Airstream A100 User Manual

Airstream A100 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Audio Amplifier User Manual...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

     21 Thank You for your Purchase. Congratulations on purchasing Monitor Audio’s Airstream A100. Welcome to the new way to “Free Your Music” anywhere in your home wirelessly from an AirPlay compatible device or iTunes on your PC or Mac. Register your product now!!!! For extra piece of mind, news and the opportunity to win products from Monitor Audio, don’t forget to register your A100 at www.airstream-ma.com/register...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    AirPlay enabled amplifier system. Whether using AirPlay Direct, • iPad 2 streaming via a wireless router or playing your music collection from PC or MAC, the A100 is the way to “Free Your Music”. • iPad • iPhone 5 A100 Capabilities •...
  • Page 5: The A100

    3. Wi-Fi Sharing/ Factory Reset button. This button also serves two purposes: A short press is required when connecting the A100 to a wireless network (an iOS device needs to be connected via USB), refer to page 6; Press and hold for 12 seconds to perform a factory reset.
  • Page 6: Getting Ready To Free Your Music

    Connecting the Speakers IMPORTANT: Please follow the following instructions in sequence. Connect the mains lead to the back of the A100, connect to wall To connect the speakers/ cables, ensure that the cables are long socket and were applicable turn on.
  • Page 7: Airplay Direct

    To Free Your Music before even connecting the A100 to a wireless press the “home” button and try again. It sometimes network, or if you don’t have a wireless router use the A100 in takes a few seconds for the network to become AirPlay Direct mode to still be able to enjoy your music.
  • Page 8: Freeing Your Music

    USB socket on the A100 and connect the USB lead to the A100 and your iOS-device. To connect the A100 to a WiFi network you will need to have the following: • A Wireless router.
  • Page 9: Option 2

    A100 to the wireless network. Via iOS-Device 1. Turn the A100 on from standby mode. The LED on the front will flash blue, firstly in pattern 2 then pattern 1 sequence. 5. The blue LED will then start to flash blue again as per Pattern 2 and turn solid blue when connected to the WiFi network.
  • Page 10 A100 and press the home button on the device and then retry steps 4 & 5. 6. The A100’s portal page will now be displayed. Select WiFi Setup from the list on the left hand side. 1. Go to Settings, then WiFi.
  • Page 11: Via Laptop/ Pc

    The Laptop or PC, must be wireless enabled with wireless turned on. 1. Turn the A100 on from standby mode. The LED on the front will flash blue, firstly in pattern 2 then pattern 1. 2. When it changes to Pattern 1, it is not connected to a wireless Continue to Step 7.
  • Page 12 Wireless Network. 9. Click the drop down arrow to select the “Service Set ID” 13. To start streaming to the A100 from your PC, Mac or iOS device, (SSID). In the list should be your wireless network. Select please refer to page 11 your network and enter the security key.
  • Page 13: Free Your Music

    2. With the album cover up, swipe up to reveal the Control Centre. You should see the AirPlay icon. 2. Click on the icon and select the Airstream A100 from the devices available. The AirPlay logo will then turn blue.
  • Page 14: Play Another Device Using The Analogue Inputs

    1. Connect a stereo coaxial cable to the analogue auxialary input on the back of the A100 and the other end into the device you wish to play from. 3. Select the song you wish to play and sit back and enjoy.
  • Page 15: Play Another Device Using The Digital Inputs

    1. Connect an optical cable to the digital auxialary input on the There are a number of third party apps that use the DLNA protocol, back of the A100 and/ or a USB cable to the front (iOS device so please refer to the instructions for your particular application only) and the other end into the device you wish to play from.
  • Page 16: Charging Via The Usb

    USB memory stick. Details of all methods are outlined below. AutomaticNotificationofFirmwareUpdate By default the A100 is set up to inform you a firmware update is available automatically. 1. After the A100 has gone through the initial boot up procedure...
  • Page 17: Usb Firmware Update

    Web Browser Firmware Update To update the firmware by USB memory stick the update firmware It is possible to update the firmware in the A100 via its web page. needs to be downloaded first. There are a number of ways to do this and these are listed below: i.
  • Page 18 5. Next, click on “Choose File” and navigate to the location the updated firmware file was saved to. Select it and click open. 10. Press the standby button and the A100 will go through the initial start up procedure described on page 4.
  • Page 19: Checking Firmware Version

    2. On the device, go to Settings, then General and then About. 3. In the About section scroll down the screen to you see 1. With the A100 turned on and out of standby mode (LED not Airstream A100. flashing), press and hold the standby button for about 3 seconds.
  • Page 20: Factory Reset

    Sharing Button for approximately 12 seconds (Item 3 on page 3). 2. The LED on the front will turn red and the A100 will go into standby mode. When this happens, the settings have been reset.
  • Page 21: Led Colour Matrix

    Update Failed LED Flashing Patterns The below table shows the names of the flash patterns associated with the LED on the front of the A100. Pattern Number 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms 250ms...
  • Page 22: Specs

    4th Generation, iPod Touch 3rd Generation, iPod Touch 2nd Generation - Running iOS 4.3.3 or greater. PC or Mac running iTunes 10.2.2 or greater. Supported File Formats (AirPlay) AAC, ALAC, MPS Supported File Formats (Airstream) AAC, ALAC, MP3, FLAC DLNA 1.0/1.5 Server Inter-operability UPnP 1.0 AV Media Server...
  • Page 23: Trouble Shooting

    • It can sometimes take 30 seconds or so for the A100 to talk to the rest of the network to let it know it is on and ready. Try Unable to Connect to the Wireless Network leaving iTunes for a bit to see if it appears.
  • Page 24 Monitor Audio Ltd. 24 Brook Road Rayleigh Essex, SS6 7XJ England Tel: +44 (0)1268 798567 Fax: +44 (0)1268 740589 Email: info@monitoraudio.co.uk Web: www.airstream-ma.com Designed in the United Kingdom Version 1. 2013...

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