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Page 17: ...Format 39 4 2 3 FreeDB TextCode 39 4 2 4 FreeDB Install 40 4 2 5 FreeDB Update 40 4 2 6 FreeDB Delete 40 4 2 7 Auto Rip 41 4 3 Audio 41 4 3 1 Player View 41 4 3 2 USB HDMI Audio Out 41 4 3 3 DSD Sign...

Page 18: ...ent 51 4 5 3 UPnP Server 52 4 5 4 FTP Server 52 4 5 5 Shareplay Airplay 53 4 6 Internet Service 53 4 6 1 List View 53 4 6 2 Thumbnails in Text List 53 4 6 3 Qobuz TIDAL Deezer Napster HighresAudio are...

Page 19: ...age Main storage Selection and My Music folder 65 5 3 How to add music to the Music DB 66 5 4 How to remove from the Music DB 66 5 5 How to initialize the Music DB 67 5 6 Automatic Indexing Registrati...

Page 20: ...ic in the Music DB 84 9 Audio CD direct play 85 9 1 If the X50D is connected to a network Internet 85 9 2 If the X50D is NOT connected to network Internet 85 9 3 In case that you have installed the Fr...

Page 21: ...How to play FM Radio 98 14 2 How to record FM Radio 99 15 DAB 99 15 1 How to play DAB 99 15 2 How to record DAB 100 15 3 To display more information on DAB station 100 16 USB host port for USB devices...

Page 22: ...Role of each key on Multi Cut Screen 116 19 17 Audio CD Burning function 117 19 18 Function of Jump to a song on Playing Screen 119 19 19 Multi room Group Play 119 19 19 1 File formats and sample rate...

Page 23: ...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 suppl...

Page 24: ...r 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...

Page 25: ...e Digital In Optical COAXIAL WORD CLOCK I S OUT Digital Out COAXIAL x 2 Optical AES EBU XLR Storage 2 12V Trigger IN OUT Volume Mute Knob Power Standby button Power Standby Indicator USB Host port Rem...

Page 26: ...ookmark 23 LIST LINE 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...

Page 27: ...onal items WiFi USB dongle If you purchased optional items the WiFi USB dongle it looks like below 801 11b g n WiFi USB dongle X50D unit Remote controller AAA batteries x 2EA Power cord Manual FreeDB...

Page 28: ...age 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 57 2 6 RAID Mode X50D offers RAID function for...

Page 29: ...ble in case that OSD language is set as Japanese or FM Broadcast band is set as Japan 3 RAID 0 mode Striped Need to install two storages to work properly Splits data evenly across two disks striped to...

Page 30: ...t 3 2 Turn ON for normal use Switch the unit on at the rear of the X50D The power LED will be ON with green color Power it on using the remote control or the power button on the front of the X50D The...

Page 31: ...Play Rip Load rip CD or play it l Playlist Make Playlist and play it l i Service Play i Radio or online music service l FM Radio Play FM radio You can select each item with the arrow key and confirm...

Page 32: ...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 each track in Album if this option is set as ON Default ON With the Tr...

Page 33: ...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 Thumbnail...

Page 34: ...itialization 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 itse...

Page 35: ...o 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...

Page 36: ...orage 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...

Page 37: ...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...

Page 38: ...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 Co...

Page 39: ...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 unco...

Page 40: ...rt installing the FreeDB data automatically NOTICE When using X50D with network internet connected you don t need to FreeDB data because it s useless when X50D is connected to network internet 4 2 5 F...

Page 41: ...3 2 USB HDMI Audio Out NOTE Using INFO 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 X50D USB A...

Page 42: ...But some of these DAC can receive DSD Native signal others can receive DoP signal only instead of DSD Native signal So we added DSD Signal Type option at SETUP which gives three 3 options like below...

Page 43: ...ay function works properly on Repeat All and Normal modes only For example in Shuffle mode Gapless play is not supported 4 3 9 Slide Show Effect NOTE For detailed explanation refer to 19 3 Photo Slide...

Page 44: ...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...

Page 45: ...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...

Page 46: ...s click OK If you click Cancel or press RETURN key this process will stop Clearing is finished and return to list screen When converting music file into different file format you may select maximum sa...

Page 47: ...ues 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 Setu...

Page 48: ...The screen to the left will be shown if the network is connected successfully With CAP NUM key of remote control you can toggle number capital small alphabet or symbols for typing Select Wireless Set...

