Roku SoundBridge Radio Wi-Fi Music System User manual

User Guide | Software v2.5
SoundBridge™Radio Wi-Fi Music System

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Welcome
Thanks for purchasing Roku SoundBridge Radio! We hope you enjoy using it as much as
we’ve enjoyed creating it. SoundBridge Radio is a simple, high-performance tabletop radio
that’s ready for the digital world.
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We are always working on improving the software for our products. Your SoundBridge Radio
will let you know when a software update is available. We recommend you accept new
software updates when they are offered. The update just takes two minutes, and enhances
the features of your SoundBridge Radio. All you need is an active Internet connection.
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to register your SoundBridge Radio.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1: GETTING STARTED......................4
Introduction...........................................................4
Package Contents.................................................4
Important Safety Information ..........................4
Setting Up Your SoundBridge Radio...............5
Configuring Your SoundBridge Radio.............6
Navigating SoundBridge Radio Menus ..........6
Changing Music Sources.....................................7
UsingHeadphones................................................8
Turning Off Your SoundBridge Radio...............8
SECTION 2: PLAYING AM/FM RADIO...........9
SoundBridge Radio Buttons...............................9
Remote Control Buttons....................................10
Storing Your Favorite Radio
Stations to Presets.....................................12
SECTION 3: PLAYING INTERNET RADIO....12
Selecting Internet Radio Stations....................13
Browsing Internet Radio Stations....................13
Find Station URLs
Using Roku Radio Snooper......................15
Playing Internet Radio from iTunes ................15
Customizing Favorites and Presets for
Internet Radio.............................................17
Saving Stations Originating in
iTunes to Presets........................................20
Memorizing a Radio Playlist.............................20
Playing Stations Saved as
“My Favorites” or “Presets”......................21
Playback Limitations of Internet
Radio Streams............................................22
Discovering More Internet Radio Stations....22
SECTION 4: SHARING YOUR
PC OR MAC MUSIC LIBRARY..........................23
MusicServer..........................................................23
Music Servers and SoundBridge
Radio Features...........................................23
Installing a Compatible Music Server............25
Enabling Music Sharing.....................................26
Personal Firewall.................................................28
SECTION 5: BROWSING MUSIC....................29
Choosing Your Music Library...........................29
Remote Control Quick Reference....................29
Home Menu Overview.......................................30
Browsing Your Music by Album......................31
Browsing by Artist or Composer.....................33
Browsing by Song...............................................34
Browsing by Genre.............................................34
Browsing Server Containers............................34
SECTION 6: THE SONG QUEUE.....................35
Building a Song Queue......................................35
Reviewing a Song Queue..................................36
Erasing a Song Queue .......................................37
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SECTION 7: ADDITIONAL
PLAYBACK OPTIONS...........................................38
Playing a Playlist.....................................................38
Repeat and Shuffle................................................38
Search Options.......................................................39
SECTION 8: PRESETS..........................................40
Recalling Presets....................................................40
Editing Presets Using the Web Interface.........40
Presets in a Universal Remote Control.............41
SECTION 9: SOUNDBRIDGE
RADIO WEB INTERFACE....................................41
Launching the Web Interface.............................41
Now Playing ...........................................................43
Presets .....................................................................44
Configuration ........................................................46
Status ......................................................................47
SECTION 10: ALARM CLOCK...........................48
Setting the Alarm..................................................48
Wake-Up Selections.............................................49
Sleep Function.......................................................49
SECTION 11: ADVANCED FEATURES............50
Display Options.....................................................50
Light Sensor............................................................50
Settings....................................................................50
Clock Settings ........................................................52
Date Format............................................................54
Language Setup....................................................54
Standby and Reboot Options...........................55
WMA Lossless Transcoding...............................55
FLAC and Ogg-Vorbis Transcoding.................55
Programming a Universal Remote Control...55
Safe Mode..............................................................56
Using SD Cards.....................................................57
Roku Control Protocol (RCP).............................57
Geeks – Read This................................................57
SECTION 12:OPTIONS
FOR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION....................58
Software Version & Updates.............................58
Select Wi-Fi SSID & Password...........................58
Show Wi-Fi Status................................................58
Network Control...................................................58
Reset to Factory Defaults...................................58
Restart SoundBridge Radio...............................58
SECTION 13: APPENDICES
Appendix 1A: Menus Overview.......................59
Appendix 1B: Remote Control Buttons.........61
Appendix 1C: Screen Icons and
Quick Reference..........................................62
Appendix 1D: Music Visualizer Options.......64
Appendix 2: Wi-Fi Setup Help.........................64
Appendix 3: End User Software
License Agreement....................................76
Appendix 4: Limited Warranty........................77
Appendix 5: Regulations and Safety.............79

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SECTION 1: GETTING STARTED
Introduction
Your SoundBridge Radio makes listening to Internet radio as easy as listening to AM/FM radio
with easy browsing of a variety of Internet radio stations and the ability to save your favorites
with the press of a button.You can import your own station URL’s to hear over 10,000 stations
from around the globe in every music or talk format. You can also stream your Mac or PC music
libraries stored on any computer that’s connected to your Wi-Fi home network. At your bedside,
SoundBridge Radio can gently wake you with your choice of music or radio station. A built-in
light sensor dims the display when you turn off the lights.
