Using & Controlling the DAS
The Digital Audio Server is primarily an audio server. The audio server has an S/PDIF input at the rear that
can be selected by the
DI
selection on the front panel. This allows third party digital sources to be connected
to the audio server, such as CD transports. It should be noted that by far the best audio quality playback will
be achieved through using the audio server as it is intended, that is as a dedicated audio server (the
AS
input selection on the front panel) and not through third party connected devices. Additionally the S/PDIF
input bypasses CAAS Audio's low jitter re-clocking system, so this advantage can not be utilised with this
input.
TV CEC Control
If your TV is CEC enabled you can control the audio server using the TV remote:
1. Connect a CEC enabled HDMI cable between the TV and the HDMI port on the rear of the audio
server. (Note: On some TVs only HDMI port 1 is CEC enabled).
2. If the DAS does not recognise the CEC connection, turn both the TV and audio server off and then
back on again whilst the HDMI cable is connected.
3. Once CEC has been recognised, you can scroll through the music files stored on the USB media.
Play track, pause, stop etc..
Network Control
You can control the audio server from other devices connected to your network, such as a smart phone or
tablet. To do this you must first install
Yatse
or
Official XBMC Remote
on your smart device. The procedure
to do this is highlighted below in the
Installing & Setting up XBMC & Yatse Remote Apps
section.
Web Interface
The web interface can be accessed on port 80 by opening a web browser and typing the DAS IP address
followed by :80 ( e.g. ://192.168.1.14:80 ) into the URL bar. Alternatively you may be able to type the host
name followed by :80 ( i.e. http://caasaudio:80 ). Note: this may not work with a lot of routers.
The web browser interface can be used to navigate around the HDMI connected TV interface or brows
though and play tracks from your music library, once built (see section
Building an XBMC Music Library
).
Notes:
•
The DAS IP address
will pop up in the right hand bottom corner of the TV on DAS boot up. Please
make a note of this IP address (the DAS must be networked first for this to happen).
•
The DAS IP address
can also be found through other techniques, such as downloading the App
Fing
to your smart phone / tablet. You can then run Fing and it will display the IP addresses of all
devices connected to your network. Alternatively if CEC is enabled on your TV, you can use the TV
remote to scroll to
System → System info
where the IP address will be displayed.
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