iBasso Audio DX300, User Manual

Page 1: ...iBasso Audio USER GUIDE Gain...

Page 2: ...13 14 25 15 16 Application APP Installation App to Uninstall USB Connections 17 20 Power O Reboot System Switching 26 System Settings 21 25 iBasso Mango Music Player Application 27 59 Playback Screen...

Page 3: ...USB C cable Screen Protector Quick Start Guide Warranty Card 2 Package Components Coaxial Cable Balanced Burn in Cable Leather Case DX300 Player...

Page 4: ...00 chassis from scratches Screen Protector Use the screen protector to protect the DX300 screen from scratches Warranty Card The warranty will be requested at the time of warranty repair Please retain...

Page 5: ...rated While burning in the DX300 both the balanced and the single ended components are being a ected and burned in The burn in time can be from 100 to 200 hours and the burn in doesn t have to be cont...

Page 6: ...and PD2 0 quick charge 2 Accusilicon ultra low phase noise Femtosecond oscillators USB DAC function that supports up to 32bit 384kHz and DoP DSD128 14nm Octa Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC USB digi...

Page 7: ...o Formats Supported MQA APE FLAC WAV WMA AAC ALAC AIFF OGG MP3 DFF DSF and DXD Support for M3U playlists Patented dual battery power structure with dedicated power management for each battery 4000mAh...

Page 8: ...nse S N Dynamic Range THD N Crosstalk Output impedance 7 1Vrms 1240mW 32ohm 168mW 300ohm 10Hz 40kHz 0 3dB 125dB 125dB 113dB no Load 3Vrms 109dB 300R Load 101dB 32R Load 120dB 0 39ohm 3 5Vrms 350mW 32o...

Page 9: ...tput level Frequency Response S N Dynamic Range THD N Crosstalk Maximum output level Frequency Response S N Dynamic Range THD N Crosstalk 7 1Vrms 10Hz 40kHz 0 3dB 125dB 125dB 111dB no Load 3Vrms 119dB...

Page 10: ...9 Names of Parts Functions Coaxial Output Port Micro SD 4 4mm Balanced 2 5mm Balanced USB C Port 3 5mm Single Ended Amp Card...

Page 11: ...s a card reader or an external storage Connect the DX300 to an OTG storage device to play music les stored in this OTG storage device Connect the DX300 to a Windows PC or a Mac computer to work as a U...

Page 12: ...11 6 5inch LCD Previous Rewind Play Pause Next Fast Forward Coaxial Output Port Power Volume USB C...

Page 13: ...ecrease the volume Short Press Play the next track Long Press Fast forward Short Press Play Pause On the Mango OS long press the play button to lock the screen Short Press Replay previous track Long P...

Page 14: ...the pop up window press Power O button to power o the DX300 Power on o the screen Single press the power button to power on o the screen after the DX300 has been powered on Reset When the DX300 stops...

Page 15: ...14 Battery indicator for analog section Battery indicator for digital section WiFi Time Volume Gain Digital Filter Android Basic Features Introduction...

Page 16: ...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 point forward your...

Page 17: ...ess the Bluetooth icon to turn on the Bluetooth function The DX300 will automatically search for the nearby Bluetooth device At the same time the DX300 will be visible to the nearby devices Choose the...

Page 18: ...hem Search for the APP that you would like to install Download the APP and install it Method 2 Press the internet browser on the desktop Enter the website address of the APP Find the download icon on...

Page 19: ...App to Uninstall 18 Press the Settings icon on the desktop and scroll down and press APPs Press the APP that you would like to uninstall Press uninstall to delete the APP...

Page 20: ...omputer using the furnished USB C cable The DX300 will show on the computer as an external storage Users can transfer les by copying and pasting If you are using a Mac computer please make sure the MT...

Page 21: ...purpose After turning on the function of charging connected devices you can charge the devices connected to the DX300 USB Soundcard Turn the DX300 to the USB DAC mode connect the DX300 to a computer...

Page 22: ...21 System Settings Press Settings icon on the DX300 desktop to go into system settings...

