Playing background music throughout your facility (warehouse, plant, hospital, office, or school) can create an ambient and pleasant atmosphere.

The two most important reasons why you want to use your facility’s PA system do play music are:

  1. Your Carina PA system already has this capability. There’s no need to install an additional system when a Carina PA system already performs this function.
  2. Using your Carina PA system for music ensures that any critical safety announcements made through the same system will take precedence over the music, preventing important messages from being drowned out by competing audio devices.

We originally discussed playing music in your facility in this article:

And created this “How To Stream Music with Carina” tutorial:

This video shows you how to connect a 3.5mm audio cable to your music device and play music via your Carina system.

Next, we received inquiries on which smart speakers and devices were compatible with Carina.

If you have a device that can output audio via bluetooth, here’s how to connect it to your Carina system.

To address these questions, we have researched various smart speakers and music streaming devices currently on the market for compatibility with Carina. Devices with “Yes” under the 3.5mm column can be connected to Carina by following this instructional video. Devices with “Yes” under the Bluetooth column can be connected to Carina by following this video.

Supported Devices to Play Music on Carina

Device 3.5mm headphone jack Bluetooth Compatible with Carina?
Apple iPad No Yes Yes
Apple iPhone Requires an aux cord Yes Yes
Apple HomePod No No No
Amazon Alexa

Echo Dot 3rd Gen

Echo 1st2nd & 4th Gen

Echo Spot

Yes, see BT pairing instructions Yes
Sonos Port Yes No Yes
Sonos Move or Roam No Yes, see BT pairing instructions Yes
Sonos One No No No

Google Nest Audio

Google Nest Mini

No Yes, see BT pairing instructions Yes
Pixel 7 Requires a headphone adapter Yes Yes
Samsung Galaxy S23 | S23+ Requires a headphone adapter Yes Yes

Macbook Air | Pro

Mac Mini | iMac

Yes Yes Yes
Windows Desktop or Laptop Most Windows computers have a 3.5mm jack output Most Windows computers have BT output capabilities  Yes

Is your device not on the list? Let us know and we’ll add it!

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