User Manual MAA502AM WiFi Internet Melody Station
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Table of contents Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................. 4 1.1 Package List ..................................................................... 4 1.2 Hardware Installation....................................................... 4 Chapter 2 Getting Start ............................................................ 6 2.1 How to operate ................................................................. 6 2.1.1 Easy Wizard.........................................
Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding MAA502 Wireless Melody Station. This product is specifically designed for Home entertainment needs. It provides music resource for Internet Radio, FM, UPnP media server and USB MP3 player, it is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users. Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be found in this manual.
How to operate : Function select – You can scroll this rotary wheel to change the function, and press it once you want to select the function you choose. Play /Pause music – You can press this button once you select one song or one station. Volume control – You can scroll this rotary wheel when you want to change the volume. Back last page – You can press ‘back’ key once you want to go back last page. Option – This key designs for specific use, such as Stop playing music, go to favorite etc.
Chapter 2 Getting Start 2.1 How to operate Please prepare 1 router (Wire / Wi-Fi function) before you setup this Wi-Fi Melody Station, you can follow the steps as below to setup this machine once you get ready. Step 1. Power on: Plug in power adapter and press the power switch on to activate this machine. Step 2. Connect to Wi-Fi Router from AP lists If you have a router with Wi-Fi function, this Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station will automatically find the available AP lists for you to select. (See Chapter 2.
Fig. 1-2 Note: You can use the numeric/ alphabet keypad on remote controller to input the WEP key, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ABC/123/~!# input. ( See Chapter 3 for detail operation) Fig. 1-3 2.1.2 Function configuration Main Menu To use and button on remote controller to chose which item you want to enter, then press ‘ok’ to enter it.
How to run Internet Radio When you enter Internet Radio, you can go to the stations by locations or genres, please see as below Fig. 2-1. Fig. 2-1 If you want to add one station to Favorite, you can press ‘favorite’ button on remote controller to store. How to run Media Server You have to run Microsoft Media Player on your PC (see as Fig. 2-2), or other UPnP servers on the same network (see Chapter 3 for more configuration.) Fig.
How to run MP3 player – USB porFig. device Plug in USB drive (only support FAT-16/32 file system) and you can enjoy it, see as Fig. 2-4 Fig. 2-4 How to run Alarm When you need to set this unit to be an alarm, you can enter the Alarm page, and follow the procedure to set Alarm. You can chose the music source of Internet radio, FM Radio, Media Server, MP3 player or buzzer to alarm you when time is up. (Note: press ‘stop’ on remote controller to stop alarm) (See Fig. 2-5) Fig.
How to run RSS When you enter RSS, you can go World-Wide Weather to select the RSS weather of the city you live, or you can select 10 different cities from list and check the weather daily. If you want to add to Favorite, you can press ‘favorite’ button on remote controller to store. Add to My Favorite, so that you can check the weather easily. (see Fig. 2-9) Fig. 2-9 Once you add the city weather to my favorite, this machine will automatically show the daily weather when this machine is in the idle mode.
(Refer to http://www.cnn.com/services/rss/) Fig. 2-12 Once you successfully add RSS station, you will see the RSS URL which you subscribed on this machine, and you can read the headlines daily. (see Fig. 2-13) Fig.
Backlight Adjustment Advance setting *Network Setting **Configure Network Reset to Default Clear Favorite Device MAC Address Firmware Version F/W Upgrade (thru USB) */**Remark: If you need advanced Network Setting, please check User Manual for reference.
Chapter 3 Making Configuration 3.1 Network Setup 3.1.1 Basic Requirement To make the Wireless Music Player device work properly under your network environment, your network must have the following basic capability: You must have a router device with DHCP server function enabled, so that it can automatically assign IP address to your computers or other network devices.
Configure as a Wireless Client There are three modes of network configuration for the Music Player device. It can be a simple wireless client, a wired client, or even a wireless access point (AP). The factory default mode is the client Mode. According to the availability of an Ethernet cable, the device will automatically select a suitable client mode to operate. Besides, user can also manually change the setting of network configuration through the Setup menu “Setup/Advanced Setup/Configure Network”.
“ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 8 9 Confirm to the settings above. Apply new settings. 10 11 The device already connected to your network. 12 How to check if connect with Internet Go to Setup/ Advanced Setup/ Network Setting to see if you do get an IP. Example : If you find an IP address under network setting, it means it is successful to connect with AP.
(B) Manually configured as the Wireless Client Mode: to screen on Screen shot to next screen the right “OK” button or 1 Comment Initial screen press the right rotary wheel. 2 3 “ ” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “ ” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.
