VTech Clock Radio IS9181 User Manual
User’s manual  
www.vtechphones.com/IS9181  
Model: IS9181  
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Table of contents  
Before you begin                                 1  
Mꢀnꢀmum requꢀrements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1  
Parts checklꢀst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2  
Getting to know the IS9181                      3  
IS9181 layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3  
Remote control layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5  
IS9181 status ꢀcons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6  
Installation                                        7  
IS9181 ꢀnstallatꢀon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7  
Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9  
Remote control ꢀnstallatꢀon . . . . . . . . . . . 10  
Replace remote control battery . . . . . . . . 10  
Menu                                               11  
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11  
To stop the buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12  
To stop the alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12  
To sꢀlence the alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12  
To cancel snooze                                 13  
Wꢀreless network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15  
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17  
Weather settꢀngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19  
Product ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20  
Source                                             21  
Internet radꢀo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21  
Play Internet radꢀo statꢀon . . . . . . . . . . 21  
My Statꢀons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23  
Play added Internet radꢀo statꢀon . . . . . 24  
My musꢀc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25  
Computer setup for My Musꢀc - Wꢀndows . . . 26  
Determꢀne the versꢀon of your Wꢀndows  
operatꢀng system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26  
Share a folder on Wꢀndows 2000  
Professꢀonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27  
Create a new user account for  
Wꢀndows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28  
Share a folder on Wꢀndows XP . . . . . . . 30  
Create a new user account for  
Wꢀndows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32  
Equalꢀzer settꢀng (only avaꢀlable on  
some models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13  
Share a folder on Wꢀndows Vꢀsta . . . . . . 36  
Screen brꢀghtness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14  
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Table of contents  
Create new user account ꢀn  
Optional external audio system connection   62  
Optional battery installation                     63  
Troubleshooting                                  65  
Important safety instructions                   70  
Maintenance                                       71  
Warranty                                           72  
FCC Part 15                                       75  
IC RSS-210 (Canada)                             77  
Technical specifications                         78  
Wꢀndows Vꢀsta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38  
Computer setup for My Musꢀc - Mac OS 10.4 . 43  
Create the IS9181 user account and  
share the folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43  
Computer setup for My Musꢀc - Mac OS 10.5 . 49  
Create the IS9181 user account and  
share the folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  
External USB & Fꢀrewꢀre drꢀves . . . . . . . 52  
Access your musꢀc from the IS9181 . . . . . . 53  
Play musꢀc on your computer . . . . . . . . . 53  
FM radꢀo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55  
Play FM radꢀo statꢀon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55  
Aux ꢀn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56  
External audꢀo devꢀce connectꢀon . . . . . . 56  
Favorites                                           57  
Add to favorꢀtes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57  
Play favorꢀtes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  
Move favorꢀtes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59  
Delete favorꢀtes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60  
Weather (Info)                                     61  
Weather forecast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61  
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The IS9181 enables you to:  
• Lꢀsten to thousands of free Internet radꢀo statꢀons from around the world wꢀthout turnꢀng on a  
computer.  
• Lꢀsten to the dꢀgꢀtal musꢀc collectꢀon stored on your computer ꢀn any room of the house.  
• Lꢀsten to musꢀc from a MP3 player or connect to a home audꢀo system.  
In addꢀtꢀon, the IS9181 provꢀdes weather for your area.  
Before you begin  
Remove both clear plastꢀc protectꢀve sheets from the top and from the dꢀsplay of the IS9181.  
Minimum requirements  
You must have the following to access Internet radio and the music files stored on your computer.  
• Broadband Internet connection (typically cable, fiber optic or DSL).  
• A wꢀreless router.  
To access the music files on your computer you will also need: Windows 2000, XP (32-bit edition),  
Vꢀsta (32-bꢀt edꢀtꢀon), Mac OSX versꢀon 10.4 or 10.5: Englꢀsh versꢀons only.  
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Before you begin  
Parts checklist  
Your IS9181 package contaꢀns the followꢀng ꢀtems. Save your sales receꢀpt and  
orꢀgꢀnal packagꢀng ꢀn the event warranty servꢀce ꢀs necessary.  
• To purchase  
a replacement  
power adapter  
or remote  
control, vꢀsꢀt our  
websꢀte at www.  
vtechphones.  
com/IS9181 or  
call 1 (800) 595-  
9511.  
User’s manual  
1. Quꢀck start guꢀde  
2. User’s manual  
3. IS9181  
4. IS9181 power  
adapter  
5. Auxꢀlꢀary audꢀo cable  
6. Remote control  
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Getting to know the IS9181  
Top vꢀew  
IS9181 layout  
1. MENU  
9. STANDBY  
Show settꢀngs and optꢀons.  
Press to swꢀtch between  
standby mode and on.  
Enterꢀng standby mode exꢀts  
menus, stops the musꢀc, and  
the backlꢀght on the VTech  
logo turns off. The clock  
appears whꢀle ꢀn standby  
mode.  
2. SOURCE  
Select musꢀc source (Internet  
Radꢀo, My Musꢀc, FM Radꢀo,  
Aux In).  
1
2
3
4
3. FAVORITES  
Show a lꢀst of saved favorꢀte  
statꢀons.  
10.  
4. WEATHER (called INFO  
on some models)  
My Musꢀc: skꢀp to the  
prevꢀous song.  
5
Internet and FM Radꢀo: skꢀp  
to the prevꢀous statꢀon.  
Show weather ꢀnformatꢀon.  
7
8
+
-
5. VOL / VOL  
6
11.  
Adjust lꢀstenꢀng volume.  
My Musꢀc: play and pause  
current song.  
6. Rotary dial  
Rotate clockwꢀse or counter-  
clockwꢀse to navꢀgate through  
the menu and dꢀsplay ꢀtems.  
Internet and FM Radꢀo: mute  
and un-mute audꢀo.  
12.  
7. SELECT  
My Musꢀc: skꢀp to the next  
song.  
Select the hꢀghlꢀghted ꢀtem.  
8. BACK  
Internet and FM Radꢀo: skꢀp  
to the next statꢀon.  
10  
11  
12  
9
Return to the prevꢀous menu.  
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Getting to know the IS9181  
IS9181 layout  
Front vꢀew  
1. Remote control receiver  
5. LINE OUT port  
Receꢀves the sꢀgnal from the  
remote control.  
Connect to an audꢀo cable (not  
ꢀncluded) here to send the audꢀo  
to an external audꢀo system.  
1
2
2. VTech logo with backlight  
6. AUX IN port  
3
Blꢀnks whꢀle the IS9181 boots up.  
On when the IS9181 ꢀs on.  
Connect the supplꢀed audꢀo  
cable here to lꢀsten to an external  
audꢀo devꢀce.  
Back vꢀew  
Off when the IS9181 ꢀs ꢀn  
standby mode.  
7. Low frequency speaker  
3. High frequency speakers  
Audꢀo output.  
4
5
6
Audꢀo output.  
8. Battery compartment cover  
Bottom vꢀew  
4. DC 14V power jack  
Battery ꢀnstallatꢀon ꢀs  
Connect to the IS9181 power  
adapter.  
optꢀonal. Remove the battery  
compartment cover to ꢀnstall the  
sꢀx AA batterꢀes (not ꢀncluded).  
8
7
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Getting to know the IS9181  
Remote control layout  
The keys on the remote control correspond to the keys on the IS9181, so you can  
perform all operatꢀons usꢀng the remote control.  
1
7
1. STANDBY  
6.  
/
2
3
8
9
Press to swꢀtch between standby  
mode and on.  
Press to navꢀgate through the menu  
and dꢀsplay ꢀtems.  
4
Enterꢀng standby mode exꢀts menus,  
stops the musꢀc, and the backlꢀght on  
the VTech logo turns off. The clock  
appears whꢀle ꢀn standby mode.  
These keys operate the same as the  
rotary dꢀal.  
10  
11  
12  
5
6
7. SOURCE  
Select musꢀc source (Internet Radꢀo,  
My Musꢀc, FM Radꢀo, Aux In).  
2. FAV (FAVORITES)  
Show a lꢀst of saved favorꢀte statꢀons.  
8. WEATHER (called INFO on  
3. MENU  
some models)  
Show settꢀngs and optꢀons.  
Show weather ꢀnformatꢀon.  
11. SELECT  
4.  
9.  
Select the hꢀghlꢀghted ꢀtem.  
My Musꢀc: skꢀp to the prevꢀous song.  
My Musꢀc: play and pause the current  
song.  
Internet and FM Radꢀo: skꢀp to the  
prevꢀous statꢀon.  
12. BACK  
Internet and FM Radꢀo: mute and un-  
mute the audꢀo.  
Return to the prevꢀous menu.  
+
-
5. VOL / VOL  
10.  
Adjust lꢀstenꢀng volume.  
My Musꢀc: skꢀp to the next song.  
Internet and FM Radꢀo: skꢀp to the  
next statꢀon.  
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Getting to know the IS9181  
IS9181 status icons  
2
3
4
1
5
9:25 AM  
1. Clock (pages 17-18)  
12  
7. Favorites  
(page 57)  
You can set the clock manually or  
automatically from the Internet (see  
pages 17-18).  
Favorites No. 12 is playing.  
8. Play  
The radio or music is playing.  
2. Internet connection  
Pause  
Internet service is connected.  
The music is paused.  
The Internet radio or FM radio is  
muted.  
3. WiFi connection  
(page 15)  
12  
WiFi is connected.  
6
7
8
Previous  
6. Internet radio  
No WiFi connection  
(page 21)  
Internet radio is playing.  
Go to the previous available station  
or song.  
WiFi is disconnected or not  
configured.  
Skip  
My music  
(page 25)  
Music on your computer is playing.  
4. Alarm  
(page 11)  
Skip to the next available station or  
song.  
The alarm is set.  
FM radio  
FM radio is playing.  
(page 55)  
Seek  
(page 55)  
Alarm (on)  
Search for the next available FM  
channel.  
The alarm is on.  
Aux in  
(page 56)  
An external audio source is playing.  
5. Battery  
(page 63)  
The batteries are in use.  
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Installation  
IS9181 installation  
A wꢀreless network wꢀth Internet access ꢀs requꢀred to complete the setup of your IS9181. For  
easꢀer setup, wrꢀte the requꢀred ꢀnformatꢀon ꢀn the table below.  
Wireless Network  
Your Network Name (SSID)  
Your Password (Network Key)  
Clock  
Your Tꢀme Zone (Newfoundland, Atlantꢀc,  
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Hawaii,  
Alaska)  
Weather Settings  
Your 5-dꢀgꢀt zꢀp code (USA)  
or  
6-character postal code (Canada)  
Avoꢀd placꢀng the IS9181 too close to:  
• Communꢀcatꢀon devꢀces such as cordless telephones.  
