Listen basics

The Listen experience offers many audio choices, depending on the audio and video devices and subscribed services in your Control4 system. View your options, then select or manage these:

  • Add Music—Enables you to add together your streaming music services (such as Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, Napster, TIDAL, and TuneIn) to Control4. Your Smart Home Pro can also configure them for y'all.

    Notes: Some music services require additional equipment.

    The information in this guide applies to the latest Control4 system capabilities. Features tin vary betwixt customized installations and Control4 software releases, and then contact your Smart Domicile Pro with whatsoever questions near available features.

  • Music streaming services—Any streaming music service that's been enabled appears here.
  • My Music (Digital Music)—Lists Albums, Artists, Genres, and My Music media and playlists that come from your digital music collection via your network-attached storage (NAS) or a USB drive connected to your Control4 arrangement.

Utilize your remote, a touchscreen, or the Control4 app to command your music book, change channels, play, stop, break, fast forward, and more.

Video: Using the Agile Media Bar

Calculation and playing a streaming music service

Your Smart Home Pro can ready streaming music services, or you can add together them yourself (using your music service's account credentials).

Important: The Television set on-screen display—navigated with your Control4 universal remote command—is specifically designed for quick access to media with fewer layers of navigation, so yous tin easily access the room'due south AV sources and favorites.

Video: Adding and Removing Music Services

Video: Playing Spotify

Video: Playing Pandora

Video: Using Media Sessions

Video: Sharing Media

Video: Playing Music Stations

To add together a streaming music service:

  1. In the room screen of a room that has audio (such as speakers, receivers, TVs), open the Room menu and select Mind.

    The Listen screen opens.

  2. Select Add together Music.

    The Add Music screen opens.

  3. Select the music service to add together, give the service a proper name, then press Enter or select Washed. If yous'd like to manage multiple accounts of the same music service, follow all of these steps to create an icon for each user, and give each icon a name unique to the user.
  4. To access the service for the beginning time through Control4, select its icon, then follow the on-screen prompts to enter your business relationship credentials.
  5. To add a music service to the room screen, press and hold its icon.

To play a streaming music service:

  1. In the room screen of a room that has audio (such as speakers, receivers, and TVs), open the Room carte du jour and select Listen.

  2. Select the streaming service you lot want to play, then utilize the on-screen controls or remote control to select music. The Active Media Bar shows the electric current music being played and lets you command playback.

Playing your ain digital music (My Music)

Use Listen to play your digital music.

  1. In the room screen of a room that has audio (such as speakers, receivers, and TVs), open up the Room card and select Listen, then select My Music.

    A list of available music opens.

  2. From the list, select Albums, Artists, Genres, or Playlists. To display a tile view of album art, select the tile icon.
  3. Select something to play, then return to the room screen. The Active Media Bar shows the current music being played and lets you control playback.
  4. To add together songs to your digital music collection (My Music), scan the music using Composer HE, then select the (add together) button in your music list.

Playing music in multiple rooms

Use media sessions (formerly chosen media zones) to play the current room'southward music in other audio-equipped rooms. You can add or remove rooms and conform the book in each room.

To play music in multiple rooms:

  1. Using the Control4 Listen feel, play some music in the electric current room.

  2. On the Room screen's Active Media bar, select the (sessions) icon. A list of available rooms opens.

  3. To add together rooms to the music session, select the rooms to add, set each room's volume, and then select Done.

  4. To remove a room, open the sessions screen, deselect the room to remove information technology, then select Done.

Using Equalizer controls

Fine tune the bass, treble, loudness, EQ presets, and other backdrop with the Equalizer controls. You tin adjust these properties in each room.

To use the Equalizer controls:

  1. Using the Control4 Mind experience, play some music in the electric current room.

  2. On the Room screen's Active Media bar, select the (Equalizer) icon. A list of audio controls opens.

  3. Adjust the Loudness, Bass, and Treble using the controls on the screen.

  4. Scroll down to arrange the Multi-band EQ settings. Use the sliders to conform each band, then select Done.

  5. You can also select an sound preset, such as Stone, Pop, or Jazz, or a custom preset.