RGMP8 Media Player
Setup and Users Guide
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Contents:
Introduction Page 3
Initial Setup Page 4
Welcome to Daphile Page 6
Playback via USB/Onboard hdd Page 8
Connection to Home Wi Network Page 9
Streaming via Home Network Page 10
About Us Page 11
Specications Page 12
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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the REDGUM RGMP8 Media Player
An Audiophile’s constant Quest #1a: to gain quality music with all the drama intact.
An Audiophile’s constant Quest #1b: setting up a quality system without all the drama!
Enter REDGUM’s new Media Player, the RGMP8. Automatically creating its own WiFi environment, you
can literally stop to party in any eld and the music will be outstanding!
The core idea behind this system design is that as a Media Player, it requires no infrastructure i.e. it can
easily be set up and operated by someone who has no computer knowledge whatsoever!
What makes the RGMP8 stand-alone is thanks to the WiFi hotspot it sets up at switch on. (In other words,
to function, it does not require the Internet or a network connection, but can make use of it if available.)
Then simply logging in via your smart phone/tablet/laptop/any web browser allows you to control your
music les. So no matter where you are situated in that moment, the RGMP8’s WiFi gives you the control
to access your choice of music on your choice of device.
For your Ears’ sake, this Media Player is not involved in the transmission of Audio les (as per Bluetooth).
Rather, it deals solely with those les stored within its own Solid State Hard Drive (so no noise artifacts), or
larger hard-drive storage tted both as internal or external Hard Drives.
And for the latter, there are 6 USB connectors. Which still leaves plenty of charge points for your phone or
tablet batteries at the same time, or later once not in use.
At its core, the heart of this Media Player starts by focusing on the music les you have and love. As these
loves can change over time with new ways to deliver music, features can be added on an opt-in basis
according to availability and user enthusiasm for open source software. Streaming services such as Tidal
are supported via software implementation and for which instructions are included.
Adding a new angle to the idea of future-proong, the fact that this Media Player runs on 12V means it is
an ideal product for low energy homes, with or without wheels! Indeed, travelling in a caravan around a
continent need not be a restriction to one’s Audiophile needs. Whether planning a getting-away-from-it-all
party on a far-ung beach, or in the depths of the country, having the RGMP8 in charge means your sound
can be outstanding … in any eld!
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Initial Setup
The Knee Bone’s connected to the.. Thigh Bone
The following will take you through the simple step-by-step setup of your REDGUM RGMP8 and
connection to the Daphile controler interface.
Below is a typical setup for hi playback:
RGMP8 Media Player
Speaker Cable
RCA Cable
USB Cable
DAC
(digital analogue converter)
Amplier
Speakers
Tablet
Wi Network: Daphile
Password: secret1234
OR
Browser address: 192.168.128.1
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Initial Setup
The Knee Bone’s connected to the.. Thigh Bone
Package contents:
- 1 x REDGUM RGMP8 Media Player
- 2 x wi antennae
- 1 x mains power pack
Setup:
1 - Place your REDGUM RGMP8 on a clean, stable surface
2 - Attach 2 x wi antennae to the back of the unit
3 - Attach the USB cable to one of the USB ports (RHS)
(perhaps save the blue USB3 port for an external source)
3 - Attach the other end of the USB cable to a DAC (we recommend the REDGUM RGDAC8)
4 - Attach power cable to unit (LHS) and the other end to a power socket
5 - Ensure the DAC is connected to your HiFi system
6 - Connect any USB stick or external HDD containing your music les
Powering Up via included tablet:
1 - Ensure power is on at the wall
2 - Press Blue switch (RHS) just forward of USB ports
3 - Power up your tablet (included)
4 - Ignore hilarious SciFi startup music
5 - Slide lock symbol to the right
6 - Touch ‘F’ symbol in the centre of the screen
7 - Welcome to Daphile and your REDGUM RGMP8 Music Server!