• Excessꢀve heat or moꢀsture sources.  
• Microwave ovens, refrigerators, or fluorescent lighting.  
• Excessꢀve dust sources such as a workshop or garage.  
• Mechanꢀcal vꢀbratꢀon or shock such as on top of the washꢀng machꢀne or workbench.  
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Installation  
IS9181 installation  
To ꢀnstall the IS9181:  
When the IS9181 ꢀs  
finished booting up for the  
first time, Press STANDBY  
to advance to device  
setup appears on the  
screen.  
1. Press STANDBY and  
the ꢀnꢀtꢀal setup screen  
appears (shown to the  
rꢀght).  
Plug the IS9181 power adapter ꢀnto the power  
port labeled DC 14V on the back of the IS9181,  
and plug the other end ꢀnto an electrꢀcal outlet  
not controlled by a wall swꢀtch.  
A progress bar appears on the screen whꢀle  
bootꢀng up. It may take up to three mꢀnutes to  
complete thꢀs process.  
Press STANDBY to advance to  
device setup  
Set up IS9181 system  
Steps:  
1. Connect to a Wireless Network  
2. Adjust the Clock  
3. Enter location for Weather  
Electrꢀcal outlet  
not controlled by  
a wall swꢀtch  
Continue Setup ?  
2. Press SELECT and  
follow the setup screen  
ꢀnstructꢀons.  
YES  
NO  
Power adapter  
For ꢀnstructꢀons on settꢀng the Wireless  
network, see page 15.  
For ꢀnstructꢀons on settꢀng the Clock, see page  
17.  
For ꢀnstructꢀons on settꢀng the Weather  
settings, see page 19.  
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Installation  
Standby mode  
Every tꢀme that you plug ꢀn the IS9181 and each tꢀme ꢀt regaꢀns power after an outage, the progress  
bar appears on the screen. It may take up to three mꢀnutes to complete the boot-up process. When  
the clock appears, the IS9181 ꢀs ꢀn standby mode. Press STANDBY to turn on and use the IS9181.  
Alarm ꢀcon and alarm tꢀme  
11:00 AM  
Battery ꢀcon  
Clock  
12:00 AM  
Press STANDBY agaꢀn to return the IS9181 to standby mode. When ꢀn standby mode, the IS9181  
exꢀts menus, stops the musꢀc, and the backlꢀght on the VTech logo turns off. The clock appears  
whꢀle ꢀn standby mode.  
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Installation  
Remote control installation  
The battery is already installed in the remote control. However,  
you must remove the plastꢀc tab before use (as shown to the  
rꢀght).  
Pull  
Replace remote control battery  
Back of remote control  
Use a CR2025 lꢀthꢀum cell battery (sold separately) or equꢀvalent to  
replace the remote control battery. To replace the battery:  
1. Push and hold the tab on the battery compartment to the rꢀght  
and pull the compartment out of the remote control.  
2. Remove the old battery and ꢀnsert a new CR2025 lꢀthꢀum cell  
battery or equꢀvalent ꢀnto the battery compartment wꢀth the  
posꢀtꢀve sꢀde (+) facꢀng up.  
3. Push the battery compartment ꢀnto the remote control untꢀl ꢀt  
clꢀcks ꢀnto place.  
OPEN  
CR2025  
Push  
Posꢀtꢀve  
sꢀde (+)  
Open  
1
Push  
+
2
3
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Menu  
Alarm  
Menu  
Alarm  
Screen Brightness  
Wireless Network  
Clock  
In this menu, you can set the alarm time and turn it on and  
off. To set the alarm:  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press MENU.  
• The alarm clock  
does not work on  
battery power.  
The alarm clock  
must have AC  
power in order to  
work.  
Alarm  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight  
3. To turn the alarm on, rotate the dial to highlight  
and press SELECT.  
and press SELECT.  
Weather Settings  
Alarm  
Current Settings:  
Set to ON  
4. To set the alarm time, rotate the dial to highlight  
• You cannot  
adjust the alarm  
volume using the  
VOL + and  
VOL - keys; you  
must use the  
rotary dial.  
Status: OFF  
Time: 12:00 AM  
Source: Buzzer  
Set to ON  
EXIT  
and press SELECT. The Alarm Time screen  
CHANGE  
appears.  
CHANGE  
5. Rotate the dial to move the cursor between the hour,  
minute, and AM/PM positions. When the cursor is in the  
desired position, press SELECT.  
Alarm Time  
Press SELECT when finished  
• The volume  
for the alarm  
buzzer cannot be  
adjusted.  
6. Rotate the dial up or down to change the time or to  
12 :00 PM  
change between AM and PM, and press SELECT.  
DONE  
CANCEL  
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the time is correct. Rotate  
the dial to highlight  
alarm sources appears.  
8. Rotate the dial to highlight the alarm source and press  
SELECT. The Alarm Volume screen appears. Press  
SELECT.  
and press SELECT. A list of  
DONE  
Alarm Source  
Buzzer  
Internet Radio  
FM Radio  
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Menu  
Alarm  
9. Rotate the dꢀal to adjust the volume of the radꢀo statꢀon and press SELECT.  
10. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght DONE and press SELECT. Alarm Settings updated appears.  
When the alarm goes off, the selected alarm source plays contꢀnuously. If the selected source ꢀs  
Internet radꢀo or FM radꢀo, the last statꢀon that you lꢀstened to plays and the statꢀon ꢀnformatꢀon ꢀs  
shown on the bottom bar. If Internet radꢀo statꢀon ꢀs not avaꢀlable, Buzzer ꢀs used ꢀnstead.  
11:08 AM  
To stop the buzzer:  
STOP  
Whꢀle the alarm ꢀs soundꢀng, rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght  
SELECT to stop the alarm buzzer.  
and press  
Alarm  
SNOOZE  
STOP  
To stop the alarm:  
If the selected alarm source ꢀs Internet radꢀo or FM radꢀo, rotate the dꢀal to  
11:08 AM  
hꢀghlꢀght OK and press SELECT. The radꢀo contꢀnues to play untꢀl you stop ꢀt  
by pressꢀng  
, or STANDBY.  
Alarm  
To silence the alarm:  
Do any of the followꢀng to snooze the alarm for 10 mꢀnutes.  
SNOOZE  
SWR3  
OK  
• Press  
,
, or  
.
• Press STANDBY. The screen goes ꢀnto the snooze standby mode (the tꢀme  
dꢀsplays ꢀn the center of the screen).  
• Press SELECT to snooze.  
12:00 AM  
You can snooze the alarm as many tꢀmes as you want untꢀl you cancel snooze  
mode or stop the alarm.  
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Menu  
Alarm  
To cancel snooze:  
If the alarm ꢀs ꢀn snooze mode, rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght  
SELECT.  
If the alarm ꢀs ꢀn snooze standby mode (the tꢀme dꢀsplays ꢀn the center of  
the screen), press STANDBY. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght YES and press  
SELECT.  
11:08 AM  
YES  
and press  
Snoozing...  
Cancel Snooze?  
NO  
YES  
Thꢀs ꢀs a daꢀly alarm, so the alarm contꢀnues to go off every day untꢀl you turn  
the alarm off (see step 3 on page 11).  
Equalizer setting (only available on some models)  
The equalizer setting offers six different audio profiles to choose from when  
playꢀng the Internet Radio or My Music.  
Menu  
Now Playing  
Add to Favorites  
Alarm  
Equalizer Setting  
Screen Brightness  
Private Stream for Free  
1. Make sure you are playꢀng an Internet radꢀo statꢀon or My Music, then press  
MENU.  
Equalizer Setting  
2. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght  
and press SELECT. Make  
sure the volume ꢀs above 15 to best hear the dꢀfferences between equalꢀzer  
settꢀngs.  
Optimized  
3. The current settꢀng ꢀs shown and ꢀs playꢀng. When you rotate the dꢀal to  
another settꢀng, that settꢀng wꢀll be applꢀed to the musꢀc that ꢀs currently  
playꢀng. Rotate the dꢀal to hear each settꢀng.  
Optimized is the current setting.  
Rotate dial to change setting.  
Private Stream for Free  
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Menu  
Equalizer setting (only available on some models)  
Hip Hop  
4. When you find a setting you like, press SELECT to save. The setting will be  
applied to both Internet Radio and My Music.  
NOTES:  
Save  
•
If you select equalizer setting without choosing a source first, you can change the setting but  
Private Stream for Free  
you hear no audio.  
•
•
The audio profiles are set in the factory and cannot be changed.  
The differences you hear between the equalizer settings will vary depending on the type of  
music you are playing.  
Screen brightness  
You can adjust the screen brightness to suit different lighting conditions. To  
change the brightness of the screen:  
Menu  
Alarm  
Screen Brightness  
Wireless Network  
Clock  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press MENU.  
Weather Settings  
Screen Brightness  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight  
current level of brightness appears on the screen.  
and press SELECT. The  
Screen Brightness  
High  
Medium  
Low  
3. Rotate the dial to adjust the level of brightness. When you adjust the level,  
the screen brightness changes accordingly.  
4. Press SELECT to confirm. Screen Brightness setting saved appears.  
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Wireless network  
In thꢀs menu, you can eꢀther allow the system to search for  
a wꢀreless network, or enter the name of a known avaꢀlable  
network.  
• If at first you do  
not see your  
network on  
Menu  
Alarm  
Screen Brightness  
Wireless Network  
Clock  
the lꢀst, press  
BACK and try  
searchꢀng agaꢀn.  
If you stꢀll do not  
see your network  
after a few trꢀes,  
you may need  
to enter the  
To connect to your wꢀreless network:  
Weather Settings  
1. Wꢀth the IS9181 turned on, press MENU.  
Wireless Network  
2. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght  
and press  
Wireless Network  
Current Settings:  
Status: Not Connected  
SSID: None  
SELECT.  
3. Press SELECT to change.  
Key: None  
network name  
manually.  
4. To search for a wꢀreless network automatꢀcally, rotate the  
CHANGE  
EXIT  
dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght Search for Network and press SELECT.  
• If capꢀtal letters  
or symbols are  
used, select  
Connect to Network  
Search for Network  
5. Any avaꢀlable networks appear on the screen. Rotate the  
dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght your network and press SELECT.  
-OR-  
Enter Network Name  
CAPS  
or  
SYMBOLS  
to show a lꢀst  
of characters.  
Select SPACE  
to ꢀnsert a blank  
space.  
