moon intelligent Network, MiND App Device User Manual

User Guide

MOON intelligent Network Device

MiND App User Guide

v1.0.2

App User Guide

Table of Contents

What is MiND ? ....................................................3

Streaming Module Features ..........................3

Application Module Features ........................3

Device Compatibility ................................... 3

What’s new .........................................................4

Starting the MiND App ..........................................4

MiND App screen layout ........................................5

Adding tracks to the QUEUE ................................... 8

Playing tracks in the QUEUE ................................. 10

Position Slider .................................................... 11

Random and Repeat Play ..................................... 11

Volume and Muting ............................................. 11

SimLink ............................................................ 12

Information Displayed in the QUEUE ..................... 12

Editing The Queue .............................................. 13

Clearing The Queue ............................................ 14

Saving The Queue as a Playlist.............................. 15

Accessing music stored on your App controller ....... 16

Search function................................................... 17

vTuner Radio ...................................................... 18

MiND Firmware Updates Procedure ........................ 20

MiND Hardware Reset Procedure ........................... 21

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App User Guide

What is MiND ?

MiND is the future of music playback.

MiND transmits music from your digital music library and a variety of internet

sources to multiple audio systems throughout your home.

MiND allows you to organize the presentation of your music by virtually any means.

MiND offers uncompromised sonic performance, convenience, ease-of-use and sophistication.

MiND gives you uncomplicated and efficient access to large collections of music.

MiND works with virtually any hand-held Apple or Android device.

Streaming Module Features:

UPnP Renderer (Universal Plug & Play) ● DLNA 1.5 Compatibility ● vTuner Internet Radio ●

Future “Music Services” upgrades ● Local Playlists ● Gapless Playback ● Silent track scanning ●

Supported file formats: Wave, FLAC, FLAC HD, AIF, AAC, ALAC, MP3 (vbr/cbr), WMA-9 ,OGG Vorbis ●

File Support up to 24-bit/192kHz for all file formats ● S/PDIF, TosLink & AES/EBU digital outputs ●

100Base-T RJ45 Ethernet interface & IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi interface inputs ●

WEP, WPA, WPA2 Wi-Fi encryption support.

Application Control Features:

iPhone, iPad, iPod touch (now) and Android (coming soon) compatible control software ●

Independant control for each zone using a SimLink equipped MOON Preamplifier or Integrated Amplifier ●

Zone selection ● Zone grouping ● Permanent zone naming.

Hardware Device Compatibility:

This MiND App will ONLY work on following devices:

● Apple iPad: All generations

● Apple iPhone: 3GS and more recent versions

● Apple iPod touch: 3

For smaller devices such as the iPhone and iPod touch, you will only see one of the MiND App’s three columns at
a time on your screen. As with many apps, you will need to swipe the screen, left or right, to view the entire app.
As well, you will need to swipe, up and down, to view and use the QUEUE column once a track is playing.

This “User Guide” will be updated occasionally, just like the App software, as improved functionality and
new features become available. As a result, we encourage you to visit our website and check for newer
versions of this document; the version number appears below the “Table of Contents”.

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What’s New in version 1.0.2 (September 2013)

y Real-time “Search” function within music browser categories (Album, Artist, Title)

y “Tile view” with album cover artwork

y “Play Now” button (vs. old “Replace Queue”)

y “Playlists” can now be saved for future listening sessions

y “Position Slider” to instantly scan forwards/backwards within the current track

y Enhanced graphical user interface

y Faster read access times of music library contents

y Faster network discovery time

y All new browser pull-down tab menu

y Access to the music stored on your controller device (iPad, iPhone, etc).

Starting the MiND App:

Before proceeding, you must have successfully followed the instructions outlined in the MiND Setup Guide,

whereby all your components are properly connected and your MiND device(s) is successfully
configured into your network. This “App User Gude” and the “MiND Setup Guide” are both available at:

www.simaudio.com/MiND.htm

Tap the “MOON HD” icon on your iPad (“MOON” on your iPhone) to launch the MiND app. All
available MiND ZONES will appear in the left column. There will be one ZONE for each MiND
hardware device connected to your network (figure 1), based on the previously assigned ZONE
names, as outlined in the MiND Setup Guide procedure. For the examples that follow in this
guide, we will select the ZONE named “MiND Loft” by simply tapping on it (figure 2).

