You could try this theory if you are willing, by disconnecting the Dune connected to the router via the homeplug, but you'll need to reboot all the network devices, just in case the UPnP discovery data is cached somewhere. The only thing I can think of is may be the Dune boxes are working in tandem & are either both sending each others UPnP discovery data as well as their own or they are in some type of 'master/slave' mode with the master device sending the discovery data for both (stretching the imagination a fair bit, I know!). Is there a difference between the way the Dune boxes & the Synology NAS and the N-50 & the Synology NAS are connected to each other via the router? For example, is one connection completely wired or completely wireless and the other part wired/wireless? Or, is one connection using one or more network bridge or repeater device(s) (eg, another router, powerline homeplugs, wireless extenders, etc) that the other connection is not? This would indicate that the various devices are not 'wired' to the network in the same way and so the UPnP data being forwarded on some parts of the network, but not in others. However, since the DLNA Server is obviously seeing other UPnP devices, such as the the two Dune players, then the router should be configured to forward UPnP multicast data (well at least between the working devices). It looks like neither of the N50's & Synology Server's UPnP/DLNA discovery announcements are getting through to each other! Once it's been established that a working ethernet connection is in place (& for UPnP/DLNA it's irrelevant whether the configuration is via DHCP or manual, BTW), this fault is usually due to UPnP multicast data not getting forwarded by the router and/or by any network bridge/repeater being used between the devices. So, is it possible that the reason why the N-50 is not appearing on the DLNA server's connected device list is because it doesn't play video, so it doesn't matter? This is not the case for music players/renders, where virtually all use DLNA in the same way and are simply either able to playback a particular music file type or not. Profile setting by all media UPnP/DLNA servers for video players/renderers is particularly useful because there are many interpretations of DLNA support by the player manufacturers, so special settings are sometimes required depending on make/model. The reason why I'm asking is that all the music only UPnP/DLNA servers that I know of don't have a profile setup mechanism which requires it to identify all the music players/renderers on the network. One thing I forgot to ask you, is the N-50 able to use the Synology NAS's DLNA server, regardless of you not being able to set up a profile for the N-50 from the server side? In other words, is the Synology DLNA server appearing on the N-50's Music Server list and are you properly able to play back all the music file types supported by both the DLNA server & the N-50, anyway? Have you tried testing using a UPnP/DLNA server on another device on the network, such as on a computer (eg the free Foobar2000 Windows application with the foo_UPnP plugin) or a phone (eg the free version of BubbleUPnP app for Android)? If you cannot 'see' it listed then there's either a problem with the N-50 (possible, but unlikely, given that the basic network connection is fine) and/or there's a problem with the UPnP/DLNA server and/or your router's handling of UPnP/DLNA data is not correct.įirst thing to establish, do you have any other UPnP/DLNA renderers/players and are they being seen? Also do the same for all other the other devices on the network.Īs far as N-50's UPnP/DLNA connectivity is concerned, the main thing it needs to do is announce itself as a UPnP/DLNA renderer. My advice from this angle is if you are using the DHCP server (presumably on running on the router) to make sure it always assigns the N-50 the same unique ip address. ![]() Since the Pioneer N-50 is listed as a network connected device on your Fritzbox router and you've been able to access internet radio, you can be certain that its network connection is Ok.
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