Grundig FineArts MR 8000 User manual

SOUNDBAR SYSTEM
FineArts MR 8000
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SA HN VOL VOL
SOURCE
PANEL __________________________________________________________
HN SOURCE
FAVOURITE
PLAY/
PAUSE
VOL - VOL +
Front Panel
SA
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AUX IN COAXIAL HDMI
USB
DC IN
(Dc 20 V)
Rear Panel
SA HN SOURCE

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REMOTE CONTROL ______________________________________
EQ
ARCSOURCE
STANDBY
VOLUME -
FAVOURITE
MUTE
SOURCE
VOLUME +
PREVIOUS
PLAY/
PAUSE
NEXT
ARC
EQ

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DEUTSCH 34-62
FRANÇAIS 63-91
ITALIANO 92-120
ESPAÑOL 121-149
NORSK 150-177
SUOMI 178-205
TÜRKÇE 206-237

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Please note the following instructions:
7 If you want to set up the device on
wall shelves or in cupboards, please
ensure that it is adequately ventilat-
ed. There must be at least 10 cm of
space at the side, above and behind
the device.
7 Do not cover the device with news-
papers, table cloths, curtains, etc.
7 Do not use any cleaning agents
as they may damage the housing.
Clean the device with a clean, dry
cloth.
7 If the device is exposed to sudden
changes in temperature, for exam-
ple when taken from the cold into a
warm room, wait at least two hours
before using it.
7 The device is designed for use in
dry rooms. If you do use it outdoors,
make sure it is protected from mois-
ture such as dripping or splashing
water.
7 Only use the device in a moderate
climate.
7 Do not place the device close to
heating units or in direct sunlight, as
this will impair cooling.
7 Do not place any vessels containing
liquids, such as vases, on the device.
7 Do not place any objects such as
burning candles on the device. No
naked flame sources, such as lighted
candles, should be placed on the
device.
7
If malfunctions occur due to brief
mains overloads or static electricity
charges, reset the device. To do this,
pull out the power plug and connect
it again after a few seconds.
7
Where the mains plug or an appli-
ance coupler is used as the discon-
nect device, the disconnect device
shall remain readily operable.
7
Never open the device casing under
any circumstances. No warranty
claims are accepted for damage re-
sulting from improper handling.
7 Thunderstorms are a danger to all
electrical devices. Even if the device
is switched off, it can be damaged
by a lightning strike to the mains. Al-
ways remove the power plug during
a thunder storm.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS _________

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RF Exposure Warning
7This equipment must be installed and
operated in acordance with the pro-
vided manual.
7 The device has a built-in antenna,
and must not be co-located or oper-
ated in conjunction with any other
antenna or transmitter.
7
It is recommended to operate the
device at least 20 cm away from the
end user during normal use.
Important battery
information
7
The device contains a battery and
charging system which is designed
to work at temperatures that do not
exceed 50°C. Leaving this product
in a closed automobile or the trunk
of an automobile where tempera-
tures may exceed 50°C may result
in permanent battery damage, fire,
or explosion. Do not leave the device
in any place where the temperature
may exceed 50°C such as the cabin
or trunk of an automobile.
7
Batteries (battery pack or batteries
installed) must not be exposed to ex-
cessive heat such as direct sunlight,
fire or the like.
7 Danger of explosion if battery is in-
correctly replaced.
7 Replace only with the same or equiv-
alent type.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS _________

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LEGAL INFORMATION ________________________________
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IN-
FORMATION THAT IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
No part of this publication may be re-
produced or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic or me-
chanical, including but not limited to
photocopying, recording, information
retrieval systems, or computer network
without the written permission of Arçelik
A.Ş. and Grundig Intermedia GmbH.
Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone®,
iPod®, iPad® and iTunes® are trade-
marks of Apple Inc., registered in the
U.S. and other countries. App Store is
a service mark of Apple Inc.
The Bluetooth® word mark and logos
are registered trademarks owned by
the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use
of such marks by Grundig Intermedia
GmbH is under license. Other trade-
marks and trade names are those of
their respective owners.
Android™, Google Play™, Google
Play logo, Google Cast™ and the
Google Cast badge are trademarks of
Google Inc.
Windows® is a registered trademark
of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and other countries.
Wi-Fi®, the Wi-Fi logo, the Wi-Fi CER-
TIFIED logo, Wi-Fi Protected Access®
(WPA),the Wi-Fi Protected Setup logo,
Wi-Fi Direct® and Wi-Fi Alliance® are
registered trademarks of Wi-Fi Alliance.
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, Wi-Fi Protected Set-
up™, WPA2™, and the Wi-Fi Alliance
logo, are trademarks of Wi-Fi Alliance.
All other products and services men-
tioned may be trademarks or service
marks of their respective owners.

