ClearOne Digital Media - Manual (Page 65)

7. How do I program a StreamNet
system?
Normally a StreamNet system is installed
and setup by an Authorized trained
professional installer. A Dealer setup
program that runs on a standard web
browser is used to configure the system
and IR.
8. I’m working on a project now,
what do I need to know?
The wiring infrastructure is quite simple.
Ideally run CAT5e plus a 4 conductor
speaker wire from the location where
your sources will be out to each room.
Drop a service loop in a location where
you would install a control keypad
(typically near a door entrance or by
a desk) and then continue the wire
(including the CAT5e) up to the speaker
locations. If you anticipate installing
an Audio Port, which can export the
networked audio into a local system,
adding a sub woofer, or inputting a local
source in the system, the run another
CAT5e from the control keypad to that
source.
9. How do I control the music with
StreamNet?
There are many ways to select and
control what you listen to in a StreamNet
system. TouchLinX keypad, which offer a
3.8 color LCD and touch-screen, mount
in the wall, at any desired location.
These keypads generate a rich user
interface and can control the audio and
sources in any room. The system can
also be controlled via KeyLinX button
keypads, a wireless equipped PDA, a
computer, or any web enabled device.
10. Can I stream music from my PC
to the StreamNet system?
Yes, but the meta-data (song title, track
title, artist name) available on the PC can
not be distributed at this time. This will
change in the near future when ClearOne
makes available software that will allow
your PC to stream its music, meta-data
and control functions.
11. Can I listen to Internet Radio
Stations on a StreamNet system?
Yes, but the Internet Radio source must
be IR controlled and you must use a
MediaLinX to proxy this source onto
the network. This will change in the
future when ClearOne makes available
a networked Internet Radio, which in
addition to streaming its audio, it will also
stream its meta-data, and control.
12. How is StreamNet different from
other systems that distribute
uncompressed (WAV) or MP3
files?
While StreamNet makes it very easy to
listen to MP3 audio files, its capabilities
are not nearly that limited. StreamNet
gives you access to far more then just
MP3 files. The system can distribute
any source, including CD’s, AM, FM, TV
sound, even your old 8 track tapes! All
of your music is easily accessed and
controlled. Systems that are designed
primarily to distribute MP3 files do not
allow you to listen to you CD’s, without a
CD player in your room and the hassle of
finding the CD wherever in the house it
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