P Tec CASTOR User manual

Internet Radio with FM/DAB/DAB+/FM
Tuner
PTEC Castor
User Manual
Thank you very much for buying the CASTOR. In order to let you freely operate the product and
fully enjoy the overbalancing happiness it brings you we have introduced each function of the
player in detail in this user manual. Please carefully read this user manual before use and keep
for future reference.

Table of Contents
1. Network Requirement
2. Safety Precaution
3. Appearance and Key Description
4. Getting Started
5. CASTOR Functions
5.1 Main Menu
5.2 System Settings
5.3 Internet Radio
5.4 Music Player
5.5 DMR (DLNA streaming)
5.6 DAB
5.7 FM
5.8 Bluetooth
5.9 Sleep
5.10 Alarm
5.11 Extra Features
6. Troubleshooting
7. Specifications

1 Network Requirement
•A broadband connection in combination with a wired/wireless access point router or
similar network device.
•The network device needs to support Ethernet (LAN) wired connection or WiFi (802.11
b/g/n) wireless connection.
•PC tablet or smartphone with network connected. This network has to be the same one
as the PTEC CASTOR equipped with.
2 Safety Precaution
General
•Do not drop the PTEC CASTOR and do not expose it to liquid moisture or humidity.
These might lead to damage to the device.
•If the PTEC CASTOR is moved from a cold environment into a warmer one do let it adapt
to the new temperature before operate the device. Otherwise it might lead to
condensation and cause malfunctions in the device.
•Do not use the PTEC CASTOR in the dust environment as dust can damage the interior
electronic components and lead to malfunctions in the device.
•Protect the PTEC CASTOR from strong vibrations and place it on stable surfaces.
•Do not attempt to disassembly the PTEC CASTOR.
•If the PTEC CASTOR is not using for a long period of time disconnect it from the power
supply by unplugging the power plug. This is to avoid the risk of fire.
•The ventilation should not be impeded by covering the ventilation openings with items
such as newspapers table-cloths curtains etc.
•No naked flame sources such as lighted candles should be placed on the apparatus.
•To maintain the compliance with the WiFi RF exposure requirement place the product
at least 20 cm (8 inches) from nearby persons except when operating the controls.
Power adapter
•Only use the power adaptor delivered with the PTEC CASTOR.
•The socket outlet should be installed near the PTEC CASTOR and
should be easily accessible.
•Never touch the power plug with wet hands and never pull on the
power cable when pulling the plug out of the power socket.
•Make sure the electrical voltage specified on the PTEC CASTOR and its
power plug is corresponding to the voltage of the power socket.
Incorrect voltage will destroy the device.
Risks associated with high volumes
•While listening the PTEC CASTOR with headphones always
reduce the volume before put on the headphones. After the
headphones are positioned properly increase the volume to

the desired level.
•To prevent possible hearing damage do not listen at high volume for long periods.
Maintenance / cleaning
•Always power off the PTEC CASTOR when cleaning it.
•Never use any harsh or strong solvents to clean the PTEC CASTOR since these may
damage the surface of the device. Dry soft cloth is appropriate however if the PTEC
CASTOR is extremely dirty it may be wiped off with a slightly moist cloth. Make sure the
device is dried off after cleaning.
•When you are necessary to ship the PTEC CASTOR store it in its original package. Save
the package for this purpose.
Disposal
•If have to dispose the device in the future note that all electrical and electronic device
must be disposed of separately from household waste at official
disposal centers. Avoid damage to the environment and risks to your
personal health by disposing of device properly.For further
information about proper disposal contrace your local
government disposal bodies or the shop where you bought the
device.Dispose of all packaging in an environmentally -friendly
manner.Cardboard packaging can be taken to paper recycling containers or public
collection points for recycling.Any film or plastic contained in the packaging should be
be taken to your public .collection points for disposal.Respect the environment.Old
batteries must bot be disposed of with domestic waste.They must be handed in at a
collection point for waste batteries.Please note that batteries must be disposed of fully
discharged at appropriate collection points for old batteries.If disposing of batteries
which are not fully discharged take precautions to prevent short circuits.

