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Operation - The Front Panel Display Inter face

4.8 The System Menu

Selecting 

System 

from the 

Home

 menu will open the 

System menu, illustrated below, to provide configuration of 
various setup and house-keeping functions. 

4.7 The Quick Play Menu

Selecting 

Quick Play

 from the 

Home

 menu will open 

a menu, illustrated below, that provides access to five 
playback shortcut pages.

Play Popular:

 Plays randomly from an automatically 

generated playlist of the most often played tracks.

Play Recent:

 Plays randomly from an automatically 

generated playlist of the most recently played tracks.

Play Newest:

 Plays randomly from an automatically 

generated playlist of the most recently ripped tracks.

Play Random:

 Plays tracks randomly selected from all those 

available to the HDX.

Random Playlist:

 Displays sequential menus from which 

genres, artists and albums can be selected. A random 
playlist will then be chosen from within those selections.

System Menu

Ripping Monitor

USB Devices

Network Shares

Music Stores

System Settings

Manage Music

UPnP Settings

System Status

4.8.1 Ripping 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 

open 

button

 

or handset 

open

 key.

4.8.2 USB devices

Selecting 

USB Devices 

displays a list of connected or 

previously connected USB storage devices and their 
connection status. Docked devices can be un-docked, 
and un-docked devices can be removed from the list.

4.8.3 Network Shares

Music files stored on network connected hardware (a 
network hard disk or a shared folder on a computer) is 

known as a Network Share.

Selecting 

Network Shares 

opens the Network Shares menu 

and provides options to 

Manage Shares

Refresh All Shares

 

and 

Add New Share

.

Manage Shares:

 Displays a list of connected or previously 

connected network storage devices and their connection 
status. Red, orange and green indicators describe the 
status of each network share: Red indicates 

unavailable

orange indicates 

scanning

 and green indicates 

available

.

Network shares can be 

enabled

disabled

 or 

removed

 from 

the list. Their 

Status

 can be displayed and their Password 

Settings

 can be modified.

Note:

 Network Shares are only enabled automatically if 

their name contains the words “music”, “MP3” or “Content”.

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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