Grundig FineArts MR 8000 User Manual

SOUNDBAR SYSTEM
FineArts MR 8000

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SA HN

VOL

VOL

SOURCE

PANEL

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HN

SOURCE

FAVOURITE

PLAY/

PAUSE

VOL -

VOL +

Front Panel

SA

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AUX IN COAXIAL

HDMI

USB

DC IN

(Dc 20 V)

Rear Panel

SA HN SOURCE

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REMOTE CONTROL

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EQ

ARCSOURCE

STANDBY

VOLUME -

FAVOURITE

MUTE

SOURCE

VOLUME +

PREVIOUS

PLAY/

PAUSE

NEXT

ARC

EQ

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ENGLISH 05-33

DEUTSCH 34-62

FRANÇAIS 63-91

ITALIANO 92-120

ESPAÑOL 121-149

NORSK 150-177

SUOMI 178-205

TÜRKÇE 206-237

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Please note the following instructions:

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If you want to set up the device on
wall shelves or in cupboards, please
ensure that it is adequately ventilat­ed. There must be at least 10 cm of
space at the side, above and behind
the device.

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Do not cover the device with news­papers, table cloths, curtains, etc.

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Do not use any cleaning agents
as they may damage the housing.
Clean the device with a clean, dry
cloth.

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If the device is exposed to sudden
changes in temperature, for exam­ple when taken from the cold into a
warm room, wait at least two hours
before using it.

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The device is designed for use in
dry rooms. If you do use it outdoors,
make sure it is protected from mois­ture such as dripping or splashing
water.

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Only use the device in a moderate
climate.

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Do not place the device close to
heating units or in direct sunlight, as
this will impair cooling.

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Do not place any vessels containing
liquids, such as vases, on the device.

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Do not place any objects such as
burning candles on the device. No
naked flame sources, such as lighted
candles, should be placed on the
device.

7

If malfunctions occur due to brief
mains overloads or static electricity
charges, reset the device. To do this,
pull out the power plug and connect
it again after a few seconds.

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Where the mains plug or an appli­ance coupler is used as the discon­nect device, the disconnect device
shall remain readily operable.

7

Never open the device casing under
any circumstances. No warranty
claims are accepted for damage re­sulting from improper handling.

7

Thunderstorms are a danger to all
electrical devices. Even if the device
is switched off, it can be damaged
by a lightning strike to the mains. Al­ways remove the power plug during
a thunder storm.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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RF Exposure Warning

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This equipment must be installed and
operated in acordance with the pro­vided manual.

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The device has a built-in antenna,

and must not be co-located or oper­ated in conjunction with any other
antenna or transmitter.

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It is recommended to operate the
device at least 20 cm away from the
end user during normal use.

Important battery
information

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The device contains a battery and
charging system which is designed
to work at temperatures that do not
exceed 50°C. Leaving this product
in a closed automobile or the trunk
of an automobile where tempera­tures may exceed 50°C may result
in permanent battery damage, fire,
or explosion. Do not leave the device
in any place where the temperature
may exceed 50°C such as the cabin
or trunk of an automobile.

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Batteries (battery pack or batteries
installed) must not be exposed to ex­cessive heat such as direct sunlight,
fire or the like.

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Danger of explosion if battery is in-

correctly replaced.

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Replace only with the same or equiv-

alent type.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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LEGAL INFORMATION

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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IN­FORMATION THAT IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
No part of this publication may be re­produced or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic or me­chanical, including but not limited to
photocopying, recording, information
retrieval systems, or computer network
without the written permission of Arçelik
A.Ş. and Grundig Intermedia GmbH.
Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone®,
iPod®, iPad® and iTunes® are trade­marks of Apple Inc., registered in the
U.S. and other countries. App Store is
a service mark of Apple Inc.
The Bluetooth® word mark and logos
are registered trademarks owned by
the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use
of such marks by Grundig Intermedia
GmbH is under license. Other trade­marks and trade names are those of
their respective owners.
Android™, Google Play™, Google
Play logo, Google Cast™ and the
Google Cast badge are trademarks of
Google Inc.
Windows® is a registered trademark
of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and other countries.
Wi-Fi®, the Wi-Fi logo, the Wi-Fi CER­TIFIED logo, Wi-Fi Protected Access®
(WPA),the Wi-Fi Protected Setup logo,
Wi-Fi Direct® and Wi-Fi Alliance® are
registered trademarks of Wi-Fi Alliance.

