Cambridge Audio StreamMagic6 manual

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Contents Thank you for purchasing y our Stream Magic 6 Network Music Pla yer . We are condent that you will enjoy man y years of listening pleasure from it. Like all Cambridge Audio products the Stream Magic 6 adheres to our three core principles – stunning performance, ease of use and incredible value. The Stream Magic 6 can access a wide ran[...]

For your o wn safety please read the following im por tant safety instructions carefully before att empting to connect this unit t o the mains power supply . They will also enable you to ge t the best per formance fr om and prolong the lif e of the unit: 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all ins[...]

– The unit will become hot when in use. Do not stack multiple units on t op of each other . Do not place in an enclosed area such as a bookcase or in a cabine t without sufcient ventilation. Ensure that small objects do not fall thr ough any v entilation grille. If this happens, switch off immediately , disconnect from the mains supply and con[...]

Cambridge Audio warrants this pr oduct to be free fr om defects in mat erials and workmanship (subject to the t erms set forth below). Cambridge Audio will repair or replace (at Cambridge Audio’s option) this pr oduct or any def ective parts in this product. W arranty periods may vary from country to country. If in doubt consult y our dealer and [...]

Rear panel connections 1 Pow er Socket Once all other connections are made, connect the supplied pow er cable to the Stream Magic 6 power sock et and to an appr opriate mains sock et. The Stream Magic 6 is now ready f or use. 2 Pow er On/Off Switches the Stream Magic 6 on and off. 3 Wireless antenna Should be in the upright position as shown. Allow[...]

F ront panel connections 1 2 3 1 Standby/On When powering up from standby the Standby/On, LED will ash approximately once a second as the unit boots up, the displa y will initially be blank before 'StreamMagic' appears. Note that the full startup sequence can take approximately 30 seconds to complete. Idle mode T o enable Idle mode, it[...]

8 Enter Filter Digital Inputs i Amp / AV R Vo l Vo l Source Remot e control Important! The default mode for the remote allows combined contr ol of the Stream Magic 6 and Cambridge Audio Azur st ereo ampliers. The remote can be set t o control the Cambridge A udio Azur amplier or Cambridge Audio A/V Receivers instead. See later section on this[...]

9 ENGLISH Basic connections Network connections Before y ou can use your Stream Magic 6 for iRadio/Streaming y ou must hav e the follo wing: • A br oadband internet connection (such as ADSL) t o a suitable internet service pro vider (ISP). • A network connection either wirelessly via 802. 11b/g or n Wi-Fi or wired Etherne t connection (10 or 1 [...]

10 Connecting to a wireless ne twork Place the Stream Magic 6 in range of your wireless netw ork (usually 10-30m of a suitable wireless transmitter , although this is af fected b y walls and the construction of your building) and turn it on, via the back panel switch and then on the fr ont panel. The Stream Magic 6 will automatically connect and ob[...]

11 ENGLISH Regist ering your Stream Magic 6 with the Stream Magic website T o access e xtra features on y our Stream Magic 6 such as linking premium streaming services to your Stream Magic 6, adding non-Stream Magic internet radio stations or simply editing, copying, re-ordering or deleting presets rst you will need to set up a free account with[...]

12 Alphanumeric Search This is a search function menu inserted by the Stream Magic 6 int o the browse tree of UPnP servers that suppor t an external sear ch function. Where available y ou can select Alphanumeric search and then ent er the name or partial name of an album or track you wish to nd. Simply select each character in or der using the N[...]

13 ENGLISH Playlists The Stream Magic 6 also supports various playlist formats. F or permanent storage of fav ourite media selections it is recommended t o use suitable software to create playlists. These can then be accessed by the Stream Magic 6 fr om USB Media or UPnP servers that suppor t Playlist serving. Podcasts The podcast services in your [...]

14 Use with Linux In USB Audio 1.0 mode the Stream Magic 6 will w ork with most Linux distributions, allowing the pla yback of audio up to 2 4-bit/96kHz. Newer Linux distributions (e.g. Ubuntu 10.04) support USB Audio 2.0 for which the Stream Magic 6 should be switched to USB A udio 2.0 to accept audio up to 2 4-bit/192kHz. For both cases because L[...]

15 ENGLISH Pairing T o begin streaming high quality music from your chosen media source it will rst need to be paired with the BT1 00. A. Insert BT100 into the USB port at the back of your Stream Magic 6. B. W ait a moment for the BT1 00 to be de tected. Then double click the butt on to enter pairing mode, the BT100 indicates it is in the pairin[...]

16 The Stream Magic 6 will then connect to the netw ork using a sav ed key (if y ou hav e previously set one) or present y ou with an alphanumeric entry menu. Here you can enter the netw ork ke y you set up when setting up your wireless ne twork. Select each character in turn using the Na vigation/Select dial and then press or navigat e to the symb[...]

17 ENGLISH Balance control Balance control allows the sound t o be panned slightly to the left or the right and is sometimes used to compensat e for channel imbalance f ound with recordings transferred fr om vinyl recor ds etc. or to compensat e for offset loudspeaker positions relative to the list ener . Balance is only available if Digital Pre-Am[...]

18 Automatic P ower Do wn The Stream Magic 6 will switch itself off af ter 15 minut es if it is not playing an ything and there has been no user interaction with it during this time. As a def ault this is set to 15 minut es, but you can increase or decrease this time, or turn this f eature off altogether if desired. The Auto P ower Do wn setting ca[...]

19 ENGLISH D/A Converters Dual W olfson WM8 7 40 24-bit D ACs Analogue lter 2-Pole Dual Diff erential Bessel Double Virtual Ear th Balanced THD @ 1kHz 0dBFs <0.001% 2 4-bit (at volume se t to full) THD @ 1kHz -10dBFs <0.001% (at v olume set to full) THD @ 20kHz 0dBFs <0.002% (at volume set to full) Frequency R esponse 20Hz-20kHz +/- 0.1[...]

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