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Operating the Streaming Client
General
Information on
the Streaming
Client
The
includes what is known as a 'Streaming Client'. This is a
new class of playback devices for media content, providing a means of
playing music which is stored on a vast variety of sources. These media
sources may be an iPod or a USB hard disc connected directly to the
, but they may also be thousands of miles away (e.g. Internet radio
station). The Streaming Client can access such remote sources via a
home network and the Internet.
The network configuration is explained in the Chapter
'Network Con-
figuration'
.
The
Streaming Client can access the following sources:
Local sources
(direct connection)
Remote sources
(via home network or Internet)
USB memory sticks and
USB hard discs
Internet radio
iPod
NAS Server (with UPnP-AV Server)
PC (with UPnP-AV Server)
The media content formats which the
can reproduce are very wide-
ranging, and extend from compressed formats such as MP3, WMA, AAC
and OGG Vorbis to high-quality non-compressed data formats such as
FLAC and WAV, which are audiophile in nature. A full listing of all
possible data and playlist formats is included in the Specification, which
you will find in the Appendix to these instructions.
Since virtually no read or data errors occur when electronic memory
media are accessed, the potential reproduction quality is even higher
than that of CD. The quality level may even exceed that of SACD and
DVD-Audio.
The
can also play back high-resolution audio formats (FLAC and
WAV up to 96kHz / 24bit). High-resolution audio files can be played back
from a USB hard disc connected to the unit, or via a network connection.
However, if you wish to use a network for 96/24 reproduction, a cable
network must be used since a WLAN network is not generally sufficient
for the high data rates (see also the note in the chapter entitled
'Network
configuration'
).
The music from the iPod is transferred digitally to the
.
This
technique produces the best possible quality of reproduction from an
iPod.
Digital audio output is supported by the following iPod models:
iPod nano
(all models)
iPod classic
(all models)
iPod touch
(all models)
iPhone
(all models)
iPad
(all models)
iPod 5G
Earlier models of iPod only generate analogue audio output, and are not
supported.