SoundBridge Radio was created with an advanced speaker system designed by audio legend
Dr. Godehard Guenther. The result is a set of speakers and subwoofer that work together
seamlessly to deliver unusually transparent and powerful acoustic performance not seen
previously from a system of this size. Please note: If you choose to listen to highly compressed
digital music (like low-bitrate MP3 files or Internet radio) you may find that the speaker system
reveals the audio limitations in the source material quite clearly. This is not a flaw of the system,
but rather a demonstration of the accurate audio reproduction possible with SoundBridge
Radio. Higher-bitrate audio (192kbps or greater) using advanced codecs like AAC and WMA will
sound very pleasing.
Package Contents
Before proceeding, check your package and verify that you received the following items:
• Roku SoundBridge Radio
• Remote control (two AAA batteries included)
• Power cord
• External AM antenna
• AM antenna adaptor
• External FM antenna
• User guide (this document)
Important Safety Information
We recommend that you read“Appendix 5: Regulations & Safety Information.”
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Setting Up Your SoundBridge Radio
To use SoundBridge Radio you will need to:
1. Put the included AAA batteries into your remote control. Make sure there is no object
blocking the IR receiver located on the right side of your SoundBridge Radio display.
2. Attach the AM and FM radio antennas. At the rear of the unit, the FM antenna plugs into the
FM connector labeled “FM” and the AM antenna plugs into the AM connector labeled “AM.”
3. Plug the power cord into the back of SoundBridge Radio, then into an electric AC power
outlet. There is no power switch to turn on SoundBridge Radio. As soon as you plug in the
power, you should see the Roku logo and the SoundBridge Radio welcome message.
4. Answer the questions on your display to configure SoundBridge Radio. SoundBridge Radio
will then search for your Wi-Fi network and automatically connect (or prompt you to enter
a WEP password). If SoundBridge Radio cannot find a network and you only want to listen
to AM/FM radio or music from your SD card, press Exit [ ] on your remote control and
begin tuning to a radio station. If you want to configure the network connection later, have
more than one network, or use a security key, see Appendix 2: “Wi-Fi Setup Help.”
Note:The included AM antenna works well for strong, local stations. If you find that a particular
station does not come in clearly or is “noisy”, you may wish to consider an alternative antenna.
(We’ve found that the Terk AM-1000 “AM Advantage” works well.) Since many AM antennas
come with two bare wires, we have included a small adaptor. If you have this bare wire type of
antenna, plug the adaptor into the AM antenna jack on the unit, and then connect each wire of
your antenna to one of the two wires of the adaptor by twisting the wires together. Then wrap
some tape around the bare wire so that the two wires don’t touch.
When a software update is available, your SoundBridge Radio will automatically offer you
the choice to upgrade. Please take a minute to do so. You’ll just need SoundBridge Radio
connected to a network with a high-speed Internet connection. Roku will release a revised
user guide in PDF format periodically to explain new features or functions that have been
added to the SoundBridge software. Please visit www.rokulabs.com/support to download the
latest manual.
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Configuring Your SoundBridge Radio
SoundBridge Radio allows you to customize your product by choosing from multiple
languages, and a range of time zones and geographic locations. Your country information is
used to select the correct Wi-Fi format. Note that it may be illegal for you to select an incorrect
country. SoundBridge Radio uses your time zone selection to set the time from an external
“atomic clock” time server from the Internet.
During this process, if you want to move back to a prior menu, use the Back [] key on your
remote control. If at a later time you change your mind about your selections, you can change
them singly using SoundBridge Radio’s Web Interface or start fresh using “Reset to Factory
Defaults”. See the “SoundBridge Radio Web Interface” and “Advanced Features” chapters of this
manual for more information.
After completing these selections, SoundBridge Radio looks for a Wi-Fi connection, and then
connects to the Internet and to any networked computers with shared music servers (see
“Sharing Your PC or Mac Music Library”). You can now begin listening to AM/FM radio or
Internet radio.