Powering Up via your own tablet / smartphone:
1 - Ensure power is on at the wall
2 - Press Blue switch (RHS) just forward of USB ports
3 - Power up your tablet / smartphone
4 - Go to Settings > Wi and select ‘Daphile’
5 - Log in with PW: secret 1234 OR in browser go to/type in IP address: 192.168.128.1
6 - Welcome to Daphile and your REDGUM RGMP8 Music Server!
Powering Down your REDGUM RGMP8
Powering Down the "kind" way (allowing a series of "health" checks)
1 - Press Blue switch (RHS) just forward of the USB ports
2 - Alternatively, select the ‘Shutdown’ button on your tablet / smartphone screen
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Welcome to Daphile
Daphile is your control centre for the RGMP8
Overview
The Daphile is the heart of a digital music system. Its primary focus is in storage and playback of your digital music library. It
enables the best possible audio quality and future-proof exibility by providing plug&play support for USB connected
digital-to-analog converters (DAC). You can easily setup a multi-zone system just by connecting another USB DAC for each
zone. The software solutions of the Daphile are optimized for the best possible audiophile experience. The Daphile supports
the most common le formats including high resolution audio. It manages bit-perfect and gapless playback.
The networking capabilities of the Daphile are exible and easy to setup – both wired and wireless. It can even operate in a
standalone mode where it provides a wireless access point for the control device. The Daphile can be controlled from any
web-enabled device. There also exists the choice of compatible third party control applications for tablets and smart phones.
The Daphile operates as a network-attached storage enabling easy music transfer to its internal storage. It is also possible to
store audio CDs directly to the internal storage by ripping them with a connected optical drive. The CD album metadata and
cover are automatically fetched from the Internet during the ripping process. In addition to internal storage the Daphile can play
music from various Internet streaming services as well as from external USB-connected and network-attached storage devices.
The Daphile is in many ways an extensible, future proof solution. The core software provided by Daphile is user upgradeable
via the Internet. The system functionality can be extended with third party plug-ins.
Philosophy
The principal design philosophy for the Daphile has been simplicity and focused functionality to produce a exible and future
proof audiophile component for the era of high resolution digital music.
From the audiophile perspective the digital music listening is nally – rst time after the birth of CD – taking a big leap forward.
This owes primarily to:
- Internet distribution of lossless and high resolution audio les (superior to CD sound quality) and
- High-end asynchronous USB digital-to-analog converters.
The asynchronous USB signal transmission enables improved audio component independence for DAC i.e. digital-to-analog
conversion accuracy (including timing) is now fully determined in the domain of DAC. Most of the best DACs in the market are
already using USB input. And they are worthy of a good partner to supply the music stream for them – not just a computer
equipped with a standard operating system.
The Daphile is designed to be the perfect companion for USB DAC. Just plug your USB DAC into the Daphile and start playing
– no conguration is needed. The Daphile has audiophile optimized software solutions for digital music playback and storage.
Its main priority is in providing the bit-perfect continuous audio stream for the connected audio devices.
Ease-of-use
The use of the Daphile is simple and requires no expertize. Initial deployment, networking, music storage, CD ripping, DAC
setup, multi-zone usage, external storage usage, software upgrade, etc...is just easy. And for the preference of music control
you have a number of excellent options.
Enjoy the music.
From www.daphile.com
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Welcome to Daphile
The Daphile Audio Player Interface
Playback Controls
Master Controls
Library Browser
Playlist Window
The Daphile interface is laid out as below for ease of use. Users will be familiar with most of the controls and features of the
player, from the easy to navigate Library Browser on the left hand side, through the playback controls on the right hand side
and the playlist window under that. Further controls and settings are available under the Master Control tabs on the top of
the window (portrait orientation).
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Playback via USB/Onboard hdd
Enjoy music playback from directly connected media
In Daphile under the Audio Player (default) tab:
1 - Select Album Artist / Album etc from the My Music menu in the Library Browser on the LHS
2 - Select the music you wish to play
3 - Press the play icon (arrow) either in the browser panel, or Playback Control panel
4 - Track and Albums can be added to the current playlist by touching the + button
5 - Shufe and Repeat controls are also available in the Playback Control panel
6 - Enjoy!
