Arylic Up2Stream Mini WiFi and Bluetooth Audio Receiver Board User Manual

Arylic Up2Stream Mini WiFi and Bluetooth Audio Receiver Board

Introduction

Up2Stream Mini is WiFi and Bluetooth audio receiver board that can be easily integrated to your existing audio hardware devices to enable them with network and Bluetooth streaming capability. With Up2Stream installed and using app 4STREAM, it allow you to stream music from cloud, phone, NAS, and famous streaming services, such as spotify, deezer, qobuz, tidal etc. It also support multiroom and multizone control and music playback with multiple units connected .

1. Extension Port
2. IIS-Out, SPDIF Out
3. WIFI Antenna
4. IR Receiver
5. External BT Antenna Connector
6. On-board Bluetooth Antenna
7. Micro USB (Power/Playback)
8. 5V 1A Power in
9. Line Out
10. 3.5mm Line-out
11. Power Button

LED Status

Power on: White light onSystem Booting: White light blink fastReady for Connection: White light blink slowlyReady to play: White light on steadyBluetooth Pairing: Blue light blinkBluetooth Connected: Blue light on steady

Power Button: Short press to power off and on; When in WIFI mode, long press (press and hold the button for more than 5 seconds) to reset WIFI settings and enter the paring mode; When in Bluetooth mode, long press to terminate current connection.

Further Notes

PH2.0-7P:BT_LED,WIFI_LED,GPIO2,GPIO1,ADC_KEY, GND,VCC_3V3 (top to bottom)GPIO2 and GPIO1 is used to connect a coding key, should be used for volume control. KEY is a ADC key port, reference thediagram below for key definitions. BT_LED, WIFI_LED are used to extend the LED, and are common-anode connected. You should connect 3.3V to a current limit resister and then to LEDand then to the pin. (reference the diagram below)

PH2.0-7P: SPDIF, MCLK, IIS_DATA, BCLK, LRCK, GND, VCC_3V3:This is the digital audio output extension. For the IIS, BCLK is 2.8MHz, the LRCK is 44.1KHz, the MCLK is 11.288MHz, theDOUT following the standard IIS data format and have 16 bits depth. The system is running in master mode, you should make sure the IIS port of connected device is running in slave mode.

PH2.0-4P: ROUT, GND, LOUT, GND: For analog output to amplifier board, it has same signal with the 3.5mm Aux jack

Connection Diagram

Specification

Warning: Up2Stream Mini must use 5V-1A DC input, higher voltage power supply may damage the board.

How To Use

App download

Download the 4STREAM application from App Store for iOS based devices and Google Play Store for Android based devices.The application supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese

First time usage & Wi-Fi Setup:

1. Hold the RESET button then plug in the power cable.
2. The LED light will start flashing, release the button and wait till the LED flash slowly.
3. Go to your mobile WIFI settings and search for Sound System_xxxx WiFi and connect.*If you cannot find SoundSystem connection, long press the RESET button for 5 secs and then refresh your mobile’s WiFi listing.
4. Open 4Stream APP and there will be 2 options: Direct Mode & Add Device.
5. Direct Mode: If you don’t have router, please choose direct mode. After connected, you can play music store in your mobile.
6. Add Device: After you choose add device, select the router SSID you want your Up2stream device connect to (enter password if required) and select continue.
7. Once connected, you can change the name of the device. You can select a preset one or enter your own.
8. After you define the name of the device, you will see it appears in the device list in 4stream app and now you can start streaming music.*If you change to another router, or the password of the connected router has been changed, please long press RESET button for 5 secs in WiFi mode to reset the connection.* Hold RESET button then plug in the power can force the device to enter WiFi mode. If you have setup router connection before, the device will auto connect to that router.

*Attention for Android usersDifferent brand mobile phones may ask you to allow to use SoundSystem WiFi network, please choose yes, if not, you may not able to set up successfully . It may also ask you to authorize other things, please choose yes or it may affect your usage.

Bluetooth

To use bluetooth ,please swtich to bluetooth via app or by remote controller,then find bluetooth device SoundSystem_XXXX from your phone bluetooth setting and pair it .

USB audio

Connect the Up2Stream Mini to your PC with USB cable (make sure it’s a data cable including the signal wires). The PC will automatically discover a USB sound card, and when you activated it as the system main output, the PC will send the audio output over Up2Stream Mini in digital (44.1KHz/16bits). You can stream to other Up2Stream devices over multiroom connection.NOTE: there’s about 3 seconds delay for multiroom slave devices.

Audio Effects Tool

Connect the Up2Stream Mini to your PC with USB cable (make sure it’s a data cable including the signal wires). And open the program ACP Workbench (only support Windows.), and you can tune audio effects conveniently, including Music Noise Suppressor, Virtual Bass, Stereo Widener, Exciter, 10 bands EQ, etc. After editing the audio effects, you can save the changes to the device so the tuned effects will remain. You can get ACP Workbench from our website www.arylic.com

Firmware update

The application will notify you in app when there is a new firmware version available. It’s recommended to update firmware whenever available as this might not only correct bugs or improve security, but also can add new features or services.

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References

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