Navigating SoundBridge Radio Menus
As you use your remote control to navigate between menus on SoundBridge Radio, you will see
just the first few lines of each menu. You can use the Bright button on your remote control to
adjust text size between 1, 2, or 4 lines of text. Use the Up/Down arrows on the remote control
to see the complete a list of menu options, then press Select [4] to choose a menu item.
Below are the first two levels of SoundBridge Radio menus:
To choose a music source to play, simply navigate to it and press Select. You will then see the
“Home Menu” for that source. Scroll down to see all the available commands for your music
source.
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Changing Music Sources
You easily navigate between different music servers on your network, as well as your Internet
Radio Library and AM/FM radio. You can use the Source [ ] button on the top of the unit to
access another music source. Or, you can also use your remote control as follows:
1. Press Home[ ].
2. Press Down [ 6] and navigate to “Change Library or Configuration” and then press Select
[4]. All your available libraries are displayed.
3. Navigate to the library you would like and press Select [4]to access your desired music
library.
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Play Dan’s Music
Ë Play Joe’s Music
Play AM Radio
Play FM Radio
Play Internet Radio
  SystemConguration
Browse
Play Preset
ShowSongQueue
ShowNowPlaying
Settings
ChangeLibraryorConguration
The Home Menu
The “Change Library or Configuration” Menu

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Using Headphones
For private listening, connect headphones to the headphone jack on the side of the unit. The
speakers are automatically muted when you plug in headphones. To change the volume level
of the headphones, use the volume knob on SoundBridge Radio or the volume buttons on the
remote control.
You won’t miss your alarm! The alarm is designed to sound from the built-in speakers even if
your headphones are connected.
Turning Off Your SoundBridge Radio
When you are finished playing music on your SoundBridge Radio, press Standby []on
your remote. In Standby mode, SoundBridge Radio’s display is blank or shows the time. See
“Advanced Features” for more information on SoundBridge Radio’s standby settings.
If you plan to disconnect SoundBridge Radio from AC power, be sure to press Standby []first.
This logs you out of the music server software running on your computer. Wait approximately
five seconds after pressing Standby []before unplugging SoundBridge Radio. This gives it
time to flush its settings for a clean reboot.
If you want to disconnect the power cord from your SoundBridge Radio, please place one hand
firmly on the subwoofer enclosure when removing the power cord from the unit.
If you want to disconnect the power cord from your SoundBridge Radio, please place one hand
firmly on the subwoofer enclosure when removing the power cord from the unit.
Note: If you unplug SoundBridge Radio from AC power five times without pressing Standby
[]on your remote first, iTunes may lock you out of connecting to the server. This is
because iTunes allows a maximum of five users to connect at one time. If you do not first put
SoundBridge Radio in standby mode, iTunes thinks you are still connected. To restore your
access to the iTunes server, close iTunes and then restart it.
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SECTION 2: PLAYING AM/FM RADIO
Introduction
Listening to AM/FM radio stations is similar to your experience with other radios. You can scan
for available stations and then store up to 18 of them as Presets.
If SoundBridge Radio is turned off, press the Standby []button on the remote control or
press any of the Preset buttons (numbered 1-6) or the Source [ ] button on SoundBridge
Radio. To tune in to an AM/FM station, press the Source [ ] button until “FM Radio” or “AM
Radio” is displayed, and then use the Scan Up [ ] and Scan Down [ ] buttons on the radio
or the Next Track/Previous Track [ : 9 ]buttons on the remote control to find stations.
SoundBridge Radio will rapidly search for radio stations with a strong signal. To tune in to a
specific station by frequency, press the up or down arrow on your remote at any point while
listening to the radio. You will see a list of frequencies similar to this:
X)) 105.3 FM
105.5 FM
105.7 FM
The speaker icon X)) indicates the station currently playing. Use the Up/Down arrows on
your remote to move through the list one by one, or the Left/Right arrows to move by larger
increments. Your selection is denoted by an arrow. Press Select to play a selected frequency.
SoundBridge Radio Buttons
On the top of the unit, you will see the following buttons.
Icon Name Action
Source Selects between AM/FM, SD Card/Internet radio, or a Music Library.
Scan Up (Forward) Scans or scrolls forward. (Same as the Next Track 9button on your remote control.)
Scan Down
(Backward)
Scans or scrolls backward. (Same as the Previous Track :button on your
remote control.)
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Icon Name Action
Alarm Shows alarm settings; hold to set the alarm.
