listed then you may also add the Internet address URL of the station s audio stream to your selection It will then appear on your radio via the My Added Stations menu item Registering an account 1 Open the web site http www wifiradio frontier com using the Internet browser on your computer Click on the Register here link and follow the on screen instructions to register an account During the registration process the web site asks for an access code This allows it to uniquely identify your internet radio from the many others that it also provides data for To obtain the access code please follow these steps 2 With your radio switched on and in Internet radio mode press the
50. ck on the icon with a heart and minus symbol Selecting your favourite stations 1 Press the Menu button to enter the main nternet radio menu Menu 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control to enter the menu Z 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until My Favourites is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control and your favourite Selec stations list will appear on the display set up as described on the preceding page 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the required station and then press the control to confirm your selection Z The display will show Connecting while it finds the new station If the station has on demand content that is it gives the option of listening to programmes which have already been broadcast please see page 28 Selecting a podcast BBC Listen again Should you be unable to connect to a particular station please note that some radio stations do not broadcast 24 hours per day and some stations are not always on line If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri ternet Radio Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings Main menu f4 Internet radio My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC Stations Podcasts 44 My Favourites Smith fav f4 Smith fav BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 7 Bluegrass r
51. clear Info again to continue select Ok when you are ready to search select CANCEL to cancel and go back to the previous menu Once the artist or tag is entered highlight Ok and press the Tuning Select control to search See also Text Entry on page 9 Rotate and then press the Tuning Select control to choose one of the tags or artists offered The display will show Connecting and the radio will begin playing content guided by the search If you wish to skip the current track press the Fast forward button to start playback of another track based on your selection You can use the Love and Ban buttons see the preceding page to tell Last fm which tracks you particularly like or which tracks you wish to ban from your library Mode A Menu Select Snooze Last fm Station list Last fm setup System settings Main menu h Last fm Create Artist Radio Create Tag Radio Your library Your Recommendations Your Neighbourhood Last fm PINK 0123456789 ABCD BkRSP EFGHIJRLMNOPQRS TUVUXYZ OR CANCE fy Artist Radio Pink Floyd Pink Pink Martini Bonnie Pink The Pink Spiders Last fm 12 34 The Bravery of Bein Artist Roger Waters Display modes Your radio has a range of display options when in Last fm mode Note that the information may not always be 100 accurate since some of the Last fm data is based upon information scrobbled from user s files 1 Press the Inf
52. computer is running Windows Vista or XP then Windows Media Player version 11 also referred to here as WMP 11 includes a UPnP server which will make your files available to your radio There are other UPnP server solutions available for non Windows users and for Windows users who may wish to use an alternative see page 36 It is beyond the scope of this instruction book to cover all possible options for UPnP We explain the use of Microsoft s Windows Media Player here since that will be the first choice for the majority of users Set up UPnP access on a Windows PC 1 If your PC is running Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP then you can use Microsoft s Windows Media Player version 11 to act as your UPnP Universal Plug and Play media server If not already installed on your PC Windows Media Player 11 may be downloaded from Microsoft s web site and installed by following the instructions detailed in its installation wizard or by using Microsoft s Windows Update facility 2 Once installed WMP 11 can create a library from all the media files available to iton your PC To add new media files to the library select the Library tab then Add to Library gt Advanced Options click Add choose the files or folders that you wish to add and click OK The next step is to connect your radio to WMP 11 and to configure the program to allow the radio to access your media library 3 Press the On Off button to switch
53. d Press the Tuning Select control to enter the selection Continue on the next page If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri ROBERTS STREAMPOS Select Snooze AY ROBERIS STARTING HE Setup wizard Start now Setup wizard Start now 10 Plugging in and language selection cont 10 11 12 13 11 Your radio will ask whether the Setup Wizard should be run at the next start up The NO option will be highlighted Press the Tuning Select control to select the NO option Your radio will then display the Main Menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted on the screen Press the Tuning Select control to enter the System settings menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Language is highlighted on the screen Press the Tuning Select control to enter the Language options menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until the desired language is highlighted on the screen Press the Tuning Select control to select the chosen language option The display will then change to show the System settings menu in the chosen language Rotate the Tuning Select control until the Setup wizard option is highlighted on the screen and then press the control If you change the language you will not see Setup wizara in English
54. d format of the track currently playing e Buffer Displays the radios internal buffer status during media playback Whenever the Music Player is displaying an information screen as opposed to a menu screen the time is displayed in the top right corner of the display and a WiFi strength or Ethernet connection indicator is shown in the bottom right corner together with an indicator showing the method by which the radio is obtaining the media either from a UPnP server or USB memory If the capture of track information by the Last fm feature is enabled known as scrobbling then the Last fm logo will also be shown see pages 52 61 43 Music player Love Me Do 1 47 2 20 UPnP Music player Love Me Do Artist The Beatles UPnP Music player Love Me Do Album The Beatles 1 UPnP Music player Love Me Do Bit rate 192 kbps Codec WMA Sampling rate 44 1 kHz ee UPnP Music player Love Me Do Playback buffer UPnP Using USB memory devices This section describes how to use your radio to access and playback your audio files via USB memory devices USB memory devices plug into the rectangular slot on the rear of the radio Important Your radio is only designed to work with USB flash memory devices It is not intended to be connected to hard disk drives or any other type of USB device The Stream 205 radio has been tested with a range of USB memory devices of up to 120GB capacity USB mem
55. de is used a quick scan of the Band III DAB channels will be carried out The display will show Scanning If the radio has been used before the last used station will be selected instead During the scanning process as new stations are detected the station counter will increase and the stations will be added to the list which is stored in the radio The bar graph indicates the progress of the scan When scanning is completed the radio will list the stations found in numeric alpha order 0 9 A Z unless it has previously been tuned to a DAB station Rotate the Tuning Select control to scroll through the list of available DAB radio stations Press the Tuning Select control to select the highlighted station The display may show Connecting while the radio re tunes Use the Volume buttons to set the sound level as needed If the station list is still empty after the scan the display will show Service not available If no stations are found it may be necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better reception On Off Z Mode A Select Cy A Volume By Hogg DAB Jl radio Scan Stations 24 Scanning 4 Station list Heart heat Kerrang Kiss LBC DAB LBC London s Biggest Conversation LBC ac Tall Selecting a DAB radio station 1 When playing a DAB radio station the display normally shows the name of the current station with other related informa
56. e ok symbol and press the Tuning Select control The screen will show Connecting and then Setup wizard completed Press the Tuning Select control to the exit setup wizard The radio should now be able to connect to the network Once you have connected your radio to the network and therefore also to the Internet it will display the main menu Press the On Off button to put the radio into standby mode It should then display the time as obtained from the Internet If the time display is not correct for any reason it can easily be adjusted later see page 78 Manually setting the clock If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Select Snooze dey Info On Off 123 jonesi 0123456789 _ abcdefghi jklmn opqrstuvwxyZABC OK DEFGHIJRLMNOPQR CANCEL Network settings Network wizard Scanning Setup wizard La Press SELECT to exit Setup wizard completed Main menu Internet radio Music player Last fm DAB FM 06 04 2011 15 37 16 Connecting to your computer network cont If you have followed the steps on the preceding pages successfully your radio will have connected to your router and then made a connection to the Internet and set its clock If this is the case then you can try listening to radio stations via the Internet as described on page 22 onwards Changing the network connection In the sections above yo
57. e Tuning Select control until Network is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the Network settings menu 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Network profile is highlighted on the display Press the control to see the stored profiles The profile which is currently in use if any is marked with an asterisk 4 Toremove a profile from memory rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the profile to be deleted and then press the control 5 The radio will offer a YES or NO selection Rotate the Tuning Select control to select YES and then press the control The selected profile will be deleted Note that it is not possible to delete a profile which is currently in use 91 Menu A Select Snooze 4 Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings Main menu System settings Brightness Contrast Network Time Date Language Network settings Wlan region Manual settings NetRemote PIN Setup Network profile gt Keep network connected Network profile Jones family Paul s network Test router Confirm delete Confirm delete Software version display The software version display is provided for reference and customer Menu support purposes 1 Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the Menu button Z Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the System settings menu
58. e clock automatically when connected to Menu the internet If you enter a time setting manually the radio will calculate a local time offset which is then stored in memory Whenever it synchronises the clock using the internet including after a power failure your radio will then set the clock automatically using this information Z You may wish to use the radio away from the internet in which case you may specify that the unit sets its clock from DAB or FM radio broadcasts After a power failure the radio will then set its clock the next time that you Select switch on the radio in DAB or FM mode ee Alternatively you may specify that the time is not automatically updated In this case the clock must always be set manually after a power interruption 1 With your radio switched on press the Menu button to access the Z menu for the current mode 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the system settings menu 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Time Date is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the time setup 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Auto update is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the auto update menu 5 Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose an update option from Update from DAB Update from FM Update from Network or No update as required Press the c
59. e operation is complete and the radio has restarted otherwise the unit may become permanently damaged If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri System settings System settings Network Time Date Language Factory reset Software update Software update Auto check setting Check now Software update Check periodically for new versions Software update Auto check setting Check now 90 Network profiles Each time that you connect your radio to a WiFi network the radio will store the details of that connection SSID security key DHCP IP address settings as a profile Up to four such profiles are stored in the radio so that if the unit is used in multiple locations there is no need to enter the network settings when returning to a location previously visited The radio stores the four most recent profiles in memory identified by their SSID Normally the radio will attempt to connect to one of the stored profiles and only if it is unable to do so will you need to use the Network Wizard see page 17 In the event that you visit a location only once you may wish to delete the profile for the network in that location to avoid losing other profiles 1 Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the Menu button Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the settings menu 2 Rotate th
