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MAN301
Operating Manual
WEISS HIGH-END AUDIO
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Congratulations on the purchase of the MAN301! I am sure you will enjoy the ergonomics and sonic quality of
the Weiss MAN301 Music Archive Network player system. It can be easily tailored to your exact needs.
This operating manual guides you through the setup and operation of the MAN301 on a step by step basis.
Enjoy! Daniel Weiss, President, Weiss Engineering Ltd.
CHAPTER 1
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Welcome and first steps
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SECTION 1
Note: Many of the words in bold typeface lead to a glossary
entry when tapped.
The MAN301 system consist of the following items:
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the MAN301 Base Station (called MAN301 in this manual),
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an iPad with iOS 5.0 or higher with the free „Weiss MAN” app
(available from the Apple app store),
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a storage device preferably a NAS unit (Network Attached
Storage) for the storage of the music files. Or alternatively a
USB drive.
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A quick start guide
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This manual, as an iBooks book
The MAN301 can be operated in two modes, one is the „nor-
mal” playback mode where music is played from a storage de-
vice. The other mode is the Pre-amplifier mode which is de-
scribed in section 5 of this chapter.
The MAN301 itself does not have any internal storage facility
for music files. Ad hoc storage devices (e.g. the memory stick
brought by your guests) can be plugged into the USB port of
the MAN301 for immediate playback.!
!
The MAN301 fetches the music files from the NAS (many for-
mats supported) and feeds the data to the built-in D/A con-
verter (option) and also to the digital output interfaces (AES/
EBU, S/PDIF, USB, FireWire). In addition external digital audio
signals can be fed to the MAN301 for playback via the built-in
D/A converter. The MAN301 has a volume control built in (which
even works for external digital sources) and thus can be directly
connected to a power amplifier or active speakers.!
!
The „Weiss MAN” iPad app is used to control the MAN301. The
features include:
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playback of a plethora of audio formats including DSD file for-
mats
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maintaining the music library
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ripping of Albums in a variety of formats
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editing of Album metadata (artist names, album names etc.)
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fetching of Album artwork
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generating and maintaining playlists
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listening to Internet radio stations
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listening to all kinds of Internet based streaming services
System features and requirements
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broadcasting the played files via the local network to other
playback devices
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searching the music library according to various criteria
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supporting several users, each with individual playlists etc.
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supporting several NAS units
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supporting several MAN301 units!
The NAS unit is used to store the music files, cover artwork files
and more, like e.g. accompanying text files.
The playlists generated are stored within the MAN301 unit. The
iPad itself is not used for any storage. Thus it is easily possible to
use any iPad with the Weiss MAN app installed and control a
MAN301 system right away.!
Using the MAN301 as a Album Player only
Maybe you have bought the MAN301 just for high quality Album
playback with no intention (yet) to use its capabilities as a net-
work player.
In that case the setup is fairly simple: Connect the iPad directly
to the WiFi of the MAN301, no need to connect the MAN301 to a
network (except you would like to see Album track information
the MAN301 gets from the Internet), no need to connect a NAS
storage unit. Just read these sections of this manual:
Chapter 1, Section 2, Configuration 6
Chapter 4, Section 1
The frontpanel LED and power switch operation
The LED on the MAN301’s front panel is a three color LED which
shows the following:
- After switching on the unit via the power switch the LED lights
blue and stays like this throughout the operation
- After switching o the unit via the power switch the LED
flashes green and eventually turns o. During the green flash-
ing phase the MAN301 is closed down. During that phase the
mains supply to the MAN301 must not be interrupted.
- If the MAN301 has crashed, i.e. is not responsive to any com-
mands anymore, even the green LED does not stop flashing
when trying to switch o the unit. In this case the unit can be
forced to switch o by pressing and holding the power switch
for a few seconds. During that phase the LED flashes green and
red and eventually will turn o. The MAN301 then also is turned
o.
The next pages show the content of the MAN301 Quick Start
guide.
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Congratulations on purchasing the MAN301 Music Archive Network Player!
Congratulations on purchasing the MAN301 Music Archive Network Player!Congratulations on purchasing the MAN301 Music Archive Network Player!
Congratulations on purchasing the MAN301 Music Archive Network Player!
Here are the first steps to set up the MAN301 system. For all the powerful features of the MAN301 refer the MAN301
manual mentioned below.
Check the last
Check the lastCheck the last
Check the last page of this guide for some iPad tips.
page of this guide for some iPad tips.page of this guide for some iPad tips.
page of this guide for some iPad tips.
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1.)1.)
1.)
Download the free iBooks app from the Apple app store to your iPad.
Download the free iBooks app from the Apple app store to your iPad.Download the free iBooks app from the Apple app store to your iPad.
Download the free iBooks app from the Apple app store to your iPad.
Tapping on the App Store icon connects the iPad to the app store.
Search for iBooks to find the appropriate app quickly. Note, you need to have a n app store
account in order to access the apps. This is the case even if yo u do only get free apps.
2.)
2.)2.)
2.)
Download the free Weiss MAN app from the Apple app store to your iPad.
Download the free Weiss MAN app from the Apple app store to your iPad.Download the free Weiss MAN app from the Apple app store to your iPad.
Download the free Weiss MAN app from the Apple app store to your iPad.
3.)
3.)3.)
3.)
Download the MAN301 manual from this link:
Download the MAN301 manual from this link:Download the MAN301 manual from this link:
Download the MAN301 manual from this link:
http://www.weiss.ch/downloads/man301/WeissMAN.i books
with the help of the Safari browser on your iPad.
Open it in the iBooks app.
Note, the download will not work if the iBooks app is not installed.
Alternatively you may download the PDF version of the manual from this link:
http://www.weiss.ch/downloads/man301/WeissMAN.p df
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4.)4.)
4.)
Setting up the MAN301 hardware
Setting up the MAN301 hardwareSetting up the MAN301 hardware
Setting up the MAN301 hardware
Carefully unpack the MAN301 unit. The following items should be included:
- The MAN301 unit
- This quick start guide with a warranty card
- The WiFi antenna
After unpacking the MAN301, screw on the antenna onto the appropriate socket on the
back of the unit.
The antenna can be rotated to the position you like best. Usually it is not critical in terms
of signal reception.
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5.)5.)
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Mains power on / off switchin
Mains power on / off switchinMains power on / off switchin
Mains power on / off switchingggg
The MAN301 will automatically accommodate for the mains voltage , so there is no
mains voltage selector to set. The fuse rating is the same for all mains voltages.
To switch on power to the MAN301 press the “on” switch on the front panel. The blue
LED will light. After about a minute or so the MAN301 has booted and is ready to
connect to the iPad and the NAS. (But wait with switching on the MAN301 right now).
The MAN301 can be switched off from within the iPad app or via the power switch on
the front panel. If switched off from the front panel, t he LED turns gree n and starts to
flash until the MAN301 has shut down and switches off itself. If the green LED does not
stop flashing for more than 5 minutes you may force a power down by pressing and
holding the power switch (LED toggles between red and green) until the LED goes off.
NOTE:
NOTE:NOTE:
NOTE: NNNNever
everever
ever switch off the MAN301 by cutting power, always switch it off via
switch off the MAN301 by cutting power, always switch it off via switch off the MAN301 by cutting power, always switch it off via
switch off the MAN301 by cutting power, always switch it off via
either the Weiss MAN app or via the front panel power switch.
either the Weiss MAN app or via the front panel power switch.either the Weiss MAN app or via the front panel power switch.
either the Weiss MAN app or via the front panel power switch.
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6.)6.)
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Connections
ConnectionsConnections
Connections
There are different system architectures possible, e.g. with or without an Ethernet connection to the MAN301 or with
music stored on a USB hard disk or on a NAS (Network Attached Storage, i.e. a bunch of hard disks) etc. (Note, the
MAN301 requires an external device to store music on. It has no internal storage for music.)
First connect the MAN301 according to your requirements, e.g. connect it to the Ethernet network you may have (whe re
you may have a NAS connected to as well), and/or connect a USB or Firewire hard disk to the MAN301. A lso connect the
audio outputs, lower the volume on your amplifier to be on the safe side for a start.
It is also possible to have th e MAN301 operated “standalone”, i.e. not connected to an Ethernet network, just having
connected a USB disk and the iPad talking to the WiFi in the MAN301 directly.
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7.)7.)
7.)
Booting, WiFi
Booting, WiFiBooting, WiFi
Booting, WiFi
After having connected all necessary devices to the MAN301
(including the power cord), switch on the MAN301 and wait
about a minute until it has booted. Make sure the iPad is
connected to the WiFi network (either your own local WiFi or
the WiFi of the MAN301, its SSID password is WeissMAN301).
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8.)8.)
8.)
Connecting to the MAN301
Connecting t o the MAN301Connecting t o the MAN301
Connecting t o the MAN301
Then start the Weiss MAN app on the iPad. It now should
show an icon of your MAN301 device. Tap on that icon whic h
leads you to the page where user accounts are shown. This
page is empty yet.
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9.)9.)
9.)
User setup
User setupUser setup
User setup
Set up a user account by tapping on the + pad in the lower left. Enter user name and password as you like plus the
administrator password at the bottom which is wh10admin.
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NAS
NASNAS
NAS
Tap on the newly created user avatar, enter the
user password you just generated. This l eads
to the main screen of the app. In the menu list
on the left there is an entry “Storage”. Tap on
this and wait a while for the “Available Servers”
to show up. Your NAS (or your hard disk)
should show in the list under the title “Available
Servers”. Tap on the entry of your NAS.
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Music folder mounting
Music folder mountingMusic folder mounting
Music folder mounting
There may be a window shown which asks for a user name and password. If your NAS has user accounts set up, you may
need to enter the credentials here. If you use just a guest account on your NAS or if you have a new, yet unused NAS you
may leave both Username and Password fields empty and proceed with tapping on OK. Now the folder structure on the
NAS shows. Navigate to the folder where your music is (or will be) stored. Navigate until the folders with the artist names
are shown, then tap on the “Add mount” pad. Next a larger window shows asking whether that folder should also be the
destination for ripping CDs. You may want to tap on OK here.
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12.)12.)
12.)
Library impor ting
Library impor tingLibrary impor ting
Library impor ting
Now the music is added to the library database of the MAN301. This may take minutes to hours, depending on the size of
your library. Tap on the Artists entry in the upper left to view the first artists added to the library.
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13.)
Playlists
PlaylistsPlaylists
Playlists
Tap on one of the album cover arts. This puts that album into the default playlist and starts playing right away. Be careful
with the volume control in the lower r ight corner on the iPad. The album may not yet be complete (all tr acks), but once the
whole library is read in it will be compl ete. Also cover artwork may lack at first.
