Pairing the ROCKSTER NEO with other devil devices

The ROCKSTER NEO can be paired with other devil speakers that currently support or will support the Party Link function. Here is an overview:

Connection type		Speaker	Quantity	Sound
	wireless	ROCKSTER NEO ROCKSTER GO 2 MYND	Up to 100	Mono
	wired	ROCKSTER NEO ROCKSTER AIR 2 ROCKSTER	Up to 10	Mono
	Wireless and wired	ROCKSTER NEO	2	Stereo

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Bluetooth connection between player and ROCKSTER NEO

Pairing connects your audio source/player (e.g. smartphone) with the ROCKSTER NEO.

1. First switch on the ROCKSTER NEO.
2. Switch on the Bluetooth® function on your external player (e.g. smartphone).
3. Press and hold the Bluetooth® button (8) on the ROCKSTER NEO for 1.5 seconds.
4. You will hear a signal tone and the LED in the button (8) will flash blue.
5. Let your player/smartphone search for new Bluetooth® devices.
6. "ROCKSTER NEO" should appear in the list of devices found after the search.
7. Select "ROCKSTER NEO" from the list of devices found. If your player asks for a code, enter "0000" (four zeros).
8. You will hear a signal tone and the LED in the button (8) will light up blue continuously.
9. Pairing is complete. The Bluetooth® device is connected to the ROCKSTER NEO and you can use the speaker as an output device.

Activating the various party link functions

Party-Link

The speaker can be connected via Bluetooth® with up to 100 compatible speakers to form a
speaker chain, e.g. to provide sound for a larger room.

The first speaker acts as a
broadcaster when using the party link function. You can control the playback for the entire speaker chain on the broadcaster and make specific adjustments to the connected speakers (e.g. volume settings).

Note: When using Party Link mode (wirelessly connecting devices), all other sources except Bluetooth are disabled. This means music transmission via Bluetooth is possible, but you cannot play any source on LINE (analog source), INSTR (instrument, e.g., electric guitar), or MIC (microphone) on all speakers simultaneously.

If you want to hear speech via a microphone on all devices, use the connection via XLR cable (Party-Link-Wired).

To activate the Party-Link

1. Connect an external audio source (e.g. smartphone) to the first speaker via Bluetooth®.
2. Press and hold the button (13) on the first speaker for 1.5 seconds. The button (13) flashes purple, Party-Link LEDs (6) flash white.
   
3. Pairing mode is activated; the speaker becomes a broadcaster in party link mode.
4. Switch on another ROCKSTER NEO (receiver). The speaker must not have an active Bluetooth® connection.
5. Press and hold the button (13) on the speaker that is not yet connected for 1.5 seconds.
   Button (13) and Party-Link LEDs (6) on the receiver light up white.
6. The loudspeaker (receiver) is connected to the Broadcaster. All paired speakers play the same content.

Party-Link-Wired

Several speakers can be connected to each other in MASTER-COMPANION mode via a cable connection. One speaker is configured as MASTER and the other speakers as COMPANION.

Suitable XLR cables for connecting the speakers are available in the web store in the "Accessories" section.

How to set up Party-Link via a cable connection

LINE / COMPANION OUT

To activate the Party-Link wired function

1. Connect the external audio source to the first speaker.
2. Press button (13) on the first speaker 3 times. Button (13) lights up green. The speaker switches to wired mode and activates the LINE/COMPANION output.
3. Connect the XLR cable to the LINE/COMPANION OUT socket (25) on speaker 1.
4. Connect the XLR cable to one of the XLR combo sockets (23)/(24) on speaker 2.
5. Press button (13) on the second speaker 3 times. Button (13) lights green. The speaker switches to wired mode and activates the LINE/COMPANION output.
6. If necessary, repeat steps 3 to 5 to connect additional speakers.
7. Setup: Press the button (13) on speaker 1 (MASTER) and select the desired setting (LEFT, RIGHT, MONO). The LED for the selected setting lights up white.
   The setting on the MASTER determines which signal is transmitted to the COMPANION:
   MASTER MONO -> COMPANION MONO
   MASTER LEFT -> COMPANION RIGHT
   MASTER RIGHT -> COMPANION LEFT

Party link stereo

Two speakers of the same model can be used with the party link stereo function in stereo L / R mode. To do this, the speakers are paired via Bluetooth® and each speaker is assigned a 
position L (left) or R (right).

• Speaker L is positioned to the left of the receiver.
• Speaker R is positioned to the right of the handset.

Note: When using Party Link Stereo (wirelessly connecting two devices), all other sources except Bluetooth are disabled. This means music transmission via Bluetooth is possible, but you cannot play any source on LINE (analog source), INSTR (instrument, e.g., electric guitar), or MIC (microphone) on all speakers simultaneously.

If you want to hear speech via a microphone on all devices, use the connection via XLR cable (Party-Link-Wired). 

To activate the Party Link stereo function

1. Connect an external audio source to the first speaker via Bluetooth®.
2. Press the button (13) on the first speaker twice. Button (13) flashes yellow, Party-Link LEDs (6) flash white.
   
3. Switch on the second speaker.→ Switching on and off
4. Press button (13) on the second speaker twice. The first Party-Link LED (6) of the first speaker lights up white. The speaker is switched to channel L.
   The second Party-Link LED (6) of the second speaker lights up white. The speaker becomes channel R.
   
   Change stereo L/R configuration 
   ► Press the button (13).
   Stereo L/R changes to stereo R/L. 
   ► Press the button (13) again.
   
   NOTE
   Before switching between the Party-Link and Party-Link-Stereo functions, first exit active mode.