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    SQT0184 until 2014/03/24 Owner ’ s Manual <Full version> Netw ork A udio Co nnec tor Model No. SH-ALL1C Thank you fo r purchasing th is product. Please rea d thes e instructi ons careful ly befo re using t his prod uct , and save th is manual for future use . Register online at w ww .p anasonic.com/register (U .S . cus t ome r s o nl y)[...]

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    - 2 - T able of cont ent s Accessories .................... .............. ......... ......... .............. .............. ........ 3 Unit care ........... .............. ......... .............. ...... ... .............. .............. ........ 4 Control ref erence guide ........... .............. .............. . ........ .............. .......[...]

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    - 3 - Accessories  ≥ Do not us e AC power supply cord (AC mains lead) with other equi pment. ≥ Product n umbers provid ed in this owner ’s manual are cor rect as of May 2014. These may be subject to change. 1 AC power supply cord (AC mains lead) (K2CB2 CB0002 2) (K2CT2Y Y00097) (K2CQ2 YY001 19) (K2CJ2 YY00101) 1 Audio cable (K2K YYYY0024 2[...]

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    - 4 - Unit care Clean this unit with a soft, dry cloth. ≥ Never use alcohol, p aint thinner or benzine to clean thi s unit. ≥ Before us ing chemically treated cloth, caref ully r ead the cloth ’ s instructions . ∫ T o dis pose or t ransfe r this unit The unit may keep the u ser settings inf ormation in t he unit. If you discar d this un it [...]

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    - 5 - Control refere nce guid e 1 Mode switch [MODE] Set the d ownsampling setting ( l 24) / T urn the beep sound on/of f ( l 25) 2 WPS pair ing swit ch [-W PS] Enter WPS p airing mode ( l 16) / fi rmware update mode ( l 23) 3 S tan dby/on switch [ Í /I] T ouch to s witch the unit from on to st andby mode or vice ver sa. In st andby mode, the u ni[...]

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    - 6 - Indicator illumi nation The indicator patterns illustrat ed below are disp layed during n ormal operation al conditions. Indicator Description Operation indicator (a mber) Blinks once ≥ The unit detect s the switc h touched. Blinks tw ice ≥ The unit de tects a valid operatio n perf ormed by to uching and hol ding the switch. Mode indicato[...]

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    - 7 - Indicator Description Network indicat or (blue/red) Blinks alte rnately ≥ The u nit is carry ing o ut an intern al process. – W ait for maximum of approximately 60 seconds b efore the blinking st ops. – Do not di sconnect the AC power supply cord (AC mains lead). Doing so may cause malfunction or damage. Network indicat or (blue) Blinks[...]

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    - 8 - Connectio ns Y ou can enj oy mu sic from a de vice o n th e ne twor k by usi ng th is un it. At first, you mu st connect an a udi o system, amplifier or receiv e r , etc. to this unit. This uni t can be i nstall ed either vertically or horizont ally . ∫ Horizontal Inst all the unit w ith the rubber fe et side down as shown below . STEP1: In[...]

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    - 9 - ∫ Ve r t i c a l Place t he stand s and fit the unit int o them. Install the unit with the AllPlay icon side up. S tands (supp lied) Rubb er feet When placing the stands, align them with th e rubbe r feet. S tand s (suppl ied)[...]

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    - 10 - Connect an a udio system, amplifier or receiver , etc. to th is un it usin g an audi o cable (su pplied) or a n opt ical cable ( not s upplie d). ∫ Using an audi o cable (supplied) ∫ Using an optical cable (not supplie d)  ≥ For det ails, refer to the ope rating inst ructions of the con nected devic e. STEP2: Connect ing to an aud i[...]

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    - 11 -  ≥ It t akes some tim e until t he unit co nnects to a network and be c omes ready for use a fter i t is connect ed to an AC outlet and t urned on. Once con nected to a net work, the unit can be used at all ti mes unless the AC outl et is tur ned of f. W e recommend connecti ng the unit to an AC outlet t hat is al ways live . ≥ Since [...]

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    - 12 - Network set tings Y ou can s tream music fro m a d evice on t he ne twork b y us ing th e Qualcomm ® AllP lay TM smart media platfo rm or DLNA featur e. T o use these featur es, this uni t must joi n the same network as the dev ice. Choose a network setting me thod from the following.  ≥ The se tting will be cancel ed aft er the s et t[...]

