Bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar [5/65] The bowers wilkins home app

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4. The Bowers & Wilkins Home App

With your Formation Bar congured and connected

to your network, the Bowers & Wilkins Home app

will open to its Home screen where the Formation

Bar space and any other available Formation spaces

will be listed.

Tap on a Formation space to select from any

available streams or inputs. If there are no streams

available, open a streaming app, Spotify for example,

and select an item to play, then select the Formation

Space from the list of available playback devices.

Now, when you return to the Bowers & Wilkins

Home app, the Spotify stream will be listed on the

Formation Bar space page.

The Bowers & Wilkins Home app Home page has

a Settings icon in the top right corner. Tap the

icon to open the app Settings menu. The Settings

menu provides options to congure and reset your

Formation devices and re-name your Formation

spaces. App and Formation device rmware updates

are also initiated from the Settings menu.

Finding Your Way Around the

Bowers & Wilkins Home App

The Bowers & Wilkins Home app will search for

available Formation spaces when opened then

display its Home page with the spaces listed.

Beneath each space the app will display its current

activity. Tapping on an active space will open a “now

playing” screen that enables volume and play/pause

control.

The ‘now playing’ screen also provides an ‘Available

Spaces’ option that enables the stream playing in

the selected space to be transferred to another

space or played in multiple spaces. The ‘Available

Spaces’ screen also provides the opportunity to

control volume, both globally across all spaces, or in

individual spaces.

The Bowers & Wilkins Home app Settings page is

opened by tapping on the settings icon. The initial

Settings menu lists each space and the number of

Formation devices present in each one.

Tapping on a space listed in the Settings menu

provides access to its Space and Formation device

settings. Tap the Space name to access the space

settings and tap the device name to access the

device settings. The device settings available will

depend on the device in question.

Note: If the Settings icon on the Bowers & Wilkins

Home app displays an amber dot this indicates

that a Formation rmware update is available.

The rmware update process is initiated from

the Settings menu. You should always aim to

keep the Bowers & Wilkins Home app and your

Formation devices up to date with the latest

version and rmware. Not only will this help

ensure the most reliable performance, it will

ensure that you benet from new Formation

features.

TV Remote Setup

Your Formation Bar is able to learn your TV remote

control volume and mute commands. This enables

control of Formation Bar volume from the TV

remote control.

Select the Bowers & Wilkins Home app Settings

page and tap on Formation Bar. Now in the following

Formation Bar settings page tap on, ‘Learn Remote

Control’. The app will guide you through the process

of remote control command learning.

5. Formation Music Streams and Sources

Using Spotify

Use your phone, tablet or computer as a remote

control for Spotify. Go to spotify.com/connect to

learn how.

The Spotify Software is subject to third party licenses

found here: https://www.spotify.com/connect/third-

party-licenses.

Using Airplay

Airplay enables audio apps on Apple mobile,

laptop or desktop devices to stream material over

a network to Airplay compatible speakers such as

Formation Bar. Airplay enabled apps will display the

Airplay icon.

To use Airplay, open the audio app you wish to use

and select the music you wish to play. Tap on the

Airplay icon to display a list of available devices

followed by the Formation Space you wish to use.

Note: It is possible to stream audio via Airplay

on multiple devices simultaneously, however the

playback quality and synchronisation may then

depend on the capabilities of your home network.

If you wish to play material simultaneously in

more than one Formation space this will be more

satisfactorily achieved through selecting multiple

spaces in the Bowers & Wilkins Home app.

Using Roon

Roon is a feature rich music library and playback

app that compiles all the music les available to your

network and makes them easily available to play

across all your Formation Spaces and any other

Roon enabled audio devices. Roon is available for

mobile, laptop or desktop devices.

When you open Roon it will display your complete

audio library together with its metadata and artwork

along with all the Formation Spaces and any other

available network audio devices. Simply select the

music you wish to play and Formation space in

which you want to hear it.

Note: It is possible to stream audio from Roon

on multiple devices simultaneously, however the

playback quality and synchronisation may then

depend on the capabilities of your home network.

If you wish to play material simultaneously in

more than one Formation space, synchronization

can be greatly improved by selecting multiple

spaces through the Bowers & Wilkins Home app.

Using Bluetooth

Bluetooth enables audio apps on mobile, laptop or

desktop devices to stream material over a wireless

connection to compatible hardware such as the

Formation Bar.

To use Bluetooth, ensure that the required Formation

Space is selected in your device Bluetooth settings

menu, open the audio app you wish to use and

select the music you wish to play. Tap on the

playback devices icon to display a list of those

available followed by Formation Space you wish

to use.

6. Cleaning

Should your Formation Bar need cleaning you

can wipe its top surface with a clean, lint-free cloth

and brush its grille with a soft brush. If you wish to

use any cleaning uid, apply it onto the cleaning

cloth and not directly onto the Formation Bar.

Test a small area rst, as some cleaning products

may damage some of the surfaces. Avoid products

that are abrasive, or contain acid, alkali or anti-

bacterial agents.

7. Support

Should you require further help or advice regarding

your Formation Bar please visit the Formation

support site here www.bowerswilkins.com/support.

Environmental Information

This product complies with international directives,

including but not limited to the Restriction of

Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and

electronic equipment, the Registration, Evaluation,

Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

and the disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic

Equipment (WEEE). Consult your local waste

disposal authority for guidance on how properly to

recycle or dispose of this product.

Diagram 3

Form button illuminations

Indicator Operational state

Flashing white Start-up in progress

Pulsing amber Ready for setup

Flashing amber Firmware update in progress

Pulsing white Audio pull in progress

Pulsing red Error - contact support

Solid red Error - contact support

Flashing red Factory reset in progress

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