Chord Electronics ☆ Poly ☆ (wireless & microSD module for Mojo) ☆★►USEFUL INFO on 1st PAGE!!◄★☆

[rlw6534]

Chord claims Poly was among the products to have a price reduction as of Jan. 2023:
https://chordelectronics.co.uk/2023-price-reductions

Actually, I guess they did, but it's still too expensive...

 

[rmkjr]

Actually, I guess they did, but it's still too expensive...

If you’re in the US, try asking Bloom Audio for a discount. They will occasionally send out 5-10% codes for repeat customers. Sometimes you can simply ask them for one. I used one to get my Poly.

 

[Raulett]

I just purchased a Poly for my mojo 1. Airplay and bluetooth for Amazon music work correctly, but I am not able to play music from the micro sd card. Poly detects the card but it does not show neither on the mconnect player app nor 8player . Anyone can help me?

 

[u brain]

Typically after initial setup, I find that I need to switch it to Roon Mode and then back to Everything else mode in order for the UPNP server to first show up. Then it tends to be there pretty reliably on start up.
The other thing is that if it's a big SD card, it can take a long time before Poly offers it up, as it's killing itself building an index. I've found it to be generally unreliable for up to an hour after putting a new 512gb SD card in.

 

[Raulett]

Typically after initial setup, I find that I need to switch it to Roon Mode and then back to Everything else mode in order for the UPNP server to first show up. Then it tends to be there pretty reliably on start up.
The other thing is that if it's a big SD card, it can take a long time before Poly offers it up, as it's killing itself building an index. I've found it to be generally unreliable for up to an hour after putting a new 512gb SD card in.

Well ... I have a 512gb sd card ... I will try to switch to Roon mode and then back ...

 

[Raulett]

Well ... I have a 512gb sd card ... I will try to switch to Roon mode and then back ...

Do you know why on gofigure sd card ... it says "playlists are unavailable on this sd card"

 

[u brain]

Do you know why on gofigure sd card ... it says "playlists are unavailable on this sd card"

Sorry, no idea.
It's fair to say that the Go Figure app is janky at best.
It's main blessing is that, once the Poly is set up, you can go for ages without ever having to open Go Figure. (Otherwise I'd have probably thrown the MojoPoly out the window long ago!)

In my case, GoFigure says "No songs were found on the selected SD Card. Please ass songs to this card or use another card."
However, over UPNP I can see the whole lot, and so tend to run everything from BubbleUpnp with few issues.

 

[pavoni]

Do you know why on gofigure sd card ... it says "playlists are unavailable on this sd card"

Using GoFigure you can only play playlists directly, not individual tracks or directories.

You can use an app to create playlists - but I have never bothered.

As suggested by others here I just use Rigelian or MPDluxe - both of which have browing interfaces that lets you choose what to play.

 

[box860]

Using GoFigure you can only play playlists directly, not individual tracks or directories.

You can use an app to create playlists - but I have never bothered.

As suggested by others here I just use Rigelian or MPDluxe - both of which have browing interfaces that lets you choose what to play.

I’ll second that recommendation for Rigelian. It works very well with Poly.

 

[Raulett]

Using GoFigure you can only play playlists directly, not individual tracks or directories.

You can use an app to create playlists - but I have never bothered.

As suggested by others here I just use Rigelian or MPDluxe - both of which have browing interfaces that lets you choose what to play.

rigelian does the same function as mconnect player?

 

[pavoni]

rigelian does the same function as mconnect player?

Similar idea but I think mconnect is DLNA, where is Rigelian is MPD.

This thread has lots of useful info - but I think MPD is good in that while playing your phone isn't involved, so if the connection is lost the poly keeps playing.

I have a 1Tb card with 30k songs and I think it takes around 30 mins to re-index.

Using GoFigure you can force this in General settings / Refresh Current SD Card Database

In General Settings while refreshing it will show 'Indexing' rather than "idle" under DLNA Database Status

 

[Guy Fawkes]

I just purchased a Poly for my mojo 1. Airplay and bluetooth for Amazon music work correctly, but I am not able to play music from the micro sd card. Poly detects the card but it does not show neither on the mconnect player app nor 8player . Anyone can help me?

if you intend to use Poly exclusively with the mSD card, abandon the idea of using apps that exploit the UPnP function and use MPD App, M.A.L.P or MAFA for Android or Rigelian for iOS, the MPD protocol is the way to go with the Poly.

 

[Raulett]

if you intend to use Poly exclusively with the mSD card, abandon the idea of using apps that exploit the UPnP function and use MPD App, M.A.L.P or MAFA for Android or Rigelian for iOS, the MPD protocol is the way to go with the Poly.

Thank you! I downloaded Rigelian and works perfectly!

 

[u brain]

if you intend to use Poly exclusively with the mSD card, abandon the idea of using apps that exploit the UPnP function and use MPD App, M.A.L.P or MAFA for Android or Rigelian for iOS, the MPD protocol is the way to go with the Poly.

Out of interest, why do you think MPD is so much better than UPnP?
I've used BubbleUPnP happily for ages but always open to improving things.
I've just installed MALP and at first glance I don't see what extra benefit it provides over Bubble - what am I missing?

 

[Cymruambyth]

Another Rigelian user here - definitely the best ap I’ve found to control Poly from an iPhone. Occasionally I have to go into settings and tell it to rescan Poly’s SD card but it is a good way to access the files, very good interface and very user friendly.