Ocean Digital WR-23F User manual

WR-23F
Portable Internet Radio
with FM
User Manual
Please read this user manual carefully before using the receiver

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Location of Controls ....................................................4
How to input password for your wireless network ...........6
1. Getting started ...................................................8
2. Charging battery .................................................9
3 10. Network Setup ..................................................
4. Overview of features and functions .....................12
5. Internet Radio ..................................................13
6 16. Media Centre ....................................................
7. FM Radio .........................................................18
8. Bluetooth playback ...........................................20
9. Sleep Timer Setting ...........................................21
1 . Configuration ..................................................0 22
11. Remote control via PC / Smart phone
- Tuning internet radio & manage favourite ........29
12. Trouble Shooting ............................................32
Helpful Tips ..............................................................34
Technical Specification ..............................................36
In the box .................................................................37
Contents

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Location of Controls
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45 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15

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1.
Press and hold to power on/off
2. Preset button 1-3
Preset the top three favourite stations
Press and hold to preset
Press it briefly to recall
3. Volume-/+
Rotate to adjust the volume level
4. Speaker
5.
Access Home screen/press this button to return to the
playing screen
6. /EQ
Press the button to access local stations via internet.
Press and hold to enter the EQ setting menu.
7. Navigation control (▲ ▼ ◄ ►)
[►]
Right pointer/Enter edit menu of the Favourite list/
Display the big time clock & radio info on the now
playing screen
[◄]
Back to previous menu/left pointer
[▲/▼]
Up and down pointer, scroll up/down on the list/menu
8. OK
9.
Set the timer to turn the radio off after a period of time.
10.
Press and hold to preset a particular station
Press to recall the favourite list
11. TFT color screen 2.4"
12. LED indicator for battery charging status
13. Earphone jack 3.5 mm
14. USB-C port
Recharge the built-in battery by connecting the USB
type C cable
15. Telescopic antenna
Location of Controls

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Use the [▲/▼] button to scroll through the characters,
highlight it and press [ OK ] button to confirm and input the
next character. When it comes to the last character of the
password , press and hold the [OK] button to confirm and
complete the entry.
Note: The password is case sensitive.
How to input password for your wireless network

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Please ensure the following is ready:
You have a broadband internet connection.
A wireless broadband router is connected to the internet
successfully. The radio supports Wireless B, G and N
connection (Wireless N router can also be used with the
setting on B or G). You know the Wired Equivalent Privacy
(WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) data encryption
code/password. You need to key in the correct code when
the radio is connected to the wireless router for network
connection. If you do not know the code/password, please
contact the person/technician who set up the
router/network for you.
The radio works via Wireless network connection (Wi-Fi
connection).
Precautions
The radio should not be used in a high temperature or high
humidity environment over prolonged periods of time as
this may damage the unit.
Keep the radio away from liquids as it may get damaged.
Please switch off the radio immediately if water or liquids
is spilled into the radio. Consult with the shop you bought
this radio for any question.
Avoid using or storing the unit in dusty or sandy
environment. Do not open and repair the radio by yourself.
Clean only with dry cloth.
Before you start

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The radio is powered by the built-in lithium battery. A USB
cable is supplied in the product package.
Press and hold the [ ] button to power on.
To power off the radio, press and hold the same button.
1. Getting started

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You can check the level of battery power remains on the
radio.
There is a battery power indicator showing on the top
row of the screen.
When battery power is low, the battery indicator keeps
blinking as a reminder for battery charging.
To charge the battery, connect the USB-C plug to the port
where located at the rear side of the radio, connect the
other end to a power source supplied in 5V OUT (the
rating of the electric current is minimum 1A or higher). The
LED on the rear side of the radio will light up in red
indicates the battery is charging. The charging icon
will appear on the screen.
When charging is done, the LED on the rear side will turn
to green and the icon on screen will change to . It
means the radio has the power connected.
Note: The charging might take much longer to
complete if the radio is playing while charging.
2. Charging battery

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Internet connection is setup via Wireless network (WiFi).
Your radio requires a broadband Internet connection.
• If this is first time use, the Configure Network wizard will
be displayed. Choose Yes to start configuring network.
Press the [ ◄ ] button to highlight Yes and press [OK] to
confirm.
• Select Add/Remove AP from the list, use the navigation
control buttons to scroll and press OK to confirm, then
choose Add AP (Scan):
• It will start scanning the Wi-Fi networks available. Scroll
to your network and press [OK] to confirm. If your wifi
network has a password protected, it will ask you to enter
the passphrase/password. Please refer to the above
section 'How to input password for your wireless
network' on P.3.
Note: The password is case sensitive. Please consult with
the one who setup your network if you don't know the
password.
3. Network Setup
12:01am
Configure Network?
Yes No
←to pre vio us →to next S electOK w hen done
12:01am
Network Options >
Wi-Fi Channels >
< Add/Remove Ap >
AP:[] >
Network 3/7
12:01am
Add/Remove AP 1/4
< Add AP(Scan) >
Add AP(WPS button) >
Add AP(SmartConfig) >
Remove AP >

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3. Network Setup
• When the Wi-Fi connection is successful, the
Association Complete will be shown briefly. The wifi
signal bar will appear on the top left corner of the display:
Wi-Fi signal bar

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Press [ ] to enter the Home screen. Scroll by using the
navigation control buttons:
My Favorite - To show the list of favorite stations which
have been assigned to the presets. There
are up to 99 presets available.
Internet Radio - Start exploring the worldwide radio
stations and music here.
Media Centre - Browse and stream music from your
network via UPnP or DLNA Compatible
devices.
FM Radio - Receive ordinary FM radio stations in your
local area (no internet connection required).
Bluetooth - Bluetooth playback, to play audio stream
(receive) from another Bluetooth enabled
device after pairing/connected each other.
Sleep Timer - Enable the timer to turn the radio off after
the selected time elapsed.
Configuration - More options/settings available to
personalize as you desire.
4. Overview of features and functions

