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Operation - The Front Panel Display Inter face

4 The Front Panel Display Interface

As introduced in Section 1.1, the HDX can be controlled via a number of different 
interfaces. This section covers the Front Panel Display Interface.

The Front Panel Display Interface is a graphical touch screen interface based on 
navigation around pages and selection of icons. The emphasis in this section is on the use 
of the interface via the touch screen although the supplied remote handset can also be 
used. The handset can also be used to operate Naim preamplifiers, integrated amplifiers 
and CD players.

The following paragraphs and illustrations describe how the Front Panel Display Interface 
is used to access some of the most frequently used HDX functions. Other functions can 
be accessed by following the same principles of interface navigation and selection. A 
navigation diagram showing the top levels of the interface can be found in Section 8. The 
remote handset is illustrated and its functions described in Section 4.9.

4.1 The Home Menu

The 

Home

 menu, illustrated below as it appears on the 

HDX front panel touch screen, is the menu from which all 
other interface menus can be accessed. Touch an option 
to select it. Touch the 

back 

(   ) button to return to the 

previous menu.

The icons stacked vertically on the right hand side of the 
menu provide shortcuts to the 

home 

(  ), 

browse 

(   ) and 

find 

(  ) menus, and the 

back 

(   ) button. These icons 

remain present in all menus and screens.

Selecting each of the options on the 

Home

 menu provides 

the following pages and functions.

Now Playing:

 Displays the track currently playing, its 

associated information and any associated artwork. 
Touching the Now Playing screen will also open a 
temporary, floating transport control window containing 
play/pause (  /  ), step backwards (  ), step forwards (  ), 
shuffle (   ) and repeat buttons (   ).

Note:

 If no track is playing the Now Playing information will 

be blank.

Browse Music:

 Provides access to the library of music 

stored on the HDX and on any network or USB connected 
storage media. See Section 4.2.

Find Music:

 Provides access to search functions that 

enable material stored on the HDX and on any network or 
USB connected storage media to be located. See Section 
4.3.

Internet Radio:

 Provides access to the HDX internet radio 

functions  enabling stations to be browsed and selected, 
and presets to be stored and recalled. Access details for 
the vTuner.com internet radio portal are also provided. See 
Section 4.4.

Current Playlist:

 Displays details of the tracks in the current 

playlist with options to clear the playlist, remove tracks, or 
save the playlist with a new name. If no user playlist has 
been selected, the tracks of the currently playing album 
will be displayed along with options to “remove” tracks 
and to save an edited version of the album as a playlist. 
See Section 4.5.

Playlists:

 Displays a screen showing all the saved playlists 

together with options to play, edit and delete. See Section 
4.6.

Quick Play:

 Selects a menu offering quick playback 

options. See Section 4.7.

System: 

Provides access to HDX system setup functions and 

status information. See Section 4.8.

Home Menu

Now Playing

Browse Music

Find Music

Internet Radio

Current Playlist

Playlists

Quick Play

System

Summary of Contents for HDX - REMOTE CONTROL CODE

Page 1: ...R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L H D X H A R D D I S K P L A Y E R E N G L I S H...

Page 2: ...5 Playback 19 5 1 Local Playback 19 5 2 NaimNet Network Playback 19 5 3 UPnP Network Playback 19 6 Ripping 20 6 1 The Ripping Process 20 6 2 Copyright Issues 20 7 External Storage 21 7 1 USB Storage D...

Page 3: ...emote areas When the HDX first reads the data from a CD it automatically accesses an internet music database and downloads the information held for that CD The information can include title tracks art...

Page 4: ...aimNet StreamNet Interface is not covered in this manual 1 1 4 The Web Browser Interface If the HDX is installed in a home network the External Display and Front Panel Display interfaces can be duplic...

Page 5: ...s only Desktop Client Computer running Windows XP Provides music database management and Windows Vista or Windows 7 advanced HDX setup functions Can also control local outputs Network connection requi...

Page 6: ...switched on without a working network connection will revert to an internal IP address only suitable for stand alone use To restore the default DHCP setup switch the HDX off connect the network and s...

Page 7: ...ing correctly Navigate via the Front Panel Display Interface from the Home Menu to the Quick Play menu and select Play Random to play a track To rip a CD to the HDX hard disk use the front panel open...

Page 8: ...m digital input These TosLink and BNC outputs duplicate the analogue outputs 3 2 10 Power Supply Upgrade Enables the connection of an upgrade XPS or 555PS power supply The link plug fitted must be rem...

