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Page 17: ...ndows PC 30 2 4 3 Special software Player for DSD file on your Windows PC 32 2 5 X45 purchased without storage 33 2 5 1 HDD installation 33 2 5 2 HDD Format 33 2 6 X45 purchased with an internal storage installed 33 3 Turn ON and Start 34 3 1 Wizard Setup Setup Assistant 34 3 2 Turn ON for normal use 34 3 3 When using X45 as an USB Digital to Analog Converter DAC 35 4 SETUP 35 4 1 Music DB 35 4 1 ...

Page 18: ...rding Sample Rate 47 4 3 9 Digital Out Volume 47 4 3 10 Digital Out 47 4 3 11 AES EBU 48 4 3 12 SPDIF 48 4 3 13 Gapless Play 48 4 3 14 Slide Show Effect 49 4 3 15 Slide Show Time 49 4 3 16 Replaygain 49 4 3 16 1 What s the Replaygain function 49 4 3 16 2 Premise for the Replaygain function 49 4 3 16 3 How to write add Replaygain Info into metadata of each music file track 50 4 3 16 4 How to clear ...

Page 19: ...ailable 59 4 7 System 59 4 7 1 OSD Language 59 4 7 2 FM Radio DAB Selection 60 4 7 3 FM Broadcast Band 60 4 7 4 Use RDS When seek All 60 4 7 5 Auto Play 60 4 7 6 Resume Play 60 4 7 7 Play in Browser 61 4 7 8 Factory Reset 61 4 7 9 HDD Sleep 61 4 7 10 Format Storage 62 4 7 11 File System Fix 62 4 7 12 Brightness 63 4 7 13 Alarm 63 4 7 14 Auto Shutdown 64 4 7 15 Scroll Speed 64 4 7 16 List Line Coun...

Page 20: ...unction 73 5 9 How to delete Album songs and others in the Music DB 74 6 CD Loading Ripping 75 6 1 Ripping format and converting 75 6 2 Where ripped files are stored 75 6 3 How to register scan ripped files into the Music DB 75 6 4 When the X45 is connected to network Internet 75 6 4 1 Ripping All 76 6 4 2 Ripping Track 76 6 4 3 Structure of ID3 Tag Edit Dialog Screen in CD Ripping 77 6 4 4 How to...

Page 21: ...t 92 11 1 2 How to make a Playlist with whole tracks in Album Genre or Artist 93 11 1 3 How to add songs to a Playlist whilst playing music 93 11 1 4 Shortcut to add song s in MusicDB to existing playlist 94 11 1 5 How to play a Playlist 94 11 1 6 How to change song position in a Playlist 94 11 1 7 How to edit a Playlist 94 11 1 8 How to export Playlist 95 11 2 My Playlist Virtual Playlist 95 11 3...

Page 22: ...Management 106 17 2 1 Accessing information on the HDD USB folder or file 106 17 2 2 TAG Edit 107 17 2 3 Copy Files 107 17 2 4 Move Files 108 17 2 5 Delete Files 108 17 2 6 PLS or M3U files with Internet Radio stations 108 17 2 7 Convert Audio Format 109 17 2 8 Cut the recorded file Cut Playing Section 109 17 2 9 Create Folder 110 18 Input 110 18 1 How to play an external device via Input 110 18 2...

Page 23: ...tion of Jump to a song on Playing Screen 124 19 19 Multi room Group Play 124 19 19 1 File formats and sample rate with which Multi room Group Play function work 125 19 19 2 Group Play main menu 125 19 19 3 Device name and Host name 125 19 19 4 Basic Setup by device 126 19 19 4 1 How to set a device as server device 126 19 19 4 2 Auto Join 126 19 19 4 3 Manual Join 126 19 19 4 4 Playing screen 127 ...

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Page 25: ...g this product during lightning storms or when unused for long time 16 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the product has been damaged such as the power supply cord damaged plug liquid spillage objects dropped on the unit exposure to rain or moisture does not operate properly or has been dropped 17 The apparatus shall be connected to a MAINS socket outlet...

Page 26: ...ur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment i...

Page 27: ...OUT ANALOG OUT 12V Trigger Out USB Audio IN USB DAC DIGITAL IN DAB FM TUNER DIGITAL IN Volume Mute Knob Power Standby button Power Standby Indicator HEADPHONE USB Host port AUX IN Remote control receiver CD Eject button SIGNAL GROUND PHONO IN ANALOG IN Giga Fast Ethernet LAN HDMI Out for ext screen Audio Signal Out USB Class2 0 Audio Out USB 3 0 Host port Storage Deck Drawer ...

Page 28: ...OK MARK Make bookmark 23 FONT SIZE To change text line number size 24 TAG EDIT To popup tag edit screen 25 Reserved 26 BRIGHTNESS To control screen brightness 27 CLOCK Digital clock display OFF screen 28 SCREEN To switch LCD or HDMI screen 29 INPUT Go to Input screen 30 MUTE Mute unmute sound 31 SETUP Go to setup 32 CAP NUM Toggle numeric key alphabet key and special characters 33 VOL Volume up 34...

