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MOON Mind Controller App Guide Application/Pdf 4.87 MB MiND Network Streaming Player MOON intelligent Network Device MiND App User Guide v1.3.0 (iOS) v1.3.0 (Android) MiND App User Guide We strongly recommend updating the firmware of your MiND module before proceeding (refer to page 26). If you are using any MOON components with your MiND module, they should have the latest firmware update so you can take full advantage of the MiND’s various features and functions. Contact your MOON retailer for further details. MiND App User Guide Table of Contents What is MiND ? 4 Streaming Module Features 4 Application Module Features 4 Device Compatibility 4 What’s new 5 Starting the MiND App 5 MiND App screen layout 6 Adding tracks to the QUEUE 9 Playing tracks to the QUEUE 11 Position Slider 12 Random and Repeat Play 12 Volume and Muting 12 SimLink™ 13 Information Displayed in the QUEUE 13 Editing The Queue 14 Clearing The Queue 15 Saving The Queue as a Playlist 16 Accessing music stored on your App controller 17 Search function 18 Input switching for MiND equipped MOON DAC’s 19 vTuner Radio 20 TIDAL 22 MiND Firmware Updates Procedure 26 MiND Hardware Reset Procedure 29 wwww.simaudio.com Simaudio Ltd., 1345 Newton Road Boucherville, Québec J4B 5H2 CANADA Date Code: 20161111 MiND App User Guide What is MiND ? MiND is the future of music playback. MiND transmits music from your digital music library and a variety of internet sources to multiple audio systems throughout your home. MiND allows you to organize the presentation of your music by virtually any means. MiND offers uncompromised sonic performance, convenience, ease-of-use and sophistication. MiND gives you uncomplicated and efficient access to large collections of music. MiND works with virtually any hand-held Apple device (Android under development). Streaming Module Features: UPnP Renderer (Universal Plug & Play) ● DLNA 1.5 Compatibility ● TIDAL ● vTuner Internet Radio ● Future “Music Services” upgrades ● Local Playlists ● Gapless Playback ● Silent track scanning ● Supported file formats: Wave, FLAC, FLAC HD, AIF, AAC, ALAC, MP3 (vbr/cbr), WMA-9 ,OGG Vorbis ● File Support to 24-bit/192kHz on all file formats ● File support for DSD64 on MiND modules installed in MOON DAC’s ● 100Base-T RJ45 Ethernet interface & IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi interface inputs ● S/PDIF, TosLink & AES/EBU digital outputs ● WEP, WPA, WPA2 Wi-Fi encryption support. Application Control Features: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android compatible control software ● Independant control for each zone using a SimLink equipped MOON Preamplifier or Integrated Amplifier ● Zone selection ● Permanent zone naming. Hardware Device Compatibility: This MiND App will ONLY work on following devices: ● Apple iPad: All generations ● Apple iPhone: 3GS and more recent versions ● Apple iPod touch: 3rd generation and more recent versions ● Android devices with the Android 5.0 (Lollipop) operating system or higher For smaller devices such as the iPhone and iPod touch, you will only see one of the MiND App’s three columns at a time on your screen. As with many apps, you will need to swipe the screen, left or right, to view the entire app. As well, you will need to swipe, up and down, to view and use the QUEUE column once a track is playing. This “User Guide” will be updated occasionally, just like the App software, as improved functionality and new features become available. We encourage you to visit our website and check for newer versions of this document; the version number appears below the “Table of Contents”. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4 MiND App User Guide What’s New in version 1.2.4 (iOS) (November 2016) / version 1.3.0 (Android) (November 2016) y Deezer music service now available (iOS & Android) y TuneIn music service now available (iOS & Android) y Various bug fixes (Android) Starting the MiND App: Before proceeding, you must have successfully followed the instructions outlined in the MiND Setup Guide, whereby all your components are properly connected and your MiND device(s) is successfully configured into your network. This “App User Gude” and the “MiND Setup Guide” are both available at: www.simaudio.com/en/mind.html. Tap the “MiND” icon to launch the MiND app. All available MiND ZONES will appear in the left column. There will be one ZONE for each MiND hardware device connected to your network (figure 1), based on the previously assigned ZONE names, as outlined in the MiND Setup Guide procedure. For the examples that follow in this guide, we will select the ZONE named “Stage” by simply tapping on it (figure 2). Figure 1 Figure 2 The ZONE list is used to manage all zones