Plug In And Turn On; Connecting Bluetooth® Devices - Arcam Solo bar Handbook

Plug in and turn on

Connecting a Solo sub
1.
The Solo bar is supplied with a moulded Being part of the Arcam Solo range means
mains plug already fitted to the cable. Check your Solo sub can communicate wirelessly
that the plug supplied fits your supply. If with the Solo bar.
your mains supply voltage or mains plug is
different, please contact your Arcam dealer Make sure the Solo sub is turned on at its
immediately. power switch.
2.
First, connect the mains cable to the power
socket on the back of the Solo bar, making
sure that it is pushed in firmly. Now push
3.
the plug into your mains socket and switch
the socket on. The unit is now in standby,
indicated by a red LED on the front panel.
If the unit is left unused for an extended
period of time it will go into standby to
reduce power consumption.
Press the button on the remote
WIRELESS
LINE LFE
control unit of the Solo bar followed
by until Speaker/EQ Setup appears
on the front display panel. Press
followed by again, until Sub Pairing
INPUT
PWR
appears.
5. If the pairing procedure was successful, the
4. Press and hold the WIRELESS button
Press to start the pairing procedure. on the rear of the Solo sub for about five WIRELESS LED will glow a constant blue
The display will change to In Progress. seconds. The WIRELESS LED will start and the Solo bar will display
flashing blue, signalling that the Solo
Position the INPUT selector on the rear sub is in sync mode and searching for a 6. Once the pairing procedure is finished, the
of the Solo sub to WIRELESS.
source to connect with. Solo sub will always reconnect whenever it
is powered on or receives an audio signal.
Solo sub
Note: Sync mode lasts for about 30 seconds.
If no source is detected during this time, the
Solo bar will stop searching and the process
will need to be repeated.
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Connecting Bluetooth® devices
The Solo bar has built in Bluetooth wireless
WIRELESS
PAIRING
technology for seamless integration with any
Bluetooth enabled device.
Pairing with Bluetooth devices
WIRELESS
Follow the advice provided in the operation
instructions for your Bluetooth device. Select
Arcam Solo bar from the list of Bluetooth devices
Linked.
to complete the pairing. Once the pairing procedure
is finished, it does not need to be performed again.
Using headphones
The Solo bar comes with a Bluetooth
transmitter so that it can connect to a set of
Bluetooth headphones.
Note: Transmitting via Bluetooth is different
to receiving. Up to four devices can be paired
but only one device can be connected at a
time on a first-come-first-served basis.
Connecting Bluetooth headphones
Press the button on the remote
control followed by until Speaker/
EQ Setup appears on the front display
panel. Press followed by again,
until Headphone Out appears. Press to
select it.
By default, the Bluetooth transmitter is
turned off so Disable is shown on the display
panel. Press to change the display to
Enabled. The Bluetooth transmitter is now
on and the Device Search menu option is
activated.
Now follow the advice supplied with your
Bluetooth® devices
Bluetooth headphones to put them in
pairing mode.
Make sure that Device Search is still
displayed and press . The Solo bar will
search for available devices for one minute.
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If no devices are found, press again to
start another search. You might want to
make sure there are no obstacles in the way.
When the search is finished, available
devices will be displayed in a list. Use the
and buttons to select the correct
device and press to finish the pairing
procedure. The Solo bar will display a
message to indicate that the connection has
been successfully completed.
Using your headphones
Make sure both the Solo bar and your
headphones are turned on. Select an audio
source and enjoy listening to sound through
your headphones.
Note: If your headphones are turned off,
audio is automatically played using the Solo
bar speakers.
WARNING: Turning the Bluetooth transmitter on
temporarily disables the Bluetooth input. This
means you will not be able to stream sound from
a Bluetooth device to the Solo bar and listen via
headphones at the same time.