Up2stream Amp 2.1 – Multiroom Wireless 2.1 Amplifier Board

Overview:

Up2Stream AMP 2.1 is the latest model in Up2Stream series, it is a wireless stereo amplifier board with subwoofer output. This Class D amplifier outputs a maximum of 50W+50W+100W and can deliver excellent performance from low impedance speakers. With built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, it enables you to stream music wirelessly throughout your home. With Up2Stream AMP 2.1, you can build your perfect wireless stereo amplifier with multi-room audio functionality. Pair with your existing stereo speakers and subwoofer and you can relax and enjoy room-filling music.

Highlights:

• WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0
• Full range Class D plate amplifier
• 4Stream app
• streaming services: Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz and more.
• Multiroom audio system

Interface:

• WiFi Antenna: Socket Use to connect the antenna to receive WiFi signal.
• BT Antenna: Socket Use to connect the antenna to receive Bluetooth signal.
• Bass: Knob Knob for changing Bass level.
• Tone: Knob Knob for changing treble level.
• Volume: Knob Knob for changing the volume level. Press to switch source input.
• Ethernet Port: For network connection using RJ45 cable.
• Mode button: Press once to switch source input. Quickly Press twice to reset WiFi/Bluetooth connection. Quickly Press three times to do a factory reset. Long Press to turn on the device, press again to turn on.
• Aux in: For connection of analog audio signal using a 3.5mm to 3.5mm or 3.5mm to RCA cable.
• Opt in: For connection of digital audio signal using an optical/Toslink cable.USB port: For connection to PC to ast as USB DAC or to use our DSP tool ACPWorkbench.
• DC port: Use to connect the 12V-24V power supply
• 0-9P: WPS: Pins used for connecting external mode button
• W-LED, B-LED, L-LED, U-LED: Pins used for connecting external LED status light
• KEY: Pins used for connecting the external button board
• IR: Pins used for connecting external IR receiver
• SW -/+: Subwoofer speaker socketL -/+: Left Channel speaker socket
• R -/+: Right Channel speaker socket

How To Use

App Download

Download the 4STREAM application from App Store for iOS based devices and Google Play Store for Android-based devices. The application supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese.

First Time Usage & BLE WiFi Setup

1. Power up the device.
2. Make sure your mobile has connected to your home network using 2.4G and your GPS and Bluetooth is on.
3. Open 4Stream APP and wait for device discovery. This will take a couple of seconds.
4. 4Stream will ask to check the indicator, there is no LED light on this device, just click on the indicator is blinking. (You can connect your own LEDs with the LED Pins or purchase and use our expansion board: button board)
5. For Android devices, the system will ask for permission to use GPS data & File storage, please click accept to continue. This GPS permission is set up by Google for BLE usage, once setup is finished you can go to system settings and disable it, file storage permission is to let 4Stream access your mp3 files store in your mobile.
6. 4Stream APP will list out all the devices available for setup, choose the one you want.
7. 4Stream APP will then ask you to choose the network you want the device to connect to, choose the one you want to connect.
8. Now enter a password for your network, if this is not the network you want the device to connect, you can change it to the desired one.
9. Then you can change the name of the device. You can select a preset one or enter your own.
10. After you define the name of the device, you will see it appears in the device list in 4Stream APP and now you can start streaming music.

Connection via LAN

Plug in the RJ45 cable to the ethernet port, the device auto connects to your home network and will show on the app in about 10 seconds. (Note: your mobile phone and the device must be in the same network.)

Bluetooth

To use Bluetooth, switch to Bluetooth via 4Stream APP or by pressing the Volume knob or mode button. Then find the Bluetooth device Sound System_XXXX from your phone’s Bluetooth setting and pair it. If you have changed the device name, “Sound System” will become the device name you changed.

USB Audio

Power up and connect the device to your PC with a USB cable. The PC will automatically discover a USB sound card and when you select it as the system audio output, the PC will send the audio output to the device in digital (44.1kHz/16bits). You can stream audio to other Up2Stream devices over multiroom functions. Note: There is about 3 seconds delay for multiroom slave devices.

Multiroom Function

You can group multiple devices to form multiroom/multizone in 4Stream APP. Just click on the + icon on one of the devices and select other devices as a slave device. The master device then can stream music and sync to all slave devices in different rooms.

Web Player Interface

Enter the IP address of the device in a web browser and you can access the web player interface. The web player can let you play/pause the current song, go previous or next song, control the volume, access the Pre-set songs you define in 4Stream APP, enter internet radio URL to listen to the radio, setup wifi connection, setup static IP address, do a manual firmware update and factory reset.

*You can check device ip address in 4stream app, click on device settings icon and select speaker info.
**If you want to set up wifi in this interface, connect this device (SSID: Sound System_xxxx) to your phone/pc wifi directly, the default IP address is 10.10.10.254.
***The default password is admin

Up2Stream ACP Workbench (Sold Separately)

Connect the device to your PC with USB cable, open the windows program ACP Workbench and you can tune audio effects conveniently in real-time, including music noise suppressor, virtual bass, stereo widener, exciter, 10 bands EQ, configure output channel and PINs definition. After editing the audio effects, you need to save the changes to the device for the effects to remain. You can get more information from Arylic’s website.

Firmware Update

The application will notify you in-app when there is new firmware available. It is recommended to update the firmware whenever it is available, as this might not only correct bugs or improves performance, but also might add new features or services.

Package Includes

• Up2Stream AMP 2.1 x1
• Internal Speaker Cable x3
• Antenna x2
• User Manual

Specifications:

Up2stream Amp2.1 Manual-enclosure 

Up2stream Am2.1 Dimensions diagram