The dividing line between the white (upper) and the black section of the screen can be moved up and down. The upper
section shows the library, the lower section shows the playl ists. Tap and hold your finger on the upper edge of the black
section and move it up to reveal the playlists.
This is it for a start. T
This is it for a start. TThis is it for a start. T
This is it for a start. There are many more functions to discover. Remember, the MAN301 manual is your friend.
here are ma ny more functio ns to discover. Remember, the MAN301 manual i s your friend.here are ma ny more functio ns to discover. Remember, the MAN301 manual i s your friend.
here are ma ny more functio ns to discover. Remember, the MAN301 manual i s your friend.
Enjoy! Daniel Weiss
MAN301 Quick Start Guide
Some notes on the iPad:
Some notes on the iPad:Some notes on the iPad:
Some notes on the iPad:
In iBooks it is easy to get bac k to the contents list with the help of the pinch
gesture:
The Weiss MAN app is designed for the Portrait mode of the iPad display.
Thus when the Weiss MAN app is started, the iPad display is automatically
rotated to Portrait mode. The iBooks manual on the other hand is written in
Landscape mode and thus the iPad display is automatically rotated to
Landscape mode when the manual in the iBooks app is started. These
rotations work independently of the “Lock Rotation” switch setting of the
iPad.
When putting the iPad in standby mode (with the s witch in the upper right
corner) then the connection to the MAN301 is maintained for about 10
minutes. Thus when re-activating the iPad again within 10 minutes, the
connection to the MAN301 is active immediately. If re-activation of the
iPad happens after more than 10 minutes (or if the iPad has been switched
off completely) one has to tap on the Weiss MAN app and select the server.
After that the currently logged in user is automatically logged in again. The
music continues to play in any case.
The automatic standby mode of the iPad can be switched off in settings /
General / Auto-Lock.
Standby switch
Double click on the home button allows to switch between tasks quickly.
Home button at the bottom
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There are a few dierent MAN301 system configurations possi-
ble. Which one is preferred depends on your existing computer
and Internet setup or the setup you would like to implement. An
Internet connection is recommended / required if:
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Albums are going to be ripped via the MAN301
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You would like to do maintenance on existing Album meta-
data
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The iPad and/or the MAN301 software should be updated
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Basically an Internet connection is highly recommended. Of the
configurations on the following pages, configuration 1 may be
the most common, but others work equally well. In terms of
sonic performance there isn’t any configuration preferred over
the other ones.
WiFi: This denotes a wireless network connection
Ethernet: This denotes a wired network connection
Select your preferred configuration from the following
pages.
Typical system configurations are:
(Note: Ethernet link: WiFi link: )
Configuration 1: !
You use a WiFi Router with Internet access. The iPad is connected to the WiFi Router: Proceed to Section 3.
MAN301
Router
NAS
Internet
iPAD
System architectures
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Configuration 2: !
You have a Router with Internet access, but no WiFi. The iPad is
connected to the MAN301 access point: Proceed to Section 4.
MAN301
Router
NAS
Internet
iPad
Configuration 3:!
You do not have any (WiFi) Router but you have got Internet ac-
cess: In this case add a Router (or a WiFi Router) to your system
to get a configuration as in Configuration 1 or Configuration 2
above.
Configuration 4:!
You have a WiFi Router with Internet access, but you would not
like to connect the MAN301 system via Ethernet to the Router,
but rather via a WiFi connection. The iPad is connected to the
MAN301‘s access point (or to the WiFi Router) and the
MAN301‘s uplink is connected to the WiFi Router: Proceed to
Section 5.
MAN301
Router
NAS
Internet
iPad
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Configuration 5:!
You do not have any Router or Internet access: !
Proceed to Section 6.
!
MAN301
NAS
iPad
Configuration 6: !
You use the MAN301 for Album Playback only:
This configuration can be as simple as shown above, but option-
ally it can be used with an Internet connection for fetching the
metadata of the Album played. I.e. it then shows the track information and cover art of the Album you are playing.!
Select one of the Configurations 1 through 5 which resembles
your setup most closely. Then read Chapter 4 / Section 1.
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MAN301
Router
NAS
Internet
iPAD
Configuration 1 connects the MAN301 to the Router via an Eth-
ernet connection. The NAS also is connected to the Router. (You
could also use e.g. a USB hard-drive connected to the
MAN301‘s USB port instead of or in conjunction with the NAS).
The iPad is WiFi connected to the Router. The iPad could also be
WiFi connected to the MAN301 if this is more convenient, e.g.
because of limited WiFi reach. That then would be Configuration
2, i.e. proceed to Section 4 in that case.
After you have wired the system as shown on the left and all
units are powered, the next task is to establish a connection be-
tween the iPad and the MAN301 unit.
As you see in the configuration picture on the left, the iPad talks
to the WiFi router. So if not already done:
Open the „Settings” app on your iPad
and select the WiFi Settings.
System setup, Configuration 1
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A screen with some resemblance to the one below shows up.
Make sure the Wi-Fi is set to the ON position. If you have a WiFi
router working, then you should see its SSID in the table. (The
SSID of the WiFi router in this example is „white“). Connect to
that network. You will need to know the password for the router‘s
SSID to connect.
Once the iPad is connected to the WiFi you are ready to start the
Weiss MAN app. At first startup a screen showing the MAN301
unit(s) on your network should appear. It looks like this:
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If you have more than one MAN301 unit on the network they will
all be shown on the screen above (provided they are connected
to the same network). If you do not see any MAN301 then tap on
the pad in the lower right corner of the screen to re-
fresh the screen. Eventually the MAN301 unit(s) should show up
with its appropriate serial number. If your MAN301 unit still does
not show up try to close the iPad Weiss MAN app and restart it.
(Closing is done via a double click on the iPad’s Home button
and then tap and hold the finger on the Weiss MAN icon until the
icon wiggles. Then close the app.)
By tapping and holding the finger on one of the MAN301 icons
that unit can be made the preferred unit.
If you tap on the pad the following screen shows up:
This shows the current version of the „Weiss MAN Frontend”
(this is the Weiss MAN app). You may also chose to automati-
cally submit any crash reports of the Weiss MAN app to us at
Weiss Engineering. These reports do not contain any personal
data from your iPad, they contain data from the Weiss MAN app
at the time of the app crashing and thus help us to solve the
problem which has led to the crash. We suggest to allow your
Weiss MAN app to send that information to us.
Now tap on the MAN301 symbol to select that unit for playback
etc.
This will show an empty screen like this:
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The shut down pad in the lower right corner lets you switch
o the MAN301 from within the app, switching on the MAN301
has to be done via its front panel switch though.
The indicator in the lower right shows whether there is
any uplink to a WiFi network active. The uplink is disabled in Con-
figuration 1 as the MAN301 is connected to the Router via an Eth-
ernet cable.
The pad enters a setup page for a few very basic
setup items.
If the Preferences pad looks like this: then there
is a new firmware for the MAN301 available for download.
Tap on the Preferences pad and then enter the Admin password
which is wh10admin.
NOTE: MAN301 Admin default password: wh10admin
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This brings up a screen as follows:
•
The „Admin Pass” lets you select a dierent administra-
tor password. Note: If you decide to change the administra-
tor password, make sure not to forget it!!
•
The „Auto user log on” allows to set the MAN301 such
that it logs on the most recent user automatically. This comes
handy if there is only one user set up. The main advantage is,
that the library / playlist display is refreshing quicker if auto
user log on is enabled.!
•
The „Networking” entry allows to set up the MAN301 de-
pending on the system architecture you have chosen in Sec-
tion 2. Tapping on Networking reveals a page similar to this:
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Usually you do not need to change anything on this page. The
Uplink is disabled in Configuration 1, it can not be enabled.
Here are the details to this page:
1. The „Wireless Uplink” entries are explained in the sections
where the Configurations with Uplink enabled are described.!
2. The „Access Point” entries show the SSID and password of
the MAN301 access point. You need those if you set up the
system such that the iPad is connected to the MAN301 directly. The entries are described in the appropriate sections.!
3. The „Ethernet IP address” shows the IP address the MAN301
has got from the DHCP server, i.e. typically this is the router it
is connected to. !
4. The „factory reset” resets all network settings to the original
settings when the MAN301 left the factory.!
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „Audio De-
vices” pad. Tapping on it reveals a screen similar to this:
Here the firmware of the audio device can be updated. „Audio de-
vice“ means the currently active audio interface for playback
from the MAN301. This normally is the audio interface internal
to the MAN301 with its AES/EBU and S/PDIF and (optionally)
analog connections. But it could also be e.g. a Weiss DAC202 D/
A converter connected to the MAN301 via Firewire. This DAC202
would show up in the window above and could thus be updated
with new firmware via the MAN301. The window „Latest Re-
lease“ on the right hand side above reflects the currently avail-
able firmware on our web server. I.e. the MAN301 has to be con-
nected to the Internet to be able to fetch the firmware. With the
release of a new MAN301 base station software, any possible
change in the firmware for the MAN301 internal audio device will
be automatically installed. But a firmware update can also be
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done manually by tapping on the pad. After updat-
ing, the MAN301 has to be rebooted in order to reflect the new
firmware version.
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „Update”
pad. Tapping on it reveals a screen similar to this:
This allows you to update the MAN301 software via a download
from the Weiss server. See Chapter 6, Section 1 for details. Do
not proceed with updating before you have read Chapter 6, Sec-
tion 1.
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „BS Crash
Auto Submission”.!
This allows the BS (Base Station = MAN301) to report any pro-
gram bugs to us at Weiss. These reports do not contain any
personal data from your iPad or MAN301, they contain data
from the MAN301 at the time of the occurrence of the soft-
ware crashing and thus help us to solve the problem which
has led to the crash. We suggest to allow your Weiss MAN app
to send that information to us.
•
The next entry is the „System Messages“, where system
messages are shown in case there was a severe error de-
tected. Such a message can look like this:
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In this case the MAN301 was not closed properly and thus the
databases may be corrupted. The MAN301 then restores the
data bases automatically. No user can log in until the databases
are restored. The restoring process may take a few minutes. If an
attempt to log in is made before the restoring has finished, this
message is shown:
Simply wait and try again later.
The pad allows to delete the system message.
•
The last entry is the „Customer Support“, where it is pos-
sible to set up a support channel to Weiss Engineering via the
Internet. Such a channel allows us to analyze your MAN301
and the associated system in order to trouble shoot the setup.