Page 49: ...s shown below Select Wireless Info and confirm with the OK key You can check the Wireless LAN signal strength see below screen shot Select Set AP Manually to open the window for AP name input like lef...

Page 50: ...0D hard disk on your PC screen based on Window 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...

Page 51: ...nd confirm it with OK key Connected Server list will be displayed like below picture Select right one and click it Then IP address will be shown up in the path In case that IP address doesn t show up...

Page 52: ...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 passw...

Page 53: ...ou can play Qobuz TIDAL Deezer Napster Amazon Music and HighresAudio with X50D directly if you subscribe for those services and put their user name and password here properly 4 6 1 List View 4 6 2 Thu...

Page 54: ...guage and confirm with the OK button TIP Default is English Select System and confirm with the OK button You can select FM Radio or DAB at this setup Default DAB X50D integrated Qobuz TIDAL Deezer Nap...

Page 55: ...efault is OFF TIP This function does NOT work in the case that the Alarm function or Auto Play function is enabled Function priority Alarm function Auto Play function Resume Play function Select Auto...

Page 56: ...kes 3 4 seconds During this time the X50D s response to the input signal from remote control will be delayed To restore changed values of setup select Factory Reset and confirm with the OK button You...

Page 57: ...torage 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...

Page 58: ...e should be set minimum 10 minutes 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...

Page 59: ...ll 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 c...

Page 60: ...fonts file into USB memory stick or local hard disk of X50D go to SETUP System User Font Confirm it with OK key to open menu window like left Select Get User Font to look for the fonts files and load...

Page 61: ...et radio Pressing the CLOCK key displays time X50D can display one of two ways AM PM or 24Hours You can select which here According to CE Regulation ErP Energy Efficiency Regulation X50D will enter in...

Page 62: ...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 D...

Page 63: ...e firmware see sequence below NOTE If CANCEL is selected the folder New Firmware is created automatically in the internal hard disk or USB then the X50D will not ask for a Firmware Update when booting...

Page 64: ...this option X50D provides Gracenote service to retrieve CD metadata and Album cover art for CD Ripping But Gracenote service is free for two 2 years After two 2 years if you want to keep using Gracen...

Page 65: ...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...

Page 66: ...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...

Page 67: ...his 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...

Page 68: ...s 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...

Page 69: ...g ripping procedure once the Go into Music DB and place the cursor on the album or song you want to delete Press MENU key to open menu window Select Delete to go next step and delete it You can select...

Page 70: ...DB of the X50D 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 Graceno...

Page 71: ...ver 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 finishi...

Page 72: ...planation 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 pla...

Page 73: ...nsert 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...

Page 74: ...m separately Completing CD ripping for all three CDs 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 Ed...

Page 75: ...here will be four folder like left There will be all 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 C...

Page 76: ...CD will get metadata tag info if you installed FreeDB onto X50D storage The FreeDB data CD is bundled in the X50D package Enter the info manually with remote controller or USB keyboard You must enter...

Page 77: ...the 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 o...

Page 78: ...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...

Page 79: ...rch feature can be useful SEARCH function Title Album of current 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...

Page 80: ...B On the album list screen press SEARCH button to display the left belowabove screen Enter the album name or part of the album name into the album name field using the remote control NOTE To view corr...

Page 81: ...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 Alb...

Page 82: ...elect the folder Album or the music 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 Sele...

Page 83: ...the OK key as shown in the screen shot on the left On the Playing Screen if you press LEFT ARROW key at a certain point the point will be starting point If you press RIGHT ARROW key at a certain point...

Page 84: ...move forward by 15 seconds playing time LEFT ARROW Key When Playling Point is below 50 of total playing time LEFT ARROW key will make Starting Point move backword by 0 25 seconds RIGHT ARROW Key When...

Page 85: ...into the X50D Then all tracks will be displayed automatically TIP If the X50D is connected to CD database server through the network the below screen will be displayed Select the music you would like...

Page 86: ...th the OK button and select the music to play TIP 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...

Page 87: ...tton 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 k...

Page 88: ...uld 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...

Page 89: ...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...

Page 90: ...B 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 Pl...

Page 91: ...d like to add by its artist genre or album 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 lis...

Page 92: ...nP Server Client or Samba Server Client If the devices are connected to the X50D through the same network you can see the devices through the Browser see below For connecting to the shared folders of...

Page 93: ...when tuning i radio stations buffering This delay may occur due to the network Internet connection 13 1 Internet Radio 13 1 1 How to play the Internet Radio You can enjoy many internet radio stations...