To enter the name of the network, rotate the dꢀal to  
hꢀghlꢀght  
and press SELECT.  
Enter Network Name  
Enter Name (SSID):  
Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght the character of the name of  
the network and press SELECT to add ꢀt to the entry lꢀne.  
Network names are case sensꢀtꢀve. Repeat thꢀs process  
untꢀl the entꢀre name ꢀs dꢀsplayed. Rotate the dꢀal to  
a b c d e f g h i j k l m  
n o p q r s t u v w x y z  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  
• Select  
DELETE  
to erase the last  
character.  
SPACE  
CAPS  
SYMBOLS  
DELETE  
DONE  
CANCEL  
DONE  
hꢀghlꢀght  
and then press SELECT.  
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Wireless network  
• Passwords are  
case-sensꢀtꢀve.  
If capꢀtal letters  
or symbols are  
used, select  
If you enter the network name manually, the next step ꢀs  
to choose your securꢀty type.  
Select Security Type:  
None  
WEP64 / WEP128  
WPA / WPA2  
6. If password protectꢀon ꢀs not set on your network, move  
on to step 7.  
CAPS  
SYMBOLS  
or  
-OR-  
Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght the character of the network  
password and press SELECT to add ꢀt to the entry lꢀne.  
to show a lꢀst  
of characters.  
Enter Password (Key):  
a b c d e f g h i j k l m  
n o p q r s t u v w x y z  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  
You can select  
to erase the last character.  
DELETE  
Repeat character selectꢀon untꢀl the entꢀre password ꢀs  
Select  
SPACE  
to ꢀnsert a blank  
space.  
SPACE  
CAPS  
SYMBOLS  
dꢀsplayed. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght  
and then  
DONE  
DELETE  
DONE  
CANCEL  
• Press BACK  
to return to  
the prevꢀous  
screen. Select  
press SELECT.  
7. The IS9181 now attempts to connect to your wꢀreless  
network (thꢀs could take up to 1 mꢀnute). Once connected,  
the menu screen appears and the IS9181 ꢀs ready to use.  
to  
CANCEL  
go to the screen  
wꢀth the current  
settꢀngs for  
the wꢀreless  
network.  
NOTES:  
•
If the IS9181 cannot find the network in one minute, an error message  
appears.  
•
The password for the wꢀreless network ꢀs dꢀfferent than the password  
for the router configuration utility.  
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Clock  
The clock is set to 12:00 AM by default. You can choose to set the clock  
manually or to have it automatically set by the Internet.  
To set the clock to be automatically set by the Internet:  
Menu  
Alarm  
Screen Brightness  
Wireless Network  
Clock  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press MENU.  
Weather Settings  
Clock  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight  
and press SELECT.  
Clock  
3. Press SELECT to change.  
4. Rotate the dial to highlight  
time zones appears.  
Current Settings:  
Auto (from Internet)  
and press SELECT. A list of  
Time: 12:00 AM  
Mode: Manual  
5. Rotate the dial to highlight your time zone and press SELECT.  
CHANGE  
EXIT  
6. If Daylight Saving is currently in effect, rotate the dial to highlight On and  
Clock  
Auto (from Internet)  
press SELECT.  
-OR-  
Manual  
If Daylight Saving is currently not in effect, rotate dial to highlight Off and  
press SELECT.  
Daylight Saving:  
On  
NOTE:  
Off  
•
Daylight saving time adjustments must be changed manually.  
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Clock  
To set the clock manually:  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press MENU.  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight  
Menu  
Alarm  
Screen Brightness  
Wireless Network  
Clock  
Clock  
and press SELECT.  
3. Press SELECT to change.  
Weather Settings  
4. Rotate the dial to highlight Manual and press SELECT.  
5. Rotate the dial to move the cursor between the hour, minute, and AM/PM  
positions. When the cursor is in the desired position, press SELECT.  
6. Rotate the dial up or down to increase or decrease the time value or to  
Clock  
Current Settings:  
Time: 12:00 AM  
Mode: Manual  
CHANGE  
EXIT  
change between AM and PM, and press SELECT.  
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the time is correct. Rotate the dial to highlight  
Clock  
and press SELECT. Clock set appears.  
DONE  
Press SELECT to adjust setting  
07 :49 PM  
DONE  
CANCEL  
Clock  
Press SELECT when finished  
07 :49 PM  
DONE  
CANCEL  
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Weather settings  
In this menu, enter your zip code (in the USA), or your postal code (in Canada).  
After you have entered your zip or postal code, you can see the five day  
weather forecast for your area by pressing the WEATHER (called INFO on  
some models) key.  
Menu  
Alarm  
Screen Brightness  
Wireless Network  
Clock  
Weather Settings  
To program the weather settings for your area:  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press MENU.  
Weather Settings  
Current Settings:  
Country: None  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight  
3. Press SELECT to change.  
4. Rotate the dial to highlight  
Weather Settings and press SELECT.  
ZIP or Area Code: None  
Canada  
USA  
or  
and press SELECT. Depending  
CHANGE  
EXIT  
on which you choose, either the Enter ZIP Code or Enter Postal Code  
screen appears.  
Select Country:  
USA  
Canada  
5. Rotate the dial to highlight the character of the zip code or postal code and  
press SELECT to add it to the entry line. You can select  
to erase  
DELETE  
the last character. Repeat the character selection until the entire zip code or  
postal code is displayed. Rotate the dial to highlight  
SELECT. Weather settings saved appears.  
and then press  
DONE  
Enter Zip Code:  
Press BACK to return to the previous screen. Select CANCEL to go to the  
screen with the current settings for the weather.  
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
DELETE  
DONE  
CANCLE  
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Product ID  
This screen displays the product information, such as its MAC address,  
assigned IP address, web code, and firmware version. You need to know the  
web code of the IS9181 when adding a new radio station to the IS9181 through  
the VTech website (see page 23).  
To view the Product ID:  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press MENU.  
Menu  
Screen Brightness  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight  
3. To exit the screen, press SELECT.  
Product ID and press SELECT.  
Wireless Network  
Clock  
Weather Settings  
Product ID  
NOTE:  
Product ID  
•
The web code uses zero and one, not the capital letter “O” or “I”.  
MAC Address: 00:11:A0:09:D5:DE  
IP Address: 192.168.103.100  
Web Code: 09D5 DEBD  
Firmware Version: 1.0.8  
OK  
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Internet radio  
Play Internet radio station  
The Internet radio stations are organized into different categories. You can search for and play  
Internet radio stations by browsing through the available categories. You may also search for radio  
stations using the VTech website (see page 23). To play the Internet radio station:  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press SOURCE.  
Internet Radio  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight  
and press SELECT.  
Source  
Internet Radio  
3. Rotate the dial to highlight the desired browsing method and press SELECT.  
My Music  
FM Radio  
Aux In  
Repeat this process until you reach a list of radio stations (the  
appears to the left of the station name).  
icon  
• Depending on the list of radio stations available on the Internet, your  
browsing experience may differ. A typical session may go through several  
levels of options - for example:  
Internet Radio  
Genres  
Locations  
Languages  
Locations  
Most Popular Stations  
My Stations  
North America  
United States  
California  
Alternative  
NOTES:  
•
•
To make browsing easier, your country (USA or Canada) will show up on the top of the list of countries.  
Stations with UK only or USA only at the end of the station name indicate these stations can only be played in that  
country or region.  
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Internet radio  
Play Internet radio station  
Alternative  
1.fm Indie 104  
1.fm X  
Buzz Radio  
Free Radio Santa Cruz  
Indie Airplay  
4. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght the desꢀred radꢀo statꢀon and press SELECT. The  
selected radꢀo statꢀon plays.  
To mute the sound, press  
. To resume the sound, press  
agaꢀn.  
09:25 am  
Press to play the prevꢀous statꢀon on the lꢀst. Press  
statꢀon on the lꢀst.  
to play the next  
Private Stream for Free  
Free Radio Santa Cruz  
Alternative  
Press BACK to return to the prevꢀous screen.  
Press SOURCE to go back to the top source menu.  
United States  
Sample of Internet  
radꢀo statꢀon  
playꢀng  
If you are playꢀng an Internet radꢀo statꢀon and you change to another source,  
when you select Internet radꢀo agaꢀn the same statꢀon plays.  
If you have chosen Internet radꢀo as your source and you press MENU, three  
addꢀtꢀonal ꢀtems appear at the top of the menu:  
• Now Playing - returns you to the Internet radꢀo playꢀng screen.  
• Add to Favorites - see page 57 for ꢀnstructꢀons.  
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Internet radio  
My Stations  
You can search for and add Internet radꢀo statꢀons to the My Stations folder at  
http://www vtechphones com/IS9181. Use this website when you are unable to find a radio  
statꢀon on the IS9181, you want more search optꢀons, and when you want the convenꢀence of a  
computer screen for vꢀewꢀng all the statꢀon choꢀces.  
My Stations  
If you have not added any statꢀons from the VTech websꢀte and you try to access  
you wꢀll see the followꢀng message:  
,
Stations list is empty.  
To add your own statꢀons, vꢀsꢀt www vtechphones com/IS9181.  
Once you create your onlꢀne account you can:  
• Search for Internet radꢀo statꢀons onlꢀne.  
* Search by the station name (Charlie) or call letters (KYCH).  
* Browse the lꢀst of statꢀons by: genre, locatꢀon, language, and most popular.  
* Add stations by URL if you know the URL of a specific station.  
• When you save an Internet radꢀo statꢀon onlꢀne, ꢀt wꢀll be saved ꢀn the websꢀte and ꢀn the  
My Stations folder on your IS9181.  
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Internet radio  
My Stations  
Play added Internet radio station  
Source  
Internet Radio  
1. Wꢀth the IS9181 turned on, press SOURCE.  
My Music  
FM Radio  
Aux In  
Internet Radio  
2. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght  
and press SELECT.  
and press SELECT. A lꢀst of all  
My Stations  
3. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght  
added radꢀo statꢀons appear.  
4. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght the desꢀred statꢀon and press SELECT.  
Internet Radio  
Genres  
If you create an account on the IS9181 websꢀte (see page 23) and add statꢀons,  
those statꢀons wꢀll be saved on the websꢀte and ꢀn the My Stations folder on  
your IS9181. The My Stations folder ꢀs separate from Favorites. My Stations  
can only be changed on the websꢀte and Favorites can only be changed on the  
IS9181. You can save the same statꢀons to My Stations and Favorites ꢀf you  
wꢀsh.  
Locations  
Languages  
Most Popular Stations  
My Stations  
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My music  
The IS9181 can play musꢀc stored on one or more computers on your wꢀreless network.  