60. e to access the Internet to obtain additional All music information such as album art which it can display when you examine re li r IS S e ibrary on your PC For a library of many files this can take Contributing Artists Album Artists 39 Media selection When searching via UPnP you will have a selection of search criteria as determined by the UPnP server software on your computer This allows you to search by a given information type Album Artist Genre etc and then to narrow the search to an album or to a particular track within an album Some UPnP server applications allow the search options to be customised The searches described here are just examples of the possibilities Listening to a complete album 1 Use the Tuning Select control to choose content by Artist Album Genre etc according to your needs then press the control to enter your choice 2 When you reach the album or folder the menu will then switch to showing the tracks in that album or folder When searching by UPnP they will normally be listed in track number order but as with the search criteria this can vary according to the server application used 3 With the first track in the album indicated press the Tuning Select control The album will then begin playing While the radio is playing from your media library you may use the menus as described above to choose a different selection When you select the track from which to play
61. either store them as presets within the radio or add them to a list of your favourite stations which your radio can access The number of presets is limited there are five preset buttons on the radio but you can store as many favourites as you like You may search for an internet radio station by Location If you know the name of the station and the country from which a station is broadcast this may be the easiest method to find a station It is also a great way to experience radio from other parts of the world You may also search for an internet radio station by Genre If you prefer a particular type of music Blues for example you may search for a radio station that broadcasts that type of music and you can choose from a list of Blues radio stations regardless of location or taking location into account If you know part of the name of an internet radio station you can enter it into the radio and it will search for stations that match that name This can be helpful if you are unsure of the location or genre of a particular station The Stream 205 radio connects to a radio station database which serves many users in many countries This means that there is a very wide range of programme content available You can also search for stations which have been recently added to those available new stations or you can search for the most popular If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri ter
62. ernatively if you have nested folders such as album folders within an artist folder then you will simply step to the next folder level fh The Beatles 1 Love Me Do wma gt 5 Rotate the Tuning Select control to select the track and press the control From Me to You wma gt She Loves You wma gt gt to begin playing from the highlighted track All files in the current folder will I Want to Hold Your Han then be played in turn Can t Buy Me Love wma Files are sorted by filename in numeric alpha order 0 9 A Z before being played Music player 12 34 l a l Love Me Do wma 6 Controlling playback from the USB memory device including Shuffle and Folder Repeat functions is explained on pages 41 and 42 The shuffle play function The Beatles 1 may only be used if the current selection comprises fewer than 500 tracks USB 45 Playlists Sometimes you may wish to set up a list of music tracks or albums which can then be played without further action as background music for a party for example Your radio can be configured to hold a queue of up to 500 tracks in a playlist menu The tracks or albums for the playlist can be selected from your UPnP server and from a USB memory device The playlist is held in memory in your radio until external power is removed or until the playlist is cleared from the menu Note that the playlist is not retained in stand by mode when the radio is running on batteries Selec
63. ernet radio station it may be due to one these causes 1 The station is not broadcasting at this time of the day 2 Thestationhas reached its maximum allowed number of simultaneous connections 3 The Internet connection between your radio and the server often located in a different country is slow This could be due to internet congestion either locally or at a distance 4 Thestation may choose to block internet connections to your geographic region sometimes known as geo locking 5 The station is no longer broadcasting The database of radio stations that your radio connects to is frequently updated and checked but may not always be completely accurate 6 The radio station is broadcasting using an audio format which is not playable by your radio although the Stream 205 does play the most popular formats used by regular broadcasters Try using a PC to listen via the broadcaster s web site or via the radio station database web site at http www wifiradio frontier com f you can play the station with a PC it may be that the internet feed or local network connection is poor However some broadcasters such as the BBC provide different data streams for PC users and internet radio listeners so this test is not always conclusive If you cannot play the station via your PC this may indicate that the problem is not necessarily due to your radio but it could be your network your internet connection the broadcaster or
64. erson Zh Edith Bowman 28 08 2009 August 28 27 08 2009 August 27 26 08 2009 August 26 25 08 2009 August 25 Internet radio 12 34 Edith Bowman Show description Edith kickstarts your afternoon with music 24 Selecting a radio station by genre 25 Press the Menu button to enter the main nternet radio menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select Rotate the Tuning Select control until Stations is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select Rotate the Tuning Select control until Genre is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select Rotate the Tuning Select control to scroll through the list of content types This menu is normally cyclic you can scroll the list continually in either direction When the chosen genre is highlighted press the Tuning Select control You then have the choice of All Stations of the chosen genre or a list of countries Note if a country is not shown then the station may still appear inthe All Stations list Rotate and then press the Tuning Select control to choose as needed Alist of radio stations is then shown Rotate the Tuning Select control until the desired station name is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control to select the station The display will show Connecting while it finds the new station If the radio i
65. ese are not supported by the radio WPA keys are usually set up using a pass phrase of between 8 and 63 characters Your radio accepts pass phrases for WPA keys To enter the WEP or WPA key characters are selected and entered using the Tuning Select control As you rotate the control the highlight scrolls through the available characters as well as the three controls on the right The character currently highlighted will be entered when you press the Tuning Select control Do this as needed until the complete key has been entered Remember WEP keys only use the numbers 0 9 and letters A F WPA keys are sensitive to upper and lower case characters You must enter the key exactly or the radio will not connect to the network The three controls on the right hand side of the screen have special functions You can quickly access these by pressing the Info button and then using the Tuning Select control as needed select BK5P to erase a character just entered long press to clear Info again to continue select Ok when the complete key has been entered select CANCEL to cancel and re run the Network Wizard Ifa WEP or WPA key has previously been entered for the selected SSID then the display will show Key Set lf you have previously entered a different key you must clear this by selecting the sksP symbol This will remove the Set indication After the final character of the WEP or WPA key has been entered highlight th
66. from batteries 1 If your radio is in stand by mode press and hold the Alarm button preset 1 to display the Alarms menu Go to step 3 If your radio is switched on press the Menu button to access the menu for the current mode Rotate the Tuning Select control until Main menu is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the main menu 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Alarms is selected on the display Press the control to see the current alarm settings If no change is required press the Menu or Back buttons to exit 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until the desired alarm 1 or 2 is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter alarm setup 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Time is highlighted on the display Press the control to adjust the alarm time 5 Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose the alarm hour Press the control to confirm the setting 6 Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose the alarm minute Press the control to confirm the setting The display will then return to the alarm setting menu If the radio has been set to use a 12 hour clock format there will also be an option here for setting AM or PM for the alarm time If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Menu 4 Select Snooze AY Alarms Alarms Alarm 1 Off 00 00 Alarm 2 Off 00 00 Alarm 1 Enable Off Time 00
67. fterwards An active sleep timer is shown using a small timer indicator at the bottom of the playing displays This indicator also shows the sleep time remaining before the radio switches itself into stand by mode 6 To cancel the sleep timer before the preset time has elapsed and to turn off the radio press the On Off button to turn the radio off manually To cancel the sleep timer and leave the radio playing go back into the sleep timer settings steps 1 to 4 above and select the Off option in step 4 Alternatively simply press the On Offbutton twice in succession to cancel the timer and switch the radio back on again If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri On Off Menu ey Select Snooze AY and Alarms Main menu Last fm Set sleep time 15 minutes DAB Heart Pop Music ay DL a5 Set sleep time Sleep OFF 84 Brightness control The brightness of the display can be adjusted for when the radio is in Stand by and for when it is in use If you use the unit in the bedroom you may prefer a lower stand by brightness level than the standard setting There are three brightness levels and an almost off night time setting i Press the On Off button to switch on your radio Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the Menu button Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted on the display Press
68. g Audio setting System settings Main menu FM station scan Strong stations only FM station scan Strong stations only Stereo Mono switching If the FM radio station being listened to has a weak signal some hiss may be audible It is possible to reduce this hiss by forcing the radio to play the station in mono rather than stereo 1 Press the Mode button as needed to select the FM radio mode display and tune to the required FM station as previously described 2 Press the Menu button to enter the FM menu 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Audio setting is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control to enter the audio setting mode The current setting is indicated with an asterisk 4 To switch to mono in order to reduce the hiss from a weak FM signal rotate the Tuning Select control until YES is highlighted Press the Tuning Select control to confirm the setting Alternatively to return to the normal automatic stereo or mono mode rotate the Tuning Select control until NO is highlighted Press the Tuning Select control to confirm the setting 5 Press the Menu button to return to the normal FM mode display If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Mode A Menu Select Snooze AY FM Radio FM Scan setting Audio setting System settings Main menu FM weak reception Listen in Mono only
69. gs Network settings Wlan region Manual settings NetRemote PIN Setup Network profile gt Keep network connect Keep network connected 06 04 2011 15 37 06 04 2011 15 37 06 04 2011 15 37 06 04 2011 15 37 a 2 flusic Player Windows 7 Play to function UPnP renderer If you use Windows 7 it is possible to choose a music album track or playlist at the computer and then tell Windows that this should be played on the radio using the Play to function Using suitable software sometimes known as a UPnP Control Point similar functionality is available for other computer types and for handheld devices using Apple s iOS or Android operating systems In this mode the radio acts as a UPnP Renderer 1 Inordertouse the Play to function the radio must be actively connected to the network The first time that you use the Play to function you will need to allow Windows to recognise your radio To do this please go to step 2 If you have previously used Play to so that Windows remembers your radio and you have configured your radio to keep its network connection in standby mode see Keep network connected at left then go to step 3 2 If your radio is not currently running or does not have an active connection to your network then you should first switch on your radio and select the Music player mode using the Mode button Then select Shared media from the menu so that the radi
