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iQ Radio Sources on the TS.N

 
Navigating XM, Sirius, AM/FM, Finetune & Internet Radio Sources
 

 To start playing music from the hard drive source on the iQ system using the TS.N touch panels, you must first choose what room you would like to play music in.  To play music in the current room, press Music.  To choose another room to play music in choose Rooms.

  If music is already in progress or something in Now Playing in the room you have chosen, a pop-up will appear where you can choose any of these options:
  • Change Music - Allows you to change the music current playing within the existing source.
  • Change Source - Allows you to change the source to a different source than is what currently playing in the room.
  • Turn Room Off - Allows you to turn off the Room to stop all music and clear the current Now Playing queue.
 After choosing Change Source or once the room has been selected, you then must choose which source to play.o The hard drive source can be customized and renamed.  To choose a hard drive source, select one of the sources with the iQ icon to the left.


 
 Navigating XM & Sirius Sources
 

 To play XM and Sirius Sources, select one of the two radio types from the sources list.  Once selected, the default screen will show what is or was last playing on the system.

 The bottom options on the first page include:
  • Presets - Allows you to choose from a list of six possible presets.
  • Stations - Allows you to access a list of stations available.

 The bottom options on the second and last page include:
  • Station - Skip forward and back numerically through the available stations numbers.
  • Category - Skip forward and back alphabetically through the available stations based on category/genre.
  • 123 - Allows you to manually plug in the station information.

 By Choosing Presets, a pop-up will appear with all the available presets.  If a preset is not yet configured, it will display as <present #>.
 
 By choosing stations, a list of available stations will appear with the blue play buttons to the right.  The stations are listed by name with a short description below.

 If the blue Play button is pressed, a pop-up will appear with the options to play it now, save it as a preset or close the pop-up which will cancel the action.

 If Save This to a Preset is selected, a pop-up will appear with the list of presets.  You can overwrite an existing preset or select a unused preset by pressing the option on the screen.

 If the numbers icon is selected, a pop-up will appear with a number pad.  This is a quick way to go to a station number you are familiar with without using presets or navigating the entire station list.


 
 Navigating AM/FM Sources
 
 To play AM/FM Sources, select the AM/FM source from the sources list.  Once selected, the default screen will show what is or was last playing on the system.

 Below the Now Playing info, two navigation options include:
  • Bands - Allows you to change the band between AM and FM.
  • Presets - Allows you to choose from a list of six possible presets.

 At the bottom of the page, additional options include:
  • Seek - Allows you to seek the band for other stations.
  • Lock - Allows you to lock this source so that other rooms cannot control it.
  • 123 - Allows you to input a station number.

 If the numbers icon is selected, a pop-up will appear with a number pad.  This is a quick way to go to a station number you are familiar with.

 If Change Band is selected, a pop-up will appear where you can choose between AM and FM.


 
 Navigating Finetune Sources
 
 To play the Finetune Source, select the Finetune source from the sources list.  Once selected, the default screen will show what is or was last playing on the system.
 Below the Now Playing info, two navigation options include:
  • Find Music - Allows you to select the play options from the default screen to browse the music options including Tags, Playlists and Artists
  • Load Profile - Allows you to load a different profile.

 By selecting Find Music, a pop-up will appear with options of how you would like to navigate the available Finetune profile database.

 For example, by selecting the profile tags, a list of available of tags associated to the selected profile will appear.

 Once a tag has been selected, it will flip to the Now Playing page where the available tag information for the current playing media and next media will display.

 The bottom options include:
  • Play/Stop - Allows you Play or Stop the playback of the current selection.
  • Next Song - Allows you to jump to the next song in the current media list selection.

 When Load Profile is selected, a pop-up will appear with the list of available profiles configured in the iQ system's web server.


 
 Navigating Internet Radio Sources
 

 To play Internet Radio Source, select the Internet Radio source from the sources list.  Once selected, the default screen will show what is or was last playing on the system.  If nothing was playing then it will default to the list of available stations.

 The bottom options include:
  • Play/Stop - Allows you Play or Stop the playback of the current selection.
  • Browse Stations - Allows you to browse the list of available stations.
  • Find Music - Find other stations to listen to.

 If Find Music is selected, a list of stations configured in the web server of the iQ system will appear.  By pressing the blue  Play button the station will immediately begin playback and the screen will flip to the Now Playing/Internet Radio home screen.



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