Page 29: ...tional items WiFi USB dongle If you purchased optional items the WiFi USB dongle it looks like below 801 11b g n WiFi USB dongle X45 unit Remote controller AAA batteries x 2EA Power cord Manual FreeDB Data CD FM Radio Antenna DAB Antenna Screw to install storage Open the battery door and insert the batteries NOTICE The wifi dongle not approved by X45 manufacturer will not work properly ...

Page 30: ...Driver Software for Windows OS 2 4 2 How to install USB Audio Driver Software to Windows PC You should install USB Audio Class 2 0 driver software for Windows OS so that you could use X45 as an USB DAC with Windows PC properly You can download USB Audio Class 2 0 driver software from our website www cocktailaudio com or from our local distributor website Unzip the downloaded Driver Software Two fo...

Page 31: ...31 According to Setup Wizard you can finish installation like below ...

Page 32: ...ndows PC To play DSD file on your PC you need to install a special software player like Foobar2000 or JRiver Media Center You can download foobar2000 from www foobar2000 org and install it into your PC You can download JRiver Media Center from www jriver com ...

Page 33: ...ase refer to the 4 7 10 Format Storage Page 62 2 5 1 HDD installation TIP 1 X45 supports 3 5 or 2 5 SATA hard disk and solid state drive SSD 2 5 2 HDD Format Refer to the 4 7 10 Format Storage Page 62 2 6 X45 purchased with an internal storage installed Check whether the storage is formatted or not If the storage is not formatted please format it according to the 4 7 10 Format Storage Page 62 ...

Page 34: ... of the X45 The power LED color will be changed to blue and start booting The X45 should take about 30 40 seconds to boot up as it is looking to see if a network is connected After the X45 is powered ON the below screen will show up in sequence 1 Booting image 2 Booting completed and ready for use l Music DB Play loaded ripped music in X45 Music DB folder l CD Play Rip Load rip CD or play it l Pla...

Page 35: ...ample l Artist Track Artist list Title song list l Artist Album Artist list Album list of the artist Track song list of the album Install USB Audio 2 0 Driver Software to your Windows PC Refer to 2 4 on page 30 Install a special software Player like foobar2000 if you want to play DSD file in your PC Refer to 2 4 on page 30 Connect X45 USB Audio IN and your PC USB Host port via USB cable Remaining ...

Page 36: ...Track Numbering option at SETUP you may decide whether you allow the track number to be added at the front of title for each track when you rip CD Default Enabled Artist view Genre view Composer view Mood view Track view and Playlist view are also available If you set this option as ON Album name will bring Artist name at the end of album name Default ON Track Artist will be added at the end of ea...

Page 37: ... remove the main storage album cover art may not be listed properly on the album cover art list mode for the Music DB 4 1 8 Music DB Scan Status 4 1 9 Rescan Resource Option to enable disable Thumbnails at the front of each text list is added at SETUP Default OFF NOTICE If this option is set as ON and Thumbnails are displayed the speed to list up will be slower a little If you want to see scanning...

Page 38: ...rage or folder for backup Click Backup Start to start back up Select backup option Overwrite or Skip Overwrite It will overwrite the same existing file Skip Same files will be skipped Go to SETUP Music DB Music DB Initialization Select Music DB Initialization and confirm it with OK key to open the below screen Select OK icon and confirm it with OK key to start clearing the Music DB After initializ...

Page 39: ...No Device will stay as ON after backup Backup result will be shown after backup Backup will be done by folder unit Each folder will be backed up including its all sub folders while maintaining its own tree structure You can backup in the back ground mode You can do other works like playing music even in backup processing If you want to go back to the backup status screen from the background backup...

Page 40: ...torage will be restored to My Music folder in the main storage green colored storage Device will re boot after full restoration 1 In case of selecting Full Restoration Select backup source storage and folder Click Restore Start to open option window of Overwrite or Skip Select O write or Skip to start restoring Device will re boot by itself after full restoration Restore result All backup folders ...

Page 41: ...p storage will be restored to selected folder in the target storage No device re boot after partial restoration 2 In case of selecting Partial Restoration Select the folder you want to restore from the backup storage Select a destination storage or folder to restore and click restore Here Select O write Over write or Skip to start restoring Insert the USB storage old Music DB data then the device ...

Page 42: ...e are two 2 items This is for ripping a CD to an MP3 file Device will ask you if you want to overwrite or skip for the same file Select one of O write and Skip to start converting like below picture Converted files from old Music DB will be stored in the My Music folder of the main storage Note Main storage means the storage set as MusicDB storage at SETUP The main storage looks green color at the...

Page 43: ...l affects on the MP3 and Ogg ripping in view of sound quality and on the FLAC ripping in view of file size TIP Estimated Storage capacity CD Ripping option 500GB HDD 1 TB HDD 2 TB HDD 4 TB HDD WAV uncompressed 650 CDs 1 300 CDs 2 600 CDs 5 200 CDs MP3 OGG Compressed Rate 128K 7 500 CDs 15 000 CDs 30 000 CDs 60 000 CDs 192K 5 000 CDs 10 000 CDs 20 000 CDs 40 000 CDs 320K 3 000 CDs 6 000 CDs 12 000 ...

