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Nexus Q User Guide For additional help and support, go to support.google.com/nexus MAY 2012  1 Nexus Q

Legal and Safety Information Copyright © Google Inc. 2012. All rights reserved. Android, Google, Google Play, Nexus Q, and YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc. Contents About Nexus Q FCC notice Get Ready This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two Before purchasing a Nexus Q conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Before your Nexus Q arrives Compatible Android phones & tablets NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital Network requirements device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, Hardware & cabling guide uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no Speakers (banana plug cables) guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause AV system or audio receiver (optical audio) harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of TV or audio receiver (HDMI cable) the following measures: Set up a Nexus Q ● Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Unpack carefully ● Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Check what's in the box ● Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the Run the Nexus Q app receiver is connected. ● Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Play music Adjust volume Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Google may void the user’s authority to Turn fixed volume off or on operate the device. Select where to play music RF Exposure: To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements for mobile transmitting devices, Sync rooms this transmitter should only be used or installed at locations where there is at least 20 cm Change or add to the mix separation distance between antenna and all persons. Play YouTube videos This device is intended for indoor use only. TV setup checklist Choose where to stream videos Important safety instructions Invite guests 1. Read these instructions. Before the party 2. Keep these instructions. When your guests arrive 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. Turn off guest access 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. Adjust Nexus Q settings 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. Factory data reset without phone or tablet 7. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other LED colors & TV Feedback apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 8. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched, particularly at plugs, LED colors during startup & setup convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus. LED colors during play 9. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. Technical Specifications 10. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is Warranty damaged; liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus; or the 2 apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has Nexus Q been dropped.

About Nexus Q Nexus Q lets you instantly stream music, HD movies, and videos from Google Play to your home, using your Android phone or tablet to control what plays in which rooms. After setting up your Nexus Q, you can use the Google Play Music, YouTube, Google Play Movies, and other apps as you normally would to play music or videos. Except now you can choose to stream your entertainment Google Play through one or more Nexus Qs and the equipment attached to them. And when friends come to visit, they can stream any of their own music or movies from Google Play through your Nexus Qs, using their own Android phones or tablets. You can upload up to 20,000 of your own songs to your Google Play music library, including CDs or MP3 files. But there's no limit to the amount of music you can purchase or download free from Google Play Music. 3 Nexus Q

Get Ready Before purchasing a Nexus Q Before your Nexus Q arrives To play music through a Nexus Q, you need: After you've ordered your Q and any additional equipment you need, do not delay: go straight to google.com/q-setup. That page 1. A compatible Android device. See Compatible Android guides you through these steps: phones and tablets. 1. If you don't already have a Google Music account, set one 2. Compatible equipment and the cables required to connect up at play.google.com/music. it. See Hardware & cabling guide. 2. If you haven't yet uploaded your music from your computer 3. An active Wi-Fi network with a reliable connection to the to your Google Play music library, download Music Manager Internet and a strong signal at the location where you plan to your computer, open the application, and follow the to set up your Nexus Q. See Network requirements. instructions. To purchase Nexus Qs, speakers, cables, and other equipment, go 3. Decide where you want to keep your Nexus Q and what to google.com/q. equipment you want to use with it, and double-check that you have the right kinds of cables. For details, see Hardware & cabling guide. 4. Download and install the Nexus Q app on one of your compatible Android phones and tablets. During installation, the Nexus Q app automatically updates your Play Music and YouTube apps, if necessary. 5. Make sure you know the name and password of the Wi- Fi network you want to use with your Android device and your Nexus Q. Both must use the same network to work together. 4 Nexus Q

Compatible Android phones & tablets To operate your Nexus Q, you can use any Android phone or tablet that supports Android 2.2 (Froyo) or higher and OpenGL ES 2.0. Here are a few examples: ● Nexus S phone running Gingerbread (Android 2.3) or higher. ● Xoom or Galaxy tablet running Honeycomb (Android 3.2) or higher. ● Galaxy Nexus phone running Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) or higher. You also need to download and install the latest Nexus Q app. Menu icons: This guide sometimes refers to the menu available on an Android screen that you're using. Because Nexus Q supports so many Android devices, the location and appearance of the menu icon varies. Here are a couple of examples: ● On a Galaxy Nexus phone, it may be located at the top or the bottom of the screen, and looks like this: ● On a Nexus S phone, it's one of the permanent navigation buttons built into bottom of the phone, and looks like this: . Whenever you need to choose something from this menu, this guide refers to the item like this: Menu > Q settings. 5 Nexus Q

