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Summary of Contents for Audio 359
- Page 1 G e tt in g Starte d G uid e Sit dow n & li s te n ...
- Page 2 Written by Sven Van Caekenberghe. We reserve the right to change products or their features at any time without prior notice. Consult http://audio359.eu for newer versions. Copyright © 2015 Audio 359. All Rights Reserved. Audio 359 is a commercial activity of Wolf 359 BVBA.
- Page 3 Welcome to the world of Audio 359. This short Getting Started Guide will help you set up your Audio 359 Set One. In just a few steps you will be enjoying high quality music playback. S i t d o w n & l i s t e n...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Setting up the player/streamer Accessing the interface Playing an internet radio stream Using Airplay Using UPNP Storing music on the player/streamer Ripping CD’s Acquiring HD audio Using a NAS Recommendations & Warning Limitations Safety guidelines Warranty policy Return policy Troubleshooting & Support... -
Page 5: What's In The Boxes ? Unpacking
Page Wh at ’s i n the boxes ? Un pack ing Carefully unpack everything, taking care not to damage the packaging. You should have received one big box containing 3 boxes: one for the speakers, one for the stands and one for the player/ streamer. -
Page 6: Assembling The Stands
Page Assembli ng th e sta nds The stands require assembly. Unpack all parts. There should be 2 larger bottom plates, 2 smaller top plates, 2 bigger vertical poles and 2 smaller vertical poles. Next there are a number of plastic bags containing screws and assorted items. -
Page 7: Connecting & Positioning The Speakers
The heavier speaker is the left one, the lighter speaker the right one. You will need the long, thick speaker wire, the 3.5mm mini-jack to mini-jack audio cable and the power cord, as well as the remote. Thread the uncovered ends of the speaker wire into the holes perpendicular to the speaker binding posts on the back - you should loosen &... - Page 8 Test your speakers independent of the player/ streamer by connecting your smartphone or portable music player using the 3.5mm mini-jack to mini-jack audio cable. Your speakers will sound great out of the box and will get better over time. No need to do anything else but listen to them, but give them at least 30 to 50 hours break-in time before doing any critical listening.
- Page 9 Page You should try to create a perfect listening triangle, but keep in mind that you have quite a margin to be flexible. Leave at least 2 meters between the left and the right speaker (A). Keep the speakers away from the side (D) S i t d o w n &...
- Page 10 Page and back (B) walls. It is optimal to make them equidistant. Do not put speaker in corners. Angle the speakers inward just a bit. Your primary listening position should be equally far from each speaker (C). C should be greater than A, although some people prefer them to be equal for a very wide stereo field.
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Page 11: Setting Up The Player/Streamer
Be gentle, it will work in the end. Use the 3.5mm mini-jack to mini-jack audio cable to connect the audio input of the left speaker to the audio output of the player/streamer. Note that there are multiple connectors that look similar. You have to use the 3.5mm mini-jack audio output of the top... - Page 12 The other end of the power cable has a MicroUSB connector that goes to the power in MicroUSB connector of the unit (the leftmost connector, just below the DAC’s audio out connector). The unit has no on/off switch. To turn it on, you just plug it in.
- Page 13 Page To start using the wireless network, you have to configure the unit with your wireless network settings. You do this by first making a temporary wired network connection. Then you enter the name (SSID) and WPA/WPA-2 Personal password of your wireless network and save these settings.
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Page 14: Accessing The Interface
Page Ac cessi ng th e interf a c e The software running on the player/streamer is called Volumio. The main interface to control the player/ streamer is presented through a web application. You use any PC, tablet or smartphone that is on your local network to connect to a special address. - Page 15 Page Let’s have a look at the main components of the Volumio interface. The playback tab is the default main view. It tells you which song is playing and at what quality. The left circular dial show you how far along the song is, the right dial allows you to control the volume.
- Page 16 Page browse available music and add it to the playlist. Note that there is a difference between adding a song to the playlist and playing a song - playback can be done from any song in the playlist. This allows you to dynamically compose and manipulate a playlist.
- Page 17 Page To use a wireless network, we have to enter its parameters. Enter the exact name (SSID) and WPA/WPA-2 Personal password of your wireless network and save these changes. The status information should confirm that you are successfully connected to your wireless network.