70. h the radio s carry handle Remove the USB memory before carrying the unit or if not using the USB feature for a prolonged period Place the unit in Standby mode before removing your USB memory device If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 44 Playing files from USB memory devices 1 Carefully insert the USB memory device into the USB slot Press the On Mode button to switch on the radio The radio may detect that the memory has been connected in which case it will ask whether you wish to open the folder view of the memory contents Z Press the Tuning Select control to select Yes and skip to step 4 below If the USB memory was not automatically detected proceed as follows Select Music player 2 To select USB playback mode press the Mode button as needed until the oes Shared media Music Player mode is selected USB playback My playlist Repeat play Off 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until USB playback is highlighted on the Shuffle play Off display and press the control The radio will now list the content stored on the USB memory device If there are many files or folders this may take a Z few seconds 44 USB playback The Beatles 1 Beautiful South 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the required folder and press Beethoven the control to enter the current folder The list of tracks in the current folder Cat Stevens will be displayed Cream Alt
71. he Mode button as needed to select FM radio mode Rotate the Tuning Select to control the frequency that the radio will tune to The frequency will change in steps of 50kKHz When the end of the waveband is reached the radio will recommence tuning from the opposite end of the waveband Use the Volume buttons to adjust the sound level as needed On Off Z Mode A Select Snooze PY Volume Z E2 Fma TM radio FM 103 40MHz Display modes _ FM Radio Your radio has a range of display options when in FM mode Info FM 12 34 1 Press the Info button to cycle through the different options BBC R3 In Tune A broad mix of news views amp music a Text Displays text messages such as the Z Rts ac Full artist or track name phone in number traffic alerts etc b Program Type Displays the type of station being listened F to such as Pop Classic News etc BBC R3 Classical Music c Frequency Displays the frequency of the FM signal d Date Displays the current date FM Note If no RDS information is available then the radio will only be able to BBC R3 display the frequency There will be no text or programme type information 92 30 Mhz available under these conditions The radio only provides displays when there is information available So if there is no text for example that display is not available FM The RDS indicator at the bottom of the display shows that there is some BBC R3 RDS data present
72. hen by country You may then list A shows or search within a country by genre Searching by genre is more direct since once the genre is chosen the next menu display shows a list of available podcasts Searching by name operates in the same way as when searching for a named radio station selecting the or symbol when you have entered the text You may enter one or more pieces of text which will be used for the search 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control and then press the control to confirm your chosen podcast The display will show Connecting while it finds the new programme If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Menu A Select Snooze AY ternet Radio Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings Main menu t4 Internet radio My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC Stations Podcasts Eh Podcasts Location Genre Search podcasts h Podcasts 0123456789 ABCD EFGHIJRLMNOPQAS on TUVWXYZ CANCEL Eh Podcasts Dick and Dom Eddie Halliwell Edith Bowman Fearne and Reggies Gilles Peterson 28 Presetting stations With so many Internet radio stations available it is desirable to have a means of rapidly selecting the stations that you listen to most frequently Your radio has five memory presets which can easily be set to store the details of any Internet radio station The radio station presets are retained
73. highlighted Mode Music player on the display and then press the control to cause the radio to scan Shared media for UPnP servers Note that it may take a few seconds for the radio USB playback to complete its scan The display will return to the Music Player menu My playlist if no UPnP servers are found Z Repeat play Off Shuffle play Off 3 After a successful scan rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight your UPnP server and then press the Tuning Select control If the 74 Shared media display shows multiple media types select Music Some UPnP mo JENNY Jenny s music gt servers can serve pictures and video content to suitable devices HOME_PC Mum s music gt 4 The radio will now list the media categories which are made available by the UPnP server for example Album Artist and Genre Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight which category you wish to Z browse then press the control to confirm your choice FH JENNY Jenny s music If you wish to use the search function rotate the Tuning Select control Music until Search is selected on the display You may select characters to Video build a keyword for searching for content to play cane When you first set up sharing with a UPnP server not all of your files will be available immediately The UPnP server must look inside each file to identify the artist and album information from tags embedded in them 74 Music The server may also need tim
74. ill return to the SSID entry screen step 6 Once connected the network settings are stored in the radio The settings are retained when the radio is disconnected from the mains You may now use the Back and Mode buttons to access the functions of your radio If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Authentication Open Pre Shared Key Encryption type 8 9 TKIP AES Key 9 9 A Key For My Networki 01234567869 _ BRSP abcdefghi jklmn opqrstuvwxyZABC oR DEFGHIJRLMNOPQA CANCEL Network settings Please wait Connecting Network settings Network wizard View settings Wlan region Manual settings NetRemote PIN Setup 20 Network remote control options Network PIN setup PIN number Network settings Network wizard View settings Your radio has the option of being controlled by an application installed Wlan region on an Apple iPhone iPod touch or iPad The PIN number facility allows Manual settings you to ensure that your radio can only be controlled by your own Apple NetRemote PIN Setup device rather than someone else s Details of how this feature can be used with your iPhone or iPod touch are explained in the separate documentation available from the Roberts Radio Website The remote control app is called ConnectR and is available from the Apple App Store Network settings Wlan region Manual settings Keep network connected NetRemote PIN Setup
75. in memory even when the radio is switched off Please see also the sections Last Listened on page 30 and Configuring My Favourite Stations on page 33 Storing a preset 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio Tune to the required station using one of the methods described on the preceding pages Z On Off 2 To store the currently playing radio station as a preset press and hold the required Preset button 1 5 until the display shows Preset stored The station will be stored using the chosen preset button vi Preset stored Repeat this procedure as needed for the remaining presets 3 Stations which are already stored in the presets may be over written by following the above procedure Recalling a preset Mode 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio Select the Internet radio mode using the Mode button Z Internet radio 2 Momentarily press the required Preset button Your radio will then Aural Moon connect to the station stored in preset memory The preset used will Description l be shown at the bottom of the display screen Playing progressive rock old and new Haa D B 29 Last Listened It is often helpful to be able to go back to a station that you have recently Menu listened to Your radio has a Last Listened feature which provides you with quick access to the ten most recently listened to radio stations or podcasts As each new radio station is listened to the oldest
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77. internet congestion Music Player UPnP problems The use of the Music Player function with UPnP should be straightforward However the power that UPnP offers by allowing devices to connect with each other means thatitis often disabled by default by security applications such as third party firewall software and in routers If you are using Windows Media Player WMP as your UPnP server and if it fails to operate with your radio please keep this fact in mind A fresh installation of Windows and Windows Media Player when using Microsoft s built in firewall software will normally work If you have trouble getting UPnP working it is generally because of some other software that has been added to your computer If UPnP does not work as expected possible reasons may include UPnP functions blocked in firewall software UPnP functions turned off by security software UPnP functions hi jacked by other software UPnP functions blocked in the router Multi cast packets blocked in the router IP address of system blocked in firewall software Some third party UPnP servers are much less dependent upon other parts of Windows than WMP 11 or 12 If the greater flexibility that these offer is attractive then it may be found in some cases that they are easier to get working If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 94 Accessing your audio files via a UPnP server using Windows Vista and XP If your
78. justable sleep timer can be set to turn the radio off between 15 and 120 minutes Easy to read graphic display Adjustable display backlight Auxiliary input socket for playing audio from MP3 players iPods or other audio equipment Stereo headphone socket for private listening Mains or battery powered operation using supplied mains adapter or 6 x LR20 D size alkaline cells not included If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 2 Before you can use this product Before you can use your radio you must have the following e A broadband Internet connection not required for DAB FM or Music Player functions e Awireless access point WiFi ora wired Ethernet connection connected to your broadband Internet Service Provider preferably via a router In many cases the broadband modem router and wireless access point will be a single combined unit supplied by your Internet Service Provider or bought from a computer store e lf your wireless network is configured to use Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP or WiFi Protected Access WPA WPA2 data encryption then you either need to know the WEP WPA or WPA2 key used for encryption so you can get the radio to communicate with the network or your router needs to offer WiFi Protected Setup WPS If connecting using WiFi the radio will typically work within a 10 20 metre radius from your wireless access point The actual range achieved
79. l our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 98 Specifications Power Requirements Mains Batteries Battery life Connectivity Wired Ethernet WiFi Frequency Coverage 99 110 240 volts AC 50Hz V only use only supplied adaptor 6 x_LR20 D size alkaline cells see also page 7 Up to 40 80 hours of listening for 4 hours a day at normal volume using alkaline cells depending on operating mode see also page 7 10 100M bits sec via RJ 45 socket 802 11b and 802 11g supported with WEP and WPA WPA2 encryption Compatible with 802 11n routers which offer mixed mode support for 802 11b g FM 87 5 108MHz DAB 174 928 239 200MHz Circuit features Loudspeaker Output Power Headphone socket Aux In socket Aerial System 2x 76mm 2 x 3 Watts 3 5mm stereo 3 5mm stereo WIFI Built in antenna DAB Telescopic aerial FM Telescopic aerial The Company reserves the right to amend the specification without notice Software license information Use of the software in this radio is subject to software licence terms contained in this user manual by using the radio you are agreeing to comply with these licence terms MPEG Layer 3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson MPEG 4 HE AAC audio coding technology licensed by Fraunhofer IIS http www iis fraunhofer de amm Z Fraunhofer IIS RealNetworks is a trademark or a registered trademark of RealNetworks In
80. larm can be silenced for 5 minutes by pressing the eee Tuning Select Snooze control Should you wish for a longer snooze duration this can be extended Pressing the control again while the radio is snoozed will set the available snooze time to 5 10 15 or 30 minutes 2 While the snooze timer is active the remaining snooze time is shown next to the flashing alarm icon on the clock display Z 3 In order to cancel the Snooze timer while the alarm is suspended press On Off 1 the On Off button The display will briefly show an Alarm Off message 83 Sleep timer Your radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed The sleep timer setting can be adjusted between 15 and 120 minutes in 15 minute increments 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio 2 Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the Menu button Rotate the Tuning Select control until Wain menu is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the Main menu 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until S leep is highlighted on the display then press the Tuning Select control 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until the required sleep time setting is selected Press the Tuning Select control to confirm the setting The sleep timer can be set to between 15 and 120 minutes or to Off 5 Your radio will switch into stand by mode after the preset time has elapsed If running on batteries it will switch off completely shortly a
81. le and valid Note The default station order on your radio is alphanumeric On Off Z 1 Press the On Off button to switch on your radio Mode 2 Press the Mode button as needed to select DAB radio mode Nooo a DAB 1D1g oll radio 3 Press the Menu button to enter the DAB menu list Z 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station order is highlighted men Press the Tuning Select control to enter the station order adjustment DAB mode Scan Z Manual tune Prune invalid 5 Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose between Alphanumeric DRC Ensemble and Valid Station order Alphanumeric sorts the station list alpha numerically 0 9 A Z Seli Ensemble organises the station list by DAB multiplex tation order Valid shows those stations for which a signal can be found ahead Alphanumeric of those that the radio has marked as possibly unavailable Ensemble The current setting is indicated by an asterisk i j valid 6 Press the Tuning Select control to select the required station order 7 Press the Menu button as needed to return to the DAB menu or to the stations list If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 68 Prune stations If you move to a different part of the country some of the stations which were listed may no longer be available Also from time to time some DAB services may stop broadcasting or may change location or frequency St