Page 44: ...rt installing the FreeDB data automatically NOTICE When using X45 with network internet connected you don t need to FreeDB data because it s useless when X45 is connected to network internet 4 2 5 FreeDB Update You can get a FreeDB update from the Cocktail Audio website www cocktailaudio com To update your copy the FreeDB load the file downloaded from www cocktailaudio com to a memory stick and in...

Page 45: ...O button of remote control you can change player view to Cover List Music Info or List Only like below When USB DAC or HDMI audio device is connected to X45 USB Audio Out the connected devices will be listed here You may select it here When ripping many CDs at one time this function will be useful If Auto Rip is set as ON X45 will rip CD by itself if you insert CD and eject CD by itself after fini...

Page 46: ...hich gives three 3 options like below You need to select proper option according to your USB Audio DAC spec DSD DoP This is for the USB DAC which receive DoP signal instead of DSD Native signal DSD Native This is for the USB DAC which can receive DSD Native signal PCM This is for the USB DAC which can receive PCM signal only You can control volume level of Analog IN AUX IN PHONO IN Default 0 You c...

Page 47: ...requency 3 192Khz Max 192KHz frequency 4 Passthrough Variable You can control volume for Digital Out with X45 Fixed X45 volume will be set as 0dB Max You can t control volume for Digital Out with X45 When recording you can set Recording Sample Rate as one of three 3 options like 48KHz 96KHz 192KHz NOTE The higher sample rate the more recording space is needed Default 48Khz Analog XLR Out can be se...

Page 48: ...es WAV FLAC and DSD files only Default ON TIP LAME encoded MP3 files only supported The Gapless play function works properly on Repeat All and Normal modes only For example in Shuffle mode Gapless play is not supported You can set as ON or OFF for AES EBU digital output You can set as ON or OFF for SPDIF digital output Default ON ...

Page 49: ...to to other photo It allows X35 to equalize and normalize loudness for individual track or album This avoids the common problem of having to manually adjust volume levels between tracks when playing audio files from albums that have been mastered at different loudness levels Default OFF 1 Replaygain function is valid for music files stored in local HDD MusicDB Browser USB and NET NAS network attac...

Page 50: ... to get Replaygain started To start writing Replaygain info click Skip or No If Skip is clicked the device will skip the file which has already Replaygain info without overwriting Replaygain info If No is clicked the device will write newly Replaygain info to all music files selected Writing is finished and return to list screen Place the cursor on the target album or track list You may select mul...

Page 51: ...stop Clearing is finished and return to list screen When converting music file into different file format you may select maximum sample rate Default OFF OFF means that original sample rate will be applied to the converted file This is option to set volume level after booting up Default is Last played volume If you select Volume Selection option you can set volume level from 0dB to 100dB ...

Page 52: ...r any values Select OK and confirm with the OK button Select Static IP and confirm with the OK button Enter the values such as IP Address Subnet mask etc Select OK and confirm with the OK button The screenshot shown on the left will be displayed if the network is connected successfully Select Network and confirm with the OK button Select Wired Setup or Wireless Setup and confirm it with OK button ...

Page 53: ...for typing Select Wireless Setup and confirm with OK key Select Scan Ap List All AP available will be listed up The screen to the left will be shown if the network is connected successfully Select proper AP and confirm with OK key If the AP has a password enter it and select OK and confirm OK key Select Set AP Manually to open the window for AP name input like left Input AP name and select OK and ...

Page 54: ...k information displayed as shown below Select Wireless Info and confirm with the OK key You can check the Wireless LAN signal strength see below screen shot Select Network Service and confirm with the OK key There are several items like Samba Server Web Server UPnP Server and FTP Server and Shareplay Airplay If Wake ON LAN is set as ON X45 can be powered ON by a signal from outside via network In ...

Page 55: ...dow 7 Click the START icon on the left bottom on your monitor Select Computer and click it You may see Network Click Network then you may see all servers The X45 default host name is X45 connected to local network Select X45 and click it You may see the two folders LocalStorages and MusicDB WARNING You must NOT access to the MusicDB folder related to database If you delete or edit something inside...

Page 56: ... it Then IP address will be shown up in the path In case that IP address doesn t show up please insert it by keyboard You can connect USB Keyboard into the X45 Place the cursor on the IP address and click it Then Shared folder will be shown up in the Share If Requires authentication for Share message come out you need to set it on Windows Place the cursor on the OK and confirm it to finish If you ...

Page 57: ...ce Default setting for UPnP Server is ON see below 4 5 4 FTP Server Select FTP Server and confirm with the OK key Set it to ON User Name is fixed as Guest Default password is 0000 You may change password should you wish to Place the cursor on any folder listed on the screen Press MENU key to open popup menu as the picture on the left You may add or edit here Place the cursor on the User Name and c...

Page 58: ...Shareplay Airplay Default ON 4 6 Internet Service X45 integrated Online Music Services into its software So you can play Qobuz TIDAL Deezer Napster Amazon Music and HighResAudio with X45 directly if you subscribe for those services and put their user name and password here properly 4 6 1 List View You can set Airplay function as OFF if needed You can display lists by Text or Cover art according to...

Page 59: ...ect System and confirm with the OK button Option to enable disable Thumbnails at the front of each text list Default OFF NOTICE If this option is set as ON and Thumbnails are displayed the speed to list up will be slower a little X45 integrated Qobuz TIDAL Deezer Napster Amazon Music HighResAudio so you can play them with X45 directly if you subscribe for those services and put their user name and...

