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1 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 INSTRUCTION MANU AL P ro - Ject Stream Box DS and Stream Box DS net[...]
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3 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 Contents Connections .................................................................... 4 Connection to an amplifier/stereo system .............................................. 4 Connection to an external D/A converter ..............................................[...]
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4 P ro - Ject Stream Box DS/Stream Box DS net Dear music lover , thank you for purchasing the PRO - JECT AUDIO Stream Box DS/Stream Box DS net. In order to achieve maximum performance and reliability you should study these instruction manual carefully . Hazard warning for the user , the unit or possible misuse Important notice If below is mentioned[...]
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5 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 USB connections Here you can connect USB harddisks or USB flashdisks. The Stream Box DS only works with harddisks and flashdisks that are formatted with F A T 16 or F A T 32. NTFS disks are not supported. Y ou can also connect an iP od T ouch (4. and up) and an iPhone[...]
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6 F ront P anel Stream Box DS The button on the left side switches the unit on and back to standby . The LED above the button lights blue, when the unit is switched on, and is off , when the unit is in standby . The USB connector on the right side has the same specifications as the one on the back panel. The color display at the center of the front[...]
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7 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 switches from title/picture/Internet radio playback display to the menu the title/picture/Radio station was started from. A second push switches back to the playback display . Even if you have navigated to a different menu, the display changes back to playback. The au[...]
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8 Stream Box DS setup If you want to use the network functions of the Stream Box DS, you have to make some basic settings first. F or that please navigate to Settings in the root menu with the buttons and confirm with the button OK . In the next menu please navigate to Network and confirm with OK . In the next menu please go to Network Setup[...]
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9 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 In the menu that now shows up, please select and confirm Proxy OFF . Please confirm the final question “ Apply Settings?” with OK . Now all settings are made. Y our Stream Box DS now will work without problems in almost all home networks and will find all availabl[...]
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10 After the search is finished, the display now shows all found networks, in our example it is only one. Select your own home network. Y ou can find the name of your WLAN network in the setup menu of your network router or ask the person, who installed your network. Confirm your selection with OK . In the next step you have to enter your WLAN encr[...]
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11 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 With the menu item Default UPnP Server you can select the media server you want to use preferentially . If a server is selected here, it will be the default one for playback from root menu. If a default UP nP Server is preselected, you can immediately access Music an[...]
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12 Playing music from a media server F or playing music from a media server , go to the root menu with the key . There please navigate to the menu item Media Server with the keys and confirm your selection with the key OK . If you haven ’t selected a default media server in the Settings menu, you now see all available servers in your home [...]
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13 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 In Genre/Song the tracks are sorted by music types. In Artist the sorting criterion is the performer , who recorded the track. In Folder you can access the tracks in the memory folders on the server like with a normal computer . When you select Playlists , you find t[...]
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14 Playing music from iP od or iPhone T o play music from iP od or iPhone, connect it with an appropriate cable to one of the two USB connectors on the front or back of the Stream Box DS. Then go to the root menu with a push on the and there into USB 1 for the front connector or USB 2 for the connector on the back. Then the menu you see on the righ[...]
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15 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 If you want to listen to an internet radio station, do the following: Go to the root menu with the key . There please move to the menu item Internet Radio with the keys and confirm your selection with the key OK . Now you see a menu list with several sorting c[...]
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16 Now enter the access code you see in the Stream Box DS display on the internet site http://streamunlimited.vtuner .com . DON’T use the code printed here in the manual, it will not work. On the vT uner website you have to register first (it ’s completely free of charge). F ollow the instructions on the website for registering and compiling of[...]
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17 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 In Themes you can choose between two display appearances, Theme 1 and Theme 2 . In Display Timeout you can set the time, after that the display will switch off automatically to save energy . The display comes on again, when you press an arbitrary button on the remote[...]
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18 Specifications USB Input: High-Speed 2.0, 24/96. 2 x type A socket. P ower supply for 2,5” hard drives (5V DC / max. 500 mA) via USB USB Flashdisk and USB Harddisk: F A T 16 or F A T 32 (NTFS not supported) High-Level output: 1 pair RCA/Phono sockets Output level: max. 1V eff Signal-to-noise ratio: 100dB/1V Digital output: 1 x coaxial (S/PDIF)[...]
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19 © Audio T rade GmbH · P ro- Ject Stream Box DS · V ersion: January 1st, 2012 Integrated Codecs 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, M4a (Stream Bo x DS net only: including Apple Lossless) Sampling rates: 24-96 kHz (output sampling rate = [...]
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20 Service Should you encounter a problem which you are not able to alleviate or identify , please contact your dealer for further advice. Only when the problem cannot be resolved there should the unit be sent to the responsible distributor in your country . W arranty The manufacturer accepts no responsibility for damage caused by not adhering to t[...]