(C) WPS button for Wireless Client Mode: You can use WPS button on the back of this device to connect with a Router which has a WPS button wirelessly, please follow the steps as below to connect. to screen on Screen shot to next screen Comment the right Press the WPS button 1 2 on the back of the machine, and also press the WPS button on your Router. This device will process WPS connection with Router automatically. 3 This device will show ‘successful’ on screen. 4 Then Rebooting.
Configure as an Wired Client If there is no any 802.11b/g wireless network in your home, and only wired 802.3 network is available, the Music Player device can also connect to the wired network through an Ethernet cable. In this situation, prior to power on the device, you have to plug the Ethernet cable into the RJ45 connector. And then power on the device. The device will automatically get into the wired client mode when it detects a link status through the Ethernet connection during device is up.
10 “ ” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 11 12 13 The device is in wired client mode now. It already connected to your network. Device runs as a Wired Client.
5 6 “ ” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Select the DHCP for auto configured IP address. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Confirm to the settings above. 7 Apply new settings. 8 The device is in wired client mode now.
Configure as an Wireless Access Point (AP) If user wants to extend his wireless network coverage range, he has to add new access points to specific locations in his home. Then other wireless notebook PC, and network devices can have access to the extended wireless network. The Music Player device can also be configured as a wireless AP. With such feature, user can easily extend his wireless coverage without purchasing another AP.
8 9 10 11 12 “ ” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. Numeric key pads “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Select one of the security schemes. “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. You can use the numeric/ alphabet keypad on remote controller to input the WEP key, or you can use the option button to change the abc/ABC/123/~!# input. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.
3 This device will show ‘successful’ on screen. 4 The device already connected to your network. 5 It shows ‘Time-Out’ if connect failed.
3.2 Software Installation To operate the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device, basically, it can work well as a stand-alone device. You can use it to listen to internet radio, FM radio, and external USB storage / MP3 players. No computer is needed to exhibit above features. But there is one kind of situation that you need a computer operated simultaneously.
Step 3 Add your Media content to WMP11 media library.
For example, I put all the music files in the directory D:\Music, so I just have to add the folder to the share list. You will see that the specified folder has already been included in the WMP11 monitor folder lists. Then press the OK button, a pop-up window will appear and show you the WMP11 is searching for the media files. When it finished, click on the “Close” button. Now, you can browse and manage your media content with the WMP11 Library manager.
Step 4. Share the WMP11 media library. Similar to Step 3, click on the “Media Sharing” item to activate the media sharing function. The following dialog windows will appear. Select “Share my media” then click “OK” to continue. The WMP11 try to discover the available network devices in your LAN. The following display showed that no any device is found at this moment.
If the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device has already connected to your home network, you might see the following display that WMP11 found a network device named as “MAA502”. Step 5. Manage the setting of sharing media. Click on the “Settings” button, and specify the name of the WMP11 server to be displayed on your Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device. Then, press OK to exit. Step 6. Authorize the access from your Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device. The WMP11 provides simple access control setting.
You can then double click on it to manage the access for the devices. Press “Allow”. Step 7. Establish the connection between Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device and WMP11 server. From the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device, select the “Media Server” function from the main menu (or press the hot key “Media Player” on the remote controller) and then the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device will start the server discovery process.
Step 2. You will see a pop-up window, asking for “select the device you want to allow access to your computer”. Just skip it by press the ‘next’ button. Step 3. Then, you will be asked to select the folders you want to share with your devices. Select the proper one for your computer. Finally, press ‘Finish’ to finish the setup of the Windows media connect. You can see there is a small icon on the lower right corner of the startup bar.
Step 4. Establish the connection between Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station and WMC server. From the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device, select the “Media Server” function from the main menu (or press the hot key “Media Player” on the remote controller) and then the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device will start the server discovery process. After a few seconds, it will find out the server like “PC_Hostname: 1: Windows Media Connect” This is the WMC server that you installed.
3.3 Listen to Music The Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device is a powerful audio player that can bring you the music from different kind of sources. You can use it to listen to the internet radio all over the world, the local FM broadcasting service, the music files in your computers, and even the music files in your porFig. MP3 players. The following sections will guide you how to listen to the music with the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device.
The following screen shots illustrate the sequence to browse to a specific ratio station “4U Classic Rock” in France and start to playback the music from it. to screen on Screen shot to next screen Comment the right “OK” button or Initial screen 1 press the right rotary wheel. 2 3 4 5 “ ” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “ ” button (15 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. 6 7 8 “ ” button (9 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.
