21Network audio playbackFollow this procedure to play Internet radio stations or music filesstored on a computer.n About the internet radio function (vpage 40)n About Music server (vpage 40)n About Last.fm (vpage 40)Listening to internet radio1 Prepare for playback.q Check the network environment,then turn on this unit’s power(vpage 20 “Turning the poweron”).w If settings are required, make the“Setting the network [Network]”(vpage 14).2 Press INTERNET RADIO to switchthe input source to “InternetRadio”.• For details on selecting the input sourceusing the unit buttons, see “Selectingthe input source using the main unit”(vpage 20).3 Press ui to select the item you want to play, thenpress ENTER or p.4 Repeat step 3 until the station list is displayed.The station list is displayed.• Any characters that cannot be displayed are replaced with “.”(period) or “ ” (space).5 Press ui to select the station, then press ENTER orp.Playback starts once buffering reaches “100%”.• There are many Internet radio stations on the Internet, and thequality of the programs they broadcast as well as the bit rate of thetracks varies widely.Generally, the higher the bit rate, the higher the sound quality, butdepending on the communication lines and server traffic, the musicor audio signals being streamed may be interrupted. Inversely, lowerbit rates mean a lower sound quality but less tendency for the soundto be interrupted.• “Server Full” or “Connection Down” is displayed if the station isbusy or not broadcasting.n Switching the displayPress INFO during Internet radioreception.The broadcast station information and signalformat bit rate are displayed.n Recently played internet radio stationsRecently played internet radio stations can be selected from“Recently Played”.Up to 20 stations stored in “Recently Played”.1 On a top menu of the internetradio station, press ui to select“Recently Played”, then pressENTER or p.2 Press ui to select the item youwant to play, then press ENTERor p.n Searching stations by keyword(Alphabetic strings)1 Press ui to select “Search byKeyword”, then press ENTER orp.2 Use uip or NUMBER (0 – 9,+10) to input the characters,then press ENTER.• For character input, see page 33.n Registering internet radio stations as yourfavoritesYou can register your favorite broadcast stations in Favorite List(vpage 25).n Internet radio operationOperation buttons FunctionFAVORITE ADD Registration to the Favorite listFAVORITE CALL Call from the Favorite list2, 1/3z1 StopSETUP Menuuio p Cursor operation (Up/Down/Left/Right)ENTER EnterSEARCH Character searchz2z1 1/3 only on the front panel can be used.z2 Press SEARCH, then press ENTER to select the first letter youwant to search mode.If the list is not in alphabetical order, you may not be able to performa character search.