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Page 17: ...ith an internal storage installed 30 2 6 RAID Mode 30 2 6 1 Four 4 RAID modes like OFF Normal RAID1 Mirror RAID0 Stripe and Big 31 2 6 2 How to set each RAID mode 31 2 6 3 RAID1 Mirror mode is not ava...

Page 18: ...3 8 Gapless Play 46 4 3 9 Slide Show Effect 46 4 3 10 Slide Show Time 46 4 3 11 Replaygain 46 4 3 11 1 What s the Replaygain function 46 4 3 11 2 Premise for the Replaygain function 47 4 3 11 3 How t...

Page 19: ...6 Resume Play 67 4 7 7 Play in Browser 58 4 7 8 Factory Reset 58 4 7 9 HDD Sleep 58 4 7 10 Format Storage 59 4 7 11 File System Fix 59 4 7 12 Brightness 59 4 7 13 Alarm 60 4 7 14 Auto Shutdown 60 4 7...

Page 20: ...ter scan ripped files into the Music DB 71 6 4 When the X50Pro is connected to network Internet 72 6 4 1 Ripping All 72 6 4 2 Ripping Track 73 6 4 3 Structure of ID3 Tag Edit Dialog Screen in CD Rippi...

Page 21: ...to existing playlist 91 11 1 5 How to play a Playlist 91 11 1 6 How to change song position in a Playlist 91 11 1 7 How to edit a Playlist 91 11 1 8 How to export Playlist 92 11 2 My Playlist Virtual...

Page 22: ...te Files 105 17 2 6 PLS or M3U files with Internet Radio stations 105 17 2 7 Convert Audio Format 106 17 2 8 Cut the recorded file Cut Playing Section 106 17 2 9 Create Folder 107 18 Input 107 18 1 Ho...

Page 23: ...19 19 1 File formats and sample rate with which Multi room Group Play function work 122 19 19 2 Group Play main menu 122 19 19 3 Device name and Host name 122 19 19 4 Basic Setup by device 123 19 19 4...

Page 24: ...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 25: ...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...

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Page 27: ...l In COAXIAL WORD CLOCK I S OUT HDMI 2 I S OUT HDMI 1 I S OUT RJ45 Storage 2 Digital Out Coaxial Volume Mute Knob Power Standby button Remote Control Receiver USB Host port CD ROM Drive CE Eject butto...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...nal items WiFi USB dongle If you purchased optional items the WiFi USB dongle it looks like below 801 11b g n WiFi USB dongle X50Pro unit Remote controller AAA batteries x 2EA Power cord Manual FreeDB...

Page 30: ...Storage Page 61 2 4 1 HDD installation TIP 1 X50D supports 3 5 or 2 5 SATA hard disk and solid state drive SSD 2 4 2 HDD Format Refer to the 4 7 10 Format Storage Page 61 2 5 X50Pro purchased with an...

Page 31: ...isks striped to increase performance Total size will be the capacity multiplied by smaller disk For example if install 320GB and 250GB total size will be 500GB No data recovery all data will be lost i...

Page 32: ...n X50Pro will reboot and start formatting HDDs Raid Setting Succeeded message will show up as soon as formatting is finished WARNING To change RAID mode will lose all data in HDD So you must keep in m...

Page 33: ...e X50Pro The power LED color will be changed to blue and start booting The X50Pro should take about 30 40 seconds to boot up as it is looking to see if a network is connected After the X50Pro is power...

Page 34: ...fault Album Default Album 4 1 2 Album View You can set the list to show albums in the Music DB by its album name text or album cover art using this setup default text mode You can select each item wit...

Page 35: ...you allow the track number to be added at the front of title for each track when you rip CD Default Enabled If you set this option as ON Album name will bring Artist name at the end of album name Defa...

Page 36: ...ic DB again If you want to see scanning status go to SETUP Music DB Music DB Scan status To synchronize contents in Music DB and in folders of storages already scanned to Music DB please go to SETUP M...

Page 37: ...kip Overwrite It will overwrite the same existing file Skip Same files will be skipped Select option after backup Shutdown or On Yes Device will be shutdown automatically after backup No Device will s...

Page 38: ...t Each folder will be backed up including its all sub folders while maintaining its own tree structure Go to SETUP Music DB Restore Music DB and click it Select one of Full or Partial Restoration Full...

Page 39: ...tructure including its own sub folders just like backup Partial Restoration Selected folder in the backup storage will be restored to selected folder in the target storage No device re boot after part...

