Acoustic Research ARIRC205 More information, Troubleshooting tips, The radio cannot be turned on

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Troubleshooting tips

The radio cannot be turned on.

•Plug the AC power adapter securely into the radio and a wall outlet.

•Check the power outlet by plugging in another device.

•Press and hold ON/STANDBY for 10 seconds to reboot the unit.

No sound.

•Increase the volume setting.

•Make sure the headphones are not plugged in.

The radio does not respond to key presses.

•The radio may temporarily cease to function if subjected to electrostatic disturbance. To resume normal operation, it may be necessary to reset the radio by unplugging and reconnecting the power or by removing and reinstalling the batteries in the base of the radio.

Cannot connect the radio to Internet.

•Check if your access point is turned on and correctly connected.

•For users of AR Wi-Fi Enabler: make sure all the indicators on the Enabler’s front panel are lit. If the WPS, MODE, or WIRELESS indicators are off or blinking simultaneously, press and hold the Enabler’s WPS button for 3 seconds (the MODE LED should start blinking) to rescan your network configuration. The Enabler may restart multiple times during this process and take up to two minutes depending on your network configuration. The MODE LED will stop blinking when this process is completed. Go to www.arinfiniteradio.com for more information.

•Make sure a firewall is not blocking any outgoing ports.

•Make sure the access point does not restrict connections to specific MAC addresses.

•Make sure you have entered the correct password. Password is case sensitive.

•Your wireless Internet connection may exceed the maximum range for reception. Relocate the Internet Radio closer to the wireless access point.

•The network settings of the radio may be incorrect. Check the network settings in Network Setup in the Settings menu.

•Tilt your router's external antenna to 45 degrees if the radio is on a different floor.

•Move the access point away from or above obstructions.

•See your router's manual for more tips on improving range or reception.

Clock time is incorrect.

•Refer to Account Info in the Settings menu and make sure you have correctly input your postal code as reference for automatic clock time update.

Weather information are incorrect.

•Refer to Account Info in the Settings menu and make sure you have correctly input your postal code as reference for weather information.

Weather information is not read out loud.

•Refer to Weather in the Settings menu and make sure you have turned on the text-to- speech reading feature.

The radio connects to the Internet but is unable to play a particular station.

•Check if the station is still broadcasting.

•The station may have reached the maximum number of simultaneous listeners.

•The link to the radio station may be out of date.

•The Internet connection between the radio station server and the radio may be too slow.

Intermittent audio.

•The bandwidth of your wireless LAN may be too low. Move the radio closer to the access point and make sure that there are no obstacles between them.

•The actual transmission speed of digital radio broadcast depends on the service provider (i.e. the Internet radio station).

Cannot skip to the previous song while listening to Internet Radio.

•Skipping to the previous song in Internet Radio is not available.

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