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    - 13 - ≥ The foll owing step s are base d on a smartp hone. ≥ Do not connect a L AN cable. Doing so will disable the Wi-Fi ® func tio n. 1 T urn this unit o n. 2 Go to W i-Fi ® settings on the dev ice. ≥ Proceed to the next step aft er the network indicator changes fr om blinking in blue and red to bli nking in blue . – The bl inking in b[...]

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    - 14 - 4 St art the In ternet browser o n the device to display the settin g s pa g e . ≥ [iOS] : The sett ings p age will be automatically displayed. ≥ [Except _iOS] : Once you open the Internet br owser , the set tings pag e will b e displaye d – If t he settings page i s not dis played, type “ http:// 172.19.42. 1/” into the URL addres[...]

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    - 15 - 6 Select your network n ame (SSID) and type the p assword. ≥ Check the wireless router for t he network name (SSID) and the p assword. ≥ A list of network names (SSIDs) will be appeared whe n you sel ec t th e “Net work N ame ” box . ≥ T o show the charac ters typed i n the “Pass word” box, select “Sho w Password”. ≥ If y[...]

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    - 16 - ≥ Do not connect a LAN ca ble. Doing so will d isable the Wi-Fi fun ction. 1 T urn this unit o n. ≥ Proceed to the next step aft er the network indicator changes fr om blinking in blue and red to bli nking in blue . – The bl inking in blue start s af ter maxi mum of approxi mately 60 s e conds. If the blink ing in b lue does not st art[...]

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    - 17 - 1 Disconnect the AC power supply cord ( AC mains lead). 2 Conn ec t th is un it t o a b road ban d r outer , et c. u sing a LA N ca ble . 3 Connect the AC power supply cor d (AC mains lead) to this unit, and turn t he unit on. ≥ When the conn ection is estab lished, the network in dicator (bl ue ) light s up.  ≥ Use ca tegory 5 or a b[...]

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    - 18 - Y ou can chan ge t his unit ’s nam e on t he ne twor k, a nd use spe cifi c IP addre ss, subnet mask, default gate way , primary DNS, etc. Prep aration ≥ Complete the network settin gs. 1 Check this unit ’ s IP addre ss ( l 26), and note it down. 2 Connect your device to the same networ k as this unit. 3 St art an Int ernet browse r on[...]

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    - 19 - Enjoying music Y ou can enjoy music o n your home network and o nline music servi ces. T o stream mu sic from the device on the networ k to this uni t as AllPlay/ DLNA spe akers, you need to dow nload th e app “ Panasonic M usic S treami ng” (free of charge) , etc. ≥ [iOS] : App S tore ≥ [Android] : Go ogle Play TM Prep aration ≥ C[...]

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    - 20 - 5 [iOS] : From “ ”, select thi s unit as the output sp eakers. [Android] : From “Select Speaker”, select this unit as the output sp eakers. ≥ If you have multiple AllPlay speak ers, you can e njoy synchr oniz ed sound from them. Sel ect “ ” and then sel ect the speake rs to group. – Y o u can al so play di fferent songs o n o[...]

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    - 21 - This unit is comp atible with several music services. Visit t he followin g website for the com patibility information. www .pa nasonic.com/globa l/consumer/homeav /allseries/s ervice Prep aration ≥ Make su re that the network is co nnected to th e Intern et. ≥ Conn ect a device w ith a compati ble ap p insta lled to t he same n e tw ork[...]

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    - 22 - ∫ Using onli ne music services other than Spotify After step 2 3 From “ ”, select this unit as the outpu t speakers. ≥ Depending on the servi ce, you might need to open f ull scre en pl ayer to display “ ”. ≥ If you have multiple AllPlay speak ers, you can e njoy synchr oniz ed sound from them. Sel ect “Group” and t hen sel[...]

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    - 23 - Firmware up dates Occasionally , Panasonic may r elease upda ted firmware fo r this u nit t hat may add or impro ve the wa y a featur e operate s. These updates ar e availa ble free of c har ge. Prep aration ≥ Connect t his unit to the n etwork. ( l 12) – Make s ure that the network i s connected to the Inter net. 1 T ouch and h old [-WP[...]

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    - 24 - Others Set wheth er the hi gh quality au dio outpu t from the optical term inal will be output a s is (“of f”) or n ot (“on” ). ≥ When this unit is connected to a device that does not support a sampling frequency of 8 8.2 kHz or higher , change the setting to “on”. This unit will downs ample the frequency as follows before outp[...]