Your computer must be on for the IS9181 to see and play your music files. The IS9181 only  
supports the following formats of music files:  
• MP3  
• WMA  
• Real audꢀo (only RA, RM, and RMVB)  
• AAC (only MP4 and M4A)  
If you use a Wꢀndows operatꢀng system go to the next page. If you use a Mac operatꢀng system go  
to page 43.  
NOTE:  
•
IS9181 cannot play any protected music files.  
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Determine the version of your Windows operating system  
If you do not know what operatꢀng system you are usꢀng:  
1. Clꢀck on the Start menu.  
2. Rꢀght clꢀck My Computer and clꢀck on Propertꢀes.  
Wꢀndows 2000:  
Wꢀndows XP:  
Wꢀndows Vꢀsta (All versꢀons):  
For setup PC setup ꢀnstructꢀons for Wꢀndows 2000 see pages 27-29.  
For setup PC setup ꢀnstructꢀons for Wꢀndows XP see pages 30-35.  
For setup PC setup ꢀnstructꢀons for Wꢀndows Vꢀsta see pages 36-42.  
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Share a folder on Windows 2000 Professional  
For the IS9181 to access the musꢀc on your computer, you must share the folder where the musꢀc  
ꢀs located.  
1. Rꢀght clꢀck on the folder you wꢀsh to share.  
2. Clꢀck on Sharing.  
3. Check Share this folder and clꢀck Apply.  
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Create a new user account for Windows 2000  
You must create a new user account ꢀn Wꢀndows 2000 for the IS9181 to access the musꢀc on your  
computer. If you would like to access music files on multiple computers you will need to create the  
same user account wꢀth the same password on each computer.  
1. Clꢀck the Start menu, then clꢀck Control  
3. You MUST enter IS9181 (the “IS” must be  
capꢀtalꢀzed) as the User name and Full  
name then clꢀck Next.  
Panel.  
2. Clꢀck Users and Passwords, then clꢀck Add.  
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4. Create a password. Enter a password and  
5. Select Other: Administrators as the  
clꢀck Next.  
account type and clꢀck Finish.  
To ensure the securꢀty of your computer we  
recommend that you create a password for the  
IS9181 user account. The password should  
have a mꢀnꢀmum of four characters and a  
maxꢀmum of 16 characters. The password  
cannot ꢀnclude spaces, commas or equal sꢀgns.  
Note: If you are goꢀng to create the user  
account on multꢀple computers then you must  
use the same password on each.  
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Share a folder on Windows XP  
For the IS9181 to access the musꢀc on your computer, you must share the folder where the musꢀc  
ꢀs located.  
1. Rꢀght clꢀck on the folder you wꢀsh to share.  
2. Clꢀck on Sharing and Security.  
3. If you see one of the two screens shown below:  
a. Check the box next to: Share this folder on the network.  
b. Clꢀck Apply.  
-OR-  
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Share a folder on Windows XP  
If you see the screen shown below, clꢀck on  
the phrase: If you understand the security  
risks but want to share files without  
running the wizard, click here.  
4. When the followꢀng message box appears,  
select Just enable file sharing and clꢀck  
OK.  
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Create a new user account for Windows XP  
You must create a new user account ꢀn Wꢀndows XP for the IS9181 to access the musꢀc on your  
computer. If you would like to access music files on multiple computers you need to create the  
same user account wꢀth the same password on each computer. When you boot up your computer,  
you wꢀll see the IS9181 user account on the logꢀn page.  
1. Clꢀck the Start menu then clꢀck Control Panel.  
If your Control Panel ꢀs ꢀn Classꢀc Vꢀew as  
shown below, clꢀck Swꢀtch to Category Vꢀew.  
The ꢀnstructꢀons are gꢀven ꢀn the Category  
Vꢀew (the Wꢀndows default) as shown below.  
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2. Clꢀck User Accounts, then clꢀck Create a  
4. Select Computer administrator as the  
new account.  
account type.  
3. You MUST Enter IS9181 (the “IS” must be  
capꢀtalꢀzed) as the new account name then  
clꢀck Next.  
Note: If you are goꢀng to create the user  
account on multꢀple computers, then you must  
use the same account name.  
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5. Create a password. Clꢀck on the user ꢀcon next to the IS9181 user account, then clꢀck Create a  
password.  
To ensure the securꢀty of your computer we recommend that you create a password for the IS9181  
user account. The password should have a mꢀnꢀmum of four characters and a maxꢀmum of 16  
characters. The password cannot ꢀnclude spaces, commas or equal sꢀgns.  
Note: If you are goꢀng to create the user account on multꢀple computers then you must use the  
same password.  
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If you want to swꢀtch back to Classꢀc Vꢀew clꢀck on Switch to Classic View.  
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Share a folder on Windows Vista  
For the IS9181 to access the musꢀc on your computer, you must share the folder where the musꢀc  
ꢀs located.  
1. Rꢀght clꢀck on the folder you wꢀsh to share.  
2. Clꢀck on Share.  
3. Select user IS9181 and clꢀck Add.  
4. Clꢀck Share.  
5. The User Account Control prompts for your  
permꢀssꢀon, clꢀck Continue.  
If the followꢀng message pops up, clꢀck: No,  
make the network that I am connected to a  
private network.  
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6. The computer may take a few mꢀnutes to setup the network access. When the setup ꢀs complete  
and you see the confirmation screen shown below, click Done.  
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Create new user account in Windows Vista  
You must create a new user account ꢀn Wꢀndows Vꢀsta for the IS9181 to access the musꢀc on your  
computer. If you would like to access music files on multiple computers, you must create the same  
user account wꢀth the same password on each computer. When you boot up your computer, you  
wꢀll see the IS9181 user account on the logꢀn page.  
1. Clꢀck the Start menu then clꢀck Control Panel.  
If your Control Panel ꢀs ꢀn Classꢀc Vꢀew as  
shown below, clꢀck Swꢀtch to Category Vꢀew.  
The ꢀnstructꢀons are gꢀven ꢀn the Category  
Vꢀew (the Wꢀndows default) as shown below.  
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2. Clꢀck User Accounts and Family Safety or  
3. Clꢀck Add or remove user accounts.  
User Accounts.  
-OR-  
4. The User Account Control prompts for your  
permꢀssꢀon, clꢀck Continue.  
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5. Clꢀck Create a new account.  
6. You MUST Enter IS9181 (the “IS” must be  
capꢀtalꢀzed) as the new account name.  
7. Select Administrator as the account type.  
8. Clꢀck Create Account.  
Note: If you are goꢀng to create the IS9181 user  
account on multꢀple computers then you must  
use the same account name.  
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9. Create a password. Clꢀck on the user ꢀcon next to the IS9181 user account. Then clꢀck Create a  
password.  
To ensure the securꢀty of your computer we recommend that you create a password for the IS9181  
user account. The password should have a mꢀnꢀmum of four characters and a maxꢀmum of 16  
characters. The password cannot ꢀnclude spaces, commas or equal sꢀgns.  
Note: If you are goꢀng to create the user account on multꢀple computers, then you must use the  
same password on each.  
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Create new user account in Windows Vista  
If you want to swꢀtch back to Classꢀc Vꢀew clꢀck on Switch to Classic View.  
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Computer setup for My Music - Mac OS 10 4  
Create the IS9181 user account and share the folder  
1. Under the Apple menu, select System  
Preferences and choose the Accounts pane.  
2. Clꢀck the “+” symbol to add an account. You  
may need to clꢀck the lock ꢀcon on the bottom  
left to edꢀt the settꢀngs.  
3. You must name the account IS9181 and  
create a password. Thꢀs user does not have  
to admꢀnꢀster the computer.  
The password should have a mꢀnꢀmum  
of four characters and a maxꢀmum of 16  
characters. The password cannot ꢀnclude  
spaces, commas or equal sꢀgns.  
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Create the IS9181 user account and share the folder  
4. After the account ꢀs created, open the  
Sharꢀng Pane under System Preferences.  
5. Ensure “Wꢀndows Sharꢀng” ꢀs checked. You  
may need to clꢀck the lock ꢀcon on the bottom  
left to edꢀt the settꢀngs.  
6. After checkꢀng the “Wꢀndows Sharꢀng” box,  
clꢀck the Accounts… button to enable the  
IS9181 account.  
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Create the IS9181 user account and share the folder  
7. After enablꢀng to IS9181 account to allow  
wꢀndows sharꢀng, choose the Fꢀrewall button  
of the “Sharꢀng” pane. If your Fꢀrewall ꢀs on,  
ensure that the “Wꢀndows Sharꢀng” box ꢀs  
checked. (Note: The graphꢀc below shows  
the Fꢀrewall to be off).  
8. After settꢀng up sharꢀng, you may now quꢀt  
System Preferences.  
9. Now, use Spotlꢀght (the blue magnꢀfyꢀng  
glass), found on the top rꢀght corner of  
your desktop, to find the Directory Access  
Applꢀcatꢀon. Launch the Dꢀrectory Access  
applꢀcatꢀon.  
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10. In Dꢀrectory Access, ensure SMB/CIFS ꢀs checked and selected.  
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11. You wꢀll need to move your musꢀc to the IS9181 account ꢀn order for the IS9181 to access the  
musꢀc. You may make duplꢀcates of the musꢀc you wꢀsh to play ꢀn the IS9181 musꢀc folder.  
-OR-  
You can move your entꢀre musꢀc collectꢀon to the IS9181 account by followꢀng these  
ꢀnstructꢀons:  
1. Whꢀle logged ꢀnto the new IS9181 account, control clꢀck the musꢀc folder ꢀn the users root  
dꢀrectory and select Get Info.  
2. At the bottom of the dꢀalog box there ꢀs a Ownership & Permission sectꢀon.  
3. Clꢀck the arrow for Details to expand thꢀs sectꢀon.  
4. Clꢀck the Lock next to the Owner drop-down and enter the IS9181 user password when  
promoted.  
5. Change the Group drop-down box to the orꢀgꢀnal user account name, whꢀch wꢀll be  
avaꢀlable ꢀn the drop-down lꢀst.  
6. Change the Access drop-down to Read & Wrꢀte.  
7. Clꢀck the Apply to enclosed items button at the bottom of the dꢀalog box.  
8. Enter admꢀnꢀstrator or orꢀgꢀnal password when prompted.  
9. Logout of the IS9181 account.  
10. Log ꢀnto the admꢀnꢀstrator or orꢀgꢀnal user account.  
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Create the IS9181 user account and share the folder  
11. Open up two Finder windows each looking at the music directories for both accounts. The  
IS9181 music folder should no longer be “X” out and inaccessible.  