82. lear My playlist is highlighted on the display Press the control 3 To clear the whole playlist rotate the Tuning Select control until YES is highlighted on the display Press the control to cause the playlist to be cleared 4 Ifyou do not wish to clear the playlist rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight VO and press the control to confirm Playing your playlists 1 Press the Menu button to enter the main Music Player menu 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until My playlist is highlighted on the display Press the control 3 To play the playlist from a particular track rotate the Tuning Select control until the desired track is highlighted then press the control to start play 4 While playing from the playlist you can use this function to jump to a particular track within the playlist 5 Whileplaying from the playlist you may add additional tracks or aloums or remove specific tracks please see the preceding pages If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Menu Menu A Select Snooze Ay A Select Snooze 4 Music player My Playlist Repeat play Off Shuffle play Off Clear My playlist Prune servers Clear My Playlist Remove all from My playlist Music player Shared media USB playback My playlist Repeat play Off Shuffle play Off t4 My playlist Love Me Do From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold
83. n launch the Setup wizard If you wish to leave the radio in a reset condition switch off the radio at this point STARTING Hi Proceed In case of malfunction for any reason reset the product as described above to resume normal operation It may be necessary in some cases to disconnect the mains power and batteries then reconnect power after 10 seconds Start now Setup wizard In case of malfunction due to electrical fast transient burst reset the product as above reconnection of the power source may be required to resume normal operation 89 Software update From time to time new software features for your radio may be developed Your radio has therefore been designed to allow its internal software to be updated using your Internet connection You should not attempt to update your radio unless it is recommended to you by Roberts Customer Services Updating the software may remove all network settings radio station presets and alarm settings from your radio It is important that you do not attempt this procedure unless you have a good Internet connection and a reliable mains power supply Make sure that your WiFi connection is reliable before proceeding Your radio will not be able to update its software while it is running on batteries 1 The Software update option is accessed via the System settings menu When you select Software update the menu will display Auto check setting and Check now
84. n press the control if you wish to change it Choose from either the radio station Last listened to or from the presets 1 5 Scroll to the chosen option and press the control to confirm the selection Note that you can only set the alarm to use a preset which has already been stored Select Snooze AY Alarm 1 Enable Once Time 07 30 Mode Buzzer Volume 20 Save Alarm 1 Enable Once Time 07 30 Mode DAB Preset Last listened Volume 20 Alarm 1 Enable Off Time 07 30 Mode Buzzer Volume 20 Save Alarm 1 frequency Off Daily Once Weekends Weekdays Alarm 1 date time 06 04 2011 13 53 Alarm 1 mode Buzzer Internet radio DAB FM Last fm Alarm 1 preset Last listened 1 Radio Luxembourg 2 Rock Antenne 3 Absolute Radio 4 Not set Setting the alarm clock cont 10 Rotate the Tuning Select control until the Volume option is highlighted on the display and press the control if you wish to change it The radio uses the saved volume setting for each alarm when it sounds Rotate the control to set the required volume and then press the control to confirm the setting 11 In order to store the alarm settings rotate the Tuning Select control until Save is highlighted Press the control to store the alarm settings Your radio will show Alarm saved and will then go back to the list of alarms with the new alarm setting shown in the display If you decide not t
85. ne which is applicable to your location then press the control to confirm the setting Press the Menu button to exit or go to step 13 to set the summer winter time option Rotate the Tuning Select control until Daylight savings is highlighted on the display then press the control The asterisk shows the current setting In the UK ON is equivalent to British Summer Time OFF is equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight ON or OFF as required then press the control to confirm the setting Press the Menu button to exit Select Snooze Time Date Set Time Date Auto update Set format Set timezone Daylight savings Time Date Set Time Date Auto update Set format Set timezone Daylight savings Set Time Date 06 04 2011 13 53 Set Time Date 06 04 2011 13 53 Set Time Date 06 04 2011 13 53 Set timezone UTC 00 00 Dublin Lon UTC 00 30 UTC 01 00 Madrid Arr UTC 01 30 UTC 02 00 Athens Ca Daylight savings Daylight savings Setting the alarm clock Your radio has two separate alarms which can be set to wake you to either the radio or a buzzer alarm In the event of a power interruption your radio has built in memory that will retain your alarm settings Ensure that the time is set correctly before setting the alarms Alarms cannot be used when the radio is running on batteries as the clock does not run in stand by mode when only powered
86. net Radio 22 Selecting a radio station by location 23 Press the On Off button to switch the radio on Then press the Mode button to select the nternet radio mode display Press the Menu button to enter the main nternet radio menu Rotate the Tuning Selectcontrol until Station list is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select the option Rotate the Tuning Select control until Stations is highlighted on the display and the press the control to select Note that the menu may offer one or more local selections based upon the country in which the unit is being used according to your internet IP address United Kingdom and BBC stations for example Rotate the Tuning Select control until Location is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select Rotate the Tuning Selectcontrol to scroll through the list of continents When the desired continent is highlighted press the control to enter your selection The display will show a list of countries within the chosen continent If there are many countries shown you can scroll through the list continually in either direction Forexample ifthe chosen continent was Europe then to find the United Kingdom scroll up from the top of the list to the bottom by turning the Tuning Select control anti clockwise Press the Tuning Select control to choose the desired country You will typically find that you then have the option to selec
87. ntrast of the display can be adjusted The adjustment also changes Menu System settings the angle from which the display can best be seen Q Brightness Contrast TA Network 1 Access the menu for the current mode by pressing the Menu button Z Time Date Language Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the settings menu ae Contrast 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Contrast is highlighted on the es display and press the control 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control to adjust the contrast and viewing angle The contrast level indication on the screen will change at the same time When you find the setting that gives the best legibility for the location in which the radio is used press the control to save the setting ll Contrast 4 Press the Menu button to exit If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 86 Headphone socket A 3 5mm stereo Headphone Socket located on the rear of your radio is provided for use with headphones Inserting a plug automatically mutes the internal loudspeaker Please be aware that the sensitivity of headphones can vary widely We therefore recommend setting volume to a low level before connecting headphones to the radio IMPORTANT Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss 87 ROBERTS Auxiliar
88. o button to cycle through the different options a Artist b Album c Progress bar d Radio Name e Account f Format g Playback buffer h Date Displays the name of the artist for the currently playing track Displays the name of the album from which the current track is taken Displays the playback progress for the track currently playing Displays the name of the currently playing Last fm radio station Displays of the Last fm account currently in use Displays the bit rate and format of the track currently playing Displays the radios internal buffer level Displays the current date Whenever the radio is displaying an information screen the time is displayed in the top right corner of the display and a WiFi strength or Ethernet connection indicator is shown in the bottom right corner Info Last fm A Smart Kid Artist Porcupine Tree Last fm A Smart Kid 3 37 es 5 22 Last fm A Smart Kid Account aardvark99 Last fm A Smart Kid Playback buffer If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Last fm A Smart Kid Album Stupid Dream Last fm A Smart Kid Radio Name Pink Floyd Radio Last fm A Smart Kid Bit rate 128 kbps Codec MP3 Sampling rate 44 1 kHz G 2 Last fm A Smart Kid Today s Date 07 04 2011 58 Your Recent Stations History The Last fm stations menu offers two
89. o establishes a connection with Windows Media Player on your PC After this step all other functions may be performed from your computer 3 At your Windows 7 PC locate the file album or playlist that you wish to play on the radio 4 Use the right hand mouse button to pop up a menu of options for the chosen item and select the Play to option 5 Windows should show you one or more devices including your radio to which you may choose to send the music Highlight the radio item and click with the left mouse button If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 50 6 Windows will then open a Play to window showing the track or tracks to be played Your computer will then take control of your radio Your radio will enter the Digital Media Renderer mode DMR and after a few seconds the radio will start playing The display on the radio will show that is it in DMR mode PP Play To Stream 205 002261024199 Stream 205 002261024199 Roberts Radio Limited Stream 205 Clear List A Would You Be Happier 2 40 The Best Of The Corrs 7 While the radio is playing in DMR mode you can use the controls in the Play to window on your computer to skip tracks fast forward or rewind to pause or restart and to change the volume on the radio a So Young K Klass Remix You may also use the controls on your radio to adjust volume display track information press the Info button o
90. o save the settings press the Back button The display will show Save changes with a YES or NO option Rotate the Tuning Select control to choose NO and then press the control Alarm not saved will show on the display Press the Back button to exit the Alarms menu Active alarms are shown using small alarm indicators at the bottom of the playing displays and on the clock display when in stand by Note If you make a mistake at any point while setting the alarms use the Back button to go back to the previous screen When the alarm sounds The buzzer or radio alarm will sound at the selected times for up to 60 minutes unless cancelled The volume used for the alarm will be as specified during the alarm setting procedure If the radio cannot connect to the specified radio station the buzzer alarm will be used instead To cancel an alarm press the On Off button to return to stand by mode The alarm icon will flash at the bottom of the playing mode displays and the radio will automatically switch back to stand by mode when the 60 minutes have elapsed Note Ifthe radio is switched on because of an alarm you can control basic functions such as volume and selecting presets You cannot perform operations which involve the Select control since this also acts as the Snooze button see page 83 If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri and Alarms a a Alarm 1 Enable
91. ol0 Top 100 Classic Rock 100 DIZ 26 Selecting a new or popular station As described in the section Internet Radio the basics on page 22 your radio connects via the Internet to a database of radio stations This option is provided to highlight stations which are newly added to the list of those available or stations which are particularly popular with listeners around the world Your radio allows you to easily choose stations from these two categories using menus very similar to those used when finding stations by location and genre Press the Menu button to enter the main nternet radio menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select Rotate the Tuning Select control until Stations is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select Rotate the Tuning Select control until Popular stations or New stations is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control to enter your choice Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the station that you wish to listen to and then press the control to enter your choice The display will show Connecting while the new station is found If the radio is unable to connect to a particular radio station this may be for one of the reasons explained on page 24 27 Menu A Select Snooze 7 Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings M
