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STREAMQ
ANDROID USER GUIDE VERSION 1.0
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Contents Welcome 1 Installing the StreamQ App Android Installation
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Finding your way around the StreamQ App
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Advanced features Re-streaming music from speaker inputs
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Creating Playlists
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Renaming Speakers
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Main menu options
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Troubleshooting
Playing music
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I can’t find music stored on my phone (Android)
Grouping Speakers
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What File Formats can I stream to the Speakers from the
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Adjusting the Volume
StreamQ App?
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Updating the Speaker Firmware
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Connecting to 3rd party Streaming Services
Spotify Connect
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System Requirements
Android and iOS
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Windows and OSX
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Contact
AllPlay Radio (TuneIn)
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Samsung AllShare
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Other streaming services
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Streaming music stored on your NAS drive
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Installing the StreamQ App Android Installation
• Launch the Play Store on your Android device and search for ‘Bayan StreamQ’, the official Bayan App which has this icon:
• Install the StreamQ App to your mobile device. • Ensure that your android device is on the same WiFi network as your speakers, then tap on the StreamQ App to launch it.
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Finding your way around the StreamQ App • This is the main screen of the App – it lists all the music to be found on your phone. • Tap on the
icon (hamburger icon) to open the main menu
• Tap ‘Speaker’ to choose which speaker(s) you wish to listen to your
music through
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• Tap on the icon in the bottom right corner to show the large player screen (drag the large player down to minimise it once more) • Tap and hold on an album or track to get more options (such as play now, add to queue, add to favourites etc.)
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Main menu options The main menu gives access to: • Favourites – tracks that you have marked as favourite to enable you to find them quickly in future • Playlists – Your own custom made compilations of music • Music on this Phone – your locally stored music files • Music on your Network – music store on a NAS drive or TwonkyMedia server on your local network • Select Speaker - choose which speaker you wish to listen to, and create or edit
speaker grouping
• Music Services – such as Spotify or other online streaming services • Speaker Settings – configuration settings for speakers – change the name of a speaker, update the speaker firmware, reset the speaker etc. • Help – access the online help and videos showing you more about the speakers and how to use them
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Playing music To listen to music from your phone, select the song or album you wish to listen to. Tap and hold on the name of the song or album and the following pop-up menu appears: Select ‘Play Now’ to immediately start listening to the chosen song or album (note – this will stop any music currently playing and replace it with the new selection) Select ‘Play Next’ to listen to this song or album after the current song has finished playing (note – this will replace any music queued for playback after the current song finishes) Select ‘Play on different speaker’ to choose a different speaker to the currently selected speaker for playback of the chosen song or album Select ‘Add to Queue’ to play the chosen song or album after all other music scheduled for playback has finished Select ‘Add to Favourites’ to save the chosen song or album in your favourite music folder – this allows you to store shortcuts to your favourite music so that you can easily find it in future Select ‘Add to Playlist’ to add the chosen song or album to a playlist, or to create a new playlist. See ‘Creating Playlists’ in the Advanced Features section of this manual
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Playing Music (continued) If you have selected music to listen to, and a Speaker has not already been selected to play on, you will be automatically taken to the Speaker Selection page:
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You can now select a speaker to play on and tap ‘Play Here’. You will be returned to the previous screen showing the list of music available on your phone. The small player at the bottom will change to show the music you have selected to listen to:
Playing Music (continued)
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Tapping on the icon in the bottom right corner of the screen will display the large player for the selected music. The large player can be closed by swiping downwards on the album artwork. Various controls are available in the large player. These are:
Skip Forward one track
Skip Backward one track
Pause Music (only shown when music is playing)
Play Music (only shown when music is paused)
Additional controls are available to shuffle, repeat one track, repeat all tracks, or add the current track to your favourites list.
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Grouping Speakers Speakers can be grouped together so that different speakers within the same group will play the same music synchronised with each-other. The volume levels of each speaker in a group may be adjusted independently. To create a group of speakers, tap in the top centre of the screen where the word ‘Speakers’ is. Alternatively, use the ‘Select Speaker’ option in the Main Menu. Next, tap ‘Create or Edit Groups’ at the top of the screen. This will open the ‘Manage Groups’ page. Tap ‘Create’ next to any speaker you wish to be included in your new group. In this case, I selected ‘_Study’. Tap ‘Create’ next to this speaker.
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You will be taken to a second page allowing you to add other available speakers to the group. Select the speakers you wish to add by tapping on the circles. Then press ‘Save’.
Grouping Speakers (continued) You will now see the new group that has been created. You will be automatically taken back to the ‘Speaker Select’ page. You can then tap ‘Play Here’ next to your new group.
Adjusting the Volume The volume can be adjusted using the master volume slider located at the bottom of the large player. If more than one speaker is playing in a group, adjusting the master volume slider will show sliders for each speaker within the group, so that they may be adjusted independently from each-other. Additionally, the master volume can be adjusted using the hardware volume buttons on your mobile device.
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Connecting to 3rd party streaming services Android Installation In order to use Spotify Connect you will need to have a premium (Paid) subscription to Spotify - this is available from www.spotify.com
Android and iOS Launch the Spotify App and select the music you wish to listen to as usual. When in the full screen player, you will see the speaker selection icon at the bottom centre of the screen – clicking here allows you to select a speaker or group of speakers on your network to play your music. Note: you cannot manage speaker groupings from within Spotify – if you wish to stream from Spotify to a group of speakers, first set up the group within the Bayan StreamQ app. Your group of speakers will appear in the list of Devices to Play on within Spotify. The Spotify software is subject to third party licenses found here: www.spotify.com/connect/third-party-licenses
Windows and OSX Open Spotify, and select the music you wish to listen to as usual. Next to the volume control you will see the speaker selection icon - clicking here allows you to select a speaker or group of speakers on your network to play your music. Note: you cannot manage speaker groupings from within Spotify – if you wish to stream from Spotify to a group of speakers, first set up the group within the Bayan StreamQ app. Your group of speakers will appear in the list of Devices to Play on within Spotify.
