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Before placing The Black Box™ into your music system, you need to make sure you have a home
computer network (hard-wired strongly preferred) so that you have connections between your
router
and
both
your
Internet source
and a
Network-Attached Storage (NAS)
device.
To prepare for setup of The Black Box™, insert one end of an Ethernet cable in an available port on
the router (or an attached hub or switch). Run the cable so that the other end will be available to plug
directly into The Black Box™. Depending upon your physical layout, there may be a significant
distance between The Black Box™ and your router. You may wish to hire an electrician or someone
familiar with running cable between rooms/floors of your home to assist you.
If you are using a NAS (recommended) for music storage, it will have a server name and password as
well as a specific folder for holding your music files. Please note this information in the spaces below;
you will need this information during setup of The Black Box™. We have provided our recommended
settings, (our standard settings for Blue Smoke provided units) as well.
Server Name:
BlueSmokeServer
Server Password:
BlueSmoke1
Music Folder Name:
Music
NAS
The Black Box
Router
Internet
bother with placing The Black Box™ in a home-computer network? There are several great reasons for
doing this. First, an Internet connection allows our software to search the Internet for music metadata (album
track information, cover art, etc.) Moreover, you’ll get access to music downloads/purchases, available updates,
and application downloads that will let you customize your Black Box™ to fit your individual tastes. (Optional
digital filters for our hardware upsampling may be available from us in the future. Please read details below.)
Also, the NAS itself provides great benefits, including easy setup of backups so your music library is secure.
Finally, the Ethernet connection from the NAS to The Black Box™ provides a superior and stable connection for
high-quality music reproduction and is much better than other connection.
Why