Page 9: ...pply mains input and fuse SXPS Burndy Cable mains input and fuse power switch Cable direction marker THE HDX REQUIRES MAINS POWER AT ALL TIMES WITH OR WITHOUT AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY THE SXPS BURNDY...

Page 10: ...provides the following pages and functions Now Playing Displays the track currently playing its associated information and any associated artwork Touching the Now Playing screen will also open a temp...

Page 11: ...c Location Opens a menu illustrated below showing the music storage locations available to the HDX Selecting one of the locations restricts browsing or searching to that location Note If no external s...

Page 12: ...a list of last played albums together with Play Add Tracks and Info buttons Newest Displays a list of newest most recently ripped albums together with Play Add Tracks and Info buttons 4 4 The Internet...

Page 13: ...Gorman Podcast Dave Gorman Midwee Podcast 8 June Dave Gorman Midwee Podcast 1 June Dave Gorman Midwee Podcast 25 Ma Dave Gorman Midwee Podcast 18 Ma Dave Gorman Midwee Podcast 11 Ma 1 of 11 Select Que...

Page 14: ...change track order or remove tracks and Delete the entire playlist 4 6 Playlists A playlist is a list of tracks collected together and saved with a specific name favourites perhaps or party tracks Pl...

Page 15: ...ing Monitor Selecting Ripping Monitor opens a page illustrated below that displays the HDX s ripping activity Ripping can be stopped by selecting the abort function or pressing the HDX front panel ope...

Page 16: ...back hardware 320kb for hi fi systems 224kb for personal audio players 160kb for televisions and and 128kb for mobile phones MP3 file size falls with decreasing conversion rate however audio quality w...

Page 17: ...t To play a CD in Play Mode open the HDX drawer and insert the CD The CD will begin playback automatically The Current Playlist menu will list the tracks on the CD as if it were a playlist Use either...

Page 18: ...tached UPnP compatible playback device Selecting UPnP Settings from the System menu opens the UPnP Settings Menu to enable the HDX UPnP settings to be configured appropriately Note For HDX internet ra...

Page 19: ...z Max Converts very high sample rate files 96kHz to 96kHz to ensure they can be played at the highest possible sample rate on playback hardware that supports a maximum of 96kHz Best Compatibility Enab...

Page 20: ...s function regardless of the handset mode Mute Mutes the preamplifier or AV processor audio output These keys function regardless of the the handset mode Info Displays information about the currently...

Page 21: ...the local analogue and digital outputs Note Memory sticks connected via USB must be in FAT FAT32 or NTFS format Apple Macintosh formats are not compatible Note Other playback file formats may be adde...

Page 22: ...ont Panel Display Interface Ripping Monitor page When the HDX has ripped the CD and downloaded its associated data it will eject the CD automatically As soon as a CD has been ejected the HDX is ready...

Page 23: ...s figure depends on the speed of the file storage device The music files found by the HDX on network shares will be incorporated into its database and remembered until any changes are identified irres...

Page 24: ...switched on and configured to be shared It may also be useful to give the device an appropriate name In the illustrations following the Network Share is called Network Music It is important that the N...

Page 25: ...ore will then take lowest priority position in the list of Music Stores but be available for promotion to a higher priority if desired via the Manage Music Stores menu To lower the priority of a Music...

Page 26: ...em ManageMusic EditGenres AssignGenres RenameMusic DeleteMusic MoveMusic BackupMusic RecycleBin SystemSettings Language DisplaySettings CalibrateScreen DateandTime CleanDisplay RiporPlayMode PlayRando...

Page 27: ...in the example above should specify the network name of your HDX This can be found via the HDX System Status menu See Section 4 8 8 Browsing to the HDX reveals two folders Music and Downloads The Down...

Page 28: ...where on the network and then copy and paste them to the Downloads folder The HDX will make the files available for selection and playback only once the copy operation is complete and it has scanned t...

Page 29: ...by all the other items on the network DHCP is a set of rules that enable the automatic allocation of addresses as items are connected or switched on while connected to the network The HDX is set up b...

Page 30: ...prove reliability and in some cases read and write speeds Ripping Ripping is the slang term for extracting and storing the audio data from a CD The HDX is unusual in ripping the audio data repeatedly...

Page 31: ...1A 2B 3C 4D 5E 6F on rear panel eg A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 on rear panel eg NSHDX89B5 NSHDXxxxx where xxxx is last 4 digits of MAC Address 11 HDX Specifications Line Output DIN and RCA Phono 2 1V 1kHz Outpu...

Page 32: ...gree that your non exclusive license to use the DigiFi Embedded Software will terminate if you violate these restrictions If your license terminates you agree to cease any and all use of the DigiFi Da...

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