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Connecting to 3rd party streaming services AllPlay Radio (TuneIn) In order to listen to internet radio from TuneIn you will need to install the AllPlay Radio app from Qualcomm. You can find this in the App Store / Play Store for your mobile device, published by the company eMbience Inc. To select a speaker (or manage groups of speakers) to listen to AllPlay Radio, tap the ‘Tie Fighter’ Icon:
Samsung AllShare If you are using a recent Samsung device, it may be possible for you to install Samsung AllShare which allows you to select a network speaker to stream your locally stored music to directly from your phone. Please consult your phone instructions for further details of how to use Samsung AllShare
Other streaming services You can stream music directly to your speakers from wide range of supported applications – please check on www. bayanaudio.com for an up-to-date list of supported services. Compatible streaming services can access your speakers directly from within their streaming App. To select a speaker (or manage groups of speakers) from within the streaming services App, tap the ‘Tie Fighter’ icon:
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Connecting to 3rd party streaming services Streaming music stored on your NAS drive If you have a NAS (Network Attached Storage) drive to store your music files, it is possible for it to be accessed by your speakers. It is recommended (if possible) to run TwonkyMedia Server on your NAS drive for sharing music, however as long as the permissions for the folders used to store the music are set to allow everyone to access them it should be possible to see the music stored on your NAS drive.
Open the main menu using the ‘hamburger icon’, and select ‘Music on your Network’ You can then navigate through the folder structure on your NAS drive to locate the music you wish to listen to. If you are using a TwonkyMedia Server your music will be arranged for you by Album, Artist, Genre etc.
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Once you have found the music you wish to listen to, you can tap and hold on the track or album folder and choose to ‘Play Now’, ‘Play Next’ or add it to the end of the queue of music selected to play on the speaker(s).
Advanced Features Re-streaming music from speaker inputs If you are listening to audio via one of the additional inputs to your speakers (Auxilliary, Optical, Bluetooth) you can choose to stream this music to additional speakers around your house via the WiFi network. To do this, go to the Speaker selection page (tap the name of your current speaker at the top middle of the screen) and identify the speaker that is playing the audio you wish to re-stream around the home. (The speaker will display either ‘Aux in’, ‘Optical in’, or ‘Bluetooth’.) Tap ‘Group’ on this speaker, and then choose which other speakers to add to this group, then tap ‘save’ – these speakers will start to play.
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Advanced Features Creating Playlists
Playlists are your own personal mixes of different songs which you an access at any time to listen to.
The playlist will be created and your song / album will be added to it automatically for you.
Music is added to a playlist by tapping and holding on the song or album, and then choosing ‘add to playlist’
You can now search for more music to add to this playlist or choose to create other playlists.
If no playlists have been created, you will need to enter the name for your new playlist to create one, and then tap ‘Save’
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Advanced Features Creating Playlists
You can choose to play a playlist at any time by tapping the play button: Tapping on the album art or name of the playlist will take you to the detailed playlist screen. Here you can change the name of the playlist by tapping on the name, entering the new name, then pressing ‘SAVE’. You can delete the whole playlist by tapping ‘DELETE’, or remove individual tracks from the playlist by tapping the ‘-’ next to the track information. This view can be closed by pressing the back button on your device.
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Advanced Features Renaming Speakers
To rename a speaker, go to the main menu and select ‘Speaker Settings’. You will be given a list of speakers on your network. Choose the speaker you wish to rename.
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Now tap on ‘Name’
You can now enter a new name for your speaker then press ‘Rename’ to save.
Troubleshooting I can’t find music stored on my phone (Android) Android devices have many ways of storing music. StreamQ can only find music that has been downloaded onto the internal storage or SD card in the android device in its native MP3 (or other supported music file) format. It cannot read music that has been downloaded and stored on the device using Google Play music, or any other cloud based music platform which allows off-line storing of music files. The easiest way to load your music onto the android device for use with StreamQ is through file explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac) to transfer the physical files onto the device. What File Formats can I stream to the Speakers from the StreamQ App? StreamQ supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, FLAC, WAV, ALAC and PCM file formats up to 192KHz sampling rate and 24 bit resolution. Updating the Speaker Firmware From time to time new firmware will be released for the speakers to add new functionality. This can be downloaded and updated easily over the internet. To check for firmware updates, make sure your speakers are connected to the Wi-Fi / Ethernet and that there is an internet connection. In the App go to the Main Menu and select Speaker Settings. Choose the speaker you wish to update, and select ‘Check for update’. By default, the ‘Auto updated’ feature is disabled – this is to ensure that there is no interruption to your listening. During a firmware update, do not un-plug or turn off the speakers. The lights on the front of the speakers will flash and the speaker may restart several times. Once the speaker has restarted and is available in the App for music playback, the update has completed.
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System Requirements • To use StreamQ App requires: iOS 9 or higher, Android 4.4 KitKat or higher • For HD Audio requires (minimum): 5G Wireless N WiFi or 100 Base T Ethernet network
Contact For customer support, please contact Bayan Audio
Email
[email protected] Telephone 0844 800 3480
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