Sangean DDR-75BT - Music Player Mode; Use with Windows, Apple Mac and Linux

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Music Player
Use with Windows, Apple Mac, Linux
The Music Player allows you to play audio les which are stored on a
another device connected to your network.
Networked devices that could hold audio les can include computers,
smart phones, tablets, Network Attached Storage (NAS) units, and
network routers which have UPnP/DLNA le sharing capability. In order
to play les from a device on your network, your radio must connect to
a le server program on that device which uses the Universal Plug and
Play (UPnP) protocol (often known as DLNA).
If the device is a computer or tablet using Windows, then it probably
already has a UPnP server program available in the form of Windows
Media Player (WMP). This allows you to share your les to devices on
your network, and you may then select les by Album, Artist, and so on
using your radio 's controls. WMP can serve MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV
les to your radio (and FLAC les from Windows 10).
If you are an Apple MacOS, Linux, iOS or Android user, or if you have
your audio les stored in other formats, such as ALAC, there are many
other UPnP server programs available. Note that Apple computers do
not support UPnP streaming natively and third party software is required
for this task. If you wish to use a DLNA server built into your NAS or
network router, you should consult your manufacturer's documentation
on how this should be congured.
The Music Player on the radio can play audio les in MP3, WMA, AAC,
ALAC, FLAC and WAV formats. WMA Lossless les can also be played
when using Windows Media Player as the UPnP server. Note that the
playback of les encoded using WMA Voice, WMA 10 Professional, and
of les which have DRM protection is not supported by the radio.
Please note that when using a UPnP/DLNA server, the search and
selection criteria that are available to the user are determined by the
server software, and not by the device playing the content. Typical
searches include Artist, Album and Genre. Many server applications
also allow you to access your les according to the folders within which
they are stored as well as other criteria. Windows Media Player is less
exible than some other UPnP servers in this regard, but is generally
easier to set up.
Many UPnP server applications are also capable of sharing pictures
and video les to other network connected devices. If this is the case (as
it is with Windows Media Player) you may see the option of choosing
between 'Music', 'Video' and 'Pictures' on the Music Player's menu.
Clearly you should only select the 'Music' option. Content offered via the
alternative options will not be playable on your radio.
Some third party server applications allow customization of the search
criteria and indexing methods. This can be useful if you have a very
large collection of stored music les.
It is not possible in this book to describe server applications for all
available environments, and neither is it practical to describe how to
get the best out of each. Windows Media Player is used as an example
in this case, although many of the principles are applicable to other
servers as well. The access to the media, the choice of media for
playing, and the use of the media playback controls from the product or
from its controlling app are similar regardless of the UPnP/DLNA server
being used.
When using your radio as part of a group of multi-room products, audio
les in ALAC and FLAC formats will only play on the group master.