iBasso Audio DX160, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE http www iBasso com iBasso Audio...

Page 2: ...ain Features Speci cations Names of Parts Functions 6 7 12 13 25 13 14 Application APP Installation App to Uninstall USB Connections 15 17 Power O Reboot 25 System Settings 18 24 iBasso Mango Music Pl...

Page 3: ...2 Package Components DX160 Player Type C Cable Clear TPU protection case Screen Protector Quick Start Guide Warranty Card...

Page 4: ...rging data transfer and USB DAC function Use the Clear TPU protection case to protect the DX160 s chassis from scratches Use the screen protector to protect the DX160 s screen from scratches The warra...

Page 5: ...1920 With Curved Glass Rear Panel Support of QC3 0 PD2 0 MTK PE Plus Quick Charge Allows for USB DAC Mode 8 core CPU 4 4mm Balanced OutPut 3 5mm Single Ended Output That Functions as Single Ended Pho...

Page 6: ...5 3200mAh 3 8V Li Polymer Battery 13 Hours Play Time Support for M3U Playlists...

Page 7: ...osstalk 6 4Vrms 10Hz 40kHz 0 15 dB 130 dB 0 00022 no load 0 00022 32 load 3Vrms 125dB 3 2Vrms 10Hz 40kHz 0 15 dB 125dB 0 0004 no load 0 0007 32 load 3Vrms 115dB 3 2Vrms 10Hz 40kHz 0 15dB 125dB 0 00035...

Page 8: ...7 Names of Parts Functions Micro SD Card Slot Type C Port Phone Port Line Out Port Coaxial Output Port Balanced Phone Port...

Page 9: ...as a card reader as a card reader or an external storage Connect the DX160 to an OTG storage device to play music les Connect the DX160 to a PC or a Mac computer to work as a USB DAC Line Out Port Use...

Page 10: ...9 Volume Control Wheel Next Fast Forward Play Pause Previous Rewind Type C 5 0inch LCD Power Line Out Port Phone Port Balanced Phone Port...

Page 11: ...ease the volume Rotate the wheel downward to decrease the volume Short Press Play the next track Long Press Fast forward Short Press Play Pause Short Press Replay previous track Long Press Rewind Shor...

Page 12: ...e DX160 was powered on Reset When the DX160 stop unexpectedly during operation and the keys are no longer responsive press and hold the power button for 10 seconds to reset the DX160 Charging DX160 su...

Page 13: ...nnecting to a computer to work as a USB DAC The following is the instruction 12 The DX160 supports up to 32bit 384kHz PCM and native DSD up to 256x when be used as a USB DAC 1 Power on the DX160 2 Pre...

Page 14: ...i cation bar Press the Wireless local area network WLAN to turn on the WiFi function The rst time you enter the WLAN you need to choose the hot spot you will be using and enter the password From this...

Page 15: ...ess the Bluetooth icon to turn on the Bluetooth function The DX160 will automatically search for the nearby Bluetooth device At the same time the DX160 will be visible to the nearby devices Choose the...

Page 16: ...PP Installation 15 APKPure and CoolAPK are pre installed on the DX160 They are similar to Play Store Launch one of them Search for the APP that you would like to install Download the APP and install i...

Page 17: ...the internet browser on the desktop Enter the website address of the APP Find the download icon on the website and start the download Return to the desktop and open the download manager Press the down...

Page 18: ...le Swipe down the screen from the topto display the noti cation bar Press the USB connection icon to choose the type of USB use Charging This only charges the DX160 File Transfers Transfer les to Wind...

Page 19: ...18 System Settings Press Settings icon on the DX160 desktop to go into system settings...

Page 20: ...ters are available for user setting These are designed by the chip manufacturer and are included as an option Volume Limitation This sets the volume to a maximum preset point Volume Control Wheel Volu...

Page 21: ...ol Button When turned on audio control buttons enabled after the screen is o Customize Audio Control Button Placement customize the placement of previous button and next button 20 Press Settings Icon...

Page 22: ...Firmware Update 21 1 Press Settings Icon System Updater 2 Select Online Update or Local Update...

Page 23: ...he DX160 is connected to WiFi After online update is select press Check Update Press Download the DX160 will start downloading the available update package After the download complete press Update Now...

Page 24: ...23 Firmware Version Press Settings icon System About DX160 Scroll down the page the Build number is the rmware version...

Page 25: ...Power O Reboot Long press the power button for 3 seconds There is a pop up window with two options 24...

Page 26: ...the playback screen one can swipe left and right on the Album artwork area to switch a song Press the icon on the top left corner to go into Music Screen Press the icon on the top right corner to go i...

Page 27: ...26 Playback Screen home screen Music screen Settings L R Balance Equalizer Track title Artist name Album name Music info Previous Rewind Play Mode Next Fast Forward Play Pause...

Page 28: ...icon to display the now playing screen One can swipe a song to the left to display the Delete button Press Delete to delete it from this playlist Press the Music info icon the album artwork will show...

