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Easier than grouping

There are often connected areas in the home, such as the living room and kitchen, which are not separated by walls. Each area has its own speakers that can be switched on or off separately, but ultimately you always hear the same music. We call this feature 'Connected Spaces'. It is a simplified, permanent connection of rooms as an alternative to grouping.

What problem do connected spaces solve?

We call spatially connected listening zones "connected spaces". This is often an open space in which the living, dining and kitchen areas are combined. As there are hardly any walls in these rooms in many apartments/houses, these areas are connected listening zones. This is because it is not possible to listen to different music in the kitchen than in the dining area. Even if the TV is on, it is often not possible to listen to Internet radio in the kitchen at the same time.

However, these areas often have their own loudspeakers. And it is not always desirable to listen to the TV program via the kitchen loudspeakers in the kitchen. For this reason, the speakers in this example, i.e. kitchen, living room and dining room, must be able to be switched on separately and also allow individual volume levels.

The special feature is that the same music source is always heard, but not necessarily in all areas at the same time. And if the source is changed in the dining room, the areas that are currently listening to music should also change the source.

How does trivum implement Connected Spaces?

With our Multiroom setup, you can create multiple Connected Spaces consisting of any number of zones. Each zone within a Connected Space can change the music source independently - for all connected zones at the same time.
As soon as a source is changed in a zone that is part of a Connected Space, all other activated zones of the Connected Space adopt the same source. This ensures that no different music plays in any zone at the same time and you enjoy the same sound everywhere.
This makes changing the music in several rooms child's play - without any complicated settings or groupings.

Advantages of connected spaces

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How can you customize Connected Spaces?

General settings
  • Designation
  • Definition of the "Master". The master is used to define the streaming client and, if available, a tuner via which music is listened to in the Connected Space.
  • Participating areas
  • KNX data points
  • Start/stop of a Connected Space with a group address
  • Stop of all Connected Spaces with a group address

What are the limitations of connected spaces?

  • Members of a Connected Space must be connected to each other via an audio matrix. As Connected Spaces do not share their music via a network, but via an audio matrix, all areas of a Connected Space must be able to access the sources directly. A master is therefore also required.
  • Only sources that can be accessed by all participating areas can be accessed.

The following devices support "Connected Spaces":

  • SC344m individually or in conjunction with other SC344m/SC311m via USB-C matrix connection cable
  • SC311m with other SC344m via USB-C matrix connection cable
  • SC311m with another SC311m via USB-C matrix connection cable

Easier than grouping

There are often connected areas in the home, such as the living room and kitchen, which are not separated by walls. Each area has its own speakers that can be switched on or off separately, but ultimately you always hear the same music. We call this feature 'Connected Spaces'. It is a simplified, permanent connection of rooms as an alternative to grouping.