92. oll down the list to the Wired option using the Tuning Select control Press the control to select this The radio will then use its Ethernet connection to communicate with the network By default the unit will then acquire an IP address and other network settings from your router using DHCP 17 Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings Main menu System settings Brightness Contrast Network Time Date Language Network settings Network wizard View settings Wlan region Manual settings NetRemote PIN Setup Network settings Network wizard Scanning SSID Smith Jones Rescan Wired Manual config Manual network configuration If you do not wish to use DHCP for automatic configuration or if your network is configured with a hidden SSID then you will need to enter some network settings manually Note a hidden SSID may prevent casual observers from detecting your network but it is not recommended as a means of network security k From the radios Network settings menu select Manual settings You must then choose whether to connect using Wired or Wireless connections If you choose Wireless there are as many as nine settings screens shown by the 1 of 9 progress marker in the top right corner of the display If you choose Wired there are five screens and the progress marker will reflect this although the steps to set up the network parameters are basically the same
93. ometimes called MAC address filtering You can view the radio s MAC address using the menu items Main Menu gt System settings gt Network gt View settings gt MAC address The MAC address will typically be of the form 00 22 61 xx xx xx If you have an encrypted network check that you have entered the correct encryption key into the radio Remember that text format WPA keys are case sensitive If your radio displays Network error when attempting to connect to an encrypted network then please ensure that you enter the correct key for the network If the problem persists then you may need to re check your network configuration If you need to set up your radio s IP address manually you will need to know low level details of your network s configuration Use the menu items Main Menu gt System settings gt Network gt Manual settings gt Wired or Wireless as needed gt DHCP disable The radio will then prompt you in turn for the Ethernet IP address Ethernet Subnet mask Ethernet Gateway address Ethernet Primary DNS Ethernet Secondary DNS If you are setting up a wireless connection manually you will also need to enter the SSID the encryption type and the encryption key See page 18 for full details on how to set up your radio s network configuration manually Troubleshooting cont If your radio can connect to the network but is unable to play a particular int
94. on Preset 4 Pause button Preset 3 Fast forward button Preset 2 Rewind button Preset 1 Alarm On Off button Controls and connections cont Rear view Zi 20 Headphone socket 21 Auxiliary input socket 25 22 USB socket for service use only 23 USB socket for USB memory ROBERTS 24 Ethernet socket RJ 45 STREAM EOS 25 DC input socket 26 Battery compartment 27 WiFi antenna internal 26 If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 6 Battery operation We recommend for economy that your radio is used via the AC adaptor whenever possible with battery operation for occasional use only Inserting the adaptor plug into the DC input socket will disconnect the batteries If using batteries only alkaline types should normally be used Battery life will vary according to the use of the radio but between 40 and 80 hours should be possible WiFi use takes much more power than DAB listening for example To install batteries in your radio follow these steps 1 Remove the Battery cover on the rear of the unit by pushing the top of battery door in slightly and then sliding it downwards
95. on the next page If your network is configured without an encryption key the screen should say Connecting and then Setup wizard completed Press the Tuning Select control to exit the setup wizard and show the main menu If this is the case then you have successfully connected your radio to your network so please go to paragraph 10 on the next page If the screen displays Key it is because the network is using one of the encryption systems Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP or WiFi Protected Access WPA You will need to enter the correct WEP or WPA key into the radio to allow it to communicate with your wireless network If you do not have the WEP or WPA key then you should obtain it from the person who set up your network Some wireless routers may come with an encryption key already set up by the supplier in which case you should refer to the documentation provided with it WPA is used here to also include WPA2 SSID Jones family WPS Paul s network Smith Rescan Wired SSID WPS Paul s network Smith Rescan Wired Manual config WPS Menu Push Button PIN Skip WPS Network settings Please wait Connecting Key 0123456789 _ BRSP abcdeFghi jklmn opqrstuvwxyZABC ok DEFGHIJRLMNOPQR CANCEL Connecting to your computer network cont 10 WEP keys are 10 or 26 characters long using 0 9 and A F Some wireless routers can also use pass phrases for WEP but th
96. ontrol to confirm your choice The radio will then exit to the previous menu display If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri and Alarms Main menu System settings System settings Brightness Contrast Network Time Date Language Time Date Set Time Date Auto update Set format Set timezone Daylight savings Auto update Update from DAB Update from FM Update from Network No update 76 Setting the clock format The clock display used in stand by mode and on the playing mode screens can be set to 12 or 24 hour format The selected format is then also used when setting the alarms 1 With your radio switched on press the Menu button to access the menu for the current mode 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until System settings is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the system settings menu 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Time Date is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the time setup 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Set format is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the clock format menu The current clock display format is marked with an asterisk 5 Rotate the Tuning Select control to select either 12 or 24 hour format Press the control to confirm your choice of clock format The display will then revert to the previous menu If the 12 hour clock format
97. oose the WEP option The key should be entered using only the numbers 0 9 and the letters A F The key will be 10 characters long for 64 bit encryption and 26 characters long for 128 bit encryption The radio will accept lower case letters a f as equivalent to upper case A F Spaces or special symbols are not permitted in WEP keys DNS 5 9 Primary DNS Secondary DNS SSID 6 9 mynetwork i 0123456789 _ BRSP abcdeFghi jklmn opqrstuvwxyZABC OR DEFGHIJRLMNOPQA CANCEL Authentication 7 9 Open Pre Shared Key Encryption type 8 9 Disabled WEP Key 9 9 01234ABCDE 0123456789 _ BRSP abcdeFghi jklmn opqrstuvwxyZABC DEFGH I JRLMNOPQA CANCEL Manual network configuration cont 10 11 The three controls on the right hand side of the screen have special functions You can quickly access these by pressing the Info button and then use the Tuning Select control as needed select BR5P to erase a character just entered long press to clear Info again to continue select Ok when the complete encryption key has been entered select CANCEL to cancel and go back to the SSID settings screen Once the key is entered the radio should connect to your network Please skip to step 11 WPA and WPA2 are similar although WPA2 offers a higher level of security Whichever you selected in step 7 you then have to specify the variant used They are TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol and AES Advanced Encryption Stand
98. options which relate to your personal Last fm listening history Your Recent Stations allows easy access to your recent Last fm selections whether made using your radio or accessed on other platforms such as your PC You can then directly choose one of those selections without entering its details again The History option on the Last fm stations menu allows you to see the most recently played tracks with the most recent displayed first Note that this is only a display it is not possible play tracks from this list 1 2 Press the Mode button as needed to select Last fm mode Press the Menu button to enter the main Last fm menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control Rotate the Tuning Select control until Your Recent Stations or History is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control to select as needed The Recent Stations menu lists your most recent Last fm selections Simply rotate and press the Tuning Select control to choose which selection should be played At the time of writing the 25 most recent selections are offered The history display will show alist of the six tracks most recently played from Last fm with the most recent first Use the Tuning Select control to highlight any track of interest The highlighted track will scroll across the display and will include track name artist and album information
99. ore than one Last fm account set up in your radio you may easily switch between them 1 Use the Mode and Menu buttons to enter the Last fm main menu Z Menu 2 Use the Tuning Select control to enter the Last fm setup menu followed by the User Accounts menu The display will show those accounts whose details are stored in the radio The account which is currently in use will be marked with an asterisk Z 3 Use the Tuning Select control to highlight the account that you wish Select to switch to Then briefly press the control to immediately select the me alternative account 4 Thedisplay willthen show the Last fm station list Choosing an option will then play tracks according to the selected account s preferences Z If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Password 1234 aBcD E 01234567869 _ BKSP abcdeFghi jk1lmn opqrstuvwxyZABC OR DEFGHI JRLMNOPQR ICANCE h Last fm Create Artist Radio Create Tag Radio Your library Your Recommendations Your Neighbourhood Last fm Station list Last fm setup System settings Main menu Last fm setup User Accounts Scrobbling on User Accounts aardvark99 Gerry T Julia S Les M 54 Listening to Last fm Last fm can present music tracks according to several criteria You may choose from the following options 55 Create Artist Radio Plays a selection of tracks by a specified artist and othe
100. ory must use the FAT or FAT 32 filing system in order to operate with the radio It is possible to use SD or SDHC cards for media storage and playback when held in a suitable USB adaptor However due to the wide variation of such adaptors it is not possible to guarantee that all adaptor card combinations will work in the radio Audio formats supported are MP3 WMA AAC FLAC and WAV USB playback does not support files encoded using WMA Lossless WMA Voice WMA 10 Professional nor files of any format which have DRM protection Recommendations Unless you have only a few files on the USB memory device do not place all files in the root folder The number of items files sub directories in any directory should be less than 2000 Searching and playback will be more responsive if the number of files in any one folder is limited we suggest not more than 250 Itis recommended that the USB memory is reformatted in your computer before adding your music files The maximum depth of folder nesting permitted is 8 directory levels but playback is only from the currently selected folder Shuffle and Playlist functions are limited to 500 tracks flusic Player ROBERTS STREAM 205 Cautions In order to minimise the risk of damage to your radio or your USB memory please place the unit such that the memory device cannot easily be knocked while it is inserted in the socket Take care to avoid knocking the USB memory device wit
101. our computer network some of these steps may help to resolve the problem 93 Confirm that a WiFi connected PC can access the Internet i e can browse the web using the same network Check that a DHCP server is available normally a router function Your radio will by default use DHCP unless you choose to disable it This may be configured using the menu items Main Menu gt System settings gt Network gt Manual settings This will ask first whether you wish to configure a wired or a wireless connection For either wired or wireless you then need to choose DHCP enable or DHCP disable If you enable DHCP then the radio will negotiate with your router or DHCP server and will be provided with an IP address as well as the other settings needed If you wish to set the network configuration manually refer to paragraph 6 Check that your network s firewall is not blocking any outgoing ports As a minimum the radio needs access to UDP and TCP ports 80 and 123 Port 53 may be required for DNS Some Internet radio services may require additional ports to be open Windows Media Player 11 or 12 will allocate a port number for UPnP media sharing and will configure Microsoft s Windows built in firewall appropriately Other firewall software may require configuration for UPnP or to allow particular IP addresses to have trusted access Check that your access point does not restrict connections to particular MAC addresses s
102. r similar artists You choose an artist by entering their name or part of their name and then choose from the search results Create Tag Radio Plays a selection of tracks tagged with certain keywords You pick a tag word or genre by entering a word or phrase and then choose from the search results Note that it is advisable to be as exact as possible when entering tags or genres For example enter BOLLYWOOD rather than BOLLY Tags are user generated and fed to Last fm via the scrobbling process so there can sometimes be spurious tags connected to only a few tracks which may give an Insufficient Content error when searching Your Library Plays all tracks scrobbled to your profile or tracks by artists you ve added to your library This information can be edited on the Last fm web site Your Recommendations Plays tracks recommended to you based on your music profile and that of other listeners with similar tastes Your Neighbourhood Plays tracks from the libraries of people on Last fm with similar music taste to yours Your Recent Stations This option lists your most recent Last fm selections History This option lists the last tracks you have listened to most recent tracks first Note that this is a display only option you cannot select a track from the list and listen to it again on demand Note The listening selections may be changed in the future by Last fm The Last fm stations list is cont
