A50 Manual EN 20210821
A50 Manual EN 20210821
User's Manual
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Table of contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................. 1
2. What's in the box................................................................................................................................................................... 1
3. Main Features ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2
4. Specification............................................................................................................................................................................ 3
5. Interface.................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
6. Remote controller................................................................................................................................................................. 5
7. Connection diagram............................................................................................................................................................. 6
8. How to use................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
8.1 App download ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
8.2 Connection ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
8.2.1 First time usage&BLE WiFi Setup .................................................................................................................. 7
8.2.2 Connection via LAN ............................................................................................................................................ 8
8.2.3 Bluetooth ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
8.3 App features ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
8.3.1 Device setting ......................................................................................................................................................... 9
8.3.2 To play local storage music ................................................................................................................................ 9
8.3.3 To play music from NAS ................................................................................................................................... 10
8.3.4 To play line in mode........................................................................................................................................... 10
8.3.5 To play Bluetooth mode.................................................................................................................................... 10
8.3.6 To play music from USB disk drive............................................................................................................... 11
8.4 Streaming services ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
8.4.1 Spotify ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
8.4.2 AirPlay .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
8.4.3 Qplay ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12
8.5 Multiroom and Multizone ........................................................................................................................................ 13
8.6 Left and right channel ................................................................................................................................................ 14
8.7 Preset ............................................................................................................................................................................... 14
8.8 Source mode change .................................................................................................................................................. 14
8.9 Restore factory setting ............................................................................................................................................. 15
8.10 Firmware update....................................................................................................................................................... 15
9. Play on PC ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
9.1 To play music from iTunes on Mac and Windows PC ................................................................................... 15
9.2 To play music from Windows PC via Foobar2000.......................................................................................... 16
9.3 USB Audio....................................................................................................................................................................... 18
10. Up2Stream ACPWorkbench (Sell Separately)..................................................................................................... 18
FAQ .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
1. Introduction
A50+ is a WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 amplifier. Adding A50+ to your current stereo system will enable you
to stream music from your smart device, USB, NAS or streaming services, such as Spotify, Tidal, Deezer,
Qobuz, Amazon Music and others by 4STREAM App, AirPlay, Bluetooth or other DLNA apps. Adding more
units to your home audio system can set up a wireless multiroom or multizone whole house audio system,
it will give you totally new and great experience to play and enjoy your music.
2-1RCA Cable x1
Main Unit x1 User’s Manual x1 Power Adapter x1
2-2RCA Cable x1
Screw Terminal
Antenna(3dB) x2 Remote Control x1 Block Connector x1 Screw Driver x1
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3. Main Features
- 50Wx2CH@4ohm, 30Wx2CH@8ohm full digital amplifier.
- Streaming music via network without distance limitation or Bluetooth5.0 up to 15 meters.
- Bluetooth for true high resolution music.
- Spotify connect, Airplay, Qplay, DLNA, UPnP streaming protocols supported.
- Support streaming source from online services, smart device memory, USB pen drive, NAS, Bluetooth and
line in.
- Multiroom and multizone streaming enabled by mutiple units connected in same network.
- All music sources can be restreamed in sync to other models from us.
- Airplay, Spotify Connect, QPlay, DLNA, UPnP protocol and 3rd party app compatible.
- High quality music streaming support, sample rate decoding up to 24bit, 192kHz.
- Sportify, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz, Amazon Music, Napster, Pandora, Internet Radio, iHeartRadio, TuneIn,
QQMusic, lots of online streaming services integrated to use in the app.
- Free iOS and Android app available.
- Free global online update for new features.
- Full function remote controller to use without cellphone.
- Line input for more possible external audio input
- EQ adjustment via app or remote controller.
- Preset playlist is availble and short buttons on remote controller for one button play.
- iTunes working with PC streaming.
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4. Specification
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5.Interface
1 2 3 6 7 9 12
A50+
5 8 10 11 13
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6. Remote controller
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7. Connection diagram
Analog device
RCA Output
DC input
Internet
8. How to use
8.1 App download
Download the 4STREAM application from App Store for iOS based devices and Google Play Store for
Android based devices.
The application supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Korean, Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese and Japanese.
4STREAM
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8.2 Connection
8.2.1 First time usage & BLE WiFi Setup
1) Hold the MODE button then plug in the power cable.
2) The LED light will start flashing, release the button and wait till the LED flash slowly.
3) Make sure your mobile has connected to your home network using 2.4G and your GPS and Bluetooth is on.
4) Open 4Stream APP, for Android device, the system will ask for permission to use GPS data & File
storage, please click accept to continue.
This GPS permission is setup by Google for BLE usage, once setup is finish you can go to system settings
and disable it, file storage permission is to let 4Stream access your mp3 files store in your mobile.
5) 4Stream APP will list out all the device available for setup, choose the one you want.
6) 4Stream APP will then ask you to choose the network you want the device to connect to, choose the one
you want to connect.
7) Now enter password for your network, if this is not the network you want the device to connect, you can
change it to the desire one.
8) Once connection is finished, it will automatically check for new updates.
9) Then you can change the name of the device. You can select a preset one or enter your own.
10) After you define the name of the device, you will see it appears in the device list in 4stream app and
now you can start streaming music.