Page 40: ...sic DB data then the device will show up message like below Go to SETUP as the screen says and click Converting to new Music DB Device will ask you if you want to overwrite or skip for the same file S...

Page 41: ...ption is shown below Option of quality level Normal playing time Required time to convert to MP3 Excellent The time required to play music in CD normally X 1 5 150 Best X 1 08 108 Good X 1 100 Fast X...

Page 42: ...a to the X50Pro the inserted CD information metadata like title album name artist etc will be displayed on the X50Pro screen without network connection To install the FreeDB data to the X50Pro hard di...

Page 43: ...select FreeDB Update Press the OK button You can see the USB memory and select it with the OK button to find the FreeDB update file Confirm with the OK button to begin the installation 4 2 6 FreeDB D...

Page 44: ...udio Out 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 lik...

Page 45: ...hrough Original resolution Frequency 2 48Khz Max 48KHz frequency 3 96Khz Max 96KHz frequency 4 192Khz Max 192KHz frequency You can set as ON or OFF for each digital output Variable You can control vol...

Page 46: ...lanation refer to 19 3 Photo Slide Show Page 110 4 3 11 Replaygain 4 3 11 1 What s the Replaygain function Six 6 options are available like All Fade in out Transition Rotation Flip and None You can se...

Page 47: ...a file which has Replaygain info 4 DSD file can work with Replaygain function in only case that the DSD file play out by PCM data 5 MQA file can t work with Replaygain function Place the cursor on the...

Page 48: ...e cursor on the target album or track list You may select multiple list by RIGHT ARROW key Press MENU key and click File Operations to get Clear Replaygain started To clear Replaygain info from metada...

Page 49: ...n 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 TIP To check netw...

Page 50: ...n 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 Se...

Page 51: ...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 left...

Page 52: ...o 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 53: ...ike below picture Go to Browser and click NET Add Share will be showed then click it 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 54: ...ice 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 pass...

Page 55: ...re So you can play Qobuz TIDAL Deezer Napster and HighresAudio with X50Pro directly if you subscribe for those services and put their user name and password here properly 4 6 1 List View 4 6 2 Thumbna...

Page 56: ...age 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 X50Pro integrated Qobuz TIDAL Deezer Nap...

Page 57: ...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 58: ...akes 3 4 seconds During this time the X50Pro 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 Y...

Page 59: ...orage 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 60: ...confirm 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...

Page 61: ...speed like below Default Level 3 4 7 16 List Line Count The number of text lines displayed on the screen is selectable according to your taste like below Default 11 lines You can set the time on the X...

Page 62: ...rn to X50Pro original system font select User System font and confirm it with OK key According to CE Regulation ErP Energy Efficiency Regulation X50Pro will enter into Power Off mode or WOL mode autom...

Page 63: ...network internet before you try time setting by Time Set Internet Select Time Set Internet and confirm it with the OK button All the time options will be displayed as below X50Pro displays the time w...

Page 64: ...k or the HDD of the X50Pro Plug the USB memory stick into the USB host port of the X50Pro Go to SETUP and select Firmware Update and confirm with the OK key Select the storage device containing the ne...

Page 65: ...equence below 4 9 5 Check now for new firmware NOTE If CANCEL is selected the folder New Firmware is created automatically in the internal hard disk or USB then the X50Pro will not ask for a Firmware...

Page 66: ...y 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 album cover art from Google Amazon Bing etc are available in the...

Page 67: ...ur music files by folder unit and store it to the storage connected to the X50Pro And then you can select a folder and run Scan Music DB function to register scan music files in the selected folder to...

Page 68: ...o 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 M...

Page 69: ...scanned files and scan related information with this function Sub Path will show the list of albums and sub folder under the root path folder Reload will read again the path to update information Info...

Page 70: ...olor 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 pla...

Page 71: ...in blue color 6 2 Where ripped files are stored All music that you load rip onto the X50Pro will be stored in the My Music folder of main storage green colored storage on the Browser mode 6 3 How to...

Page 72: ...seven 7 options WAV ALAC AIFF MP3 OGG FLAC CAF and press OK button Then the below screen is displayed The X50Pro retrieves each information title artist etc from the CD metadata server Insert CD into...

Page 73: ...Pro continues to convert the files if it is turned on The X50Pro will pause the conversion process during ripping Select Ripping Tracks and confirm with the OK button The below screen is displayed Sel...

