Plinius Audio TIKI Network Audio Player manual Es i g n P h i l os o p hy, Design Director

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D es i g n P h i l os o p hy

From a distance you can see that the design of the Plinius products is more than

an applied st yling exercise to the front panel. We have star ted from the ground up to produce a casing for our elect ronics that is unrivalled in its physical st rength and visual simplicit y.

Wherever possible we have reduced the number of par ts needed and then invested massively in refining and producing the remaining par ts to the highest qualit y achievable with state of the ar t computer cont rolled machines allied with exper t

craf tsman. Examples of this approach include the hydraulically formed corners on

the amplifiers giving much greater st rength and the one piece housing for the remote cont rol that looks, feels and genuinely is robust.

As with music that you are not familiar with, t ruly innovative new designs can take time

to understand and enjoy. How of ten have you heard music that you were first unsure of, that over repeated listening, has become a firm favourite?

Our designs are fundamentally dif ferent to many other companies, and we hope that you will take the time to explore their unique character and qualities because we have

not made them dif ferent simply to be dif ferent. We genuinely believe that their visual and tactile qualities do improve the experience of listening to music and that is our design goal!

Ross Stevens

DESIGN DIRECTOR

NETWORK AUDIO PLAYER

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Contents Page N te n ts T ro du c t i o n Serial Number Final Test Certified byEs i g n P h i l os o p hy Design DirectorUn p a c k i n g A c e m e n t & Ve n t i l a t i o nMaintaining the Connectors Maintaining the SwitchesSurface Cleaning Re & M a i n te n a n c eRe c au t i o n s Fro n t Pa n e l Fu n c t i o n s A r Pa n e l Fu n c t i o n sDisplay LED Output TerminalsGround Lift Switch Ethernet Input ConnectorMains Power Cord IEC Connector Mains SwitchConnections Installation & O p e ra t i o nEthernet Input Connecting the Mains Supply WARM-UP PeriodRo du c t Fe a tu res Ayb a c k C o n t ro lFi r mwa re Up g ra d e MAINS/LINE FuseTro u b l es h o o t i n g Power FailureNo Sound from the Unit Specification s AIFF, MP3I c k St a r t Gu i d e Component SET UP Connect Tiki to NetworkConnect Server to Network Connect Controller to NetworkD ex W. p l i n i u s a u d i o . n z l d . c o m