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Using your Dream Player LITE 

 

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Dream Player LITE – User Manual 

 

 

3  Connections 

 
The following section provides detailed instructions for connecting your Dream Player 
LITE. To get started quickly, all you need to do is connect the Power Input, and the 
Audio Output. Then when you are ready, you can get more advanced and use the Trigger 
Inputs and Control Outputs. 

3.1  Power Input 

 
The Dream Player LITE accepts only DC power input from 6-
12 Volts and will draw about 50ma when playing audio. 
Power may be provided by means of a plug in wall-
transformer or any DC power supply will do quite nicely as 
well. The wall-transformer is our suggested method and you 
may obtain these from just about any electronics store as well 
as directly from us here at PRICOM.  
If you do end up purchasing a wall-transformer, chances are 
that it comes with a plug-in end. You may simply cut it off 
and attach it to the LITE as shown in the photos on the right. 
 If you are looking for portability, the LITE may also be run 
of a 9V battery for about 4 hours and longer with 4 AA 
batteries.  
The polarity does matter on this board, and the LITE has an 
on board diode to prevent accidently „frying‟ the board if the 
wires should happen to be connected in the incorrect 
orientation. If this should happen you will simply not see the 
green Power LED light up when power is applied. If 
successfully wired, you will see that the Green LED 
illuminates.   
You may operate multiple LITE‟s with one power supply. 
Just ensure that you allow about 50ma of power consumption 
for each device to be powered plus a little extra. For example 
3 LITE‟s can be successfully operated on a 9V 200ma wall-
transformer supply. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Dream Player LITE

Page 1: ...The Dream Player LITE User Manual...

Page 2: ...d Jim Wells for his gracious contributions http www fantasonics com And to Professor Klyzlr for his extensive help in testing and providing valuable feedback to this project Dream Player LITE User Man...

Page 3: ...7 3 1 Power Input 7 3 2 Audio Output Connector 8 3 3 Trigger Input Terminal Strip 9 3 4 Control Output Terminal Strip 10 3 5 Mounting Holes 10 4 Introducing the CONFIG File 11 4 1 General Mode Setup...

Page 4: ...xternal controls such as a button and also control Output devices such as LED s with it A real big feature of the Dream Player LITE is its low power consumption Only drawing some 50ma it can last 4 ho...

Page 5: ...he Dream Player LITE The following pages describe the configuration and operation of the Dream Player Many possible configurations are possible but you can keep it as simple or make it as complicated...

Page 6: ...tor will also rapidly blink when a firmware update is in progress as described later 2 3 PLAY Button To play the first Track on the SD card at any time you can simply hit the PLAY button If you press...

Page 7: ...rd connectors One major feature of this style is that it ensures that the card does not accidently fall out when the device is mounted To load the card into the connector simply insert the card into t...

Page 8: ...y track one when the on board button is pressed or is triggered from an outside source via the trigger inputs 2 10 Loading the SD Card In order for the Dream Player to receive its files they must be c...

Page 9: ...rom us here at PRICOM If you do end up purchasing a wall transformer chances are that it comes with a plug in end You may simply cut it off and attach it to the LITE as shown in the photos on the righ...

Page 10: ...ceal Choose your speakers wisely as the best audio you can get is often times limited by the quality of the speakers you choose If you are at a loss for what speakers to get we offer some reviews of s...

Page 11: ...tate to a closed state or vice versa as described in the CONFIG section An example of this would be you may wire up a button to the Input terminal strip and when pressed the Dream Player LITE will pla...

Page 12: ...nd between an Audio Playback system and any other system can and usually does create ground loops and noises such as buzz and hum As we said earlier you may use a relay or similar to prevent some of t...

Page 13: ...s intimidating but is pretty self explanatory and easy to use The below screen is as it appears directly off a PRICOM Design supplied microSD Card downloaded off our website or from the included CD If...

Page 14: ...ill be the one the LITE will use As stated in the opening remark in the comment box This CONFIG File must be less than 4KB long We have a limited about of memory space that we can dedicate to reading...

Page 15: ...er your file would look like this Feature Description Auto Start The file will begin to play automatically as soon as the power is applied to the device Loop Mode Will continuously loop the sound unti...

Page 16: ...e If you are using a button as your input then if you press and hold the button the file will play continuously Release the button and the file will play to the end and then stop High Trigger Instead...

Page 17: ...e then stop for the remainder of the track Control End Just the opposite of the Control Begin funny how that works That means that the output device will become active for the specified amount of time...

Page 18: ...tput seems too loud You may change the settings here to suite your needs very specifically Feature Description No Fade One of the most self explanatory features in the file If you want the LITE to fad...

Page 19: ...want to SAVE the file and to a folder somewhere that makes sense and you can find it PRICOM Downloads would be a good example After you save the file to your machine you may simply load it onto your...

Page 20: ...ns or problems Generally the problems end up being simple fixes that can be diagnosed and repaired by you the user with help from us here 6 2 E mail If you are experiencing trouble with your Dream Pla...

Page 21: ...erminal strip Pulls to GND Output rated for 200mA Audio Output Line Level Analog Audio Output Connection using 3 5mm 1 8 Stereo Jack Allows direct connection of amplified media speakers May also use n...

Page 22: ...Dream Player LITE User Manual Version 1 0 Copyright 2012 PRICOM Design...

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