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='''Overview'''=
 
  
'''Requires Windows XP SP3 and later and Mac (Lion and later)'''
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;* [[FAQ-Kazoo|<b>Kazoo FAQ</b>]]
  
Kazoo provides simple and intuitive way to play music all around your home.
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;* [[General_product_control_issues|<b>Common Product control issues</b>]]
 
 
You can view your Music sources content without stopping what you are listening to.
 
 
 
Kazoo has been designed to control Linn DS systems and Kazoo Server. Kazoo will also work with 3rd party UPnP/AV media servers, but for the best music experience, we recommend using  [http://www.linn.co.uk/software#kazoo Kazoo] with [http://www.linn.co.uk/software#kazoo-server Kazoo Server].
 
 
 
[http://www.linn.co.uk/software#kazoo Kazoo] is also available for Android (4.1 and later), Apple iPad/iPhone (IOS 8.0 or later).<br>
 
[http://oss.linn.co.uk/Kazoo/history.html Kazoo History] shows changes in the Kazoo software
 
 
 
= '''Operation''' =
 
 
 
Kazoo has support for homes that have multiple DS systems. Each system in the home should be given a unique room name. A system's room name can be configured using Linn Konfig.
 
 
 
[[Image:HomeView2.jpg|center|700px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
= Settings =
 
Click    [[Image:Home.png|60px]]    then    [[Image:PC-SettingsTile.png‎|60px]]<br>
 
Note You may have to scroll through the sources
 
 
 
 
 
This will let you select the UPnP Media server, Register your Linn Products, prevent iPad/iPhone lock and report any issues/improvements to Linn Products.
 
 
 
[[Image:Settings_Pane.png|centre|400px]]
 
 
 
Make sure that you have a Media Server selected, press the Media Server box and select a device, before using this software.
 
 
 
= Navigation =
 
==Select Room==
 
 
 
:1. To show the room selection dialogue click  [[Image:RoomName.png]] at the top of the screen (This may take its time as the iPad/iPhone is also trying to talk to your UPnP Media server as well as finding your room.)
 
 
 
:2. Click on the desired room name
 
 
 
::[[Image:RoomSelectionDialog.png]]
 
 
 
:* The currently selected room is highlighted in white
 
:* When moving between rooms the music will continue to play
 
:* Rooms in standby will have their standby button greyed out
 
 
 
: To turn all systems off click
 
::[[Image:TurnAllSystemsOff.png]]<br><br>
 
 
 
 
 
==Playback controls ==
 
 
 
[[Image:PlaybackControls.png]]
 
 
 
This provides the playback controls, play/pause/stop, skip forwards and skip backwards for the selected room.
 
 
 
 
 
==Volume controls==
 
 
 
:[[Image:Volume.png]] To open the volume control dialogue:-<br>
 
 
 
::[[Image:VolumeControlDialog.png]]
 
 
 
: Provides volume controls for the selected room.
 
 
 
: 1. Click and rotate clockwise on the dial to turn the volume up; alternatively click on the + button<br>
 
: 2. Click and rotate anti-clockwise on the dial to turn the volume down; alternatively click on the - button<br>
 
: 3. Click on the centre of the dial to toggle mute<br>
 
 
 
:* If rooms are '''Grouped''' the Master volume will affect all rooms
 
:* The inner number shows the absolute volume value
 
:* The outer dial shows the percentage that the current volume is of the volume limited volume
 
<br><br><br><br>
 
== Now Playing and Full screen view ==
 
: At the bottom of the screen is the Now Playing screen:
 
: [[Image:NowPlayingView.png|650px]]<br><br>
 
:[[Image:SatelliteButton.png]] To view a room's permanent sub-zones and whether they are enabled.<br>
 
 
 
:Press the Now Playing area to get the full screen:
 
:[[Image:FullscreenView.png|650px]]<br>
 
:Press the X in the top right corner, to exit back to previous layout<br>,br>
 
 
 
