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1. Formation Audio Carton Contents

Formation Audio
Mains power cable set appropriate for your territory
Document pack

2. Installing Your Formation Audio

Location

Your Formation Audio requires only a mains power
supply to operate and can be located almost
anywhere you find convenient. However, if your
Formation Audio is to be connected to an existing
audio system, or is to use a wired connection to a
network router, it will need to be located within reach
of the necessary cables.

Note: Formation Audio employs a Bluetooth
connection to the device running the Bowers
& Wilkins Home app during the setup process.
Bluetooth signals have a relatively short range
and can be interrupted by room boundaries, so
we recommend that your Formation Audio and
Bowers & Wilkins Home app device remain in
close proximity during the setup process.

Connections

In addition to its mains power socket , Formation
Audio carries the connection sockets on its rear
panel listed below. The rear panel is shown in
Diagram 1. Always use high quality connection
cables with your Formation Audio.

Inputs

1 x stereo pair of RCA phono sockets - Connect
an analogue audio source such as a CD player or
turntable (via a phono preamplifier).

1 x optical digital (TOSLINK) socket - Connect
an optical digital audio source such as a CD player.

Outputs

1 x stereo pair of RCA phono sockets - Connect
to audio amplifier or active speaker line inputs.

1 x S/PDIF RCA phono socket - Connect to a
digital to analogue converter, to an audio amplifier
digital input, or to an active speaker digital input.

Network

1 x Ethernet socket - Connect to your network
router if a wired network connection is to be used in
preference to a wireless (WiFi) connection.

Note: The USB socket located on the Formation
Audio rear panel is intended for service and
diagnostic use only. It cannot be used for any
other purpose.

Switch On and Off

With all connections made, and the Bowers &
Wilkins Home app installed on your mobile device,
your Formation Audio is ready to be set up and
used. Your Formation Audio has no mains power
switch and, following a short start-up routine, will
be operational as soon as it is connected to mains
power. It will play an audio prompt when its startup
routine is complete.

When a Formation Audio, that has not been
previously used, is first switched on it will
automatically enter setup mode to enable its
connection to your home network and to any
other available Formation devices. Setup mode is
indicated by a slow amber pulse illumination of the
Form touch button . The Formation Audio will

also appear in the Bowers & Wilkins Home app as
available for set up, either on the initial app page, or
after selecting ‘Add Formation product’ from the app
Settings page.

Your Formation Audio manages its operational state
and power consumption entirely automatically and
will switch to a power saving mode after twenty
minutes of inactivity. There is no need ever to switch
off your Formation Audio, however should you wish
to do so, simply disconnected it from mains power.
Your Formation Audio will retain its settings without
mains power.

You can restart a Formation Audio by a short press
and release of the reset button located on its
rear panel . Pressing the button will switch the
Formation Audio off and on again. All settings will be
retained when your Formation Audio restarts. You
can also restart your Formation Audio via the Bowers
& Wilkins Home app Settings page.

If you wish to reset your Formation Audio to its
default settings, press and hold the reset button for
five seconds. On restart, your Formation Audio will
enter setup mode. All settings will be deleted when
your Formation Audio resets. You can also reset your
Formation Audio via the Bowers & Wilkins Home app
Settings menu.

Network Setup

• With your Formation Audio in setup mode, with its

Form button illumination pulsing slowly amber,
launch the Bowers & Wilkins Home app on your
iOS or Android device. The app will guide you with
prompts though the setup process.

• The Bowers & Wilkins Home app will first search

for Formation products in setup mode and display
a screen inviting the selection of one. Tap to select
your Formation Audio. If you have already set up
a Formation product and are adding an additional
one, select ‘Add Formation product’ from the app
Settings menu.

• The Bowers & Wilkins Home app will next invite

you to name the “space” in which your Formation
Audio is to be used. A list of default space names
is provided but you can also create your own.
When you have selected, or created, a space
name, the app will ask you to touch the Form
button on the front of your Formation Audio to
confirm the selection.

Diagram 1
Formation Audio rear panel

• If a wireless network connection for your

Formation Audio is to be used, the next setup
stage will connect your Formation Audio to your
home WiFi network. The app will ask you to
confirm the correct WiFi network and ask you to
input its password. Alternatively, if your Formation
Audio is connected to your network router using
an Ethernet cable, this stage of the setup process
will be bypassed.

Note: If you already have other Formation
products connected to your WiFi network,
Formation Audio setup will not require you to
input the WiFi password.

• If you have conventional audio sources connected

to your Formation Audio, the Bowers & Wilkins
Home app will now give you the opportunity to
name them. A list of default names is provided but
you can also create your own.

• With WiFi network configuration, and space

selection complete, your Formation Audio is ready
for use. Your Formation Audio will play an audio
prompt to confirm successful setup.

Bluetooth Setup

You can connect your Formation Audio to a
Bluetooth enabled audio source device, such as
a smartphone, to play audio over Bluetooth. Your
Formation Audio must first be “paired” with the
Bluetooth audio source device.

Once you have completed the Formation Audio
network setup, open the Bowers & Wilkins Home
app Settings page, and select the Formation Space
that you wish to pair a Bluetooth device with. Next
select ‘+ Pair a new device’ from the Bluetooth
menu and follow the app instructions to complete
pairing. Your Formation Audio will play an audio
prompt when pairing is complete and its Space will
become available to the paired Bluetooth device for
audio playback.

Note: Up to eight Bluetooth devices can be
simultaneously paired with each Formation
space, however devices will not connect and
play to paired spaces automatically.