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Amati.linea streaming High Definition audio player Amati.linea streaming High Definition audio player Amati.linea streaming High Definition audio player Product Manual Document Issue Document Issue 3.0 October, 2014 Technical Support: Technical Support: support@ support@openrb.com...
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Embedded Systems SIA assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear in this document. Trademarks Amati.linea is a trademark of Embedded Systems SIA.All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged. Introduction Amati.linea plays all your network music in HD quality staying design wise, powerfull and...
1. Streaming Player with built Streaming Player with built-in amplifier specification in amplifier specification Application Music integration into BMS, Multi Multi-room, Control of whole music/player library from touch devices music/player library from touch devices Standards and norms compliance Standards and norms compliance EMC: EN61000-6-1 EN61000-6-3...
2. Connections – Streaming player WITH amplifier Bottom side Ch1–stereo loudspeaker output (left) Ch2 – stereo loudspeaker output (right) SUB– analog subwoofer output (1 is -, 2 is +) 24V – power input 24V for the player BUTTONS – digital inputs for push-buttons. Configuration is located in Quick Setup Cont.
3. Streaming Player without amplifier specification Application Music integration into BMS, Multi-room, Control of whole music/player library from touch devices Standards and norms compliance EMC: EN61000-6-1 EN61000-6-3 Certificate Technical data: Power supply: 7-36V DC Power consummation: 1.2W Idle mode Connectivity: 10BaseT/100BaseTX 1 USB2.0 0-10V input...
4. Connections – Streaming player WITHOUT amplifier Upper side GND – ground Right – analog line in (right) Left – analog line in (left) Ethernet – Ethernet port USB – 2 x USB interfaces for connection of external flash (music playback) or external WiFi adapter Bottom side Audio outputs–...
5. Quick startup guide The device may be used for installations in dry locations. 1. Connect your speakers(4-8 Ohms) to the Streaming Player’s loudspeakers outputs 2. Connect Ethernet cable to LAN port (make sure the cable is interconnected with your local network) 3.
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12. Map music control functions to KNX in System config Network KNX Audio control menu. Default login and password to access Network config is admin / admin 13. Please note that you have to use external KNX IP Router (e.g. Logic Machine 3) to access the KNX TP, as Streaming Player supports only KNXnet/IP (TP is not used due to sound quality distortions).
6. Amati.linea WEB-based configuration To discover IP address of the player, it has built-in zeroconf utility by default, so using the following applications you can find out the IP: • Windows PC – ServiceBrowser • Linux PC – Avahi • Android – ZeroConf Browser •...
6.1. Audio Player – built-in audio controller, player In Audio Player menu you can control your player, create playlists, favorites. 6.1.1. Update database First thing to do after you enter the interface of audio player is to update local database which will create local library file with pointers to the music sources you have defined (DLNA servers, FTP servers, USB flash drives, internal memory).
You will be automatically asked to reload the Player screen after this is done 6.1.2. Clear local database By clicking on Settings command, you will access the following window which will allow to clean local database. 6.1.3. Play random Click on the Random command in Settings to play random tracks from Current playlist. 6.1.4.
Albums – sort music library by albums Artists – sort music library by artists Genres – sort music library by genres Playlists – Saved playlists and favourites File system – built-in and attached USB storage archive Internet radio – internet radio archive Home –...
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File system folder contains music sources added and available on the network – DLNA, FTP servers, USB, local memory disk. You can enter specific folder by double clicking on it. By double click on the song, it starts to play. By one time click on the entry it offer specific functions to do with folder/song –...
6.1.7. Search Click on the Search button and type the search phrase to find appropriate songs in specific list which is visible on the screen. 6.1.8. Volume control With Volume Up, Volume Down buttons you can control the volume of the player.
6.1.9. Bottom and top control bar On the bottom bar you will find controls to pause/play the song, play next and play previous song in the current playlist On the top side you will find the progress bar in which you can forward the current song, you can also see the time elapsed and song length.
6.1.11. Current playlist In Current playlist the following control button appear on top side of the screen (from left to right): Save playlist – save current playlist...
Show artist info – show or not the artist image with description Delete playlist – clean current playlist In Current playlist you can see all songs which you have added by double-click or via Add button 6.1.12. Playlists In Playlists you will find both your selected Favourites songs as well as saved Playlists. 6.1.13.
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You can add new radio stations by clicking on Add button Added internet radios will appear in User stations folder. You can also import and export radio lists by clicking on these buttons. Only User stations will be exported.
The file for import should be in the following form: 6.1.14. Master-Slave configuration (multiroom) In case you want to pair several players into one group, this can be done in Players menu. The current player is set as Master and in the list you can check those players which you want to play the same music as Master does.
