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Music Player
Accessing your audio fi les via a UPnP server
If your computer is running Windows 7, 8 or 10 then Windows Media
Player includes a UPnP server which will make your fi les available to your
radio. There are other UPnP server solutions available for non-Windows
users and for Windows users who may wish to use an alternative (see
the preceding page).
It is beyond the scope of this instruction book to cover all possible options
for UPnP. We explain the use of Microsoft's Windows Media Player here
since that will be the fi rst choice for the majority of users.
Set up UPnP access with Windows Media Player
1. At the time of writing, Windows versions 7, 8 and 10 all use Windows
Media Player version 12 (referred to here as WMP 12), and the
confi guration is similar in each case. WMP 12 can create a library from
all the media fi les available to it on your PC. To add new media fi les
to the library, select 'Library', then 'Music', then 'All music' or 'Artist',
'Album' etc. This will show you the current library contents. You may
then simply drag and drop fi les from other locations into the library.
Alternatively, with media fi les or folders on the screen, you may right-
click on the fi le or folder and select 'Include in library' and then select
'Music'. In this way you can quickly add additional content to your
music library.
2. In WMP 12, click on 'Stream' (see picture at right) and then select
'Automatically allow devices to play my media'. Then accept the
'Automatically allow all computer and media devices' option. There
are other options (see overleaf) but this is the simplest if you just wish
to quickly enable media streaming to your radio.
3. Press and release the On/Standby button to switch the radio on. Then
press the Mode button as needed until the Music Player mode display
is shown. The main 'Music Player' menu will then be displayed.
Enabling Media Streaming in Windows Media Player 12
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