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LUMIN QQMusic with QPlay

What is QQMusic

QQMusic is the largest music streaming service in mainland China and is a joint venture between Tencent and Spotify. It supports high resolution music streaming if you are a paid VIP tier user.

The QQMusic App (running on phone or tablet) controls all aspects of playback and music selection, while LUMIN streams the music directly from the QQMusic servers.

A QQMusic VIP subscription offers lossless and high resolution audio formats.

LUMIN + QQMusic

With support for QPlay, you can choose LUMIN as a playback device from within the QQMusic App.

Preparation

If you haven't already got one, you'll need a WeChat account .

Download the QQMusic App for your device.

Ensure LUMIN firmware is up-to-date.

Ensure all devices are on the same network.

Playback

Open the QQMusic App and play something.

Tap the "..." option to see the 设备投放 "device projection" option.

Select LUMIN from the list of devices.

Operation

All control is through the QQMusic App. See the QQMusic website for information on using the app.

If you want to switch back to playing local music or TIDAL/Qobuz/KKBox/TuneIn simply return to the LUMIN App and select a song.

During playback, LUMIN will display the full 'Now Playing' information in the LUMIN App and on the LUMIN Front Panel Display:

The Streaming Source is indicated on the left-hand-side.

Note: Warning Pop-up

When you first select your LUMIN device in QQMusic, QQMusic app will pop-up a message, saying the streaming device is NOT officially supported and there maybe playback issue.

This message is normal and can be dismissed. It's due to the fact that full QPlay certification requires Wi-Fi (which no LUMIN devices have).