Network requirements Your Android phone or tablet controls Nexus Qs in your home via a Wi-Fi local Wi-Fi network. Therefore, you need Wi-Fi with a strong signal Nexus Q uses standard Wi-Fi to communicate with your Android in the rooms where you intend to use Nexus Qs. device and and, via your router and ISP, with the Internet. The Wi- Fi network must support 802.11 a/b/g/n at 2.4GHz or 5GHz. You also need a reliable connection to the Internet. Nexus Q can use either Wi-Fi or Ethernet to stream music and videos stream If your phone or tablet has Wi-Fi turned off, you'll have a chance directly from Google Play. It uses Wi-Fi by default. To use Ethernet to turn it on during setup. for this purpose, connect an Ethernet cable the Ethernet port. If your device still can't find a W-Fi network: Ethernet ● Make sure Wi-Fi is turned on for your phone. For example, Ethernet can't entirely replace Wi-Fi. When your Nexus Q is on a phone running Android 4.0 or higher, open Settings connected to an Ethernet network, it uses that network to stream and make sure the Wi-Fi switch is turned On. music from your Google Music library, but must continue using Wi- Fi to communicate with your Android device. ● Make sure your Wi-Fi is functioning correctly and has a strong signal at the Nexus Q's location. For Ethernet to work with Nexus Q, it must be on the same subnet as the Wi-FI network. For most practical purposes with home networks, this means it should be pugged into the same router ● If your router is locked to specific MAC or fixed IP that is providing the Wi-Fi. addresses, you may need to reconfigure it. ● Try restarting your router. Bluetooth ● If the signal remains weak at the Q's location, try to set it During setup only, Nexus Q uses Bluetooth to help you set up its Wi-Fi access. If your device has Bluetooth turned off, you'll have a up in another location with a better signal. chance to turn it on during setup. If your device still can't find a Nexus Q to pair with: 6 Nexus Q

● Make sure you're in the same room with your Nexus Q. Bluetooth works best over short distances. ● Confirm that Bluetooth is turned on. For example, on a phone running Android 4.0 or higher, open Settings and make sure the Bluetooth switch is turned On. Hardware & cabling guide You can connect a pair of speakers, an AV system, a TV, a digital- analog converter (DAC) with a USB output, or all four to a single Nexus Q. The following pages describe some of the most common configurations. Others are possible, depending on the equipment you have available. Speakers (banana plug cables) What you need: ● Pair of speakers. ● Speaker cables with banana plugs on at least one end for connecting the cables to your Nexus Q (and on both ends if your speakers use banana jack connectors). Banana plugs are color coded and labeled R and L for Right and Left. Each jack has a black or red dot to help you connect cables correctly. 7 Nexus Q

AV system or audio receiver (optical audio) 8 Nexus Q

What you need: ● AV system or audio receiver with an available optical audio input. ● An optical audio cable. You need just one cable, which has the same plug on both ends. The A/V receiver to which you connect this cable maps the signal it receives from the Q to one of its input options. To hear music through speakers attached to your A/V system, you need to select the same option using the receiver's controls. TV or audio receiver (HDMI cable) 9 Nexus Q

What you need: ● TV or audio receiver with an available HDMI input. ● A micro HDMI (Type D) to standard HDMI (Type A) cable. The TV or receiver to which you connect this cable maps the signal it receives from the Q to one of its input options. To hear music and watch videos, you need to select the input same option using the controls available for your equipment. 10 Nexus Q

Set up a Nexus Q Unpack carefully Confirm what's in the box Using two hands, lift your Nexus Q from its packaging and place it near the equipment you plan to use it with. 11 Nexus Q

Run the Nexus Q app Important: Before setting up your Nexus Q, make sure you've completed the steps described in Before Nexus Q arrives. After you've unpacked your new equipment and confirmed that you have everything you need, follow these steps: 1. Connect your Q to your equipment using the appropriate cables. For examples of typical setups, see Hardware & cabling guide. 2. Connect the power cord to your Q. Q lights up immediately – there's no power button. Wait about a minute while it completes the startup process. When it's ready, the circular LED begins to pulse, slowly cycling through a range of colors. 3. Open the Nexus Q app. If you haven't yet downloaded the app to your Android phone or tablet, go to google.com/q/setup. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. If you get stuck, touch Menu > Help. During setup, you'll be asked to name a Place. This makes it easy, for example, to distinguish Nexus Qs in different buildings that you may want to control from the same Android phone or tablet. 12 Nexus Q