SNOOZE Snooze/Sleep Press once to snooze the alarm by 7 minutes. Press repeatedly to set the Radio to go to
sleep in a chosen time interval (or press to cancel the Sleep function).
large round knob
at top/left
Standby/Volume Press to toggle Standby mode; turn to adjust volume.
1–6 Presets 1–6 Selects one of 6 different preset stations or playlists. Use with A-B-C button to access
the next set of six presets.
A-B-C Preset Bank Selects one of 3 “banks” of 6 presets, giving you access to a total of 18 presets.
Remote Control Buttons
You can also use your remote control with AM and FM radio as described below.
PRESETS
VOLUME
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Current Remote New Remote (Rendering)
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Button
old remote
Button
new remote
Name Action
56 ‚· Up/Down Navigates through available selections in the list.
34 fl‡Left/Right “FastBrowse.” When browsing for an artist alphabetically, you skip from one letter of
the alphabet to another.
4 4 Select Selects any item shown on SoundBridge Radio’s display. Pressing Select is like clicking
your mouse on a highlighted item.
4 4 Play Begins playing current selection.
; ; Pause Pauses currently playing song.
Home Takes you to the Source or Home Menu.
Exit Takes you one step backward and works like the Back button on your Internet
browser. Pressing Exit repeatedly displays information about the song currently
playing.
  Standby Stops playing the current selection and puts SoundBridge Radio in standby mode.
Adjust Display Adjusts brightness and size of display information when used with Up/Down and
Left/Right buttons.
Volume Adjusts the volume.
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Storing Your Favorite Radio Stations to Presets
A Preset is a quick way to play your favorite music on your SoundBridge Radio. Any music you
can play on the SoundBridge Radio can be saved as a Preset. This includes AM/FM and Internet
radio stations, playlists, albums, tracks by a particular artist, and so on. The SoundBridge Radio
presets are not “source specific” — there are not separate presets for FM, AM and Internet radio.
This allows you to arrange your Presets any way you like, and gives you one-button access to
any source.
SoundBridge Radio supports 18 presets in three banks of six: A1–A6, B1–B6 and C1–C6. Press
the A-B-C button to access each set of six presets.
To program an AM/FM radio station as a preset, press and hold one of the Preset buttons while
listening to the station until you hear a beep. To change the name of the preset as it appears in
your display, see the “SoundBridge Radio Web Interface” chapter of this user guide.
SECTION 3: PLAYING INTERNET RADIO
Introduction
What is Internet radio? It’s thousands of radio stations, broadcast by a variety of entities, from
large companies to independent broadcasters, streaming digital audio over the Internet. There
are free Internet radio stations for BBC, NPR, ESPN, jazz, rock, hip hop, and many, many other
formats. With Internet radio, you can hear more of the music you love or discover new favorites;
you can also listen to free news, sports, weather, and talk radio. You can listen to stations in
other countries, or from the home town where you grew up. Internet radio offers the most
music selection of any type of radio, and most stations are free.
You can listen to Internet radio in one of four ways. First, you can listen to SoundBridge Radio’s
built-in set of radio stations located in the “Internet Radio” Library. Your computer does not
need to be on - all you need is an active Internet connection on your home network. Second,
you can enter a URL of a radio station playlist on the Presets tab of the SoundBridge Radio web
page. (This feature is described more in the “SoundBridge Radio Web Interface” chapter of
this user guide.) Third, you can use Roku Radio Snooper to find, test and set a radio station url
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you’re listening to on your computer to be a new SoundBridge Radio preset. Fourth, you can
use iTunes to tune in to other stations, and then play them back on SoundBridge Radio. (Note:
You can use iTunes for radio tuning even if you normally use Windows Media Connect as your
music server.)
Selecting Internet Radio Stations
To listen to one of SoundBridge Radio’s eighteen preset stations, you can either:
• Push a Preset button; or
• Press the Source [ ] button until you see “Internet Radio” on the display. The first available
Internet radio station will begin playing. Use the Scan Up [ ] and Scan Down [ ] buttons
to scan through the Preset stations preprogrammed in your SoundBridge Radio.
When you find a station to play, make sure the selection arrow [4]is pointing to the station
and wait – the station will begin playing in a few moments. (Or, if you are using your remote
Control to scroll through the list, press Select to choose a station to play.)
When the station is playing, the “Now Playing” screen looks similar to this:
Michelle Shocked — Black Widow
http://www.radioparadise.com
RadioParadise.com
Note: The song and artist information is provided by each Internet radio station. Therefore, it
may not be available for every station, or it may look slightly different.
Browsing Internet Radio Stations
You can also use your remote control to browse radio stations by Name, Genre, Language, and
Location. (There are about 100 pre-selected stations shipping in SoundBridge Radio now, and
this number is expected to increase in future software releases.)