12. Drag the iTunes folder from the original user account music folder to the IS9181 account  
music folder. This will copy the music. If you do not have the room on your hard drive to  
copy the music, you can copy the music to an external hard drive. Then delete the music  
from your computer. Copy the music back to the computer on in the IS9181 music folder.  
13. Open iTunes.  
14. Open iTunes Preferences and select the Advanced tab.  
15. Ensure that the Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library is selected.  
16. Click Change next to iTunes Music folder location.  
17. Create a path to the IS9181 account music folder and iTunes music will point to that folder.  
Now the IS9181 account houses all of your music. Any new music added in iTunes will show on the  
Update Computer list  
IS9181 after you select  
the content through the IS9181.  
. You can use iTunes as normal and access all  
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Create the IS9181 user account and share the folder  
1. Under the Apple menu, select System  
Preferences and choose the Accounts pane.  
2. Clꢀck the “+” symbol to add an account. You  
may need to clꢀck the lock ꢀcon on the bottom  
left to edꢀt the settꢀngs.  
3. You must name the account IS9181 and  
create a password. The account can be a  
standard or admꢀn type.  
The password should have a mꢀnꢀmum  
of four characters and a maxꢀmum of 16  
characters. The password cannot ꢀnclude  
spaces, commas or equal sꢀgns.  
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Create the IS9181 user account and share the folder  
4. Select the Sharꢀng pane from the System  
Preferences applꢀcatꢀon. Ensure Fꢀle Sharꢀng  
box ꢀs checked and selected. Clꢀck the  
Optꢀons… button.  
5. When you press the “Optꢀons…” button, you  
will be able to select the type of file sharing.  
Ensure the “Share files and folders using  
SMB” box ꢀs checked, and check the box  
for the user IS9181. Press the “Done” when  
finished.  
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Create the IS9181 user account and share the folder  
6. Clꢀck the + button under the “Shared Folder” pane. Navꢀgate to your exꢀstꢀng ꢀTunes or other  
musꢀc folder.  
NOTE: it is important that you drill down to the folder that your music is in, not the first iTunes folder which has some  
playlꢀst ꢀnformatꢀon.  
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External USB & Firewire drives  
It is possible to share files from external drives using the same method. You have to setup the  
desꢀred folder on the external drꢀve as a shared folder. Note, however, that external drꢀves are not  
accessed untꢀl you physꢀcally (not remotely) log ꢀnto the Mac, so sꢀmply turnꢀng on the computer ꢀs  
not enough to share the files, you must log in.  
You can now close the System Preferences. On the IS9181 go to My Musꢀc and select Update  
Computer Lꢀst and reconnect wꢀth the desꢀred Mac. Your musꢀc folder wꢀll now be avaꢀlable and  
you can play all unprotected musꢀc that you may have ꢀn the folder you have chosen.  
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Source  
Access your music from the IS9181  
1. On your IS9181, press SOURCE.  
My Music  
Computer Password  
2. Rotate the dial to  
3. Rotate the dial to  
and press SELECT.  
and press SELECT.  
4. Press SELECT to enter password.  
5. Enter the password you selected for the IS9181 user account by rotating the dial and pressing  
SELECT for each character. Repeat this process until the entire password is displayed. Rotate  
the dial to highlight  
, and then press SELECT.  
DONE  
IMPORTANT: If your IS9181 cannot find the computer with your music files, a firewall  
program may be blocking access. Temporarily disable the firewall, or consult  
the firewall software user’s manual to allow ICMP echo requests. Visit  
http://www.vtechphones.com/IS9181 for help with firewall software versions.  
Play music on your computer  
To play music stored on your computer:  
1. On your IS9181, press SOURCE.  
My Music  
Update Computer List  
Computer Password  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight My Music and press SELECT.  
PC1  
3. Press SELECT to update computer list. The IS9181 searches and shows a  
list of computers on the same network as the IS9181.  
NOTE: Other devices connected to your network such as printers may show on the computer list.  
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Source  
Play music on your computer  
4. Rotate the dial to highlight the desired computer and press SELECT. All  
PC1  
Shared Music  
shared folders on the computer appear.  
5. Continue to browse the folders until you reach the music files. Only  
supported music files (see page 25) appear.  
6. Rotate the dial to highlight the desired music file and press SELECT. All  
supported files in the same folder play sequentially.  
The IS9181 will automatically repeat all the songs that are in the folder you are playing from.  
The IS9181 can only play the files in one folder at a time. So if choose a folder of Beatles music  
with sub-folders of albums, the albums will not play. You must choose each album to play them.  
However, if all the Beatles songs are in one folder, you can play all the songs. The IS9181 cannot  
access playlists unless the songs are all in one folder together.  
NOTES:  
Update Computer list  
• If you make any changes to your music files on your computer, select  
to see the changes.  
Update Computer list  
• If you do not see the computer or folder you want, try  
again.  
Press BACK to return to the previous screen. Press SOURCE to go back to the top source menu.  
If you are playing My Music and you change to another source, when you select My Music again  
the same file plays.  
If you have chosen My Music as your source and you press MENU, one additional item appear at  
the top of the menu:  
• Now Playing - returns you to the My music playing screen.  
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Source  
FM radio  
Play FM radio station  
To lꢀsten to FM radꢀo statꢀons:  
1. Wꢀth the IS9181 turned on, press SOURCE.  
2. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght FM Radio and press SELECT.  
Source  
Internet Radio  
3. Press  
Press  
to seek the next lower FM frequency with sufficient signal strength.  
to seek the next higher FM frequency with sufficient signal  
My Music  
FM Radio  
Aux In  
strength.  
-OR-  
Rotate the dꢀal counter clockwꢀse to ꢀncrease the FM frequency by one step.  
Rotate the dꢀal clockwꢀse to decrease the FM frequency by one step.  
12:00AM  
Stereo  
95.3 MHz  
To mute the sound, press  
. To resume the sound, press  
agaꢀn.  
If you have chosen FM radꢀo as your source and you press MENU, two  
addꢀtꢀonal ꢀtems appear at the top of the menu:  
• Now Playing - returns you to the FM radꢀo playꢀng screen.  
• Add to Favorites - see page 57 for ꢀnstructꢀons.  
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Source  
Aux in  
External audio device connection  
The IS9181 enables you to lꢀsten to the audꢀo from any source wꢀth a standard  
headset jack connectꢀon.  
1. Connect one end of the supplꢀed auxꢀlꢀary audꢀo cable to the headset jack  
(audꢀo/lꢀne out) of your devꢀce, and plug the other end of the cable ꢀnto the  
AUX IN port on the back of the IS9181.  
2. Wꢀth the IS9181 turned on, press SOURCE.  
3. Rotate the dꢀal to select Aux In and press SELECT.  
Source  
Internet Radio  
4. Aux In appears on the screen. You can now play the musꢀc on your  
My Music  
FM Radio  
Aux In  
external audꢀo devꢀce, and lꢀsten to ꢀt through the IS9181.  
Please note that the IS9181 does not provꢀde power or control to your external  
audꢀo devꢀce.  
12:00AM  
+
-
You can adjust the lꢀstenꢀng volume usꢀng the VOL / VOL on the IS9181  
and/or the volume control of your external audꢀo devꢀce.  
Aux In  
If the sound ꢀs dꢀstorted, try decreasꢀng the volume on the external audꢀo  
devꢀce.  
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Favorites  
Add to favorites  
When either an Internet radio station or FM radio station is playing, you can add  
the current station that is playing to your favorites for easy access.  
The favorites entries are sorted in numeric order and duplicate entries are  
allowed.  
The maximum number of favorites that can be added for each source:  
• Internet Radio: 100 favorites  
• FM Radio: 20 favorites  
Menu  
Now Playing  
Add to Favorites  
Alarm  
To add an Internet Radio or FM Radio station to your favorites:  
1. When you are playing an Internet radio or FM radio station, press MENU.  
Add to Favorites  
current station that is playing is automatically added to the favorites.  
Equalizer Setting  
Screen Brightness  
Private Stream for Free  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight  
and press SELECT. The  
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Favorites  
Play favorites  
• If the source  
ꢀs not selected  
first, No Source  
selected  
appears when  
you press  
To play your favorites, you must first select the source. To play your favorites:  
1. Wꢀth the IS9181 turned on, press SOURCE.  
2. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght the desꢀred source (Internet Radio, or FM  
Radio) and press SELECT.  
3. Press FAVORITES and a lꢀst of saved entrꢀes for that source appears.  
FAVORITES on  
the IS9181.  
4. Rotate the dꢀal to hꢀghlꢀght the desꢀred favorꢀte and press SELECT. The  
favorꢀte plays.  
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Favorites  
Move favorites  
• To go back to the  
screen currently  
playing, press  
You can organize or move the favorites. To move the  
favorite:  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press SOURCE.  
MENU and select  
Now Playing  
.
2. Rotate the dial to highlight the desired source (Internet  
Radio, or FM Radio) and press SELECT.  
3. Press FAVORITES and a list of saved favorites for that  
source appears.  
4. Rotate the dial to highlight the desired favorite to be  
moved and press MENU.  
5. Rotate the dial to highlight  
Menu  
Now Playing  
Add to Favorites  
Move Favorite  
Delete Favorite  
Move Favorite  
and press  
SELECT.  
6. A red line shows on the favorites screen. Rotate the  
dial to position the red line where you want to move the  
favorite (the favorite will be inserted by the red line) and  
press SELECT.  
Delete All Favorites  
Private Stream for Free  
Select new location:  
1. 87.5 MHz  
2. 104.3 MHz  
3. 96.5 MHz  
87.5 MHz  
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Favorites  
Delete favorites  
You can delete one favorite or all favorites. To delete favorites:  
1. With the IS9181 turned on, press SOURCE.  
2. Rotate the dial to highlight the desired source (Internet Radio, or FM  
Radio) and press SELECT.  
3. Press FAVORITES and a list of saved favorites for that source appears.  
4. Rotate the dial to highlight the desired favorite to be deleted or highlight any  
favorite if you want to delete all the favorites and press MENU.  
5. To delete a favorite, rotate the dial to highlight  
and press  
Delete Favorite  
Menu  
Now Playing  
SELECT.  
-OR-  
Add to Favorites  
Move Favorite  
Delete Favorite  
Delete All Favorites  
Radio Pooki  
To delete all favorites, rotate the dial to highlight  
and press SELECT.  