=Sources-Home screen page=
 
:To return to the Home screen click [[Image: Book-icon.jpg]] or slide your finger from the left most part of the iPad screen to bring you to the Sources page
 
[[Image:iPad-side_swipe.jpg|centre|700px]]
 
 
 
 
 
== Local music library - "My Music"==
 
:[[Image:MyMusicTile.jpg]]
 
 
 
:Linn DS systems can play music from computers and network attached storage (NAS) units on your home network through an additional piece of software, [http://www.linn.co.uk/software#kazoo-server Kazoo Server]
 
 
 
:* Organisation of music depends on the quality of the information contained in the music tracks
 
:* To view music stored in a different library on your home network go to settings and select your new Media Server/library<br><br>
 
 
 
==My Playlists==
 
:[[Image:MyPlaylistsTile.png]]
 
 
 
:You can save and recall Playlists with Kazoo.
 
 
 
:This will show you the Playlists you have saved on the iPad/iPhone. You can select the whole Playlist of tracks within each Playlist.<br><br>
 
 
 
==Radio==
 
:[[Image:RadioTile.png]]
 
 
 
:Linn DS systems come with a variety of preselected regional stations which can be configured using Linn Konfig.
 
:You can also use your Tunein account name for your own preset list
 
 
 
:* Linn DS systems can play internet radio through radio preset's.
 
:* Click of this button to view the radio preset available.
 
:* Press the Radio station that you want to listen to.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==TuneIn==
 
:[[Image:TuneinTile.jpg]]
 
 
 
:This allows you to browse through all of the stations available from TuneIn.
 
:You can navigate and select your station and add the Radio Preset list for easier selection in the future.
 
 
 
:* Click of this button to view the regions and station available.
 
:* Press the Radio station that you want to listen to.
 
 
 
:The TuneIn account that is used is setup in Konfig
 
 
 
 
 
==Tidal==
 
:[[Image:TidalTile.png]]
 
 
 
:If a Tidal streaming account has not been assigned to Kazoo or your Linn DS, you will get the Login screen to enter your Username and Password for your Tidal account.
 
 
 
 
 
:* You can select any New tracks, list Music by Genre, Playlists or check out your own account favourites in "My Tidal"
 
 
 
:[[Image:iPad-Tidal.jpg|centre|650px]]
 
 
 
 
 
==Qobuz==
 
:[[Image:QobuzTile.png]]
 
 
 
:If a Qobuz streaming account has not been assigned to Kazoo or your Linn DS, you will get the Login screen to enter your Username and Password for your Qobuz account.
 
 
 
 
 
:* You can Discover new Music, select you purchased Music (If you have a Qobuz HiFi Sublime account this can be played in Studio Master quality)  or check out your own account favourites in "My Qobuz"
 
[[Image:iPad-Qobuz.jpg|centre|650px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==External inputs==
 
:[[Image:InputsTile.png]]
 
 
 
:Linn DSM systems can play audio from external sources. To listen to an external source select the tile with the source's name from the homepage.
 
 
 
:Source names can be configured using Linn [http://www.linn.co.uk/software#konfig Konfig]
 
 
 
:* Visible sources that are still using the factory default name can be found by clicking [Image:InputsTile.png|40px]
 
:* If a source is not being used, we recommend removing it from the Kazoo by setting its Visibility to false in Konfig
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Searching==
 
 
 
:Search can be used to look for music within [[Image:MyMusicTile.jpg|40px]] when using KazooServer or Linn supported Media server.
 
 
 
:[[Image:And-Search-Tile.png]]: To search and enter the desired, partial or full, search term
 
 
 
:As you enter the search term, matching results will being to appear.
 
 
 
:[[Image:SearchResults.png|600px]]
 
 
 
:* Search results are grouped into categories, Albums, Artists, Classical and Tracks
 
:* There is a number of results for each category are shown in brackets after the category label
 
:* Albums shows albums whose title contains the search term
 
:* Artists shows artists whose name contains the search term
 
:* Classical shows composers whose name contains the search term
 
:* Tracks show tracks where any piece of track 'information' contains the search term
 
<br><br><br>
 
 
 
=Managing the playlist=
 
 
 
==Adding to the Playlist==
 
:[[Image:iPad-Playorder.jpg]]
 
 
 
:Within the Music Source when you select some Music you will see the '''Play Now''', '''Play Later''' and '''More''' buttons.
 
