Owners of any A/V receivers and stereo amplifiers—particularly older units that lack a USB or ethernet port—can now enjoy the convenience of wireless audio streaming with the DS-A5 iPod/iPhone/iPad Dock. The DS-A5—which connects to your system via analog or digital audio outputs—features AirPlay for streaming over the home network. Just select an audio or video file, touch the AirPlay icon, and the dock powers up your system and commences playback. Or, with a few clicks of the mouse, you can send music wirelessly from your computer’s iTunes library to the DS-A5 for playback over your hi-fi or home theater. Superior sound quality is assured when using the digital audio output, which transports the signal directly to your Onkyo receiver’s audiophile-grade Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs). A composite video output enables movie and photo playback from iOS device on your TV, while an RI connection centralizes control of your system into one main remote. With the DS-A5, you can dock your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad anytime for a recharge, or continue using it anywhere in the house while streaming your favorite music at the same time.
AirPlay Integrates Your Digital Life
AirPlay lets you connect your iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad to your compatible Onkyo product with no wires, cable, or clutter. As well as streaming audio, still images, and video from your portable iOS device over the home network, users can also play tracks from their PC or Mac-based iTunes library on their Onkyo sound system. AirPlay also enables automatic system start up and input selection.
Connecting the iOS Family with Onkyo Systems
Linked to your Onkyo system, the DS-A5 allows you to play audio and video files from your compatible iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad device. Now you can enjoy your music through a high-fidelity sound system and share photos and videos on your living-room display.
Added Control Through RI Functionality
The DS-A5 can also be connected through Onkyo’s proprietary RI (Remote Interactive) interface. This gives you access to a variety of useful functions, such as System On/Off, Auto Power On, Auto Selector (Direct Change), and Sleep Timer. To simplify things even further, the RI terminal also allows you to use your main Onkyo system remote to control the DS-A5 dock.
FEATURES
30 PIN DOCK COMPATIBLE iPod/iPhone/iPad MODELS
SPECIFICATIONS
It would be best to connect the DS-A5 directly to your network with an ethernet cable or use a 30pins iPhone/iPod/iPad to setup on the dock, if Factory Reset it should appear on your network as it will be set to DHCP.
You should see a Blue LED indicator to confirm it is connected to your network.
Once on your network you can discover its IP address using a free App on your iPhone or iPad called FING
Using FING you will see all devices on your network and Onkyo DS-A5 should appear in the list.
Using its IP address then open your browser like Safari or Chrome and search for it.
This should enter into the DS-A5’s WEB interface.
Once there you can manually setup the Wi-Fi
The DS-A5 should then join your Wi-Fi network