Page 94: ...with OK key to start playing Now playing Select the Radios and confirm with the OK key The below screen is then displayed Whilst playing a station press the FAVORITE button on the remote control to a...

Page 95: ...at 13 1 4 1 How to record While the I Radio is playing press the REC button to start recording Press the STOP button to stop recording Playing Recording Playing 13 1 4 2 Where is the recorded file sto...

Page 96: ...e management function Place the cursor on the recorded file and press the MENU button to run the following functions TAG Edit Import to DB Copy File Move file 13 1 5 Reservation Recording This functio...

Page 97: ...ep X50D powered ON after recording setting e g 4 00PM record for 3M l X50D will stop current job playing and start playing the station at 3 59PM 1 minute before set time l X50D will start recording th...

Page 98: ...the recorded file with the Tag Edit function 14 FM Radio 14 1 How to play FM Radio NOTE Make sure to install the FM Radio antenna properly first NOTE Place the cursor on the station list screen and pr...

Page 99: ...n playing FM radio press REC key on the playing screen to start recording To stop recording press STOP button of remote control The left screen is for renaming the station Select DAB icon to start X50...

Page 100: ...in the browser screen as shown below 17 Browser If you go to the Browser icon you can run the following functions Select a station you want to play and confirm it with OK It will start like left How...

Page 101: ...and confirm with the OK button You will see the data CD Select the music you would like and play using the OK button 17 2 File Management function 17 2 1 Accessing information on the HDD USB folder o...

Page 102: ...o edit and press the MENU key Select Edit Tag and the 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 o...

Page 103: ...nto the storage or USB host of the X50D Once you have created the file you can play the station through the X50D Browser see example below Place the cursor on the file or folder you would like to copy...

Page 104: ...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...

Page 105: ...ing 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 insid...

Page 106: ...Hour 192KHz Play the external device Select the proper input and confirm it with OK key Now playing While playing music through the Input of the X50D press the REC button to start recording the music...

Page 107: ...e MENU button Select TAG Edit and confirm with the OK key the edit screen will be displayed as follows Select Browser icon on the home screen and confirm it with OK key Select HDD1 and confirm it with...

Page 108: ...HDMI only Default X50D will remember last setting when it is powered off On the playing screen press VOL BAL key of remote control to open the screen for volume balancing setting On the screen of vol...

Page 109: ...mode Small album cover art Big album cover art 19 5 LYRICS The LYRICS function is used to display lyrics on the screen during playing in the case that the song playing has lyrics file LRC file Prepar...

Page 110: ...KMARK 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...

Page 111: ...OFF mode 19 9 Changing the play mode 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 Whil...

Page 112: ...atedly 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 time cycle and sound source Set S...

Page 113: ...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 you would like to Auto Play You can see plus mark at the end of the...

Page 114: ...d on total playing time 19 16 Function of Multi Cutting Auto Cutting for recorded file 19 16 1 How to set cutting point by auto You can record iRadio of X50D Otherwise you may have a file recorded by...

Page 115: ...e points where volume level 35dB below and the volume level 35dB below lasts for over 4 seconds 1 X to zoom graph by 1X 2X 4X 8X 16X 128X 1 Sec to set seek time unit when moving playing point by LEFT...

Page 116: ...to disable Spin Keys of remote control OK to go to next spin Set cutting points properly according to the above procedure Press RETURN key then it will ask OK or Cancel like below Select OK and confi...

Page 117: ...Spin Enabled or Disabled INPUT on the unit t to set current playing point vertical blue line as cutting point vertical green line STOP on the unit to remove the cutting point within 10 seconds and cl...

Page 118: ...es 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...

Page 119: ...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...

Page 120: ...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 easi...

Page 121: ...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...

Page 122: ...lay 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...

Page 123: ...e 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 devic...

Page 124: ...o 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...

Page 125: ...dow 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...

Page 126: ...to 24bit 192KHz AES EBU XRL x 1 110ohm Sample rate up to 24bit 192KHz I S Out x 2 Sample rate up to 24bit 192KHz USB Audio x 1 USB Audio Class 2 0 Out supported up to DSD256 HDMI Out x 1 HDMI Audio Ou...

Page 127: ...W x 330mm D x 100mm H Certificate CE FCC EMI etc Specification may be changed without notification 21 MQA Master Quality Authenticated MQA is an award winning British technology that delivers the soun...

Page 128: ...C 3 2 According to the network environment there may be a time delay in connecting to the network 3 3 Try rebooting the X50D and configure the network setup again 4 No sound from the speaker during mu...

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