Davone Meander User manual

Davone
User manual Meander

and thank you for choosing Davone to bring music to your home. Davone stands for combining traditional Danish hand
craftsmanship with sound quality of the highest calibre. Therefore it is worth taking care with the set up of your system. In
this manual you will nd instructions for how to connect, position, maintain and warrant this loudspeaker. Should you have
any questions that you feel have not been answered, feel free to contact your dealer, your local Davone distributor or the
Davone staff in Denmark.
WELCOME

Read these instructions
Keep these instructions
Heed all warnings
Follow all instructions
• Do not use this apparatus near water.
• Clean only with dry cloth
• Install in accordance with manufactures instructions
• Do not install near heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other ap-
paratus (including ampliers) that produce heat.
• Keep candles or other items with open ames away from this product at all times.
• Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, conve-
nience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.
• Use only with the stand sold with the apparatus.
• Use caution when moving the apparatus to avoid injury from tip-over.
• Place your product on a rm surface where you want it placed
• permanently. Do not place on top of other objects, stands or tables.
• Refer all servicing to qualied service personnel. Servicing is required when the ap-
paratus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged,
liquid has been spilled, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not
operate normally, or has been dropped.
• WARNING: To reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do not expose this appli-
ance to rain or moisture. Do not expose this equipment to dripping or splashing
and ensure that no objects lled with liquids, such as vases, are placed on the
equipment.
• Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods
of time.
• If an abnormal smell or smoke is detected from the appliance, turn the power
off
• immediately and unplug the unit from the wall outlet. Contact your dealer im-
mediately.
• Do not attempt to open the product. Leave such operations to qualied service
personnel.
• The product is intended for indoor use in dry, domestic environments only. Use
within a temperature range of 15–25°C.
• Leave enough space around the product for adequate ventilation. Place 1 me-
ter from wall and ammable objects such as curtains etc.
• Do not cover or place items on the product, such as clothing.
• The product can only be switched off completely by disconnecting it from the
mains socket. The mains socket must always be accessible.
• The Safety markings are on the bottom of the product
• Be aware that volume suddenly can go up to max when starting music. Always
check your sound level before you start playing music.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIVAL CHOCK; DO NOT OPEN THE SPEAKER HOUS-
ING. NO USER_SERVICABLE PARTS INSIDE: REFER TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONEL
Important safety instructions
The lightning ash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is
intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”
within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufcient magnitude to consti-
tute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the
user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing)
instructions in the literature accompanying the product.
After unpacking, make sure the system is complete and check the de-
vice and all accessories for transport damage. Transport damage may be
expected if the packaging is already severely harmed. Do not attempt to
start up a damaged device. If the contents are incomplete or damaged,
please contact your Davone dealer. Dealer addresses can be found on the
Internet at www.davoneaudio.com.
This equipment is a Class II or double insulated electrical appliance. It has
been designed in such a way that it does not require a safety connection
to electrical earth.
Electrical and electronic equipment, parts and batteries marked with this
symbol must not be disposed of with normal household wastage, it must
be collected and disposed of separately to protect the environment. For
more detailed information on recycling this product, please contact your
local authority.
Hereby, Davone declares that the radio equipment type Davone Mean-
der is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU.

• Turn on Meander by putting
power cable in wall socket.
• Download the Google Home APP
from Google Play or the App
Store.
• Click the “Get started” text
• Enter a name for your home/location.
You may (not required) enter the ad-
dress if you like to use more features
of the Home app.
• Next, Google Home will look for devices
via Bluetooth. This can take some time.
• When the Meander (device) is found it
will say “SM450” found.
• Click “Yes” to set up the device.
name
• The Meander will now communicate with
your mobile on a private network (hotspot)
• The screen will say “Connecting to
SM450...”,. This might take a few minutes.
• Did you hear a sound? , click “Yes”. If you
didn’t hear a sound then still click “Yes”.
• Select a location/ room for the
Davone Meander, for example ”bed-
room”
• Select the Wi network that your
phone/pad is connected to and click
next.
?• Now it will say “Connecting to WI-Fi”
• “Connected”
• “Linking your SM450”, click Yes “Next”
• Follow the instructions to nish the
setup.
The Google Home app is needed to connect the Meander to your WiFi. This
app is designed to create a smart home with Google enabled devices, not
just to connect devices to WiFi. Connecting the Meander might therefore take
more steps than you expect. Follow the instructions below carefully.
QUICK CONNECT GUIDE

