Explore Model C – LiveCopper Inc.

Welcome to Your Model C

The Model C is has many feature and capabilities, this section will help you get started and learn the things you Model C can do.

Getting Started:

1.0 Connecting your Model C to you computer.

The Model C has a USBC port in the center back of the unit, you should also have a “red” colored USB cable that you can use to connect to you computer. The Model C can connect to either a USBC port, or on older computers, a USBA port.

1.1 Model C Pro with HDMI

The Model C pro comes with additional components to allow you to run a HDMI monitor and the Model C with a single dongle. Simply plug-in the USBC dongle into your USBC port on your computer, and then plug the red USBC cable into the USBA connector on the dongle. The Model C pro also comes with a USBC extension cable, which can be used to extend the dongle, however many HDMI monitors & charging will not work with the extension USBC extension cables.

You can also purchase any HDMI dongle and plug the Model C into the USBA port of any supported USBC HDMI dongle.

Note: the Red USB line goes into the USBA port with the supplied C2A cable end. This allows the USBC port to be used for charging.

1.2 External Power for 20 Watt AMP

The Model C, has an internal AMP that drives the stereo speakers, if you are using your Model C for loud and heavy bass music, you can input additional 5V power on the rear USBC port. This will power the AMP without needing to draw power from your computer, or even have a computer connected to your Model C. Examples include connecting a bluetooth receiver and sending audio into the rear or front audio ports. The unit will work without a computer and can act as a remote bluetooth speaker system without needing a computer connected. To add power, just use any standard USB power brick (USBA, USBC or Battery Pack for Mobile uses).

1.3 Using your Model C as a Docking Station

Once you have connected your Model C, your computer should recognize all the ports, 4 USBA ports on the front, 1 USBA port on the rear, and a USBC port on the rear. Your computer should see all of these ports as well as the SD card and audio features. To use the Audio device, you must select USB Audio, from your audio selection menu from your Operating System audio menu.

Buttons on the top of your Model C are self explanatory, the upper right is Volume up/down, the lower right is speaker mute. The lower left is your onboard microphone mute button and the upper left is your system mute button which will mute the operating system sound.

Lights can be turned on/off by pressing the top left button, which turns off the Model C lights. You can also use the switch on the rear to turn off the top glass light if you just want the Model C light bar to show.

1.4 Audio Jacks on the Front and Rear Panel

There are 3 Audio jacks on the Model C, 2 on the front, and 1 in the rear. They can be used as follows:

The front right audio out jack can be used for headphones or any audio out purpose.
The front left audio jack is for a Microphone input, also known as audio in.
The rear audio jack is a second audio jack and can be used to send audio to any audio system, such and the LiveCopper Woofer.

1.5 Audio Amplifier

The Model C can be used as a standalone amplifier without needed to connect to a computer. The Model C has a 20 watt onboard amplifier that connects to the stero speakers so it can be used to amplify and audio signal. The rear and front audio jacks can take any audio signal in and the Model C will amplify the audio. A common use would be to connect the Smart Desk Boom woofer and connect it to the rear audio jack, and connect a audio signal (Example from an Xbox) to the front audio port, to amplify and have high quality rich sound.

To power the amplifier, you can connect any USB power brick to either rear facing USBC port. To have a portable amplifier, you can power the Model C with a USB power brick and connect a headset to the front audio in jack. We use the Model C for a portable amplifier for our presentations.

1.6 USB Port Speeds

There are 4 ports on the front of you Model C, these ports are standard full speed USBA ports (12Mbps) and are good for general data transfer and powering 5 volt devices. The rear ports are High Speed 480 Mbps ports, one USBA 480MB for video feeds, and USBC 480MB on the right corner USBC port.

1.7 Internal Mic

The Model C, can be used as a zoom speaker phone that can be moved into the center of you office, to act as a traditional conference speaker phone. (Example: Polycom speaker phone). The onboard mic is amplified, so you will probably want to adjust volume and filtering levels on your zoom interface, as the amplified mic means you can be anywhere in the room and it will pickup voices and room noise. It’s a great solution for having conversations with multiple people in a room.

1.8 100 Mbit Ethernet Port

The hardline Ethernet port will be available for you machine as part of your computer’s devices. With a more consistent network speed, hardline is great for gaming and larger more consistent data transfer with low latency. Connect your Model C to any 100Mbit router port and your operating system should report the network connection.

1.8 Stereo Speakers & Smart Desk Boom Sub-Woofer

The Model C has two high fidelity speakers on the right and left of the unit, which gives a high quality stereo experience. Your computer can control balance between right and left audio, as well as filter frequencies based on your preferences. The speakers are hidden using foam to block the light, but you can remove the foam if you would like to see the speakers like the photo below.

The Smart Desk Boom Sub-Woofer adds rich mid range and bass sound to create a high quality rich complete sound system for your desktop environment.

Boom plugins into the rear audio port of the Model C. Boom has audio controls that can manage volume and the amount of mid-range and bass you want. The Smart Desktop Boom has a 6ft shielded audio cable so you can place the woofer on the floor of your desktop to have amazing audio range, including heavy base. The full audio experience will sound like it’s all coming directly from the Model C on top of your desktop.

2.0 Applications for your Model C

The Model C has a OLED display that can the Model C’s Operating System Smart Desk X uses to allow applications can run, interact with your computer, attached sensors and the internet to provide you Smart Desk Features. Available applications for you Model C include:

Clock Application
Temperature Application
Riot Games “League of Legend Application”

These applications can be launched manually or through voice activation on your Model C. We also have a configuration file to set default applications.

2.1 Installing SDX

You can download the latested SDX release from

http://livecopper.com/downlaods

3.0 AI Interface “Hello Steven”

Installing the SDX Operating System will allow you to speak to your Model C and the AI engine. Steven can enage with a web AI enginer including Sound Hound and ChaptGPT. Voice commands can also be setup local with the AI editor to build custom voice commands.

Existing commands include: