Onkyo TX-8050 Listening to the Internet Radio, Listening to vTuner Internet Radio

Using the USB/Network Device—Continued

Listening to the Internet Radio

You need to connect the receiver to your home network; see “Network/USB Features” ( page 34)

You can select Internet radio stations by connecting to the receiver from your computer and selecting stations in your web browser.

Internet radio URLs in the following formats are supported: PLS, M3U, and podcast (RSS). However, depending on the type of data or audio format used by the Internet radio station, you may not be able to listen to some stations.

Note:

Services available may vary depending on the region. See the separate instructions for more information.

Listening to vTuner Internet Radio

This unit includes the full vTuner Internet Radio Service at no additional charge. Once you have connected your unit to the Internet you can select vTuner Internet Radio to search for and play Internet radio stations and podcasts at any time. To enhance your Internet radio experience, the http://onkyo.vtuner.com/ portal is available to you as an easy way to browse to find stations, set up/organize your favorites, add your own stations, get help, etc. After the first time you try vTuner Internet Radio on your unit you can use the MAC Address of your unit to create a member login account (email address and password) on the http://onkyo.vtuner.com/ portal. To verify your MAC Address, please see “Network Setup” ( page 42).

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MENU

￿, ￿, ENTER

1 Press [NET] button.

The “NET” appears on the display and the NET indicator lights. If it flashes, verify that the Ethernet cable is firmly connected to the receiver.

2 Use []/[] to select “vTuner Internet

Radio” and then press [ENTER].

3 Use []/[] to select a program and then press [ENTER].

Playback starts.

Press [MENU] button to enable selection from the following menu items.

Stations like this:

Stations like the one currently being played back are displayed.

Add this station to My Favorites: Adds a station to My Favorites list.

Listening to Other Internet Radio

To listen to other internet radio stations, insert the following step after step 1 in the “Listening to vTuner Internet Radio”.

1 On your computer, start your web browser and enter the receiver’s IP address in the browser’s Internet address (URL) field.

The browser connects to the receiver (WEB Setup Menu).

Notes:

•The receiver’s IP address is shown on “IP Address” ( page 42).

•If you’re using DHCP, your router may not always allocate the same IP address to the receiver, so if you find that you can’t connect to the receiver, recheck the receiver’s IP address on the “Network Setup” display.

2 Click on the “My Favorites” tab.

3 Enter the preset name and Internet address (URL).

4 Click “Save” to save the Internet radio station.

5 The Internet radio station is then added to “My Favorites”.

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