Hama DIT1000MBT Operating Instructions Manual

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189.1 Playback from a computer (streaming)You can manage the radio and stream music to itfrom your computer.The following explanation assumes your computer’soperating system is Windows 8. If you use a differentoperating system and require assistance, or if youhave any other questions, please contact our customersupport team.Requirements:• The radio and the computer must be on thesame network.• The radio must be authorised as a playbackdevice on the computer.Proceed as follows: Control Panel  Network and Internet View network computers and devicesThe radio should be shown here.• Right-click on the icon or designation of the radioand choose Allow streaming to this device.• Right-click again on the icon or designation of theradio and choose Show device website tochange the friendly name of the device.• A new browser window opens. You can make thedesired changes here.Use:• The radio can now access shared directories onthe computer, and you can stream audio fi lestothe device for playback.• The music directory of your music library is enabledas standard.• Create and manage shared folders using Exploreror Windows Media Player.• Right-click on the desired music fi le,choose Play To,and then select the designation of the radio.• The radio begins playback of the music file.9.2 Playback from the network –Accessing files using the radioTo access one of the existing network shared filesdirectly from the radio, proceed as follows:From the main menu or after pressing [MODE]repeatedly, activate Music player mode.[MENU]Main menuMusic playerShared media• Choose the correct device (home server, PC, etc.)and press [OK] to open the list of shared folderson that device.You can now search for fi les,open a Playlist, or searchthrough the entire shared music folders. If you wantto search through the entire selection of music, thereare other sorting functions available (Album, Artist,Genre, Folder, etc.) that can help you fi nd thedesired file more quickly.NoteThese functions are only available if the ID3 tag andother file information have been maintained on thesource device.Prune servers:To reset the list of servers connected to so far, press [OK].If you confirm by choosing YES, then all Common Mediawill be deleted.