Play music After you've set up one or more Nexus Qs, you can stream music through them using the Google Play Music app. You can also continue playing music on your phone in the usual way, as well as browse the music available in your Google Play Music library; set up playists; or shop for more music. For details, go to Google Play Music Help. If one or more of your Nexus Qs are set up and within Wi-Fi range, the streaming icon appears on each Play Music screen. To start playing music: ● Touch the streaming icon icon. The icon turns blue, and a list of rooms available for streaming appears. ● Touch the room where you want to play. ● Use Google Play Music to locate any song in your collection, and then touch its plus sign to add it to the queue. The plus sign changes to a checkmark . If this is the first song in the queue, it starts playing. Otherwise, it gets added to the queue. For more details, see: Adjust volume Select where to play music Sync rooms 13 Nexus Q

Change or add to the queue Adjust volume While you're using the Google Play Music app, you can adjust the Turn fixed volume off or on volume simultaneously for all rooms that are currently synced with your Android device: In addition to controlling the volume output by your Nexus Qs, you can adjust the volume for individual pieces of equipment ● Use the volume button on your phone or tablet. connected to them. You can do this at any tie. ● Use the volume slider in the dialog that opens when you However, sometimes it may be easier to keep the volume output by a Nexus Q fixed, so that the only way to control it is by touch the Streaming icon . adjusting the volume directly on the attached equipmenty. To turn fixed volume off or on: You can also adjust physical volume controls on each Nexus Q: 1. Open the Nexus Q app on your Android phone or tablet. ● Turn the upper half of the Nexus Q clockwise to increase volume, counterclockwise to decrease. 2. Touch the name of the room with the Nexus Q you want to adjust. The LED turns red as you increase and blue as you 3. Touch Advanced. decrease. 4. Touch the Off/On switch for Fixed volume out. To mute or unmute your Nexus Q. touch the LED on its top: ● Blue means muted. ● White means unmuted. 14 Nexus Q

Select where to play music The Streaming icon on the Now Playing screen shows or hides a list of rooms where Nexus Qs are set up and available. ● To select a room, touch its name. Or, to return to playing music from your Android device, touch Phone or Tablet. In this example, the Nexus Qs in the living room and study are both streaming music controlled from this Galaxy Nexus phone. From here, you can: ● Switch back to playing through the phone only. ● Switch to playing in the Kitchen only. ● Switch to playing in the bedroom, where your selections will be added to those of the person who's already playing music there. If you're already playing music, what happens when you switch depends on whether any music is already playing at the new location: ● If you switch to a room that's already streaming music, such as Bedroom in this example, the music playing on your phone stops, and any new music you select gets added to the existing stream. You are now sharing the queue for that room with the other people pictured. In this example, selecting Bedroom would have this effect. ● if you switch to a room that's idle, the music you were already playing on your phone starts playing in that room. 15 Nexus Q

In this example, selecting Kitchen would have this effect. Sync rooms If you're streaming music to more than one room, you can combine some or all of the rooms into a single stream. For example, suppose: ● You're streaming to the living room and the bedroom, and you want to turn off sound in the bedroom. ● You're streaming to the kitchen, and you want to add your living room to the same stream. To sync or unsync rooms: 1. Touch the Streaming icon on the Now Playing screen. 2. To sync or unsync rooms, touch the Settings icon beside any room's name. To control the volume indepedently for each synced room, touch the Settings icon beside the volume control in the room picker. 3. Check or uncheck the rooms you want. 16 Nexus Q

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Change or add to the queue The Google Play Music app displays the name of the current selection at the lower left of the screen. When you're streaming through one or more Nexus Qs, touch that corner to see the entire queue of songs currently lined up to stream: ● If you're the only person contributing music to the stream, no pictures appear beside each item. ● If you're sharing the stream with others, a picture of the person who contributed each song appears beside it. While you're viewing the queue, you can perform any of the actions shown on the right. In addition, you can: ● Remove a selection. Press and hold then choose Remove from queue. ● Remove all selections. Touch Menu > Clear queue. You can add any of your music to the queue. To find the music you want, use the Google Play Music app just as you always do. Touch the Google Play Music icon at the upper left to return to the top level of the app, where you can browse artists, albums, genres, and so on. When you select an album, for example, you'll see a list of songs with either checks or plus signs beside them. To add a selection to the live Q playlist, touch its plus sign . It changes to a checkmark to indicate that it's been added to the queue. 18 Nexus Q

