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On the right side of the screen you will find the 

search bar

 and the 

sorting button

 

Search:  

enter any key word in the search bar; the search function will display all the artwork 

containing your key word (or characters). Clicking on the magnifying glass allows you to 

focus the search – our suggestion is to use 

albumartist

Sorting menu:

 you will find this immediately following the search bar. This menu controls how 

you wish to sort your albums. Again, our suggestion is 

albumartist

Clicking on the gear icon in the upper middle of the screen allows you to choose track 
information on the track being played. This information appears on the left pane below the 
track title (pic).
To the left of this gear, you have the thumbs 

up

 & thumbs 

down

 buttons, as well as the “

+add 

to playlist” button. 

View:

 the button of the far right (two arrows) is a toggle switch alternating between 

thumbnails and list view for your albums

Searching and Sorting Your Albums

Left Pane – Playing Now – 

the Information Icon

Summary of Contents for Absolute Stream

Page 1: ...User Guide v 1 bsolute Stream...

Page 2: ...nics of the best commercially available streamers To achieve this we equipped the Absolute Stream circuit with several audiophile features components and proprietary circuits Proprietary re clocking p...

Page 3: ...nput If you have libraries stored on USB external discs please connect to HD1 HD2 as applicable You can use a NAS as well On the left side on the back plate you will see two USB audio out connections...

Page 4: ...hese files won t be searchable and won t appear in any search or indexing process They will be in your database but the system will not be able to retrieve them Additionally we provide a music player...

Page 5: ...s accessing your NAS or your accessing a NAS without credentials select samba B if you are accessing a NAS with credentials username password NAS IP address enter your NAS IP address or its name Path...

Page 6: ...l the indexing is complete Click on close and you are ready to go Now the playing screen will look like this The left half is the playing window i e what is playing at any time while the right side co...

Page 7: ...ou will see the artwork if available of the track being played as well as relevant information A pause play control and progress bar appear below the artwork The four tracks that follow what is curren...

Page 8: ...end of the current queue Replace queue erases the current queue and replaces its contents with all the tracks from the current album Add to playlist choose a playlist or create a new one to which all...

Page 9: ...earch bar This menu controls how you wish to sort your albums Again our suggestion is albumartist Clicking on the gear icon in the upper middle of the screen allows you to choose track information on...

Page 10: ...albums you always have the choice to add them to your Queue At the upper left of the screen you have two options The default is the Queue where you see all tracks of the current Queue At the right sid...

Page 11: ...ions in your Queue Save Queue icon diskette icon saves your Queue as a playlist Shuffle Queue icon crossed arrows icon shuffles your Queue anytime you click on this icon Add to queue icon little scree...

Page 12: ...out notice Reference Streamer Music rendering engine Absolute Stream You are at the Library screen see upper left This can be selected from the main bar of the application at the bottom of the screen...

Page 13: ...n navigate through the letters icon selecting the desired letter of the alphabet Filesystem here you get a complete view of your filesystem all drives disks USB sticks NAS and or whichever other form...

Page 14: ...te Rescan directory updates meaning makes a new index of the directory You can use this when you add new folders of tracks to the specific directory and you do not wish to update the whole library Cli...

Page 15: ...arch button a drop down menu appears this allows you to define where the search is made i e Filenames Albums Albumartists Artists Genre or Title of track The search results appear in list form below t...

Page 16: ...n create your music library the first time you start the system or update in later with new additions Actually the indexing of your albums and tracks takes place with this function When adding new alb...

Page 17: ...you can define how many seconds of fade out if you wish to have between tracks Replay again for auto replay or replaying a song or an album Autoplay at start up enabled disabled if enabled starts to...

Page 18: ...otice about metadata at the end of this reference manual Statistics enabled disabled enabled this compile statistics on your library and music playback You can access these statistical data in the Abo...

Page 19: ...f enabled the artwork of current track playing appears in the background of the app Notifications enable disable Pagination Items per page define how may items you wish to see on a page default is 100...

Page 20: ...ormat In order to operate the Absolute Stream you need to configure your NAS if you are using one correctly right from the start To do this you need to follow your NAS guidelines and this screen allow...

Page 21: ...21 www ideonaudio com Ideon Audio software update Your Absolute Stream can and will be updated with future versions of the software remotely You can check for new updates here Update...

Page 22: ...ntact your authorized dealer distributor or Ideon Audio if you have any questions not addressed in this reference document Warranty Ideon Audio provides a 2 year manufacturer s warranty on all new Ide...

Page 23: ...with Ideon Audio operating instructions Damage to cables or attachments and cosmetic damage induced by use Products obtained outside the network of authorized Ideon Audio dealers and resellers Genera...

Page 24: ...www ideonaudio com info ideonaudio com Enjoy the music enjoy hi definition in music...

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