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AUX IN Audio signal input
for connecting an ex-
ternal device.
SA Configuration button
and LED for Stand-
Alone (SA) mode.
HN Configuration button
and LED for Home-
Network (HN)
mode.
ARC Arc function
REMOTE CONTROL ____________________
See the figure on page 4.
8 Turns the device On
and Off.
SOURCE Press repeatedly to
switch among in WIFI,
BT, AUX,COAXIAL
and ARC mode.
– / + Adjusts the volume;
Volume down and
Volume up.
/ Previous/Next
Press to temporar-
ily pause a playback.
Press it again to re-
sume the playback.
Hold down this button
for 3 seconds to dis-
connect bluetooth.
EQ Press to switch to the
equalize mode.
Press to temporarily
switch off the sound.
Press it again to
switch it on.
FAVOURITE Press to play favour-
ite source music.FA-
VOURITE only avail-
able in spotify app
mode.

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REMOTE CONTROL ____________________
Remote Control Operation
Insert the batteries into the remote
control. Point the remote control at the
remote sensor on the front panel. The
remote control works within a distance
of about 8 metres from the sensor and
within an angle of about 30 degrees
from the left and right side.
Battery Installation
1 Remove the battery compartment
cover on the back of the remote control.
2 Load one AAA/1.5V battery into the
battery compartment making sure that
the battery have been inserted with the
correct polarities matching the symbols
+, - as indicated inside the battery co
partment.
3 Replace the cover.
Notes:
Remove the battery when you do
not intend to use the remote con-
trol for a long time.
█Weak batteries can leak and se-
verely damage the remote control.
█The battery must not be exposed to
excessive heat source, such as sun-
shine, fire or any other things like
that.
█Be environmentally friendly and dis-
pose of batteries according to your
government regulations.

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SETTINGS _____________________________
Arc(audio return channel)
ARC is audio return channel function, it
is used in digital audio output of liquid-
crystal display television in order to get
the optimal synchronous sound quality.
Use the HDMI cable to connect the
HDMI-ARC input port of this sound
base to the ARC output port of the liq-
uidcrystal display television.
Introduction
A Wireless Dynamic Direct Multi-Node
Streaming (DDMS) is a group of nodes
(DDMS enabled speakers), chosen
dynamically by an end user to synchro-
nously play audio from a given content
source.
DDMS group is called as Sound-Scene.
This group of speakers can play music
from any Audio Source synchronously
without any delay between the nodes.
Each Sound-Scene can consists of two
or more nodes.

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Terminology
Terminology Description
Speaker A speaker in the Sound-Scene.
Sound-Scene A group of DDMS-Nodes chosen dynamically by an end user
to synchronously play audio from a given content source.
DDMS-Mode State of the device which is part of the Sound-Scene. The mode
can be set to either Stand-Alone (SA) or Home-Network (HN).
Master A DDMS-Node that receives the audio stream from the source
(smartdevice) and re-transmits to Slaves.
Slave A DDMS-Node that connects to the Zone-Master and receives
the audio stream from Master for playback.
SA-Mode
(Stand-Alone
Mode)
A state in which DDMS-Nodes create a Sound-Scene, by con-
necting to the Master using the SSID of SoundScene in SA-
Mode.
In this state there is no Access-Point (AP) or home infrastructure
present. The Audio Source (smartdevice) streaming the audio
should be connected to the same SSID of the Sound-Scene in
SA-Mode.
HN-Mode
(Home-Network
Mode)
A state in which DDMS-Nodes create a Sound-Scene, by con-
necting to the Access-Point (AP) in the Home-Network.
The Audio Source (smartdevice) streaming the audio should
be connected to the same AP.
SSID of Sound-
Scene in
SA-Mode
A unique identifier of the Sound-Scene in SA-Mode, to which
the source shall be connected in order to stream audio.
Audio Source A content source from which the Sound-Scene plays the con-
tent synchronously. The Audio Source can be local media
stored in the smartphone, UPnP, SD-Card, vTuner, TuneIn, AUX,
and so on.
SETTINGS _____________________________