Page 60: ...you boot up the X45 it will automatically resume playing the music in the Music DB Browser or i Radio from where it was last stopped Select Auto Play and confirm with the OK button You can set it to ON or OFF You can select FM Radio or DAB at this setup Default DAB You can select your area for better signal receive Default Europe and North Asia To speed up for station seeking you can set RDS funct...

Page 61: ... Min and 1 Hour During the selected time if no access to HDD the HDD goes into sleep mode Select Resume Play and confirm with the OK key Set it as ON as shown left To restore changed values of setup select Factory Reset and confirm with the OK button You can play all files in multiple folders or in single folder Select folders with RIGHT arrow key Press MENU key to open popup menu Select Start Pla...

Page 62: ...al HDD or connected USB storage you can try this function to remove some error in file system of storages Select File System Fix and confirm with the OK key Caution We recommend you NOT to run this function if the file system of the X45 hard disk has no problems For the X45 to wake up from HDD sleep mode it takes 3 4 seconds During this time the X45 s response to the input signal from remote contr...

Page 63: ...later than current time Set time cycle and sound source Set Snooze ON Select OK and confirm it with OK button Selecting time with up down button Selecting cycle with OK button Selecting sound source from Playlist or iRadio My Favorites Selecting snooze ON OFF Go to Alarm at SETUP and confirm it with OK key The following screen will appear NOTE A Alarm 2 Two D Day Alarm is set as after 2 days from ...

Page 64: ...oll Speed Long text is scrolling on the screen You can set its speed like below Default Level 3 Go to SETUP and select System Select Auto Shutdown and confirm with the OK key Select from the list and confirm You can set the time on the X45 Once the time is set move cursor onto the OK icon and confirm with the OK key The left screen will show Press the RETURN key to save the setting and exit this s...

Page 65: ... fonts file into USB memory stick or local hard disk of X45 go to SETUP System User Font Confirm it with OK key to open menu window like above Select Get User Font to look for the fonts files and load it To return to X45 original system font select User System font and confirm it with OK key Option to enable disable Thumbnails at the front of each text list Default OFF NOTICE If this option is set...

Page 66: ...net radio Pressing the CLOCK key displays time X45 can display one of two ways AM PM or 24Hours You can select which here According to CE Regulation ErP Energy Efficiency Regulation X45 will enter into Power Off mode or WOL mode automatically after 20 minutes without any working or input signal You can set this function as ON or OFF Default OFF There are two reserved keys R1 and R2 on the 2nd Remo...

Page 67: ...firmware 4 9 1 Current Version Select Time Set Internet and confirm it with the OK button All the time options will be displayed as below Select your preferred time and confirm it with OK button TIP Default GMT 00 London Select Time Set Manual as in the above picture and confirm it with the OK button Input your time manually and select OK to confirm it with OK button Select Firmware and confirm wi...

Page 68: ...TE If CANCEL is selected the folder New Firmware is created automatically in the internal hard disk or USB then the X45 will not ask for a Firmware Update when booting up If you delete New Firmware through Browser it will ask again NOTE There is no actual data in the New Firmware folder Obtain the new firmware first and put it onto the root directory of USB memory stick or the HDD of the X45 Plug ...

Page 69: ...indow will show up when you click this option X45 provides Gracenote service to retrieve CD metadata and Album cover art for CD Ripping NOTICE But Gracenote service is free for two 2 years After two 2 years if you want to keep using Gracenote service you need to pay five 5 EURO per service for one year Of course if you don t like to Gracenote service with payment CD metadata from freedb server and...

Page 70: ...ting classify making playlist export song and various view modes etc 5 1 Making the most use of Music DB Just like PC you d better classify your music files by folder unit and store it to the storage connected to the X45 And then you can select a folder and run Scan Music DB function to register scan music files in the selected folder to the Music DB 5 2 Music DB storage Main storage Selection and...

Page 71: ... to the My Music folder those copied files or folders will be scanned automatically then added to the Music DB Go to Browser and place the cursor on the blue colored folder you want to remove from the Music DB Press MENU key and select Remove from Music DB Click it to start removing The color of the folder will be changed normal color from blue NOTE 1 The main storage will be shown as green like l...

Page 72: ...this function Go to SETUP Music DB Music DB Initialization Select Music DB Initialization and confirm it with OK key to open the below screen Select OK icon and confirm it with OK key to start clearing the Music DB After initializing the Music DB the device will reboot by itself to complete Music DB initialization and will rescan My Music folder only Warning Music DB initialization will remove all...

Page 73: ...as the path you are currently scanning The path you are currently scanning for will be displayed in blue color like below screen 5 8 Rescan Resource folder function To synchronize contents in Music DB and in folders of storages already scanned to Music DB please go to SETUP Music DB Rescan Resource Or place the cursor on the target list path on the Music DB Path Overview and press MENU key to run ...

Page 74: ...U key to open menu window Select Delete to go next step and delete it You can select multiple albums with Right arrow key NOTE If you try deleting albums folders in the Music DB inside files songs will be deleted but albums folders names will remain in the Browser mode because there is still cover art files in the albums folders If you want to delete them also you can run Delete Files function on ...