 
 
:[[Image:More.png|40px]] Press the '''More''' and you get more options of '''Play next''', '''Play later''',  '''Add to..''' and '''Album info''' / '''Track info'''<br><br><br>
 
 
 
:[[Image:PLAY_NOW.png|40px]] Play the first track, (or first track in Album or saved Playlist), immediately<br><br><br>
 
 
 
:[[Image:Play_Later.png|40px]] Will add the track,(or Album or saved Playlist) to the END of the current Playlist.<br><br><br> 
 
 
 
:[[Image:PLAY_NEXT.png|40px]] Will add the track,(or Album or saved Playlist), to be the next track to Play (as long as you are not in Shuffle mode)<br><br><br>
 
 
 
:[[Image:Add_To.png|40px]] Add the track,(or Album), to the selected saved Playlist.<br><br><br>
 
 
 
:[[Image:Album_Info.png|40px]] Reports the Album information provided by the Music source<br><br><br>
 
 
 
:[[Image:Track_info.png|40px]] Reports the track  information provided by the Music source
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Playlist editing==
 
 
 
A typical user will not need to manipulate the playlist as queue music will take care of itself, playing in the order selected by the user.
 
 
 
[[Image:PlaylistButton.png]] Click to view the playlist
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Clearing the playlist===
 
 
 
====To delete to whole Playlist:====
 
[[Image:iPad-Playlist-Clear-seq.png]] 
 
 
 
All tracks will be removed from the currently selected room's playlist.
 
 
 
====To delete individual tracks:====
 
[[Image:iPad-Playlist-track-delete.png]]
 
 
 
and delete each track using  [[Image:iPad-Track-Del_but.png]] followed by the red "Delete" button
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Shuffle and Repeat===
 
 
 
Shuffle and Repeat controls can be found in the playlist dialogue
 
 
 
[[Image:Shuffle.png]] To play tracks in the playlist in a random order -'''Shuffle turns white when enabled'''
 
 
 
[[Image:Repeat.png]] To repeat the playlist after the last track has played click - '''Repeat turns white when enabled'''
 
<br><br><br>
 
 
 
===Saving a Playlist===
 
 
 
You can Save playlists using the Save button located on the Playlist dialogue
 
[[Image:PlaylistSave.png]]
 
 
 
The saved playlists can be found in the My Playlists section on the Source page
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=Dynamic grouping of rooms=
 
 
 
Linn DS systems provides the ability to different play music in every room in the house, play the same music in all rooms or play the same music in a subset of rooms.
 
 
 
:All rooms grouped together play the same music in perfect synchronisation.
 
 
 
:1. [[Image:MultiroomTile.png]]<br>
 
:2. [[Image:GroupButton.png]] on the room you want to group with other rooms<br>
 
:3. Check the rooms you want to add to the group 
 
:: [[Image:iPad-GroupDialog.png]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* You can choose to either:
 
** select and play the music you want and then group additional rooms
 
**or group rooms then select and play music
 
* Rooms added to a group will immediately start playing music in perfect synchronisation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=Permanent grouping of rooms=
 
 
 
A permanent room is a room that plays the same music as another room but does not appear as a selectable room. An example of this behaviour is an open plan area with the Kitchen connected to a Lounge. In most situations a listener would want both rooms to play the same music but be able to control the volume in each room independently.
 
 
 
To make a room a permanently part of a group you need to configure your Linn system using [http://www.linn.co.uk/software#konfig Konfig]. To add a room to as a permanent member of a group you must configure the name of the room's Receiver source, (it's default name is Songcast), to be that of the group.
 