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, Wi-Fi Protected Set­up™, WPA2™, and the Wi-Fi Alliance
logo, are trademarks of Wi-Fi Alliance.
All other products and services men­tioned may be trademarks or service
marks of their respective owners.

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AUX IN Audio signal input

for connecting an ex­ternal device.

SA Configuration button

and LED for Stand­Alone (SA) mode.

HN Configuration button

and LED for Home­ Network (HN)
mode.

ARC Arc function

REMOTE CONTROL

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See the figure on page 4.

8 Turns the device On

and Off.

SOURCE Press repeatedly to

switch among in WIFI,
BT, AUX,COAXIAL

and ARC mode.

– / + Adjusts the volume;

Volume down and
Volume up.

/ Previous/Next

Press to temporar-

ily pause a playback.
Press it again to re­sume the playback.
Hold down this button
for 3 seconds to dis­connect bluetooth.

EQ Press to switch to the

equalize mode.

Press to temporarily

switch off the sound.
Press it again to

switch it on.

FAVOURITE Press to play favour-

ite source music.FA­VOURITE only avail­able in spotify app
mode.

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REMOTE CONTROL

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Remote Control Operation

Insert the batteries into the remote
control. Point the remote control at the
remote sensor on the front panel. The
remote control works within a distance
of about 8 metres from the sensor and
within an angle of about 30 degrees
from the left and right side.

Battery Installation

1 Remove the battery compartment
cover on the back of the remote control.

2 Load one AAA/1.5V battery into the
battery compartment making sure that
the battery have been inserted with the
correct polarities matching the symbols
+, - as indicated inside the battery co
partment.

3 Replace the cover.

Notes:

Remove the battery when you do

not intend to use the remote con­trol for a long time.

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Weak batteries can leak and se­verely damage the remote control.

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The battery must not be exposed to
excessive heat source, such as sun­shine, fire or any other things like
that.

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Be environmentally friendly and dis­pose of batteries according to your
government regulations.

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SETTINGS

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Arc(audio return channel)

ARC is audio return channel function, it
is used in digital audio output of liquid­crystal display television in order to get
the optimal synchronous sound quality.
Use the HDMI cable to connect the
HDMI-ARC input port of this sound
base to the ARC output port of the liq­uidcrystal display television.

Introduction

A Wireless Dynamic Direct Multi-Node
Streaming (DDMS) is a group of nodes
(DDMS enabled speakers), chosen
dynamically by an end user to synchro­nously play audio from a given content
source.

DDMS group is called as Sound-Scene.
This group of speakers can play music
from any Audio Source synchronously
without any delay between the nodes.
Each Sound-Scene can consists of two
or more nodes.

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Terminology

Terminology Description

Speaker A speaker in the Sound-Scene.

Sound-Scene A group of DDMS-Nodes chosen dynamically by an end user

to synchronously play audio from a given content source.

DDMS-Mode State of the device which is part of the Sound-Scene. The mode

can be set to either Stand-Alone (SA) or Home-Network (HN).

Master A DDMS-Node that receives the audio stream from the source

(smartdevice) and re-transmits to Slaves.

Slave A DDMS-Node that connects to the Zone-Master and receives

the audio stream from Master for playback.

SA-Mode
(Stand-Alone
Mode)

A state in which DDMS-Nodes create a Sound-Scene, by con­necting to the Master using the SSID of SoundScene in SA­Mode.
In this state there is no Access-Point (AP) or home infrastructure
present. The Audio Source (smartdevice) streaming the audio
should be connected to the same SSID of the Sound-Scene in
SA-Mode.

HN-Mode
(Home-Network
Mode)

A state in which DDMS-Nodes create a Sound-Scene, by con­necting to the Access-Point (AP) in the Home-Network.
The Audio Source (smartdevice) streaming the audio should
be connected to the same AP.

SSID of Sound­Scene in
SA-Mode

A unique identifier of the Sound-Scene in SA-Mode, to which
the source shall be connected in order to stream audio.

Audio Source A content source from which the Sound-Scene plays the con-

tent synchronously. The Audio Source can be local media
stored in the smartphone, UPnP, SD-Card, vTuner, TuneIn, AUX,
and so on.

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Setting Up Speakers for
DDMS

DDMS can be setup in two modes:

Stand-Alone (SA) Mode: Peer-to-Peer

network of devices connected together to
form a group.

Home-Network (HN) Mode: Two

or more devices connected to an Access
Point (AP) to form a group.

