For more help connecting a Musaic Player to
your home network we recommend watching
the help videos available at www.musaic.com
GETTING STARTED
Connect via
Ethernet:
If your Musaic Player
is going to be situated
near a router with a
free Ethernet socket
then this is a very
simple method to use.
Ethernet also has the
advantage of higher
bandwidth and no
drop-outs and is the
best method if you
want to play high-res
24 bit content or have
a lot of Players that are
situated far apart.
There are three ways you can connect your Musaic Player to your home network.
Choose the one that suits you best from the options as follows:
Connect via Wi-Fi:
You will need to know
your Wi-Fi password
and have access to
a Wi-Fi device that
you can connect to
your home network
and has an internet
browser such as a
smart phone, tablet
or laptop.
Connect via Wi-Fi with WPS:
If your wireless access point / router
supports WPS then you can connect
your Musaic Player to it wirelessly
without needing to know your Wi-Fi
password. The disadvantage of this
method is that the router / access point
generates a random network name
and password that make it harder to
connect non WPS devices later (you
would need to log in to your router
to find out these details). WPS is best
used when all the devices you want to
connect to a WPS access point / router
all support WPS. If you wish to use
WPS check the back of your access
point / router for a button marked
‘WPS’ or ‘Push to Connect’ or similar.
CONNECT VIA WI-FI
Note: Do not connect an Ethernet / LAN cable to your Musaic Player if you want to use
Wi-Fi as the connection method, as doing so enables Ethernet and disables Wi-Fi.
The example below is for a smart-phone / tablet,
although the procedure is the same from a
laptop or PC.
The idea is to wirelessly connect directly from
a phone/tablet to a temporary Wi-Fi network
made by the Musaic Player so that you can name
the Player and tell it the name and password of
your normal home Wi-Fi network. The Player
then checks to make sure it can connect to
your home network and if successful will then
turn o its temporary network. Your phone
will then reconnect to your home network
and setup is complete.
1. Power up the Musaic Player
Make sure the PSU is connected to the
Musaic Player and to the mains and that the
mains socket is turned on. The Standby/On
LED should be red indicating Standby.
Press the Standby / On button to turn the unit
on. The LED will flash blue for up to a minute
as it powers up before starting to flash purple
indicating the unit is fully powered up but not
yet connected to a network.
2. Wirelessly connect your phone to the
Musaic Player
Make sure that the Wi-Fi on your phone / tablet is
turned on and go to its wireless settings menu to
find the list of local Wi-Fi networks that it can see.
You should see a network called ‘Musaic_XXXXXX_AJ’
where the X’s will be some letters and numbers
unique to your Musaic Player. This is a temporary
network being created by your Musaic Player to
aide setup.
Connect to this network on your phone / tablet.
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