PLAY MUSIC
SPOTIFY CONNECT
• Make sure your phone/tablet is connected to the same wi network as your
Davone Meander and then open the Spotify APP.
• From the Spotify APP click the devices icon and select Davone Meander, or the
name you have given to the Davone Meander.
• Spotify device icon:
GOOGLE CHROMECAST
• Make sure your phone/tablet is connected to the same wi network as your
Davone Meander.
• From any APP that supports Chromecast (such as Spotify, Tidal, Tuneln), you can
connect by clicking the Chromecast icon and selecting your Davone Meander.
• Google Chromecast icon:
APPLE AIRPLAY
• Make sure your apple device is connected to the same wi network as your
Davone Meander.
• From you apple device you can activate Airplay by pressing the Airplay Icon and
selecting your Davone Meander.
BLUETOOTH
• The Davone Meander is always available for pairing with any Bluetooth audio
compatible device.
• Go to Bluetooth settings on your device and connect with the Davone Meander.
When the connection is established, you can start playing music immediately
from any APP supporting Bluetooth playback.
PLACEMENT
INTRODUCTION
By doing 2 quick experiments you can learn the basics of room acoustics and you will
be able to get the best sound from the Meander. We hope you are up for it. Just press-
ing an automatic room correction button might lead to disappointing results.
LISTENING TO A STANDING WAVE
When a loudspeaker plays music in a room, the sound is reected back and forth
between the walls, oor and ceiling. In the low frequencies this will lead to so called
standing waves. You can hear these yourself. Search for “sinewave 100 Hz” at Spotify.
Play and walk through the room. You will hear that the loudness varies a lot depend-
ing on where you are. Loudest in the corner and hardly audible in other places away
from the walls. Sitting and standing will also give different loudness.
LISTENING TO ROOM AMPLIFICATION
Place the Meander in a corner. Play some music and pay attention to the bass. Now
place the Meander in the middle of the room and play the same music. You will hear
the bass has become a lot less. The amount of sound the Meander produces is spread
in all directions now and therefore the bass output seems to be less compared to the
corner position, even though it is the same.
ROOM ABSORPTION
The Meander is designed to deliver high delity throughout the room, not just one
listening position. It does do by pointing the loudspeakers upwards. The sound is re-
ected and spread out from the ceiling and walls. The harder the surfaces, the better
this works. Carpets, curtains and furniture absorb the high frequencies more than the
low frequencies. The sound becomes unbalanced and might need a correction.

MULTIROOM
SETUP MULTIROOM
• Open your Google Home app (make sure you are connected to your Wi-Fi net-
work).
• Click the add symbol in the top left corner.
• Click “create speaker group”
• Select the Google Home speakers you want to include then pick a logical name for
the group.
• Google Home app icon:
HOW TO CORRECT MULTIROOM DELAY
• Play music in the group that’s playing out of sync.
• Stand between the out-of-sync speakers (or as close to in between as you can)
and adjust their volume levels so you hear them both playing at about the same
level.
• Open the Google Home app .
• In Home , tap the device you want to correct group playback delay.
• Tap Settings and then Group delay correction.
• Move the slider to the left or right until the audio sound in sync.
PLACEMENT, continued
ROOM CORRECTION LIMITATIONS
We have learned standing waves cause the low frequencies to be of different loud-
ness throughout the room. No room correction system in the world can correct for
this effect. All it can do it optimize the sound level in a small listening area. However,
standing waves are most audible with continuous bass tones. Then the standing wave
gets time to build up by bouncing back and forth between the walls. Luckily, most
music does not have many continuous bass tones so the effect might not be very
prominent with music
ROOM CORRECTION
Now you have become a room acoustics experts, you are ready to put the Meander in
your preferred position. We have done our best to give the Meander a neutral charac-
ter that is not very room critical. So hopefully it sounds all good to your ears. If not, no
worries. Download the room correction app from the Google play or Apple app store.
Then go to the equalizer menu and make corrections while listening where you would
do normally and then;
• If you have placed the Meander in a corner or close to a wall, the bass possibly
needs to be adjusted downwards. Adjust the equalizer accordingly.
• You nd it difcult to understand speech? If you room has many absorbing ele-
ments it is benecial to point the front of the Meander towards your listening
area.
• If the above is not sufcient, it is likely that the high frequencies need to be
adjusted upwards. Adjust the equalizer accordingly. The sound will become more
open and clear.
• If you have a large room , perhaps you lack bass? Move the Meander closer to
a wall or corner or adjust the equalizer bass setting upwards. This will limit the
maximum output however, so adjust within reason.
• Generally the mid tones do not need adjustment, but there is no harm in playing
with the level.
• If still not satised, please contact your dealer or Davone for further assistance.