3 Appearance and Key Descriptions
No Description Functions
1 3.2” TFT Color Screen Display
2 Back button Basic control of operation
3 Reel Basic control of operation
4 STANDBY/MODE Button Basic control of operation
5 Menu Button Basic control of operation
6 USB port USB playback
7 BT Antenna Strengthen the BT receiver
8 DAB/FM Antenna Strengthen the DAB/FM receiver
9 WiFi Antenna Strengthen the WiFi receiver
10 Optical Out SPDIF Optical digital output
11 Coaxial Out SPDIF Coaxial digital output
12 Line Out-R 3.5mm jack for speaker connection – Right
channel
13 Line Out-L 3.5mm jack for speaker connection –Left
channel
14 LAN port Ethernet connection
15 DC IN Power supply
Remote Controller
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Use your thumb to press the lid of the battery
compartment and pull it out. Install a CR2025 type 3V
battery into the battery compartment taking care to
insert it with the positive (+) side up.
Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by
an incorrect type.
Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.
WARNING
Do not ingest the battery Chemical Burn Hazard
(The remote control supplied with) This product contains a coin/button cell battery. If
the coin/button cell battery is swallowed it can cause severe internal burns in just 2
hours and can lead to death.
Keep new and used batteries away from children.
If the battery compartment does not close securely stop using the product and keep it
away from children.
If you think batteries might have been swallowed or placed inside any part of the body
seek immediate medical attention.
Suggestion:
-Never attempt to recharge or open the battery. Explosion hazard.
-Never damage or warp the battery.
-Never throw batteries into an open fire or expose them to high temperatures.
-Failure to observe these guidelines may cause fluid to escape from the battery
which can cause skin irritation.
In case of contact:
-Wash off the fluid with plenty of clear water
-Do to rub your eyes. Instead rise eyes with plenty of water for 10minutes and seek
immediate medical attention.
-Only use batteries of the same or an equivalent type. Explosion hazard.
-Remote the batteries from the battery compartment as soon as they are empty or
if you do not intend to use the device for a long period of time.

-If the battery compartment does not close securely stop using the product and
attention should be drawn to the environmental aspects of battery disposal.
4 Getting Started
The items enclosed in the packaging box are as follows:
•CASTOR unit
•Power adaptor
•Remote control
•RCA Audio cable(RCA to RCA)
•FM/DAB pigtail antenna
•User manual
Connect the FM antenna and WiFi antenna to the back of CASTOR.
And connect the RCA audio cable to the Line out jacks of CASTOR and your own speaker.
Then connect the power adaptor to the back of CASTOR and plug it into power socket. (Turn on
your own speaker if need audio out.)
Get the network environment ready
•For wired Ethernet
Use an Ethernet cable (RJ45 jack) to connect the LAN ports on CASTOR and your network
device. Check if the light indicators on the network device are in appropriate status.
•For wireless WiFi
Make sure you have setup the wireless network and you have the WEP WPA or WPA2
security password to activate the connection.
You may also use the WPS (WiFi Protected Setup) function for easy pairing between the
network device and CASTOR. Check if the light indicators on the network device are in
appropriate status.
Switch it on from CASTOR.
At the first time operation system asks if you want to start the Setup Wizard. Select YES to
continue the setup. Details of the Setup Wizard can be referred to Section 5.2.1 below. After
choosing NO the next screen asks if you would like to run the wizard next time CASTOR is
started.
CASTOR will automatically connect to the network that was set before when power on to
Internet Radio again. In case you desire to change the network enter System Setting to
configure the corresponding connection. Refer to Section 5.2.1 and 5.2.3.
Press and hold STANDBY/MODE on the device or press on the remote control to enter
standby mode. The time date and any active alarm times display on the screen.

