User Manual Internet Radio WS-230C Please read this user manual carefully before using the receiver.
Welcome Table of contents Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Location of Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Remote control character list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Connecting to your WiFi Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Start using internet radio . . . . . . . . .
Location of Controls Front 1 1. Remote control sensor 2 2. LCD display 3. Speaker 4. Left / Back button 5. Right button 6. Standby button 7. Volume / Dial / Select rotary knob 3 4 5 6 7 (Rotate to adjust the volume or browse the menu. Push down the button to Top 8 9 10 confirm selection) 8. Up button 9. Favourite button 11 12 10. Down button 11. Home button 12. Sleep timer button 13 14 13. Alarm button 14. Snooze button Back 15. 3.5mm Aux-In jack 16. 3.5 mm Line out jack 17. 3.
Remote Control 1. : Standby button 2. : Mute 3. 0-9: Favorite station key / input letters and numbers for WiFi Encryption code 4. :Dim the display 5. : Favorite button, adding station to your favorite list 6.▲: Cursor up 7.▼: Cursor down 8. : Cursor left / back to previous menu 9. : Cursor right 10.OK: confirm button 11. : Alarm button 12. : Sleep Timer 13.Vol+: Volume up 14.Vol-: Volume down 15. : Main Menu 16.Mode: Switch between Internet radio, Media Center (UPnP) 17.EQ: Equalizer 18.
Before you start Please ensure the following is ready: • You have a broadband internet connection. • A wireless (Wi-Fi) broadband router (2.4GHz) is connected to the internet successfully. The radio supports Wireless B, G and N connection (Wireless N router can also be used with the setting on B or G). • You know the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) data encryption code/password.
Remote control character list Key“0”―― 0,'DEL' Key“1”―― '1'->'@'->' '（space）->'！'-> “ (double quotes) ->'#'->'$'->'%'->'&'-> '（single quotes）->'（' ->'）'->'*'->'+'->'，'->'-'->'.'->'/'->':'->';'->'<'->'='->'>'->'?'>'['->'\'->']'->'^'->'_'->'`'->'{'->'|'->'}'->'~' Key “2”―― 2,A,B,C,a,b,c Key“3”―― 3,D,E,F,d,e,f Key“4”―― 4,G,H,I,g,h,i Key“5”―― 5,J,K,L,j,k,l Key“6”―― 6,M,N,O,m,n,o Key“7”―― 7,P,Q,R,S,p,q,r,s Key“8”―― 8,T,U,V,t,u,v Key“9”―― 9,W,X,Y,Z,w,x,y,z Remark: press '→' to move to next character and press 'OK
Connecting to your WiFi Network The screen below will appear. You can choose Yes to proceed to search for the available WiFi network. If your router has the WPS function, you can select the “Yes[WPS]” to proceed. 01:01 Would you like to configure Network now? YES Yes(WPS) NO It will then start scanning the network. After the search is done, it will display a list of the available router.
After the router is connected successfully, it will show “Network OK” and display the menu screen: 08:58 Internet Radio You can now start enjoying the internet radio. Internet Radio Choose 'Internet Radio' from the menu, you can see different functions as below: To start listen the worldwide radio stations, select “Radio Station/Music”, My Favorite This is to show the list of your Favorite stations which have been assigned to the presets.
To recall a preset station: Press the button briefly and choose your desire station. Remark: Please note Preset 1-5 is reserved for future use and cannot be preset for radio stations. Radio Station / Music Select this option, then you can select your desired radio station by Category, Genre or Location., etc. Local Radio If you want to access quickly the radio station located in your area, select this function and it will display the list of the stations available in your area.
Please make sure your computer laptop is on the same Wi-Fi network as the Radio before you start using this function. 1. If your PC is running Microsoft Windows XP, then you can use Windows Media Player 11(WMP11) to act as your UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) media server. (For Windows 7 or above, please download the correspond version of Windows Media Player).
2.1.4 From the 'Media Sharing' windows, the radio will be listed as an unknown device. Click on the unknown device listed, then click the 'Allow' button and then click 'OK'. Allowing the Radio to Connect: 2.2 Windows 7 / Windows Media Player 12 2.2.1 If you are using WMP 12, simply go to and choose to retrieve the music files you would like to add to library. 2.2.
iii) Set the network location iv) Choose Home network 11
v) Create a homegroup, then choose the kind of media file to be accessed, such as music..etc. vi) Launch the Windows Media Player, select and choose from the drop down list. vii) You can now enjoy the music streaming from the windows media player. Music streaming via UPnP 1. Once the UPnP server is configure to share media files with your radio, you can start music streaming. 2. On the main menu, select and choose 3.
Remark: On standby mode, you also can press “Enter” button for the switching of “Currently Date & Time” and “Currently Weather”, and you can press “← →” buttons to display the previous/next day weather forecast. Remark: The weather is just for reference only. It may have deviation to the actual weather. Financial Information You can get the information of Stock Market all over the world Remark: The information is just for reference only. It may have deviation to the actual weather.
It allows maximum 5 users to register with the same radio and you can switch to listen the favorite list under one user at a time 01:44 My mediaU Internet Radio Media Center 2/7 > Network Wireless Network Configuration Press “Enter” to scan for wireless network and list out. Wireless Network （WPS PBC） This is the option for you to use WPS function, which means you can set the wireless without enter any passwords for Wi-Fi protected if your router has the function.
Language There are 17 Languages available, such as English, German, French, Norwegian, Italiano, Svenska, Dansk and others. You can choose the one which suitable for you. Dimmer You can adjust the backlight of the LCD with below settings: 1. Power Saving You can set the backlight to dim down when there is no operation for a certain time of period. There are 18 levels of the backlight available. 2. Turn on You can adjust the backlight level for the operation mode, i.e.
Equalizer Select your prefer music effect. Resume When Power On This is set to ON or OFF of “ Resume When Power On”. Software update 1）Upgrade information will pop up on the display when there is upgrade version on the server. 2）When there is upgrade version available on the server, you can do the manual upgrade from the update menu. Reset to default You can do this factory reset to empty all of the settings and it comes back to default settings.
2. If your radio can connect to the network successfully, but is unable to play particular stations, it may be due to one of the following reasons: - The station is not broadcasting at this time of the day (remember it may be located in a different time zone). - The station has too many people trying to attach to the radio station server and the server capacity is not large enough. - The station has reached the maximum allowed number of simultaneous listeners. - The station is not broadcasting anymore.
6. If the Internet Radio keeps re-buffering radio station: - The Internet Radio is streaming the data from the radio station via your broadband connection, if there is a high error rate on your broadband connection, or the connection is intermittent, then it will cause the Internet Radio to pause until the connection is reestablished and it has received enough data to start playing again.
FCC Warning This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE : Any changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
