AKS Roth & Myers User manual

Please read this user guide carefully before operating your speaker.
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Copyright © 2017 AKSys Co. Ltd., All Rights Reserved.
This material is copyrighted by AKSys Co. Ltd. Any unauthorized reproductions, use or disclosure of this
material, or any part thereof, is strictly prohibited and is a violation of Copyright Laws.
AKSys reserves the right to make changes in specifications at any time without notice.
The information furnished by AKSys in this material is believed to be accurate and reliable, but is not warranted
to be true in all cases.
RÖTH & MYERS and BOSK are trademarks of AKSys Co., Ltd.
Revision History
Issue Date Description of Changes
1.0 May 11, 2018 Initial release for mass production

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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................................................................................I
BEFORE USE .......................................................................................................................1
ABOUT THIS GUIDE ...................................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction of the Document.......................................................................................................... 1
Explanation of Symbol or Word ...................................................................................................... 1
PRODUCT RELEASE ..................................................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 2
1.1 FRONT DESIGN.................................................................................................................................. 2
1.2 REAR DESIGN &INTERFACE............................................................................................................... 2
1.3 TOUCHING BUTTON LAYOUT .............................................................................................................. 3
1.4 PRODUCT SPECIFICATION .................................................................................................................. 3
CHAPTER 2. SETUP .......................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 SETUP WIFI FOR THE FIRST TIME........................................................................................................ 4
2.2 CONNECTING TO A WIRED LAN........................................................................................................... 5
2.3 CONNECTING TO BLUETOOTH............................................................................................................. 6
2.4 MICROSD AND OTHER CONNECTION MODES ........................................................................................ 7
2.5 NAME THE DEVICE ............................................................................................................................. 7
CHAPTER 3. R&M PLAYER MAIN MENU .............................................................................................13
3.1 DEVICE LIST DISPLAY................................................................................................................... 13
3.2 MUSIC PLAYER AND MAIN MENU DISPLAY......................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 4. R&M PLAYER SUB-MENU ...............................................................................................15
4.1 SEARCH.......................................................................................................................................... 15
4.2 FAVORITES...................................................................................................................................... 15
4.3 MY MUSIC....................................................................................................................................... 16
4.4 HOME MUSIC SHARE ....................................................................................................................... 16
4.5 MY PLAYLISTS................................................................................................................................. 17
4.6 RECENTLY PLAYED.......................................................................................................................... 18
4.7 CLOUD MUSIC PRESET .................................................................................................................... 19
4.8 SPEAKER INFO............................................................................................................................ 20
4.9 WEB SERVER &FIRMWARE UPGRADE .............................................................................................. 20
CHAPTER 5. FAQ (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS) .............................................................21
5.1 R&M APP ....................................................................................................................................... 21
5.2 WIFI CONNOCETION......................................................................................................................... 21
5.3 FUNCTION FAILURE AND POWER ...................................................................................................... 21
5.4 HOW TO OPERATE AND INTERFACE ................................................................................................... 21
5.5 LOSSLESS SOUND ........................................................................................................................... 21
APPENDIX A: USEFUL INFORMATION .................................................................................................22
A.1 REGULATORY INFORMATION............................................................................................................. 22
A.1.1 [EU] European Union Declarations of Conformity ............................................................ 22

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A.1.2 [USA/CSA] FCC/IC Interference Statement ..................................................................... 22
A.2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ................................................................................................... 22
A.3 DISPOSAL OF YOUR OLD APPLIANCE.................................................................................................. 23

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Before Use
About this Guide
This guide is intended for users of RÖTH & MYERS BOSK speaker. The guide provides user-related
information.
Introduction of the Document
This guide explains how to install and correctly use RÖTH & MYERS BOSK speaker. Product figures and
screen images used in this guide may be changed without notice for quality improvement.
Explanation of Symbol or Word
The following are symbols used in this guide. Information presented with these symbols must be observed for
the correct use of your speaker.
Caution!
This mark warns of a situation in which light injury or product damage may occur if the instructions are not
followed.
NOTE
A note provides additional explanation, emphasis on important information or reference for related information,
which is required for the correct use of the speaker.
Product Release
Carefully unpack the product and ensure that the following parts are present:

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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Front Design
Item Description
❶Status LED: Display the status & connection mode of speaker WiFi (White) ֲmicroSD (Red) ֲBT (Blue)
ֲS/PDIF (Light Green) ֲAUX (Green) ֲLAN (White)
❷Tweeter : high sound speaker unit
❸ Woofer : low sound speaker unit
❹ Duct Hole for affluent low sound reinforcement
Table 1: Front-Side Function Description
1.2 Rear Design & Interface
Item Description
Power / DC Input Power On/Off Switch / 15V/4A
RESET Speaker Reset Switch
WPS WPS or WiFi Pairing Button
S/PDIF S/PDIF - Optical Type
LAN RJ45 (10/100 Auto-Sensing) – Wired LAN Port
microSD microSD Card Socket
(Supports FAT32 formatted Micro-SDHC types)
AUX Stereo 3.5mm Audio Jack Socket
Table 2: Interface Description