Rotate the volume reel or press / on the remote control to adjust the
volume. Rotate the volume reel or press until volume level becomes 0 or direct
press to mute the sound.
Music Sharing from PC
•To share the music files from PC the following steps are done on the PC:
- Connect the PC to the network.
- Ensure CASTOR is powered on and connected to the same network.
- Open the UPnP platform Windows Media Player (11 or later). Alternatively other
platforms or server such as Windows Media Connection may be used.
- Allow to share your media to CASTOR which is the device name for music
streaming.
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Add the audio files and folders you want to share with CASTOR to the media
library.
5 CASTOR Functions

5.1 Main Menu
Under the main menu you can select the following modes: Internet Radio Spotify Connect
Media Player DAB FM Bluetooth Sleep and Alarm. Alternatively press STANDBY/MODE on
the device or MODE on the remote control to enter main page move to the mode by rotating
the reel or press / on the remote control.
5.2 System Settings
5.2.1 Setup Wizard
• Time/date
Display format
Select 12 or 24 as the time format.
Auto-update
The time and date can be updated manually or automatically from DAB FM
or network.
Auto-update works with data sent over DAB FM or the Internet. The clock is
only updated when in a corresponding mode so it is best to select a mode you use
regularly.
DAB and FM use time signals broadcast with radio transmissions. Network
uses a time signal sent from the Internet radio portal when in any
network-connected mode.
Time zone, daylight
Set your time zone. If you country uses daylight saving and it is in effect
turn on the Daylight savings option.

Manual update
If you set No update the wizard prompts you to set the time and date
manually. The date and time are displayed as dd-mm-yyyy and hh:mm.
The active value appears as flashing. Adjust each value to press /
on the remote control. Once the value is set press OK to continue setting
with next value.
• Network
Wlan region
Select the Wlan region to obtain the optimal Wlan connectivity: Canada
Spain France Japan Singapore Australia and Republic of Korea.
Scanning for the networ
CASTOR is compatible with all common network protocols and encryption
methods. It searches for the available networks and list them out for you choose.
There will be hints for the type of network – if you plug the LAN cable it will
show one network of [wired]; if your network device supports WPS function it will
be [WPS] before the SSID (the name of network device). Select the one you want to
connect.
For the wireless connection you will be asked for input encryption in the next
step.
Standard encrypted networ
To enter the network’s key use the navigate reel or direction keys on the
remote control to move the cursor through the characters and press OK to confirm.
As each character is selected the key is built up near the top of the display.
There are three options accessible by tuning the navigate reel back before the
first characters – Backspace OK and Cancel.
WPS encrypted networ

WPS encrypted networks are identified by WPS at the start of the network
name when the CASTOR searches the available AP. Use one of the following
methods of connection:
oPush button
CASTOR prompts you to press the connect button on the router. It then
scans for a ready Push Button Connect network and connects.
oPin
CASTOR generates an 8-digit code number which you enter into the
wireless router access point or an external registrar.
oSkip WPS
Enter key as for a standard encrypted network.
For more information on setting up a WPS encrypted network see your
WPS router’s instructions.
• Completion
CASTOR attempts to connect to the selected network.

It will show connected if the setup is successful. If connecting fails CASTOR returns
to a previous screen to try again.
Press OK to quit the setup wizard.
5.2.2 Equaliser
Several preset EQ modes are available: Normal Flat Jazz Rock Movie Classic Pop
and News.
Also a user-defined setting is available; create your own EQ with custom bass treble
and loudness settings.
Press EQ on the remote control to quick enter equalizer menu.
5.2.3 Network
• Network wizard
Enter to search AP SSID then input the WEP / WPA key or choose
Push Button/Pin/Skip WPS to connect to the wireless network.
• PBC Wlan setup
Push Button Configuration it is to connect the AP that supports WPS
(Wi-Fi Protected Setup).
• View settings
View the information of current connected network: Active