This feature is meant for use with severe problems which can-
not be solved via email or phone communication. The associ-
ated window looks like this:
The configuration of the customer support is straightforward
once required.
Now that we have done the basic system configuration, user
accounts can be added. This is described in Section 7.
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MAN301
Router
NAS
Internet
iPad
Configuration 2 connects the MAN301 to the Router via an Eth-
ernet connection. The iPad is WiFi connected to the MAN301 ac-
cess point.
After you have wired the system as shown on the left and all
units are powered, the next task is to establish a connection be-
tween the iPad and the MAN301 unit.
As you see in the configuration picture on the left, the iPad talks
to the MAN301. So:
Open the „Settings” app on your iPad
and select the WiFi Settings.
System setup, Configuration 2
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A screen with some resemblance to the one below shows up.
Make sure the Wi-Fi is set to the ON position.
To connect the iPad to the MAN301 directly, tap on the MAN301
entry in the table. In the example below it is the MAN301-DW-
TEST_LAN entry. (The SSID of your MAN301 you can set on a
setup page described further down if you prefer to have another
SSID for the MAN301). The default SSID is MAN301-xxxx_LAN,
the xxxx denotes the serial number of your MAN301 unit minus
1000. Of course the MAN301 unit has to be switched on in order
to appear in the list. You will be asked for the password, which is
factory set to WeissMAN301. Make sure to type in this pass-
word exactly as given, including proper upper/lower case.
NOTE: MAN301 default SSID: MAN301-xxxx_LAN
default password: WeissMAN301
Once the iPad is connected to the proper WiFi you are ready to
start the Weiss MAN app. At first startup a screen showing the
MAN301 unit(s) on your network should appear. It looks like this:
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If you have more than one MAN301 unit on the network they will
all be shown on the screen above (provided they are connected
to the same network). If you do not see any MAN301 then tap on
the pad in the lower right corner of the screen to re-
fresh the screen. Eventually the MAN301 unit(s) should show up
with its appropriate serial number. If your MAN301 unit still does
not show up try to close the iPad Weiss MAN app and restart it.
(Closing is done via a double click on the iPad’s Home button
and then tap and hold the finger on the Weiss MAN icon until the
icon wiggles. Then close the app.)
By tapping and holding the finger on one of the MAN301 icons
that unit can be made the preferred unit.
If you tap on the pad the following screen shows up:
This shows the current version of the „Weiss MAN Frontend”
(this is the Weiss MAN app). You may also chose to automati-
cally submit any crash reports of the Weiss MAN app to us at
Weiss Engineering. These reports do not contain any personal
data from your iPad, they contain data from the Weiss MAN app
at the time of the app crashing and thus help us to solve the
problem which has led to the crash. We suggest to allow your
Weiss MAN app to send that information to us.
Now tap on the MAN301 symbol to select that unit for playback
etc.
This will show an empty screen like this:
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The shut down pad in the lower right corner lets you switch
o the MAN301 from within the app, switching on the MAN301
has to be done via its front panel switch though.
The indicator in the lower right shows whether there is
any uplink to a WiFi network active. The uplink is disabled in Con-
figuration 2 as the MAN301 is connected to the Router via an
Ethernet cable.
The pad enters a setup page for a few very basic
setup items.
If the Preferences pad looks like this: then there
is a new firmware for the MAN301 available for download.
Tap on the Preferences pad and then enter the Admin password
which is wh10admin.
NOTE: MAN301 Admin default password: wh10admin
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This brings up a screen as follows:
•
The „Admin Pass” lets you select a dierent administrator
password. Note: If you decide to change the administrator
password, make sure not to forget it!!
•
The „Auto user log on” allows to set the MAN301 such
that it logs on the most recent user automatically. This comes
handy if there is only one user set up. The main advantage is,
that the library / playlist display is refreshing quicker if auto
user log on is enabled.!
•
The „Networking” entry allows to set up the MAN301 de-
pending on the system architecture you have chosen in Sec-
tion 2. Tapping on Networking reveals this page:
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Usually you do not need to change anything on this page. The
Wireless Uplink is disabled in Configuration 2, it can not be en-
abled.
Here are the details to this page:
1. The „Wireless Uplink” entries are explained in the sections
where the Configurations with Uplink enabled are described.!
2. The „Access Point” entries show the SSID and password of
the MAN301 access point. Both SSID and password can be
changed if preferred. !
3. The „Ethernet IP address” shows the IP address the MAN301
has got from the DHCP server, i.e. typically this is the router it
is connected to. !
4. The „factory reset” resets all network settings to the original
settings when the MAN301 left the factory.!
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „Audio De-
vices” pad. Tapping on it reveals a screen similar to this:
Here the firmware of the audio device can be updated. „Audio de-
vice“ means the currently active audio interface for playback
from the MAN301. This normally is the audio interface internal
to the MAN301 with its AES/EBU and S/PDIF and (optionally)
analog connections. But it could also be e.g. a Weiss DAC202 D/
A converter connected to the MAN301 via Firewire. This DAC202
would show up in the window above and could thus be updated
with new firmware via the MAN301. The window „Latest Re-
lease“ on the right hand side above reflects the currently avail-
able firmware on our web server. I.e. the MAN301 has to be con-
nected to the Internet to be able to fetch the firmware. With the
release of a new MAN301 base station software, any possible
change in the firmware for the MAN301 internal audio device will
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be automatically installed. But a firmware update can also be
done manually by tapping on the pad. After updat-
ing, the MAN301 has to be rebooted in order to reflect the new
firmware version.
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „Update”
pad. Tapping on it reveals a screen similar to this:
This allows you to update the MAN301 software via a download
from the Weiss server. See Chapter 6, Section 1 for details. Do
not proceed with updating before you have read Chapter 6, Sec-
tion 1.
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „BS Crash
Auto Submission”.!
This allows the BS (Base Station = MAN301) to report any pro-
gram bugs to us at Weiss. These reports do not contain any
personal data from your iPad or MAN301, they contain data
from the MAN301 at the time of the occurrence of the soft-
ware crashing and thus help us to solve the problem which
has led to the crash. We suggest to allow your Weiss MAN app
to send that information to us.
•
The next entry is the „System Messages“, where system
messages are shown in case there was a severe error de-
tected. Such a message can look like this:
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In this case the MAN301 was not closed properly and thus the
databases may be corrupted. The MAN301 then restores the
data bases. No user can log in until the databases are restored.
The restoring process may take a few minutes. If an attempt to
log in is made before the restoring has finished, this message is
shown:
Simply wait and try again later.
The pad allows to delete the system message.
•
The last entry is the „Customer Support“, where it is pos-
sible to set up a support channel to Weiss Engineering via the
Internet. Such a channel allows us to analyze your MAN301
and the associated system in order to trouble shoot the setup.
This feature is meant for use with severe problems which can-
not be solved via email or phone communication. The associ-
ated window looks like this:
The configuration of the customer support is straightforward
once required.
Now that we have done the basic system configuration, user
accounts can be added. This is described in Section 7.
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SECTION 5
MAN301
Router
NAS
Internet
iPad
Configuration 4 connects the MAN301 to the Router via a WiFi
uplink. The iPad is WiFi connected to the MAN301 access point
or also to the WiFi Router.
After you have wired the system as shown on the left and all
units are powered, the next task is to establish a connection be-
tween the iPad and the MAN301 unit. The iPad can later be con-
nected directly to the WiFi Router if you prefer, but for setting
up the MAN301 uplink to the WiFi Router the iPad needs to be
connected to the MAN301 at first. (Note: If the iPad is con-
nected to the MAN301 as shown, the iPad won‘t be able to
connect to the Internet, so after setting up the system you
may prefer to connect the iPad to the WiFi Router in order
to be able to connect to the Internet with the iPad.) So:
Open the „Settings” app on your iPad
and select the WiFi Settings.
System setup, Configuration 4
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A screen with some resemblance to the one below shows up.
Make sure the Wi-Fi is set to the ON position.
To connect the iPad to the MAN301 directly, tap on the MAN301
entry in the table. In the example below it is the MAN301-DW-
TEST_LAN entry. (The SSID of your MAN301 you can set on a
setup page described further down if you prefer to have another
SSID for the MAN301). The default SSID is MAN301-xxxx_LAN,
the xxxx denotes the serial number of your MAN301 unit minus
1000. Of course the MAN301 unit has to be switched on in order
to appear in the list. You will be asked for the password, which is
factory set to WeissMAN301. Make sure to type in this pass-
word exactly as given, including proper upper/lower case.
NOTE: MAN301 default SSID: MAN301-xxxx_LAN
default password: WeissMAN301
Once the iPad is connected to the proper WiFi you are ready to
start the Weiss MAN app. At first startup a screen showing the
MAN301 unit(s) on your network should appear. It looks like this:
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If you have more than one MAN301 unit on the network they will
all be shown on the screen above (provided they are connected
to the same network). If you do not see any MAN301 then tap on
the pad in the lower right corner of the screen to re-
fresh the screen. Eventually the MAN301 unit(s) should show up
with its appropriate serial number. If your MAN301 unit still does
not show up try to close the iPad Weiss MAN app and restart it.
(Closing is done via a double click on the iPad’s Home button
and then tap and hold the finger on the Weiss MAN icon until the
icon wiggles. Then close the app). And / or switch o the iPad
WiFi and then switch it on again.
By tapping and holding the finger on one of the MAN301 icons
that unit can be made the preferred unit.
If you tap on the pad the following screen shows up:
This shows the current version of the „Weiss MAN Frontend”
(this is the Weiss MAN app). You may also chose to automati-
cally submit any crash reports of the Weiss MAN app to us at
Weiss Engineering. These reports do not contain any personal
data from your iPad, they contain data from the Weiss MAN app
at the time of the app crashing and thus help us to solve the
problem which has led to the crash. We suggest to allow your
Weiss MAN app to send that information to us.
Now tap on the MAN301 symbol to select that unit for playback
etc.
This will show an empty screen like this:
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The shut down pad in the lower right corner lets you switch
o the MAN301 from within the app, switching on the MAN301
has to be done via its front panel switch though.
The indicator in the lower right shows whether there is
any uplink to a WiFi network active. To activate the uplink enter
the Preferences menu as described below. The uplink will be acti-
vated for this Configuration 4.
The pad enters a setup page for a few very basic
setup items.
If the Preferences pad looks like this: then there
is a new firmware for the MAN301 available for download.
Tap on the Preferences pad and then enter the Admin password
which is wh10admin.
NOTE: MAN301 Admin default password: wh10admin
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This brings up a screen as follows:
•
The „Admin Pass” lets you select a dierent administrator
password. Note: If you decide to change the administrator
password, make sure not to forget it!!