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1.3 Touching Button Layout
Item Description
Preset Button
Mode Selection Button
. WiFi ⇨microSD 1) ⇨BT ⇨S/PDIF ⇨AUX ⇨LAN
. Voice Prompt Guide supported
1) Selected if microSD card is inserted
Volume Up Button
Volume Down Button
Play / Pause Button
Table 3: Touching Button Description
1.4 Product Specification
Item Description
Size 322 mm (W) x 144 mm (L) x 117 mm (H)
Weight 3 Kg
Case Material Cabinet: Zebra Wood / Rear Panel: Metal
FOOT Aluminum Spike
Application R&M Player for Android & iOS
Power Adapte
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Input : AC 100 - 240V, Output : 15V 4A
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0.7 Inch x 2, 15W, 6 Ω
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3.0 Inch x 2, 20W, 4 Ω
WiFi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, 2.4GHz
Bluetooth Bluetooth V4.0, Support BDR, EDR & BLE
Audio Format Hi-Fi Audio Support Up To 192KHz/24Bit
FLAC/ALAC/ WAV/MP3/APE//AAC/AAC+/WMA
Streaming Service
/ Protocol TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Spotify, TIDAL, Napster /
/ DLNA, WiFi AirPlay
Table 4: Product Specification Description

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Chapter 2. SETUP
2.1 Setup WiFi for the first time
NOTE
Before using BOSK Speaker, please download an application program for BOSK Speaker ‘R&M Player’ in ‘Google
Play’ or ‘Apple App Store’. After installing to your mobile device, you can connect to your BOSK Speaker.
To use WiFi, make sure your mobile device is connected to the same WiFi network that BOSK Speaker uses. With
provided password for network, the WiFi connection and use will be much quicker and easier by following the on-
screen instructions in R&M App.
After the initial connecting, the BOSK Speaker will remember the WiFi network and whenever it enters WiFi mode, it
will automatically attempt to connect to your device. If your speaker is disconnected or unable to connect normally,
please repeat the steps below or try the content of troubleshooting in the appendix.
NOTE
If you are currently using a dual-band (2.4GHz/5GHz) WiFi router, be sure to connect your mobile device with your
BOSK Speaker using the 2.4GHz band.
When the power switch on the back panel is turned on, the front status LED will flash white and the speaker will
enter to WiFi standby mode (basic mode).
Start R&M App on your mobile device and press ‘Add Device’ button.
From ‘SETUP’ screen of R&M App, press ‘Settings’ at the bottom. Select the Speaker starting with BOSK_XXXX
from the ‘WiFi’ menu of mobile device. After connecting mobile device directly with the BOSK Speaker, get out
from ‘WiFi’ menu in mobile device.
On the ‘SELECT NETWORK’ screen of R&M App, select 2.4GHz network to which you want to connect the
BOSK Speaker. Enter the password and then press the ‘Continue’ button on the bottom. Now, BOSK Speaker
will attempt to connect to 2.4GHz network by using the password you entered.
The ‘CONNECTING’ screen in R&M App will display the progress of connection between the Speaker and WiFi
network. Once successfully connected, the ‘CONNECTED’ screen will be displayed and voice prompt will be
heard.
Pressing the ‘Next’ button at the bottom of the screen, the ‘Name Device’ menu allows you to select a speaker
name from the list, or you can create the speaker name by using ‘Customize’. You can also leave original name
‘BOSK_XXXX’ by pressing the next arrow (>) at the top of the screen.

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2.2 Connecting to a wired LAN
To use the BOSK Speaker connected to a wired LAN, you must connect Ethernet cables to the same wired and
wireless router of network to which your mobile device and R&M APP are connected. The IP allocation mode of the
wired and wireless router must be set to DHCP mode.
From the ‘DEVICE LIST’, click the Setting Icon in the connected speaker menu, you can see IP address from
‘Speaker Info’. When you connect to the BOSK web server via a web browser using the same IP address as the
‘Speaker Info’, you can check via wired and wireless IP allocation whether or not the BOSK Speaker is connected to
the network through wireless LAN or wired & wireless LAN. The status LED will be displayed in white as the WiFi
mode.
As the BOSK Speaker supports DLNA (Home Network) functionality, you can play shared music files from a device
(PC, smartphone, NAS, etc.) on the same network through wired and wireless router by using music share function in
R&M App (Home Music Share).
NOTE
R&M App can be used only when your BOSK speaker is connected to your mobile device via wireless WiFi or wired
LAN connection.

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2.3 Connecting to Bluetooth
To connect your BOSK Speaker with Bluetooth, select speaker name shown as BOSK_XXXX in the Bluetooth
connection menu of your mobile device, as you would do with any other Bluetooth devices. When attempting a
Bluetooth connection, the status LED will flash blue and remain illuminated when connected.
NOTE
R&M App cannot be used when connected with Bluetooth mode because BOSK speaker will be activated as ‘Audio
Device’ of your mobile device. Therefore, Music Player of mobile device or audio support when internet web site
connection can be supported.