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Additional controls
here for Shufe,
Repeat, Next &
Previous track.
Track Information
displayed here.
Current Playlist
displayed here.
Choose an artist / Album
Press Play to jump
right in
Select an individual
track here if you so
desire
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Connection to Home Wi Network
Stream from your home network and multitask
with internet access on your device.
1 - Open the ‘Settings’ tab in the Master Controls
2 - Select the ‘Networking’ tab
3 - Enter your home wi details in the ‘Connect Wi-’ and ‘Password’ elds
4 - Select ‘Save & Restart’ *
* you may need to reconnect to Daphile network after restart
Open the ‘Settings’ tab
Enter your home network
details here
Hit ‘Save & Restart’
Select the ‘Networking’ tab
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Streaming via Home Network
Stream your entire music library to the RGMP8
Follow these steps to install Logitech Media Server on your home computer, to stream your entire music
library to your REDGUM RGMP8
Head to http://mysqueezebox.com/download and
download / install the software for the computer
your media library is stored on.
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Select ‘Remote Music
Libraries’ in Daphile
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Select your music
library, and you’re
ready to select and
stream.
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Open the Logitech Media Server settings. In the
Library tab select the location(s) of your media.
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About Us
A little information about REDGUM Audio
Ian Robinson – REDGUM Audio
Reprinted from Australian Hi-Fi Volume 30 Number 7 July 1999
In the US, the brand name Redgum conjures up a chewing confection: in the UK, it’s a colourful kind of
adhesive. But to a growing cult of dollar-conscious audiophiles around the world, it means superbly
faithful, bulletproof and affordable-and Australian-made-MOSFET amplication.
Redgum equipment is named for its stunning real-wood redgum fascia plates, and is lifted further out of
the pack by using a unique user key as its on/off switch. The story of Redgum Audio’s birth and evolution reects often uncannily, and not always favourably, on the ‘progress’ of massmarket audio over the
past three decades.
Founder and principal of Redgum Audio, Ian Robinson, was born and bred in Melbourne and educated
at technical college, where he studied electronic engineering. Like many a young hi- industry aspirant,
he didn’t complete his studies because, as he puts it, “business got easier and study got harder”. From
tech. he joined Victoria’s State Electricity Commission, and worked alongside Ralph Bridges who was
soon to be Claybridge PA Systems. Ralph commissioned Ian to build his speaker boxes, and he
registered his rst venture, Chelsound Electronics, in 1967 at the age of only 20. He had already been
trading for some time before that, giving him a strong claim to being one of Australia’s longest established audio and hi- manufacturers. Other more contentious claims for Redgum Audio include the rst
Australian-made CD player, and the rst all Australian system from source to speakers.
For more information and products please visit www.redgumaudio.com
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Specications
REDGUM Audio Pty Ltd
ABN 45 093 132 515
401 Belgrave – Gembrook Road
Emerald 3782, VIC, Australia
Telephone
Local 03-9001-6788
International 61-3-9001-6788
Mobile 044 88 33 091
Email sales@redgumaudio.com
Intel J1900 2.0 GHz Quad core, thin client desktop computer.
Fanless
Built In Ethernet
X86 processor mini PC
2GB RAM
32 GB SSD solid state drive
6 USB ports
Internal connections:
Hard Drive up to 2TB
Internal mounts supplied & wiring leads available for additional standard laptop drive
External connections include:
Com port
HDMI
2 x LAN connections
Audio Out
Separate SMPS
(H 50 x W 113 x D 142 mm / H 2 x W 4.5 x D 5.6 in – 1.25kg / 2.75lb)
Serving Suggestion: The RGMP8 stacks up best with its performance soul mate,
REDGUM’s hi-res USB DAC, the RGDAC8. (Also available in Black.)
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