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SETTINGS _____________________________
Setting Up Speakers for
DDMS
DDMS can be setup in two modes:
Stand-Alone (SA) Mode: Peer-to-Peer
network of devices connected together to
form a group.
Home-Network (HN) Mode: Two
or more devices connected to an Access
Point (AP) to form a group.
Setting Up Stand-Alone
Mode
1 Turn ON the first device and trigger SA-
Mode Master, by long pressing on (3
sec.) SA button. Observe the SA LED
blinks at fast speed. After successful con-
figuration, SA LED lights up continously.
Note:
Speaker enters SA-Mode and is config-
ured as Master.
2 Turn ON the second device and trig-
ger SA-Mode Slave, by single pressing
on SA button. Observe the SA LED
blinks at normal speed. After successful
configuration, SA LED lights up conti-
nously.
3 Repeat Step 2 for other devices.
Note:
First speaker must be configured as Mas-
ter and other speakers must be config-
ured as Slave.
Setting Up Home-Network
Mode
Configure Speakers Over Wi-Fi
- Using SAC Method on Android
Devices
1 Connect the Android device with
Grundig App, to the Home-AP.
2 Turn ON the speakers, and trigger
SAC by single pressing on HN but-
ton. Observe the HN LED blinks at
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3 Start the Grundig App. If you are
running the Grundig App for the first
time, you will be asked for an license
agreement. Tap Accept to proceed.
4 Tap Configure .
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SETTINGS _____________________________
5 In Configure Speakers section
tap Add New Speakers.
6 From the Device Setup page, go to
WiFi settings of your device.

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SETTINGS _____________________________
7 From the Wi-Fi network list select GR-
Configure_xxxxxx.
GrundigSync
GrundigSync
GRCongure_D2DD88
GrundigSync
8 Return to Grundig APP and tap
NEXT.
9 In Speaker Setup page, select
the Home-Network and enter the
password.

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SETTINGS _____________________________
10 In the TimeZone configuration screen,
select the appropriate time zone ac-
cording to your location and then tap
Next.
11 First Speaker is configured to the
Home-AP. Other speakers can be con-
figured to the same Home-Network us-
ing SAC method.
█For configuring using SAC method,
follow Steps 1 to 11 as explained
above.
Connecting your
smartdevice to the audio
system
1 Connect the Android / iOS device
with Grundig App to the SA Network-
Master.
GrundigSync
GrundigSync
GRCongure_D2DD88
GrundigSync

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SETTINGS _____________________________
Note:
█Default password for Grundig-
Sync network is “hello123” with-
out quotas.
2 Or alternately, you can connect to
Home network AP for HN Mode
configuration.
Grundig App
The Grundig App is used to configure,
control and stream music to the speak-
ers in a Sound-Scene.
█You can configure the speakers
in the Sound-Scene as Master or
Slave.
█You can Select Audio Source to
stream the content.
█You can configure the speakers in
the Sound-Scene to stream music
either to Right Channel, Left Chan-
nel or Stereo.
█You can also control the playback
options such as Pause, Resume
Playback, Next, Previous, Seek
and so on.
Notes:
█Uninstall the existing version of
the application in the smart de-
vice, before installing the latest
version.
█Make sure you use the latest
Grundig App along with the latest
GR Firmware.
Create Sound-Scene
To configure the devices in Sound-
Scene as Audio-Master or Audio-Slave
proceed as below.
1 Open the Grundig App.

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SETTINGS _____________________________________________________
2 T a p
icon in the Grundig
App.
3 In Select Source Speaker page tap
the speaker name you wish to set as
Master.
Note:
█ In Manage Speakers page, you
can edit the Scene name. To edit
tap
icon.
4 Tap the speaker name of the free
speaker to set it as Audio-Slave to the
Audio-Master.

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SETTINGS _____________________________________________________
Audio Source Selection
You can stream music to speakers in
DDMS Group from sources such as
Aux In, Bluetooth, Local Storage, and
Music Services.
1 In Active Scenes page, tap the scene
name.
2 In Now Playing scene tap
icon.