Page 75: ... folder of main storage green colored storage on the Browser mode 6 3 How to register scan ripped files into the Music DB Index of the ripped files will be registered scanned into the Music DB of the X45 automatically TIP It is recommended that you should connect to the internet to make use of the CD metadata server when loading ripping CDs For CD metadata and cover art we offer Gracenote service ...

Page 76: ...45 retrieves each information title artist etc from the CD metadata server Select Ripping Tracks and confirm with the OK button The below screen is displayed Select the track s you want to load rip with RIGHT ARROW key the selected tracks will change to red After finishing selecting select OK and confirm with the OK button Now it s ripping Press OK to start CD ripping NOTE In case that multiple CD...

Page 77: ...lanation of each item on the ripping screen 6 4 3 Structure of ID3 Tag Edit Dialog Screen in CD Ripping Title of track being ripped Number of tracks to be ripped total no of tracks in CD Title of playing time Total time for playing Equivalent play time Ripped time Equivalent play time Select one of the 6 file type options and confirm with the OK button From here next procedures are same as the Rip...

Page 78: ...Insert CD2 and try ripping procedure You will meet Tag Edit screen like left Place the cursor on the Album name and press OK Then you will see Album Help screen like left and the cursor will be placed on the album which has same 1st alphabet as CD2 s album name This will help you to look for the CD1 easily Place the cursor on the CD1 album and press OK Please select OK to change CD number to 2 CD1...

Page 79: ...s go to MusicDB There will be three 3 albums like left picture Place cursor on the CD2 2nd Album and press MENU key Confirm Album Edit to open Tag Edit screen like below picture Cursor will be on Album name like left picture Press OK key to open Album Help screen like below Left screen will show up to get CD number Select OK and confirm it Then Tag Edit screen of CD2 will get proper Album name and...

Page 80: ...ll tracks in the All folder Album When you want to rip many CDs this function will be helpful Go to SETUP CD Ripping Set it as ON Default OFF Insert CD into CD drive X45 will start CD ripping and eject CD by itself after finishing ripping without pressing any key NOTICE 1 If CD ripping is not successful X45 will show up error message and will wait for your confirmation 2 After ripping you don t li...

Page 81: ...ction the inserted CD will get metadata tag info if you installed FreeDB onto X45 storage The FreeDB data CD is bundled in the X45 package Enter the info manually with remote controller or USB keyboard You must enter Album name to go to next step TIP To use USB keyboard ensure to connect a USB keyboard into the X45 before you boot the unit Select OK to confirm the entry Then loading ripping Now lo...

Page 82: ...he storage 6 7 To check the status of CD ripping and converting You can check the status of CD ripping and converting by using this function NOTE If you wish to check the information and the status of the conversion process for the whole of the Music DB of the X45 go to the home screen Place the cursor on the Music DB icon and Press the INFO key Loading ripping has finished Select OK and confirm b...

Page 83: ...the screen as follows Playing Screen INFO Screen Title List Screen Select Music DB icon confirm with the OK button The album list is displayed as shown below Select the album you wish and confirm with the OK button All the music in the album is displayed see below Select from the music list and confirm with the OK button to start playing the music Now playing ...

Page 84: ...ent music Title of previous music Title of current music Title of next music Play mode Alarm set icon Auto shutdown set icon Sleep set icon of music playing Total music Total time of current music Play icon Played time of current music Album art of current music Title Album of current music Artist Album Composer Genre Year File format Frequency Bit rate Play mode of music playing Total music Total...

Page 85: ...music from other storage devices USB memory sticks or other hard disks to Music DB folder 7 3 1 Deleting or renaming music in the Music DB On the album list screen press SEARCH button to display the left below screen Enter the album name or part of the album name into the album name field using the remote control NOTE To view corresponding lists type the first few characters of the album Open the ...

Page 86: ...pen menu window like left Then you can follow up as the window guides you The 60 Jahre Bravo Hits is a multi album which is composed of four 4 CDs You can merge all tracks of four CDs into one album name 60 Jahre Bravo Hits Place the cursor on the 60 Jahre Bravo Hits 01 This is CD2 and press MENU key Select Album Edit to show up the below screen You can edit Album name 60 Jahre Bravo Hits 01 to ta...

Page 87: ...ic you wish to export Press the MENU key and select Export Songs see screen shots shown on the left Confirm with the OK key to display the next screen shown below Select New Folder and confirm with the OK button to create a new folder The screen below is then displayed Titled the input folder and select OK and confirm with the OK key For example if you input Diva The Singles Collection and confirm...

Page 88: ...utton The screen below is then displayed Select Export Start and confirm with the OK key The Export function will commence Now exporting music Go into the Music DB Press the MENU key Select History and confirm with the OK key as shown in the screen shot on the left When you run Export Song function X45 will create M3U file and PLS file also in the target folder For playlist icon on the home screen...

Page 89: ...that playing section is already set each key works like below 15 SEEK Key Pressing the 15 Key one time makes Playing Point move backward by 15 seconds playing time 15 SEEK Key Pressing the 15 Key one time makes Playing Point move forward by 15 seconds playing time LEFT ARROW Key When Playing Point is below 50 of total playing time LEFT ARROW key will make Starting Point move backward by 0 25 secon...