*If you change to another router, or the password of the connected router has been changed, please press
MODE button 2 times in WiFi mode to reset the connection.
*Hold MODE button then plug in the power can force the device to enter WiFi mode. If you have setup
router connection before, the device will auto connect to that router.
If the above method failed to find your device, it will prompt you to setup by WiFi.
Please click "pair via wifi" and do the following:
1. Turn on your GPS.
2. Goto your mobile WiFi settings and search for SoundSystem_xxxx WiFi and connect.
3. Go back to 4Stream APP and select the router SSID you want your Up2stream device connect to (enter
password if required) and select continue.
4. After you define the name of the device, you will see it appears in the device list in 4stream app and now
you can start streaming music.
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*Attention for Android users Different brand mobile phones may ask you to allow to use SoundSystem WiFi
network, please choose yes, if not, you may not able to set up successfully. It may also ask you to authorize other
things, please choose yes or it may affect your use.
8.2.3 Bluetooth
To use bluetooth, please swtich to bluetooth via app or by remote controller, then find bluetooth device
SoundSystem_XXXX from your phone bluetooth setting and pair it.
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8.3 App features
8.3.1 Device setting
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8.3.3 To play music from NAS
Please note that our system only support NAS with DLNA feature.
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8.3.6 To play music from USB disk drive
- Plugin USB disk drive with mp3 files
- Goto My Music and select USB Disk
8.4.1 Spotify
To use Spotify, you have to own spotify premium account.
You will find the device in the device list on the Spotify application and choose the device you want to play.
NOTE: one Spotify account can only streaming to one device at a time.
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8.4.2 AirPlay
The device supports AirPlay1, you can choose the AirPlay and play music
8.4.3 Qplay
Our devices support QQ music using the Qplay protocol, you have to turn on the Qplay in the QQ music
player setting and then find the device in the Qplay list.
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8.5 Multiroom and Multizone
Users can group multiroom and multizone on the Application, for example you can group device 1,2,3 and
4 together and play same music in sync, or group device 1 and 2 as zone A and device 3 and 4 as zone B, and
play different music in zone A and zone B.
Master 1 1
Zone A
2 2
Slave 3
1
4 Zone B
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8.6 Left and right channel
Users can choose the right channel or left channel or stereo mode on the application, or choose left
channel on device A and choose right channel on device B, and group them together and play in sync to
make stereo.
8.7 Preset
There are 6 buttons on the remote control, users can preset play lists(only the lists with speaker icon
can preset) on the application from 1~6 for example, then when you press button 1 on the remote, the
preset list 1 will play. (Users can preset 10 playlists on the application, but the remote control can only save
from 1-6)
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8.9 Restore factory setting
Two methods to restore device to factory setting
Method 1 – Quickly press the mode button 3 times on the device.
Method 2 – Go for "App setting-speaker info-restore factory setting".
9. Play on PC
There are several tools to play music from the PC
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9.2 To play music from Windows PC via Foobar2000
Our devices support UPnP protocol, with the popular foobar2000, you can play music from Windows PC
to our devices. Please follow the steps below:
1. Download the foobar2000 and install it.
2. Refer to the doc how to add UPnP component at our website download column.
3.Refer the link below how to add UPnP component http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.
php?title=Foobar2000:How_to_install_a_component
4. Restart the foobar2000, then check: Library>configure>output>device, you will see the PLAYER in
device option column.
5. Choose the device to play the music.
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9.3 USB Audio
Connect the device to your PC with USB cable (make sure it’s a data cable including the signal wires). The PC
will automatically discover a USB sound card, and when you activated it as the system main output, the PC will
send the audio output to the device in digital (44.1KHz/16bits). You can stream to other devices over multiroom
connection. NOTE: there’s about 3 seconds delay for multiroom slave devices.
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FAQ
Q: Do your devices support airplay and third-party DLNA apps?
A: Yes. They support airplay and third-party apps like BubbleUPNP...
Q: How many zones can you group in one system?
A: 12 rooms is the maximum, while 8 zones are recommended.
Q: What distance can your wireless audio system cover?
A: Once the system is connected to your WiFi router, you can stream your music anywhere there is a WiFi signal.
Q: Can it play high resolution music?
A: Yes. Our devices can play APE and FLAC within the normal bit rate range. They also support decoding
24bit/192kHz music files.
Q: How many languages do you support?
A: Our devices will auto-detect your mobile device language and change automatically. Currently, we support
English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese and more on the way.
Q: What online music services do you support?
A: Spotify, Deezer,Quboz, Tidal, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Napster, and more, with more pending.
Q: Can I play local music?
A: Yes. You can play music from “MY MUSIC” on the application from local storage devices such
as mobile device storage, USB thumb drives and NAS.
Q: Can the device work with Windows devices?
A: The Windows application is not available at the moment, but on the Windows PC, users can use iTunes,
Foobar2000 and Spotify connect.
Q: Can all music sources play in multiroom mode?
A: Yes, the online streaming music, line input and Bluetooth all can play multiroom mode.
Q: Does your device support Google Assistant or Alexa?
A: Our devices donot support Alexa, yet through Bluetooth, our device can work with Google Assistant.
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