103. r to change operating mode It is not possible to skip tracks or pause playback using the radio s controls while it is in DMR mode a Runaway a Breathless a Radio Unplugged a What Can I Do Tin Tin Out Remix d The Right Time 8 While playing you may select additional content within Windows and op eves teved You Saye again use the Play to function see steps 3 5 The additional tracks will be added to the playlist in the current Play to window You may also 5 delete or change the order of tracks within the Play to window a Irresistible N a O E ids ap Pri 9 When you wish to exit DMR mode simply either switch off your radio or press the mode button to select a different operating mode DMR 12 34 DMR 13 34 Would You Be Happ Would You Be Happ Playback buffer Artist The Corrs im F Don t forget that in order to reselect the DMR mode and to be able to use Play to from Windows you must first ensure that your radio has an active connection to your network see steps 1 and 2 above Note Some Windows security software can prevent correct operation of the Play to function Such software may have updates or configuration DMR 82314 DMR 12 34 options which will permit Play to to operate correctly please consult your anti virus software supplier The Play to function in Windows 7 has been tested successfully with the Stream 205 radio when using Microsoft s Security Essential
104. radio stations that are available by location genre or language You may also choose from new or popular stations When the radio stations that you have found are shown on your computer screen they are shown with a Play icon and an Add to favourites icon the plus symbol and heart Clicking on the Play icon will allow you to hear the radio station via your computer Clicking on the Add to favourites icon will cause the radio station to be added to the list accessible via your radio To help you organise your favourites and since you may have a great many after a while the web site will allow you to specify the name for a category or group under which the radio station will be listed on your radio Suitable names might be Rock Smooth Mum s stations and so on When ever you add another radio station to your favourites you can either add it to an existing category or create a new one Once you have Internet radio stations available in your My Favourite Stations list you may play these stations from your radio These stations will be available on your radio from the Internet radio menu item My Favourites To look at modify or delete your favourite stations lists on the web site use the link My favourites in the My account area To delete a favourite radio station click on the icon with a heart and minus symbol Configuring My Added Stations If you wish to listen to a radio station which is not cu
105. re may simply be a list of programmes or there may also be options to chose from broadcasts on particular dates or days of the week The examples shown here are typical Y Podcasts and Listen Again content can also be accessed separately A from the main Internet Radio menu see page 28 Volume If your radio cannot connect to a radio station Note If your radio is unable to connect to an internet radio station it will generally either display Network Error or Stopped This can be for many reasons but typically will be due to one of the following The radio station may not be broadcasting at the present time The radio station may not be able to accommodate any more connections from internet listeners The broadcaster may limit listening to specific countries or regions There may be network congestion either locally or at a distance which is affecting the reliability of the connection If your radio can connect but the audio is not continuous and the radio keeps having to reconnect this may be due to the radio station only having limited connection capacity Please also refer to the section Troubleshooting on page 93 If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri ternet Radio 74 BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 Podcasts 74 BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 Podcasts Eh Podcasts Dick and Dom Eddie Halliwell Edith Bowman Fearne and Reggies Gilles Pet
106. reerrrrrrreeerrene 60 Scrobbling On Off COMMON scien accod denies vanicteeeeencatsanentetecns devwectivvanaabews 60 DAB OGG arsaa exunanteacmeamnusdeenitaeasndenensuscens 61 69 Selecting a DAB radio Station cceccsssseeeeecsseseeeeesssenssecenseansess 62 Display MOOS screenen REEERE 63 64 Finding new DAB radio stations cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaeeeeeeeeaees 65 Mandal TUIO soiien a Eoee DEA EERE EE 66 Dynamic Range Control settings cccsessseceeecessseeeeesssenseeeesseans 67 Staton SS ON essnee EEE 68 Prune Stalon ecas E EES 69 FM MOUE a i 70 75 Mantal CNIG esee E A 71 SI MOS seira e E ENRIETO 72 CA SEMINO e E EE 73 Serey MONO SWIECA siss 74 Presetting stations in DAB and FM modes cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 75 Clock and Alarms seisein 76 84 Automatically updating the clock ssssssnsseennnsseenernressrrrrrrerenrrensrrrrnnee 76 Seng th Clock TOnmmal scciucircorstndtnnvanaciiai eE T7 Manually setting the COCK iver cessenntcncssacsesincee vaessantieusteanognideseneta 78 79 Seting the alarmi COCK esi ciaiisnviorserenarecatsadiecabsusniuascnersmanseneanusaedial es 80 82 DS AIO MIG AAI sesconguseesteasseessauncasesantsangensdeacscasdesennndceaiennetaneasntaecsnedes 83 Sgro Orso al Uilc Mawr ete tere a eee ere rer err eer er trey 83 EEE NNN tacts peace sain gr A ETEA I A sede 84 Display and AUdIO aicsin oia a 85 88 SOMES CONTON ersin aee ae N Aeee rO RESA 85 Contrast viewing
107. rock Internet radio BBC Radio 7 Description BBC 7 is one of the BBC s new digital radio ee Internet radio BBC Radio 7 Genre Radio Drama Comedy Variety Location London United 30 Display modes cont Internet radio c Reliability Displays the reliability of the data z stream from the station currently being n a 7 received tabny Excellent d Format Displays the bit rate and format of the station being received Internet radio e Playback buffer Displays status when connecting to and BBC Radio 7 playing a radio station This indicates Bit rate 64 kbps the reliability of the data stream to aaa your radio If there are no bars shown 2amping are ae to the right of the dividing line then the data stream reliability may be poor and you may find that there Internet radio are many breaks in the audio this is BBC Radio 7 not always the case for REAL audio Playback buffer streams f Date Displays the current date Internet radio Additional or alternative information may be displayed when listening to BBC Radio 7 Podcasts Categories displayable can include Today s Date Episode name Show description 06 04 2011 Show genre Show language Episode URL Bit rate Codec Sampling rate Whenever the sound system is displaying an information screen as opposed to a menu screen the time is displayed in the top right corner of the display and a WiFi strength or Ethernet connection indi
108. rolled by Last fm and is subject to their terms and conditions Listening to Last fm cont 1 Press the Mode button as needed to select Last fm mode 2 Press the Menu button to enter the main Last fm menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display Press the Tuning Select control 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until the desired Last fm playing option is highlighted on the display see the preceding page for details of the options Press the Tuning Select control to select 4 If one of the playing options was selected the display will show Connecting and the radio will begin playing ForArtist or Tag options please see the next page 5 If you wish to skip the current track press the Fast forward button to start playback of another track from your selection You can use the Love and Ban buttons to tell Last fm which tracks you particularly like or which tracks you wish to ban from your library 6 Ifyou like the track currently playing and wish it to influence the content that Last fm offers to your account press the Love button The radio will show Loved this track and will continue playback 7 During playback if you do not like a particular track and wish not to have ep hear it again press the Ban button The radio will show Banned this track and will offer another track GN GN If you accidentally love or ban a track you can remove it from your list of
109. rrently held in the database at http www wifiradio frontier com it is possible to add the details yourself You will need to obtain the internet address URL for the audio stream for the station that you wish to add This may be information provided by the radio station itself via its web site or perhaps passed to you from another listener Note The URL for the audio stream will generally not be the URL for the web page from which you listen to the station on your PC Use the My added stations link in the My account area on the web site This allows you to add details of new stations or to modify those already added You can provide a name for the radio station which will be shown on your radio You must also provide the web address location and format details Once you have Internet radio stations available in your My Added Stations list you may play these stations from your radio These stations will be available on your radio from the Internet radio menu item My Added Stations It is possible to add the web addresses for audio streams which may not be playable by your radio If you attempt to play such a stream your radio will normally display an error message of some kind The Roberts Stream 205 can only play MP3 WMA FLAC AAC and Real Audio streams To look at modify or delete your added stations list on the web site use the link My added stations in the My account area To delete an added radio station cli
110. rs 15 radio station presets 5 Internet Radio 5 DAB and 5 FM Use the Music Player to play your music collection from your computer using Windows Media Player 11 or 12 Connection to Apple and Linux based computers is also possible Playback of audio files from USB memory devices MP3 WMA AAC FLAC WAV and Real Audio formats are supported Real Audio for Internet Radio only The Stream 205 connects to your home computer network either using WiFi or via a wired Ethernet connection WiFi Protected Setup WPS is supported for simpler setting up with compatible wireless routers Works with Windows 7 Play to function as UPnP renderer Supports remote control from Apple iPhone or iPod touch using Roberts ConnectR app Works with Last fm an on line music service with millions of tracks available It plays personalised radio stations based on your choice of artists songs listening history and similar tracks based on the preferences of other Last fm listeners with similar music tastes Multi language menu system menus may be displayed in English French German Italian Danish Dutch Finnish Norwegian Polish Portuguese Spanish Swedish Turkish All radio station presets network configuration details and user settings are retained in the event of a power failure Large clock display with time and date when in Stand by Two alarm timers with snooze feature to wake you to either buzzer or radio alarm Ad
111. rt 2 channel stereo coded files only All codecs support sample rates up to 48 kbits sec includes 32 and 44 1 kbits sec Files which have Digital Rights Management DRM protection applied will not be playable on your radio 1 16 and 24 bit samples are supported in FLAC files 2 The maximum supported bit rate is for 48 kHz sampling 2 channels and 16 bits per sample 3 16 bit LPCM only 4 WMA Lossless WMA Voice WMA 10 Professional and files which have DRM protection are not supported 97 Cautions Do not allow your radio to be exposed to water steam or sand Do not leave your radio where excessive heat could cause damage The name plate is located on the rear of the radio The radio shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be placed on the radio It is recommended to operate the product such that there is a minimum distance 10cm recommended to adjacent objects in order to ensure good ventilation The ventilation of the product should not be restricted by covering it with items such as newspapers tablecloths curtains etc No naked flame sources such as lighted candles should be placed on the product It is recommended to avoid using or storing the product at extremes of temperature Avoid leaving the unit in cars on window sills in direct sunlight etc The radio must be used in a moderate climate If you need any further advice please cal
112. rtment for attention In the event that it is not possible to return the instrument to the Roberts dealer from whom it was purchased please contact Roberts Radio Technical Services at the address shown overleaf These statements do not affect the statutory rights of a consumer If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 102 ROBERTS RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES 97 99 Worton Road Isleworth Middlesex TW7 6EG Technical Helpline 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri during office hours Web site http www robertsradio co uk gt CE 2010 2011 2013 Roberts Radio Limited Issue 3