Page 74: ...time for playing Equivalent play time Ripped time Equivalent play time For multi album you can rip all tracks of multi albums into one folder one album For example you have Multi Album The world s Gre...

Page 75: ...e 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 s album name will be inserted into CD2 s Tag Edit screen li...

Page 76: ...g Edit screen of CD2 will get proper Album name and CD number like Left Select OK and confirm it Look for the Album of CD1 and select it with OK key CD2 2nd Album was merged to CD1 1st Album There wil...

Page 77: ...talled FreeDB onto X50Pro storage The FreeDB data CD is bundled in the X50Pro package When you want to rip many CDs this function will be helpful Go to SETUP CD Ripping Set it as ON Default OFF Insert...

Page 78: ...USB keyboard into the X50Pro before you boot the unit Select OK to confirm the entry Then loading ripping Now loading ripping Select Ripping All and confirm it with OK button Select one of the 5 file...

Page 79: ...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 Musi...

Page 80: ...Screen INFO Screen Title List Screen TIP On the album list screen press the MENU button on the remote control to show other categories such as artist track list artist album list genre track list genr...

Page 81: ...E To view corresponding lists type the first few characters of the album Title Album of current music Title of previous music Title of current music Title of next music Play mode Alarm set icon Auto s...

Page 82: ...rom 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 Open the album list artist list or genre list Place the cursor on th...

Page 83: ...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 84: ...ish 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 but...

Page 85: ...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 the point will be ending point NOTE 1 If...

Page 86: ...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 87: ...into the X50Pro Then all tracks will be displayed automatically TIP If the X50Pro is connected to CD database server through the network the below screen will be displayed Select the music you would...

Page 88: ...irm with 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 Mu...

Page 89: ...m 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...

Page 90: ...dd to a playlist you can add it to an existing playlist in the Playlist folder by following these steps Playing Screen Playlist has been created Press the PLAYLIST key whilst in Playing Screen mode as...

Page 91: ...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 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...Server Client or Samba Server Client If the devices are connected to the X50Pro through the same network you can see the devices through the Browser see below For connecting to the shared folders of n...

Page 95: ...might be a slight delay 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...

Page 96: ...t a station and confirm it 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...

Page 97: ...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 98: ...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 99: ...eep X50Pro powered ON after recording setting e g 4 00PM record for 3M l X50Pro will stop current job playing and start playing the station at 3 59PM 1 minute before set time l X50Pro will start recor...

Page 100: ...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 p...

Page 101: ...ng 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 X50Pro wil...

Page 102: ...rs 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 Ho...

Page 103: ...con 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 folde...

Page 104: ...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 105: ...to the storage or USB host of the X50Pro Once you have created the file you can play the station through the X50Pro Browser see example below Place the cursor on the file or folder you would like to c...

Page 106: ...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 107: ...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 108: ...g the X50Pro creates the folders 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 t...

Page 109: ...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 sc...

Page 110: ...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 LC...

Page 111: ...trol Text 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 fi...

Page 112: ...tion is enabled Function priority Alarm function Auto Play function Resume Play function Press the BOOKMARK button on the playing screen The bookmarked music or story is stored in the Bookmark list as...

Page 113: ...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...

Page 114: ...following screen will appear NOTE The time 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 the OK button Selecting...

Page 115: ...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 cursor Press the OK button The music will disappear and be added to the Auto Play...

Page 116: ...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 X50Pro Otherwise you may have a file recorded by...

Page 117: ...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 118: ...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 119: ...n 10 seconds and closest to the current playing point MENU to enable Spin 2 3 Regardless of Spin Enabled or Disabled INPUT on the unit t to set current playing point vertical blue line as cutting poin...

Page 120: ...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...

Page 121: ...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 122: ...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 123: ...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 124: ...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 125: ...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 126: ...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 127: ...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 128: ...ample rate up to 24bit 192KHz AES EBU XRL x 1 110ohm Sample rate up to 24bit 192KHz I S Out x 3 RJ45 Native DSD DoP PCM up to 24bit 192KHz HDMI 1 HDMI 2 USB Audio x 1 USB Audio Class 2 0 Out supported...

Page 129: ...ncluding foot 440mm W x 329mm D x 130mm H Certificate CE FCC EMI etc Specification may be changed without notification 21 MQA Master Quality Authenticated MQA is an award winning British technology th...

Page 130: ...PC 3 2 According to the network environment there may be a time delay in connecting to the network 3 3 Try rebooting the X50Pro and configure the network setup again 4 No sound from the speaker durin...

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