6.2. Quick setup Audio configuration is sorted in three main tabs: • Quick setup – quick configuration • Audio – audio specific configuration like presets, dithering • Services – services configuration • Tools – useful tool configuration 6.2.1. Quick setup In Quick setup window it is possible to fast configuration by enabling or disabling Airplay, DLNA, UPnP renderer settings.
• Volume limit [maximum 150] – lower to e.g. 100 when you are not sure in how much power handles your speakers, so you do not damage them. In this case you will be able to work only with 66% of the maximum power player can output 6.2.3.
KNX/IP Control – enable KNXnet/IP support for mapping specific audio control functions to KNX group addresses. There should be external KNX IP Router used to perform access to KNX TP1 (e.g. LogicMachine) Auto-update – either to update the screen automatically each 10 minutes MPD Password –...
6.3. System Config – network and KNX related configuration 6.3.1. System configuration System Hostname – Name of the Player, all other network devices will see the device by this name System Install Package – Install package in the OS System User access –...
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System Upgrade firmware – upgrade the whole system firmware System Backup configuration – save system configuration settings System Restore configuration – restore system configuration settings System Reboot – restart the device System Shutdown – safely shutdown the system...
6.3.2. Network configuration Network Interfaces – Interface and IP management. Static IP or DHCP can be set up for interface. By default system is set to DHCP client configuration. If WiFi card is attached to USB port, it will appear along with eth0 configuration. Specify the access point and enter key, then reboot the system by pressing the following button on the right top corner Note!
Network Routes – dynamic/static route management. In case advanced routing is necessary, static routes can be added. Network ARP table – Address Resolution Protocol table with hosts being associated with the streaming player 6.3.3. FTP servers, DLNA configuration Network FTP servers / DLNA – DLNA/UPnP/FTP server settings...
• Host / IP address Host / IP address – FTP server IP address • Path (optional) Path (optional) – You can specify path in case your files are inside an FTP fold You can specify path in case your files are inside an FTP folder, for example: ftp://192.168.1.1/Music for example: ftp://192.168.1.1/Music •...
• Share address – IP address of the SAMBA share in form of 192.168.1.1/myshare • Username – username. Leave blank for anonymous access • Password – password. Leave blank for anonymous access • Local directory – local directory name of the SAMBA share 6.3.5.
KNX address – KNX physical address of the device Multicast IP – multicast IP address Multicast TTL – Time to live of multicast telegrams (used in case telegrams are routed in other networks) 6.3.6. Mapping to KNX group addresses Network KNX Audio Control Mapping Note! You have to use external KNX IP Router (e.g.
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Repeat on/off – 1-bit [In/Out] Volume (1-byte) – 1-byte scale 0..100% [In/Out] Volume (4-bit) – 4-bit (3 bit controlled) [In/Out] Next playlist – 1-bit [In] Previous playlist – 1-bit [In] Playlist name – 14-byte string [Out] Map specific track or radio stream to KNX group address You are able to map specific tracks from music sources or specific internet radio to KNX group address in Play track 1 and Play track 2 tabs.
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Zone mapping In case of Player without amplifier you can map Zones control to KNX group addresses.
6.3.7. NTP client Nrtwork Time Protocol server IPs can be specified in this menu for time synchronyzation. 6.3.8. Local FTP server Services Local FTP server – enable or disable local FTP server which allows to upload media to internal memory card via FTP client programs. 6.3.9.
6.3.10. Remote diagnostics Service Remote diagnostics – specify either to enable SSH access to player. Normally should be enabled only for remote inspection of Embedded Systems support team.
6.3.11. System, network status Status System status – General system parameters, memory usage, partitions Status Network status – Network status, bandwidth graph, TX/RX bytes...
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Status Network utilities – Ping, traceroute network utilities...
7. Stream music from Apple devices over AirPlay protocol On your Apple device or PC via iTunes while playing music click on Airplay icon and choose the name of the Streaming Player where you want to play the song/radio. The songs or internet radio is streamed directly from your iPhone/iPad/iPod or PC.
8. MPaD application usage notes (iPad) MPaD application usage notes (iPad) You can use third party apps in parallel of built You can use third party apps in parallel of built-in player of the Streaming Player of the Streaming Player – MPD or UPnP based.
8.2. Connection Player: choose players where to play the selected Player: choose players where to play the selected Choose music source to control ic source to control song...
8.3. Playlists If more then one controller device is used, Playlists are distributed over all devices f more then one controller device is used, Playlists are distributed over all devices f more then one controller device is used, Playlists are distributed over all devices.
9. MPoD application usage notes (iPod, iPhone) MPoD application usage notes (iPod, iPhone) In similar way as with MPaD, configuration and management is done on MPoD with iPod or In similar way as with MPaD, configuration and management is done on MPoD with iPod or In similar way as with MPaD, configuration and management is done on MPoD with iPod or iPhone.
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