Page 90: ...ct OK and confirm with the OK button Insert a CD into the X45 Then all tracks will be displayed automatically TIP If the X45 is connected to CD database server through the network the below screen will be displayed Select the music you would like to play and press the OK button The playing screen is shown below Now playing Insert a CD and select CD Play Rip icon and confirm with the OK button The ...

Page 91: ...If you wish you can add music files into the Music DB First you need to copy music files in the CD into a folder in the storage Then run Scan Music DB function for the folder 11 Playlist The X45 has three 3 kinds of playlist The 1st one is just the normal Playlist function the 2nd is My Playlist and the 3rd is Advanced My Playlist The normal Playlist does not disappear by stopping or powering off ...

Page 92: ...utton The album list is then displayed in the Music DB as shown below TIP You can add music to a playlist by track or by album You may see icon at the end of the cursor on an album Press the PLAYLIST key to add the album to the playlist NOTE You can move the cursor by using the arrow key UP DOWN Press the OK key if you would like to go down the track list of an album You can add more music tracks ...

Page 93: ...ould like to add to a playlist you can add it to an existing playlist in the Playlist folder by following these steps Playing Screen Press the PLAYLIST key whilst in Playing Screen mode as shown above Select the playlist you would like to add the song to Confirm with the OK key and the song will be stored in the selected playlist For example go to Album list and place the cursor on the target albu...

Page 94: ...g playlists or clear music from an existing playlist Select the Playlist icon on the remote control or press the PLAY LIST hotkey on the remote control The following screen is then displayed Select the Playlist you would like to play and confirm with the OK button You will then see the music in the playlist as shown below Select the music you would like to play and confirm with the OK button to pl...

Page 95: ...DB It will not work in the Browser Press the MY PL key on the remote control The selected album will be played after showing Creating Playlist My Playlist as shown below If you go into the folder of Play List with the RETURN key there will be My Playlist displayed Place the cursor on the list of songs albums artists or genres Select playlist you want to export Press MENU key to open menu window Se...

Page 96: ...ous network protocols such as UPnP Server Client Renderer and Samba Server Client you can enjoy various Music Streaming functions with the X45 l Play Now If you select Play Now and confirm the selected album will start playing l Play Last The selected album will be added to the currently playing list album as the last entry l Play Next The selected song will be added to the next of the current pla...

Page 97: ...ow For connecting to the shared folders of networked devices refer to 4 5 2 Network Sharing Samba Client Page 55 12 2 Multiple X45 s on the same network Place the X45 with the storage music server in your living room A second X45 without storage is placed in room 1 or room 2 You can then play files from the X45 music server on the X45 s without storage see schematic below 12 3 The X45 works as a M...

Page 98: ...io stations The X45 Internet radio is based on the Airable server It provides many stations by genre by country etc TIP When the i Service icon is highlighted the X45 is successfully connected to the network Select the i Service icon and confirm with the OK key The below screen is then displayed Select the Radios and confirm with the OK key The below screen is then displayed You can play the song ...

Page 99: ...you can select an item you want There will be station lists in each folder Select a station and confirm it with OK key to start playing Now playing Whilst playing a station press the FAVORITE button on the remote control to add the station to Favorites The station will then appear in Favorites folder as shown left You can search for a station on the Internet Radio as follows on the Internet Radio ...

Page 100: ...es a IRadio Recording folder on the hard disk automatically when recording has started All recorded files are stored in the IRadio Recording folder see below 13 1 4 3 The recorded file name structure The station will show the music title see below the recorded file name will be the music title If the station does not show any title see screen shot below the recorded file name will be year month da...

Page 101: ...cording This function works for the stations stored in Favorites folder 13 1 5 1 How to set reservation recording Open Favorites folder of Radios Place the cursor on the station you want to set Press MENU key to open menu window like left Input date time etc on the setup window like left Confirm it with OK key To check if Reservation Recording Setting is well done press MENU key at the Favorites l...

Page 102: ...set time l X45 will start recording the station at 4 00PM and keep recording until 4 03PM l X45 will stop recording at 4 03PM and keep playing the station continuously Set for multiple stations You can set reservation recording for multiple stations But set time must NOT overlap each other Of course you have to consider needed time for each activity described above How to work If you do not give i...

Page 103: ...ll stations available Select one station and confirm it with OK key It will start playing as below You can run useful functions like Rename Delete Seek All Clear Seek All The left screen is for renaming the station NOTE On the playing screen like above you can do fine tuning with the arrow UP DOWN keys and seek station with the arrow LEFT RIGHT keys NOTE In countries where RDS is available you may...

Page 104: ...io press REC key on the playing screen to start recording To stop recording press STOP button of remote control Select DAB icon to start X45 will seek all stations available like below screen If you want to re scan press MENU key on the station list And select Seek All Select a station you want to play and confirm it with OK It will start like left NOTICE DAB signal is affected very much and easil...