connection MAC address Wlan region DHCP SSID IP address Subnet
mask Gateway address Primary DNS and Secondary DNS.
• Wlan region
Select the Wlan region to obtain the optimal Wlan connectivity:
Canada Spain France Japan Singapore Australia and Republic of Korea.
• Manual settings
Choose wired or wireless network connection and enable or disable
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
• Network profile
CASTOR remembers the last four wireless networks it has connected
to and automatically tries to connect to whichever one of them it can find.
From here you can see the list of registered networks. You can delete
unwanted networks by turning and pressing then choosing YES
to confirm delete.
• Keep network connected
If you choose to keep network connected the WiFi will not disconnect even you are
in standby mode. Otherwise the connection will only available. This option allows
CASTOR to be ready for DLNA streaming in any operating modes. Details for DLNA
streaming refer to Section 5.6.
5.2.4 Time/Date
Set the time manually or auto update time format time zone and daylight.
5.2.5 Language
The default language is English. Change it as your preference.
5.2.6 Factory reset
A factory reset resets all user settings to default values so that time and date
network configuration and presets are lost. However the CASTOR’s current
software version is maintained as is registration with the Internet radio portal.
Internet radio favourites therefore remain unless you re-register your CASTOR with
another account on the portal website.
5.2.7 Software update
From time to time software upgrades may be created with bug fixes and/or

additional features. You can either check manually or set CASTOR to check
periodically automatically (this is the default). If newer available software is detected
you will be asked if you want to go ahead with an update. If you agree the new
software is then downloaded and installed. After a software upgrade all user settings
are maintained.
NOTE: Before starting a software upgrade ensure that CASTOR is plugged into a
stable main power connection. Disconnecting power during an upgrade may
permanently damage the unit.
5.2.8 Info
View the firmware version and the radio ID.
5.2.9 Backlight
You may change the backlight of each environment (power on or standby) to High
Medium or Low. And adjust the timeout duration which the radio turns to standby
backlight level when it has not been controlled.
5.2.10 Standby Clock Format
You may change the Standby Clock format to Analog or Digital.
5.3 Internet Radio
CASTOR can play thousands of radio stations and podcasts from around the world though a
broadband Internet connection.
When you select Internet radio CASTOR directly contacts the Frontier Silicon Internet radio
portal (which is supported by v-tuner) to get a list of stations.
The portal also enables multiple lists of favourite stations that you can personalize.
If you are already listening to an Internet radio station you can press to quickly return
to the last visited branch of the menu tree rather than MENU to go to the first menu of
Internet radio mode.

5.3.1 Last listened
When Internet radio mode restarts the last-listened station is selected. To select
another recently used station enter here to select the listed station. Most recent
stations appear at the top of the list.
5.3.2 Station list
Browse Internet broadcasts that organized into different categories Location Genre
Popular and New. You can also find the station with Search by keyword.
5.3.3 Favourites
Favourites are stored with the Internet radio portal and are available through all
Internet radios registered on the same account. Before favourites can be used the
radio has to be registered with the Internet radio portal.
To register your CASTOR choose Station list > Help > Get access code to get your
radio’s unique portal access code first. (Do not confuse the portal access code with
the Radio ID from System settings.
Visit the portal website at www.wifiradio-frontier.com
If this is your first visit to the portal register for a new account entering the following
information:
o access code
o your e-mail address
o password
o radio model.