Figure 1 Figure 2

The ZONE list is used to manage all zones that are part of your network. Each ZONE requires its own unique
MiND hardware device and they can all operate independently of one another. The MiND app essentially
manages the music you can play in multiple entertainment systems. To edit a ZONE’s settings (as descibed in the
MiND Setup Guide), simply tap on the icon, located at the top right of the list.

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MiND App Screen Layout:

Figure 3

After selecting a ZONE, the default MiND App screen appears (figure 3) and is divided into two sections: the
QUEUE on the left third of the screen and the BROWSER, occupying the other two-thirds of the screen. The ZONE
list can be accessed any time, as a third section, by simply tapping on the icon located at the bottom left of
the app screen. To hide the ZONE list and switch back to the 2-column layout, simply tap on the icon at the
same location. Note: the ZONE list is hidden after you select your ZONE since it is not required beyond the start
up of the MiND app, unless you want to control another MiND device in your network.

The BROWSER section allows you to browse through all of the MiND supported
music files - Wave, FLAC, FLAC HD, AIF, AAC, ALAC, MP3 (vbr/cbr), WMA-9 ,OGG
Vorbis, up to 24-bit/192kHz - available on your network; It is based on the UPnP
protocol, so you must have compatble server software on your NAS or computer.
Initially, the contents of the BROWSER will be from the library that you previously
used, listed by musical genre. To select a “Library”, tap on the icon located at
the top left of the BROWSER s

ection (figure 4).

The “Library” lists of all the Network Attached Storage devices, computers, etc. that
contain music files, and are connected to your router. In this example there are 10
different entries and “vTuner Radio” for internet radio. Selecting one of these entries,
allows you access to the music stored on that device. In this example, we are going to
select “Asset UpnP: SIM0774”.

Once selected, you can choose from various display options (Figure 5) to view the
music available on the “Asset UpnP: SIM0774” device. These display options are based
how you configure the settings of your server software on your NAS or computer, and
are independant of the MiND app. Display options in this example include
Artist/Album, Album, Title (track/song name), Composer and More (for more options).

Figure 4

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MiND App Screen Layout (cont’d)

Tapping on the “Album” tab, the BROWSER section will show an Album index (Figure 6) that allows you to search
albums in alphabetical order; select a letter by tapping on either the tile or the vertical alphabetical index on the
far right side. Alternatively, you can tap on the [All Albums] tile option which displays an alphabetically ordered
tile view every album available in the current library “Asset UpnP: SIM0774” (Figure 7). Notice how the “Album”
tab is highlighted in a darker gray when selected, compared to the other tabs.

Figure 6 Figure 7

Figure 5

The back button, located at the top right corner of the BROWSER. makes navigating the BROWSER an easy
process. When you want to return to the previous BROWSER screen, simply tap on the “Back” button.

To scroll though the entire list of available albums, simply swipe your finger (up or down) over the BROWSER
section. To select an album, tap on the album name and the BROWSER screen will change, showing you a list of
all the tracks from the selected album (figure 8); “Californication” by the “Red Hot Chili Peppers” which has a
total of 16 tracks as indicated by an icon located in the bottom right corner of the BROWSER. Since only 12 of
these tracks are visible in the BROWSER, you can use one of your fingers to swipe on the screen to scroll down
and see the 4 remaining tracks of this album.

You can now select the tracks that you want to listen to. This is done by adding them to the QUEUE: Simply tap
on each track that you want to add to the QUEUE (figure 9) and they will be highlighted. Tap on a track a second
time and it will no longer be highlighted. In this example, we have selected tracks 1, 4 and 7.

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MiND App Screen Layout (cont’d)

Figure 8 Figure 9

The QUEUE section manages the music you will be listening to and displays information about the song currently
playing. It allows you to specify, by individual song/track, the exact order in which you can play your music. The
contents of the QUEUE is essentially a “Playlist”. At any time, you can change the order of the songs, add more
songs, remove songs or delete its entire contents and build a new one. The QUEUE can hold a maximum of 250
tracks. You can also save the contents of the QUEUE as a “Playlist” for future use (refer to page 15).

To create a QUEUE, tap on the “Play Now” button located in the top right corner of the BROWSER and
these 3 tracks will be added to the QUEUE (figure 10) which occupies the left side of the MiND app screen. The
same logic applies if you are using another search option such as “Artist/Album”, “Title” (song) or “Composer”. If
you wanted to add all 16 tracks from this album to the QUEUE, simply tap on the “Play Now” button without
highlighting any tracks. You can always change the contents of your QUEUE by editing it (refer to page 13).

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Figure 10

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