Play YouTube videos After you've set up one or more Nexus Qs, you can stream YouTube videos through them using the YouTube app. You can still play YouTube videos on your phone or tablet in the usual way. For details on using standard YouTube app features, visit YouTube Help. TV setup checklist To stream YouTube videos through a Nexus Q, first make sure it's set it up with a TV as follows: 1. Nexus Q is plugged in to a power source and connected via an HDMI cable to a TV or an AV system that includes a TV. 2. TV (and if present the AV system) is turned on. 3. 4. TV is configured to accept input from the HDMI port to which the Nexus Q is connected. 5. Nexus Q and your Android phone or tablet are using the same Wi-Fi network and have a strong signal where you intend to use them. Then, open your YouTube app and find a video. When the play controls in your YouTube app are active, your screen should resemble the one shown here. ● To select the Nexus Qs to stream through, touch the Streaming icon . 19 Nexus Q

Choose where to stream videos To control where YouTube plays, first make sure your YouTube app is open with the play controls visible. What you do next depends on how many Nexus Qs with TVs attached are available on your network. One Nexus Q with one TV: ● Touch the Streaming icon . This toggles between viewing YouTube on the TV and viewing it on your phone or tablet. When the icon turns blue, videos will be streamed through the Tungsten. Otherwise, they'll play on your phone as usual. Multiple Nexus Qs with multiple TVs: ● Touch the Streaming icon . A list of rooms appears. You must select one. It's not currently possible to stream YouTube videos to more than one Nexus Q at a time. 20 Nexus Q

Invite guests Before the party When your guests arrive If you want friends to be able to play their own music through your 1. Give them the name and password for the Wi-Fi network Nexus Qs, first set up your Nexus Qs to give them access: you're using with your Nexus Qs. 1. Open the Nexus Q app. 1. Ask them to sign in to the network, open the Nexus Q app, and follow the instructions for guests. 2. Touch the Settings icon beside the name of the place you want to share. Guests go through the setup process only the first time. From then on, they can use their own Android phones or tablets to choose 3. Make sure the Open to guests switch is On. rooms, contribute to queues, and control your Nexus Qs the same way you do. When this switch is set to the Off position, nobody else can access your Nexus Qs. Turn off guest access 4. Touch Invite guests. To prevent guests or anyone else from accessing Nexus Qs: 5. Fill in the email with your friends' email addresses and any other message you want them to see. 1. Open the Nexus Q app. The email tells them to visit to google.com/q/guest and follow the 2. Touch the Settings icon beside the name of the place instructions. That page will take them through these steps: you want to protect from access. 1. Confirm that they have one of the Android phones and 3. Turn the Open to guests switch to Off. tablets for Q. 2. Confirm that they have Google Music accounts at music.google.com. 3. Confirm that they've downloaded Music Manager and followed the instructions for uploading music to their Google Play Music libraries. 21 Nexus Q

4. Download and install the Nexus Q app. Adjust Nexus Q settings To adjust a Nexus Q's settings: ● Factory data reset. Wipes all setup data and restarts tjhe Nexus Q. This means you'll need to set it up all over again from scratch. 1. Open the Nexus Q app. Factory data reset without phone or tablet OR You can also factory reset your Nexus Q without using your phone From the Play Music app, choose Menu > Settings > or tablet: Nexus Q Settings. 1. Unplug the Nexus Q, then plug it in again. 2. Touch the name of the room where the Nexus Q is located. 2. Immediately place your finger over the single LED on top. The Details screen for that Nexus Q appears. From here, you can read version information and modify the brightness The ring LED starts flashing red. Keep your finger in place or theme used to animate the LED lights or TV screen (if until the ring LED starts pulsing purple (about 15 seconds). one's connected) during music playback. If you lift your finger too soon, the LED turns solid red. If Touch Advanced to modify any of these settings: this happens, unplug and plug in the Q again to start over. ● HDMI and Optical out. Lets you turn fixed volume on or After a successful reset, the circular LED displays rotating off and set the sync delay for each of these ports. white bars for a short time, and then starts slowly pulsing blue, indicating it's ready to set up again. ● Hardware diagnostics. Displays information of interest to support personnel attempting to help you troubleshoot To set up your Q after a factory reset: problems with your phone. 1. From your Android phone or tablet's Home screen, go to ● Forget Nexus Q. Forgetting a Nexus Q removes it from Settings > Apps > All > Nexus Q. the list of Qs that appears on your phone or tablet. This 22 Nexus Q