Listen to FM Radio To listen the music or broadcast programs from local FM radio stations, please select the “FM Radio” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to switch get activate the FM Radio function. The first screen of FM Radio function shows 4 items for you to select: “Station List”: Retrieve the tuned radio station lists from the device. “Favorite Stations”: Retrieve the favorite station lists that stored in the device.
Listen to the music in your computers To listen to the music from your own computers, you have to install and activate the media server utility for the computer which your digital music files reside. Please refer to the Installation of Media Server. After you installed and activated the media server, you can enjoy listening to the streaming music in front of the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device.
to screen on the right 1 2 “ ” button (4 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. 3 4 5 6 7 “ ” button (10 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. Screen shot to next screen Comment “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. Initial screen “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel.
Listen to the Music in you USB drive Listen to the music with your USB drive. MP3 player, please plug in the USB drive into the USB connector of the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station device. Then select the “MP3 Player” function from the main menu and then press the OK button to activate the MP3 player function. The first screen of MP3 Player function shows the root folder content of the attached USB drive.
The Playback Screen When the music starts, you can see the screen shows related playback information. It includes the title of the song / station, the album & artist information, and the playback progression of the music. Besides, there is a status line in the bottom of the screen. It reflects the actual states of the wireless signal strength, the connection quality, the connection status, and the playback status.
“ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 7 8 9 Use the 4 direction buttons and Numeric key pads to set Volume from 00~15. 10 After you set and enabled the alarm, you will see there is a bell icon on the clock screen. 3.5 Setup the Clock to screen on the right to next screen Comment Initial screen without NTP time sync. You can follow the steps to set up clock.
Auto-Sync(NTP) 6 “ ” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 7 Or click “Auto– sync” function, the device will synchronize with the server to keep the precise time even for long use. It is recommended. The default setting of Time Zone is Paris. However, you can also sync the time by selecting Time Zone of the place that you live in.
Add to My Favorite, so that you can check the weather easily. 7 12 “ ” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise. “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 13 “ ” button or “OK” button or press the right rotary wheel. 14 “ ” button or back button to go previous screen. Once you add the city weather to My Favorite, it will show the daily weather automatically when this machine is under idle mode. 15 16 “ ” button (1 times) or rotate right rotary wheel clockwise.
For example, if you want to subscribe CNN RSS into this machine, please find the correct information from CNN website, copy the Station Name, Genre, Location and URL, and then click “Add Station” to subscribe it. (See Fig. 3.7.2) (Refer to http://www.cnn.com/services/rss/) Fig. 3.7.2 Once you successfully add RSS station, you will see the RSS URL which you subscribed on this machine, and you can read the headlines daily. (see Fig. 3.7.3) Fig.3.7.3 3.
There are some other useful setup functions can help you to operate the device properly. Backlight Setting You can adjust the backlight ON / OFF settings as you wish. The default setting is Always ON. You can set the backlight to be turned OFF once the device is idle (no any key pressed) after a specific time elapsed. Î Equalizer Setting Î Reset to Factory Defaults When you reset the device setting to its factory defaults, your favorites setting of internet radio and FM radio will be kept in the device.
Upgrade the Firmware You can check the supplier’s website to check whether there is new firmware for this device to upgrade or not. If there is any new firmware released, please download it to follow the upgrade procedure below to upgrade the firmware of your device. Î Steps to Upgrade the Firmware in your Device Step 1. Please uncompress the new F/W file (e.g. the file “20061018_ShrekW_R102b3.zip”) and copy the uncompressed file “ShrekW.BIN” to the ROOT folder of a USB key or USB MP3 player.
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This Chapter provides solutions to problems for the installation and operation of the Wi-Fi Internet Melody Station. You can refer to the following if you are having problems. A. Wired Mode 1. Why can’t I find anything in my Station List when I access Internet Radio? I. Check if you have plugged RJ45 in it. II. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP. III. If you didn’t get it, please restart it or select Renew IP to refresh. IV.
4. Why can’t I access Media Server? I. Make sure you have connected with an AP accurately. II. Go to setup→ Advanced setup→ Network Setting to see if you get an IP. III. Make sure you are executing the right version of Windows Media Player (WMP 11), and then restart it. IV. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to reset it to default. C. AP Mode 1. What can I do if my wireless client can not access the Internet? I. Out of range: Put the router closer to your client. II.
D. Why can’t I find anything in my Station List when I access FM Radio? 1. Stretching out the antenna cable as possible as you can. 2. Try different antenna orientations. 3. After the antenna cable is placed properly, activate the “Update List” function again to check it. E. what can I do if MP3 Player function doesn’t work even the MP3 device is plugged? 1. Check if there is any music file in your MP3 Player. 2. There might be some trouble during accessing the USB device.