Page 105: ...n below 17 Browser If you go to the Browser icon you can run the following functions 17 1 Play audio file data CDs The X45 supports data CDs with recorded audio files The X45 supports various audio files such as How to record DAB is exactly same as FM Radio recording Please refer to 14 2 How to record FM Radio Page 104 On playing screen of DAB station If you press INFO key of remote control the sc...

Page 106: ... button 17 2 File Management function 17 2 1 Accessing information on the HDD USB folder or file Place the cursor on each drive and press the INFO key The information is displayed as shown below To check the information folder place the cursor on the folder and press the INFO key To check the information on a file place the cursor on the file and press the INFO key To check the information of a ri...

Page 107: ... edit screen is displayed see below 17 2 3 Copy Files You can copy files or folders by following the procedure below Place the cursor on the file or folder you would like to copy Press the MENU key and select Copy Files The screen below is then displayed From here refer to 7 3 4 How to export music from the Music DB to other storage devices Page 87 as the procedure is exactly same ...

Page 108: ... onto the storage or USB host of the X45 Once you have created the file you can play the station through the X45 Browser see example below Place the cursor on the file or folder you would like to copy Press the MENU key and select Copy Files The screen below is then displayed From here refer to 7 3 4 How to export music from the Music DB to other storage devices Page 87 as the procedure is exactly...

Page 109: ...le song files Select Convert Audio Format The format option like m4a wma wav mp3 ogg and flac will show up Select one format to start converting One folder with the same name as the selected format will be created automatically The converted song files will be stored in the folder For example you recorded iRadio like left screen If you go into IRadio Recording folder of HDD1 via Browser there will...

Page 110: ...cord the audio signal coming from outside device Progress message Go into IRadio Recording folder There will be same name of Wave file If you cut a Wave file serial number will be added at the end of the file name Go to inside of HDD or USB Press MENU key to open menu popup Select Create Folder and confirm it with OK Left screen will show up You can put folder name and confirm it with OK Connect e...

Page 111: ...automatically where the recorded files are stored Play the external device Select the proper input and confirm it with OK key Now playing While playing music through the Input of the X45 press the REC button to start recording the music playing see screen shot to the left Press the STOP button to stop recording NOTE Explanation 1 Record Sample Rate 192KHz This is decided according to the setting o...

Page 112: ...t Album Composer Year or Genre If you put same album name into each recorded file all files which have the same album name will be sent imported to the same folder album in the Music DB when you try ripping loading the edited files to the Music DB Select Browser icon on the home screen and confirm it with OK key Select HDD1 and confirm it with OK key There will be folders like ANALOG IN AUX IN FM ...

Page 113: ...u want to play DSD file in your PC Refer to 2 4 on page 30 Connect X45 USB Audio IN and your PC USB Host port via USB cable Remaining procedures will be understood easily NOTICE In case that 352 8Khz and 384Khz files goes into X45 via its USB Audio Input and goes out via its Digital Outputs there may be some noises So we recommend that you should not use X45 digital outputs when using X45 as USB D...

Page 114: ...y You will be guided to select photo file Select the 1st photo file and confirm it with the OK key Then the slide show will start based on all photo files in the same folder Default Both of Internal LCD and HDMI Out are all activated From Default setting pressing SCREEN key will change mode like below Default Internal LCD only HDMI only Default X45 will remember last setting when it is powered off...

Page 115: ...se that the song playing has lyrics file LRC file 19 6 BOOKMARK Files can be bookmarked while playing them This function is useful for long files such as audio books Press the BOOKMARK button on the playing screen The bookmarked music or story is stored in the Bookmark list as shown below On the playing screen press LYRICS button of remote control The lyrics will be displayed as below Press LYRICS...

Page 116: ...ked music or story and play it press the BOOKMARK button on any screen except playing screen If you would like to delete bookmarked music or story press the MENU key on the Book Mark list screen shown left Select Delete and confirm with the OK button Whilst playing press the CLOCK button The digital clock will be displayed see left And press it once again the LCD will be OFF like below This functi...

Page 117: ...epeat All Play all music in an album or in a folder in sequence and repeatedly Press the MENU button on the playing screen to change the playing mode Alternatively press the SHUFFLE button to change the mode without using the popup menu Select the line you require and press the OK button The following screen will appear NOTE The time should be set minimum 10 minutes later than current time Set tim...

Page 118: ...een except setup the popup Sleep Off Sleep 10Min Sleep 20Min Sleep 30Min Sleep 1Hour Sleep 2Hour Sleep 3Hour is displayed The X45 will be set as per the last popup Selecting time with up down button Selecting cycle with OK button Selecting sound source from Playlist or iRadio My Favorites Selecting snooze ON OFF NOTE A Alarm 2 Two D Day Alarm is set as after 2 days from now NOTE S Sleep 56 Fifty s...

Page 119: ...n At the playing screen you can run a seek function by pressing numeric keys on the remote control For example if you press the 5 key while playing a file it will start playing from the 50 position of the file based on total playing time Navigate to the Playlist to Auto Play Place the cursor on Auto Play and press the MENU button Select Add Song and press the OK button Place cursor on the music yo...

Page 120: ...e the cursor on it Press MENU key and confirm Multi Cut to wav to start analyzing waveform of the file There are four 4 spins to set cutting point Press MENU key to toggle Enable Disable for these spins Role of each spin 35 dB to set max dB value for auto cutting Scope settable 30dB 40dB 4 0 Sec to set duration for the above max dB value Scope settable 0 1 5 Sec For example if you set 35dB and 4 0...

