Devolo MicroLink dLAN Audio User Manual page 12

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Introduction
if you don't want to. Your stereo system can provide music for remote active
speakers, and receive audio files from the computer or Internet radio stations.
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The technical function principle
The connection options and the MP3 audio conversion in a dLAN adapter
allow you to connect hi-fi components to your dLAN network. To illustrate
this, here are two application examples:
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MicroLink dLAN Ethernet or
MicroLink dLAN USB
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devolo MicroLink dLAN Audio
A MicroLink dLAN Audio has all the usual connection options of the hi-fi
world, including analog and digital inputs and outputs (Cinch/RCA) as
well as microphone or active speaker connections (3.5 mm phone plug).
The MicroLink dLAN Audio has a built-in MP3 decoder and encoder. With
these "signal converters", you can convert audio signals from the hi-fi
system into MP3 format, and from the MP3 format back into audio signals
for the hi-fi system.
When using a MicroLink dLAN Audio and another dLAN adapter (e.g.
MicroLink dLAN Ethernet or MicroLink dLAN USB) you can transfer music
from your PC to the stereo system—and vice versa.
MP3
MP3
PC
In this case, the MP3 format is used for the connection from the PC to the
MicroLink dLAN Audio adapter via the power supply grid. After decoding
the data, the hi-fi audio signal is used between the MicroLink dLAN
Audio adapter and the stereo system.
For transmission in the opposite direction, i.e. from the stereo system to
the PC, the audio signal is transferred from the stereo system to the
MicroLink dLAN Audio, where it is encoded and transferred to the PC as
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MicroLink dLAN Audio
MP3
Hi-fi audio
signal
Direction of music flow
Converting MP3 into
hi-fi audio (encoding)
Stereo system