113. s software without problems 51 Would You Be Happ Album The Best of the Corrs UPnP Would You Be Happ Bit rate 192 kbps Codec WMA Sampling rate 44 1 kHz M R Last fm Last fm the basics Last fm is an Internet based on line music service with millions of tracks available which you can access using your radio your computer and other devices It plays personalised interactive radio stations based on your choice of artists and songs your listening history and similar tracks based on the preferences of other Last fm listeners with similar music tastes This can introduce you to a new range of artists and tracks which you will probably enjoy but which you may never have heard before Before you can use Last fm with your radio you will need to have created an account at the Last fm web site You can then start to listen to radio stations initially based on particular artists or tags genres Last fm is available on various platforms and computer media players Any personalisations that you make to your account from one platform are reflected on the others Last fm has a strong emphasis on interaction with other listeners sharing your favourite music and exploring other users playlists and stations both directly and through social networking sites There are also privacy options that you can apply to your account using the Last fm web site Scrobbling and Love Ban features Scrobbling is the method that Last fm
114. s unable to connect this may be for one of the reasons explained on page 24 Adjust the Volume as needed to set the listening level 2 Menu A Select Snooze E Volume Z oy fh Internet radio My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC Stations Podcasts 4 Stations Location Genre Search stations Popular stations New stations h Genre Alternative Ambient Big Band Bluegrass Blues th Blues All Stations Highlighted Stations Belgium France Germany Gh All Stations Asian sound radio Aston FM Atlantic FM Audio Book Radio BBC Radio 1 Searching for a radio station by name There may be occasions when you know the name of a radio station but you do not know the location or genre This facility allows you to search for the station using a part or parts of the radio station name 1 Press the Menu button to enter the main Internet radio menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Station list is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Sfations is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Search stations is highlighted on the display and then press the control to select 4 Toenterthe search word s rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight each character for the search in turn and press the Tuning Select control to enter If you make
115. ssword To enter the SSID characters are selected and entered using the Tuning Select control As you rotate the control the radio scrolls through the available characters as well as the three controls on the right The character currently highlighted will be entered when you press the Tuning Select control Do this as needed until the complete network name has been entered The SSID setting is sensitive to upper and lower case characters and symbols You must enter it exactly as set up in your router The three controls on the right hand side of the screen have special functions You can quickly access these by pressing the Info button and then use the Tuning Select control as needed select BR5P to erase a character just entered long press to clear Info again to continue select OK when the complete SSID has been entered select CANCEL to cancel and go back to the DNS settings screen Having entered the SSID you must enter details of the encryption system used on your wireless network This should be the same as specified in your router settings If your network does not use encryption then select the Open option Your radio should then connect to the network so skip to step 11 If your network uses WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy select the Pre Shared Key option then go to step 8 The remaining options are for WPA or WPA2 WiFi Protected Access see step 9 If you chose Pre Shared Key in step 7 you should then ch
116. t 3 Rotate the Tuning Select control to scroll through the playlist Tracks which are served via UPnP will show their track name and USB tracks will show their file name Erasing a track from the playlist 1 Press the Menu button to enter the main Music Player menu 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until My Playlist is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the playlist 3 Rotate the Tuning Selectuntil the track you wish to erase is highlighted Press and hold the Tuning Select control 4 Youwill be asked to confirm the deletion To delete the track rotate the Tuning Select control until YES is highlighted on the display Press the control to cause the track to be deleted 5 If you do not wish to delete the track from the list rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight NO and press the control to cancel the operation 47 Mode Menu Select Snooze 4 Select Snooze Music player Shared media USB playback My playlist Repeat play Off Shuffle play Off tH My playlist Love Me Do From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can t Buy Me Love h My playlist Love Me Do From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can t Buy Me Love My Playlist Delete from My playlist Clearing the playlist 1 Press the Menu button to enter the main Music Player menu 2 Toclearthe whole playlist rotate the Tuning Select control until C
117. t Adding a single track to your playlist Snooze 1 When selecting or when playing a track using a UPnP server or a USB memory device press and hold the Tuning Select control and the display will show Added to My playlist D 2 The track will be added to the playlist for playback later Adding an entire album or folder Select Snooze 3 When using a UPnP server or a USB memory device highlight the chosen album artist or folder and press and hold the Tuning Select control The display will show Added to My playlist 4 Each of the tracks within the album artist or folder selection will be Z added to the playlist individually This allows any unwanted tracks to be removed from the playlist if needed see next page If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Vlusic Player f47 The Beatles 1 Love Me Do gt From Me to You gt She Loves You gt I Want to Hold Your Han gt Can t Buy Me Love Added to My playlist 4 All Artists The Beatles Beautiful South Beethoven Cat Stevens Cream Added to My playlist 46 Viewing your playlist 1 Press the On Off button to switch on the unit Press the Mode button as needed until the Music Player mode display is shown The Music Player menu will then be shown on the display 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control until My Playlist is highlighted on the display Press the control to enter the playlis
118. t to your music library 2 In WMP 12 click on Stream see picture at right and then select Automatically allow devices to play my media Then accept the Automatically allow all computer and media devices option There are other options see overleaf but this is the simplest if you just wish to quickly enable media streaming to your radio 3 Press the On Off button to switch the radio on Then press the Mode button as needed until the Music Player mode display is shown The main Music Player menu will then be displayed 37 Enabling Media Streaming in Windows Media Player 12 H Windows Media Player OU t Library Music All music Organize Create playlist el Allow remote control of my Player Title i Library Automatically allow devices to play my media e Playlists Would a Jd Music _Morestreaming options mR CO Artist ee 3 Runawal 2 Album 2001 4 Breathle i Genre np 5 Radio L B Videos 6 What Ca i l Pictures 7 The Righ a I Never f Other Libraries g Irresistiby f Roberts Music test 10 Forgiven 11 Lough E Mode Set up UPnP access on a Windows PC cont 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Shared media is highlighted and press the control to select The radio will scan for all available UPnP servers It may take a few seconds for the radio to complete its scan The radio will display lt Empty gt if no UPnP servers are
119. t either A Stations or one of a number of categories The lists are always sorted alphabetically and long lists will wrap around from top to bottom or bottom to top Mode A Menu A Select Snooze AY h Location Africa Asia Caribbean Central America Europe Gh United Kingdom All stations Highlighted stations Alternative Ambient Celtic Internet radio Last listened Station list System settings Main menu tf Internet radio My Favourites Local United Kingdom BBC Stations Podcasts fa Stations Location Genre Search stations Popular stations New stations f Europe Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican fH All Stations Asian sound radio Aston FM Atlantic FM Audio Book Radio BBC Radio 1 Selecting a radio station by location cont 8 Rotate the Tuning Selectcontrol to highlight your chosen radio station Selec and then press the control to enter your selection The display will show Connecting while the radio connects to the new station The station should then start playing Adjust the volume as needed 9 If the station has on demand content that is it gives the option of listening to programmes which have already been broadcast or to Podcasts there will be an additional screen showing the radio station name as well as a Podcasts option These are selected using additional menus determined by the radio station and the content The
120. the control to enter the system settings menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Brightness is highlighted on the display Press the control To adjust the display brightness when the radio is switched on rotate the Tuning Select control until Normal is highlighted on the display To adjust the display brightness when the radio is in stand by rotate the Tuning Select control until Sfandby is highlighted Press the control to enter the selected brightness adjustment mode To adjustthe brightness level rotate the Tuning Select control clockwise to increase the brightness level and anti clockwise to decrease it The backlight level will change as the control is rotated so that you can see the effect of each setting Note that the backlight is almost completely off at the zero setting Press the control to set the level Press the Menu button to exit When the radio is in Stand by mode pressing a button or turning the rotary control will cause the radio to switch to the Normal brightness level for a few seconds This is so that even if the Stand by brightness level is set to zero almost off it is still possible to see the time by quickly pressing a button 85 Select Snooze AY Main menu System settings System settings Brightness Contrast Network Time Date Language Brightness Normal Standby Brightness oe Brightness Contrast viewing angle control ay and Audio The co
121. the documentation for your chosen server application for full details of its configuration and usage If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 36 Accessing your audio files via a UPnP server If your computer is running Windows 7 then Windows Media Player version 12 includes a UPnP server which will make your audio files available to your radio If you have Windows Vista or XP please see page 95 There are other UPnP server solutions available for non Windows users and for Windows users who may wish to use an alternative see the preceding page It is beyond the scope of this instruction book to cover all possible options for UPnP We explain the use of Microsoft s Windows Media Player here since that will be the first choice for the majority of users Set up UPnP access with Windows Media Player 12 1 Windows Media Player 12 referred to here as WMP 12 can create a library from all the media files available to it on your PC To add new media files to the library select Library then Music then All music or Artist Album etc This will show you the current library contents You may then simply drag and drop files from other locations into the library Alternatively with media files or folders on the screen you may right click on the file or folder and select Include in library and the select Music In this way you can quickly add additional conten
122. the radio on Then press the Mode button as needed until the Music Player mode display is shown The main Music Player menu will then be displayed 95 Mode Selecting Media Sharing in Windows Media Player 11 windows Media Player Now Playing Ja Music Library El e Playlists lel Greate Aeylist E dd Library C Recently Added A Artist Album d Songs 5 Genre E Year wy Rating Title Library Burn fn Create Playlist Create Auto Playlist Prima Music Pictures Video Recorded T Other Add to Library Media Sharing Apply Media Information MOE gS Add Favorites to List When Dragging More Options Help with Using the Library Set up UPnP access on a Windows PC cont 4 Rotate the Tuning Select control until Shared media is highlighted and press the control to select The radio will scan for all available UPnP servers It may take a few seconds for the radio to complete its scan The radio will display lt Empty gt if no UPnP servers are found 5 After scanning select your UPnP server using the Tuning Select control If you are using Windows Media Player 11 as the server your radio will then normally display Unauthorised at this stage 6 Your PC may prompt you that there has been a connection to your UPnP server Whether prompted or not in order that the radio may access the music files you will need to click the Library tab in WMP 11
123. the radio will then immediately begin playing the new selection Please see also Playlists on page 46 If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri EH JENNY Jenny s music Music Video Pictures Playlists Th Music All music Genre All Artists Contributing Artists Album Artists FT All Artists The Beatles Beautiful South Beethoven Cat Stevens Cream 44 The Beatles The Beatles 1 Abbey Road Help Rubber Soul Sgt Peppers Lonely Hea f47 The Beatles 1 Love Me Do From Me to You She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Han Can t Buy Me Love Listening to a particular track If you wish to play only a particular track from an album or folder first choose the album or folder as described on the preceding pages Rotate the Tuning Select control until the required track is highlighted Press and release the Tuning Select control The track will begin playing The radio will then play subsequent tracks from the same album or folder Controlling playback 41 Press the Pause button to pause playback of the current track If you press the Play button playback will resume from the point where it was paused Press the Rewind button to start playback of the previous track in the list Press the Fast forward button to start playback of the next track in the list Press and hold the Fast forward or Rewind button to move through the current track