Page 121: ...ng point within 10 sec and closest to current playing point Set cutting points properly according to the above procedure Press RETURN key then it will ask OK or Cancel like below Select OK and confirm it Then it will start cutting like below If you confirm Cancel it will go back to Playing Screen If you press RETURN key it will go back to Multi cut screen To see cut tracks go to the same folder wh...

Page 122: ...o seek cutting point MENU to enable Spin Keys of remote control OK no working LEFT RIGHT to seek current playing point by the value of forth Spin UP to set current playing point vertical blue line as cutting point vertical green line DOWN to remove the cutting point within 10 seconds and closest to the current playing point MENU to enable Spin 2 3 Regardless of Spin Enabled or Disabled INPUT on th...

Page 123: ...sor on the target file On the file track list press RIGHT arrow key to select multiple files After selecting files press MENU key and confirm Add My Audio CD to send selected files tracks into My Audio CD folder Selected files will start copying to My Audio CD folder in the storage set as MusicDB storage Go to Browser and look for My Audio CD foler There will be WAV files in the folder Place the c...

Page 124: ...s function External Inputs like digital Analog inputs and FM Radio DAB don t support Multiroom function Multi room supported MusicDB Browser USB storage UPnP NAS CD Play i Radio streaming service like Tidal Qobuz etc Multi room not supported Digital Analog Input Bluetooth Input FM Radio DAB Roon Spotify Connect We added function of Jump to a Song Mode on Playing Screen Press CAP NUM key of remote ...

Page 125: ...z 352 8Khz 384Khz High resolution files are reduced to 44 1Khz 48Khz 16bit for multi room group play 19 19 2 Group Play main menu 19 19 3 Device name and Host name Give the device a unique name to easily identify the devices in each zone The device name for Group Play is linked to the Samba Server Host name To set for Multi room Group Play click Group Play icon on the home screen to open it Go to ...

Page 126: ...e Group Play Enabled or Group Play Disabled Press OK key to set to GroupPlay Enabled Once you start playing song the device becomes server device You can toggle Auto Join or Manual Join with OK key If a client device is set to Auto Join the client device will be automatically connected to a Group Play once the server device starts playing You can toggle Auto Join or Manual Join with OK key If a cl...

Page 127: ...Play icon on the MusicX NEO you can find out all devices available over a Group Play like below screen For example you can see the three 3 devices of Living Room Bed Room Library like below screen All three 3 devices are currently in the status of idle Living Room device This is set as GroupPlay Enabled Bed Room device This is set as GroupPlay Enabled and Auto Join Library device This is set as Gr...

Page 128: ...be like below Living Room device This will be server device Bed Room device This will be a client device and automatically joined to the Group Play because this device is set as Auto Join Library device This will be still idle because it is set as Manual Join You can add the Library device to the Group Play by Manual Join method ...

Page 129: ...to Living Room on the pop up window drag to enable to add the Library device into the Group Play as a client For server device Living Room Tap the area marked with a square to pop up control window You can control volume of all devices including client devices at the same time and can set channel of the server device as you want like Stereo Left channel or Right channel You can also do Mute and po...

Page 130: ...ndow You can control volume of client device and can set channel of the client device as you want like Stereo Left channel or Right channel You can also do Mute and power off the client device Tap the speaker icon marked with a vertical square the tapped device will be muted immediately ...

Page 131: ...ple rate up to 24bit 192KHz TOSLINK x 1 S PDIF Sample rate up to 24bit 192KHz AES EBU XRL x 1 110ohm Sample rate up to 24bit 192KHz USB Audio x 1 USB Audio Class2 0 Output HDMI Out x 1 HDMI Audio Out Shared with HDMI Out for external screen Analog Input LINE In x 1 L R RCA at the rear default 2Vrms controllable 1 4Vrms Aux In x 1 3 5mm Phone Jack on the front default 1Vrms controllable 0 5 2Vrms P...

Page 132: ...erver Web Server etc Internet Services Internet Radio Airable Online Music Services TIDAL TIDAL MQA Deezer Qobuz Napster Spotify Connect Amazon Music HighResAudio etc Supported OSD languages English German French Spanish Italian Polish Dutch Russian Traditional Chinese Korean To be added by request Isolated Power management Toroidal Transformer For audio signal management 70W internal SMPS For dig...

Page 133: ...er been approved in the studio by the artist producer or has been verified by the copyright owner The MQA logo is a trade mark of MQA Limited 22 Troubleshooting 1 There is no power 1 1 Make sure the power cord is connected 1 2 Check the X45 is switched ON at the rear panel 1 3 Make sure the plug is fully inserted into the wall socket 2 The X45 does not respond to the remote control 2 1 Replace rem...

Page 134: ...d the disc 5 1 Check if you have inserted the disc upside down 5 2 Check to see if the disc is scratched or dirty 6 The disc is skipping 6 1 Check for scratches or dirt 6 2 Make sure that the X45 is on a firm surface and not subject to vibrations 7 There is a hum coming from the speaker Make sure that all cable connections are secure ...

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