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    - 25 - Y ou can tur n the b eep sound on/of f. T ouch [MODE]. ≥ The mo de indica tor (amb er) blinks. – Blinks o nce: on (default) – Blinks twice: off  ≥ If t he network indi cator i s blinking in blue an d red, wait unti l the blinki ng stop s. T o check the Wi -Fi signal streng th where the uni t is located . If you ar e playing music [...]

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    - 26 - T o check the unit’ s IP address and th e MAC address. Prep aration ≥ Dow nload the app “Pa nasonic M usic S treaming ”. ( l 19) 1 St art the app “Panaso nic Music St reaming”. 2 [iOS] : Select “ ”. [Android] : Select “Se lect Sp eaker”. 3 Select “ ”. 4 T ouch and h old “Group” in the title b ar at the top.  ?[...]

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    - 27 - T roubleshooting Before requ esting service, make th e following checks. If the pr oblem remain s unresolved, consult your de aler for inst ructions. Refer to the li mited warranty on the “ Owner ’s Manual <Setup> ”. T o return all s ettings to the factory default s 1 T urn this unit on. ≥ If t he network indi cator is bl inkin[...]

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    - 28 - The network indica tor does not stop blinking in blue and red. ≥ The unit n eeds t o be repair ed. C onsult yo ur dea ler . This unit has stopped producing opera tion sounds. ≥ Set the operat ion sound se tting to on. ( l 25) The mode indicator (a mbe r) keep s blinking twice. ≥ This unit is no t connected t o the net work. T ouch any [...]

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    - 29 - The device name is not change d. ≥ T urn the u nit of f, and the n disconnec t and recon nect the AC pow er suppl y cord (A C mai ns lead). Cannot select this unit as the output speakers. ≥ Make su re that the devices are connected to the sa me network as this unit. ≥ Reconnect the devices to t he networ k. ≥ T urn of f and th en on [...]

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    - 30 - S pecifications ∫ GENERAL Power supply AC 120 V , 60 Hz AC 220 V to 240 V , 50 Hz Power consumption 3W Power consumption in standby mode Approx. 2.5 W Dimensions (W k H k D) Horizont al insta llation 135 m m k 51 mm k 142 mm (5 11 / 32 q k 2 1 / 32 q k 5 19 / 32 q ) V ertical inst allation with st and 71 mm k 142 mm k 142 m m (2 13 / 16 q [...]

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    - 31 - ∫ AUDIO SECTION ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUT S tereo Pin jack Output L evel (1 kHz, 0 dB ) 2 V rms Frequen cy Response (fs 1 92 kHz) 4 Hz to 80 kHz, -3dB Signal to Noise Ratio (IHF- A) (1 kHz, 0 d B, fs 192 kHz ) 102 dB o r more T otal Harmonic Distortion Plus Noise (1 kHz, 0 d B, fs 192 kHz ) 0.005 % or less DIG T AL AUDIO OUTPUT Optical ∫ Audio[...]

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    - 32 -  ≥ S pecificati ons are subject t o change without notice. ≥ Mass and di mensions are appr oximate. ≥ Uncompress ed FLAC files may not operate correctly . Qualco mm ® AllP lay TM smart med ia platform is a pro duct of Qual comm Connected Experien ces, I nc. Qualco mm is a trademark of Qualcomm Incor porated, regi stered in the Unit[...]

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    - 33 - Sales a nd Support Information Customer Communi cations Centr e ≥ For custo mers withi n the UK: 0844 844 3899 ≥ For custo mers withi n Irelan d: 01 28 9 8333 ≥ Monda y–Friday 9: 00 am – 5:00 pm (Excludin g public holid ays). ≥ For furth er support on your prod uct, please visit our website : www .p anasonic.co.u k Direct S ales [...]

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    Manufactured by: Panasonic Corporati on Kadoma, Osaka, Japan Import er for E urope: Pan asoni c Market ing Europ e Gm bH Pana sonic Testing Cen tre Winsber gring 15, 22525 Hamburg, Germany Panasonic Corporation of North Amer ica T wo Rive rfron t Plaza, N ewark, NJ 07102- 5490 http:// www .panas onic.com Panasonic Canada Inc. 5770 Ambl er Drive, Mi[...]