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INSTRUCTIO N MA NU AL Pro -Je ct Stream Box DS net[...]
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2 © Pro-Jec t Audi o Sys tems · Stream Box DS net · Ve rsi on: December 1st, 2014[...]
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C o n t e n t s C o n n e c t i o n s. ..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ..... .... ..... ..... ... ... 4 Connection to an amplifier/st ereo system ............................................. 4 Connection to an ext ern al D/A converter .............................................. 4 Connection to your home network via cable ..[...]
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P r o - J e c t S t r e a m B o x DS n e t Dear music lo ve r, thank you for purchasing the P ro-Ject Audio System s Stream Box DS net. In order to achieve maximu m performance and reliability you should study these instruction manual care fu lly. Hazard warni ng for the us er , the unit or possible misuse Important no tice If below is mentioned th[...]
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U S B c o n n e c t i o n s Here you can connect USB harddisk s or USB flashdisk s. The Stream Box DS net only works with harddisks and flashdisk s that are formatted with FAT 16 or FAT 32. NTFS disks are not supporte d. You can also connec t an iPod To uc h ( 4 . and up) and an iPhone (3G, 3GS, and 4). M a i n s p o w e r c o n n e c t i o n The u[...]
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F r o n t P a n e l Stre am B ox DS The but ton on the left side switches the unit on and back to st and by. The LED above the button lights blue, when the unit is s w itched on, and is off, when the unit is in stan dby. The USB connector on t he right side has the same specifications as the one on t he back panel. The color display at t he center [...]
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switches from title/picture/ Intern et radio playback display to the menu the title/picture/ Radio station was started from. A second push switches back to the playback disp lay. Even if you have navigated to a differen t menu, the display change s back to playback. The audio will not be interrup t ed during display changes. switches from title/pic[...]
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S t r e a m B o x DS n e t s e t u p If you want to use the network functions of the Stream Box DS net , you Have to make s om e bas ic settings first. For that please navigate to Setti ngs in the root menu with the buttons and confirm with the button OK . In the next menu please navigate to Netwo rk and confirm with OK . In the next menu pl[...]
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In the menu that now s ho ws up, please select and confirm Prox y OFF . Please confirm the final questi on “A pp ly Settings?” with OK . Now all settings are made. Y ou r Stream Box DS now will work with out problems in almost all home networks and will find all available media servers. The units shows that with the symbol in the upper righ t c[...]
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After the search is finished , the display now shows all found networks, in our example it is only one. Select your own home network. You can find the name of your WLAN network in the setu p menu of your network router or ask t he person, who installed your network. Confirm your selection with OK . In the next step you have to enter your WLAN encry[...]
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With the menu item Defa ult UPn P Se rver you can select the media server you want to use pre feren tially . If a server is selected here, it will be the default one for playback from root menu. If a default UPnP Server is presele cted, you can immediately access Musi c and Pict ure s on the defaul t server after you select Med ia Serv er from root[...]
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P l a y i n g m u s i c f r o m a m e d i a s e r v e r For playing music from a media ser ve r, go to the root menu with the ke y. There please navigate to the menu item Media Se rver with the keys and confirm your selec tion with the key OK . If you ha ve n’t selected a defa ult media server in the Settin gs menu, you now s ee all availa[...]
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In Gen re/S on g the tracks are sorted by music types. In Artist the sorting criterion is the pe rf or me r, who recorded the track . In Fo lde r you can access the t r ac k s in the memory folder s on the server like with a normal com pute r. When you select Pla ylist s , y ou find there all playlists you generated yourself on a computer and saved[...]
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P l a y i n g m u s i c f r o m U S B f l a s h d i sk or U S B h a r d d i s k To play music from a USB flashdisk or USB harddisk, conne ct it (the latter with an app ro priate cable) to one of the two USB connectors on the front or back of t he Stream Box DS net . Then go to the root menu with a push on the and there into USB 1 for the front conn[...]
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If you want to listen to an internet radio stat ion, do the following: Go to the root menu with the ke y. There plea se move to the menu item Inte rn et Radi o with the keys and confirm your sele ction with the key OK . Now you see a menu list with s ev eral sorting criteria, which help you to find a desired radio station. E .g. in one menu [...]
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Now enter the access code you see in the Stream Box DS net display on t he internet site http:// stream unlim ited.v tuner. com . DON’ T use the code printed here in the manual, it will not work. On the vT une r website you have to register first (it’s completely free of charge). Fol lo w the instructions on the website for registering and comp[...]
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In Them es you can choose between two display appearan ces, Theme 1 and Them e 2 . In Displa y Timeo ut you can set the time, after that the display will switch off automati ca lly to save ene rgy. The display comes on aga in, when you press an arbitrary button on the remote control. The function of this button will not be execute d in this case. Y[...]
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S p e c i f i c a t i o n s USB Input: High-Speed 2. 0, 24/192. 2 x type A socket. Pow er supply for 2,5” hard drives (5V DC / max. 500 mA) via USB USB Flashdisk and USB Harddisk: FAT 16 or FAT 32 (NTFS not supported) High-Level output: 1 pair RCA/Phono sockets Output level: max. 1Vef f Signal- to -noise ratio: 100dB/1V Digital output: 1 x coaxia[...]
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I n t e g r a t e d Co d ec s MP3 Sampling rates : 8- 48 kHz Bit depth: 16 bits Bit rate: 8- 320 kbit/s Additional information data (tags): ID3 V2.4 (including album art) AAC , AAC+ v1/ HE- AAC Sampling rates : 24 - 96 kHz Bit depth: 16 bit Bit-rate : 8-320 kbit/s ALAC (Ap ple Loss less) Sampling rates : up to 48kHz Bit depth: 8/ 16/24 bit AIFF Sam[...]
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R e p l a c i n g t h e r e m o t e c o n t r o l b a t t e r y Please Pro ceed as follows: • Pull out the ba ttery compartment • Rep lace t he ba ttery . Make sure that you insert the battery wit h correct polarity! • Close the battery compartment Battery type: 1 x CR2032 / 3V or 1 x CR2025 / 3V Do not dispose the batter ies as ordinary dome[...]