124. tion 2 Rotate the Tuning Select control to access the radio station list and to scroll through the available stations 3 Press the Tuning Select control to select the highlighted station The display may show Connecting while the radio re tunes 4 Use the Volume buttons to set the sound level as needed Note If the display shows Station Not Available it may be necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better reception A question mark in front of the station name indicates that the station has not recently been detected by the radio It may still be available The use of the radio station presets is described on page 75 Secondary services Some DAB radio stations can have one or more secondary stations associated with them Typically these are not broadcast continually If a station has a secondary station available then the secondary will appear in the list of station names beneath the main or primary station Examples are the programmes Daily Service and Parliament on BBC Radio 4 1 Tolisten to a secondary service use the Tuning Selectcontrol to scroll to the chosen station and press the control to tune to the station If the secondary service is not available off air then the primary service will be selected If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Select G A y Select Snooze A DAB 12 34 Heart More music
125. tup The day digits will flash 6 Rotate the Tuning Select control until the correct day is shown on the display Press the control to enter the selection The month digits will then flash 7 Rotate the Tuning Select control to select the correct month Press the control to enter the selection The year digits will then flash If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri On Off Menu A A Select Snooze 4 and Alarms Main menu System settings System settings Brightness Contrast Network Time Date Language Time Date Set Time Date Auto update Set format Set timezone Daylight savings Set Time Date 06 04 2011 13 53 Set Time Date 06 04 2011 13 53 78 Manually setting the clock cont 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 79 Rotate the Tuning Select control to select the correct year Press the control to enter the selection The hour digits will then flash Rotate the Tuning Select control to select the correct hour Press the control to enter the selection The minute digits will then flash Rotate the Tuning Select control to select the correct minutes Press the control to enter the selection The display will then return to the previous menu Rotate the Tuning Select control until Set timezone is highlighted on the display then press the control Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the time zo
126. turn off the random option highlight Shuffle play and press the Tuning Select control so that Off appears on the display If both Repeat and Shuffle play options are set to On then both Repeat and Shuffle icons will be shown in the display Note The shuffle play function may only be used if the current selection comprises fewer than 500 tracks If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri Music player Shared media USB playback My playlist Repeat play On Shuffle play Off Music player Love Me Do Artist The Beatles UPnP Music player Shared media USB playback My playlist Repeat play Off Shuffle play On Music player Love Me Do Artist The Beatles Minty XS 42 Display modes Your radio has a range of display options when in Music Player mode Info Note that the availability of information depends on the specific media files their format and upon the server capability Not all UPnP servers make information from the media files available in the same way D 1 Press the Info button to cycle through the different options a Progress bar Displays the playback progress for the track currently playing time info not displayed for FLAC files b Artist Displays the artist information for the track currently playing c Album Displays the album information for the track currently playing d Format Displays the bit rate an
127. twork details manually This is described in Manual Network Configuration see page 18 If your network name is being broadcast and it was not found then try re scanning press the Back button and if necessary try moving your radio to a location closer to your access point router When the SSID for the wireless network you wish to connect to is highlighted on the screen press the Select control If WiFi Protected Setup WPS was indicated you will see an additional menu at this point otherwise proceed to step 7 Choose one of the WPS menu options as required for your router WPS may be via push button or using an identification number Push Button the display prompts you to press the WPS button on your router and then the Select control on the radio The two devices should then connect with the encryption key sent automatically to the radio PIN the display shows an identification number which you must enter into your router using a web browser refer to your router s user documentation You should then press the Select control on the radio The two devices should then connect with the encryption key sent automatically to the radio Skip WPS if you wish to enter the encryption key yourself or if it was previously entered If you chose Push Button or PIN the screen will then show Connecting and then Setup wizard completed Press the Tuning Select control to exit the setup wizard and then go to paragraph 10
128. u can use your Stream 205 radio to listen to internet radio or to music streamed from your computer it must first be connected to your computer network This section of this book describes how to connect the radio to your network using either the wireless WiFi connection or the wired Ethernet connection The following instructions assume that you have just set up the clock and time options using the Setup Wizard as described on the preceding page These instructions also apply to the Network Wizard in the Network Settings menu from step 2 onwards 1 After setting the Daylight Savings options see page 12 the display will show a list of WiFi regional options for the network set up Rotate the Tuning Select control to highlight the required region for the UK choose Most of Europe and then press the control to make the selection Do this even if you are planning to use the wired Ethernet connection Your radio will then scan for available WiFi networks 2 The radio will enter the Network Settings Wizard and will display Scanning After a short while the display will show a list of the available WiFi networks If you are intending to use the WiFi connection go to step 3 on the next page To use the Ethernet connection to your router with automatic configuration rotate the Tuning Select control to point to the Wired menu item Press the control and the radio will attempt to connect If your network allows
129. u chose how your radio would be connected to your network either using a WiFi connection or using a wired Ethernet cable From time to time you may find that you need to connect to different computer networks The network settings menu allows you to change your radio s network settings scan for an alternative wireless network or to manually configure the network parameters The steps outlined below describe how you can do this see also the section Network profiles on page 91 If you have no need to do this however please skip to page 22 Configuring the radio to use an alternative WiFi connection 1 From the Network settings menu select Network wizard This will present you with details of any WiFi networks that are found Scroll down the list using the Tuning Select control to the desired network name Press the control to select this network The radio will then use its WiFi system to communicate with the network Depending on the settings for the new network you may need to enter an encryption key See pages 15 16 By default the radio will then acquire an IP address and other network settings from your router using DHCP Configuring the radio to use the wired Ethernet connection 2 Connect your radio to your router using an Ethernet cable plugged into the RJ 45 socket at the back of the unit From the Network settings menu select Network wizard This will present you with details of any WiFi networks that are found Scr
130. variety on Heart ac Tuill 4 Station list Heart heat Kerrang Kiss LBC DAB LBC Connecting 4 Station list BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 Daily Service Parliament BBC Radio 5 Live 62 Display modes Your radio has a range of display options when in DAB mode Info 1 Press the Info button to cycle through the different options D a Text Displays text messages such as the artist or track name phone in number traffic alerts etc b Program Type Displays the type of station being listened to such as Pop Classic News etc c Multiplex Name Displays the name of the DAB multiplex Frequency to which the current station belongs as well as its broadcast frequency d Signal error strength Displays the signal error and strength for the station being listened to A lower error number indicates a better quality of radio signal The signal strength graph can be used when positioning the radio or its antenna For good reception the graph should occupy three or more blocks 63 DAB 12 34 Heart More music variety on Heart ac Tull DAB Heart Pop Music DAB Heart MXR Yorkshire Freq 223 936MHz ac Tuill DAB Heart Signal error 5 Strength ac Tull Display modes cont e Bit rate and audio type Displays the digital bit rate and audio coding information for the station being listened to f Date Displays the current date Asignal strength indicator is always
131. will depend upon the building type other nearby wireless networks and possible interference sources DAB and FM radio functions can operate wherever the radio is able to receive a suitable broadcast signal IMPORTANT Before you continue make sure that your wireless access point or router is powered up and working with your broadband Internet service use your computer to verify this To get this part of the system working you must read the instructions supplied with the wireless access point or router About this instruction manual This instruction manual is split into sections for each of the different operating modes of your Roberts Stream 205 radio Each section is clearly identified by the shaded heading in the top right hand corner of each pair of pages Before using the Internet Radio and Music Player functions you will need to connect your radio to your computer network using either the WiFi or Ethernet connection This is covered in the section titled Configuration The Internet Radio section describes how to find radio stations to listen to These can be radio stations that you already know and listen to conventionally or new stations you may search for You may set up stations that you like as Favourites so that they are more readily accessible The section for the Music Player describes how you may play music files that you may have stored on a computer connected to your network The use of Shared Media using UPnP and USB
132. wn Device Customize Cancel If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri 96 Audio codecs Your radio supports a range of audio codecs which provide compatibility with a wide range of Internet Radio stations These also allow users to stream music from their computers or to play directly from USB flash memory devices Note that for any given audio codec there are many streaming protocols available and thus even if an Internet Radio station uses a supported format this does not guarantee that every such station will work with your radio The radio stations database to which your radio connects is checked for compatibility so that most stations should be playable without problems Similarly when streaming media from a computer while a codec may be supported there can be many subtle variations in formats tagging schemes and protocols even within UPnP In general your radio will play the supported formats with most common UPnP servers The following table summarises the maximum supported bit rates for the various audio formats that are playable on your radio Higher rates may be playable in some cases but performance of the product may be affected Codec Maximum supported data rate AAC LC 320 kbits sec FLAC 1 536 Mbits sec LPCM 2 1 536 Mbits sec MP3 320 kbits sec Real Audio 64 kbits sec WAV 3 1 536 Mbits sec WMA 4 320 kbits sec All codecs suppo
133. y input socket A 3 5mm stereo Auxiliary Input socket located on the rear of your radio is provided for connecting the audio signal from an external audio source such as an iPod MP3 or CD player 1 Connect a stereo lead from the headphone output of your iPod MP3 or CD player to the Aux In socket located at the rear of the radio Typically this lead will have a 3 5mm stereo plug at both ends 2 Switch on your radio 3 Press the Mode button until AUX in mode is shown on the display 4 Press the play onthe connected audio device Use the volume control on the connected device to adjust the volume from the radio Note The radio s volume control will have no effect in Aux In mode 5 After use disconnect your player in order to listen to your radio conventionally Either switch off your radio or select an alternative operating mode using the Mode button Note If you do not disconnect your player when you switch to other modes you may find that the audio volume from the radio is reduced or that you can hear the player and the radio at the same time Note If the radio is in Auxiliary input mode with no input signal being applied for more than 15 minutes then it will automatically switch to the standby mode The LCD will revert to the standby mode clock display To use the radio again simply press the On Standby button to switch it on If you need any further advice please call our Technical Helpline on 020 8758 0338 Mon Fri

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