- Page 18 Page Power down the unit and disconnect the wired network. The next time you power up the unit, it should automatically connect to your wireless network. Give the unit a couple of minutes to boot completely. You should also see a little blue led inside the WiFi dongle in the top USB slot of the unit.
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Page 19: Playing An Internet Radio Stream
Page Playi ng an in ternet ra dio strea m Probably the easiest thing to do is to use the player/ streamer to play back an internet radio station. A large number of stations come predefined. Go to the browse tab and select the web radio category. - Page 20 Page In the Wikipedia article on BBC Radio 3, https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_3, a number of different streams are listed. One is called “Worldwide stream URL (HTTP progressive, 128 Kbps MP3)” and has an address that ends in .pls. If you click it, your browser will most probably start playing the radio stream.
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Page 21: Using Airplay
Windows and look for Airplay audio output devices. In the list of available devices you should see a new one named volumio. Select it to stream audio to it. Due to the nature of Airplay, the receiving device, in this case our player/streamer, does not know which song it is playing, or even that it is playing music from an external source. -
Page 22: Using Upnp
Page Usin g UPNP The player/streamer functions as a UPnP media renderer that can play back music. Use Windows Media Player’s Streaming menu to enable access to a network device called volumio. Now go to any song in your library and use its menu to play it to volumio. -
Page 23: Storing Music On The Player/Streamer
Provided you already have digital audio files in a supported format, like MP3, AAC, ALAC or FLAC, all you need to do is copy them onto the USB stick. - Page 24 Turn off the player and carefully remove the USB drive (the very small USB device below the WiFi dongle). Now put the drive in your computer and copy digital audio files to it. You can use any folder/directory structure you like. The most common one being artist/performer/band name at the first level and album name at the next level.
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Page 25: Ripping Cd's
Page Rippi ng CD ’s Converting a music CD to digital audio files is called ripping. We recommend converting your CD’s to a non-compressed format such as FLAC or ALAC. There are many programs that can help you with this task. -
Page 26: Acquiring Hd Audio
Ac quir ing H D au d io CD quality music is technically defined as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit digital music. The Audio 359 player/streamer with its advanced DAC can play back even higher resolution digital music, up to 192 kHz / 32 bit resolution. -
Page 27: Using A Nas
Page Usin g a NA S Many music lovers already have a large collection of digital music carefully assembled over the year. As long as you can offer this data over your network as a standard Windows share (SMB), the player/streamer is capable of accessing &... - Page 28 Page For example Name: HD-Audio Remote Address: 192.168.1.219 Remote Directory: sven/HD Audio Will result in the following NAS/HD-Audio //192.168.1.219/sven/HD Audio Next an automatic update of your library will start. This might take a while, after which your files will become available for playback. ...
- Page 29 To learn more, visit http://volumio.org Warni ng The Audio 359 Player/Streamer ships as a fully assembled, configured & tested combination of hardware and software that works as advertised. If you change settings not described in this guide, you break warranty and support.
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Page 30: Limitations
Page Lim itati ons The functionality described in this guide has been tested to work well in practice. However, as an evolving piece of software, there are some limitations at the moment. Browsing very large music collections can be slow at times. -
Page 31: Safety Guidelines
Saf ety gui de l ine s Here are some guidelines to maximise your safety while using the system. The Audio 359 Set One contains electrical/electronic equipment that should be treated as such. Use it indoor, keep it away from moisture and heat sources. -
Page 32: Warranty Policy
Page Warranty pol ic y We offer the standard European 2 year limited warranty on defective parts or faulty workmanship. The A5+ speakers come with an extended 3 year warranty. Repair or replacement is free during the warranty period, provided you ship the products back to us, well packaged. -
Page 33: Return Policy
Page Re t ur n poli c y Any purchase made on the Audio 359 Store comes with a 30 days, no questions asked, money back guarantee. We feel we offer the sound, features, and overall quality of systems priced much higher. - Page 34 Page Troubleshoo t ing When the unit is not working properly, you can do some basic checks and take some elementary actions. In case of trouble check all connections. Try to determine whether the normal LED’s are on (steady red power LED, steady green DAC LED when playing, blue LED for Wifi activity).
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