•
The „Auto user log on” allows to set the MAN301 such
that it logs on the most recent user automatically. This comes
handy if there is only one user set up. The main advantage is,
that the library / playlist display is refreshing quicker if auto
user log on is enabled.!
•
The „Networking” entry allows to set up the MAN301 de-
pending on the system architecture you have chosen in Sec-
tion 2. Tapping on Networking reveals this page:
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1. The „Wireless Uplink” entries you need for the Configuration 4
setup. (Note, the uplink only works if the MAN301 is not
connected to the network via an Ethernet cable): To set up
the uplink proceed as follows:!
- first enable the uplink by tapping on „Wireless Uplink En-
able” and then select „on“. It now scans for the available
SSIDs. This may take some time (up to minutes), just wait until On (Scanning) is shown.!
- tap on „Wireless Uplink SSID” and select the SSID of your
WiFi network (you may have to select Wireless Uplink SSID
several times until your WiFi network SSID appears in the list);
then enter the password for the WiFi network (SSID) you have
selected.!
- Now wait until the connection is established. Enabling the
uplink may temporarily switch o the access point, so the
iPad may get disconnected. Simply reconnect it to the
MAN301 in the Wi-Fi Networks page of the iPad Settings on
the iPad. It may help to switch o the Wi-Fi on the iPad and
then switch it on again. Note, it takes some time until the
uplink is established for the first time (up to minutes). After
establishing the uplink it is advisable to reboot the MAN301
unit.!
- Note, if it is not possible to establish an uplink it may
help to change the WiFi channel number in the access
point (e.g. router) you try the MAN301 to connect to.
Channels 12 or 13 may not work with the MAN301 at all.
Chose a channel between 1 and 11. !
2. The „Access Point” entries show the SSID and password of
the MAN301 access point. Both SSID and password can be
changed if preferred. (This does not yet work in the current
version). !
3. The „Ethernet IP address” shows the IP address the MAN301
has got from the DHCP server. !
4. The „factory reset” resets all network settings to the original
settings when the MAN301 left the factory.!
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „Audio De-
vices” pad. Tapping on it reveals a screen similar to this:
Here the firmware of the audio device can be updated. „Audio de-
vice“ means the currently active audio interface for playback
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from the MAN301. This normally is the audio interface internal
to the MAN301 with its AES/EBU and S/PDIF and (optionally)
analog connections. But it could also be e.g. a Weiss DAC202 D/
A converter connected to the MAN301 via Firewire. This DAC202
would show up in the window above and could thus be updated
with new firmware via the MAN301. The window „Latest Re-
lease“ on the right hand side above reflects the currently avail-
able firmware on our web server. I.e. the MAN301 has to be con-
nected to the Internet to be able to fetch the firmware. With the
release of a new MAN301 base station software, any possible
change in the firmware for the MAN301 internal audio device will
be automatically installed. But a firmware update can also be
done manually by tapping on the pad. After updat-
ing, the MAN301 has to be rebooted in order to reflect the new
firmware version.
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „Update”
pad. Tapping on it reveals a screen similar to this:
This allows you to update the MAN301 software via a download
from the Weiss server. See Chapter 6, Section 1 for details. Do
not proceed with updating before you have read Chapter 6, Sec-
tion 1.
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•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „BS Crash
Auto Submission”.!
This allows the BS (Base Station = MAN301) to report any pro-
gram bugs to us at Weiss. These reports do not contain any
personal data from your iPad or MAN301, they contain data
from the MAN301 at the time of the occurrence of the soft-
ware crashing and thus help us to solve the problem which
has led to the crash. We suggest to allow your Weiss MAN app
to send that information to us.
•
The next entry is the „System Messages“, where system
messages are shown in case there was a severe error de-
tected. Such a message can look like this:
In this case the MAN301 was not closed properly and thus the
databases may be corrupted. The MAN301 then restores the
data bases. No user can log in until the databases are restored.
The restoring process may take a few minutes. If an attempt to
log in is made before the restoring has finished, this message is
shown:
Simply wait and try again later.
The pad allows to delete the system message.
•
The last entry is the „Customer Support“, where it is pos-
sible to set up a support channel to Weiss Engineering via the
Internet. Such a channel allows us to analyze your MAN301
and the associated system in order to trouble shoot the setup.
This feature is meant for use with severe problems which can-
not be solved via email or phone communication. The associ-
ated window looks like this:
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The configuration of the customer support is straightforward
once required.
Now that we have done the basic system configuration, user
accounts can be added. This is described in Section 7.
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SECTION 6
MAN301
NAS
iPad
Configuration 5 connects the MAN301 directly to the NAS (or
simply to a USB or Firewire hard-disk). The iPad is WiFi con-
nected to the MAN301.
After you have wired the system as shown on the left and all
units are powered, the next task is to establish a connection be-
tween the iPad and the MAN301 unit.
As you see in the configuration picture on the left, the iPad talks
to the MAN301. So:
Open the „Settings” app on your iPad
and select the WiFi Settings.
System setup, Configuration 5
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A screen with some resemblance to the one below shows up.
Make sure the Wi-Fi is set to the ON position.
To connect the iPad to the MAN301 directly, tap on the MAN301
entry in the table. In the example below it is the MAN301-DW-
TEST_LAN entry. (The SSID of your MAN301 you can set on a
setup page described further down if you prefer to have another
SSID for the MAN301). The default SSID is MAN301-xxxx_LAN,
the xxxx denotes the serial number of your MAN301 unit minus
1000. Of course the MAN301 unit has to be switched on in order
to appear in the list. You will be asked for the password, which is
factory set to WeissMAN301. Make sure to type in this pass-
word exactly as given, including proper upper/lower case.
NOTE: MAN301 default SSID: MAN301-xxxx_LAN
default password: WeissMAN301
Once the iPad is connected to the proper WiFi you are ready to
start the Weiss MAN app. At first startup a screen showing the
MAN301 unit(s) on your network should appear. It looks like this:
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If you have more than one MAN301 unit on the network they will
all be shown on the screen above (provided they are connected
to the same network). If you do not see any MAN301 then tap on
the pad in the lower right corner of the screen to re-
fresh the screen. Eventually the MAN301 unit(s) should show up
with its appropriate serial number. If your MAN301 unit still does
not show up try to close the iPad Weiss MAN app and restart it.
(Closing is done via a double click on the iPad’s Home button
and then tap and hold the finger on the Weiss MAN icon until the
icon wiggles. Then close the app.)
By tapping and holding the finger on one of the MAN301 icons
that unit can be made the preferred unit.
If you tap on the pad the following screen shows up:
This shows the current version of the „Weiss MAN Frontend”
(this is the Weiss MAN app). You may also chose to automati-
cally submit any crash reports of the Weiss MAN app to us at
Weiss Engineering. These reports do not contain any personal
data from your iPad, they contain data from the Weiss MAN app
at the time of the app crashing and thus help us to solve the
problem which has led to the crash. We suggest to allow your
Weiss MAN app to send that information to us.
Now tap on the MAN301 symbol to select that unit for playback
etc.
This will show an empty screen like this:
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The shut down pad in the lower right corner lets you switch
o the MAN301 from within the app, switching on the MAN301
has to be done via its front panel switch though.
The indicator in the lower right shows whether there is
any uplink to a WiFi network active. In Configuration 5 the uplink
will not be activated.
The pad enters a setup page for a few very basic
setup items.
If the Preferences pad looks like this: then there
is a new firmware for the MAN301 available for download.
Tap on the Preferences pad and then enter the Admin password
which is wh10admin.
NOTE: MAN301 Admin default password: wh10admin
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This brings up a screen as follows:
•
The „Admin Pass” lets you select a dierent administrator
password. Note: If you decide to change the administrator
password, make sure not to forget it!!
•
The „Auto user log on” allows to set the MAN301 such
that it logs on the most recent user automatically. This comes
handy if there is only one user set up. The main advantage is,
that the library / playlist display is refreshing quicker if auto
user log on is enabled.!
•
The „Networking” entry allows to set up the MAN301 de-
pending on the system architecture you have chosen in Sec-
tion 2. Tapping on Networking reveals this page:
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Usually you do not need to change anything on this page. The
Wireless Uplink is disabled in Configuration 5, it does not need
to be enabled.
Here are the details to this page:
1. The „Wireless Uplink” entries are explained in the sections
where the Configurations with Uplink enabled are described.!
2. The „Access Point” entries show the SSID and password of
the MAN301 access point. Both SSID and password can be
changed if preferred. !
3. The „Ethernet IP address” shows the IP address the MAN301
has got from the DHCP server. In Configuration 5 the MAN301
enables its own DHCP server to supply the NAS with an appropriate IP address. !
4. The „factory reset” resets all network settings to the original
settings when the MAN301 left the factory.
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „Audio De-
vices” pad. Tapping on it reveals a screen similar to this:
Here the firmware of the audio device can be updated. „Audio de-
vice“ means the currently active audio interface for playback
from the MAN301. This normally is the audio interface internal
to the MAN301 with its AES/EBU and S/PDIF and (optionally)
analog connections. But it could also be e.g. a Weiss DAC202 D/
A converter connected to the MAN301 via Firewire. This DAC202
would show up in the window above and could thus be updated
with new firmware via the MAN301. The window „Latest Re-
lease“ on the right hand side above reflects the currently avail-
able firmware on our web server. I.e. the MAN301 has to be con-
nected to the Internet to be able to fetch the firmware. With the
release of a new MAN301 base station software, any possible
change in the firmware for the MAN301 internal audio device will
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be automatically installed. But a firmware update can also be
done manually by tapping on the pad. After updat-
ing, the MAN301 has to be rebooted in order to reflect the new
firmware version.
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „Update”
pad. Tapping on it reveals a screen similar to this:
This allows you to update the MAN301 software via a download
from the Weiss server. See Chapter 6, Section 1 for details. Do
not proceed with updating before you have read Chapter 6, Sec-
tion 1.
•
The next entry in the Server Preferences is the „BS Crash
Auto Submission”.!
This allows the BS (Base Station = MAN301) to report any pro-
gram bugs to us at Weiss. These reports do not contain any
personal data from your iPad or MAN301, they contain data
from the MAN301 at the time of the occurrence of the soft-
ware crashing and thus help us to solve the problem which
has led to the crash. We suggest to allow your Weiss MAN app
to send that information to us.
•
The next entry is the „System Messages“, where system
messages are shown in case there was a severe error de-
tected. Such a message can look like this:
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In this case the MAN301 was not closed properly and thus the
databases may be corrupted. The MAN301 then restores the
data bases. No user can log in until the databases are restored.