that are part of your network. Each ZONE requires its own unique MiND hardware device and they can all operate independently of one another. The MiND app essentially manages the music you can play in multiple entertainment systems. To edit a ZONE’s settings (as descibed in the MiND Setup Guide), simply tap on the icon, located at the top right of the list. The zone where the icon appears indicates which zone your APP is currently communicating with. Tapping on this icon will result in the APP disconnecting from the zone. Note: You can refresh the zone list at anytime by placing your finger near the top of the zone list and swiping it downwards – a message will apear at the top of the zone list “Pull to rescan network” ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5 MiND App User Guide MiND App Screen Layout: Figure 3 After selecting a ZONE, the default MiND App screen appears (figure 3) and is divided into two sections: the QUEUE on the left third of the screen and the BROWSER, occupying the other two-thirds of the screen. The ZONE list can be accessed any time by simply tapping on the home icon located at the bottom left of the app screen. To hide the ZONE list and switch back to the QUEUE/Browser view, simply select a zone from the list. Note: the ZONE list is hidden after you select your ZONE since it is not required beyond the start up of the MiND app, unless you want to control another MiND device in your network. The BROWSER section allows you to browse through all of the MiND supported music files - Wave, FLAC, FLAC HD, AIF, AAC, ALAC, MP3 (vbr/cbr), WMA-9 ,OGG Vorbis, up to 24- bit/192kHz - available on your network; It is based on the UPnP protocol, so you must have compatble server software on your NAS or computer. Initially, the contents of the BROWSER will be from the library that you previously used, listed by musical genre. To select a “Library”, tap on the icon located at the top left of the BROWSER section (figure 4). The “Library” lists of all the Network Attached Storage devices, computers, etc. that contain music files, and are connected to your router. In this example there are 10 different entries Selecting one of these entries, allows you access to the music stored on that device. In this example, we are going to select “APP Guide MiND” library. Once selected, you can choose from various options (Figure 5) to view the music available on the “APP Guide MiND” device. These display options are based how you configure the settings of your server software on your NAS or computer, and are independant of the MiND app. Display options in this example include Artist/Album, Album, Title (track/song name), Composer and More (for more options). Figure 4 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 6 MiND App User Guide MiND App Screen Layout (cont’d) Figure 5 Tapping on the “Album” tab, the BROWSER section will show an Album index (Figure 6) that allows you to search albums in alphabetical order; select a letter by tapping on either the tile or the vertical alphabetical index on the far right side. Alternatively, you can tap on the [All Albums] tile option which displays an alphabetically ordered tile view every album available in the current library “APP Guide MiND” (Figure 7). Notice how the “Album” tab is highlighted in a light gray when selected, compared to the other tabs. Figure 6 Figure 7 The Back button, located at the top right corner of the BROWSER. makes navigating the BROWSER an easy process. When you want to return to the previous BROWSER screen, simply tap on the “Back” button. To scroll though the entire list of available albums, simply swipe your finger (up or down) over the BROWSER section. To select an album, tap on the album name and the BROWSER screen will change, showing you a list of all the tracks from the selected album (figure 8); “Californication” by the “Red Hot Chili Peppers” which has a total of 16 tracks as indicated by an icon located in the bottom right corner of the BROWSER. Since only 12 of these tracks are visible in the BROWSER, you can use one of your fingers to swipe on the screen to scroll down and see the 4 remaining tracks of this album. You can now select the tracks that you want to listen to. This is done by adding them to the QUEUE: Simply tap on each track that you want to add to the QUEUE (figure 9) and they will be highlighted. Tap on a track a second time and it will no longer be highlighted. In this example, we have selected tracks 1, 4 and 7. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7 MiND App User Guide MiND App Screen Layout (cont’d) Figure 8 Figure 9 The QUEUE section manages the music you will be listening to and displays information about the song currently playing.
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