Network audio playback

Follow this procedure to play Internet radio stations or music files stored on a computer.

nn About the Internet Radio function (vpage 48) nn About Music server (vpage 48)

nn About Pandora® (vpage 49)

nn About SiriusXM (vpage 49) nn About Spotify (vpage 49)

Listening to Internet Radio

1 Prepare for playback. q Check the network

environment, then turn on this unit’s power (vpage 21 “Turning the power on”).

w If settings are required, make the “Setting the network [Network]” (vpage 15).

2 Press INTERNET RADIO to switch the input source to “Internet

•There are many Internet radio stations on the Internet, and the quality of the programs they broadcast as well as the bit rate of the tracks varies widely.

Generally, the higher the bit rate, the higher the sound quality, but depending on the communication lines and server traffic, the music or audio signals being streamed may be interrupted. Inversely, lower bit rates mean a lower sound quality but less tendency for the sound to be interrupted.

•“Server Full” or “Connection Down” is displayed if the station is busy or not broadcasting.

nnSwitching the display

Press INFO during Internet radio reception.

The broadcast station information and signal format bit rate are displayed.

nnSearching stations by keyword (Alphabetic strings)

1 Press ui to select “Search by

Keyword”, then press ENTER or p.

2 Use ui p or 0 – 9, +10 to input the characters, then press

ENTER.

• For character input, see page 42.

nnRegistering Internet Radio stations as your favorites

You can register your favorite Internet stations in the Favorite List (vpage 31).

Preparation

Operation

Radio”.

•For details on selecting the input source using the unit buttons, see “Selecting the input source using the main unit” (vpage 21).

3 Press ui to select the item you want to play, then press ENTER or p.

4 Repeat step 3 until the station list is displayed. The station list is displayed.

•Any characters that cannot be displayed are replaced with “.” (period) or “ ” (space).

5 Pressp. ui to select the station, then press ENTER or

Playback starts once buffering reaches “100%”.

nnRecently played Internet Radio stations

Recently played Internet Radio stations can be selected from “Recently Played”.

Up to 20 stations can be stored in “Recently Played”.

1 On a top menu of the Internet Radio station, press uito select

“Recently Played”, then press ENTER or p.

2 Press ui to select the item you want to play, then press ENTER

or p.

nnInternet radio operation

Operation buttons

Function

FAVORITES ADD

Registration to the Favorite list

FAVORITES CALL

Call from the Favorite list

uio p

Cursor operation

(Up/Down/Left/Right)

 

ENTER

Enter

MENU

Menu

SEARCH

Character searchz

2

Stop

zz Press SEARCH, then press ENTER to select the first letter you want to search mode.

If the list is not in alphabetical order, you may not be able to perform a character search.

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