The restoring process may take a few minutes. If an attempt to
log in is made before the restoring has finished, this message is
shown:
Simply wait and try again later.
The pad allows to delete the system message.
•
The last entry is the „Customer Support“, where it is pos-
sible to set up a support channel to Weiss Engineering via the
Internet. Such a channel allows us to analyze your MAN301
and the associated system in order to trouble shoot the setup.
This feature is meant for use with severe problems which can-
not be solved via email or phone communication. The associ-
ated window looks like this:
The configuration of the customer support is straightforward
once required.
Now that we have done the basic system configuration, user
accounts can be added. This is described in Section 7.
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SECTION 7
Several MAN301 units can be connected to a network. I.e. the
NAS unit(s) can be shared by all the MAN301 on the network.
Upon launching of the Weiss MAN iPad app, all the MAN301
units available are shown. Anyone can then be selected to be
controlled from the iPad. Each MAN301 unit can have its own
set of users with their individual libraries and/or their individual
NAS units. Here are a few scenarios on how such setups could
work:!
A) There is a single MAN301 unit, each family member has his/
her account, the music on the NAS is in a single library which
can be accessed by all family members, the family members
generate their individual playlists out of the single library.!
B) There is a single MAN301 unit, each family member has his/
her account, the music on the NAS is put in dierent folders,
e.g. one folder per family member. This would make sure that
the father's huge classical music collection would not show up
in the library of the son who happens to be a hip-hop fan. Still,
any family member could add the folders of other members to
his/her library, i.e. the father could still enjoy the son's hip-hop
music by adding the son's folder to his library.!
C) There are more than one MAN301 unit, the same scenarios
as depicted above apply with the dierence that family mem-
bers can enjoy their own music selection at any time.
As mentioned above, the MAN301 supports several user ac-
counts, i.e. is multi user capable. This results in interesting ad-
vantages / features like:
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All users may have their own individual library, playlists,
searches etc. independent from other users. They even can
use dierent NAS units.
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Users can have dierent rights for the music library, e.g. a
„party guest“ or „kids“ account can be denied to have the
right to erase files. These rights are set up via specific user ac-
counts on the NAS unit(s).
-
An user account can also be used to divide the music library
into various sub libraries, e.g. one could set up a user „classi-
cal" which means that the library of that user is made up of all
the classical music on the NAS. Another user could be named
„pop" etc. Such a strategy can be useful for very large music
collections where the library browsing could become impracti-
cal. The files on the NAS would then have to be organized ac-
cordingly, e.g. the folder „classical" would hold all the classical
music. Or one could even use separate NAS units for dierent
music styles.!
User Accounts
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- To set up a user, navigate back to the empty screen:
and tap on the pad in the lower left corner. This opens a
window where you can enter a user name and user password for
a new user. The default Admin password is wh10admin. After you
have added the user, a default Avatar (picture):
along with the user name you have selected is shown. You may
add more users any time and also change the user settings at
any time. To change the settings tap and hold on the Avatar. A
screen like this is shown (note the Avatar in this example has al-
ready been changed)
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Selecting Avatar from the menu lets you change the picture, you
can select one from your photo roll of the iPad and then scale it
such that it fits into the Avatar picture size. If there are no pho-
tos in the photo roll then you may take some pictures with the
built-in camera (not available on the first generation iPad).
Those are automatically put into the photo roll. The other menu
items are self-explanatory.
(Note: A user password can be changed by using that user‘s old
password or by using the administrator password which is
wh10admin by default.)
Now you are ready to log onto the MAN301 by tapping on the
Avatar. At first a screen like this appears:
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The next step now is to mount the NAS (Network Attached Stor-
age) unit. The NAS holds the music files. An alternative to the
NAS would be e.g. a USB hard disk connected via USB to the
MAN301. We highly recommend to use a NAS unit, though, with
2 or more drives for data safety. Also see Chapter 5.
For that purpose tap on the pad, this will show
a screen like this:
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The „Available Servers” entries in the list will look dierently, as
they show the NAS, computers etc. on your network and it also
shows any USB or FireWire drive you may have connected. To re-
fetch the list or if your NAS does not appear press on the
pad.
The entry in this example is a NAS. If
I tap on it, a window opens:
Here you enter the username / password required by your NAS
in order to access the files on it. If there is a guest account avail-
able on your NAS you may use that by leaving both username
and password empty.
Note, a NAS may require a separate setup procedure before it is
ready to be used as a storage medium for your music files. This
procedure is described in the operating manual for your NAS.
Usually there are a lot of dierent items which can be managed
with a NAS, but for the purpose of using the NAS as a storage
medium for the MAN301 typically only a few basic settings need
to be done in the NAS setup:
- The IP address shall be supplied by the DHCP server in the net-
work, i.e. set „DHCP = Yes”.
- If the NAS has 2 or more hard discs, then it usually comes pre-
configured as a RAID array for best data security. Check
whether this is really the case with your NAS. Otherwise you
need to specify what kind of array it should build. Also see
Chapter 5.!
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Usually you do not need to set up user accounts on your music
NAS except you want to prevent other people to access your
music. So usually you may set up a share folder for your music
to be put in. The MAN301 then does not need any username /
password to access the data (see lefthand side on that screen).
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- The power management you may also want to check. The NAS
may switch o itself when not in use - this poses no problem to
the MAN301, as it will wake up the NAS when required.!
- You may also configure a backup procedure for your NAS.
Once access to the NAS is gained, the folder structure on the
NAS is displayed. Navigate to the folder which holds your music,
say this folder is called MYMUSIC, then tap on MYMUSIC and
now the folders (typically the artist folders) are shown. Tap on
the pad to add the MYMUSIC folder to the Music
Library of the MAN301. Of course it is possible to add just a se-
lection of folders or just the „classical music” folder on your NAS
etc.
You may also add several dierent folders on a NAS in several
„Add mount” procedures. This allows to assemble the music
added to the library for a given user. Of course in such a case the
music files have to be organized in an appropriate way on the
NAS. For instance it would allow to have folders for dierent mu-
sic genres and each family member adds the folders of interest
to his or her MAN301 user account.
It is also possible to mount several dierent NAS units. This al-
lows to add more NAS units in case you run out of space, making
the system virtually unlimited in terms of storage space.
After tapping the „Add mount” pad after a short while a screen
similar to this shows up:
This question refers to the folder where newly ripped Albums
should be put. Usually this is the folder you just did an „Add
mount” for, so press OK if that is the case.
In the Available Servers list above there is also a MacBook-Pro
unit. It would be possible to share music files on that computer
on the network and access them from within the MAN301.
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If there are two NAS entries with the same NAS name, select the
one which has a „cifs” in the second line of the entry.
Once the NAS is mounted it appears in the „Online” list:
In the entry of the Online NAS the size of the folder mounted is
given, along with the total size of the NAS. In addition the IP ad-
dress of that NAS on the network (10.0.0.3 in that case) and the
path of the folder mounted are given.
The Album drives ( Data Album / Audio Album) shown in the list
is the Album drive of the MAN301. Once a Album is inserted, one
of those drives goes online. More about this in chapter 4.
If I tap on the MyBook301 NAS which is online, I can browse the
folders on that NAS and also play tracks directly from within the
folders. It is also possible to browse NAS units which are on the
network, but not mounted.
If you would like to dismount a NAS or a folder on a NAS from
the list of online NAS units you may do so with the pad.
Tapping on the pad reveals a screen entry like:
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The entry with the can be removed from the list by tapping
on the pad, this yields to this screen:
Tapping on removes that NAS from the list. Note, that
no files whatsoever are erased from the NAS by doing that, it is
just removed from the list of mounted NAS units. Also note that
the NAS holding the ripping destination folder cannot be re-
moved. If you would like to start over with a clean slate then re-
move that user’s account completely (delete the user on the
page where the user Avatars are shown) and set up a new user
account.
The MAN301 now scans the NAS and adds all tracks etc. to
its library. This may take some time, minutes up to hours, depending on the size of your music collection. The progress of
the importation can be viewed in the Status Bar:
The pad allows to start over the library building.
This can be useful if many substantial changes have to be done
to the folders on the NAS, like e.g. folders have been moved
around, erased, renamed etc. The MAN301 system eventually no-
tices all those changes, but the Re-read may speed up the proc-
ess.
You can play tracks which are already visible in the library right
away, but be aware that the reaction of the system is slower dur-
ing the setup of the library.
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If you tap on the arrow in the upper left corner:
a menu like this opens up:
!
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„End session“ leaves the library screen, but the user stays
logged in and the music keeps playing. This is useful e.g. if a
user would like to log onto a dierent MAN301 without stop-
ping the playback.!
•
„Log o“, stops the music playing and logs o the user!
•
„Shutdown server“, stops the music playing, logs the
user o and switches o the MAN301 unit in use. The MAN301
has to be switched on again via the power switch on the front
panel, it can not be switched on via the Weiss MAN app.!
The switch on the MAN301‘s front panel has the same eect.!
!
If you tap on the wheel in the upper left corner:
a menu like this opens up:!
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!
1. The „Artwork” when tapped reveals a screen like shown on
the next page.
The „Auto Scanner“ when started scans all folders on the NAS
and detects folders with lacking artwork. If artwork is lacking the
scanner attempts to get artwork from the Internet automati-
cally. This is a quick way to complete lacking artwork. Existing
artwork will be left untouched.
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This art work scanning is executed automatically:
- After the setup of a new user with the setup of the music li-
brary.
- After a user log-on in order to add new music to the library. E.g.
music which has been put on the NAS via a computer.
- If newly added tracks are detected.
„Caching“ allows to select the folder where the artwork se-
lected as the proper artwork is stored. Typically this is the same
folder as the folder which holds the music of the Album, i.e. the
„Audio file source folder“. !
„Cache Prefix“ defines the name of the artwork file in the cache
storage mentioned above.
The three following entries („Source Gracenote“, „Source Mu-
sicBrainz“, „Source Google“) allow to select where artwork is
fetched from during the „Auto Scanner“ process: Gracenote, Mu-
sicBrainz and Google™. If your library lacks a lot of artwork we
recommend to limit the sources to Gracenote for a first attempt.
After a first scan you then can disable Gracenote scanning and
enable MusicBrainz and Google™ and run the scan again.
The default setting has Gracenote enabled only.
2. The „Import“ when tapped reveals a screen like this
!
The details for this screen are given in Chapter 4 on Album rip-
ping.
