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User Guide
LARA / Internet radio
4871, 4922, 4925, 4924, 4923
-02-025/2014 Rev.:0
The tab Audio zone is used to activate and set the IMM audio zone function.
Device settings / Audio zone
The control element enables activation and deactivation of the IMM audio zone function
Name of zone: displayed in the IMM environment
IP server: enter the IP address of the IMM server in decimal format separated by periods
The tab „List of stations“ is used for complete management of the list of Internet radio
stations stored in the LARA device.
Edit stations*: In the section Edit stations, you can use the buttons to add new or modify existing
stations in the list.
List of stations: It is possible to store up to 40 presets into the list for music network streams. LARA
Radio in its current version supports streams in the formats SHOUTcast and Icecast with audio for-
mats MP3, AAC and OGG, which are used in most cases of Internet broadcasting.
Control elements: After successful reading of stations along with overall device settings, you can
browse the list of streams and change their order. For sorting and removing items from the list, use
the relevant control elements on the right side of the list.
* To add a new station, you must know its source address, which is usually given in a variety of forms:
- http://www.jmenoserveru.cz:cisloportu/nazevsouboru
- http://135.111.258.333:8000/nazevsouboru
- http://www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000/nazevsouboru
- http://www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000
- http://135.111.258.333:8000
- http://www.jmenoserveru.cz/nazevsouboru
After pressing the „add“ button, you begin entering the stream parameters into the
relevant elds:
Manual completion:
- Name of station: name of preselection displayed on the OLED display.
- IP address: server address where the stream is being broadcast. The server address must
be entered in decimal format separated by periods. If it is an address with a domain
name (www.jmenoserveru.cz), use the automatic completion option, see below.
- Port number: this is entered as a number in decimal format. (example 1: www.
jmenoserveru.cz:8000/hudba.mp3 - port number = 8000) If this port number is not
listed in the address, enter port number 80 (example 2: www.jmenoserveru.cz/hudba.
mp3 - port no. = 80)
- File name: not always used and not a required parameter for storing the station.
(example 3: www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000/hudba.mp3 - le name = hudba.mp3)
(example 4: www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000 - do not enter le name)
- After entering all necessary data, store the station in the list by pressing „Save“.
Note: If the le name has the extension *.m3u, it is not the music stream address , but a
playlist address containing the address (or multiple addresses) in the music stream. In
this case, use the option of automatic completion.
Automatic completion:
- For most addresses, it is possible to use the function of automatic completion by the
following steps:
- Enter any name of a station.
- Click the option „Automatic completion“ and after entering the address, conrm by
pressing „OK“.
- An information message will inform you of the result of the automatic processing of
the link.
- Enter the station in the list by pressing „Save“.
Note: The automatic completion function requires an active Internet connection.
Important note: Store the prepared list of stations into the device along with settings by
pressing „Save“. Until you do so, the list is elaborated and stored only in the SW memory!
To update the FW in the LARA Radio device, it is rst necessary to download the update
le with the extension „*.lfw“ from the address http://www.elkoep.cz/ke-stazeni/software/
Device settings / Updating FW
Select le: Pressing „Select le“ brings up a dialog window for searching and selecting the update
le. After opening the selected le, its contents are checked, and the user is then informed of the
result. If the correct le has been selected, the FW version number is displayed.
Updating FW: Pressing the button starts the update, the progress of which is illustrated graphically.
Reading a damaged or invalid le prevents the following updating steps, and it is necessary to repe-
at the process with the correct update le.
- The product is not communicating, the display is not illuminated
Solution: Check the power supply: Check to see if the product is connected to the power supply and if the RJ45 connector is connected to the product. Check if the power source PoE
is connected to the network.
- The product is illuminated but the radio does not play.
Solution: Check the Ethernet network connection. Disconnect and reconnect the RJ45 Ethernet connector. After repeated connection, the product displays system information; if
within ve seconds the player display does not appear,there must be some network connection issues, check the network settings.
- Restart the product.
If there is no problem with the above-mentioned points and all settings are correctly set, perform a restart by briey pressing the RESET button or by disconnecting and reconnecting
the power supply.
- Interrupted playing, frequent reading of the radio.
Probably insucient Internet connection speed.
Troubleshooting
Maintaining the device
The device front panel and frame can be cleaned using a dry or slightly moistened rag with a mild soap solution. Avoid use of other cleaning agents.
The company ELKO EP, as the manufacturer, is entitled to make technical modications to the product, in the technical specication and product manual, without prior notication. ELKO EP bears no liability for possible incompleteness and mistakes in this document.
Device settings / List of stations