TROUBLE SHOOTING
GOOGLE HOME APP CANNOT FIND DAVONE MEANDER
• Check if you are connected to the same network as the Davone Meander. If not
go to the same network as the Davone Meander and try again.
• Try restarting your phone and the Davone Meander
• Clear saved Wi-Fi networks and try again
• Open the google home app
• Click on the account icon on the top right o Click on “Home app setting”
• Click on “Clear saved Wi-Fi networks”
• Click ok
WIFI RELATED ISUUES
• If you cannot connect to the Meander or the sound is unstable this could be due
to a weak Wi signal.
• If your router is set up in a closed cabinet, this can also cause interference.
• The Wi network must not contain enterprise access points congured to require
certi cates or other forms of enterprise authentication. If you use multiple access
points, make sure they are all set to the same 2.4 GHz wireless channel.
• The Davone Meander cannot connect to guest networks or networks that use a
portal page to login.
• Networks using wireless range extenders can cause problems, we recommend
wiring the extended access points to your main router.
• If your Wi-Fi is provided by a third party such as your employer, check with the
pro vider if UPNP is active or if other rewall settings on the local network block
DLNA communication. If blocked, devices cannot nd each other, despite proper
setup
MAINTENANCE
• Painted metal usually only requires dusting. If you wish to use an aerosol or other
cleaner, rst test a small area. Some cleaning products may damage the surfaces.
Avoid products that are abrasive, or contain acid, alkali or anti-bacterial agents.
Spray aerosols onto the cleaning cloth, not directly onto the paint.
• Fabric is best cleaned with an adhesive roller. A clothes brush is not recommend-
ed. The cloth in the front area could develop some wrinkles after cleaning. These
can be removed by increasing the tension on the cloth by pushing the cloth into
the sides or pulling upwards or downwards away from the wrinkle.
• Laquered wood (Meander walnut only) usually only requires dusting. If you wish
to use an aerosol or other cleaner, rst test a small area. Some cleaning products
may damage the surfaces. Avoid products that are abrasive, or contain acid, alkali
or anti-bacterial agents. Spray aerosols onto the cleaning cloth, not directly onto
the lacquer.
• Oiled wood (Meander oak only) is treated with oil. The surface can fade over
time. If needed, the oil can be reapplied. Originally“Rustic Table top wood oil” -
white, a curing oil from Junckers, has been applied .
• Removing the grille cloth. This is not recommended because it is not easy to put
it back without wrinkles. Contact Davone for instructions.

This warranty covers Davone loudspeakers. Davone warrants that this
product shall be free from production and material defects for:
2 years
The warranty period begins at the date of sale and is subject to the following requirements and
understandings:
1) Neither transportation cost, nor any risk for removal, transportation and
installation of products is covered by this warranty.
2) Defects caused by incorrect installation or operation are not covered by this
warranty
3) Davone shall not be liable for defects arising from accidents, misuse, normal
wear and tear, mis-maintenance, voltage variation, overloading, stroke of
lightning and any other force majeure events.
4) Defects arising from modication, repair or attempt to repair by a non
authorised service facility are not covered by this warranty.
5) Davone is liable only to repair or replace defective parts or products and is not
responsible for indirect losses or damages arising from the use of the product.
A replacement cannot exceed the value of the product under warranty.
6) This warranty complements any national/regional law obligations of dealers or
national distributors and does not affect your statutory rights as a customer.
WARRANTY
In case of warranty inquiries, please contact your dealer. In case of request for service under
warranty, please enclose your original receipt. Use the original packaging for transportation.
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