Page 29: ...y view icon to browse in le structure 28 Music Screen Search bar Directory view Detail view Navigation bar Playback bar Thumbnail artwork Play Pause Track title and artist name of the song that is pla...

Page 30: ...wipe it left or right to choose All Music view Album view Artist view Genre view Now Playing view or Playlist view Long Press Long pressing a song will pop up a window with more options Navigation Bar...

Page 31: ...Further Options Long Press of a song will pop up a window with further options that allows to play this song add this song to a playlist or delete this song Long Press Pop up 30...

Page 32: ...Artist View Thumbnail view Artwork view Thumbnail view Artwork view 31 Album View...

Page 33: ...st exporting the playlist or deletion of the playlist The playlist can be found on the internal storage of the iBasso mango player folder after the playlist has been exported New Playlist Press the Ne...

Page 34: ...33 Press the icon located on the right side of the navigation bar to go into the navigation bar management and music sorting screen Navigation Bar Management Screen...

Page 35: ...ar Otherwise it will not be shown All Music View Sorting One can sort the all music view by title album artist added time or folder Now Playing View Sorting One can sort the Now Playing by title album...

Page 36: ...o go into directory view One can browse the music les under internal storage and SD card via folder structure Press Internal Storage to see music les under internal storage Press SD Card to see music...

Page 37: ...36 Input the keywords to search a track an album or an artist Search Screen...

Page 38: ...the gapless to eliminate the gap between two tracks Gain There are two gain settings The low gain has the lowest noise oor it is good for ultra sensitive IEMs Settings Screen Press the Settings icon t...

Page 39: ...can choose the desired play mode here L R Balance Press to go into the L R balance setting page Digital Filter There are four lters press the number to quickly choose a lter Advanced To access to more...

Page 40: ...nable the folder play function tick the box on the left then select either the order play mode or loop play mode After a full media scan or rescan the library you can go to Directory and select a song...

Page 41: ...40 The DX160 has two types of Equalizer Graphic EQ and Parametric EQ Equalizer...

Page 42: ...equalizer as desired by selecting them How to Adjust The EQ Settings Press on the response curve the 10 band slide bars will show up One can adjust the EQ settings by positioning the bars up or down P...

Page 43: ...the Parametric Equalizer to enable the it Parametric Equalizer How to Go Into The Parametric EQ Setting Screen Press the response curve to go into the parametric EQ setting screen Press the button of...

Page 44: ...43 Settings on the Selection Bar One can swipe left and right to select a setting Parametric Equalizer Setting Screen...

Page 45: ...is the central frequency Input a value between 33Hz to 16 000Hz This is the gain for each central frequency Input a value between 20dB to 20dB Gain This is the quality factor Input a value between 0 3...

Page 46: ...t compared the central frequency The smaller value of the Q factor the larger the e ect in relation to the central frequency The following are the curves of the lters Fc 100Hz gain 4dB Parametric Equa...

Page 47: ...a ected Gain setting is ine ective with high pass lter 3 All Pass Filter There is no e ect beside the central frequency Gain setting is ine ective with all pass lter Q 0 7071 Q 20 2 3 4 5 6 10 20 30 1...

Page 48: ...Gain setting is ine ective with band lter 5 Peak Filter There is a large e ect on the central frequency The frequency beside the central frequency has similar e ect Q 0 7071 Q 20 2 3 4 5 6 10 20 30 10...

Page 49: ...e ect Gain setting is ine ective with notch lter 7 High Shelf Filter There is a wide e ect on the frequency that is higher than the central frequency 2 3 4 5 6 10 20 30 100 200 1k Q 0 7071 Q 20 4 5 6...

Page 50: ...49 8 Low Shelf Filter There is a wide e ect on the frequency that is lower than the central frequency Q 0 7071 Q 20 4 5 6 789 10 20 30 40 50 100 200 300 1k 2 3 4 5 6 10 20 30 100 200 1k...

Page 51: ...50 L R Balance Slide clockwise to decrease the volume in right channel Slide in counterclockwise to decrease the volume in left channel...

Page 52: ...51 Digital Filter There are four digital lters available Press a digital lter to unfold the gure Digital Filter...

Page 53: ...52 To access more system settings Advanced...

Page 54: ...ee on a Mac computer and Linux computer For Windows PC one can download the driver from iBasso com and install it following the steps included with the download before using the USB DAC function The D...

Page 55: ...DAC screen will be shown on the DX160 Connect the DX160 to a computer via the furnished type C Cable Select Bravo HD as the audio output device Then one can play music on the computer and listen it vi...

Page 56: ...left hand side is the value of hours The right hand is the value of minutes The DX160 will be powered o after the counter has completed If there are any operations in the meanwhile the DX160 will sta...

Page 57: ...56 Select the scan locations and the press start to perform a complete media scanning One can use this feature to rebuild the music library Scanning...

Page 58: ...57 One can see the rmware version on this screen Also one can see the space available of the internal memory and SD card System Info...

Page 59: ...dicates that the product is decoding and playing an MQA stream or le and denotes provenance to ensure that the sound is identical to that of the source material MQA indicates it is playing an MQA Stud...