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AP420

  • Stream and automate your audio: local playlists, web radio, NAS, all managed remotely.
  • Automate your announcements and ads with an intuitive scheduling system.
  • Guaranteed 24/7 streaming: real-time monitoring and automatic failover to backup content.
  • Reliable playback, whether online or offline.
  • 1U rackmount format for easy integration into AV racks.

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Professional background music and messaging player

Stream and schedule all your audio content: your web radio, local playlists, or NAS-stored files.

  • Secure 24/7 streaming with our Continuum technology.
  • Smart mixing: two audio tracks to seamlessly blend music and messages.
  • Remote management: easily control your content via an intuitive web interface.
  • Integrated CMS: a tool designed for smooth and efficient broadcasting management.
  • Total flexibility: instantly adjust your communication, wherever you are.

Wavespark: Your background music management solution

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  • Monitor and manage your fleet at a glance.
  • Schedule and organize your playlists for a harmonized audio experience.
  • Automate content management across all your locations.

 

A player for every use case

  • Online or offline mode: sync via NTP server or operate autonomously.
  • Flexible power options: compatible with 12V and 24V power sources.
  • Advanced control: configure GPI inputs and switch amplifiers via relay outputs.

Professional-grade sound quality

  • Flawless audio performance: 24-bit / 96 kHz DAC for precise and dynamic playback.

Where to use the audioplayer AP420?

Retail Stores (Local and International)

  • A robust and centralized audio solution, perfect for multi-site brands.
  • Ensure seamless playback of background music, promotional messages, and advertisements, all with simplified remote management via Wavespark.

AV Integrators and Service Providers

  • A high-performance audio solution designed to meet the demands of professional sound system contracts.
  • Multi-zone streaming, priority audio management, and content automation—all in a reliable and intuitive system.

Educational Institutions

  • A simple and efficient bell management system.
  • Schedule alerts, broadcast announcements, and adjust sound schedules autonomously via an intuitive web interface.

Hotels & Restaurants

  • Create an immersive audio atmosphere tailored to different spaces and times of the day.
  • Easily manage playlists and playback from a centralized interface.

Waiting Rooms & Public Spaces

  • Enhance the visitor experience with scheduled content playback: background music, announcements, and essential information—all perfectly synchronized.

Audio

  • High-quality digital-to-analog converter – SNR >= 96 dBa
  • Sampling rate: up to 96kHz
  • Bit depth: 16/24 bits
  • Supported audio file formats: MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, Vorbis
  • Supported audio streaming formats: Icecast, Shoutcast
  • Supported playlist formats: M3U, PLS, JSPF
  • Audio processing: equalization, dynamic compression, limiter, stereo-to-mono downmix
  • Audio source overlay and priority management
  • Continuum function: continuous and secure 24/7 playback
  • Unbalanced stereo line-level audio output on standard RCA connectors (-10 dBv to +4 dBu)

Background music management

  • Multi-device / multi-account supervision
  • Player configuration and control
  • Media library management and playlist creation
  • Content scheduling and programming

Network and administration

  • Ethernet 10/100 Mb on RJ45 connector
  • Integrated remote administration: configuration, control, and content updates
  • Built-in TCP/IP / UDP server for player control
  • Integrated NTP client for clock synchronization
  • IPv4 and IPv6 (static address or DHCP)
  • Built-in FTP server
  • Supported secure protocols: HTTPS, SSL, SFTP, FTPS…

Interfacing and connectivity

  • Multi-function standby/power switch
  • Status LEDs (network, activity)
  • microSD card slot
  • 3 USB Host 2.0 High Speed (480 Mb/s) on Type-A connector
  • 1 input contact on pluggable terminal block 3.81 mm
  • 2 MOSFET relays (normally open – 2A per output, max 24V) on pluggable terminal block 3.81 mm

Storage

  • USB flash drives and micro SDSC/SDHC/SDXC cards
  • Supported file systems: FAT32 / exFAT / NTFS / ext3/4

Misc.

  • DC power supply from 9V to 24V – Connector Ø 2.1 mm / 5.5 mm
  • Built-in precise clock
  • Resistant to power failures
  • Rack-mountable in 19 inches / 1U
  • Width: 192 mm
  • Length: 129 mm
  • Height: 44 mm – 1U
  • CE, FCC