Streaming music using Algo 8301

If you are a school or factory with a large number of Algo SIP speakers then you probably have an Algo 8301 for scheduling. When multicasting from the 8301 to other devices there is a dedicated music channel allowing you to stream music across the system.

Music Streaming from Algo 8301 – how do you do it? The generally available information says to simply turn off the Automatic Gain Control and to set the codec to G722 or Opus. Under the current firmware (5.4 at this writing) this is not enough. This application note will show you how to do it.

For all the Multicast Receiver devices you do need to turn off the Automatic Gain Control. You need to log into each one in turn and go to Basic Features > Features

If the Algo 8301 being used as a Multicast transmitter, select G.722 for the output codec. Go to Advanced Settings > Advanced Multicast