 
 
1. Go into Konfig and select the Room that will always be the source of the Music, we will call this the "sender" room<br>
 
2. Select the '''Device''' tab and copy the "'''Room'''" name<br>
 
3. Now in Konfig go into the Room that you always want listening to the "'''Sender'''" Room<br>
 
4. Select the *Sources* tab in this "listening" room and select the Songcast input<br>
 
5. Paste the Name of the "sender" (from point 1.) into the Songcast name <br>
 
6. On this Songcast input make sure that "Visible" is set to '''Yes'''<br>
 
 
 
 
 
In our example of a Lounge, called "Lounge", with open plan Kitchen, called "Kitchen", you would configure the name of the Kitchen's Songcast source name "Lounge".
 
Rooms:<br>
 
[[Image:iPad-PermanentGrouping.jpg|350px]]
 
* If a permanently grouped room is not playing the same as the group click [[Image:SatelliteButton.png]]and ensure the room is switched ON
 
[[Image:IPad_Permanent_Grp2.jpg|350px]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* The permanent grouped icon will only be visible if there is a permanently grouped room associated with the currently selected room
 
* Rooms that are permanently grouped do not appear as a selectable room.
 

Latest revision as of 12:13, 10 April 2024

Control of the Linn DS/DSM using a PC/MAC/Tablets & Phones

Initial installation

Linn App
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The Linn DS/DSM can be done from many control points at the same time.

The name of this control App/software is Linn App


Linn App - iPhone/iPad Apple App store - Linn App for iPhone / iPad

        or

Linn App - Google Play for Phone/Tablet Google Play - Linn App for Android Phone/Tablet



Kazoo (Aug 2023 - Ceased all development)
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The Linn DS/DSM can be done from many control points at the same time.
Note: from April 2023 : Tidal have removed support for the Linn Kazoo application on ALL platforms. We recommend trying the new Linn app (available on iOS and Android)

The name of this control App/software is KAZOO..

Kazoo control App/software is available for
Windows Kazoo software download

| Windows Kazoo download
from April 2023 : Tidal have removed support for the Linn Kazoo application on ALL platforms. We recommend trying the new Linn app (available on iOS and Android)


OSX Kazoo download

MAC OSX Kazoo download
from April 2023 : Tidal have removed support for the Linn Kazoo application on ALL platforms. We recommend trying the new Linn app (available on iOS and Android)


Kazoo App - Google Play for Phone/Tablet Android Kazoo for Android Phone/Tablet download
from April 2023 : Tidal have removed support for the Linn Kazoo application on ALL platforms. We recommend trying the new Linn app (available on iOS and Android)




Using the Linn DS/DSM control software

For full operation of Kustom DSM you will need to use Linn App and/or Kazoo 4.13.64 >

As you can see from the above section there are multiple software/Apps for different control devices. Although Kazoo has the same style of control in each device, there are minor differences depending on what your control device is. This is why we have different Manuals.
These manuals should only be used as a basic guide for what the buttons can do. We would recommend just using the App/Software and only using the guide if you are having difficulty or want to see what more features are available.

These guides may show some features that are not available, or not have not be configured to work in your system. If you required more information then please contact your Retailer or Linn Support Site


iPad / iPhone / Android Linn App


Windows Kazoo
from April 2023 : Tidal have removed support for the Linn Kazoo application on ALL platforms. We recommend trying the new Linn app (available on iOS and Android)
Windows7
Windows 8 / 10 / 11


MAC/MACBook Kazoo
from April 2023 : Tidal have removed support for the Linn Kazoo application on ALL platforms. We recommend trying the new Linn app (available on iOS and Android)
up to Yosemite (OSX 10.10)]
El Capitan (10.11 >)


iPad/iPhone Kazoo
from April 2023 : Tidal have removed support for the Linn Kazoo application on ALL platforms. We recommend trying the new Linn app (available on iOS and Android)


Android Kazoo
from April 2023 : Tidal have removed support for the Linn Kazoo application on ALL platforms. We recommend trying the new Linn app (available on iOS and Android)