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3. The „Library“ pad leads to this screen:
These two switches control the display of certain albums in the
Library:
The „Compilation Display“ switch works as follows:
No: The albums tagged as „Compilation“, i.e. listed in
do not appear in the Artists or Al-
bums lists
Yes: The albums tagged as „Compilation“ also appear in the Al-
bums list. The artists involved in the Compilations also appear in
the Artists list. This depends on the „Album-Artist Filter“ switch
though: If this switch is set to No, the names tagged in the Art-
ists tags appear in the Artists list. If the switch is set to Ye s , then
the names tagged in the Album Artist tags appear in the Artists
list.
4. The „Messages“ allows to view user specific error mes-
sages, for instance if some error with the library happened a
message could look like this:!
The „Dismiss“ pad allows to clear the „Potential problem....“ in-
formation and then leaves the „Media library restored from
backup“ message like this:
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Again, use the „Dismiss“ pad to clear the message.!
If all is ok, the „User Messages“ window is just empty.
5. The „General Notice“ pad reveals a message on various
licensing and legal items.
Now see Chapter 2 for information on the Library, Playlists
etc.!
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The music library holds all
music files and presents
them in an easily
accessible way. Newly
ripped or copied files are
automatically added to the
library.
Playlists are user defined
extracts of the Library for
quick access to those
favorite tracks.
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Library, Playlists, Views
The Library View display
shows a selection of the li-
brary as well as the
Playlists for simple assem-
bly and editing of Playlists
and much more.
The Show View display pre-
sents the currently se-
lected playlist and playing
track in a big, nice picture.
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As mentioned in the previous paragraph, the building of the library
from the files on the NAS can take some time. With larger collections it is best to let the unit run through the night. During library
building it can happen that the wrong album artwork is displayed.
Don't worry, in the end it will all be fine. Also the response to player
commands may be very slow - just wait until the library building
process has finished.
Once this is the case, tap on the Artists, Albums, ... pads on the left
hand side. At first it may take some time until the library entries are
shown on the right hand side.
You may also want to start the artwork scan in the User Preferences
menu in order to bring up all the cover artwork.
See Chapter 1, end of Section 7 for details about how this is done.
Note, the screen division between library (upper section) and
playlists (lower section) can be moved by moving the black bar on
top of the playlist section with your finger.
Library
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Here is a rundown of the available menu items:
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Storage, shows the NAS units (Network Attached Storage
units) or USB disks or FireWire disks or computer folders or
Web Sources which are „Online“ or „Oine“ or which are „Available Servers“ for mounting. !
!
!
!
The meanings are:
- Status: The status of the library building process.
!
- Online: Mounted for the MAN301‘s use and available for usage.
!
- Oine: Mounted for the MAN301‘s use but currently not (yet)
available for usage.
!
- Available Servers: Storage resources which may be available to
be mounted for the MAN301‘s use.!
!
The mounting of NAS units or folders on computers is discussed
in chapter 1, section 7. The mounting of Web Sources is discussed in Section 4 of this chapter.
!
Entering the mounted NAS by tapping on its list entry reveals
the folder structure as in the example below. Tapping on an entry
navigates further down the tree. Again, it is possible to play
tracks directly from within the file structure (tap on the pad
left to the track) or add tracks to the playlist by tapping on the
pad.!
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!
The pad on the lower left allows to select files or folders
for subsequent editing. Be careful, with the pad, the se-
lected files will be erased from the NAS! The pad allows to
select the metadata editor for the selected files. The pad
allows to insert the selected files (tracks) in a playlist.!
!
The pad navigates back to the Storage display.!
!
The sets the selected folder as the
folder where the music ripped from Album is put. The large grey
symbol indicates that the currently selected folder is the one
where newly ripped music is put:!
The allows to create a new folder.!
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Artists, shows the library content sorted by artist names.
Scroll through the list by swiping your finger vertically on the
list or by tapping on the alphabet at the right hand edge. Tap
on any of the names to show the albums of that particular artist. Tap on any of the albums to show the tracks of the album.
You may play back a track immediately by tapping on the
cover artwork to the left of the track. That track is then put
into the default „Queue" playlist and playback starts immediately. The Queue playlist is the default playlist for immediate
playback. It can not be erased. If you would like to add another
track for subsequent playback tap on the pad at the
righthand side of the track. This adds that track to the Queue.
Tapping on the artwork replaces the Queue content with that
track and starts playback.!
You can now navigate back with the pad in the
top bar. Here you can now add the whole album to the Queue,
the same way you did it with the individual tracks.!
Then you can navigate one step back again to the initial Artists
display. Here again, add the whole oeuvre of an artist to the
Queue.!
!
The search field in the upper right corner allows for a quick
search within the Artists list.
•
Albums, shows the library content sorted by album names.
The functionality is the same as with the Artists. By the way, if
you do not like a particular artwork, tap and hold on the art-
work. This opens a window which shows the available artwork
and also some more artwork from an Internet artwork fetch.
For details on this feature see Chapter 4, Section 3.!
This procedure of tapping / holding the finger on the artwork,
by the way, works anywhere where cover art is visible. Just tap
and hold on the cover art in order to fetch new cover art from
the Internet. E.g. you even may change cover art for an album
while a track of another album is playing.!
!
You may see entries like:
and / or:
in your library listings. These entries lead to music files which
are incompletely tagged and thus are a means to identify those
albums and subsequently complete their metadata via the metadata editor. Details about this are given in Chapter 4 / Section 3.!
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Example of a cover art search: Example of a Artists display:
The pad in the lower right corner allows to refresh the list.
This can be useful when reading a Album just ripped.
!
The pad in the lower left corner reveals a vertical bar
where you can select a particular album (or multiple albums) for
tag editing (metadata editing via the pad, see Chapter 4
Section 2) or for inserting into a playlist via the pad.
The selection of albums can be done by tapping on the vertical
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bar or by swiping the finger across the bar to select a bunch of
albums at once. De-selecting works the same way. Double tap
on the vertical bar to select / deselect all tracks shown.!
!
•
Compilations, we implemented this to have a separate
folder for all those albums where several artists are present,
like in movie soundtracks, label samplers etc. These albums
have the „Compilation“ flag set in the metadata. The meta-
data will be explained in chapter 4.
•
•
Genres, the metadata also contains a Genre entry. All the
Genre entries in your library are listed here. You may be surprised that there are so many dierent genres. With the metadata editor built into the MAN301 you are able to change all
metadata including the Genres in case you are not happy with
certain Genre assignments.
•
Web Media, here all links to web based streams (radio, pod-
casts) can be found. The streams have to be added to the library first, as described in Chapter 2 / Section 4.
•
Recently Played, generates a list of music you recently
played on the MAN301. You can select the items to be displayed with the icons in the top bar.!
!
!
!
From left to right:!
Artists, Albums, Tracks, Compilations, Genres. This is a very
convenient way to find that great track you recently played
again. The numerical field in the upper right corner allows to
select the (maximum) number of entries to be displayed in
each category:!
!
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!
Example of a Recently Played list with Artists, Albums, Tracks selected for display:
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Recently Added, this shows the Artists, Albums etc. you
recently added to the library or which recently have been edited e.g. via the metadata editor.
•
Searches, a powerful tool to extract music from your library
upon certain criteria. This feature can be viewed as a playlist
generator based on given criteria. Thus the „playlist" generated changes whenever the library is extended with music
matching the criteria in a given search.!
!
At first you may enter any word which describes what you are
looking for, e.g. enter „Love“ in the search field in the upper right
corner. The display then changes to a similar view as we have
seen it with Recently Added, the concept of selecting Artists, Albums etc. is the same.
Say we have selected the Albums display, now all albums containing the word Love in the album title are displayed. This may
be too many and not exactly what we were looking for. So we can
refine the search by tapping on the „None" pad. This opens a list
of additional criteria, let's select the „Artist" and enter Bob Dylan, see the following page. !
(Note, it is not necessary to enter anything into the search field
in the upper right corner, you may actually skip that and tap on
the pad in the lower right to start a new search.)
!
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!
This returns the list of all Albums where Diana Krall is the artist
and which have the word Love in the tracks title. Note that the
name has to be exactly written as it appears in the artist meta-
data. One could also write Bob* which returns all artists starting
with Bob in their name. Very useful if the spelling is not remembered or if the metadata contains spelling errors. !
The pad deletes the current criterium while the
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pad adds another one. Let's add another one and select the
Track Nr. criterium. The pad to the right of the Track Nr. pad al-
lows to set the selection criterium ( less than, equal, larger than,
etc.).
!
!
The pad now reveals the list of track numbers available in
the library. Let's select the 1. Now the list only contains the first
tracks of the albums performed by Diana Krall.
!
This search can now be stored via the pad in the top
bar. The stored search now shows in the list whenever we select
Searches from the menu on the left. Just tap on a listed search
to get the results. Tapping on the adds the search results to
the target playlist. !
!
!
!
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Tapping on the magnifying glass allows to do another
search within the „Love Diana Krall“ search results as shown below. So it is possible to nest searches.!
!
!
Obviously the searching features are only useful if the tracks are
properly and completely tagged (metadata applied). If that is
the case, then it is possible to extract e.g. all tracks with conductor X, orchestra Y on label Z. A very powerful feature.
If the track display is enabled ( ) and if you do a
search with a completely empty search field
( ) then you may see an entry which looks
similar to this:
This entry leads to music files which are incompletely tagged
and thus are a means to identify those tracks and subsequently
complete their metadata via the metadata editor. Details about
this are given in Chapter 4 / Section 3.!
!
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SECTION 2
One thing first - do not fear from deleting or clearing tracks and
lists etc. There won't be any tracks deleted, it is only lists of
tracks which can be edited. Your music is always safe. The only
place where actual music tracks can be deleted is the „Storage"
as described in section 1 of this chapter.
As mentioned in the previous section, the Queue playlist is the
default playlist for immediate playback of tracks selected in the
library. Queue should not be used to assemble a playlist, as it
can be easily overwritten. The Queue playlist is always there, it
can not be deleted.
For setting up your own playlists simply tap on the pad at
the bottom of the playlist window and enter a name for the
playlist. If you now tap on the newly generated playlist an empty
window is shown. In order to fill the playlist you first have to set
the Target to the new playlist. Tap on the
pad at the top of the playlist window. This opens a window
which lets you select the playlist where you would like to add
tracks.
Now select albums or tracks from the library and add them by
tapping the pad.
With the pad you can select how the newly added tracks
are appended, either at the bottom of the list:
At the top of the list:
Or with this selection the tracks in the playlist get replaced by
the newly selected ones:
Playlists
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You may change the order of the tracks by tapping on the handle
of a track and moving it up or down.
