Acoustic Research ARIR201 User Manual

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Pandora Radio
Pandora Radio is a premium, streaming content 
provider partner which offers “personalization” 
through the use of selectable “Thumbs Up” and 
“Thumbs Down” buttons. It also uses artist 
recommendation and related artists to further 
assist discovery of music and enjoyment of 
stations.
“Subscribers” who pay for their subscriptions do 
not hear any audio ads, while normal registered 
(free-account) users hear audio ads in between 
songs. For more information regarding Pandora 
Radio accounts, please visit www.pandora.com.
Accessing Pandora Radio
• Press 
SOURCE repeatedly to select Pandora 
Radio.
 OR
• Press  or   to highlight Pandora Radio in 
the Source menu and then press SELECT
Logging in to Pandora Radio
At first attempt to login to Pandora with empty 
credentials on the unit, the following screen will 
be displayed:
 
• Press  or   to select Yes if you have an 
existing account. The unit will then ask you to 
enter your account login information. Follow 
the on-screen instructions to complete 
entering your login information.
• Press  or   to select 
No if you do not have 
an existing account. The following message 
will be displayed:
 
To use your Pandora account, the 
account information in the radio 
(refer to Account Info on page 30) 
must match your Pandora account 
information online.
• Press 
SELECT and use the displayed 
activation code to create your account online.
• Press 
SELECT after done and follow the 
on-screen instruction to enter your login 
information.
Note that Pandora may not be available in all 
countries. "Sorry, Pandora is not available in this 
country." will be displayed in this case.
Listening to Pandora Radio
To select a station:
1. Press   or   to highlight a station genre and 
then press SELECT
 
 
• 
Some genres may contain sub-genres for 
selection.
2.  While a station is highlighted, press SELECT
The selected station will start to play. 
 
• Press  to pause or resume playback.
3. Press   to skip to the next song.
• 
Both free account and premium account 
limits to approximately 6 skips per hour per 
station while free account also limits to 12 
skips per day. "Our music licenses limit the 
number of songs skipped per hour" will be 
shown when the hourly skip limit is reached.
To store the current station as a preset: 
1.  Select a station.
2.  Press and hold 1, 2, 3, 4or on top of the 
radio until a beep sound is heard to store the 
current station to that preset button.
• 
To listen to a preset station, press 1-6.
Audio ads cannot be skipped, 
thumbed up or down, bookmarked 
or tagged. "Not available for audio 
ads" will be displayed when attempting any 
of these.