Harman Kardon OMNI BAR+ - Managing Your Audio System; Organizing Speakers: Rooms & Groups

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CONTROLLING YOUR SPEAKER
CONTROLLING
YOUR SPEAKER
Speakers,Rooms,andGroups
A primary feature of the Harman Kardon Wireless HD
MusicSystemistheabilitytosendaudioaroundthe
housetoanynumberofdifferentrooms.Thewaythis
is organized is through rooms and groups.
Aroomcontainsoneormorespeakersthatalwaysplayaudiotogether.Ithas
a specific name, like Living Room or Bedroom, a specific color, and a specific
icon. Rooms show up in the Harman Kardon Controller app as destinations
tostreammusicto,andyoucaneditthem,includingthenumberofspeakers,
bygoingtoSettings > Room management intheControllerapp.Theycan
beconsideredaspermanentgroupsofspeakerswhichalwaysplaythesame
audiocontent.RoomswithmorethanonespeakerhaveasingleMaster
speaker which is the speaker you use for physical button controls and to
connect external sources.
Agroupcontainstwoormoreroomswhichplaythesameaudiocontent.
Theirnamesareformedfromtheroomsinsidethem,forexampleifyouadd
the Kitchen to the Lounge to play the same music in both rooms, it would
benamed Lounge+1.Adding theLivingRoomwould changethenameto
Lounge +2, and so on. Groups are created through the physical Link button
onthetopofeachspeaker,orbypressingtheLinkRoomsbuttononthemusicplayerpageinthe
app.Groupscan be consideredastemporarygroupsofspeakerswhich are playingthe same audio
content,butareeasytochangeasyouwalkfromroomtoroomorsimplydesireplayingdifferent
musicindifferentareas.Groupsdon’thaveaMasterroom,andifyoubeginplayingsomethingnew
in any room, it will take priority and all other rooms in the group will begin to play the same audio.
LINK ROOMS
Bedroom Kitchen
Living Room Bathroom