Delete All Favorites  
6. You are prompted to confirm that you want to delete the favorite or all  
Menu  
favorites. To delete the favorite or all favorites, rotate the dial to highlight  
Now Playing  
Add to Favorites  
Move Favorite  
Delete Favorite  
YES  
NO  
and press SELECT. To cancel the deletion, rotate the dial to highlight  
and press SELECT.  
Delete All Favorites  
Radio Pooki  
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Weather (Info)  
Weather forecast  
After you have set up the weather feature (see page 19), press WEATHER  
(called INFO on some models) and rotate the dꢀal to vꢀew the 5-day weather  
forecast.  
Weather  
If you do not press a key wꢀthꢀn one mꢀnute, the IS9181 wꢀll return to your playꢀng  
screen.  
Rotate dial to view 5-day forecast  
Playing Your Music  
VANCOUVER, BC  
Today  
High:23℃  
Low: 13℃  
Mostly sunny  
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Optional external audio system connection  
The IS9181 can send musꢀc beꢀng played to an external audꢀo system for more control over the  
sound qualꢀty. To connect the IS9181 to an external audꢀo system:  
1. Connect one end of audꢀo cables (RCA type, not ꢀncluded) to the LINE OUT jacks on the back  
of the IS9181, matchꢀng the cable colors.  
2. Connect the other end of the cables to the respectꢀve audꢀo ꢀnput jacks on the external audꢀo  
system.  
3. You can now play musꢀc from your IS9181 and lꢀsten to ꢀt through the external audꢀo system.  
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Optional battery installation  
You can ꢀnstall AA alkalꢀne or rechargeable batterꢀes (sold  
separately) to use your IS9181 as a portable radꢀo. To  
ꢀnstall the batterꢀes:  
• If you use AA  
rechargeable  
batterꢀes, the  
IS9181 does not  
recharge the  
batterꢀes.  
1. Press the tabs on the battery cover on the bottom of  
the IS9181 and open the battery door.  
2. Insert sꢀx new AA alkalꢀne or rechargeable batterꢀes,  
matchꢀng the + and - sꢀgns engraved ꢀnsꢀde the battery  
compartment.  
3. Replace the battery cover. It clꢀcks ꢀnto place when  
attached correctly.  
Battery cover  
When powered by batterꢀes, the IS9181 operates the same as when ꢀt ꢀs  
plugged ꢀnto an AC power outlet wꢀth the followꢀng exceptꢀons:  
• A battery ꢀcon appears on the status bar at the top of the screen (see page  
6).  
• The maxꢀmum speaker volume level ꢀs 25.  
• When the IS9181 goes ꢀnto standby mode, the IS9181  
automatꢀcally shuts down and the screen turns black  
after one mꢀnute to save battery power (power save  
mode). To wake the IS9181 from power save mode,  
press STANDBY.  
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Optional battery installation  
• The batterꢀes do not maꢀntaꢀn the clock settꢀng. If your clock ꢀs set manually and the IS9181  
loses power, then the settꢀng ꢀs lost. We recommend you have the clock set by the Internet (see  
page 17), so when the power returns, the clock settꢀng wꢀll be automatꢀcally set by the Internet.  
• The alarm clock does not work on battery power. The alarm clock must have AC power to work.  
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Troubleshooting  
If you have difficulty operating your IS9181, please try the suggestions below. For Customer  
Servꢀce, vꢀsꢀt our websꢀte at www.vtechphones.com/IS9181, or call VTech Communꢀcatꢀons at  
1 (800) 595-9511.  
General  
• You cannot access any of the features of the IS9181 when ꢀt ꢀs ꢀn standby (ꢀdle) mode. Power up  
the unꢀt by pressꢀng STANDBY.  
• Reset procedure: Unplug the power cord and remove all batterꢀes (ꢀf used) IS9181. Waꢀt  
approxꢀmate 30 seconds, then plug the cord back ꢀn and re-ꢀnstall the batterꢀes (ꢀf used).  
• When powered by batterꢀes and the IS9181 goes ꢀnto standby mode, the IS9181 automatꢀcally  
shuts down and the screen turns black after one mꢀnute to save battery power (power save  
mode). To wake the IS9181 from power save mode, press STANDBY.  
• After pressꢀng the STANDBY key, you cannot de-actꢀvate the IS9181 by ꢀmmedꢀately pressꢀng  
the STANDBY key agaꢀn. Waꢀt at least 3 seconds between key presses.  
Networking  
• Your wꢀreless network name and password MUST match what you enter ꢀn the IS9181. Check  
that they are entered exactly the same (ꢀncludꢀng capꢀtalꢀzatꢀon and specꢀal characters).  
• If the SSID Broadcast ꢀs turned OFF on certaꢀn brands of wꢀreless routers, the IS9181 wꢀll not be  
able to connect durꢀng setup. Refer to your wꢀreless router user’s manual for ꢀnstructꢀons to turn  
ON the SSID Broadcast durꢀng the IS9181 wꢀreless network setup process. Once the IS9181  
successfully connects to your wꢀreless router, the SSID Broadcast can be turned OFF agaꢀn.  
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Troubleshooting  
Networking  
• Make sure your wꢀreless router does not restrꢀct connectꢀon by partꢀcular MAC addresses (MAC  
filtering). Refer to you wireless router’s user manual for details.  
Remote control  
• Poꢀnt the remote dꢀrectly at the IS9181 dꢀsplay.  
• Check to make sure the remote control’s battery ꢀs properly ꢀnstalled.  
• Try replacꢀng the remote control’s battery.  
Clock/alarm  
• If the clock ꢀs one hour off when set to Auto (from Internet) mode, check that the daylꢀght  
savꢀng optꢀon ꢀs set correctly.  
Internet radio  
• Check that your Internet and wꢀreless network are workꢀng.  
• Use your computer to play the Internet radꢀo statꢀon stream vꢀa the broadcastꢀng websꢀte (page  
23). If the statꢀon plays on your computer, try to reset the IS9181 and reconnect to the statꢀon.  
• If you experꢀence a slow response when browsꢀng the Internet radꢀo dꢀrectory, bufferꢀng, or  
choppy audꢀo play. Reset the IS9181, WꢀFꢀ router, and DSL or Cable modem by removꢀng power  
for 30 seconds.  
• If an Internet radꢀo statꢀon ꢀs not avaꢀlable, the statꢀon mꢀght not be broadcastꢀng at thꢀs tꢀme, or  
the statꢀon mꢀght have reached ꢀt’s maxꢀmum number of lꢀsteners/subscrꢀbers. Often ꢀf you try  
agaꢀn ꢀn a few mꢀnutes, you wꢀll be connected to the statꢀon.  
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Internet radio  
• A statꢀon dꢀsappeared from the lꢀst or does not work after repeated attempts to lꢀsten over several  
days. When a statꢀon stops broadcastꢀng on the Internet, we remove the statꢀon from the lꢀst. We  
constantly check the statꢀons to see ꢀf they are on the aꢀr, when a statꢀon restarts broadcastꢀng  
we put them back ꢀn our lꢀst of statꢀons.  
• If a statꢀon has changed theꢀr management, name, or the type of musꢀc they play, you may need  
to search for ꢀt agaꢀn.  
• You cannot find a specific station on our list. Go to www vtechphones com/IS9181 and create  
an account for the IS9181. The onlꢀne account allows you to search for a statꢀon by name or call  
letters. You can also add a statꢀon by usꢀng the statꢀon URL. See page 23 for ꢀnformatꢀon.  
• Your IS9181 can play many statꢀons and streamꢀng formats, but there are always some statꢀons  
that wꢀll not be able to play or choose not to be on our lꢀst.  
My music  
• Check that your computer ꢀs turned on and connected to the same network as the IS9181. Make  
sure your computer ꢀs workꢀng properly - you may need to reboot/restart your computer.  
• Make sure that you have created a user account for the IS9181 on your computer and that the  
folder with your music files is properly shared (see pages 27-52).  
• Supported files extension types are: mp3, mp4, m4a, ra, rm, rmvb, and wma.  
• WAV format music files are not supported.  
• Follow the ꢀnstructꢀons on page 53 for enterꢀng the Computer Password. The Computer  
Password and the IS9181 user account password must be the same. The password cannot  
ꢀnclude spaces, commas or equal sꢀgns.  
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Troubleshooting  
My music  
• If your IS9181 cannot find the computer with your music files, there may be a firewall program  
installed which is blocking access. Temporarily disable the firewall, or see the firewall software  
user’s manual to allow ICMP echo requests. Vꢀsꢀt www vtechphones com/IS9181 for help wꢀth  
many firewall software versions.  
FM radio  
• If the FM radꢀo receptꢀon ꢀs poor, try movꢀng the IS9181 to a dꢀfferent part of your home and on a  
dꢀfferent electrꢀcal outlet.  
• Keep the IS9181 at least two feet away from other electronꢀc devꢀces and applꢀances to reduce  
ꢀnterference.  
AUX IN  
• If you have trouble wꢀth the volume, you can adjust the volume usꢀng the IS9181 and the volume  
control on your external devꢀce.  
• Make sure the auxꢀlꢀary cable ꢀs properly plugged ꢀnto the IS9181 and your external devꢀce.  
Favorites  
• There are separate dedꢀcated favorꢀtes lꢀsts for Internet Radio and FM Radio. You must choose  
a SOURCE before choosꢀng FAVORITES.  
• To add an Internet statꢀon to the favorꢀtes lꢀst, the statꢀon must be connected and playꢀng.  
• You are allowed a maxꢀmum of 100 favorꢀtes for Internet Radio and 20 for FM Radio. If you  
reach the maxꢀmum you wꢀll need to delete other favorꢀtes before you can add new ones.  
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Troubleshooting  
WEATHER (INFO)  
• Whꢀle vꢀewꢀng the Weather screen, rotate the dial to view the five day forecast weather display.  
Reception or interference  
• If audꢀo playback stops or the IS9181 shows Buffering   , move the IS9181 closer to your  
wꢀreless router.  
• Make sure the IS9181 ꢀs at least two feet away from computer equꢀpment and other  
communꢀcatꢀon devꢀces.  
• Try changꢀng the channel on your router. Refer to the router user manual for ꢀnstructꢀons.  
• Do not ꢀnstall IS9181 near a mꢀcrowave oven or on the same electrꢀcal outlet. You mꢀght  
experꢀence decreased performance whꢀle the mꢀcrowave oven ꢀs operatꢀng.  
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Important safety instructions  
When using your IS9181 equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury,  
ꢀncludꢀng the followꢀng:  
1. Read and understand all ꢀnstructꢀons.  
2. Follow all warnꢀngs and ꢀnstructꢀons marked on the product.  
3. Unplug thꢀs product from the wall outlet before cleanꢀng. Do not use lꢀquꢀd or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleanꢀng.  
