You can see the PC you want to play
music from, but cannot find any fold-
ers on the PC:.
I can't share a folder, as the option is
not highlighted:
If the Internet Radio keeps re-buffer-
ing the radio station:
What is Buffering?
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-You have a firewall running which is preventing the internet radio from
seeing the shared folder. As a quick check, you can disable firewalls like
Norton to see if this overcomes the problem, if this resolves the issue
then you can either leave the firewall off, or allow file sharing through
the fire wall.
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Note: If you firewall is required to provide security for your system, it
should not be left off.
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When the internet radio is scanning the content of the folders on a PC, it
is possible that a scan error may occur if the windows file sharing appli-
cation times out. This is most likely to occur if both the PC with the media
content and the Internet Radio are connected wirelessly.
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Try re-connecting the PC with the media content into the network via ca-
ble. This will dramatically increase the speed at which the Internet Radio
is able to scan the content of the Media PC.
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When the internet radio is scanning the content of the folders on a PC, it
is possible that a scan error may occur if the windows file sharing appli-
cation times out. This is most likely to occur if both the PC with the media
Scan Error:
content and the Internet Radio are connected wirelessly.
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Try re-connecting the PC with the media content into the network via ca-
ble. This will dramatically increase the speed at which the Internet Radio
is able to scan the content of the Media PC.
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Some media ripping applications allow 'Playlists' to be created. The In-
ternet Radio is able to detect and stream these playlists, but they must
be stored in the folder with the rest of the Media content and they must
have the file extension.m3u.
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Windows Media player can create suitable playlist, just ENTER 'create
new playlist', drag and drop the tracks you want into the playlist, then
Playlists:
use 'Save as' to ensure the file type is .m3u. (Existing play lists can be
opened and re-saved in this format) When the Internet Radio detects
you have playlists, it will enable a new menu option allowing the playlist
to be ENTERed and added to the queue.
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If you re-connect to another PC of folder, which does not have any Play-
lists in the .m3u. format, the playlist option will not be presented in the
menu.
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The Internet Radio is streaming the data from the radio station via your
broadband connection, if there is a high error rate on your broadband
connection, or the connection is intermittent, then it will cause the In-
ternet Radio to pause until the connection is re-established and it has
received enough data to start playing again.
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If your Internet Radio keeps stopping, please check the DSL modem to
ensure that the Broadband line is not suffering a high error rate or dis-
connections. If you are experiencing these problems, you will need to
contact your broadband supplier.
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When playing a stream, the Internet Radio/Media player, downloads a
small amount of the stream before it starts playing. This is used to fill
in any gaps in the stream that may occur if the internet or the wireless
network is busy.
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The Internet Radio streams music data from the PC while you are listen-
ing. If a stream gets blocked or experiences Internet congestion while
transferring it may stop/interfere with the quality of play. If this happens,
check your internet connection speed- it must be faster than the speed
of the streams.
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