The edges are a little sharp in cut, but it shouldn’t bother anyone. The construction is all brushed metal and has a nice look to it. We didn’t test this out since we only had one unit on-site, but you can find a video below demonstrating how this works (provided by Uyesee). Using a sidekick app on the PC, you can also connect multiple SoundMates together creating a multi-room setup. We couldn’t really find anything to complain about outside of it not coming with a wall adapter to at least get your started with. It is clear without any distortion or skipping (again, as long as all devices have a solid connection to the network). Sound quality sounds like your typical wireless stream. We walked all over within the network’s range and had music pumping out the other end. As long as all devices have a solid connection to your router, we didn’t see any troubles with dropouts. We have tested it from multiple different playback devices, including a handful of Android and iOS devices, as well as a Windows 8 laptop. The SoundMate does everything it claims to. It supports most of the typical formats as well as FLAC (lossless audio). Simply select it from the available devices and shazam, you now have a wireless system. Once the SoundMate has been connected to your network, you can stream music to it from any DLNA, QPlay or AirPlay device. There are other settings pages where you can set the device name that other devices see when selecting streamable devices and so forth, but none of that is necessary. You will now see the device on the network ready to play to. Now you can drop off the WiFi connection to the device and jump back onto your main WiFi network. If you entered the password right, it will have connected to your router. It will then countdown 20 seconds and reload the page. If yours is password protected (which it better be), you will have to enter the password/phrase. Visit the “Internet Connection” page, where you will find the list of nearby networks.This is so when you connect directly to it, is has a WiFi password to go with the SSID (so you don’t have everyone in the neighborhood trying to connect to it. First, visit the “Basic Settings” page to set a password.This will spawn a settings page where all you have to do is 2 things. To do that, once you have connected to the device via WiFi, you will open a browser and point it to the IP address that is (also) listed on the bottom of the device (note: the instructions may list a different IP like it did for us, but most likely the one printed on the bottom of the device is the correct one). You can play directly to the device using it as its own WiFi source, or you can add it to your main WiFi network. The SSID is available on the bottom of the device.įrom here you have two choices. After that, you need to connect to it from your mobile device or laptop via WiFi as if it was a router. You start off by powering the device and hooking it up to your playback device. You will also find a micro-USB to USB cable for charging (the actual charger is not included, so you will either have to connect it to an available USB port on a PC or use one an adapter from another device). It comes with a line-out cable (3.5mm to 3.5mm) as well as a line-out to RCA for connecting it to your playback device. It has a small removable antenna (or upgradable if you see the need) along with USB, line-out and SPDIF (optical). The device itself is very small and fits in the palm of your hand. It will even work in the car since it is powered via USB. This device is developed by Uyesee, a company based in China, and is referred to as “ SoundMate” the “WiFi Music Streaming Receiver”. Today we take a look at a WiFi-based music streaming device that hooks up to any stereo or other playback devices that supports an RCA, 3.5mm line-in, 1/4″ (adapter not included) or optical input.
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