Setting Up Stand-Alone
Mode

1 Turn ON the first device and trigger SA-

Mode Master, by long pressing on (3
sec.) SA button. Observe the SA LED
blinks at fast speed. After successful con­figuration, SA LED lights up continously.

Note:

Speaker enters SA-Mode and is config­ured as Master.

2 Turn ON the second device and trig-

ger SA-Mode Slave, by single pressing
on SA button. Observe the SA LED
blinks at normal speed. After successful
configuration, SA LED lights up conti­nously.

3 Repeat Step 2 for other devices.

Note:

First speaker must be configured as Mas­ter and other speakers must be config­ured as Slave.

Setting Up Home-Network
Mode

Configure Speakers Over Wi-Fi

- Using SAC Method on Android
Devices

1 Connect the Android device with

Grundig App, to the Home-AP.

2 Turn ON the speakers, and trigger

SAC by single pressing on HN but­ton. Observe the HN LED blinks at
normal speed.

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3 Start the Grundig App. If you are

running the Grundig App for the first
time, you will be asked for an license
agreement. Tap Accept to proceed.

4 Tap Configure .

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5 In Configure Speakers section

tap Add New Speakers.

6 From the Device Setup page, go to

WiFi settings of your device.

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SETTINGS

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7 From the Wi-Fi network list select GR-

Configure_xxxxxx.

GRCongure_D2DD88

GrundigSync

8 Return to Grundig APP and tap

NEXT.

9 In Speaker Setup page, select

the Home-Network and enter the
password.

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10 In the TimeZone configuration screen,

select the appropriate time zone ac­cording to your location and then tap

Next.

11 First Speaker is configured to the

Home-AP. Other speakers can be con­figured to the same Home-Network us­ing SAC method.

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For configuring using SAC method,
follow Steps 1 to 11 as explained
above.

Connecting your
smartdevice to the audio
system

1 Connect the Android / iOS device

with Grundig App to the SA Network­Master.

GrundigSync

GrundigSync

GRCongure_D2DD88

GrundigSync

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Note:

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Default password for Grundig­Sync network is “hello123” with­out quotas.

2 Or alternately, you can connect to

Home network AP for HN Mode
configuration.

Grundig App

The Grundig App is used to configure,
control and stream music to the speak­ers in a Sound-Scene.

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You can configure the speakers
in the Sound-Scene as Master or
Slave.

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You can Select Audio Source to
stream the content.

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You can configure the speakers in
the Sound-Scene to stream music
either to Right Channel, Left Chan­nel or Stereo.

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You can also control the playback
options such as Pause, Resume
Playback, Next, Previous, Seek
and so on.

Notes:

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Uninstall the existing version of
the application in the smart de­vice, before installing the latest
version.

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Make sure you use the latest
Grundig App along with the latest
GR Firmware.

Create Sound-Scene

To configure the devices in Sound­Scene as Audio-Master or Audio-Slave
proceed as below.

1 Open the Grundig App.

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2 T a p

icon in the Grundig

App.

3 In Select Source Speaker page tap

the speaker name you wish to set as
Master.

Note:

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In Manage Speakers page, you

can edit the Scene name. To edit
tap

icon.

4 Tap the speaker name of the free

speaker to set it as Audio-Slave to the
Audio-Master.

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Audio Source Selection

You can stream music to speakers in
DDMS Group from sources such as
Aux In, Bluetooth, Local Storage, and
Music Services.

1 In Active Scenes page, tap the scene

name.

2 In Now Playing scene tap

icon.

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SETTINGS

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3 Select your source for audio.

4 Browse through the folders and select

the song of your choice.

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5 Devices start streaming the music syn-

chronously.

Stereo Channel Separation

Speakers in Sound-Scene can be config­ured to stream either only to Left-Channel
or Right- Channel audio out-put.

To configure Speakers in the Sound­Scene for Right-Channel or Left-Channel
proceed as below.

1 Go to the Add More Speakers

page.

2 Tap the arrow next to speaker name

for more options.

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3 In Audio Output (Assigned) section:

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Tap Left Speaker (L) and tap

Save to channel the audio output

of the device to left channel.

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Tap Right Speaker (R) and tap

Save to channel the audio output

of the device to right channel.

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Tap Stereo (S) and tap Save to
channel the audio output of the de­vice in stereo mode.

Join/Free Speakers

1 Tap on Play New.

2 In Select Source Speaker page, tap

on the desired device to set it as Audio­Master or Audio-Slave.

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When all speakers are free, the first
speaker that you tap will be set as
Audio-Master.