4. Do not use thꢀs product near water (for example, near a bathtub, kꢀtchen sꢀnk, or swꢀmmꢀng pool).  
5. Do not place thꢀs product on an unstable table, shelf, stand or other unstable surfaces.  
6. Slots and openꢀngs ꢀn the back or bottom of the unꢀt are provꢀded for ventꢀlatꢀon. To protect ꢀt from overheatꢀng, these openꢀngs must  
not be blocked by placꢀng the product on a soft surface such as a bed, sofa or rug. Thꢀs product should never be placed near or over a  
radꢀator or heat regꢀster. Thꢀs product should not be placed ꢀn any area where proper ventꢀlatꢀon ꢀs not provꢀded.  
7. Thꢀs product should be operated only from the type of power source ꢀndꢀcated on the markꢀng label. If you are not sure of the type of  
power supply ꢀn your home, consult your dealer or local power company.  
8. Do not allow anythꢀng to rest on the power cord. Do not ꢀnstall thꢀs product where the cord may be walked on.  
9. Never push objects of any kꢀnd ꢀnto thꢀs product through the slots ꢀn the unꢀt because ꢀt may touch dangerous voltage poꢀnts or create a  
short cꢀrcuꢀt. Never spꢀll lꢀquꢀd of any kꢀnd on the product.  
10. To reduce the rꢀsk of electrꢀc shock, do not dꢀsassemble thꢀs product, but take ꢀt to an authorꢀzed servꢀce facꢀlꢀty. Openꢀng or removꢀng  
parts of the unit other than specified access doors may expose you to dangerous voltages or other risks. Incorrect reassembling can  
cause electrꢀc shock when the product ꢀs subsequently used.  
11. Do not overload wall outlets and extensꢀon cords.  
12. Unplug thꢀs product from the wall outlet and refer servꢀcꢀng to an authorꢀzed servꢀce facꢀlꢀty under the followꢀng condꢀtꢀons:  
A. When the power supply cord or plug ꢀs damaged or frayed.  
B. If lꢀquꢀd has been spꢀlled onto the product.  
C. If the product has been exposed to raꢀn or water.  
D. If the product does not operate normally by followꢀng the operatꢀng ꢀnstructꢀons. Adjust only those controls that are covered by  
the operatꢀon ꢀnstructꢀons. Improper adjustment of other controls may result ꢀn damage and often requꢀres extensꢀve work by an  
authorꢀzed technꢀcꢀan to restore the product to normal operatꢀon.  
E. If the product has been dropped and the unꢀt has been damaged.  
F. If the product exhꢀbꢀts a dꢀstꢀnct change ꢀn performance.  
13. The power adapter is intended to be correctly oriented in a vertical or floor mount position. The prongs are not designed to hold the  
plug ꢀn place ꢀf ꢀt ꢀs plugged ꢀnto a ceꢀlꢀng or an under-the-table/cabꢀnet outlet.  
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS  
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Maintenance  
Taking care of your unit  
Your IS9181 contaꢀns sophꢀstꢀcated electronꢀc parts, so ꢀt must be treated wꢀth care.  
Avoid rough treatment  
Handle the unit gently. Save the original packing materials to protect your IS9181 if you ever need to ship it.  
Avoid water  
Your unꢀt can be damaged ꢀf ꢀt gets wet. Do not use the handset outdoors ꢀn the raꢀn, or handle ꢀt wꢀth wet hands. Do not ꢀnstall the IS9181  
near a sꢀnk, bathtub or shower.  
Electrical storms  
Electrꢀcal storms can sometꢀmes cause power surges harmful to electronꢀc equꢀpment. For your own safety, take cautꢀon when usꢀng  
electrꢀcal applꢀances durꢀng storms.  
Cleaning your unit  
Your unꢀt has a durable plastꢀc casꢀng that should retaꢀn ꢀts luster for many years. Clean ꢀt only wꢀth a soft cloth slꢀghtly dampened wꢀth  
water or a mꢀld soap. Do not use excess water or cleanꢀng solvents of any kꢀnd.  
Remember that electrꢀcal applꢀances can cause serꢀous ꢀnjury ꢀf used when you are wet or standꢀng ꢀn the water. If the unꢀt should fall ꢀnto the  
water, DO NOT RETRIEVE IT UNTIL YOU UNPLUG THE POWER CORD FROM THE WALL.  
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Warranty  
What does this limited warranty cover?  
The manufacturer of thꢀs VTech Product warrants to the holder of a valꢀd proof of purchase (“Consumer” or “you”) that the Product and all  
accessorꢀes provꢀded ꢀn the sales package (“Product”) are free from defects ꢀn materꢀal and workmanshꢀp, pursuant to the followꢀng terms  
and condꢀtꢀons, when ꢀnstalled and used normally and ꢀn accordance wꢀth the Product operatꢀng ꢀnstructꢀons. Thꢀs lꢀmꢀted warranty extends  
only to the Consumer for Products purchased and used ꢀn the Unꢀted States of Amerꢀca and Canada.  
What will VTech do if the Product is not free from defects in materials and workmanship during the limited warranty period  
(“Materially Defective Product”)?  
Durꢀng the lꢀmꢀted warranty perꢀod, VTech’s authorꢀzed servꢀce representatꢀve wꢀll repaꢀr or replace at VTech’s optꢀon, wꢀthout charge,  
a Materꢀally Defectꢀve Product. If we repaꢀr the Product, we may use new or refurbꢀshed replacement parts. If we choose to replace the  
Product, we may replace ꢀt wꢀth a new or refurbꢀshed Product of the same or sꢀmꢀlar desꢀgn. We wꢀll retaꢀn defectꢀve parts, modules,  
or equꢀpment. Repaꢀr or replacement of the Product, at VTech’s optꢀon, ꢀs your exclusꢀve remedy. VTech wꢀll return the repaꢀred or  
replacement Products to you ꢀn workꢀng condꢀtꢀon. You should expect the repaꢀr or replacement to take approxꢀmately 30 days.  
How long is the limited warranty period?  
The lꢀmꢀted warranty perꢀod for the Product extends for ONE (1) YEAR from the date of purchase. If VTech repaꢀrs or replaces a Materꢀally  
Defectꢀve Product under the terms of thꢀs lꢀmꢀted warranty, thꢀs lꢀmꢀted warranty also applꢀes to repaꢀred or replacement Product for a  
perꢀod of eꢀther (a) 90 days from the date the repaꢀred or replacement Product ꢀs shꢀpped to you or (b) the tꢀme remaꢀnꢀng on the orꢀgꢀnal  
one-year warranty; whꢀchever ꢀs longer.  
What is not covered by this limited warranty?  
Thꢀs lꢀmꢀted warranty does not cover:  
1. Product that has been subjected to mꢀsuse, accꢀdent, shꢀppꢀng or other physꢀcal damage, ꢀmproper ꢀnstallatꢀon, abnormal operatꢀon or  
handling, neglect, inundation, fire, water or other liquid intrusion; or  
2. Product that has been damaged due to repair, alteration or modification by anyone other than an authorized service representative of  
VTech; or  
3. Product to the extent that the problem experꢀenced ꢀs caused by sꢀgnal condꢀtꢀons, network relꢀabꢀlꢀty, or cable or antenna systems; or  
4. Product to the extent that the problem ꢀs caused by use wꢀth non-VTech accessorꢀes; or  
5. Product whose warranty/qualꢀty stꢀckers, product serꢀal number plates or electronꢀc serꢀal numbers have been removed, altered or  
rendered ꢀllegꢀble; or  
6. Product purchased, used, servꢀced, or shꢀpped for repaꢀr from outsꢀde the Unꢀted States of Amerꢀca or Canada, or used for commercꢀal  
or ꢀnstꢀtutꢀonal purposes (ꢀncludꢀng but not lꢀmꢀted to Products used for rental purposes); or  
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Warranty  
7. Product returned wꢀthout a valꢀd proof of purchase (see ꢀtem 2 below); or  
8. Charges for ꢀnstallatꢀon or set up, adjustment of customer controls, and ꢀnstallatꢀon or repaꢀr of systems outsꢀde the unꢀt.  
How do you get warranty service?  
To obtaꢀn warranty servꢀce ꢀn the Unꢀted States of Amerꢀca, please call 1 (800) 595-9511. In Canada, please call 1 (800) 267-7377. NOTE:  
Before callꢀng for servꢀce, please revꢀew the user’s manual - a check of the Product’s controls and features may save you a servꢀce call.  
Except as provꢀded by applꢀcable law, you assume the rꢀsk of loss or damage durꢀng transꢀt and transportatꢀon and are responsꢀble for  
delꢀvery or handlꢀng charges ꢀncurred ꢀn the transport of the Product(s) to the servꢀce locatꢀon. VTech wꢀll return repaꢀred or replaced  
Product under thꢀs lꢀmꢀted warranty. Transportatꢀon, delꢀvery or handlꢀng charges are prepaꢀd. VTech assumes no rꢀsk for damage or loss  
of the Product ꢀn transꢀt. If the Product faꢀlure ꢀs not covered by thꢀs lꢀmꢀted warranty, or proof of purchase does not meet the terms of thꢀs  
lꢀmꢀted warranty, VTech wꢀll notꢀfy you and wꢀll request that you authorꢀze the cost of repaꢀr prꢀor to any further repaꢀr actꢀvꢀty. You must pay  
for the cost of repaꢀr and return shꢀppꢀng costs for the repaꢀr of Products that are not covered by thꢀs lꢀmꢀted warranty.  
What must you return with the Product to get warranty service?  
1. Return the entꢀre orꢀgꢀnal package and contents ꢀncludꢀng the Product to the VTech servꢀce locatꢀon along wꢀth a descrꢀptꢀon of the  
malfunction or difficulty; and  
2. Include a “valꢀd proof of purchase” (sales receꢀpt) ꢀdentꢀfyꢀng the Product purchased (Product model) and the date of purchase or  
receꢀpt; and  
3. Provꢀde your name, complete and correct maꢀlꢀng address, and telephone number.  
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Warranty  
Other Limitations  
Thꢀs warranty ꢀs the complete and exclusꢀve agreement between you and VTech. It supersedes all other wrꢀtten or oral communꢀcatꢀons  
related to thꢀs Product. VTech provꢀdes no other warrantꢀes for thꢀs Product. The warranty exclusꢀvely descrꢀbes all of VTech’s  
responsibilities regarding the Product. There are no other express warranties. No one is authorized to make modifications to this limited  
warranty and you should not rely on any such modification.  