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2.4 microSD and other connection modes
When you connect the microSD memory card with the sound source to the microSD slot on the back of the
BOSK Speaker, the mode will automatically be switched to microSD mode and the stored sound source will be
played displaying the status LED in red. By pressing the ‘Playlist’ icon next to the title of the song currently
played, the playlist saved in microSD memory card will be displayed.
NOTE
For microSD mode, the FAT32 formatted micro SDHC type memory card is supported and please save the
sound source that you want to play to the root directory.
For the optical input mode (S/PDIF mode), the Smart TV, PC or mobile device connected via the optical type
S/PDIF cable to BOSK speaker are not supported by the R&M App as it only performs audio functions. The
status LED of Optical input mode will be displayed in light green.
In Audio Input mode (AUX mode), the R&M App function is also not supported because it performs audio
functions on the device connected via the audio cable and the status LED will be displayed in green.
2.5 Name the device
After registering your BOSK speaker, you can change the speaker name by pressing the setting icon from the
‘DEVICE LIST’ and ‘Rename’. You can select it from the predefined list or edit it by pressing ‘Customize’.

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Chapter 3. R&M Player Main Menu
3.1 DEVICE LIST Display
After connecting BOSK speaker at first time and whenever R&M APP is executed, ‘DEVICE LIST’ Menu will be
displayed as follows while showing BOSK speakers connected currently and can be connected from the same
network.
Item Description
Icon to add new BOSK speaker
Active speaker connected to your mobile device
Setting Menu for Speaker Info, Rename, Preset, etc.
Current Connection Mode or Streaming Service

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3.2 Music Player and Main Menu Display
By pressing active BOSK speaker tab from ‘DEVICE LIST’, ‘Music Player’ Menu will be displayed as follows.
Item Description
Current Connection Mode or Streaming Service
WiFi Mode (Phone Music / Streaming Service)
microSD Mode
Bluetooth Mode
S/PDIF – Optical Type Mode
3.5mm Stereo Audio Mode
Selected Speaker Name
Setting Icon for Favorites
Playing List Icon
Repeated Play Mode Icon
Internet Music Streaming Service
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Chapter 4. R&M Player Sub-Menu
4.1 Search
Song, artist and album title can be searched from your mobile device using ‘Search’ menu. For example, input ‘Shape’
then, all related information will be displayed. If you press ‘Setting’ Icon in the right side of the song title, you can
add it to the ‘Favorites’, ‘Playlist’ or ‘Next to Play’ list.
4.2 Favorites
‘Favorites’ Menu allows you to replay your favorite music easily from your mobile device later. Sone, artist and album
title can be searched from your mobile device using ‘Search’ menu. For example, input ‘Shape’ then, all related
information will be displayed. If you press ‘Setting’ Icon in the right side of the song title, you can add it to the
‘Favorites’, ‘Playlist’ or ‘Next to Play’ list.
Press ‘Favorites’ Icon from ‘Music Player’ Display to add the song playing currently to ‘Favorites’ list.
Press ‘Setting’ Icon in the right side of the song title from ‘Search’ list add it to the ‘Favorites’ list.

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4.3 My Music
Songs stored in your mobile device can be played by R&M Player using ‘My Music’ > ‘Phone’ or ‘iPhone’ Menu.
4.4 Home Music Share
Songs shared from a device (PC, smartphone, NAS, etc.) on the same network through wired and wireless router can
be played by R&M Player using ‘My Music’ ‘Home Music Share’ Menu.

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4.5 My Playlists
You can make your own playlist using ‘My Playlists’ Menu. If you press ‘Setting’ Icon in the right side of the song
title from music list in your mobile device, you can add it to the ‘My Playlists’.

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4.6 Recently Played
You can make ‘My Playlists’ by selecting songs you want to add from ‘Recently Played’ Menu.

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4.7 Cloud Music Preset
You can listen to your preset online cloud music playlist anytime once you press the corresponding key on the right
side of each music channel list as follows.

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4.8 SPEAKER INFO
If you press ‘Setting’ Icon from ‘DEVICE LIST’ and ‘Speaker Info’ sub-Menu, some detailed information of your
speaker (WiFi Connection Status, Wireless/Wired Network Information, Firmware Version, etc.) will be displayed. In
addition, ‘Restore Factory Settings’ command can be executed without pressing ‘RESET’ button in the rear side of
your speaker.
4.9 Web Server & Firmware Upgrade
If you press connect to BOSK Web Server using web browser with the IP address got from 4.8 SPEAKER INFO,
additional detailed information of your speaker (WiFi Connection Status, Wireless/Wired Network Information,
Firmware Version, etc.) will be displayed. Also, ‘Firmware Upgrade’ function can be executed.