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Once the master is set, the subse­quent speaker that you tap will be
set as Audio-Slave.

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Release Speakers

When the speakers are set as Audio­Master and Audio-Slave go to Manage

Speakers page and tap Release This
Scene to release all the speakers from

the current scene.

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Join All Free Speakers

Once the Audio-Master is set, tap Join

All Free Speakers to join all the free

devices to the current scene.

Free All From this Scene

Tap on Free All From this Scene to free
all the speakers from the current scene.

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Join All

Tap on Join All to join all free speakers
from other scenes in the same network
to the current Master.

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SPOTIFY

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How to use Connect

1,2,3

You’ll need Spotify Premium to use Con­nect, see details overleaf.

1 Add your new device to the same

wifi network as your phone, tablet
or PC (see product user instructions for
details).

2 Open the Spotify app on your phone,

tablet or PC, and play any song.

3 If you’re using the app on a phone -

tap the song image in the bottom left
of the screen. For tablet and PC move
to step 4.

4 Tap the Connect icon
5 Pick your device from the list. If you

can’t see it, just check it’s connected
to the same wifi network as your
phone, tablet or PC.

All done! Happy listening.

Licenses
The Spotify Software is subject to third

party licenses found here:

www.spotify.com/connect/third-party­licenses.

1

Service start dates and service conditions

may change by country.

2

Certain services may require firmware up-

dates.

3

Disclaimer regarding third-party services:

Arçelik A.Ş. and Grundig Intermedia GmbH
bear no responsibility in the event that ser­vices offered by third parties are changed,
disrupted, suspended or terminated.

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BLUETOOTH

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FineArts devices are equipped with
Bluetooth feature built-in.

If the unit is not configured for Wi-Fi
use, it automatically switches to pairing
mode which allows user to pair and use
the unit easily.

If the unit is configured for Wi-Fi use,
the Bluetooth connection is enabled,
but only available to devices already
paired.

Press standby button to power on the
sound base, then press source button
to switch the corresponding bluetooth
mode, the bt signal indicator line will be
racing flash in the display screen, the
sound base is in searching bluetooth
signal status, use your smart phone to
search the bluetooth signal of the sound
base, select GRUNDIG FINEARTS MR
8000 on your list, input the password
0000 if need the password prompt, the
sound base will synchronize to play
songs on your mobile phone whilethe
bt signal indicator line disappear the
display screen means to be connected
successfully.

Disconnected the bluetooth on the
smart phone to switched off the blue­tooth connection.

Notes:

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Bluetooth connection range in 10
meters.

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The model GRUNDIG FINEARTS
MR 8000 in your device was not
deleted.

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In bluetooth mode,[PLAY/
PAUSE], [NEXT], [PREVIOUS],
[VOLUME+/-] etc. are also active.

Bluetooth

Model: GRUNDIG
FINEARTS
MR 8000

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CONNECTION

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Subwoofer Connection

Make sure the AC power cord is con­nected to a power supply securely.
press source button to switch AUX
mode,press and hold favourite button
and the sound base will scroll display
SUB PAIRING on the display screen,
then press and hold pair button on the
subwoofer to pair with the sound bar.
when the red indicator flashing on the
subwoofer , the subwoofer is in pair­ing status, when the sound base scroll
display PAIR OK and the red indica­tor on the subwoofer keeps lighting
means pair successfuly ,if the sub­woofer can not pair with the soundbase
automatically,the sound base will scroll
display PAIR FAIL,please press and
hold pair button on the rear panel of
subwoofer and press and hold favou­rite button on the sound base to repair .

The subwoofer will memories the sound
base and connected automatically
when you power off the subwoofer then
power on.

红色区域高光(斜 线花纹做细纹)

SUBWO OF ER

REAR PANEL
OF THE SUBWOOFER

AUX IN

This sound base has an extra group of
audio input terminals. You can input
the analogue stereo audio signals from
extra devices such as VCD, CD, VCR,
DVD player, etc.

Use the audio cable to connect the ste­reo audio output terminals of a VCD,
CD, VCR,DVD player to the stereo input
terminals AUX IN of this .

Its corresponding signal source is AUX
IN which can be available by press­ing [SOURCE] button on the remote
control.

Coaxial Input

Use the coaxial cable to connect the
coaxial input of this sound base to the
coaxial output of VCD, CD, VCR, DVD
player.

COAXIAL

AUX Output

AUX Input

A UX I N

Coaxial Input

Coaxial Input