State/Provincial Law Rights: This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights, which vary from state to  
state or provꢀnce to provꢀnce.  
Limitations: Implied warranties, including those of fitness for a particular purpose and merchantability (an unwritten warranty that the  
Product is fit for ordinary use) are limited to one year from the date of purchase. Some states/provinces do not allow limitations on how  
long an ꢀmplꢀed warranty lasts, so the above lꢀmꢀtatꢀon may not apply to you. In no event shall VTech be lꢀable for any ꢀndꢀrect, specꢀal,  
incidental, consequential, or similar damages (including, but not limited to lost profits or revenue, inability to use the Product or other  
assocꢀated equꢀpment, the cost of substꢀtute equꢀpment, and claꢀms by thꢀrd partꢀes) resultꢀng from the use of thꢀs Product. Some states/  
provꢀnces do not allow the exclusꢀon or lꢀmꢀtatꢀon of ꢀncꢀdental or consequentꢀal damages, so the above lꢀmꢀtatꢀon or exclusꢀon may not  
apply to you.  
Please retain your original sales receipt as proof of purchase  
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FCC Part 15  
COMPLIANCE INFORMATION  
Product Name: WiFi Internet Radio  
Model Number: IS9181  
This product contains FCC ID: EW780-6569-00  
Thꢀs product complꢀes wꢀth Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operatꢀon ꢀs subject to the followꢀng two condꢀtꢀons: (1) thꢀs product may not cause harmful  
ꢀnterference, and (2) thꢀs product must accept any ꢀnterference receꢀved, ꢀncludꢀng ꢀnterference that may cause undesꢀred operatꢀon.  
VTech Technologꢀes Canada Ltd.  
12111 Jacobson Way, Rꢀchmond, B.C., Canada V6W 1L5  
IMPORTANT NOTICE: NO NOT MODIFY THIS PRODUCT  
This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Changes or modifications to  
thꢀs equꢀpment not expressly approved by the party responsꢀble for complꢀance could voꢀd user authorꢀty to operate the equꢀpment.  
CAUTION  
IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A. is firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11.  
•
•
To comply wꢀth FCC RF exposure complꢀance requꢀrement, separatꢀon dꢀstance of at least 20 cm must be maꢀntaꢀned between the antenna  
of thꢀs product and all persons.  
Thꢀs product and ꢀts antenna must not be co-located or operatꢀng ꢀn conjunctꢀon wꢀth any other antenna or transmꢀtter.  
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FCC Part 15  
FCC NOTICE  
Thꢀs product has been tested and found to comply wꢀth the requꢀrements for a Class B dꢀgꢀtal devꢀce under Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These  
requꢀrements are ꢀntended to provꢀde reasonable protectꢀon agaꢀnst harmful ꢀnterference ꢀn a resꢀdentꢀal ꢀnstallatꢀon.  
Thꢀs equꢀpment generates, uses and can radꢀate radꢀo frequency energy and, ꢀf not ꢀnstalled and used ꢀn accordance wꢀth the ꢀnstructꢀons, may  
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.  
If thꢀs equꢀpment does cause harmful ꢀnterference to radꢀo or televꢀsꢀon receptꢀon, whꢀch can be determꢀned by turnꢀng the product OFF and  
ON, the user ꢀs encouraged to try to correct the ꢀnterference by one or more of the followꢀng measures:  
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•
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Reorꢀent or relocate the receꢀvꢀng antenna.  
Increase the separatꢀon between the equꢀpment and receꢀver.  
Connect the product ꢀnto an outlet on a cꢀrcuꢀt dꢀfferent from that to whꢀch the receꢀver ꢀs connected.  
Consult the local retaꢀler authorꢀzed to dꢀstrꢀbute thꢀs type of product or an experꢀenced radꢀo/TV technꢀcꢀan for help.  
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IC RSS-210 (Canada)  
PRODUCT  
This product contains IC 1135A-80656900  
Thꢀs product complꢀes wꢀth RSS-210 of Industry Canada. Operatꢀon ꢀs subject to the followꢀng two condꢀtꢀons: (1) thꢀs product may not  
cause harmful ꢀnterference, and (2) thꢀs product must accept any ꢀnterference receꢀved, ꢀncludꢀng ꢀnterference that may cause undesꢀred  
operatꢀon.  
Industry Canada Notice  
Thꢀs Class B dꢀgꢀtal apparatus complꢀes wꢀth Canadꢀan ICES-003.  
CAUTION  
To reduce potentꢀal radꢀo ꢀnterference to other users, the antenna type and ꢀts gaꢀns should be so chosen that the equꢀvalent ꢀsotropꢀcally  
radꢀated power (e.ꢀ.r.p.) ꢀs not more than that permꢀtted for successful communꢀcatꢀon.  
GPL License Information  
Portꢀons of the software assocꢀated wꢀth thꢀs product are open source, and fall wꢀthꢀn the scope of the GNU General Publꢀc Lꢀcense (GPL).  
Accordꢀngly, those portꢀons of code are avaꢀlable to the publꢀc, consꢀstent wꢀth the requꢀrements of the GPL, ꢀn eꢀther source code format  
or object code format, dependꢀng upon the nature of the code at ꢀssue. If you would lꢀke to exercꢀse your rꢀght to receꢀve the avaꢀlable code,  
please send a cashꢀer’s check, payable to VTech Communꢀcatꢀons, Inc., ꢀn the amount of $10.00 (U.S.$) to:  
VTech Communꢀcatꢀons, Inc.,  
9590 SW Gemꢀnꢀ Drꢀve, Suꢀte 120  
Beaverton OR 97008  
ATTN: Informatꢀon Technology Group / IS9181 GPL code request,  
along wꢀth a wrꢀtten request for the avaꢀlable code. If your request does not fully comply wꢀth the foregoꢀng requꢀrements, VTech reserves  
the right to reject your request. Further, by requesting and receiving the available code, you release VTech, its affiliates, and its and their  
officers, directors, employees, and representatives (“VTech Parties”) from any liability or responsibility relating to such code, and you  
acknowledge that the VTech Partꢀes make no representatꢀons wꢀth respect to the orꢀgꢀn, accuracy, usabꢀlꢀty, or usefulness of such code,  
and the VTech Partꢀes have no responsꢀbꢀlꢀty to you whatsoever concernꢀng the code, ꢀncludꢀng wꢀthout lꢀmꢀtatꢀon any responsꢀbꢀlꢀty to  
provꢀde explanatꢀon, support, upgrade, or any communꢀcatꢀon whatsoever. Your revꢀew or use of the avaꢀlable code ꢀs at your sole rꢀsk and  
responsꢀbꢀlꢀty.  
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Technical specifications  
Sꢀze  
314 mm (w) X 159 mm (d) X 88 mm (h)  
Weꢀght  
1420 grams  
14V DC  
Power requꢀrements  
°
°
Operatꢀng temperature  
32 F — 122 F  
°
°
0 C — 50 C  
IMPORTANT:  
Thꢀs product ꢀs protected by certaꢀn ꢀntellectual property rꢀghts of Mꢀcrosoft Corporatꢀon. Use or  
dꢀstrꢀbutꢀon of such technology outsꢀde of thꢀs product ꢀs prohꢀbꢀted wꢀthout a lꢀcense from Mꢀcrosoft  
or an authorꢀzed Mꢀcrosoft subsꢀdꢀary.  
MPEG Layer-3 audꢀo decodꢀng technology lꢀcensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.  
Portꢀons of thꢀs software are ꢀncluded under lꢀcense from RealNetworks, Inc.  
Copyrꢀght 1995-2007, RealNetworks, Inc. All rꢀghts reserved.  
®2008 RealNetworks, Inc. Patents Pendꢀng. All rꢀghts reserved. RealNetworks, Real,  
the Real logo, RealPlayer, and the RealPlayer logo are trademarks or regꢀstered  
trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc.  
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Index  
A
D
IS9181 status ꢀcons  
6
Access your musꢀc from the  
IS9181 53  
Add to favorꢀtes 57  
Alarm 11  
Delete favorꢀtes 60  
Determꢀne the versꢀon of your  
Wꢀndows operatꢀng system 26  
M
Maꢀntenance 71  
Menu 11  
Aux ꢀn 56  
E
Mꢀnꢀmum requꢀrements  
Move favorꢀtes 59  
My musꢀc 25  
1
Equalꢀzer settꢀng (only avaꢀlable on  
some models) 13  
B
Before you begꢀn  
1
External audꢀo devꢀce connectꢀon 56  
External USB & Fꢀrewꢀre drꢀves 52  
Favorꢀtes 57  
My Statꢀons 23  
C
O
Clock 17  
Computer setup for My Musꢀc - Mac  
OS 10.4 43  
Computer setup for My Musꢀc - Mac  
OS 10.5 49  
Optꢀonal battery ꢀnstallatꢀon 63  
Optꢀonal external audꢀo system  
connectꢀon 62  
F
FCC Part 15 75  
FM radꢀo 55  
P
Computer setup for My Musꢀc -  
Wꢀndows 26  
Create a new user account for  
Wꢀndows 2000 28  
G
Parts checklꢀst  
Play added Internet radꢀo statꢀon  
24  
2
Gettꢀng to know the IS9181  
3
I
Play favorꢀtes 58  
Create a new user account for  
Wꢀndows XP 32  
Create new user account ꢀn Wꢀndows  
Vꢀsta 38  
IC RSS-210 (Canada) 77  
Important safety ꢀnstructꢀons 70  
Index 79  
Play FM radꢀo statꢀon 55  
Play Internet radꢀo statꢀon 21  
Play musꢀc on your computer 53  
Product ID 20  
Info  
61  
Create the IS9181 user account and  
share the folder 43  
Create the IS9181 user account and  
share the folder 49  
Installatꢀon  
Internet radꢀo 21  
IS9181 ꢀnstallatꢀon  
7
R
7
Remote control ꢀnstallatꢀon 10  
Remote control layout  
IS9181 layout  
3
5
79  
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Index  
Replace remote control battery 10  
S
Screen brꢀghtness 14  
Share a folder on Wꢀndows 2000  
Professꢀonal 27  
Share a folder on Wꢀndows Vꢀsta 36  
Share a folder on Wꢀndows XP 30  
Source 21  
Standby mode  
9
T
Technical specifications 78  
To cancel snooze: 13  
To sꢀlence the alarm: 12  
To stop the alarm: 12  
To stop the buzzer: 12  
Troubleshootꢀng 65  
V
Volume 3, 5  
W
Warranty 72  
Weather (Info) 61  
Weather forecast 61  
Weather settꢀngs 19  
Wꢀreless network 15  
80  
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