is useful only if you know you'll never use a particular Q 2. Touch Clear data. again. If you later decide you want it to show up once more in the list, you'll need to perform a factory data reset and 3. Touch the Home button, then launch Nexus Q . set it up from scratch. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. If your Q is connected to a TV via the HDMI port, the TV screen also displays feedback about the Q's current state. LED colors & TV Feedback Your Nexus Q's LED colors change according to its status. LED colors during startup & setup Top LED Ring LED HDMI video output Meaning Bright white, rapidly Bright white, rapidly Power on. fading to dark fading to dim Dark Bright white with hot Starting up. spot chasing around rim Pulsing white Pulsing white Welcome screen with Idle, no initial color assigned; ready for setup to begin. setup URL Solid assigned color for Solid assigned color for Welcome screen with Setup from an Android device has begun, and a Nexus initial discovery initial discovery setup URL S image appears on the setup screen on the phone or tablet labeled with the color displayed by the device. Rapid pulsing red Rapid pulsing red Startup failed. Slow pulsing red Slow pulsing red Error message Network problem. Solid assigned color for Assigned color animation Setup in progress initial discovery 23 Nexus Q

Pulsing white Pulsing white Setup outro: lights Setup complete, ready for use. converging back onto device Setup color animates, Setup color animates, Setup is complete then fades then fades Purple Pulsing purple Software update in progress. LED colors during play Visualizer animation is displayed by the LEDs and output through HDMI in response to the music currently playing. To change this behavior, open the Nexus Q app, touch the name of the device, and adjust the brightness, choose a different theme, or turn off animation. After setup, the top LED indicates the mute state with either dimmed (muted) or regular (unmuted) animation. The ring LED also dims its current display when muted. Ring LED HDMI video output Meaning White animation Blue lights circling Fetching tracks. around Nexus Q Slow pulsing white Idle (first 5 minutes after play stops). Dim white Idle (play has stopped for more than 5 minutes). Visualizer animation Visualizer animation Music playing. Dimmed visualizer Volume indicator appears Volume is being adjusted by rotating the Nexus Q's upper half: blue is quiet and animation over animation red is loud. Slow pulsing red Error message Network problem 24 Nexus Q

Technical Specifications Feature Description Notes Android requirements Phone or tablet Android device running Android OS 2.2 ("Froyo") or later Software Latest versions of Google Play Music, YouTube, and Google Play Music support is not available Nexus Q apps. in all countries. Audio Amplifier Class D 12.5W continuous average power into 8 ohms per channel Outputs Four analog stereo speaker-level output receptacles for Digital audio banana plug cables: two each for left and right channel Single optical audio output receptacle for TOSLink or S/ Digital audio PIDF cables Single HDMI output receptacle for Micro HDMI male to Digital video and audio HDMI male cable (for digital video and audio) 25 Nexus Q

Micro USB receptacle for USB cable Stream Streams MP3 output to bitrate of 320 kbps One stream per Google Play Music account Networking Ethernet 10/100Mbit RJ-45 standard LAN receptacle For streaming audio and video input from (actual throughput depends on network configuration) Google Play, and software updates Wi-Fi 11a/b/g/n, 2.4 and 5 GHz For operation from an Android Phone or tablet, streaming audio and video input from Google Play, and software updates Bluetooth Required for initial device discover only if Ethernet is not being used General Dimensions 116mm (~4.5") diameter Weight Power supply AC 120/240, 35W <<are there legal/regulatory requirements to add here?>> Lights and controls Single multicolor LED indicator surrounded by a capacitive For muting and volume control control surface covering top half of device Ring of multicolor LEDs around circumference of device For communicating device status. Single LED indicator on Ethernet receptacle For indicating live connection Processor OMAP4 SoC 26 Nexus Q

Operating temperature 41º to 104º F (5º to 40º C) Device requires a free flow of air around it for ventilation. It does not contain a fan. Material/Finish Die-cast zinc base Not recommended for use as Bocce ball or shot put Warranty 27 Nexus Q

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