Page 23: ...cted Digital Filter A total of Five lters are available for user setting Volume Limitation This sets the volume to a maximum preset point Volume Control Wheel Volume control wheel enabled after the sc...

Page 24: ...sure the DX300 is connected to WiFi After online update is selected press Check Update Press Download the DX300 will start downloading the available update package After the download complete press U...

Page 25: ...from our website If it is a rar le extract it Press the icon located on the top right corner then press Local Update Browse the folder where the rmware le is saved and select the rmware le Press Updat...

Page 26: ...25 Firmware Version Press Settings icon System About DX300 Scroll down the page the Build number is the rmware version...

Page 27: ...Power O Reboot And System Switching Long press the power button for 3 seconds There is a pop up window with three options When To Mango is selected system will be switched to Mango OS 26...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...Battery indicator for digital section WiFi Sample Rate Gain Volume Battery indicator for analog section L R Balance Digital Filter Equalizer Track title Artist name Music info Previous Rewind Play Mo...

Page 30: ...splay the now playing screen One can swipe a song to the left to display the Delete button Press the delete button to remove it from this now playing list Press the Music info icon the album artwork w...

Page 31: ...y view icon to browse in le structure 30 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 32: ...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 33: ...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 32...

Page 34: ...Artist View Thumbnail view Artwork view Thumbnail view Artwork view 33 Album View...

Page 35: ...t exporting the pla ylist 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 36: ...35 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 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...38 Input the keywords to search a track an album or an artist Search Screen...

Page 40: ...he gapless to eliminate the gap between two tracks Gain There are three gain settings The low gain has the lowest noise oor it is good for ultra sensitive IEMs Settings Screen Press the Settings icon...

Page 41: ...anced To access to more system settings One can choose the desired play mode here To enable the folder play function tick the Folder Play then select either the order play mode or loop play mode After...

Page 42: ...41 The DX300 has two types of Equalizers Graphic EQ and Parametric EQ Equalizer...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...44 Settings on the Selection Bar One can swipe left and right to select a setting Parametric Equalizer Setting Screen...

Page 46: ...This 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 betwe...

Page 47: ...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 48: ...a ected Gain setting is ine ective with high pass lter 3 All Pass Filte 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 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...50 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 52: ...51 L R Balance Slide clockwise to decrease the volume in right channel Slide in counterclockwise to decrease the volume in left channel...

Page 53: ...52 Digital Filter There are ve digital lters available Press a digital lter to unfold the gure Digital Filter...

Page 54: ...53 To access more system settings Advanced...

Page 55: ...to a computer via the USB C cable After the DX300 is detected the soundcard driver will be installed automatically Now you can select the DX300 as the audio output device and use it as the USB soundc...

Page 56: ...DAC After turning on the Bluetooth DAC Bluetooth devices such as a mobile phone can be paired with the DX300 The DX300 can now stream from the connected Bluetooth device Note When in Bluetooth DAC mod...

Page 57: ...picture Playback screen album artwork choose to display rectangular artwork or rounded artwork Lock screen artwork display the album artwork on the lock screen Year tag display year information of th...

Page 58: ...left hand side is the value of hours The right hand is the value of minutes The DX300 will be powered o after the counter has completed If there are any operat ions in the meanwhile the DX300 will st...

Page 59: ...58 One can see the Mango music player APP version on this screen Also one can see the space available of the internal memory and micro SD card System Info...

Page 60: ...9 Mango OS To reboot to Mango OS from Android rst of all long press the power button for 3 seconds to pop up a window with three options When To Mango is selected the system will switch to the Mango O...

Page 61: ...layback screen homepage my music and settings On the Music playback screen press the icon to go to My Music press the icon to go to Settings The Mango OS operation is similar to the iBasso Mango APP p...

Page 62: ...61 To return to the Android System go into the settings menu press Android System then press Yes...

Page 63: ...62 MTP File Transfer After MTP is turned on the DX300 can be connected to a computer for le transfer...

Page 64: ...h to stream or download MQA or MQA indicates that the product is decoding and playing an MQA le and denotes provenance to ensure that the sound is identical to that of the source material MQA indicate...