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Setting up the Dock Assistant App and the Mercury App to
stream audio from Spotify through the Mercury Dock
The Mercury Audio System is designed to be as adaptable as possible, providing multiple ways to connect to
your favourite music throughout your home.
Using the Dock Assistant, you can access web services such as Spotify through the Mercury App on any Apple
iOS device. This enables the Mercury Audio System to stream audio from your Spotify account around your
home.
Setting up the Dock using the Dock Assistant app
Set up your Mercury MRA4 audio system with at least 1 audio source, a control plate and speakers connected
to zone 1. –See the initial setup for the simplest installation on page 5. The system can be installed in stages.
Setting up this dock assistant App will likely be the final part of your installation.
Connect your Mercury MRA4 IP port to your router from the built in IP port using CAT5 cable.
Connect your Mercury Dock using the Audio and Data sockets. Please follow the installation
instructions included with the Dock. It is recommended that you try to play a track from the docked
device, before setting up the Dock Assistant App.
Download the Mercury Control App and Mercury Doc Assistant App onto the device you
wish to dock from the App Store.
Mercury Control App
Connect an Apple iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad to the Dock using a USB lead. Ensure this device has the
lasted Mercury Dock assistant App is loaded. The Mercury Dock App is available as a free
download available from the App Store for all iOS devices.
Leave the device connected to the dock. The dock will charge the device while it is connected. This will act as
a music library and internet player, connecting you with your music from any zone or
multiple zones in your home. All controlled wirelessly via the Mercury App on another iPhone or iPad or
the Mercury Touch Screen.
Connect another Apple iOS (iPad/iPhone) device to the same Wi-Fi network that you connected the MRA4's
IP port and ensure the Mercury Dock App Assistant is loaded. Follow the Mercury
Dock Assistant Set-up page 25 in this Audio Manual.
Now the MRA4 is connected it can receive audio from web based streaming services such as Spotify
and browse your own iTunes Library through the Mercury App of the device connected to the
mercury dock. All web based content and your iTunes library can now be access heard and controlled
from any or multiple zone. All your control plates will allow you to change the
track being played and control the rest of system normally.
Issued Date: June 2014
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