Sangean RCR-8 User Manual

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UPnP server

Set up a Windows PC to allow the radio to access your audio files

via a UPnP server

1. If your PC is running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista then

you can use Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 11 (WMP 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 website 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 it on your PC. To add new media files to the library,

select ‘File > Add to Library… > Advanced Options’, click ‘Add’ and

choose the files you wish to add and click ‘OK’.

You will now need to connect your Internet radio to Windows Media

Player 11 and configure it to allow the radio to access your media

library. In order to this, you will need to follow these next steps.

Connecting the radio using UPnP

1. Use the Tuning+/- and the Select buttons to enter the menu direction

“Media Player> UPNP Servers”.

If needed, press the Back button.

Note, this may take a few seconds for the radio to complete its scan

and before the scan has completed, the radio will display

‘No PC Found’. The radio will continue to display “No PC Found” if no

UPnP servers are found.

2. After scanning, select your UPnP server (press the Tuning+/- and the

Select button if more than one UPnP server is found), and then press

the Select control. Your radio will normally display ‘Access Denied’

at this stage.

3. Your PC may now prompt you that a device has attempted to

connect to your UPnP server. Whether you are prompted or not,

in order to allow the radio to have access to the media files, you will

need to click the ‘Library’ tab in WMP 11 and select the

‘Media Sharing…’ item to open the ‘Media Sharing’ window.

4. From the ‘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 radio and

WMP 11 to communicate.