Bowers & Wilkins Formation Audio [3/65] Formation audio carton contents

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1. Formation Audio Carton Contents

Formation Audio

Mains power cable set appropriate for your territory

Document pack

2. Installing Your Formation Audio

Location

Your Formation Audio requires only a mains power

supply to operate and can be located almost

anywhere you nd convenient. However, if your

Formation Audio is to be connected to an existing

audio system, or is to use a wired connection to a

network router, it will need to be located within reach

of the necessary cables.

Note: Formation Audio employs a Bluetooth

connection to the device running the Bowers

& Wilkins Home app during the setup process.

Bluetooth signals have a relatively short range

and can be interrupted by room boundaries, so

we recommend that your Formation Audio and

Bowers & Wilkins Home app device remain in

close proximity during the setup process.

Connections

In addition to its mains power socket

, Formation

Audio carries the connection sockets on its rear

panel listed below. The rear panel is shown in

Diagram 1. Always use high quality connection

cables with your Formation Audio.

Inputs

1 x stereo pair of RCA phono sockets

- Connect

an analogue audio source such as a CD player or

turntable (via a phono preamplier).

1 x optical digital (TOSLINK) socket

- Connect

an optical digital audio source such as a CD player.

Outputs

1 x stereo pair of RCA phono sockets

- Connect

to audio amplier or active speaker line inputs.

1 x S/PDIF RCA phono socket - Connect to a

digital to analogue converter, to an audio amplier

digital input, or to an active speaker digital input.

Network

1 x Ethernet socket

- Connect to your network

router if a wired network connection is to be used in

preference to a wireless (WiFi) connection.

Note: The USB socket located on the Formation

Audio rear panel is intended for service and

diagnostic use only. It cannot be used for any

other purpose.

Switch On and Off

With all connections made, and the Bowers &

Wilkins Home app installed on your mobile device,

your Formation Audio is ready to be set up and

used. Your Formation Audio has no mains power

switch and, following a short start-up routine, will

be operational as soon as it is connected to mains

power. It will play an audio prompt when its startup

routine is complete.

When a Formation Audio, that has not been

previously used, is rst switched on it will

automatically enter setup mode to enable its

connection to your home network and to any

other available Formation devices. Setup mode is

indicated by a slow amber pulse illumination of the

Form touch button

. The Formation Audio will

also appear in the Bowers & Wilkins Home app as

available for set up, either on the initial app page, or

after selecting ‘Add Formation product’ from the app

Settings page.

Your Formation Audio manages its operational state

and power consumption entirely automatically and

will switch to a power saving mode after twenty

minutes of inactivity. There is no need ever to switch

off your Formation Audio, however should you wish

to do so, simply disconnected it from mains power.

Your Formation Audio will retain its settings without

mains power.

You can restart a Formation Audio by a short press

and release of the reset button located on its

rear panel

. Pressing the button will switch the

Formation Audio off and on again. All settings will be

retained when your Formation Audio restarts. You

can also restart your Formation Audio via the Bowers

& Wilkins Home app Settings page.

If you wish to reset your Formation Audio to its

default settings, press and hold the reset button for

ve seconds. On restart, your Formation Audio will

enter setup mode. All settings will be deleted when

your Formation Audio resets. You can also reset your

Formation Audio via the Bowers & Wilkins Home app

Settings menu.

Network Setup

• With your Formation Audio in setup mode, with its

Form button

illumination pulsing slowly amber,

launch the Bowers & Wilkins Home app on your

iOS or Android device. The app will guide you with

prompts though the setup process.

Note: Formation Audio employs a Bluetooth

connection to the device running the Bowers

& Wilkins Home app during the setup process.

Bluetooth signals have a relatively short range

and can be interrupted by room boundaries, so

we recommend that your Formation Audio and

Bowers & Wilkins Home app device remain in

close proximity during the setup process.

• The Bowers & Wilkins Home app will rst search

for Formation products in setup mode and display

a screen inviting the selection of one. Tap to select

your Formation Audio. If you have already set up

a Formation product and are adding an additional

one, select ‘Add Formation product’ from the app

Settings menu.

• The Bowers & Wilkins Home app will next invite

you to name the “space” in which your Formation

Audio is to be used. A list of default space names

is provided but you can also create your own.

When you have selected, or created, a space

name, the app will ask you to touch the Form

button

on the front of your Formation Audio to

conrm the selection.

Diagram 1

Formation Audio rear panel

• If a wireless network connection for your

Formation Audio is to be used, the next setup

stage will connect your Formation Audio to your

home WiFi network. The app will ask you to

conrm the correct WiFi network and ask you to

input its password. Alternatively, if your Formation

Audio is connected to your network router using

an Ethernet cable, this stage of the setup process

will be bypassed.

Note: If you already have other Formation

products connected to your WiFi network,

Formation Audio setup will not require you to

input the WiFi password.

• If you have conventional audio sources connected

to your Formation Audio, the Bowers & Wilkins

Home app will now give you the opportunity to

name them. A list of default names is provided but

you can also create your own.

• With WiFi network conguration, and space

selection complete, your Formation Audio is ready

for use. Your Formation Audio will play an audio

prompt to conrm successful setup.

Bluetooth Setup

You can connect your Formation Audio to a

Bluetooth enabled audio source device, such as

a smartphone, to play audio over Bluetooth. Your

Formation Audio must rst be “paired” with the

Bluetooth audio source device.

Once you have completed the Formation Audio

network setup, open the Bowers & Wilkins Home

app Settings page, and select the Formation Space

that you wish to pair a Bluetooth device with. Next

select ‘+ Pair a new device’ from the Bluetooth

menu and follow the app instructions to complete

pairing. Your Formation Audio will play an audio

prompt when pairing is complete and its Space will

become available to the paired Bluetooth device for

audio playback.

Note: Up to eight Bluetooth devices can be

simultaneously paired with each Formation

space, however devices will not connect and

play to paired spaces automatically.

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