With the pad it again is possible to select tracks for subsequent editing (note, swiping on the playlist entry to the right or
the left is the same as tapping on the pad or the
pad respectively):
With a track or several tracks selected, the pad reveals
this list:
„Edit tags“ enters the metadata editor,
„Copy to“ allows to copy the selected tracks to another playlist,
„Move to“ allows to move the selected tracks to another playlist.
The pad allows to move one or several tracks within the
playlist, the pad deletes the selected tracks from the
playlist. (The tracks are not deleted from the library, no worries).
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If the track selection mode is exited again (tap on the
pad), there are more features available: The pad shows
this menu:
!
The „Remove Duplicates“ removes duplicate tracks from the
Playlist.
The pad allows to empty the playlist and fill it from anew.
The pad refreshes the Playlist.
The pad in the lower left corner is for editing whole
playlists, i.e. if editing is activated, playlists can be rearranged or
deleted. Only those playlists which are not set safe (with the lock
pad) can be deleted.
Note that if the current Target playlist is set safe, the Target playlist
is automatically set to Queue, as a playlist set safe does not take
tracks anymore.
The icon to the left of a playlist indicates which playlist is
currently playing.
The or pad in the upper right of the playlist window,
allows to return to the currently playing track after scrolling
through the playlist.
!
Tapping and holding the finger on a track in the playlist reveals
this window:
Edit tags enters the tag editor with the selected track.
Locate on storage shows the directory on the storage device
where the track in question is stored.
Remove removes the track from the playlist.
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The bottom of the library view screen shows the player bar with
controls to start and stop the music and to skip tracks.
The progress bar on the lower left allows to scroll back and
forth in a track. The thin line below the progress bar indicates
the filling of the audio buer internal to the MAN301.
The volume control fader on the lower right can also be moved
by tapping on the speaker pads at the left and the right of the
faders.
The pad allows to repeat the whole playlist or just a single
track.
Tapping on the cover art on the left enters the Show View
screen with the player bar still there and the currently playing
playlist shown as a cover stream which can be scrolled left /
right.
Show View, Player Bar
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Tap on a cover to play the particular track. Tapping on the dot
in the center above the cover stream readjusts the cover
stream to the track playing. The playback can be controlled by
tapping on the large cover art (start / stop) or by swiping left /
right on the large cover art (skip backwards / skip forwards).
Tapping and holding the finger on the artwork opens a window
which shows the available artwork and also some more artwork
from an Internet artwork fetch. For details on this feature see
Chapter 4, Section 3.!
This procedure of tapping / holding the finger on the artwork, by
the way, works anywhere where cover art is visible. Just tap and
hold on the cover art in order to fetch new cover art from the
Internet. E.g. you even may change cover art for an album while
a track of another album is playing.
Example of a cover art search:
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Tapping on the text to the right of the cover art, opens a menu as
shown above. This allows to select how the three lines of text are
built.
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SECTION 4
This section describes how to add links to web radios or podcasts to the MAN301‘s playlists.
Tapping on the Storage menu reveals a screen similar to this:
Further tapping on the !
reveals a screen like this:
!
The pad in the lower right allows to enter the URL of a
web stream if the URL is known already or if it has been copied
e.g. from an email message or from a Safari window.
The pad opens a web browser window which allows to
search for radio streams, podcasts etc.
Web Media
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That looks like this: This is a webpage on our web server. We can easily update it for
further links.
Note: The browser will not work if the MAN301 system is config-
ured according to Configuration 4 and the iPad is connected to
the WiFi access point of the MAN301. The iPad has to be con-
nected to the access point of the WiFi Router instead (as indi-
cated on the Configuration 4 graphics in Chapter 1 / Section 2).
The top bar:!
!
is basically self-explanatory. The home pad opens the window on
the left. The arrow pads allow to browse between web pages. The
magnifying glass opens a Google™ search page.
The bottom bar:!
!
Allows to a link (i.e. the URL shown in the top bar window)
to the MAN301 Web Media list. This means with the help of the
links on the Home page or with the Google™ window one
searches for web streams. For instance you may Google™ for
your favorite radio stations.
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As an example let‘s Google™ for: David Byrne Radio and then enter his website:!
There tap on the PLAY MP3 STREAM link. This opens this window:!
!
I.e. the radio is now streamed via the iPad and you may hear it
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through the iPad speaker.!
Now tap on the button in the lower right. This opens a window like this:!
By tapping on the Add pad this stream (i.e. the URL of the
stream) is added to the MAN301 Web Media list. If the URL is not
a valid web media format then an error message will tell you
about that. If on the other hand it is a valid media format, this
screen is shown (allow for a while until it shows up):!
Here you can enter a name for the media link to be added, e.g. in
that case we enter e.g. „David Byrne“ which then shows in the
list as shown below. (Note, this label always can be changed if
necessary.)
David Byrne is shown in the „Stream Collections“ department.
The same list is shown in the menu
where the stream now can be added ( ) to a playlist in a
similar way as one would add an album track.!
Note, adding a Stream Collection to a playlist may result in sev-
eral similar entries. To get rid of the duplicates simply tap on the
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pad in the lower right of the playlist window and select
„Remove duplicates“.!
!
The stream can now be played in a similar way as an album
track. Note, the progress bar does not move in the case of a
stream, as the duration of the stream is not known.
There are three dierent sections as seen above: !
- for audio podcasts, typically with an .xml exten-
sion.
!
- , here go the playlist files with exten-
sions like m3u, pls,.... Playlist files contain a list of e.g. mp3
streams. Radio stations often use such files for their streams.
!
- , here go the streams with extensions like mp3, ....
The media links you add via the web browser are automatically
put into the proper section.
There are sites on the Internet where collections of radio sta-
tions are shown. Here are some examples:
Stations in Europe: http://www.listenlive.eu
Worldwide: http://www.vtuner.com (enter exactliy like this, then
tap on the „check out our huge station list!“ pad in the upper
right of their website)
Worldwide: http://www.internet-radio.com
Directory of directories:
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Radio/Internet/Directories/
Note, not all kinds of streams work with the MAN301. Try the
streams with these icons first:
, ,
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The MAN301 sports a number of digital audio inputs and outputs as well as word-clock
synchronization facilities. The DAC version of the MAN301 in addition has analog outputs on XLR
and RCA connectors.
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The MAN301DAC version (the one with the built-in D/A con-
verter) has appropriate analog output connectors at the back, a
pair of XLR and a pair of RCA connectors. Connect either one to
your amplifier (or pre-amplifier) and set the basic output volt-
age as described below. Note, both RCA and XLR outputs of the
DAC may be used simultaneously.
If you decided to have the MAN301SERVER version then you
connect your external D/A converter via one of the digital out-
puts, namely AES/EBU on XLR, S/PDIF on RCA, USB, FireWire.
Note: Connect your external D/A Converter to the MAN301 be-
fore proceeding. Power up the external D/A Converter first and
then power up the MAN301 unit.!
The fader volume control works in that case as well. This vol-
ume control which obviously is implemented in the digital do-
main is a properly dithered volume control and thus is as good
or even better than a volume control in the analog domain. The
actual quality of such a digital volume control also depends on
the D/A converter used. If the linearity of that D/A converter is
compromised, the volume control will also be compromised.
With the internal D/A converter of the MAN301 DAC unit, the
quality of the volume control is extremely high. Indistinguish-
able from a state of the art analog volume control.
More on the digital volume control topic can be read in Chapter
7, Section 2.
When logged in with a user account, the tapping on this pad in
the lower right of the display:
opens a menu like this:
Audio Input / Output
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This window is the interface for the MAN301 audio input / output configuration.
In the lower half (the „Operating Mode“ menu) the main operating mode of the MAN301 can be selected:
- The „Player“ is the standard network player mode.
- The „Airplay“ allows the MAN301 to play any audio stream sub-
mitted to the MAN301 from a third party device.
- The „Preamp“ is the pre-amplifier mode which is now selected
from here.
In the upper half (the „Global Settings“ menu) these parameters
can be chosen:
- The „Audio Device“ used for playback. This can be the built in
D/A Converter or any external D/A converter device. If you have
connected an external D/A Converter via USB or Firewire to the
MAN301 you may need to select that one instead of the
MAN301 Audio Device. Tap on the MAN301 pad to select.
- The „Synchronization“ and „Rate Mode“ allow to set the sam-
pling frequency either from an internal source or from an external source. The synchronization frequency can be set such that
it changes according to the track played or such that it is at a
fixed frequency and the audio is converted to that frequency as
necessary.
- The „Streaming“ is a broadcast stream of the music played on
the MAN301 via the network. This allows to play the MAN301
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music program via any broadcast streaming capable device,
like e.g. a cell phone or a computer etc.
Let‘s start with the Audio Device. The first pad (MAN301)
shows the currently selected device for the music playback. If an
external D/A Converter is connected, e.g. via the USB connector,
that converter can be selected alternatively to the internal
MAN301 audio interface.
(Note, if you connect an external D/A Converter via Firewire
or USB, make sure to always adhere to this power up / power
down sequence:
Power up: Switch on the external DAC, switch on the MAN301.
Power down: Switch o the MAN301, switch o the external
DAC. Once both external DAC and MAN301 are switched on, the
connected device will show up in the list. After having selected a
new output device the first time, log o from the network player
mode and then log on again.)
The „wheel - pad“ opens this window:
The „Audio Device Controls“ opens this (in case of the MAN301
audio device, i.e. the MAN301 internal audio interface):
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In order to understand the MAN301’s output structure, this
block diagram is helpful:
Network Player Audio Output
fader
in
player
DAC
output
XLR
output
RCA
output
digital
volume
trim
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The main volume fader in the lower right of the network player
window is always active as can be seen in the block diagram.
The digital volume trim can be enabled individually for each out-
put. The DAC output in addition has a 4 level analog output at-
tenuator (not shown in the diagram). This, in conjunction with
the digital volume trim, allows to set the output voltage to any
level requirement imposed by the subsequent amplifier.
The best procedure to set the DAC output level is to first have
the digital volume trim and the player fader at maximum and
then set the analog attenuator such that the level is a bit at the
high side of the volume you would like to get at maximum. Then
change the digital volume trim to get the level you would like to
have at the maximum player fader setting. Bear in mind to allow
for some headroom in case a recording is very low level.
All level controls in the MAN301 are properly dithered. See Chap-
ter 7, Section 2 for an in-depth treatment of the digital level con-
trol topic.
Note: in MAN301 software versions 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 the digital
volume trimmers are not available.
