Getting to grips with WiiM

[AllanWhoops]

I got seriously fed up with Sonos when they reduced my two controllers to scrap back in 2017 and wanted to do the same to the rest of the system a few years ago.

I finally made the decision to go with Wiim and am beginning to get there in terms of using it.

Two questions, which I can't find an answer to:-

Is 5Ghz WiFi necessary or will 2.4Ghz be OK? The reason is that neither the Amp or Mini are picking up the 5Ghz signal, even with them on top of the router which supports 5Ghz.

My music is based on Artist/Album. Is there any way that I can add all the artist's albums to the queue in one go?

Many thanks in advance,

Allan

 

[hgo58]

I got seriously fed up with Sonos when they reduced my two controllers to scrap back in 2017 and wanted to do the same to the rest of the system a few years ago.

I finally made the decision to go with Wiim and am beginning to get there in terms of using it.

Two questions, which I can't find an answer to:-

Is 5Ghz WiFi necessary or will 2.4Ghz be OK? The reason is that neither the Amp or Mini are picking up the 5Ghz signal, even with them on top of the router which supports 5Ghz.

My music is based on Artist/Album. Is there any way that I can add all the artist's albums to the queue in one go?

Many thanks in advance,

Allan

2G is fine but how do you know it's not using 5G?

If close to the router it would be better to use Ethernet cable.

 

[harkpabst]

Hello and welcome.

Is 5Ghz WiFi necessary or will 2.4Ghz be OK? The reason is that neither the Amp or Mini are picking up the 5Ghz signal, even with them on top of the router which supports 5Ghz.

Your topic is tagged "wiim amp pro", but you are mentioning the (WiiM, I suppose) Mini and the Amp. Both should be able to connect to either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz Wi-Fi. The same goes for the WiiM Amp Pro.

You probably did notice the "5 GHz only" toggle switch on the Network Status page of the WiiM Home app for your devices? Changing to a different network has just become a lot easier with the WiiM Home app 3.1.7. Prior to that you had to press the play button for 3 seconds to get your WiiM device into network setup mode if you wanted to make a switch.

My music is based on Artist/Album. Is there any way that I can add all the artist's albums to the queue in one go?

Is your music stored on an external media server or do you intend to use a USB storage device (as supported by the WiiM Amp and WiiM Amp Pro)? In the latter case, you can add all tracks to the queue by just playing the first song displayed under the artist's tag, but not in the order of the albums the songs are on.

When using an external media server the ability to do so might depend on its capabilities.

 

[AllanWhoops]

Thanks.

The SSIDs are different, one has 5G as the suffix.

No, neither are close to the router, it was when I was setting them up.

 

[AllanWhoops]

Is your music stored on an external media server or do you intend to use a USB storage device (as supported by the WiiM Amp and WiiM Amp Pro)? In the latter case, you can add all tracks to the queue by just playing the first song displayed under the artist's tag, but not in the order of the albums the songs are on.

Thanks.

No, it is a USB disk connected to the WiiM Amp. It would be helpful to keep them in Album order.

 

[harkpabst]

It would be helpful to keep them in Album order.

As of now I wouldn't know how to do that.

 

[hgo58]

Thanks.

The SSIDs are different, one has 5G as the suffix.

No, neither are close to the router, it was when I was setting them up.

The WiiM will only connect to the specific SSID that you have configured it for.

 

[harkpabst]

The WiiM will only connect to the specific SSID that you have configured it for.

And you can change that later on, of course.

 

[AllanWhoops]

The WiiM will only connect to the specific SSID that you have configured it for.

Neither of them saw the 5GHz SSID even when I searched for them.

 

[harkpabst]

Since they definitely do support 5 GHz there is still a certain likelihood of something went wrong during the setup process. I wouldn't expect two WiiM devices falling out of spec in such a specific case at the same time.

Did you have the 5 GHz only toggle on or off when you tried to connect?

 

[AllanWhoops]

Did you have the 5 GHz only toggle on or off when you tried to connect?

No, I only saw that after I set it up!

 

[hgo58]

Neither of them saw the 5GHz SSID even when I searched for them.

The list of available WiFi access points is collected by your phone. Maybe it's the root cause?

Anyway 2G is fine. I would say even better than 5G as it is more stable over longer distances and it has all the data rate you need for audio streaming.

 

[AllanWhoops]

Anyway 2G is fine. I would say even better than 5G as it is more stable over longer distances and it has all the data rate you need for audio streaming.

That's great, and many thanks for the quick replies.

 

[spareflyer]

Obviously there are some very clever people here, so are there any plans for themes or skin mods for the Ultra please.

 

[Wiimer]

Obviously there are some very clever people here, so are there any plans for themes or skin mods for the Ultra please.

So far I have not heard of any such talk. You can start a request thread or submit a request ticket in the feedback section of the WiiM app.