If you already have an account and wish to add an additional radio log in to your
account and select My preferences > Add another Wi-Fi radio.
Once your radio is registered with the portal you can immediately use the Internet
radio favourites and added stations features.
To store a playing station as a favourite press and hold OK until the display shows
‘Favourite added’. The station appears in the default favourites list Stations.
5.3.4 My added stations
Even though the Internet radio portal contains thousands of stations you may want
to listen to stations not listed. You can add your own via the portal.
5.3.5 Presets
Presets are stored in the radio and cannot be accessed from other radios.
To store an Internet radio preset press and hold on the remote control until the
display shows the Save preset screen. Select one of the 10 presets to save the current
station.
To select a preset press the number key then the selected preset station will be
played. When a preset station is playing it shows n ( 1 2 etc) at the bottom
of the screen.
“1” to “0” on the remote control are for the use of preset station 1-10.
5.3.6 Now playing information
While the stream is playing the screen shows its name and description. To view
further information press INFO.
Each time you press INFO another set of information is displayed cycle through
name/description genre/location reliability codec/sampling rate playback buffer
and today’s date.
5.4 Media Player
Music player mode plays audio files in MP3 WMA WAV AAC or FLAC format from a computer
on the local network.

If you are already playing a music file you can press on the remote control rather
than or MENU to quickly return to the last visited branch of the menu tree.
You can use or to play the previous or next track press and hold to rewind
or fast forward. press and hold to rewind or fast forward (x1 x2 x4). Press on the
remote control to play or pause. Press on the remote control to stop playback and
return to the music list.
5.4.1 Shared media
It you have set up shared media you should see an entry consisting of <computer
name>: <Shared media name>. If you have more than one computer sharing media
the alternatives are listed. Select the shared media you want to play.
From this point on the menus are generated from the shared media server. The first
menu shows a list of media types for example Music Video Pictures and Playlists.
CASTOR can only play music and playlists.
There is also a search function which finds tracks in a similar way to Internet radio
search.
From Music there are numerous ways of selecting tracks including Genre Artist
Album Composer and Rating.
Once you have found a track you want to play press OK. A short press plays the track

immediately.
5.4.2 Repeat/shuffle
You can set to repeat tracks or play them in random order. Press REPEAT/RANDOM on
the remote control to turn on/off the repeat function.
Press and hold REPEAT/RANDOM to turn on/off the random function.
5.4.3 Now playing information
While a track is playing the screen shows its track and artist (UPnP). There is also a
progress bar with figures for elapsed and total track time. At the bottom of the
screen an icon indicates UPnP depending on the source. To view further information
press iNFO.
Each time you press INFO another set of information is displayed cycling through
the information:
UPnP: track/artist/progress bar/track times album codec/sampling rate playback
buffer and today’s date.
5.4.4 USB playback
From this point on menus are generated from the folders on the USB device. Browse
folders with direction keys on the remote control. The display shows folder and file
names (not necessarily track names).
Once you have found a track you want to play press OK on the remote control. A short
press plays the track immediately.
You can use or to play the previous or next track press and hold to
rewind or fast forward. press and hold to rewind or fast forward (x1 x2 x4). Press
on the remote control to play or pause. Press on the remote control
to stop playback and return to the music list.
The USB port is just for music playback no charging function.
5.5 DMR (DLNA Streaming)
Shared music in Section 5.5.1 is a way of music streaming which you look for the music list and
control playback from CASTOR. This topic will introduce another way to do the music streaming

which is not necessary to control playback on CASTOR.
You can share the music files from PC Android mobile or tablet and directly use your PC
Android mobile tablet or iPhone / iPad to control music playback on the CASTOR. It is simple
called DLNA streaming.
5.5.1 Control on PC
T he PC system requirements for DLNA are Windows 7 and Windows Media Player
12. Setup as below:
Firstly share the media on your PC to CASTOR.
Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Media
streaming options
Open Windows Media Player to enable Allow remote control o my Player.
Right click any music in the library and choose Play to CASTOR.

A box of music playback pops up for the streaming.
5.5.2 Control on Smartphone / Tablet
You may search (with keyword: DLNA) and install any free or commercial DLNA Apps
from Google Play or Apple Store if you are using Android mobile tablet or iPhone /
iPad.
It is suggested to use iMediaShare on Android mobile tablet or iPhone/iPad.
Procedures for playing shared music on the app are as follows:
1. Select CASTOR as the player.
2. Select music server and choose the music.
Select player Select server