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Let’s get back to this screen:
The „Dual Wire Mode switch“ allows to set the XLR and
RCA digital outputs to the dual wire mode. In this mode the XLR
output becomes the left audio channel and the RCA output becomes the right channel. This mode is useful e.g. for older D/A
Converters which support higher sampling rates in dual wire
mode only. The dual wire mode (when selected) is active only for
sampling rates of 176.4 kHz or 192 kHz. For all other sampling
rates the MAN301 stays at single wire mode. The settings for the
RCA output (i.e. the volume trim and the mute on/o) are not
relevant in dual wire mode. The settings for the XLR output (volume trim, mute) are relevant for both XLR and RCA outputs.
The „Dual Wire Word Clock Half Rate Switch“ pad se-
lects the sampling frequency at the BNC word-clock output connector if the Dual Wire Mode is enabled. If the switch is set to
O, the sampling frequency at the BNC always reflects the currently active sampling frequency. If the switch is set to On, then
in dual wire mode 176.4kHz, the sampling frequency at the BNC
is 88.2kHz. And for dual wire mode 192kHz, it will be 96kHz.
The „Sync source switch“ selects the source for the sam-
pling frequency. The „Internal“ setting as to be selected if no external sync source is connected.
The „Digital Input switch“ selects the input to the audio
device. This feature is currently not used. (The input source
when the Pre-amp mode is selected is set elsewhere.)
The „RCA“ or „XLR“ entries reveal a window like this:
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Here the two outputs can be individually muted.
The „DAC“ entry reveals this window:
•
The „Analog Output Level” control sets the analog output level
of the D/A Converter in four steps ( 0, -10, -20, -30 dB). Set the
analog output level such that the volume can be conveniently
controlled with the digital faders. I.e. if the faders are set to the
maximum, the volume should be at the maximum volume you
care to listen at.
•
The „DAC Filter Type” control selects the oversampling filter
type in the D/A Converter.The A type is a steeper filter with
less aliasing eects and higher pre-echo while the B filter has
a gentler slope with more aliasing and less pre-echo. Chose
whichever filter you prefer.
•
The „DAC Output” switches on or o the D/A Converter out-
put.
•
The „ DAC Polarity Inversion” allows to invert the polarity at
the D/A Converter output. This can be handy if a recording
does not sound „quite right” - it could be that the polarity of
that recording is wrong. „On“ means the output polarity is in-
verted.
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Now back to the menu:
The „Audio Device Status“ opens a window like this:
This shows the current sampling frequency and synchronization
status.
Now we move to the „Synchronization“ and „Rate Mode“ menus
as shown on the following page.
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Tapping on the „Internal“ pad opens the window to select the
source for the sampling frequency synchronization. The choice
is all the digital inputs, the Word Clock input (BNC connector)
and the internal generator. Note that the standard configuration
is the Internal generator. The external sources must only be cho-
sen if there is an appropriate clock generator connected.
The entry to the right of the „Internal“ pad shows the currently
active sampling frequency and whether the unit is locked to the
frequency. The „locked @ 44.1 kHz“ entry in the current exam-
ple.
The „Rate Mode“ entry allows to select either the „Transparent“
mode or a „Fixed Rate“:
The „Transparent“ mode is the standard mode, i.e. the sampling
frequency of the MAN301 unit follows the sampling frequency of
the played track. The „Fixed Rate“ mode allows to set a specific
sampling frequency as required. All the played tracks are then
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converted to that selected sampling frequency. This has an ad-
vantage for e.g. older D/A converters which may work up to
96kHz and which then can be used in that mode to play back
tracks with sampling frequencies even higher than 96kHz
Here are the selectable sampling frequencies:
Note - use the external sampling frequency generator or the
fixed rate sampling frequency generator carefully. If in doubt do
not change the settings from the default ones.
The next entry is the „Streaming“ one. This allows to stream the
music which is played on the MAN301 to other devices on the
network at home.
The information screen to the Streaming mode looks like this:
The 0449 figure given above reflects the serial number of your
unit, so that will be dierent. I.e. the receiving device (e.g. a cell
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phone or an internet radio station etc.) can be set to the stream
address to play back the music played on the MAN301.
The window above shows the parameters for the Streaming serv-
ice. The Stream Rate can be set to 44.1kHz or 48kHz. The
Stream Encoder can be set to mp3 (lossy encoding for lowest bit
rate) or flac (lossless encoding for best quality but higher bit-
rate) or to vorbis (i.e. ogg vorbis) for lossy encoding with the low-
est bit rate.
Let us now get back to the „Operating Modes“:
The „Player“ mode allows to play the music tracks stored on the
NAS. The „Airplay“ mode, when activated, shows this screen:
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The volume control is in the lower right. Now connect e.g. the
iPad (or any other Airplay capable device) to the MAN301. With
the iPad it looks like this:
(Swipe from the bottom edge of the display upwards to open the
dialogue). Set the blue arrow to the MAN301 on the display in or-
der to transmit the music to the MAN301. Now play any music
source on the iPad via the MAN301. The iPad‘s volume control
works with that playback path.
Finally the „Preamp“ selection opens the screen which controls
the pre-amplifier mode shown on the next page. The volume con-
trol again is in the lower right.
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The input source can be selected by tapping on the appropriate
input. The designation of the input can be changed by tapping
and holding on one of the inputs:
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This allows to change the input source to e.g. Album-Player or
TV-Player etc. The same applies to the output port.
Tapping on an output port allows to mute / unmute the outputs
individually. MAN301 devices which have the internal D/A Con-
verter section not installed, show the „Analog Output“ entry as
disabled, i.e. the white dot is not in the bright state.
Note, the synchronization source settings can be dierent de-
pending on whether the „Player“ mode or the „Preamp“ mode or
the „Airplay“ mode is selected.
The default settings are as follows, in most cases these do not
need to be changed:
„Player“ mode: „Internal“ Synchronization, „Transparent“ Rate
Mode.
„Preamp“ mode: „S/PDIF (RCA)“ Synchronization (this is the
default input selected), „Fixed Rate“ Rate Mode (this can not be
changed due to the MAN301‘s hardware architecture).
„Airplay“ mode: „Internal“ Synchronization, „Transparent“ Rate
Mode.
Hints to connect external D/A Converters:
D/A CONVERTER TYPE
CONNECT VIA
Weiss DAC202
FireWire (select the Weiss DAC202
device as described above). Note, there
is a special DAC202 Firmware required
if connected via FireWire to the
MAN301 (see our website, downloads
page)!
Weiss DAC202U
USB (select the Weiss DAC202 device as
described above)
Weiss DAC202 or DAC202U
or DAC2 or Minerva or
Medea or Medea+ or DAC1
Can also be connected via!
AES/EBU or S/PDIF.!
Weiss DAC2 or Minerva
Firewire (select the Weiss Minerva
device as described above)!
Weiss DAC1 or Medea or !
Medea+ with Firewire option
Firewire (select the Weiss INT202 device
as described above)!
Weiss INT202 or INT203
Connecting these interfaces does not
make much sense, as the MAN301 has
them built in
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SECTION 2
The MAN301 has an internal clock generator for the sampling
rate generation. Depending on the track played, this generator
is automatically set to the appropriate sampling rate. This is the
recommended operating mode.
The MAN301 can also be externally synchronized via a wordclock input on a BNC connector. One has to make sure that the
external clock source matches the sampling rate of the track
played - except for the Fixed Rate mode where a fixed sampling
frequency is given by an external generator.
The word-clock output on a second BNC connector can be used
to clock e.g. an external D/A converter.
For details about the synchronization mode refer to the Chapter
3, section 2.
Synchronization Input / Output
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The MAN301 allows to rip Albums in a high quality manner with automatic metadata and cover art
fetching and with extensive error reporting. A full fledged metadata editor allows to take care of
those cases where metadata isn’t as perfect as it should be. Albums can also be played back
without any ripping, i.e. the MAN301 is a Album player as well.
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Album Ripping, Playback, Meta Data
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SECTION 1
When a Album is slipped into the Album slot on the MAN301
(artwork facing upwards) a new entry in the menu list shows up:
The pad allows to eject the Album.
If the Album entry does not show up in the menu list, then either the Album can not be read by the MAN301 or it is a Album
holding files which can not be read. In that case you can always
eject the Album via the „Storage” entry in the menu list. Tap-
ping on the pad reveals this:
Tap on the pad on the right hand side to release the Album.
If the Album can be read, then it is either recognized as a Album
holding files (e.g. MP3 files) or as a standard Audio Album. In
the case of a Album holding files, the „Data Album“ entry will
come Online and will be shown as seen below (including a label
the Album may have, (FIESTA_CALIENTE in that case)).
Such a Album can not (yet) be ripped with the MAN301, but the
files on the Album can be played by tapping on the Album entry
above which shows the audio files on the Album. These files
then can be added to a playlist and played from there.
If on the other hand the Album entry has shown up in the menu
list like this then after a while it also will
show up in the Playlist section like this:
Direct Album Playback
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Select the Album entry on the left hand side and then randomly select the track number to be played. During playback data is read
from the Album and buffered in the MAN301 for subsequent playback via the MAN301’s digital and analog outputs.
If you would like to rip the Album tap on the
pad to reveal the Album ripping page as follows:
!
Here you can scroll through the track names and also see the cover
artwork. Actual Album ripping is described in the next section.
To release the Album from the Album slot press on the pad in
the menu list entry.
Do not attempt to play back and rip a Album simultaneously as
this leads to interrupted playback and / or compromised files.
Note, the so called slot-in drive used in the MAN301 actually is a
DVD drive, as Album drives in that technology are not manufactured anymore. It handles the Album with great care.
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SECTION 2
When a Album is slipped into the slot on the MAN301 (artwork
facing upwards) a new entry in the menu list shows up:
The pad allows to eject the Album.
If the Album entry does not show up in the menu list, then either the Album can not be read by the MAN301 or it is a Album
holding files which can not be read.. In that case you can always
eject the Album via the „Storage” entry in the menu list. Tapping
on the pad reveals this:
Tap on the pad on the right hand side to release the Album.
If the Album can be read, then it is either recognized as a Album
holding files (e.g. MP3 files) or as a standard Audio Album. In
the case of a Album holding files, the „Data Album“ entry will
come Online and will be shown as seen below (including a label
the Album may have, (FIESTA_CALIENTE in that case)).
Such a Album can not (yet) be ripped with the MAN301, but the
files on the Album can be played by tapping on the Album entry
above which shows the audio files on the Album. These files
then can be added to a playlist and played from there.
If on the other hand the Album entry has shown up in the menu
list like this then after a while it also will
show up in the Playlist section like this:
Album Ripping
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