To navigate to the “Internet Radio” Library using your remote control, follow these steps:
1.Press Home Menu [ ] button on your remote. Navigate down to ”Change Library or
Configuration” and press Select [4].
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2.Your available music libraries will be displayed, including the one named “Internet Radio.”
Select that library and you will see a list of Internet radio stations. These are your Presets,
and they are pre-loaded when your SoundBridge Radio is first set up. See below for more
information on how to edit these Presets.
3.Press Home Menu[ ]button to access your browsing options.
You will see the following options:
My Favorites
Browse
Play Preset
ShowNowPlaying
(Etc.)
Select “Browse” and select the method of browsing that you prefer:
Browse Names
Browse Genres
BrowseLocations(bycountryoforigin)
BrowseLanguages
Scroll down to the station you would like to hear and press Select [4]for more information
about the stream, or Play to begin playback.
Hint:You can “Fast Browse” a list of results by pressing the Left/Right arrows on your remote;
your results will skip to the next letter of the alphabet.
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Find Station URLs Using Roku Radio Snooper
Roku Radio Snooper is a free Windows application that enables you to quickly and easily
discover the URL for your favorite Internet radio stations and determine if the station is
supported by SoundBridge Radio and then make it one of your 18 SoundBridge Radio presets
with the click of a button. Go to www.rokulabs.com/snooper to download Roku Radio
Snooper. Once launched, the lightweight application runs in the background. And while you
are listening to any Internet radio stream on your PC, Snooper will test the stream, determine
compatibility in an instant, and then present you with the option to set a compatible station as
a preset with one button click. Snooper requires software version 2.5 or later running on your
SoundBridge Radio.
Playing Internet Radio from iTunes
If you want to listen to a station that is not among SoundBridge Radio’s built-in list of stations,
you can use iTunes to “tune in” to that station, and then listen to it on SoundBridge Radio.
(Windows Media Connect users can continue to use WMC for your music library, and just use
iTunes for this feature.)
To play Internet radio stations with the iTunes music server on SoundBridge Radio:
1.In iTunes, create a new playlist (for example, let’s call it “RadioFavorites”).
2. Find the stations that you would like to play on SoundBridge Radio; browse the iTunes
Internet radio station list by clicking on the Radio button on the Source tray of iTunes, or
import a specific URL from its online source.
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3. Drag and drop the stations you like into the “RadioFavorites” playlist.
The result is an iTunes playlist that contains your favorite radio stations (see next image).
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4. Play this playlist on SoundBridge Radio. Connect to your iTunes Music Library by
choosing the “Change Library or Configuration” option from your Home Menu and select
the name of your library. Once connected, select “Playlists.” Scroll down to the saved
playlist (in our example, “RadioFavorites”) and select it. You can now scroll through your
favorite radio stations. Press Play to start playing your desired station.
Customizing Favorites and Presets for Internet Radio
There are two ways to save Internet radio stations for easy playback.
The first way is to save the station as a Preset. Whether the station was found by browsing
SoundBridge Radio’s built-in Internet Radio Library, by playing it from iTunes, or by entering it
manually on the web page, it can be stored as a Preset by pressing one of the Preset buttons on
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the top of your SoundBridge Radio. You can also use Roku Radio Snooper. Or using the remote
control, press Select while the station is playing. You will see the following list of options:
 Getinfofor“[Stationname]”
PlayPreset…(thisdisplaysalistofyour18presets)
SavePreset:[Stationname]
Add Station to My Favorites
Stop
Select the option “Save Preset: [Station name]” and press Select [4]. Scroll down to the
position you want to replace and press Select. Next time you view Presets, you will see that
station displayed in the position you have chosen. You will also see Presets displayed first in the
list of My Favorites.
The second way is to mark a station from the built-in Internet Radio Library as a Favorite. When
a station is marked as a favorite, it appears in the “My Favorites” list in the Internet Radio Library,
but does not use up one of the 18 Preset slots.
There are several important differences between Presets and My Favorites:
ËPresets are accessible from any Library, while My Favorites only appear in the Internet
Radio Library.
Ë My Favorites may only contain stations found by browsing the Internet Radio Library.
Presets may contain stations from the Internet Radio Library, or saved from Roku
Radio Snooper, or saved from iTunes, or entered via the web page.
Ë Presets can recall content other than Internet radio stations, like playlists or selections
that you have browsed to from SoundBridge Radio (such as all songs by a particular
artist, etc). My Favorites include only Internet radio stations.
Ë When displaying My Favorites, Internet radio station Presets are also included at the
beginning of the list.
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