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On the Home screen, choose Internet Radio and you will
find the options below:
Skytune
Select Skytune to start enjoying thousands of radio
stations over the world. You can filter your search by
Region, Music genre and talks.
The Local Radio let you access quickly the stations
available in your local area through internet connection.
Note - You can change the Local Radio area under
Configuration> Local radio setup. Please refer to
section 10 for the details.
Search
Instead of browsing the radio station list, you can input a
few characters of the desired station to filter out / short list
the stations.
History
The radio memorizes the stations you have listened up to
99 stations.
If you have listened more than 99 stations, it will
supersede the first station that you have listened.
5. Internet Radio
12:01am
Internet Radio 1/3
< Skytune >
Search(Skytune) >
History >
12:01am
Skytune 1/5
<Globe Most Popular >
Local Radio >
Globe All >
Globe By Genre >

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5. Internet Radio
Start playing internet radio
When a radio station starts playing, more radio
information can be displayed. Press the ► button when
the screen shows the state of radio playback:
Every time you press the ► button, it will cycle through the
information of the radio, the big time clock and the radio
station logo if any.
My Favorite
This is to show the list of your Favorite stations which
have been assigned to the presets.
Preset a station
When the screen shows the state of radio playback, press
and hold the button, you will see the icon
appeared as below. It means the station is added to the
Favorite list.

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The new added station will always show in the last item on
the Favorite list. You can store up to 99 presets.
There are 3 dedicated preset buttons to quickly access
the top 3 favourite station. Press and hold the numeric
button on the radio unit to preset the channel.
Recall a station
Press the briefly on the radio to recall the list of
presets, or navigate to My Favourite on the home screen
and select it to confirm.
Edit your favorite list
On the Favorite list, choose the radio station you want to
edit then press the [ ► ] button. It will enter the Edit menu
with the following options:
Move down - To move down the ranking of a station
Move up - To move up the ranking of a station
Delete - To delete a particular station
Move to top - To move the station to the top of the favorite
list.
Move to bottom - To move the station to the bottom of the
favorite list.
5. Internet Radio
Preset icon

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The device supports UPnP and is DLNA-compatible.
This provides the opportunity to stream music from your
network. However, this requires you to have a compatible
device in your network that can function as a server. This
can be e.g., a network hard drive or a conventional PC
with e.g., Windows 8 via which access to the shared folder
or media sharing is permitted. The folders can then be
browsed and played on the radio.
Note - Please make sure your computer laptop is on the
same Wi-Fi network as the Radio before you start using
this function.
Music streaming
• Once the UPnP/DLNA compatible server is configure to
share media files with your radio, you can start music
streaming.
• On the main menu, select Media Centre and choose
UPnP.
• It may take a few seconds for the radio to complete the
scan for available UPnP servers. If no UPnP servers are
found, it will show Empty List.
• After a successful scan is done, select your UPnP server.
• The radio will show the media categories available from
the UPnP server, e.g. 'Music', 'Playlists' etc.
• Choose the media files that you wish to play.
You can set the mode of playback under Configuration >
Playback setup.
6. Media Centre

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My Playlist
You can make your own playlist for the UPnP music files.
Choose and highlight the song you want to add to playlist,
press and hold the [OK] button, until the sign
appeared. The song will be added to My playlist.
Clear My Playlist
Remove all songs in “My Playlist” to allow a new playlist to
be prepared.
Note - If you have DLNA compatible servers available,
follow the steps described above to browse the audio files
from DLNA compatible device on the radio to play.
6. Media Centre

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To receive the ordinary FM stations (no internet
connection is required), place the radio close to the
window and extend the antenna as far as it can go to get
the best reception. Sometimes you may need to adjust the
direction of the antenna to improve reception.
On the Home screen, scroll to FM Radio. Press [OK] to
start.
It will ask whether you want to Scan FM Station. Press OK
to start scanning and it will show the progress on the
number of channels are found. When it is done, it will
automatically save the found channels on presets and
display the list for your action.
You can select the channel and start listening to it.
Whenever you want to add to My Favourite, press and
hold the button on the radio, and it will add to the
favourite list.
Always press the [◄] button to return to the Preset list.
Note - When the screen shows the state of radio playback,
press the [►] button to view more radio information, each
time you press the [►] button, it will display various
information at a time such as radio frequency and big
clock display.
7. FM Radio

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Manual Tune
To manual tune the frequency, long press the [OK] button,
until you see the "Tuning" appeared on the display, at the
bottom right corner. Use the <◄ / ►> button to tune the
frequency. When done, long press the [OK] button to exit
manual tune.
7. FM Radio

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Before transmission between your Bluetooth device and
the radio is possible, both devices must be coupled. This
process is called "pairing". The radio is served as a
receiver, to receive music stream to play on the radio.
If you have already coupled to a Bluetooth device before,
this connection will be restored automatically when both
devices are in range and Bluetooth operation has been
selected on the radio. "Pairing" does not have to be
repeated. This function may need to be activated in your
Bluetooth device, however.
• Push the Menu button to display the selection menu for
the different operating modes.
• Use the up/down button to select the operating mode
Bluetooth and push the dial switch.
• Switch your Bluetooth device to which you want to
connect the radio on and activate the pairing mode here.
The device scans for Bluetooth devices in the reception
range.
• When the radio is found, your bluetooth device shows its
name WR-23F-XXXX (the XXXX is an identification code
for your radio unit).
• Select the radio at your bluetooth device.
• Start playback on your bluetooth device.
• Playback now takes place using the radio.
8. Bluetooth playback